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IDAP AWAN CIT Y - JJihadists ihadists allied with the IDAPA CITY I slamic S tate (IS) militant gr oup hav e State group have recently beheaded a man they accused of being a police sp y in the souther nP hilipspy southern Philippine ovince of S ar angani, rrepor epor ts b y an inter napro Sar arangani, eports by internapine pr tional rresear esear ch or ganization and for eign media said. esearch organization foreign The SITE Intelli- statement, saying, “This gence Group said jasus (spy) was roaming members of the Ansaru’l and sniffing around the Khilafah (Supporters of area of the Ansaru’l the Caliphate) Philip- Khilafah Philippines in pines captured recently Sarangani Province.” the 43-year-old man and The man was said to was immediately be- be a resident of General Santos City, according to headed. A video of the grue- the news website NT News some killing was also (ntnews.com.au). The clip uploaded on IS channel could not be indepenwith accompanying dently confirmed, and
police and military authorities have started an investigation into the brutal execution. There was also no other information about the clip released by the jihadist group, which, along with the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and Khilafah Islamiyah Movement (KIM), had pledged allegiance to the IS, which burst on to the international scene in 2014 when it seized large swathes of land in Syria and Iraq. Continue on page 2
Filipino militants now call themselves Dawlah Islamiyah or Islamic State in this undated photo from the IS channel Furat.
More Groups Oppose Marcos VP bid MORE GROUPS continue to oppose the vice-presidential bid of Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr., son of Philippine dictator and namesake Ferdinand Marcos, and called on the public to reject his political ambition. Many of these groups were former victims of martial law and human
Pormal ng nagbukas ang liga ng basketbol ng Kusug Tausug sa Zamboanga City na nilahukan ng 28 teams mula Basilan at Zamboanga. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
rights violations during the Marcos time. The party-list group Anakpawis also criticized Marcos and declared that the ill-effects of the policies of the dictatorship in agrarian reform and agriculture are the burden that the Filipino farmers continue to bear until present. It also expressed support to various sectors
comprising Campaign against the Return of the Marcoses to Malacañang (CARMMA) in opposing the senator’s vice-presidential ambition and recalled that the majority sector in the country - the farmers suffered the most during the Marcos dictatorship. Continue on page 5
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Basketbol liga ng Kusug Tausug Partylist binuksan sa Zambo TINAYAANG aabot sa 200 mga basketbolista ang sasabak sa isang liga matapos na pormal na magbukas sa Zamboanga City ang palaro na sinuportahan ng Kusug Tausug party-list. Sinabi ni John Cariaga, isa sa mga orga-
nizers ng liga, na umabot sa 28 ang teams mula Zamboanga at Basilan na sasabak sa liga. At nagkaroon pa sila ng mahabang motorcade dito. “Malaking tulong ito sa mga kabataan dahil ito ang kauna-unahang liga na ganitong kalaki na
sinalihan ng mga basketbolista mula sa ibatibang lugar. Ito ang mga programa na kailangan natin para sa mga kabataan, sports activity at camaraderie,” ani Cariaga sa Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaper. Continue on page 3
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Kampanya kontra smuggling pinaigting sa Zambo ZAMBOANGA CITY – Muling ipinag-utos ni Mayor Beng Climaco sa mga awtoridad ang puspusang pagbabantay sa Zamboanga City laban sa smuggling ng mga bigas at asukal at iba pang mga kontrabando matapos ng sunod-sunod na pagkakahuli sa mga ito sa ibat-ibang lugar ditto. Kamakailan lamang ay nasakote ng Philippine Navy ang isang lantsa na may lulang 800 sako ng bigas at halos 100 mga karton ng sigarilyong Fort. Ayon sa ulat ng Philippine Navy, nasa patrulya ang mga barko nito ng maispatan ang lantsa dikalayuan sa Santa Cruz Island. Agad na kinumpiska
ng navy ang naturang kontrabando matapos na mabigo ang mga pahinante nito at kapitan na maipakita ang kanilang papeles. Tinatayang mahigit sa P2 milyon ang halaga ng kontrabando. Iniimbestigahan na rin ang naturang crew upang mabatid kung saan galing ang lantsa, ngunit pinaniniwalaang nagmula ang mga bigas at sigarilyo sa Sabah sa Malaysia na ilang milya lamang ang layo sa Tawi-Tawi province na bahagi naman ng magulong Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. Nakumpiska rin ng pulisya kamakailan ang 200 sako ng asukal sa isang pier dito matapos na may
nagsumbong na sibilyan sa awtoridad na may dumaong na lantsa doon at isinakay sa truck ang mga kontrabando. Pinuri naman ni Climaco ang matagumpay na operasyon ng mga awtoridad. Muling tumatakbo bilang mayor si Climaco sa darating na halalan at inaasahan ang landslide victory nito dahil sa magandang pamamalakad sa Zamboanga at maraming accomplishments sa kabila ng mga paninira sa kanya ng mga kalaban sa pulitika. Suportado rin si Climaco ng ibat-ibang sektor dito dahil sa pagiging tapat nito sa tungkulin at hindi corrupt. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Continued fr om page 1 from The radical militants in Indonesia and Malaysia, as well as the Southeast Asian terror group Jema’ah Islamiyah also pledged allegiance to the IS last year. Last year, the jihadists also released a video of the IS’s Alhayat Media Center, which shows the Philippines as among countries in Southeast Asia where they were planning to expand the “Khilafah” (caliphate). Most of the Ansaru’l Khilafah members are based in Sultan Kudarat province and operate in nearby areas of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Lanao del Norte, where the BIFF and KIM are active. They now use the black IS (Daesh) flag, just like what the Abu Sayyaf does, in the provinces of Basilan, TawiTawi and Sulu – all in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) – to which Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur belong. Basilan also has become the bastion of power of the Abu Sayyaf after its leaders pledged allegiance to the IS.
