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Mar. 11-17, 2013

MINDANAO ALARMADO SA KAGULUHAN SA NORTH BORNEO

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larmado na ang mga lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi at Sulu, at maging Zam-boanga ay nababahala na rin sa k a g u l u h a n s a No r t h Borneo na kung saan ay tinira na ng Malaysia ang mahigit sa 200 followers ng Sultanate of Sulu.

Mi s m o n g s i Su l u Gov. Sakur Tan at TawiTa w i G ov. Sa d i k u l Sahali ang ngayon ay nanga-ngamba sa kaligtasan ng mga Pilipino, partikular ang m g a Ta u s u g , s a n a turang lugar. Posibleng maghigpit ng todo ang Malaysia sa mga illegal i m m i g ra n t s s a No r t h Bo r n e o k a u g n a y s a kaguluhan.

“Ang kaligtasan ng mga Pilipino, lalo na y u n m g a Ta u s u g n a mula sa Sulu at TawiTa w i , a t Ba s i l a n a n g aming concern ngayon.

Gayun rin ang impact nitong gulo sa aming ekonomiya dahil siguradong pag pinalayas s i l a n g Ma l a y s i a s a

President Benigno Aquino kasama ang 5 governors ng Muslim autonomous region – Dr. Sakur Tan,ng Sulu; Esmael Mangudadatu, ng Maguindanao; Jum Akbar, ng Basilan; Mamintal Adiong, Jr. ng Lanao, at OIC Mujiv Hataman sa larawang ito ng Malakanyang na ipinasa sa Mindanao Examiner.

Sabah ay walang mga trabaho yan sa kanilang pagbabalik at problema yan,” ani Tan. It o r i n a n g p a n a -

nanaw ni Sahali. “Yan nga ang problema namin ngayon dahil k a ra m i h a n n g a m i n g mga (stocks) na

ibinibenta sa Tawi-Tawi ay galing ng Malaysia at ngayon pa lamang ay apektado na nga kami dahil naghigpit na sila

Konsentrado ang mambabasang ito sa isyu na may kinalaman sa North Borneo na kinapalolooban ng Sultanate of Sulu na siyang may karapatan sa nasabing isla na katabi lamang ng lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi. Suportado ng mga Muslim sa Pilipinas ang historical rights ng Sultanate of Sulu sa North Borneo. (Kuha ni Alvin Lardizabal)

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sa mga biyahero mula Ta w i - Ta w i o Sa b a h ,” sabi pa ni Sahali.

Nanawagan si Tan s a m g a f o l l owe r s n g Su l t a n a t e o f Su l u n a ibaba muna ang kanilang mga armas at saka pag-usapan ang problema na may kinalaman sa isyu ng North Borneo o Sabah kung tawagin ng Malaysia.

Iginiiit naman ni Su l u Su l t a n Ja m a l u l Kiram na kapayapaan ang kanilang tanging hangad sa No r t h Borneo na pagaari ng Su l t a n a t e o f Su l u , ngunit marahas naman ang naging pagtugon d i t o n g Ma l a y s i a n a umaangkin sa nasabing isla sa kabila ng patuloy na pagbayad nito ng u m a n o’ y cession money kay Sultan Fuad na isa lamang sa maraming nagsasabing sila ang tunay na tagapag-mana sa trono.

Ni t o n g Linggo lamang ay pinalayas ng Malaysia ang 289 mga Pilipinong dinakip sa North Borneo dahil sa i b a t - i b a n g k a s o. Du mating sa Zam-boanga City ang mga ito sakay ng isang barko, ngunit

ayon sa Department of Social Welfare and Development ay walang kinalaman ang deportation sa kaguluhan doon.

Sinabi ni Labor Sec. R o s a l i n d a B a l d oz n a tutulungan ng pamahalaang Aquino ang mga deportees upang maipasok sa reintegration program at mabigyan ng hanapbuhay.

“The DOLE helped facilitate their smooth arrival, and we are ready with our reintegration programs and other services for other Filipinos who may dec i d e t o re t u r n t o t h e country either for good or to wait for the situation to stabilize before re t u r n i n g to Sabah,” ani Baldoz.

Patuloy naman ang paguusap nina Foreign Affairs Secretary Albert del Rosario at ang Malaysian Foreign Minister Dato Sri' Anifah Aman, kasama Malaysian Defense Minister Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zamid Hamidi upang solusyunan ang kag u l u h a n s a No r t h B o r n e o. S u b a l i t s a kabila nito ay wala naman humpay ang atake ng Malaysian security forces sa grupo n i R a j a Mu d a A g b i muddin Kiram sa North Borneo.

Sa Zamboanga City ay sinabi naman ni Mayor Celso Lobregat na inalertuhan na nito ang ibat-ibang ahensya ng pamahalaan uoang paghandaan ang anumang magaganap sa North Borneo. “ We hope there will be no c rackdown on Filipinos in Sabah so there will be no increase in the repatr iation,” ani Lobregat.

