ILO, BARMM together against child labor, combatants

OFFICIALS were elated with the cooperation now of the International Labour Organization of the United Nations and the Bangsamoro government against child labor and use of children as combatants.

"We appreciate this cooperation. Together we shall nip this problem of child labor and use of children as combatants," Local Government

By John Felix Unson

Minister Naguib Sinarimbo, spokesperson of the regional government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Two representatives of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the Japanese Yasuo Ariga and Bharati, Pflug, who is of mixed Indian and German descent, and regional labor officials reached a consensus Thursday last

Russians “held” for trekking Mt. Apo sans permit

A RUSSIAN couple tourist was briefly held for trekking the country’s highest peak –Mt. Apo - without permission from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and local government unit of Kidapawan City.

The two Russians, not identified in the DENR report, claimed they were unaware a permit is needed and that they

By Edwin O. Fernandez

needed permission from local government before climbing Mt. Apo.

A permit is required before a climber, including local and foreign tourists, in compliance with Resolution No. 2015-01 on Unified Trekking Policy that was promulgated and issued by the Mt. Apo Natural Park - Protected Area Management Bureau (MANP-PAMB).

In a statement on Tuesday (March 14), Atty. Felix Alicer reminded the public that ignorance of the law excuses no one. The couple was briefly held, educated and informed about local laws and penalized P2,000 each (a total of roughly $70 US dollars) on Saturday, March 11 after they were stopped at the Mandangan Trail in Kidapawan

Bruce offers P500K for surrender of Popeye’s killer

By Edwin O. Fernandez

“ SURRENDER and your family gets P500K”

This was the message of Cotabato City Mayor Mohammad Bruce Matabalao to the gunman who ended the life of Faizal Malagiok on March 9 in Maguindanao del Norte.

Matabalao is also offering P300,000 cash as reward to anyone who can provide information that could help authorities identify the gunman or hired killer who shot dead Malagiok in Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat town.

Malagiok, 40, also known as “Popeye” and a staff of Mayor Matabalao was gunned down at about 7 p.m. in SPDA subdivision, Barangay Semba, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao.

He sustained six gunshot wounds in the head, according to Matabalao.

“If the gunman is listening or viewing this, I offer you P500,000 for your voluntary surrender, if your family will bring you in, I will give them the P500,000,” he said in his FB post.

“I am offering P300,000 for anybody who can provide information about the identities and where about of the gunman who ended Popeye’s precious life,” he said in his FB post Sunday. P3 week to collaborate in addressing both problems besetting the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Ariga is chief technical adviser and coordinator of the ILO-Japan multibilateral program while Pflug is the organization’s senior specialist on fundamental principles and rights at work.

BARMM Labor Minister Muslimin