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PCG, MARINA asked to explain on Basilan ferry fire

BARMM to hold mass signing of appointments, oath taking of teaching, non-teaching personnel

THE BANGSAMORO Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education will conduct another mass signing of appointments and oath taking for 196 teaching and non-teaching personnel to officially work for the MBHTE on Tuesday, April 11.

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BARMM builds P25-M town hall to better serve Turtle islands

ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Ministry of the Interior and Local Government in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao

(MILG-BARMM) is building a PHP25 million modern town hall tobetter servethe residents of theremote municipality of Turtle Islands, Tawi-Tawi.

Lawyer Naguib Sinarimbo, MILG minister, said in a

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8 bills introduced for first reading on Monday’s regular session

The Bangsamoro Parliament in a regular session on Monday,Mar.20,hasintroduced eightbills on firstreading, which include, among others these proposed measures are the Bangsamoro Palliative and Hospice Act of2022;

statement Saturday that the municipal hall aims to improve the services of local government units and ensure that moral governance is felt even in the farthesttown ofBARMM.

Sinarimbo said distance is not a hindrance in constructing a town hall in such aremotearea.

The municipality of Turtle Islands is located within

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the Sulu Sea at the southwestern tip of the country, at the edge of the international treaty limits separating the Philippines and Malaysia.

“Despite its distance, we areconstructing amunicipal hall for the farthest municipality to ensure that governance is also felt there,” Sinarimbosaid.

The town hall, he said,

ICC tightens the noose

For lack of a better advice, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. recently announced thecountry’s disengagement from theHague-based International CriminalCourt(ICC). The decision was apparently in reaction to the court’s rejection of the country’s request to suspend the inquiry intotheblood-staineddrug war...

would not only serve as a help desk for the government’s bureaucracy and implement policies for the betterment of its constituents but would alsoprovide symbolic functions in the community.

It will serve as a venue for holding local government business, implementing government services, and conducting publicrelated assistance and ac-

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tivities in offices or council meetingrooms.

Turtle Islands is a fifthclass municipality of TawiTawi with a population of 5,683, as of the 2020 census, and is a protected and natural breeding ground for greenseaturtles.

The municipality consists of six small islands –Taganak, Baguan, Langaan, Boan, Lihiman, and theGreat Bakungan.

Teofilo Garcia, Jr./PNA

PM Sudani: No need for US-led forces in Iraq

Iraqi PrimeMinister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani says the Arab country does not need US-led foreign combat troops on its soil, as the Iraqi forces are fully capable of preserving Iraq’s security after the elimination of the Daesh terrorist group.

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PCG, MARINA asked to explain on Basilan ferry fire

By PMT Desk

MANILA – A Cavite representative has asked the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) to explain on the circumstances of the M/V Lady Mary Joy 3, which caught fire late Wednesday evening (March 29) off the waters of Basilan province.

Cavite 4th Dist. Rep. Elpidio Barzaga Jr. said anyone negligent should be held accountable for the deaths of 29 passengers of M/V Lady Mary Joy 3, which caught fire late Wednesday evening off the waters of Basilan province.

In a statement on Friday (March 31), Barzaga Jr. said the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and the Maritime Industry Authority should explain if the vessel was overloaded since such has always been the case in most of the previous maritime accidents.

He said he distinctly remembers the 2008 investigation of the Committee on Transportation into thesinking of M/V Princess

of the Stars off the coast of San Fernando, Romblon in June 2008 at the height of a typhoon, claiming the lives of over 800 people "and now, this tragedy in Basilanhappened."

The enactment into law of the Maritime Code measure was among the transportation panel's recommendations after its inquiry into the 2008 tragedy of the passenger ferry owned by Filipino shipping company SulpicioLines.

"What is the Coast Guard doing? If there were so many passengers, did they not check if thevessel was overloaded? Secondly, is there already an action to stop the shipping linefrom operating its other ferries on account of this incident?” Barzagasaid.

Mayor Arsina KahingNanoh of Hadji Muhtamad, Basilan has said the ferry's manifest was inaccurate, which made it difficult for authorities to conduct

BARMM to hold mass signing of appointments, oath taking of teaching, non-teaching personnel

COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE) will conduct another mass signing of appointments and oath taking for 196 teaching and non-teaching personnel to officially work for the MBHTE on Tuesday, April11.

The affair has been in thepipelineas theMBHTE, one of the primary governance organs of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), has been conducting hiring processes, which involves interview, examination, demonstration, and assessment of the applicants for plantilla items.

On Nov. 17 last year, Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal had conducted the mass signing of appointment and oath taking for 380 teaching and non-teaching employees.

In Regional Memorandum No. 263, Series of 2023, dated April 5, Iqbal said all the incoming appointees were required to bring a photocopy of their authenticated Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) ID, a set of their Personal Data Sheet, and aballpen.

As the memo is addressed to Schools Division Superintendents, Assistant Schools Division Superintendents (Schools

Division Office MaguindanaoI& II,Marawi City, and Special Geographic Area or SGA), it is needless to say, all schools division superintendents and assistant schools division superintendents of the concerned divisions wereinvited tojointhe affair.

