Police are near completing the recovery of the 64 high grade cocaine bricks that snuck into the city last March as two more bricks were surrendered to authorities over the Holy Week.
The Traffic Management Center (TMC) will put up an outpost on top of a high point near Barangay Langub, Davao City as an added measure to curb rising cases of vehicular accidents in the area.
Six days after one of the country’s biggest fire this year leveled off an islet here, the city government announced that the informal settlers – or squatter families – would still be allowed to return but only after rehabilitation works would have ensured good access roads and safer electrical lines in the area.
“It is what the police said, and what the deputy mayor (in the barangay) said. They wanted to keep this quiet. But this is a public issue; it may not be the whole truth but it has to come out,” Duterte said.
He said investigators were looking at several angles to the killing, “because of his several involvement with political and civic organizations, including on the Daneco row”.
Two friends drinking in a videoke bar along Sasa ended up with one of them stabbed dead by his friend on Wednesday night.
City’s traffic officials announced that around 300 drivers were caught over the week for violating traffic and vehicle rules, but none of them were the uso-uso (fast engine) drivers.
A string of jewelry recovered from slain suspect Roberto Kepti was presented by Talomo Police Station Commander Superintendent Julius Silagan. Kepti, who had two standing warrants of arrests, was shot dead Tuesday afternoon during a shootout with policemen who tracked him in Juna Subdivision, Matina. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)
Radio commentator Dodong Solis said this is the first time the mayor “mellowed down” from his tough position against US intervention because of the American government’s “arm twisting to get what they want.”
