VOL. 10 ISSUE 139• FRIDAY-SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13-14, 2017
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RAZOR-EDGE. Special Tactics and Weapons (SWAT) personnel of the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) conduct a mock counter terrorist assault during an armed attack simulation drill organized by Park Inn by Radisson Davao with the coordination of various government security agencies on Thursday. Lean Daval Jr.
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Human trafficking cases expected to go up in 3rd quarter By ANGIE SAVERON
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uman traf�icking cases are expected to increase in the last quarter of 2017 with recruiters expected to take advantage of the Christmas season celebration, according to the Department of Social Welfare and Development. “As of September 2017
there were already 112 (victims) but 50 percent of this is a carry-over from the previous year,”said Alma D. Acerna, regional sectary of the DSWD’s Led-Interagency Council at the iSpeak media forum on Thursday. She warned the �igure is expected rise this December
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since people coming from far-�lung areas are prone to recruitment by traf�ickers. “People from far areas are coming to the city during December and the recruiters are taking advantage, in offering them jobs,” said Acerna. Due to the monetary need of those people to cel-
ebrate Christmas, majority of them are enticed to take the opportunity only to end up as victims of human traf�icking. The Davao region averages between 100-130 cases of human traf�icking cases per year. Acerna said the council
is expecting to record 130 cases by year-end. “ Not only are we looking into the rise of traf�icking cases but also on suspected and possible human traf�icking cases based on our checklist,” said Acera. Based on council’ records, the youngest victim of
AGUM COOPERATIVE, a multi-billion peso cooperative based in Davao del Norte, turns 50 years old today, October 13, 2017. This is part of its amazing story. Tagum Cooperative (TC) was established in 1967
as the Holy Name Society (HNS), a Catholic lay organization in Tagum Parish. The �irst co-op members were the 38 HNS members, with a starting capital of P80.00 in which four of the members had each paid P20.00. On October 13, 1968 a
“Special General Assembly” was held wherein the Holy Name Society changed its name to Tagum Community Cooperative Credit Union, Inc. (TCCUI) and adopted a formal charter for the �irst time. The name change re�lected its expansion of
human traf�icking was a one year old who was involved in a case of illegal adoption. Assistant regional prosecutor Ritzel R. Polinar of the Department of Justice revealed that from January to September 2017, there were 109 �iled cases under
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TAGUM COOPERATIVE TURNS 50 Golden era of success and excellence T
membership from that of the parish to Tagum’s whole community. The way to success has never been easy as struggles for power, gender equality and corruption haunted the cooperative. Delinquency
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