Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on Extrajudicial Killings, shows his statement shortly after a news conference Wednesday at suburban Makati City to report on his 10-day trip here on the spate of political killings around the country. (AP photo)
MANILA (Updated 2:50 p.m.) - Malacanang released Thursday the Melo Commission report a day after UN special rapporteur Philip Alston asked the Arroyo government to release the results of the probe on extrajudicial killings in the country.
President Arroyo, in a statement, vowed to take action against rogue elements in the military linked to the extrajudicial killings but also challenged Alston's comments.
CEBU CITY -- The lot swap deal with the Cebu City Government may be off, going by Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia's pronouncement Wednesday that the Cebu Provincial Government can negotiate directly with the lot occupants.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- At least 67 partisan armed groups operating in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) have been identified as blocking the way to peaceful elections some 11 weeks away.
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The United States Senate and House of Representatives will be conducting separate hearings on extrajudicial killings in the Philippines, said delegates of the California-Nevada United Methodist Church (UMC), USA.
