When Julia Campbell was killed in Ifugao, the Philippine government moved heaven and earth to be of significance.

Gloria Arroyo, with her trademark faux sympathy, said something like: “We will give 110% to help her and her family. We will do everything we can.” Hundreds of Cordillera police officers were sent to Ifugao to look for Julia. Some organization wanted to build her a statue. And Congress officially honored her as a hero.

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Here’s our continuing coverage of the tragedy that befell our kailiyan, Jocelyn Dulnuan, in Toronto. Jocelyn has a Friendster account here. You might want to leave messages of sympathy to her family in said site.

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UPDATE 3:
London Free Press: The mansion where she was found murdered was targeted for a burglary, but police won’t say what the looters were looking for in the house. More here.

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UPDATE 1: The death of Jocelyn is officially classified a homicide. Police: “Our officers attended the scene and did in fact locate a woman, 27-years-of-age, who had died as a result of foul play. The deceased was an employee of the household. She was the housekeeper.” Details and video at citynews.ca. Also, similar reports at canada.com. and canoe.ca.

FIRST POST: A friend from the Ifugao yahoogroup sent us information about the death of Jocelyn Dulnuan in Toronto, Canada. Jocelyn, a kailiyan from Namulditan in Hingyon, Ifugao was found dead October 2 at her employer’s home.

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