Inmates of the Cebu City Jail line up for registration with the Comelec, even as more people wait outside for their turn. Clearly, the Comelec can't match capacity to register with the demand of new voters to be enlisted. (Sun.Star Cebu/Amper Campaña)
MANILA -- Local and foreign experts will conduct an intensive DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing on a cadaver allegedly belonging to Abu Sayyaf leader Khadaffy Janjalani, which was recovered by Marine soldiers on Wednesday.
CEBU CITY -- Saddled with defective machines and the lack of forms, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) in Cebu City and Province now has to cope with the huge number of people who want to beat the deadline for voters' registration.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two women pilots brush with death when an MG-520 rocket-firing helicopter of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) they were maneuvering crashed landed at the runway of the Zamboanga International Airport (ZIA) on Thursday in Zamboanga City.
TAGBILARAN CITY -- Three days after their outlet in Ormoc City got burned, the Unitop General Merchandising branch in Tagbilaran, Bohol Province lost at least P500,000 to two armed robbers Thursday.
