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Troops, cops capture wanted man in Zamboanga province
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JANET NAPOLES BIGLANG NAGKASAKIT
Humirit ng 'hospital arrest' M ANIL A–M ahigpit ang naging segur idad ANILA Mahigpit seguridad ng pulisya kay socialite at millionair e millionaire Janet N apoles na dinala ngay on ar aw sa Napoles ngayon araw pagamutan sa loob ng P hilippine N aPhilippine National olice G ener al H ospital sa C amp C Police Gener eneral Hospital Camp Crrame dahil tional P sa iniindang sakit na umano ’y sanhi ng o var ian canumano’y ov arian cer cer.. Binigyan ng permiso lamang dumami ang ng Makati City Regional hinaing ni Napoles sa Trial Court Branch 150 si kanyang sarili na posibleng Napoles – na ngayon ay paraan lamang nito upang nahaharap sa ibat-ibang mailagay sa isang “hospital kaso na may kinalaman sa arrest” sa mamahaling St. pork barrel scam – upang Luke’s Medical Center tulad masuri ng mga doktor at ni dating Pangulong Gloria sinasabing daraan ito sa Arroyo na ngayon ay nasa isang transvaginal ultra- marangyang kuwarto sa sound. Veterans Memorial Medical Nais sana ni Napoles Center. Nahaharap rin si Arna sa St. Luke’s Medical royo sa kasong plunder. Imbestigasy on ng NBI mbestigasyon Center sa Bonifacio Global City sa Taguig ito Matatandaan na nagdalhin, ngunit hindi sagawa ng imbestigasyon sa Napoles PDAF scam ang pumayag ang korte. Ang transvaginal ul- National Bureau of Investitrasound ay isang paraan gation na nagsabi na may upang makita ang loob ng sapat itong ebidensya reproductive organs – upang masampahan ng uterus, ovaries at cervix – kasong plunder sina Senaupang malamang kung tor Juan Ponce Enrile, Senamay tumor o bukol ang tor Ramon Revilla, Jr., Senaisang babae. tor Jose “Jinggoy” Estrada at Nakapiit si Napoles sa dating Congresswoman Fort Santo Domingo sa Rizalina Lanete at ex-Conbayan ng Santa Rosa sa gressman Edgar Valdez at Laguna province na kung malversation, direct bribsaan ay todo-bantay ito, ery, at paglabag sa Graft ngunit ilang beses na rin and Corrupt Practices Act pinalitan ang mga laban naman kina dating guwardiya nito sa hindi pa Congressman Rodolfo mabatid na kadahilanan. Plaza, ex-Congressman Pawang mga miyembro Samuel Dangwa at Conng Special Action Force ng gressman Constantino pulisya ang nakabantay Jaraula. Itinanggi naman doon. ng mga akusado ang lahat Agad rin ibabalik si ng bintang sa kanila. Napoles sa kanyang piitan Bukod sa mga pulitiko kung sakaling matapos ay inakusahan rin ng NBI ang lahat ng kina- ang mga chiefs-of-staff kailangan medical test sa (COS) o representatives ng kanya matapos na mga mambabatas na magreklamo ito ng idinadawit sa kaso at pananakit ng puson at kabilang dito sina Atty. Jeswalang tigil na sica Lucila Reyes – COS, pagdurugo. Enrile; Atty. Richard Cambe Ngunit bigla na – Staff, Revilla; Ruby Tuason
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– Representative, Enrile/ Estrada; Pauline Labayen – Staff, Estrada; Jose Sumalpong – COS, Lanete; Jeanette dela Cruz – District Staff, Lanete; Erwin Dangwa – COS, Dangwa; Carlos Lozada – Staff, Dangwa at mga pinuno ng ahensya ng pamahalaan na sina Alan Javellana – dating presidente ng National Agribusinees Corp.; Gondelina Amata, presidente ng National Livelihood Development Corporation; Antonio Ortiz, dating director general ng Technology Resource Corporation; Dennis Cunanan, ex-deputy director general ng TRC, at Salvador Salacup, na dating presidente ng ZNAC Rubber Estate Corporation. At maging mga presidente diumano ng mga non-governmental organizations ni Napoles na siyang ginamit diumano bilang front upang makakuha ng PDAF at ito ay sina Jocelyn Piorato – Agricultura Para sa Magbubukid Foundation, Inc.; Nemesio Pablo – Agri and Economic Program for Farmers Foundation, Inc.; Mylene Encarnacion – Countrywide Agri and Rural Economic and Development Foundation, Inc.; John Raymund De Asis – Kaupdanan Para sa Mangunguma Foundation, Inc.; Evelyn Deleon – Philippine Social Development Foundation, Inc., at Ronald John Lim – Ginintuang Alay sa Magsasaka Foundation, Inc. At karamihan sa mga ito ay tumanggi rin sa lahat ng akusasyon laban sa kanila. Tinatayang aabot sa P10 bilyon ang PDAF na
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Todo-bantay ang mga parak kay Janet Napoles na dinala sa PNP General Hospital sa Camp Crame sa Quezon City sa larawan ito na inilabas ng pulisya. dumaan sa mga NGOs ni Napoles at kasama dito ang mga diumano'y komisyon ng mga nasasangkot sa eskandalo. Inilabas rin ng
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pamahalaang Aquino ang NBI Executive Summary ng imbestigasyon at maaring makita sa link na ito - http:/ /www.gov.ph/2013/09/16/
executive-summary-bythe-nbi-on-the-pdafcomplaints-filed-againstjanet-lim-napoles-et-al. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Government photo shows President Benigno Aquino in Cebu City.
Bus bumaligtad sa Agusan Sur COTABATO CITY – Isang pampasaherong bus ang tumagilid sa highway matapos umano nitong iwasan ang isang truck sa bayan ng Sibagat sa Agusan del Sur province. May mahigit sa tatlong dosenang mga pasahero ang bus – na pagaari ng Bachelor Express - na ng ito’y
maaksidente sa kurbada sa Barangay Tumba. Ayon pa sa driver nitong si Richard Gutierez ay iniwasan umano nito ang isang truck kung kaya’t agad nitong naitabig ang bus at tumagilid ito sa Maharlika Highway. Patungong Butuan City ang bus mula bayan ng Bislig sa Surigao del Sur
ng maganap ang aksidente, ayon naman sa ulat ng Lanog Mindanao. Agad naman dinala sa Butuan Doctors Hospital ang mga sugatan. Hindi naman agad nakuha ang kampanya ng bus, ngunit patuloy ang imbestigasyon ng pulisya ukol sa naganap. (Mindanao Examiner)
1 NPA tigok sa Surigao DAVAO CITY – Napatay ng mga sundalo ang isang rebeldeng New People’s Army a sagupaang naganap sa Surigao City sa Mindanao. Sinabi ni Capt. Alberto Caber, ang spokesman ng Eastern Mindanao Command, na nagpapatrulya umano ang mga tropa ng matimpuhan ang isang
grupo ng mga rebelde sa Sitio Bedrock sa Barangay Mabini kung kaya’t nagkaroon ng labanan. Nabawi rin ng mga sundalo ang isang AK-47 automatic rifle sa labanan na tumagal ng halos 15 minuto at wala umanong casualties sa panig ng militar. “Isang patay sa NPA side at nakuha rin natin yun Ak-47 niya at
tuloy pa rin ang ating operation sa area,” ani Caber sa Mindanao Examiner. Ayon kay Caber ay mahigit sa 80 na ang bilang ng mga armas na kanilang nakukuha mula sa NPA ng nakaraang taon. Sinabi nito na muling nanawagan sa NPAsi Eastern Mindanao Command chief Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III na sumuko na lamang at mamuhay ng mapayapa kapiling ang kanilang mga bahal sa buhay. Ang NPA ay nakikibaka upang maitatag ang sariling estado nito sa bansa. (Mindanao Examiner)
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CEBU CITY - Filipino leader Benigno Aquino commemorated the 28th anniversary of the EDSA People Power Revolution - that toppled the Marcos dictatorship - in Cebu City in central Philippines. Aquino, accompanied by Interior Secretary Mar Roxas - whom the President is building up as his successor in 2016 led the first ever commemoration of the 1986 revolution at the Cebu Capitol grounds. Government media reported that Aquino traced the peaceful revolt’s roots in Cebu City - where his mother, then President Corazon Aquino, was campaigning when informed of the failed military coup led by Armed Forces chief Fidel Ramos and Defense secretary Juan Enr ile against President
Ferdinand Marcos. The Philippine News Agency said Aquino ditched his prepared speech and his teleprompter and told the crowd that he was speaking from his heart. Aquino said the first chapter of the EDSA revolt started in Cebu. He recounted that when he came to Cebu in 1983 after the assassination of his father, Senator Benigno Aquino, Jr., he saw no sign of the dictatorship. ”Parang malaya na ang Cebu (It seemed Cebu was already free),” he said. Cebu was then the bastion of the opposition against the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Aquino also recounted that Cebu took care of her mother during the early stages of the EDSA revolt. He said his
mother spoke at a rally at the Fuete Osmena in Cebu City on February 22, 1986, announcing the start of a civil disobedience campaign against Marcos when Ramos and Enrile defected to the opposition in Manila. Aquino said EDSA was the symbol of the Filipinos’ love for his fellow Filipino. ”People went to EDSA not for any personal gain,” he said. Others with Aquino in Cebu were Gov. Hilario Davide, Vice Gov. Agnes Magpale, Cebu City Mayor Michael Rama, Cebu lawmakers Raul del Mar, Luigi Quisumbing, Rodrigo Abellanosa, Wilfredo Caminero and Samsam Gullas; Secretaries Paquito Ochoa, Herminio Coloma, Corazon Soliman, Voltaire Gazmin, Panfilo Lacson and Rene Almendras.