Attire was also specified in the MBHTE memo, such as formal attire with Inaul (hand-woven) accent/landap for schools division superintendent (Marawi City), principal (Marawi City and Maguindanao II), and nonteaching personnel (MBHTE Regional Office); black slacks/skirt/abaya with white hijab and white blouse or long sleeves for Instructor I and Teacher I (Higher Education), Teacher I (Elementary and Sec-

ondary), Maguindanao I & II, Special Geographic Area, andMarawiCity.

List of positions and their respective schools divisions/offices:

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2. MBHTE Higher Education: bit.ly/43c4W9G

3. Maguindanao I Schools Division: bit.ly/438rfgF

4. Maguindanao II Schools Division: bit.ly/3KBAazO

5. Marawi City Schools Division:

For moreinformation on the affair, click bit.ly/43mSioL

search, rescue and retrieval operations.

She said the PCG record showed there were only 205 passengers. However, 195 people were already rescued, excluding the number of those who died, which means that the figures donotmatch.

Barzaga also lamented that the latest maritime

incident happened in the wake of the sinking of M/T Princess Empress on Feb. 28 off Naujan, Oriental Mindoro, causing a massive oil spill that has reached otherprovinces.

"We haven't even recovered yet from the oil spill incident and now, this happened. Here we go again," said thesenior law-

maker.

Authorities are still looking into reports that the fire started from an airconditioningunit.

M/V Lady Mary Joy 3 was en route to Jolo, Sulu from Zamboanga City when it caught fire before midnight.

(With story from PNA)

New BARMM-funded public market to spur economic opportunities in Luuk, Sulu

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P25-million public market being built by the Bangsamoro Government in Luuk, Sulu is expected to spur economic opportunities for thelocals.

The market is funded under the Office of the Chief Ministers Support to Local Moral Governance Program and is implemented by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG).

MILG Minister Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo said the market will include modern amenities and spaces to accommodate newand existingvendors.

“This will open up new

opportunities for locals, particularly in the business sector, and will generate more revenue for the local government in the long run,” hesaid.

Sinarimbo, MILG Sulu Provincial Directtor Emini Kadiri, Sulu 2nd District Congressman Abdulmuni Arbison, and Luuk Mayor Maryam Arbison led on March 19 the signing of a memorandum of agreement (MOA) and groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of the public market.

"We've been waiting for this project for a long time, and it's finally coming to fruition. This project will

greatly benefit the people of Luuk by opening up new economic opportunities for us," said Congressman Arbison, noting that a new public market is much needed with the town’s growingpopulation.

In addition to thepublic market, also included in the MOA was the construction of two units of two-storey barangay halls in Luuk town each worth P5-million.

The barangay halls and the public market are funded through the Bangsamoro Appropriations Acts of 2022 and 2023, respectively. (with reports from MILG) MYRNA TEPADAN/BIO

‘Bola hindi Bala’: BARMM holds sports tourney to promote peace

COTABATO CITY The Bangsamoro Sports Commission (BSC) successfully held on March 11-18 the first Bangsamoro Sports for Peace which aimed to promote camaraderie, friendship, and sportsmanship among BARMM constituents andstakeholders.

Held in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao del Sur, BSC said the sports event also sought to serve as a tool for peace and an instrument to fight drug addiction and violent extremism, among others.

Competing for a bas-

ketball and volleyball game, the event brought together players from the military, police, Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and from the nine (9) municipalities comprising the SPMS Box, the military term for the neighboring towns of Shariff Aguak, Pagatin (Datu Saudi Ampatuan), Mamasapano, and Shariff Saydona.

BSC Commissioner for Maguindanao, Nu-Man Caludtiag, expressed his gratitude to their partners who helped and supported

in therealization of the 1st Bangsamoro Sports for Peace, especially the host municipality Shariff Aguak.

Through these sports events, we could set aside our differences and barriers to each other as one Bangsamoro,” Caluntiag said.

“Let us consider the value of life above all. In these sports, we are also caring about our own health and our strength,” he added. (With reports from BSC)

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6. Special Geographic Area Schools Division: bit.ly/40GUlSC

BARMM Education Minister Mohagher M. Iqbal. ((Photo: SDN SciTech and Digital News)

Farthest Turtle Islands to get P25-M town hall from BARMM Govt

By MAJID NUR |BangsamoroInformationOfice

COTABATO CITY – Constituents of faraway Turtle Islands in Tawi-Tawi province will soon have better access to the services of the Bangsamoro Government as a P25-million worth municipal hall is being built by the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG).

government services, and conducting public related services and activities within offices or council meetingrooms.

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Media in BARMM enlightened on BTA performances in a forum

COTABATO CITY Station managers, journalists, field reporters, broadcasters, and other representatives from various media entities in the Bangsamoro region gathered at themediaforum on Tuesday, March28.

Since the media has become an integral part of delivering accurate and timely information to the public, the forum provides a means for the media to learn about the efforts and accomplishments of the BangsamoroTransition Authority.

Funded under the Support to Local Moral Governance Fund of 2021, the municipal hall aims to improve the services of local government units and ensure that moral governance is felt even in the farthest town of the Bangsamoro autonomous region.

