EDGEDAVAO
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VOL.5 ISSUE 25 • APRIL 8 - 9, 2012
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Man arrested for abusing 3 minors
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By Jade C Zaldivar
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man specializing in hair removal was arrested last Wednesday (April 4) on suspicion of having abused three female minors inside his boarding house. One Fredrick Apique, 38, sole owner
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n Victims, aged 15, 16 and 17,
were promised summer jobs of Elite Laser hair removal clinic, married with four children and resident of SIR-Matina, was accused of violating Republic Act (RA) 9208 or the Antitrafficking in Persons Act of 2003 and RA 7610 (Special Protection of Children Against Abuse, Exploitation, and Dis-
crimination). The minors, accompanied by their parents, reported that Apique allegedly abused them sexually after agreeing to work for in his hair removal clinic located along Ponciano St. Apique allegedly promised the three girls, aged 15,16 and 17, with
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NO HOLIDAY BREAK. Despite the announcement of a special non-working holiday last Friday, a construction worker patiently works on top of a building while the rest
of the devout Catholic community is commemorating the crucifixion of Christ. [KARLOS
Mayor suspends Buhangin quarrying By Lorie A. Cascaro
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AVAO City Mayor Sara DuterteCarpio ordered Monday a temporary stop to earthfill quarrying operations on the boundary between Barangay Indangan (Sitio Salvacion) and Brgy. Acacia in the district of Buhangin,
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while an investigation into such activities is going on. The order came after the mayor’s dialogue with petitioners from Barangay Mandug, who earlier had asked her office to stop the quarrying and send an investigating team, more particularly to the upper part of Sitio Danao near the Ran-
cho Palos Verdes Golf and Country Club, where some 200 Muslim families reside. The mayor told the petitioners that she would decide based on the report of the investigating team which began its work the following day. The mayor sent lawyer Joseph Felizarta, officer in charge of the City En-
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