EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 6 ISSUE 78 • WEDNESDAY, JULY 03, 2013
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HE’S DEAD SERIOUS. Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte, in his first stint as presiding officer, listens intently as councilors deliberate on the amendments of the Council’s house rules during the first session of the 17th Davao City Council yesterday at Sangguniang Panlungsod. Lean Daval Jr.
Transport leader slain By CHE PALICTE cdp@edgedavao.net
DAYLIGHT KILLING. Personnel of the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) examine the lifeless body of transport group leader Antonio “Dodong” Petalcorin after an unidentified assailant fatally shot him yesterday at his house along Maharlika Street in Matina Aplaya, Davao City. Lean Daval Jr.
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HE president of Network of Transport Organizations (NETO), Antonio Petalcorin, 56, was shot to death by an unidentified gunman yesterday morning in Block 4, Lot 19, Maharlika St., Matina Aplaya, Davao City. Initial investigation showed that Petalcorin was about leaving his house when shot in the back three times. The
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No nonsense Pulong th opens 17 council By EJ DOMINIC FERNANDEZ ejf@edgedavao.net
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E had barely warmed the session hall’s most powerful seat when debuting presiding officer Vice Mayor Paolo Z. Duterte began making his presence felt among his peers.
A stern Vice Mayor Paolo made known to members of the 17th city council in yesterday’s inaugural session how he intends to run the sessions at the Sangguniang Panlungsod when he
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