EU ends mission, offers help on killings
Winding up a 10-day "needs assessment mission" to look into the extra-judicial killings in the country, the European group headed by European Union Ambassador Alistair Macdonald offered today "technical assistance" to the government in the investigation of extrajudicial killings, the prosecution of the suspects and witness protection.

A child sleeps in front of a Chowking branch along Ilustre Street, Davao City. According to child advocates, landless families are forced to send their children to work as hired hands in plantations and farms. Many of them opt to move to the cities.