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LTFRB-10 inspects Normin bus terminal By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-To ensure the safety of the riding public and to prevent tragic loss of life like the recent road accident in Luzon, the Land Transportation
SALN deadline, April 30
In view of the wide gamut of cases violating the rules concerning the filing of Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth (SALN), Ombudsman Conchita Carpio Morales has reminded all government officials and employees to be truthful in accomplishing their SALN for the year 2016 and to file the same ahead of the April 30 deadline. The annual filing of SALN is a constitutional and statutory obligation of every public servant in any branch, subdivision, instrumentality or agency See DEADLINE, page 7
Franchising and Regulatory Board in Northern Mindanao (LTFRB-10) has conducted inspection in the city’s public utility vehicle (PUV) terminals. The inspection of PUVs, particularly buses, is a preventive measure that could
save lives, said LTFRB-10 regional director Aminoden Guro on Wednesday. At the integrated bus terminal in Agora, Barangay Lapasan, LTFRB-10 personnel checked if the buses plying the Bukidnon, Davao and Caraga routes
have complied with all the safety measures set by the government. Guro said the three major bus companies—Pabama Tours, Rural Transit Mindanao, Inc. and Super 5— have followed the safety protocols.
PABAMA BUS. The Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Northern Mindanao (LTFRB-10) Regional Director Aminoden Guro inspects a new of Pabama bus liner, equipped with CCTV, TV set, built-in tablets with Wifi and mini canteen, plying Bukidnon province, Wednesday, April 26, at a bus terminal in Agora, Lapasan village, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
Cops urged to coordinate with ceasefire mechanisms By Carolyn O. Arguillas of MindaNews
THE Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process and the chief of the Philippine National Police (PNP) on Wednesday urged police officers to coordinate with the ceasefire mechanisms when they conduct law enforcement operations in conflict-affected areas in the Bangsamoro, to ensure the primacy of the peace process is upheld and in the words of GPH Peace Implementing Panel chair Irene Santiago, to avoid a “micro or macro Mamasapano.” At the Forum on the GPH-MILF Peace Process, Secretary Jesus Dureza, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, urged the audience of top police officials from the conflict areas in the Bangsamoro and
neighboring regions to always remember “the bigger goal” which is to “build peace in the land.” “Yes we have operational targets, but hopefully we don’t run roughshod over the gains we have already achieved in the peace process,” he said. “Consult, consult, seek advice, seek advice. In case of doubt, you ask questions, ayos?,” Philippine National Police (PNP) Director General Ronald “Bato” dela Rosa said, as he assured them it does not matter if coordination will affect the success of the law enforcement operations (LEO) “basta importante hindi tayo masisi sa bandang huli” (what is important is that we will not be blamed in the end). “Ibalik natin yung pagsasangguni, See coordinate, page 7
Peace talk.
LTFRB has also made mandatory that all drivers only drive for six hours a day so they would be at their best when on the road. “We have to see to it that both PUVs and drivers are in good shape to avoid any road accidents. Violators
of road regulations will be penalized,” Guro said. At the Agora integrated bus terminal, most of the buses are brand new and in mint condition. Noticeable are the new and high-end
THE prospects for the onset of Tropical Storm Dante in the country has dimmed further. ‘Dante’ may begin weakening into a tropical depression within the next 24 hours so there is even a lower chance for this disturbance to bring inclement weather to the country, state weather bureau, PAGASA, forecaster Benison Estareja said Thursday. He said ‘Dante’ may start recurving and heading northeastwards within the day, moving away from the country without making landfall or nearing Philippine landmass. “There’s no other weather system at present that can
bring inclement weather to any Philippine area so we can still expect generally fair weather nationwide,” he said. Despite the optimistic outlook, Estareja cautioned about the possible occurrence of isolated rain showers and thunderstorms in the country, likely during afternoons and early evenings. “People must prepare for such possibility,” he said. ‘Dante’ was once a lowpressure area that intensified into a tropical depression and became a storm afterwards. In its 24-hour forecast released Thursday,
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Pagasa: Chance dims for ‘Dante’ to affect PH
See dims, page 7
PNP Director General Ronald dela Rosa and Western Mindanao chief Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez talk peace with Irene Santiago, chair of the government’s Peace Implementing Panel in the peace process with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front talk peace during a break at the Forum on GPH-MILF peace process on April 26, 2017 at the Watefront Insular Hotel. Santiago proposed the forum to ensure the primacy of the peace process is upheld during law enforcement operations to avoid a “micro or macro Mamasapano.” MindaNews photo by Manman Dejeto
