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| Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines | Wednesday, July 4, 2007 |
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Cops
probe stepfather
for rape-slay of teener BY GILBERT BAYORAN |
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The stepfather of a 16-year-old rape-slay victim in Talisay City, is now being held at the police station for investigation. Talisay police chief Joseph Thomas Martir yesterday said they have noted many inconsistencies in the statement of Jigger Besorio, stepfather of victim Mary Joy Mayo, in connection with the brutal rape-slay of the teenager Monday. Martir said the family
and relatives of Mayo had aired suspicions on his possible participation
in the molestation and killing of the victim, a first year college
student of the Carlos Hilado Memorial State College in Talisay City.
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Pulupandan
residents cry for mercy BY NIDA BUENAFE
Families and relatives of 48 inmates in Pulupandan pleaded for help yesterday from Mayor Magdaleno Peņa saying that only the mayor can put an end to their ordeal. In a press conference held at the Social Action Center of the Bacolod Diocese, the group expressed hopes that the mayor will hear their pleas and facilitate the immediate withdrawal of the charges against all accused. They said their children
have been traumatized and have stopped going to school. Some fell
ill and they are at their wits' end on what to do. | |||
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cause for meningo There is no cause for panic in Barangay Utod, Pulupandan, where the family of a two-month old baby who died of suspected meningococcemia live, Dr. Luisa Efren, Negros Occidental Provincial Health Officer, assured yesterday. Roma Jane Sim died at the Bago City Hospital Monday but there is no confirmation that the baby who was buried at the Pulupandan cemetery yesterday had meningococcemia, she said. That
is because the blood sample taken from the child was not properly
preserved so it cannot be used to determine the cause of death,
she said. Relatives of the child yesterday said neighbors, some
of them wearing masks, were staying away from them out of fear
that they would get meningococcemia. | |||