MILG Minister Atty. Naguib Sinarimbo said dis-

tance is not a hindrance in constructing a town hall in such aremotearea.

“Despite its distance, we are also constructing a municipal hall for this farthest municipality to ensure that governance is also felt there,” Sinarimbosaid.

“Wethank thelocal government unit of Turtle Islands led by Mayor Haji Faisal Jamalul for this part-

nership,” headded.

According to MILG, the town hall will not only serve as a help desk for the government’s bureaucracy and implement policies for the betterment of its constituents, but it will alsoprovidesymbolic functions in the community. It would serve as avenue for holding local government business, implementing

Turtle Islands is a fifthclass municipality with over 4,000 populations and is considered a protected and natural breeding ground for green sea turtles (pawikan). Presidential Proclamation No .171 s. 1999 established it as a protected area pursuant to RA No. 7586 also known as the National Integrated Protected Area System (NIPAS) Act of 1992 and RA No. 9147 or the Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act, both of which prohibit thecollection of turtle eggs.

Consisting of six (6) small islands namely Taganak, Baguan, Langaan, Boan, Lihiman, and the Great Bakungan, the Turtle Islands is closer to Malaysia than to Tawi-Tawi’s capital town of Bongao (with reports from MILG)

Maguindanao farmers to benefit from DA, BARMM’s P205.73-M worth of machinery

COTABATO CITY

Farming can now be easier and more efficient for Maguindanao farmers after receiving Php205,730,000.00 worth of machinery from BARMM’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Agrarian Reform (MAFAR) and the Department of AgriculturePhilippine Center for Post -harvest Development and Mechanization (DAPhilMech).

In a ceremony held on March 14, at BARMMIARC, Simuay Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao del Norte, a total of 105 farmers cooperative associations from Maguindanao del Norte and Maguindanao del Sur received 228 units of various agricultural machinery and postharvest facilities fromDA-PhilMech.

Funded under theRice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (RCEF), the distribution included a

four-wheel tractor, hand tractor, floating tiller, Precision seeder, walk-behind transplanter, reaper combine harvester, recirculating dryer, mobile rice mill, and rice combine harvester, among others.

Undersecretary for Special Concerns and BARMM Engr. Zamzamin

Ampatuan, PhilMech Interim Director Joel Detor, Director for Agriculture Operations Engr. Ismael Guimel, Director Tong Abas of Research, Development, and Extension Services, and Maguindanao Provincial Director Dr. Ronjanin Maulana led the activity.

“Isa pong karangalan at hamon sa aming ahensiya na ang PhilMech ang trabahong itona pinagkatiwala sa amin ng ating pamahalaan, dahil instrumento po kami upang maihatid sainyo ang pinakabago, pinakamaganda, at tunay na mapakinabangan na makinarya,” Detorsaid.

“Sa ngalan ng paglilingkod sa mga bayani ang mga minamahal nating magsasaka, wala pong hinihinging kapalit ang aming serbisyong ito, sapagkat alam namin na nararapat lamang natapatan ang sigasig ninyo na upang mapakain ang nasa 114 million Filipino sa bawat taon,” headded.

Meanwhile, Maguindanao Provincial Director Dr. Maulana said: “Sa aming minamahal naming magsasaka, kayo po ang champion at pinakaimportanteng sector ng lipunan dahil kayo ang

saaminghapag kainan.”

“Ang mga makinaryang ito ay makakatulong sa inyong pamumuhay ngunit hinihingi namin sa inyo na itoy alagaan at ingatan para aabot pa sa susnod na henerasyon ng mga magsasaka sa inyong lugar,” Maulanaadded

Moreover, MAFAR Director Guiamel emphasized the accountability and responsibility of the farmers in accepting the farm machinery by usingit properly tohelp them generate income(with reports from MAFAR-IO)

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Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba outlined the legislative agenda of the BTA and the salient features of the Bangsamoro Electoral Code, while Deputy Floor Leader Atty. Raissa Jajurie discussed the Bangsamoro OrganicLaw.

Resource speakers also discussed the role of the BARMM mediaintheparliament.

During the forum, the media were able to hear insights, ask questions, and share their perspectives with Atty.Jajurieand Atty. Dumama-Alba.

TheWestminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD), in collaboration with the Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division, conducted the said forum. (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

Resolution for early recovery of TS Paeng victims approved

COTABATO CITY The Committee on Social Services and Development convened on Wednesday, March 29, to discuss numerous measures that had beenreferredtothecommittee.

They approved a resolution requesting the Government of the Day to fast-track the implementation of an early recoveryprogram for all affected BARMM communities from tropical storm Paeng and direct all ministries and line agencies to extend the implementation of emergency reliefassistance.

A joint meeting with the Committee on Finance, Budget, and Management will be scheduled, according to CSSD Chair Engr. Aida Silongan, to discuss the assistanceneeded and create a committeereport that will bepresentedin theplenary.

The proposed measures that would protect the rights of internally displaced persons in BARMM will also be the subject of public discussions by CSSD. (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

Lawmakers introduced 8 bills on first reading on Monday’s regular session

COTABATO CITY – The Bangsamoro Parliament in a regular session on Monday, Mar. 20, has introduced eightbills on first reading.

