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VOL.5 ISSUE 5 • MARCH 9-10, 2012
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By Jade C. Zaldivar Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio yesterday gave orders to ‘shoot to kill’ criminals who obstruct the law during the celebrations of the 75thAraw ng Davao. In an official statement issued to media outlets through the City Information Office, the lady mayor said the police should not hesitate in terminating criminals with ill intent. “The police will be going after all who are outside their residence, suspected to be carrying a gun. Arrest and prosecute or shoot to kill if the lives of the public are in danger during apprehension,” DuterteCarpio said in a text message. This, as the local government received March 7 a response from the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters approving the resolution declaring a month-long gun ban here. Commenting to the Mayor’s order, Police Regional Office 11 director P/C Superintendent Jaime Morente said he had given his concurrence.
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Antonino: Minda power problem not ‘catastrophic’
By Lorie A. Cascaro
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EGARDING a recent statement by former senator Juan Miguel Zubiri on power shortages in Mindanao, describing daily brownouts as “catastrophic”, Secretary Luwalhati Antonino of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) said Thursday the power situation in Mindanao is not really that bad to be regarded catastrophic. Speaking at the Philippine Information Agency regional office in Davao City, Antonino said there are solutions to the problem of the power crisis in Mindanao. She said this problem is “solvable” and
WOMEN’S RIGHTS. During the first Women’s Market opening program at the NCCC Mall Davao, Davao City Councilor Leah Librado says, “Women continue to
become a vital part of society, thus both local and national government should pay attention to their concerns.”
that people should refrain from giving immediate reactions such as calling it “catastrophic”. “Nakakatakot naman yang word na cata-
strophic,” she said, adding that prospective investors might say, “Ang gulo na nga sa Mindanao, wala pa kayong power, ayaw na namin dyan.”
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