(Image grabbed from PAGASA's Facebook page) MANILA - Typhoon Odette has further intensified as it made landfall over Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte at 1:30 p.m. Thursday. In a bulletin posted at 3 p.m., the weather bureau said Odette now packs maximum sustained winds of 195 km. per hour (kph) near the center and gustiness of up to 240 kph. Heavy to torrential rains over will continue over Caraga, Central Visayas, Misamis Oriental, Camiguin, Southern Leyte, and Negros Occidental. Moderate to heavy, with at times intense rains persist over Leyte, the southern portions of Eastern Samar and Samar, Zamboanga del Norte, Lanao del Sur, Davao Oriental, Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, and the rest of Northern Mindanao. Light to moderate, with at times heavy rains are forecast over Bicol Region, Quezon, and the rest of Visayas, the rest of Zamboanga Peninsula, and mainland Bangsamoro. Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal (TCWS) No. 4 remains hoisted over Southern Leyte, the southwestern portion of
CHR to probe string of shootings that left nine dead this week
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 16) The Commission on Human Rights will launch independent investigations into the spate of killings across the country this week, including the fatal shooting of a lawyer in Bukidnon.
In a statement on Friday, the CHR condemned the killing of nine people in four separate incidents, noting that the victims were all gunned down in broad daylight by still unidentified assailants. It urged authorities to immediately investigate the crimes.
These include the ambush of Winston Intong, a 53-year-old private lawyer. He was shot at close range by two motorcycle-riding gunmen while buying vegetables a few meters away from his residence in Malaybalay, Bukidnon at around 7:30 a.m. on Thursday.
Published January 16, 2021, 2:35 PM
ILIGAN CITY – The commanding officer of three soldiers, who were ambushed on January 14 at a river in Lanao del Norte, became emotional at the necrological service for his men on Friday, January 15, at the Second Mechanized Brigade Chapel.
Friends, relatives comrades gave honor and respect to the three fallen soldiers who were ambushed on January 14 in Lanao del Norte. (Bonita Ermac / MANILA BULLETIN)
“I may not personally know the dignity of their birth, but I surely know the glory of their service in our unit, the Fourth Mechanized Infantry Battalion,” Lt. Col. Domingo Dulay Jr. in his tribute to his men Corporal Bryan Binayug of Solana Cagayan Valley; Corporal Albert Saura of Maitum, Sarangani; and Private First Class Albert Soriano of Lingayen, Pangasinan.
3 soldiers, 1 civilian dead in Lanao shooting
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Metro Manila (CNN Philippines, January 14) Four dead bodies were found along the boundary of Poona Piagapo and Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte Thursday morning, the military said.
According to reports, three of the victims were members of the 43rd Mechanized Company stationed at Tangclao Detachment, Poona Piagapo. The other victim is a still unidentified civilian.
All four were found with gunshot wounds, authorities said. The shooting incident happened at around 8:45 a.m., according to Lt. Gen. Corleto Vinluan Jr., Commander of the Western Mindanao Command. Based on the report, our troops from the 4th Mechanized Infantry Battalion received an information from a civilian informant regarding a shooting incident in the boundary of Poona Piagapo and Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte, Vinluan said.
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