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By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN About 200 members of Mapasu with the support SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan of church, youth, farmdel Sur—Public pressure ers and education sectors from picketing multi-sec- picketed the city jail to call toral groups has prompted for Campos release whose the local court in Tandag rebellion case stemmed City to release the staunch from the daring raid by anti-mining lumad leader New Peoples Army rebels in Surigao del Sur after two at a police station in Lianga town on April 2011. days of detention. Judge Alfredo Jalad of Castro said Provincial Regional Trial Court Branch Prosecutor Florito Cuar28 in Tandag City issued the tero has assured them of a transfer of custody order complete re-investigation of Jalandoni Campos, the of the case even as she said chairperson of Malahutay- that they will continue to ong Pakigbisog Alang sa be vigilant until Castro and Sumusunod (Mapasu) to other Mapasu members case Gov. Johnny Pimentel until will be dismissed. his rebellion case is resolved. In a statement, Karapatan “The bombardment of Caraga said the release was a support and public out- triumph to people’s vigilance cry hastened the normally as the group claimed, citing snail-paced court process insider police sources, that that expedited the signing there were at least two atof the court order.”, said tempts by different military Dr. Naty Castro, secretary- intelligence units to transfer general of human rights Campos to their custody. group Karapatan Caraga. See LEADER/p.10
10% of budget for organic agri too much – Bukidnon LGUs
MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews ) – The local government units in Bukidnon’s 20 towns and two cities are willing to shed only 1 to 2 percent from their budget to institutionalize organic agriculture in their areas. Provincial board member Ranulfo Pepito, chair of the committee on agriculture at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan, said the provincial government’s policy of 10-percent mandatory bud-
get for organic agriculture was met with opposition by the Bukidnon chapter of the League of Municipalities in the Philippines and the members of the Provincial Development Council. Bukidnon passed an organic agriculture code in November 2012 patterned after Republic Act 10068 or the National Law on Organic Agriculture of 2010. Pepito said the mayors See Budget/p.10
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Churchgoers wait for the priest to bless their fronds during Palm Sunday at the Redemptorist Church in Iligan City. MindaNews photo by Bobby Timonera
Cynthia Villar elated over inclusion of LPPCHEA on Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance Former Las Piñas Representative Cynthia Villar said she is happy that the Las Piñas-Parañaque Critical Habitat and Ecotourism Area (LPPCHEA) is included on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance. “The inclusion of LPPCHEA on the Ramsar List of Wetlands of International Importance is very good news indeed. We should be proud of the recognition, and at the same time, we are encouraged even more to protect it,” said Villar. LPPCHEA is the sixth Philippine site designated as ‘Wetlands of International Importance’, it was included on the list on March 15. The others on the list are: the Tubbataha Reefs National Marine Park in Sulu (listed on December 11, 1999); the Agusan Marsh Wildlife Sanctuary (listed on December 11, 1999); the Naujan Lake National Park in Oriental Mindoro (listed on December 11, 1999); the Olango Island Wildlife Sanctuary in Cebu (listed on January 7, 1994); and the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park in Palawan (listed on June 30, 2012). The Philippines joined the Ramsar Convention in 1994. Signatories to join the Convention agree to “include wetland conservation considerations in their See Elated/p.10