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Bomber killed by own IED in Zambo Sur

Army says rebels now lace bombs with feces, snake venom

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MNLF DEMANDS REVIEW OF 1996 PEACE DEAL

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The former rebel Senior Leaders’ Forum held leaders said they would in Zamboanga City, said: support the peace process “The MNLF Senior Leaders as long as the Aquino gov- Forum is ready to recomernment agreed on their mend among the leaders to condition to recall join or constitute the memManila’s two diplomatic bership of the MNLF peace communications sent by panel for the resumption of Foreign Affairs Secretary the tripartite meeting as Albert del Rosario on soon as possible in order to January 30 and March 21 conclude the process to the satisfaction of the conthis year.

While the senior cerned parties.”

MNLF leaders put a con“And that we welcome dition for their unwaver- the proposal to achieve a ing support to the tripar- more comprehensive and tite review of the peace inclusive political solution deal, they also affirm their to the Bangsamoro prob“sustained support” to the lem through convergence accord to achieve the full of the two peace processes implementation of the ac- involving the MNLF and the MILF.” cord.

The resolution, MILF refers to the Moro passed during the MNLF Islamic Liberation Front,

MNLF leaders Abdul Sahrin and Abuamri Tadik during a meeting in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

(Mindanao Examiner Photo - Ely Dumaboc)

A veteran fighter of the Moro National Liberation Front stands guard in front of a huge flag. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)

which broke away with the MNLF in 1978 and is now currently negotiating with the government.

It was signed by signed

by Abebakrin Lukman and Abuamri Tadik, both acting secretaries of the MNLF Senior Leaders’ Forum and attested by Yusop Jikiri, its presiding chairman.

The two diplomatic communications also sparked a widespread condemnation from MNLF chieftain Nur Misuari, who threatened to secede after accusing Manila of failing to honor provisions of the peace deal.

Misuari has already met tens of thousands of former rebels and their commanders and supporters in gatherings in southern Philippines where he told them about the government’s failure to fully implement the 1996 peace agreement.

Now, the regional police said it is gathering evidence to charge the former Libyan firebrand of sedition because his fiery statement and pronouncement against the Aquino govern-

ment. Misuari was accused of fomenting sedition in the restive region.

Misuari’s whereabouts is unknown, but he was in Sulu province last month where he also met with his commanders and hundreds of followers in the town of Indanan. There, he almost declared independence, but changed his mind, saying he still needs to consult with his senior leaders before making the announcement in the right time.

“We are going to find the right time to for the formal declaration (of independence. I still need to communicate with the OIC so we still have to discuss this with among us leaders,” he said in the local Tausug dialect.

The OIC helped broker the peace talks between the MNLF and the Philippines that led to the eventual signing of the agreement.

Misuari said it has been three decades now since the OIC mediated in the peace talks, but Manila has failed to comply with the provisions in the accord.

Misuari has repeatedly

accused the Aquino government of trying to abrogate the peace accord. He also denounced the peace talks between the Aquino government and rival rebel group Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) after negotiators signed an accord last year that would create the Bangsamoro state, saying it violated the MNLF-Philippines peace deal.

The Muslim homeland would replace the existing Muslim autonomous region which is composed of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Maguin-danao and Lanao provinces, including the cities of Marawi and Lamitan.

And several more areas in the provinces of Lanao del Norte and North Cotabato would also be included in the new autonomous region.

After the 1996 peace accord with the MNLF, Misuari became the governor of autonomous region. But many former rebels were disgruntled with the accord, saying, the government failed to uplift their standards of living.

The rebels accused Manila of failing to develop the war-torn areas in the South, which remains in mired in poverty, heavily militarized and dependent financially on the government.

In November 2001, on the eve of the elections in the Muslim autonomous region, Misuari again accused the government of reneging on the peace agreement, and his followers launched a new rebellion in Sulu and Zamboanga City, where more than 100 people were killed.

Misuari escaped by boat to Malaysia, but was arrested there and deported to the Philippines.

He was eventually freed in 2008 after Manila dropped all charges against him for lack of sufficient evidence.

He was also ousted by Muslimin Sema, the MNLF Secretary-General, but Misuari maintained that he is the true leader of the former rebel group.

(With a report from Ely Dumaboc)

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Bomber killed by own IED in Zambo Sur

Photos released by the Regional Police Office in Western Midnanao show policemen searching for improvised explosives in Labangan town in Zamboanga del Sur province following a blast that killed a bomber.

PAGADIAN CITY – A suspected bomber was killed after an improvised bomb he was transporting exploded in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines, officials said.

Officials said policemen, who were inspecting the site, recovered an

improvised bomb assembled from a 60mm mortar and rigged to a detonator and a cell phone, not far from the dead man’s decapitated body in the village of Tapodoc in Labangan town.

The bomb was found

at a rice paddy near the highway and safely disrupted, according to Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman.

“The identity of the man is still unknown and police are investigating this case,” he said.

It was not immediately known whether the man, whose head and arms were blasted, was a member of a rebel or terrorist group. The man’s body was clad in black shirt and a pair of black and green tactical shooter pants.

The southern Philippines have been hit by a spate of bomb attacks in recent months that had killed and wounded dozens of civilians.

Just recently, police also killed a suspected gunrunner Nadzir Mongkas and captured his

companion Rajib Giyaludin in an operation in the restive region. Giyaludin allegedly confessed to buying and selling guns and improvised explosives to various groups and individuals in the southern Philippines.

(Mindanao Examiner)

US man arrested for carrying gun

Downtown Sindangan in Zamboanga del Norte province in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

DIPOLOG CITY – Philippine authorities detained an American citizen for possessing an unlicensed pistol in the southern province of Zamboanga del Norte, officials said.

Officials said policemen arrested Jeffrey Roy Bradley, 57, while drinking with his Filipino fr iends in downtown Sindangan following a tip off from a civilian that the foreigner had a pistol under his shirt.

Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said Bradley even bragged his .45 caliber pistol to his friends while drinking at the MPL Plaza.

He said police also

seized from Bradley one pistol magazine and seven bullets.

