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Volume VIII, No. 255
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MASS SURRENDER. Communist insurgents in North and Northeastern Mindanao renew their pledge of allegiance to the government during a mass surrender at the army’s 4ID military camp. Photo supplied
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Military: Insurgency weakens
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AMP Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City-The mass surrender of 71 alleged members of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) has weakened the insurgency movement in North and Northeastern Mindanao, the military said Tuesday.
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Smartphones make people more tired, less productive, study says ONE in five women and one in eight men are becoming more tired and less productive, a new Australian study on mobile phone use revealed on Tuesday. Led by the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, researchers surveyed 709 mobile phone users across the country aged 18 to 83 years and asked them a series of questions based on a similar study 13 years ago. Identifying a phenomenon “technoference”, researchers discovered a significant increase in people blaming their devices for “losing sleep, becoming less productive, taking more risks while driving and even getting more aches and pains.” According to study lead, Dr. Oscar Oviedo-Trespalacios, the issue is so bad that 24 percent of women and 15 percent of men are now considered See STUDY, page 11
In a statement, army Capt. Regie H. Go, of the army’s Public Affairs Division in Camp Evangelista, said that the surrendering insurgents came from various areas in Northern Mindanao and the Northeastern Mindanao of the Caraga region. He said that the mass surrender was a big blow to the communist
movement in the Northern Mindanao just as the New People’s Army (NPA) prepares to observe the NPA’s 50 th founding anniversary on March 29, 2019. Go said that the insurgents voluntarily surrendered to the Community Support Program (CSP) teams of the army’s See WEAKENS, page 11
File photo of Lumad evacuees from Balaodo, Barangay St. Peter in Malaybalay City camping out in front of the provincial capitol in the city. The evacuees said they left their homes for fear of the Alamara paramilitary group. MindaNews file photo by H. Marcos C. Mordeno
Thousands flee fighting in 3 Mindanao provinces By FROILAN GALLARDO MindaNews
CAGAYAN de Oro City--The hunt for communist rebels and
Islamic State-affiliated armed groups has displaced thousands of residents in Mindanao, a humanitarian agency said.
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