FORMER SABAH Chief Minister Datuk Yong Teck Lee is urging Kuala Lumpur to put up a consulate in the southern Filipino port city Continue on page 3
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Bad habits are indeed hard to break - Sen. Ping Lacson ONE REASON why I did not attend the signing of the bicam (bicameral) report... my office received from the House of Representatives through the Senate Legislative Budget Research and Monitoring Office (LBRMO) one USB drive containing two files, the “Source” File and the “List” File. Continue on page 3
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Martial law no more! P RESIDENT DUTERTE will no longer extend martial law in Mindanao when it ends on December 31 following successful military campaign against terrorism in the restive southern region. Duterte declared that lasted 5 months. ernment’s war on terror. martial law in May 2017 Presidential Spokes- Defense Secretary Delfin after some 200 pro- man Salvador Panelo said Lorenza also recommendISIS militants occupied Duterte’s decision not to ed the lifting of the marMarawi City in Lanao del extend martial law was tial law which had been Sur province and spark- based on the security extended too long. Continue on page 3 ing deadly street battles assessment in the gov-
Duterte threatens to put up ‘revolutionary’ government PRESIDENT DUTERTE has again threatened to establish a revolutionary
government in order to “correct everything” from corruption to rebellion
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The influential Royal Council of the Sulu Sultanate composed of Sultans Ibrahim Bahjin, Muedzul-Lail Tan Kiram, Mohammad Venizar Julkarnain Jainal Abirin, Muizuddin Jainal Abirin Bahjin and Phugdalun Kiram II with their Special Envoy, Dr Sakur Tan also called Datu ShahBandar. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
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Continued from page 1 “The Office of the President wishes to announce that President Rodrigo Roa Duterte will not extend martial law in Mindanao upon its expiration on December 31, 2019. The Commander-in-Chief made the decision following the assessment of his security and defense advisers of the weakening of the terrorist and extremist rebellion, a result of the capture or neutralization of their leaders, as well as
the decrease in the crime index, among the factors considered.” “Contrary to the suppositions of the vocal minority on the proclamation of martial law in Mindanao, this decision of the President shows how he responds to the situation on the ground. The Palace is confident on the capability of our security forces in maintaining the peace and security of Mindanao without extending Martial Law. The
people of Mindanao are assured that any incipient major threat in the region would be nipped in the bud,” Panelo said. In December 2009, then President Gloria Arroyo also declared martial in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region after the November 23 mass murder of dozens of innocent civilians and journalists by private armed groups of Governor Andal Ampatuan. (Mindanao Examiner)
Malaysian consulate in Zamboanga proposed Continued from page 1 of Zamboanga to further boost trade between Malaysia and the Philippines, reports said. It was also proposed in the past, but had never pushed through. Malaysian newspaper Daily Express quoted Lee, also president of the Sabah Progressive Party, as saying: “Setting up a Malaysian consulate in Zamboanga City is an old idea but raising the issue now is timely due to the existing favorable economic and business atmosphere.” Lee, according to the report, noted the Philippines remains attractive to Malaysian companies in terms of new and business expansion programs in sectors like agriculture, tourism, infrastructure, information technology and human resource, among other fields. “I propose for Malaysia to set up a Consulate General in Zamboanga City,” he said, adding, he is convinced President Rodrigo
Duterte’s so-called “Mindanao First” policy would be helpful for Zamboanga City and nearby areas. It was not immediately known if Duterte would approve the putting up of a consulate in Zamboanga. Sabah is being claimed by the Sultanate of Sulu and Duterte previously said that he will assert the claim of the Sultanate of Sulu over Sabah. But Malaysia vowed to defend the sovereignty of Sabah following Duterte’s remarks the oil-rich state, now home to about half a million Filipinos, belongs to the Sultanate of Sulu. The Malaysia Digest also reported that Duterte was quoted by the Philippine media that he would never abandon the Sulu Sultanate’s quest to stake its claim on Sabah. “We are allowing proprietary heirs to talk (with Malaysia). Since it is part of our claim, it will be there as our land,” Duterte was quoted as saying. “What has been the policy will al-
