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P 15.00 • 20 PAGES PRIDE OF KIDAPAWAN. The AMAS National High School dancers of Kidapawan City perform their ethnic dance routine which enabled them to win the top prize in this Kalivungan Festival Street Dancing competition (Indak-Indak sa Kadalanan), a culminating activity of the 102nd Founding Anniversary of Cotabato province and 7th Kalivungan Festival, at the provincial capitol compound in Barangay Amas, Kidapawan City yesterday. Lean Daval Jr.
MILITARY ON TIGHT WATCH VERSUS ASG By TIZIANA CELINE S. PIATOS
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HE military is keeping a tight watch on possible diversionary tactics that might be carried out by the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), as the bandits might employ these methods to draw the government’s attention away from their comrades in Basilan and Sulu. Among the possible tactics the ASG could use are bomb attacks which could target key cities across the country, especially those in Mindanao. In light of this scenario, the Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) warned the public to be prepared for any eventuality, as these attacks could happen anytime. EastMinCom Spokesperson Col. George Lalaquil, in press conference yesterday,
said that there is no harm in being prepared. “It is different when you are alert and well prepared,” he Lalaquil said. He therefore urged the public to be vigilant and observant, and immediately report to authorities suspicious-looking individuals and unattended items. “It is for the authorities to act on such information immediately,” Lalaquil said. He explained the military’s heightened focus on the ASG’s possible diversionary tactics is an offshoot of the recent clashes between government troops and members of the bandit group. Lalaquil said the continuous armed battles with the ASG could be an indication
that the military is nearing the lair of the ISIS-affiliated group whose members have secured themselves in the interior areas of Basilan and Jolo. It can be recalled that the focused military operations against ASG started last week in the in Sulu which resulted in the death of 15 soldiers and 30 terrorists. Another 11 ASG members were reportedly wounded in the succeeding series of clashes with government forces. The military offensives were prompted by the bandit group’s brutal beheading of 18-year-old Patrick Jhames Almodavar last week in Sulu. President Duterte flew to Zamboanga City last Wednesday to console the relatives of
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Davao City to host Miss U events in 2017 By ALEXANDER D. LOPEZ
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AVAO City has been chosen to host various events of the Miss Universe pageant next year. This was announced by Department of Tourism (DOT) Secretary Wanda Corazon Teo during a press briefing yesterday at the
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Malacañang Palace. Teo said that aside from Davao, Cebu, Iloilo and Vigan are also being eyed to be included in the final list of areas to be visited by the candidates. “There are other provinces that would like to host,
but so far these four places are still in the final list,” she said. The main event and coronation night of the pageant will be in Manila on Jan. 30 next year.
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