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MILF TO EVOLVE IN POLITICAL PARTY

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The MILF is currently negotiating peace with the Aquino government and negotiators are on the final leg of their talks and that a comprehensive accord is likely to be completed before the year ends.

“Contrary to what many may have believed innocently or otherwise, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front will continue to exist even during or after the implementation of a Bangsamoro Government in the future Bangsamoro territory.”

“The MILF is a movement which has ideology and programs of action that it pursues through to the end. If however in the beginning it pursues its aims through armed struggle, but the moment the (Philippine) Government and the MILF finally sign the Comprehensive Peace Agree-

Government photos show President Benigno Aquino and Moro Islamic Liberation Front leader Murad Ebrahim at a meeting in Japan on August 4, 2011. The two discussed possible approaches in moving the peace process forward. (Mindanao Examiner) ment, it will become a social movement that will continue to pursue its aims through democratic means. And one way to promote and realize this is through the organization of a principled political party that would engage in elections,” it said.

The rebel group has not joined politics in the past, saying it does not recognize the Philippine Constitution, and even warned its members repeatedly from running

in any elective positions.

The MILF also cautioned journalists in their reporting on the peace talks after a national newspaper interview misquoted a senior rebel leader, Mohagher Iqbal, who is also the chairman of the peace panel.

Part of the news article said the establishment of the Bangsamoro political entity would render the MILF insignificant or eventually dissolved.

“I could not imagine that such attribution can be made when the correct ideological and political lines on issues like this are in our fingertips. Never in the wildest dream of real leaders can that such irresponsible statement come into their inner thoughts.

Unimaginable! Similarly, we cannot believe that such a gross misquotation can be made at all,” Iqbal said in an editorial posted on the MILF website.

Last year, the peace panels signed the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement which would pave the way for the Muslim homeland. Under the accord, the Bangsamoro government would take a ministerial form, where members of the legislature who would be elected by the people and in return they would elect a chief minister among themselves.

Philippines and MILF negotiators last month ended peace talks in Kuala Lumpur without a substantial agreement, especially on the remaining annexes on power-sharing and normalization.

Negotiators are still locked on how to go about the power-sharing which represents the heart of the peace negotiations since it contains the list of powers reserved for the central government, powers exclusive to the envisioned Bangsamoro government, and concurrent or shared powers between the two. Any delay in the peace talks would impede the working timeline of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, the body tasked to draft the Basic Law. (Mindanao Examiner)

After Zamboanga war, Ateneo imposes stricter security ZAMBOANGA CITY – The Jesuitrun Ateneo de Zamboanga University has imposed a strict security measure following September attacks by separatist rebels in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines. It also banned vehicles inside the university campus forcing parents or their drivers to park or fetch students outside causing heavy traffic along the narrow La Purisima Road near downtown Zamboanga.

“In view of the recent crisis that has affected the city since last month, the Ateneo de Zamboanga University has employed stricter measures for security purposes,” it said in a memorandum dated October 25 seen by the Mindanao Examiner.

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the memorandum, signed by Father Karel San Juan, the university president, further said.

It was unknown whether the Parents and Teachers Association were consulted about the new order. Prior to the break out of violence in Zamboanga, parents and vehicles of students with Ateneo car pass, were allowed inside the campus.

The fighting in Zam-boanga which began on September 9 and lasted three weeks left over 400 people dead and wounded. And since then, Zamboanga has been under curfew from originally from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and recently Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar adjusted this from 12 midnight to 4 a.m. She said the military has not allowed the lifting of the curfew almost two months after the violence. (Mindanao Examiner)

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The village of Mampang in Zamboanga City at the height of the fighting between security and rebel forces in September. (Mindanao Examiner)

Gunmen shoot 3 people in Pagadian City PAGADIAN CITY – Terror gripped anew the southern Philippine city of Pagadian following an attack that killed a woman and wounded her two companions.

The victim, Remedios Robesquillo, 45, a fish vendor, was shot and instantly killed by two gunmen at Purok Zone 2 in the village of Muricay. Her companions – Mohammad Dacula,

21, and Marlon Lumawan, 30, were also attacked by the gunmen with .45-caliber and 9mm pistols.

The assailants escaped after the attack and police said investigators retrieved at least 13 bullet casings in the area.

The victims just came from the Tiguma public market and on their way home when the gunmen attacked them without

warning. No individual or group claimed responsibility for the latest attacks, but hired killers actively operate in Pagadian, the capital of Zamboanga del Sur and seat of the regional center in western Mindanao.

Killings and gun attacks are not uncommon here where most of the cases are unresolved.

(Mindanao Examiner)

Investigate OFWs abuses in Saudi MANILA - Filipino migrant rights group Migrante has urged Manila to investigate alleged abuses committed

by Saudi immigration authorities on Filipino deportees in the Arab state.

