The Mindanao Cross | July 16, 2022

Vol. LXXIV| No. 23| Cotabato City | Saturday, July 16, 2022 |8 Pages | P10.00

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Iqbal condemns murder of school supervisor

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Pope Francis says measures against sexual abuse in the Church are ‘irreversible’

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6th ID forms anti-NPA “TG Bangis”

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THE CHAMPION. Delegates from Sto Nino town in South Cotabato to the Tnalak Thematic Dance Competition Photo courtesy of Nanardz Navarro show what they’ve got that made them bagged the top prize of P100,000.

BARMM, ILO PARTNER TO ADDRESS CHILD LABOR ISSUES

THE Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has partnered with the International Labor Organization (ILO) to address the problem of child labor in the region.

In a joint statement on Wednesday, the Bangsamoro Youth Commission (BYC) and the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MOLE) said the partnership aims to raise awareness of child labor and increase government and community participation to advance

the advocacy to end the practice.

“It should be our collective effort to ensure that every child in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region can enjoy their rights by creating systems and passing laws that promote and protect children’s rights,” BYC

DILG Sec. Abalos vows more support to BARMM AN official of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) today lauded Department of the Interior and Local Government Secretary Benhur Abalos for his commitment to support BARMM and the programs for local government units in the region.

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Naguib Sinarimbo, BARMM interior minister and spokesperson, said he and his team met with Sec. Abalos Monday and updated him on the work

of DILG counterpart institution in BARMM – the Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG).

“We discuss wideranging issues including devolution and the Mandanas ruling as well as developments in the BARMM and key strategies for optimizing performance of LGUs,” Sinarimbo said in a statement.

He said Sec. Abalos was delighted to learn of “our complementation on several areas such as provision

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Commissioner Nasserudin Dunding was quoted as saying.

Dunding said the BYC is committed to the Bangsamoro government’s call for moral governance, including the advocacy to end child labor.

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Widows of war get aid from lawmaker, BARMM ministry

By Edwin O. Fernandez A regional lawmaker assistance of PHP20,000 i n t h e B a n g s a m o r o was given to each of Autonomous Region in the 50 widows under Muslim Mindanao and h e r W i d o w s o f W a r the region’s Ministry (WOW) project during of Trade, Investment distribution of cash and Tourism (MTIT) a i d i n D a t u P i a n g , have joined hands in Maguindanao. empowering a group Minister Abuarmri o f w i d o w w o m e n Taddik of MTIT said i n M a g u i n d a n a o the event, which was b y p r o v i d i n g t h e m conducted in partnership livelihood assistance. with the office of MP On Monday, Dr. Anayatin, south to Susana Anayatin, capacitate widows Member of Parliament with technical skills (MP) of the Bangsamoto in entrepreneurship Transition Authority w i t h f i n a n c i a l (BTA), said a cash a s s i s t a n c e t o

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report has estimated child laborers aged 5 years to 17 years in the country at 2.1 million.

As of 2020, BARMM ranks third in terms of child labor predicament with about 54,200 child laborers, compared to Northern Mindanao

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Eid’l Adha event in BARMM peaceful

By John Felix Unson BAD weather did not designated worship sites dampen the zeal of Muslims and in radio broadcasts i n c e n t r a l M i n d a n a o in many parts of the t o p e r f o r m o u t d o o r Bangsamoro region on congregational prayers on Saturday morning, while Saturday morning, July 9, worshipers performed in commemoration of the prayer rites related to the Eid’l Adha. event.

The Eid’l Adha, also North Cotabato Gov. known as the Feast of Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza Sacrifice, is a religious said local government holiday in Islam, just as units in her province, important as the Eid’l Fit’r, whose officials are mostly or the culmination of the Christians, and their month-long Ramadhan M u s l i m c o n s t i t u e n t s fasting season. together organized Eid’l Eid’l Adha greetings A d h a c o n g r e g a t i o n a l f r o m p u b l i c o f f i c i a l s prayers in selected reverberated through sites.

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DID YOU KNOW? July 11 is World Population Day World Population Day is an annual event, celebrated on 11 July every year. It is an initiative to spread awareness across the globe about population issues. The major purpose of World Population Day 2022 is to raise awareness about child marriage, gender equality, human rights and the importance of family planning among other issues.

According to a report, presently, the world population is about 7.96 billion and it is expected to increase by nearly 8.5 billion in 2030

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OUTDOOR WORSHIP RITE. Muslims prayed on Saturday, July 9, at the Bangsamoro regional capitol ground as part of their commemoration of the Eid’l Adha, or feast of sacrifice, an important religious holiday in Islam.

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Iqbal condemns murder of school supervisor THE education ministry in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) has condemned the murder of a school district supervisor in Maguindanao and called on police authorities to immediately bring the perpetrators behind bars.

In a statement, Minister Mohaqher Iqbal of the Ministry of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE-BARMM) has said the ministry and the education sector was deeply saddened of such tragic incident.

“We truly condemn any form of violence, prejudice and hatred at their root,” Iqbal said on the cold bloodied murder of murder Maguid Mangudadatu in his home in Barangay Poblacion, Pres. Quirino, Sultan Kudarat province.

Mangudadatu, 63, is the schools district supervisor for Central Buluan in Buluan town Maugindanao.

He was the second district supervisor slain in gun attack this year in Sultan Kudarat.

Unidentified gunmen shot dead Mangudadatu his home in Pres.

Quirino, Sultan Kudarat Sunday,

July 10, the day after the celebration of Eid’l Adha, Islamic feast of sacrifice.

He succumbed to multiple gunshot wounds from cal. 45 pistol, police said.

Lt. Godofredo Tupaz, Pres.

Quirino town deputy police chief, said in a radio interview Monday that manhunt had been launched against the suspects who fled the crime scene using a motorbike.

Initial investigation showed that Mangudadatu had just arrived in his home, parked his vehicle and went inside his residential compound in Purok Kamias, Barangay Poblacion at 4:30 p.m. when an unidentified gunman barged inside and shot him using cal. 45 pistol.

Iqbal said the MBHTE is asking the police in the Bangsamoro Region and in Sultan Kudarat to conduct joint probe to give justice to the

fallen education official.

“Together with supervisor Mangudadatu’s family, friends and colleagues, the MBHTE grieves and mourns the passing of such diligent member of the education ministry,” Iqbal said.

Motive of the attack and the perpetrators remained unidentified and police continue its manhunt operation after getting information from witnesses about the assailants.

Mangudadatu was the second education official slain in gun attack this year.

On January 18, unidentified gunmen also shot dead Javier Kumandi Sr, district supervisor of Pandag, Maguindanao whil arriving in his home with his wife in Tacurong City.

The perpetrators remained at large and the case remained unsolved. Edwin O. Fernandez

TOGETHER ON PEACE EFFORTS.. Basilan Gov. Jim Salliman and Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim met Tuesday, July 12, in Cotabato City and agreed to pursue together peace and development programs for Basilan’s Muslim and Christian communities.programs for Basilan’s Muslim and Christian communities.

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Basilan exec reiterates support to BARMM, peace efforts BASILAN Gov. Jim Salliman on Tuesday, July12, reassured the Bangsamoro government of his support for its peace and development initiatives essential to putting an end to the nagging Philippine Moro issue.

Salliman and Bangsamoro Region Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim met at the BARMM capitol Tuesday and discussed possible joint programs on empowerment of the agriculture and fishery sectors in Basilan.

Basilan, a component-province of BARMM, has 11 towns and two cities, Lamitan and Isabela, that are homes to members of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the Moro National Liberation Front.

“We talked about the prospects of the rubber industry in Basilan, a longtime source of income for residents in the province,” Salliman said.

Salliman and Ebrahim also discussed how BARMM and the Basilan provincial government can together establish a district hospital in Maluso town in the island province.

“We also exchanged views on the need to have good rubber processing facilities in the province and ice plants and cold storage facilities for fishes from Basilan’s territorial seas. I felt the chief minister’s sincerity in

committing his support for our efforts,” Salliman said.

Salliman had also told Ebrahim about the plan of his office and the mayor of Lamitan City, Roderick Furigay, to construct an airport in Basilan with the help of the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines.

Furigay, also a staunch supporter of Malacañang’s peace process with southern Moro sectors, said the airport shall spread through four adjoining barangays --Calugusan, Balas, Buahan and Ubit - in Lamitan City.

