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MILF chieftain appeals for OIC aid, support for Muslims in Philippines
President Aquino, right, shakes hands with MILF chieftain Murad Ebrahim in this government photo following the signing of a peace deal in Manila in 2014.
Soldier held by rebels declared AWOL by Philippine army DAVAO CITY – Communist rebels have announced that they are holding a government soldier as a prisoner of war after capturing him in South Cotabato province in the Philippines’ restive region of Mindanao. The New People’s Army has demanded the military to pull out its forces to allow the safe release of Pfc. Ken Subere, who was taken
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prisoner in April in T’boli town. His unit – the 27th Infantry Battalion – has declared him AWOL or absent without official leave barely a week after he disappeared while on an official mission in the province. The rebels did not release any proof of life or photos of Subere, who is being held captive by an NPA unit in the province. Just recently, NPA rebels freed two jail guards Juan
Salazar and Feliciano Polan whom they seized in Surigao del Sur province in April following appeals made by their families and humanitarian groups. The two men, who were released on a hinterland village in San Miguel town, had been handed over to church and political leaders led by Bishop Nerio Odchimar and Surigao del Sur Governor Johnny Pimentel. Continue to page 4
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COTABATO CITY – While Filipino lawmakers were arguing over the proposed Bangsamoro law in southern Philippines, Murad Ebrahim, the chieftain of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front who signed a peace deal with Manila, has appealed to Arab countries to help the local Muslims in the restive region of Mindanao. The secluded Ebrahim, who was invited to the recently concluded 42nd Organization of Islamic Cooperation-Council of Foreign Ministers’ Conference in Kuwait, spoke to the assembly and appealed for help. In his speech, Ebrahim also appealed to the OIC to urge the Philippines to fully comply with the peace agreement signed last year after lawmakers opposed to the Bangsamoro Basic Law scrapped several of its provisions and insisting they were unconstitutional. “As we march towards
the fulfilment of the implementation of the agreements we signed with the Government of the Philippines, we urge you to journey with us until we successfully implement all the agreements we signed with them.” “We ask you to continue to urge the Philippine Government to faithfully implement the CAB and pave the way for the establishment of the Bangsamoro Government. If, by the grace of Allah, the Bangsamoro Government is established, we strongly appeal to you to help us rebuild our communities that have been ravaged by decades of war. We ask you to welcome us in the community of Muslims, establishing relations and building cultural links to our cities and your countries,” Ebrahim said. The draft law – which would govern the new Muslim autonomous region in Mindanao – was crafted by a commission whose mem-
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bers were chosen by the Aquino government and the MILF, but many governors and mayors in those areas said they were not properly consulted and that many citizens were not even aware of its provisions. The MILF said Ebrahim was one of several Muslim rebel leaders from the Philippines to have been invited to the conference by OIC Secretary General Iyad Amin Madani. The others who were invited to by the OIC were Muslimen Sema, also a chairman of one of several factions of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front; Randolp Parcasio, who represented Nur Misuari, the outlawed leader of the MNLF. The MILF did not say if self-proclaimed MNLF chairman Abul Khayr Alonto – who is being supported by the Aquino government – was at the conference or not. Continue to page 4
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ARMM-wide caravan that promotes youth empowerment begins COTABATO CITY – More than a thousand youth leaders in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) are expected to join in a regionwide caravan this month meant to promote youth empowerment and advance their involvement on various social issues. The youth caravan, which carries the theme “Kabataan, Now Na”, is organized by the Health Organization of Mindanao (HOM) in partnership with the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). The ARMM government is supporting the activity through its different regional line agencies. According to HOM, the caravan “aims to reach 10,000 adolescent and youth (both in-school and out-of-school) through fun
and creative exercise” that will help participants “have a common understating on social issues, create a common voice in co-owning their role today, and contribute to a bigger vision of creating a better society for all.” The schedule of the youth caravan is as follows: ·Lamitan, Basilan – June 10, 2015 ·Jolo, Sulu – June 12 · Bonggao, Tawi-Tawi – June 14 ·Marawi, Lanao Del Sur – June 16 · B u l u a n , Maguindanao – June 18 It will feature various interactive and educational booths. Participating government agencies will impart respective advocacies centered on youth development through interactive discussions, dis-
tribution of information and education campaign (IEC) materials and scholarship grants. The caravan will also mark the culmination of the first phase of the Creating Connection Project supported by UNICEF. HOM Executive Director Selahuddin Yu Hashim said the caravan will encourage youths to develop a positive change in their outlook and empower them with sound and life-changing principles. “It is imperative that our youth be equipped with essential, timely and accurate information about their role as responsible citizen of the country or simply as valuable peace builder, leader, and humanitarian, actor in their own ways,” he said. (Bureau of Public Information)
