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POLICE ON FULL ALERT FOLLOWING BOMB EXPLOSION, RECOVERY OF IEDS IN CENTRAL MINDANAO

Thursday 10th of November 2011

KORONADAL CITY, Nov 10 (PIA) -- Director Felicisimo Khu of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations – Western Mindanao (DIP0-WS) today confirmed police have been placed on full alert in possible target areas in the Region 12 following the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) and recovery of five others in two separate municipalities in the past two days. “All provincial police directors of targeted areas in the region have been directed to enhance their alert status with this renewed EID threats,” Khu said in an interview with a local radio statio...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, OCT. 28 (PIA) -- “Curiosity kills the cat,” a known saying, but who thought it will hold true to a 19-year-old Lodeto Ybañez who was instantly killed after he tinkered with an unattended package which exploded and resulted to his death while injuring several others. City Mayor Celso Lobregat appealed yesterday to the public to immediately report to authorities any suspicious looking persons, items or packages and not to tinker with it to shun from troubl...

ZAMBOANGA CITY, OCT. 27 (PIA) -- Despite the recent encounter between the government troopers and lawless elements in barangay Taluksangay and the explosion of improvised explosive device (IED) last night (Oct. 26) that resulted to the killing of one and the wounding of eight others, the city government stands firm on the “no curfew” implementation in the city. It can be recalled, City Mayor Celso Lobregat clarified on Tuesday that there is no curfew in the city as he bellied ...

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Security tightened in Tacurong, other areas

KORONADAL CITY, Sept 3 (PIA) -- Security in the entry and exit points in Tacurong City and other areas in Central Mindanao has been tightened following discovery of an improvised explosive device (IED) there on Thursday. P/CSupt Felicisimo Khu, director of the Directorate for Integrated Police Operations - Western Mindanao (DIPO- WS) said, this is because there is still an imminent threat of terroristic attacks. He said, with the discovery of the fifth IED, operatives are still loo...