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ABAH CONTINUES to tighten its laws against illegal immigrants, especially Filipinos leaving in the rich Malaysian state, in an effort to curb the rising numbers of undocumented foreigners travelling there and cross-border raids by Abu Sayyaf militants. Authorities in Sa- serving jail term. monitor the movements bah also regularly crack Malaysia has started of outsiders in the terridown on illegal Filipinos issuing temporary pass tory. This was already anin different towns and for foreigners travelling nounced by Sabah Chief Continue on page 3 deporting them after to Sabah in an effort to
Kidnappers demand ransom for 3 Indon hostages TAWI-TAWI – Kidnappers have demanded ransom for the safe release of three Indonesian fishermen who were seized by masked gunmen off Sabah in Malaysia, reports
said. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Omar Mammah has confirmed the reports and said the kidnappers were demanding ransom, but he did not
say how much the gunmen were asking. He said Filipino authorities also confirmed the ransom demand for the trio - Samiun Maniu, 27; Continue on page 3
Members of the International Migrants’ Alliance hold a rally in Hong Kong, protesting alleged atrocities committed by Malaysian state forces against Filipinos in Sabah. (Library Photo)
Natural gas refinery plant to rise in Sulu
Energy World Corporation Ltd liquefied natural gas hub terminal on Pagbilao Island in Quezon province.
ENERGY WORLD CORPORATION Ltd (EWC), an independent energy company engaged in the production and sale of power and natural gas, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Hadar and Medzar Oil and Gas Corporation (HMOGC) for a proposed liquefied natural gas (LNG) and natural gas refinery plant on the island-municipality of Lugus in the southern Philippine province of Sulu. EWC Executive Director Graham Elliott – representing his father
Stewart Elliott, Chairman and CEO - signed the MOU with HMOGC President Hadar Hajiri during
Hadar Hajiri, president of the Hadar and Medzar Oil and Gas Corporation in Sulu province. (Zamboanga Post)
a recent ceremony witnessed by Mindanao Development Authority Chairman Manny Piñol and Lieutenant General Cirilito Sobejana, chief of the military’s Western Mindanao Command, and other government officials. “We welcome this development and we are excited to see the building of the refinery plant in Lugus Island because this will surely have a great impact not only to the economy of the municipality, but the whole Continue on page 5
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Sabah tightens immigration laws Continued from page 1 Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal who said that the issuance of temporary pass is also to ensure that no one could falsify the document. Sabah has about 500,000 foreigners, including Filipinos mostly working in plantations. “We are issuing the Sabah Temporary Pass to ensure that those (foreigners) who work in the plantations and in certain
places can be monitored by the Home Affairs Ministry and the Immigration Department. Sabah has close to 500,000 foreigners in Sabah, so it is better for us to monitor them than not to know where they are,” he said in a previous report by Bernama. Apdal said there is also a necessity to discuss the system to the Philippine government since many illegal Filipinos working in Sabah
had been deported. The discussion, he said, is to ensure that Filipinos who had been deported should have valid travel documents if they wanted to return to Sabah. He said even the deployment of Indonesian workers to Sabah should also be carefully managed to avoid a labor shortage since the relocation of Indonesia’s capital to East Kalimantan would attract its citizens there.
Police say 250 rogue cops charged, 200 more face charges THE PHILIPPINE NATIONAL POLICE filed charges against 250 erring cops and over 200 more from other law enforcement agencies are facing charges. The PNP said its Integrity Monitoring and Enforcement Group (IMEG) formerly called the Counter-Intelligence Task Force (CITF), filed criminal charges against 124 arrested policemen, including 10 commissioned officers, 113 non-commissioned officers and one non-uniformed personnel from February 2017 up to September 11, 2019. Most of those arrested were patrolman, corporal and staff sergeant.
