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WEATHER UPDATE AT 2 p.m. yesterday, the Shallow Low Pressure Area (SLPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 110 km southwest of Cotabato City (6.5°N, 123.5°E). Southwest monsoon affecting Luzon. Northern and Western Luzon will experience monsoon rains. Mindanao and Western Visayas will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Davao provinces, Southern Mindanao and Zamboanga provinces which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.
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Police bust maker of fake driver’s licenses By GERRY L. GORIT, Photo-journalist
CAGAYAN de Oro City––An entrapment operation conducted by the police in the city the other day led to the arrest of a suspect allegedly engaged in the manufacture of fake driver’s licenses. Land Transportation Office (LTO) Regional Director Esteban M. Baltazar Jr. said the suspect, identified by the police as Danmark Hallazgo de Gracia, of Barangay Barra, Macabalan, was handcuffed at a shopping mall where the entrapment was made. Baltazar said a police officer posed as a customer for one of the suspect’s homemade licenses and upon payment of the agreed price the suspect was arrested. He said the usual asking price for a fake driver’s license is pegged at P3,000. Police confiscated from the suspect’s possession
three fake licenses made using a computer. Baltazar added that the suspect had been under police surveillance for sometime before the entrapment. He called on victims to come out in the open as they have found out the procedure used by the suspect in making the fake licenses. A case of falsification of public document has been filed at the City Prosecutor’s Office against the suspect. Baltazar said the LTO may file a case of estafa against the suspect. He warned the public that there could still be POLICE/PAGE 11
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PHOTO BY SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UY BusinessWeek Mindanao Publisher Mr. Dante Sudaria awards candidate number 15, Cinderella Faye “Cindy” Obenita, as “Darling of the Press” during the just-held search for Miss Teen CdeO 2012 organized by Ororama.
THE Pueblo De Oro Development Corporation was adjudged recently as one of the Most Outstanding Mindanao Business Leaders in housing and realty development under Corporate Category by Mindanao Daily News and BusinessWeek Mindanao. The award was given on June 2 at the Pryce Plaza Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City. Pueblo de Oro is the first self-sustaining masterfullyplanned township of its magnitude and refinement in the heart of Cagayan de Oro in Southern Philippines. Literally a “town of gold” in Spanish, Pueblo de Oro is a haven for work, business, recreation and leisurely living with its distinctly appealing residential alcoves and thriving commercial and business centers, molded together with the beauty and splendour of nature. PUEBLO/PAGE 11
Motorcycle-riding killer strikes anew Amante forms Kusog Agusanon By BEN D. ARCHE Contributor
DIGOS City––A motorcycle-riding hitman shot and killed a 39-year-old man while inside his residence at Quezon Avenue, Barangay Zone 1, this city, the other night. Senior Inspector Al-
exander Razonable, investigator of the Digos City Police Office (DCPO) identified the victim as Salvador Hisola, a resident of the area. Investigation showed t hat w hile His ola was watching television, an unidentified gunman came down from a Honda XRM
motorcycle, barged in and shot the victim for three times. Razonable said the victim was hit by a single bullet in the head and died instantly. The suspect escaped to unknown direction on board his motorcycle after the incident, Razonable
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added based on statements of the witnesses. Recovered from the scene were three empty shells of .45 caliber pistol. Police investigators are now establishing the motive of the killing which could possibly lead to the identification and arrest of the suspect.
By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga and JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent
BUTUAN City––Agusan del Norte Governor Erlpe John Amante has organized his own local political party in preparation for next year’s election. Based on documents, Amante has named the new political grouping as Kusog Agusanon Party (Kusgan) and has obtained support from nine of 11 incumbent town mayors and known political leaders in the province. Following a petition filed by the group last March 22, 2012 for registration as a local political party,
the Commission on Elections First Division presided by Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento issued an Order setting the case for hearing on June 20, 2012. In the petition, signed by Amante as chairperson and Jabonga town Mayor Glicerio Monton, Jr as secretary-general, Kusgan, with headquarters in Cabadbaran City, claimed that a group of Agusanons met at Loreta Venue and Resto, Barangay Comagascas, Cabadbaran City on October 22, 2011 purposely to create a new AMANTE/PAGE 11
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