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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Cop shoots 4 people in Misamis province

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A maritime policeman is being accused of shooting 4 innocent civilians in the town of Opol in the southern Philippine province of Misamis Oriental.
The policeman, Loven Oas, was reportedly drank when he allegedly shot 4 men at a convenience store where he had an argument with another man late Friday. The civilians were rushed to hospital, but their condition were not immediately known.
Oas was fuming mad when he did not find the man who told him to stop drinking and turned his ire on other people at the store and shot them with his gun.
Police later arrested Oas and recovered a pistol from him. The gun would be examined by the police to determine whether it was the same weapon he used in the shooting. (Mindanao Examiner)


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Philippine military deploys troops to hunt down rebels after fierce clashes

COTABATO CITY – Philippine troops were deployed on Saturday to hunt down Moro rebels who attacked several army posts in Maguindanao, one of 5 provinces under the troubled Muslim autonomous region, and in nearby province of North Cotabato in Mindanao, security officials said.
Officials said a huge group of Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters attacked late Friday military detachments and outposts in Datu Salibo town and sparking fierce fighting that lasted until day break.
The rebels, who are fighting for a Muslim homeland, also raided military posts in Midsayap and Pigcawayan towns in North Cotabato.
The clashes forced hundreds of villagers to flee their homes for fear they would be caught in the crossfire. The army also fired artilleries on rebel positions while air force planes provided cover for troops battling the BIFF on the ground.
There was no immediate reports of rebel casualties and the military did not say if it suffered human loses in the fighting.
Just recently, a grenade attack outside a Catholic church in Midsayap town injured at least 16 people. The Christmas Eve attack was also blamed to the rebels, who earlier in that day also held several cargo trucks and used them to blockade a major highway in Maguindanao’s Guindulungan town.
The daring action by rebels was largely seen to shame authorities and clearly showed how vulnerable the province was from such assault from a group of around 200 members. There were no reports of casualties or injuries and the drivers of the trucks were released by rebels. (With a report from Rhoderick Beñez)


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Blast hits Lamitan City Hall

BASILAN – An improvised explosive went off outside the City of Lamitan in the restive province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, police said Saturday.
It said the blast occurred late Friday, but caused little or no damage at all to government properties and that an investigation was immediately launched to establish the motive and who were behind the attack.
No individual or group claimed responsibility for the blast, but Abu Sayyaf rebels, who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State, were tagged in many bombings in the past in Lamitan City and other parts of the province where they are actively operating.
It was unknown why soldiers and policemen failed to detect or stop the attack. (Mindanao Examiner)


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4 suspected MILF rebels arrested in Lanao Sur

NORTH COTABATO – Security forces arrested 4 suspected members of the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front accused as behind the spate of ransom kidnappings in southern Philippines, officials said Saturday.
Officials said the men were tracked down in their hideout in the village of Mantapuli in Marantao town in Lanao del Sur, one of 5 provinces under the Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao.
One of those arrested, Nabil Balowa, is believed to be the gang’s leader, whose group was also implicated in the September kidnapping of gasoline station owner Clarita Belisario. The 60-year old woman was released after her family paid huge ransom to the gang.
Policemen and army soldiers who arrested the men also recovered automatic weapons, explosives, fragmentation grenades and ammunitions, including MILF identification cards and police uniforms.
Police said it is interrogating the suspects. There was no statement from the MILF, which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014. (With a report from Rhoderick Beñez)


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The Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper Jan. 2-8, 2017


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Friday, December 30, 2016

Lanao mayor killed in ambush

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Unidentified gunmen killed a Philippine town mayor and wounded 2 of his bodyguards in an ambush in Iligan City, television giant GMA 7 reported on Friday.
The report quoted the local police as saying the 52-year old Mayor Mohammad Limbona, of Lanao del Norte’s Pantar town, was attacked late Thursday near the village of Dalipuga. He was travelling in a car with his family when gunmen opened fire on his vehicle.
Two other female passengers were unhurt from the shooting. Police said the gunmen were tailing Limbona’s car, but the motive of the attack is still unclear or whether it was politically motivated. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the killing. Police said it is investigating Limbona’s murder.
In July 2008, the town’s deputy mayor, Abdul Onos, was also killed by motorcycle gunmen outside a bakery owned by one of his children in Pantar town. Onos was killed before he could assume as mayor after the Commission of Elections disqualified Mayor Nor Limbona. (Mindanao Examiner)