3 killed in Basilan ambush BASILAN – Three people were killed in ambush in the troubled province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, an army spokesman said. Capt. Jefferson Mamauag, of the 1st Infantry Division, said the jeep was travelling in the village of Bohe Baca in Tipo-Tipo town when gunmen attacked the vehicle with automatic weapons. He said one passenger was also wounded in the ambush believed to be
connected to a clan war. Those killed in the attack have been identified as Amir Saribin, 21; Halim Randa, 18 ; and Hadji Alih Ibrahim, 38; and the wounded passenger as Haber Cuevas, 25. Mamauag, quoting a report from Lt. Col. Cristobal Julian Paolo Perez, commander of the 18th Infantry Battalion, said the jeep – owned by Hakim Tahil – was heading to Lamitan City when the attackers opened fire on the passengers.
“Rido is likely motive of the attack,” Perez said. Rido is the local term for clan war or family feud, which is not uncommon in Basilan, just several nautical miles south of Zamboanga City. Perez said troops retrieved the corpses in the area after they cleared the village and handed them over to their respective families. Authorities are investigating the attack to determine who were behind the ambush. (Mindanao Examiner)
2 abducted construction men freed by Sayyafs ZAMBOANGA CITY – Suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen have freed two construction workers they seized in the southern Philippine province of Sulu, officials said. Officials said Jimal Abdilla, 30, and Kilder Sakandal, 45, were released safely in the village of Liang in Patikul town – the same area where gunmen abducted them.
Senior Superintendent Abraham Orbita, the provincial police chief, said the duo was blindfolded by their captors and eventually freed. “We are investigating the abduction. The two men are now reunited with their families,” Orbita told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. The duo was driving a truck heading to Jolo
town when gunmen flagged down the vehicle at the village and seized them. The abduction occurred despite the presence of a marine base in the town. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the abduction of the two men, who are both construction workers in Sulu. (Mindanao Examiner)
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A bomb squad van in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
3 Zamboanga bomb squad members hurt in road accident ZAMBOANGA CITY – Three members of the local bomb squad were injured after their van collided and over turned in front of the Zamboanga City Hall in southern Philippines, police said. Police said the squad
members -Senior Police Officer 2 Joselito Guarnes Joaquin together with Police Officer 3 Alfredo Samson Trumata and Sergeant Junilo Latha Cuma - were rushed to hospital. The trio was heading to Paseo del Mar Park to
inspect an abandoned baggage when their van collided with a jeep driven by a former police officer Antolin Rebollos Marcos. Police said it is investigating the accident. (Mindanao Examiner)
Troops, cops capture wanted man in Zamboanga province PAGADIAN CITY – Security forces captured a man wanted for murder after a long chase in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, officials said. Officials said Kaham Manguda was captured after being shot in the leg by a government militia while trying to escape in Lower Camanga village on Malangas town. Capt. Jefferson
Mama-uag, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, said two other cohorts of Manguda escaped and is being hunted by soldiers and policemen. He said members of the 16th Special Forces Company and local police force launched the operation after a local court issued a warrant for Manguda’s arrest. He said the group of
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Manguda spotted the arrival of soldiers and policemen and ran away to evade arrest. Manguda was brought by soldiers to the Diplahan Hospital and is being guarded by the police. Maj. General Felicito Virgilio Trinidad, Jr, the division commander, praised those involved in the arrest of Manguda, but officials did not release any details or information about Manguda’s case. (Mindanao Examiner)
LOON, Bohol - Gibisita og balik ni Presidente Benigno ‘Noynoy’ Aquino ang mga naapektuhan sa niaging kalamidad sa wala pa isaulog ang ika-28 anibersaryo sa EDSA People Power Revolution. Dihang niabot si Aquino gikan sa Cateel, Davao Oriental sa Cogon Norte sa Loon, Bohol diin iyang giinspeksyon ang mga bunkhouses alang sa mga nawadan og puy-anan tungod sa magnitude 7.2 nga linog niadtong Oktubre 15, 2013. Si Aquino gi-ubanan sa iyang mga kabinete nga sila si Presidential Communications Office Sec. Sonny Coloma, Interior Sec. Mar Roxas, Public Works Sec. Rogelio Singson, Social Welfare Sec. Dinky Soliman ug Defense Sec. Voltaire Gazmin. Gisusi ni Aquinoang 10 ka bunkhouses nga aduna usab 10 ka units sa matag bunkhlouse alang sa 100 ka
mga banay. May 5 kini ka communal service facilities nga giandam alang sa mga mopuyo niini. Ang matag communal service facility adunay 8 ka pansayan, 4 ka kaliguanan, 4 ka hugasanan ug 20 ka lungagan. Ang duha ka bunkhouses na kumpleto na og gipuy-an na karon, samtang ang 8 gipadayon pa sa pagtukod ug hapit na mahuman. Si Public Works Regional Director Ador Canlas ang nihatag kang PNoy og briefing kabahin sa proyekto nga gitumong aron kabalhinan sa mga biktima sa linog kang kinsang mga balay nangaguba. Gipunduhan kini pinaagi sa P20 milyones nga donasyon sa Philippine Port Authority (PPA) alang sa mga biktima sa linog sa Bohol. Gisugdan niadtong Enero ning tuig, ang proyekto apil sa 20 ka mga
emergency bunkhouses nga gipundohan sa P20 milyones sa Philippine Ports Authority, diin ang laing 10 ka bunkhouses tua ipahimutang sa Tubigon. Kasamtangang naa na sa kapin sa 80% ang proyekto nga gipatuman, samtang anaa pa sa 40% ang pagpatuman sa proyekto sa Tubigon. Human sa pagsusi sa mga bunkhouses, si Aquino mi-deretso ngadto sa Cong. Natalio Castillo Memorial Hospital sa Loon diin iya usab gisusi ang mga nahimo sa kagamhanan sa naguba nga tambalanan. Atol sa programa sa ika28 anibersaryo sa EDSA People Power Revolution nga gipahigayon kilid sa maong tambalanan, si PNoy mipasalig sa mga Bolanon nga ang nasudnong kagamhanan mobulig gayud alang sa pagbangon pagbalik sa lalawigan. (Elvira Bongosia)
2 NPAs sumuko sa Compostela Valley DAVAO CITY – Dalawang miyembro ng rebeldeng New People’s Army ang sumuko sa militar sa bayan ng Maragusan sa Compostela Valley prov-
ince sa Mindanao. Kinilala naman ni Capt. Alberto Caber, ang spokesman ng Eastern Mindanao Command, ang mga sumuko na sina
Efraim Manlitok Pinanggot alias Jonnel, ang tumatayong chairman ng Sitio Lumad; at Jovanie Olmido Atabay alias BanBan. Kusang-loob umano ang pagsuko ng dalawa sa 28th Infantry Battalion sa Barangay Langgawisan. Inilagay sa isang ‘tactical interrogation’ ang dalawang rebelde, ayon kay Caber. Nauna ng hinimok ni Eastern Mindanao Command chief Gen. Ricardo Rianier Cruz III ang mga rebelde na sumuko na lamang sa halip na makipaglaban sa pamahalaan upang sila’y makapamuhay ng payapa kasama ang mga mahal sa buhay. (Mindanao Examiner)
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3 men linked to murder of Petron man arrested ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested three people implicated in the murder of a young maintenance man working for Petron Corporation in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said three men are investigated for the killing of Joey Malaki, who was shot dead February 17 in Sutterville while biking his way to the Petron depot. Huesca said policemen also recovered a .45caliber pistol from one of the suspects. Two of the men were residing in the village of Mampang and the other in Santo Niño village. A motorcycle was also recovered from the
trio.
