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Monday, June 18, 2007 (Philippines)

NPA not a threat to mining, but NGOs
A Task Force Davao personnel inspects the baggage of passengers entering the Davao City Overland Transport Terminal in Ecoland, Matina Davao City. The city remains on high alert brought by the discovery of bomb materials in Surallah, South Cotabato and the bomb explosions of two Weena buses. (Sun.Star Davao/Seth Delos Reyes)
THE presence of New People's Army (NPA) rebels in mineral-rich areas in Davao Region is not a threat to mining companies operating in these areas.

Instead, an official of an aggrupation of mining firms tagged non-government organizations, advocating for the protection of the environment, as the ones that make "our knees shiver."

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AMID terror threats, Task Force Davao (TFD) and the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) have already intensified security measures to ensure that no untoward incident will happen in the city.
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Foreign bomb experts arrive to help in post blasts probe
BOMB experts from the US Army Special Forces and Federal Bureau of Investigation arrived in Central Mindanao to assist local authorities in the probe of the bomb attacks of Weena buses in Cotabato City, Bansalan in Davao del Sur and the discovery of a car bomb in Surallah, South Cotabato.
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