A rift between China and the Philippines deepened Saturday, with protests and rallies planned for the weekend to demand an investigation into the hostage standoff in Manila that left eight tourists from Hong Kong dead.
Hong Kong’s pro-Beijing and opposition groups will jointly hold the march on Sunday to express anger and grief at the Philippine government’s handling of the crisis, in which eight Hong Kong tourists were slain. (AFP photo)
Read the full story »I am Chandu Claver. My family was the target of an ambush by suspected State agents nearly four years today on July 31, 2006 in the province of Kalinga. My wife Alice was killed, as a result. Because of continuing threats on what remained of my family, I was forced to seek political refuge in Canada.