Filipinos who arrived here from Saudi Arabia told their harrowing experiences from the hands of immigration people. They said many Filipinos were rounded up in Saudi on immigration charges and other alleged violations after the ultimatum for undocumented foreign workers ended on November 3.

Over a thousand Filipinos are stranded in Saudi and have put up tents outside the Philippine Consulate in Jeddah and there is no sign that the Aquino government would bring them home soon.

“The revelations made

by OFW deportees Amor Roxas, 46, and Yvonne Montefeo, 32, should be taken seriously,” MigranteMiddle East and North Africa coordinator John Leonard Monterona, said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

Roxas and Montefeo who were among a group of 30 Filipino deportees, claimed they were treated like animals by Saudi authorities and that they and other Filipinos were arrested and chained inside a crowded prison.

Monterona said his group and many overseas Filipino workers or OFWs are demanding prompt and concrete action from the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of Labor and Employment to address allegations of abuses in Saudi Arabia.

“The DFA and DoLE should secure signed affidavits from OFW deportees detailing the circumstances and specific abuses and human rights violations. Then, a joint DFADoLE composite team should be tasked to study the OFW deportees affidavits to establish the grounds in filling diplomatic protest to Saudi govt. over abuses allegations,” Monterona said.

He also urged the DoLE and the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration to

make it compulsory for the agencies to conduct psychological and stress debriefing of all Filipino deportees as an integral part of its welfare services.

Just recently, M-MENA issued an appeal to the Saudi authorities to respect the rights and uphold the well-being of undocumented migrants.

“We are expecting an intense crackdown of all undocumented migrants in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the coming days.

The undocumented migrants should be treated humanely as there were reports of abuses, manhandling, slapping, kicking, during previous crackdown,” Monterona said.

He urged Saudi to ease up the imposition of immigration penalties and fines and instead implement swift deportation proceedings of apprehended undocumented migrants.

DoLE estimated around 10,000 undocumented OFWs in Saudi Arabia and that 5,000 of them have been repatriated so far.

Man stabs 3 people before being shot in Ipil town ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – A man stabbed and wounded three people, including a cop, before he was fatally shot by a police officer in Ipil town in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga Sibugay.

Police said the assailant, Christopher Enguito, 20, stole two kitchen knives from a store called Saver’s Mart and ran away after he was accosted by a clerk. Outside the store, he attacked

Rosito Omelia without apparent reason and then stabbed another man, Roldan Tuble, while evading arrest from pursuing policemen.

When cornered by policemen, Enguito attacked and wounded PO1 Arnel Dagatan, who was tried to arrest the man.

Chief Inspector Ariel Huesca, a regional police spokesman, who was in the area with PO1 Jefferson Adjarani, shot

the attacker in his leg after he attempted to attack them. The assailant was rushed to hospital, but died while undergoing medical treatment.

Witnesses told police investigators that Enguito had attacked every innocent people he saw on the street and that some managed to escape unhurt as went on a stabbing rampage while policemen were pursuing him. (Mindanao Examiner)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Zamboanga City’s crisis management committee headed by Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar has flatly rejected a local resolution passed by the City Council to temporarily lift the curfew here, especially during the observance of the traditional All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day. The CMC has imposed the curfew since September following three weeks of deadly street battles between security forces and separatist rebels who stormed several villages in Zamboanga.

The fighting, which started September 9, killed and wounded over 400 people and forced more than 100,000 villagers to flee their homes.

“In response to a City Council resolution calling for the lifting of the curfew, the CMC decided to retain the imposition of curfew from 12 midnight up to 4 a.m. Those spending the night in cemeteries (should) remain where you are during curfew hours and resume movement/activities after curfew,” it said.

Christians, who practice the tradition observed during All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day, usually spend the nights at cemeteries with their family and pray and reminisce the past of their

departed.

The CMC order virtually imprisoned those staying at cemeteries for 4 hours until they are allowed on the streets.

Various sectors in Zamboanga have also been complaining on the continued imposition of curfew and members of the City Council are also calling for the lifting of this, but Vice Mayor Cesar Ituralde during the council session said it is up to the military authorities to decide whether to lift the curfew or not.

Salazar has originally imposed a 9-hour curfew, after the fighting, she reduced the curfew to 5 hours – from 12 p.m. to 5 a.m. – from the original 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. in the whole of Zamboanga and then further adjusted this up to 4 a.m.

Every night, dozens of civilians are being apprehended by the police for violating the curfew and many of them are briefly detained after interrogations.

Even media workers need to get a so-called “curfew pass” from the CMC for them to be able to do their job at night. But the curfew pass is not a guarantee that journalists and reporters, especially those working for radio stations, would not be apprehended. A group of reporters from dxRZ Radyo

Agong was briefly held by the police. And not even their media cards were honored.

