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Thursday, March 06, 2003 (Philippines)
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(Sun.Star will continue to post updates on the Davao bombing incidents and related developments as the reports come in. To get the latest, click on the refresh button of your browser. -- Editors)
| RUDY'S FURY. Davao City Mayor Rodrigo R. Duterte delivers an angry tirade against the brains of the recent Davao bombing during the expanded meeting of the Regional and City Peace and Order Councils (RPOC-CPOC) at the Grand MenSeng Hotel Thursday. SUN.STAR FOTO/RENE B. LUMAWAG |
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DAVAO (9:10 p.m.) -- Mayor Rodrigo Duterte ordered Thursday the filing of charges against and immediate arrest of all leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in relation to the deadly bomb attack on the Davao International Airport that killed 21 persons.
He told a joint conference of the Regional Peace and Order Councils of Regions 11 and 12 that authorities have enough evidence to prove the separatist rebels' role in Tuesday's blast at the airport and other bombings in Mindanao.
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