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EDGEDAVAO
VOL. 6 ISSUE 87 • TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2013
Serving a seamless society
‘I’ll stand by you’ YOU ARE NOT ALONE. Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte gestures to media that he will join Davao City policemen in jail if Commission on Human Rights (CHR) files a
case against them for killing three kidnapping suspects in a shootout during the rescue of businesswoman Sally Chua last week. Lean Daval Jr.
Rody assures cops he is willing to go to jail with them By CHERRY MAE PALICTE
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HROUGH thick and thin, Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte, will stand by Davao’s gritty bunch of police officers.
In the aftermath of charges of abuse by the Commission on Human Rights and a stern warning from Malacañang, Mayor Duterte said he is willing to spend time with policemen in jail if they are proven guilty of murdering kidnappers in Thursday’s daring rescue of a kidnap victim at a bank in Davao City. Duterte gave the statement to the media yesterday at the Grand Men Seng BRING HIM BACK ALIVE. Frescilieta Armada shows a photo of her husband, Rosalino, who was abducted by the New People’s Army (NPA) on May 24, 2013. Armada surfaced yesterday
Hotel in reference to charges that Commission on Human Rights (CHR) chairperson Loretta Ann P. Rosales is contemplating against the cops involved in the bloody incident. Three of the suspects died in the incident. The mayor said that what the Davao policemen did against the gang was legal and proper in their attempt to rescue 52-year-old businesswoman Sally Chua of Metro Manila, from their clutches at the Allied Bank in the city last Thursday.
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to seek the help of Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte for the release of her husband. Lean Daval Jr.
INSIDE:
2 NEDA: Electronics exports to rise due to global demand 6 Sabillo passes first 16 test to stardom Wife of abducted man runs to Rody for help