It said the charges had been filed with the Department of Justice. Out of 101 cops facing administrative cases, 65 were dismissed from the service and five had been suspended from their work, while two were exonerated, and four others and their ranks demoted and 25 cases had been dismissed. PNP chief General Oscar Albayalde said the newly formed enforcement group replaced the two-year-old CITF and designed to conduct intelligence build-up and law enforcement operations against cops involved in illegal activities, such as drug and human traffick-
ing, financial crimes, cybercrime, malversation, graft and corrupt practices, and security violations. He said the IMEG commander Colonel Romeo Caramat will serve as the functional authority of the group with 306 uniformed personnel, consisting of 55 commissioned officers and 251 non-commissioned officers. “The PNP’s internal cleansing will be relentless and will continue on until all rogue cops especially those involved in illegal drugs will be weeded out from the service and charged in court,” Albayalde said. (Christopher Lloyd Caliwan)
Malaysia also refused to recognize the birth right of children of Filipino refugees despite being born there and holder of birth certificate. Deputy Home Minister Aziz Jamman stressed these children are only given IMM13 - a visit pass issued by the Immigration Department to Filipino refugees who escaped to Sabah following unrest in Mindanao during the Marcos administration in the 1970s. IMM13 holders are allowed only to stay in Sabah and Labuan, but they can seek employment, attend school and get medical services from the government. Jamman said these children are not considered Malaysians although they have been issued birth certificates. But birth certificates issued
to these children are different from Malaysian citizens – they are all with distinctive red color. Sabah Immigration Department last year also suspended a program to accept new applications for IMM13 from children of other IMM13 holders. And in 2014, the Sabah National Registration Department said birth certificates were issued to foreign children born in Sabah for record purposes and to monitor their presence, but they were not considered citizens. “Sabah has a lot of documents like IMM13 and Sijil Burung-Burung (state-issued documents). So we want to see how to manage all these documents,” Free Malaysia Today quoted Jamman as saying. “If they are born in Sabah, they are given birth certificates, but this
does not make them citizens,” he added. The Malaysian Insight also quoted Jamman as saying that IMM13 pass holders registered with the Immigration Department form only a fraction of the true migrant population in Sabah. He said the number of migrants is likely larger than reported due to the issuance of fake papers by illegal syndicates and pointed out the problem has become “chronic”. Malaysia’s decision not to recognize children of Filipino refugees born there is racial discrimination. But there was no immediate statement from the Department of Foreign Affairs in Manila or Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim, of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
Kidnappers demand ransom for 3 Indon hostages Continued from page 1 Maharudin Lunani, 48; and Muhammas Farhan, 27, who were kidnapped near Tambisan Island off Lahad Datu town on September 23. “I can confirm that a call has been made by the KFR group to one of the
abductee’s family member,” Mamah was quoted as saying by the Borneo Post. There was no immediate statement from the Philippine military or police about the ransom demand, but Mamah has previously said that the
hostages were taken by their captors to the Filipino province of Tawi-Tawi. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the kidnapping, but Malaysian authorities suspect the pro-ISIS Abu Sayyaf group was behind it. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Sulu Pictures in the News
National Teachers’ Month Celebration is graced by Gov. Sakur Tan. The celebration is spearheaded by Kiram Irilis, Gov. Sakur Tan awards two Achievement Plaque to 2nd finisher, Najib Julkipli and 7th Finisher Alwalid Darry and participant Muktadir Absara with a Certificate of Recognition for their achievements in the recent 210 km UltraMarathon held in Cebu last month. (Nahdin Jubaira)
Gov. Sakur Tan sends Jalni Sammah, Supervising Administrative Officer; and Efren Abdul, Record Officer, to join the Inter-Island HR Quiz Show 2019 held in Lamitan City in Basilan province. Sammah and Abdul won 1st place. The HR Quiz Show is part of the 119th celebration of Philippine Civil Service anniversary. The winning duo presented the plaque and certificate to Gov. Tan who appreciated the achievement and gave assurance that the Provincial Government will be supportive of the Civil Service Commission. (Ahl-franzie Salinas)
Barangay chairman Jun Baanan receives material support consisting of water hose, electric generator, electric water pump, tarp for tent and water tanks from Vice Gov. Toto Tan. (SJU)
Interim President Jasem Gonzales of Sulu Chamber of Commerce and Industry and other officers pay their courtesy call on Gov. Sakur Tan. (Nahdin Jubaira)
Gov. Sakur Tan attends the BARMM Regional Peace and Order Council meeting in Cotabato City.
Lt. Commander Jimmy Oliver Vingno and officers of the Philippine Coast Guard pay a courtesy call on Gov. Sakur Tan at the Provincial Captiol. (Nahdin Jubaira)
Gov. Sakur Tan receives a team from the Department of Agriculture Region 9 led by Jeffrey Sali. The team briefed Gov. Tan on the DA’s activities and also requested that the Provincial Government continues its support to the DA. (Nahdin Jubaira)
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Natural gas refinery plant to rise in Sulu Continued from page 1 of Sulu and Mindanao,” Hajiri told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Defense Chief Delfin Lorenzana and Senator Miguel Zubiri were also briefed about the project. “This refinery plant will largely benefit our people and our region and will surely put Lugus and Sulu to the industrial map. This is also our vision and this business venture will
bring progress and development in Sulu and Mindanao,” he added. EWC said it has discovered huge deposits of LNG in Lugus and this was also confirmed by Hajiri. “The natural gas deposits in Lugus are so huge that it would probably take at least 100 years to extract everything out,” he said. Hajiri said the economic impact of the LNG project in Lugus will help solve the electricity prob-
lems in Sulu, one of 5 provinces under the Bangsamoro, and Mindanao because natural gas can power electricity plants in the region. He said the proposed site of the LNG refinery plant is the village of Parian Kayawan and would be called the “Lugus Island Petroleum Park.” The refinery complex will also include an airport and a deep water jetty that can handle all sizes of LNG
EWC Chairman and CEO Stewart Elliott poses with Hadar Hajiri, Senator Miguel Zubiri and Lugus Vice Mayor Almedzar Hajiri (top photos) and with other officials.
