Cebu City Vice Mayor Michael Rama distributes blank pieces of paper for the police officers' confessions and suggestions. Most had nothing much to say. (Sun.Star Cebu/Linette C. Ramos)
MANILA -- A Palace official said Tuesday that government would abandon moves to amend the Constitution and start preparing for the 2007 elections if Congress fails to convene a Constituent Assembly before the year ends.
CEBU CITY -- Alarmed by and confused about the summary executions in Cebu City and the police's failure to solve them, a councilor suggested giving a large amount of reward money to whoever can lead cops to arrest the assailants.
DAVAO CITY -- Close to a million residents in Southern Mindanao don't have sanitary toilets, a report on the state of the region's children by Department of Social Welfare and Development Regional Director Mercedita Jabagat showed.