And in a propaganda video released this year by the Abu Sayyaf and picked up by international media, more than two dozen gunmen – including child warriors – led by rebel leader Isnilon Hapilon, were seen hiking in the hinterlands of Basilan while chanting “Dawlah Islamiyah (Islamic State)” after which they recited an Arabic script of bayah, or pledge of allegiance. Hapilon, alias “Abu Abdullah,” was named as the new leader of the “Harakatul Islamiyah” (Islamic Movement), the name given to the Abu Sayyaf by its founder Abdurajak Abubakar Janjalani – who was slain in a police shootout in Basilan in Dec. 1998. The Abu Sayyaf evolved to a notorious group known for having carried out kidnappings, bombings and other criminal activities in southern Philippines. The US government has offered a $5 million bounty for Hapilon’s head – dead or alive. In the video, Hapilon was shown with Abu Harith
Al-Filibbieni, who is reported to be deputy commander of the al-Ansar Infantry Division of the IS, and Mohd Najib Husen (Hussein), alias “Abu Annas Al Muhajir,” a division head of the Ansar al-Sharia of the IS. The rebels explained in the video that they had previously done the bayah, but did it again in front of their new leaders. It was unknown when the video was recorded, but it was released just after Philippine authorities claimed that Husen was killed during offensive operations against the Abu Sayyaf in the troubled province of Basilan in December. Husen was with other Malaysian jihadists – Mahmud Ahmad, Muhammad Joraimee Awang Raimee, Amin Baco and Jeknal Adil – who fled to southern Philippines reportedly to recruit militants and send them to “Dar al-Harb” (Place of War), referring to Syria and Iraq, where the IS established its own caliphate state. (Mindanao Examiner. Moh Saaduddin contributed to this report.)
Mga trabahador kumasa kontra Kuwaiti banana exporters DAVAO CITY - Nagsagawa ng protesta ang mga trabahador ng isang Kuwaiti banana exporter sa labas ng tanggapan nito sa Davao City matapos na inakusahan ang Musahamat Farms, Inc. ng illegal na pagsibak sa mga mangagawa nito sa bayan ng Pantukan sa Compostela Valley province sa Mindanao. Sinabi ni Esperidion Cabaltera, ang president ng Musahamat Workers Labor Union, na umabot na sa 52 ang bilang ng mga trabahador na sinibak ng kumpanya mula pa noon Pebrero 26 nitong taon. “So far, 52 workers have been dismissed, 19 have been placed under 30-day suspension and 19 union members, including 9 union leaders are to be given their walking papers,” pahayag pa ni Cabaltera. Tutol diumano ang kumpanya sa kanilang
pagtatanggol sa mga karapatan ng mga mangagawa. “Musahamat’s design here is to eradicate the presence of leaders and staunch supporters of the KMU union because they do not want us around shouting for rights. We have been consistently standing up to the company’s policy of arbitrary dismissals. We have been helping "overstaying" workers or “job-orders” who exceed service for six months and one day attain regular status. The company’s answer is to dismiss them outright but we are here fighting for their reinstatement,” wika pa ni Cabaltera. Binansagan pa nitong “incorrigible union buster” ang kumpanya matapos itong magpadala ng liham sa 19 union leaders at miyembro na kumu-
kwestyon sa kanilang pagasali sa picket noong Pebrero na ayon kay Cabaltera ay kanilang Karapatan o freedom of expression at tahimik rin umano ito. “Musahamat Farms’ abusive behavior towards its workers is deplorable. What they did is clearly union busting. This company thinks itself as above the law. The workers’ issues are legitimate – right against illegal dismissals, illegal deductions, and regularization. The Labor Code does not exempt foreign employers from implementing labor laws and Musahamat should respect the law and the rights of Filipino workers,” sabi pa ni Cabaltera. Hindi naman agad makunan ng pahayag ang mga opisyal ng Musahamat Farms ukol sa alegasyon at bintang ni Cabaltera laban sa kanila. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Kusug Tausug basketbol liga binuksan sa Zambo
Pormal ng nagbukas ang liga ng basketbol ng Kusug Tausug parylist sa Zamboanga City na nilahukan ng 28 teams mula Basilan at Zamboanga. (Mindanao Examiner Photo) Continued fr om page 1 from Maging si Konsehal Elong Natividad na siyang nasa likod ng maraming palaro dito ay
nagpasalamat rin sa Kusug Tausug sa pangunguna ni Shernee Tan. “Maganda itong liga at maraming team na
magagaling ang sasabak dito at magandang programa ito ng Kusug Tausug,� wika pa ni Natividad.
