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PNoy’s Lanao sortie msg suffers technical snags VOL. 2, No. 286
By Carolyn O. Arguillas MindaNews
MARAWI CITY (MindaNews) – It was his first visit to the province of Lanao del Sur in his nearly threeyear old administration and he was supposed to have campaigned for his “Team PNoy” – the Liberal Party candidates for the Senate, the province and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) – but the message he wanted to deliver could hardly be understood due to technical problems. Inside the jampacked
Cagayan de Oro City
Provincial Capitol Gym here on Monday noon, President Benigno Aquino III addressed a sea of yellow – supporters in mostly yellow shirts, yellow kumbongs (veils), yellow caps and yellow campaign fans – in a 31-minute speech parts of which were in Maranao. But there must have been something wrong with the sound system at the podium from where he spoke or the President was too far away from the two microphones. “Naririnig ko siya pero di ko maintindihan,” (I can hear him but I cannot understand), a supporter seated midway from the stage and the last row, said. It was difficult to comprehend what the President was saying. A number of persons could be heard conversing with each other instead of listening to the President. Most just took a cue from those who could hear him up front, clapping when suffers | page 11
Mindanao railway should have been prioritized -Rufus By BONG D. FABE
C AGAYAN D E O R O CITY—Government’s failure to include the Mindanao Railway Project (MRP) in its priority development projects is a major blooper and may have negative effects on the successful operation of the Laguindingan Airport. The MRP — a vital development project that was designed to complement
the Laguindingan Airport — failed to take off from the blueprints despite the completion in 2009 of the P71 million feasibility study railway | page 11
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Crowds of Liberal Party supporters await the arrival of President Benigno S. Aquino III at the Pelaez Sports Center in Cagayan de Oro City on Monday. The people had arrived as early as 10:30 a.m. but the President and his party arrived at 5:15 p.m. Some of the people complained of hunger while waiting for hours in the same place. photo by gerry lee gorit
GPH, MILF peace panels sign MOU for peaceful elections
DAVAO CITY (MindaNews) – The Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) of the government and Moro Islamic iberation Front (MILF) peace panels signed Monday evening a memorandum of understanding on ceasefire-related functions to ensure a eaceful
mid-term election. The MOU was signed at a hotel in the city in the presence of the government peace panel chair Miriam Coronel-Ferrer, MILF peace panel chief Mohagher Iqbal and members of the International Monitoring Team. Brig. Gen. Cesar Sedillo, chair of the government’s
CCCH, said the MOU is a positive measure in support of the previous agreements signed by the negotiating panels. “This is also very important because as we have observed there are other stakeholders that are not part of the parties. The government and MILF showed
another milestone to extend protection to the entities especially to the Board of Election Inspectors,” Sedillo added. For his counterpart, Said Shiek, Al Haj, pointed out: “Clearly, this is not an election-related function but an undertaking for the purpose peace | page 11
COMELEC EN BANC JUNKS REACTIVATION OF REGISTRATION RECORDS By Arman Apolinario and Dux G. Quiao
Maguing, Lanao del Sur- The COMELEC En Banc has rejected a petiton for the reactivation of Registration Records in Resolution No. 9668 dated April 17, 2013. The said resolution spurred when the Election Officer (name withheld upon request) has requested for the said action, duly certified by a judge(name awithheld upon request). “It is impossible for a judge or anybody to finish (interviewing) more junks | page 11
VILLAR THANKS ‘WHITE VOTE MOVEMENT’ ENDORSEMENT 1,554 job applicants hired on-the-spot FORMER Las Pinas Rep. “I am thankful for the Having been chosen Cynthia Villar thanked the ‘White Vote Movement’ after its spokesperson, El Shaddai leader and founder, Bro. Mike Velarde, officially announced and endorsed the Catholic lay groups’ support to her senatorial candidacy and five other senatoriables during their prayer rally in Paranaque City recently.
trust and support of all the members of the White Vote Movement,” said Villar. The White Vote Movement is the grassroot campaign recently launched by Catholic lay organizations, including the charismatic movement El Shaddai Movement, which extolled of 6 million members nationwide.
among the 32 senatorial candidates in the coming May elections, Villar said she feels honored and humbled. “I welcome every support, whether big or small. Every vote counts,” stressed Villar who is running for senator under the Nacionalista Party-Team
endorsement | page 8
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITYOne thousand five hundred fifty-four (1,554) job seekers were hired on-the-spot by different companies that participated in the two-day 4th Mega Job Fair recently held at City Hall. In a press statement, Mayor Emano said out of the number, 1,023 applicants were immediately able to
find employment overseas and 531 for local employment. It was learned that the city government, through the Public Employment Service Office headed by PESO Manager Juvy Paza facilitated this and catered to 5,777 applicants who trooped to City Hall last hired | page 8
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