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Customs Commissioner Napoleon Morales said he is confident the task force would meet its target of P50 million in taxes and "do its share in the overall target collection of the bureau for this year."


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                    [Title] => Suspected bomber arrested in Sulu
                    [Summary] => ZAMBOANGA CITY — Marines and naval intelligence agents raided a suspected bombers’ hideout in Sulu last Monday, arresting one man and seizing about 20 homemade explosive devices, the Navy said.      


The man, Aldzhezar Salapuddin Jila, was being interrogated following his arrest in Barangay Litayon in the capital town of Jolo, said Navy spokesman Capt. Geronimo Malabanan.      


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                    [Title] => Davao solon seeks probe of SPDA funds
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Davao City First District Rep. Prospero Nograles called yesterday for an investigation on the alleged anomalous disbursement of funds of the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA), which has become the "milking cow" of certain interested quarters.


"We would like to seriously look at reports that a big portion of the SPDA funds was used for the purchase of firearms that loyalists of Moro leader (Nur) Misuari used during the siege in Jolo, Sulu and Zamboanga City last year," Nograles said.


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                    [Title] => Misuari has money to pay legal team
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Detained Muslim leader Nur Misuari definitely has the money to pay for the services of the 25-man legal panel that will defend him in the rebellion case filed against him for the pocket revolts in Jolo, Sulu and Zamboanga City last November.


"Misuari has the money. And my services for him will be for a fee and not for free," said Davao City councilor Vic Advincula, one of the three Davao lawyers recruited to be members of Misuari’s defense team.


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                    [Title] => MILF ready to resume peace negotiations
                    [Summary] => SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is now ready to resume peace talks with the government after the month-long observance by Muslims of the Ramadan, which ends today. Lawyer Lanang Ali, a member of the MILF’s negotiating panel...
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                    [Title] => New SPDA chief rejects 600 loan applications
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — The newly installed administrator of the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) has turned down over 600 pending loan applications which are believed to have been filed by dubious cooperatives and individuals.


"These loan applications no longer have any chance of approval. Most of their proponents are actually non-existent," SPDA administrator Zamzamin Ampatuan told The STAR.


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                    [Title] => Duterte says no to military crackdown
                    [Summary] => DAVAO CITY — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he will strongly oppose any military crackdown here against suspected supporters of the Abu Sayyaf, similar to what is now going on in Basilan, Sulu and Zamboanga City.


"I will never ask for it here. And never will I allow it," he said.


Duterte said there is no need for such a crackdown in this southern metropolis where, he said, the peace and order situation is stable.


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"We would like to seriously look at reports that a big portion of the SPDA funds was used for the purchase of firearms that loyalists of Moro leader (Nur) Misuari used during the siege in Jolo, Sulu and Zamboanga City last year," Nograles said.


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"Misuari has the money. And my services for him will be for a fee and not for free," said Davao City councilor Vic Advincula, one of the three Davao lawyers recruited to be members of Misuari’s defense team.


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"These loan applications no longer have any chance of approval. Most of their proponents are actually non-existent," SPDA administrator Zamzamin Ampatuan told The STAR.


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"I will never ask for it here. And never will I allow it," he said.


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Tax take from smuggled goods hits P40 million in five months

By Edu Punay | August 30, 2006 - 12:00am

The Bureau of Custom’s anti-smuggling task force has collected some P40 million in taxes from illegally imported goods it had seized in intensified operations against smugglers in the past five months, the bureau...

Headlines

Suspected bomber arrested in Sulu

June 2, 2004 - 12:00am

ZAMBOANGA CITY — Marines and naval intelligence agents raided a suspected bombers’ hideout in Sulu last Monday, arresting one man and seizing about 20 homemade explosive devices, the Navy said. The...

Nation

Davao solon seeks probe of SPDA funds

January 29, 2002 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — Davao City First District Rep. Prospero Nograles called yesterday for an investigation on the alleged anomalous disbursement of funds of the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA), which...

Nation

Misuari has money to pay legal team

January 21, 2002 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — Detained Muslim leader Nur Misuari definitely has the money to pay for the services of the 25-man legal panel that will defend him in the rebellion case filed against him for the pocket revolts...

Nation

MILF ready to resume peace negotiations

By John Unson | December 17, 2001 - 12:00am

SULTAN KUDARAT, Maguindanao — The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) is now ready to resume peace talks with the government after the month-long observance by Muslims of the Ramadan, which ends today. Lawyer...

Nation

New SPDA chief rejects 600 loan applications

December 3, 2001 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — The newly installed administrator of the Southern Philippines Development Authority (SPDA) has turned down over 600 pending loan applications which are believed to have been filed by dubious cooperatives...

Nation

Duterte says no to military crackdown

July 21, 2001 - 12:00am

DAVAO CITY — Mayor Rodrigo Duterte said yesterday he will strongly oppose any military crackdown here against suspected supporters of the Abu Sayyaf, similar to what is now going on in Basilan, Sulu and Zamboanga...

Nation