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NPAs ambush Guingona convoy

by Jigger Jerusalem - April 22, 2013 - 12:00am

New People’s Army (NPA) gunmen blocked the convoy of the wife of former vice president Teofisto Guingona Jr. on the outskirts of Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental on Saturday, and opened fire when the convoy did...

Magsaysay, Estrada grateful for church’s free publicity

by Jigger Jerusalem - March 14, 2013 - 12:00am

United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) senatorial candidates Mitos Magsaysay and JV Ejercito Estrada are grateful for the free publicity given them by Catholic church leaders in Bacolod through the controversial “Team...

‘No unaccounted P193-M Misamis Oriental funds’

by Jigger Jerusalem - March 13, 2013 - 12:00am

The provincial government of Misamis Oriental yesterday denied that it has not accounted for some P193 million in public funds based on a 2011 report of the Commission on Audit (COA).

Violence feared as Rasuman deadline to pay victims ends

by Jigger Jerusalem - March 1, 2013 - 12:00am

The regional prosecutor for Northern Mindanao fears that investors of Jachob “Coco” Rasuman in Lanao del Norte and the rest of the region would take the law into their own hands if the millions of pesos...

New Customs chief in CDO vows to go after smugglers

by Jigger Jerusalem - February 15, 2013 - 12:00am

Customs officials in Region 10 vowed to go after smugglers following the seizure of 5,000 bags of Vietnamese rice worth P9 million recently.

Cotabato blast survivor to file charges

by Jigger Jerusalem - February 10, 2013 - 12:00am

A lawyer, who survived a bomb explosion in Tubod, Lanao del Norte last Feb. 4, is considering filing charges against its perpetrators.

Prioritize Rasuman’s case, court urged

by Jigger Jerusalem - February 5, 2013 - 12:00am

A city prosecutor in this province said yesterday the court must ensure that the case against alleged financial scammer Jachob “Coco” Rasuman should be acted upon with dispatch to avoid more violenc...

4 rebels dead in Bukidnon clash

by Jigger Jerusalem - February 3, 2013 - 12:00am

At least four suspected communist rebels were killed and several others were wounded during an encounter with government troops in Bukidnon on Friday, the military said yesterday.

Pyramid scam suspect’s house attacked

by Jigger Jerusalem - February 2, 2013 - 12:00am

Armed men on a motorcycle strafed the home of a principal suspect in a multibillion-peso pyramid scam yesterday, killing a soldier who was guarding the house.

Court defers Rasuman arraignment

by Jigger Jerusalem - January 31, 2013 - 12:00am

National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents secretly brought suspected investment scam leader Jachob “Coco” Rasuman from Manila to two local courts here yesterday, but the judges deferred the arraignment...

Rasuman to be arraigned on Jan. 30

by Jigger Jerusalem - January 22, 2013 - 12:00am

Suspected investment scam leader Jacob Rasuman will be brought here on Jan. 30 to be arraigned before Judge Bonifacio Macabaya of Cagayan de Oro Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 20.

A year after ‘Sendong,’ CDO still prone to killer floods

by Jigger Jerusalem - December 19, 2012 - 12:00am

One year after typhoon “Sendong” struck, Cagayan de Oro City remains prone to catastrophic flooding, a former official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) warned yesterday....

This time, CDO takes no chances

by Jigger Jerusalem - December 5, 2012 - 12:00am

Residents of Cagayan de Oro City, hard-hit by typhoon “Sendong” last year, took no chances this time and fled their homes even before super typhoon “Pablo” could unleash its fury, leaving...

2 Cagayan de Oro cop execs sacked over blast

by Jigger Jerusalem - November 23, 2012 - 12:00am

Two high-ranking police officers here were relieved from their posts yesterday following a grenade explosion in front of a lending firm that left eight people, including a policeman, injured the previous day, according...

8 wounded in Cagayan de Oro explosion Police see no link to pyramid scam

by Jigger Jerusalem - November 22, 2012 - 12:00am

At least eight people, including a police officer, were wounded in a grenade explosion yesterday morning in front of a lending firm here.

Bukidnon rights abuses probed

by Jigger Jerusalem - November 21, 2012 - 12:00am

Various local and international cause-oriented groups will submit their findings on alleged human rights abuses in Bukidnon to the United Nations, the Asia Inter-Governmental Human Rights Commission and other local...

3 killed, 8 hurt in CDO road mishap

by Jigger Jerusalem - November 20, 2012 - 12:00am

Police are set to file charges against the driver of a cargo truck that plowed through houses, killing three persons and causing injuries to eight others, including two pregnant women in Purok 7, Barangay Puerto...

Group of ‘Sendong’ victims in CDO still waiting for assistance

by Jigger Jerusalem - November 19, 2012 - 12:00am

A group of “Sendong” victims said they are willing to wait for assistance from the government even up to next year unless they are given reassurance.

Drug deal gone sour eyed in ‘septic tank massacre’

by Jigger Jerusalem - November 16, 2012 - 12:00am

A man charged for last Monday’s massacre of a couple and their two sons aged 6 and 8 here denied any hand in the killing yesterday, and hinted that a drug deal gone sour had something to do with the crime...

Tight security, probe ordered after blasts

by Jigger Jerusalem - October 13, 2012 - 12:00am

Malacañang has assured residents here that the government is acting on the Thursday morning bombing that left two people dead and two police officers wounded, the city’s second district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez...

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