On October 2, Joanne Lourdes Reyes, a 20-year-old information technology student of the University of Sto. Tomas (UST), went to the Far Eastern University (FEU) along Morayta in Manila for what she thought would be a pleasant experience.
The circumstances were so similar that police investigators and headline writers couldn’t resist describing the murder victim as “Ang babae sa septic tank.” After all, a movie of the same title had become a big hit, an improbable black comedy that won for its female lead an international award.
More than half of all personnel in the headquarters of the Philippine National Police are overweight, while almost one in 10 is obese, records at the organization’s Health Service showed.
Nearly two decades after the twin murders of University of the Philippines Los Baños (UPLB) students Eileen Sarmenta and Allan Gomez, terror again gripped this quiet university town tucked at the foot of Mount Makiling 63 kilometers away from restless Metro Manila.
Was it a case of an erroneous medico-legal report or a homicide? The conflicting reports about the cause of death of Randy Carreon, 41, an in-patient of the National Center for Mental Health (NCMH) in Mandaluyong City, stirred up a controversy and attracted media attention a few months ago.
296,000+: Estimated number of reported crime incidents in the country in 2010. 21: Percentage of the total reported crimes in 2010 that were classified as “solved” in the same year. 187,000+: Estimated number of reported index crimes or crimes against persons and property (which includes murder, homicide, physical injury, rape, robbery, theft and car theft) [...]
WHEN Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook, he surely wasn’t expecting this. The massively popular social networking website is no longer just a place to connect with friends and family. Socio-civic groups and the police have warned of its growing use in the Philippines as a means to perpetrate violence against women. Facebook and other information and [...]