Groceries and supermarkets were also forced to reduce store hours, and hotels and restaurants and other night establishments are also affected by the curfew. Provincial buses from Cagayan de Oro and Pagadian cities have cut off its trip to Zamboanga at night because of the curfew hours.

The night scene in Zamboanga is a now a reminiscent of what the city looked like 20 years ago – dark and silent with just dogs roaming on the streets - and yet the local government has been appealing to residents to help rebuild Zamboanga from the ashes or war, and recently from the devastations brought about by natural calamities.

Local legislators are also questioning now the continued imposition of curfew and its economic effects on Zamboanga, a month after military and police quelled a rebellion launched by the Moro National Liberation Front under Nur Misuari.

Salazar said the curfew will continue until security forces are finished clearing at least 5 areas occupied by rebels during the siege of Zamboanga. (Mindanao Examiner)

A Rural Transit bus depot in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner)

Passenger dies after falling from bus A P ASSENGER PASSENGER was thrown off a bus and was hit by another bus after a near collision in Tungawan town in the southern Philippine province of Zamboanga Sibugay, police said.

Police said Martinez Bajao, 46, of Zamboanga City, was instantly killed

after being sideswiped by a Rural Transit bus driven by Sulpicio Andujar, 30. The bus also rammed a thatched hut owned by Buenaventura Bisana.

Bajao’s body was brought to Zamboanga City. The two buses were also impounded by the police as investigation con-

A customer has complained about a dirt in a tumbler of Coke bought from Jollibee Gateway Mall in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examienr Photo)

tinues.

Police said Andujar avoided a head-on collision with Liza May bus, whose driver Faustino Pesquira, 44, encroached the opposite lane. Pesquira lost control of the wheel and landed in a canal, injuring several passengers.

(Mindanao Examiner)

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A Badjao woman begs for money and leaves her child on the pavement outside the C3 Mall in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province in southern Philippines. Badjaos are natives of Tawi-Tawi province and are known as 'gypsies of the sea' because they prefer to live on boats. They can also be found in Sulu province and Zamboanga City and are known to migrate to other areas. They are closely knitted family and usually moves as one group.Poverty remains a big problem in southern Philippines. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

2 Globe Telecom contractors seized in Sulu ZAMBOANGA CITY – A group of gunmen seized two Filipino contractors working for Globe Telecom in the southern Philippines, police said.

Police said an operation was launched to search for technician Nasri Abubakar, 40, and broadband antenna installer Dennis Aluba, 30, who were both abducted in the village of Latih in Sulu’s Patikul town. A third contractor, Aquino Hadjula, escaped abduction and reported the incident to a marine base in the town.

"We are still searching for the victims and we still don’t know what is the motive behind the abduction or whether the Abu Sayyaf was involved in this," Senior Superintendent Abraham Orbita, the provincial police chief, told regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

He said the victims - of QTel Company based in

Zamboanga City - were travelling on a motorcycle when gunmen stopped them. Hadjula escaped on another motorcycle while gunmen were firing on him.

It was unknown why soldiers failed to detect the presence of gunmen in the village. There was no immediate statement from the town mayor Kabir Hayudini about the latest abduction.

Yoly Crisanto, head for Globe Corporate Communications, said the incident was very unfortunate.

She said the two victims are technical staff of QTel which was tapped by Nippon Electric Company to set-up network transmission requirement in the area as contractor of Globe.

"We have assisted our sub-contractor QTel in reporting the incident to the military. Globe will cooperate fully with the authori-

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ties as necessary. We empathize with the families of the victims and we are hopeful for their safe recovery," Crisanto said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

Just last month, suspected Abu Sayyaf gunmen also seized a hardware store owner, Archie Hablo, in Patikul town. The 29-year old Hablo, whose family owns the Sincere Enterprises in Jolo town, was travelling on a motorcycle with his brother Miko when gunmen, who were in a jeep, blocked their path and seized the businessman.

Hablo’s brother managed to run and escape and reported the incident to authorities.

The Abu Sayyaf is still holding several Filipinos and foreigners kidnapped in Tawi-Tawi province and Sulu. The Abu Sayyaf rebels have been largely blamed for many ransom kidnappings in the southern region. (Mindanao Examiner)

MANILA – Filipino migrants’ group Migrante has urged the Aquino government to stop ‘labor export’ to Saudi Arabia and instead invest in local job generation through genuine agrarian reform and national industrialization.

John Leonard Monterona, Migrante-Middle East and North Africa coordinator, said Saudi’s Nitaqat scheme has left with little room for overseas Filipino workers in the Arab state which is now intensifying its own local workers over foreigners.