Malaki’s body was discovered by civilians who phoned the police about the killing. Last year, two armed men also attacked and killed Kenneth Bernardo, a Petron gas depot employee in Zamboanga City. The assailants stopped the 25-year old Bernardo who was also traveling on a motorcycle and then stabbed him in the body. The assailants escaped after the attack. Bernardo managed to seek help from villagers before collapsing on the road and was rushed to hospital, but died while undergoing operation. The case remains unresolved. (Mindanao Examiner)
2 men shot inside Pagadian bar PAGADIAN CITY – Police said 2 people were wounded after a lone gunman shot them inside a bar in Pagadian City in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga del Sur. Police said Joel Jenelo and Ronald Masabas were both attacked by the man inside the JC Videoke House at Purok Madanihon in the village of Bulatoc. Both men – who work as automotive mechanic here – were rushed to hospital.
The assailant fled after the shooting. Police investigators, quoting witnesses, said the victims were drinking at the bar when the gunman, who was seated near the door, stood up, pulled out his gun and without warning opened fire on Jenelo and Masabas. Investigators recovered four bullet casings of .45-caliber pistol inside the bar. The motive of the shooting is being investigated by the police. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Traders raise business concerns in Central Mindanao COTABATO CITY - Various sectors have expressed their concerns over several issues affecting traders and other stakeholders in Mindanao. These concerns were tackled during the recent “Business Connectivity Consultation for Central Mindanao: Cotabato Airport and Polloc Port” where some representatives from various sectors attended the meeting spearheaded by the Regional Board of Investments (RBOI) Shamera Abobakar, the RBOI information officer, said among the recommendation and concerns raised during the consultation were the following: 1. There was no prior public consultation with
the business sector and the flying public with regard to airport renovation or airlines’ limited flight schedule causing passengers and cargoes to pass via General Santos City or Davao City, as such the participants appealed for a public consultation by the Department of Transportation and Communication; 2. To make a formal request to Vic Lao, the airport contractor, to fast track the rehabilitation and repair of the Cotabato Airport since this has caused double handling expenses resulting to the rise in prices of commodities including passengers’ fare; 3. To organize a monitoring team led by the private sector that will keep track of the on-going re-
habilitation of the Cotabato Airport; 4. Investors, foreigners, aid and donor agencies personnel and government officials of the ARMM and the national government have a hard time scheduling meetings in Cotabato City, the administrative capital of ARMM as well as, in Manila due to the lack of daily flights; 5. The representatives from Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines informed the participants that the Notice to Airmen will expire on February 28, 2014 and that normal flight schedule will resume daily immediately provided that repair will be from 5 p.m. to 3 a.m. Abobakar said a resolution was also passed by the participants appeal-
Davao mayor nag-alok ng malaking pabuya kontra droga DAVAO CITY – Nagaalok ngayon ng malaking pabuya si Davao Mayor Rodrigo Duterte sa sinumang makapagtuturo ng mga drug pushers o dealers at shabu laboratory sa kanyang lungsod. Sinabi ni Duterte na maglalaan ito ng P10,000 sa sinuman makapagbibigay ng impormasyon ukol sa mga drug users at isang Crosswind naman ang pabuya sa taong may impormasyon ukol sa mga drug pushers sa Davao.
Isang Montero SUV rin ang ibibigay ni Duterte kapalit ng impormasyon naman ukol sa shabu laboratory sa Davao City. Sinabi ni Duterte na hindi nito aatrasan ang sinumang nasa likod ng pagkalat ng droga sa lungsod kung kaya’t lalo pang pinaigting ng mga awtoridad ang kampanya kontra shabu at iba pang uri ng droga sa Davao. May hinala si Duterte na galing sa ibang bansa ang drogang ipinupuslit sa kanyang lugar at possible anyang isinisingit
ito sa mga smuggled rice. Ngunit wala naman ulat ang militar ukol sa hinala ni Duterte. Kamakailan lamang ay 7 hinihinalang drug pushers at users ang napatay matapos umanong manlaban ang mga ito sa mga alagad ng batas sa Barangay Ilan. Magsisilbi sana ng search warrants ang mga parak sa lugar dahil sa balitang mag drug dens doon ng sila'y ratratin ng nga biktima na pawang mga Muslim, ayon sa pulisya. (Mindanao Examiner)
ing for the resumption of the regular daily flights at the Cotabato Airport until such time as the DOTC and CAAP actually begin repairs and rehabilitation of the airport and to be submitted to Congresswoman Sandra Sema and Congressman Jesus Sacdalan - and to concerned regional and national government agencies such as DOTC and CAAP for appropriate action. (Mindanao Examiner)
2 boys found dead in seaweed farm ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – Police said 2 children who were reported missing by their families had been found dead – floating in a seaweed farm - where they probably drowned while playing at sea in Zamboanga Sibugay province in southern Philippines. Police said the bodies of Alnazer Amirol, 8; and Zerhan Alisane, 9, were recovered in the village of Caparan in Ipil town two days after they disappeared while playing on a small boat without the knowledge of their families. The seaweed farm is owned by Jul-Ambre Alisane, the grandfather of one of the boys, who discovered the bloated bodies of the children. Police said the boys had drowned. (Mindanao Examiner)
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PEACE IS AT HAND IN MINDANAO & SULU
