Mindanao DAILY THE PURVEYOR OF TRUTH , JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT
Volume VI, No. 053
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Go after drug trade ‘big fish’ Bishop to PNP: ‘Drug war ok but…’
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Incoming Philippine National Police chief Ronald dela Rosa vows to clean up his ranks and implement Oplan Tokhang (toktok-hangyo or knock and plead) on a national scale during a press conference at SM City Davao on June 2, 2016. Oplan Tokhang is an anti-drug campaign that dela Rosa started when he was the police chief of Davao City. MindaNews photo by Toto Lozano By Ysabel Hilado and Glenn Figuracion of CBCPNews
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C AT H O L I C bishop urge d the Philippine National Police (PNP) to target the big players
in the drug business during an interview on Radio Veritas, Tuesday.
“I am worried about the degradation of human life, especially of the poor – addicts or pushers they may be – who are not really the ‘big fish’ and who are in the drug business only for survival,” said
San Jose Bishop Robert Mallari. The prelate stressed the importance of respecting human rights even those of individuals suspected of being involved in the illegal drug trade. “We recognize that for the first time we see our government showing a political will to fight against criminality related
to drugs and we commend our present government for this. We pray that the PNP will respect the law, the rights of others, and always consider the absolute value of human life,” Mallari said. The bishops, however, had expressed the need for less violent efforts in fighting crime. “We understand the difficulties
that law-enforcers face, the daily risk to life and limb, but not only civil society but also the Church counts on them for the flourishing of a society where all enjoy the blessings of a regime under laws that are just and institutions that are fair,” said Archbishop Socrates Villegas, Catholic Bishops’
P19-million worth of smuggled goods seized in Misor port
Prelate raises alarm over terrorism in Mindanao
By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Bureau of Customs in Region 10 (BOC-10) has confiscated various imported goods with estimated worth of P19 million at the Mindanao Container Terminal in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental on Wednesday. Five container vans confiscated by BOC-10’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services (CIIS) yielded assorted items, said CIIS chief Alvin Enciso. Found in two container vans from Korea were used clothing, beddings and footwear, worth P5 million; while two vans containing stale pork from France and Netherlands has estimated value of P10 million. The frozen meats, said the BOC-10 in its report, were “found to show some signs of spoilage.” Lawyer Roswald Joseph Pague, deputy customs collector, said the meat from Europe violated the Food Safety Act of 2013 and are unfit for human consumption. See SMUGGLED, page A7
Members of the Anti-Corruption, Anti-Smuggling Team, headed by Customs Collector Atty. Ruby Alameda (not in photo), and from left, Capt. Danilo Aquino, district commander, Customs Police, Marvin Mison, special assistant to the District Collector and head of Auction Committee, Alvin Y. Enciso, chief of the Customs Intelligence and Investigation Services, inspect the seized frozen meat, Wednesday (July 27), at the Mindanao Container Terminal port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, with MCT Acting Sub-Port Collector Pendatun Alim. Mindanao Daily photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
8 hurt in magnitude 5.2 quake in Surigao 38 more evacuated when a 5.2-magnitude earthquake struck Surigao City Tuesday SURIGAO City––Eight peo- evening. ple were hurt while at least The eight injured sought By Roel N. Catoto of MindaNews
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treatment in hospitals after being hit by falling objects, said Wilbert Ga, spokesperson of the Caraga Regional Hospital here.
He said a couple in the suffered cuts from broken municipality of Sison suf- glasses. He said all of the victims fered abrasions in their heads after being hit by were already out of the falling rocks. Some, Ga said, See QUAKE, page A7
A prelate recently raised the alarm over the possibility of international terrorists gaining a foothold in Mindanao, stressing the need to focus on developing and rehabilitating the region. “[This is what is making us nervous that] acts of terrorism will also reach Mindanao in an organized, international manner and [this is also means that] we really have to also bring a both lasting peace agreement so that we can develop the island of Mindanao,” said Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma in Filipino and English. The prelate on Thursday urged the passing of a peace agreement in the hopes of stopping international terrorists from entering the country. He emphasized the need for See alarm, page A7
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