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==[[Sultan Kudarat News]]==
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'''4 bombs defused in North Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat'''
'''ARMM rites begin with free live telecast of Pacquiao's fight'''
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/davao/local-news/2011/11/10/4-bombs-defused-north-cotabato-sultan-kudarat-189718
*Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/341041/armm-rites-begin-with-free-live-telecast-pacquiaos-fight
*Thursday, November 10, 2011
*November 12, 2011, 6:26pm
:by   Malu Cadeliña Manar
:by     ALI G. MACABALANG






DAVAO CITY (Updated) -- Four hours after three bombs were defused in separate locations in North Cotabato early Wednesday, another bomb was found at a gasoline station in Sultan Kudarat.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – For the third time, the 20-month-old administration of Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Acting Governor Ansaruddin Alonto-Adiong will provide free live telecast of Sunday’s fight between Filipino boxing legend Manny Pacquiao and Mexican challenger Juan Manuel Marquez as an opening highlight of the weeklong celebration of the 22nd ARMM foundation anniversary.


The Eastern Mindanao Command of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) said the bomb discovered in Isulan town in Sultan Kudarat used as main charge a 60-mm mortar and a mobile phone as triggering device.
More spectators are expected to swarm the venue at the refurbished Shariff Kabunsuan Cultural Center (SKCC) inside the ARMM compound here. Free snacks await viewers, Regional Executive Secretary Naguib Sinarimbo said.


It was placed in one corner of the gasoline station Flying V, which is located along the national highway in Poblacion, Isulan.
“This (live telecast of Pacquiao’s fight) would be the third time the Adiong administration will host for our residents of ARMM and nearby areas in 20 months. This time, the free show and snacks would more meaningful because it kicks off our 22nd anniversary celebration from November 14 to 19,” Sinarimbo said.


A worker of the gasoline station found the bomb at 11 a.m. Wednesday. The Explosives and Ordnance Disposal Team (EOD) from the Philippine Army received the distress call an hour after and immediately proceeded to the area.
The fully air-conditioned SKCC building has a sitting capacity of 870, but over 2,000 spectators swarmed the edifice in the last two ARMM-sponsored free live shows of Pacquiao fights. Giant TV units were installed at the covered lobby of the building to accommodate hundreds more viewers of Sunday’s event, organizers said.


They successfully defused the explosive using a water disruptor.
Before the free live showing of the Pacquiao-Marquez match and its undercard fights, viewers would be shown a video documentation of the highlights of the trailblazing accomplishments of the Adiong administration in 20 months, they said.


Meanwhile, the three defused bombs in North Cotabato were recovered in three places -- near a bakeshop, in front of a hospital, and near a public market.
On Monday, officials and workers of the entire regional bureaucracy will hold a colorful parade around the 22-hectare ARMM complex here to formally open the region’s 22nd founding anniversary celebration.


North Cotabato police said bomb disposal units from the EOD quickly defused the homemade bombs fashioned from 81-millimeter mortar rounds.
Various festive activities have been lined up for the weeklong celebration, including a jobs fair, free medical, dental and optical check-ups and medicines, sport games, cultural presentations, and a musical program organized by local journalists, among others, Sinarimbo said.


One of the bombs was recovered along the highway in front of Saint Luke’s Hospital in Kabacan around 7:05 a.m. Wednesday, authorities said.
“The 22nd ARMM foundation celebration is more significant this time because it provides us the appropriate avenue to feast over the unprecedented achievements of the Adiong leadership and pay tribute to all individuals and groups that helped us make the difference,” he said.


The IED, fashioned from an 81-mm mortar, was discovered by a janitor working for the Kabacan Municipal Government while he was cleaning the highway, said Chief Inspector Ariel Perez Guevarra, provincial director of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Team.
The successes of the Adiong administration in bringing normalcy back in ARMM and Maguindanao after the infamous Nov. 23, 2009 massacre of 57 people including 32 journalists, and in winning back the trust of the regional populace and the foreign donors’ community are “worth giving the best celebration,” Sinarimbo said.


The janitor immediately reported his discovery at the police station.
The Social Weather Station (SWS) released on Oct. 10 the results of a survey commissioned by the Department of Interior and Local Governments alongside the Asian Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), showing that 63 percent of the ARMM constituents were “satisfied” with the incumbents’ performance, with only 18 percent “dissatisfied.”


Two hours later, joint elements of the 63rd EOD team, bomb experts from the Cotabato Provincial Police Office, and the Scene of the Crime Operatives arrived at the crime scene.
The survey result gave credence to earlier expressed “satisfactory” ratings of the operations of the Adiong administration by several foreign donor-institutions including the USAID, the Japan International Cooperation Agency, the Australian government, and agencies of the European Union and the United Nations.


After they cordoned the area, they defused the bomb using water cannon, reports said.
Meanwhile, thousands of boxing fans and avid followers of Pacquiao in Davao City will be treated anew with a “ringside view” Sunday when the ring sensation faces off for the third time with his Mexican nemesis at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. (With a report from PNA)
 
On Tuesday, two homemade bombs exploded on USM Avenue in Kabakan, Directorate for Integrated Police Operations in Western Mindanao chief Felicisimo Khu said.
 
The blast site is about 200 meters away from the gate of the University of Southern Mindanao. No one was hurt in the explosions that damaged several houses in the area.
 
The blasts also sent residents near the area into panic.
 
Khu said authorities believe the blasts were the handiwork of Basit Usman, the head of the Special Operations Group of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who is also affiliated with the terrorist group Abu Sayyaf.
 
He said the bombs were also made from 81-millimeter mortar rounds.
 
"Explosions and recoveries of similar type of IEDs in the recent indicate that this bomb signature belongs to Basit Usman," said Khu.
 
He said investigations are underway to determine the motive and the perpetrators.
 
Khu said they recovered in the blast site a triggering device, which is now with the Crime Laboratory and Criminal Investigation and Detection Group for "forensic examination."
 
Superintendent Joseph Semillano, chief of Kabacan Police, said the bombings in his area-of-responsibility were related to each other.
 
"Though these bombs are considered signatures of an armed group in Mindanao, we've yet to investigate further the motive behind the bombings," he said.
 
Two weeks ago, a roadside bomb also went off after a passenger bus passed a portion of the national highway in Kabacan, just few meters away from an Army detachment.
 
Authorities have yet to determine the motive of those behind Tuesday night's explosions. (Sun.Star Davao/VR/Sunnex


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