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Volume II, No. 254
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See story P15.00 on Page 12 May 14, 2014
Govt snubs calls for talks as war vs. Reds continue D
AVAOCity–– Mounting of fen s i v e s from both Armed Forces of the Philippines and the New People’s Army have escalated in the past weeks as the government peace panel snubbed proposals to re-open talks with the National Democratic Front.
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Guingona releases so-called Napoles list to media
CACHE OF FIREARMS. Col. Glenn Macasero, commander of the 103rd Brigade, Atty. Alex T. Cabornay, chief of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)-Iligan District Office and Supt. Abner Santos, chief of Marawi City police, examine the record of the seized high-powered firearms. Photos by Sonny Sudaria of Mindanao Daily News-Armm
Govt troops seize cache of firearms dayan of the 12th Judicial Region, Lanao del Sur. Joining Macasero in executing the search warrant were Atty. Alex T. Cabornay, chief of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI)Iligan District Office, and Supt. Abner Santos, chief of Marawi City police––and
in the presence of Lanao del Sur Provincial Board Member Nash O. Ganda Jr. and Marawi City Councilor Borgie D. Dalidig. Macasero said the law enforcement agencies seized from Sarosong’s house the following: 3 Rifles,
DAVAO City––Power utilities should stick to their posted schedules of power interruptions to prevent further losses on the part of employers, the Philippine Exporters Confederation (PhilExport) said. In an interview Monday at ”Kapehan sa Dabaw” at SM City Davao Annex, PhilExport president Ferdinand Maranon said their members have complained that the power interruptions have not been followed. These have resulted in Photo courtesy of Albert Calvelo (PRIB)
higher production costs as their workers have been asked to report at a certain time but do not get to work, he said. Maranon said that his frozen banana export business itself is directly affected by the rotating brownouts, as the microwavable products require refrigeration along the production process. His clients come from as far as the United States, Australia and Canada. So far, he said there have not yet been reports of cli-
By SONNY SUDARIA Mindanao Daily News-Armm
mander Col. Glenn A. Macasero of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), the team leader, said the house of a certain Hadji Ali Sarosong yielded cache of firearms when they executed the search warrant issued by Regional trial Court (RTC) Judge Wenida BM Papan-
ARMED with a search warrant, law enforcement agencies on Monday raided a house in Lumbac Madaya in Marawi City where they By Jelly F. Musico of PNA seized cache of firearms. 103rd Brigade ComSenate Blue Ribbon Committee Chairman Teofisto Guingona III released to the media on Tuesday the controversial list of Janet Lim Napoles, the alleged mastermind of the P10billion pork barrel scam. A total of 11 former and incumbent senators, including Jinggoy Estrada, Juan Ponce Enrile and Ramon Revilla Jr., were among the 98 individuals whose names were written on the so-called Napoles list. Estrada, Enrile and Revilla were already charged with plunder in the Office KOKO FILES GRAFT CHARGES AGAINST DA OFFICIALS. Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III of the Ombudsman. files graft and corruption charges against four officials of Other incumbent sena- the Department of Agriculture (DA) on Tuesday, May 13, tors listed include Vicente 2014, for allegedly forging his signature to facilitate the Sotto III, Loren Legarda, release of P10 million to a non-existent organic farming project in Surigao del Sur. Aquilino See MEDIA, page 11
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CAMP Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City––The army’s 4th Infantry Division, the largest military camp in Northern Mindanao here, has banned all public transport system to enter the military camp, the military said on Tuesday. Lt. Col. Jose Leonard Gille, acting spokesperson of the army’s 4th ID, said that the new camp See security, page 11
Business group to power firms: Follow outage skeds
ents backing out from export products that have been delayed because of power interruptions. “I hope they stick to a regular schedule, even if it takes eight hours. The businesses are being affected,” he said. Maranon said their members could already have incurred losses of at least P1 million from the rotating brownouts. “I hope this changes soon,” he added. The Davao Light and See power, page 11
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