Inaabangan ng mga Muslim sa Zamboanga ang anumang balita ukol sa kaguluhan doon dahil marami sa kanila ang sumus u p o r t a k a y Su l t a n Ja m a l u l . Ti n a t a y a n g aabot sa halos 800,000 Pilipino ang nasa Sabah. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Zambales Rep. Mitos Magsaysay, inilaglag ng UNA sa WesMin ZAMBOANGA CITY – Tuluyan ng inilaglag ng United National Alliance sa Western Mindanao ang senatorial candidate ng grupo na si Mitos Magsaysay matapos umanong isnabin ng mambabatas ang lokal na UNA line up ng ito’y bumisita sa Zamboanga City.

Nainsulto at nabastos umano ang mga lokal na UNA line up na pinangungunahan ni former Zamboanga del Norte congressman Romeo Jalosjos, Sr. sa pangiisnab ni Magsaysay.

Ngunit ang masakit pa umano ay nakipagkita si Mitos sa ibang partido na kalaban naman ng UNA. “Nabastos at nainsulto kami ng husto sa ginawa nitong si Mitos at dahil diyan ay nagalit si Nonong ( Jalosjos) at ipinag-utos na huwag ng isama sa lahat ng cam-

paign materials at propaganda ang pangalan ni Mitos at hindi lamang sa Zamboanga City ngunit sa buong Western Mindanao na kung saan ay malakas ang mga Jalosjos,” ani pa ng isang opisyal ng lokal na UNA sa impormasyon na ipinasa nito sa regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. “ S i g u r a d o n g lalangawin yan si Mitos sa Western Mindanao, lalo na identified pa siya kay (dating Pangulo at ngayon Pampanga Congresswoman) Gloria (Arroyo).

Yan ang resulta ng kanyang pambabastos at pagiinsulto sa lokal na UNA,” dagdag pa nito.

Hindi naman agad makunan ng pahayag si Mitos, na ang tunay na pangalan ay Ma. Milagros Habana-Magsaysay, na kilalang ka-alyado ni Arroyo. (Mindanao Examiner)

Dalawang mambabasa ng Mindanao Examiner ang tutuk na tutuk sa isyu na may kinalaman sa North Borneo na kinapalolooban ng Sultanate of Sulu na siyang may karapatan sa nasabing isla na katabi lamang ng lalawigan ng Tawi-Tawi. Suportado ng mga Muslim sa Pilipinas ang historical rights ng Sultanate of Sulu sa North Borneo. (Kuha ni Alvin Lardizabal)

Mindanao Examiner Photo of Romeo Jalosjos, Sr. and Rep. Mitos Magsaysay. (Mitos Magsaysay Mula sa official fan page sa Facebook w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / mitoshmagsaysay)

Tur n of th Hour' urn offf lights lights,, suppor supportt 'Ear 'Earth MANILA - The National Youth Commission urged citizens to turn off their lights on March 23 in celebration of Earth Hour.

“Earth Hour is among the most significant efforts of humans to give back to nature. We may never truly replace what is lost, but we can do something about those that are at risk environmentally,” said Commissioner Erwin Andaya, NYC chairman on Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development.

Andaya said citizens can turn off their lights or

electricity for an hour at exactly 8.30 p.m.

He said Earth Hour is the world’s largest voluntary action for the planet

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and is celebrated across 151 countries, where individuals, businesses, governments, and communities are involved to take action to drumbeat environmentally sustainable undertakings.

“Dito sa National Youth Commission, we’ll not just be turning off our lights, we shall also turn off our internet, and other utilities for one hour. We are also encouraging young Filipinos to go beyond the 60-minute switch-off by living more sustainably to minimize our ecological imprint,” Andaya said.

For the past four years, the Philippines has had the most number of cities and towns joining the global movement. Earth Hour is organized by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

Decorated army commander is new 6th Infantry Division chief in Central Mindanao MAGUINDANAO – A decorated army commander, Brigadier General Romeo Gapuz, has been named as the new chief of the 6th Infantry Division in the southern Philippines.

Gapuz, a member of the Philippine Military Academy Class 81, served as deputy commander of

the 4th Infantry Division in Northern Mindanao, replaced Major General Caesar Ronnie Ordoyo, of Class 80, is named new commander of the Southern Luzon Command in Lucena City.

Gapuz vowed to continue the success of the previous leadership and said he will be resilient to

learn the dynamics in his mission of confidencebuilding measures with the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front which is currently negotiating peace with Manila.

“Consider myself to be resilient, just give me more time,” he told reporters.

(Mark Navales and Lance Ballentes)

Brigadier General Romeo Gapuz, the new chief of the 6th Infantry Division in the southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)

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Huge welcome for UNA senatorial bet JV Ejercito Estrada in Zambo

UNA senatorial bet JV Ejercito Estrada during his recent visit to Zamboanga City for the launching of the Ako YON at Western Mindanao State University (Mindanao Examiner Photo) UNA SENA T ORIAL CANDISENAT TE JV Ejercito Estrada visited DATE DA Zamboanga City, and was welcomed by huge crowd of supporters and fans, as part of his campaign sorties in the southern Philippines.

Ejercito Estrada also met with students and faculty members of the state-owned Western Mindanao State University led

by Dr. Milabel Ho during the launching of the Ako YON (Ako Youth of the Nation) movement.

He told students and their leaders of his plans and programs for the youth and the forthcoming increase in government subsidy in stateowned schools by as much as 40%.

