Abu Sayyaf terrorist killed in Sulu

Philippine Marine forces today clashed with a group of Abu Sayyaf terrorists in Patikul town in Sulu.

The clash resulted in the death of one of the Abu Sayyaf terrorists.

Food poisoning downs 35 schoolchildren

THIRTY-FIVE grade school pupils were hospitalized due to food poisoning in Maguindanao on Friday, said a belated report reaching the city.

Officials of the Sarmientro Public Elementary School (SPES) in Parang said the children experienced dizziness, vomiting and severe stomachache after eating peanut butter sandwiches, which were found later to be spoiled.

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10 killed in attack on billiards hall

Ten people were killed and five others were wounded when a man fired at a billiards hall in Balabagan, Lanao del Sur on Sunday.

Chief Superintendent Akmad Mamalinta, police chief in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, said the gunman has been identified.

The victims, most of them teenagers, were spectators of a billiards game in Barangay (village) Crossing Lalaguan.

About 4 p.m., the gunman arrived on board a Toyota Tamaraw FX van and fired his assault rifle, instantly killing eight. Two others died while being treated in hospitals in Cotabato City.

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NMIC stresses need for quality slaughterhouses in Region 12

by EJ Nacionales

Koronadal City (30 January) — Region XII Director Tating J. Nani, OVM of the National Meat Inspection Commission (NMIC), stressed the need of municipalities to establish slaughterhouses equipped with complete and modern facilities and machines accorded with NMIC standards.

Nani also appealed to everyone to refrain from slaughtering their animals in their houses and told them to let meat inspectors do their duties and functions to assure constituents of the safety of the meat they eat and at the same time avoid sickness or diseases.

Meanwhile, the Sangguniang Bayan (SB) of Tampakan, South Cotabato will give P1.7 million for a “double A” slaughterhouse project of the local government unit (LGU) led by Mayor Claudius G. Barroso, CPA.

Muncipal Vice Mayor Pedro A. Cagas said that SB has approved an ordinance concerning about market development with the amount of P750, 000.00 and another P200, 000.00 coming from the municipal budget.

At the same time, Sagitarrius Mines, Inc., a mining company present in the locality has also appropriated P799, 000.00 from their Community Development Fund (CDF), for additional funding of the said project. (LGU-Tampakan/PIA 12)

Man gets death for kid’s rape

A 38-year-old father of three was sent to death row by a Regional Trial Court after being found guilty of repeatedly raping his daughter.

Vicente Candillada is now awaiting transfer from the town jail to the National Bilibid Prisons in Muntinlupa where he will stay while his case is subjected to automatic review by the Supreme Court.

Candillada, a widower and native of Calinan, Davao del Norte, was accused of raping his daughter starting when she was still 14 years old.

When her daughter got pregnant sometime in 2004, Candillada fled Calinan and settled in Magsaysay town, a hinterland municipality in this province, and brought her daughter along.

The victim told the court that he threatened to kill her if she refused to go with him.

In Magsaysay town, Candillada introduced her pregnant daughter to the neighborhood as his wife. The victim later gave birth but the baby lived for only a week.

During fits of jealousy, Candillada would physically abused his daughter like beating her or striking her with a pestle.

Later on, a town policeman who lives in the same neighborhood took notice of the unusually constant quarrels of the two whom they knew to be a couple.

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