No leaks in pipelines - Petron

By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com) | Updated August 9, 2013 - 2:30pm

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MANILA, Philippines - Oil firm Petron said that it has not found any leaks from its pipeline at its depot in
Rosario, Cavite that might have caused the oil spill.
In a statement, the Petron management said it has tested its pipelines of any possible leaks after
receiving reports of oil spill in the area.

"Test results show that the pipeline is intact and has no leaks," Petron said.

"To ensure safety and product integrity, we always conduct pressure tests for all our pipelines before we
receive any fuel product. This is part of Petron's standard operating procedures," it added.

The oil company said it has launched an operation to contain the oil slick and probe on the incident,
which has affected coastal barangays in Rosario and Tanza towns.

"We immediately deployed our oil spill response team to see the extent of the oily sheen and begin
containment and recovery operations of what we suspect is diesel," Petron said.

Mayor Jose Ricafrente of Rosario has declared the town under a state of calamity as 19 of its 20 coastal
barangays have been affected by the oil spill.

Close Petron oil depot, DENR urged
By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com) | Updated August 9, 2013 - 12:08pm
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MANILA, Philippines - Fisherfolk group Pamalakaya on Friday called on the Department of Environment
and Natural Resources to shut down the Petron oil depot in Rosario town, Cavite to prevent another oil
spill in the province.
Pamalakaya said DENR Secretary Ramon Paje should immediately issue an administrative order calling
the owners and management of Petron to close their oil depot in Barangay Poblacion.

"The removal of Petron oil depot in Barangay Poblacion is a necessity to avoid such kind of environmental
mishap to be repeated again and again with impunity, " the group said in a statement.

Pamalakaya also pressed Petron Corp. to provide immediate damage compensation package to thousands
of fishing families affected by the oil spill at the height of typhoon Basyang three years ago.

The group said Malacanang and local governments units in Cavite province should immediately oblige
Petron to pay damages, compel the oil firm to shoulder the clean up in the affected coastal barangays in
Rosario and Tanza towns for the recent oil spill.

Pamalakaya proposed Petron to immediately provide an economic assistance of P20,000 per fishing
family in affected coastal barangays.
Nanny dupes Briton
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The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has lodged estafa cases against a nanny who duped a British
businessman into paying almost P1 million for fraudulent attorneys and litigation fees.
In a report to NBI Director Nonnatus Caesar R. Rojas, the NBI Cybercrime Division (CCD), headed by
Head Agent Ronald Aguto Jr., identified the suspect as Marikit Navarro Arsenio, 33, born in Malinao,
Aklan, and resident of Cubao, Quezon City.

Arsenio was presented for inquest and charged for violation of Article 318 of the Revised Penal Code,
otherwise known as estafa, before the Manila Prosecutors Office.
She may be facing 125 counts of estafa, as she committed the crime at least 125 times during the past
one and a half years.
The complainant was identified as Lexington Decordova Burke, British businessman, a resident of 11-12
North View, Staple Hill, Bristol, BS16-5RU, United Kingdom.
The case was investigated by NBI-CCD Agent Efren B. Abantao.
According to a report made by Abantao, last July 17, Burke filed a complaint for alleged online
fraud/estafa against Arsenio whom he first met sometime December 2011 through an online dating site
known as http://www.filipinocupid.com.
Burke said he was deceived by Arsenio by pretending that she was helping him in pursuing a similar case
of online fraud against two other suspects, who also both scammed him in exchange for a promised
relationship.
The case against the two other suspects in the relationship scam was earlier handled by the NBI
Computer Crimes Unit (now known as the Cybercrime Division or CCD). (Leonard Postrado)
Cotabato grieves over bombings
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COTABATO CITY Majority of more than one billion Muslims worldwide gird in jubilation for Eidl Fitr or
the end of Ramadhan fasting, but their brethren in Southern Philippines Cotabato region are grieving
over tragic events that marred their preparations for the annual Islamic feast that falls either on August 8
or 9.