Furigay said they are convinced that a provincemate, the newly reappointed administrator of the Southern Philippines Development Authority, Gerry Salapuddin, who has a good link with President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., can help them push the planned airport construction forward.

“The BARMM chief minister is also in favor of that airport construction plan,” Salliman said.

Salliman had reassured the BARMM leadership of his support to the Mindanao peace process.

Salliman is also a consistent endorser of the decommissioning of former Moro guerillas under such a peace initiative as a prelude to their reintegration into mainstream society. John Felix Unson

Security tightened as SoCot T’nalak fest kicks off

KORONADAL CITY – The South Cotabato Provincial Police Office (SCPPO) has enforced tightened security measures in line with the weeklong 23rd T’nalak Festival and the province’s 56th foundation anniversary that kicked off here Wednesday.

Capt. Renjun Bagaman, SCPPO information officer, said Wednesday that at least 70 percent or 800 of their personnel would be deployed to the field for the duration of the festival.

“This is beside the augmentation

from the military and their multiple force multipliers, like the Barangay Peacekeeping Action Teams and provincial civil security unit,” Bagaman said.

“Our security plan is focused on public safety and crime prevention measures with an emphasis on traffic re-routing, deployment of K-9 units, and explosive ordnance division in all venues.”

The SCPPO also established barricades in the festival venues to impede attempts by lawless groups to sabotage the celebrations.

Bagaman reminded the public not to bring backpacks to festival sites, and refrain from wearing valuable items, such as jewelry.

He also appealed for vigilance and for residents to report unattended baggage in public areas.

“Our personnel will be visible.

They are wearing the blue uniform and not the combat uniform so that their presence can easily be recognized,” Bagaman said.

The July 13-18 festival began with an ecumenical prayer at the South Cotabato Gymnasium. PNA

US Embassy, PH NGO host good governance workshop MANILA — Emerging leaders from the civil society, government, and academe in 11 countries converged in Manila for the 2022 Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (YSEALI) Regional Workshop: Guardians of Good Governance.

The US Embassy in Manila and the US-based NGO Cultural Vistas hosted the workshop for 70 emerging leaders in civil society, government, and academe from Brunei, Cambodia, Laos, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, and Vietnam from July 6 to 9.

In her closing remarks, Chargé d’Affaires ad interim Heather Variava said the US government is committed to investing in human capital development by empowering and partnering “with emerging leaders like you to address shared problems and build a better future in the region and beyond.”

A US Embassy statement said the fourday workshop of delved through intensive discussions on utilizing civic education to promote good governance.

During the program, participants visited institutions and local governments across Metro Manila to learn best practices in promoting

civic participation and demand for transparency and accountability.

Sites included Manilabased NGOs such as Ayala Foundation and Galing Pook, the Governance Institutes of Ateneo de Manila University and De La Salle University, and the local government units of Pasig City, Quezon City, Valenzuela City, and San Juan City.

The program concluded with a cultural reception to celebrate PhilippineU.S. Friendship Month, as well as the 55th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), and the 45th anniversary of ASEAN-U.S. diplomatic ties.

Launched in 2013, YSEALI is the U.S. government’s signature program to strengthen leadership development and networking in Southeast Asia, the statement said.

Through a variety of programs and engagements, including U.S. educational and cultural exchanges, regional exchanges, and seed funding, YSEALI seeks to build the leadership capabilities of youth in the region, strengthen ties between the United States and Southeast Asia, and nurture an ASEAN community, the statement added. Nash B. Maulana

Over 7K ex-combatants pass Napolcom qualifying test

OUT of 11,033 examinees, a total of 7,145 (64.77 percent) members of Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) and Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) successfully passed the Napolcom Special Qualifying Eligibility Examination (NSQE).

Held in May this year, the exam result was released by the Professional Regulation Commission on Monday, July 12, 2022, by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC).

The NSQE was conducted pursuant to Republic Act 11054 or the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) which provides the former MILF and MNLF members appropriate eligibility for temporary appointment to the rank of patrolman/patrolwoman in the Philippine National Police (PNP).

“We are very grateful we have high passing rate for the qualifying exam, and we are very happy because the sacrifice of our applicants has paid off,” said BARMM Cabinet Secretary Mohd Asnin Pendatun said.

“We understand that the validation process of the application is meticulous because we have to ensure that applicants are legitimate MILF and MNLF members,”

Pendatun assured that Bangsamoro Government will continue to provide assistance to improve the applicants’ experience in getting admitted to PNP agencies.

“This is just a testament that symbolized the partnership between the National and Bangsamoro governments for the peace process,” he added.

Meanwhile, Pendatun clarified the speculations that there was bribery during the recruitment for aspiring MILF and MILF members.

“Ang mga naririnig po nating bayaran ay hakahaka lamang at wala pong other expenses na kailangan e-prepare or “under the table” na bayaran na sinasabi.

Rest assured na wala pong additional or extra ordinary na kailangang bayaran except nalang doon sa mga test,” Pendatun stressed.

Abdul Hakim Gandarosa, 26, from East Basak, Marawi City, and a graduate of Minidanao State University (MSU) - Main Campus tied for the highest spot in the said special examination with an average of 91.94%. It was followed

by Sittie Aisah Amerah Tanday, 25 from Carmen, North Cotabato with an average of 91.48%.

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and Bicol region’s 78,400 and 55,100, respectively.

MOLE-BARMM Minister Muslimin Sema defined child labor as work that deprives children of their childhood and their potential to have a bright future ahead of them.

“We can be united in our campaign against child labor, and we can do a lot,” Sema said.

ILO Country Director Khalid Hassan said about 116 million boys and girls remain in child labor worldwide, with half of them engaged in hazardous work. “(Here in the BARMM}, with a

collaborative effort to end child labor, we will achieve a child labor-free Bangsamoro region,” he said in a separate statement.

The BYC and MOLE said they would urge the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority, the BARMM’s provisional lawmaking body, to come up with more laws and systems that would promote and protect children’s rights in the region.

BARMM Chief Minister Ahod “Murad” Ebrahim assured that the regional government would take the lead in the campaign against child labor PNA

Eid’l Adha event in BARMM...from P1 “We are one with them on this occasion. Promotion of religious and cultural solidarity in our province is something we do to keep the peace we have here,” Mendoza told reporters.

North Cotabato is under Administrative Region 12 but the province has 63 barangays under the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, whose security and socio-economic programs Mendoza supports extensively.

Provinces in central Mindanao were generally peaceful while Muslims were out on Saturday morning to pray in large groups.

The essence of Eid’l Adha is centered on the biblical story on how Abraham, Ibrahim in Arabic, was to offer as a sacrifice his

son, Ishmael, in a test of faith that, according to the bible, ended with an angel’s replacement with a ram of the supposed sacrificial child for his having shown total subservience to God. The Eid’l Adha also marks the culmination of the hajj season, or pilgrimage, to what is for Muslims the holy land of Makkah in Saudi Arabia.

Performing the hajj is one of the so-called “five pillars” of Islam, which includes belief in Allah, praying five times a day, fasting from dawn to dusk during the Ramadan and giving of alms to the poor.

In separate statements Saturday, Basilan Gov. Jim Salliman and his staunch political ally, Lamitan City Mayor Roderick Furigay, greeted their Muslim constituents

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“Eid Mubarak,” Arabic for blessed celebration.

In his message, Salliman, reelected to a third and last term last May, said his Eid’l Adha wish is the continuing support of local Muslim and Christian communities to the peace and security efforts of his office.

Furigay, who has jurisdiction over more than 40 barangays, urged his constituents to keep helping push forward Malacañang’s peace process with the southern Moro communities.

“Let our religions bind us together. All religions teach love for people regardless of races and faith.

We must help one another maintain peace and calm in our barangays through interfaith dialogues,” Furigay said.

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jump-start their small businesses.

The funding for the WOW project was earmarked from the Special Development Fund.

Before the distribution of livelihood package, the widows were given an Entrepreneurship Seminar with topics on How to Start Your Own Business and Business Legitimacy conducted by the Enterprise and Trade Development (ETD) Division of the Ministry.

"It is one of our mandates to capacitate the vulnerable people, especially widows of the conflict," Minister Taddik said even as he lauded MP Anayatin for choosing his

ministry for the project.

Also in the program was MTIT Director General Rosslaini Sinarimbo.

