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DUTERTE SARA, PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE

MARTIAL LAW JITTERS DOWN DAVAO TOURISM

May 30, 2017 TOPNEWSNOW Leave a comment

President Rodrigo Duterte’s home city of Davao has become a casualty of the declaration of Martial Law in Mindanao, with the tourism industry suffering fever that pushed down tourism figures.

But presidential daughter Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio is taking the slow down in tourist arrivals and cancellation of scheculed events in stride.

This is only temporary. A week or two and we will be back to normalcy, said Duterte-Carpio.

Already having earned the Convention City of Mindanao tag, Davao City’s tourism industry has further perked up following the election of President Duterte last year.

Located in southern Mindanao, Davao City, where President Duterte was mayor for more than two decades before becoming President, is the southern Philippines’ premier metropolis.

Duterte-Carpio confirmed through reports by the City Tourism Office and the regional bureau of the Department of Tourism that many events set in the city have been cancelled following the declaration of Martial Law.

On May 23, President Duterte declared Martial Law in Mindanao as the local terrorist Maute Group laid siege on Marawi City, a predominantly-Muslim city in Lanao del Sur in western Mindanao.

Marawi is about 250 kms. away from Davao City.

Martial Law and the Marawi violence doubled up to take its toll on tourism in Davao City.

The relatively peaceful Duterte city is no stranger to bombings in a spill-over of violence in other regions.

Last year, as government forces launched a massive campaign in Marawi against the Mauti Group, its bombers exploded a bomb in Roxas Night Market killing 15 people and wounding 70 others.

DUTERTE SARA, PRESIDENT RODRIGO R. DUTERTE, TERRORISTS, TOURISM

DUTERTE-CARPIO TO TOURISTS: AVOID DAVAO CITY

May 24, 2017 TOPNEWSNOW 4 Comments

AVOIDING MARAWI VIOLENCE SPILLOVER

BY ROGER M. BALANZA

Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio has advised visitors and tourists to avoid her city over fears ongoing terrorist violence in Western Mindanao could spill over to Davao City.

Duterte-Carpio gave out the advice past midnight of May 23 as she emerged from an emergency meeting with security officials she called in wake of the attack by the terrorist Maute Group on Marawi City afternoon of the same day.

Duterte-Carpio’s advice comes just hours after President Rodrigo Duterte, her father, while in Russia on official visit, placed Mindanao under martial law to give government authorities more powers to end the terroristic violence.

While Marawi city is in western Mindanao more than 250 kms. away from Davao City in the southern part, Duterte-Carpio’s city is no stranger to violence that spilled out from trouble in other regions.

In 2003, while basking in pride for its excellent peace and order as Mindanao’s premier metropolis, terrorists sneaked into the city to launch two separate bombing attacks that killed dozens and wounded hundred others. In September last year, 15 people were killed and 70 others were injured, when alleged members of the Maute Group or the Abu Sayyaf bombed the city’s busy Night Market Night Market on Roxas Avenue, as government troopers battled the terror group in fierce firefights in Marawi.

The attacks months apart in March and april on the Davao International Airport and the Sasa Wharf happened as government forces were waging an all-out war against Moro rebels in Central Mindanao.

Duterte-Carpio urged visitors to cancel their trips to Davao City if these are not important.

She also advised Davao residents to stay home, as in support to her father’s declaration of martial law, she has ordered deployment of land and sea police and military checkpoints to thwart entry of terrorists.

If they don’t want to be thoroughly inspected in multiple checkpoints, they should not come to the city, said the mayor.

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INDAY SARA: IT WILL TAKE A HUNDRED BOMBS TO PUT DAVAO DOWN

September 7, 2016 TOPNEWSNOW Leave a comment

There was anger and pain but Davao City Mayor Sara “Inday” Duterte-Carpio was confident her city remains standing tall despite the deadly blast that killed 14 people and injured 70 others at the crowded Night Market on Roxas Avenue on September 2.

The blast initially blamed on terrorists was the latest major attack on Davao City, the center of commerce and industry in Region Eleven in Southern Mindanao.

It will take a hundred bombs to put Davao City down, said Inday Sara at the Memorial Service held at the blast site a day after the bombing.

The military said the blast claimed many victims because the cellphone-triggered Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was rigged by two mortars: a 60mm and an 81mm.

Investigators are on the trail of two persons – a man and a woman — who left a backpack that contained the bomb at a massage nook of the Night Market, which has become a favorite evening destination for locals and tourists.

It is business as usual in Davao City, Inday Sara told media after a Mass at the Memorial Service presided by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles.

