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VOL.5 ISSUE 43 • MAY 4 - 5 , 2012
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Cops intercept 12 landmines By Jade C. Zaldivar
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WELVE landmines each measuring 7.5 inches in diameter and suspected to be owned by the New People’s Army (NPA) were intercepted by military and police last May 2. With a “killing radius” of 50 meters,
n Each with ‘killing radius’ of 50 the joint checkpoint set by 71st Infantry
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the deadly landmines were being transported in a white Fuso dump truck along the National Highway Town site, Brgy. Kingking, Pantukan in Compostela Valley Province when it was stopped by
Battalion and Pantukan Police Station. Upon discovery of the explosives, authorities immediately apprehended truck driver Oliver Bolusan, 35, married, licensed professional driver and resident of Purok 5, Caramcam District, Mangagoy, Bislig City.
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DIRTY BUT FUN. Children use the rope of a ship carrying cements to dive into the dirty water of Sta. Ana wharf on Thursday. LEAN DAVAL, JR.
Alleged NPAs oppose general’s promotion
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ORMER political prisoners, the ‘Morong 43’, health workers alleged to be New People’s Army members, are opposing the promotion of concurrent Eastern Mindanao Command (Eastmincom) chief Major General Jorge Segovia against
whom they have filed a case. In April last year, the Morong 43 filed before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court a civil case against Segovia along with former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and other government, military, and police of-
ficials. The officials were accused of having violated the Civil Code’s Articles 27, 32, and 33 in their involvement ‘in the illegal arrest, torture and detention of the 43 health workers.’
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