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Ombud suspends 2 MSU execs mark francisco, Section Editor EDITOR: RUEL V. PELONE
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THE Office of the Ombudsman has ordered the suspension for three months of two high ranking officials from the Mindanao State University (Main Campus) for failure to promptly act on a faculty member’s request for an update on his Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) contributions. Ordered suspended were University President Macapado Muslim and Chief Accountant Papala Masorong were found guilty of Simple Neglect of Duty and violation of Section 5(a) and (d) of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees (Republic Act No. 6713). Records of the investigation showed that complain-
ant Ranao Datu-Dacula was a faculty member who retired from the service in May 2015, after serving the school since 1992, according to a press release posted on its website. Sometime in 2014, he found out that his GSIS contributions started only in March 2003. Following this, he wrote letters to the university’s administrators requesting for an update, reconciliation and payment of unremitted contributions from 1992 to 2003. Four other follow-up letters were made in December 2014 to February 2015, all to no avail. According to the Ombudsman, “it is established that there was undue delay in the response and action
made on the request of complainant. Respondents do not dispute the fact that starting December 2014, complainant had been sending various letters to them regarding his unremitted GSIS contributions. However, it was only on October 12, 2015 that MSU administration, through its Legal Service Office, took action.” The Decision explained that “the length of time of almost eight months from the first letter of respondent and when an action was finally made, is unjustified. It is absurd that the simple referral to the GSIS by the MSU took eight months to happen.” According to Ombuds-
ZAMBOANGA City--Two members of the Abu Sayyaf have surrendered on Thursday due to the continuous military operations in the island province of Sulu. Brig. Gen. Cirilito Sobejana Jr., commander of Joint Task Force Sulu, identified the surrenderees as Husain Nasirin, 22, and Hasir Asara, 24, of Barangays Buhangi-
nan and Danag, respectively, in the town of Patikul. Sobejana said Nasirin and Asara surrendered to the 501st headquarters in Sulu at around 1:45 p.m. Thursday. Intelligence operatives facilitated the surrender of the two bandits. He said the two are followers of the late ASG subleader Hairulla Asbang,
who died while undergoing medication at a hospital in Davao City. Lawmen arrested Asbang on December 26, 2016 at a private hospital in this city where he was admitted for a gunshot wound he sustained in a clash with government troops in Sulu. He was later transferred to Davao City for further treatment. (TPG Jr./PNA)
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man Conchita Carpio Morales, “clearly, respondents were neglectful of their duties when they did not promptly act upon the concern of complainant. In the same vein, by their patent failure to respond to the letters of complainant within 15 days from receipt and to act promptly and expeditiously, respondents violated Section 5(a) and (d) of R.A. No. 6713.” Simple Neglect of Duty means the failure of an
official to give proper attention to a task expected, signifying a disregard of a duty resulting from careless or indifference. Meantime, under R.A. No. 6713, all public officials and employees shall, within fifteen working days from receipt thereof, respond to letters, telegrams or other means of communications sent by the public which must contain the action taken on the request. In addition, the law requires all public officials
and employees to attend to anyone who wants to avail himself of the services of their offices and must, at all times, act promptly and expeditiously. In case of separation from the service, the penalty shall be converted into a fine equivalent to respondent’s salary for three months. The Ombudsman directed the Commission on Higher Education to implement the suspension order. Source: Ombudsman.gov.ph
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MERCANTILE INSURANCE CO., INC. pays fire claim 20 days after docus receipt By PAT SAMONTE Caraga Regional Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusandel Sur – The office of NB Balaba Insurance Services in San Francisco town was the venue of the settlement of the fire claim filed by Mr. and Mrs. Leo Patron whose commercial building here was gutted by fire about 11:48 pm on December 31,2016 . It happened when the new year’s tradition of noise and fireworks began. According to Ms. No e m i l i a B a l a b a , authorized agent of Mercantile Insurance Co., Inc. and proprietress of NB Balaba Insurance Services, while the building was covered by insurance, the dry goods owned by the daughter of the Patron couple and lost in the fire were not. B a l ab a s aid t he
