Entries from December 2007 ↓

Displayed at the Civet Coffee House in Marikina. Photo courtesy of Maryan54.

Fireworks in Baguio which is kind of interesting.

And here’s a beautiful fireworks from another part of the globe. I hope to see something like this in Baguio or anywhere in the Cordilleras before I turn into either ash or uod (to quote Ganda). Which means that I hope that we as a people will somehow improve the quality of our lives in the coming years such that we can afford to spend money on expensive, ephemeral, but amazingly beautiful fireworks like this.

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Note: Updates on Mayor Cesar Rafael’s murder here and the Abra explosion here.

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From Philippine Star: The mayor of Paracelis town in Mountain Province was killed in an ambush yesterday, while an explosion rocked the home of a congresswoman in Bangued, Abra.

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From Goveliva Dulnuan, mother of murder victim Jocelyn Dulnuan:

“We are pleased that the people (alleged) to be responsible for Jocelyn’s murder are behind bars.”

“We are grateful for the dedication and hard work of the Peel Regional Police and for the support of the community in the GTA and friends around the world.”

“Jocelyn is in my thoughts every day and will be for a long time to come. My family and I look forward to a fair and speedy trial that will close a sad chapter in our lives and allow us to move on.”

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From the Globe and Mail:
A second man has been arrested in connection with the killing of a housekeeper at a Mississauga mansion in October. Peel police laid murder charges on Tuesday against a labourer who was doing construction work at the sprawling home where the housekeeper was killed.

Fabian Loayza-Penaloza, a 35-year-old Canadian citizen who came to Canada from Ecuador in 1994, was arrested by Peel Regional Police and appeared briefly at a Brampton courthouse yesterday.

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Christian Figueroa, suspect in the murder of Jocelyn Dulnuan. Photo courtesy of ctv.ca.

From Mississaugaga.com:
The accused is a general labourer “with a history of committing break-and-enters,” said Peel Homicide Insp. Norm English.

Police believe Dulnuan, 27, was killed as she tried to prevent a robbery inside the luxury home on Doulton Place, just off Mississauga Rd. and north of the QEW.

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Thanks to Imie for tipping us of on this latest development.

From the Toronto Sun:
Peel Regional Police took a Toronto man into custody last night and charged him with first-degree murder in the Mississauga mansion slaying of a housekeeper, the Sun has learned.

Details were scarce but police acknowledged they will hold a news conference at 10 a.m. today to outline the case against Christian Figueroa, 35, whose arrest came after an extensive 11-week investigation that has seen up to 24 detectives working around the clock.

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Thanks to Vincent Cabreza for picking up our post on the Ifugao hut in London and for adding new details to the story. Thanks also for the shoutout to both this blog and The Nashman’s.

You can read Vincent’s article here. But here’s some excerpts and our usual unsolicited comments (hehe):
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From your favorite celebrities:

Marky Cielo with Paulo Avelino popping in.

VIDEO CREDIT: Thirstytrooper

Here’s the links to the latest posts on kaigorotan.com:

How much did your Congressman spend during the 2001 elections. Read it here. We don’t have the figures yet for the 2007 elections but we hope to eventually get our hands on that.

If the creation of a new Bago province is going to be very challenging (because it will affect three provinces who might not be willing to give up their towns), a new Tingguian province carved out of Abra looks more promising. Read the very short story here.

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