Saturday, September 24, 2005 (Philippines)

City Legal Officer Edgar Gil (holding microphone) briefs the 44 boys and girls who will take over City Hall starting Monday for the Boys and Girls Week celebration of the Rotary Club of Iloilo City and the Iloilo City Government. With him are (from left) Boy Mayor Jose Ryan Pelongco of Ateneo de Iloilo, RCIC president Manuel "Boy" Mejorada and project chairman Manfred Lepp. A foot parade will formally open the celebration on Monday. (Contributed Photo) A POLICE officer and 15 tanod members survived after their community police assistance center in Aglalana, Passi City was strafed Friday by more than 10 members of the New People's Army (NPA). Superintendent Cornelio Defensor, deputy provincial director for operations of the Iloilo Police Provincial Office (Ippo) said the incident happened at around 1 a.m. while PO3 Pardones and the tanod members of Aglalana were on duty. [full story]