Ayon kay Cariaga, 3 hanggang apat na laro sa isang linggo ang isasagawa nila sa dalawang venue sa
Zamboanga. Sinabi naman ni Tan na bahagi ng kanilang advocacy ang promotion ng ibat-ibang sports hindi lamang sa
Zamboanga, kundi sa ibat-ibang lugar sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Ely Dumaboc)
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DOH-ARMM holds blood drive, celebrates World TB Day COTABATO CITY – The Department of Health in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in partnership with the Cotabato Regional Medical Center, recently conducted a blood drive inside ARMM compound in an effort to collect blood to augment its supply for medical patients who needed them. Volunteers donated their blood after the DOH-ARMM appealed to the public to help sup-
port the drive. The DOH-ARMM also celebrated the World Tuberculosis Day with a short program at its training center here. Dayang Carlsum Sangkula-Jumaide, DOHARMM Assistant Secretary, presided over the event with Dr. Alexander Ampatuan, the head of the Infectious Diseases Cluster and coordinator of National Tubercolosis Control Program.
Jumaide said the NTP provides various services free of cost, quality tuberculosis diagnosis, and treatment services across the country through the government health system. She said tuberculosis – which is a curable disease now - is the 6th leading cause of mortality in the country with ARMM ranking 10th. (Bureau of Public Information)
Zamboanga region has highest rubber production RUBBER TREES have always been known to produce a milky white sap known as latex which is being used in many ways and modern processing of the latex sap produced has been generating income for the local community in Zamboanga Peninsula. The region is considered to have the highest production of natural rubber in the country, producing 171,126 tons in 2010 and 188,934 tons 2011. With this flourishing rubber industry, a major challenge is to ensure that the state and quality of their rubber and rubber products comply with industry regulations and market requirements. The Philippine Rubber Industry Association (PRIA) has identified the need for a rubber testing facility in the country to provide objective evidence using scientific approach of the rubber’s state and quality. To address this challenge, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) provided funds to the region’s rubber industry through its so-called Grantsin-Aid program to set up a laboratory testing facility that will analyze the quality of natural rubber crumbs. Quality of natural rubber is one of the top issues affecting the competitiveness of the industry. The rubber testing laboratory located at the DOST in Zamboanga City has the capability to test seven parameters: Dirt content, Nitrogen content, Ash, Volatile Matter, Plasticity Retention Index, Mooney
Viscosity and Color. Dirt Content helps detect adulteration in the product for it affects the processing of rubber and its quality. Nitrogen Content indicates possible adulteration with skim latex if content is high. Ash Content helps detect adulteration with clay, talc, sludge and silicates and coagulants such as sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid. Meanwhile, Volatile Matter indicates dryness of the rubber where it should not exceed 0.8% because wet rubber may develop molds and foul odor. Plasticity Retention Index on the other hand, measures the resistance of rubber to oxidative degradation or aging. Mooney Viscosity characterizes the ability to process the rubber and lastly, Color determines the grade of rubber crumbs. All these parameters are important in establishing the quality of the natural rubber crumbs. The facility is equipped with major equipment namely, Plastimeter, Mooney Viscometer, Kjeldahl Block Digestion and Distillation System, Furnace, Laboratory Mill, Aging Chamber, Analytical Balance, Ultrasonic Bath, and Hydraulic Press. To further elevate the rubber industry in Zamboanga, DOST assisted the Philippine Pioneer Rubber Product Corp. (PPRPC) in Naga town in Zamboanga Sibugay province through its Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) that provides assistance to micro, small and
medium enterprises through funding, technology upgrade, and manpower training. According to Daniel Revantad, manager of PPRPC, the SETUP helped them compete in the rubber industry. “Naisip namin nung palapit itong ASEAN Integration, hindi na pwedeng yun produkto mo na pwede na, kailangan pwedeng- pwede (We thought that with the coming ASEAN Integration, you can no longer make do with a so-so product. It should be excellent). You have to cope up with the standard,” Revantad said. DOST said it assisted PPRPC with a technology intervention worth P 8,276,800 for the improvement of their system and product; and manpower development with a project duration from 2014 to 2017. Two units of slab cutter and two units of blending tanks were delivered and installed in the plant. The PPRPC provides milling services to rubberproducing cooperatives, rubber farmers and traders. It was organized in 2000 as a federation of six agrarian reform communities which enabled them to avail the SETUP assistance. The production increased by 25% and they now provide better quality and faster service to rubber farmers and traders, became compliant to ISO 2000 quality standards, and generated 23 additional employees, from 127 to 150, according to a statement released by DOST. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Bangsamoro remembers ‘Jabidah’ massacre COTABATO CITY – Muslims in the Philippines commemorated the 48th anniversary of the infamous “Jabidah” massacre perpetrated during Marcos time. The Jabidah massacre, also known as the “Corregidor” massacre, was an incident which occurred on the night of March 18, 1968 on the island of Corregidor in Luzon where members of the Armed Forces of the Philippines killed at least 28 Muslim recruits under their custody. The recruits were trained to lead an invasion of Sabah in Malaysia which is being claimed by the Philippines, but the plan did not push through and the trainees were instead murdered by soldiers, except for one who survived the ordeal and exposed the massacre. In Cotabato City, Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Muslim autonomous region, led the commemoration participated by a huge crowd. In his speech, Hataman said it has been almost five decades since the Jabidah Massacre left its mark on the Bangsamoro consciousness – “a mark akin to a wound that has never fully healed as its scab is picked over and over again with every other act of injustice committed against our people.” He said among the Bangsamoro, the story of Jabidah needs no introduction. “In our minds and hearts, there is no question that it happened and that it is true. In our history, there is no question about its rightful place in the long narrative of our struggle for self-determination.” “But for many other Filipinos, the reality of the Jabidah Massacre remains either unknown or denied. In the midst of all the unknowns and denials, this is what we know: During the Marcos regime, Bangsamoro men were taken to Corregidor from the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu, and Tawi-tawi, and were recruited to be part of an elite commando group called Jabidah. This group has been tasked to carry out Operation Merdeka, an operation that involved destabilizing Sabah, allow-
