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Oro bishop welcomes Iqbal, ‘man of peace’ Volume III, No. 235
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Thursday
March 26, 2015
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By BONG D. FABE, Editor-at-large
CAGAYAN de Oro City--The bishop of Cagayan de Oro on March 24 welcomed with open arms “a man of peace” to the City of Golden Friendship. See FULL STORY, page A5
Murder complaint against Swiss national dismissed SURIGAO City--The City Prosecution Office here has dismissed for lack of evidence a complaint for murder filed against a Swiss national who allegedly killed his best friend, also a Swiss national, in October last year. “There is a lack of evidence, motive and circumstantial evidence sufficient to charge the respondent with homicide much less murder; the circumstantial evidence submitted by the
complainant could not link the respondent to the crime,” the four-page resolution penned by Maria Kristhina V. Paat-Salumbides, assistant prosecutor and Manuel N. Tesiorna, Jr., city prosecutor, said of the complaint filed against Swiss national Arnauld Mcfly. Mcfly, also known as “John Lennon” and“Arnauld Olivier Juvet” expressed jubilation over the dismissal Archbishop Antonio Ledesma (right) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) chief negotiator Mohagher Iqbal (second from right) join other religious leaders in an ecumenical prayer yesterday afternoon after Iqbal paid a of charges. See murder, page A11
courtesy call on the Catholic cleric.
‘Rufus’ sought probe on MILF build up in IGN City By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor
Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, fifth from left, moves for the approval of the House Bill that would elevate the Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST) into the University of Science and Technology of the Philippines (USTP) during the meeting of committee members of the Committee of Higher Education in the House of Representatives. Rodriguez, the principal author of the proposed Bill, moved for the approval of the bill following the conduct of numerous public hearings about the issue. KD.
CAGAYAN de Oro City -A lawmaker on Wednesday has demanded an immediate probe on reports that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is building up its military arm in a new military camp in Iligan City. Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, head of the House Committee that reviews the Bangsamoro Basic Law
(BBL), said that it is a cause of alarm if, indeed, the MILF has established a military camp in Rogongon, an outskirt farming village Northeast of Iligan City. The MILF military camp in Rogongon is reportedly equipped with bunkers, obstacle course, and target practice range, he said. “I am asking Gen. Gregorio Catapang, commanding general of the Armed Forces
of the Philippines (AFP), to conduct an investigation of the report,” Rodriguez said. He said that the AFP should demolish the MILF camp because it is a violation of the initial peace accord where the MILF agreed to withhold all military activities, including expansion and movement of its troops. Rodriguez said that the establishment of the MILF See sought, page A11
photo by mark francisco
5 killed in Iligan City shooting CAGAYAN de Oro City -Five killed, 3 females and 2 males, in a shooting incident believed to be drug fallout, in Iligan City, 88 kilometers west of here, Wednesday morning, a report reaching here said. Pol. Sr. Supt. Graciano Mijares, head of the regional intelligence unit here, said that the shooting occurred See shooting, page A11
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