Construction worker killed

A 39-YEAR-OLD construction worker was gunned down and killed by a lone shooter on Saturday night in Quezon City. Cesar Ramboyong, a resident of the Namapa Compound in Barangay North Fairview, was declared dead on arrival at Fairview General Hospital from multiple gunshot wounds in the body. PO2 Anthony Tejerero of the Quezon City Police District’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Unit (QCPD-CIDU), said that the incident happened around 9 p.m. on Saturday inside the Namapa Compound. Tejerero revealed that before the incident, Ramboyong was buying pork barbecue from his cousin Earnie Regondola and was waiting for his order when a man approached him from behind. With no provocation, the man suddenly drew a cal. .45 pistol and started shooting Ramboyong in the back. As soon as the construction worker keeled over, the shooter fled. Regondola tried to save his cousin by bringing him to the nearest hospital but the effort proved futile. Tejerero said that four bullet casings were recovered at the crime scene. The case investigator told the INQUIRER that the construction worker's kin informed him that the victim had a lot of enemies who may have wanted him dead but could not say who among them could be responsible for the killing. THREE weeks since monsoon rains caused widespread flooding in Metro Manila, some schools are still unable to resume regular classes since the evacuees have yet to leave. Luz Almeda, regional director of the Department of Education National Capital Region, said that the affected students and teachers were coping through take home lessons, shorter class meetings and assignments conveyed through text messages. “All have resumed regular classes except a few in Malabon, Muntinlupa and Marikina,” she said. “They have to resort to alternative delivery modes (of teaching) because we don't have adequate classrooms as we still have a few evacuees,” Almeda said. She said some of the affected schools have made arrangements with the evacuees to move out of the classrooms during the day and remain in one area of the school. At night, the evacuees return to the classrooms.

ROMY HOMILLADA KEEPING TRACK As blue skies make an appearance in the metropolis, schools push through with field trips that were postponed on account of bad weather. In Quezon City, a teacher makes a head count of her students as they visit the Quezon Memorial Circle.