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Mandaue bombs Why is it taking so long to dispose?
A WEEK has passed since a businessman disclosed the location of 385 World War II bombs stockpiled in the company premises and had them moved to the scrap yard of Ting Guan Trading Corp. in barangay Looc, Mandaue City. Military officials in the Central Command who offered to send experts to help dispose of them […]
City Hall, military hesitate over cost of blasting vintage bombs
July 7, 2012
Five days after police transferred 385 WWII bombs from a residential village to a scrap yard in barangay Looc, Mandaue City for safekeeping, authorities have not agreed on how to dispose of them. The ticklish question is who would spend for the high-security transfer to a remote site where the ordnances can be exploded. […]
Mandaue scrap iron dealer surrenders 4.6 tons of WWII bombs
July 4, 2012
Almost 400 World War II explosives were moved out of a residential site in Cebu City after a scrap metal dealer disclosed their location to the police on Monday. It took two trucks to transfer the dangerous cache, which traveled last night, to a scrap yard in barangay Looc, Mandaue City while awaiting proper disposal […]
Toledo another option for blast site
January 26, 2012
by Doris Bongcac, Chief of Reporters An old mine site in Toledo City in midwest Cebu may be the safest place to detonate vintage bombs. The manager of Carmen Copper Corp. agreed to allow the use of the site after it was recommended by mining experts in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. The area was […]
OFF TO BALAMBAN
January 25, 2012
But Centcom still waiting on City Hall to allocate budget for bomb disposal The detonation and disposal of 23 World War II vintage bombs that were unearthed from Kawit Island in the South Road Properties (SRP) may take a little while longer. This after the military’s Central Command said they reconsidered detonating and […]
July 10, 2012
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