DAVAO CITY ? The family of slain farmer Acuiles C. Tungal in Pantukan, Compostela Valley filed murder complaints on Wendnesay against elements of the 25th Infantry Battalion under Lt. Col. Cesar Ideo before the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) XI.
DAVAO CITY — The question on the local politicians? sincerity on environmental concern was again raised by the residents of the second district who attended the Green Vote 2007 candidates? forum Friday, the last of the series of forums where local candidates were asked to lay-down their environmental agenda.
Two independent teams have looking into the shooting incident on April 25, 2007, in New Bataan, Compostela Valley Province, that resulted in the death of two civilians and the wounding of three others.
In a meeting called by Mayor Lorenzo L. Balbin, Jr., Compostela Valley Police Provincial Director P/Supt Nestor Quinsay has given the assurance that there would be no whitewash in the investigation. He said the Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) and the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) have been tasked by the PNP to conduct thorough investigation.
By Mai Gevera
About 200 kids in Barangay Caliclic, Island Garden City of Samal had their urine screened for free as the Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP) reached the said barangay in their information dissemination and urine screening project.
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The International Crisis Group, considered as the best expert on terrorism in Southeast Asia, has released a briefing on Jemaah Islamiyah, the Indonesian terror network that has found its way to the Philippines, particularly Mindanao. The report essentially tells us what the JI has been up to, what is its present structure and whether it remains capable of more attacks in the region.
The report’s section on JI in Mindanao points out that, contrary to what the Philippine military has been saying, the “mainstream JI members” in Mindanao –about nine of them, including Dulmatin and Umar Patek –“have little to do with the ‘fugitives’ working with the Abu Sayyaf Group.”
It also says a dozen or more other “structural” JI members are under the protection of the Moro Islamic Liberation, although these members are said to be inactive and are “under strict orders not to engage in any violence and are considered integrated with MILF forces.”