ing the Philippines to take over the area.” He continued on to relived the story behind the massacre – “one night, their military handlers began to take them by the dozen to a remote airstrip. Here our brothers were executed as they were shot with machine guns, making sure not one of them survived. They were indiscriminately shot at and summarily executed, after being treated unfairly throughout the duration of their supposed training.” “The number of Bangsamoro men killed ranges from eleven to the thousands. No one knows for sure. This is because our history knows not the exact numbers or dates, because our history has always been subjected to denial and erasure,” he said. Hataman further said: “After so many of our communities have been burned down, so many of our families torn apart by war, and so many of our children growing up while fighting injustice, the murder of our brothers who wanted only to fight for our country was the final straw. Jabidah became the spark which started the flames of our struggle.” “It is our history that speaks of our pain and healing, of conflict and survival, of losing and seeking our rightful place in this country. It is a history that has been seared onto our minds and our hearts by the fire of our long and difficult struggle, because no there is no other way for us to remember.” He said today, Bangsamoro people continue the difficult task of remembering – a task that is necessary in the greater struggle for our rights as Bangsamoros, a struggle that we wage for lasting peace and genuine justice. “Never again will we allow our people be hidden by the shadows of the past, and we will never forget our people whose lives depend so much on peace and whose deaths strongly demand justice,” Hataman said. In Manila, hundreds of sectoral representatives that included the youth, religious groups, peace organizations, and the academe also gathered in Corregidor Island to observe
the 48th year of the Jabidah Massacre. “CSOs play a crucial role in promoting transitional justice to address past human rights violations committed against the Bangsamoro, such as the Jabidah massacre,” Laisa Alamia, ARMM’s Executive Scretary, said. Only in 2013, when President Benigno Aquino witnessed the 45th commemoration of the massacre, did the national leadership fully recognized the historical injustice done to the Bangsamoro. A historical marker recognizing the killing of the Bangsamoro men was unveiled in 2015 near the airstip where the massacre occurred. For 21-year-old Johnlypee Mokudef of the Maguindanao Youth Network, the commemoration of the massacre is an effective way to raise the consciousness of the youth about the struggle of the Moros. “Pagbalik namin sa ground, tutulong kami sa pag-eeducate sa ibang kabataan tungkol sa ipinaglalaban ng mga Bangsamoro (When we return to our areas, we would help in educating the youth on the Bangsamoro struggle),” Mokudef said. Being a Teduray, an indigenous tribe in Upi, Maguindanao, he hopes that more youth will be encouraged to participate in similar activities for better inter-faith understanding of issues in the religiously diversified ARMM. Tirmizy Abdullah, an assistant professor of history at the Mindanao State University in Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, said the Jabidah Massacre is more than just part of history of the Bangsamoro people, noting it is of religious, cultural and historical significance to the Moro struggle. The commemoration, which featured a film viewing and tour around the island, bears the theme “Peace is the Justice We Seek.” The Anak Mindanao party-list spearheaded the activity in coordination with the Corregidor Foundation Inc., Mindanao Forum Inc., and the ARMM. (Bureau of Public Information. Mindanao Examiner contributed to this report.)
Aquino inaugurates Basilan road project BASILAN – President Aquino flew to the volatile province of Basilan last week and inaugurated the completed 135-kilometer circumferential road project launched by the Philippine Army and the Department of Public Works and Highways during the time of President Fidel Ramos in the 1990s. Aquino was accompanied by Governors Mujiv Hataman of the Muslim autonomous region and Jum Akbar of Basilan province. The president’s visit came despite a series of bombings and ambush on soldiers by the Abu Sayyaf late Sunday. One militiaman,
Masital Indasal, was slightly injured in the explosion in Sumisip town where Aquino led local officials in the inauguration of the road project. The military also helped construct the road project which was financed through a concessional facility extended by Saudi Arabia. The circumferential road project was first launched by the military’s Southern Command under the Basilan Task Force and had stalled many times due to rebel attacks. In 2014, the DPWH under Rogelio Singson accelerated the road development project in Basilan which is also funded by
Saudi Arabia under the socalled Mindanao Roads Improvement Project. The army said a loan of 75 million Saudi riyals was extended on October 2005 – to revive the road project after being stalled for many years – while the Filipino government provided a counterpart fund of 1.118 billion pesos. The circumferential road project is seen as a major infrastructure initiative to lift Basilan from poverty and bring prosperity in the province as part of the government’s campaign against local terrorism and lawlessness in the area, state
media said. The DPWH said the completed concrete paving works was part of the 47-km construction and improvement project for the circumferential road costing about P1.567 billion. The project not only connects all towns of Basilan, but also reduced the travel time from 5 hours to only 2 hours and making it easy for farmers to transport their products. Also in 2014, Abu Sayyaf leader Radzmi Jannatul attacked and killed 6 army soldiers who were sent to Sumisip to secure the area for the visit of Hataman and other officials. Among those