UPON THE RETURN OF THE RAJA KING OF BUANSA OF JOLO, SHARIFF UL HASHIM SULTAN SAIDINA ABU BAKAR, SULTAN OF SULU & NORTH BORNEO The cry of the battlefield of Maguindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula,Jolo, Basilan,TawiTawi& Sabah is to bring back our Sultan of Sulu & North Borneo to rule us back again. He is back through his great great grandson Raja King Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak. As a full blooded and a pure Tausug from the lineage of the Shariefs of Indanan where the first and oldestLanggal masjid of the Seven Makdum inLicup Adam is located, we, as the blood always pray and do our Maulog every year in our hope that our sultan would return. We waited for hisreturn centuries after centuries. The Raja King the great grandson of ShariffUlHashim Sultan Saidina Abu Bakar Raja Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak and his wife the blood of the Raja Sulaiman of Pasi Iloilo and of Maguindanao and Sultan Kudarat come to bring Peace and Prosperity. All our bloods are scattered in Buansa, Maimbung, Bayog Talipaw and Indanan, Patikul Sulu, Basilan, Tawi-Tawi, as far as Maguindanao ,SultanKudarat, Sarangani, Marawi, Zamboanga Peninsula to Palawan, Sabah and Sarawak to Kalimantan Bulungan North Borneo. We are happy and we recognized that, we as the blood duly support and give our loyalty to Raja King Mohamamad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak and his wife, Queen Baginda Maria Makiling Helen Fatima Nasaria Panolino Abdurajak. “I am vouching for this Royal Couple”, I, Sahiburasad Juhaili Asgali that Sailillais my maternal grandfather JuhailiIbniArabi (Imam Tolok) Residence at Karawan, IndananSulu ,IbniHji Mohammad Masdali from the town of Kirawan, Hadramautand Arabi brother of Ulangkaya Shajilli of Lautto Laba, Maimbung Sulu who was married to PanglimaSampang”s daughter of Talibang, Indanan Sulu. On my maternal grandmother-HamjiyaIbna Sharif Sahiibul Datu Mohammad Yusof Ibni Nasiruddin (Digunong-Exterior Sultan) PaternalAsgaliIbni Imam Saililla of Lipunos, Parang Sulu Ibni Datu Ulangkaya UZAB-I of Kalinggalan Kaluwang , Luuk Sulu. Maternal- Annang of same place. I am appealing to all Claimants Sultan of Sulu to uniteto stabilize peace and tranquillity of the People of Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula and Sibugay, Sulu, Basilan, TawiTawi, Palawan to Sabah and Sarawak for Economic Development to alleviate the standard of living of our people Muslims, Christians, Highlanders of any tribe. To all my brothers and sisters of Mojahidin and Mujahidat come and join me in support of the signing of THE PEACE DEFENSE ECONOMIC TREATY ON MARCH 14, 2014 headed by the ROYAL ICJ AS AUTHORED BY HRH RICKY NATHANIEL CHAIRMAN OF ICC/ICJ. The King and Queen of the Royal Imperial LupahSug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo are not the Rivals of the Claimants Sultan, the tenure of 50 years were given to the Claimants Sultan to Claim but not to Redeem. The Redeemers are the Heirs and Successors Raja King Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak and Queen Baginda Maria Makiling Helen
Raja King Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak Ibnu Raja Husin Kamaluddin Sri Paduka Mahasari Saidina Abu Bakar Maulana Al- Sultan Sharifful- Hasim, Sultanate of Sulu, Southeast Asia. Fatima Nasaria Panolino Abdurajak of the Royal Imperial LupahSug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo. Political Conspiracy exist due to their concealment of the True Heirs and Successors so as not to give them the right to Redeem the Sovereignty of the Sulu Archipelago, its buried wealth the oil, gold and diamonds including the 617,500 MT of Gold /Diamonds and Bank Accounts/ Deposit all over the globe. Colonizers-Spain,England , USA and Netherlands were given tenure to administer the lands and its safety and protection however peace and order, economic and development were never implemented due to the political and military conspiracy of the leaders of the Philippines. They have made Sulu and Mindanao the Axis of Evil as it becomes transparent to the entire world that made the poor become poorer and the rich becomes richer. The return of the Raja King the Great Great Grandson of ShariffUlHashim Sultan Saidina Abu Bakar will eventually stop the REVOLUTION BECAUSE WE WAITED FOR HIS RETURN THROUGH THE GRANDSON RAJA MOHAMMAD GHAMAR MAMAY HASAN ABDURAJAK TOGETHER WITH HIS WIFE THE QUEEN BAGINDA MARIA MAKILING HELEN FATIMA NASARIA PANOLINO ABDURAJAK THE SPIRITUAL DAUGHTER OF THE 3 BIG BROTHERS OF THE KINGDOM OF THE EAST- RAJA HUSIN – RAJA HASAN & RAJA USMAN TOGETHER WITH SULTAN PANDALA PASANDALAN OF SULTAN SA BARONGIS MAGUINDANAO THE EYE OF THE OIL OF LIGUASANG MARSH. WE THE BLOODS HONOR THE ROYAL DECREE 101-”Signed by Their Royal Majesties, HRH RAJA MOHAMMAD GHAMAR MAMAY HASAN ABDURAJAK & HRH QUEEN MARIA MAKILING HELEN FATIMA NASARIA PANOLINO ABDURAJAK in January 31, 2014 in Zamboanga City Southern Philippines. An ex cerpt fr om the R oyal excerpt from Ro Decr ee 101 states: ecree “REDEMPTION OF ALL THE ASSETS, BANK ACCOUNTSGOLDS & DIAMONDS DEPOSITED IN ALL PRIME BANKS ALL OVER THE WORLD,BURIED ASSETS AND NATURAL RESOURCES, THE LAND TERRITORIES OF THE ROYAL IMPERIAL KINGDOM OF THE EAST LUPAH
The Great Sultan Saidina Abu Bakar Sharifful- Hasim 1st Sultan of Sulu - 1535 A.D. SUG SULTANATE OF SULU & NORTH BORNEO, AND ITS SOVEREIGN PEOPLE FROM THE BONDAGE OF THE OPPRESSORS AND SUPPRESSORS OF THE POLITICAL & MILITARY GOVERNMENT OF THE PHILIPPINES, MALAYSIA AND INDONESIA WITH THE PARTICIPATION OF SINGAPORE AND BRUNEI THAT WOULD CALL THE IMMEDIATE RECALL OF THE QUEEN OF SOUTHEAST ASIA & QUEEN OF ENGLAND HER ROYAL MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH II TO RETURN THE POWER TO THE RIGHTFUL HEIRS & SUCCESSORS OF THE ROYAL EMPIRE OF THE EAST HIS EXCELLENCY THE HONORABLE ICJ SULU AND NORTH BORNEO SOVEREIGN JUDGE THE SULTAN OF SULU & NORTH BORNEO RAJA MOHAMMAD GHAMAR MAMAY HASAN ABDURAJAK THE ROYAL CHARTER COMPANY SULTANATE OF SULU & NORTH BORNEO LUPAH SUG UNITED KINGDOM 1304-1405 AND HER EXCELLENCY THE HONORABLE ICJ SULU & NORTH BORNEO SOVEREIGN JUDGE THE QUEEN OF THE PHILIPPINES ISLANDS HER ROYAL HIGHNESS QUEEN MARIA MAKILING HELEN FATIMA NASARIA PANOLINO ABDURAJAK AND FOR THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE DEFENSE ECONOMIC TREATY IN MARCH 14, 2014 THUS MAKING THE ROYAL ICJ AS THE UMBRELLA OF THE PEACE & ORDER AND MASSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE SULU ARCHIPELAGO WITH THE TENURE OF 5O YEARS THAT WILL END IN MARCH 14, 2064.” Shar ief S ahibur asad JJuhaili uhaili harief Sahibur ahiburasad Asgali continued that: The 100 years of struggles of the people of Mindanao and Sulu Archipelago can be easily link to the experiences of the Elders of the Royal lineage of the blood of Shariff Ul Hashim Sultan Saidina Abubakar. As I am the direct Descendant of Sultan Saidina Abu Bakar I have struggled and supported the fight of the Bangsamoro in liberating Mindanao and Sulu. I could tell how the lineage survived waiting for the return of the Raja King until in my quest to find the true heirs and successors and I do strongly believe upon seeing them and relating to my experiences I finally see the light of freedom as seen in the talent and abilities of Queen Baginda Helen Fatima Nasaria Panolino Abdurajak and Raja King
Queen Baginda Maria Makiling Helen Fatima Nasaria Panolino Abdurajak Maulana Sultan Ismael Kiram Mohammad Alam.
Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak who have given me documents “Book” which I know is the road of their “Sultanate Protocol”. After I read the substance of the book- the documentary they have both made I have seen the step by step clarity of explanation of the Predecessor of Law 101coded 1902-101-1405-18221857-1936-2006-2013. It is in this light that I have found out that they are the real heirs and successors of Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo, I have made the 6 simple criteria that differed them from CLAIMANTS. They have acquired an ICJ RULING in October 10, 2013 after they have submitted their vital documents to International Court of Justice and was duly received by HRH RICKY NATHANIEL, THE SOVEREIGN LORD WINDSOR SUPREME JUSTICE AND SOVEREIGN JUDGE 445-AM0115432 “LI QI” THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ), HAGUE, THE NETHERLANDS THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE (ICJ) SUPREME JUSTICE; INSAAAAF ON THE MAPHILINDO AGREEMENT TREASURY REF: 0261472AXIS BANK LIMITED TREASURY DEPARTMENT INTERNAL REFERENCE: THE SOVEREIGN ROYAL IMPERIAL COMPAGNIE MONEGASQUE DU BANQUE DE MONACO, MEDIA 1. Clear Law of Succession of Genealogy of the Sultanate Protocol and clarity of Predecessor of Law 1405-1822., from Sultan Mohammad Shah also known as AwangAlakBetatar, Raja King of the old time First sultan of 1405, brother of : Ahmad second sultan 1415 father in law of: Shariff Ali Barakat the third sultan, from taif, descendant of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W.) through SyedinaHasan 1416——— down to Mohammad Kamaluddin, 16th Sultan, Son of 12 th Sultan ShariffHasan Mohammad Ali –great- great greatgrandafather of Raja Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak. Alaud-din , 17 th Sultan , grandson of 14th Sultan Muhyluddin and father of: Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin, 18th Sultan 1780, father of Mohammad Tajuddin, 19th Sultan 1780-1792, father of Mohammad JamalulAlam, 21st sultan 1792- 1893 , Mohammad Khanzul Alam 21st sultan-18081822, son of Sultan Omar Ali
Saifuddin-I and father of Mohammad Alam 22nd sultan 1822. 2. They have had preceded the Historians, that their father, great grandfather, great greatgreat grandfather stated in the History of Books for the Sultanate of Sulu from Sultan Shariff Ul Hashim Saidina Abu BakarIbni Syed Ali Zainal Abidin (descendant of Prophet Mohammad (S.A.W ) married to the daughter of Raja Baginda Sultan (1450-1480) , His descendant is Sultan Kamaluddin 2nd Sultan of Sulu,son of Shariff Ul Hashim Sultan Saidina Abu Bakar. 3. I had confirmation from Brunei Historical Directors , that the King and Queen of Sulu & North Borneo had handed personally the documents and were duly received by HRH Ricky Nathaniel of the Royal International Court of Justice, International Law Arbiter, Paramilitary of NATO – OTAN, etc. 4. I have heard and seen the video of The Final Stand Out of the Queen in December 17, 2013 and the Consolidation of the Royal Federations of Sultanates of Maguindanao, Palembang, Sultan Kudarat& North Cotabato, Zamboanga Peninsula, Sibugay, Basilan, Jolo, Tawi-Tawi to Palawan in December 16, 2013 as the Declaration in full support to the King and Queen of Sulu and North Borneo done as part of the customary laws and tradition of saving the blood which was done in Kuching Sarawak together with the Royal Chinese Family. 5. In January 13, 2014 on the Birthday of Prophet Mohammad after the Maulog in The Oldest Masjid Langgal at Licup Adam Indanan Sulu, the King and Queen Restored the Royal Imperial Lupah Sug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo and Installation of the Royal Imperial High Court of Shariah. After which the Proclamation and Recognition of the ICJ Sovereign Judges of Sulu and North Borneo His Royal Highness Raja Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo and Her Royal Highness Queen Mari of the was Royal High Court of Shariah of the Royal Imperial LupahSug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo 6. When I received the ICJ/ ICC Ruling immediately I disseminated to all the Bangsamoro Commanders throughout Mindanao, Zamboanga Peninsula, Sibugay ,Sulu, Basilan, TawiTawi in support of the National Liberation Front of Southern Philippines objectives of the founder Chairman Sharief Professor Mohammad Abubakarand cofounder Queen Baginda Maria Makiling Helen Fatima NasariaPanolinoAbdurajak, by embracing all the freedom fighters and liberators be an MNLF, MILF, BIFF, NPA, ABU SAYAFF and PRIVATE ARMIES who want to return to the true fold of the law and be rehabilitated to become a productive citizens of the land. Therefore I initiated the unification of the 4 Chairmen Misuari, Murad, Kato and Abubakar to be with us in Support of the King and Queen of the Royal Imperial Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo. The above clear cut criteria as seen and verified by our Elders and Blood of Shariff UL Hashim Sultan Saidina Abu Bakar of the King and Queen of the Royal Imperial Lupah Sug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo is never seen and proven by the
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claimants Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo. They are not categorized merely as claimants being sponsored by the Political Leaders especially by the Malacanang Palace. The King and Queen of the Royal Imperial LupahSug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo are Redeemers to redeem the wealth, assets , gold, diamonds, bank deposits /accounts deposited globally, Sovereign land and the sovereign people of the entire Sulu Archipelago-The Lost Kingdom of the East, in accordance to the International Protocol of Decolonization & Resolution of the Treaties. The Royal Couple brought with them the clarity of direction in their redemption processes, from the restoration of Sulu & North Borneo Royal Charter Company Sulu and North Borneo 1304-1405-101- 1902Prdecessor of Law 101, and by the Living witnesses ShariffUsman Datu Ismael Ali Sultan Toron Lawan Dumaga of Shariff Kabungsuan Cotabato City and Baboh Raja Hja Halima HasanPasang of Parang Sulu. Sultan Pandala Pasandalan of Tugal Sa Barongisliguasang Marsh Maguindanao (left the Administration of the Oil Field to the King and Queen together with his Son that Sultan Kayolawan Pandala Pasandalan) as Sultan of Maguindanao. And now the Great Leaders of the Sulu di Raja proclaimed to all the bloods to unite and support the King and Queen, Datu Nasser IjinSangkula Al-Haj is the wellrespected Elder of the clan the uncle of Raja Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak because he is the first cousin of the father Dr. Abdul Ghapar Abdurajak the Brother of Jamalul Kiram II. Also the great defender of the Clan and of the Queen and King Dayang Dayang HjaIluminada Jamasali Sangkula an Economist the daughter of Datu CalbiJamasali of Tawi-Tawi and the granddaughter of Datu Jamasali Attan Sharifa Jaliha Jamasali Attan. She is now in charge of the Humanitarian
Projects of Queen Helen for the Orphanages and the Program for Widow and Senior Citizens especially the AnakIlo in Sulu. Dayang HjaInnang Husein Ibni Hasim blood of Sangkulaof Parang Sulu. THE Q UESTION IS,WHEN QUESTION SHALL P EA CE PRE VAIL IN PEA EACE PREV MINDANA O AND SUL U AS MINDANAO SULU MILLIONS HA VE BEEN ASKHAVE ING CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE ERIAL HIGH R OY AL IMP IMPERIAL COUR T OF SHARIAH OF THE OURT L UP AH SUG UNITED KINGUPAH DOM OF SUL U AND NOR TH SULU NORTH BORNEO ? CHIEF JUSTICE SHARIEF ABDULPATTA ARABANI HADJIBUN THE GRANDSON OF SHARIFUL ABDULLAH KORAN IBNI TUAN KALAMURRAHMAN OF LUGUS TAPUL, SULU. HE IS ALSO A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF SHARIFF UL HASHIM SULTAN SAIDINA ABU BAKAR HE WAS TASKED TO FIND THE TRUE HEIRS AND SUCCESSORS. IN HIS SEARCHED HE WAS ABLE TO ENTER IN ALL THE CLAIMANTS SULTAN OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO EVEN BECAME A DELEGATE TO THE UNITED STATES IN DEALING WITH THE AMERICAN AUTHORITIES CONCERNING THE SULTANATE OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO AND INDEED HE HAS FOUND THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE ROYAL IMPERIAL LUPAH SUG UNITED KINGDOM OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO AND HIS QUEST TO FIND THE TRUTH LED TO THE RESOLUTION OF ACHIEVING PEACE AND ORDER THROUGH ACCEPTANCE AND RECTIFICATION OF THE BLOOD OF SHARIFF UL HASHIM SULTAN SAIDINA ABU BAKAR THROUGH THE RELEVANCE OF THE KING AND QUEEN OF THE ROYAL IMPERIAL LUPAH SUG UNITED KINGDOM OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO. HE IS THE FOUNDER ORGANIZER OF THE ROYAL COUNCIL OF IMAMS/ RELIGIOUS LEADERS AND ELDERS AND THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF TUBOH OF SULU AND NORTH BORNEO
“WHEN SHALL PEACE PREVAIL IN MINDANAO AND SULU? Since time immemorial Mindanao and Sulu has never been lifted up from restiveness done by continued Spanish conquests against the rule and to ruin the Kingdom in the East. The kingdom was never given the chance to live in peace and harmony with all its subjects from defending the fierce attacks of the Spaniards in collaboration with the natives of Luzon and Visayas. Raja Sulaiman of Manila, Raja MudahOtic of Maguindanao, Raja Buayan of Dadiangas, and Raja of Sulu were the four Rajas that defended Mindanao and Sulu and the entire country from these foreign evil designed to subjugate them and be under their control from the Spanish authorities to Japanese and American occupations, and the Filipino government that Mindanao and Sulu still suffering from the remaining clutches of colonialism. The constituents of the kingdom were with patience and bravery under the able leaderships of the four Rajas defended and courageously fought for their people and homeland, Because of this unbounded political happenings, it had closed its door to world progress and development and be with the other highly civilized countries of the world. Being a famous kingdom the Royal Suluk Empire of the East, it had collected tributes from the different neighbouring countries in Asean. Its richness and bounties of wealth were felt unsafe for the kingdom to keep and protect. Thus, consisting of eight shipments of trip loading all its gold and other valuables were shipped to Manila and deposited it to Fr. Antonio Diaz/Sta. Romana and Mcleod Tagean Tallano for safekeeping and protection. These are the 617,500 Metric Tons of Gold and 500,010 karats of Diamonds at the hands and care of a religiously pious people in Manila who at the end formed and made part in the conspiracy with then Atty. Ferdinand E. Marcos to kill the last Monarch of the Kingdom of the East the