“Since the re-intensification of Saudization in 2010 through Nitaqat scheme, Saudi Arabia’s protectionist labor program that aims to localize

Saudi’s labor market made available to the growing numbers of unemployed and underemployed Saudis, we have conservatively estimated around 120,000 OFWs sent back home directly affected by Saudization,” Monterona said in a statement sent to the Mindanao Examiner.

Monterona said the number of OFWs affected

by Saudization is expected to increase as the Saudi authorities resumed crack down on undocumented migrant workers since November 4, a day after the deadline imposed by Saudi for overstaying migrants to either correct their status or leave the country.

“Aside from an estimated 7,000 to 10,000

stranded OFWs who are seeking government assistance for repatriation since April 2013, there are some 40,000 to 60,000 documented OFWs in Saudi Arabia who will be either directly or indirectly affected by Saudization, especially those working in sales, marketing, banking, and other office-based job categories which will soon be occupied by Saudis,” he said.

Monterona said Saudi is gradually phasing out its labor importation.

2 wounded in shootout in Zambo town PAGADIAN CITY – A gunman was shot after he opened fire and wounded a cop who was trying to arrest in the town of San Pablo in Zamboanga del Sur province, officials said.

Officials said the gunman, Edralin Villalon, was being arrested by PO1 Marjun Anghad, 26, when he pulled a pistol and shot the cop and hitting him on the left foot. Despite his wound, Anghad managed to shoot back at his attacker and wounded him on the leg and arrested the 36-year old man.

Anghad and another cop, PO1 Marjun Cortez, responded to a report of indiscriminate shooting at Purok Quatro in the village of Pao where they spotted Villalon, a resident of Guinocolaly village in nearby Dinas town.

Officials said a .45caliber pistol was recovered from Villalon. It was unknown whether the weapon was licensed or not or why Villaon was carrying the gun. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Decorated marine commander takes over WESMINCOM ZAMBOANGA CITY – A decorated marine commander whose brilliant career made him one of the best in the Philippine military has been named as the next chief of the Western Mindanao Command in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

Lieutenant General Rustico Guerrero, commander of the Western Command headquarters in Palawan province, took over Lieutenant General Rey Ardo who retired last week.

Ardo was the military commander when hundreds of separatist rebels simultaneous attacked Zamboanga City in September. More than 400 people were killed and wounded in three weeks of street battles that also resulted in a humanitar-

ian crisis.

A graduate of the Philippine Military Academy in 1981, Guerrero served

A Philippine Marine file photo of Lieutenant General Rustico Guerrero. as military chief in Basilan and Sulu provinces and later commandant of the Philippine Marine Corps and one of the most respected mili-

tary leaders today.

He finished his Masters of Military Study and Command and Staff College in Marine Corps University in Virginia in the United States and also took up Foreign Officers Tactical Intelligence Course in Queensland in Australia, among others.

Local journalists also welcomed the assumption of Guerrero as new commander of the Western Mindanao Command headquarters as he is known to be “mediafriendly” and is easily accessible to reporters unlike his predecessors and other previous commanders and spokesmen who hid news reports from the media in an effort to picture a peaceful Mindanao. (Mindanao Examiner)

NPA teen warrior na-homesick, sumuko sa Zamboanga del Sur PAGADIAN CITY – Isang 17anyos na miyembro ng New People's Army ang sumuko sa pulisya at militar matapos na ma-homesick at layasan ang kanyang unit tangay ang mga armas na ibinigay sa kanya ng rebeldeng grupo sa Zamboanga del Sur. Ang pagsuko ni Jhomer Veraño ay dahil na rin umano sa pagkakakumbinsi sa kanya ng mga awtoridad na malamang tumiwalag ito sa NPA. Sa Barangay Dawa sa bayan ng Josefina sumuko si Jhomer at sinabi nito sa mga awtoridad na ang

matinding kalungkutan at pagalala sa kanyang pamilya at pagsusumamo ng mga magulang ang siyang nagtulak sa kanyang sumuko ng payapa.

Ibinigay rin nito ang kanyang baril sa mga awtoridad at itinuro pa ang pinagtaguan ng kanyang AK-47 assault rifle at daandaang mga bala na ibinigay ng NPA. Ikinanta rin nito ang ilang mga detalye ukol sa kanilang operasyon sa lalawigan.

Nabatid na apat na buwang nagsanay sa kabundukan ni Jhomer matapos itong ma-recruit

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ngayon taon lamang sa bayan ng Tigbao. Miyembro si Jhomer ng Squad Dos, SECOM KARA ng Western Mindanao Regional Party Committee sa ilalim ni rebel leader Romanito Sumasay.