“The policemen approached the foreigner and frisked him and he yielded a .45-caliber pistol with a defaced serial number, and one magazine loaded with seven rounds of ammunition,” Huesca said. “He failed to present proper documents to possess and carry the firearm, hence, he was arrested.”

He said Bradley is temporarily residing in

the village of Goleo in the town of Sindangan and now detained in the municipal police station while awaiting charges.

Police did not say where Bradley got his weapon or why was he carrying the gun.

No other details were made available by the police about Bradley or whether his stay in the country is legal or not.

The US Embassy has not release any statement about Bradley’s arrest.

(Mindanao Examiner)

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Philippine Army soldiers in Davao City rush to help transport troops wounded in a landmine blast in Compostela Valley province. (Mindanao Examiner)

Army says rebels now lace bombs with feces, snake venom DAVAO CITY – The Philippine military said it found traces of human feces and snake venom in the wounds of soldiers injured in a recent landmine attack by communist rebels in Mindanao.

Capt. Alberto Caber, chief information officer of the Eastern Mindanao Command, quoting the findings, told the Mindanao Examiner that the presence of feces and venom on the wounds of the soldiers are deadly to the victims.

The soldiers were wounded in a recent attack by the New People’s Army in Compostela Valley province.

Caber said the use of

landmines by rebels is already a violation of an international treaty and of the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian law signed by rebels themselves in 1998.

M ilitar y F indings ilitary Findings Lt. Victor Dato, a medical officer assigned in Camp Panacan Station Hospital, said the feces and snake venom found on the wounds of soldiers are deadly to the victims. “ We found it in the wounds of the soldiers during examination and treatment. It will aggravate the effect of landmines (sic),” Dato said.

Dato said the bacte-

3 arrested in bus stoning in Zamboanga City ZAMBOANGA CITY – Police arrested three people who were behind a stoning of provincial bus in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, officials said.

Officials said the trio Benjie Carangi, 20; Arnel Persivirancia, 18; and JunJun Persivirancia, 20 - were nabbed after they hurled stones on a bus owned by Rural Transit Mindanao.

The stoning broke the windshield of the bus, but

none of the passengers were injured or hurt in the attack.

The bus was travelling to Cagayan de Oro City when the attack occurred on the Zamboanga highway in the village of Vitali.

Police said the trio is facing charges for the stoning.

The bus firm, as well as motorists, have been complaining about stoning incidents in Zamboanga.

(Mindanao Examiner)

ria found in the wounds of the soldiers were enterobacter cloacae and streptococcus agalacteiae which is common in the human intestines.

“This proves that the NPA contaminate these landmines with human or animal feces. We have already had patient who is a former NPA member and attested to this practice when making landmines,” he said.

“Even more daunting is how one of the patients, who was seemingly stable and all of a sudden entered (sic) a state of shock. We found his leg to be in a severe state of infection, with blackening flesh. A similar pattern was exhibited by another landmine victim who died recently, whose flesh quickly deteriorated and blackened despite heavy antibiotic treatment and this effect is no longer as a result of the fecal bacteria, but possibly a deadlier venom ingredient,” he added.

C ondemnation Maj. Jake Thaddeus Obligado, commander of the 10th Civil Military Operations Battalion of the 10th Infantry Division, said the NPA attack was inhuman.

“This is no longer the act of a human being.

This is simply inhuman.

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Ang media club mao ang pinakakaraan nga kahugpongan sa mga tigbalita sa Davao del Norte gumikan kay niadto pang tuig 1967 kini natukod.

Hinuon, adunay mga tuig nga dili maglihok ang mao nga pundok, apan karon nag-aktibo na usab ang media club.

The risk to innocent lives of these landmines has just been increased exponentially by what has been discovered in these findings. We should all condemn the NPAs’ use of landmines to pressure the NPA to finally respect the ban on these inhuman devices,” he said.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, the regional military chief, has condemned the continued of use of landmines by the NPA, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines.

“This is a gross violation of human rights.

This type of warfare shows the true nature of the NPAs as they want to kill people slowly. I hope that no civilians will become victims of this foolishness,” Cruz said.

P r opaganda The NPA, which is fighting for the establishment of a communist state in the country, has strongly denied the military allegations.

Rigoberto Sanchez, a spokesman for the NPA Southern Mindanao Regional Command, branded the military’s claim as “malicious and wildly concocted propaganda.”

“The New People's Army Southern Mindanao Regional Command vehemently denies the malicious and wildly con-

cocted military propaganda that NPA explosives were contaminated with poison and bacteria.

To insinuate that the NPA is engaged in a highly criminal biological and chemical warfare is, indeed, pure invention,” he said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

He said the NPA fighters have been using - in the last four decades guerrilla warfare weapons, such as but not limited to command-detonated explosives made up of traditional, non-biologically toxic ingredients.

He said rebel forces used command-detonated explosives on the government soldiers and not pressure-type landmines that are banned by international laws as insisted by the military.

Psy -W ar sy-W -War “Obligado and other spin doctors at the Eastern Mindanao Command are desperate to reverse the tide of revolutionary guerrilla warfare, so desperate, that they have to copy methods used by the US imperialist military strategists in its current war against Syria,” Sanchez said.

“By alluding that the NPAs are terrorists who hatch bombs and weapons of mass destruction in chemical and biological forms, Obligado and East-

ern Mindanao Command propagandists are copycats to the Obama government that is now justifying its military occupation in Syria by accusing the Assad regime of engaging in chemical weapons attack,” he added.

Sanchez said the NPA are people's soldiers, girded with firearms confiscated from enemies and with bombs made out of cheap materials.

“Obligado and the military spin doctors are daydreaming that they can sweeten the image of the fascist Oplan Bayanihan by demonizing the NPA and the revolutionary struggle. Three years into the US-Aquino regime, the Armed Forces of the Philippines is nowhere smooth, soft and pro-people in the eyes of the peasants, workers and the millions of Filipino masses,” he said.

