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Pagasa: Light rains expected over eastern section of PH EXPECT light rains due to the moderate to strong northeasterly surface windflow which continues to affect the eastern sections of the country, the state weather bureau said on Tuesday. In an interview conducted by the Philippine News
Agency, Pagasa weather forecaster Chris Perez said that the cold winds of the northeast monsoon coming from Siberia continue to weaken and the strong northeasterly surface windflow coming from the North Pacific Sea or Philippine Sea is causing the warm wind.
He added that due to the wind convergence and low pressure area outside the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR), the regions of Caraga, Davao and Northern Mindanao will experience cloudy skies with light rains and isolated thunderstorms. Perez said Luzon includ-
ing Metro Manila will still have generally good weather condition. He said partly cloudy to cloudy skies with possible passing light rains will be experienced in these areas due to the effect of the “weak” northeast monsoon or “hanging amihan.”
He added the rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms. Perez said Pagasa has yet to declare the start of summer in the country as the northeast monsoon still prevails over Luzon.
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AMBOANGA City––Various sectors have welcomed a senate resolution that would investigate the deaths––due to diseases––of many war refugees in government evacuation sites in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. See FULL STORY, page 8
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Officials are launching an investigation to know the extent of police corruption in the Cagayan de Oro Police Office (Cocpo) after one of its highest ranking police officers and his aide were arrested in a hotel here on Monday for alleged extortion from jeepney operators. National Bureau of Investigation agents arrested City Traffic Director Superintendent John Michael Deloso and his aide, Police Officer 3 Ernesto Galleto inside a local hotel Monday afternoon. Recovered from the two policemen were two marked envelopes containing P2,000 and P4,000 given to them by Butuan City Election Officer and Xavier Heights Jeepney Operators and Driv-
By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
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2 cops face extortion raps ers Association Atty. Ernie Palanan. Deloso and Galleto have refused to grant interviews to reporters at the NBI region 10 office where they were brought after their arrest. “Their arrest is very disturbing. I want to know the extent of police corruption in the local police force,”
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LAWYER Ernie Palanan, president of the Xavier Heights Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association (XAHJODA), answers queries from reporters about the entrapment operation against two police officers of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office. Palanan said the entrapment was done with the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI). Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit of Mindanao Daily News
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C. de Oro launches investigation on corrupt policemen By Froilan Gallardo of MindaNews
He noted that termination of the northeast monsoon and with the easterlies replacing it as the dominant weather system in the country will signal the start of the dry or summer season. Meanwhile, Perez said the weather agency
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Two police officers, one of whom is the chief of the traffic division of the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (Cocpo), are facing criminal charges after they were nabbed Monday afternoon by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Northern Mindanao for alleged extortion. Supt. Michael John Deloso, traffic division chief, and his aide PO3 Ernesto Galleto were arrested in a
hotel during an entrapment operation. The complainant, Atty. Ernesto “Ernie” Palanan, president of the Xavier Heights Jeepney Operators and Drivers Association, said Deloso has been “demanding money’” from them since December. Palanan said a total of P24,000 have been given to Deloso since December 3 up to last Monday. He said the money is for “protection” of drivers from traffic violation apprehensions. Palanan added that he at
first feared for his personal security but finally decided to seek the help of the NBI because he “could not take it anymore.” In last Monday’s entrapment, Deloso allegedly received P4,000 and Galleto P2,000 placed inside envelopes. Palanan said it was the fourth time that money was given to the extortion suspects. City police chief Sr. Supt. Graciano Mijares said Deloso has been relieved from his post. See face, page 11
A total of 1,174 out of the 5,292 examinees who took the 2013 Bar examinations passed, the Supreme Court announced on Tuesday. SC Associate Justice Arturo D. Brion, chairperson of the 2013 Committee on the Bar Examinations, said in a press conference that the number of successful examinees translated to 22.18 percent of the total examinees who completed the examinations last October. Brion also announced that the oath-taking of the successful Bar candidates will be on April 28, 2014 at 2 p.m. at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC). The 2013 Bar topnotcher is Nielson G. Pangan, a graduate of the University of the Philippines (UP), who obtained the highest See exams, page 11
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