MP Anayatin said the project specifically chose the war widows because of the hardship they have gone through.

“These women have carried their children during armed conflict in the past, they have been fleeing conflict situation, moving from one place to another to avoid war,” MP Anayatin said in the vernacular.

"This is our start of engagement on needed skills and training to be conducted for the beneficiaries to sustain your livelihood project,”

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corner Bonifacio and Don Rufino Alonzo Sts., Cotabato City

Ang Sultan Pawnshop ay nagpapatalastas na mayroon silang Subasta ng mga hindi natutubos na mga sangla. Ang mga ito ay isinangla noong Disyembre 2021.

Ang subasta ay sa Agosto 01, 2022 sa ganap na ika-8:00 ng mga umaga hanggang ika-4:30 ng hapon sa nasabing lugar.

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VGM PAWNSHOP INC. BRANCH I AND BRANCH II will hold a public auction sale of all unredeemed and unrenewed items pawned from January to February 2022 on August 10, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at VGM PAWNSHOP INC. BRANCH I, Dayao St., and VGM PAWNSHOP INC. II, Jose Abad Santos St., Kidapawan City

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Ang VGM PAWNSHOP INC. BRANCH I ug BRANCH II magsubasta sa tanan nga wala lukata ug wala tubui gikan sa bulan sa Enero hangtud sa bulan sa Pebrero 2022 sa alas 9:00 sa buntag karung Agosto 10, 2022 sa VGM PAWNSHOP INC. BRANCH I, Dayao St., ug sa VGM PAWNSHOP BRANCH II, Jose Abad Santos St., Kidapawan City.

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she told the widows, many were in tears.

Monera Utto, 53, one of the widow-beneficiaries, told reporters she will put up a “sari=sari” store to make both ends meet in leader her family.

Vice Mayor Omar Samama of Datu Piang lauded MP Anayatin and MTIT-BARMM for choosing his town to be the recipient of this project.

“We can really say BARMM is the regional government that really cares for those who have less in life, especially the widows of war in Maguindanao,” he said.

Next month, a similar activity will take place in South Upi, Maguindanao.

Republic of the Philippines Region XII Pikit, Cotabato OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 904810172), a notice is hereby served to the public that Ma. Antonietta L. Elusfa has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from Maria Antonia Tomasa to Ma. Antonietta in the certificate of live birth of Maria Antonia Tomasa Baaya Lapined who was born May 10, 1970 at Pikit, Cotabato, to parents Alejandro Lapined and Dominica Baaya.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than August 5, 2022.

(Sgd.) MICHAEL C. TOBIAS, MPA Municipal Civil Registrar MC: Jul. 16 & 23, 2022

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Pope Francis says measures against sexual abuse in the Church are ‘irreversible’

VATICAN— Pope Francis has said the Catholic Church will continue implementing measures against clerical sexual abuse, even if there may be reluctance or pushback or in some places.

In comments to Reuters published Friday, the pope said there was “resistance, but with each new step there is growing awareness that this is the way to go.”

Pope Francis said the “Church started zero tolerance slowly and moved forward. And I think the direction taken on this is irreversible.”

Speaking to Reuters on July 2, the 85-year-old said “I totally support the commission” in comments about the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors.

Under the new Vatican constitution, this body, created

by Pope Francis in 2014, is “established within the dicastery” previously known as the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Pope Francis praised its president, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston, as well as its secretary, Father Andrew Small, according to Reuters.

The pope asked the commission in late April 2022

to produce an annual report on what the Catholic Church is doing around the world to prevent the abuse of minors and vulnerable adults. In a speech at the event, Francis underlined that “abuse in any form is unacceptable.”

The pope has also urged the commission to assist bishops’ conferences in establishing centers where people who have experienced abuse can find “acceptance and an attentive hearing, and be accompanied in a process of healing and justice, as indicated in the motu proprio Vos estis lux mundi.”

Vos estis lux mundi (“You are the light of the world”) was issued by the pope following the Vatican’s abuse summit in 2019 after the Theodore McCarrick scandal became public.

The legislation presented a canonical plan to address the investigation of bishops accused of sexual abuse or coercion, or of interfering in the investigation of such conduct. Catholic News

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of God, love, we set ourselves anew for mission.

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Pope Francis meets members of the Pontifical Commission for the Jesus on the Cross.

Protection of Minors at the Vatican, April 29, 2022.

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important ‘open doors’ǡ ǡ ǡ e Filipinos claim prayer are both

that we are a in the Ǥ life of a disciple.

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ǡ ǡ ǡ hospitable people. all have a Martha and a

Ǣ We go out of our way for Mary Ǣ in us. Just like Martha our guests, expected or and the Good Samaritan we Ǣ ǡ

Fr. Rock Saniel, OMI unexpected. When friends called to care for the are

Ǣ eflections rocksaniel@gmail.com and relatives come to visit hungry, the thirsty, the ǡ Ǣ we bring out the best plates wounded, and the victims Rev. Fr. Antonio P. Pueyo, DCC (mga babasagin) that of neglect. Like Mary we ǡ –

tonypoy_dcc0@yahoo.com th served as decorations in our are also invited to listen to “aparador”. We also bring out our best blankets and the Lord in prayer, to rest a while and see to what pillows, some of which may be so new as to be stiff and directions we are being led by God. scratchy. We also serve good food, and in the barrios God is our visitor, oftentimes in ways we do not that means catching the chicken for dinner or in the realize and do not expect. I like the story of an old Genesis 18.1-10a; Colossians 1.24-28 cities, ordering from a caterer. Not only do we provide man who dreamt one night that the next day God such amenities but we also provide good conversation would visit him. He prepared for the visit and cleaned Luke 10.38-42 over some refreshment. We say “Hwag kayong mahiya, his house. He also brought out unused slippers for parang bahay ninyo ito” or in Spanish, “Mi casa es the visitor, and he prepared some refreshment. He “Martha, Martha, you are anxious and su casa.” also caught his fattest chicken and cooked it. He then worried about many things.” Anxieties and In the desert cultures of the Middle East, waited for God. By midmorning, a poor man passed by worries can ruin lives. Jesus in the gospel hospitality is also given great importance as we read and he saw that he was barefooted. He offered the poor today reminds us to set aside our worries and in the story of Abraham (Genesis 18:1-10a). Travelers man the new slippers. A group of young people passed anxieties. Let us set aside trying to take control who often trek long distances amidst the dust of the by and he observed that they were thirsty. He invited desert find comfort in an oasis or in a home that serves them in and offered them some refreshment. Anyway, of everything when what truly matters is to as an oasis. The host who welcomes visitors is obliged he reasoned out to himself, I still have the chicken to simply do our best and let God take care of the to protect his guests, as long as they are under his serve. By noontime, a hungry mother and child passed rest. Martha in the gospel worries about many care, even if they are enemies. As we read from the by, and he served them half of the chicken, saving the things and Jesus reminds her to focus on what gospel, Jesus was a visitor in the house of Martha, chicken wings. Before dinner, his next-door neighbor is truly essential and that is to rest her trust Mary and Lazarus. Some biblical scholars speculate asked for some food to feed an unexpected relative who in the Lord. May we too today be filled with that the apostles were also with Jesus that was why visited. After eating a bit, he gave away the rest of peace, in our homes, offices, relationship, and Martha was so busy and was irritated because Mary the chicken. While preparing for bed, he talked with families. That peace that comes from a deep was talking with Jesus, instead of helping out. Mary God, “Why did you not come? I prepared for your visit. trust in the Lord may envelop our hearts and was also acting as a good host by conversing with I have nothing else but chicken wings for you.” While minds everyday to whatever situation we are Jesus. She was in the position of a disciple, sitting at he was sleeping, God again appeared in his dream and the teacher’s feet (Lk. 10:38-42) and so Jesus, perhaps said, “I visited you many times. I have slippers for into. “All will be well.” jokingly, told Martha, “She has chosen the better part.” my feet, drank your refreshment, and ate your food.

This gospel reading is placed between last Thank you. Whatsoever you do for the needy you do Prayer: Lord, help me put my trust in you Sunday’s gospel of the Good Samaritan and next for me. As for the chicken wings I transform them into and set aside all my worries and troubles. Amen.