President Aquino III has declared Aug. 9 a national special non-working holiday for the countrys seven or
so million Muslims to have ample time for Eidl Fitr, one of two Islamic feasts, marking the end of the
Ramadhan fasting.
In the five component provinces and two cities of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, ARMM
Governor Mujiv Hataman has declared both Aug. 8 and 9 as non-working holidays that usually hinge on
the sighting of a new moon in the month of Shawwal, the month succeeding Ramadhan.
Normally, Muslims across the globe celebrate Eidl Fitr with congregational prayer, festive trading of foods
and charities, and exchanges of words of forgiveness in fulfillment of the fasting prescriptions. But
preparations for the feast turned tragic in the Cotabato region.
Eight Muslim locals have so far been killed and 30 others wounded in Mondays bombing attack here,
while three Islamic clerics were slain a day earlier in a highway ambush nearby. (Ali G. Macabalang)

Taiwan to build $110-M pier for warships in Spratlys' biggest isle
MANILA, Philippines - Taiwan has earmarked $110 million for the construction of a pier on Spratlys'
Taiping Island, which the Philippines has also laid claims, set to be completed by 2015.
The new project can hold frigates, radar-evading corvettes and Taiwanese Navy's Kuang Hua VI-class
missile boats, according to reports by Taiwanese media on Monday.
Taiping, largest among the Spratlys Islands in the disputed South China Sea, is the only territory that has
fresh water. It has been administered by the Taiwanese government officially since the 1970s.
Taiwan has long used the potentially oil-rich island as an arsenal with an airport managed by Taiwan Air
Force in the middle of the sprawling sea--the area of contention between the Philippines, Taiwan, China,
Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei.
Taipei officials have begun inspecting the island to draw plans for the new wharf's construction which
may begin even without an environmental impact assessment, the reports said.
Future plans for the island include the further development of the airport to extend from 1,150 meters to
1,500 meters "to enhance safety of landing and takeoff of (Taiwan's) military aircrafts."
Murder raps filed vs CDO bombers
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Police have filed murder charges against the perpetrators of the Cagayan de Oro City bar bombing last
week that killed eight people and wounded more than 40 others.
But Supt. Michael Deloso, spokesman of the investigation task force handling the case, refused to divulge
the number and names of those charged, saying there will be a formal announcement by the Philippine
National Police (PNP) leadership.

What he revealed was that eight counts of murder were filed before the Cagayan de Oro City prosecutors
office on Tuesday based on the pieces of evidence gathered at the course of the probe.
We are also preparing a separate case of multiple frustrated murder, 48 counts because that is the
number of the injured victims, said Deloso.
Deloso said the filing of the case stemmed from the testimony of the witnesses who positively identified
at least one perpetrator.
He, however, added that they are yet to establish the motive behind the attack.
The investigation on the Cotabato City blast is ongoing although police officials said the attack may have
been targeting the City Administrator.
At least eight people died in the Cotabato City blast on Monday. (Aaron Recuenco)
Board concludes public hearings for NCR wage hike
By Jovan Cerda (philstar.com) | Updated August 9, 2013 - 2:15pm
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MANILA, Philippines - The Regional Tripartite Wage and Productivity Board-National Capital Region
(RTWPB-NCR) announced on Thursday the conclusion of the final public hearing for the wage hike
petitions filed by the Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP).
Allan Tabusay of TUCP presented the P85 wage increase petition, noting the pending rate hikes in water
and Social Security System member contributions.
He added that the increase considered a P5-P10 increase in the Metro Rail Transit fares, way below
the P25 hike earlier announced by the Department of Transportation and Communications.
Bong Palad, former president of the Philippine Airlines Employees Association said the people need 'living
wage' instead of a minimum wage.
Manalo said the P306 real take-home pay of a minimum wage earner in Metro Manila is not considered a
living wage.
For their part, the Employers Confederation of the Philippines(ECOP), Joint Foreign Chambers of the
Philippines and some industry groups dismissed the petitions as unnecessary.
Lady sewer wins P4.5 M
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A 49-year-old female sewer won the P4,565,588 jackpot in the 6-Digit draw recently.
The winner who got the winning numbers 1-2-7-6-2-5 claimed her prize last Wednesday.
She told the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) in Pasay City that she works in Bagong
Pagasa, Quezon City.

