Davao City bombings

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NO TO US INTERVENTION. “Access arrangement” with foreign troops is contrary to national sovereignty, national interest and the Constitution. This was how members of the militant Bagong Alyansang Makabayan viewed the plan of the Aquino government as they protest Thursday in Davao City. They slammed the plan of allowing US troops to make the country a temporary, worse permanent, base for the war on aggression through the “one-sided” Visiting Forces Agreement. (davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

Groups to Duterte: US stands to gain in bomb threats

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.”

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artist sketch of Davao's twin cinema bombings (PNP Davao photo)

Duterte orders surrender of bomb suspects in 48 hours

“I’ll give you 48 hours from this (Thursday) afternoon. We would like to talk to you. We will wait. But after that we will issue the reward and have people look for you,” Duterte said.

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DUTERTE ON DAVAO MALLS BLASTS

Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte tells media at the city’s command conference at Grand Men Seng Hotel that intelligence information points to a certain group targeting American firms as possibly behind the bombings of two cinemas last Monday night. The mayor came straight from a flight from South Korea early Tuesday dawn.(davaotoday.com photo by Ace R. Morandante)

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