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Volume III, No. 253
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April 21, 2015
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‘Task Force: Usig’ reviews 13 cases on record in 5 yrs
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By Noel B. Najarro
Bomb blast rocks store in Surigao
UTUAN City--The Police Regional Office 13 “Task Force USIG” under its new chairperson recently reviewed the cases in its record for the last five years, from 2010 to 2015. See FULL STORY, page A7
Group warns v. Cha-cha bid THE research group, IBON Foundation, on Thursday warned against Congress’ renewed bid for economic Charter Change (Cha-cha) especially amid President Benigno Aquino’s falling popularity and growing unrest. According to the group, the country’s experience showed that moves for Cha-cha such as during the Estrada and Arroyo administrations, have been widely opposed by the public. These are due to provisions that served proponents’ political and economic self-interests and undermined Philippine sovereignty. Insisting on
‘Insisting on Cha-cha now may fuel public unrest’
Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, 3rd from left, together with guest of honor Tan Sri Vincent Tan, founder of Berjaya Group, lead the ribbon cutting ceremony during the turn-over of the newly constructed road and drainage structure in the Berjaya Resettlement Area Phases II & III in Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City. The project costing PHP 10,221,838.26 is released by the DPWH thru the initiative of Rodriguez. Also present are Berjaya Group Country head Paul Soo; GK President Luis Oquiñena and DPWH Regional Director Evelyn T. Barroso. KD
Cha-cha now may fuel public unrest further, said the IBON Foundation, a nonstock non-profit development organization. Cagayan de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez recently asked Congress to approve changes in the ecoBy BONG D. FABE nomic provisions of the Editor at large Philippine Constitution upon session resumption CAGAYAN de Oro Cityin a few weeks. Rodriguez co-sponsors -As the adhoc committee See warned, page A3 hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) begins, a grassroots network of indigenous peoples, Bangsamoro and Christian communities in Mindanao are urging committee chairman, Rep.
Rufus Rodriguez, to refrain from unduly preempting the decision of the other committee members by refraining from giving his personal opinions on some provisions of the BBL. “The Mindanao Peoples Caucus and its allied civil society organizations and grassroots communities appeal to Chairman Rufus
Rodriguez to immediately stop issuing statements over the media that preempt the democratic processes in the legislative work on the Bangsamoro Basic law,” the MPC said in a statement. The adhoc committee on the BBL resumed its hearing on the controversial bill yesterday (Monday,
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The New People’s Army (NPA) remains the number one threat in Northern Mindanao, a police officer said Monday. Pol. Senior Supt. Leonilo Cabug, provincial police director in Misamis Oriental, said that while North-
ern Mindanao is generally peaceful, the peace and order in the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental are threatened with the continued presence of the NPA rebels in the area. Cabug said that the presence of the NPA rebels remains in the towns
of Claveria, Balingasag and Salay and the component city Gingoog, all of Misamis Oriental. The police officer, however, said that Northern Mindanao is still a safe place to live except for some isolated armed skirmishes between the government
Mindanao solon urged not to undermine BBL’s passage
See passage, page A11
SURIGAO City––An improvised explosive device (IED) went off inside the Gaisano Capital-Surigao mall on Sunday afternoon, police said. No one was hurt during the blast as the IED was reportedly not designed to inflict harm among shop goers. Police Supt. Ruben B. Delos Santos, chief of Surigao City Police Office told MindaNews on Monday that the explosive was put inside a plastic bag and placed on top of the trash can at the 2nd level near Vintage Optical shop. Delos Santos said the IED exploded at 4:43 pm, two minutes after it was left by the carrier who was believed to be in his 20s and was yet to be identified Initial investigation conducted by police revealed that a cellular phone was used as the triggering device. Jemmarie G. Pasco, 19, housekeeping staff of Gaisano Capital-Surigao See bomb, page A11
Communist rebels remain a threat to peace
troopers and the NPA rebels in the region’s outskirt villages and towns. Cabug said that the police in Misamis Oriental has also committed to augment the presence of police personnel in Gingoog City as part of the effort to curb See peace, page A11
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