Being an informal settler for many years, she said that she had been relocated to a new resettlement
area away from the dangerous riverbanks in Quezon City.
A single parent with one child, she said that she barely makes enough money as a sewer of rugs.
But I always set aside some amount for my lotto bets, she told PCSO General Manager Jose Ferdinand
M. Rojas II.
Now, I will expand my rugs (basahan) business, invest on more sewing machines. But I will first buy a
house and lot and leave the resettlement site in a nearby province, she told the PCSO official. (Edd K.
Usman)
PCG to file charges vs Petron, oil tanker owner
By Dennis Carcamo (philstar.com) | Updated August 9, 2013 - 11:21am
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MANILA, Philippines - The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) on Friday said it will file charges against oil firm
Petron and the owner of a motor tanker for preventing its personnel from inspecting the pipelines in
relation to their investigation on an oil spill on Rosario, Cavite.
PCG spokesperson Armand Balilo said that at least 12 villages in Rosario town have been affected by the
oil spill, which supposedly came from MT Makisig of the Herma Shipping Transport Corporation.
Commodore Joel Garcia of the PCG's Marine Environmental Protection Unit said that they will lodge an
obstruction of justice case against Petron and Herma Shipping Transport Corporation for refusing to allow
their personnel to take an oil sample from their containers.
After taking the sample, the PCG would compare it to the sample taken from the affected villages, where
personnel from Garcia's unit are now deployed to prevent the oil spill from spreading to the nearby town
of Tanza.
The PCG said that at least 500,000 liters of oil have spread to the 12 villages.
Fisherfolk group Pamalakaya, meanwhile, reported that the oil spill has already spread to several coastal
villages of Tanza.
Drug bust nets 5
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LUCENA CITY, Quezon Police arrested five persons including a female minor in a drug-bust operation in
Purok Bagong Buhay, Barangay Cotta this city Monday noon.
Police identified the suspects as Bellarica Bondad, alias Rica, 28, single; Dondie Uy Esteban, alias Dondie,
31, tricycle driver; Allan Jordan Rojo, 27, construction painter; Marlon Ecal Pipit, 27, painter, and a 17-
year-old female, all residents of Purok Bagong Buhay, Brgy. Cotta, Lucena City.

The minor was turned over for custody at the City Social Welfare and Development Office.
Reports showed that at about 2:30 p.m. Monday, a team of Lucena City police conducted a buybust
operation against the suspects who are engaged in illegal drugs trade in the said place.
The arrested suspects were brought them to Quezon Police Provincial Crime Laboratory for appropriate
laboratory and urine test examination.
They were later detained at the Lucena City provincial jail waiting for the ling of proper ling of
charges against them. (Danny J. Estacio)
Cop arrested for extortion
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A policeman and his companion were arrested during an entrapment operation in Quezon City after trying
to extort P500 from a motorcycle driver he accused of driving without helmet, police said yesterday.
Superintendent Ramon Pranada, Quezon City Police Districts (QCPD) Station 6 commander, identified the
arrested suspects as PO1 Ruel Menina, 41, assigned to Police Station 12, and Louie Verian, 57.

Pranada said that the suspects were arrested during an entrapment operation conducted by Police
Station 6 members at past midnight Thursday in front of the office of the Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD) on IBP Road, Barangay Batasan Hills, Quezon City.
The police official said they set up the trap on complaint of Ralph Edison, 20, who claimed that the
suspects were asking P500 in exchange for the plate number that they detached from his motorcycle.
SPO3 Nolasco Sangangbayan, Police Station 6 investigation section chief, noted that Menina was even
wearing a complete uniform including a black cap and police jacket when he was nabbed during the
entrapment operation. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
QC trader shot dead
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A businessman was shot dead by motorcycle-riding suspects while he was sleeping in his car parked in
front of his house in Quezon City Friday night as police believes he was killed in a dispute over debts.
Superintendent Ramon Pranda, commander of the Batasan Hills Police Station, identified the victim as
Rolando Edvarte, 55, a resident of No. 19 Sto. Nino St., Barangay Holy Spirit, Quezon City.