“The measure of success of terrorism is how long it takes for the victims to stand up. We must stand up now,” she said.

It will take a hundred bombs to put Davao City down, said Inday Sara.

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14 DEAD, 70 INJURED IN DAVAO BLAST

September 5, 2016 TOPNEWSNOW Leave a comment

4 ABU SAYYAF CLAIMS DAVAO NIGHT MARKET BOMBING

14 DEAD, 70 INJURED

Terrorist group Abu Sayyaf claimed responsibility for the deadly explosion at a night market in Davao City on September 2, 2016.

LIST OF VICTIMS

DEAD

1. Adremesin, Jay – Wake at Angel Funeral Homes; to be
transferred to Nurallah, So. Cotabato (hometown)

2. Arellano, Maria Luz – Wake at Angel Funeral Homes; transported to Maputi, Banay-banay last September 4, 2016

3. Basilisco, Mercy – Wake at Angel Funeral Homes; transported to Matin-ao, Davao del Norte last September 4, 2016

4. Cagantas, Rogelio Jr. – transported to Tagbina, Surigao del Sur on September 3, 2016

5. Decolongon, Kristelle – Transported to Surallah, September 3, 2016
at 7:53AM

6. Larida, Deniel – Wake at Calinan Angel Funeral Homes

7. Larida, Melanie Faith – Wake at Calinan Angel Funeral Homes

8. Macacua, Pipalawan – Transported to Parang, Maguindanao last
September 3, 2016 at 3:15PM

9. Biscocho, Eufemia – Wake at Barangay 31-D (Residence)

10. Bisnon, Kristia Gaile – Wake at Cosmopolitan, Camus

11. Merecido, Ruth – Wake at Matina Pangi (Residence)

12. Nagal, Salvador Reginaldo – Wake at Hermes Room Cosmopolitan, Camus

13. Reyes, Christian Denver – Wake at Pisa Room Cosmopolitan, Camus

14. Sobrecarey, Evelyn – Wake at Palermo Room Cosmopolitan,
Camus

INJURED

1. Cartagenas, Rosa
2. Ang, Mary Jane Lagamon
3. Fuertes, Marivic Dungog
4. Lopez, Sherry Ann
5. Ojeda, Kathreena Dungog
6. Palima, Daryl
7. Palima, Haemaccel
8. SAYON, PEARLIZA
9. Sobrecarey, Reyna Joyce
10. Jeukarnin, Or
11. Usman, Junaib M.
12. Egbus, Michael
13. Rodriguez, Camille
14. Rodriguez, Reezabeela
15. Bancil, Jeramil
16. Bancil, Myrna
17. Cajuelan, Teresa Sabellero
18. Cafe, Jean
19. Cafe, Orlando
20. Carayao, Jerome
21. Claro, Annie Lee
22. Cruz, April Ann
23. Cruz, Mary Grace
24. Delebios, Elmer Jr.
25. Depalubos, Vicenta
26. Esfortono, Joel
27. Gallardo, Chelly
28. Gallardo, Julius
29. Gonzaga, Romeo
30. Kara, Angeline
31. Lamban, Lasara
32. Lapeñas, Jesus Nelson
33. Larida, Dennis
34. Loreto, Joel
35. Maganding, Joy Tusan
36. Malang, Nasser
37. Malang, Raihana
38. Manalo, Fatima
39. Masucat, Wilfredo Jr.
40. Merioles, Glenn
41. Puton, Mylene
42. Rosal, Jenalyn
43. Salugsugan, Joan Marie
44. Sarong, Krishia
45. Tagadaya, Princess Sheena
46. Tagadaya, Steven Raeyan
47. Tayao, Samuel
48. Ampaso, Eldy
49. Artigas, Melvin Limosnero
50. Balili, Marieta Dalay
51. Bernales, Liezel
52. Cabaral, Glenn C.
53. Caforme, Olena
54. Campos, Errol Dominick Laping
55. Cañiba, Jamil Ambalgan
56. Esportono, Lilibeth
57. Goc-ong, Brando Subingsubing
58. Grecia, Anji Laura Alaban
59. Mannan, Farrusi Hadjulani
60. Merioles, Jasmine
61. Nacario, Emelita
62. Nacario, Erickson Villarosa
63. Padernal, Antonio Jr.
64. Pagaduan, Daniella
65. Reyes, Joan Juana
66. Samong, Dionane
67. Tandang, Karen
68. Torres, Donny Medel
69. Tumampos, Jay Baclayon
70. Uy, Flordeliza Bentonon