Among these proposed measures are the Bangsamoro Palliative and Hospice Act of 2022; the Bud Dajo Day Act of 2022; the BARMM E-Governance Act of 2022; the Small Farmer and Fisherfolk Scholarship Actof2022;theBARMMDigitalPublicLibrary Hubs Act of 2022; the Bangsamoro Green Building Act of 2022; the South Upi Municipal Hospital Upgrade Act; and the Bangsamoro Commission for Senior Citizens Act of 2022.

The Parliament also adopted a resolution expressing gratitude to Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim for his continuing support and concern for theBangsamoropeaceprocess.

The session will resume at 1:00 p.m. the following day, Tuesday. (With story from (LTAIS-Public Information, Publication, and Media Relations Division)

Mining in Mindanao

AFTER A long lull, the issue of mining has again hogged the national headlines. Two of the recent mining-related events are the decision of the Court of Appeals declaring the ban on open-pit mining in South Cotabato is valid, arguing the prohibition applies only to small-scale miners.

Though the ruling was only recently circulated, the decision is actually dated August 22, 2022, a good seven months after the court officially issued the judgment.

Another mining-related case involves three smallscale miners in gold-rich Pantukan, Davao de Oro, whose deaths were caused by inhaling noxious gases while working inside a tunnel. Authorities, though, are still objectively looking into the discrepancy discovered between the autopsy report and the death certificate. In the first account, the miners supposedly suffered trauma on the heads while the second states that the demise was due to suffocation.

Lost in the din the cases have generated is the noteworthy event, the 29th Annual Mining Symposium and International Trade Expo in Davao City, an initiative that carries the theme “Forging New Heights in Integral Mining Industry.”

ICC tightens the noose

For lack of a better advice, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. recently announced the country’s disengagement from the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC). The decision was apparently in reaction to the court’s rejection of the country’s request to suspend the inquiry into the bloodstained drug war proudly pursued by the previous national leadership.

In a nonchalant declaration, Marcos was straightforward in saying the country is “disengaging from any contact, from any communication with the ICC,” a statement that is expected to complicate the country’s standing in many UN bodies associated with the upholding of human rights, suppression of criminalities, and convicting violators of crimes against humanity.

corrupt judicial profiles in the judiciary, no matter how small, also impacts the way people value the independence and integrity of our justice system.

But the foremost question that comes to mind is if the ICC will also issue a warrant of arrest against those involved in the bloody anti-drug war during the Duterte watch. Given its track record of having convicted highprofile national leaders for committing crimes against humanity, the best answer is YES. Arresting suspects, however, is dependent on the political atmosphere of the place where the persons involved live.

The expo cum symposium, hosted by Mindanao Association of Mining Engineers (MAEM), is not just about exhibits and the assembly of experts, but, in the words of Engr. Constancio A. Paje, Sr., the association’s president, is also about “refocusing (the mining engineers’) mandate more than the usual purpose of providing the avenue of development of our profession.”

For decades, mining, as a huge source of revenue for the country, has long been plagued by issues and challenges. For it to prosper, the threat of militant perspectives and overly hostile environmental worries should also be addressed. While vigilance against ecological destruction is an honorable responsibility, the flaws that affect the mining industry can actually be traced to the failure of enforcers to zealously and justly execute the laws.

An overlooked fact is the vital role that mining engineers play in the pursuit of responsible and sustainable mining. They do not only form the protective mantle that guards the nature and the ecosystem from exploitation, they are the frontline in our march to making mining productive within the well-crafted provisions of our laws.

Jasper A. Lascano, regional director of the mines and geosciences bureau (MGB) in southern Mindanao, was more direct in his perspective about mining, saying: “[the mining engineers] are responsible for the development of a new mining technology that is integral to the balance of minerals development, environmental protection and corporate responsibility, while enhancing social development and best practices to maintain a healthy ecosystem.”

In his message to the symposium, President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. also declared: “This administration recognizes the important role of mining in the extraction and development of our important mineral and energy resources to achieve our country’s development.”

Protecting the environment against destruction is not just about lip service, or the opposition to openpit mining. Not all players in the industry, as a matter

While the naysayers will beat the drums in support of such government position, those in the know understand that such intent does not reduce the import of the ICC’s probe. Aside from an appeal pending before the court’s pre-trial chamber to reverse the ruling to allow the full investigation to proceed, a handful of non-government entities, a good number of them internationally recognized organizations, are asking for the continuation of the inquiry.

The tightening of the noose, in you will, goes to another level as the ICC, more aggressively than it was in the past, has recently shown its fangs by issuing an arrest warrant against Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president. The gesture reflects the tenacity of the people now comprising the ICC, and telegraphs a message that the international tribunal is willing to go to lengths in giving justice to people whose human rights are violated.

To say that the ICC’s probe is inappropriate given that the domestic courts are not functioning, is a feeble excuse. The truth is that local courts and their judges fall prey to the dangers of power plays executed by those who have resources and by those who hold the reins of power. Other than that, the number of

of fact, are destructive forerunners. What ruins the mining sector is the failure of those who execute the law to embrace reasonable, fair, and honest implementation.

