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NPA mass surrenders due to internal corruption: AFP THE recent spate of New People’s Army (NPA) rebels returning to the fold of the law reflects the demoralization being experienced in their ranks due to internal corruption, the Armed

Forces of the Philippines said Thursday. AFP public affairs office chief Lt. Col. Emmanuel Garcia made this statement after 188 NPA members surrendered in

the first three weeks of January alone. “The AFP is expecting more NPAs to yield since there is demoralization in the NPA’s ranks as some leaders have

already returned to the folds of law brought by internal corruption,” Garcia stressed. He also stressed that the series of mass surrender is reflective of the combined ef-

forts of the local government units, communities, Philippine National Police and the AFP thru-community based dialogues. (With reports from Raymart T. Lolo, OJT/PNA)

Affected Misor farmers to receive compensation

Pielago tested positive for drug use when DAR-10 conducted its own surprise drug test last December. According to the Phil. Drug Enforcement Agency-10 (PDEA-10), they caught the suspect in the act of sniffing what authoriSee arrest, page 11

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AGAYAN de Oro City--Displaced farmers in Misamis Oriental who were affected when the Laguindingan airport started construction almost two decades ago will finally be compensated three months from now, the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) said yesterday.

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President Rodrigo Roa Duterte engages in a discussion with some members of his cabinet after two rebel returnees from the New People’s Army were presented to the President at the Matina Enclaves in Davao City on January 20, 2018. Also in the photo are Interior and Local Government Undersecretary Eduardo Año, Education Secretary Leonor Briones, Agrarian Reform Acting Secretary John Castriciones, and Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Jesus Dureza. photo by ace morandante/presidential photo

Agrarian reform chief dismayed over arrest of DAR employee in Northmin By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro City-Department of Agrarian Reform secretar y John Castriciones has expressed his dismay over the arrest of a DAR-10 employee in this city who allegedly was caught using illegal

drugs inside his home on Wednesday. The arrest of lawyer Mario Jay Pielago, 53, DAR-10 chief legal officer, coincided with Castriciones’ visit to the agency’s regional office in Northern Mindanao on

Wednesday. The DAR chief said he was “a bit disappointed” when he was informed of Pielago’s arrest. He added Pielago’s alleged involvement in the illegal drugs has angered him. Castriciones also said

By Walter I. Balane MindaNews

M A L AY B A L AY C i t y -Bukidnon tourism should go beyond the annual Kaamulan and ziplines in pursuit of tourism goals in 2018, according to stakeholders in their responses to “Bukidnon 2018: Public Outlook Series initiative.” Reynaldo Gil Lomarda, head of Greenminds, Inc., said it is time to focus more on natural and cultural tourism because it is the strength of the province. He said the province’s Kaamulan, a cultural festival, which he said is already commercialized, happens only once a year. The provincial government must promote tourism also beyond the festival because Bukidnon is known for its tribes, which should have tourist attractions before and after the festival. “If we talk about culture tourism in Bukidnon, only Kaamulan will emerge,” Lomarda added. Bukidnon local governments, he said, must push for a program focusing on “tourism that is unique to Bukidnon”. He lamented that tourists could only picture out pineapples and ziplines upon mention of Bukidnon. Bukidnon tourism officials could expand their promotion to include indigenous cultural sites and farm sites, Lomarda added. He said tourism could be used to provide livelihood to the indigenous peoples’ communities with some already started in some areas.

By MARK FRANCISCO Correspondent

At a press conference on Wednesday, DAR 10 director Faisal Mambuay said that the computation process for the more than 200 families will last until April if plans don’t miscarry. From thence on, the compensation will start trickling in. Mambuay said that people who were not part of the original beneficiaries when the farmers won their case against Ayala Corporation before the Supreme Court (SC) took advantage of the situation and started listing themselves as among the claimants before DAR. He said this complicated the computation process because DAR had to sort out the real claimants from the false ones. “This usually occurs when there is a long land dispute here in our country. Certain people take advan-

Bukidnon told to go beyond ‘Kaamulan, zipline tourism’

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