Residents of the first district of Camarines Sur comprising the municipalities of Cabusao, Del Gallego, Libmanan, Lupi, Minalabac, Pamplona, Pasacao, Ragay, San Fernando, and Sipocot are being forced to attend seminars conducted by the 42nd Infantry Battalion under Lieutenant Colonel Dece M. Yabo of the 9th Infantry Division.
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By Germelina Lacorte
davaotoday.com
DAVAO CITY — Wary over the recent raids of the Communist New People’s Army (NPA) in the region, the military is deploying 20,000 troops to augment security forces in Eastern Mindanao.
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MANILA — House Deputy Minority Leader and Bayan Muna Rep. Satur C. Ocampo today
urged Congress to immediately pass a bill banning and penalizing the
crime of enforced disappearances.
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MANILA — Senate minority leader Aquilino Pimentel Jr. today revealed that hundreds of ballot boxes containing what he called ?prefabricated election returns? have been intercepted by volunteers of the political opposition in Sindangan, Zamboanga del Norte.
The election returns in the 380 ballot boxes have already been filled with the names of the Arroyo administration?s candidates for senators in Monday?s elections. Pimentel said they discovered the ballot boxes on May 9, after volunteers from the Genuine Opposition were informed about it by members of the Philippine National Police.