In Mindanao, any observant pundit can always have the luxury of finding mining firms that make environmental protection a priority. However, the inroads they have gained in introducing best mining

In the Philippine setting, the actual arrest can only be made or done if the sitting administration accedes to the process and the recipient of the warrant is a political adversary. Otherwise, the ICC has to wait until the next leaders, conscious of their commitment to the cause of human rights, are unfettered in their position to turn over the suspects.

Be that as it may, ICC’s future injunction, if and when the cases are resolved in favor of the victims of the drug war, can have long-term diplomatic, economic, labor, and trade consequences for the country. The failure to honor rulings arising from being a former signatory of the Rome Statute also reflects our inability to honor commitments.

It is not too late for the President to get the right advice. Having hired already a lawyer from London to handle the government case, he should be briefed that the appeal before the ICC has yet to be resolved. Sometimes yes, sometimes the sycophants within the President’s circle are to blame for many oversights he has committed.

Sri Chinmoy, an Indian spiritual leader, once said: “Ignorance is an enemy, even to its owner. Knowledge is a friend, even to its hater. Ignorance hates knowledge because it is too pure. Knowledge fears ignorance because it is too sure.”

(PMT)

practices are drowned amidst the controversies other sectors want to raise in popular platforms and forums.

More than ever, Mindanao, in the hands of proenvironment mining engineers, in the short term, can save the country from a lackadaisical economic journey.

(PMT)

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BARMM top cop accused of estafa to be detained at Camp Crame

By CHRISTOPHER LLOYD CALIWAN | PhilippineNewsAgency

MANILA – Former Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) police chief Brig. Gen. John Guyguyon will be detained at the Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters custodial unit after he was charged with two counts of syndicated estafa.

PNP chief Rodolfo Azurin Jr. said it is for security purposes as Guyguyon remains an active officer of the PNP, pending the outcome of the cases, but assured they will “communicate with the proper courts.”

“I think hopefully he will arrive today. He will be escorted by our PNP from BARMM and he will be committed temporarily at our custodial unit,” Azurin told reporters in a chance interview at Camp Crame inQuezonCity on Friday.

The Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) BARMM tracker team served the arrest warrants issued by two Quezon City Regional Trial Courts and which were received by Guyguyon at his officein Camp SK Pendatun, Parang, Maguindanao del Norte on Wednes-

daynight.

The warrants were issued by judges Kathleen Rosario Espinosa and Catherine Manodon on May and December last year,respectively. No bail was recommended.

According to Azurin, the embattled police officer had previously expressed his willingness to voluntarily surrender upon being notified of the standing

warrants against him.

“Guyguyon definitely surrendered upon learning that he has a standing warrant of arrest (but) he was not aware that he has a standing warrant that was issued in December. Upon notifying him, sabi niya (he said), ‘Sir, I'll voluntarily surrender before I proceed to Manila’,” Azurinsaid.

The case originated when Guyguyon was still

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assigned at the PNP Aviation Security Group and was among the incorporators of a financing company.

Thecomplaint went thru preliminary investigation but Guyguyon allegedly was not informed about it and did not receive any summons to answer the allegations.

Azurin said Guyguyon will be replaced by Brig. Gen. Allan Nobleza, PNP deputy director for operations.

“Medyo may stint naman siya (Nobleza) doon. Hindi siya gaanong foreign sa (He has a previous stint there so he is not foreign to) BARMM. So, I know he can deliver equally or better than kung ano yung iniwanan ni (what was left behind by) John Guyguyon,” hesaid.

(PNA)

Paper-based departure cards gone by May

MANILA – The Bureau of Immigration (BI) will do away with paper-based departure cards starting May1.

Instead,passengers will fill out the departure cards using the online portal eTravel not earlier than 72 hours to not later than three hours from the scheduled time of the flight.

The platform, initially launched in December, harmonizes and consolidates data collection processes at ports of arrival.

“This is a major step in streamlining documents presented by departing travelers, allowing for faster and more efficient immigration processing,” BI Commissioner Norman Tansingco said in a state-

ment over the weekend, adding the platform can also be used by arriving passengers soon.

Dennis Javier, eTravel technical working group chairperson, said travelers may register at the portal starting April15.

The system is an initiative of a sub-technical working group of the InterAgency Task Force,

chairedby theBI.

It is a joint project with the Department of Information and Communications Technology, Department of Tourism, Bureau of Quarantine, Bureau of Customs, Department of Health, Department of Transportation, Department of Justice, and National Privacy Commission. (PNA)

Leyte women farmers obtain docs to prove land ownership of lands

HILONGOS, Leyte-–Afemale-dominated agrarianreform beneficiaries’ organization (ARBO) in a remote village in this town thanked the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) for helping them obtain legal documents that would strengthen their claim as legitimate owners over twolots they acquired.

The272 members of theBarangay Agutayan Farmers Association (BAFA), including the 63 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs), where 165 of them are women, learned that theproperties they have acquired for several years now could be taken back from them because they do not have the legal documents to prove ownership. This was discovered when Ruben Rebato, DAR Municipal Agrarian Reform Program Officer (MARPO) visited them in the mountain village of Agutayan 2nd week of March2023.

