Saturday, November 10, 2007 (Philippines)

Two goats take shelter under the structure designed to hold the sports flame as schoolchildren brave the drizzle to light up the fire during the opening of the Davao Oriental Provincial Athletic Meet last November 7 in Mati, Davao Oriental. (Sun.Star Davao/Rene B. Lumawag) THE items in the wish list of 11-year-old suicide victim Marianeth "Manette" Amper in her unsent letter to GMA 7's TV program "Wish Ko Lang" were not just simple wishes. Rather, these were fundamental rights that had been denied her, said the Kabiba Alliance for Children's Concerns in Mindanao. Post comments here on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo's grant of pardon to former President Joseph Estrada. Post your comments on the explosion at the Glorietta 2 mall in Makati City. [full story]