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==1st cavalry squadron soldiers donate blood to IPHO==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/08/1st-cavalry-squadron-soldiers-donate.html
*Tuesday, August 20, 2013 4:31 pm
:By Gideon C. Corgue (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY – “We donate blood to save lives of others.”
This was the statement of 1st Cavalry (Eagle Eye) Squadron commander Lt. Col. Antonio John Divinagracia during bloodletting activity on Wednesday at Camp Colonel Jacobe Zobel, Upper Pulacan, Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur.
A total of 11,250 cc of blood were collected by the medical staff of Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO) from 25 officers and men of the battalion who rolled up their sleeves to donate blood as part of their commitment to saving lives.
Divinagracia underscored the importance of donating blood saying that it helps save lives of the others. “Blood donation is just like Jesus Christ saving us from our sins. We donate blood to save lives of others,” he explained.
The 1st Cavalry Squadron chief encouraged his men to donate blood for they are also needing blood for their companions who are wounded in the battlefield.
“The blood that you donate can be used also by members of your family who are needing it,” Divinagracia said.
Divinagracia said the bloodletting activity is not only conducted during the battalion’s anniversary but it is also done every month of February.
IPHO chief Dr. Delia Pastoriza lauded the soldiers for donating their blood saying that the blood that they have donated truly is a “gift of life” to others in the community who are sick or injured.
Pastoriza said many people are now suffering from terminal illnesses especially renal failure which she considered as one of top 10 leading causes of death not only in the province but throughout the country. “Thus, blood is absolutely necessary.”
Blood donor, Captain Erickson Balanga said he is happy to donate blood to help people who need it.
“I am happy that for the second time, I was able to donate my blood. This is my own little way of helping people who are needing it specially the poor.”
Balanga said millions of people across the world are in need of blood transfusions because of surgeries, accidents, war and natural disasters, etc.
Some of the soldiers have long been donating blood, but a few were “first-time” donors.
==Philippine city remembers 1976 tsunami tragedy==
*Source:http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20130819023608
*Monday, August 19, 2013 03:36:08 pm
:By Ely Dumaboc
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Aug. 19, 2013) - After 37 years, the local government of Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, looked back to the devastating tsunami that killed 1,440 people in August 17, 1976.
Mayor Romeo Pulmones and Vice Mayor Divina Grace Yu, along with Rep. Victor Yu unveiled a commemorative marker and written on it was the number of casualties in the whole province of Zamboanga del Sur - 1,440 dead and 7,701 injured; and 909 people missing. The tsunami left 49,848 villagers homeless.
Pulmones personally related the incident as he and his family were among those who survived the destruction left behind by the tsunami. He was only 10 years old when the tsunami occurred. Many of his neighbors perished.
He said it was exactly 12:11 a.m. when a powerful earthquake measuring 7.0 in the Richter scale struck off the Moro Gulf and it was followed by the tsunami.
The commemoration was held to remember those who perished in the tsunami. Local officials and villagers offered prayers and lighted candles, and some offered flowers outside their houses to remember the tsunami victims.
Disaster officials also held a seminar and attended by students and civilians.
==Gunmen shoot 2 people in Zamboanga Sur==
*Source:http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20130818092842
*Sunday, August 18, 2013 10:28:42 pm
:(Mindanao Examiner)
PAGADIAN CITY (Mindanao Examiner / Aug. 18, 2013) – A village official and a woman were shot and wounded in separate attacks in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur, officials said Sunday.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said Jacinta Sabang, 57, was shot inside her house in the town of Lapuyan.
He said the woman was peeling corn when the gunman barged in the house and opened fire with a homemade shotgun and fled after the attack.
Jacinta was rushed to hospital in nearby town of Margosatubig.
Huesca said a motorcycle gunman also shot and wounded Tata Borgonia, a councillor in the village of Lower Timonan in Dumingag town. 
He said the victim was driving his motorcycle with two others when attacked by the gunman, who was tailing him.
Both attacks were being investigated by the police, according to Huesca.
