12 Pages | P20
Vol. II, No. 06 | July 23-29, 2021 (Dhu’l Hijjah 13-19, 1442)
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Displaced Maranaos must prove they own the land: Mayor T
he mayor of Marawi City declared last Friday that the State’s power of eminent domain allows it to expropriate any land that it needs for the development and rehabilitation of the city. This was Mayor Majul Gandamra’s response to accusations that the local government was engaged in land grabbing or illegally confiscating privately-owned land in the city’s former commercial area. (FULL STORY ON PAGE A2)
Marawi City immediately after the Siege. (File photo)
Forgiving acts, pleas for piety, food sharing mark 2021 Eid’l Adha in PH
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OTABATO CITY – Muslims and non-Muslims alike have joined this year’s observance of Eid’l Adha or the Feast of Sacrifice, one two most celebrated and important events in Islam marking the day Prophet Ibrahim (peace be upon him) passed the test of The Almighty Creator (Allah) almost sacrificing the life of his Ismael in piety.
A3 Across BARMM
A4 Across PH
LGUs harmonize projects South China Sea and the with BARMM priorities Philippines EEZ
Constituent local government units (LGUs) have started harmonizing their development projects with the priorities of the Bangsamoro autonomous administration in what facilitators described as a bold step to curb instances of contrasting thrusts and undue duplication in fiscal expenditures.
When China started building artificial islands and made it later as their military base... to assert its sovereignty over those shoals, reefs and islets as part of the Philippines' Exclusive Economic Zone or EEZ, the Aquino administration called it the West Philippine Sea. Unfortunately, other ASEAN countries… did not recognize the remaining of the SCS as West Philippine Sea.
After declaring July 20 as a regular national holiday for the event observance in the Philippines, President Duterte led non-Muslim key officials in joining Islam followers in the celebration, appearing in television to convey his greetings. (FULL STORY ON PAGE A7)
A6 World Round-Up
A9 Tourism
Muslims worldwide fete Eid’l Adha amid pandemic grips
Issues, Concerns and Challenges on the TawiTawi Seaweed Industry
Muslims across the globe will celebrate on July 20 the annual Feast of Sacrifice or Eid’l Adha, one of two most celebrated days in Islam. In the Philippines, Asia’s lone Catholic nation, President Duterte has declared under Proclamation NO. 1189 the date a nation-wide regular holiday, National Commission on Muslim Filipinos Secretary Saidamen B. Pangarungan said.
My previous written articles on seaweed farming and the industry as a whole described the rosy picture that it brought to the hundreds (30k or more) of Tawi-Tawi coastal dwellers and the ‘upward supply-chain’ comprising the local buyers, middlemen, traders, labor sectors, big-time buyers till it reached its external recipients responsible for its export to foreign lands like the USA, France, Japan and China to name a few.