Left-wing Congressmen Satur Ocampo, second row right, and Crispin Beltran, second row left, join a row of military and police officers in the two-day summit on the series of extrajudicial killings at a Manila hotel Monday. (AP photo)
MANILA -- Delegates to the recently concluded summit on extrajudicial killings on Tuesday were unanimous in proposing the creation of a new law that will criminalize violence against so-called political dissenters, particularly media men and activists.
ZAMBOANGA CITY -- Two Marine troopers were killed while another was injured Tuesday in a clash with Abu Sayyaf bandits in the island province of Sulu, where military pursuit continues against local and foreign terrorists.
CEBU CITY -- Bogo City Mayor Celestino “Junie” Martinez Jr. is being accused of committing another irregularity, this time for allegedly harassing the city’s election officer.
ANGELES CITY -- A petition against so-called "prostitution slave camps" run by foreign gangs has been circulating on the Internet, saying the operation has been raking in about US$100 million per month.