Pranada said the victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds in the body and was declared dead on arrival
at the General Malvar Hospital.
Investigation disclosed that the shooting incident took place at around 6:30 p.m. Friday while the victim
was having a nap at the drivers seat of his green Honda Civic (UHS-275) parked in front of his house.
One of the suspects armed with a handgun approached the car and without a word shot the vicitm at
close range.
The suspect then ran towards his waiting companion who was aboard a motorcycle then quickly ed the
area. (Jeffrey Damicog)
Robber dies in QC shootout
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An 18-year-old man was killed while his companion was wounded Saturday afternoon when they shot it
out with policemen after they robbed a woman of her mobile phone in Quezon City.
PO2 Gilmer Marinas, investigator on case, said suspect Joseph Pedroza, 18, a resident of Mangga St., San
Roque 2, Barangay Bagong Pag-Asa, Quezon City, was declared dead on arrival at the Quezon City
General Hospital following a gunfight with policemen at around 3:30 p.m. along Pieces St. in San Roque
2.

Pedrozas wounded cohort, Jomar Baliza, 21, of Mangga St, San Roque 2, was rushed by his relatives to
the East Medical Center (EAMC) after he managed to flee from pursuing cops.
Marinas said that responding ops found in Pedrozas possession a .38-caliber revolver and recovered from
the crime scene another a .38-caliber revolver believed to have been left behind by Baliza.
Marinas said that the two suspects were positively identified by Sybell Megano, 32, as the same persons
who robbed her of her Blackberry mobile phone at a footbridge on EDSA in front of the Philippine
Womens University.
The mobile phone was also recovered by police. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
BIR padlocks hardware
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BOCAUE, Bulacan After President Aquino cited its effective tax collection performance in his State-of-
the-Nation Address last Monday, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) padlocked yesterday a big
hardware here for alleged non-payment of Value-Added and income taxes estimated at more than P20
million.

BIR Commissioner Kim S. Jacinto-Henares closed the Sun City Construction Supply for five days based on
the recommendation of the Revenue Region No. 5 for allegedly ignoring notices to settle the tax debts
incurred in 2011 and 2012.
Revenue Regional Director Gerardo Florendo said he was compelled to recommend the closure after its
owner, Bin Bonamy, changed the name of the store to Smiley Hardware to confuse tax collectors and
evade payment of taxes.
The revenue official disclosed that the hardwares branch in Guiguinto, Bulacan was able to evade closure
after the operator also changed its name and transferred its ownership to a relative. (Jun Ramirez)
Trader gunned down in QC
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A chicken shop owner was gunned down over the weekend by motorcycle-riding men in Quezon City
where residents, who saw the incident, did not even bother to help the victim, it was learned yesterday.
PO2 Dennis Llapitan, investigator on case, said businessman Desse Espino, 36, a resident of No. 17
Obama St., Barangay Commonwealth, Quezon City, was shot dead at about 2:30 a.m.

Residents in the area told police that four unidenti ed armed men on board two motorcycles were
involved in the shooting. No one was able to get the plate number of the vehicles.
However, Llapitan said that the witnesses, perhaps out of fear, refused to give their of cial statements
to police.
Witnesses recounted that that the suspects were already waiting along the street when the victim came
out of his house and boarded his Mitsubishi Montero Sport.
While the victim was driving his vehicle, the suspects approached the Montero and started shooting at
the victim.
The suspects sped off as the victims vehicle crashed in front of a house at No. 236 Montero St.,
Barangay Commonwealth.
Llapitan said that witnesses did not even dare to approach the vehicle and provide assistance to the
victim nor call an ambulance or police. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
Coed hangs self
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A female college student hanged herself inside her rented house in Quezon City before dawn yesterday.
PO2 Dennis Llapitan, investigator on case, said the suicide, Mary Jen Dignos, 28, a student of the Mary
the Queen College, was already dead when she was found by her live-in-partner Patrick Penano, 39, at
about 4 a.m. inside her rented unit at 712-D Apartment A, Peace Valley St., Old Balara.

