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Volume II, No. 056
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August 5, 2013
Pascual takes post as new Davao police chief DAVAO C ity – – Pol i c e Director General Alan Purisima ordered Chief Superintendent Wency Pascual, newly-installed regional director of the Police Regional Office-XI (PRO-XI) to lead his men in doing their job to serve and protect the lives and property of the people. Purisima said the main duty of the police is to maintain peace and order. He recalled President Benigno Simeon Aquino III citing three police personnel in his recent state of the nation address who were merely performing ordinary jobs. “Do not complicate things. A policeman’s job is a simple job. You communicate to people whom you serve, know their needs and address these needs,” he said. Purisima said the feat of the police as cited by the President draws support from the people. He said there will be no complications if the police will only do its normal tasks. Purisima said the challenge of the new regional director will be to stir the PNP XI to a higher level of performance and achievements in the months to come. He advised Pascual to sustain the institutionalization of reforms within the police force and to surpass his predecessor’s performance. “This is to show to the public that the PRO XI remains a dynamic office it has always been with the leadership that sincerely See police, page 11
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Aquino to attend biz gab DAVAO City––President Benigno Aquino III is slated to attend the 22nd Mindanao Business Conference which will be held in Davao City this August 8-10. The President’s confirmation was relayed by John Gaisano conference director of the event during his guesting at the Club 888 Media Forum held yesterday (July 31) at the Marco Polo Davao. Gaisano said they are hoping that the President attend the first day of the event on August 8. In an earlier schedule the President was set to deliver the message on the last day of the conference. The Presidential party will also be composed of cabinet secretaries. The organizers have See attend, page 11
‘River’ festival revived
CROSSING THE RIVER. An Agusanon lumad mother carries a child as they cross the river which is a bound-
ary between Agusan del Sur and Compostela Valley. This is an exodus of nearly a thousand Agusanons from the town of Loreto after military operations affected their barangays. Davaotoday.com photo by John Rizle L. Saligumba
Agusan Sur town in ‘state of calamity’ over militarization By JOHN RIZLE L. SALIGUMBA of DavaoToday.com
TAGUM City, Davao del Norte––The municipality of Loreto, Agusan del Sur was placed by its local government unit under state of calamity after nearly a thousand Agusanon lumads staged a two-day exodus to the provincial capitol in Prosperidad to protest militarization in their villages. Tribal and barangay leaders of the Agusanons met Agusan del Sur Governor Adolph Edward Plaza on Friday night, and demanded the pullout of troops belonging to the Philippine Army’s 26th Infantry Battalion from their villages.
Accompanied by religious leaders and rights advocates, the Lumads complained they would hear continuous gunfire in the mountains, and soldiers camping in their communities during their operations against communist guerillas. “Sundon lang unta ang tinuod nga balaod. Sila naay kalaban, tapos didto sila mismo sa komunidad nagapondo. Magpalayo lang unta sila kay kami ang mapagan,(They should follow the law. They have enemies yet they stay in the communities. They should leave so we won’t See calamity, page 11
DAVAO City––To recognize its riverine roots, this Kadayawan Festival in August will mark the revival of the Davao River Festival. “All great cities started out from bodies of water, Davao City started from the Davao River,” said Richard Dian Vilar festival directorate citing the significance of the event. The river festival which was once a part of the Kadayawan Festival before it was discontinued in 2009 will feature at least 10 river floats which will represent the 10 recognized indigenous peoples of the city. To be held in the morning of August 16 the festivities will start at the banks of Barangay 5-A or Barangay Bankerohan which was See river, page 11
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