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WHO was behind the recent attack on a police station in Zamboanga City? Was it drug pushers, drug lords or criminal gangs? Just last week, the same police station bombed in April had been attacked with a grenade, but there were no reports of casualties. Police said two motorcycle men were behind the blast in Ayala village. It was the second attack in the past two months on a village notorious for its drug problems. The explosion damaged a prowl car parked outside the station, ac-
cording to Insp. Dahlan Samuddin, a regional police spokesman. Samuddin said the motorcycle men sped after the explosion. “The suspects fled away to the west direction. The police vehicle was hit with shrapnel. A followup operation was launched by the police to track down the assailants,” he said. He said an MK2 grenade was used in the attack. The motive of the attack is still unknown, but the same police station was also bombed in April that left three people injured. The bomb was planted on a police patrol car
parked outside the station and the powerful explosion damaged the vehicle and several motorcycles nearby. Among the injured were a 14-year old boy and Magdalena Araneta, 60; and Elasebio Enriquez, 76. No individual claimed responsibility for the attack, but witnesses said they saw a boy running away from the truck before the explosion. Police said the bombing was connected to its anti-drug campaign in the village and the arrest of a suspected drug lord. (Mindanao Examiner)
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ARMM passes good governance tests COTABATO CITY – For the first time in the region’s history, the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) has passed on the national government’s Good Governance Conditions (GGC) reflecting “a revitalized and reformed autonomous region.” Laisa Alamia, ARMM executive secretary, said passing the GCC under the Results-Based Performance Management System is “proof that the reforms in the ARMM are working.” “We have the autonomous region that was touted to be a failed experiment, additional to that is the people’s hopeless mindset of its progressive change. But with this perfect compliance with the six GGC criteria, it shows our reforms work,” Alamia said. The Results-Based Performance Management System monitors the performance of government agencies, in line with the Aquino administration’s commitment to good governance by encouraging exemplary performance and effective service delivery to the people. The six criteria under the GGC are: Performance-Based Bonus Targets, Transparency Seal, Philippine General Electronic Procurement System (PhilGEPS) Posting, Liquidation of All Cash Advances, Citizen’s Charter, and Statements of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN). Despite the challenges of complying with the requirements because of ARMM’s unique government structure,
Alamia said the regional government managed to pass the conditions because of the hard work of the region’s officials and employees. Alamia added that the efforts for the ARMM’s success started with the leadership of Governor Mujiv Hataman even when he was still an officer-in-charge governor on December 2011. Hataman was later elected as governor on May 2013. “When Hataman came in as an OIC Governor, a series of assessments about the region’s problems and issues were conducted. When he was elected, development plans like the Regional Development Plan (RDP) and the three-year Strategic Convergence Plan for 2013-2015 that serve as a transition plan for the Bangsamoro were drafted,” Alamia said. This compliance is first in the 25-year history of ARMM. Alamia said hands-on management of ARMM’s different line agencies was conducted and they were directed to stick with their plans and targets for the Performance-Based Bonus Targets. “We have strengthened our database management system for all ARMM line agencies, and the monitoring and evaluation of our projects and programs,” she said. “We required all agencies to create websites and post their financial transactions and budget expenses beginning 2012 for the Transparency Seal that would signify the message of open governance,” Alamia said. All agencies of ARMM are registered in the
PhilGEPS, which requires the agencies to post public procurements in the PhilGEPS website as a government’s tool for procurement reforms and transparency. Because of unliquidated cash advances in the past administrations, ARMM was known as the country’s corruption capital. “An executive order was released in 2012 disallowing cash advances. We started at the Office of the Regional Governor and later we expanded it to the entire region,” Alamia said. Offices in the region have also complied with the Citizen’s Charter – a government’s tool to present systematic commitment to the people. More than 30,000 employees, including 27,000 teachers, in the region have filed their SALN, “a first time in ARMM,” Alamia said. “Once we transition to the Bangsamoro, we will be turning-over a government that has leveled-up when it comes to good governance,” Alamia said. Further, she said professionalism of officials and employees of the region brought about by good governance compliance will be a challenge for the Bangsamoro. “It’s either the Bangsamoro government will maintain or exceed the level of professionalism of the present bureaucracy,” Alamia added. Having passed the GGC, the ARMM is 100% ready for the transition to the Bangsamoro, Alamia said. (Bureau of Public Information)
Police recover abducted baby in Zamboanga City ZAMBOANGA CITY – Local police arrested a 42-year old woman after rescuing a child she abducted on a village in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said. Officials said policemen tracked down Annora Julhasan in another village and recovered the child. Julhassan was positively
