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4 car thieves arrested in Bukidnon; yield ‘shabu’ Volume VI, No. 176
By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Four persons are now facing various violations after they were arrested for allegedly in possession of more than two kilos of suspected illegal drugs in Barangay Impalutao, Impasugong town in Bukidnon.
Clan wars displace 600 families
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Police identified the suspects as Nahar Apam, 19; Sohud Salik, 26; Tho Tha, 26; and Johari Akmad, 27. According to investigators, the suspects are all from Maguindanao riding a Toyota Altis believed to be carnapped in Manila but was located due to the car’s global positioning system. Report said operatives
from the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, Highway Patrol Group and Impasugong police all from Bukidnon set up a checkpoint in Impalutao that led to the arrest of the suspects. The vehicle was on its way to Cotabato from Cagayan de Oro when it was flagged down by the authorities in Impalutao.
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The vehicle was spotted based on the complaint from the car’s owner and pinpointed its location based on the Toyota Altis’ global positioning system. Also confiscated from the suspects were firearms and electronic gadgets. The seized illegal substance’s street value is estimated to be worth P20 million.
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The suspects are presently detained at the CIDG regional office in Bukidnon as charges for possession of illegal substance, illegal possession of firearms and ammunitions and carnapping had already been filed against them. In an interview, Senior Supt. Reynaldo Padolia, Bukidnon police chief, said
By Edwin O. Fernandez of PNA
COTABATO City––The clan war that erupted between leaders of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in the upland town of Banisilan, North Cotabato has displaced more than 600 families, officials said yesterday. Senior Inspector Jojie Barutas, Banisilan town police chief, said the displaced families came from at least six villages where Moro clans figured in a bloody firefight starting December 23. Provincial and municipal officials are trying to defuse the tension which, according to evacuees, have already claimed the lives of at least 15 persons from both sides. Board Member Kelly Antao said involved in the “rido” (family feud) are the heavily armed groups of Ali Rajamuda and his relatives Kineg and Bobby and the group of Sultan Medalya Tidong alias “Commanders Tanda,” Naki Laguib See CLAN, page A7
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it’s possible the suspects were on their way to deliver the suspected shabu to dealers in Valencia City and probably in Cotabato. In a separate intervew, Insp. Jiselle Longakit, Bukidnon police spokesperson, said they are still investigating if the suspects are members of a drug syndicate operating in Mindanao.
Davao Light bares holiday schedule
Davao Light and Power Company’s payment and customer services will be open to the public on December 30 (Friday), December 31 (Saturday) and January 2 (Monday), which are declared as holidays in commemoration of the Rizal Day and in the celebration of the New Year. The full service centers in SM Lanang Premier and in SM City Davao in Ecoland will be available to accept payment and customer services from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on the said dates. Moreover, Payments and customer services in Davao REUNITED. A New People’s Army guerrilla belonging Guerilla Front 16 B is reunited with his son (right) who Light’s Ponciano and Panabo came with friends to visit his father during the 48th anniversary celebration of the Communist Party of the Philip- branch pines in Bacuag town in Surigao del Norte on Monday (December 26, 2016). MindaNews photo by Roel N. Catoto
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Looming phase-out of lead-containing paints elates toxics watchdog
A non-profit watch group on toxic chemicals has lauded the fast approaching deadline for the phase-out of lead-containing architectural, household and decorative (AHD) paints
on December 31, 2016 as a “victory for children’s health.” “We are really excited about the impending national ban on lead-added AHD paints as their removal
from trade and commerce would help reduce a major source of childhood lead exposure and result in healthier kids,” said Thony Dizon, Coordinator of the EcoWaste Coalition’s Project
Protect. “We congratulate our paint manufacturers for taking steps to reformulate their AHD paint products in compliance with the government’s Chemical Control
Order (CCO) for lead and its compounds. In fact, Boysen and Davies, the country’s top two paint makers have gone ‘lead-safe’ even before the 2016 deadline,” he added. See TOXICS, page A7
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