The San Juan City lawmaker, who is the son of former

President Joseph Estrada, was overwhelmed by the warm welcome he received from students, who, in groups, spent time with Ejercito Estrada posing for photographs inside the university campus.

While in Zamboanga City, Ejercito Estrada was also interviewed on TV 11’s No Limit by host Ronnie Lledo where he enumerated his platform of gover nment and plans for Mindanao if gets elected in the mind-term polls in May. He said among his priority program is to legislate proper resource allocation for Mindanao according to potential gains and development goals and to strengthen and augment legislation that encourage investors and indus-

trial growth, especially in sectors that are fitted to Filipino skills and aptitude.

Ejercito Estrada expressed alarm over the worsening power situation in the South.

“This is alarming, if the situation continues, the power crisis continues, this will definitely affect the economy of the whole of Mindanao. Definitely business will shy away and even some of the business establishments will probably close down and we will have a big problem there because we will lose jobs and we will lose potential jobs as well. We have to improve the power situation in Mindanao by rehabilitating our Agus-Pulangi (hydropower plants) facility,” he said.

He said there was a P2 bil-

lion funding in 2010 for the rehabilitation of the hydropower plants, but this was not carried out for a still unknown reason. He said the Department of Energy and the National Power Corporation should look into the critical power situation in Mindanao.

Ejercito Estrada also paid a courtesy call to Mayor Celso Lobregat and the local UNA party members led by Crisanto dela Cruz and lawyer and councilman Rommel Agan, and had a dinner at the Lantaka hotel with the delegation from the Junior Chamber International and press people.

He motored around Zamboanga in a convoy of vehicles and was interrupted sev-

eral times on the road because of a large number of followers and supporters that blockaded his path to be able to shake hands and take pictures beside his pick-up truck.

“I cannot express how happy I am with all these warm reception and show of support by the Zamboanguenos and everybody we met along the way.

Zamboanga and Mindanao and Basilan, TawiTawi and Sulu will always be in my heart and we thank them all for their support to me, to us our family,” Ejercito Estrada told th regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

Ejercito Estrada belongs to the political party of Vice President Jejomar Binay.

(Mindanao Examiner)

Clan war pinangangambahan sa Mindanao PAGADIAN CITY – Posibleng sumiklab ang gulo sa pagitan ng mga angkan ng Muslim sa Mindanao matapos na dukutin umano ng mga di-kilalang lalaki ang bayaw ni scam suspect Jacob Rasuman sa Lanao del Norte province.

Inulat na nawawala si Datu Khalid Tomawis na anak naman ni Sultan Yahya Tomawis, na isa sa mga diumano’y kasamahan ni Rasuman na siyang itinuturo na nasa likod ng “Ponzi” scheme sa Lanao provinces.

Dinukot umano si Tomawis sa bayan ng Balo-i na kung saan ay natagpuan ang sasakyan nito na iniwan sa Barangay Dadapa. Galing ito sa Marawi City at patungo sana sa kanyang bahay sa Iligan City ng harangin sa gitna ng kalsada sa bayan ng Baloi sa Lanao del Norte.

Wala pang umamin sa pagdukot kay Tomawis, ngunit malaki ang hinala na hinila ito upang mapuwersa ang pamilyang Tomawis o Rasuman na bayaran ang mga salaping inilagak ng mga Muslim sa scam.

Sinabi naman ni Brig.

Gen. Daniel Lucero, commander ng militar sa kalapit na Lanao del Sur, na mahigpit ang kanilang pagbabantay sa lalawigan upang mapigilan ang

anumang karahasan dahil sa scam.

Maging ang bahay ni Rasuman sa Marawi City ay binabantayan na rin ng mga sundalo dahil balak umano itong sunugin ng mga nalokong investors. “Mahigpit ang siguridad namin ngayon dito sa Marawi City together with the police dahil baka sunugin ng mga tao ang bahay ni

Rasuman sa sobrang galit nila,” ani Lucero sa Mindanao Examiner.

Si Rasuman ay nagsabing naglagay rin siya ng milyon-milyong piso sa Aman Futures ni Manuel Amalilio sa Pagadian City, ngunit lingid sa kaalaman ni Rasuman ay isa rin itong scam na ang pangako sa mga investors ay 50% interest sa loob ng

dalawang lingo.

Si Amalilio, na isang Malaysian national, ay tumakas na patungong Sabah nuong nakaraang taon matapos itong pumalya sa pagbayad sa mga investors. Tinatayang halos P2 bilyon ang natangay nito sa investors at kasabwat ang ilang mga malalaking tao at pulitiko. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Soldiers accused in killing of botanists face homicide charges

Tulog na tulog ang dalawang security guards na ito kahit pasado alas 11 pa lamang ng gabi sa kanilang puwesto sa labas ng bagong botica sa Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

‘Sleeping beauty’ ng botica sa Zambo ZAMBOANGA CITY – Mistulang mga “sleeping beauty” ang dalawang security guards na ito na natutulog sa kanilang puwesto sa labas ng botica na kanilang binabantayan sa Zamboanga City.

Madalas umanong makitang natutulog ang mga security guards sa halip na magbantay sa botica. Nitong 11:20 ng

gabi ay nakitang tulog na naman ang mga ito.

