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Military defends small-scale miners By AL JACINTO, Regional editor-Zamboanga
PAGADIAN City––The Philippine Army on Monday rejected claims by an affiliate of a Canadian mining firm operating in Zamboanga del Sur province that illegal miners attacked its security guards that resulted in a gun battle. Major General Ricardo Rainier Cruz, commander of the 1st Infantry Division, said one person Wilfred Catampungan was killed and six others wounded after security guards of the TVI Resources Development, Inc. opened fire on a group
of small scale miners. The incident occurred on July 25 in Bayog town. He said police filed criminal charges against 7 private security guards working for TVIRD. “Using the pieces of evidence gathered to include
accounts from several witnesses and sworn statements of the complainants, cases of two counts frustrated murder and six for attempted murder have been filed at a local court against the seven security guards of the TVIRD who are all under the Big JR private security agency,” Cruz said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner. Cruz branded the security guards as members of a “pseudo-organization employed by the said mining company to execute dirty works” commonly known
among miners in Balabag area as ‘K9’. He also quoted Police Senior Inspector Eilen Fermindoza, chief of the Provincial Investigation and Detective Management Branch in Pagadian City, as saying that “there was no actual gunfight between the two parties. Majority of the firearms used by the TVIRD security guards were 12-gauge shotgun and, surprisingly, only spent cartridges of the same firearm have been found at the crime scene. Furthermore, all the involved guards’
firearms yielded positive on gun-powder residue upon examination.” According to Cruz, soldiers from the 53rd Infantry Battalion led by Captain Rafael Balincamaya also confirmed that all the spent cartridges they recovered in the area were from a 12-gauge shotgun. They cartridges, he said, were just a few feet from the security post where the laborers were situated and that Balincamaya did not find any bullet holes at the outpost, denying the MINERS/PAGE 11
Traders distribute foods in Marawi By SONNY V. SUDARIA Bureau chief-Armm
MARAWI City––Members of the strong Marawi Traders Islamic Radio Forum, Inc. (MTIRPI) recently distributed food assistance to their poor Muslim brothers held at MCC building in Ibargo Street. Present at the distribution of food assistance were 103rd Brigade Commander Col. Daniel C. Lucero, Lt. Col. Siegred Espina of the 65th Infantry Battalion, and MTIRPI President Mohammad A. Batabor. Carrying the theme, “To enjoy what is right and to prevent what is wrong,” Batabor said Ramadan is TRADERS/PAGE 11
Plight of Pagasa employees prompts calls for salary hike First of a series
ployees of Pagasa, or the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO and Astronomical Services Adof Bulatlat.com ministration. The sorry economic plight VARIOUS organizations have of the weathermen and women declared declared their its full have prompted calls for acrosssupport for the fight of the em- the-board salary increases for
state workers and a review of Republic Act 8439 or the Magna Carta for Scientists, Engineers, Researchers and Other Science and Technology Personnel in Government. The weathermen and women of Pagasa led by their union Phil-
ippine Weathermen Employees Association (PWEA) said they have not been receiving their benefits since March. According to the group’s president Ramon Agustin, many employees of Pagasa, including the weather forecasters have not been re-
porting for work because they did not have enough money for transportation.Ordinary employees receive P7,000 to P8,000 ($ 167 to $190) monthly in benefits, but those who rely heavily on the benefits suffered greatly when HIKE/PAGE 11
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