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on Page A1 12 October 30, 2014See story P15.00
Daughter of disappeared parents cries for justice By CHRISTOPHER ED CABOVERDE of Davaotoday
Adiong, group back swift passage of BBL
D
A V A O City––After her parents disappeared eight years ago, a young woman is still pining for the day when she sees her missing loved ones.
By SONNY V. SUDARIA ARMM News Bureau
LANAO del Sur Governor Mamintal “Bombit” AL. Adiong and the Ranao Confederation for Peace, Inc. under Datu Musa Sultan appealed to Senator Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the swift passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL).
See FULL STORY, page A2
Ebola summit in Oro
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Councilor Dante Pajo, chair of the City Council committee on health, last week urged the Department of Health (DOH) to hold an Ebola Summit in the city. During a meeting with a representative of DOH and officials of the City Health Office and JR Borja General Hospital (JRBGH), it was agreed that Cagayan de Oro City is not ready for the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) if ever it finds its way into the city. “There is a real need for us to understand what See SUMMIT, page A7
Adiong and Musa made the appeal during the holding of the public hearing conducted by the committee on local government chaired by Marcos at the provincial capitol grounds in Marawi City on October 23 from 9 a.m. until 4 in the afternoon. The people Lanao del Sur are backing the BBL, See BACK, page A7
CHO is running out of anti-rabies vaccines
PUBLIC HEARING ON BBL. Lanao del Sur Governor Mamintal “Bombit” AL. Adiong
Jr. examines the manifest of provincial position letter of BBL while Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr., chair of the Senate committee on local government, explains some of the salient points of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) during the public hearing conducted at the provincial capitol grounds in Marawi City on October 23, 2014. Lanao del Sur first district Rep. Ansaruddin A. Adiong and Lanao del Sur Vive Governor Arsad Maruhumsar join the public hearing. Photo by Sonny Sudaria of Mindanao Daily News
Deles enlists mayors’ help in bringing peace to Mindanao
PRESIDENTIAL Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles urged mayors from Mindanao to help the government in explaining the salient points of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) to their constituents towards achieving enduring peace in the region during the Mindanao Island Conference of the League of Municipalities of the Philippines held
in Clark, Pampanga. Speaking in front of around 400 mayors, the peace adviser shared that “our collective dream is to wake up to a new Mindanao enjoying an enduring peace, where people are free to travel to every nook and corner, where children can be assured of the chance to grow up and See PEACE, page A7
SURIGAO City––The City Health Office here is running out of anti-rabies vaccines as officials say the city government has no budget to cope with the rising number of cases of animal bites. Garrote Menor, head of the CHO’s Animal Bites Treatment Center, told MindaNews Wednesday that the city government cannot give all the necessary vaccines to victims of animal bites. She said her office has recorded at least 1,241 cases of animal bites from January to September this year, 973 of which are dog
bites. There were 196 cases of cat bites, while the rest were by rats, monkeys, rabbits, and others. Last year, the CHO documented 1,510 cases of animal bites, 1,210 of which from dogs. “We don’t have ample supply of these vaccines to give each patient all the necessary vaccines, especially those categorized as level 3,” Menor said. Category 3 patients, she explained, are those bitten near the brain, like neck, head and face. “These Category 3 patients must have See VACCINES, page A7
Flower vendors hoping to make brisk sales during ‘Kalag-kalag’ CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Vendors along Lt. Guillermo St. near the Cogon public market here are expecting brisk sales in the coming days as families buy flowers to decorate the graves of departed relatives during the weekend, when Catholics observe All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day, a two-day celebration collectively called locally as “Kalag-kalag.” “Come back tomorrow. The flowers will arrive from all over Mindanao and all of them are very beautiful to see,” flower vendor Marilyn Buay said Tuesday.
Buay said they are expecting a huge shipment of Malaysian Mums from General Santos City Wednesday. She said other flower shipments from Cotabato, Bukidnon, Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte will also start arriving today. “The flowers will be delivered by container vans, trucks and jeeps. Expect this street will be filled with vendors selling flowers tomorrow afternoon,” Buay added. Another flower vendor, Herminia Sarita, said vendors like her are expecting
a three-day fiesta selling flowers for the dead starting on Thursday until Saturday, a day before All Souls’ Day. “This is our most awaited part of the year. This is the time we can make big profits,” Sarita said. Lt. Guillermo St. near Cogon public market is Cagayan de Oro’s little flower district. Everyday vendors like Sarita and Buay sell flowers to the adventurous buyers who come here to buy at cheaper prices, as compared to buyers who prefer the upscale flower See FLOWER, page A7
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A motorcycle rider delivers an unusual cargo in Glan, Sarangani, October 28, 2014. A local funeral parlor uses motorbikes to bring coffins to the town’s mountain villages. MindaNews photo by Rommel G. Rebollido
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