Hindi naman agad mabatid kung anong security agency ang kinabibilangan ng dalawa, ngunit ang bagong botica na kanilang binabantayan ay malapit lamang sa Zamboanga Medical Center sa Veterans Avenue. (Mindanao Examiner)

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MANILA - The family of slain botanist Leonard Co and the human rights group Hustisya were disappointed over the Department of Justice resolution to file charges of reckless imprudence resulting in multiple homicide instead of murder on the soldiers involved in the killing of botanist Leonard Co and two others.

Hustisya Secretary General Cristina Guevarra said that the DOJ’s stand to downgrade the charges against the soldiers manifests a slipshod attempt to allegedly whitewash the incident and free the soldiers of their accountability.

She said their group also condemned the flimsy

alibi of the soldiers that the killing was merely an “honest mistake.”

“Amid their posturing to subscribe to due process, their attempts to mislead the public and cover up the dastardly act makes them all the more guilty of murder.The massacre of Leonard Co and company was not an accident, the soldiers were there to kill,” Guevarra said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

Glenda Co, wife of the slain botanist, said they were also not happy with the resolution.

“We are not happy with the resolution. We do not agree that the killing of my husband Leonard, and his

companions Sofronio Cortez and Julius Borromeo, is a simple case of homicide,” she said in the same statement.

Reiterating that the killing of Leonard, Cortez and Borromeo is murder, Co said the DOJ ignored the results of the independent fact-finding mission led by the “Justice for Leonard Co Movement” just 10 days after the incident.

“We have waited this long only to suffer another injustice. By ignoring the need for justice, they have also ignored the life of service that Leonard and his companions had done to their last breath,” Co said.

Results of the factfinding team in 2010 belied

claims by the Armed Forces of the Philippines that the three were killed in a crossfire with members of the New People’s Army on November 15 of the same year.

The mission team, participated in by scientists and human rights advocates, led by Dr. Giovanni Tapang, revealed that there was no firefight; and that the continuing bursts of gunfire that felled Co and company was one-sided, originating only from where the soldiers of 16th Infantry Battalion were positioned.

The Commission on Human Rights also issued its recommendations last year to file charges against the soldiers.

CAAP proposes new terminal fee for MisOr Airport CAGAYAN DE ORO - The Civil Aviation Authority o f t h e Ph i l i p p i n e s (CAAP) Area Center 9 today conducted a public hearing on the proposed terminal fee for Laguindingan Airport which will open soon in Misamis Oriental.

The proposed terminal fee or passenger service charge for the new airport is P200 for domestic travels and P700 for international travels.

En g i n e e r R a u l G .

Gl o r i o s o, C A A P v i c e chair, said one basis of the terminal fee is for cost recovery.

In Republic Act (RA) 9497 or the Civil Aviat i o n Au t h o r i t y Ac t o f 2008, CAAP is given fiscal autonomy. All rev-

enues earned by CAAP will be used solely by the authority in its operations, maintenance and development of airports nationwide.

Glor ioso said they do not receive a subsidy from the national government but they rely on their own income.

In RA 9497, CAAP is also authorized to have t h e i r ow n f e e s a n d charges and can only increase every three years.

After the public hearing, the board will consult with the direct o r g e n e ra l t o d e t e rmine, fix, impose, collect or receive reasonable charges, fees, dues or assessments with respect to aviation certificates, licenses and all

other authorizations or permissions authorized to be issued under RA 9497 and all services per for med by the authority.

Glorioso said consultations on the terminal fee will be prioritized since the fee will be implemented once the airport is opened.

CAAP also intends to strategize and study on concessions as part of the income generating factor for the airport.

He added that the terminal fee will not rec ov e r i n ve s t m e n t b u t only the operations of the airport.

The Laguindingan A i r p o r t De v e l o p m e n t Pr o j e c t i s a n e w trunkline airport of in-

ter national standard s located in Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental under the Department of Transportation and Communications (DOTC).

Project components of the airpor t include civil works and buildings, air navigation system and support facilities (ANSSF), consulting services, construction of access road and right-of-way (RoW ) acquisition resettlement.

The construction of civil works started last Ja n u a r y 1 8 , 2 0 0 8 a n d will finish in June 30, 2013 while the constr uction of ANSSF is from March 2013 to May 2014.

(Elaine O. Ratunil)

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San Juan City Representative JV Ejercito Estrada

Cecille’s Catering and Pension House Brgy. Sanito, Ipil, Zamboanga Sibugay

Elbert “Bong” Atilano, Sr. Zamcelco President

Tel. (062) 9552078 Brgy. Tumaga Porcentro, Zamboanga City

Tel. (062) 9841105

Atty. Aminola P. Abaton Regional Director LTO - 9 Zamboanga City

Mayor Ace Cerilles Mayor Agapito Cardino Dumalinao Municipality Zamboanga Del Sur

Dapitan City Zamboanga Del Norte

Nature’s Spring Metro Gateway Warehouse Tumaga Putik Road

Zamboanga City Tel. (062) 9841070

Tito Espiritusanto Brgy. Chairman Zone III Zamboanga City

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Davao police, inakusahan ng brutality!

DAVAO CIT Y – Kinondena ng National Union of Journalists of the Philippines sa Davao City ang pananakit ng pulisya sa mga hanay ng media na nagko-cover sa protesta ng mga biktima ng nakaraang bagyo sa harap ng Department of Social Welfare and Development.

