"MANILA, Philippines – Students and faculty members of the University of the Philippines have not only condemned the murder of a third year student whose body was found near the campus earlier this week but have also banded together in cyberspace.
Cebanico’s body was found last Tuesday, sprawled in a canal along the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) Road, Barangay Putho-Tuntungin, near the boundary of the university campus and the International Rice Research Institute, police said.
Authorities believed that the victim was raped before being killed, detailing that her hands were bound behind her and her mouth was gagged with a handkerchief and covered with tape. They said she had bruises, a stab wound in her back, and sustained a gunshot wound to the head, said Cruz(http://ph.news.yahoo.com/uplb-community-mourns-slay-victim.html)."
I personally feel anxious about this recent news not just because Ms. Given Grace Cebanico was raped and killed but also because all her dreams were suddenly put to waste. I know how hard it has been for a student like her, given that she's studying in the prestigious University of the Philippines and that she's about to graduate in a few years time. It has never been easy to understand why it had to end that way and why she had to suffer from the hands of men who want to get satisfaction from women. I can imagine how narrow-minded the suspects are for not thinking about the life they destroyed and the big dreams they've shattered. I mean, what if that happened to their daughter whom they have invested so much money and effort just to provide all their needs and fulfill all their dreams, would that make them anxious too?
JUSTICE FOR UPLB STUDENT GIVEN GRACE CEBANICO.
