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“2 killed in UP-Diliman campus buy-bust operation xxx Published September 25, 2016 9:39am
“A suspected drug pusher and his companion were killed early Sunday after an encounter with policemen in a buy-bust operation in Brgy. UP Campus, Quezon City.
“Citing police information, GMA News reported that the wounded suspects were rushed to the East Avenue Medical Center but they succumbed to gunshot wounds. xxx Police said the target of the operation was alias “Lupa” while authorities have yet to determine the identity of his companion.
“Police Supt. Wilson Delos Santos said that officers of the Anti-Illegal Drugs Unit of the Quezon City Police District Station 9 were about to conduct a buy-bust operation at the Arboretum Forest when the firefight erupted.
“Alias Lupa had agreed that he would sell P500 worth of shabu to a poseur buyer and one civilian until he realized that the transaction was a police operation. xxx He and his companion attempted to escape on a motorcycle but policemen caught up with them.
“Police said the target suspect, who was on a drug watch list, had surrendered under Oplan Tokhang.
“A caliber .45 and caliber .38 pistols and the getaway vehicle were recovered at the firefight scene. —Joseph Tristan Roxas/LBG, GMA News”
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University of the Philippines Vice President for Public Affairs and now CHED Commissioner and peace adviser, Popoy de Vera asks public for inputs and advice for “evidence-based and correct policy decisions”
From ABS-CBN News: “University of the Philippines (UP) Vice President for Public Affairs and political analyst Professor Prospero E. De Vera III has been appointed as a commissioner of the Commission on Higher Education (CHED).
“De Vera made the announcement on his personal Facebook page, where he said he has also been appointed as adviser to the government negotiating panel with the National Democratic Front- Communist Party of the Philippines – New Peoples’ Army (NDF-CPP-NPA).
” “I have accepted the challenge of helping the Duterte administration ensure that ‘Change is Coming’ with my appointment as CHED Commissioner and concurrently Adviser to the GPH Negotiating Panel with the NDF/CPP/NPA today,” De Vera said.
“He also asked for suggestions and recommendations on how he can make “make evidence-based and correct policy decisions.”
” “There is so much to do in reforming higher education. Please help me by giving me your thoughts, recommendations and observations so I can make evidence-based and correct policy decisions,” De Vera added.
“The CHED, created in 1994, is headed by a chairman and four commissioners. Each commissioner has a term of four years.
“The Commission En Banc “acts as a collegial body in formulating plans, policies and strategies relating to higher education and the operation of CHED,” its website says. xxx “
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