“The Armed Forces of the Philippines is thoroughly exposed as the protector, coddler, running dogs of the US imperialist mining and other big business, bureaucrat capitalists and landlords,” he said. “The bacteria and poison are not found in the NPA bombs, but in the AFP headquarters, camps, detachments and in the AFP echelons itself.” (Mindanao Examiner)

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Radio announcer killed in Iligan City PAGADIAN CITY – Motorcycle gunmen shot dead a radio announcer in an attack in Iligan City in southern Philippines, media organizations reported.

The attack, which occurred in Buru-un village, killed Fernando Solijon, who worked for Love Radio run by Manila Broadcasting Corporation.

Solijon was heading to his car from a party when the gunmen arrived and shot him several times and then fled after the attack.

Police are still investigating the motive of the killing and whether it was connected to his work.

Solijon’s killing is the 19th since President Benigno Aquino was elected into office. Aquino has repeatedly vowed to bring justice to the families of journalists murdered in the country.

Just early in August, an unidentified gunman also killed freelance news photographer Mario Sy in General Santos City also in

southern Philippines.

Sy was shot in front of his terrified family inside their house. The motive of the murder is still unknown up to now, but Sy was a contributor to Mindanao Bulletin and Sapol Bulletin newspapers in the region.

Prior to Sy’s murder, two tabloid columnists Bonifacio Loreto and Richard Kho - who wrote for Aksyon Ngayon - were fatally shot by motorcycle gunmen in Commonwealth village in Quezon City in Luzon Island.

(Mindanao Examiner)

Rebels bomb steel pylon in Southern Philippines Newspaper editor killed

COTABATO CITY – Suspected rebels blasted a steel pylon in the southern Philippines and resulting to a power failure in several areas in the restive region where security forces are fighting terrorism and rebellion.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the weekend attack, but the military suspect rebels were behind the blast in Sultan Kudarat town in Maguindanao province.

There was no report of casualties from the bomb-

ing and efforts are being undertaken by authorities to restore electricity in the area. The pylon is being maintained by the private transmission firm National Grid Corporation of the Philippines.

Security forces are battling members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement, who are pursuing an independent state in the region, which is also home to the larger Moro Islamic Liberation Front now negotiating peace with Manila. (Mindanao Examiner)

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MANILA – Filipino gunmen shot dead a newspaper editor in Calapan City in Mindoro province, the media watch dog National Union of Journalists of the Philippines reported.

It said Vergel Bico, 43, who worked for the Bandera Pilipino newspaper, was driving his motorcycle when shot by motorcycle gunmen tailing him in the village of Pachoca.

The assailants escaped after the shooting.

NUJP said Bico was rushed to hospital, but died along the way. He was the second journalist murdered in a week time. Gunmen also killed radio announcer Fernando Solijon in Iligan City in southern Philippines on August 29.

Joe Leuterio, president of the Oriental Mindoro Media Club, condemned the killing of Bico and urged the provincial police force headed by Superintendent Ronaldo de Jesus to arrest the murderers and give justice to the murder of the victim. (Mindanao Examiner)

Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar poses with kiddie cops at the celebration of the Crime Prevention Month. (Photo by Joey Bautista)

Policemen win in 2013 COPS search ZAMBOANGA CITY – Two local police officers are among this year’s winners in the search for “Country’s Outstanding Police Officers in Service” or COPS. The two – Inspector Arlan Dalumpines, head of the Zamboanga City Police Investigation and Detective Management Branch; and Senior Police Officer 1 Eduardo Covarrubias, leader of the Anti-Vice Operative Group – join the elite roster of outstanding officers on the country.

Their exemplary dedi-

cation to the police service, among others, was cited by the organizers - Metrobank Foundation, Rotary Club of New Manila and PSBank.

Aniceto Sobrepeña, president of the Metrobank Foundation, has informed and congratulated Zamboanga Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar for having two winners in this year’s search.

Salazar, proud of the two local officers, announced this during a flag raising ceremony at City Hall.

“The two police officers are exemplars of gallant policemen and committed and dedicated public servants,” she said.

COPS seeks to pay tribute to outstanding men and women of the Philippine National Police, who exemplified excellence in solving and preventing crimes in their community, and integrity as members of the police force.

Dalumpines and Covarrubias received a trophy and a cash prize of P300,000.

(Mindanao Examiner)

2 killed in Basilan ambush BASILAN PROVINCE – Unidentified gunmen ambushed two employees of a financing company in the restive province of Basilan in the southern Philippines, police said. It said the attack killed Jennifer Timtim and Saud Macalangcom – who both worked for KFI Center for Community Development Foundation. The ambush occurred in the village of Ubit in Lamitan City.

Police said the attackers carted the collections of the employees before escaping.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for the killings, but gun attacks are a common occurrence in Lamitan City where hired killers and bandits are actively operating.

Just recently, two teachers - Rodolfo Saavedra and his wife Gloria - were killed and their companion Ellen

Cubico, was wounded in an ambush also in Lamitan City.

The three were travelling on a motorcycle in the village of Maloong Canal when an unidentified gunman attacked them. The assailant took the victims’ motorcycle and escaped towards Isabela City. The killings of the teachers drew widespread condemnation in Basilan province. (With a report from Richard Falcatan)

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Charity workers seized in Basilan BASILAN PROVINCE – Gunmen have seized two teachers working for a Catholic charity foundation in the restive province of Basilan in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines, officials said.

Officials said the gunmen raided the staff house of the Charity Children Foundation in the village of Tairan in Lantawan town late on Wednesday and abducted Frederick Banot and Cherden Masong.

Members of the Special Forces, who were alerted by the abductions, pursued the raiders, but did not catch up with them.

“The victims were forcibly taken by the gunmen and dragged them to waiting speedboats and fled under cover of darkness,” Capt. Jefferson Somera, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

He said Brig. Gen. Felicito Virgilio Trinidad, a regional army commander, also ordered troops to track down the hostages and their captors and to help police authorities in providing or securing charitable workers in the province.

Non individual or group claimed responsibility for the abductions, but

Abu Sayyaf rebels and bandits are actively operating in the province and have been previously blamed for many kidnappings for ransom and killings.

The foundation helps in various programs aimed at uplifting the lives of ethnic Badjao and Yakan tribes in Basilan, one of five provinces under the autonomous region.