Kabilang ito sa 70 miyembro ng NPA team na naka-base sa Barangay Dalapan sa bayan ng Guipos at halos kalahit ng lalawigan ang kanilang nasasakupan. Hindi naman agad makunan ng pahayag ang NPA sa pagsuko ni Jhomer at sa recruitment ng NPA sa mga menor-deedad. Kalimitang parusa naman ng mga tumitiwalag sa NPA ay kamatayan at mismong mga kasamahan rin ang siyang nagpapatupad nito.

Matagal ng nakikibaka ang NPA upang maitatag ang sariling estado sa bansa.

(Mindanao Examiner)

The burned office of the Commission on Elections in Iligan City in southern Philippines.

(Mindanao Examiner Photo – Mark Navales)

Man burns poll office, cop dies in fire ILIGAN CITY – Philippine police are preparing charges against a man who allegedly burned down the office of the local Commission on Elections where a policeman was also killed.

Police said the accused, Lumboy Conto, lost

in the recent village elections. The 47-year old Conto allegedly set the poll office in fire and trapping policeman Rey Borinaga.

He was arrested by the police.

Conto was reportedly with other companions,

but it was unknown whether they had been arrested or not.

Philippine authorities said more than two dozen people were killed in election-related violence across the country. (Mark Navales)

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SULU PICTORIALS IN THE NEWS

Lt.Col. Joseph Dominic Conta, Sulu Vice Governor Abdusakur Tan and Sulu Governor Totoh Tan at Governor’s Office during the officer’s exit call. And Governor Tan’s meeting with Sulu State College President Arasid and Sulu State College Proffesor Tony Pescadera. And meeting with National Food Authority Manager Hja. Radzhata Jurkanain.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan administered the oath-taking of newly elected barangay officials of Kajatian and Panglima Misuari in Indanan Municiapality. Barangay Captain Mahsul Sawadjaan of Barangay Kajatian and Barangay Captain Johnson Misuari of Panglima Misuari, Indanan, Sulu and Sulu Governor Totoh Tan.

Brigadier General Jose Johriel Cenbre during his security briefing with Governor Totoh Tan on situation and updates in Sulu. Governor Tan also met with military officials and Barangay Captain Abdulhamid Joe Sariol of Barangay Subah-Subah in Pandami.

Ustadjas of Madrasa Darul Jambangan meet with Governor Totoh Tan at Governor's Conference Room during a courtesy call. Also in the photo is Provincial Administrator Erwin Tan. Governor Totoh Tan administers the oath-taking of Sangguniang Panlalawigan Ex-Officio Arnashrif M. Muksan at Governor’s Office.

Governor Totoh Tan with Siasi Officials - Barangay Captain Pinon Sahidi of Barangay Danag, Patikul, and other barangay officials of Danag.

Barangay Captain Hajji Ghambrazer Hayudini and Barangay Kagawad of Anuling, Patikul with Sulu Governor Totoh Tan who administered. the oath-taking ceremony of newly elected Barangay officials Anuling, Danag of Patikul and Barangay Subah-Subah of Pandami, Sulu.

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SULU PICTORIALS IN THE NEWS

Lt. Col. Joseph Dominic Conta and Vice Governor Abdusakur M. Tan. Wilfredo Tablan, Peter Ramirez, Farouk Yunus and Leo Sanches visit Governor Totoh Tan who also administer the oath-taking of Barangay Captain of Karungdong, Kalinggalan Caluang Hja. Creselda Tawasil Faizal and Barangay Kagawad.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan with the newly eected Barangay Captains of Indanan Municipality together with the Vice Mayor of Indanan Hji. Allan Jainal, at Governor’s office. Representatives of the Research Institute for Mindanao Culture also met with Governor Tan. He also administered the oath taking of elected Barangay Captains of Indanan and officials of Karungdong, Kalinggalan Caluang.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan with Barangay Chairwoman Hja. Creselda Tawasil Faizal of Barangay Karundong, Kalinggalan Caluang, Barangay Captain Sahabil Israel of Barangay Jati Tunggal, Indanan. Barangay Captain Salip Muhajal Jainal of Barangay Buansa, Indanan. Barangay Captain Boyet Omar, Barangay Malimbaya, Indanan. Barangay Captain Taib Ahajan of Barangay Katian, Indanan. Barangay Captain Sahabir H. Adanan of Barangay Licup.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan with Barangay Captain Darwin Askali of Barangay Bonut, Indanan. Barangay Captain Julhajan Awadi of Barangay Sawaki, Indanan. Barangay Captain Rush Isnaji of Barngay Timbangan, Barangay Chairwoman Hja. Darwisa Jakiran of Barangay Tagbak Barangay Captain Jul-Asbi Sailama of Barangay Lambayong, Barangay Captain Darhamer Saliladja, Barangay Tumangas, Indanan.

