Help us pray for justice
-- ma of slain Negrense
BY CARLA GOMEZ

The mother of a Negrense who was killed together with her husband and 5-year-old granddaughter in her home in Molo, Iloilo, issued an appeal yesterday for prayers, strength and support to bring the killers of her daughter and her family to justice, not just for their sakes, but for the sake of their orphans.

Rosalinda Garcia Zayco said her youngest daughter Cynthia Marie, her husband businessman Francisco "Bobby" Tan, and their daughter, Kathy, were brutally murdered inside their house in Molo, Iloilo, on Jan. 9 "for reasons we cannot yet explain."

The police tagged the businessman's sons Archie Tan, 23, and his brother, John Michael, 18, for the murders and filed complaints against them for murder and parricide before the Iloilo City Prosecutor's Office.

Homosexual stabbed dead
BY GILBERT BAYORAN

A homosexual was stabbed dead by a person with whom he allegedly transacted for sexual favors on Wednesday in Brgy. 1 poblacion, Sagay City, the police said.

The victim, identified as Lorenzo Mahilum, 22, who sustained 17 stab wounds in his body, was declared dead on arrival at the Alfredo Marañon District Hospital in Sagay City, PNP Desk Officer George Vasquez said.

Police investigations show that Lorenzo and his companion, also a homosexual, allegedly transacted with two persons for sexual favors, and had gone separate ways.

Fetus in bag left at store
BY DONALYN GUERRERO

A fetus, about five to six months old, placed in a paper bag was found by a security guard deposited at the baggage counter of a department store in Bacolod City, Wednesday.

Security guard Ronilo Esiderio, detailed at the baggage counter of the Gasiano Department Store at downtown Bacolod, yesterday told the DAILY STAR, an unidentified woman in her 20's deposited the paper bag at the counter at about 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Esiderio said he thought the paper bag contained fish because it started to smell on Wednesday night. He said he waited for the woman to claim the bag with the baggage tag No. 832, but she failed to return.