Police said the victim used a necktie in hanging herself.
Penano told police that Dignos did not mention any problem that could have forced her to take her own
life.
Penano, who works as a call center agent, said he last saw the victim alive at about 11 p.m., Sunday,
before they sleep together. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
Security officer shoots driver
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TRECE MARTIRES CITY, Cavite A sexagenarian driver died over the weekend after he was allegedly
shot by a Civil Security Unit (CSU) man during an argument in Purok III, Barangay Osorio, here.
Police identified the fatality as one Romeo B. Blancaflor, 64, married, of Purok IV, Osorio.

Blancaflor, who sustained a bullet wound in the head, died on the spot.
The suspect, a certain Jojo Minar, also known as Wasalak, fled after shooting Blancaflor.
PO2 Richard Iguis Chavez said that the attack happened after Minar and Blancaflor had an argument as
they were drinking in the area past 6 p.m. Friday.
The irked Minar allegedly pulled out a gun and fired at Blancaflor. Chavez said he is holding a witness to
the incident.
A police team is now looking for Minar who is a resident of Phase II, Summerfield Subdivision, also in
Osorio. (Anthony Giron)
Dump truck kills 1, hurts 5 in Cavite
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ALFONSO, Cavite One person died over the weekend while five others were injured, two of them
seriously, when a speeding dump truck lost its brakes and rammed a newly constructed waiting shed and
market building in Barangay Luksuhin Ibaba of this upland municipality.
One Jay G. Francisco, 21, the truck driver, was held at the town police station after treatment at De La
Salle-Dr. Rodolfo Poblete Memorial Hospital.

Francisco, who hails from P. Burgos Street, Caloocan City, was driving an Isuzu truck carrying land ll
when the freak accident happened before 2 p.m. Friday.
One Larry Majesterio, 52, an employee of Cavite-Batangas Transport Cooperative and a resident of
Poblacion V in Alfonso town, died on the spot from severe injuries.
The injured were identified as one Roberto B. Boenillo, 22, a peanut vendor, of Lalaan II, Silang, Cavite,
a certain Glenda R. Poblete, 43, of Barangay Palumlum, Alfonso, one Reynaldo S. Odias, 49, a helper, of
Barangay Mabuhay, Carmona, Cavite, and one Leodecario S. Alilio, of Barangay Patutong South,
Tagaytay City, Cavite. (Anthony Giron)
Driver dies in bike-car collision
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CARMONA, Cavite A man died last Sunday night when the motorcycle he was driving collided with a car
during an accident along Governors Drive in Barangay Mabuhay here.
Police identified the fatality as Jesus R. Cubol, 39, married, a resident of Corehouse, Barangay Bancal
also in the municipality.

Cubol, who sustained severe injuries, was declared dead on arrival at Pagamutan Bayan ng Carmona
(Carmona General Hospital).
The victim was on board a Skygo motorcycle (2876 TS) when hit by a Toyota Fortuner (TKI 547) driven
by one Ramil C. Alquileta, 43, a businessman, of Barangay Sampaloc, Dasmarias City, also in Cavite.
Alquileta was held by the police after the accident. (Anthony Giron)

12th Phl cyclone develops near Samar
MANILA, Philippines - A low pressure area (LPA) near the Visayas has intensified into a tropical
depression, the state weather bureau said Friday.
The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) named the
12th cyclone as "Labuyo."
PAGASA said the cyclone was still out of the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR). As of 4 a.m.,
Labuyo's center was 1,150 kilometers east of Catarman, Northern Samar, packing maximum sustained
winds of 45 kilometers per hour.
The cyclone was moving west northwest at a speed of 9 kilometers per hour.
The cyclone is forecast enter the PAR by the afternoon and move closer to Catarman by Saturday. It was
also forecast to hover near Legaspi City by Sunday morning and move close to Daet, Camarines Sur by
Monday morning.
PAGASA said the cyclone was still "too far to directly affect any part of the country."
Meralco cuts August rates
By Donnabelle Gatdula (The Philippine Star) | Updated August 9, 2013 - 12:00am
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MANILA, Philippines - For the second straight month, customers of Manila Electric Co. (Meralco) will pay
lower electricity bills.
For the month of August, Meralco said its rate dropped by 35 centavos per kilowatt-hour, as the
generation charge along with other components of the electricity bill registered downward adjustments.
With the 35-centavo cut in generation charge, the bill of a typical household using 200 kwh will drop by
around P70 this month.
Generation charge went down by 28 centavos per kwh from P5.33 per kwh to P5.05 per kwh, its lowest
level since May 2011.
The lower generation charge was driven by the significant P5.27 per kwh reduction in the cost of power
sourced from Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM).
Spot market prices went down as demand for power eased and the onset of the rainy season led to
increased output from hydroelectric plants.
Cop in OFWs brutal slay nabbed
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ZAMBOANGA CITY Police operatives in this city arrested a cop tagged as principal suspect in the killing
and beheading of a 28year-old overseas Filipino worker (OFW) at Lower Calarian, this city, last Sunday.
PO1 Al-Fraizer Kiram Amilasan of the Police Regional Office 4A in Cavite City was apprehended by
lawmen led by Senior Supt. Jose Chiquitio Malayo at about 8:45 a.m.

