MINDANAO DAILY NEWS AUGUST 2,2012

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INSIDE TODAY

WEATHER UPDATE AS of 4 p.m. yesterday, the eye of Typhoon “GENER” was located based on satellite and surface data at 380 km North Northeast of Basco, Batanes (24.0°N, 123.3°E). Maximum sustained winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 160 kph. It is forecast to move North Northwest at 15 kph. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the southwest will prevail over Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao and coming from the west to southwest over the rest of Luzon. The coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough.

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Fishing boat sinks off Agusan, 5 still missing BUTUAN City––Five fishermen were missing while 28 others managed to survive when a fishing boat capsized off the coastal town of Tubay and City of Cabadbaran, all in Agusan del Norte province early dawn Wednesday. Amado Mazo Posas of the Office of the Civil Defense Chief in Caraga Region said the survivors were fishermen from Buenavista, Agusan del Norte.Their fishing boat capsized as they sailed off the coast of Tubay and Cabadbaran City. Posas said he has coordinated with the Philippine Coast Guard in the monitoring of the search and rescue operations of the 28 missing anglers. A multi-agency teams from the Coast Guard, the PNP Maritime units, and the Cabadbaran City Search

Beaten motorist gives bike to robber

and Rescue team of the City Disaster Coordinating Council comprises the search and rescue team. The OCD official said that the survivors narrated that strong waves buffeted their fishing boat while sailing off the coast between Tubay and Cabadbaran City around 4 a.m. Monday morning due to strong winds. Their fishing boat sank along the way, Posas said. The survivors claimed the inciTdent was so sudden because when they BOAT/PAGE 11

By BEN D. ARCHE Regional editor-Davao

The US Embassy closed shop Wednesday as heavy rains flood several portions of Roxas Boulevard to the inconvenience of motorists and visa applicants. PNA photo by Luisito L. Iglesias

DIGOS City––The recent incident has brought almost to a hundred motorcycles now lost to robbers from January up to the present this year here in this city. The victim identified as Gerald Apas, 19, and resident Crumb-Bataan Street here was fortunate enough to escape from further harm in the hands of the lone robber who hammered him with a hard thing. Apas told police that while he was waiting for a passenger at the downtown at around 3 a.m., the suspect approached him and asked him for a ride to Sitio Camiguin, Barangay Aplaya here. After alighting, the suspect BEATEN/PAGE 11

Caraga’s anti-lumbermen haul P420t ‘hot wood products’ in just one-day By PAT SAMONTE, Regional editor-Caraga and JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent

BUTUAN City––Caraga anti-illegal logging implementors have doubled their “hot” forest products haul to P420 thousand on Tuesday as efforts to stop timber poaching in the region were intensified. In the vicinity of Baylo

River, Barangay Baylo in San Luis, Agusan del Sur, authorities seized 595 logs measuring 130 cubic meters with a market value of P260,000 at around 10:30 p.m. The logs were temporarily deposited with Baylo

Barangay Chairman Eduardo Batico. A container van with some 5,000 board feet of lumber with a market value of P100,000 was seized inside a Sulpicio Lines container yard in Purok 5, Barangay 22 Bading here

at around 4 p.m. Police led by Station 2 commander Chief Inspector Rowena Martinez and community environment personnel led by Forester Claro Licayan conducted the search and seizure HAUL/PAGE 11

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