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Military concludes the NPA likely source
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ZAMBOANGA CITY: Philippine soldiers disarmed Tuesday two powerful
roadside bombs planted by suspected Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF)
rebels in Maguindanao, officials said.
The explosives, assembled from 90mm and 80mm
mortar bombs, were left on a highway near the village of Magaslong
in Datu Piang town where military patrols frequently pass.
“Members of the army’s explosive ordnance team disarmed the
improvise explosives believed planted by MILF rebels,” said Major
Armand Rico, regional army spokesman.
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Muslim civil registry essential to peace, says NSO
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While the Code has existed since the 1990s, those in
far-flung areas of the ARMM do not bother to register
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COTABATO CITY: A sound Muslim civil registry is essential to the
Mindanao peace process, the National Statistics Office (NSO) in the
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) here stressed on
Tuesday.
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DA lifts ban on fishing in waters of Sibuyan
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THE Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) of the
Department of Agriculture lifted the fishing ban in the waters of
San Fernando in Romblon following reports of the successful
retrieval of endosulfan and other hazardous chemicals inside the
sunken MV Princess of the Stars.
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Govt reverses suspension order of provincial board on mayor
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The Office of the President, through Executive Secretary Eduardo
Er-mita, on Monday reversed the six-month suspension order on Mayor
Pedro Cuerpo of Rodriguez that was earlier imposed by the Rizal
provincial government.
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Marines arrest suspected priest’s killer
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COTABATO CITY: The Marines arrested Sunday a man suspected to be the
killer of Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) priest Fr. Rey Roda, who
was killed in a bungled kidnapping try near his convent in Tabawan,
South Ubian municipality of Tawi-Tawi in 2007.
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MILF, local official say vigilante group behind attack in Sultan Kudarat
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GENERAL SANTOS CITY: The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has
vehemently denied direct participation in Saturday’s atrocities in
a remote town in Sultan Kudarat where four civilians were reported
killed and three others wounded.
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