While checking the documents, Rebato found out that although BAFA was progressing as an organization with assets now reaching ₱4.5-million, legal documents that would prove ownership over a lot they had purchased and another onedonated tothem, weremissing.

BAFA lady-president, Vicenta Jaray, even hinted Rebatothat theheirs of theprevious owner whodonatedthe lot where their organization’s building was constructed, are allegedly planning to take the property back from them.

Rebato, whoused to be a legal officer of DAR, is now helping the BAFA officers obtain the Extrajudicial Settlement with Deed of Sale” for the lot they had purchased

and “Deed of Transfer” for thedonatedlot, tosecuretheir claims ofownership over theselands.

Further, Rebato promised to guide them in preparing business contracts for the organization’s various business ventures, whichincludevermicast production.

Happy with the turnout of their first meeting with Rebato, Jaray said, “We hope that you will not be transferredimmediately toanother office, sir.”

Program Beneficiaries Development lawyering (PBDLawyering), according toPBD Chief, Melecia Ong, is one of the assistance being extended by the DAR to the ARBs and ARBOs to make their activities and assets legitimate, among others. (DAR)

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tourism jobs fair in NorMin

By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN

The Department of Tourism-10 and the Department of Labor and Employment-10 hold a press conference to share updates on the 'Trabaho-Turismo-Asenso!' Philippine Tourism Job Fair on March 30-31, 2023. Accordingly, more than 2,000 loca job vacancies are at stake during the job

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY- A total of 2,254 jobs are at stake in the Northern Mindanao leg of the 'Trabaho-Turismo-Asenso!' Philippine Tourism Job Fair of the Department of Tourism (DOT) and the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) set on March 30-31, 2023 at the Limketkai Center.

Department of Tourism (DOT)-10 Regional Director Marie Elaine Unchuan said 70 local companies and business establishments have already signified to participate in the job expo.

"As of today, we have a total number of 70 employers, 23 [employers] for below 10 vacancies and would be interviewing on the spot. For the 10 vacancies and above, we have 47 employers that are big tourism industry partners," she said in a press conference, March 28.

Accordingly, available positions are in hotel and restaurant management, sales and marketing, front office, accounting, human resource, general management, administrative assistance, food production, housekeeping, maintenance, purchasing, bookkeeping, and engineering. There are also several openings for drivers, mechanics, welders, electricians, baristas, bartenders, cashiers, waiters, and attendants.

Aside from the jobs fair, a cultural exhibit gallery and performances, craft demonstrations, a coffee bar offering free Bukidnon coffee, and a food display are also set to spice up the two-day event.

National agencies such as the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), Philippine National Police (PNP), Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), PhilHealth, Pag-ibig Fund, and Social Security System (SSS), among others, were likewise tapped for assistance in the processing of clearances and other necessary documents required from the applicants.

The 'Trabaho-Turismo-Asenso!' jobs fair aims to close the gaps caused by job loss due to the pandemic and fill essential job vacancies in the gradually recovering tourism industry. It will be held simultaneously in three different cities across the country.

"This is a major project of DOT Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco to be able to help displaced workers and of course potential tourism workers to avail of jobs in the industry in one setting," Unchuan added. (APB/PIA-10/Lanao del Sur)

fair. (Daniel Clark Cabantan/PIA-10)

PM Sudani: No need for US-led forces in Iraq

IRAQI PRIME Minister Mohammed Shia alSudani says the Arab country does not need US-led foreign combat troops on its soil, as the Iraqi forces are fully capable of preserving Iraq’s security.

Sudani said in an interview with Al Jazeera that Iraqi security forces have the necessary capability to ensure security throughout the country after the elimination of theDaesh terrorist group.

In early 2003, the US invaded Iraq under the later debunked pretext that the regime of Saddam Hussein possessed weapons ofmass destruction.

The US withdrew soldiers from Iraq between 2007 and 2011 but redeployed them in 2014 along with other partnersto allegedly counter thethreat of Daesh.

Iraq managed to end the territorial rule of the Takfiri outfit in the country thanks to the sacrifices of the national army as well as the anti-terror Popular MobilizationUnits(PMU), whichhad thebacking ofIran.

However, Washington kept its forces inside Iraq in defianceof aresolutionthatrequiredits withdrawal.

The US military declared the end of its combat mission in Iraq in December 2021, but it still maintains a number of troops there under the guise of playing an advisory role.

Iraq no launch pad for attacks on neighbors: Sudani

Also in his remarks, Sudani said attacks on any country from Iraqi territory are unacceptable, noting that Iraq, as a legal and moral obligation, does not allow the useofitssoil forinvadingneighboringstates.

The Iraqi constitution does not accept the presence of armed individuals in camps, where they receive military training, as well as their infiltration into Iranian soil, he said, adding thatno oneis meddling in the countrys nationaldecisions andindependence.

Iran-Saudi deal will contribute to regional stability: Sudani

Also in his comments, the Iraqi prime minister described a recent agreement between Tehran and Riyadh toreviveties as"very important".

The deal will help boost regional stability, he said, adding that development and economic growth can only be realized through cooperation between the countries of theregion.

Last month, Iran and Saudi Arabia agreed toresume their diplomatic relations and reopen their embassies and diplomatic missions after seven years of estrangement. China mediated the rapprochement between the twoMiddleEasternpowers.

