Rape victim
assured of gov’t help
MALACAÑANG has assured that the Philippine government would do all it can to
ensure that a 21-year-old Filipina overseas worker allegedly raped by an
American soldier in Japan would get justice.
Presidential management staff chief Cerge Remonde said the Department of Foreign
Affairs (DFA) is looking after the welfare of the Filipina.
Reports said the Filipina had arrived in Japan in mid-February and was allegedly
raped two days later by a US soldier in Okinawa, the southern region of Japan
which hosts some 20,000 servicemen.
The DFA had already contacted the relatives of the victim, who has decided to
file a complaint against her attacker, in the Philippines. She is now being
assisted by the DFA through the Philippine embassy in Japan.
4 killed in mishap
FOUR people, including a 14-year-old girl, died and eight
others were injured when the vehicle they were riding rammed an electric post in
Famy town in Laguna last Saturday.
Police said the ill-fated Mitsubishi Adventure (BDZ 701) suffered an
unspecified defect. – Victor Reyes
