Calling President Benigno Aquino III a modern Pontius Pilate, around 40 Moro and other militants demonstrated outside the Malaysian Embassy in Makati on Tuesday to condemn what they described as the President’s passivity in the face of continuing violence in Sabah that has killed at least 27 people.
An Australian national was caught with almost a hundred 9-mm bullets while a wheelchair-bound Filipino-American yielded a .22 cal. pistol in separate security checks at Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on Tuesday.
The security guard who witnessed the fatal assault on US Marine Maj. George Anikow in Makati City testified in court on Thursday, recounting the predawn “rumble” between the American and four Filipino men.
Saudi Arabian Jamal Thabitim Alyafel, 40, was expecting all the good things in the Philippines when he came for a week’s tour — beautiful mountains and sceneries, friendly and accommodating people, a nice stay.
A high-ranking US Embassy official monitoring the George Anikow murder case said the three-week-old trial on the US Marine officer’s killing “appears to me as very slow” and that the victim’s family is considering sending its own private lawyer to help the public prosecutors.
An Italian national lost her laptop, cell phones, camera and P51,000 in cash in a Makati City restaurant on Monday night.
For calling women demeaning words and the police fake, an intoxicated Danish national was arrested in P. Burgos, Makati City and charged Monday.
Christmas for the Cabreras is usually spent partying in a hotel. But this year, the family is spending the holiday with their dear Osric at Makati City Jail.
