Japanese officials revisit war-era tunnel in Albay
Six decades after the Second World War, Japanese officials revisited the historic war tunnels of Ligñon Hill, which is now a popular eco-tourism destination in this city.
Ligñon Hill is the garrison of Japanese soldiers during the war.
Mayor
Seiji
Kurashima
of Fuefuki City, Japan and other officials visited the 60-year Japanese tunnel on Thursday with Department of Tourism and provincial government officials.
Kurashima was in town for the proposed sisterhood agreement with the provincial government of Albay owing to similar landmarks— Mount TRAGEDY DURING POLICE TRAINING IN AGUSAN DEL NORTE A YOUNG POLICE officer died while another was hospitalized due to heat stroke on Thursday while doing a road run that was part of their training on Special Counter Insurgency Operations Unit Training in Santiago, Agusan Del Norte, said Caraga police spokesman, Supt. Martin Gamba. The policeman who died of heat stroke was identified as PO1 Ernesto Bajado Jr., 26 single and a resident of Purok-1, Barangay Patin-ay, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur. PO1 Dan Angelo Manpatilan, 22, meanwhile has been hospitalized. PO1 Bajado and Manpatilan were confined at the Intensive Care Unit of MJ Santos Hospital where Bajado died on Friday due to heat stroke.
FOUR REBELS, ONE SOLDIER INJURED IN AGUSAN DEL SUR CLASH
FOUR rebels and one soldier were wounded in an armed encounter between the Army’s 23rd Infantry Battalion New People’s Army (NPA) rebels on Friday. The rebels were believed to be behind the brutal killing of Loreto Town Mayor Dario Otaza and his son Daryl last week. Capt. Joe Patrick Martinez, 4th Infantry Division spokesman said the encounter occurred at Sitio Afga, Lower Olave, Buenavista, Agusan del Norte. Meanwhile, cases of robbery and kidnapping with murder were filed before the Butuan City Prosecutor’s office against Rene Catarata, also known as Rene/ Dodong/ Hector Tindugan and 18 John Does. A cartographic sketch helped witnesses identify the suspect. Mayon for Albay and Mount Fuji for Fuefuki City.
Maria “Nini” Ravanilla, DOT regional director, said the proposed sisterhood agreement aims to bolster economic and tourism ties between Albay and Fuefuki City.
The Japanese delegation approved the proposal but re- quested for a translation of the texts of the working paper into Nihongo.
Albay province has several historical Japanese tunnels currently explored by local and foreign tourists including the biggest Japanese tunnel uncovered in Mount Kitwinan in Camalig town.
MISSING TEENER’S REMAINS FOUND
The search for a missing teenager and an elderly man ended on Friday when they were found hours apart at the coast of Barangay Alaska here, said Police Insp. Daniel Banan, the town’s police director. The Kimberly Ann Manansala, 17, disappeared when she and three companions went swimming on Monday at the height of Typhoon Lando. The elderly man was identified as Benedicto Jucar.
MOM ‘ACCIDENTALLY’ POISONS DAUGHTERS WITH SILVER CLEANER
MARIS ARIZO, 19, said she thought she gave her daughters pure drinking water on Friday in Putatan, Muntinlupa City. The liquid turned out to be silver cleaner. Arizo’s one- year- old child was pronounced dead on arrival at the Medical Center Muntinlupa, while her three- year- old child is still under medical treatment at the Philippine General Hospital. Muntinlupa City Police reported on Saturday that a relative, 29- year- old Reyland Dio, placed the poisonous substance in a softdrink bottle that was unlabelled and placed on the floor alongside groceries. Arizo noticed that the children vomited, but she thought this was because of the rambutan they ate prior to the incident. The three- year- old managed to spit the liquid due to its unusual taste, but the other one unfortunately swallowed the chemical. The parents refused to subject their deceased child’s cadaver for autopsy examination.