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Magnitude 7.2 quake hits Sarangani

COTABATO CITY -- A Magnitude 7.3 earthquake hits near the town of Glan in Sarangani early Saturday, the state volcanology office said.In a bulletin, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said the epicenter was traced about 31 kilometers south of Glan and has a depth of 10 kilometers.It was tectonic in origin and came at 4:23 a.m.The tremor was felt as far as Cotabato City, Bukidnon, Koronadal, Kidapawan, Davao, Sarangani. No tsunami alert was raised.At 3:54 a.m., the Phivolcs recorded a Magnitude 2.8 quake about 11 kilometers east of Lebak, Sultan Kudarat.

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DOLEand Workers to get 'surprise' from Duterte on May 1

MANILA -- The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said that President Rodrigo Duterte may have a surprise for workers on May 1, Labor Day. We are preparing an announcement by the President to address the issue of wages para naman may maibigay siyang regalo pagdating ng Mayo 1, said Labor and Employment Silvestre Bello III at a press conference in Manila Wednesday afternoon regarding the government's preparations for the commemoration of 115th Labor Day.But, he did not give any specific details as to what would be the possible benefits for the workers. Basta benefits lang.

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Bishops hope ICC case vs Duterte will ferret out truth

A Catholic bishop hopes that the case filed against President Rodrigo Duterte at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague will ferret out the truth behind the drug-related killings in the country.Sorsogon Bishop Arturo Bastes said something must be done to stop the alarming surge of summary killings of suspected drug pushers and users. This is a very good step for the ICC to take serious action against the continuous and seemingly condoned violation of human rights in the Philippines, Bastes said.

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Cotabato City business sector elated with creation of TFK

COTABATO CITY --- Muslim and Christian traders were delighted with the creation of the anti-crime, anti-terrorism Task Force Kutawato (TFK).Officials launched on Tuesday the inter-agency Task Force Kutawato (TFK) to sustain the improvements in the local economy, ushered in by the fragile peace now spreading around.Previous security task forces, including one dubbed Task Force Tabang that focused solely on wanton kidnappings of traders here in the 1990s, failed miserably in maintaining law and order in all of the 37 barangays here.The creation of the TFK is a joint initiative of Cotabato Cit

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Cops raid Supt. Nobleza's home in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon -- Police here and a specil unit from Camp Crame raided the house of Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and seized explosives, assorted firearms, bomb components and documents about alleged plot of Abu Sayyaf Group to bomb civilian areas across the country.PNP chief Director Gen. Ronald dela Rosa saidNobleza and her alleged boyfriend Reener Ren Ren Dongon, a suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), are now undergoing tactical interrogation in Camp Crame.

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PNP raid Supt. Nobleza's home in Bukidnon

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon -- Police here and a specil unit from Camp Crame raided the house of Supt. Maria Cristina Nobleza and seized explosives, assorted firearms, bomb components and documents about alleged plot of Abu Sayyaf Group to bomb civilian areas across the country.PNP chief Director Gen. Ronald dela Rosa saidNobleza and her alleged boyfriend Reener Ren Ren Dongon, a suspected member of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), are now undergoing tactical interrogation in Camp Crame.

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Task Force Kutawato reactivated to secure city from terrorism, illegal drugs

COTABATO CITY – Military, police and local officials here today official revived and announced
the Army-police composite Task Force Kutawao that will secure the city and its
environs against terrorism, kidnapping and proliferation of illegal drugs.

Major Gen.
Arnel dela Vega, 6th Infantry Division commander, named Colonel Jose
Gongona as Task Force Kutawato head.

The task force
will be augmented by Civilian Armed Forces Geographical Unit (CAFGU).

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Lady police colonel linked to Abu Sayyaf stays in hotel while assigned in Davao

TAGBILARAN, Bohol - The police superintendent suspected of aiding militantsadmitted to PNP chief Director Ronald dela Rosa that she was in Bohol to rescue a certain Saad, a member of Abu Sayyaf Group that entered the central Visayas islands two weeks ago. She admitted she and her group was to fetch Saad and give him medicine for he was injured, Dela Rosa quoted as Supt.

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MILF leader brings 50 armed followers to recover one cal. 45 pistol taken by cops in Maguindanao

PARANG,
Maguindanao – As if in movies, heavily armed men on board a cargo
truck and about 10 motorbike with the rebels brandishing high powered guns,
Moro rebels showed up at the police station here only to find two cops on duty.

There was no
plan to seize the police or forcibly grab their firearms. They only wanted one gun.

About 50 Moro
Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) guerillas, led by Datu Solaiman Dimatuntay,
arrived at the police station at past 10 a.m. and found only two cops on duty.

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Elderly couple die as fire hits Koronadal City

KORONADAL CITY - A public school teacher and her husband were charred to death in a fire that hit the family home in Barangay Namnama here Saturday.Marlon Aquino, the victims' nephew, identified the couple as Concepcion, 59 and Romeo Mateo, 57, both of Barangay Namnama.Aquino told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida that the fire was already huge and it was impossible for anybody to save the couple. The fire started at about 10 p.m.Even neighbors who responded to the fire were helpless, Aquino said.The one-story concrete house had all its windows covered by iron grill.

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