Sinabi ng NUJP na sinaktan umano ng mga parak si Karlos Manlupig habang nagko-cover ito sa barikadang isinagawa ng mga sibilyan na biktima r in ng pananakit. Kinondena rin ng NUJP si Davao City police chief, Senior Supt.

Ronaldo dela Rosa, sa diumano’y pagiging arogante nito sa media .

Nabatid pang ipinagtulukan ng mga parak si Manlupig at ayon sa pahayag ng

NUJP ay binastos pa diumano ni Dela Rosa ang mama-mahayag.

“To add insult to injury, PNP Davao Chief dela Rosa scolded Manlupig in public, saying, you're in a middle of a commotion, so don't expect special treatment," wika ng NUJP sa pahayag na ipinadala nito sa Mindanao Examiner.

Maging ang reporter na si Irene Dagudog ay pinagbalingan r in ni Dela Rosa. “Dagudog tried to get an interview with the police chief but he instead confronted her and asked, are you neutral? If you blush, you are not."

“Such arrogance and disrespect by dela Rosa towards members of the press is condemnable.

His attitude is reflective

on the whole Davao City police personnel who actually treated people in the same manner as they beat up the barricaders indiscriminately including women and children. There were accounts that police even fondled and stripped women protesters,” dagdag pa ng media watch dog.

Pinagsisipa at pinagpapalo rin ng mga parak ang mga nagpoprotesta at maging babae ay hindi pinatawad.

Nagsagawa ng protesta at barikada ang mga sibilyan dahil sa u m a n o’ y p a n g i i i t n g D S W D s a m g a re l i e f goods na nakalaan sa mga biktima ng bagyo s a D a va o O r i e n t a l a t Co m p o s t e k a Va l l e y.

(Mindanao Examiner)

Bayani Challenge 2013 BIR optimistic in new tax goal in Western Mindanao gilusad dinhi sa dakbayan DIPOLOG CITY Gi-imbitahan sa Office of the Special Concerns of the Presidential Communications Operatons Office sa kauluhang Manila ang City Government of Dipolog ilawom sa administrasyon ni City Mayor Evelyn T. Uy nga mosalmot sa “Bayani Challenge 2013” karong umaabot Marso 23-27 aron matabangan ang mga nanginahanglang katawhan pinaagi sa usa ka sistema sa pagbayanihan.

Nasayran sa Buhatan sa Impor masyon nga kining maong lima ka adlaw nga kalihukan nga nagdala sa temang: “Is a n g Ba y a n , Is a n g Ba y a n i h a n , Ma k e Na tion Building a Part of yo u r L i f e s t y l e” a n g gimugna aron mas mapalambo pa ang sistema sa pagtinabangay sa mga katawhang Pilipino pinaagi sa pagpakigtimbayayong sa pagbuhat ug mga balay, pag-ayum-ayom sa mga tulunghaan, paghatag ug serbisyong medikal, ug sa paghimo ug mga lakang aron mapugngan

ang epekto sa climate change nga kasam t a n g a n k a ro n g n a hiaguman dinhi sa tibuok nasud.

Ma t u d p a n g a a n g PCOO ang nagapangita u g m g a b o l u n t a r yo n g indibidwal ug grupo nga moapil niining maong h a g i t a ro n m a d a l a gilayon kini sila sa mga lugar nga gisitar sa maong buhatan. Kini ang base sa sulat hangyo nga nadawat sa City Ma y o r’s O f f i c e d i i n gihangyo kadtong mga Local Government Units (LGUs) sa tibuok nasud nga mo-boluntaryo sa p a g - a p i l s a “Ba y a n i Challenge 2013” aron m a m a h i m o n g malampuson kining maong kalihukan.

Ka h i b a l o a n nga kadtong mga indibidwal o team nga gilangkuban sa 15 ka mga miyembro nga gustong muapil ang magdala lamang ug pagkaon nga igo sa t i b u o k d u ra s yo n s a maong aktibidades, mga k o bye r t o s ug mga k a h i m a n a n s a p a gpangluto, sleeping bags ug muskitero ingon man tents, insect repellents,

first aid kits, flash light, digital o video cameras, ug mga ekipo sama sa mosunod: usa ka piko, usa ka bareta, tulo ka pala, 2 ka kutsara, usa ka m e t ro n g a s t e e l t a p e, u s a k a p a re s s a h a n d gloves, hard hats, 3 ka p a i n t r o l l e r u g t ra y ingon man paint brush, usa ka leveling tool o l e veling hose, tulo ka wood float alang sa plastering, tulo ka b a l d e, u s a k a s e t s a landscaping/gardening tools, usa ka martilyo, usa ka gabas, duha ka hacksaw blade, usa ka Philips screw driver, ug usa ka pliers.

Nu n o t niining maong kalambuan, giawhag kadtong mga Dipolognons nga gustong mosalmot sa maong bayanihan chall e n g e n g a m o re h i s t r o lang niining maong website: http: //bayani challnge2013.blogspot.com o mutawag lang kang Charo sa cellphone number: 09152967030 o ba kaha ang mobisita lang sa w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m / pilipinasnatinmovement.