Sunday’s gospel of Jesus teaching the “Our Father.” angel’s wings. “ That’s how the old man got to heaven Active care and compassion as well as contemplative that night with his new pair of wings. MC

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THE MINDANAO CROSS

July 16, 2022 EDITORIAL

The cabinet at the national and a council at the local

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ccording to Sonny Coloma, in his editorial in the Manila Bulletin, “Choosing the members of the Cabinet is decidedly the most critical decision-making process that a new president would undertake. By definition, members of the Cabinet are the president’s alter ego, or other self. Hence, they reflect his philosophy of governance, as well as his basic beliefs, mindset, and personality.”

Looking at the newly appointed cabinet members, many of them were recycled friends of the Marcos family. It would therefore be expected that they would be “clones” of the new president. But as Coloma discussed, there are challenges in the process, since it involves selecting from different groups who contributed to the winning of the president. Watch out because there would surely be infighting.

For a president who is keeping away from the dark side of Martial Law which is identified with his father, he has to be careful that he choose those who are only mildly identified with the former president. Otherwise, he will have to be forever an apologist of the cabinet members who are marked up by the “red side” of the citizenry.

In the local scene, the elected mayors, representatives, etc. have the same problem as the newly elected president. They will have to choose their “action persons” from the group who helped them during election time.

Fortunately (or not), there is now an identified political party who can give a sort of order post election for BARMM. The problem is that the new political party have not yet designed itself to be comparable to other political parties nationwide. But this is an improvement to previous elections when there are so many political parties supporting so many candidates.

Hopefully, with the new political party in place, this new administration will be a learning experience for them. A word of advice, please make the development of the political party as comprehensive as possible, so that we can experience a more improved and orderly administration in all our local governments, not only during election time. We hope the new mayor of Cotabato City is in the right track when he opted to form a council to assist him in running the city. This would be an innovation, just like the one practiced by Mayor Piang of North Upi. At the national level, the new president will have his hands full. As of Jan 2022, the total borrowings or loans has a principal of $22.58 billion or P1.15 trillion. Even in the local level, the previous executives had to make do with the budget for development projects, which is too small compared to the requirements of the pandemic. But there is no choice for the earnest leader. He or she has to be of service to the constituents, even to the extent of dipping in their own pockets. MC +

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t has been said time and again that Filipinos are an optimistic people. They always see hope amid crises and many of them are often seen with a smile even in the midst of calamities and disasters. Typhoons and earthquakes may destroy their homes, but they always see a better tomorrow ahead, by God’s grace. It is not surprising then that despite an ailing economy brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, the latest Social Weather Station survey showed that close to half, 46 %, of Filipino adults surveyed believe that the economy will be better in the next six months.

In a previous edition of this column, we shared with readers independent socio-economic think-tank IBON Foundation’s view of the real state of the nation’s economy, and it is not the rosy image that government economic managers present. IBON said May 2022 inflation increased to 5.4% from 4.9% in April and 4.1% in May 2021, as shown by data from the Philippine Statistics Authority, pushing the real value of wages to even lower levels and making basic food and transport services even more unaffordable. IBON added that Philippine Statistics Authority figures also show that the number of employed persons fell by a huge 1.3 million from almost 47 million in March 2022 to 45.6 million in April 2022. IBON says the Philippines has the highest inflation rate and the second highest unemployment rate in Southeast Asia.

In the face of this dire reality, economic optimism is at +40% which SWS classifies as excellent. The social research institution, considered the country’s foremost public-opinion poll, conducted its most recent quarterly national survey from April 19-27 this year and found 46% of adult Filipinos saying the Philippine Economy will improve in the next six months. Those who said it will stay the same was at 28% while 6% said the economy will worsen. The same survey also showed that that 44% of Filipino adults surveyed are optimistic that their quality of life will improve in the next 12 months. 39% said it will stay the same, and 4% said it will worsen. The remaining 13% did not give an answer.

Meanwhile, another survey, this one by Pulse Asia, has shown that spiraling prices are the top concern of Filipinos and should be given priority attention by the newly installed government of Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. Six of 10 Filipinos

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AMP Rajah Muda, Pikit, Cotabato--They sang the Lupang Hinirang for the first time after many years as dissidents.

It was the opening hymn after the traditional du’a rendering (supplication) in every Muslim occasion. But this time, the Philippine National Anthem was followed by the Bangsamoro Hymn in its marching tempo, and lyrics that depict fulfillment in a broad atmosphere of peace.

Some 300 women widowed by wars in almost 50 years of armed Moro struggle in recent history were also gathered here on a Wednesday appointment to be recognized by officials and receive aid from the government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

The occasion was the 19th year of the Martyrdom of the late Sheikh Salamat Hashim, who died in Butig, Lanao del Sur on July 12, 2003. Hashin fell ill after a series of air attacks on his base in Buliok in Cotabato, and in Camp Bushra in Butig, Lanao del Sur. BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Al-Hadj Murad Ebrahim recalled that Hashim in 1962 started for the Bangsamoro the Islamic movement during his early student years in Cairo, Egypt. In 1968, the Moro armed struggle was triggered by the Jabidah Massacre in Corregidor on March 28 of that year.

Hashim was far from being an extremist and was in fact a moderate Muslim in his religious practices and undertakings, recalled BARMM Chief Minister Abdulraof Macacua, who replaced Ebrahim as chief of the staff of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) military wing, after Hashim passed away on July 12, 2003.

The legacy and leadership characteristics of the man “we must emulate,” said Minister Naguib G. Sinarimbo of the BARMM Ministry of the Interior and Local Government (MILG).

“BARMM is institutionalizing the leadership that the founding chairman of the MILF was known for.”

The Salamat Excellence Award for Leadership (SEAL) is awarded annually by the MILG-BARMM to deserving local officials merited as having had the impact of leadership from established criteria in Hashim’s character as a leader..

On several occasions in other parts of the world, Hashim was the architect of unification of Islamic groups that had otherwise opted to split ways, as it was in the case of building peace in Aceh in Indonesia, recalled Prof. Abhoud Syed Lingga..

Hashim was among the international revolutionary

Filipino optimism Thinking Aloud Carlos C. Bautista caloyb@gmail.com

or 57% of the 1,200 adults interviewed by the pollster on June 24 to 27 want the Marcos administration to take measures to control the inflation rate which jumped further up to 6.1% in June. Those surveyed also expressed concern about their income (46%), poverty (33%), and jobs (29%).

Marcos. Jr. has promised lower food prices, more jobs, and better infrastructure. His government also seeks to bring down the poverty rate to 9% by the end of his term in 2028. One challenge to increased government spending to address key economic concerns is the burgeoning national debt which, measured against the GDP, has risen to a 17-year high of 63.5 percent as of March, exceeding the international standard of 60 percent. The country’s foreign borrowings has jumped to $109.75 billion at the end of March this year from $97.05 billion in the same month last year. To effectively be able to meet the national government’s obligations while responding to the Filipinos’ needs, top government economic managers are pushing for new taxes, seen by critics as eventually burdening further the ordinary Filipino.

How long the positive outlook of those surveyed by SWS, the optimism they expressed, will last remains to be seen, in the same manner that what the present administration will do to reduce inflation, unemployment and poverty, and increase the income of Filipinos, remains an unanswered question.

We have said it before, and we will say it again: President Marcos and his Cabinet are facing an enormous task of turning the state of the nation around. As he himself said, there is no illusion that everything would be a cakewalk moving forward. This is the reality in the midst of Filipino optimism. MC

The leadership of Salamat Hashim remembered in Rajah Muda

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figures consulted by former President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia on the Aceh peace process in 1999.

Abdurrahman and Hashim were college buddies being schoolmates at Al-Azhar University in Cairo.

Bangsamoro Member of Parliament Abdullah Hashim, the son of the late MILF leader, recalled that his father’s revolutionary thoughts were shaped and partly inspired

by Pakistani journalist and critic Abdullah Maududi and Sayyid Qut’b, an Egyptian Arab poet and revolutionary writer.

“The government has barely changed; and the struggle in the arena of the governance has just started and we still have a long way through a jihad that is hardly finished.

Indeed, the BARMM governance is the continuity of the jihad (struggle),” Ebrahim said, explaining that jihad is the struggle for perfection of human affairs.

Ebrahim remembered that Hashim introduced to the Moro movement the ways of collective and consultative decision-making in leadership, which is still applied up to now in the MILF leadership and even in BARMM governance.

