Cebuano soldier comes home in a box, called brave but compassionate by his family and friends. Relatives greet Pfc. Reuben Doronio Jr., one of the 14 Marine soldiers slain in Basilan. (Sun.Star Cebu/Alex Badayos)
MANILA -- Supreme Court Chief Justice Reynato Puno said Monday that human rights under the Arroyo administration has come under assault with the failure of government to resolve the extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances of political activists and media personnel.
In his keynote address at the opening of the Supreme Court-initiated two-day National Consultative Summit on Extrajudicial Killings and Enforced Disappearances at the Manila Hotel, Puno said the executive and legislative branches of government have become inept in providing a solution to the problem.
CEBU CITY -- After her husband Marine Private First Class Reuben S. Doronio Jr. was killed in an ambush in Basilan last July 10, Jomarie Doronio received several text messages from her husband’s killers.
MALAYBALAY CITY -- Former Bukidnon congressman Juan Miguel Zubiri took his oath of office Monday in front of his province-mates at the Provincial Capitol grounds in this city.
DAVAO CITY -- Police Officer 2 Keith Michael Froilan Sanz got a "taste" of what Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte has been promising law enforcers engaging in illegal undertakings.