CLAIMANTS GET CHECK FOR FIRE LOSS. Left photo shows Mr. and Mrs. Leo Patron (3rd and 4th from left) receive Mercantile Insurance Company P437,192.34 check from Regional Manager Rolando Inquito (2nd from right), as authorized agent Noemilia B. Balaba (2nd from left), clerk MagellBiego of Mercantile InsuranceTagum City Branch (extreme left) and JessielyAsiga congratulate the couple. The check handover was held at NB BalabaInsurance Services office at Center Island , San Francisco , Agusan del Sur on April 21, 2017 in settlement of the fire loss claim filed by the Patrons. Photo at right shows the site where thecommercial building once stood in Poblacion, StaJosefa, Agusan del Sur. photos supplied
Patron couple filed claims for fire loss submitting the required documents on March 11, 2017. On March 31, 2017, 20 days later , a settlement was offered . Mercantile Insurance released
a check amounting to P437,192.34 and handed to the couple at NB Balaba Insurance office. The couple said, “We are very happy and thankful for the help of NoemiliaBalaba and
Mercantile Insurance Company for settling our fire claim in just three weeks after we submitted the required documents. We also want to express our satisfaction with the amount of settlement.”
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Critics of Duterte drugs campaign must be held liable, too LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, people’s hearts are filled with schemes to do wrong…” (Ecclesiastes 8:11, the Holy Bible). -oooCONGRATULATIONS TO DUTERTE, RP, FOR “ASEAN FIESTA”: Calling the ASEAN Summit Gala Dinner on Saturday, April 29, 2017, as “ASEAN Fiesta” is most certainly correct. Indeed, among us Filipinos, holding “fiestas” represent festive celebrations of food, goodwill, and community
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Rodrigo Roa Duterte. I am therefore extending my felicitations to all those who made the ASEAN Fiesta and the 50th Summit in the Philippines possible. They have certainly made all of us proud, showing once again that Filipinos are capable of hosting a significant international event with aplomb. In particular, I congratulate President Duterte for accepting the challenge of hosting the event even if he is still very new as a president. -oooCRITICS OF DUTER-
TE’S DRUGS CAMPAIGN MUST BE HELD LIABLE, TOO: Those who are challenging and openly criticizing President Duterte in connection with his fierce campaign to eliminate the scourge of illegal drugs in the Philippines should be held liable likewise for the many despicable and heinous crimes that are still being committed in the country by drug-crazed persons. For example, there was this 15 year old girl who merely visited her See critics, page 7
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A burning globe
LOOK AROUND. Just any place on our globe. Yes, it’s burning. Natural disasters, terrorist attacks, war. Will be Asia another one? Heaven forbid - no! As US, Japanese and EDITORIAL South Korean warships carried out joint exercises, ALLAN M. MEDIANTE Editor-in-Chief Pyongyang marked a national anniversary with an ruel pelone CRIS DIAZ artillery drill. The saber Managing Editor Executive Editor rattling coincided with a MARK FRANCISCO flurry of diplomatic activity Lifestyle Editor in Tokyo. Today (April 26, while GILBERT Y. CHAO gerry lee gorit writing this piece) North Motoring Editor Photo Journalist Korea conducted a large PAT SAMONTE CHRIS PANGANIBAN scale conventional live Regional Editor Caraga Regional Editor-Davao fire military drill in the Rene Michael BaÑos uRIEL C. QUILINGUING region of Wonsan on its east Regional Editor Northmin Contributing Editor coast, South Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff AL JACINTO JOE FELICILDA confirmed on Tuesday. In Regional Editor-WestMin Editorial Consultant a statement, the South’s
camaraderie, principally because of bountiful harvest, or good fortune, or even because we gained new friends. In the case of the ASEAN Summit of 2017, festivities are in order on account of the increased cooperation among, and heightened concern for the welfare and well-being of, its membernations. Holding the Summit in the Philippines this year likewise represents the trust and confidence that ASEAN member-states have clearly reposed on the new Philippine president,
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military said it was “closely monitoring” the situation and “maintaining readiness.” Indeed, North Korea suffers a crisis - South Korea remains relaxed! How long? International concerns have been heightened in recent weeks that the North could soon carry out another nuclear test or missile launch, in defiance of United Nations sanctions. The reclusive country, where 40 percent of the population is undernourished according to the Global Hunger Index, often marks significant anniversaries with shows of military force. Although it was feared a nuclear test or ballistic missile launch might happen on Tuesday, no such test happened during the morning.