Governor Totoh Tan Congratulates Hajja. Pulahong as newly elected Barangay chairwoman of Parian Dakula at Pandami.Together with Governor Totoh Tan, Provincial Board Member Aiyob Pulahong and Chiarwoman Berkis Pulahong.Governor Totoh Tan meets the members and officials of Philippine Councilors League.

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SULU PICTORIALS IN THE NEWS

Governor Totoh Tan Administered the oath taking of the newly installed members and officials of Philippine Councilors League - Sulu. He is also with Councilor Abdel-Razi Amin of Jolo who is elected as Vice President of PCL and Councilor Ahmed Amilhamja of Jolo elected as Director of PCL.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan with Councilor Abdulpatta Radjaie of Jolo elected as Director of PCL, Councilor Ezzeddin Soud Tan of Jolo elected as Business Manager of PCL, Councilor Jasem Gonzales of Jolo elected as Auditor of PCL.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan with Councilor Ferdinand Imlan of Siasi elected as Director of PCL, Councilor Malli kadil of Indanan elected as Director of PCL, Councilor Widad Tingkahan of Parang as Director, Councilor Perusa Masarik of Panglima Tahil as Director and Charina Isahac as Secretary-General of PCL.

Sulu Governor Totoh Tan administered the oath taking of Barangay Captains of Niangkaan, Huwit-Huwit, Andalan, Sucuban, Lahing-Lahing of Municipality of Omar. And former Board Member 2nd District Hajji Hector Buclao together with the 5 barangay captains of Omar. And Chairwoman Romielyn P. Julkanain, BC Jauhar Lakkian, Vice Governor Abdusakur Tan, Hajiron Sahibbon,Haron Adjak Gampal and AntisSabaddin at Vice Governor’s Office.

Governor Totoh Tan with Barangay Captain Jauhar Said Lakkian of Huwit-Huwit. Barangay Captain Antis Sabaddin of Sucuban. Romielyn Julkanain, Chairwomen of Barangay Niangkaan.

Barangay Captain Haron Adjak Gampal of Andalan. And Barangay Captain Hajiron Sahibbon of Lahing-Lahing. (Sulu Pictorials In The News by Ahl- Franzie Salinas)

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False text messages trigger panic in Zamboanga school ZAMBOANGA CITY – Frantic parents rushed to a school to fetch their children after receiving text messages alleging that a new fighting between security and rebel forces erupted in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

The text scare disrupted classes in TalonTalon village. School officials tried to calm down the children as parents panicked by the reports which turned out false.

The text message said the fighting broke out in the neighboring village of Mampang where an oxygen explosion earlier killed a worker.

One woman also rushed to the school to get her child and told the

other about the fighting which triggered panic among other parents.

A military helicopter flies over a village in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.

(Mindanao Examiner Photo) “The report is negative. There is no fighting and there is no truth to the report,” policeman PO2

Nurail Fajal told the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

He said the only incident in Mampang was the accidental explosion of an oxygen cylinder which killed one worker. “That’s the only report we have in Mampang where one person was killed (in the oxygen cylinder blast),” he said.

Authorities have previously warned the public against spreading unverified text messages which can cause panic and fear.

This after three weeks of fighting between troops and Moro National Liberation Front rebels in September left over 400 people dead and wounded. (Mindanao Examiner)

Village chieftain shot in Pagadian City PAGADIAN CITY – Gunmen riding tandem on a motorcycle shot and wounded a village chieftain in a broad daylight attack in Pagadian City in the southern Filipino province of Zamboanga del Sur, police said.

Police said the victim, Abdul Racman Talumpay, 48, village chieftain of Dalapang in Labangan town, was shot near Agora Market along Pajares Avenue in Santa Lucia Dis-

trict. Talumpay was heading to the market to buy dried fish when one of two gunmen shot him with a .45-caliber pistol.

The gunmen escaped after the attack. Talumpay was rushed to the hospital with a gunshot wound in the neck.

The motive of the failed assassination is still unknown, but police launched an investigation into the attack and who were behind it.

Talumpay’s family did not give any statement to the media about the shooting or whether it was connected to politics or family feud.

Gun attacks perpetrated by motorcycle gunmen are almost a daily occurrence in Pagadian City, where hired killers are actively operating. Many of the shooting incidents here are unresolved. (Mindanao Examiner)

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A Migrante photo of a rally by Filipinos appealing Manila to save overseas Filipino workers in death rows.

Philippines urged to save OFW in Saudi death row MANILA – The Filipino migrants rights group Migrante-Middle East and North Africa urged President Benigno Aquino to exert all efforts to save the life of Filipino worker Joselito Zapanta who is facing the death penalty in Saudi Arabia .

A Saudi court meted death to Zapanta in 2010 after he killed his Sudanese landlord in 2009 over house rental quarrel. Zapanta said he only defended himself from attack by his landlord.

