Volume VI, No. 121
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MINDANAO DAILY T H E P U RV E YO R O F T R U T H , J U S T I C E , A N D D E V E LO P M E N T
DELA ROSA ON VIOLENT DISPERSAL OF RALLYISTS
‘Saddening, infuriating’
PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa was irked by the violent dispersal of a rally of indigenous people and other cause-oriented groups in front of the United States Embassy in Roxas Blvd., Ermita, Manila on Wednesday. Dela Rosa is in China as part of the official delegation of President Rodrigo Duterte’s four-day state visit to the communist state. In a statement read for him by PNP Public Information Office (PIO) chief and spokesman, Sr. Supt. Dionardo Carlos, in Camp Crame, Quezon City on Thursday, dela Rosa said, “Napanood ko ang video at
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REMEMBER DUTERTE AS
‘The President who tried his best’ By Jelly F. Musico of the PNA
PRESIDENT Rodrigo Duterte has told the Filipino community in Beijing that he wants to be remembered as the president who tried his best to fight corruption, criminality and illegal drugs. “I wouldn’t even guarantee that I’d finish my term, but by that time I’d be old. But I would like to just See BEST, page A6
I think it’s unfair to the Philippine National Police as an institution to be accused of police brutality, says Senator Panfilo Lacson while Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel is calling for an investigation of the viral video showing a police van ramming through the rallyists.
PNP-10 condemns police officer who ‘plowed through’ protesters has joined the civil society groups and other sectors in condemning the police officer, who ram through CAGAYAN de Oro City- dozens of protesters during -The Philippine National a demonstration outside Police (PNP) in Region 10 the American Embassy in By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent with RUEL V. PELONE Managing Editor
Manila on Wednesday. “We are saddened at the thought that a policeman figured in an unfortunate incident involving rallyists being rammed and See PLOWED, page A7
PAF attack squadron to relocate in Lumbia By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Preparations were underway for the relocation of the Philippine Air Force (PAF) attack squadron to the Lumbia airport here, an official said Thursday.
Vice Mayor Rainier Joaquin Uy said that PAF top brass paid a call at the City Hall here to inform the city government of the PAF’s ongoing “site and development” at the Lumbia airport here. He said that the See lumbia, page A7
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