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| Dumaguete City, Philippines | Monday, July 16, 2007 |
| Negros Oriental |
 Witnesses
vs. 5 cops disclose bribe attemptKiller
whale dolphin found dead at Dumaguete shore
Trafficking in persons council formed RTC
judge loses laptop to robbers
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INMATE'S DEATH
Witnesses vs. 5 cops
disclose
bribe attempt
BY MARICAR ARANAS
Witnesses against the five Bindoy police officers facing charges for allegedly mauling an inmate to death said they were offered certain amounts in exchange for the withdrawal of their testimonies.
Elvie Carollo, one of the witnesses, said the wife of one of the policemen-respondents offered him "bribe money," to retract his statements on the death of detainee Danilo Dicon, but he refused it. He, however, did not identify the woman. Carollo said that, through his testimony, justice will be served for the innocent Dicon, whose death was blamed on his manhandling allegedly by SPO1 Roberto Absin, PO2 Darwin Anhao, and PO1s Wenzel Torres, Rey Amaro and John Ray Vailoces, who are now restricted at the PNP Provincial Headquarters in Sibulan, pending investigation.
The victim had been endorsed
to the Bindoy policemen for safe-keeping, after complaint for theft was made against
him. 
| Killer
whale dolphin found A dead baby dolphin believed to be of the Pygmy Killer species was found Thursday morning at the shoreline of Barangay Tinago, in Dumaguete City. It was brought to the Silliman University Marine Laboratory for examination and to determine the cause of death. Leslie Callanta, a biology student of Silliman, said the dolphin had probably been sick because of its physical appearance. Callanta and two Indonesian students taking their Doctorate degrees in
Marine Biology at Silliman, collected sample tissues from the dead dolphin for
examination. |
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Trafficking in The municipality of Sibulan is the first local government unit in Oriental Negros to organize an Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking in Persons. The Visayan Forum Foundation and the United States Aid for International Development recently conducted a two-day trainors training in the town, to combat trafficking in persons.
In 2006, the province formed the Provincial Inter-agency Council Against Trafficking
in Persons through the effort of former Governor now 2nd District Rep. George
Arnaiz and Board Member Mariant Escano-Villegas. |
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