Amilasan is the prime suspects in the brutal slaying of Alraben Lutian Jallao whose decapitated head was
still missing as of yesterday.
Recovered from his possession were an M16 rifle with 11 long and two short magazines loaded with
ammunition and a barong blade with scabbard.
Police gathered that prior to the killing, Amilasan informed the soldiers manning a detachment in Campo
Islam that they would have a legitimate operation in the area.
A few minutes later, residents and soldiers heard gunshots but they did not react, thinking it was a
legitimate police operation.
Amilasan is now detained at the central police station pending his inquest before the city prosecutors
office here. (Nonoy E. Lacson)
BIFF blamed for Cagayan blast
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Senior military officials blamed the brigand Bagsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) for last Fridays
Cagayan de Oro City explosion that left eight people dead and more than 40 wounded.
One of the officers even pointed to the group of Basit Usman, a bomb-making expert and leader of the
MILF-Special Operations Group (SOG).

Based on previous information and components recovered at the bomb site, its more of the handiwork
of the MILF-SOG (Moro Islamic Liberation Front-Special Operations Group) of Basit Usman which is now
affiliated with BIFF, said the ranking official who asked not to be named.
The source said a training was held in Lanao del Sur and it is possible that the bombing at a jam-packed
bar in Cagayan de Oro City last Friday night was a test mission.
A second official said the training of the BIFF men was conducted last year in coordination with the Abu
Sayyaf Group (ASG) and the Jemaah Islamiyah.
That official also said there is big probability the BIFF is behind the attack in Kylas Bistro and Candys Cafe
at Rosario Arcade in Cagayan de Oro City.
That is one of the angles, the third official said, adding they are also looking into a political angle noting
that one group is reportedly mad at the local officials for driving away Muslim traders from the citys
streets.
Man beheaded
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ZAMBOANGA CITY Three heavily armed men shot and beheaded a 28-year-old man and then fled
bringing along with them the victims decapitated head Sunday night.
Police identified the victim as Alraben Jallao, 28, of Lower Calarian. His head is still missing.
Jallao suffered several gunshot wounds in the different parts of the body and headless when the police
recovered his body at a dimly lit section of Marlboro Drive, Lower Calarian in this city.

Police Sr. Insp. Arlan Delumpines disclosed that Jallao was seized by three gunmen who dragged him to
a dark section of Marlboro Drive.
Witnesses told police that while Jallao was being dragged by the assailants, he was shouting, Bakit ako
sisisihin nyo?
Moments later, residents heard several gunshots where Jallao was seen from a distance by some
witnesses falling on the ground.
Police said one of the gunmen pulled out a bolo and slashed his neck then brought with them his
decapitated head. (Nonoy Lacson)
Woman shot over tawas
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Police are hunting down a man who shot and seriously wounded a woman who gave him fake shabu in
Pasay City on Monday night.
The suspect identified only as Jay-R got mad after learning that the victim, 42-year-old Loida Valloyas,
cheated him when she handed him tawas (alum) instead of shabu (methamphetamine hydrochloride),
according to probers.

