MINDANAO DAILY MINDANAO’S LEADING NEWSPAPER
Volume VII, No. 067
Website: www.mindanaodailynews.com
Wednesday
August 9, 2017
P15.00
341 residents flee homes Armed men frighten residents in Opol hinterlands
By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor with MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City-About 300 farmers evacuated to the town hall of Opol in Misamis Oriental, as heavily armed New People’s Army (NPA) combatants reportedly marched to the town’s hinter villages Monday, a report said Tuesday. Town Mayor Max Seno, of Opol, said that he See HOMES, page 11
mass oath taking. Former Sta. Josefa mayor Jan Robe Otero who is now Undersecretary for Participatory Governance under the Office of the Cabinet Secretary Leoncio Evasco Jr. administers the mass oath taking of Kilusang Pagbabago- Agusan del Sur Chapter over the weekend. The KP Agusan del Sur are led by former Agusan del Sur governor Ceferino Paredes, Jr and former RTC Judge Larry Clapis. Photo by Chris V. Panganiban for Mindanao Daily News
Muslim clerics to issue fatwa against terrorism Ulamas or Muslim clerics based in the province of Lanao del Sur, where Marawi City is situated,, are mobilizing to convene a national Ulama conference to issue a fatwa or Islamic ruling against terrorism. Uamilodin Sharif, deputy mufti of the provincial Darul Ifta of Lanao, on Tuesday said the main objective of the conference is for the Ulama across the country to have a fatwa against terrorism amid the ongoing armed conflict in Marawi City. “Terrorism is one of the major problems the country is facing. Yes, it is true that there are already two existing fatwas issued by the regional Darul Ifta of
Armm and from the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Our purpose here is to bring to the national level or the scope of the Fatwa. That’s why we are convening a national conference on this,” he said. “We want to widen the scope of the fatwa to cover all areas in the country so that all Muslims should be aware of our fight against terrorism. Radicalism does not reflect to the true teachings of Islam. That’s our objective,” he added. As early as 2015, the Darul Ifta of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao has declared that “terrorism and mischief cannot be accepted See issue, page 11
Weary, an elderly couple slump asleep amid their belongings at an evacuation center in Opol town, Misamis Oriental. They are among the 341 individuals who flee their homes from Barangay Nangkaon after seeing dozens of armed men loitering in their village last Monday. Photo by Mark Doña Francisco for Mindanao Daily News