ways be the policy of the government especially those for the interest of the country. We have to stake our claim.” Malaysia has vowed to defend every inch of Sabah’s sovereignty, saying that no one could stake a claim on Sabah that had gained its independence through Malaysia with the agreement of the United Nations in 1963. Sabah or North Borneo originally belonged to the Sultan of Brunei, who gave it to Sultan of Sulu Salahud-Din Karamat Bakhtiar in 1658 as a reward for helping quell a rebellion. In 1878, Sulu Sultan Jamalul Alam Kiram leased North Borneo to the Hong Kong-based British North Borneo Company of Baron Gustavos von Overbeck and Alfred Dent for “5,000 Malaysian dollars” a year. Even after North Borneo became part of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur still pays an annual rent of at least 5,000 ringgit to the heirs of the Sultan of Sulu. (Zamboanga Post)
Bad habits are indeed hard to break - Sen. Ping Lacson Continued from page 1 Our preliminary scrutiny of the last-minute insertions made by the House would indicate that the Source File is the list of 1,253 budget items worth P83.219 billion that was apparently used as the congressmen’s ‘source’ of their ‘list’ of 742 projects worth P16.345 billion that were inserted in the bicam report that was signed by both panels. Since there is no preliminary explanation from the House regarding the two files, we cannot ascertain if indeed only P16.345 billion or the bigger amount of P83.219 billion was inserted at the last minute prior to the bicam signing.
What is clear, though, is that there are still lump sums and vaguely described projects that are now part of the bicam report. Also, our initial check shows the top provinces with huge allocations include: Albay: P670 million; Cavite: P580 million; Sorsogon: P570 million; Batangas: P502 million; Bulacan: P440 million; Pangasinan: P420 million; and Cebu: P410 million. Also, 117 flood control projects worth P3.179 billion dominate the insertions, with eight projects uniformly budgeted at P60 million each. There are more corruption-driven insertions
in the Files sent to us that I have not mentioned. Thus, we will continue to diligently scrutinize it and inform the Department of Budget and Management and the Office of the President as I have high hopes that President Rodrigo Duterte will again display his aversion to corruption. Pork is here to stay. I hope the President will again exercise his political will in vetoing line items that will obviously waste people’s tax money. It is revolting to note that legislators keep on dipping their dirty fingers on our national budget in spite of pending cases involving the same issue. (Mindanao Examiner)
Duterte threatens to put up ‘revolutionary’ government
Continued from page 1 against water concessionaires in Manila. Duterte said he prefers the installation of a revolutionary government rather than to declare martial law or support a military-led coup if he cannot complete his six-year term. “You know, I said if I do not make it, huwag ninyong bitawan ito. I’m not saying you initiate something like coup d’état. Huwag, kasi hindi na yan tanggap ng Pilipino. If you want an outright (solution), huwag martial law. Mag-revolutionary government ka na lang. Diretso na. Tapos you start to correct everything,” he said. Duterte had previously threatened to declare a revolutionary government if communist rebels and other political opponents tried to destabilise his rule. Sulu Early this year, an influential ally of Duterte and now Sulu Governor Sakur Tan urged the President to establish a revolutionary government and eventually establish a federal form of government. Tan’s statement came ahead of the ratification of the controversial Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) on January 21 and February 6 in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM). The BOL was eventually approved and replaced ARMM with the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and ruled by Murad Ebrahim, chieftain of the rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front which signed an interim peace deal with Manila in 2014. “Only through federalism you can configure the territories that will constitute the federal states and not cluster only the laggards together like the five provinces in the ARMM. Now they say that (BOL) it is also federalism na i-isang region ang gagawin sa BOL, but it is not, it is an isolation, because it
