DAVAO CITY

Lack of convention facilities hounds city

The city faces an uphill climb in its bid to become Mindanao’s convention capital because of lack of facilities, according to Sonia Garcia, director of the Department of Tourism for Southern Mindanao.
“We don’t have the number of rooms to cater to big corporations, which come in large groups. That’s a reality,” Garcia said.
There are only 1,800 DOT-accredited rooms in the city and it lacked tourism-accredited buses that could cater to 200 passengers, which big corporations require when they hold conventions, she added. Judy Quiros, Inquirer Mindanao

ROXAS CITY

Girl strangled; mom wounded

A 15-year-old girl was strangled to death while her mother was seriously wounded when alleged robbers barged into their rented apartment here on Tuesday evening.
Bina Weng, who was declared dead on arrival at the provincial hospital, suffered multiple abrasions and contusions on the head, the police said.
Her mother, Letty Weng, 36, also suffered abrasions and contusions and was confined at Saint Anthony College Hospital.
Police found that the victims’ collection amounting to P50,000 was missing. The victims’ driver, Isidro Tolitol, 30, and a delivery truck helper, were also missing. Felipe V. Celino, Inquirer Visayas

DIGOS CITY

Woman, niece stabbed dead

An 84-year-old woman and her niece were stabbed to death inside their house by still unidentified perpetrators in Barangay Matti.
Police said the bodies of Melitonia Albarracin and her niece, Teresita, 52, were found inside their house by another relative on Tuesday.
Ching Damule, a daughter of Melitonia, told the Inquirer that robbery could not be the motive behind the death of her mother and cousin, as the police suspected, because nothing was taken from the house. Orlando B. Dinoy, Inquirer Mindanao

LIPA CITY

Korean with gun held

Police arrested a Korean national found in possession of an unregistered firearm and several ammunitions at the Play Planet Public Market in Barangay 3 on Sunday afternoon, police said Tuesday.
Police said they received a telephone call saying a man identified as Jeong Meaong Su, 40, a native of South Korea and a resident of Commonwealth, Quezon City, had a handgun.
Police seized a .45-caliber pistol and a magazine loaded with several ammunitions from Jeong, who is now detained at Lipa jail.
Marrah Lesaba, Inquirer S. Luzon