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Volume III, No. 036
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ROTARY INTERNATIONAL
THE FOUR-WAY TEST of the things we think, say or do
1. Is it the TRUTH? 2. Is it FAIR to all concerned? 3. Will it build GOODWILL and BETTER FRIENDSHIP? 4. Will it be BENEFICIAL to all concerned?
See story P15.00 on Page 12 July 2, 2014
Submitting an ‘acceptable’ Bangsamoro Basic Law 1st of a series By Carolyn O. Arguillas of MindaNews
HIROSHIMA––For the second time in the history of the peace process between the Philippine government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), President Benigno Simeon Aquino III and MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim met
again in Japan last week in the hope of moving the process forward from its present critical stage of uncertainty. The June 24 meeting, held just before the President addressed The Consolidation for Peace for Mindanao (COP-6) seminar at the Sheraton Hiroshima Hotel, came amid “concerns” which, as it is now unfolding, are “very
serious concerns” that the Malacanang-proposed revisions on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will render the envisioned new autonomous political entity called “Bangsamoro” less autonomous than the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that it seeks to replace. President Aquino sought that first ever face-to-face encounter with Murad on
August 4, 2011 in Tokyo, hoping that the peace process would be fast-tracked so that an agreement would be reached within the first half of his term (2010 to 2013) and implementation would be done within the next half (2013 to 2016). In his 17-minute speech at the COP-6 seminar on June 24, Aquino said of that nearly two-hour first meeting with Murad in 2011: “I
sometimes wonder: if that meeting did not take place, where would we be today? Fortunately, that meeting, my first face-to-face encounter with my brother Chairman Murad, was a breakthrough.” It is not clear if his second meeting with Murad in Japan is another breakthrough as details of the “15 to 20 minutes” meeting here have not been divulged. It
Good business climate attracts ‘capitalists’
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AG A DIA N City––The Department of Trade and Industry said the bullish business climate in Zamboanga del Sur, including its capital Pagadian City, has generated an increase in investments resulting to more job opportunities and an improved economy. See FULL STORY, page 8
was the fifth meeting between Aquino and Murad since 2011, the three others were at the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) on October 15, 2012, the launch of Sajahatra Bangsamoro on February 11, 2013 and the signing of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB) on March 27, 2014. See ACCEPTABLE, page 11
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Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, (center wearing ball cap), leads the turn-over ceremony of the newly completed road concreting project in Barangay FSCatanico. With Rodriguez is Barangay Captain Elpidio M. Neri, Kag. Omar Naga, Kag. Joel Perocho, Kag. Leo Pimentel, Kag.Sherlinda Padilla, Kag. Butch Eurese, DPWH Dist. Engr. Anastacio G. Marundanand Engr. Virgie Ybanez. KENDISCHAVES
Judge orders 35 town mayors in Lanao del Norte to pay cash bond By SONNY V. SUDARIA Mindanao Daily News-Armm
MARAWI City–– Judge Wenida B.M. Papandayan of the Regional Trial Court (RTC) 12th Judicial Region has ordered the 35 town mayors in Lanao del Sur to submit their corresponding cash bond. The 35 town mayors have earlier filed various cases against the Lanao del Sur Electric Cooperative (Lasureco) after the electric coop cut down their supply of electricity due to the alleged nonpayment
of electric bills Judge Papandayan’s order was addressed to the complainants that include Poona Bayabao, (Rep by Mayor Lampa Pandi), Taraka, (Rep. by Mayor Nashiba G. Sumagayan),Tamparan, (Rep. by Mayor Topaan D. Disomimba), and Mulondo ( Rep. by Mayor Machol B. Abdulsalam. Maguing (Rep. by Mayor Mamaulan A. Mulok), Ditsaan Ramain (Rep. by Mayor Ali U. Adiong), Bubong, (Rep. by Mayor Alfais T. Munder), Buadipuso Buntong See cash, page 11
New SB building in Wao By SAM NERI of Mindanao Daily News
Attend our Immigration Seminar to CANADA, UK, USA, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND and SCHENGEN Territories. On June 27, 2014 2 pm at INS 2nd Floor Ab. Santiago Bldg. Gaerlan Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City.
Call or text for inquiry: 09068684414
WAO, Lanao del Sur–– Provincial Board Member Nasser Ganda, who representative Governor Mamintal Bombit A. Adiong, led the inauguration of the P6-million worth of two-storey legislative building for the members of the Sangguniang Bayan here. Vice Mayor Mary Ruth C. Catalan told Mindanao Daily News that the construction of the two-storey legislative building took six See building, page 11
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