identified by the victim’s family after reviewing the footage of their security camera which showed the woman and the child. “She was identified as the abductor based on the CCTV footage that was viewed and replayed by the child’s family members and the responding police offic-
ers. Joint follow up operation conducted by the police resulted to the rescue of the baby,” said Insp. Dahlan Samuddin, a regional police spokesman. He said the woman is being interrogated to determine the motive of the abduction. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Soldier held by rebels declared AWOL by Philippine army Continued fr om page 1 from They were captured after rebels ambushed their vehicle to free a prisoner, Jojean Alameda, who was falsely accused by the military as a member of the communist group. The military’s Eastern Mindanao Command insisted that Alameda is a bomb maker. Last December, rebels also seized Compostela Valley provincial jail warden
Jose Mervin Coquilla and investigated him for alleged corruption and human rights abuses. He was also freed on January 19 due to humanitarian reason. Government peace talks with the NPA – which has been fighting for decades for the establishment of a Maoist state in the country – collapsed in 2004 after rebels accused then President Gloria Arroyo of reneging on several agree-
ments, among them the release of all political prisoners and the removal of the terrorist tag on the Communist Party of the Philippines and its political wing, the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, and the NPA. Manila also suspended the Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees after the peace talks failed. (Mindanao Examiner)
Victims of Jolo blasts get aid SULU – The provincial government has released financial assistance for the victims of twin explosions in the town of Jolo that injured a dozen policemen and 6 civilians. Governor Totoh Tan ordered the immediate release of the funds through Vice Governor Sakur Tan and distributed to the families of the victims by the Sulu Disas-
ter Risk Reduction and Management Office. The recent explosions occurred last week outside a mosque in a police base that authorities blamed the Abu Sayyaf. Police said a grenade exploded and wounded the civilians, three of them minors; and was followed by another blast from an improvised explosive when policemen arrived
at the scene to help the injured. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the twin explosions, but previous attacks in the province were also blamed to the notor ious rebel group which is being linked by authorities to the alQaeda, Jemaah Islamiya and ISIS. (Mindanao Examiner)
MILF chieftain appeals for OIC aid, support for Muslims in Philippines Continued fr om page 1 from Ebrahim said the peace accord it signed with the Philippine government would greatly help calm down the volatile security situation in Mindanao, where military forces are struggling to fight homegrown terrorism, and communist and Muslim insurgencies there. “The Muslims in Mindanao has long craved for development, physically and mentally. And it is hoped that it will be delivered in the form of peace dividends as the fruits of the current peace process.” “We, the Bangsamoro have always recognized the importance of economic developments and political stability as the pillars to a sustainable development. In order to achieve that, we will have to make sure that situation is conducive for future in-
vestments and businesses. There is no alternative to that since failure to do so would mean the failure of the Bangsamoro and the Muslims,” he added. Ebrahim said there is a need for international help in Mindanao, home to about 2 million Muslims, for peace and development projects, and although the government pledged to provide more aid and billions of pesos to the proposed Bangsamoro region, he said it is not enough. “It is undeniable that the development work in the Bangsamoro would require a huge amount of money since it will have to start almost from zero. Despite our tireless efforts, the Bangsamoro will remain as just another dream if it is not supported with equal financial commitments.” “Unfortunately, it is an
area which we are very much lacking. Although the government has pledged to provide the necessary funding but we fully understand the financial constraints that they face since we are talking about an amount that could reach hundreds of billions of dollars. Therefore, I would like to take this opportunity to humbly request the OIC member states and affiliated institutions to help us. We would welcome any kind of financial assistances and investments. And on our part, we will give our level best to live up to your expectations,” Ebrahim said. It was Ebrahim’s first to speak before members of the influential OIC, which has been brokering peace talks between the Philippines and local Muslim rebels since the 1970s. (Mindanao Examiner)
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FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US cities THE FBI is operating a small air force with scores of low-flying planes across the U.S. carrying video and, at times, cellphone surveillance technology— all hidden behind fictitious companies that are fronts for the government, The Associated Press has learned. The planes‘ surveillance equipment is generally used without a judge’s approval, and the FBI said the flights are used for specific, ongoing investigations. In a recent 30-day period, the agency flew above more than 30 cities in 11 states across the country, an AP review found. Aerial surveillance represents a changing frontier for law enforcement, providing what the government maintains is an important tool in criminal, terrorism or intelligence probes. But the program raises questions about whether there should be updated policies protecting civil liberties as new technologies pose intrusive opportuni-