Lupah Sug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo. The question is, when will peace prevail to reign in Mindanao and Sulu? If we traced back to the past, the kingdom of the East the Lupah Sug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo was already a citadel of trade in Asia as early as in the 7th Century. It had already a closed relationship with the neighbouring countries in Asean in trading and commerce up to the 15th century. It only made it worst when Spaniard authority in Manila tried to expand and spread its political authority to reach Mindanao and Sulu in strongly attacking with full force to let the kingdom submit and surrender to the Spanish Authority of the King of Spain. These coercive attacks were resisted and ensued series of fighting from the many expedition conquests to conquer the stronghold of the kingdom in Mindanao and Sulu. Because of their failures of the many attempts to take hold and defeat the fighters of the Kingdom, Mindanao and Sulu were dubbed as the “unconquerable land”. Analysing from the historical events that took place in Mindanao and Sulu, it is a clear manifestation that the only way to stop all these things is to return to this kingdom their sovereign authority and be respected and honoured to form their own governance through its legitimate heirs and successors as the lawful and rightful heir to moral ascendancy to the throne of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo. The International Court of Justice through the Lord Windsor His Royal Highness Ricky Nathaniel, Supreme Justice and Supreme Para Military Sovereign Judge has already identified and recognized the ICJ Sovereign Judge of Sulu and North Borneo His Majesty Raja (King) Mohammad Ghamar Mamay Hasan Abdurajak, Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo and the ICJ Sovereign Judge of Sulu & North Borneo Her Royal Highness Queen Maria Makiling Helen Fatima Nasaria Panolino Abdurajak the Queen of the Sovereign Royal Imperial Govern-
ment of the Philippines islands. RESPECT AND HONOR THEIR SOVEREIGN AUTHORITIES AS SOVEREIGN JUDGES”. THIS IS THE LEGAL TRANSCRIPT FROM INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE as publicized by Sorsogon Examiner in December 30, 2013 h t t p : / / w w w. s o r g e x a m i n e r. c o m / index.php?option=c om_content&view=article &id=197:the-90-days-preparation-for-the-new-internationalcourt-of-justice-icj-peace-defense-and-economictreaty&catid=37:specialreport&Itemid=57 Only in achieving Peace we can fully develop our Mindanao & Sulu and North Borneo and still we believe that in proper understanding of the plight of the poor victims of war and chaos we can resolved the War thorn territory that had been the battle ground of the World for gaining dominance and Power. Let is then Unite and put peace – Religious Leaders, Chairmen of the Bangsamoro Armed Groups the MNLF- MILF, BIFM , The Christian Brigade –NPA- the King & Queen is our Hope, our saving movement to protect us all. They are fixing the Government Top Leaders& the Major Agencies All over the Globe for the Global Financial Crisis and Global Climate Change, as they are also part of this Rectification, Restoration, Rehabilitation, Restructuring and Rebuilding this Nation our beloved Philippines and our Royal Imperial Lupah Sug United Kingdom of Sulu and North Borneo. NO ONE SHALL BE LEFT BEHIND FOR OUR MISSION IS FOR ALL REGARDLESS OF TRIBES, RACES AND RELIGION. WELCOME TO THE NEW FOLD OF OUR NEW GENERATION. One people, one nation, one region and one worldSupport the Signing of Peace Defense Economic Treaty in March 14, 2014- IN HONOR OF OUR 3 BIG BROTHERS OF SULU DI RAJA- RAJA BUAYAN- RAJA MUDA OTICRAJA SULAYMAN—
Datu Seri Panglima Prof. Hji. Nur P. Misuari (MNLF Chairman)
Datu Seri Paduka Ulama Ibrahim Murad (MILF Chairman)
Raja (King) Mohammad Ghamarmamay Hasan Abdurajak
Datu Seri Ustadz Amiril Umbra Kato (BIFM Chairman)
Datu Seri Tumanggong Prof. Sharief Mohammad Abubakar II (NLF- SP Chairman)
Queen Baginda Maria Makiling Helen Fatima Nasaria Panolino Abdurajak with Raja Usman Datu Ismael Ali Sultan Toron Lawan Dumaga, Baboh Raja Hja. Halima Hasan Pasang. Hja. Innang Husien Ibnihasim – related to sangkula, Nasser Ijin Sangkula, Al-Haj. – Uncle of Raja Mamay first cousin of Abdugafar Abdurajak and Chief NESC (National Elite Security Command MNLF, and Dayang Dayang Illuminada Jamasali Sangkula – Daughter of Datu Jamasali Attain and Sharifa Jaliha Jamasali Attain.
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Kidnapped filmmakers regain freedom PHILIPP INE A UTHORITIES hav e rreco eco ver ed two kidPHILIPPINE AUTHORITIES have ecov ered napped M uslim sisters after they escaped fr om their Muslim from Abu S ayyaf captors in the souther n pr ovince of S ulu, Sayyaf southern pro Sulu, officials said. Officials said Linda cial operation conducted and Nadjoua Bansil, who by the elements of Marine are both filmmakers, were Battalion Landing Team recovered by security Six (MBLT-6), Marine Batforces in Sitio Kantatang in talion Landing Team Two the village of Buhanginan (MBLT-2) and 2nd Marine Brigade & Sulu PPO with in Patikul town. “After eight months in efforts from Sulu Vice Govcaptivity, KVs (kidnapped ernor Sakur Tan successvictims) escaped fm (from) fully recovered the two (2) their captors and were re- kidnapped victims covered in Sitio Kantatang, Nadjoua and Linda Buhanginan, Patikul, Sulu BANSIL in Sitio Kantatang, by PN (Marines). Due to Barangay Buhanginan, the pressure by the Sulu Patikul, Sulu.” “To recall, Nadjoua governor (Totoh Tan) and opnl (operational) efforts and Linda Bansil were of the soldiers, the kidnap- Muslim-Filipinos who pers loosen their grip on were abducted last June 22, the sisters Linda and 2013 in Sitio Baunuh, Nadjoua Bansil. Devt (de- Barangay Liang, Patikul, velopment) rpt (report) Sulu by armed men identiwill folw (follow),” a mili- fied as the young members of the Abu Sayyaf Group tary radio message said. Another military re- (ASG) in Sulu who were alport from Sulu province legedly trained by foreign reads: “On February 20, Jihadists. The sisters were 2014, around five o’clock in working together to prothe afternoon, a joint spe- duce an independent Film
entitled "Coffee Armalite” showcasing Filipino Muslim’ life and culture. On the same day, said kidnapped victims will be brought to Western Mindanao Command (WESMINCOM) for proper disposition,” it said. The duo, whose mother Fatiha Elouali is an Algerian, was seized on June 22 last year while filming in the town together with members of the Sultanate of Sulu Darul Islam. The kidnappers had demanded P50 million ransoms from the Algerian embassy through the sisters’ mother. Algeria has no embassy in Manila, but Malaysia. Both sisters are residents of Zamboanga City. The Abu Sayyaf is still holding several foreigners and Filipinos hostages in the southern Philippines and just recently, six gunmen – some of them clad in police uniform – seized a 28-year old woman, Sabrina Ikbala Voon – in
The sisters after regaining their freedom is reunited with their brother Muhammad in Zamboanga City. Also with them is Western Mindanao Command chief Rustico Guerrero. (Western Mindanao Command and Mindanao Examiner Photo - Ely Dumaboc) Zamboanga City. Voon was forcibly taken from her house in the village of Mercedes and dragged her to a white van which was later recovered on a neighboring village by pursuing policemen.
Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said police and military forces were searching for the woman. He said the gunmen speak in Tausug, a dialect widely used in Sulu and Tawi-
Tawi provinces. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the abduction, but authorities had previously blamed kidnapping cases to the Abu Sayyaf group. (Mindanao Examiner)
House to look into delay of airport rehab project in Cebu CEBU CITY – Cebuano Rep. Gerald Anthony Gullas Jr. said he has called
for an investigation into the unwarranted delay in the multibillion-peso reha-
Cebu airport terminal (Mindanao Examiner Photo)
bilitation and expansion of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport Passenger
Terminal. The rehabilitation is a public-private partnership project and Gulas – in filing House Resolution 863 urged the House committees on Good Government and on Transportation to jointly inquire into the circumstances surrounding delay in the project. “We want…resolved right away, so that the national government may finally receive the multibillion-peso payment for the right to perform the project,” Gullas said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. The National Treasury is expected to book the payment as extraordinary income – “money that
would go a long way in supporting vital social programs,” Gullas said, adding the payment is on top of the billions of pesos that the final project awardee is anticipated to spend in order to build a new worldclass international terminal capable of handling eight million passengers every year; enlarge and modernize the existing terminal, which will be converted into a completely domestic passenger-only station; and install all the required equipment. He said the awardee is also expected to run both the new and existing terminals for up to 25 years. “We wish for the project to be carried out as soon as possible, as we are counting on it to help propel Cebu’s economic and jobs growth in a big way in the months ahead,” Gullas said. “Immediately, we see the project generating thousands of construction-related jobs that will directly benefit low-income households in Cebu. Once completed, we are also very hopeful that the bigger terminals will permanently employ more Cebuanos.” Gullas said the new facilities will further stimulate travel and leisure-related industries through-
out Central Visayas, a key tourism hub. The project will also give more meaning to President Benigno Aquino’s PPP strategy in delivering high-value infrastructure projects, for the purpose of driving economic expansion and producing badly needed new jobs, he said. He said after several months of preparation, including the technical prequalification of 7 prospective bidders from the private sector, the Department of Transportation and Communications finally opened the financial bids for the concession on December 12, 2013. In the financial bidding, the tandem of Megawide Construction Corp., and Bangalore, India-based GMR Airports Ltd., emerged with the highest offer of a P14.404billion payment for the right to perform the project, according to Gullas. However, the project awarding has since been deferred, following a complaint lodged by the second-highest bidder, the tandem of Filinvest Development Corp., and Changi Airports MENA (Middle East and North Africa) Pte Ltd., which offered P13.999 billion, he said.