‘Syria should rejoin Arab League’

The Iraqi premier underlined the need for Syria’s return to the Cairo-based Arab League as well as interaction with the Damascus government, emphasizing that the most serious security challenge now is the securitysituation inSyria.

The Arab League suspended Syria’s membership in November 2011 following the outbreak of foreignbacked militancyin thecountry.

Currently, after more than a decade, reports say Saudi Arabia is planning to invite Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to an Arab League summit hosted by Riyadhnext month.

Corruption, Iraq’s main challenge: Iraqi PM

Sudani also said the main challenge now facing the Iraqi government is corruption, with much of it perpetratedby political or officialsides.

He assured that the Iraqi judiciary will issue arrest warrants for the officials who were involved in a corruption casedubbed the “theft of the century” regardless of their position and affiliation withdifferentparties.

Last October, the Iraqi Finance Ministry found that almost 3.7 trillion dinars (about $2.5 billion) had been stolen from thecountry’s tax authority between September2021 and August 2022.

Russian-Iranian foreign ministers meeting…

Hope to conclude strategic agreement

‘within one month

IRANIAN FOREIGN Min-

ister Hossein Amir Abdullahian said on the 29th (local time) that he hopes that a long-term strategic cooperation agreement between Iran and Russia will be concluded “within a month”, Iranian state-run IRNA and Tehran Times reported.

Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian held a joint press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, where the review of a longterm strategic cooperation agreement between the two countries was concluded in Russia. “Iran is also reviewing this,” he said, “and hopes that the final revision of the agreement will be made by the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs within a month,” Press TV reported.

Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian was accompanied by high-level economic and political officials on the visit to Russia that began thenightbefore.

Iran and Russia signed a 10-year cooperation agreement in 2001, which was extended to 20 years with two five-year extensions.

Now, the two countries are working on a document

on bilateral strategic cooperation that could determine the future of bilateral relations for the next 20 years.

Elsewhere, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian said relations between Tehran and Moscow were progressing in the right direction, hoping bilateral cooperation on regional and international organizations would proceed effectively.

Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian also described the meeting with Minister Lavrov as “important and productive” in apost on his Twitter account.

Lavrov pointed out that there is no alternative to the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA, JointComprehensivePlan of Action).

Lavrov also said that relations between Iran and Russia are progressing well in various fields, including trade, investment, economy and the implementation of major pro-

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jects.

He emphasized close cooperation in international and regional issues, saying that “the bilateral relationship continues to grow within the framework of the Joint Economic Committee.”

Lavrov also urged the United States to lift sanctions on Iran and return to nuclear negotiations in 2015. There is no alternative to the nuclear agreement, officially called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), Lavrov argued.

“We talked about the situation around the JCPOA regarding Iran’s nuclear program,” Lavrov

Iran, while the world was waiting for the US to fulfill its obligations under the nucleardeal.

The previous day, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian warned the US and three European countries (Germany, France and Britain) that the window of opportunity to revive the agreement would not remain open forever.

In an interview with Al Jazeeranewsbroadcast on the 27th, Foreign Minister Amir Abdullahian said that Iranian lawmakers are attempting to approve a plan to limit negotiations to revive the Iranian nuclear deal.

told PressTV. We have a common understanding that there is no alternative to this international agreement set out in the unanimously adopted UNSecurity Council Resolution 2231.”

He said the US needed to lift sanctions against

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Iran Says It Foiled Drone Attack in Iranian City of Isfahan

Israel is suspected since it's launched similar attacks inside Iran

IRANIAN AUTHORITIES have said they foiled a drone attack on amilitaryfacilityinthe Iraniancity of Isfahan.

According to Iran’s PressTV, the Iranian Defense Ministry said one of its facilities in the city had come under attack by a Micro Aerial Vehicle (MAV), which was shot down by air defenses. The ministry said the attack didn’tcause anycasualties ordamagetothefacility.

Israel is suspected of being behind the attack as it has a history of launching covert operations inside Iran. In January, three small drones targeted a facility in Isfahan, and both Iranian and US officials said Israel was responsible. Israel has also previously targeted nuclear facilities, scientists, and military officers in attacks inside Iran.

The drone attack comes as Israel has ramped up its air campaign inside Syria, launching four airstrikes within one week. Strikes that targeted Damascus this past Friday killed two members of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Tehran has vowed itwillrespond.

TheUS has alsobeen threatening Iran and blames the Islamic Republic for attacks on US bases in Syria, although the US has never provided evidence to back up the claim. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley told Congress last week that the US is planning to target the IRGC’s Quds Force “very harshly over time.”

Youth in Kashmir drawn to Islamic teachings to attain salvation

Day in and day out, as the global media reports incidents of hate crimes against Muslims around the world, youth in Muslim-majority Kashmir have developed the passion to understand Islam closely.

20-year-old Saleema Bano is pursuing her bachelor's studies in arts. But recently, she developed an interest in understanding Muslims’ holy book, the Quran. Her interest led her to read the entire Quran along with its meaning.

Later, she started to handwrite the sacred book. Itt took Saleema four months to wirte the entire Quran.