ties for government spying. The FBI confirmed for the first time the widescale use of the aircraft, which the AP traced to at least 13 fake companies, such as FVX Research, KQM Aviation, NBR Aviation and PXW Services. Even basic aspects of the program are withheld from the public in censored versions of official reports from the Justice Department’s inspector general. “The FBI’s aviation program is not secret,” spokesman Christopher Allen said in a statement. “Specific aircraft and their capabilities are protected for operational security purposes.” Allen added that the FBI’s planes “are not equipped, designed or used for bulk collection activities or mass surveillance.” But the planes can capture video of unrelated criminal activity on the ground that could be handed over for prosecutions. Some of the aircraft
can also be equipped with technology that can identify thousands of people below through the cellphones they carry, even if they’re not making a call or in public. Officials said that practice, which mimics cell towers into coughing up basic subscriber information, is rare. Details confirmed by the FBI track closely with published reports since at least 2003 that a government surveillance program might be behind suspicious-looking planes slowly circling neighborhoods. The AP traced at least 50 aircraft back to the FBI, and identified more than 100 flights since late April orbiting both major cities and rural areas. One of the planes, photographed in flight last week by the AP in northern Virginia, bristled with unusual antennas under its fuselage and a camera on its left side. A federal budget document from 2010 mentioned at least 115 planes, including 90 Cessna aircraft, in the
M8.5 quake rocks Ogasawara Islands, jolting Tokyo and wider Kanto area A magnitude-8.5 earthquake struck west of the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo on Saturday evening, jolting wide parts of the Kanto region and causing moderate tremors in many parts of the archipelago, the Meteorological Agency said. No tsunami warning was issued by the agency, and no injuries or major damage were immediately reported by local authorities in the Ogasawara chain. The quake, which measured upper-5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7, occurred at 8:24 p.m.
at a depth of 590 km below the seabed, the agency said. Given the depth of the epicenter, slow lateral vibrations continued for about a minute in Tokyo. On Chichijima Island in the Ogasawara chain, communities experienced powerful jolts. NHK quoted Yoshiyuki Sasamoto, who runs a local inn, as saying thing started to fall from shelves as the tremors continued. Following the quake, Tokyo Electric Power Co. said no damage had been reported at its Fukushima No. 1 and No. 2 nuclear
power stations. East Japan Railway Co. suspended operations on the Tokaido Shinkansen Line as well as the Yamanote Line and other rail routes in Tokyo for safety checks. NHK footage showed many people stranded at major hub stations, including Shibuya, Shinjuku and Ikebukuro. Some lines later resumed operation after safety was confirmed. Haneda airport in Tokyo temporarily closed its runways for safety checks but resumed services within an hour. (Kyodo, Staff Report)
FBI’s surveillance fleet. The FBI said it also occasionally helps local police with aerial support, such as during the recent disturbance in Baltimore that followed the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray, who sustained grievous injuries while in police custody. Those types of requests are reviewed by senior FBI officials. The surveillance flights comply with agency rules, an FBI spokesman said. Those rules, which are heavily redacted in publicly available documents, limit the types of equipment the agency can use, as well as the justifications and duration of the surveillance. Details about the flights come as the Justice Department seeks to navigate privacy concerns arising from aerial surveillance by unmanned aircrafts, or drones. President Barack Obama has said he welcomes a debate on government surveillance, and has called for more transparency about spying in the wake of disclosures about classified programs. “These are not your grandparents’ surveillance aircraft,” said Jay Stanley, a senior policy analyst with the American Civil Liberties Union, calling the flights significant “if the federal government is maintaining a fleet of aircraft whose purpose is to circle over American cities, especially with the technology we know can be attached to those aircraft.” During the past few weeks, the AP tracked planes from the FBI’s fleet on more than 100 flights over at least 11 states plus Washington, D.C., most with Cessna 182T Skylane aircraft. These included parts of Houston, Phoenix, Seattle, Chicago, Boston,
Minneapolis and Southern California. Evolving technology can record higher-quality video from long distances, even at night, and can capture certain identifying information from cellphones using a device known as a “cell-site simulator”—or Stingray, to use one of the product’s brand names. These can trick pinpointed cellphones into revealing identification numbers of subscribers, including those not suspected of a crime. Officials say cellphone surveillance is rare, although the AP found in recent weeks FBI flights orbiting large, enclosed buildings for extended periods where aerial photography would be less effective than electronic signals collection. Those included above Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. After The Washington Post revealed flights by two planes circling over Baltimore in early May, the AP began analyzing detailed flight data and aircraft-ownership registrations that shared