EDGEDAVAO VOL.5 ISSUE 154 • FRIDAY - SATURDAY , OCTOBER 5 - 6, 2012
Rep. Zamora files B COC for reelection V
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Comval village chiefs meet for SWM implementation
OWIng to “build on the positives” she had started to “accomplish greater things,” Rep. Maria Carmen S. Zamora filed on October 1 her certificate of candidacy for reelection as representative of the first district of Compostela Valley. She was accompanied
by supporters and fellow candidates of the Liberal Party who are vying for various elective positions in the provincial and municipal levels. “As a member of the ruling Liberal Party where being “marangal” is a time- honored virtue given much emphasis, I feel privileged to be a public
servant during this watershed moment of our history, when we are trying very hard to cast away the “old ways” and subscribe to a new paradigm. This is with the single-minded goal of alleviating our country from ignorance and poverty. We have seen how different it is to be trudging the “road to
perdition” and instead following the “daang matuwid,” she declared. The young solon succeeded her father, former three-term representative Manuel “Way Kurat” Zamora, in 2010. The latter will be running for vice governor under the same party in the May 2013 midterm polls.
ARAngAY captains in Compostela Valley province gathered for a Solid Waste Management (SWM) Forum on September 28, 2012 at the Social Hall of the Provincial Capitol. Aiming to strengthen the implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 in their respective barangays, they were given relevant topics on Social and Environmental Impacts of Solid Waste, Salient Features of Republic Act 9003 or the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000, and the Role of Barangay Officials in the imple-
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mentation of said RA 9003. Activities during the event include the sharing on best practices on Barangay SWM implementation and a commitment signing. Davao City Councilor Marissa S. Abella was the invited resource speaker. The program was facilitated by the provincial government through the Provincial Agriculturist’s Office (PAgRO)Environment and natural Resources Division. The activity is also a support to the nationwide observance of the national Clean-Up Month in September. [GRACE ALMEDiLLA, iDS-COMVAL]
Ex-MILF leader runs for provincial board
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NATIONAL AWARD. Governor Arturo T. Uy, Schools Division Superintendent Nenita Lumaad, and Education Supervisor Ruben Reponte received a school building replica from DepEd Secretary Armin Luistro and USEC Rizalino
Rivera for a national award during the Partners’ Recognition for Adopt-ASchool Program on September 27, 2012 at Bulwagan Ng Katarungan, DepEd Complex, Pasig City, Metro Manila.[iDS COMVAL]
It’s Rabats vs Rabats In Mati City
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HOEVER wins in the 2013 mayoral race in Mati City, the Rabat family name will surely occupy the two top posts for the next three years. This is because two Rabats are running for
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mayor and two other Rabats for vice mayor in next year’s election. Running under the Liberal Party are incumbent Mayor Michelle Rabat with younger brother and incumbent board member Eric Rabat for
vice mayor. Confronting them are Vice Mayor Carlo Rabat for mayor, and incumbent Councilor glenda Rabat for vice mayor. Carlo and glenda are first cousins. All four Rabats are relatives since all of their
fathers are brothers. Michelle and Eric’s father was the late first Mati city mayor Francisco “Paking” Rabat. Carlo is the son of the late Mati mayor Luis Rabat. glenda is daughter of late Mati mayor Benito Rabat. [BEN O. TESiORNA]
red shirts and bringing balloons, supporters of Mastura aboard long lines of vehicles of all description converging from all directions filled the city’s streets to showcase Mastura’s determination to win. He is the provincial chair of the United nationalist Alliance (UnA). Mastura’s runningmate is Talayan Mayor
Datu Ali Midtimbang, a member of a well-known political clan in the second district of the province and father-in-law of former Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao governor Datu Zaldy Ampatuan. His nephew, Vice gov. Ismael “Dustin” Mastura, who agreed to slide down and run for board mem-
ber, accompanied his uncle. Also present was Merinisa Datumanong-Saliman, daughter of third term 2nd district Rep. Simeon Datumanong who is aspiring to succeed her father. In a briefing with the media, Mastura appealed for a peaceful conduct of the elections. [FERDiNANDh
Mastura vs Mangudadatu for Maguindanao governor
ORMER allies have now become rivals for the governorship of Maguindanao province. Sultan Kudarat town Mayor Datu Tucao Mastura on Monday filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) challenging incumbent gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu for the province’s top post. Donning yellow and
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former leader of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) in South Cotabato filed his certificate of candidacy (COC) on Tuesday afternoon for a provincial board seat in the province’s first district. nadsid Abedin Akmad, 50, was the second aspirant for any provincial position who filed a COC at the Commission on Elections (Comelec) provincial office in nearby Koronadal City since the five-day filing period opened last Monday. Former Koronadal City Mayor Fernando Miguel was the first aspirant who filed his COC on Monday afternoon as the official gubernatorial candidate of the Lakas-Christian Muslim Democrats. Akmad, who is a former youth sector representative at the municipal council of Polomolok town in South Cotabato during the early 80s, said he decided to seek a provincial board seat to bring the cause of the province’s Muslims and Lumads or indigenous peoples to a higher level. He said his candidacy was endorsed by various Muslim and Lumad groups in the province that have long been pushing for proper representation in the provincial government. “We need a representative in the provincial board to ensure that our voices are heard,” he told reporters after filing his COC. Akmad, who is popularly known as Ku-
mander Bong Faisal, is a former administrative officer of the defunct 204th Brigade of the MILF’s Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces that was previously based in his hometown Polomolok in South Cotabato. At the height of the government’s all-outwar against the MILF in May 2000 as declared by then President Joseph Estrada, Akmad led around 100 members of his unit in taking over a portion of the national highway in Tupi town in South Cotabato and a nearby plant of fruit giant Dole Philippines. His unit also figured in a separate siege then of the Palian bridge at the boundary of Tupi town and Koronadal City. Police filed brigandage charges against Akmad and several of his men but it was later dropped after he voluntarily surrendered along with 21 members of his unit in August 2001 to then Vice President Teofisto guingona Jr. His surrender was facilitated then by police and Army officials in the area who were under the Philippine Military Academy’s Class ’83, of which Akmad was a member before he dropped out from the academy. After his surrender, Akmad turned to farming and assisted the government’s peace building efforts and interfaith dialogues in his hometown. [Allen V. Estabillo/MindaNews]