Chief inspector Joey Goforth, head of Investigation and Detective Management of Pasay City Police, said
J-R visited Valloyas in her house on 1st Street, Pildera 2, Pasay City, at about 8:30 p.m. Monday and
asked her to buy him shabu worth P200.
When Valloyas returned, she gave the suspect the supposed illegal drug.
Unaware that it was not the real drug, the suspect immediately sniffed the crystalline powder inside the
victims house. He left as soon as he finished the pot session, but he later came back with a gun and shot
Valloyas, hitting her in the right arm and body.
The suspect fled after the shooting while Valloyas was rushed to San Juan de Dios Hospital. (Mitch Arceo)
3 killed in Laguna ambush
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Three family members were killed while a town councilor was wounded in an ambush perpetrated by five
heavily armed men in Barangay 2, Alaminos, Laguna, Monday night.
Senior Supt. Pascual Munoz, Laguna Police Provincial Office (PPO) director, said two of the victims
identified as James Briz, former overseas Filipino worker (OFW), and his cousin Emerson Briz, driver, died
on the spot.

The third fatality was Emersons brother, Nelson, who died while being treated at the San Pablo
City Medical Center.
Wounded was incumbent Alaminos town Councilor Lino Zuniga who sustained gunshot wounds in his leg
and arm.
Probers said the victims had just left a cockpit in Alaminos when the incident occurred at around 10:45
p.m. Monday.
Munoz said the victims were on board a Mitsubishi Lancer (UKG-333) owned by Zuniga and being driven
by Emerson traversing Marcelino highway when they were peppered with bullets by the suspects who
were on board a motorcycle and a car.
Chief Inspector Mederic Villarete, town police chief, said they are looking into a family feud and the
alleged involvement of the Briz family in the killing of a resident in Batangas a few years ago as possible
motives behind the ambush.
A manhunt operation was launched against the gunmen. (Ferdinand F. Castro)
Man kills son with icepick
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A 20-year-old man was stabbed dead by his father during a drinking spree together in Quezon City
Sunday afternoon.
Investigator PO2 Jogene Hernandez identified the victim as Alexander Dingcong Jr., 20, of Hilltop St.,
Mindanao Extension, Barangay Greater Lagro, Fairview, Quezon City.

Hernandez said that the victim died following a brawl at around 5 p.m. at his home.
The victim sustained multiple puncture wounds in the body and head caused by an ice pick, he noted.
The investigator said that the victim was rushed to the East Avenue Medical Center (EAMC) where he
eventually succumbed died at around 2 a.m. yesterday.
Hernandez said that the suspect was the victims father, Alexader Sr., 49, who fled following the brawl
with his son. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
Skeleton found
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The skeletal remains of a man were discovered in a grassy vacant lot in a subdivision in Quezon City
Sunday night.
Investigator PO2 Jogene Hernandez said that police have yet to identify the victim and how he died.
Hernandez said that the victim was discovered by streetchildren at around 9:30 p.m. in a grassy vacant
lot in Neopolitan Subdivision in Barangay Greater Lagro.

Hernandez said that the skeletal remains had what looked like new Nike running shoes, a pair of jeans, a
T-shirt that may have been blackened by blood, and a garrison belt similar to those worn by members of
the Philippine National Police (PNP).
He noted that though the subdivision is walled, it still has many entry points.
The investigator learned that the streetchildren first reported the skeletal remains to barangay public
safety officer (BPSO) Antonio Andoy of Barangay Pasong Putik. Since the subdivision is not in the
jurisdiction of Barangay Pasong Putik, Andoy immediately reported the discovery to officials of Barangay
Greater Lagro. (Jeffrey G. Damicog)
PAL hiring cabin crew, ground staff
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Flag carrier Philippine Airlines is set to ramp up hiring of new staff as part of an ongoing expansion that
will see it open more domestic and international routes and take delivery of new aircraft.
On August 17, PAL will hold a job fair for PAL cabin crew at the San Miguel Corporation head office
complex in Ortigas Center, Mandaluyong City. Registration and screening of applicants will start at 8 am.