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Bureau of Internal Revenue in Western Mindanao expressed optimism that it would be able to collect more revenues this year as it launched its Tax Campaign 2013.

BIR regional chief lawyer Albert Alocilja said the campaign aims to

educate the public about the agency’s efforts in collecting revenues from business establishments and workers to add to the government’s coffers.

Alocilja also reminded private workers and employees and those self-employed and companies to pay their income tax returns, whose

deadline is on April 15.

Last year, the BIR regional office collected almost P4 billion in revenues and overshot its target.

Alocilja said their tax campaign slogan for this year is “I Love The Philippines, I Pay Taxes Correctly.” (Mindanao Examiner. Gina Fernando)

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Mar. 11-17, 2013

Village official who led protest vs non-delivery of food aid is killed DAVAO CITY – Unidentified gunmen shot dead a village official who was among the leaders that led a protest in Davao City to condemn the non-delivery of humanitarian aid to victims of typhoon in Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines, human rights groups told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

Quoting reports from Hanimay Suazo, Secretary General of the Karapatan in southern Mindanao, Hustisya said Cristina Jose, of Binondo village in the town of Baganga in Davao Oriental, was killed while heading home.

Hustisya strongly condemned the killing of Jose, who was one of the leaders that trooped to the office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development in Davao City.

Jose was also a leader of Bayan Muna and a member of Barug Katawhan, the organization formed by typhoon victims that demanded not only food and relief, but accountability to government agencies such as the DSWD due to the nondelivery of much-needed aid.

“We are filled with anger with the killing of Cristina Jose. We condemn those who felled her in as much as we have condemned the government who further aggravated the suffering of the typhoon victims,” Hustisya Secretary General Cristina

Guevarra said.

Karapatan said prior to the killing, Jose and the others who joined the protest were allegedly harassed by other officials and soldiers who belong to the 67th Infantry Battalion.

“They demanded food and justice, but they are harassed and even killed. We demand justice for Jose, and to the typhoon survivors who have been resilient against the government’s blatant negligence and ineptitude towards their plight,” Guevarra said.

The Bagong Alyansang Makabayan also condemned the murder and said “blood is in the hands of President Benigno Aquino.”

“We condemn in strongest terms this treachery by the fascist government.

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Kagawad Jose did was to simply expose cases of corruption and human rights violations enshrouding the relief operations in Baganga perpetrated by the 67th Infantry Battalion," said Bayan spokesperson Sheena Duazo.

She said troops blockaded the humanitarian aid intended for the typhoon victims in the village of Binondo.

“The Aquino government must be held accountable for allowing the number of human rights violations and the state of impunity to go unabated. We demand accountability from the current regime for the killing of Jose and all other victims of Oplan Bayanihan,” Duazo said, referring to the government’s anti-insurgency campaign.

UNA senatorial bet JV Ejercito Estrada pasok sa bagong Top 5 survey MANILA – Pasok sa Top 5 ng pinakahuling Pulso ng Pilipino survey si United National Alliance senatorial candidates JV Ejercito Estrada at Nancy Binay.

Nag-tie sa parehong

puwesto sina Ejercito Estrada at Binay at natuwa naman ang mga ito sa pagkakapasok nila sa nasabing survey. Kasama ng dalawa sina Senators Loren Legarda, Chiz

Escudero, Alan Peter Cayetano at Cynthia Villar.

Sa naturang survey ay malinaw na malakas pa rin ang suportang nakukuha ng UNA. (Mindanao Examiner)

Former President Joseph Estrada and son UNA Senatorial candidate JV Ejercito Estrada wave to supporters as the UNA motorcade rolled through the streets of Iligan City.

Paghatag sa proyekto ug ligdong nga serbisyo alang sa katawhan DIPOLOG CITY Mipasibaw ang inahan ning dakbayan sa Dipolog Mayor Evelyn T. Uy kabahin sa iyang kaugalingon ug sa kapikas niini nga si kanhi Dipolog City Mayor Roberto Y. Uy nga sila ang wala na’y mga ambisyon nga mas labaw pa sa pagpanerbisyo, mao kini ang tipik sa mensahe atol sa usa ka panagtigom ning bag-ohay pa lamang.

Matud pa ni Mayor Uy nga ang mga proyekto nga inpra-straktura nga nahatag o nabutang na, dili na kana mawala o makuha pa. Makita ug masunod pa kini sa mga bag-ong tubo sama sa

atong mga anak. Sanglit nga nakita na kini sa tanang mga katawhan dinhi sa dakbayan, busa ang tanang kalamboan ang gikinahanglan nga ha-tagan ug bili gumikan kay ang binuhatan ni Berto Uy nga gisundan usab sa Mayora usa ka ligon nga kamatuoran nga sila ang mihatag ug igong serbisyo alang sa dakbayan.

Mipahayag usab si Berto Uy ngadto sa mga katawhan ning dakbayan nga ang labing importanteng butang nga angay batonan sa matag usa, mao ang pagbaton ug dakung pagsalig ngadto sa kahitas-an aron ang tanang hangyo nato

sa labawng makagagahom ang malauman nga madawat.

Ibutang nato sa atong kasing-kasing ug alimpatakan nga “Bulahan Ang Usa Ka Nasod kinsang Dios mao ang Ginoo”.

