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Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/acts/5:34 ACTS 5:34-42 A Pharisee in the Sanhedrin named Gamaliel,a teacher of the law, respected by all the people,stood up, ordered the Apostles to be put outside for a short time,and said to the Sanhedrin, Fellow children of Israel,be careful what you are about to do to these men.Some time ago, Theudas appeared, claiming to be someone important,and about four hundred men joined him, but he was killed,and all those who were loyal to himwere disbanded and came to nothing.After him came Judas the Galilean at the time of the census.He also drew people

COTABATO CITY -- Police investigators are looking at different possible motives in the murder of a Muslim religious leader inside a Mosque in Barangay Rosary Heights 10, Cotabato City over the weekend.Ustadz Adzis Pasawilan Ayao, also known as Ustadz Ampan Ayao, 59 years old and resident of Tanuel, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao was hit in the head and died instantly.DXMS-AM Radyo Bida said police are looking at personal grudge as the likely motive in the 3 p.m. shooting along Yap-Sy Street in Barangay RH-10.

BANGA, South
Cotabato – A family of three was massacred by a relative and an accomplicein a remote
village here Wednesday night but an unexpected survivor lived to tell the
grisly story, police told DXOM-AM Radyo Bida today.

A heavily
injured 6-year-old boy, son of one of the victims, managed to survive and told
the gruesome murders.

CAMP SIONGCO,
Maguindanao – The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) a
calamity-stricken region, is now ready to respond to calamities after hundreds
of volunteers finished rescue training at the Army’s training institute.
The volunteers will
form part of the ARMM’s Humanitarian Emergency Action Response Team (HEART),
according to Lawyer Laisa Alamia, ARMM executive secretary.

DAVAO CITY -- The forest fire continues to affect large areas of Mt. Apo as government and other stakeholders pooled resources to prevent further spread towards Talomo mountain range in Davao City and Davao del Sur areas.The affected area is now estimated at 300 hectares.Maj.

KIDAPAWAN CITY --The scenario is now well defined and the picture is getting clearer.Davao City, the world's largest city in land area and widely considered as one of the safest cities in the world, is under siege.Early Friday evening, as I was driving alone to Davao City from North Cotabato, the Task Force Davao choke point in Toril District suddenly stopped the flow of vehicles entering the city stranding hundreds of travellers including myself.

MATANAO, Davao del Sur-- Government forces have been alerted in Davao del Sur and North Cotabato following the arrest of a ranking official of the communist New Peoples Army leader and the killing of his follower in the village of Barangay Buri.Lt. Colonel Arnold Argamosa, commander of the 39th Infantry Battalion based in North Cotabato, said an alert status has been declared by Eastern Mindanao Command for possible retaliatory attacks.

COTABATO CITY – The
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) today said power situation
of Mindanao has improved with the restoration back to the Mindanao grid of Agus
1 and Agust 2 hydropower plants Monday.

As of Tuesday, Mindanao has 93 MW
excess power supply.

This development came after repair
works of bombed Tower 25 in Ramain, Lanao del Sur, was completed after the NGCP
secured a Temporary Restraining Order from a court against the Sanbitory.

TACURONG CITY -- To help save lives and properties, the Tacurong Chinese community has donated a fire truck to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP) here.On Monday, members of the Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Tacurong City led by businessmanManuel Ang personally turned over a new fire truck to Mayor Lina O.

Reading 1 and//usccb.org/bible/jeremiah/11:18 JER 11:18-20 I knew their plot because the LORD informed meat that time you, O LORD, showed me their doings.Yet I, like a trusting lamb led to slaughter,had not realized that they were hatching plots against meand Let us destroy the tree in its vigorlet us cut him off from the land of the living,so that his name will be spoken no more.”But, you, O LORD of hosts, O just Judge,searcher of mind and heart,Let me witness the vengeance you take on them,for to you I have entrusted my cause!