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Volume II, No. 110
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Thursday
October 17, 2013
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Military, NPA fight anew in Agnor; 1 slain, 1 arrested
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UTUAN City––A soldier died and one rebel was arrested as Army troopers engaged an armed group believed to be New People’s Army (NPA) in a 10-minute firefight at the vicinity of Palo 9, Brgy. Poblacion 1, Santiago in Agusan del Norte Monday morning.
Missing rice, livestock greet lumad’s return By EARL O. CONDEZA of DavaoToday
SEE FULL STORY/p.4
LBC branch robbed in Zamboanga Sibugay
PAGADIAN City––Two armed men robbed a branch of the cargo forwarder LBC in Buug town in Zamboanga Sibugay province and escaped with over P180,000 in loot, police said Tuesday. Police said the employees were about to close their shop when two gunmen barged and declared the robbery. The assailants fled on a motorcycle after the heist. Investigators said the cargo forwarder was manned by only three employees - Rutcher Pagayon, Allen Capas and Palen Banseloy – who gave their statement to the police. The employees said the gunmen forced them to open the vault. It was not immediately known whether the firm has a security camera. (Mindanao Examiner)
COMPOSTELA, Compostela Valley––Some 300 Matigsalug evacuees were dismayed to learn that upon returning home to Side Four village, Barangay Mangayon, their water system was cut off, rice supplies and livestock were missing and their houses were riddled with bullets. The Lumad farmers blamed government troops for wrecking their homes after a week of occupation. After a five-hour walk from the town proper to Side Four, villagers saw that water pipes were cut. Store owner Loriana Lamugay complained See greet/p.11
Mother and child. Photo by Earl O. Condeza
Shameless SSS board not alone, other GOCCs have ‘epidemic of thick-skinned insensitivity’ First of three parts
By MARYA SALAMAT of Bulatlat.com
AS President B enigno “Noynoy” Aquino III strives to shore up his decreasing approval ratings, more information about his appointees in government corporations helping themselves to public funds through fat bonuses and “incentives”
continue to become known. Yesterday, KMU members picketed once more the SSS main office in Quezon City, demanding the immediate return to the workers’ fund of the P10million (more than $232 thousand) bonus its board decided to give themselves last year. The group condemned Malacañang’s defense of the bonus, saying
the Aquino government should go after members of the SSS board under the previous administration for having pocketed huge bonuses, and not use it as an excuse for the current board’s huge bonuses. The labor group derided Malacañang’s talk of “good performance” of the SSS board, saying it is very far from good when “SSS mem-
bers get meager benefits and are ordered to go through circuitous processes and stand in long lines just to avail of their benefits,” KMU chairman Elmer “Bong” Labog said. Aside from the muchcriticized fat bonuses at a time when the funds’ sustainability was supposedly in danger, thus requiring
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano on Monday belied reports that the provincial governor’s office made a “cash advance” of P1.5 million for the expenditures of the
See shameless/p.11
GENERAL Santos City–– Around 20 metric tons (MT) of harvestable Tilapia and Pangasius were devastated as another fish kill hit anew some portions of the critical Lake Sebu in South Cotabato in the last three days. Lake Sebu Mayor
Electroweld introduces highly efficient, power-saving products By Irene Joy B. Dayo, reporter with reports from Mikee Espiritu
Electroweld Manufacturing Corporation known to be the leading manufacturer of welding rods together with its sole Mindanao distributor Derrick Du Trading presented its products to Anakciano Incorporated through a demonstration last October 14, 2013 at their site which is on the stage of on-going construction. The demonstration products/page 11
PrimeNews No ‘cash advance’ two-day tourism summit two weeks ago. Provincial administrator Edmundo Pacamalan, Jr. said that the funds were sourced from the Provincial Tourism Department “in line with
See CASH/p.11
Fishkill in Lake Sebu
Antonio Fungan said Wednesday the fish kill, which was the first incident that occurred in the area this year, has already affected an estimated 60 fish cages situated in parts of three lakeside villages.
See FISHKILL/p.11
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