MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 035
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Tuesday, August 9, 2022
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PH Army’s Security and Escort Battalion all set for FVR funeral By PRIAM NEPOMUCENO
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MANILA – The Philippine Army (PA) announced that its Security and Escort Battalion is all set for the state funeral that will be accorded to former President Fidel V. Ramos (FVR) whose inurnment is scheduled today, August 9.
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Adiong bats for strict enforcement of solid waste regulations By APIPA BAGUMBARAN
Ramos, the country’s 12th president who served from 1992 to 1998, died last July 31 at the age of 94. In a statement Sunday night, PA spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said the PA Security and Escort Battalion will be joining other honor guards of the
Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in rendering the honors to Ramos, who also served as AFP chief-of-staff and Defense Secretary under the late former president Corazon Aquino. “The PA, through its Security and Escort Battalion, joined honor guards from
See SET, page 11
Muslims urge to fast in observance of Ashura
MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA) -- Vice Governor Mohammad Khalid “Mujam” Adiong has called for the stricter enforcement of laws and ordinances on solid waste management (SWM). The vice governor made the call during the 2nd quarter Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council in response to recommendations for incentives to compliant individuals, organizations, barangays, and local government units (LGUs). He underscored the need to prioritize first the enforcement of regulations and ordinances before incentivizing compliance. “Ok siya [ang pagbibigay ng reward], yung nga lang ang problema dyan ay nasasanay tayo palagi na may incentives. Kailangan ba laging magbigay para lang ipatupad ang batas? Enforce muna natin then titingnan natin kung sino yung pinakabest ang practice at strategies,” he said noting that the province has passed various ordinances on solid waste. In photo is Golden mosque located at Quiapo Manila where Muslim belivers go to pray. After that they will meet [It’s ok (the giving the Imam to give their Charity (Zakat) and to others inside the mosque to increase their good deeds in observance See BATS, page 11
other AFP major services in rehearsing the state funeral for the late president and commander-in-chief Fidel Valdez Ramos on August 7, 2022 at the Libingan ng mga Bayani, Fort Bonifacio, Metro Manila,” he added.
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By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor
BANGSAMORO grand Mufti Abu Huraira Usudan of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) urged all Muslims to fast in obervane on the day of Ashura following the Sunnah (way of Prophet Mohammad (Peace Be Upon Him). He said muslims are recommended to fast on the 9th and 10th day or 10th and 11th day of Muharram as it is mentioned in another Sahih Muslim as Abdullah ibn reported: The Messenger of Allah peace and blessing upon him said, “If I live until next year, I will certainly fast the ninth day of Al-Muharram”. It is on this month of Muharram which is considered to be significance among Muslim as it marks the first month of the yearwhere Muslim should reflect for change as one ummah (nation) and encourage to increase our good deeds See URGE, page 11
Walk for freedom for 2 inmates in AgSur for good conduct By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur--Exactly after four years and 343 days of serving his six-year jail sentence at the Agusan del Sur Provincial Jail, Tatay Bals,68, was set free as a beneficiary of the Good Conduct Time Allowance (GCTA). The same fate was also shared by Pareng Ben, 42, whose four-year jail term was cut short by four months and 28 days. On that fateful day of July 21, Tatay Bals and Pareng Ben walked their way to freedom and went home to reunite with their respective families.
Republic Act No. 10592 which created the GCTA law shortened jail time sentences of inmates or Persons Deprived of Liberty(PDL) after a thorough assessment of the conduct of their behavior inside the detention centers. The Management, Screening, and Evaluation Committee (MSEC) of the Provincial Correctional and Security Management Office (PCSMO) evaluates the excellent conduct of PDLs and recommends the grant of GCTAs. Tatay Bals was a jail trustee who regularly cleaned the jail premises, guitarist at religious masses at the
chapel jail and at times delivered sermons during mass worships. “He was also active in almost all activities of the jail, including the rice production at the ricefields at the provincial capitol,” said Mary Ann Gresola, information officer of PCSMO, assigned as jail nurse. Gresola said a trustee is a PDL trusted by the jail management to initiate any activity that will help the development of the jail as part of the PDLs reformation program. For his part, Pareng Ben was a dressmaker who made scrub suits and facemasks See FREEDOM, page 11
Tatay Bals and Pareng Ben happily posed outside of the gate of the Provincial Correctional and Security Management Office after they were released by virtue of Good Conduct Time Allowance. P hoto courtesy of M ary A nn Gresola , information officer of PCSMO
Tatay Bals and Pareng Ben walked towards the road near the provincial capitol where they can take a tricycle ride going to their respective homes. Photo courtesy of Mary Ann Gresola , information officer of PCSMO