vessels. Hajiri said they are very supportive of President Rodrigo Duterte’s call for local and foreign investors to put up businesses in BARMM. And also support BARMM Chief Minister Murad Ebrahim’s peace and development campaign to make the region an attractive investment destination because of its rich natural resources and friendly people. Sobejana praised the refinery project, saying not only will it generate mass employment and power supply in the region, but also bring about peace and prosperity, particularly in Sulu and BARMM areas. In its company profile, EWC said: “The growing demand for efficient and clean power generation in the Asia Pacific region
presents us with opportunities, where we intend to selectively develop new power generation capacity fuelled by LNG and natural gas in locations where the ability to satisfy increasing local demand is restricted by the limited fuel supply and generation capacity currently in place.” In the Philippines, EWC operates the country’s first ever LNG hub terminal on Pagbilao Island in Quezon prov-
ince, about 90 kilometers Southeast of Manila. It was certified in November 2018 as an energy project of national significance by the Department of Energy. The hub terminal supports 650MW combined cycle gas-fired power plant, and expansion options for both EWC and third party gas clients. (Mindanao Examiner. With additional reporting from the Zamboanga Post.)
Philippines improves market access to Russia, says Envoy FILIPINO AMBASSADOR to Russia, Carlos Sorreta, said Manila is working aggressively to improve the country’s market access to Russia, particularly on agricultural products. “Our primary objective is market access. Russian taste is evolving. They’re willing to try things that are new. So we have, I believe, a good market here for agricultural products,” Sorreta said. As early as the first meeting between President Rodrigo Duterte and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting in 2016, Sorreta said the two leaders vowed to announce good news that will create more opportunities in the agricultural, fishing, and manufacturing sector. “There will be agreements that will create demand for our products which means more workers will be employed by the corporations. Farmers will get higher value for their products. Manufacturers will be creating more jobs and more importantly, the Philippines will be identified as a major player in the agricultural market,” Sorreta said.
However, Sorreta said the Duterte government would have to overcome challenges such as Russia’s current impression of the Philippines. “The problem is Russians have a very little knowledge of the Philippines. What little knowledge they have is stereotypical of the Philippines. So dahil nga we’re identified more with another country where they have problems. So they identify us with that country,” Sorreta said, referring to the United States, the Philippines’ only military ally. But Sorreta said he assured Russia that Manila will not get in between its problems with other countries. “We’re not taking sides. We just want to do business with you. We want to bring our peoples closer together and learn more from each other,” he said. He said to promote the Filipino products the Philippines should promote the country first. “You just can’t promote our fruits without telling the story of the Philippines, of the Filipino people, of the sustainable farming of our long tradition of using healthy and organic inputs in our agriculture and you
have to tell the story of a warm and friendly people, of beautiful places for tourists to visit, of a great culture, a great art, and music. We have to sell the whole country, our people, our places, our history,” Sorreta said. To create that better knowledge and understanding of the Philippines, Sorreta said the embassy has organized events such as food tasting and cooking demonstrations featuring its agricultural products. Moreover, he said they are also boosting culture, art, and tourism promotion. “We’ve been recording slight increases over the years in tourism arrival from Russia. And they travel a lot to Southeast Asia. Almost two million go to Southeast Asia. The bulk goes to Thailand, about 1.4 million. We get about 30,000 to 35,000. So we need to exert more effort. There’s no doubt that Russians travel. They just need to know more about the Philippines and they travel to Southeast Asia,” he said. Duterte was in Russia last week and met with President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. (Azer Parrocha)
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Cebu board member eyes task force vs. investment scams
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EBU CITY – Provincial Board member Glenn Anthony Soco said he would propose the creation of a task force that will run against establishments and individuals involved in investment scams. Soco said the lo- can do their part in re- businesses. Instead of cal government units porting investment firms increasing the economic (LGUs) down to the ba- if local officials find their value of the province of rangay level should aug- activities suspicious. Cebu, the money duped ment the efforts of the Soco expressed concerns by investment scams will Securities and Exchange over the proliferation of go out of our economCommission (SEC) in fraudulent investment ic system,” Soco, who monitoring suspicious schemes now also being served as president of activities of companies offered on social me- the Mandaue Chamber offering investment dia platforms and has of Commerce and Indusportfolio similar to a reached Cebu. try before being elected Ponzi scheme that lures “Through this invest- to the provincial board, unsuspecting investors ment scam, the province told the Philippine News with high rates of return will lose valuable money Agency. and little risk. which could have been He lamented that the He said the LGUs invested in the right money invested in unreg-
