Mindanao Daily News (May 8, 2013 Issue)

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DXDA, NBN conduct independent probe over broadcaster’s death SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur--The provincial government-run AM station DXDA and NBN Channel are conducting an independent investigation

over the tragic death of their newscaster killed in a passenger van accident on Monday morning. Ricardo Domingo, 48, public information officer of the provincial government and news anchor of NBN’s

“Tutok Balita” and two other passengers Richelle Canayong and SFO2 Henry Saumat were killed on the spot when the Hyundai Starex van they were riding slammed through the back of a speeding truck

in the opposite direction along the national highway in Barangay Afga, Sibagat town. Domingo who was seated at the left side of the back seat sustained the most fatal

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews)—With less than a week before the May 13 elections, unidentified men bombed a transmission tower of the National Grid Corp. Of the Philippines (NGCP) in Kabacan, North Cotabato Monday night, police said Tuesday.

Supt. Leo Ajero, Kabacan police chief, said the explosion at around 10 .m. failed to topple the transmission tower in remote Sitio Liton, Barangay Kayaga. “The bomb used was maybe a “low order” explosive that caused only slight damage [to the tow-

er],“ Ajero said on the phone Senior Supt. Danilo Peralta, North Cotabato police director, said bomb experts were still investigating the type of bomb used in the attack. The attack on the steel tower of NGCP happened as North Cotabato and other

parts of Mindanao are experiencing a power supply shortage. Peralta told Bombo Radyo in Koronadal City that there were previous extortion attempts in the area against NGCP. But he declined to say if

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN

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NGCP tower in Kabacan town bombed

ELECTION PARAPHERNALIA. Cagayan de Oro City Treasurer Marilyn Legaspi (left) reacts as Comelec officer Raul Pabito reads her the order to inventory all election paraphernalia at her office in Cagayan de Oro City Tuesday, May 7. Comelec has ordered the inventory of all election paraphernalia for Cagayan de Oro's 277,931 voters following allegations they were tampered. In between Legaspi and Pabito is Nestor Banuag, Namfrel head in Cagayan de Oro. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

DTI-13: Don’t refill butane canisters with liquefied gas By PAT SAMONTE

BUTUAN CITY – The Department of Trade and Industry in Caraga has warned the public on the unsafe practice of using and/or refilling butane canisters with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) for cooking and other uses. In a press release, DTI

Regional Director Brielgo Pagaran said the canisters are not intended for and designed to store LPG. “Based on Philippine National Standard (PNS) 03-01:2000, only welded steel cylinders with water capacities of 1 liter to 150 liters are intended for storage and transport of LPG. refill | page 11

‘Minor glitches’ for PCOS machines encountered in GenSan, Sarangani , So.Cot GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews) -- Except for a few technical problems, the Commission on Elections (Comelec) said the ongoing final testing and sealing of the precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines that will be deployed here and the nearby provinces of Sarangani and South Cotabato for the May 13 midterm national and local elections have so far turned out smooth and generally suc-

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cessful. Lawyer Marlon Casquejo, acting city election officer, said Tuesday all 208 clustered precincts within the city’s 26 barangays were able to complete the required processes for the final testing of the PCOS machines and the sealing of its compact flash memory cards as scheduled on Monday. Aside from the functionalpcos | page 11

Refuelling Power A boat tanker supplies much needed fuel to Power Barge 117 in Barangay Sta. Ana, Nasipit in Agusan del Norte as the power barge facility works overtime on 6 May 2013 to help provide electricity to parts of Caraga Region. Many parts of Mindanao have been experiencing power outages the past few months because of the energy shortage plaguing the island. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

Gov’t ‘humanitarian’ convoy ambushed in Basilan: 4 dead, 4 wounded ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits ambushed Monday a "government humanitarian convoy," killing two soldiers, including an officer, and wounding four others in Basilan

province, military officials said. Two of the gunmen were killed when a brief gunfight ensued as the oldiers managed to return fire. Col. Carlito Galvez, commander of the Army’s 104th

Infantry Brigade, disclosed the troops were in a convoy of vehicles when they were ambushed at around 2 p.m. Monday in Sitio Pagtawanan, Barangay Magcawa in Al-Barka town. Slain was Major Alin Kan-

nung, the executive officer of the Army’s 32nd Infantry Battalion, and TSgt. Ferdinand Costan, according to Galvez. One of the four wounded soldiers was identified only ambushed | page 11

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