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Three members of gang linked to Rodwell abduction arrested By AL JACINTO Regional Editor-Zamboanga
PAGADIAN City––Government troops captured three gunmen in a clash Saturday with a notorious gang tied to the kidnapping of an Australian national in Zamboanga Sibugay province in the southern Philippines, officials said. Officials said the troops raided the hideout of Waning Abdulsalam in the town of Naga, but the gang leader who was previously impli-
cated in the kidnapping of Warren Rodwell, 52, escaped. “We were not able to get Waning, but we captured three of his followers in a clash that lasted over 30 minutes. There is no report about Rodwell,” Army Colonel Gerry Barrientos, commander of the 102nd Infantry Brigade, told the Mindanao Examiner. He said troops recovered weapons from Abdusalsalam’s hideout in the village of Mamagon.
Abante Mindanao (Abamin) party-list Rep. Maximo Rodriguez distributes chicken meat and vegetables to Sendong survivors who are temporarily housed at the relocation center at Barangay Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro. The relief giving of the congressman was held Saturday and came after the distribution of rice the other week in a continuing program of helping the displaced residents. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit
Rebels raid security agency; take 66 guns By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor-Caraga
BUTUAN City––As police investigators are still deep in looking into the case, the New People’s Army has owned up to the April 23, 2012 raid of Earth Saver Security Agency branch here and claimed to have
seized 66 high-powered firearms, handguns and several ammunition from its armory. In an unsigned press statement, Ka Allan Juanito who claimed to be the spokesperson of the Bagong Hukbong Bayan Julito Tiro Command in North REBELS/PAGE 7
WEATHER UPDATE AT 2:00 a.m. yesterday, the Active Low Pressure Area (ALPA) was estimated based on satellite, surface and radar data at 60 km North Northwest of General Santos City (6.8°N, 125.0°E). Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over the Eastern Mindanao which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the eastern sections. SOURCE : PAGASA
Abdulsalam was a former commander of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is currently negotiating peace with Manila. Aside from Abdusalsalam, authorities also linked another MILF leader Barahama Ali to Rodwell’s kidnapping. Rodwell was kidnapped in December last year by 6 gunmen disguised as policemen from his house in the seaside town of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay. He was reported by the police and military to have been
brought to Basilan province, just several nautical miles from here, and also in Zamboanga Peninsula. Authorities have not reported much on the progress of the operation to rescue Rodwell except that the kidnappers have been moving the former Sydney man from one hideout to another to avoid detection by the military. The kidnappers have demanded $2 million ransom for the safe release of A photo released by the Philippine Army shows kidGANG/PAGE 7 napped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell.
By MARYA SALAMAT of Bulatlat.com
This Labor Day, the workers and the poor will take President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to task for failing to respond to their calls, making the hunger and poverty situation in the country even worse, and exceeding even the previous government’s puppetry to the United States.
Workers vow to rally v. PNoy SINCE President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III became president, he has engendered criticisms that boil down to “Anybody home?” and “Noynoying.” The first captures the impression that he is frequently out of the loop, and the latter, a play on his name, has come to c on n ote “d oi ng nothing.”
The latter has gone viral in the Philippines and abroad as various groups’ criticisms of Aquino’s inaction on peoples’ issues seemed to have hit a nerve. As example, the labor center KMU (Kilusang Mayo Uno) cited the president’s refusal to hike wages by a significant amount, Aquino’s refusal also to save workers from contractual employment schemes as shown in the case of the Philippine Airlines, his government’s failure to stop the violent demolitions of urban poor communities, the persistent oil price hikes, and the continued mockery of land reform. These, the labor center said, prod “the workers and the poor this Labor Day to take President Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III to task for failing to respond
Leaders of labor groups and other sectors criticize Aquino’s inaction on pressing national issues. Photo courtesy of Kilusang Mayo Uno / bulatlat.com to their calls, making the including the leaders of urhunger and poverty situ- ban poor organizations and ation in the country even public sector employees, worse, and exceeding even announced in a press conthe previous government’s ference Friday that they are aiming for a 30,000-strong “puppetry to the US.” Leaders of progressive mobilization in Metro Manila WORKERS/PAGE 7 labor and transport groups,
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