| Filipino Muslims pray at the Blue Mosque in Taguig City, south of Manila. Today is a no-work, no-school holiday in the country. It is Eid al-Fitr, marking the end of Ramadan, the holy month of fasting during which Muslims abstained from eating, drinking, smoking, and sex, a daily ritual from sundown to sunset. (Afp photo) |
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THE head of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Central Visayas criticized yesterday the way his agents were handled after they seized a container van, citing the “overreaction on the part of the other agency.”
“This is a reflection of their training and temper under stress,” said Director Medardo de Lemos, referring to the Presidential Anti-Smuggling Group (PASG) in Cebu.
Tension surrounded a warehouse at the reclamation area in Mandaue City around 7 p.m. Monday, when a PASG-Cebu team, back-ed by acting Mandaue Police Chief Mersan Premne and a Swat team from his office, arrived and attempted to seize the weapons of NBI agents taking custody of a container van.
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