Subay sa maong panaghisgot, ang katuyoan ni Mayor Uy mao lamang ang pagpahinomdom sa mga katawhan nga usa ka dakung bililhon mao ang paghatag ug mga proyekto alang sa kalamboan sa dakbayan inubanan sa ligdong nga pagpanerbisyo ngadto sa mga mabuot nga lungsoranon.

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Mar. 11-17, 2013

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Sultan Sharif Ibrahim Ajibul Mohammad Pulalun Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo Assalamualaykom warahmatullahi walbarakatuho Ako po si Sultan Sharif Ibrahim Ajibul Mohammad Pulalun, ang lehitimo na tagapagmana ni Sultan Mohammad Pulalun, Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo, ay nananawagan sa gobyerno ng Pilipinas na ilabas na ang totoong kasaysayan ng Sultanate of Sulu, upang matigil na ang gulo na nakakadamay ng mga inosenteng mamamayan.

Sa pamahalaan naman ng Malaysia, ako po ay nananawagan na huwag idamay ang mga inosenteng Pilipinong sibilyan na naninirahan at naghahanap-buhay diyan sa Sabah.

At sa mga kapatid kong Muslim, sabay-sabay tayong manalangin kay Allah na maresolba ang kaguluhan sa Sabah sa mapayapang paraan.

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Filipino youth group called Anakbayan has condemned President Benigno Aquino's handling of the crisis in North Borneo where Malaysian security forces are hunting down members of the Sultanate of Sulu.

More than two dozen people were killed in hostilities in the oil-rich island, just several nautical miles from Tawi-Tawi, since last month when about 200 followers of Sultan Jamalul Kiram landed in the town of Lahad Datu to exert their historical

rights over North Borneo.

“Aquino has clearly committed treason when he did nothing as Malaysian forces attacked the Filipinos in Sabah,” Vencer Crisostomo, Anakbayan's national chairman, told the Mindanao Examiner.

He said Aquino seems to be taking his cue from the Malaysian government and has, from the beginning, failed to take a “sane, patriotic stand” regarding the Sabah claim.

“He essentially gave the green light to the Malaysian government to proceed and massacre the

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Filipinos in Sabah. This is unforgivable, blood is on his hands,” he said.

Crisostomo said Aquino must call strongly on the Malaysian government and the international community to stop the massacre of Filipinos, instead of coming up with “conspiracy theories.”

Aquino has blamed the violence to Sultan Jamalul and his purported financiers. He also ordered authorities to unmask who are those financing Sultan Jamalul.

“Instead of made up stories of ‘conspiracy,’ he should immediately call

for the halting of the allout attack on Filipinos.

The real conspiracy here is between Aquino and the Malaysian government, conniving to dispossess the Philippines and the Sultanate of the rightful claim to Sabah,” Crisostomo said.

He said the Sultanate of Sulu and the Philippines have a rightful claim to North Borneo, now called Sabah by Malaysia, which Aquino has continually ignored.

Crisostomo brancded Aquino as “a puppet (of Malaysia) and traitor (to the Filipino people).”

President Aquino to Sultan Jamalul Kiram: ‘Reasonable dialogue can only begin when we exercise calm, restraint and have an open mind.

PRESIDENT BENIGNO AQUINO reiterated his administration’s position that the only way to end the crisis IN North Borneo is for all parties concerned to sit down and dialogue towards attaining a peaceful and fruitful resolution that is fair to all.

Aquino said all stakeholders should exercise calm, restraint, and come to the table together with open minds for reasonable dialogue to commence.

“Hindi pa rin nagbabago ang panawagan ko sa angkan ni Sultan Jamalul Kiram III: hindi risonableng humingi ng pang-unawa kung nakatutok ang iyong armas sa mukha ng iyong kausap.

Magsisimula lamang ang risonableng usapan oras na maging handa kayong huminahon at magtimpi, at humarap sa mesa nang may bukas na pag-iisip,” he said.

He pointed out that he was aware that there were “forces” behind Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III’s actions of sending some 200 of his followers to Lahad Datu town in Northern Sabah to press their claim on the territory, saying these forces, who have put in danger some 800,000 Filipinos living and working in Sabah, would not prosper in their plans.

“Mulat tayong may

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President Benigno Aquino III mga taong nagkuntsabahan upang humantong tayo sa sitwasyong ito—isang sitwasyong walang agarang solusyon. Ilan po sa kanila ay nakikita natin, habang ang iba naman ay nagkukubli pa rin sa dilim,” Aquino said.

“Hindi po kakayanin ng angkan ni Sultan Jamalul Kiram III na gawing mag-isa ang ganitong uri ng pagkilos.

Kapansin-pansin din ang nag-iisang linya ng mga kritiko para gatungan ang malubha na ngang sitwasyon. Pinalubha nila

ang isyung ito, at ginagawa nila ito habang inilalagay sa peligro ang daan-daang libong Pilipino. Sa mga taong nasa likod nito, ngayon pa lang, sinasabi ko sa inyo: Hindi kayo m a g t a t a g u m p a y.

Pananagutin natin ang mga nagkasala sa bansa,” he added.

Aquino vowed to end the crisis peacefully.

