The Operation Tulong Task Force of dyEZ Aksyon Radyo-Bacolod has initiated the holding of a candle-lighting ceremony 12 noon of November 12 at the San Sebastian Cathedral to commemorate the death of Allana Blanche Nolan, the seven-year-old girl who was allegedly beaten to death by her parents in Bacolod City.
Twelve public officials, including the chief of the children’s desk of the Bacolod City Police Office, have been asked to attend the activity and light the first 12 candles. "This activity was suggested by some of our listeners and Facebook friends who were moved by the gruesome death of Allana," Task Force chairman Cely Carman said. The ceremony will be held at the right side of the Cathedral near the entrance to the Prayer Room. Inspector Jovy Cabcaban, Councilors El Cid Familiaran, Em Ang, Sonia Verdeflor and other city officials have been invited to the activity. Cabcaban has been relentless in pursuing the case and this has led to the filing of a complaint for murder against the parents - Bernard and Rachel - who have both denied wrongdoing in the death of Allana. Allana celebrated her birthday last October 30 - three days after she died at the Riverside Medical Center. Among those who suggested the holding of a community service was Russel Silva, a retired firefighter from the United States. "Perhaps the station could organize a sort of candle vigil of some way? It’s the least that the community could do," Silva wrote in the Aksyon Radyo Facebook page last week. The post-mortem autopsy of physician Eli Cong offered a glimpse into the gruesome death of Allana. Her body was almost covered with bruises, indicative that she was beaten black and blue by the killers. She also had internal injuries - her brain, kidney and small intestines were bleeding. There were also pin pricks on her back although it has not yet been proven as to what could have caused these wounds. Cong also confirmed that the victim had healed lacerations inside her private organ, which gave rise to the possibility that she was sexually abused. TEACHERS JOINING At the school where Allana was studying prep, teachers wept upon hearing that it was she who was killed. One of the teachers described Allana as a "serious, almost brooding kid." She was brought to school by her father at noontime almost every day. Her class lasted from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Bernard does not leave Allana after bringing her to class. "She would go to the chapel - we do not know if he prays or sleeps but we see him falling asleep and we would have to rouse him so Allana can go home," she said. Local journalists did not air or print the names of the victim before the filing of the case. The same mentor also found it strange that no one bothered to tell them why Alyana stopped going to school months before her death. "I called the phone number left by Bernard and the one answering kept on telling me that I was calling the wrong number," she said. Stranger still was her last phone call early November because "the person at the other end of the line simply hung up." It was only yesterday when the teachers knew that the girl who was killed, beaten to death by her own parents, was the Allana they knew.* By Julius Mariveles
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