His victim’s family is asking Saudi riyal 4 million in blood money in exchange for forgiveness and the ultimatum had already lapsed.

“President Aquino should have sent Vice President Jejomar Binay in his capacity as the presidential adviser on OFWs concerns last month or months before the November 3 ultimatum set by the Saudi court as manifested by the aggrieved family if his administration is really sincere in its effort to save

OFW Zapanta and others who are still on death row in Saudi Arabia,” M-MENA coordinator John Leonard Monterona said in a statement sent to the regional newspaper Mindanao Examiner.

Monterona said Aquino’s appeal letter to the Saudis is not enough to save Zapanta’s life, adding the P6 million in blood money raised in the Philippines should be handed over to the family of the Sudanese through the Saudi Reconciliation Committee , a quasigovernment agency active in dealing negotiations between the aggrieved and offending parties involving death row cases.

“If it is true that His Highness Saudi King Abdullah shouldered the Saudi riyal 2.3 million out of the total four million riyals plus the contributions from the Pampanga provincial government, from OFWs and OFW groups, and other con-

tributors, then there is a big chance that the Sudanese family will accept the initial amount of blood money to get a conditional waiver on Zapanta’s execution until the blood money will be completed,” Monterona explained.

“Aquino could even share fund from its special purpose funds and presidential funds to complete the blood money to save the OFWs on death row like Zapanta, but this would not happen because of Aquino’s No blood money policy.”

Monterona also lambasted the Department of Foreign Affairs for its failure to provide a Saudi lawyer to Zapanta during court hearings. “Only an interpreter was provided during case hearings. The DFA only provided legal assistance after the Saudi court meted death to Zapanta when the Zapanta family decided to file an appeal on May 2010,” he said.

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DOST, PAGASA conduct media seminar in Pagadian City PAGADIAN CITY – The Department of Science and Technology and the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration Regional have finished recently a seminar for journalists in western Mindanao.

The seminar was held at the Hotel Alindahaw in Pagadian City where journalists based in Zamboanga Peninsula were invited for the one-day seminar on various DOST and PAGASA programs and services.

The DOST is a govern-

ment organization supporting projects in life sciences and technological advances, while PAGASA is the government agency for weather forecasting, flood control, astronomical observations, and time service.

Among the topics discussed during the seminar were the Republic Act 10535 or the Philippine Standard Time Act, PAGASA-DOST products and services, basic meteorology, flood forecasting and warning system flood events and its mitigation, Philippine cli-

mate, global warming; climate variability and change.

Also discussed were PAGASA’s astronomical services and the role of media in disaster risk reduction and management.

The seminar speakers were DOST Assistance Secretary Raymund Liboro, Joel Rivera, Lita Suerte, Venus Valdemoro, Ricardo Mercado, Niño Relos, Edna Juanillo, Mario Raymundo and Mario Garcia among others. (Richard Suarez and Ely Dumaboc)

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Some of the participants to the DOST-PAGASA media seminar in Pagadian City in Zamboanga del Sur province. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Ely Dumaboc and Richard Suarez)

Zambo militia patay sa ambush ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY – Napatay ng dalawang armadong naka-bonnet ang isang pro-government militia di-kalatuan sa isnag detachment ng army sa bayan ng Naga sa Zamboanga Sibugay province.

Nakilala ang nasawi na si Bryan Talas, 26, at tadtad ito ng bala matapos na

ratratin ng M16 automatic rifle ng isa sa dalawang lalaki sa Purok 3 sa Barangay Baluno. Naka-fatigue na short pants pa umano ang tumira kay Talas halos 100 metro lamang sa detachment ng militar doon.

Si Talas ay assigned sa army’s 16th Special Forces sa ilalim ni Captain Nocky Siao, ngunit hindi naman

mabatid ung ano ang motivo sa pagpatay. Nabawi naman ng mga imbestigador ng pulisya ang mga basyo ng M16 sa lugar.

Walang umako sa krimen at hindi mabatid kung mga rebeldeng New People's Army ang tumira kay Talas o kapwa ba militia o sundalo. (Mindanao Examiner)

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TROOPS WHO FOUGHT ZAMBO REBELS AWARDED

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hilippine P enigno A quino has Prresident B Benigno Aquino awar ded medals to o ver a do zen soldiers who awarded ov doz fought separ atist rrebels ebels in thr ee w eeks of str eet separatist three weeks street battles in Z amboanga City in S eptember Zamboanga September eptember..

Aquino led the award- fairs Office.

And the Gold Cross ing in a ceremony held at Camp Aguinaldo in medal was posthumously Quezon City and among awarded to Army First Francis those who received med- Lieutenant als were Lieutenant Colo- Damian who died in the nel Oriel Pangcog, battal- fighting. His wife, Lieutenion commander of Joint ant junior grade Army Special Operations Task Leslie Damian received the Group Arrow; and Captain award.

