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Regional Action Plan Against Child Labor.

BARMM’s chief minister, Ahod Ebrahim, had said in a video message that the regional government is grateful to the ILO and the central office of DOLE for supporting their campaign against child labor and the wrong use of children as combatants.

Records from Philippine Statistics Authority showed that the child labor incidence in BARMM is third highest among all regions in the country, with a 9.1 percent share in cases, meaning having thousands of child laborers in its five provinces and three cities.

The BARMM covers the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi and the cities of Cotabato, Lamitan and Marawi.

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Sinarimbo and the municipal local government operations officer (MLGOO) of Barira visited the ongoing construction of the distinctly Bangsamorodesigned public market building in that town.

MLGOOs are trained individuals, delivering BARMM local government programs and projects down the community levels of towns and villages. Soon, their experience being the trained and development working professionals for BARMM will be featured in an anecdotal book, Sinarimbo said.

The development projection of government programs, including influx of workers, are seen to make Barangay Landasan a smaller “city within a city” with Parang also being groomed in Congress and in the Bangsamoro Parliament for elevation into a cityhood status, officials said.

The region has also acquired some 150 more hectares of a complex once occupied by a veneer factory in Barangay Landasan. The land titles corresponding to both properties have now been transferred to the name of the BARMM government, Sinarimbo said.

Sinarimbo said BARMM has also set aside initial funds for the cost of land development though he did not say as to how much.

The planned transfer of the BARMM seat of government here draws the lines of geographical proximity to and from Lanao del Sur and Parang’s port infrastructure facilities to link trade with Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, Sinarimbo pointed out.

Thus, the prospective BARMM capital here holds the overall advantage to translate government investments into a sustainable “integration of the regional economy,” Sinarimbo said.

Also for the benefit of other regions, Parang is closer to Cagayan de Oro to the north, and from General Santos in the south. “So it is cheaper to transport goods via Parang to Cagayan de Oro than it is to lift cargoes from (any southern city) to the north by land, or bring them from the Cagayan de Oro City port to the south by land,” he noted.

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“I urged the DOS PNP to intensify its investigation, the Cotabato City police is willing to provide assistance to identify the perpetrators,” he said in the vernacular.

He also sought the help of National Bureau of Investigation for speedy investigation on Malagiok’s murder.

Matabalao said Malagiok has no known enemies.

Major Regie Albellera, Datu Odin Sinsuat town, admitted that police investigators remained clueless as to the identities of the perpetrators.

Through these, Sinarimbo said, BARMM will effectively generate revenues to run its government better and cater to the needs of its constituent provinces, towns and cities.

Parang’s proximity and strategic geographic location positioned from north to south and to the west blend the best development factors for the integration of the regional economy, Sinarimbo said.

Minister Naguib G. Sinarimbo, Parang Mayor Kahar Ibay join barangay officials in the ground-breaking of five Bangsamoro barangay hall buildings in Parang.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that Marcellin Jay C. Panes has filed with this office a petition for change of sex from Female to Male in the birth certificate of Marcellin Jay C. Panes who was born on 22 March 1979 at Kidapawan, North Cotabato and whose parents are Marcelino A. Panes and Nilda M. Cipriano. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office.

(Sgd.) MERCEDES P. TOLENTINO Acting City Civil Registrar MC: Mar. 18 & 25, 2023

City. Shirley Uy, Protected Area Superintendent (PASu) of Mt. Apo Natural Park (MANP) underscored that no person is exempted to trek up Mount Apo’s peak without securing proper permit and a guide. “This should be a warning to all,” Uy said.

According to the Russians who were not named, they hired a motorbike, more known in the locality as “Habal-habal” (passenger motorcycle), and used a mobile trekking application that has Global Positioning System (GPS) in reaching the jump off point.

It was not stated how much the “habal-habal” driver had collected from the Russians.

While trekking, the foreign couple was held for questioning and required to present permits by Kidapawan tourism manager Renanto Antac of Venado Camp jump off site.

For their failure to present the necessary permits, they brought to the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office (PENRO) of North Cotabato to settle the charges against their violation.

Despite the contentions of the foreign couple that they were not aware of the trekking policies, the two were penalized based on the Unified Trekking Policy of Mount Apo Natural Park.

The violation was operations and were heading for homebase when they were waylaid by about 10 gunmen Barangay Cabasaran, Marogong, Lanao del Sur, according to Lt. Joseph Chicano, Marong municipal police deemed a first offense but PASu Uy emphasized that next time the couple treks the peak without permits, they will be blacklisted. She said they are still encouraged to come back provided they would secure the necessary permit to trek in Mt. Apo. station chief. Lt. Chicano said the ambushers were remnants of Dawlah Islamiya-Maute group under Faharudin Hadjisatar alias Abu Zacharia. Edwin O. Fernandez

It was unclear whether the couple proceeded to the peak or decided to back off. Environment officials could not be reached for comments. “Trekkers are advised to secure permit. We do not discourage foreigners for that matter to go. In fact, we would like to promote our Mt. Apo to every tourist potential. They can come back and our trekking policy is very reasonable,” Uy said in a separate statement.

In January, two Japanese senior citizens have climbed Mt. Apo, making them the oldest foreign climbers on record, according to the tourism office of Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur.

The municipal tourism office identified them as Chishiho Okada, and Hiromi Matsumuto, both 79-years old.

They were part of 13 trekkers, all are senior citizens, who climbed the peak using the Sta. Cruz Trail on January 21-23, 2023.

Pascacio Carcedo, 83, a Davaeño, remains to be the oldest person to climb Mt. Apo in September last year.