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VOL. 6 ISSUE 22 • TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2013
NPAs kill massacre suspect g
EnERaL SanToS CITY – Communist guerrillas killed on Sunday one of the main suspects in the october 21,1985 massacre of 17 people in sitio (sub-village) Lampasak, Barangay alegria in alabel town, Sarangani Province. In an interview with dxES Bombo Radyo here, Ka Efren, spokesman of CPP-nPa-nDF in Far South Mindanao Region (FSMR), confirmed that new People’s army rebels killed around 12:00 noon on Sunday the suspect identified as Sayao Tangge. “Members of the new People’s army under guerrilla Front 75 meted out the death penalty against Sayao Tangge at sitio Malaya, Barangay alegria last Sunday noon after he was found guilty of the crime committed long ago involving the massacre of 17 persons in sitio Lampasak, alegria in
1985,” Ka Efren said. Ka Efren bared that aside from his involvement in 1985 Lampasak massacre, Tangge was also implicated in several land grabbing activities in several parts of alegria. “Due to his land grabbing activities, about 40 lumad farmers lost their lands. We could not allow this kind of abuses to continue,” Ka Efren added. The suspect, Ka Efren, disclosed had also been involved in the killing of some nPa guerrillas in sitio Pait, alegria sometime in 1987. according to him, Tangge aggravated his crimes against the communist movement by serving as military asset. “Tangge inflicted harm on the organization by playing the role of a military spy. During the trial process, the people’s court had proven beyond doubt that he had committed
such offenses,” Ka Efren said. The nPa spokesman claimed it took quite a long time before the punishment was carried against Tangge as he was elusive and was given protection by the military. He said the suspect’s relatives exerted efforts to convince the communist movement to defer the execution. “However, instead of giving himself up he continued with his activities which further harmed the organization,” the nPa spokesman said. He admitted that some private individuals in Sarangani province are facing charges before the people’s court for having committed offenses against the people and the movement, but he refused to name names pending the final resolution of their cases. (aquiles Z. Zonio)
ey during the entrapment. The confiscated items were turned over to the Philippine Drug Enforcement agency (PDEa). as this developed, Dela Rosa said that they will intensify their operation ‘Tokhang’ (toktok hangyo), to go after people involved in drugs. “In Boulevard, we really need to focus there
because babalik at babalik pa din yang mga iyan sa bisyo nila,” he explained. Dela Rosa said that the illegal drugs in that area are from Marawi and Cotabato. “We will not stop our operations until these drug users and pushers are all gone,” Dela Rosa said.
struction will be finished right before the 1000 prisoners from Manila came,” he explained. Meanwhile, Tesoro said that there are 800 living out inmates who are currently working in TaDECo banana
plantation earning P261.00 per day. “These are the prisoners who will be released in a year’s time. They worked to maintain the banana farm in order to have money when they will be released,” he said. (CMP)
export documentations, which is a paperless process that is run through the internet,” he said. “Exporters can contact us and we can train them on how the electronic documentation works,” he said. aside from the signing of the Moa for oSEDC, current major economic development strategies for exporters from the entire region 11 will be addressed in the PhilExport 11 Membership Meeting
at grand Regal Hotel. one of the highlights of the event is the discussion of the “national Industry Cluster Capacity Enhancement Project (nICCEP)” of DTI, which is a three-year project that aims to enhance the capacity of selected industry clusters to plan, implement, facilitate service delivery, evaluate projects and improve industry competitiveness and business environment. (EJF)
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both containing a methamphetamine hydrochloride or known as shabu marked with the initials and signature of the poseur buyer. The plastics containing shabu were recovered from the possession of the suspects. a P500 bill bearing serial number vD247062 was used as marked mon-
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tional government and the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is in charge of the construction. “The additional five dormitories can surely address our congestion problems and we believe that the con-
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be very convenient for exporters because they will have to wait for less than an hour and all their export documentations will be finished,” Maranon said. The concerned agencies for oSEDC are DTI, Bureau of Customs, Department of Environment and natural Resources (DEnR) and the Philippine Coconut authority (PCa). “They (exporters) can also avail the electronic
FASTER EXPORT DOCUMENTATION. Ferdinand Marañon, president of the Philippine Exporters Confederation of Davao, promotes the opening of a One-StopShop Export Documentation Center (OSEDC) which will
help exporters process their export documents in lesser time during the weekly Kapehan sa Dabaw at the Annex of SM City Davao yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
DCWD warns public of water shortage D
avao City Water District acting general manager Edwin v. Regalado advises DCWD customers especially those residing in elevated and farther areas to store water in clean containers during the whole duration of the summer season for them to have standby water supply in case water supply becomes intermittent. “Water demand always increases every during summer season, a trend that we have observed for a long time now,” Regalado said. “Because of the increased demand, we experience shortage of water supply. Thus, there are some areas that experience low water pressure to no water during peak hours of water usage which is usually in the morning,” he added. aside from the increased demand, Regalado also mentioned that two production wells of DCWD’s largest water system, the Dumoy Water Supply System (WSS), have bogged down and need to be shut off.Last april 2, DCWD had to temporarily shut off Production Well no. 23 as it is already due for re-drilling. although the project has already been awarded to a contractor, the
whole re-drilling project would still take around one year to complete. PW no. 30 also needed to be shut off for preventive maintenance purposes. “as much as we want to have all of our production wells operating during these times when water demand is very high, we could not risk further damaging our facilities,” Regalado said. according to him the non-operation of these production wells further aggravate the problem in water supply. He also mentioned that customers whose connections are beings supplied by DCWD’s reservoir in gSIS Matina are also experiencing problems in water supply. DCWD’s Engineering and Construction and operation and Maintenance departments have already assessed the situation in order to come up with
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measures to solve this problem. In behalf of DCWD, Regalado appeals for the understanding and cooperation of the affected customers. Further, he encourages them to call the DCWD trunk line at 221-9400 and press “1” on their phone dial to listen to the latest daily water updates, or contact its call center through the 24-hour hotlines 2219412, 0927-798-8966, 0908-441-0653 or 0925511-3293 for updates, complaints, queries and other matters pertaining to DCWD services. Information on emergency and scheduled water interruptions and DCWD operations can also be viewed in DCWD’s official website (www. davao-water.gov.ph) and Facebook account (www. facebook.com/davaocitywaterdistrict). (Jovana T. Duhaylungsod)
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‘This is not even our war, we will only be fighting a proxy war as it includes us in the ring of fire.’ —GABRIELA Rep. Luz Ilagan, reacting on the hosting of US troops in the Philippines in case of an outbreak of war in Korea.