Cop, 8 others hurt in Iligan City blast
By Jamie Elona
Nine persons were injured when a bomb exploded near a pawnshop here on Monday morning.
Nine persons were injured when a bomb exploded near a pawnshop here on Monday morning.
It could have been a double, or even triple, whammy for Maranaos, had plans to open a conduit office of Aman Futures here and eventually in Marawi City pushed through.
The school had stood for more than 40 years before Tropical Storm “Sendong” brought it down one night, nine days before Christmas last year.
An alleged drug trader who was to “transport” P1.5-million worth of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or “shabu” to Iligan City was intercepted at a checkpoint set up in the city, a Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) official said Friday.
Four persons, including a pregnant woman and two children, were killed Wednesday evening when they were ran over by a speeding passenger jeepney in Iligan City, police said Thursday.
The lack of land is hindering efforts to build permanent houses for families made homeless by Tropical Storm “Sendong” here in December last year, a United Nations (UN) agency said.
A dispute between two groups, which was initially not named, could have triggered Saturday evening’s grenade attack that killed two people (not three as earlier reported) and wounded 24 others here, the police said yesterday.
Two elementary school teachers were freed by their kidnappers in Kapai town in Lanao del Sur on Sunday night, six days after they were taken from Iligan City.
Laughter, songs, dances, cheers and inspiring stories on empowerment marked the special back-to-back Inquirer Debriefing Read-Along sessions attended by some 300 children and 150 teachers and youth volunteers in areas damaged by Tropical Storm “Sendong” in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro cities last month.
Northern Mindanao needs P43 billion to get back on its feet after massive floods spawned by Tropical Storm “Sendong” devastated communities and killed nearly 2,000 people here and in nearby Iligan City last Dec. 17.
The sale of fish caught in Northern Mindanao has taken a steep dive as talk continues to circulate about fish feeding on human corpses washed out to sea at the height of the Dec. 17 disaster here and in Cagayan de Oro City.
The tragedy that Tropical Storm “Sendong” wrought in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan in northern Mindanao are pushing environment advocates to urge the private sector and the government to protect and monitor illegal logging at the Bataan National Park (BNP).
Were an artist to piece together a collage of the names and faces of the rescuers, relief workers, volunteers and donors who stood and delivered during and in the aftermath of Tropical Storm “Sendong” and other calamities in 2011, the resulting artwork would look, without doubt, lit from within.