killed in the November 2 attack in the village of Libug was 2nd Lieutenant Jun Corpuz, platoon leader of the Alpha Company of the 64th Infantry Battalion. Two other soldiers survived, but were wounded in the fighting that ensued. A military investigation into the deadly attack by the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf province showed that militants were targeting to kill the local army commander Colonel Roland Bautista, head of the 104th Infantry Brigade, and probably other government officials in his group who were due to inspect the government road
project. Corpuz’s team was patrolling the village when they engaged about 20 militants sparking a fierce gun battle that lasted almost 45 minutes. They said the Abu Sayyaf attack was meant to derail the completion of the circumferential road project. The circumferential road project is seen as a major infrastructure initiative to lift Basilan from poverty and bring prosperity in the province as part of the government’s campaign against local terrorism and lawlessness in the area. (Mindanao Examiner)
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House Speaker, Sulu Governor nagpasalamat sa isa’t-isa
Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan at House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, Jr. kasama si Quezon City Councilor Marvin Rillo at aktor na Hero Bautista. QUEZON CITY – Nagbigaygalang si re-electionist Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan kay House Speaker Sonny Belmonte, Jr. matapos na mag-courtesy call sa maimpluwensyang lider ng Kamara kamakailan. Naroon rin si grupo ni Belmonte - na kongresista ng 4th District ng Quezon City - si Councilor Marvin Rillo at aktor na si Hero Bautista na nakababatang kapatid naman ni Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista at aktres na si Harlene Bautista na pawang mga anak ng tanyag na direktor
na si Herminio Bautista. Sinabi ni Tan na nagpasalamat ito kay Belmonte sa pagtanggap sa kanyang pagbisita at nagkaroon sila ng huntahan. Pulos papuri naman sa isa’t-isa ang naging tugon ng mga ito. “Kuwentuhan, kulitan with Speaker Belmonte, Councilor Marvin Rillo and Hero Bautista, napakabait na mga tao,” ani Tan. Si Tan ay muling tumatakbo bilang governor ng Sulu at inaasahang landslide na naman ang magiging panalo nito dahil
sa malaking suporta ng publiko sa kanya at sa maraming mga programa nito sa lalawigan. Suportado rin si Tan ng mga ibat-ibang alkalde sa Sulu, gayun rin ang mga civil society at nongovernmental organizations, religious at business sector dahil sa magandang pamamalakad nito sa kanyang administrasyon. Katuwang ni Tan ang kanyang ina na si Nurunisah Tan, na kilalang pilantropo at civic leader hindi lamang sa Sulu kundi sa Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
DAR distributes land ownership to farmer- beneficiaries
More Groups Oppose Marcos VP bid Continued fr om page 1 from Anakpawis Representative Fernando “Ka Pando” Hicap recalled that the dictator’s major programs included the Presidential Decree No. 27 - the Masagana 99 or the “Green Revolution” program that highlighted high-yielding varieties designed by foreign agro-chemical corporations through the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), the imposition of the Coconut Levy Fund. “The Marcos dictatorship chained the Filipino peasantry to the monopoly of agro-chem foreign corporations, instrumental to their bankruptcy and consequential loss of lands,” Hicap said, adding, the introduction of agro-chemical agriculture resulted irreparable damage to biodiversity and environment. “We will never forget
golden kuhol (apple snail) that the Marcos dictatorship unleashed in the countryside, so that farmers would be compelled to combat them with pesticides manufactured by foreign agro-chem corporations. Marcos demonstrated his utmost intellect in scamming coconut farmers through coco levy by his many decrees,” Hicap said. He said the Marcos family is yet to be held accountable for its catastrophic programs and policies, affecting farmers such as at least 7 million employed in agriculture, including 1 million coconut farmers and 1 million dependents of the sugar industry. “Martial law imposed by Marcos in 1972 was a period of where all the oppression, exploitation, fraud against the farmers was implemented instantaneously, it is like raising hell against the
Filipino farmers,” Hicap said. “We totally urge Filipino voters of today to oppose Marcos’ vice-presidential bid, denial that his father’s dictatorship was totally immoral is natural of him as son, but his total disregard of the sacrifices, deaths, trauma of the victims is outright inhuman, an unacceptable trait of supposedly national leader,” he said. Marcos was also one of those lawmakers who tinkered with the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law for Mindanao and called the BBL a “foolish attempt” by President Aquino in winning peace in the troubled Muslim autonomous region. And substituted the BBL with the so-called Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region whose provisions were heavily modified from the original draft. (Mindanao Examiner)
Showing off their land titles were the farmer beneficiaries awarded with their Certificates of Land Ownership Award. Seated center (left to right) Gutalac Vice-Mayor Herminio Jamandron, Mayor Onesimo Coma, Jr., PARPO II Mohammad Dassan J. Adju, and Development Facilitator Rogelio Undap. DIPOLOG CITY - The Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) has recently distributed 125 hectares of Certificates of Land Ownership Award (CLOA) to 68 Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) in Zamboanga del Norte held in Gutalac town. Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer II Mohammad Dassan J. Adju and Gutalac Mayor Onesimo L. Coma, Jr led the distribution of CLOA that covers a total area of 125.6651 hectares. The municipality of Gutalac covering
Barangays Lux, Matunoy and Buenavista has a total land area of 113 hectares. Meanwhile, the municipality of Labason has a total land area of 12.6251 hectares for barangays Lawigan and La Union. “The lands awarded to you are only the first step towards true agrarian reform. You need to cultivate it and make it productive, in that way it will improve your way of life, “ Adju told the farmers. Mayor Coma also expressed his gratitude to DAR for helping his constituents own the land
they had been tilling. “The distribution of land titles is a manifestation of DAR’s commitment to help alleviate the lives of the ARBs. Never sell it, consider it as your greatest possession,” Coma said. Others in attendance during the awarding ceremony included DAR Chief of Operations Marcelino Soropia, Municipal Agrarian Reform Officer Ranroy Credo, Development Facilitator Rogelio Undap and Vice Mayor Herminio Jamandron.