Both the provincial and regional governors and the local town officials have not issued any statement about the raid and the unstable peace and order in Basilan, just several nautical miles from Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner)

A poor man holds tightly as he digs through garbage in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. Poverty remains a big problem in the Philippines where many lawmakers are embroiled in the controversial pork barrel fund involving P10-billion in government projects channeled through bogus nongovernmental organizations. (Mindanao Examiner Photo).

Freed kidnapped victim Nancy Gonato is met by relatives shortly after her arrival in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Ely Dumaboc)

Kidnapped Zambo trader freed ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Filipina trader who was kidnapped along with her boyfriend in Zamboanga City has been freed in the southern Philippine town of Talipao, police said.

Police said Nancy Gonato, 38, was released, but the fate of Ronnie San Dagon, 50, remains unknown. The couple was kidnapped in April 7 inside a private wharf in the coastal village of Baliwasan where the duo runs a buying station for lobsters and other marine products.

It was not immediately known whether ransom was paid for the freedom of the woman, but the kidnappers had previously demanded P10 million in exchange for

the victims.

Jolo town Mayor Hussin Amin said the woman was freed in Talipao town and then taken to the provincial hospital for medical examination shortly after meeting with government leaders and police and military commanders in Jolo.

“Our security is tight in Jolo town,” Amin told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

The couple owns a company called Ocean World Marine Products in Zamboanga City. The local police said at least 5 gunmen were involved in the kidnappings and the motive of could be connected to the couple’s business and huge debts.

It was not immediately known whether the captors are members of the Abu Sayyaf which has been blamed by authorities for the spate of kidnappings for ransom in southern Philippines.

No individual or group claimed responsibility for kidnapping of the couple which occurred barely a month after the Abu Sayyaf freed a kidnapped Australian adventurer Warren Rodwell in exchange for P4 million ransom.

Rodwell was seized by 5 gunmen, who posed as policemen, from his seaside house in Ipil town just outside Zamboanga City in December 2011. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Electricity supply, education, peace and order tackled in Sulu ACC conference SULU - Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan has presided over the 5th Sulu Area Coordinating Center Network Conference in Patikul town to discuss various projects and programs with different stakeholders in the southern province, officials said.

Fazlur Rahman Abdulla, Executive Director of the Sulu Area Coordinating Center, said Tan discussed three major issues that need immediate actions – the problems on electricity supply,

Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan during a light moment in the conference.

(Photo by Julkipli Ahijon, Jr.)

education programs and how to improve more the general peace and order condition in the province.

“Governor Tan has discussed these things with the stakeholders and we have come up with an action plan based on all recommendations of various groups and we are working more to further improve those that were in the agenda,” Abdulla said told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

He said Tan is the chair-

man of the Area Coordinating Center which coordinates Sulu’s various nongovernmental agencies, military and police authorities, emergency services and other organizations and serves as an inter-agency communication network.

Abdulla said more than 200 people participated in the recent meeting and mostly representatives of various provincial and national government agencies, the police and military

authorities, academe, student and civil society organizations, women sector and provincial and municipal officials, including from the US military which is active of humanitarian and development projects in Sulu.

The Sulu Area Coordinating Center, built during the time of then Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan and now provincial vice governor, is a facility established as a proactive, reactive, and post conflict mechanism to address various concerns at regional and local levels of governance and to solve problems of coordination and response.

Abdulla said the Area Coordinating Center functions both as a system and as a council for planning, integrating, directing, supervising, and implementing line-up government programs and projects particularly on political, socioeconomic, cultural, religious, development, security and information issues.

The province now has a total of 20 Area Coordinating Centers – one for each of Sulu’s 19 towns and the central headquarters in Patikul.

(Mindanao Examiner)

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Western Mindanao urged to use ‘bayong’ instead of plastic bags

General Santos City celebrates Tuna Festival as paraders display colorful costumes and replicas of yellow and blue tunas which the city is famous for in southern Philippines.

(Russel Delvo)

Dipolog midonar ug mga kagamitan ngadto sa pulis

PAGADIAN CITY – Trade officials said there is a strong clamor to regulate the use of plastic bags and containers, including Styrofoam in Western Mindanao because it largely contribute to the huge volume of waste that clog canals and sewers and caused flood problems.

Engineer Jamir Abubakar, of the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), said the inter-agency ConsumerNet9 has passed a resolution urging city and municipal and provincial councils to pass legislations that would regulate the use of those materials.

He said that polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride

and polystyrene which are the base materials in the manufacture of plastics and Styrofoam are nonbiodegradable, hence adding to the mountains of garbage that do not decompose even after a hundred years.

The resolution was passed unanimously to support other cause-oriented groups which are clamouring for reduction in the use of synthetic packaging materials and promote the use of the traditional and environment-friendly “bayong” or tote bag made from grass and leaves of various plants.

Nazrullah Manzur, the regional trade director, said he is supporting

Fisherman impaled by needlefish

A photo of a needlefish from the website http://www.chesapeakebay.net

Mortar bombs fired at Maguindanao villages

Si Mayor Evelyn Uy sa turn over sa mga suporta sa Dipolog police.

DIPOLOG CITY - Pormal nga gidawat sa mga personahe sa Dipolog police office pinaagi niSupt.

Joven Parcon ang mga kahimanan nga gihatag sa kagamhanang lokal sa Dipolog ilawom sa pagdumala ni Mayor Evelyn Uy. Gisugdan pinaagi sa simpleng seremonya ang nasangpit nga turn-over ceremony didto sa Dipolog police ground niadtong Setyembre 2, sa may alas 7:30 ang takna sa buntag nga kalihokan gitambongan mismo ni Uy isip pinasidunggang dinapit ug mamumulong, Provincial Director Senior Supt.

James Mejia, Parcon, mga personahe ug opisyales sa Dipolog police, mga personahe sa Armed Forces of the Philippines ug mga sakop sa lokal Media.

Nasayran sa buhatan sa Impormasyon nga ang nasangpit nga mga kahimanan nga gihatag sa sa Dipolog ang gilangkoban sa 4 ka mga motorsiklo ug 18 ka mga shotguns.