Chief Minister Ebrahim said the leadership decisions that these organizations make, do not really come from him alone and not from any one person but were formed by consensus of leaders.

The BARMM officials, he said, are bound by oath of (upholding) a moral governance. “The late Salamat Hashim (Allahu Yarham) was best remembered for personally leading the jihad in the principle of ‘Lail Kalimatillah’.”

–which means the Law of Allah should be above every human endeavor.

Macacua urges MILF critics to refrain from using Hashim’s name in vain, and even warns that the Moro people would have to deal with any group that uses the late chairman’s good name in dividing them. Hashim’s coming home in 1992 truly mobilized the jihad (struggle), Ebrahim recalled of his predecessor. MC

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Recently, the Supreme Court has ruled to suspend and imposed fine on a lower court judge for his alleged “homophobic remarks” which the high court considered imposing one’s religious beliefs against homosexuals is an act of simple misconduct of judicial functions.

Actually, the SC verdict is right and biblical for God abhors being judgmental thru stereo-typing or generalization.

Salvation with the LORD is through individual deeds irrespective of persons, for He is a God who cannot be bribed (Exodus 23:8).

God’s wisdom in a parable reminds us to be cautious of blind leaders leading blind followers, that if the blind leads another, both will fall into a ditch (Matthew 15:14). A timely reminder that deception through scam, fake news and information, like prices abounding to be unreachable for one and all to tighten belts breathlessly. What with cost of gas keeps fueling up?

In the 1950s, a “unification church” was founded in Korea which is known as Family Federation for World Peace and Unification. Sounds good but divisive, according to Christian conservatives due to its diverse biblical teaching of the Holy Scriptures. It was traced to allegation behind the killing of erstwhile PM Abe. Indeed, God’s wrath is upon us as shown by all these global health concerns man-made complexities and natural disasters. We have been corrupted for our lust of the flesh and worldly things.

That love of self and money has become life’s top-most priority when confronted with the query: What is life all about?

For it is written that a good name is better than precious ointment, the day of death than the day of birth. As in the end of a thing is better than its beginning.

This is God’s wisdom on the whole duty of man and the conclusion of life: Fear God and keep His commandments.

For the LORD has appointed a day that He will bring every work into judgment, including every secret thing whether good or evil (Ecclesiastes 12:14) MC

What’s life all about?

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HAT amid its ups and downs we struggle to live-up in perseverance to attain our goal even to the point of having to reach the unreachable.

Only to find-out though that visible things in our earthly life are temporal unlike unseen things which are eternal (2 Corinthians 4:18).

Life in reality revolves around time to congratulate and time to condole as in the case of untimely demise of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from the hand of an assassin.

That while close diplomatic allies among developing countries like the Philippines mourn the death of Abe, the country jubilates the first PH gold karate medalist in the World Games attained by Junna Tsukii with FilipinoJapanese descent.

Our past and present leaders considered Abe a remarkable steward to have helped the Philippines thru JICA in times of need and emergency that he was a great loss, hoping his legacy is passed on to inspire others.

Why all these senseless killings that even good men and the innocents are not spared? Early this week, a Maguindanao district school supervisor Maguid Mangundadatu was gunned down in President Quirino, Sultan Kudarat. Police scene of the crime operatives have yet to ascertain the identity of the suspect or suspects and possible motive, because shortly after Mangundadatu was killed, a two-storey Maguindanao Technical Learning Center in Buluan, Maguindanao was razed by fire.

Are these incidents politicallymotivated or work-related? That prompted BARMM Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal to call for an impartial probe as he meticulously condemned these atrocities and destruction to life and property.

investments by selling the same merchandise. Posters of candidates for the previous elections, Sinsuats all, have not been taken down. Helen, my sister-in-law, pointed out that tall mountain where, he tuff of ife during the tsunami of 1976, Victoria R. Franco, RPh, MS Pharmacy where villagers and bankas franco1573victoria@gmail.com were swept by the huge etting lost on our way to a Beach tsunami waves, and GI P a r t y t o c e l e b r a t e t h e 2 9 t h sheets lay crumpled like newspaper. founding day of St. Benedict Earlier I wrote, we got lost on our way Colleges of Cotabato, Inc and 17th to our resort meet up. It turns out the Al founding day of St. Benedict College of Gwey Resort, is a stone’s throw from the Maguindanao, Inc. was an incidental more pricy Precious Cubana in the row pleasure. of resorts. Golden Sunset Resort, Amaya We were driven through the road , Blue Heaven Beach, Twinkle’s Beach, leading to a row of developed beach Al Gwey and Layag are the other resorts resorts, having missed the resort we were to choose from. supposed to be in. I cannot recall when Al Gwey Resort was the committee’s the last time I was here, but certainly, choice because it was the only resort this area Is absolutely unrecognizable that allows lechon to be served. Besides to me. that, the place did not disappoint. There Many, many years ago, when our were sheltered concrete cottages, the children were growing, we used to picnic strength of which was tested with the at what was known as Linek beach, strong winds practically blowing away sometimes at Kusyong. The beach was the central tent. Two events hall face sandy, the water crystal clear, there each other for parties who prefer some were huge trees, acacia I think, where privacy. Al Gwey Resort is an investment we could set our table and folding chairs from the retirement benefits of Mrs. underneath. The nature of our picnics Corazon Araral. then consisted of practically bringing the Traditionally, SBCC jointly celebrates “kitchen” outdoors. We barbequed pork the birthdays of the faculty and staff each chops, roasted corn and saba. month. This was a grand celebration After taking a prolonged deep in the of sorts. For my husband Robert and sea water, we packed all our “whatever” I, Freedom Day, after “staying home” we brought along then make a side trip to for years. The celebrants included Tito Dimapatoy where we rinse ourselves and Marquez, Dean Corazon Floresca , and the garments we used to swim in. It was SBCMaguindanao Adminisrator Maricar very rare to find women in swim suits or Echavez. It was also the occasion to honor bathing suits then. We wore shorts and those who have been with us for the past t-shirts, so did the male species.

5 and 10 years.

Thankfully, my brother Dr. Ed Who would imagine that St. Rabago, one of SBC’s co-operators, Benedict College of Cotabato, Inc. and patiently took to the road, explaining how Maguindanao could come a long way this road to my once favourite destination thus far? From a group of 40 friends with was transformed. Little did I know then one dream we were led first by Dr. Sally that this area belongs to the Datu Odin Dumdum and now, for most of the two Sinsuat municipality. The road we were decades, by my BFF Dr. Cecilia Camello traversing is called Freedom Road. It is no Barroga, the School President who I call, wonder therefore that, from the highway Wonder Woman, for her indefatigable corner of Sinsuat Ave, going towards attention to everyone’s concern in and the airport, rows and rows of sari-sari out of school stores line the street. The stores were We are told, as long as the intentions selling the same merchandise, shampoo, are noble, God will prosper it. Thank you noodles, mineral water, charcoal. One Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus wonders how they can recover their Christ. MC

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as well.

However, it will take years to see any positive changes from these measures. In the meantime, expats need to make sure their insurance policy will cover medical evacuations if they’re based in rural areas.

Evacuation to Malaysia, Singapore, or Thailand is common for foreigners living in the Philippines who need emergency specialist care.

Pros and Cons of Using the Local Health Insurance System in the Philippines Expats will be happy to learn that doctors working at public hospitals in the Philippines usually speak excellent English. However, it never hurts to have a local friend with you to help you navigate the system. Another plus?

Hospital visits, tests, and medication are generally a lot less expensive in the Philippines than in North American and Europe.

However, the public healthcare system lacks hospitals and clinics. There are more private hospitals in the country than there are public ones. While this is excellent for those with insurance and anyone else who can afford to pay out of pocket, it does mean that the average citizen often suffers as a result.

How Expats Can Qualify for Filipino Health Insurance Enrollment in PhilHealth is mandatory for all expats who are employed in the Philippines. Premiums are automatically deducted from payrolls, and employees and employers share the cost.

Expats who don’t work for a major employer can also voluntarily enroll with PhilHealth if they have legal residency status. As well, a limited number of foreign nationals can enroll in PhilHealth. The most common category of people which this applies to is those who marry Filipino citizens.