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Brussels attack investigation: What's next for authorities? AUTHORITIES have identified the two suicide bombers involved in the attack at the Brussels airport, a senior Belgian security source told CNN. They are brothers Khalid and Brahim El Bakraoui, both of whom were known to police, but for organized crime, not for acts of terrorism, state broadcaster RTBF reported. Khalid El Bakraoui rented an apartment in Brussels that was raided last week, the source said. Investigators are expected to ascertain clues based on the explosives that struck the airport and a metro station in Maelbeek, and they're hunting for the one remaining suspect that they think is alive, digging up information and attempting to untangle the network used to plan the attack. While Belgian officials say both brothers were suicide bombers, a U.S. official briefed earlier on preliminary evidence from the investigation says authorities are looking at the possibility that one of the airport explosions may have been caused by a bomb inside a suitcase and the other was a suicide bombing. Thr ee suspects Three suspects,, two explosions and a taxi dr iv er driv iver One of the first major breaks in the investigation appears to have come from a taxi driver. Just hours after the explosions, Belgian authorities released a photo from airport security that showed three men -two in black and one in lighter clothes, wearing a hat. Video shows the men exiting a taxi and moving through the airport, according to two U.S. officials. The two in darker clothes are believed to be suicide bombers who died in the explosions in the airport's departure lounge, according to Belgian federal prosecutor Frederic Van Leeuw. But investigators believe the man in
Injured passengers are covered in blood and dust after the explosions in the terminal building. (Mail Online photo)
sellers to report any suspiciously large purchases of hydrogen peroxide. Dear th of M aelbeek earth Maelbeek infor mation information While authorities have been able to move quickly on intelligence from the airport attacks, very little has been publicly revealed about the bombing at the Maelbeek metro station. Coosemans, the Het Nieuwsblad reporter, says that's because there isn't as much surveillance there compared to the airport. "We just know less about the Maelbeek attack because we don't have pictures there," he told CNN. "The police know less about Maelbeek." Unr av eling the networ k nrav aveling network Two senior U.S. officials told CNN they believe the Belgium attack is tied to the same network as terror suspect Salah Abdeslam (ISIS has claimed responsibility for the attack.) And the "working assumption" in Belgium is that the attackers came from the network behind the Paris attack, Belgian security sources said. However, they cautioned it is very early in the latest investigation. The identities of the three airport suspects aren't clear to U.S. authorities, either because Belgian authorities haven't completed identification or haven't shared that information with counterterrorism officials in the U.S., the officials said. Going forward, intelligence sharing will be very important, says Steve Moore, a CNN law enforcement contributor. "They obviously have some information. They don't know if they're looking at one cell or a series of cells. And so now it's time to get all around at the same table and exchange information," he said. "If you can get them all to use the same currency, I cannot believe that you can't get them all to share intelligence." (Joshua Berlinger, CNN. CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, Catherine E. Shoichet, Margot Haddad and Greg Botelho contributed to this report.)
light-colored clothing planted a bomb at the airport, then left -- a move that appeared to be planned, the two U.S. officials said. Authorities are calling him a wanted man and asked for the public's help tracking him down. "It's Salah Abdeslam all over again," Dirk Coosemans, a reporter at Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, told CNN. "This one was there to be a suicide terrorist, and he didn't do it." Belgian media also reported a Kalashnikov assault rifle was found in the departure hall of the Zaventem airport. Fortunately, a taxi driver called police shortly after the photo was released and said he believed that he drove the trio to the airport. The driver told authorities that his passengers would not allow him to unload the suitcases from the cab. He also led investigators to the location where he picked the three of them up. Schaerbeek That information prompted authorities to raid a residence after the attacks, the officials said. Investigators found a nail bomb, chemical products and an ISIS flag during a house search in the northeast Brussels neighborhood of Schaerbeek, Belgium's federal prosecutor said in a statement. Forensic teams are now scouring an apart-
ment building in that neighborhood and have been seen carrying out bags of evidence, according to CNN's Frederik Pleitgen, who was reporting from just outside the building. Their work continued into the night. Putting the pieces back together Determining what type of explosives were used will be crucial, according to CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen. French prosecutors have said that the bombs used in the November Paris attacks were made from triacetone triperoxide, or TATP. If the same type of bombs were used in Paris and Brussels, that would be a key clue linking the two attacks. "Such bombs have been a signature of jihadist terrorists in the West for more than a decade because the materials are so easy to acquire, unlike military-grade explosives, which are tightly controlled in much of the West," Bergen said. TATP-based bombs require technical know-how and bulk purchases of hydrogen peroxide or hair bleach. That helps authorities winnow down potential bomb-making suspects, because making the explosives can sometimes bleach hair. So authorities can identify bomb-makers in part by recognizing unusuallybleached hair or asking