The harsh rhetoric continued from Pyongyang, with a top military general repeating that the North was ready to use pre-emptive strikes to defend itself. “The situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula is so tense that a nuclear war may break out due to the frantic war drills of the U.S. imperialists and their vassal forces for aggression,” General Pak Yong Sik told a major meeting of senior military and civilian officials. The North Korea to US is very clear: ‘don’t mess with us’! Meanwhile the US nuclear submarine docks in Busan. US President Donald Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from becoming capable of striking the US
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with a nuclear missile and ruled out nothing including a military strike. As a show of force, he sent the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to waters off Korea. The fleet was carrying out drills with Japanese warships. South Korea’s navy was also carrying out exercises with US destroyers in waters off the Korean peninsula. As the drills continued, the US Navy said the nuclear-powered guided missile submarine USS Michigan arrived in the South Korean port of Busan See globe, page 7
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Riply’s Believe It Or Not RUSSIA is sending troops to North Korea to defend the country against the United States. This after the incident in Syria, where Tomahawks missiles of the United States hit some targets after President Bashar Assad, personal friend of Vlademir Putin, dropped chemical bombs to its own people who are rebels. Russia was utterly irked at America. Independent analyst described the issue as a provocation by Russia to engage the United States into a fight. Whatever language we use, tension between America and Russia is escalating, I hope the two countries remain sober and peace will prevail. *** Filipino fishermen in Panatag reported some time ago that they were driven away by Chinese coastguards
who fired water cannons at them. Just this week, a group of top Philippine officials and military officers visited Panatag to see what they can do to convert the area into a tourist spot or attraction. The same thing happened and they were driven off by the Chinese coastguards. To begin with, Panatag is within our territory and has always been part of our history. And notwithstanding the judgment from the UN permanent arbiters, China displayed its hard head position and even rejected the move. To my mind, Panatag which is ours should be occupied by our troops. Soldiers should be deployed, put up a tall flagpole with our flag flying high and maybe we can bring there some homeless people from Metro Mania to live there for
good. We should help them develop agriculture and raise domestic animals, go into fishing and everything. For all purposes, we shall have lawfully established possession and certainly ownership beyond any cloud of doubt. *** If we notice, there are a lot of young boys and girls in our country who died of drowning in rivers, lakes or anywhere. This should alarm us and introduce into our educational system, swimming as one of the subjects. We can lives of young people. Believe it or not, my grandchildren in Texas who are as old as six or so years old are expert swimmers. The older ones won in many swimming competitions and I don’t think it is impossible to adopt this training to our
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*** Bohol province used to be a very peaceful island until the day the bandits known as Abu Sayyaf landed in Inabanga town and did their business. Thanks to our police and military some of the invaders were riddled with bullets and landed in funeral parlors. In the second encounter, three more Abu Sayyaf bandits were also killed. I wish to warn all the bandits in the country to think about it because our law enforcers are better trained and proven to be fighters See riply’s, page 7
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on Tuesday. The submarine was not expected to participate in joint naval exercises. Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley said the US wasn’t looking for a fight with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and wouldn’t attack “unless he gives us reason to do something.” She praised China’s increasing pressure on North Korea, seen by Washington as key to reigning in Pyongyang’s military ambitions. Meanwhile, we can observe an increased diplomatic activity. Top envoys from Japan, South Korea and the US held talks in Tokyo, with US envoy Joseph Yun saying he and his counterparts agreed to coordinate “all actions” on North Korea. They also agreed China had a key role in pressuring Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and missile program. According to Japan’s foreign ministry, China’s envoy for North Korea was also due to visit Tokyo for talks. In my opinion, only peace talks help. Let’s continue praying for peace. Not only in Asia. +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Linkedin or visit www. germanexpatinthephilippines. blogspot.com or www. klausdoringsclassicalmusic. blogspot.com.