What You Need To Know About Processes Many expats in the Philippines chose to join PhilHealth under the Informal Economy Member category. The cost ranges from ₱2,400 – ₱3,600 a year. If you’re formally employed with a local employer, they will take care of all the paperwork for you. MC

Overview of the Filipino National Health Insurance System

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Health Corner A reprint

ll Filipino citizens are entitled to free healthcare under the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation, known as “PhilHealth.”

This health insurance program is government organized. It is funded in part by government subsidies at the local and national level. It’s also financed through company payroll deductions. In addition to emergency and urgent care, Philhealth subsidizes inpatient health care and non-emergency surgeries.

However, it does not cover all medical treatments and costs.

In early 2019, new legislation shaped the scope and future of PhilHealth.

Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte signed the Universal Healthcare Bill, known as the “UHB,” into law. The bill was designed to incorporate all citizens into the PhilHealth system, not just those in the workplace. Previously, informal workers, the unemployed, and others were not well covered by the health insurance system.

PhilHealth now has two categories.

Some people can pay premiums and those who are unable to do so. This largely applies to the unemployed and the elderly. In the case of those who cannot pay, the government will sponsor their insurance coverage. People in both categories receive the same basic level of services, while those paying higher premiums are eligible for more benefits.

Considerations When Choosing International Medical Insurance Geographic differences in standards of care are of paramount concern for expats living in the Philippines. While Manila and other large cities’ standards are generally very high, the same can’t be said of rural areas. In many cases, health care in rural areas is rudimentary at best. Hopefully, in the coming years, this situation will change. The recently passed UHB contains incentives for newly graduated medical students. It will mandate that new medics work in remote areas or within the public sector

On Infrastructure Development: Getting Things Right

Lost at the Beach

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Danny Buenbrazo

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nfrastructure and utilities development is key to promoting the growth of the economic sector, improving the access of people to social services such as education and health, allows the government to serve people better (especially those in the more remote areas), and generally leads to a better quality of life.

Perhaps the most common and familiar forms of infrastructure are roads, bridges, sea ports, and air ports.

These types of infrastructure are associated with transportation, allowing for the movement of goods and people from the rural to urban areas, remote islands to the mainland. Roads and bridges are also known as horizontal structures while buildings and the like are called vertical structures.

In an archipelagic country such as the Philippines (or its regions that consist of several islands), linking communities is very vital if we are to ensure that people will have an equitable access to services and opportunities.

Areas well connected to the country’s political and economic centers (or even to foreign destinations) would have a considerable advantage over those with limited or no access at all.

Putting up infrastructure, especially those that are larger in scale and more complex in design, takes time and would require significant amount of money. Thus, it is important that a good decision-making process be put in place when deciding on what type of infrastructure should be built.

An island can be connected to another in three ways: by constructing a bridge, by building airports, or by having sea ports. The major considerations on settling for which type of infrastructure to construct given the scenario described in the preceding sentence would include

distance and the primary thing to be transported (goods or people). Islands are usually connected by water transport such as the provinces of Iloilo and Guimaras, the same with Davao City and Samal Island. The latter are proximate enough that the idea of connecting Davao City to Samal Island by constructing a bridge come into reality.

For places that are quite distant, such as Tawi Tawi and Zamboanga City, constructing a bridge would not be technically and financially feasible, thus, the best alternatives are connecting them by sea and/or air. The size and complexity of an airport or a seaport would depend on whether it will just be for domestic use or it will service planes and vessels from foreign destinations.

Since resources are limited and there are many places that need infrastructure, the government unit concerned (national reginal, or local) should be able to establish a good set of criteria for prioritizing competing candidates (e.g. several roads proposed for construction).

For national projects, feasibility studies are supposedly undertaken to evaluate proposed roads and other types of infrastructure. Personally, projects that trigger economic development should be given priority since an infrastructure is an investment of public funds and having financial and economic returns is important.

Planners should not only consider using taxpayers’ money in funding infrastructure especially in times when the financial situation of the government is quite tight as in the present case.

Previous administrations have resorted to Public-Private Partnership (PPP) arrangement to let the private sector finance and manage public infrastructure such as roads and terminals. Of course, accessing grants and concessional loans are also good options as long as the terms and conditions are fair.

Infrastructures we build should be admired and appreciated rather than looked upon by people with disdain. MC

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July 16, 2022 Notice for Auction

Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Main, Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Roman Vilo Branch, SK Pendatun Branch, Mabini Branch, ORC Branch, Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Branch I, II, III, IV in Parang Branch, Carmen Branch, Pikit 1 and Pikit 2 Branch, Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Dalican 1, Dalican 2, Shariff Aguak Branch of Cotabato City, Parang North Cotabato, Datu Odin Sinsuat and Shariff Aguak announce the Auction Sale of all unredeemed pledges contracted July 1-31, 2021 at 8:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. at Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Main 4J Bldg. Corner Jose Lim Sr., and Don Roman Vilo St. Cotabato City. Auction sale will be on July 27, 2022.

RANEN PAWNSHOP MAIN, BRANCH I, II & III Don Rufino Alonzo & Don Tomas Martinez Sts, Cot. City

Notice for Auction

All unredeemed articles pledged on December 2021 will be auctioned on August 1, 2022 at 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. Please come before August 1, 2022 for renewal or redemption.

Patalastas ng Subasta Lahat ng sangla noong Disyembre 2021 ay ipagbibili ng Subasta sa Agosto 1, 2022 sa ganap na ika-8:30 ng umaga hanggang ika-4:30 ng hapon. Kung maari ay pumunta bago ang Agosto 1, 2022 para sa pagbayad ng tubo o pagtubos.

Patalastas ng Subasta

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Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Main, Agencia de OroPawnshop Inc. Roman Vilo Branch, SK Pendatun Branch, Mabini Branch, ORC Branch, Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Branch I, II, III, IV sa Parang Branch, Carmen Branch, Pikit 1 and Pikit 2 Branch, Agencia de Oro Pawnshop Inc. Dalican 1, Dalican 2, Shariff Aguak Branch of Cotabato City, Parang North Cotabato, Datu Odin Sinsuat and Shariff Aguak ay nagpapatalastas na mayroon silang Subasta ng mga hindi natutubos na mga sangla.

Ang mga ito ay isinangla noong Hulyo 1-31, 2021 sa alas 8:00 ng umaga hanggang alas 4:00 ng hapon sa Agencia de Oro Jose Lim Branch, corner Jose Lim Sr, and Don Roman Vilo St., Cotabato City sa Hulyo 27, 2022.

CONLUCK PAWNSHOP - SK PENDATUN CONLUCK PAWNSHOP - BONIFACIO & CONLUCK PAWNSHOP - ORC BRANCH COTABATO CITY

ay nagpapatalastas na mayroon silang Subasta ng mga hindi natutubos na mga sanla. Ang mga ito ay isinangla magmula Hunyo 2021 hanggang Hulyo 2021. Ang Subasta ay sa Hulyo 30, 2022 sa ganap na ika 8:00 ng umaga hanggang ika 4:00 ng hapon sa nasabing lugar.

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MC: July 16 & 23, 2022

Over 7K ex-combatants...from P2 The qualifying test was only some of the many requirements that police

applications have to comply with before becoming truly police officers. BIO

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late ESTELITA J. DIERO, who died intestate on November 24, 2016 in Cotabato City, parcels of land Lot 10, Block 1, Psd12-0022408 and Lot 11, Block 1, Psd-12-0022408 situated in Rosary Heights 7, Cotabato City, covered

by TCT Nos. T-38534 & T-38672, respectively, containing the total area of 234 sq. mts., more or less, are the subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate with simultaneous deed of absolute sale before Notary Public Atty.

Abbyr Ahmad Nul as per Doc. No. 288; Page No. 58; Book No. XXXIV; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late HONORATO A. JAUOD who died intestate on May 19, 2021 in Cotabato City, a parcel of land Lot No. 587, Ts-264, situated in Poblacion, Pikit, Cotabato, containing an area of 728 sq. mts., more or less, covered by OCT No. P-60330 is subject of extrajudicial settlement with simultaneous deed of sale before Notary Public Roland D. Jungco as per Doc. No. 237; Page No. 49; Book No. 152; Series of 2022.