will only be constituted by five provinces that are laggards, so it is only through federalism that you can mix the laggards with the affluent, otherwise, these laggards will never progress.” “Kaya para mas mapadali ang federalism, dapat mag-declare na tayo ng revolutionary government to make things easier. So anong nangyari, sandali lang ay nagawa na yun Constitution natin. So the President can now appoint members of the commission that will draft the new Constitution and then come up with the new government and then come up with the form of government that we will have. Instead of a unitary form of government then we can have a parliamentary-federal system of government,” Tan said. Duterte has repeatedly vowed to push for a change in form of government – from presidential system to federal – and even threatened to make Mindanao a federal region if lawmakers fail to amend the Constitution to pave the way for new federal government. He said the current unitary system has spelled so much trouble. When he was mayor in Davao City in southern Philippines, Duterte had been strongly campaigning for the establishment of a federal form of government and in many of his public appearances and speeches the President said federalism is the next best thing for the country. Duterte also vowed to step down – even before his term ends on 2022 – as soon as the new federal government is fully functional. “Do not be afraid of a dictatorship because I will not be the one,” Duterte said. He also cited the precedent set by Corazon Aquino, who established a revolutionary government soon after leading an up-
rising in 1986 that ended the Marcos dictatorship. Aquino sacked all elected officials, abolished Congress and tore up the 1973 Constitution in favor of a provisional charter. She handpicked a commission to write a new Constitution, which was ratified by plebiscite in 1987. Tan said majority of the municipal mayors in Sulu are also supporting the establishment of a federal government, including the 5 influential sultans - Sultans Ibrahim Bahjin, Muizuddin Jainal Bahjin, Muedzul-Lail Kiram, Mohammad Venizar Julkarnain Jainal Abirin and Phugdalun Kiram. “More than half of the mayors or 15 out of the 19 municipalities overwhelmingly (approved this) and joined me in this clamor for federalism and if need be, call for (the establishment of) a revolutionary government. The legitimate Sultans of Sulu will also join us and I am very sure of that. As their Spokesman and Special Envoy, I speak for the Royal Council of the Sultanate of Sulu comprising the five Sultans of Sulu,” he said. Tan said even before Duterte became president, he is already pushing for the establishment of a federal form of government and even went around the country campaigning for it. “Everybody knows about that. In fact I read a magazine shown to me by a professor of President Duterte, lawyer Sixto Brillantes, which quoted President Duterte that if he wins the presidency, he will declare a revolutionary government.” “So President Duterte is just being true to his words and he means what he said. If you want a federal system, you must declare a revolutionary government now. Federal system through revolutionary government and if we have to declare it, the sooner the better,” Tan said. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Sulu Governor Abdusakur M. Tan hosted officers of the Al-Amanah Islamic Investment Bank of the Philippines’ distribution of Zakat to IPHO, and Islamic Madrasah.
Provincial Livelihood Training and Productivity Center officials led by its director, Hja. Nurunisah A. Tan, together with Jason Abubakar, Engr. Gefari Allama- Technical Trainor with Nariman S Bakaun Budget officer, TESDA R9, informed Sulu Governor Abdusakur M. Tan of the recent developments during their meeting at the Provincial Capitol.
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The 1st Sulu Fire Rescue Olympics 2019 held in front of the Sulu Provincial Capitol, was a unique event that showcased volunteer responders from different communities, competing in events that in its true sense, is an assuring display of their capacity to protect and save people’ s lives and property.
Governor Abdusakur M. Tan during the registration on the licensure examination for teachers. The Governor has been helping local teachers in their review sessions by providing free services of professional reviewers and other review materials.
Sulu Gov. Sakur M. Tan discusses security issues with Supt. Oscar Nantes and other members of the Sulu Provincial Police and Special Operations Group Operatives. Gov. Tan told police officers that he is willing to sponsor additional training of police forces to have an effective maintenance of law and order in the province.
