MINDANAO DAILY NEWS MAY 22,2012

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Rebels to attack mining firms in Zambo

By DIONISIO P. TUBIANOSA, MRS-PRIB

A lawmaker has called for a congressional probe into the report of the United Nations World Drug Report placing the Filipinos as leading shabu users in East Asia. “This is a serious matter that we must face head on. Even if the rating may not be that accurate, this matter must be looked into,” said Rep. Winston Castelo (2nd District, Quezon City), author of House Resolution 2331. He said the 2011 United

Nations World Drug Report says that the Philippines is seen in the world map as having the highest rate of shabu abuse in East Asia with 2.1 percent of Filipinos aged 16 to 64 using the illegal drug. Castelo also cited abuse/PAGE 7

CJ CORONA

Department of Justice (DOJ) Secretary Leila M. De Lima on Monday urged the public not to prejudge Supreme Court (SC) Chief Justice Renato C. Corona, who is expected to take the witness stand today to answer all the charges hurled against him. Corona is facing charges of graft and corruption, culpable violation of the witness/PAGE 7

By AL JACINTO Regional Editor-Zamboanga

Corona to take on witness stand today

DIGGING: IT’S MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES

These enterprising teenagers are waiting for an opportunity to get the iron bars after this back-hoe goes up, a risky practice that went on without being admonish by the construction firm. The construction of drainage system in Cagayan de Oro has been going but some owners of business establishments nearby are complaining that the trembling are causing them inconveniences. Photo by Arjay Felicilda

Army Sergeant kills cop, MNLF-MILF fight wounds teacher in robbery in NorCot, 1 killed By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga with JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent

BUTUAN City––An army soldier, who happened to be at the scene of a robbery, killed a fleeing policeman and wounded a teacher in Barangay Burgos, Cortes, Surigao del Sur Thursday. Authorities identified the

soldier as Master Sergeant Eleno Leopoldo of the 58th Infantry Battalion who with his caliber .22 Squibman rifle shot and killed PO1 Arnold Valentin Olvida, 38, assigned at Mati City, Davao Oriental, and

Weather Update

Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Mindanao. Tail-end of a cold front affecting Northern Luzon. Northern Luzon and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Light to moderate winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be slight to moderate. source : pagasa

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wounded teacher Tomie Olvida. The two were fleeing a robbery they staged on a store with Eljon Lauron alias Caloy, Tito Carmelita, and Jun Gallardo alias Bulaw, police said. Police said the five men went inside a store owned by Numeriano Vallescas robbery/PAGE 7

n Army deploys peacekeeping forces

to attend to displace civilians as fighting rages COTABATO City––The military has deployed peacekeeping forces in remote villages in Carmen and Aleosan, both in North Cotabato, following the eruption of armed conflict involving warring Moro rebels. The local government of Aleosan reported 287 families or about 1,600 persons displaced by the armed conflict that started Friday last week. Elements of the 7th Infantry Battalion and 40th Infantry Battalion were deployed to prevent the

escalation of armed conflict triggered by a long standing family feud involving Commander Tiu of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and Commander Tarzan of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) which already resulted in the death of one and wounding of another. Aleosan Mayor Loreto Cabaya said the displaced families were from the village of Tonganon, a part of Carmen, and sought refuge in the village of Lawili which is part of Aleosan. killed/PAGE 7

PAGADIAN City––Communist rebels have threatened to attack mining firms operating in the Zamboanga Peninsula in the southern Philippines. Jorge Madlos, a spokesman for the New People’s Army, also warned soldiers and policemen from protecting mining firms he accused of plundering natural resources. The warning came after rebels freed a policeman Faizahl Juhaili who was held hostage during a raid at a police headquarters in Zamboanga del Sur’s Tigbao town last month. “During combat situations, in order to avert the unnecessary loss of lives, we ask the combatants from the opposite side of the armed conflict to desist from any attempt to resist when your opportunity to fight back is nil in order, especially so that you are only fighting as mercenary pawns defending the interest of plundering mining companies like the Toronto Ventures Inc. (TVI) and other vested interests of the ruling class that pay you with people’s taxes,” Madlos said. TVI Resource Development (Phils.) Inc., a Philippine subsidiary of TVI, has repeatedly denied accusations by rebels and said it follows a strict international safety measures to protect the environment. It is among mining companies operating in Zamboanga del Sur and Zamboanga del Norte and had been attacked in the past rebels/PAGE 7

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