‘She’s our drum, thundering for tougher gun laws’
By Nathaniel R. Melican
The gates of Tala Elementary School in Caloocan City opened on Friday for one of its most accomplished students—not in celebration, but in mournful farewell.
The gates of Tala Elementary School in Caloocan City opened on Friday for one of its most accomplished students—not in celebration, but in mournful farewell.
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.
The number of persons injured by firecrackers during the holidays has risen to 862, the Department of Health said on Saturday.
As many as 242 gun owners live in the neighborhood of Stephanie Nicole Ella, the 7-year-old girl who was hit and killed by celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve, records of the Philippine National Police showed.
With a seemingly unlimited source of energy, Stephanie Nicole Ella, the 7-year-old girl hit and killed by celebratory gunfire on New Year’s Eve, entertained everyone in her family, according to her grandmother.
A MAN was killed while his friend was wounded after they were shot by their neighbors who confronted them for using firecrackers on New Year’s Eve in barangay Babag 1, Lapu-Lapu City.
Pope Benedict XVI marked the end of a difficult year on Monday by saying that despite all the death and injustice in the world, goodness prevails.
In much of the country, the trend was toward a significant reduction of firecracker-related injuries during the raucous New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to health officials.
Hooked to a respirator and fighting for her life at the intensive care unit (ICU) of a Quezon City hospital, 7-year-old Stephanie Nicole Ella is a far cry from the lively “Gangnam”-dancing girl who welcomed the new year with her family.
A 21-year-old man was declared dead on arrival in a hospital in Manila after sustaining multiple gunshot wounds in different parts of his body, a doctor said.
Hours before New Year’s Eve, the Laguna police on Monday destroyed several illegal firecrackers that were confiscated from different manufacturers and individuals in the province.
If you can’t resist the urge to explode firecrackers to greet the New Year, stay away from churches. Otherwise, just stick to the old-fashioned way of banging pots and pans
Greet the New Year with rakes, broomsticks and water, too.