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and drug syndicates during those days, but the lips of those criticizing Duterte now were conspicuously clipped and unopened then. And it looked as if, they were silent not because they were under threat from drug syndicates, but more like, because they somehow profited from the illegal drug deals during those times. Many people are thinking, quite accurately it would seem to me now, that they are criticizing Duterte’s campaign because they are being deprived now of what they used to receive. Right? Or wrong? -oooWATCH “ANG TANGING DAAN”, “KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS”, AT FB LIVE: Please watch “Ang Tanging Daan”, a roundthe-clock Bible Exposition and prayer session at www. facebook.com/angtangingdaan; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas”, a legal counseling and news commentary program at www.facebook. com/kakampimoangbatas. Reactions: 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.
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with guts. You want to stay six feet below the ground, you may go ahead. At least 36 members of the Maute Groups were killed during a 3-day gunfight with the militar y while only three soldiers were wounded. More than ten thousand civilians in Wao, Lanao del Sur have evacuated to safer grounds as Maute terrorist groups entered their barangays early while running away yesterday. Some of them have contacted the military for assistance. As of this writing the Maute groups were retreating after the third day of fierce gun battle with the military where the rebels suffered at least 15 members killed. *** This one is something for Riply’s Believe It Or Not.... A 42-year-old lady police officer was madly in love with a 20-year-old member of the Abu Sayaff Groups. This is definitely bad - - very bad, but things happened. And just like any woman in love, she obeys the young man’s desire that included military action. Like any love story, nothing is impossible. This romance irked naturally the chief of the army and ordered the imprisonment of both. Observers cheered for the Duterte administration for his true fight against the terrorists or bandits in the country They said the fight must go on without stopping and amnesty as it happened in previous regimes. They criticized past presidents for playing politics in the midst of battles. (Bennex News Service)
relatives in Labrador, Pangasinan early this week. From out of nowhere, two male persons abducted her and then raped her repeatedly. Police said the suspects are known drug addicts in the place. Surprisingly, however, not a word of condemnation has come from the likes of the Commission on Human Rights, nor from the group of bishops of a big religious organization, and not even from politicians who have been plotting to oust Duterte because of his fierce anti-drugs campaign. Is it because these critics would rather see our citizens getting killed, maimed, or raped by drug addicts, to assure them somehow that drug pushing is continuing? -oooWHY WERE DUTERTE DRUG CRITICS SILENT DURING PNOY’S TERM? Indeed, this is something I cannot understand. While drugs proliferated and were even traded openly allegedly by top-ranking officials under the Aquino presidency from 2010 to 2016, and crimes committed by drug addicts soared to dizzying heights during that period, the nation did not hear any criticism from any of the foregoing groups or personalities. True it was that, newspapers carried reports about from page 1 Pabama Tours buses the atrocities committed almost daily by drug addicts which the company had
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Friday, April 28, 2017 rolled out last month. The 10 buses, plying the Cagayan de Oro-Bukidnon route, were bought by Pabama for P9 million each from the Chinese manufacturer Zhong Tong. The new units have unique features such as mini-trays, cup holders, captain chairs and built-in tablets where passengers can listen to music, play games, watch movies or surf the internet. The tablets have a USB port so passengers can charge their smartphones. The bus also has a closed-circuit TV camera and a mini-bar selling snack items at the back. Ryan Potenci ano, Pabama Tours operations manager, said the company has convenience and comfort in mind when they decided to purchases the buses. “Our aim is to make our passengers comfortable and to give them the best bus ride experience,” Potenciano said. Allan Mainit, 45, a resident of Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, said he was impressed by Pabama’s new buses. Mainit said he has boarded the bus twice and he was satisfied. “Going to Cagayan de Oro from Malaybalay was such a smooth ride that you hardly noticed that you have arrived. The P130 fare is really worth it.” Even his five-year-old son Luke has enjoyed the games on the tablet. “He was so engrossed with the game he was playing that he didn’t want to alight.” Guro said upgrading of bus units, like what Pabama did, is good for the riding public since the transport companies will be competing to give passengers the best services.
