A protester has head shaven Friday in sympathy with farmer-beneficiaries who are now on the ninth day of their hunger strike outside the Department of Agrarian Reform in Quezon City, to demand the granting of their farmland in the central province of Negros. (AP photo)
DAVAO CITY -- A militant leader in Digos City was shot dead in broad daylight Friday, making him the 78th victim of extrajudicial killing in the country since 2001 and first in Southern Mindanao for 2007.
The victim was identified as Renato Torrecampo Pacaide, 53, provincial coordinator of the militant group Anakpawis in Davao del Sur.
CEBU CITY -- A day after sirens blared to signify the start of Fire Prevention Month, 40 structures were razed while four persons were injured in Barangay Tinago, Cebu City, Friday dawn.
MANILA -- The Genuine Opposition (GO) on Friday criticized the Arroyo administration for "putting up roadblocks" to the proposed public debate between their camps' senatorial candidates.
QUEZON CITY -- Criminal and administrative charges were filed Friday against Senator Manuel "Lito" Lapid, his son Pampanga Governor Mark Lapid, and 22 others over the alleged P11.4 million double-funded "ghost projects."
