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Thursday, September 11 2008

 

Court orders release of ‘Commander Tigre’

Jakiri’s lawyer says a certain Akmad Jakiri (a namesake) has already been arrested and jailed since 2003

 
GENERAL SANTOS CITY: The Regional Trial Court here has favored a petition for habeas corpus filed by an arrested Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) commander due to alleged kidnapping and serious illegal detention charges.

RTC Judge Oscar Noel has ordered the immediate release of Ismael Akmad Jakiri, alias Ismael Saafar or “Kumander Tigre,” MILF’s 204th brigade commander (under the 104th base command and Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces -MILF), after the police failed to establish authentic evidence linking Jakiri to the 2002 abduction of businessman Carlos Belonio and Jaen Keon, a Korean national, in Pa­lem­bang, Sultan Kudarat.

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RESIDENTS of two villages in Maco, Compostella Valley, were recommended by the Mines and Geo­sciences Bureau to be relocated because of the danger of having landslide incidents similar to what happened last week-end.

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SUBIC BAY Freeport: Hanjin Heavy Industries and Construction (HHIC) announced Wednesday that it had secured a contract to build two units of Very Large Crude Carrier (VLCC) worth $330 million from a United Arab Emirates client.

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THE conviction rate of the Office of the Ombudsman received a boost with the Sandiganbayan finding the former mayor of Pinukpuk, Kalinga, Wilfredo Du­gayon and former municipal treasurer, Corazon Achivara, guilty of violating the... 

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CABANATUAN CITY: Fear grips residents of a lowly Nueva Ecija village after some 200 people holding a vigil in protest of the continuous operation of five poultry farms where allegedly fired at over the weekend by armed men in fatigue... 

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COTABATO CITY: A Muslim leader on Wednesday accused the government of double standard after President Gloria Arroyo on Tuesday ruled out any resumption of peace talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) but... 

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