==SHOOTING INCIDENT==
*Source:http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/news/72838-SHOOTING-INCIDENT.html
*Saturday, August 17, 2013
:By PO2 Radzben S. Jul (PNP-PRO9)
On or about 6:45 PM August 15, 2013, at Jamisola Extension, Barangay Sta. Lucia, Pagadian city, one Chito Veran Y Nera, 50 years old, married, businessman and a resident of said place was shot by unidentified suspects with the use of unidentified firearm.
Investigation conducted by the responding elements of Pagadian city police station disclosed that the victim was inside his store together with his wife identified as Naomi Veran Y Macabudbud when suddenly two unidentified suspects wearing bonnet and other one wearing bull cap entered their store/house causing a resistance between the victim and suspects that prompting one of the suspect to shot the victim several times.
Victim sustained gunshot wounds in the different parts of his body and was brought to Borbon Hospital located at the aforementioned barangay for medical treatment but later declared dead on arrival by his attending physician.
Prior to the incident, the suspects were already able to robbed one (1) unit of Samsung cellular phone worth ten thousand pesos (P10,000.00) to the brother in- law of the victim identified as Albert Macabudbud Y Galace, 53 years old, an engineer and a resident of Calawaan, Pasig city who is their visitor while standing outside the store.
Suspects fled to unknown direction after the incident while the elements of Pagadian City Police Station are now conducting hot pursuit operation for possible identification of the fleeing suspects.
Pagadian City Police Station chief investigator Police Senior Inspector Rey Hinoctan
==DILG-9 holds DED training for 2013 BUPB recipient-LGUs==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/08/dilg-9-holds-ded-training-for-2013-bupb.html
*Friday, August 16, 2013 2:17 pm
:By Franklin P. Gumapon (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY – Provincial and municipal engineers together with provincial/municipal planning development coordinators from 30 local government units (LGUs) in the region have converged here recently for an enhancement training on Detailed Engineering Design (DED) preparation.
Regional Information Officer Lemuel Mejares of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG)-9 said the participants came from the LGUs which received water system projects under the Bottom Up Planning and Budgeting (BUPB) with P1million allocation or more.
The training focused on the preparation of engineering designs for water supply projects in accordance with engineering standards to ensure smooth and sustainable operations.
Speaking before the participants, DILG-9 Regional Director Paisal O. Abutazil cited that “the failure of water supply systems is usually linked to poor design of the facilities.”
Besides, Abutazil also urged the LGUs to get updated on the new issuances and policies pertaining to procurement. “The LGUs should be updated on the new procurement policies since they will engage the services of a contractor for projects implemented by contract or they will be procuring supplies for projects implemented by administration,” he said.
Water supply project specialist, Engr. Ramon dela Torre, also told the participants that “the preparation of DED is one of the most critical stages of project implementation. Unlike other infrastructure projects, various elements have to be taken into consideration such as the complete drawing plans, specifications, cost estimates, design analysis, geo-resistivity and drilling test, among others.”
Engineer dela Torre also discussed the application of Epanet tools and practical skills on engineering design and standards in preparing the DED of water supply systems including the water source confirmation and hydraulic analysis.
On the other hand, State Auditor Eleazar Mantos apprised the participants of certain procedures, regulations and policies governing utilization, liquidation and reporting system of the project funds.
It can be recalled that 30 LGUs in region are now implementing the water supply system projects. These are the municipalities of Aurora, Dinas, Dumalinao, Labangan, Mahayag, Margosatubig, Midsalip, Molave, San Pablo, Sominot, Tabina, Tambulig, Tigbao and Tukuran in Zamboanga del Sur, Leon T. Postigo, Katipunan, Salug, Siayan, Roxas, Sergio Osmeña and Sindangan in Zamboanga del Norte, Alicia, Ipil, Mabuhay, Malangas, Naga, Olutanga, Talusan and Titay in Zamboanga Sibugay and Isabela City in Basilan Province.
==Police anti-gambling campaign nets 24 video karera machines in Zambo Sur==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=555373
*Thursday, August 15, 2013
:(PNA), PDS/TPGJR/CHARNYL S. ALBARRACIN/UTB
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, Aug. 15 (PNA) -– The police have confiscated a total of 24 video karera machines as it intensified the anti-gambling campaign in the different parts of this province, an official announced Thursday.
