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Tuesday, September 16, 2008

 

4 Community Workers Kidnapped In Basilan

By Al Jacinto, Correspondent

ZAMBOANGA CITY: Four aid workers were kidnapped Monday in the island of Basilan, a known stronghold of Moro rebels, police said.

Police identified the victims as Esperancita Hupida, Millet Mendoza, Ludy Borja Dekit and Dionisio Estandarte. Two others–Romeo de los Reyes and Sahida Alasa–managed to escape from their captors.

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O T H E R   R E P O R T S

 

The Philippine Council for Islam and Democracy (PCID) called on the government to stop military operations and reiterated that armed strategy would not solve the problem in Mindanao.

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GENERAL SANTOS CITY: An improvised bomb rocked Kiamba town’s public market in Sarangani on Sunday, officials said. No casualties were reported.

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SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga: House Speaker Prospero Nograles, along with 10 other high-ranking government officials, endorsed State Prosecutor Niven Canlapan for the position of assistant Justice secretary.

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The Bureau of Customs (BOC) seized P8-million worth of “misclassified” shipments of imported explosive materials at the Port of Mariveles.

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LEGAZPI CITY: The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Philippine Drug Enforcement Authority (PDEA) arrested a former policeman and 13 others in an anti-narcotics operation in Naga City.

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