Mipasupot sa iyang mensahe pagpasalamat si

Mejia ug Parcon ngadto sa inahan ning dakbayan sa gihatag niining da kung tabang ug suporta ngadto sa kapolisan dili lamang sa dakbayan sa Dipolog, Probinsya lakip usab ang Rehiyonal nga buhatan sa Philippine National Police aron mamahimong komportable ang paghimu sa ilang mga kaakuhan alang na sa paghatag ug seguridad sa mga katawhan.

Sa susamang bahin mihatag usab sa iyang mensahe si Uy diin gidayeg niini si Mejia sa bag-ong kalampusan nga naangkon gumikan sa pagkasikop nila sa mga armas sa usa ka giilang beach resort, diin gihagit usab ni Uy ang mga kapolisan sa pagkugi dinha sa paghimu sa ilang responsbilidad ug kaakuhan sa pagmintinar sa kahapsay ug kalinaw sa atung dapit diin daghan ng

mga investors ug turista ang mibisita sa atong dakbayan nga naila sa kalimpyo, matinahurun ug kahapsay.

Dugang pa nga gumikan sa pagkamatinudanon sa trabaho sa atong mga kapolisan adunay mga insidente nga mahitabo diin naglambigit sa ilang mga trabaho isip usa ka public servant sama na lamang sa nahitabo sa chief investigator sa Dipolog police Senior Insp.

Matinong diin na-angin ang usa ka inosenteng bata.

Sa katapusan nga mensahe ni Uy nga kung adunay mga panginahanglanon ang atong kapolisan sama sa ilang mga Liga ug uban pa dili magmakuli sa paghatag ug ayuda ang kagamhanang lokal kung kini alang sa kaayuhan sa tanan. (ZSM)

the resolution and the clamor for the regulation in the use and distribution of materials that have deleterious impact to the environment.

He also cited Zamboanga del Sur where various government agencies, including the Pagadian Chamber of Commerce and the business sector launched last year an advocacy campaign dubbed as “Di Ko’g Plastic,” whose aim is to make every Saturday a “plastic-free day” in Pagadian City and at the same time promote the use of locally-made bayong for shopping and marketing. (With a report from Lowell Vallecer and Richard Suarez)

COTABATO CITY – An unidentified group fired several mortar rounds in the town of Shariff Saydona Mustapha in Maguindanao province in the Muslim autonomous region southern Philippines.

The Mindanao Human Rights Action Center (MinHRAC) reported that the mortar bombs were fired from the village of Buayan in Datu Piang town towards the direction of Dasawao village and in the mountains of Ganta and Bakat.

It said the areas had been abandoned since last month due to sporadic fighting between troops

and rebels.

“No displacement occurred as there were no residents in the villages.

Residents have not returned home yet since the fighting in Dasawao on August 12. MinHRAC grassroots monitors are closely monitoring the situation,” it said in a bulletin sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

Security forces have been fighting members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement which is pursuing an independent Muslim state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A Filipino fisherman died after he was impaled by a needlefish off a seaside village off Zamboanga City in southern Philippines, police said.

Police said the 63year old Jesus Guerrero died after he pulled out the fish that struck his throat while fishing with his son and brother off Talabaan village.

Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, said the Guerrero was hit in the throat after the fish leaped out near his wooden boat.

“The man died from his wounds,” he said.

Guerrero’s son said he rushed his father to the shore, but he died along the way.

“It was tragic. My father was impaled in the throat. We still got the fish that killed my father,” he said, adding that he and his father had been fishing the past seven years in the same area and was aware by how deadly the fish can be.

“It was really an accident. And this accident should be a warning to other fishermen how deadly the fish can be,” he said. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Liga ng mga Barangay throws its support behind new Zambo mayor ZAMBOANGA CITY – Local village officials have expressed their all-out support to the new administration of Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar.

The Liga ng mga Barangay has approved and passed a resolution declaring its full support to Salazar.

“The Liga, in answer to the call of every barangay in Zamboanga City, also conveyed its dedication for the chief executive’s legislative program as a manifestation of their gratitude and support. Among the notable thrusts of the Climaco administration are her priorities for Security, Health and Education,” said a City Hall statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

It said the resolution

further highlighted Salazar as a strong and principled individual, and her deter-

Zamboanga City Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar mination to “promote efficient and effective governance” and safeguard the

general welfare of every barangay.

The Liga ng mga Barangay, also known as the League of Barangays (villages) of the Philippines, is a formal organization of all barangays in the Philippines.

Salazar appreciated the resolution and thanked the Liga ng mga Barangay for its declaration of support and stressing that her administration needs all the support and cooperation of all sectors in order to achieve the common goal of bringing progress and development in the city.

The mayor called on the public to join hands with the City Government and help ensure a better future for the constituents particularly the young generation.

Zamboanga has 98 barangays.

Aftermath of rebel attack on a rubber processing plant in North Cotabato's Makilala town.

Rebels raid rubber processing plant, kill manager DAVAO CITY – Communist rebels raided a rubber processing plant and killed its manager before torching the facility in North Cotabato province in southern Philippines,

Zamboanga City is venue of 9th Philippine Bird Festival ZAMBOANGA, KNOWN AS Ciudad de Flores (City of Flowers) in Mindanao region is the venue of this year’s 9th Philippine Bird Festival, according to the Department of Tourism.

It said the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines and the Department of Tourism in Western Mindanao are hosting the annual festival which would be held on October 4 and 5 at the Paseo del Mar. This year’s theme is “Pajaros: Bula Sin Miedo, Sin Lingasa” (sic) which translates to “Birds: Fly without fear, without worries.” (Pajaros: Volar sin miedo, sin preoccupaciones) The Philippine Bird Festival is an annual event organized by the Wild Bird Club of the Philippines and participated by its more than 200 members from all over the country and mem-

A songster in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines.

The songster is a Philippine endemic that frequents the vines and tangles of the forest undergrowth, according to Birding Adventure Philippines.(Mindanao Examiner Photo) bers of other wild bird clubs in the ASEAN region.