The anti-illegal gambling campaign has been intensified after Governor Antonio Cerilles has declared three weeks ago an all-out war against all forms of illegal gambling.
The declaration was made through the issuance of Executive Order No. 5 series of 2013 last July 26 by Cerilles after reports of rampant illegal gambling in this province reached his office.
The video karera machines were confiscated by the Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC) led by Supt. Michael Palermo in the baraganys of Balangasan, San Pedro and Sto. Niño in this city.
Police police director Senior Supt. Thomas Abellar the campaign against all forms of illegal gambling in this province will continue relentlessly as “it destroys the moral fiber of the people.”
Abellar’s command covers one city and 26 municipalities.
Meanwhile, Abellar warned policemen that they will face the full force of the law once it will be proven they serve as maintainers or protectors of illegal gambling operations.”
Abellar encouraged the public to report any activities of illegal gambling in their respective barangays at the following hotline numbers: (smart) +63999-931-13-88 (Smart) and +63935-464-80-88.
==Cops protecting illegal gambling will face full force of the law, says ZSPPO chief==
*Source:http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2013/08/cops-protecting-illegal-gambling-will.html
*Wednesday, August 14, 2013 1:27 pm
:By Gideon C. Corgue (PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY – The confiscation of 24 video karera machines (VKMs) by the elements of Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC) over the weekend here was a manifestation of the seriousness of the Philippine National Police’s (PNP) campaign against illegal gambling.
Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Thomas Abellar in an interview with Philippine Information Agency (PIA) staff said the confiscation of the VKMs was in compliance with Executive Order No. 5 series of 2013 issued by Governor Antonio Cerilles last July 26.
Cerilles issued EO 5 to reconstitute the Anti-illegal Gambling Task Force (AIGTF) of the province to stamp out illegal gambling activities in the area.
It can be recalled that three days after the declaration of an all-out war against illegal gambling by the governor, the PPSC operatives under the command of Supt. Michael Palermo was able to seize the VKMs in barangays Balangasan, San Pedro and Sto. Niño.
Abellar said the series of raids of PPSC operatives against illegal gambling would continue as “it destroys the moral fiber of the people.”
Abellar said the confiscation of VKMs would serve “as stern warning not only to gambling machine operators but to also to policemen who acted as protectors of illegal gambling activities here.”
Abellar said after the governor’s announcement of his campaign against illegal gambling, he immediately gave instruction to all municipal police chiefs to intensify  efforts against all forms of illegal gambling in their respective municipalities.
When asked about the sanctions to be imposed upon policemen who acted as protectors of illegal gambling activities, Abellar said they would face the full force of the law once “they are proven to have acted as maintainers or protectors of gambling machine operators.”
“Ang mga pulis na hindi sumusunod ng instruction ay makatikim ng kasong criminal at administratibo(The policemen who failed to follow my instruction will face criminal and administrative charges),” Abellar said adding that “a one-strike policy will be applied to policemen who will not be able to accomplish the said order in their areas of jurisdiction.”
Abellar also encourages the public to report any illegal gambling activities operating in their respective barangays at the following hotline numbers: 099-931-1388 and 093-546-48088.
==Zambo Sur town mayor, bodyguard disarmed by NPAs==
*Source:http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=554421
*Tuesday, August 13, 2013
: (PNA), PDS/TEOFILO P. GARCIA, JR./UTB
ZAMBOANGA CITY, Aug. 13 (PNA)--The police in coordination with the military have launched pursuit operations against a group of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels who disarmed a town mayor and his bodyguard in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Tuesday.
Disarmed of rifles and pistols were Mayor Richard Garban of Pitogo municipality, Zamboanga del Sur and his bodyguard, Police Officer 3 (PO3) Julito Hacotano, according to Police Regional Office-9 (PRO-9) information officer Chief Insp. Ariel Huesca.
Huesca said the incident took place around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday in front of a school in Barangay Mati, San Miguel, Zamboanga del Sur.
Investigation showed that Garban, his bodyguard and three others were on board a vehicle traveling to Pagadian City when stopped by more or less 15 NPA rebels clad in camouflage uniforms in front of the school in Barangay Mati, Huesca said.
They were ordered to disembark and were disarmed and after that, they were ordered to board back on the vehicle and proceed to their destination, he said.The town mayor and his companions were not harmed by the NPA rebels.
