MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.
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Volume IX, No. 167
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SENATOR Sonny Angara is set to file a Senate resolution seeking to honor the cop who gave his life to save several students from an armed assailant in Misamis Oriental. In filing the resolution, Angara noted how Police Master Sgt. Jason Magno made the ultimate sacrifice when he used his body to cover a grenade thrown by a man, who ran amok inside the Initao College campus in Barangay Jampason, Misamis Oriental. “Master Sergeant Magno responded to the call of duty to protect the lives of civilians. Without thinking of his own safety, he used his body to cover the grenade, saving more lives
but tragically losing his own in the process,” he said in a statement Thursday. “It is only proper that the Senate recognizes Magno for his heroism. It is men like him who represent the best of the PNP (Philippine National Police) and Filipinos as a whole,” Angara said. Magno and Master Sgt. Alice Balido were among the first responders when a man wielding a bladed weapon and a grenade entered the school campus and threatened the students and faculty of the school. After a brief scuffle, the assailant reportedly hurled the grenade, prompting Magno to use his body to
Senate to honor MisOr hero cop
Police Master Sgt. Jason Magno
Bong Go condemns kidnap-slay of 16-year-old girl in SoCot GENERAL Santos City--Senator Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go condemned on Thursday the abduction and brutal killing of a 16-year-old girl in Banga town, South Cotabato province. Go called the kidnapping and slaying of Barbie Bernardino Inocencio as very disturbing and urged authorities to give immediate justice to the victim. The senator said he personally followed the case since Barbie was found dead on Wednesday afternoon, two days after she was reported missing. “I called up RD [Police Regional Office-12 director] Corpus while I was in Malacañang last night and offered a P100,000 reward for any information that could lead to the arrest of
the suspects,” he said in an interview over Radio Mindanao Network in Koronadal City. Barbie, a Grade 10 student of the Notre Dame of Banga, was reported missing by her mother late Monday after she failed to return home from school and eventually losing contact with her. She was found past 2 p.m. Wednesday with her hands tied and placed on a sack in a waterway in Purok Bagong Silang, Barangay Punong Grande in Banga. The principal suspect identified as Richard Romo Gumilid, reportedly her mother Babyn April’s boyfriend, was killed in a joint police operation in Isulan town, Sultan Kudarat early Thursday. Go said the incident has
strengthened his resolve to push for the restoration of death penalty for heinous crimes and drug-related cases. “Dapat may balaod para maundang (There should be law to stop these crimes),” he said, adding that he already filed the proposed measure in the Senate. He said the move is being backed by fellow Mindanaon senator Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa and other colleagues in the Senate majority bloc. Aside from Senator Go, an unnamed businessman from Koronadal City, the office of Banga Mayor Albert Palencia and the office of South Cotabato Rep. Ferdinand Hernandez offered a reward of P200,000 each for the arrest of the suspects. (MindaNews)
NEW LIFE. Five members of the New People’s Army surrendered to the troopers of 75th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army on December 3 in Barangay Maharlika, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur. The rebels say they are tired of hiding from the law. (Photo courtesy of 75th Infantry Battalion)
See HONOR, page 11
5 NPA rebels yield in Surigao
BUTUAN City--After more than three years of hiding in the hinterlands, five members of the New People’s Army (NPA) operating in the province of Surigao del Sur surrendered to authorities on Tuesday. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the Army’s 75th Infantry Battalion lauded the decision of the NPA See YIELD, page 11
‘Better to receive, best to give’ ASIDE from the glow brought by sparkling lights and glittering decorations, the most wonderful season
of the year is shining even ing at the size and price of brighter as people from all each present, gift-giving walks of life give and receive remains one of the most gifts. More than just lookSee BETTER, page 11