WEATHER UPDATE AS of 2 a.m. yesterday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 120 km Northeast of Borongan, Eastern Samar (12.3°N, 126.4°E). Central and Southern Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over the eastern section of Southern Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northwest to southwest with slight to moderate seas. SOURCE : PAGASA
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22-year-old girl robbed, raped inside rented room By BEN D. ARCHE, Regional editor-Davao
DAVAO City––Female room occupants could be an easy target of intruders at any time of the day if the boarding house they occupy has no strict measures against strangers and non-occupants. The crime of robbery and abuse done to a female boarder of Lerra Homes at Pelayo Street this city could be a case of negligence and absence of safety procedures to free the occupants from criminals. San Police Station identi-
fied the victim as Enjielyn Viggosson, 22, an employee and a native resident of Butuan City. Police investigators said that unidentified man approached and asked the victim to help him in locating a certain room in the
boarding house, but all of a sudden, the suspect pushed the woman inside her room. While inside the suspect hastily tied the victim with an electric wire and plastered the mouth. Before the suspect fled with the laptop computer, wrist watch and other jewelries, and a cash to a total loot of more than P200 thousand, the robber molested the victim, police investigator said. The suspect also intimidated the suspect to kill ROOM/PAGE 7
2 warring factions Palace clash over waterway welcomes sacking of 31 DENR Town police chief, worker officials
PHOTO BY GERRY L. GORIT A street vendor tries to sell rag cloths to motorists along a busy highway in Cagayan de Oro. While he makes a living this way, the air pollution from vehicles will surely be bad for his health especially in the long run.
wounded in land mine blast By ARJAY S. FELICILDA, Correspondent
AGUSAN del Norte––One person died of cardiac arrest due to extreme panic and two others were wounded during a landmine blast, mid-morning of June 29 this year, in Barangay San Roque, Kitcharao town. San Roque, Kitcharao, Agusan del Norte is about 65 kilometers away from
Butuan City, Caraga region’s capital. Killed was 60-year-old Antonia Merida, while those wounded were Insp. Ernesto C. Tejano of the Jabonga Municipal Police Station and 47-year-old Allan Dumangas of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), who was then
working on a road project 60 meters away from the place of incident. Reportedly perpetrated by the New People’s Army, the landmine blast was allegedly intended for Tejano and his team, who were taking the national highway on their way to Kitcharao BLAST/PAGE 7
Oil firms cut diesel, kerosene prices LOCAL oil firms announced on Monday a price-cut on their petroleum products effective Tuesdsay morning. Effective 12:01 a.m. Tuesday major oil companies Pilipinas Shell, Petron Corp., Chevron Philippines (formerly Caltex) and independent player Eastern
Petroleum Philippines cut their respective prices of diesel by P0.30 per liter and kerosene by P0.40 per liter. The rollback will bring down the fuel price average in Metro Manila to the following levels: unleaded, P48 per liter; diesel, P37 per liter and kerosene, P49
per liter. The price rollback was the 13th consecutive since April. As of posting time, the other oil firms have yet to make similar announcements. Last week, the same oil PRICES/PAGE 7
CAGAYAN de Oro City––Tensions are high at Barangay Agusan’s Zone 1 as two warring factions fight over who really had the legal rights on the waterway where the water from Tagpuangi Creek is supposed to be flowing. But whether or not to use the “old” or the “new” waterway is something that the Court of Appeals (CA) to decide. The other group, armed with demolition order issued by Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano, wanted the illegal structures that were allegedly blocking the “old waterway” be removed but the other group questioned the order and sought the assistance of the court. With the presence of heavily-armed security guards and police personnel, the second engineering district of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) in Northern Mindanao is having a headache implementing the demolition order. First, the group of Engr. Eduardo R. Quijano and Floreto Menchavez through their legal counsel, filed a petition for “Certiorari” before the Court of Appeals (CA) questioning the March 14, 2012 and November 16, 2011 order of the National Water Resources Board WATERWAY/PAGE 7
THE DISPUTED WATER BEDS
THE Palace welcomed on Sunday Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Ramon Paje’s sacking of 31 DENR officials from their posts for failing to stem illegal logging activities in their respective areas. In a press briefing aired over government-run radio station dzRB Radyo ng Bayan, Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said the government supported Paje’s move and called for an immediate investigation into the case. “There has to be an explanation and there has to be an investigation … ‘yung nangyari po mga logs na ‘yon, ‘yung mga naitransport under the watch of these officials. So, yes, they have a lot of explaining DENR/PAGE 7
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