ERRATUM: The above notice was erroneously published on July 9, 2022 issue

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late Spouses BERNARDO OLMOGUEZ and ANGELITA ARBOLADA who died on March 25, 1998 and October 8, 2000, respectively at Alamada, Cotabato, a parcel of land Lot No. 2745-B, Csd12-000814-D, situated at Gumaga, Libungan, Cotabato, containing an area of 19,272 sq. mts., more or less, covered by OCT No. P-50180 is subject of extrajudicial settlement with simultaneous deed of absolute sale of a portion before Notary Public Noel A. Gretare, CPA as per Doc. No. 6,198; Page No. 78; Book No. XCI; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late ERNESTO G. LIM, who died on May 31, 2004 in Cotabato City, a parcel of land Lot 2, Block 37, Psd04-00305, situated in Barrio Donare, Caloocan City, Metro Manila, containing an area of 301 sq. mts., more or less, is subject of deed of extrajudicial settlement of estate before Notary Public Atty. Omar Yasser C. Sema as per Doc. No. 463; Page No. 93; Book No. XXII; Series of 2021.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late LOURDES TELLORO and DEMETRIO TELLORO, SR. who died on December 01, 2009 and August 16, 2013, respectively at Midsayap, Cotabato, a parcel of land Lot No. 157, PLS-620, situated in Milaya, Midsayap now Cawilihan, Aleosan, Cotabato, containing an area of 29,163 sq. mts., more or less, covered by TCT No. CT-11042 is subject of extrajudicial settlement with simultaneous deed of absolute sale before Notary Public Alberto T. Eramis as per Doc. No. 423; Page No. 85; Book No. CCXCV; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late ANSARI ABDULSATAR ZAILON who died intestate on March 15, 2022 in Cotabato City, a parcel of land Lot 7, Block 10, Psd(ARMM)-0005, situated in Awang, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao, containing an area of 200 sq. mts., more or less, covered by TCT No. T-34212 is subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate before Notary Public Atty. Amira S. Pagayao, CPA as per Doc. No. 350; Page No. 70; Book No. X; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the l a t e C A R M E L I TA C .

CHENG, who died on January 2, 2005 in Cotabato City, a parcel of land Lot 1, Block 16, Pcs-3679, situated in Colina, Cotabato, Cotabato, containing an area of 321 sq. mts., more or less, covered

by TCT No. T-19158 is subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate with waiver of share before Notary Public Roy P. Acelar as per Doc. No. 425; Page No. 85; Book No. LII; Series of 2018.

Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late EDUARDO HEIZON, who died on September 5, 1998 in Cotabato City, a parcel of land Lot No. 420, Pls-357, situated in Nicaan (now Pacao), Alamada, Cotabato, containing an area of 48,560 sq. mts., more or less, covered by TCT No. T-43045 is subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate with simultaneous deed of absolute sale before Notary Public Alberto T. Eramis as per Doc. No. 146; Page No. 30; Book No. CCC; Series of 2022.

Republic of the Philippines Region XII Pikit, Cotabato OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

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Republic of the Philippines Midsayap, Cotabato LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Ma. Mervina Linaban Villegas has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from Mervina to Ma. Mervina in the certificate of live birth of Mervina Belotendos Linaban who was born on September 3, 1973 at Midsayap, Cotabato and whose parents are Tito F. Linaban and Rosalina S. Belotendos Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office of Municipal Civil Registrar, Midsayap, Cotabato.

(Sgd.) NORAH B. CABUGWASON Municipal Civil Registrar MC: Jul. 16 & 23, 2022

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Republic of the Philippines Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Parang, Maguindanao OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Republic of the Philippines Province of Cotabato City of Kidapawan LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

Republic of the Philippines Alamada, Cotabato OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Republic of the Philippines Aleosan, Cotabato LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048/10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that Dionisio F. Esconar, Jr. has filed with this office a petition for change of sex from Male to Female in the birth certificate of Judimher Asid Esconar who was born on June 29, 2005 at Making, Parang, Maguindanao and whose parents are Dionisio Jr. Fantonial Esconar and Meriam Akmad Asid.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 28, 2022.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Norman S. Perez has filed with this office a petition for correction of clerical errors of the date of birth from December 25, 1963 to November 3, 1963, sex from Female to Male, and change of first name from Norma to Norman in the certificate of live birth of Norma Soberano Perez who was born on 03 November 1963 at Kidapawan, Cotabato to parents Wilfredo G. Perez and Jovita J. Soberano.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Ma. Ninfa B. Castro has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from Ninfa to Ma. Ninfa in the certificate of live birth of Ninfa Z. Betita who was born on May 27, 1956 at Genio Edcor Farm, Midsayap, Cotabato and whose parents are Cornelio Betita and Guadalupe Zuluaga.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 20, 2022.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Venus Aujero Fusi has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from Jan Paul to Heinrich Alven in the birth certificate of Jan Paul Aujero Fusi who was born on 25 January 2006 at New Leon, Aleosan, Cotabato and whose parent is Venus A. Fusi.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 4 July 2022.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Alma G. Jumao-as has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from Teresita to Alma in the certificate of live birth of Teresita Gesulga who was born on October 4, 1957 at Inug-ug, Pikit, Cotabato to parents Alipio Gesulga and Regina Oquias.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than July 25, 2022.

(Sgd.) KARIM O. OMAR, MPA Municipal Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) MERCEDES P. TOLENTINO Acting City Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) MA. LENY BUENO BUENAFE Municipal Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) MARILOU G. NANLABI Municipal Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) MICHAEL C. TOBIAS, MPA Municipal Civil Registrar

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ADJUDICATION

BY SOLE HEIR

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION

Notice is hereby given that the late TERESA SALAZAR FLAUTA, died intestate on September 10, 2019 in Davao City, left a parcel of land Lot-2754-C-3-H, Psd12-001049, situated in Poblacion, Libungan, Cotabato, with an area of 260 sq. mts., more or less, covered by TCT No. T-117886 is subject of adjudication by sole heir with simultaneous deed of absolute sale before Notary Public Noel A. Gretare, CPA as per Doc. No. 6,111; Page No. 61; Book No. XCI; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the late HADJI IBRAHIM DARPING Et’Al, died intestate on March 12, 2014 in Cotabato City, left a parcel of land as coo w n e r, S u b d i v i s i o n Plan of Lot 29, CAD.52, situated in Kalanganan 1, Cotabato City, containing an area of 32,827 sq. mts., more or less is subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate with simultaneous sale of a portion before Notary Public Atty. Abbyr Ahmad Nul as per Doc. No. 29; Page No. 6; Book No. XXXIV; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the late HADJI MOHAMMAD TUA and HADJA KAWA S. TUA, died December 20, 2017 and July 18, 2018, respectively, left a parcel of land (250 sqm), portion of land from KADISON G. GUIAMAN, Lot No. 8 (OLT), BSD-12-000835, covered by TCT No. T-6 is subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate with deed of absolute sale before Notary Public Atty.

Bai Sandra U. Sandialan.

SH. C. as per Doc. No. 381; Page No. 77; Book No. I; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the late PARIDA ABDUL ANDAL, died intestate without will or testament on January 8, 2022 in Jeddah, KSA, left a Savings Account with Philippine National Bank under Account No. 405110001532 is subject of extrajudicial settlement of estate before Notary Public Atty. Keen John T. Usman as per Doc. No. 436; Page No. 88; Book No. II; Series of 2022.

Notice is hereby given that the late BENJAMIN BUANDA BELLO, died intestate on May 17, 2021 in Nuro, Upi, Maguindanao, left a parcel of land Lot No. 294-E, Csd-12-000845, s i t u a t e d i n Te n o r i o , Dinaig, Maguindanao, with an area of 25,025 sq. mts., more or less, covered by OCT No. P-03528 is subject of affidavit of adjudication by sole heir of estate before Notary Public Atty.

Rolando L. Chew as per Doc. No. 2797; Page No. 280; Book No. 23; Series of 2022.

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NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

MC: Jul. 9 & 16, 2022

AFFIDAVIT Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late LAURETA S. CAPULONG and WILDRIED SEHORZ, who died intestate on April 1, 2021 and November 15, 2015, respectively in Davao City, left a parcel of land Lot No. Lot 24, Blk. 21, Pls-59, containing an area of 50,323 sq. mts., more or less, covered

by TCT No. T-85695 is subject of affidavit of self-adjudication by sole heir before Notary Public Atty. Hector Gerald C. Belisario as per Doc. No. 44; Page No. 9; Book No. 106; Series of 2022.