“Gayumpaman, hindi tayo mauubusan ng lakas para piliting tapusin ang kaguluhang ito sa lalong madaling panahon.

Simple lamang po: matatapos ang kagu-

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Davao

luhang ito kung maging risonable ang mga personalidad na sangkot dito, lalo na ang mga taong ang tingin nila sa kanilang sarili ay tunay na pinuno,” he said.

He did not say who was behind or funding the Sultanate of Sulu, but he ordered authorities to investigate this.

Aquino also called on all the 5 governors of the Muslim autonomous region – Dr. Sakur Tan, of Sulu; Esmael Mangudadatu, of Maguindanao; Jum Akbar, of Basilan; Mamintal Adiong, Jr. of Lanao, and Mujiv Hataman – to help in resolving the crisis. The five governors were in the Presidential Palace in Manila when Aquino renewed his appeal to the Sultanate of Sulu.

For Filipino lawmaker JV Ejercito Estrada, he said :"Now that we are facing a crisis in Sabah, there should be no opposition or administration at this point, this is an external crisis. As a Filipino, I would want the President and his men to be given enough space to resolve the crisis peacefully and exhaust all means diplomatically. But I would just like to remind them to also take into consideration the welfare and lives of our Filipino Muslim brothers. Whatever they are called or referred to, they are still Filipinos." (Mindanao Examiner)

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Mar. 11-17, 2013

Court throws out Jalosjos daughter from top town post MANILA - THE Supreme Court time, Svetlana garnered the denied a petition filed by the highest number of votes and daughter of convicted child was proclaimed the duly rapist Romeo Jalosjos after the elected municipal mayor.

Commission on Elections On June 4, 2010, the poll (Comelec) ruled with finality body’s Second Division renher ouster as mayor of dered a resolution disqualifying Baliangao town in Misamis Svetlana from running for the Occidental province. position of mayor. Her motion In a full court decision for reconsideration on August written by Chief Justice Ma. 19, 2010 was denied and the Lourdes commission Sereno, the affirmed the High Court d i v i s i o n ’s denied the resolution. petition for On Sepreview filed by tember 7, Svetlana 2010, the Jalosjos ascourt issued a sailing the stay order, June 4, 2010 which reand August quired the 19, 2010 resoparties to oblutions of the serve the staComelec tus quo pregranting the vailing before petitions filed the issuance by private reof the assailed spondents Comelec Romeo Jalosjos, Sr. Edwin Tupag (Mindanao Examiner Photo) resolution. and Rodolfo In its Estrellada to deny due course to new decision, the court held or cancel her certificate of can- that “[p]etitioner’s uncontrodidacy. verted domicile of origin is Voting 15-0, the court also Dapitan City. The question is lifted the status quo ante order whether she was able to estabit issued in favor of Jalosjos in lish, through clear and positive 2010. proof, that she had acquired a “We find that petitioner domicile of choice in failed to establish by clear and Baliangao, Misamis Occidenpositive proof that she had re- tal, prior to the May 2010 elecsided in Baliangao, Misamis tions.

Occidental, one year prior to “When it comes to the the May 10, 2010 elections,” the qualifications for running for ruling said. public office, residence is synJalosjos had filed on No- onymous with domicile . . . vember 20, 2009 her certificate which imports not only intenof candidacy for mayor of tion to reside in a fixed place, Baliangao for the May 2010 but also personal presence in elections, indicating her place that place, coupled with conof birth and residence as duct indicative of such intenBarangay Tugas, Baliangao. tion,” the court said.

Tugas and Estrellada that “There are three requisites she had falsely represented her for a person to acquire a new place of birth and residence be- domicile by choice. First, resicause she was in fact born in dence or bodily presence in the San Juan, Metro Manila and new locality. Second, an intenhad not totally abandoned her tion to remain there. Third, an intention to abandon the old domicile in Dapitan City.

They presented documen- domicile.

“These circumstances tary evidence to show, among other facts, that there was no must be established by clear tax declaration covering any and positive proof . . . [and] real property in the name of even if these requisites are esSvetlana within the municipal- tablished by clear and positive ity of Baliangao and that there proof, the date of acquisition of was no record of birth in the the domicile of choice, or the critical date, must also be escivil registry of Baliangao.

Svetlana countered that tablished to be within at least she had established her resi- one year prior to the elections dence in the barangay since using the same standard of eviDecember 2008, when she had dence.”

The court said that where purchased two parcels of land there and that she had been were inconsistencies in the afstaying in the house of a certain fidavits of the (witnesses presented by petitioner Svetlana), Mrs. Yap. She contended that the er- among others.

“These discrepancies bolror in her place of birth was committed by her secretary ster the statement of Barangay and that an error in the decla- Tugas officials that petitioner ration of the place of birth in a was not and never had been a candidacy certificate is not a resident of their barangay,” the material misrepresentation court said.

“At most, the witnesses that would lead to disqualification because it is not one of the only show that petitioner was qualifications provided by law. building and developing a She presented documentary beach resort and a house in evidence, including affidavits Barangay Tugas, and that she of witnesses, to sustain her only stayed in Barangay Punta Miray whenever she wanted to claims.

The petition against her oversee the construction of the remained pending as of the day resort and the house.” (Jomar of the elections. In the mean- Canlas - The Manila Times)

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