How Much is Your LIFE worth?

In Cebu City, Philippines, maybe your life is just P500.00 pesos or less( about 10 USD). It's so ironic that in China I feel so safe. I would not mind walking alone in the streets even if I would end up getting lost. Now that I am home, I feel happy that I am with my family, but honestly I don't feel safe. Everytime I go somewhere, I always feel that a thief is going to take my wallet or my phone so most of the time I don't take my phone with me. When I was at Ninoy Aquino International Airport,I overheard some passengers talking about a priest that was killed because he refused to give his cell phone to the thieves. The thieves wanted his cellphone which only cost about 1000 pesos or 20USD. For Reverend Father Jovencio Rabusa's murder, I feel sad and sorry for our government security. Last year, before I left for China, a nursing student was also shot inside a jeepney because she refused to give her money to the robber. I even saw a thief snacthed a silver jewelry of another passenger just right in front of me. These crimes in Cebu make me feel scared of walking alone in the streets even at day time. If I had 500 pesos with me and I would refuse to give my money to them, then they would kill me for that reason, so my life would only be worth 500 pesos. It's too sad, and I feel that the government can NOT solve this problem. These robbers are crazy and they don't care about how much money you have or how much is the cost of your phones. I hate these people and I just hope that human rights activists will not protect them when someone wanted to keep them. I wish I could help.


Robbery Reports:
"Graduating nursing student shot, killed in Cebu "
03/07/2008 08:52 AM
CEBU CITY, Philippines - A robber shot and killed past midnight yesterday a nursing student just three weeks shy of her graduation.
Ruby Jade Magpatoc Ruba, 20, was attacked along Gov. Roa St. in Barangay Capitol, Cebu City. At the time of the attack, she was working on a case study she had to finish in order to graduate.
More than two hours after that attack, a 60-year-old Dutch national was taken to a private hospital after a robber shot him in the neighboring Barangay Camputhaw.
Both robberies raise questions about the safety of the city’s streets.
source: http://www.gmanews.tv/story/83718/Graduating-nursing-student-shot-killed-in-Cebu

"Fourth suspect in Cebu priest's killing nabbed"
abs-cbnNEWS.com 07/09/2009 11:16 AM
Police on Thursday morning arrested another suspect in the robbery and killing of a priest in Talisay City, Cebu province.The report said Jonas Turawan alias Tungloy was arrested in San Francisco town on Camotes Island Thursday morning.Turawan is the fourth suspect taken by police after the killing of Reverend Father Jovencio Rabusa on Monday night.The Talisay City police on Wednesday arrested Russel Ravanes, the self-confessed gunman; Gerald Tradio and a 15-yearf-old boy.The boy, who was only identified as "Duka," admitted that he acted as a lookout for Ravanes and Turawan during the robbery.
source: http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/regions/07/09/09/fourth-suspect-cebu-priests-killing-nabbed