“The festival is an opportunity to promote Zamboanga City in terms of its natural assets, wild bird conservation efforts, eco-adventure activities and cultural heritage. It

will also encourage friendship, collaboration and the exchange of experience and best practice among the conservation organizations and the local government; and foster birding as an ecotourism activity in the city. It also aims to pro-

mote the Pasonanca Natural Park as a birding destination,” the Department of Tourism said.

The park is classified as an Important Bird Area and is featured in the second volume of the book “Birdwatching in the Philippines.”

The three-day festival will include a series of lectures, a photo exhibit of local flora and fauna, a booth exhibit, bird watching trips and various competitions for students.

The event will also coincide with the staging of the 1st Ecotourism Fair which will showcase an exhibit of various eco-tourism destinations in the country.

Mary June Bugante, the regional tourism head, has urged the public to join the festival. (Mindanao Examiner)

officials said.

Officials said workers also pleaded to the New People’s Army to spare the plant owned by Standard Rubber Development Corporation in the town of Makilala, but had been threatened by the gunmen.

At least 20 rebels were involved in the attack, according to Capt. Albert Caber, of the Eastern Mindanao Command.

“Civilians witnessed that NPA entered the compound and poured gasoline on the buildings before setting it on fire.

The NPAs fled after the incident,” he said, quoting an army report.

The SRDC is one of the largest producer and exporter of natural rubber in the Philippines.

Lt. Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, commander of the Eastern Mindanao Command,

has ordered troops to track down the rebels. “I directed grounds troops to intensify security operations against the NPA to prevent similar incidents from happening and to protect the local industry,” he said.

Cruz also urged villagers to reject the NPA, but the locals said they are constantly being threatened by the rebels.

Lt. Col. Noel dela Cruz, commander of the 57th Infantry Battalion, sent to pursue the rebels said the NPA has been extorting money from the firm. “The burning by the NPA is very much painful to the workers who will be losing their jobs because of this incident. Extortion demand is the motive behind the attack,” he said.

The NPA is fighting for a separate state in the country. (Mindanao Examiner)

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By Al Jacinto PARANG TELENO VEL A TELENOVEL VELA ang imbestigasyon ng Senado sa binansagang “PDAF Scam” – ito ang Priority Development Assistance Fund o pork barrel na ibinibigay sa mga mambabatas bawat taon – P70 milyon sa mga kongresista at P200 milyon naman sa bawat isang senador.

Kanya-kanyang palusutan ngayon ang mga mambabatas, partikular ito sa mga nagbigay ng kanilang milyonmilyong pork barrel fund sa mga diumano’y bogus o kaduda-dugang nongovernmental organizations na siyang itinuturong sabit sa P10-bilyong proyekto na nakuha mula sa PDAF. Basang-basa na ang papel ng mga NGOs dahil sa mga bintang ng anomalya.

Diyan nabubuhay ang mga NGOs, lalo na yun mga humihingi ng pondo mula sa ibang bansa upang manatili ang kanilang operasyon at yumaman ang mga nasa likod nito, bagamat hindi naman lahat!

Naku po, talagang kahiya-hiya ang mga may kinalaman sa mga kalokohan sa PDAF. Dapat rin isama ang mga partylist groups sa pagsusuri ng PDAF upang malamang kung saan napunta ang kanilang pork barrel. Meron nga diyan eh nakapagpatayo ng maraming bahay, pero kung umasta eh akala mo kung sinong malinis!

Ang dapat natin hintayin mula sa Commission on Audit ay ang special report nila sa PDAF sa taong 2010 hanggang 2013 - sa ilalim ng kasalukuyang administrasyon. Tignan natin ang limpak-limpak na salapi at pondong inbinigay ni Pangulong Benigno Aquino sa Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao at gayun rin sa mga mambabatas na kaalyado ni Pangulong Aquino.

Dapat rin imbestigahan itong Department of Budget and Management upang malaman ng publiko kung may anomalya ba ito o wala sa kalakaran ng PDAF. Aba eh yun mga mambabatas na bumabatikos sa pamahalaang Aquino hanggang ngayon ay walang nakukuhang PDAF kung kaya’t ang labanan ay sipsipan sa Malakanyang.

Bagama’t may kautusan si Pangulong Aquino na tanggalin na ang PDAF - dahil sa lumalakas na panawagan ng publiko ay siguradong pangalan lamang ang mawawala diyan dahil maraming mga mambabatas ang hindi pabor dito.

Gayun rin ang mga pulitikong may asawa, anak o kapatid sa Kongreso at Senado.

Hindi kaya ni Pangulong Aquino na tuluyang tanggalin ang PDAF dahil makaka-apekto ito sa kanyang political plan sa 2016. Pero nalimutan na yata ni

Pangulong Aquino na ang magdadala sa kanya ng boto ay hindi ang mga mambabatas kundi ang mga governors at mayors!

Di ba nanalo si ex-AMIN partylist congressman Mujiv Hataman sa halalan bilang ARMM governor bagamat wala naman siyang puwersa o impluwensya sa mga nasasakupan ng ARMM maliban sa Basilan na kung saan ito lumaki at kahit na hindi solido ang suporta sa kanya doon? Di ba nanalo ang mga senador ni Pangulong Aquino sa ARMM dahil sa matinding pangangampanya ng mga governors ng Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Lanao at Maguindanao? So, tignan natin sa 2016 at tiyak maganda ang labanan sa susunod na halalan.

TAL AMAK NA TRAFFI C ALAMAK TRAFFIC VIOL ATIONS VIOLA Ang tindi ng mga paglabag sa batas trapiko ng mga pampasaherong jeep at mini-bus sa Zamboanga City at tila bulag ang nga traffic aides at parak doon dahil kahit overloaded na ang mga sasakyan ay dedma lamang ang mga kinauukulan upang pigilan ito.

Araw-araw ay makikita sa Zamboanga ang mga PUJ at PUV na punong-puno ng pasahero - may mga nakasabit sa estribo at maging sa bubungan ay puno pa rin. Ngunit ang nakapagtataka ay hindi man lamang sila hinuhuli sa kalsada gayun napaka-obvious naman ng paglabag ng mga drivers sa batas trapiko. Maging ang Land Transportation Office - na understaff at kulang sa tao - ay walang magawa sa mga ito dahil ang unang dapat kumilos sa nasabing problema ay ang traffic section o division ng lokal na pulisya.

