Woman dead in jeep robbery
A 41-YEAR-OLD woman was shot dead when she refused to give her bag to robbers inside a jeepney late Thursday afternoon on Roosevelt Avenue, Quezon City. Police said Marilyn Chua of Rodriguez (formerly Montalban), Rizal, was shot in the chest and was declared dead on arrival at St. Agnes Hospital. One of the three suspects, Jhon Canawin, 22, was arrested by barangay officials who responded upon hearing the gunshot. Nancy C. Carvajal
Cooperatives meet today
Former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, former Sen. Agapito “Butz” Aquino and congressmen representing the cooperative sector will lead 50,000 delegates from various cooperatives in a “National Show of Force” today, Feb. 18, to celebrate the UN declaration of 2012 as the International Year of Cooperatives. The event will take place from
3-8 p.m. at Quezon Memorial Circle (QMC). There will be a press conference at 7 p.m. at Coconut House inside QMC. For details, call Diosdado Luna at 02-9137011, 0917-5368452 and 0921-561-8637.