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Anakbayan members stage rally in front of Manila Electric Company main office in Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City. (Photos courtesy of Anakbayan National Office)
Youth group protests poverty, high prices A FILIPINO YOUTH GROUP called Anakbayan commemorated this year’s anniversary of the EDSA 1 uprising with a rally in front of the Manila Electric Company main office in Ortigas Avenue in Pasig City protesting the spate of price hikes and galloping poverty and unemployment rates under the Aquino administration. Vencer Crisostomo, national chairperson of Anakbayan, said recent surveys showed that up to 13 million Filipinos are currently jobless, as well as the combined P9.48/kwh MERALCO power rate hike, are natural outcomes of the President Aquino’s economic policies. “Aquino is merely continuing the policy direction of his successors: opening up our economy to foreign plunder and exploitation at the expense of a self-suffi-
cient manufacturing and agricultural sectors,” he said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Crisostomo explained that the policies of deregulation and privatization have in the previous decades led to the formation of monopolies in the power and oil industries. He said these monopolies, in turn, have been linked to alleged price manipulation, as in the case of the coordinated shut-down of power plants last year leading to the P4.15/kwh hike in the MERALCO generation charge. Crisostomo also blamed the Aquino administration’s framework of ‘foreign investment-dependent growth’ for the ballooning unemployment despite increases in the country’s gross domestic product.
“The problem with relying on foreign capital is that it does not foster development in more than a few sectors of the economy,” he said, citing studies by the IBON Foundation which say that growth in the mining, construction, and BPO sectors have not led to similar growth in others. “Also damaging are the policies passed by the government to attract foreign investments, such as the freezing of wage levels, as well as the granting of tax exemptions to foreign corporations. With more than three years under his belt, it is clear that Aquino has no intent in changing his economic direction and policies,” he added. Crisostomo said better jobs and lower prices and a new economic framework is only possible under a new regime.
OFWs rally in Hong Kong, denounce policy on foreign domestic workers MANILA - Members of the Asian Migrants Coordinating Body of the International Migrants Alliance picketed in front of Hong Kong's Immigration Department to denounce its policies on foreign domestic workers. The AMCB-IMA accused Hong Kong of desperately trying to cover up serious flaws on its foreign policies, citing the case of Indonesian worker Erwiana Sulistyaningsih, who was forced to break contact with her family for six months and barred from leaving her employers' flat in Hong Kong. The 23-year old maid was also tortured by her employers. “Coming on the heels of Erwiana’s case, the Hong Kong government is desperately trying to cover up the serious flaws on its policies on foreign domestic workers by lying and creating the phantom problem of job-hopping among FDWs,” the AMCB-IMA said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. Its members rallied at the Immigration Department to denounce the Security Bureau’s claims of job-hopping among FDWs to collect severance payment and money for airfare. “Job-hopping among FDWs for reason the government says and for the bases they claim is highly-improbable if not bordering on a total lie. First of all, an FDW cannot collect severance payment if they worked for less than 12 months. Sec-
Filipinos picket in Hong Kong. ondly, the so-called financial gains after termination including the one-month salary in lieu of notice as well as the airfare are not even enough to cover even half of what the agencies charge us. There is no rational or practical reason for an FDW to job-hop,” Dolores Balladares, spokesperson of the AMCB-IMA, said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
The group also questioned the legitimacy of using the data the Secretary for Security Lai Tung-Kwok relayed to the public to show the so-called jobhopping practice of FDWs. “We should note that the 1,372 applications are only suspected job-hoppers based on unreasonable and arbitrary criteria. Of this, 170 were rejected based on unproven allegation of job-hopping to collect pay-
ment. The 158 who voluntarily withdrew their application cannot also be conclusively classified as job-hoppers. The Security Bureau is not even making a mountain out of a molehill but actually creating an issue where none exists at all,” Balladares said. The release of these dubious data, Balladares said, is highly suspicious given that the topic is being drummed up
by the government and political parties known for their anti-migrant stands in the middle of national and international calls to review the Hong Kong policies that expose FDWs to different forms and degrees of abuses like what happened to Erwiana. “They want to project that we are abusing the system whereas the truth is, this system has failed Erwiana and all FDWs in protecting our rights and wellbeing. The Two-Week Rule, mandatory live-in employment arrangement and other exclusionary policies of Hong Kong have made what happened to Erwiana possible. The truth is that HK policies are seriously flawed and have in need of immediate and comprehensive changes,” Balladares said. The AMCB-IMA implored the Hong Kong government to stop diverting the issue and creating a baseless public scare and instead look into the demands for review of policies on FDWs. “They should just stop the lies and the scare-mongering. The malicious claims of jobhopping and making it appear that FDWs are engaged in a criminal act – though there’s no law against job-hopping in Hong Kong – are unjust and make Erwiana and all FDWs victims twice over of a system that abuses and enslaves migrant workers,” Balladares said.
Philippines, China in new dispute over Scarborough Shoal MANILA –The Philippines demanded an explanation from China over the reported firing of water cannons at Filipino fishermen at the Bajo de Masinloc or Huangyan Island being claimed by both countries. The island, also called Scarborough Shoal or Scarborough Reef, is located between the Macclesfield Bank and Luzon island in the Philippines in the South China Sea or as Manila now claimed as the West Philippine Sea. The Department of Foreign Affairs summoned the Chargé d’Affaires of the Chinese Embassy in Manila to strongly protest the efforts of China to prohibit Filipino
fishermen from undertaking fishing activities in Bajo de Masinloc. “Bajo de Masinloc is an integral part of the Philippines and over which the Philippines exercises sovereignty, sovereign rights and jurisdiction. Philippine fishing vessels have been routinely, continuously, and peacefully and sustainably fishing in Bajo de Masinloc,” the DFA said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner. “The Department likewise strongly protests the acts of harassment and the manner by which these were committed by China to forcefully drive away Philippine fishing vessels from
Minerong problemado sa asawa, nagpatiwakal ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – Isang minero ang nagpatiwakal dahil sa umano’y problema nito sa kanyang dating asawa at kapwa trabahador sa bayan ng Malangas sa Zamboanga Sibugay province. Ayon sa imbestigasyon ng pulisya ay nagbaril umano si Joel Macquiling, 39, sa kanyang bunganga sa loob ng kanilang bahay matapos na magpaalam sa kanyang 25-anyos na live-in partner. Sinabi ng babae sa mga imbestigador na nagsumbong sa kanya si Joel – na isang coal miner - ukol sa problema nito sa unang asawa at mga kapwa minero
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sa naturang bayan at posibleng ito ang nagtulak sa biktima na magpatiwakal. Palabas umano ng bahay si Joel ng isubo ang dulo ng kanyang .45-caliber pistol at saka ito kinalabit. Hindi naman makapaniwala ang babae sa nasaksihan at sinapit ng kinakasama. Dinala pa umano sa pagamutan si Joel, ngunit patay na ito ng dumating doon. Hindi naman sinabi ng pulisya kung anong problema ang sukdulang bumagabag kay Joel at nakuha nitong kitilin ang sariling buhay. (Mindanao Examiner)
Bajo de Masinloc. Finally, the Department vehemently protests the acts of China when its law enforcement vessels drove away Philippine fishing vessels seeking shelter in the Philippines’ Bajo de Masinloc during inclement weather,” it added. The DFA said it received reports that two Filipino fishing boats were harassed by a China Coast Guard vessel with Bow Number 3063 on January 27 in Bajo de Masinloc. It said vessel continuously blew its horn and then doused the fishing boats with water cannons for several minutes. It said 9 similar reports of harassments of Filipino fishermen were committed by Chinese Maritime Law Enforcement Agency vessels last year, where even during bad weather conditions Philippine fishing boats were driven away from the area. The Chinese news agency Xinhua said Beijing does not accept Manila’s protest on alleged firing of water cannon at Filipino fishermen. “China has indisputable sovereignty over the South China Sea islands and adjacent waters, Huangyan Island included,” said embassy spokesman Zhuang Hua, adding that Chinese government vessels are conducting regular patrols in waters within China's jurisdiction. “We urge the Philippine side to work with the Chinese side to resolve differences through bilateral consultations and negotiations,” Zhuang Hua said. (Mindanao Examiner)
Maguindanao’s Upi town gets funds for own market COTABATO CITY – Maguindanao’s Upi town has received an initial funding of P2.5 million for a market facility from the regional government as part of its infrastructure support. Mayor Ramon Piang, Sr. received the initial funding from the total amount of P5 million. Piang, a respected politician in Maguindanao, was also cited by various organizations, among them the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. and the Canadian International Development Agency-Local Government Support Program, because of his outstanding leadership in Upi, whose 45,000-population includes the indigenous Teduray tribe, Muslims and Christians.