Hihintayin pa ba natin magkaroon ng malagim na aksidente bago kumilos? Ang dahilan ng pulisya at LTO ay kakaunti lamang ang bumibiyaheng PUJ at PUV sa east coast ng Zamboanga kung kaya’t pinapayagan na lamang ang overloading at mga pasahero sa bubungan ng mga jeep at mini-bus. Hindi naman nakalagay sa batas na kung kaunti lamang ang jeep ay pahayagan ang mga pasahero na sumabitat magsiksikan sa bubungan.

Pero mabilis sa hulihan ang mga awtoridad kung illegal parking ang sasakyan, o kaya kung nagbebenta sa mga bangketa ang iilan. Aba, eh dapat asikasuhin na ito ni Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar!

Hanggang sa susunod mga kaibigan.

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By Jun Feliciano (Zamboanga City) THE WORD: ANY LIFE THAT DOESN’T INCLUDE ETERNITY IS NOT REAL LIFE. THAT’s true, life is temporary if eternity has nothing to do with it.

Like one’s life here on the earth, man’s death is one clear proof that his life is merely a borrowed one… from the Lord Almighty, his Creator.

When man dies, his physical body returns to the ground, but his soul returns to God, the author of every creation that is right now in existence.

His soul returns to the Almighty to make a full account of his life while in this material world-- meaning he’ll inevitably face final judgment.

IF his name isn’t found in the Book of Life, he’ll certainly be thrown into the fires of hell where he’ll suffer for all eternity. If he’ll be rewarded, as his name is indeed found in the said Book of Life, for certain the Glory of God, will be his forever—meaning eternal and everlasting life awaits him…Wow! Believe my friend because there are things that are unseen but they’re real.

Heaven, hell, the wind, our brains and even our souls can’t be seen by our naked eyes in this physical world, but my friend, they’re real!

TEA CHER IN A SITIO DENOUNCED TEACHER A public elementary school teacher assigned in one sitio in the east-coast in Zamboanga City allegedly inflicted harm to a 7-year old pupil, and worse, the teacher supposedly locked up the minor inside the classroom. Accordingly, the parents lodged a complaint with the mentor’s superiors.

Good, but we want fair and just results of such a complaint, cay hinde’ amo clase de tratamineto ste…

MID WIFE L ASHED FOR ARR OGANCE MIDWIFE LASHED ARROGANCE A government midwife assigned in one barangay in Zamboanga’s east-coast is the subject of mounting complaints from the residents thereat, according to its village officials.

Cay, este dao midwife, hinde’ dao bueno el servicio cunel mga priñada na este lugar.

“Yan refer ya kame este reclamo con nel City Health Office bajo con Dr. Rodel Agbulos, pero dol nohay man gayot propio action ya dale,” rued the top village official.

Debe mira este reclamo Doc. JAL OSJOS ST AFF REMAINS INT ACT JALOSJOS STAFF INTA ONE afternoon, I found myself inside the former Jalosjos ZTZ/UNA headquarters on Tetuan Highway in Zamboanga. I thought, it was for so long emptied already, but to my surprise, I saw Romy’s ace staff, Jane Leopoldo and her two angels, still very much around. What’s assured of its continuous stay here is the strong presence of my good vice mayoralty bet Madam Mercy Arquiza Fernandez and her ever faithful and ever loyal hubby Ed Fernandez who sticks to her no matter what “Till death do us part.”

I know, Ed wouldn’t like his name ever mentioned what so ever, but Ed, pardon me because I couldn’t help do away my ever excitement to see you people once again.

SEE you more often Ed and Mercy come 2016 elections, as the former Zamboanga del Norte Solon Romy Jalosjos is as robust and as ready as ever for any future polls. News that he can’t run anymore is pure baloney. Remember, the strong Presidential bet for next political exercise is undoubtedly Vice Pres. Jojo Binay, leader of the UNA, the country’s top coalesced party of the opposition nationwide.

So, don’t ever count out the Jalosjos for nothing. You know, Philippine politics, as the famous saying goes: “Weather, weather lang” FORMER Z AMBO ANGA ZAMBO AMBOANGA VICE MA YOR K O MAY KO EX-VICE MAYOR Bong Ko seems disgusted, as usual over our political leaders here.

FIRST, the ever controversial SP building that he initially filed raps in the Ombudsman for its infamous cracks and other major defects.

“Hasta este tiempo, talli siempre ta uwi kita se defecto,” Ko denounced. (Whatever happens to your complaint Vice Mayor?)

KO, when sitting as the presiding officer of the city’s Sangguniang Panlungsod back in the 90s, was known as always in the forefront in fighting not only the criminals in their heyday, but also in ferreting out enmeshed corruption in the city.

KO, per records, never profited his own salaries, and instead he donated them all while in government service, to the poor but deserving scholars wanting to finish their studies.

He spearheaded a strong campaign vs. illegal loggers in the city while at the helm then, as most of the “hard days’ works” of the then late Lady Mayor Madam Caling Lobregat were done by him. ”Cay akel tiempo, si Ma’am Caling, como mayor, dol mahina’ ya, Jun,” buttressed Bogs, my ever reliable eavesdropper.

“Will you again consider politics, Vice Mayor?” I asked him.

“Hinde’ na Jun, cay sabe man el pueblo, pakimodo yo ya sirvi kanila,” the still energetic and youthful looking Ko out rightly replied.

MNLF SENIOR LEADERS HOLD PRESS C ON CON THE MNLF Senior Leaders Forum was held recently at the Garden Orchid Hotel in Zamboanga City. Their asking is indeed very legitimate.

“Kami ang nag tanim, pero iba ang umani,” decried one leader of theirs during the press conference.

They are quick to clarify that Prof. Nur Misuari is still their leader to reckon with.

The reason why their group desires the national dispensation under Pres. Noynoy Aquino III, to recognize and to fully implement the Final Peace Agreement forged between the MNLF and the GRP. They believe that with such a fulfillment, Misuari won’t go to the extent in declaring Independence for Mindanao.

