The letter from the school board urges parents to be “extra vigilant, communicate with your children, and educate them on safety tips such as walking in groups and in well-lit, high-traffic areas ... the RCMP also advises that children should yell, scream, and do whatever they can do to get the attention of passers-by if approached by a stranger.”
The letter suggested children walk to school with an adult and not another child. One parent, who was dropping her children off at Manoah Steves Elementary School, said she wouldn’t be changing her behaviour. “We always walk our kids to school. We are careful regardless,” said Krista Lof. Several parents interviewed by CBC News near the school said they would reinforce what they have already told their children. Richmond RCMP Cpl. Jennifer Pound said it is not the intention of the RCMP to instill fear with the warning.
On, June 30, 2010, Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III was sworn in as the 15th president of the Republic of the Philippines. Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales and Jesuit Fr. Catalino Arevalo, a close friend of the Aquinos, who held the bible, swore in the only son of former Senator Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino and former president Corazon Cojuangco Aquino. To most Filipinos, this day was very memorable because it symbolizes the beginning of a new hope for the country, the hope of a clean and honest government.
