Saturday, October 13, 2007 (Philippines)

High school students dressed in colorful costume shows their talent during the street dance parade competition Thursday afternoon in downtown Zamboanga. The competition is part of the Zamboanga Hermosa Festival that would highlight in the celebration of the feast of Our Lady of the Pillar. (Sunnex/Bong Garcia) UNIDENTIFIED gunman has shot and killed a priest on Tuesday in the town of San Miguel in Surigao del Sur province, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported. The PNP identified the slain priest as 52-year-old Datu Basilio Bautista Luna of the Iglesia Filipina Reform Group who is also a lumad leader in San Miguel. Decision on Estrada's Plunder case Join forum on Sandiganbayan's guilty verdict on Estrada plunder case. Post comments here. [full story]