Processing of applications will go on until 5 pm.
Applicants must be Filipino citizens, not more than 27 years old, and hold a college degree. They should
be able to communicate well both in English and Filipino. Female applicants must be single and at least
53 in height while male applicants should preferably be single and at least 56 tall. Weight should be
proportionate to height.
Applicants must also have perfect vision (20/20) or wear contact lenses (not beyond 20/30). Physical
characteristics such as having a good set of teeth and clear complexion are also part of the criteria.
Interested parties are advised to come in business attire and bring their updated resumes with close-up
and full-body photos.
PAL will also be hiring PAL Ambassadors, Customer Service Agents, Sales and Service Agents, Customer
Relations Officers, and Premiere Guest Services Frontliners.
New bus traffic scheme in Metro Manila bared
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The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said the new traffic rerouting scheme for
passenger buses that will not be able to secure a sticker from the Manila city hall may take effect next
week as necessary civil works has to be done first.

MMDA chairman Francis Tolentino said traffic signal systems will be placed at the intersections where the
buses from Quezon City going to Manila via Quezon Avenue will be diverted so as to alleviate traffic jams
when passenger buses go around the rotunda.
The traffic engineering center said there are two newly constructed Department of Public Works and
Highways (DPWH) manholes in the area that have to be cured until Sunday.
Also, the center island at the D.Tuazon-Quezon Avenue intersection needs to be removed before the
MMDA opens the rerouting scheme.
The MMDA and the city governments of Manila, Quezon City, and Makati agreed to create traffic plans to
complement with the Manila bus ban.
Instead of going around the rotunda, public utility buses can turn right at Mayon Street, turn right at M.
Cuenco/N. Roxas, right at D. Tuazon, left at Quezon Avenue.
In the meeting, Makati City Mayor Jejomar Erwin Binay and Elmo San Diego, chief of Quezon Citys
department of public order and safety, aired how Manilas bus ban caused slow movement of traffic
among their jurisdictions.
For his part, Binay said the bus ban has only a minimal effect in his jurisdiction, citing that passenger
buses have been clogging along South Superhighway. (Anna Liza Villas-Alavaren)
Search continues for 2 pilots
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By RAYMUND F. ANTONIO
With still no sign of the actual wreck site, Coast Guard authorities are clinging to hope that the two pilots
of the ill-fated OV-10 Bronco fighter plane are still alive.
Three days since the crash, rescue teams have expanded search coverage, with the divers from the
Special Operations Group (SOG) conducting a search dive at a depth of 120 to 140 feet.

Our search continues. We are still hoping for the best, said Commodore Enrico Efren Evangelista,
district commander of Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) Palawan.
He said that the divers have not found the location of the aircraft under the sea, except for they reported
sightings of what looked like the planes seat, its front part or nose, cargo bay door, and light craft.
Two pilots were on the OV-10 Bronco plane when it crashed last Sunday evening off Puerto Princesa.
The aircraft was carrying Major Jonathan A. Ybanez and 1Lt. Abner Trust Nacion, but they were not able
to return to the Antonio Bautista Airbase in Palawan.
They have been scouring the area but its too wide for our search, he said.
The PCG official said they are not about to terminate their search and rescue mission until the wreckage
of the aircraft is found.
It is important that we find the two missing pilots, Evangelista said.
Economic growth to exceed target
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The Philippine economy can grow faster than a government target of six to seven percent this year, but
headwinds from the global economy are keeping officials conservative in their forecasts, the countrys
economic planning chief said yesterday.

The Southeast Asian country posted the regions fastest annual growth in the first quarter, and was the
only nation which received an upwardly revised forecast from the International Monetary Fund.
Were optimistic we can grow beyond 7 percent this year, but given external risks we maintained the
GDP target, Arsenio Balisacan, economic planning secretary, told a budget hearing at the lower chamber
of Congress.
Economists in a Reuters quarterly poll in July raised their growth forecast for the Philippines to 6.8
percent from 5.9 percent in April, after the economy expanded by a stronger-than-expected annual rate
of 7.8 percent in the first quarter.
Philippine inflation fell to a near four-year low in July despite the weakness in the peso currency and the
central bank has kept its policy rate at a record low to encourage more business activity.
Analysts say the countrys prospects remain bright because robust domestic demand and lower exposure
to slumping global trade than its neighbours were likely to offset the impact of emerging market volatility
and possible capital flight once the US Federal Reserve begins to taper its stimulus programme.
The government expects growth to accelerate to a range of 6.5 percent to 7.5 percent in 2014. (Reuters)