MindanaoDAILY THE PURVEYOR OF TRUTH , JUSTICE, AND DEVELOPMENT
Sulu, Basilan residents help govt fight bandits Volume VI, No. 087
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September 9, 2016
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esire for genuine progress and peace is prompting many residents in Sulu and Basilan to help the government in its ongoing campaign against the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG).
This was disclosed by Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) public affairs office chief Col. Edgard Arevalo in a briefing Wednesday. Arevalo added that this desire for genuine development, progress and peace is gradually negating the ASG advantage in terrain, blood relations with the communities they are operating in, and forced recruitment. “More and more resi-
n Traders: Davao
blast ‘the price we need to pay’ in Duterte’s war v. crime, drugs/p.A2
dents (Sulu and Basilan) are now eager to end the bandit threat as they are now seeing the government’s massive efforts to eliminate the ASG,” the military official stressed. As of this posting, brigands killed in the ongoing operation in Sulu are placed at 32 killed with many others wounded. Arevalo said the decision to help government
n Butuan City
govt beefs up security after Davao bombing/p.A3
OPINION
n Let the message
speak to Filipinos more than anything else/p.A4
STATEMENT
n Kagay-anons
See HELP, page A7
SC extends order on Marcos burial
THE Supreme Court on Wednesday extends Status Quo Ante Order (SQA) in connection with the burial of late President Ferdinand Marcos at the Libingan ng mga Bayani (LNMB) in Taguig City as ordered by President Rodrigo Duterte. Marcos was reportedly set to be buried at the LNMB on September 18. The high tribunal initially issued the SQA, See BURIAL, page A7
2 NDF consultants return to Oro after Oslo talks known as “Paris”, and Pedro Codaste, 66, known as “Gonyong”, both political prisoners, were among the 22 NDF consultants ordered released from prison last month to join the peace negotiations between the government and the Com-
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MARCOS, NOT A HERO. Above, the Solidarity Prayer of Concerned Kagay-anons against the burial of Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani. Below left, Vicky Pulido reads the Solidarity Statement of Concerned Kagay-anons against the burial of Marcos in the Libingan ng mga Bayani Sept 7, 2016 at the Kiosko Kagawasan in Plaza Divisoria. Photos by Mike Baños, NPN
CAGAYAN de Oro City-Two consultants of the National Democratic Front (NDF) returned to this port capital Wednesday after two weeks in Oslo, Norway, bringing with them hopes of lasting peace for the country. Alfredo Mapano, 62,
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munist Party of the Philippines (CPP)-NDF in Oslo last August 22. During an interview with the local media, the two NDF consultants expressed hope that the ongoing peace talks with the government would succeed.
“We observed that the government panel listens to the NDF consultants, which made the initial peace talks a success,” Mapano said. He said that unlike the previous discussions, the atmosphere at the negotiating table in Oslo between
representatives of the CPPNDF and the government was cordial. Codaste said that without a miscarriage of the peace talks, the attainment of lasting peace between the Communist movement See TALKS, page A7
speak: Marcos, no hero!/p.A4
Trader on his way to surrender shot dead A businessman who has been identified as a drug personality was killed by gunmen at about 1:20 p.m. Wednesday in Barangay Cablong in Pozorrubio in Pangasinan, as he was on his way to the police station to surrender. Zaldy Perez, 56, of Barangay Cablong, was on a motorcycle with his brother, barangay councilman Dodie, when he was shot by his assailants who were on a Toyota Grandia without a plate number, police said. At that time, the brothers were on their way to the town proper so Zaldy could surrender to the town police. The victim sustained See shot, page A7
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