The death of 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella by celebratory gunfire in Caloocan City on New Year’s Eve and the shooting rampage three days later in Kawit town in Cavite province that left eight people dead and 12 others wounded on Friday have drawn attention to a number of gun-control measures that have been rotting in Congress.
Carissa Camigan regretted that she didn’t push enough to have Michaella Andrea Caimol, 7, with her family during the holidays.
Ronaldo Bae had built himself a large house on a hill here a few months before he went on a shooting rampage in Kawit, Cavite, on Friday and killed eight people, including four children.
A man accused of helping a gunman kill eight people and wound 12 others has been detained as police investigate the motive for the drug-fuelled rampage, officials said Saturday.
“Baril ako Ninong (Godfather shot me).” That was the first thing 4-year-old Ken Cedric Caimol told his grandmother after the shooting. His sister KC was also shot.
The naked body of a female child, possibly around 7 years old, was found on a roadside in Kawit, Cavite Wednesday morning, the local police said.
Hoisting the national flag in the same town where revolutionaries proclaimed Philippine independence 113 years ago, President Benigno Aquino III promised Filipinos a country free from corruption and a nation no longer like “a paper boat drowning in a sea of lies and anomalies.”
BAGUIO CITY—Emilio Aguinaldo Suntay III spent the early morning of June 12 at SM City Baguio to watch Teatro SLU (Saint Louis University) reenact the 1898 unfurling of the Philippine flag on a stage made up to look like the balcony of the Aguinaldo mansion in Kawit, Cavite. Always quick with a smile, Suntay has [...]
Even with his eyes closed, Jose Vales knows every nook and cranny of the house—from the secret passages that lead to hidden rooms to the pull-out pot holders mounted on the walls.
President Benigno Aquino III is returning the Independence Day spotlight to where freedom from Spanish rule was declared on June 12, 1898: Emilio Aguinaldo’s mansion in Kawit, Cavite. For the first time as President, Mr. Aquino leads today’s Independence Day celebration with ceremonies at the first Philippine President’s shrine. During the past administration, then President [...]
Instead of the multimillion-peso fleet of floats trotted out in past celebrations, only one will be seen at Rizal Park on June 12, along with electric tricycles showcasing the use of earth-friendly fuel. The first Independence Day celebration of President Benigno Aquino III’s administration will be the “simplest” seen in years, according to Ma. Serena [...]