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PAGASA located ‘Dante’ at some 1,330 km. east of Aurora province’s Casiguran municipality as of 4 a.m. on the same day. PAGASA said ‘Dante’ then packed maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near its center and gustiness of 80 kph. ‘Dante’ may move northwards at 13 kph, noted PAGASA. Earlier, PAGASA forecast ‘Dante’ to be about 1,695 km. east of Cagayan province’s Aparri municipality by Friday evening -- already outside the Philippine area of responsibility. (CJT/PNA)
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of the government, including government-owned and controlled corporations and their subsidiaries. Pursuant to the 1987 Constitution, Section 8(a) of the Code of Conduct and Ethical Standards for Public Officials and Employees requires the filing of SALNs “(a) within thirty (30) days after assumption of office; (b) on or before April 30, of every year thereafter;
and (c) within thirty (30) days after separation from the service.” The SALN is a declaration under oath of assets (i.e. land, houses, cash, etc), liabilities (i.e. personal or institutional loans), and the business and financial interests, of a government official, spouse, and unmarried children under 18 years old still living in the household. Those who serve in an honorary capacity, laborers and casual or temporary workers, however, are exempted from the SALN requirement. Failure to file the SALN or dishonesty in doing so, warrants suspension of one to six months for the first offense, and dismissal from service for the second offense.” The SALN has been an effective investigatory and discovery measure in determining ill-gotten wealth as it includes a waiver authorizing the Ombudsman or his authorized representatives to obtain documents from any government agency or financial institutions that may show assets, liabilities, net worth, business interests, and financial connections of a government official or employee. Source: Ombudsman.gov.ph
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pag coordinate. Yun ang pinakaimportante. (Let’s bring back consultation, coordination. That is the most important). Coordination. Coordinate, coordinate, coordinate. Bahala nang makakaapekto yan sa success ng ating operation basta importante hindi tayo masisisi sa bandang huli di ba?” (Never mind if that will affect the success of our operations. What is important is we won’t be blamed in the end), he said. Dureza said the forum, initiated by the PNP and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) was proposed by Santiago “to re-emphasize that as we engage the bad guys on the ground, there is a bigger higher consideration which is seeing to it that our engagement with those on the ground especially in the community level is the one given importance and priority.” Lessons from Mamasapano Santiago proposed the Forum following the April 11LEO in Sultan Kudarat Maguindanao that resulted to the killing of Mohaimen Abo alias Boy Bangsamoro, brother of Ghazali Jaafar, 1st Vice Chair of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), concurrent chair of the Bangsamoro Transition Commission, the 21-member joint government and MILF body tasked to drafting the Bangsamoro Basic Law. “I wanted an institutional response so that we don’t have a micro or macro Mamasapano again,” Santiago told MindaNews. A major lesson in noncoordination was the Mamasapano Tragedy of January 25, 2015 when the PNP’s Special Action Forces (SAF) conducted a LEO in Mamasapano
without coordinating with the ceasefire mechanisms or the Army in the area and left 66 persons dead, 44 of them from the SAF, 17 from the MILF and five civilians. Santiago told MindaNews she met with dela Rosa and his staff as well as OIC Local Governments Secretary Catalino Cuy in dela Rosa’s office on April 20 to reiterate the need for an institutional response. At the end of the meeting, the they agreed to hold the forum to orient, re-orient the police on the peace process mechanisms. Jaafar expressed dismay on the police action that killed his youngest brother, whom he described as a bona fide member of the MILF’s armed wing, the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF). Operatives from the national and regional police went to the house of Abo, also known as Boy Bangsamoro, to serve warrants of arrest against him for murder, robbery, frustrated murder, kidnapping for ransom and kidnapping with homicide but Abo reportedly fired at the operatives. “You know, if the government has pending case and