“We want to assuage the feelings of Misuari and his still large group by asking the national government to fully implement the FPA,” they chimed.

In their Resolution – affirming the sustained advocacy of the MNLF Senior Leaders and Commanders to the Primacy of the l996 GRP-MNLFV – OIC Final Peace Agreement (FPA) and the current GRP-MNLF – OIC-PCSP Tripartite Implementation Review of the FPA, the group is seeking their underscored major points (as stated in their Resolution) to be heard and acted upon by the national gov’t as soon as possible.

Amongst them are: Ready to recommend (for government to act) among the leaders to join or constitute the membership of the MNLF peace panel for the resumption of the GRP-MNLF-OIC/PCSP tripartite meeting as soon as possible..; Welcome the proposal to achieve a more comprehensive and inclusive political solution to the Bangsomoro problem through convergence of the two peace processes involving the MNLF and the MILF. This proposal maybe addressed at the Bangsamoro Coordinating Forum as created and established by the OIC in Dec. 2011 with full support of the MNLF and MILF Leaderships, and afford ample livelihood projects to their Bangsamoro people among others.

THE Resolution concluded with its copies furnished to the Sec. Gen. of the OIC, OIC-PCSP, to His Excellency Pres. Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III through OPAPP and to the Honorable Regional Gov. Mujiv Hatamn, ARMM. The Resolution was signed by the following: Abebakrin Lukman- Acting Sec. MSLF; Abuamri Taddik—Acting Sec. MSLF and attested by Yusop Jikiri—Presiding Chairman, MNLF Senior Leaders Forum. (jayfeliciano2 @yahoo.com) DISCL AIMER: The views and opinions exDISCLAIMER: pressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the position or policy of the Mindanao Examiner or any of its staffs and employees.

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‘TEAM TAN’ PINASALAMATAN

Ang inagurasyon ng covered court sa Kaumpang Elementary School sa bayan ng Patikul sa lalawigan ng Sulu. (Kuha ni Ahl Salinas. Special para sa Mindanao Examiner)

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aking pasasalamat ng mga gur o at estudyante guro kahapon kay S ulu G ov. Totoh Tan at Vice G ov.

Sulu Go Go Sakur Tan sa mga pr oy ektong ibinigay sa pro Kaumpang E lementar y School sa bayan ng Elementar lementary Patikul.

Pormal ng inaniTodo naman ang gurahan ng dalawang pasasalamat ng mga guro opisyal ang covered court sa pangunguna ni Gabir na bahagi ng proyekto ng Sarajali, ang principal ng Sulu provincial govern- nasabing paaralan, sa mga ment. Halos 1,500 mga ibinibigay ng proyekto ng magaaral ang makiki- “Team Tan.” nabang sa nasabing “Misan ha tagaynup y proyekto na unang nya na niyat in mapahaun ikinasa ni Vice Gov. Sakur in covered court daindi ha Tan nuong ito ay gover- Kaumpang Elementary nor pa at ipinag-patuloy School,” ani Sarajalisa naman ng anak na si Gov. wikang Tausug. (Ni sa Totoh Tan. panaginip ay hindi namin

inaasahan na magkaroon kami ng covered court dito sa Kaumpang Elementary School.)

“Landu makugmakuyag in mag bata iskul...ha din na sila kaulanan bang aun activities nila, di na sila magsukay gym eban labi awla na aun na lugal pag graduatetan sin kabataan ha sakabah umabut in adlaw graduation,” dagdag pa nito. (Masayangmasaya kaming lahat at lalong-lalo ng ang mga estudyante.

Hindi na kami ma-

uulanan sa tuwing may activities at hindi na rin kami magre-rent ng venue o gym and most specially we have already a place where we can celebrate our graduation exercises.)

Nitong taon lamang ay nagbigay rin si Vice Gov. Sakur Tan ng 10 computer sets at iba pang mga kagamitan sa naturang paaralan at ipinangako nito ang nasabing covered court noon. Mismong si Provincial Engineer Abdurasad Baih ang nanguna sa paggagawa nito.

Maging si School East

District Supervisor Wilson Alih ay todo rin ang pasasalamat sa Team Tan at sinabing “kami mo po ang living witness sa legacy ni Gov. Tan tulad nitong covered court at sa mga proyektong tinanggap namin.”

Hinimok naman ni Gov. Totoh Tan ang mga estudyante na mag-aral ng maiigi upang maabot ang mga pangarap sa buhay at maging isang responsableng mamamayan.

Iniutos rin ni Gov. Totoh Tan ang pagpapagawa ng pathway na

dinaraanan ng mga magaaral matapos na mapuna ang mga putik doon.

Kamakailan lamang ay nakipag-usap rin si Gov. Totoh Tan si Education Sec. Armin Luistro na kung saan ay inilutang nito ang ibat-ibang isyu at kabilang dito ang mga sahod ng guro at paaralan, bukod sa mga iba pa.

Nagpasalamat rin si Sec. Luistro sa mga proyekto ng Team Tan na may kinalaman sa edukasyon. (Ahl Salinas)

US soldier helps injured Filipino man in Zamboanga City

An unidentified US soldier helps carry an injured Filipino man who fell from a motorcycle taxi in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

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ZAMBOANGA CITY – An unidentified US soldier has come to an aid of a Filipino man who lost consciousness after fell from a motorcycle taxi in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

The Filipino, Vincent Amet, was rushed to hospital by his companions after he failed to regain consciousness.

The US soldier – who

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was with several American troops in two civilian vehicles - was in the area when the accident occurred.

The soldier helped carry the victim to a safe area and immediately left before locals, curious with what happened started to flock to the scene.

The victim’s companions said they were

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not able to thank the American soldier, but praised him for helping the man.

US troops are deployed in Zamboanga City and other parts of the southern Philippines to train Filipino soldiers in fighting terrorism. The soldiers belong to the Joint Special Operations Task Force-Philippines, numbering about several

hundreds.

They are also active in humanitar ian and engineering works, among others during their six-month stint in the souther n region where local security forces are battling the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyaf group, as well as communist and Moro rebels. (Mindanao Examiner)

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