Despite skipping his visit to this earthquake-stricken town on Friday, President Rodrigo Duterte told the affected individuals in Davao del Sur to unite and rise to the challenges of last year.
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UPDATE: MINDANAO EARTHQUAKE
Magnitude 5 quake hits Cotabato anew
November 1, 2019, 4:19 pm
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China donates P22-M to quake-hit Mindanao
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DOST gives 30K food packs to quake-hit areas in Mindanao
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Retrieval ops for 2 bodies in Davao del Sur stopped
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Group lauds DOLE aid to Mindanao quake victims
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Mindanao LGUs now aiding quake victims
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Death toll in Mindanao quakes rises to 16
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Magnitude 5.5 quake hits DavOcc on Undas
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Duterte to monitor situation in quake-hit areas while in Thailand
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14 killed in Mindanao quakes: NDRRMC
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Mindanao power transmission still intact after quake
- Sen. Go extends aid to quake-hit Davao Sur town
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QUIBOLOY CLAIMS HE STOPPED MINDANAO QUAKES
DAVSUR GOV. CAGAS BRAVES 6.6 MAGNITUDE QUAKE TO SIGN SOCIAL HOUSING DEAL WITH SHFC
Davao del Sur Governor Douglas Cagas did not care if after shocks from two 6plus magnitude earthquakes that rocked Tulonan in nearby Cotabato continue to rock his province and threaten government buildings including the Provincial Capitol.
Gov. Cagas had declared October 30 as “no work day” at the Capitol as engineers check damage to the building. But on the day, the governor had a date with his homeless constituents.
On the day, he was to sign a Memorandum of Agreement (MOU) with the Social Housing Finance Corporation (SHFC), the government agency tasked with implementing the government’s socialized housing for the homeless Pinoys.
As the specter of another earthquake and more after shocks looms over the province, Gov. Cagas, with his staff and a few Capitol employees, signed the MOU, atop tables hurriedly parked at the Capitol lobby, with SHFC president Atty. Arnolfo Ricardo Cabling.
NBI NABS DAVSUR OFFICIAL LINKED TO KAPA INVEST SCAM
National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) agents in Region 11 (Davao Region) arrested on Wednesday Davao del Sur 2nd District Board Member Arvin Malaza along with seven others in an entrapment operation at a radio station in Digos City.
The seven persons who were not named by the NBI were all workers of the Kakampi Meuws Radio, which is owned by Malaza.
In an interview, NBI-11 director Jonathan Balite told the Philippine News Agency (PNA) that Malaza and other suspects were arrested after they confirmed the illegal resumption of operation of the Kabos Padatoon or the Kapa Community Ministry International Incorporated.
Balite alleged that Malaza, who also goes by the name Jun Blanco and describes himself as Kapa’s chief media officer, has resumed the group’s illegal investment solicitation activities under Kapa Worldwide.
Kapa Worldwide, the NBI official said, has no business license and is not allowed to solicit investments.
In June, President Rodrigo Duterte ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) and NBI to shut down illegal investment firms such as Kapa.
Dozens of dubious investment schemes promising huge returns were shut down, including Kapa, whose founder Joel Apolinario is facing charges of large-scale estafa.
After Kapa’s closure, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had warned Kapa officials to refrain from reopening their offices as their registration had been revoked.
However, in several social media posts in the previous month, there were announcements on the revival of KAPA under its new name KAPA Worldwide Ministry Association wherein offices in various areas will be reopened and relaunched.
NBI-11 spokesperson, special investigator Joel Ayop said Malaza continued to receive “pay-ins” from investors through his radio station.
Ayop said an NBI operative posed as an investor and gave the PHP10,000 marked money to Malaza’s staff.
Right after giving the receipt, the NBI agents swooped down on the area and arrested Malaza and radio station employees.
“Prior to the entrapment, we already did a pay-in of PHP30,000 yesterday (September 17) to make sure that they are really operating. And we tried it again using our marked money and we have proven that they are really operating so we conducted the entrapment,” Ayop said.
Seized from Malaza’s radio station were the PHP10,000 marked money, Kapa member identification cards, ledgers, books of account, a shotgun with four rounds of ammunition, and other pieces of evidence.
Ayop said Malaza will undergo inquest proceedings on Thursday (September 19) and will face charges of syndicated large scale estafa and violating provisions of the Securities Regulation Code (SRC).
Ayop said they will still investigate each of the seven other suspects to decide who will be included in the charges.
Malaza was elected to the Provincial Board in the May 13, 2019 elections. (PNA)
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