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Tuesday, October 14, 2008 |
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ARMM assesses MILF
war with military |
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With 1,822 houses, 8 mosques and 6 schools burned,
there’s reason to declare humanitarian crisis in Muslim Mindanao |
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By Julmunir I. Jannaral, Correspondent
COTABATO CITY: The Autonomous Region in Muslim
Mindanao (ARMM) through its Regional Disaster Coordinating Center (RDCC)
on Sunday disclosed its assessment on the extent of total collateral
damage of destroyed properties which were mostly burned to the
ground as a result of the war between the Moro Islamic Liberation
Front (MILF) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) that
broke out on August 20.
Regional Director Armando Duque of the Office
of Civil Defense based in Camp General Salipada Kuder Pendatun at
Parang, Shariff Kabungsuan said he already transmitted his official
assessment in a report submitted to ARMM Gov. Datu Zaldy Uy Ampatuan,
who is also concurrently the chairman of RDCC in the autonomous
region.
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Boat sinks off
Pata Island in Sulu;
five dead, 14 passengers rescued
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Soldiers rescued
15 passengers and found four bodies from a capsized boat off the
southern island of Pata in the Sulu archipelago, officials said.
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Oilink denounces
‘illegal’ PASG raid on terminal
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Oilink International Corporation
cried foul over the “illegal” raid conducted by members of the
Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) at their Terminal in
Lucanin, Mariveles, Bataan at around 11 a.m. in the morning Monday.
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Abu Sayyaf linked
to kidnapping of Ces Drillon captured
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Govt. forces
arrested an Abu Sayyaf militant implicated in the kidnapping of a TV
broadcaster in Sulu, officials said.
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