Mindanao Daily Set B (May 17, 2017)

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EDITOR: Cris diaz

Fiction says 95 nations about ‘EJK’ in the Phil

Ninety-five out of 105 countries that attended the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) in Geneva, Switzerland were convinced that extra judicial killings (EJK) is non-existent in the Philippines. DILG Assistant Sec. Epimaco Densing, in a press conference on Monday, said the Philippines received congratulatory messages as they noted that this is the first time they heard that the figures reaching them were “spoiled and rotten information.” “One hundred and nine countries committed in the UPR... All 95 countries

who prepared their intervention congratulated the Philippines for improving human rights situation the past five years,” Densing told reporters. Densing , DILG assistant secretary for plans and program said about 15 to 20 countries expressed concern over the number of drug suspects killed in police operations, although none opposed the ongoing war on drugs. “They were in a neutral tone. In fact, the 95 countries didn’t say that we should discontinue our anti-drug campaign. They only mentioned that

Senate OKs bill extending passport validity to 10 years

At least six measures were passed in the Senate on Monday, including a measure meant to extend passport validity from five to 10 years. With 18 affirmative votes, zero negative votes and zero abstention, the Senate passed Senate Bill No. 1365 or the Philippine Passport Act which seeks to extend the validity of the passport from five years to 10 years to make travel abroad easier, especially for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs). It was authored by Senate President Pro-Tempore Ralph Recto, Senators Juan Edgardo Angara, Alan Peter Cayetano, Joseph Victor Ejercito, Richard Gordon, Loren Legarda, Joel Villanueva, Grace Poe, and Cynthia Villar. Cayetano, chair of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, said the passage of the measure would be in line with Pres. Rodrigo

Duterte’s promise to promote the welfare of the people. Another measure passed was Senate Bill No. 1353 which seeks to amend and strengthen Republic Act. No. 8344 or the Anti-hospital Deposit Law by imposing stricter penalties against erring hospitals that demand any deposit or other form of advance payment before admitting and treating an emergency patient. It was approved with 18 affirmative votes, zero negative votes and zero abstention. The measure was authored and sponsored by neophyte Sen. Risa Hontiveros. Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III, Senate Majority Leader Vicente Sotto III, Senate Minority Leader Franklin Drilon and Senator Richard Gordon are also authors of the bill. Hontiveros , former chair of the Senate Committee on Health, said the passage of See bill, page A3

we should review the EJKs in the country. They never said that we should stop the campaign,” he added. Asked who supplied distorted facts and figures to international human rights organizations, Densing said they picked up the reports from local media. He said they have already explained that the total number of killings is the summery of all the cases including homicide and murder cases. “The problem is we give the facts and figures but local media is not reporting our side,” Densing pointed out.

He likewise reported that the European Union, after Senator Alan Cayeteao explained the government side, vowed to help the Philippines by constructing halfway centers. “Japan was the only country who committed to help the Philippines to rid out illegal drugs,” he noted. Overall, he said, the Philippine delegation trip to Geneva last week was fruitful and a big success because we had opened the minds of the international community that we do not tolerate EJK. PNA

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte participated in the second day of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at Yanqi Lake International Convention Center in the northern suburb of Beijing, China on May 15, 2017. President Duterte was warmly welcomed by People’s Republic of China President Xi Jinping in time for the first session of the Leaders’ Roundtable which was centered on the theme ‘Policy Synergy for Closer Partnership’. presidential photo

Review of IPRA to empower ‘Lumads’ - Robredo

their group continues to reach out to unregistered real estate brokers in the region. “Both the government and real estate owners are hurt by the transactions

DAVAO CITY -- Vice President Leni Robredo urged the review of Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act of 1997 to further empower indigenous peoples (IP) or “Lumads.” Robredo, who was here for the National IP Education Festival held at the Pamulaan Center for IP Education at the University of Southeastern Philippines (USEP), Monday also said the National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) must be further strengthened. “We are pushing for more participation of the members of the IP communities so their voices can be heard,” Robredo told reporters in Filipino. Robredo cited the “absence of a law giving IPs the mandate to actively participate in local

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Vice President Leni Robredo delivers a message to participants of the National Indigenous Peoples (IP) Education Festival at the Pamulaan Center for IP Education, University of Southeastern Philippines, in Davao City on Monday (15 May 2017). MindaNews photo by manman dejeto

Unregistered brokers bane to PHL’s real estate industry DAVAO CITY– The continued transaction being entered into by unregistered real estate brokers is not good for the government and the real estate industry. This was raised by top officers of the Philippine

Association of Real Estate Board (PAREB) and the Davao Board of Realtors Foundation Inc. (DBRFI) in a press conference here on Monday. DBRFI president Hardinado Patnugot, Jr. said

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