Taken from Garban were a “baby” Armalite rifle, caliber .45 and .9-mm pistols while from Hacotano were an M-16 Armalite rifle and a caliber .45 pistol, Huesca said.
He said the troops are scouring the mountainous area of Barangays Ocapan and Calube in San Miguel town where the NPAs have fled.
==Bishop says Subanen voiceless vs mining==
*Source:http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/463477/bishop-says-subanen-voiceless-vs-mining
*Monday, August 12, 2013 1:13 am
:By Julie Alipala (Inquirer Mindanao, Philippine Daily Inquirer)
ZAMBOANGA CITY—Members of the indigenous Subanen communities in at least three villages of Bayog town in Zamboanga del Sur, where large mining firms have concessions, are opposed to mineral explorations there but are too afraid to speak up against them, a Protestant prelate said.
Bishop Antonio Ablon of  Iglesia Filipina Independiente’s Diocese of Pagadian issued the statement after leading a 100-member fact-finding mission in the villages of Bubuan, Liba and Conacon in Bayog.
The fact-finding mission started its investigation of mining operations in July.
Bayog Mayor Leonardo Babasa Jr. admitted that at least three companies hold concessions in Bayog. These are TVI Resources Development (TVIRD), 168 Ferrum Pacific Mining and Peng Cheng Metallic Resources Corp.
“The people are afraid to talk. Fears are in their eyes. Many expressed their sufferings, their fears of armed men working for mining corporations and politicians but they refused to put it into an affidavit,” Ablon told the Inquirer here on Friday.
From among villagers they have interviewed, Ablon said only two, one of them a teenager, spoke about harassment by armed men but they, too, would not put their complaints in writing.
“A frightening situation has gripped the town of Bayog as more than a hundred people have been reported to have been summarily executed [over the past months]. Residents believe that the extrajudicial killings going on were related to the operations of TVI Resources Development,” he said.
Kaycee Crisostomo, TVIRD communications director, admitted that the company was operating in Bayog but its activities were limited to clearing the area of toxic substances and explosive materials that illegal miners had left behind, and the conduct of a “pilot plant test.”
“We gather some samples from Balabag (a sitio of Barangay Conacon in Bayog) and compare them to those extracted from Canatuan (a village in Siocon town) to determine if we can mine the optimum quality of minerals,” Crisostomo said.
Aside from those activities, she said TVIRD would not engage in actual mining because it would need “permit and approval” from the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB).
Arnel Cudia, head of the MGB’s mining environment and safety division in western Mindanao, said TVIRD could not engage in mineral extraction in Balabag as its permit is only within Canatuan.
Babasa dismissed the claim of Ablon about the fear of mining companies among Subanen folk saying it could be a ploy by illegal small-scale miners’ groups, such as Monte de Oro, to railroad the planned operation of legitimate companies.
“From my understanding, [Ablon’s group] is in favor of small-scale mining operations,” he said.
Babasa said he also could not understand why Ablon’s group was making it appear the concession holders had been operating already when the truth was that they were still in the exploration stage and that they still needed to secure permits before they could embark on actual mining.
Ablon said the government conduct further investigation on the dates of reported killings, protect witnesses and victims, and uphold the interest of the communities.
==Man kills uncle==
*Source:http://www.journal.com.ph/index.php/news/provincial/56060-man-kills-uncle
*Sunday, August 11, 2013 00:00
:By Zaida delos Reyes-Palanca
A MAN shot dead his uncle for scolding him the other night in Zamboanga del Sur.
The fatality was identified as Sergio Dayanan, 50, of Bgy. Kalilangan, San Pablo town.
Police are now hunting down suspect Pranie Dayanan, 19.
Police Regional Office 9 spokesman Chief Insp. Ariel Huesca said the incident occured around 9 p.m.  in front of the sari-sari store owned by the victim.
Witnesses said the victim reprimanded the suspect for arriving drunk. Irked by his uncle’s tongue lashing, the young Dayanan got a shotgun and shot his uncle.
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*Source:http://www.zambotimes.com/archives/news/72147-CAMPAIGN-AGAINST-LOOSE-FIREARMS.html
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