similar addresses and flight patterns. That review found some FBI missions circled above at least 40,000 residents during a single flight over Anaheim, California, in late May, according to Census data and records provided by the website FlightRadar24.com. Most flight patterns occurred in counterclockwise orbits up to several miles wide and roughly one mile above the ground at slow speeds. A 2003 newsletter from the company FLIR Systems Inc., which makes camera technology such as seen on the planes, described flying slowly in lefthanded patterns. “Aircraft surveillance has become an indispensable intelligence collection and investigative technique which serves as a force multiplier to the ground teams,” the FBI said in 2009 when it asked Congress for $5.1 million for the program. Recently, independent journalists and websites have cited companies traced to a bank of Virginia post office boxes, including one shared with the Justice Department. The AP analyzed similar data since early May, while also drawing upon aircraft registration documents, business records and interviews with U.S. officials to understand the scope of the operations. The FBI asked the AP not to disclose the names of the fake companies it uncovered, saying that would saddle taxpayers with the expense of creating new cover companies to shield the government’s involvement, and could endanger the planes and integrity of the surveillance missions. The AP declined the FBI’s request because the companies’ names—as well as com-
mon addresses linked to the Justice Department— are listed on public documents and in government databases. At least 13 front companies that AP identified being actively used by the FBI are registered to post office boxes in Bristow, Virginia, which is near a regional airport used for private and charter flights. Only one of them appears in state business records. Included on most aircraft registrations is a mysterious name, Robert Lindley. He is listed as chief executive and has at least three distinct signatures among the companies. Two documents include a signature for Robert Taylor, which is strikingly similar to one of Lindley’s three handwriting patterns. The FBI would not say whether Lindley is a U.S. government employee. The AP unsuccessfully tried to reach Lindley at phone numbers registered to people of the same name in the Washington area since Monday. Law enforcement officials said Justice Department lawyers approved the decision to create fictitious companies to protect the flights’ operational security and the Federal Aviation Administration was aware of the practice. One of the Lindley-headed companies shares a post office box openly used by the Justice Department. Such elusive practices have endured for decades. A 1990 report by the thenGeneral Accounting Office noted that, in July 1988, the FBI had moved its “headquarters-operated” aircraft into a company that wasn’t publicly linked to the bureau. The FBI does not generally obtain warrants to record video from its planes of people moving outside in the open, but it also said that under a new policy it has recently begun obtaining court orders to use cell-site simulators. The Obama administration had until recently been directing local authorities through secret agreements not to reveal their own use of the devices, even encouraging prosecutors to drop cases rather than disclose the technology’s use in open court. A Justice Department memo last month also expressly barred its component law enforcement agencies from using unmanned drones “solely for the purpose of monitoring activities protected by the First Amendment” and said they are to be used only in connection with authorized investigations and activities. A department spokeswoman said the policy applied only to unmanned aircraft systems rather than piloted airplanes. The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees freedom of speech and assembly. (By Jack Gillum, Eileen Sullivan And Eric Tucker)
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman on Senate’s hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law THERE was no discourse that proved wrong the contention that the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was a failed experiment. It needed a miracle to save it. The failure of government and the rule of law was a sad reflection of the truth of how the gains of the previous revolutions and the peace negotiations that followed were desecrated, if not wasted. ARMM’s structure was not responsive of the real needs of the people. This imperfection took a toll on the civilians, the farmers, the mothers and their children. The weak government failed to deliver and it gradually resulted in its implosion. The failure of governance saw the rise of incidence of poverty, criminality, and terrorism. After the government resolutely pursued the peace agreement with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, there had been no major breakout of conflict in the ARMM and other parts of Mindanao. The guns of the rebels and soldiers were silenced by the display of good faith and sincerity from both the government and the rebel group, especially when they signed the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro and the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro. The condition of peace provided the people a respite from the never-ending cycle of violence, giving them the time to start their lives anew, dream, and hope once