“Mayor Piang’s achievements are not only recognized by his people and local counterparts, he
Mayor Ramon Piang, Sr. (Photo courtesy of the Civil Service Commission) was also cited by the Canadian International Development Agency – Local Government Support Program as a model leader;
and his town, a showcase of the true meaning of good and transparent governance. A citation that represented the holistic attainment of the recipientLGU in terms of enhanced capacities that exemplify good governance,” according to Ramon Aboitiz Foundation. Piang is also an awardee of the Civil Service Commission Honor Awards Program in 2012. The town is a consistent recipient of awards and citations on good governance, including the Seal of Good Housekeeping of the Department of the Interior and Local Government. Maguindanao is one of five provinces under the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner)
Special Forces seized boat loaded with illegal lumber off Basilan BASILAN – Government soldiers handed over a boatload of confiscated lumber in Basilan province in the Muslim autonomous region, an army spokesman said. Capt. Jefferson Mamauag, of the 1st Infantry Division, said members of the Special Forces seized the 50-foot boat transporting some 2,500 board feet of Yakal or Shora astylosa. The boat was bound for Zamboanga City when intercepted by soldiers.
Mamauag said the group of Lt. Col. Eliglen Villaflor was patrolling the shorelines when it spotted the boat. Villaflor, in his report, said villagers have earlier tipped them off about the lumber which came from the town of Sumisip. He said troops escorted the boat to a patrol base and handed it over to the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Maj. Gen. Felicito
Virgilio Trinidad, Jr, the division commander, commended the efforts of the 4th Special Forces Battalion for the apprehension of the boat. “The accomplishment manifests the growing concern and vigilance of the residents in Basilan against illegal logging. Indeed, this is a clear sign that the spirit of Bayanihan is alive in this part of the country,” he said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.
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DINAKIP NA MILF LEADER PINALAYA NA
COTABA TO CIT Y – Pinalaya na ng militar ang isang ABAT CITY or o IIslamic slamic Liber ation F Mor oro Liberation Frront mataas na lider ng M matapos na umalma ang rrebeldeng ebeldeng gr upo sa grupo pagkakar esto sa kanilang commander sa C otabato pagkakaresto Cotabato City City.. Kinumpirma kaha- cease-fire agreement ang pon ni Mohagher Iqbal, pagkakadakip sa kanya ng ang MILF vice chairman pinagsanib na puwersa ng at chief peace negotiator, militar at pulisya. May ang pagpapalaya kay peace talks ang pamaUstadz Wahid Tundok halaan sa MILF, na ngayon dalawang araw matapos ay ang pinakamalaking itong dakpin habang rebeldeng grupong Muspauwi sakay ng kanyang lim sa bansa. Sinabi ni Iqbal na pick-up truck mula sa isang meeting sa Camp hindi dapat inaresto si Darapanan sa bayan ng Tundok dahil sa cease-fire accord, ngunit iginiit ng Sultan Kudarat. "Ustadz Wahid mga awtoridad na maraTundok is freed," ani ming warrants of arrest Iqbal sa Mindanao Exam- ang rebeldeng lider dahil sa ibat-ibang kasong iner. Naunang hiniling ng kriminal mula arson MILF sa pamahalaang hanggang pagpatay. Nang Aquino na palayain agad tanungin si Iqbal kung satsi Tundok dahil labag sa isfied o masaya ba ang
Mohagher Iqbal, MILF Vice Chairman and Chief Peace Negotiator. (Mindanao Examiner Photo) MILF sa pagpapalaya kay Tundok ay ito lamang ang
kanyang sagot: "Not much, because that should not
happen at all." Inamin ni Iqbal na posibleng na set-up si Tundok dahil na-monitor ang kanyang galaw mula sa kanyang paglabas sa Camp Darapanan hanggang sa makarating ito sa Cotabato City. "This could be a set up by those who are opposing the peace process," ani Iqbal at sinabi pa nito na isang loyal MILF leader si Tundok at suportado nito ang peace talks. Iniugnay rin ng pulisya at militar si Tundok kay Ustadz Ameril Umra Kato, na siya umanong nasa likod ng maraming atake sa Mindanao. Ngunit itinanggi naman ito ni Abu Misry Mama, ang spokesman ng grupo ni Kato na Bangsamoro Islamic Free-
dom Movement at Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, at sinabing: "Ustadz Tundok is a leader of the MILF and never was part of our group." Pinalagan rin ni Iqbal ang pagkakapatay kamakailan ng mga awtoridad kay MILF commander Yusoph Kusain matapos umanong makipaglaban ito upang pigilan ang pagdakip sa kanya sa bayan ng Datu Paglas sa Maguindanao. Tikom naman ang bibig ng mga opisyal ng pulisya at militar sa paglaya ni Tundok. Matagal ng nakikibaka ang MILF para sa karapatan ng mga Muslim sa Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)
Mindanao hit by massive power outage PO WER has been cut off in POWER the most par indanao partt of M Mindanao and author ities ar e inv estiauthorities are investigating the cause of widespr ead outage that affect key spread ar eas in the souther n rregion. egion. areas southern The National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) could not explain the sudden blackout which began shortly before 4 a.m. It said electr icity was restored in some areas – Davao City, General Santos City, Zamboanga City, Pagadian City, Cagayan de Oro City and parts of Misamis Oriental province - five hours later, but a large part of Mindanao is still without power. The NGCP is a private corporation solely responsible for the operation and maintenance of the country’s power transmission network. “The NGCP continues to monitor the situation in Mindanao. The NGCP is still determining the cause and is working to restore the power transmission ser vice to all
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power customers in Mindanao,” it said. Rep. Carlos Zarate said the blackout showed how precarious still is the power situation in Mindanao more than a decade after the government's power assets were privatized and handed down and sold to a few players. "That on top of high power prices, many parts of Mindanao even continue to
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suffer intermittent brown-outs that sometimes lasted for hours only show how the Electric Power Industry Reform Act also miserably failed us all these years," he said. Zarate fears that the latest Mindanao blackout will once again be used by the Aquino government to project a phantom power crisis and push or fast tract the privatization of
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the remaining state power assets like the Agus-Pulangi power complex. The military said it has no reports of bombing of NGCP pylons in Mindanao. “We have no reports about any bombings or attacks on steel pylons operated by the NGCP. We also do not know the cause of the blackout,” Capt. Alberto Caber, a spokesman for the Eastern
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Mindanao Command, told The Mindanao Examiner. In Western Mindanao, Capt. Maria Rowena Myuela, a regional military spokesperson, said they also have no reports of any attacks on NGCP towers. “We also have no reports about it, but we were told by the Zamboanga City Electric Cooperative that the power outage was caused by an abnormal supply of electricity,” she said in a separate interview. Earlier in February, suspected rebels bombed, but failed to topple a power pylon of the NGCP in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province. The 6th Infantry Division blamed the attack on the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters who are waging a separatist war in the restive region of Mindanao. Last September, rebels also blasted a steel pylon in the same town cutting electricity supply in several provinces. (Mindanao Examiner)
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