COTABATO CITY: Authorities suspect that the animosity between the Abu Sayyaf and militiamen in the community, or old grudges among members and officials of a local rubber cooperative farm, could have led to the December 31 deadly grenade attack in Sumisip town in Basilan.
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Governor Mujiv Hataman, chairman of the ARMM’s peace and order council, said the two possible angles on the bombing, which left seven dead and injured six others, are now being pursued by police investigators.
Hataman said he has been receiving reports that the bombing suspects could be from Sapah Bulak, a farming enclave near Barangay Tumahubong, where they bombed a gazebo full of people on the eve of New Year’s Day.
Measles cases up in provinces
MANILA: Measles cases in some provinces in Luzon continue to increase, apart from the nine cities in Metro Manila where the Department of Health (DOH) has declared an outbreak of the disease.
Reports from the DOH regional offices said that measles cases have increased in Pangasinan, Bataan and Albay.
In Pangasinan, the number of measles cases in 2013 rose to 26 from only two in 2012.
The provincial health office recorded 26 measles cases in the towns of Rosales, San Nicolas, Natividad and San Quintin.
Of the number, 12 cases were registered in Rosales town, which had zero measles case in 2012, according to provincial health officer Anna Maria Teresa de Guzman.
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