Pushed off the motorcycle by two fleeing cohorts, Jessie Diyong Sta. Ana was beaten up and almost lynched by an irate mob after the holdup of a couple engaged in the fish trade in Barangay Suba, Cebu City. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos)
MANILA -- An international human rights group on Thursday asked President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo to ensure that the investigation on extrajuducial killings is transparent and independent.
Amensty International (AI) said the Melo Commission probe must also result in those behind the killings being held accountable so justice would be afforded to all victims.
CEBU CITY -- As the top leaders of the Philippine National Police in the region discussed ways to improve their anti-crime campaigns, two fish dealers who were on their way home with their sales were waylaid and robbed of P125,000 by three men on a motorcycle.
DAVAO CITY -- The Sta. Ana police are readying the papers for the filing of murder cases against four men, including two radiomen, accused of stabbing two men to death and hurting another in Trading along Quezon Boulevard last September 15.
