Davao Terrorist Alarm?

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Checkpoints up around Davao City, but residents told not to worry
Published June 28, 2014 8:25pm
The local government of Davao City has set up checkpoints in the outskirts of the city to safeguard it against a possible security threat, a report from GMA's "24-Oras" program said Saturday.

The checkpoints are manned by Task Force Davao personnel who inspect vehicles entering the city for weapons, ammunition and explosives.

According to Task Force Davao commander Col. Alberto Macairog, authorities are on alert for possible retaliatory attacks by unspecified terror groups.

PNP: No need to worry

Meanwhile, Philippine National Police spokesman Chief Supt. Reuben Sindac assured the public that they are on top of the situation.

"Para sa ating mga kababayan sa Davao wala po silang dapat ikabahala. We assure (you) that the men on the ground – ang mga kapulisan at kasundaluhan – ay may idea na kung ano ito (ang banta) at kanilang inaaddress sa ngayon," Sindac said.

Davao City had been placed on heightened alert after President Benigno Aquino III called up Davao City Mayor Duterte to warn him of a supposed security threat.

According to an earlier report, public events have not been cancelled in the city despite the heightened security.

Authorities have repeatedly said they are not taking the threat lightly and are ready to launch countermeasures against any attack.

In the meantime, intelligence assets have been deployed across Mindanao to verify the supposed threat and to find out which group may be planning an attack. — Andrei Medina/JDS, GMA News - See more at: http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/367808/news/regions/checkpoints-up-around-davao-city-but-residents-told-not-to-worry#sthash.tMXjHAhq.dpuf

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Datum is niet correct op bovenstaand artikel maar op ABS-ANC was dat toch degelijk vandaag

Ok...hier is het juiste artikel....

Davao City police chief on alleged terror threat: no ISIS-affiliated group here
By Antonio L. Colina IV on July 7 2016 6:24 pm

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews / 07 July) – The hometown of President Rodrigo Duterte is reportedly facing threats from a global terrorist group, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), according to his son, acting Mayor Paolo Duterte, but the Davao City Police Office maintained there is no ISIS-affiliated group in the region or Mindanao.

Newly-minted DCPO director Michael John Dubria told a press conference on Thursday that there are no reports from the intelligence community pertaining to the presence of any ISIS-recognized group here.

"(You) remain calm but stay vigilant, there is no truth to the information that there is ISIS group, but it doesn't mean that we do not have threats directed towards our city," he said.

Acting Davao City Mayor Paolo Duterte on Thursday told reporters that the city is facing threats from ISIS, that he has ordered the police and military to beef up security and intensify intelligence gathering to avert possible attacks from the international terror group.

He said he already has some information about the whereabouts of the group but refused to give details.

"We are intensifying the gathering of information. We cannot disclose details or confirm anything as of yet," the acting mayor said.

National Security Adviser Hermogenes Esperon told MindaNews "we will look into this."

"We will treat this as raw info but will exert big effort in verifying," Esperon added.

Dubria said he was told by the acting mayor that a person told him of the threat but it remains to be validated and it did not specifically state Davao as the subject of the attack.

"Sinabi nya sa akin there was a person who informed him but it remains to be validated but he said to me that it did not state that the threat is in Davao City. Davao City has remained safe. Why can I say that? The police are spread out. I have directed station commanders to intensify checkpoint operations and to maximize the deployment of their personnel and so to try to gather as much information from informants and intelligence networks so that Davao City will stay safe and secure as it is," he said.

The Armed Forces' Eastern Mindanao Command (EastMinCom) echoed the police's statement.

"Yun ang sabi ni Vice Mayor Duterte but this has to be validated, yan ang ginagawa namin ngayon with other security agencies dito sa area ng EastMinCom pati na rin yung WestMinCom. On our part continuous ang monitoring and naka-alert kami, so far wala pa naman but again yung threat naman always nandyan yan kaya ang ating mga units on alert and on our toes," said Maj. Ezra Balagtey, EastMinCom spokesperson.

He said that they will do all they can to protect the city, this being the "Exhibit A" of the President in his campaign against drugs and criminality.

The Davao City Information Office posted an "additional quote" from Duterte on its Facebook wall at 3:38 p.m., hours after the interview, that "whether the information is real or not, whether there is an actual threat from ISIS or none, what is important is that the people are now informed. And because of that, all of us are vigilant now. The public and all concerned agencies have been alerted and are doing everything to avert the threat from ISIS. Kailangan nating magbantay. I repeat, we are still verifying this information."

Dubria acknowledged though that there are "ISIS-like" armed groups and terrorist groups like the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) operating in Mindanao who are trying to sow fear among the people in order to get the support of the ISIS.

"Per intelligence exchange with our units and operatives, there is no ISIS group in PRO 11 area of responsibility... or in Mindanao. These groups like the BIFF are terrorist groups and they are trying to get the support of the ISIS, so we call them ISIS-inspired, but we don't call them ISIS. I do not believe that we have ISIS-inspired groups in Region 11, it is possible in other places in Mindanao," he said.

Dubria acknowledged that there are other threats the city is facing, not only against the President who prefers to spend a few days in the city before returning to his official residence in Malacañang at the National Capital Region, but also from lawless armed groups.

"Other regions are experiencing threats from lawless armed group. Davao Region is different because we not only experienced threats from lawless armed group but also from BIFF, ASG (Abu Sayyaf Group)... most especially now that the police have stepped up their campaign against illegal drugs, so it is also possible that drug lords and personalities involved in drugs and those whose businesses were affected in our intensified campaign against illegal drugs na they plan to retaliate."



Read more http://www.mindanews.com/top-stories/2016/07/07/davao-city-police-chief-on-alleged-terror-threat-no-isis-affiliated-group-here/

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 we call them ISIS-inspired, but we don't call them ISIS.

Wat is het verschil dan, zijn beiden even gevaarlijk!