VOL. 10 ISSUE 78 • , THURSDAY, July 20, 2017
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FINE MUSIC. Guests and participants are awed by the performance of visually impaired students from the Davao School for the Blind during the observance of the Disability Prevention and Rehabilitation Week held at The Royal Mandaya Hotel in Davao City on Wednesday. Lean Daval Jr.
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Army checkpoints are lighted, visible and with parked vehicle DAVAO EDGE Sports T By Jimmy K. Laking
he spokesperson of the Philippine Army’s 10th Infantry Division warned stakeholders to be on the look-out for fake checkpoints manned by rebel elements masquerading as army or Task Force Davao personnel along the highways. “The real army or police checkpoints are located in lighted areas and are very visible with clear markings,” Army Capt. Ryan Batchar told the AFP-PNP press conference on Wednesday at the Royal Mandaya Hotel. He said army
or police checkpoints provide for a forewarning advising motorists and commuters to slow down. He added that almost always, checkpoints identi�ied with government security forces are also marked by the presence of a parked vehicle. Batchar said military or police personnel manning these checkpoints are distinguishable with their clear nameplates and communication equipment. “If there is doubt, concerned commuters can always
call us or Task Force Davao to verify,” he said. On Wednesday morning, four Presidential Security Group personnel were wounded in an encounter with suspected elements of the rebel New People’s Army who set up a checkpoint in Arakan town, North Cotabato. PSG spokesperson Lt. Col. Mike Aquino added that the seven earlier reported wounded in the 6:15 a.m. clash was based on their initial report. The incident took place at Barangay Gambudes along the
Davao-Arakan route. Subsequent accounting and checking of personnel involved in the Arakan clash with an estimated 50 NPA �ighters, allegedly conducting checkpoint operations in the vicinity, indicated that only four PSG troops were wounded, Aquino stressed. He also clari�ied that Wednesday’s incident was not an NPA ambush as it was their personnel who �ired �irst at the suspicious-looking band who were clad in military uniforms.
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