again. It also allowed the regional government to focus its attention on building roads, bridges, classrooms, farm facilities, community health centers, markets, and homes. The same money could have been used for medicines, food packs, and building makeshift homes for people displaced by wars. In the aftermath of the Mamasapano incident alone, we realized that the regional government has already spent over 50 million pesos for the needs of the affected communities. War is very costly, for the information of those who do not know. Right now, our hope is that the state of peace being experienced in Mindanao now will last long. And everything that we have put in place will continue. ARMM extends its sincerest appreciation to President BenignoAquino III for his trust and confidence over the capacity and the dedication of its leaders and the entire regional government to ignite reform and initiate change and development in the region that, for the longest time, became a hapless victim of the neglect, mismanagement, and the greed of political warlords. The Aquino administration’s own vision of development and reform became the guiding light of the regional government as it aggressively laid down its own agenda of political reform and development. We are very happy that the collective effort of the national
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government and the regional government paid well that we were able to surmount the darkness that swathed the region and its people, the Moro people, for so many years. We are deeply pleased over the support as we recognize that without it, ARMM would have not absolved itself of the evils of the past; it would have been impossible for the regional government to prove itself against the enormous challenge of spurring positive developments and change in the lives of the people. Without this support, without the trust and confidence, it would have been impossible for ARMM and the municipalities under its winds to be given the Seal of Good Governance Conditions. It was a proof that the reforms were working down to the levels of the local government units. It was a proof that these reforms were felt by the people. It was a proof that Moros are able to govern and are govern well. We are also thankful to the members of both the Senate and House of Representatives for sharing our vision for the region. In 26 years, for the first time in its history, ARMM received the biggest budget of P24.3 billion. The increase in budget meant more projects and projects with greater and wider impacts. As it did in the past three years, the budget is being spent well for projects that truly promote peace and development and responsive to the needs of the people to overcome poverty and become responsible and productive citizens of the country. Part of the budget is also being spent on human resource development as we ready for the new Bangsamoro political entity. Allow us to take note that because of our aggressive implementation of reforms came the influx of investments that continue to this day. But despite the accomplishments and breakthroughs, we recognize the fact that the current regional government has limitations as a result of an Organic Act that hinders full autonomy. As local government leaders, we can only do so much as our hands are tied by these infirmities. This is the reason why the regional government and its leaders are supportive of the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law, which we believe will provide the people with more. We are supporting the passage of BBL as we firmly believe that it will address the weaknesses and imperfections of ARMM and will truly result in the fulfillment of the aspirations of the Moro people for self-determination and full autonomy. We are supporting the passage of BBL as we underscore the need for a Bangsamoro that is stronger than the ARMM, a new government that will bring our people a life of greater opportunities and deliver the promises of a lasting peace. We call on the members of this August body to listen and heed the voices of peace. Please pass BBL.
Tips Sa Buntis at Sa Hindi Makabuntis Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong Para sa Buntis: 1. Kailangan ng buntis ang 4 na sangkap sa katawan: calcium, iron, folic acid at protina. Kaya uminom ng 4 na basong gatas (low-fat milk) bawat araw. Kumain ng itlog, karne at atay para makakuha ng protina. Kumain din ng maberdeng gulay na mataas sa folic acid tulad ng kangkong, petsay, malunggay at talbos ng kamote. 2. Umiwas sa masyadong matatamis at baka kayo magka-diabetes. 3. Panatilihin ang tamang timbang. Masama ang sobrang taba at masama din ang payat na kulang sa sustansya. 4. Bawal manigarilyo at uminom ng alak. Kung hindi kayo titigil, puwedeng maging abnormal ang iyong beybi. Huwag nang tumikim ng alak. 5. Magbawas ng stress at problema. Maraming buntis ang nalulungkot kapag nakapanganak na. Ito ang tinatawag na post-partum depression. Kailangan ang
Dr. Willie T. Ong pag-alaga at suporta ng lalaki para malampasan ito ng babae. 6. Huwag uminom bastabasta ng gamot dahil baka makasama ito sa bata. Magtanong muna at magpa-check up sa iyong OB na doktor. Multivitamins lang ang safe inumin. 7. Sa kababaihan, mas maigi na magbuntis kayo bago umabot ng edad 35. Kapag lampas na sa 35, tumataas na ang tsansa na magkakaroon ng Down’s syndrome (mongoloid) at iba pang sakit ang bata. Mag-ingat po. Para sa Lalaking Hindi Makabuntis: May mga payo ako para mapanatili ang dami at sigla ng semilya (sperm
count) ng mga kalalakihan. 1. Huwag painitan ang iyong scrotum (itlog o bayag). Sa bayag nakatago ang se-milya ng lalaki. Kapag nainitan ito, puwedeng mamatay ang semilya. 2. Kapag ika’y jeepney driver, lagyan ng makapal na kutson ang iyong upuan. Mag-ingat sa init ng makina at baka maluto ang iyong semilya. 3. Umiwas din sa m a - t a g a l a n g pagbibisikleta. Puwede rin kayo mabaog dahil laging naiipit ang iyong bayag. 4. Huwag magsuot ng masisikip na briefs. Para laging presko, magboxer shorts na lang. 5. Kumain ng keso. Ang keso ay may taglay na zinc na kailangan ng semilya. Nagpapalakas din ito ng sex drive. 6. Maghintay ng tatlo o mas marami pang araw bago makipag-sex. Kailangan kasi munang makagawa nang maraming semilya ang katawan para malaki ang tsansang makabuntis ka. Good luck po.
