DILG 10 launches book on conflict-sensitive Katarungang Pambarangay and SK chairpersons of Lanao del Norte and Bukidnon on the practical steps to interface the indigenous process of settling disputes with the mainstreamed KP process. “We, in the DILG, together with the GIZ, have seen how critical the role of the lupong tagapamaya is in the implementation of the Katarungang Pambarangay Law,” Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)
Child-friendly, gender-responsive, and culture-sensitive Katarungang Pambarangay. These are the features of the newly launched Katarungang Pambarangay Guidebook (The Regions 10 and 13 Experience), following a conflict-sensitive approach. Rolled out on October 9, 2019, the launching oriented the participating punong barangays, lupon members,
10 Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe said. Considering this, the Regional Director emphasized the need to come up with a guidebook that would be sensitive to the culture and tradition of the Muslim and the Indigenous Peoples. At the same time, said material should also be gender-responsive and child-friendly. “The DILG 10, as the Regional Peace See BOOK, page 11
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Groups ask Sara to sustain ban on pigs, pork products
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By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews
AVAO City — The Hog Farmers of Davao, Inc. (Hog FADI) has asked City Mayor Sara Duterte to sustain her Executive Order banning the entry of live pigs and pork products in Davao City after Local Governments Secretary Eduardo Año encouraged local government units in Visayas and Mindanao to lift the temporary ban on pork products.
Speaking on behalf of Hog FADI, Alvin Teves, said lifting the temporary ban would endanger the local hog industry as the dreaded African Swine Fever (ASF) continues to affect some parts of Luzon. The City Government of Davao has temporarily banned the entry of live
pigs and pork products following the outbreak of the dreaded AFS in some areas in Luzon, 16 days after the Department of Agriculture confirmed the presence of the disease in the country. In an executive order issued last month, the mayor said the temporary ban See SUSTAIN, page 11
Marawi siege fallen soldiers remembered by former commander STORY ON PAGE 2
MSU student shot inside campus still in coma By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS, MindaNews
ILIGAN City – A freshman student at the Mindanao State University (MSU) main campus in Marawi City is still in coma at the Amai Pakpak Medical Center where he was rushed after he was shot at around 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the commercial center inside campus. Ivan Polinar Almeda of Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, is a freshman at the College of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (CSPEAR) and a badminton varisty player. Reports say Almeda was shot from behind by a still unidentified man. Authorities are still investigating the incident. How the perpetrator managed to bring a gun inside campus has yet to be answered. Marawo City remains, like the rest of Mindanao, under martial law. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno (center) leads in opening the home P20-million home for the elderly, MSU President Habib clinic and chapel in barangay Puerto Saturday (October 19, 2019). At left is Councilor Suzette Daba and at right is Dr. Fe Juarez, heiress of the Rosales family which donated the property during the reign of Daba's father, the late Macaayong told MindaNews in a text message at 8:30 Mayor Pablo Magtajas. photo by mark francisco
Ivan Polinar Almeda of Bayugan in Agusan del Sur, freshman, College of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation at the Mindanao State University main. photo from almeda ’ s fb page
p.m. Thursday that Almeda was “in coma, now under medication” at the APMC. At 1 p.m. on Friday, Macaayong told MindaNews in a telephone interview that Almeda was still comatose. At 4 p.m., Almeda still lay comatose, he said. “The MSU Security, with the military and police are investigating the case,” said See COMA, page 11