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EBU CITY – Governor Gwendolyn Garcia is firm in her decision to terminate the joint investment agreement (JIA) with Manila Water Consortium Inc. after the provincial government notified the firm of 5 alleged breaches discovered in the JIA. Manila Water and Maynilad Water Services are also being investigated by the national government after President Rodrigo Duterte expressed outrage over the decision of the Permanent Court of Arbitration in Singapore, directing the government to pay Manila Water billions of pesos for the non-implementation of water rate increases that occurred prior to his assumption to the presidency. A review of the agreements with the Manila Water and Maynilad reveals that they are contrary to pubGovernor Gwendolyn Garcia (From her FB page) lic policy and public inter-
DOT lauds Mactan-Cebu airport win at World Architecture Fest CEBU - The Department of Tourism (DOT) has lauded the team behind the Mactan Cebu International Airport Terminal 2 for winning the top prize in the Completed Buildings-Transport category at the World Architecture Festival in The Netherlands. The event, dubbed as the world’s largest, live, inclusive, and interactive global architectural awards program and festival, was held in Amsterdam from December 4 to 6. The judges in the event hailed the Terminal 2 for its simple and elegant structure. “This is a simple and
elegant new airport that uses many locally-sourced materials. It is integrated into the local area through the development of a local hub and a landscape plan,” reads a note from one of the judges posted at the World Architecture Festival website. The airport’s internal spaces was also described as “light and uncluttered and the design is capable of future extension. It is clearly popular with the local community and this established a memorable travels [sic] experiences”. The terminal was designed by the Hong Kongbased architectural firm Inte-
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grated Design Associates with support from Budji+Royal and Kenneth Cobonpue and is a project of Megawide Corp. and India’s GMR Group. “With Mactan being the second busiest international airport in the Philippines, this architecturally astounding building serves as an important gateway to the Philippines,” the DOT said. The agency agreed that among its strengths are its “simple elegance, its innovative use of both foreign and locally-sourced materials, and its oneness with its surroundings. The building’s roof is meant to represent the ocean, while its expansive and exposed internal structure reminds one of the hull of a boat; its brightness and openness of space, deeply symbolic of the Filipinos’ welcoming nature.” (Joyce Ann Rocamora)
est, the same being onerous and disadvantageous to the people, relative the terms or periods, government non-interference, as well as concessionaire indemnification for losses, according to Duterte, who directed the filing of the appropriate criminal, civil and administrative charges against all those involved in the said agreements including the latter’s owners and legal counsels, as well as agents and lawyers of the government for economic sabotage. Garcia said it is just rather very significant that Duterte is also taking action against Manila Water and Maynilad for those agreements which are grossly disadvantageous to the Filipino people. The governor said she would no longer meet with the executives of Manila
Water to negotiate the JIA, but instead discuss to them the dues that the Province of Cebu could collect from the firm. “Negotiations with Manila Water are off the table,” she said, stressing that the provincial government is weighing its options against Manila Water to protect the interest of the Cebuanos. The Provincial Board also passed a resolution authorizing Garcia to sign the termination notice against Manila Water. In August, Garcia issued a notice of breach against Manila Water, through its president and chairman of the board of directors, Virgilio Rivera. In the notice, she gave the firm 90 days to cure the alleged breach in the JIA, but Garcia said she was not satisfied with Rivera’s response dated November 4.
The JIA between the province of Cebu and Manila Water was signed on March 21, 2012, creating the company, Cebu Water, with a 49-51 percent profit-sharing scheme in favor of the private company. In the JIA, the private company agreed to manage bulk water supply from Luyang village in the northern town of Carmen, Cebu. The P1.1-billion water project started producing 35 million liters of water every day for Metro Cebu households through the Metro Cebu Water District. The governor wants the company to account for an estimated P150 million of revenues supposedly for the province. (John Rey Saavedra. With additional reporting from the Cebu Examiner.)
Mayor orders probe on illegal market collection CEBU CITY – Mayor Edgardo Labella has ordered an investigation into reports that unscrupulous persons were collecting money from vendors in downtown Cebu in exchange for permission to sell at the market. Labella said the vendors reported the matter after the local government allowed them to sell their merchandises at the night market, especially along Colon Street, until January – from Monday to Friday. The vendors had been previously displaced by the road clearing operations supervised by the Department of the Interior and Local Gov-
Cebu City Mayor Edgardo Labella feasts on street foods at the night market. (Cebu City Night Market FB page) ernment (DILG). The mayor warned vendors not to pay to anyone following reports that some persons were collecting as much as P15,000 for the use of the market space. “That is what we are avoiding. I don’t know if there’s truth in these reports,
but it needs to be investigated,” Labella said, adding, Market Administrator Jonil Matugina and City Administrator Jun Casas, together with Barangay chairmen from Pari-an, Ermita, Sto. Niño, and Kalubihan are now looking into the reports. (John Rey Saavedra)
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