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No Smoking!
A The Cebu Taoist Temple. From the Taoist Temple Cebu City facebook page (https:// www.facebook.com/TaoistTempleCebu)
EO sa CARS program, gilagdaan ni Aquino
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ILAGDAAN ni Presidente B e n i g n o Aquino ang Executive Order No. 182 o ang paghatag og Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) program nga n a g t i n g u h a n g mangdasig sa mga bagong investment nga magpakusog sa Philippine automotive industry nga maoy makatabang aron mahimong regional automotive manufacturing hub kini sa Asian region. Gitataw sa EO nga ang maong programa limitado lamang sa mga manufacturer og 3 ka modelo sa 4-wheeled motor vehicles. Matud pa sa EO No. 182, ang Board of Investment (BOI), isip lead implementing ug coordinating agency sa CARS Program, maoy molihok sa rekomendasyon sa Inter-agency Committee on
Automotive Industry Development, moatiman sa implementasyon sa maong programa, mosumiter og annual report of performance sa maong programa ngadto sa Office of the President ug mo-koordinar sa automotive industry development efforts sa tanang hingtungdang ahensiya ug instumentalidad sa gobyerno. Usa ka Inter-agency Committee on Automotive Industry Development ang pagatukoron aron maoy mo administer ug implementar sa CARS Program. Ang maong komitiba lingkoran o pangunahan sa Department of Trade and Industry-BOI representative, nga adunay mga miyembro gikan sa Department of Finance, Department of Transportation and Communications, Department of Science and Technology, National Economic and Develop-
ment Authority, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority, ang co-chairman sa Industry Development Council, ug ang co-chairman sa National Competitiveness Council. Ang maong mando nag-ingon usab nga ang Department of Budget and Management, sa pakigalayon sa BOI, maoy motanyag pinaagi sa National Expenditure Program, ang paglakip sa usa ka Automotive Development Fund sa tinuig nga General Appropriations Act, nga maoy mo-pondo sa fiscal support nga ihatag ngadto sa registered ug takos nga sumasalmot. Ang kinatibuk-ang fiscal support alang niining programa ihatag sa pagsugod sa tuig 2016 ug dili molapas sa P27 bilyon, nga adunay matag enrolled model qualified alang sa fiscal support sa kantidad nga dili molapas sa P9 bilyon. ( Elvira C. Bongosia)
Mga negosyanteng Hapon mamuhunan ug laing negosyo
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G A negosyanteng H a p o n nahimu-ot sa kasamtangang lakat sa negosyo sa Pilipinas ug tungod niini positibo nga mamuhunan sila ug bagong negosyo sa nasud, sumala sa opisyal sa Palasyo. Sa pag-abot ni Presidente Aquino sa Japan niadtong semana, una siyang nakighimamat sa mga negosyanteng Hapon nga nanag-iya ug mga dagku nga kompanya sa Japan.
