Day: March 6, 2009

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews/06 March) – Two teenage evacuees on an errand to fetch something near their place of origin in Barangay Macasampen, Guindulungan, Maguindanao, died of electrocution on March 1, from the live wire allegedly set up by the military, Bantay Ceasefire, a grassroots monitoring group of  the Mindanao Peoples Caucus, reported.

The military denied it set up the live wire. “What happened was an accident,” said the commander of the 46^th Infantry Battalion.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / March 6) – Three alleged high-profile criminals escaped from their detention cells at the Cotabato Provincial Rehabilitation Center in Amas village here by destroying the back portion of their prison cell at around 2 am today, authorities said.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews / March 6) – At least three suspected thieves ransacked today a rural bank and carted some P150,000 in cash collections, authorities said.

PO1 Francis Blancada, member of the Investigation and Intelligence Unit of the Kidapawan City PNP, said the suspects could have entered the bank through the emergency exit of the Asian Hills Bank, one of the newest banks in the city.