OFFENDED at being called a “witch” by his brother, a middle-aged man committed suicide by hanging himself with a nylon rope under roof at Barangay Tampaan, Aloguinsan town, Cebu Sunday evening.
PO3 Vincent Alquze said Bartolome Canayan was found by his wife Angelina Canayan hanging by the roof. She also found a suicide note on the altar in which he said he was humiliated by his brother and he asked for forgiveness from his wife and family.
Alquze said the neighbors and Canayan’s wife recounted t them that he easily gets upset and often had a nervous breakdown. The 54-year-old Canayan is also unemployed and had never underwent counseling, they said.
Dialogue between govt’, rebels should continue, Palma says
The government should continue to dialogue with the communist rebels to achieve lasting peace, Cebu Archbishop Jose Palma said.
“The president might have known of the circumstances and feedbacks and I feel sad about the (President’s declaration) but I hope that dialogue is still possible,” Palma said.
Palma said his previous assignments in Samar and Iloilo provinces enabled him to understand why many people went to the mountains to join the communist New People’s Army (NPA) rebels.
He said injustice and poverty remain rampant and those who join the communist rebels feel isolated and abandoned by the government. Palma said he prays that the fighting stops and both government and communist rebels can dialogue again.
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