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Si Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma, Jr. nga kuyog sa Presidente sa gipahigayong tigom sa Kirin Holdings Co. Ltd. mipaaabot sa mensahe nga gusto sa maong kompanyang mo palapad ug mopalambo pa sa ilang negosyo sa Pilipinas. Ang kompanya nga Kirin nahimuut ug na kuntento sa lakat sa negosyo sa Pilipinas, matud ni Coloma. Si Presidente Aquino gilaoman nga makig kita usab kang Teruo Asada, chairman sa kompanyang
Marubeni nga nakapundar ug negosyo sa Pilpinas sa gidugayong 105 ka tuig. Ang Marubeni mipadayag sa ilang dakong pagasalig sa gipamuhunan niining negosyo sa power and energy development, water utility ug mass transportation dinhi sa nasud. Sa nakita niining paglambo sa ilang negosyo sa Pilipinas, interesado na usab ang Marubeni nga mamuhunan ug bag-ong negosyo nga sakyanang pang publiko sa nasud. (Leandria P. Pagunsan)
Southern Mindanao
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NG Civil Service Commission mipahimangno pag-usab sa katawhang trabahante sa nasud nga ginadili ang pagpanigarilyo sulod sa palibot sa mga buhatan sa gobyerno ug gi dili usab ang pakiglambigit sa mga tobacco industry. Gitumbok ni CSC Commissioner Robert S. Martinez ang CSC Memorandum Circular No. 17 nga gipagawas niadtong Mayo 2009 ang "absolute smoking ban" nga ipahamtang sa tanang buhatan sa gobyerno nga nag hatag ug serbisyo alang sa maayong panglawas, edukasyon ug social welfare and development services sama sa hospitals, health centers, schools and universities. Str iktong ginadili ang pagpanigarilyo niining mga lugara. Sa ubang buhatan sa gobyerno nga wala maghatag ug serbisyo nga nahisgtuan sa unahan, mahimong
manigarilyo sa mga lugar nga "designated smoking areas" Dugang niini ang CSC ug Department of Health's Joint Memorandum Circular ( JMC) No. 2010-01 nagdili usab sa mga opisyal ug trabahante sa gobyerno nga makiglambigit sa mga tobacco industry gawas kung gikinahanglan alang sa pagpatuman sa balaod ug sa gikinahanglan nga supervision and control. Ang JMC 2010-01 hugot nga ipatuman sa kagamhanan batok sa pakiglambigit sa mga tobacco industry, ilabi na kung makabalda kini sa pagpatuman sa tobacco control measures. Lakip sa ginadili mao ang paghatag ug preferential treatment sama sa incentives and exemptions sa mga tobacco industry ug ang pagpangayo ug pagdawat ug mga donasyon bugti sa pabor nga makiglambigit sila sa transaksyon sa mga
ahensya sa gobyerno. Dugang ni commissioner Martinez nga ang maayong panglawas sa mga trabahante sa gobyer no ang gipanalipdan sa Commission: "As the central human resource institution of government, the CSC places premuim on health and wellness, primarily of civil servants and of the country's human capital in general, as we believe that a person's health directly correlates with his or her productivity," matud ni Martinez. Samtang gi respeto usab ang kamatuoran nga dili malikayan ang pagpanigar ilyo isip "personal choice" gi awhag gihapon ang mga publikong trabahante paghuna-huna ug mopatigbabaw ang maayong desisyon aron makab-ot ang "healthier lifestyle," sumala pa ni Martinez .(Leandria P. Pagunsan)
New bank notes has ugraded security features
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n an effort to combat the existing problem of counterfeiting in the country, the Philippine government rolled out enhanced special and security features on the New Generation Currency (NGC) Banknotes. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) said the enhanced features of the NGC will be in full use by next year. It said the old notes are already in the demonetization process. Therese Anne Domingo, Senior Currency Specialist for Currency Issue and Integrity Office, said these features are classified as 1st level security features that the public can easily notice and can protect them against counterfeiters. "These upgraded security features will also helped those who can't see clearly by just touching and feeling the banknotes texture," explained Domingo. 1st Level or Public
Level Security Features are simplified into three methods: the feel, look and tilt which the public can easily apprehend. The Feel method includes the paper's texture which is rough and the embossed prints located in some parts of the banknotes. The Look method includes the watermark, security fibers, embedded security thread, widowed security thread and others while the Tilt includes the concealed value, optically variable ink and optically variable device patch found in the genuine banknotes. Furthermore, BSP confirmed that Metro Manila tops on having rampant counterfeiting industry and followed by Visayas and Mindanao. According to Illuminada Sicat, the managing director for Currency Management Sub-Sector, said they have widened their information campaign by going to
Western Mindanao
Cebu
barrios and remote areas to teach and raise awareness. "In fact, counterfeiting is decreasing in rate due to the awareness of the public about it," Sicat said. At least 95% of the counterfeited banknotes are turned over by the public to BSP nationwide. The BSP is also given the authority to arrest people counterfeiting. "We are also rewarding people who can tell us about illegal activities of counterfeiting to make an effective and immediate response about these continuous issues," Sicat said. The New Generation Banknotes was introduced in December 2010. It is expected to circulate as a single currency series in the country after the Demonetization program effective in the year 2017. (Ferliza C. Contratista and Caren P. Gabisay)
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