Day: April 5, 2009

DAVAO  CITY (MindaNews/05 April) – The Sentro ng Alternatibong Lingap Panligal (Saligan-Mindanaw) and Bangsamoro Lawywers Network have cautioned  local government officials and the police and military in Sulu that the declaration of a state of emergency there does not give them “a blanket authority to arrest any or all suspects, even of terrorism,” as reports reaching the lawyers’ groups from Sulu’s civil society organizations,  indicate 43 persons have been arrested since the declaration.

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/05 April) — The Department of Public Works and Highways  (DPWH) has vowed to look into the qualifications of H. Oaminal Construction, Inc., contractor of the P48-million Mangima road rehabilitation project in northern Bukidnon.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/05 April) — Displaced families in Alamada, North Cotabato, have refused to return home due to threats of attacks allegedly by renegade Moro rebels in the area.

KIDAPAWAN CITY (MindaNews/05 April) — The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Southwestern Mindanao or Region 12 is on heightened alert status following the bus terminal blast in Koronadal City on Saturday.