Cebu hog raisers told to observe biosecurity CEBU CITY – Backyard hog farmers in Cebu province have been advised to observe biosecurity measures in their farms to prevent the spread of diseases affecting pigs amid the recent African Swine Fever (ASF) outbreak in Luzon. Dr. Zeam Voltaire Amper, regional livestock coordinator of the Department of Agriculture (DA) in Central Visayas, said proper hygiene and sanitation in hog farms would prevent diseases from affecting the livestock industry. “We really advise that even backyard farmers should also implement bio-security measures like changing of clothes, washing the hands, disinfection” to prevent the virus from spreading, Amper said. Amper said the best
disease prevention method that farmers can do in order to protect their farms from being harmed by viruses affecting animals is the practice of biosecurity, even in the backyards. “Based on study, the virus stays for months or thousands of days when frozen. It’s very difficult to eradicate the disease if it is already in the environs,” he said. Dr. Mary Rose Vincoy, provincial veterinarian, said Cebuanos’ high level of awareness about ASF has helped much in their information dissemination efforts, following the order of Governor Gwendolyn Garcia to ban the entry into the province of live pigs, pork and pork products from Luzon. She said that even small carenderia owners submitted inventory of pork and pork products
in their stock as the task force was only concerned about pork meat and pork products stocked by restaurants and canned and processed pork products displayed in groceries. She said that members of the Hotel and Restaurant Association of Cebu also actively participated in a recent meeting called by Garcia to disseminate policies imposing a total ban on pork and pork products from Luzon due to reported ASF cases in Rizal and Bulacan, and Quezon City. Vincoy said the provincial task force formed to prevent the ASF from affecting the P10-billion hog industry in Cebu is in constant coordination with the DA in laying down advisories affecting the hog industry here. (John Rey Saavedra)
istered companies are not properly taxed.“There’s a social effect on that. Imagine a family losing valuable money that could have been spent on children’s education. Retirees are also losing money to these scams,” he said. The local government officials, he said, can use their regulatory powers in knowing the nature of the businesses in their area of responsibility before they
can issue permits and licenses. Soco also passed a resolution urging LGUs down to the barangay level to intensify monitor and surveillance of business in their jurisdiction engaged in illegal investment activities disguised as legitimate business entities. He stressed that LGUs “must keep themselves abreast of the latest pronouncements by
the SEC of suspicious entities engaged in illegal investment activities duly-registered yet masquerading as a legitimate business. The local government units must refrain from registering and/or issuing permits to said entities and immediately report the same to the Securities and Exchange Commission.” (John Rey Saavedra)
Cebu products are bestsellers in duty free shops
CEBU’S LOCAL PRODUCTS topped the list of the Duty Free Philippines (DFP) best-selling items at the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA). DFP Chief Operating Officer Vicente Pelagio Angala said based on the sales performance from January to August 2019, local products have become the best-seller, marking 25.97 percent share in the total sales. The consistent best-sellers are liquor, and skincare products ranked second and third, respectively. Angala said DFP - the country’s sole operator of the duty-and tax-free merchandising system seeks to feature more of the region’s best products in response to the growing
number of foreign tourists visiting Cebu. “DFP Mactan is the new shopping haven for Cebu’s famous local pasalubong where tourists can bring home a piece of the Philippines to their home country. It is the perfect venue to showcase the region’s ingenuity, creativity, and artistry,” he said. DFP Mactan was inaugurated in August 2018 and has an area of about 1,200 square meters, both in the pre-departure and arrival areas. The DFP store is also offering a “shop-now, pickup-later” or Travelite Program for international travellers who have confirmed a departure ticket to the Philippines within 30 days. This program allows travellers to purchase
items before their departure time and to claim them upon their return to the country. The shopping program also offers customers a 7 percent discount on selected items. Aside from export-quality Filipino products, the store boasts of an expanded range of merchandise, which includes perfumes, cosmetics, confectionery, cigarettes, and liquors. The store has two sections - the “Philippine Gifts and Souvenirs” which carries high-quality destination products and locally made souvenirs and the section called “A Taste of the Philippines”, which features the region’s local food and delicacies.
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Western Mindanao
Cebu
Manila