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...Dizon's-Edgar Belandres, a swinery owner, is currently on trial for the murder, a crime he denies committing). But only a few have been convicted since 1986. Stung by criticism from organizations like the International Federation of Journalists and Reporters Sans Frontières, the administration of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo recently set up Task Force Newsmen, a special group under Interior Secretary Angelo Reyes, to look into the killings. But Reyes, the hard-bitten former Chief of Staff of the Philippine Armed Forces, seems determined to downplay the problem. "There is no climate of fear here," he insists...
...forth in exchange for a present for Lulu's pop, a genuine civil war cannonball, a present he has no interest in anyway. The sharp writing often takes you by surprise. The "Bank Robbery" strip has Lulu convinced that Tubby is spending her ill-gotten piggy bank money on Gloria, her rival. After assaulting him with a doll, she discovers her money and apologizes for the mistake, but follows up with slap to Tubby's face. "That's for going out with Gloria," she says, turning away...
...Officers kept coming in, and it seemed like we were going to get arrested, and that’s actually what we were prepared for,” said Yale sophomore Gloria Alday, who participated...
Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...
Another townsperson won over by canine charm is Gloria Dump, (Cicely Tyson) the town eccentric who “sees better with her heart than her eyes.” She inhabits a house in the backfields filled with oddities such as a massive tree decorated with whiskey bottles from her younger days. Her too-obvious name, describing her flyaway hair and mismatched rags, makes for another trite attempt at cleverness by the writers of a banal movie...