would want to conduct law enforcement operation, there is a ceasefire mechanism that works for it, which government and MILF have agreed upon,” Jaafar said. No coordination was made by the operating units with the ceasefire mechanisms of the government and MILF: the Coordinating Committee on Cessation of Hostilities (CCCH) and the Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (AHJAG). Urgency of the situation Dela Rosa said he spared time to come even if he is very busy due to the ASEAN Summit, “because I see the significance of this forum to be conducted as soon as possible.” “The MILF is questioning the neutralization of that suspect,” Dela Rosa said, referring to Jaafar’s brother. “Kahit na sabihin mong 1,000 yung kanyang warrant of arrest, kahit na gaano kadami pang kaso nya, but still the other side is claiming that we have violated some provisions of the peace process, then merong disconnect sa ating efforts towards achieving peace,” he added. He said he called on the officers to “revive what needs to be revived, replenish what needs to be replenished, refresh what needs to be refreshed in our minds, in our knowledge, in what we are supposed to know as far as the peace process is concerned.” He said he understands the situation of the police on the ground but they need to ensure there will be no more misunderstanding. In mixed English and Filipino, dela Rosa said “That’s okay for you who are from Luzon because you still have Luzon. But we in Mindanao, we’re from here, we have no other choice but to live and die here in this island Mindanao. If a big war erupts here, we will be the first to suffer, that’s why we really need to fix this.” He said he fully understands the difficulties of the police on the ground to do
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a balancing act. “You want to enforce that law without fear or favor. You want not to be accused as having double standard in implementation of the law and gusto ninyo, gusto natin na talagang tatatamaan yung dapat tamaan but at the same time, meron tayong peace process na inoobserba,” he said. Shift energies towards peace He urged them to “shift their aggressive energies.” “This is the right time for us to shift some of our energies towards dito sa kabila, sa peace process,” dela Rosa said, reminding them that “you can never go wrong if you ask, you can never go wrong if you consult” those involved in the peace process, including those on the presidential table who spoke on various aspects of the peace process. Santiago gave updates on the GPH-MILF peace process, Brig. Gen. Earl Baliao, chair of the GPH-CCCH presented an overview of the CCCH mechanism while Police Chief Supt. Pierre Bucsit, GPHAHJAG chair, talked about the AHJAg mechanism. Lt. Gen. Carlito Galvez, Western Mindanao Chief, Brig. Gen. Ariel dela Vega Commander of the 6th Infantry Division, and Director Carlos Sol of the Combined Secretariat for GPH CCCH and AHJAG shared their experiences on the benefits of coordination. Galvez, a member and later chief of the government peace panel’s CCCH before he became 6th Infantry Division chief and eventually the WestMinCom chief, also stressed the need for soldiers and the police to understand the historical and cultural contexts of the conflict. Meeting mid-May Dela Rosa urged police officials to “please feel free, feel comfortable to ask for guidance, to ask for advices” if they are conducting LEO “para di natin maulit yung ganong problema” (so we do not repeat the problem). He acknowledged the mission of the police on the ground is “napakabigat” (very heavy), particularly on ensuring the primacy of the peace process is upheld and at the same time implementing the law. “We can do that if we ask, if we consult so there will be no blaming the end. No blaming. You won’t regret .. that for that one wrong decision I made… the entire Mindanao is in trouble,” he said, adding it will be a bigger problem if they do not coordinate and they are blamed for the outbreak of war. He said he wants to make the forum a periodic activity “para di makalimutan” (so t you wont’ forget). He also urged them to cascade what they learned at the forum, in their respective areas because “I don’t want to hear grumblings from the other side.” Dureza asked the key officials from the PNP and the Army to a meeting at the OPAPP in mid-May to tackle the suggestions that were proposed by the police officials during the forum on how best to ensure the law is implemented and the peace process is upheld.
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