MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume X, No. 138
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Mon-Tue, April 12-13, 2021
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Islamic authorities declare April 13 as start of Ramadhan PRRD encourages private sector to make our own vaccines By ROD SEVILLA
PRESIDENT Duterte has given the go signal to find ways to encourage the private sector to manufacture vaccines in the country. He has given the economic team to scout for vaccine manufacturing as Budget Secretary Wendel E. Avisado said “As the virus is here to stay and therefore we must find ways to make our own vaccine”, Avisado stressed further. As the President has already given instructions for the concerned agencies to have the green light to have our own vaccine. With Covid-19 pandemic not ending anytime soon See ENCOURAGE, page 11
Lanao del Norte- The Royal House of Phangampong a Balo-I in the recent Enthronement Ceremony of the Newlycrowned Sultan sa Balo-I and other Grace of Datu’s and Bae’s, Hon Sultan Sumulong Maulana Mamundug Papaampat Alag Ali Ampang, Descendant of Maruhom Datu a Wata Datu Simban Alag Clan Grandson of Datu Timbul Ali and Bae Dampol Alag Ali, and The Newly-crowned as Bae a Labi a Gauss a Balo-I, Hon. Atty Ramayana “Mayan” Diamond Saidamen Alag Ali Pacasum Asum Balt Pangarungan—Basman, currently the CEO/President of Marawi Islamic Cultural Foundation (MCIF), Hon. Salam Ali, Municipal Civil Registrar, Hon. Samira Gutoc-Tomawis, Bangsamoro Women’s on Social Right Morality and Legality Advocates. The event was held at the Municipal Hall of Nangka, Balo-I, Lanao del Norte on March 27, 2021. (Photo By: Rica Aguirre-Pernia/ Sony Sudaria)
MSU holds 1st Ulama Leaders Summit 2021 By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor
MARAWI CITY:- The Mindanao State University System led by its President Habib W. Macaayong spearheaded the Ist Ulama Leaders Summit (Ist ULS-2021) held at the International Convention Center, main campus. The Summit was hosted by the University in collaboration with the Manila-based ASA Philippines Foundation represented by its Chief Executive Official (CEO) and President Md Kamrul Hasan Tarafder.. The King Faisal Center for Islamic, Arabic and Asian Studies (KFCIAAS), the Shariah Center and the Radio See HOLD, page 11
MARAWI CITY -- The Islamic religious authority in the Bangsamoro region announced that the holy month of Ramadhan will officially begin on Tuesday, April 13. “By virtue of the authority vested in me as Mufti of Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM), I hereby announce that we will start fasting on this blessed month of Ramadhan on Tuesday, April 13, 2021,” Sheikh Abuhuraira Udasan, Bangsamoro Darul-Ifta Executive Director and Grand Mufti of the Bangsamoro, declared Sunday night. The Darul Ifta deployed a group to perform moonsighting on April 11. In coordination with different Ulama groups, the National Commission on Muslim Filipinos (NCMF) also dispatched its moonsighting See DECLARE, page 11
Zamboanga City seeks return to GCQ By TEOFILO GARCIA, JR.
ZAMBOANGA CITY – The local Inter-Agency Task Force (IATF) against coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) has requested, through a resolution for
the national government to place this city under general community quarantine (GCQ) to stop the rise in Covid-19 cases. Mayor Maria Isabelle See SEEKS, page 11