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Tuesday, July 14, 2009

‘Tugis’ raid leads to 11-year-old girl’s death 

Mayor Sema of Cotabato City says the military opened fire without warning; two others were wounded

 
By Julmunir I. Jannaral, Correspondent
 
COTABATO CITY: The Army’s Joint Task Force Tugis on Sunday raided an alleged hideout of suspected terrorists implicated in the July 5 bombing near the Immaculate Conception Cathedral. The said raid at dawn led to the death of an 11-year-old girl and wounding of two others.

Mayor Muslimin Sema of Cotabato City, chairman of the city peace and order council, said the child, a grade five pupil of the Muammad Elementary School at the nearby Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, and members of her family were sleeping in their shanty when the military men arrived and, immediately opened fire without warning.

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Coalition appeals for release of three teachers

Following the safe release of Italian Red Cross worker Eugenio Vagni on Sunday, a teachers group is now calling on for swift action from government troops to secure the release of three public-school teachers in Zamboanga Sibugay still in captivity.

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PNP set to rescue teachers still held captive by ASG

NATIONAL police on Monday said they are still preparing rescue operations for the three teachers still being held hostage by the Abu Sayyaf group off Zamboanga Sibugay since March 13.

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Transport strike in Bicol marred by shooting

LEGAZPI CITY: The region wide transport strike in Bicol was marred by the shooting of a militant transport leader at dawn on Monday by still unidentified gunmen in Daraga, a neighboring town of this city, the Philippine National Police (PNP) reported here.

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ARMM receives P1 billion for infrastructure projects

COTABATO CITY: Five provincial governors and several mayors of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) received a total of P1-billion infrastructure subsidy earmarked for various projects in the autonomous region.

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