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==Featured News of The Philippines==
==Featured News of The Philippines==
Updated: January 13, 2022
Updated: January 14, 2022


'''Ka Bok slaughterer of poor, freedom: Former cadre'''.<br>
'''Kidapawan police SWAT team gets new firearms, equipment'''.<br>
DAVAO CITY – A former leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) described Menandro Villanueva alias “Ka Bok” as a slaughterer of the poor and killer of freedom. In a statement Thursday, Joy "Ka Amihan" Saguino, former secretary of Guerilla Front 20 under Sub-regional Committee 1 of the NPA’s Southern Mindanao Region, said the people of Davao Region and Mindanao are witnesses to the reign of terror and violence that Villanueva has planted for five decades. Villanueva, who had several warrants of arrests for multiple murders, double frustrated murders, arson, robbery with intimidation, and rebellion, among others, was killed in an encounter with government troops in Davao de Oro on January 5.
KIDAPAWAN CITY, North Cotabato - The Police Regional Office Soccsksargen (PRO-12), together with the city government, handed over here Friday new firearms and equipment to the Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) team of the local police force. Brig. Gen. Alexander Tagum, the PRO-12 director, said Mayor Joseph Evangelista led the simple turnover ceremony at the Kidapawan police headquarters of 12 Galil Ace assault rifles from PRO-12; and also 12 tactical vests, 12 Kevlar helmets, 20 handheld radios, and two Meprolight night sights from the local government unit.
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'''DA eyes adlai, strawberry farming as emerging crops for NorMin'''<br>
'''PRO-9 turns over 863 loose firearms to RCSU-9 for safekeeping'''<br>
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Department of Agriculture Region 10 (DA-10) has seen a potential in adlai and strawberry as emerging crops in Northern Mindanao that can be sold in mainstream markets in the future. During a media forum on Thursday, DA-10 Technical Director Carlota Madriaga said adlai, also referred by indigenous peoples as "agglay," is easy to produce even through organic production technology, and it grows in any places regardless of climate and soil conditions. "In the time of the pandemic (when it started in 2020), we have established the Adlai Development Program where we train farmers in planting adlai, and help them in the processing and marketing of products," he said.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) has turned over Friday 863 loose firearms to the Regional Civil Security Unit-9 (RCSU-9) for safekeeping. Brig. Gen. Franco Simborio, PRO-9 director, led the turnover of the loose firearms around 10 a.m. to the RCSU-9 in Camp Gen. Eduardo Batalla here. Lt. Col. Garry Bahoy, RCSU-9 chief, received the loose firearms from Simborio in a simple ceremony. “These firearms are an accumulation from confiscation and surrender of firearms from communist rebels and other lawless elements and also a result of the OPLAN (Operation Plan) 'Katok,'” Simborio said.


Source: "[https://www.pna.gov.ph/ PNA.GOV.PH]"
Source: "[https://www.pna.gov.ph/ PNA.GOV.PH]"