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Military to rights group: Pretenders!
The military here lashed at the human rights group Karapatan for its deafening silence on the killing of Davao City trader Vicente Ferrazini.
Karapatan has been tagged by military as a leftist front for its propensity to make loud noises about military human rights violations.
The New People’s Army has owned up to [...]
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The Bureau of Immigration in Davao City has plugged potential exit points for the primary suspect in the December 24 killing of radioman Ferdie “Batman” Lintuan.
Immigration officer Rulton Norico said agents in Davao have placed a tight watch on Nilo Larosa, Lintuan’s co-broadcaster at radio station DXGO.
Lintuan was shot dead morning on the eve of [...]
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Nothing but business
President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Friday ordered creation of a “defense force team” to protect investments in Mindanao.
Her order should matter to big business like telecoms. In the Davao Region, the order is a breathe of fresh air to beleaguered giant telecoms like SMART and Globe, whose transmission towers have been favorite targets of [...]
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Sparrows hard to track down
By ROGER M. BALANZA
Davao City Police chief Jayme Morente said police maybe able to hold New People’s Army (NPA) rebels in the hinterlands but gave no assurance it could spot rebel assassins planning to carry out assassinations in the urban centers.
“As a group, they have not reached anywhere near the [...]
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City Hall admits errors
in 1996 Zoning Code
By ROGER M. BALANZA
The Davao City government admitted it rezoned the southern part of the city in 1996 on a knee-jerk reaction to speculations about a housing boom to be triggered by the multi-million investments San Miguel brewery would pour in nearby Sta. Cruz town in Davao del [...]
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To share gambling
proceeds with tipsters
By ROGER M. BALANZA
As the illegal gambling game video karera sprouts everywhere in Davao City like mushrooms after the rain—despite massive police drives—a barangay captain has proposed a novel idea: tipsters could get half of bets in the machines if they point out their location.
The electronic gambling Video [...]
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