Saleema intends to translate the holy book Quran into her local language Gogri. She believes this way she will help her community to have a better understanding of the holy Quran and Islam.

Kashmir, a region situated between two nucleararmed rivals, India and Pakistan, has witnessed tremendous violence in the past

three decades resulting in socio-economic problems in the region. However, despite a dented past, Mubeena Ramazan sees hope.

For the past 25 years, Mubeena Ramazan has been running an Islamic studies institute for women in Kashmir. Mubeena Ramazan says in recent years she has seen a drastic change among youngsters in Kashmir.

Mubeena’s institute has taught scores of young women about the Quran, Islamic

laws, the philosophy of Islamic laws, and the Islamic lifestyle. And for these young women Islam is a complete code of conduct.

Besides understanding Islam, and handwriting the Quran, this Ramadan many youngsters in Kashmir have devoted themselves to memorizing the Muslim holy book Religious experts say the difficulties faced by the youth in Kashmir have steered them towards religion and faith, in which they seek salvation.

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That this Extra-Judicial with deed of Absolute Sale is made and entered into by among:

RAGA SANSARONA ANGAGAO and MAMACOL C. ANGAGAO, all of legal ages, Filipinos and residents of Naawan, Misamis oriental, hereinafter referred to as the VENDORS; - AND –

NORMA SANSARONA MANDANGAN, also of legal age, married to Candidato B. Mandangan, Filipino and a resident of Door 1 Adiong Apartment, Tambis Street, Pag-asa, Baraas, Barangay Tubod Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, hereinafter referee to as the VENDEE;

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That the VENDORS are the legitimate heirs of the late ANDADATO P. ANGAGAO who died on November 23, 2011;

That the said deceased left no debts and no will but left a conjugal property, more particularly described as follows:

“A PARCEL OF LAND as Lot 59-a, Psd-10-012550 (being a portion of Lot 59, Cad-529, Naawan Cadastre) located in Poblacion, Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Nounded on the W., and N., along lines 1-2-3 by Lot 59-B of the subdivision Plan, psd-10-012550; on the E., along lines 3-4-5 by Mabini Street; on the S., along lines 5-1 by Lot Dadole Street. Beginning at a point Cadastre, THENCE:

N. 06 deg. 51’E., 33.55 m. to point 2;

S. 86 deg. 16’ E., 21.55 m. to point 3;

S. 00 deg. 03’ E., 0037 m. to point 4;

S. 01 deg. 35’ E., 32.93 m. to point 5;

N. 87 deg. 01’ W., 26.45 m. to point of beginning; containing an area of EIGHT HUNDRED (800) square meters, more or less and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-11141”

That the vendors, hereto being of legal ages and with full capacity to contract thereby these presents agree to adjudicate, as they hereby divide and adjudicate equally between them the above-describe parcel of land;

That for and in consideration in the amount of Two hundred Fifty thousand Pesos (Php 250,000.00) to the vendors in hand paid by the vendee, receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge o the full satisfaction of the VENDORS, the vendors do hereby SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY unto the said VENDEE, her heirs and assigns, a portion of the above-described parcel of land which portion has an area of Four Hundred (400) square meters, more or less, including the all improvements found thereon;

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto set our hands this 9th day of JULY 2021 at Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

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This Extra-Judicial Settlement of Estate, made and entered into by and among NAIMAH S. ABDULRAHMAN, JOHARY S. ABDULRAHMAN, MOHAMMAD S. ABDULRAHMAN, JOHAIRAH S. ABDULRAHMAN, MONJIE S. ABDULRAHMAN, JEYRAN S. ABDULRAHMAN, EYSHAM S. ABDULRAHMAN, ARHAM T. ABDULRAHMAN and AD’HAM T. ABDULRAHMAN, all of legal age, except the last three as minors and residents of Barangay Dalama, Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur.

WITNESSETH:

That the above-named parties are the sole heirs of the late ABDULRAHMAN L. HADJI SALIH being the latter s legitimate children;

That the late ABDULRAHMAN L. HADJI SALIH at the time of his death, was residing at Barangay Dalama, Lumbatan, Lanao del Sur and left no will and debt;

That the late ABDULRAHMAN L. HADJI SALIH was a former DepEd. Teacher and a member of the Government Insurance System (G.S.I.S.) and left to his children all the benefits and claims from the G.S.I.S. as a consequence of his death;

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we hereby set our hands this 23rd day of March, 2023 at Marawi City, Philippines.

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BEFORE ME, a Notary Public for and in Marawi City and Lanao del Sur, personally appeared NAIMAH S. ABDULRAHMAN, JOHARY S. ABDULRAHMAN, MOHAMMAD S. ABDULRAHMAN, JOHAIRAH S. ABDULRAHMAN, MONJIE S. ABDULRAHMAN, JEYRAN S. ABDULRAHMAN, EYSHAM S. ABDULRAHMAN, ARHAM T. ABDULRAHMAN and AD’HAM T. ABDULRAHMAN, with proper identification cards, known to me to be the same persons who executed the foregoing instrument and that they acknowledhed to me that the same are their free acts and deeds.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL this 23rd day of March 2023 at Marawi City, Philippines.

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