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TECH TIPS: Best productivity apps for Android: manage your work like a pro SMARTPHONES and tablets can be a great way to kill time and socialize, but who knew that they can also boost your productivity? As long as you know the right apps that can lend a hand, your life could become a lot easier. Here is our list of the best productivity apps, recently updated to include the useful Tiny Scanner, and the essential Dashlane. 1. Tiny Scanner - PDF Scanner app If your work requires a lot of document scanning, you should be armed with TinyScanner. Basically, with a high-resolution camera, your smartphone becomes a portable document scanner. Take a snap, crop it and select a PDF page size (like A4), then hit the tick button. It's that simple: Tiny Scanner will produce a black and white scan of a document which looks totally legit. This automatically filters files to make them look like real scans and its cropping tools are neat and effective. You will need a decent (ish) camera and colored PDFs tend not to look as strong, but it's an effective replacement for a home scanner. 2. D ashlane P asswor d Dashlane Passwor assword Manager Dashlane Password Manager is a service which saves all of your passwords for all of your logins in one place. Many apps and services seek to do the same, but Dashlane gets our recommendation because it combines so many features so easily and effectively. Take credit cards, for example. Say you don't wish to save them on sites like eBay or Amazon, so you type them in manually each time. Dashlane can save your card details so that you can easily copy and paste them into online forms when you need to. It’s safely encrypted, it’s intuitive, and the basic service is free. Wonderful. 3. G oogle D e Google Drriv ive Google's own productivity suite should be one of your first stops on the productivity train— note that Docs, Sheets and Slides are now available as standalone apps as well. In terms of the main Drive app, it lets you access and view files stored in the cloud and synced from your connected computers, and any that you particular rely on can be cached to access offline. The individual apps let you create documents, spreadsheets and presentations from your mobile device. Whether you need to apply some last-minute edits to that company report on the journey to the office, or you're busy work-
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ing on your novel during lunchtime, these polished apps make it look easy. 4. TeamV iew er eamView iewer Your Android device is a great way to get work done on the go, but what about actually being able to connect to your desktop or laptop computer from anywhere in the world? There are a ton of remote access apps out there for Android, but TeamViewer is one of the best, and it's free for personal use. A simple PIN code is all you need to connect, though your computer needs to have the TeamViewer client software installed too. You can then do anything you would normally be able to do sat at your desk, from transferring files to new locations to loading up software that you can't get on your smartphone or tablet. 5. E ver note Ev ernote One of the true powerhouses of productivity software, Evernote is of course available on Android as it is pretty much everywhere else. Part of the beauty of the software is that it's so flexible — it's tricky to define what it actually does because how you use it is largely up to you and your workflow. Evernote can cope with simple documents, images, PDFs, clippings from the web, audio files, annotations and more besides, and because it keeps everything synchronized across all of your devices, it's a great way of taking your work with you wherever you go. Most features are free to use but a premium offering is also available. 6. Todoist Plenty of apps have tried to tackle that perennial problem of helping you actually get things done, but Todoist hits a higher watermark than most. The app enables you to organize your tasks with colors and sub-folders, and it can sync your lists between multiple devices (though it also works if you go offline). It was named one of the best Google Play apps of last year by Google itself, and it's easy to see why — the interface is clear and uncluttered, creating and editing tasks is very straightforward, and extra features such as progress tracking really add to the app's overall impact on your productivity. 7. S unr ise C alendar Sunr unrise Calendar Sunrise Calendar has proved so impressive that Microsoft recently bought it to boost its own productivity suite of tools. It syncs with Google Calendar, Exchange, Facebook and iCloud to bring you a selection of different ways to keep up with your agenda and make sure you're al-
ways on top of what you need to be doing and where you need to be. There are a number of different views to choose from, you can reply to invitations from inside the app, and there's also the option to configure which calendars can interrupt you with notifications and which can't. If you often find yourself drowning in a sea of appointments and meetings, then give Sunrise Calendar a try. 8. Asana Asana makes keeping track of projects and tasks a breeze (or as much of a breeze as it's ever going to be). Basically, it's a to do list manager, but a very advanced one: Tasks can be assigned to team members, split up into projects and charted over time so you always know what you and your colleagues should be doing next. Part of the app's appeal lies in the easy way that you can rearrange and order your tasks with a few swipes and taps on your smartphone or tablet's screen — and the app has recently been updated with Google's new Material Design look, so moving around inside it is a feast for the eyes. 9. Trello Trello is similar to Asana in that it allows you to keep on top of multiple projects and tasks without collapsing in a heap of information overload. If you need to be able to check in on several different projects at once from your smartphone or tablet then Trello is one of the best ways to go about it. The app is based around cards — each card can have members, labels, dates and other information attached to it, so it's simple to use despite being very powerful. Everything is synced to the cloud as well so you can access your Trello account from the web as well as your mobile devices. 10. IFT TT IFTT If you haven't yet discovered IFTTT then you're in for a treat — it lets you combine various apps and services together to help you get more done. Send a map of your location to your Gmail account with a tap on an Android Wear device, sync Dropbox files across to Google Drive, save your mobile photos to Evernote, and much more besides. As well as the services mentioned above it supports RSS feeds, Android integration, SMS, Quip, Todoist, YouTube, Twitter, WordPress, Pocket, Flickr, Followup.cc, Campfire, Buffer, Dash and many more, so you can see just how powerful IFTTT can be. Triggers can be set based on your Android device's location or a specific date and time too.
