Edge Davao 5 Issue 4

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VOL.5 ISSUE 4 • MARCH 8, 2012

EDGEDAVAO City to sign MOA with Globe, Smart www.edgedavao.net

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he two-hour deliberation of the City Council on Tuesday regarding the inaccessibility of Central 911 led to the approval of a resolution for the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the local government and the two telecommunication companies--Globe and Smart. Committee on energy, transportation, and communication chair Pilar Braga yesterday said the deliberation cleared ‘many grey issues which were ironed out.’ “The Council will ask National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require the two telcos to forge a MOA between the city and Central 911 to formalize protocol,” Braga told edge Davao. “This is to avoid misunderstanding in the future and to avoid a repeat of the recent fiasco,” she added. The Council decision coincides with an earlier statement of City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio last Monday that it would be best for the city to formally sign an agreement with the two phone companies. “Instead of a verbal agreement,

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Mayor Sara lauds Bunawan police

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ITy Mayor Sara Duterte lauded a police station in Bunawan, Davao City, in reaction to Tuesday’s robbery and hostage-taking incident in Panabo City. “We’d like to commend the Bunawan Police for having responded in Panabo. Nakatabang sila ug dako,” Duterte-Carpio said yesterday after her meeting with the City Peace and Order Council at the Public Safety Command Center (PSCC). A police captain and five others, including the two suspects, were killed in a shooting incident following a robbery and

REBELYN CODE. On the 3rd anniversary of the killing of Ka Parago’s daughter, Davao City Councilor Karlo Bello explains that the passage of the Rebelyn Code will booster

the local government’s assistance to the victims of human rights violations. [Karlos Manlupig]

hostage taking in Panabo City, Davao del Norte at high noon Tuesday. One other victim was injured. The mayor said she was ‘relieved’ that

the incident did not happen here. “Good thing wala nahitabo diri sa Davao, otherwise mabuang na siguro ang atong kapulisan,” Duterte-Carpio said.

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