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The Purveyor of Truth and Development Volume II, No. 060
Mom was minutes away from Cotabato explosion davaotoday.com
A DAY before the Cotabato City bombing, Sittie Rajabia and her husband, Elson, were joking after hearing a United States government advisory of an Al Qaeda threat. “Nagbibiruan pa nga kami nung lumabas sa news na may advisory. Sabi ni Elson tiyak may sasabog na naman nito (We were joking when the news of the advisory came out. Elson thought a bomb might go off next) ” she told Davao Today. “Hindi namin inakala na magkakatotoo nga at sa Cotabato pa! (We never thought that it would happen and it happened here in Cotabato!)” Rajabia, a mother of two and a former development broadcaster now taking up law studies, left her house at 4:20 pm that day, ten minutes before the bomb exploded in Sinsuat See minutes, page 11
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Solon calls for probe on bombings in M’nao web portal: www.businessweekmindanao.com
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Mindanao party-list representative strongly condemns the series of bombings that rocked Mindanao the past two weeks and calls for a thorough investigation through a citizen-led truth commission. READ FULL STORY/p.2
Mayor, 16 others face plunder raps By SONNY SUDARIA Mindanao Daily News-Armm
n ‘The case lacks the evidence to pin us’- Lawrence Cruz, former Iligan City Mayor
Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno (left) briefs members of the local media at the City Tourism Hall on Thursday about plans in the celebration of the annual fiesta this year. Together with Moreno is Police Supt. David Umbao, PRO-10 deputy regional director for operation (center) and Police Chief Insp. Lemuel Gonda of the city police office. Photo by Rolando Sudaria of Mindanao Daily News
ILIGAN City--A law firm here has sued former Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz along with 16 others with four counts of plunder with the office of the Office in Iligan City filed Ombudsman in Mindanao. the plunder cases against Lawyers Voltaire I. Ro16 former and incumvira and Dexter Rey T. bent officials in Iligan City Sumaoy of the Rovira Law See mayor, page 11
Conference in Davao City, told reporters that they were looking into three groups that joined forces to launch
“Basically may mga the attacks in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Co- groups na nagsama-sama. tabato, Maguindanao and Itong tatlong grupo North Cotabato. See groups, page 11
Three groups behind Mindanao bombings: PNoy THE recent spate of deadly bombings in Mindanao could be the handiwork of not just one but several
groups ‘desperate’ to derail eration Front (MILF) on the ongoing peace process Thursday. Aquino, who attended between the government and the Moro Islamic Lib- the 22nd Mindanao Business
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