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HEALTH: Orange At Dilaw Na Prutas at Gulay ANG MGA prutas at gulay na orange (kahel) at dilaw ang kulay ay kadalasang mabuti sa ating mata, balat, baga at immune system. Ang mga pagkaing ito ay may taglay na beta-carotene (vitamin A), lycopene, flavonoids, potassium, at vitamin C. Makatutulong ang mga sangkap na ito para maiwasan ang sakit sa mata (age-related macular degeneration), mapababa ang bad cholesterol at maiwasan ang kanser. Heto ang ilang halimbawa: 1. Karots – Ayon sa mga eksperto, ang karots ay makatutulong sa ating paningin, balat at panlaban din sa kanser dahil sa taglay nitong Vitamin A, C at E. Ayon sa ilang pagsusuri, ang karots ay makababawas sa tsansang magkaroon ng kanser. Nagpapasigla din ito ng balat at nababawasan ang ating wrinkles. Isa pa, nakakapayat din ito dahil 35 calories lang ang kalahating tasa ng karots. Kaya turuan natin ang ating mga anak na kumain ng karots. 2. Kamote – Ang kamote o sweet potatoes ay
Dr. Willie T. Ong mayaman sa starch, fiber, beta-carotene, folate, potassium at vitamin B6, C at E. Dahil dito, napakasustansya nito at mabilis pang makabusog. Ayon sa pagaaral, ang kamote ay posibleng makapigil sa pagkakaroon ng lung cancer sa mga taong naninigarilyo. 3. Orange, lemon, dalandan at kalamansi – Ang mga prutas na ito, na kung tawagin ay citrus fruits, ay punong-puno ng vitamin C. Makatutulong ang vitamin C sa mga may sipon, hika, osteoarthritis at rheumatoid arthritis. Pinapalakas nito ang immune system ng katawan. May taglay din itong folate at potassium. Ang folate ay nagpapababa ng isang masamang kemikal
sa katawan (ang homocysteine) at makatutulong sa may sakit sa puso. 4. Pinya o pineapples – Ang pinya ay may sangkap na bromelain, na makatutulong sa pagtunaw ng ating pagkain at makababawas sa pamamamaga (inflammation) sa ugat. Ang pinya ay mayaman sa manganese at vitamin B, na nagbibigay sa atin ng lakas. Mataas din ito sa vitamin C. Ang isang tasa ng pinya ay may 75 calories. 5. Papaya – Katulad ng ibang pagkaing kulay orange, ang papaya ay may sangkap na betacarotene at vitamin C. Dahil dito, may benepisyo ito sa ating balat at immune system. Ang papaya ay may taglay na papain, isang enzyme na tumutulong sa pagtunaw ng ating kinain. Para sa mga taong nagtitibi, ang papaya ay nagpapalambot ng dumi. Maganda din ito sa may edad para maging normal ang kanilang pagdumi. Ang iba pang masustansyang orange at dilaw na pagkain ay ang mangga, mais at kalabasa.
ARMM’s Office of the Regional Governor secures ISO certification on quality service COTABATO CITY - The Office of the Regional Governor in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ORGARMM) has been awarded an ISO 9001:2008 certification that affirms its compliance to internationally accepted standard on quality customer service. The “ISO is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 162 national standards bodies.” Its International Standards, such as the ISO 9001:2008, “ensure that products and services are safe, reliable and of good quality.” ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said the ISO certification is part of their commitment to improve governance and provide people in the region the kind of public service they deserve. The ORG-ARMM was evaluated by the TUV Rheinland Philippines, Inc. and successfully passed a two-phase external audit. The first phase involved the
assessment of its Quality Management System (QMS) documents composed of the Quality Policy, Quality Manual and the Quality Procedure, which were approved in June last year. The second phase of the audit was an on-site evaluation of the actual implementation of the QMS on the different offices of the ORG-ARMM. The scope of the certification includes the provision of completed staff work for request for the Regional Governor’s issuances and engagements. “These core processes provides two of the main services of ORG and we want to ensure our clients that we don’t only provide quality services but also that these services undergo a quality standard procedure,” Ms. Norkhalila Mae MambuayCampong, ARMM cabinet secretary said. Campong acted as the quality management representative of the ORG-ARMM.
She said that although the audit focused on the two core processes, the certification also looked into other functions such as records management, monitoring of client feedback, resource management, and means for continual improvement. The Development Academy of the Philippines (DAP) assisted the ORGARMM in its ISO standard application as part of the regional government’s efforts to further good governance in the ARMM. The ORG-ARMM, which wields ministerial control over some 40 line agencies and support offices, is now one of the few Local Government Units in the country that have been granted an ISO certification. The ARMM had earlier passed the Good Governance Conditions (GGC) set by the national government, qualifying its more than 30,000 employees to receive Performance-Based Bonus (PBB). (Bureau of Public Information)
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Mall voting aprubado na sa COMELEC MADAYON NA ang pagpahigayon og botohan sa mga shopping mall human gi-aprubahan sa Commission on Elections (COMELEC) ang pagbutang og mga voting precincts sa Mayo 9. Gipasabot ni COMELEC Chairman Andres Bautista nga midesisyon ang poll body nga ipatuman na ang mall voting human ang serye sa public consultation sa pipila ka clustered precincts. Matud pa ni
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Bawal ang pagbaligya ug pagpalit sa “bote-boteng” gasolina ug diesel ANG DEPARTMENT of Energy (DOE) istriktong mipahimangno sa publiko sa mahimong peligro sa pagbaligya ug binotelyang gasolina ug diesel nga kasagarang maoy hinungdan sa pagka kalas sa kinabuhi ug kabtangan. Si Energy Secretary Zenaida Monsada namahayag nga ang pagbaligya sa gasolina ug diesel sulod sa mga botelya ug uban pa nga ginadiling sudlanan istriktong gibawal ubos sa kasamtangang Department Circular No. DC2003-11-010 ang naila nga Retail Rules. Matud ni Monsada ang dili hustong paggamit sa liquid fuels nga mga highly combustible and
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