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THE MINDANAO CROSS

6th ID forms antiNPA “TG Bangis”

THE Army’s 6th Infantry Division has created “Task Group Bangis” to neutralize remaining members of the New People’s Army operating in some areas under its jurisdiction.

The TG Bangis shall focus on addressing security threats from the NPA’s Guerilla Front Musa that has a reputation for attacking people, commercial establishments, construction firms and public conveyances if demands for “protection money” are not met.

It was launched early this week, according to 6th ID’s Division Public

Affairs Office.

Major Gen. Roberto Capulong, commander of 6th ID, designated Lt. Col. Michael Angelo Candole as TG Bangis commander.

While the task force is a tactical contingent that would run after NPAs in parts of central Mindanao, it will embark, along with other 6th ID units and local executives,

on backchannel measures meant to entice members of communist terrorist groups to return to the fold of law.

No fewer than 200 NPAs have surrendered to units of 6th ID in the provinces of North Cotabato, Maguindanao, Sultan Kudarat, South Cotabato and Sarangani in the past 18 months. John Felix Unson

Police hunt killers of murder witness THE Police Regional Office-12 is still exhausting measures to identify the killers of a potential witness to a murder case in Kidapawan City.

Gunmen shot dead Thursday last week Jericho Dela Peña, a 19-year-old witness to a recent murder incident here.

“Our provincial police office in Cotabato province and the Kidapawan City Police Office are doing their best to identify his killers,” Brig. Gen. Alexander Tagum, director of PRO12, told Mindanao Cross this week.

Lt. Col. Peter Pinalgan, city police director, had earlier said Dela Peña was on his way home when the suspects shot him Barangay Balindog using cal. 45 pistol. Dela

Peña died on the spot.

His killers managed to escape before responding barangay tanods and policemen could reach the scene.

Neighbors and relatives told reporters Dela Peña is helping authorities put closure, as a key witness, to an earlier knife attack here that resulted in the death of an adolescent named Marco Austria.

Tagum said he has directed the Kidapawan City police to enlist the help of barangay officials in identifying who killed Dela Peña at past 7:00 p.m. Thursday in Barangay Balindog.

Tagum also tasked the local police to determine if the incident was related to Peña’s being a witness to the brutal killing of Austria e a r l y o n . J o h n Fe l i x

Unson

P264K worth shabu seized in 3 entrapments

ANTI-NPA TASK GROUP. The Army’s 6th Infantry Division has created a new contingent versus the New People’s Army, the “Task Group Bangis,” which was launched this week.

Photo courtesy of 6th ID Public Affairs Office

Suspect in murder of Muslim cleric shot dead POLICE agents shot dead a man they were supposed to arrest before dawn Monday, July 11, for having killed a Muslim cleric in a bungled robbery attack in April.

Members of the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group were to serve Jack Macaraya in his hideout in Barangay Tuka Kialdan in Marantao, Lanao del Sur a warrant for his arrest, but he pulled out a pistol, provoking a gunfight that resulted in

his death.

Col. Jibin Bongcayao, director of the Lanao del Sur provincial police, said Monday CIDG agents out to arrest Macaraya were armed with a warrant issued by Judge Samina Sampaco MacabandoUsman of the Regional Trial Court Branch 8 in Marawi City.

Macaraya is wanted for having killed a Muslim preacher, Ustadz Emran Langco Macadato, with a knife for refusing to turn

in his money in a heist on April 28 in Barangay Baul in Marantao.

Macaraya divested Macadato of his money and other belongings after having stabbed him repeatedly in different parts of his body that he dumped in a secluded area, grassy spot in Barangay Baul Marantao municipality is located in the first district of Lanao del Sur, a component-province of the Bangsamoro Autonomous

Region in Muslim Mindanao.

Personnel in Lanao del Sur of the CIDGBangsamoro Autonomous Region were assisted by units of the Lanao del Sur Provincial Police Office in their attempt to arrest Macaraya that went haywire.

Bongcayao said the cadaver of Macaraya was immediately turned over to relatives for immediate burial according to Islamic tradition. John Felix Unson

PNP assure public safety after Simuay shootout

POLICE AUTHORITIES in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) on Friday assured Maguindanao residents the police is in full control of the situation following a shootout in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao.

“To the people of Maguindanao, especially here in Sultan Kudarat town, rest assured your PNP is here and ready to protect your lives and properties,” Lt. Airene Mazon, public information officer of Police Regional OfficeBangsamoro Autonomous Region (PRO-BAR).

Mazon told DXMS Radyo Bida that three of the four wounded were among the gunmen who stormed the Crossing Simuay market.

“We have police personnel closely guarding them at the hospital,” she said.

As to the motive, Mazon said in vernacular: “That is what we are trying to determine because we have plenty of information coming in relative to the incident.”

It was supposedly a regular market afternoon

activities at Crossing Simuay public terminal and market on Tuesday when gunmen brandishing assault rifles showed up and roam around the market place.

“Parang sa Afganistan ba, mga tao may armas nasa palengke tapos nagkaputukan (it’s like in Afganistan, people are displaying assault rifles and suddenly there’s shootout),” said a man who witnessed the event as it unfolded in front of horrified market vendors and marketgoers.

“Even the police nearby failed to react, they only fired back when the detachment was strafed with assault rifles,” said the man who works for an international NGO. “Initially, we learned that the gunmen were looking for someone,” Mazon said A police patrol car and police Community Police Assistance Center (ComPAC) detachment were hit by stray bullets.

Lt. Colonel Julhamin Asdani, municipal police chief of Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao, said civilians reported seeing heavily armed

men on board five vehicles arriving in Crossing Simuay market place and terminal at about 6 p.m.

It sent jitters among the people in the market and terminal for fear a shootout will take place once police arrived.

As the police arrived, the gunmen started shooting them despite the presence of marketgoers and market vendors.

A civilian said the gunmen claimed they were looking for Barangay Simuay chairperson Guiaber Dalindingan. He was not around.

A 20-minute firefight left four injured, one civilian and three from the side of the gunmen, Col. Asdani said.

Police SOCO also found hundreds of empty shells from various rifles in the marketplace.

Soldiers, backed by armored personnel carriers, arrived in the market but the gunmen were gone. The military armored personnel carriers are now parked within the vicinity of the market.

Investigation continues.

Edwin O. Fernandez

KORONADAL CITY— Authorities seized a total of P263,980 worth of shabu from six peddlers arrested in three operations in Gen. Santos City and South Cotabato province last weekend.

Agents of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA-12) entrapped Ronald Anguring Alapajando, Jerry Solis Ines and Mohamad Hussin Bansil in Barangay Labangal, Gen. Santos and confiscated P74,800 worth of shabu they sold to undercover agents.

Director Naravy Duquitan of PDEA-12, said the operation that resulted in the arrest of Alapajando, Ines and Bansil was assisted by units of the General Santos City Police Office and the PRO-12.

Police teams, aided by civilian tipsters, had also entrapped in two separate operations in Polomolok,

South Cotabato three men from whom they confiscated P189,180 total worth of shabu.

The first to fall were Sandy Batican Millares and Danilo Amadeo Requillo.

T h e y w e r e immediately cuffed and detained after selling P89,180 worth of shabu to non-uniformed policemen in in Barangay Poblacion, Polomolok.

The duo was arrested after another group of policemen had seized shabu amounting to P100,000 from Buhari Talusan Abas who fell in an entrapment operation also in Barangay Poblacion, Polomolok in early on.

The accomplices Millares and Roquillo and Abas are now clamped down in a detention facility of the Polomolok municipal police, awaiting prosecution. John Felix

Unson

DILG Sec. Abalos vows more...from P1 of municipal police station buildings, police cars and our support to other DILG-linked institutions such as the BFP.” Sinarimbo said Sec. Abalos has committed “to continue to support us.”

He said the good secretary also agreed “to immediately address in partnership with us the issue of policing in the 63 barangays from North Cotabato that joined the BARMM. The 63 villages in North Cotabato are now part of BARMM after they opted to join the new political set up in 2019.

However, the 63 village are yet to be constituted into a new political subdivision as a municipality or a province.

He has also “demonstrated a deep sense of respect and cultural sensitivity by ensuring that we meet in a place that serves Halal food.”

“We thank Secretary Abalos for taking time to meet us despite his very busy schedule,” Sinarimbo added, hoping more future meetings and collaboration to take place between him and MILG BARMM leaders. Edwin

O. Fernandez