Reynir Nirza, of the Armed Other recipients of the Forces' Joint Operations same award included Group - who were Army First Lieutenant awarded the Distin- Jerson Jurilla, Marine First guished Conduct Star Lieutenant Dexter Carin, and Navy Lieutenant junmedal.

Also awarded the Dis- ior grade Joey Cayao, along tinguished Service Star with enlisted personnel were Lieutenant General Army Sergeant Larry Navy F1MR Rey Ardo, chief of the Lopez, Western Mindanao Com- Abelardo Angelo, Air Force mand in Zamboanga City, Sergeant Salvador Codon, Brigadier General Rodelio Jr. , Army Staff Sergeant Santos, the Deputy Chief Allan Adap, Corporal of Staff for Operations; Eduardo Saquing, Jr. Major Caezar Almer and Lieutenant Colonel Ramon Zagala, of the Candelaria, leader of the Armed Forces' Public Af- Medical Team of the Spe-

cial Operations Task Group, was awarded the Bronze Cross medal. Air Force Major Renie Aureo and Army Captain Dranreb Lansang were given the Military Merit medal with Bronze Spearhead Device, while Marine Private First Class Eduardo Jose received the Wounded Personnel medal.

Aquino also conveyed his gratitude to over 2,400 soldiers and policemen who fought the Moro National Liberation Front rebels who simultaneous attacked villages in Zamboanga.

"Habambuhay pong babantayog ang inyong dedikasyon at propesyonalismo sa kasaysayan.

Magsisilbi kayong huwaran ‘di lamang ng kasalukuyang henerasyon kundi maging ng susunod na salinlahi," he said.

But the awarding did not come without criticisms in Zamboanga City

President Benigno Aquino confers the Gold Cross Medal – posthumous to Captain Eduardo Saquing, Sr. at Camp General Emilio Aguinaldo in Quezon City. (Photo by Ryan Lim) after some of those who led the fighting were not included in the lists of those given medals, especially members of the 32nd In-

fantry Battalion.

And that some of those awarded should have been included in the list either because they stayed in

their headquarters or did not engage in actual combat at the height of the fierce battles. (Mindanao Examiner)

New hack group penetrates Chinese cyberspace MANILA – A new hacker group called RaptorSwag boasted to have penetrated through databases of Chinese government agencies and was surprised how easily it was able to hack into the protected domain.

“We took a stroll through China's internal security today, whistling with our hands tipping a hat as we greeted the guard at the front door. Without their notice, we slipped by unseen, shifting so much data from the Chinese government onto our main battle tank of highly sophisticated intrusions that it began to weigh us down.

We had no choice. We had to drop it somewhere, and the twitter hoard looked like the best place to start,” it said.

It said despite China’s projection as a powerful nation, RaptorSwag managed to “raped” China with a single SQL injection, the easiest of all attack vectors. SQL refers to “structured query language,” a standardized query language for requesting information from a database.

SQL has been the favorite query language for database

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management systems running on minicomputers and mainframes. Increasingly, however, SQL is being supported by PC database systems because it supports distributed databases (databases that are spread out over several computer systems). This enables several users on a localarea network to access the same database simultaneously.

“China is silly. They toss around images of their powerful

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army and their unstoppable government, yet in all the rage about making propaganda reels, they do not sufficiently secure their systems from basic attacks,” RaptorSwag said in a statement, adding it also breached into China’s Chamber of International Commerce and International Trade Sub-Council.

RaptorSwag also dared Chinese hackers for a confrontation.

“We cordially invite any group of

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Chinese assassin squads to murder us in our homes in retaliation for this release. But they won't.

They are too scared,” it said.

“We initially compromised 71 internal Chinese government databases, but in the interest of time, we couldn't be bothered to dump it all at once, so we're bringing a nice little sample to show you we have access to everything. We could have simply dropped the tables and columns from each

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one if we had more time to spare.

Regardless, this is a great way to show China that they are really easy to own,” it added.

RaptorSwag said it is made up of a team of dedicated individuals “who took one good look around modern hacking culture and realised nothing of any note was occurring anymore.”

“We hacked multiple websites as “Anonymous,” - referring to the hactivist group – “but then noticed that its many technicalities put a restriction on what we feel matters most self amusement.”

RaptorSwag also put out its Twitter account - https:// twitter.com/raptorswagger where it posted a link where the public can access the internal databases from the Chamber of International Commerce and International Trade Sub-Council.

Aside from China, it also hacked into the websites of various foreign governments, including Syria and Russia, and is targeting the United States and United Kingdom. (Mindanao Examiner)

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