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Thursday, December 29, 2016

43 injured in twin bombings in Philippines

NORTH COTABATO – Two separate bomb attacks injured at least 43 civilians in the Philippines despite a tight security being implemented by the police and military in the country.
The twin attacks occurred late Wednesday in North Cotabato province on Mindanao and Leyte province in the Visayas, but police said it is investigating whether the blasts were connected to each other or not.
“We are investigating these (bombings) now,” said Senior Superintendent Dionardo Carlos said on Thursday.
He said 7 people were wounded in the road explosion along the highway near the village of Pagangan Dos in North Cotabato’s Aleosan town. The bomb exploded as a truck was passing the area.
The blast occurred several days after an unidentified man lobbed a fragmentation grenade outside a Catholic church in Midsayap town, also in North Cotabato, that injured over a dozen people.
In the Leyte town of Hilongos, at least 36 people had been reported injured following a bomb blast at a public square where an amateur boxing match was going on. Other reports said at least 10 people were killed in the explosion. Police said an 81mm mortar rigged to a timer exploded in the plaza.
No individuals or groups claimed responsibility for both attacks and police would not say whether jihadists or rebels were behind the bombings, not until the investigations are finally completed. The military is also investigating the twin bombings. (With a report from Rhoderick Beñez)


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Tuesday, December 27, 2016

17 patay sa sagupaan ng mga MILF commanders

NORTH COTABATO - Patay umano ang mahigit sa isang dosenang katao matapos na magsagupaan ang dalawang lider ng rebeldeng Moro Islamic Liberation Front sa bayan ng Banisilan sa lalawigan ng North Cotabato.

Sinabi ng pulisya, rido o clan war ang pinagmulan ng kaguluhan na nagsimula pa nitong December 23 sa pagitan nina Commander Ali at Bobby Rajamuda, at Kinig kontra sa grupo nina Commander Tanda at Paron. Ayon sa pulisya, umabot na ang sagupaan sa Sitio Kabugan sa Barangay Guiling sa bayan ng Alamada na kung saan ay umanib na ang grupo ni Commander Palaw at Tahir kina Tanda at Paron.

Ang mga apektadong lugar ng labanan sa Banisilan ay ang Sitio Kinamuran sa Barangay Pantar, Sitio Mapantaw, Hillside, Kulawan at Kibanog sa Barangay Malagap; Sitio Bang-bang sa Barangay Tinimbacan at Sitio Balindong sa Barangay Poblacion 1. Nabatid na 26 na pamilya ang lumikas mula sa Sitio Matampay sa Poblacion 1 habang 142 pamilya naman sa Barangay Malagap na may halos 700 katao.

Base sa salaysay ng mga nagsilikas ay abot na sa 7 ang nasawi sa panig ni Rajamuda at Kinig habang 10 naman kay Tanda at Paron at marami rin ang sugatan sa magkabilang panig. Sa ngayon mahigpit na mobile checkpoint ang isinagawa ng pulisya sa Banisilan, partikular sa mga apektadong barangay.

Tikom naman ang bibig ng liderato ng MILF sa kaguluhan. (Rhoderick Beñez)




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Sundalo, niratrat sa harapan ng bahay!

NORTH COTABATO - Isang sundalo ng Philippine Army ang pinaslang ng mga di-kilalang armado sa harapan mismo ng kanyang bahay sa bayan ng Alabel sa Sarangani province sa Mindanao. 

Nakilala ang biktima na si Cpl. Jomar Estifano, 28, at miyembro ng 73rd Infantry Battalion. Nakadestino ito sa Davao Occidental, ngunit umuwi lamang upang makapiling ang kanyang pamilya.

Ayon sa salaysay ng kanyang asawa, nakipagkita ang sundalo sa kanyang mga pinsan at papasok na sana sa kanilang bahay ng ito ay dagitin ng dalawang lalaking nakasakay sa isang motorsiklo at saka niratrat.

Ani pa ng asawa, bubuksan na sana nito ang gate upang makapasok ang motorsiklo ng sundalo, ngunit bago pa man ito ay sunod-sunod na putok ng baril ang umalingawngaw sa kalaliman ng gabi at bumulagta ang sundalo sa malamig na kalsada. Hindi pa mabatid kung sino ang nasa likod ng pagpatay, ngunit aktibo ang mga rebeldeng komunista sa naturang lugar at sa Davao Occidental.

Nagiimbestiga na rin ang pulisya sa naganap na krimen. (Rhoderick Beñez)



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Magsasaka, tinaga sa leeg ng kinakasama ng dating asawa

NORTH COTABATO - Patay ang isang 50-anyos na magsasaka matapos itong tagain sa leeg ng lalaking kinakasama ng dating asawa sa bayan ng Bansalan sa Davao del Sur.

Ayon sa pulisya, dinalaw lamang ng biktimang si Jimmy Ando ang kanyang mga anak sa dating live-in partner nitong si Anita Algabre sa bahay nito sa Purok Escalante sa Barangay Managa, ngunit naabutan umano ito ng kinakasama ng babae na si Reynaldo Tondo Jr, 56, at agad na sinugod ang biktima.

Tinaga umano ni Tondo ang biktima sa leeg sa akalang binabalikan nito ang babae at saka mabilis na tumakas. Sinabi ng pulisya na halos matanggal na ang ulo ni Ando sa lakas ng pagkakataga sa kanyang leeg. Pinaghahanap na ng mga awtoridad ang suspek. Hindi naman nagbigay ng pahayag ang babae ukol sa naganap. (Rhoderick Beñez)



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