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Northeast monsoon affecting Northern and Central Luzon. Metro Manila and the rest of the country will be partly cloudy with brief rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the northeast will prevail over Luzon and Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast with slight to moderate seas. source : pagasa
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JV Ejercito Estrada tops Pulse survey By Allan M. Mediante, Executive editor and RUEL V. PELONE, Editor in chief
IT is not surprising that San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada is among the top 5 of the 2013 senatoriables because he consistently ranks as one of the best contenders of the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) party and enjoys immense popularity
among the Filipino masa on his own right. This again was proven in a Pulse Asia survey released Tuesday which showed him in the 4th place among the 32 candidates. The November 2012 Pulse Asia Survey on Fili-
pinos’ Senatorial Preferences for the May 2013 Elections conducted nationwide and which was just announced onTuesday, included the names JV Ejercito, Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda, Peter Cayetano and Jack Enrile as among the first top 5 choices. Besting veteran senators, Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada,
with a voting rate of 57.0, ranked 4th, with Escudero in the number one slot (74.1), followed by Legarda (69.3) and Cayetano (60.1) (2nd & 3rd), and Enrile in the 5th place (53.2). The other top 12 included Villar in the 6th place with 52,2%, Koko Pimentel (7th with 50.2%), Honasan
NDFP declares 29-day unilateral ceasefire SURVEY | page 10
By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN of DavaoToday.com
DAVAO City––The National Democratic Front of the Philippines in Mindanao (NDFP-Mindanao) declared a 29-day unilateral ceasefire in response to the super typhoon that affected millions all over Mindanao. In a statement emailed on Wednesday and dated December 6, Ka Oris, spokesperson of NDFPMindanao said the ceasefire order given to the New People’s Army (NPA) in the typhoon-hit areas is meant to “pave the way for a safe, unhampered and speedy rescue of victims, and to conduct a speedy and unhampered relief operations in the affected communities.” The ceasefire started on December 5 at 12 noon and will last until January 3, 2013 of the same time. “The ceasefire shall continue, if necessary, depending on the result of the assessment in the conduct of ceasefire,” Ka Oris said. All NPA units bound by the Ceasefire Declaration, Ka Oris said, are ordered “not to launch tactical offensives” during the speci-
fied period. He also urged the military, police and Cafgu (Citizens Armed Force Geographical Unit) “not to use the relief and rescue operations, rehabilitation of communities and COPD (Community Outreach for Peace and Development) as guise of military operations against the NPA and the people in the area.” He warned that in such instances, the NPA reserves the right to defend themselves and the people who have already suffered greatly from the calamity. The NDFP also said it commiserates with the victims of Typhoon Pablo (International name: Bopha). Ka Oris expressed sympathy to the families of the fatalities and to those ROGUE RED PLATE. This red Ford Ranger swerved and cut us off around 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec who survived the typhoon, ember 12 along C.M. Recto Avenue in Cagayan de Oro City nearly causing a collision. What’s a red plate especially in Davao Oriental, government vehicle doing about putting people’s lives at risk with reckless driving in what is obviously a very private activity as shown by the way the people riding in it are seated in the back? We challenge the head of Compostela Valley, deasefire | page 10
this agency to discipline his driver and submit his name to us for proper discipline.
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