Nicole’s family looks forward to moving on
By Nathaniel R. MelicanAfter laying their daughter to rest on Saturday, the family of stray bullet victim Stephanie Nicole Ella are now setting their sights on a difficult but much-needed task: Moving on.
After laying their daughter to rest on Saturday, the family of stray bullet victim Stephanie Nicole Ella are now setting their sights on a difficult but much-needed task: Moving on.
Commission on Elections Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. on Sunday said the start of the nationwide gun ban “does not suspend” the rights of the people, reminding the public to assert their rights at all times.
A former soldier who is now a barangay (village) official in Caloocan City was almost tagged Thursday a suspect in the killing of 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella in celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve.
The number of people injured by firecrackers during the Christmas and New Year holidays rose Thursday to nearly 800, still about 21 percent lower than the total injuries reported last year, according to the Department of Health (DOH).
Stephanie Nicole Ella, the 7-year-old girl who was hit in the head by a stray bullet while watching the fireworks show outside her Caloocan City home on New Year’s Eve, fought for 38 hours to stay alive.
Police have arrested 18 trigger-happy individuals for allegedly firing their guns during the New Year’s Eve revelry, as the number of injured from stray bullets climbed to 39, not including the two children who died of gunshot wounds.
The Eastern Police District (EPD) disposed of some five huge boxes of assorted firecrackers confiscated before the New Year revelries by burning them at the headquarters’ open grounds in Pasig City on Monday morning.
