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Military seized Abu Sayyaf file of solar panels in Sulu Volume III, No. 146
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AMBOANGA City––Philippine troops pursuing the Abu Sayyaf have tumbled on a pile of solar panels left behind by fleeing rebels in the southern province of Sulu, officials said Monday.
Measure giving martial law victims more time to file claims approved THE senate passed on third and final reading a joint resolution seeking to extend the deadline for the filing of claims by martial law victims by six months. Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, chair of the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights and sponsor of Senate Joint Resolution No. 10, otherwise known as “Joint Resolution Extending the Period For Filing Of Claims For Reparation Of Human Rights Violations Victims under
Republic Act No. 10368, said that the approval of the joint resolution would give martial law victims more time to file their claims for repatriation and compensation.RA 10368 is known as the Human Rights Victims Reparation and Recognition Act of 2013. “ The Human Rights Victims Claims B oard (HRVCB)has encountered an unprecedented number of claims from human rights victims. Due to the See CLAIMS, page A9
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A firefighter tries to go inside a burning shop while another sprays water on the upper part of another after a fire burned down two commercial spaces and partially burned three more along Marcos Calo Street in Butuan City, November 17, 2014. MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas
643 Armm Food technology graduates ‘Iskolar’ get to undergo licensure exam scholarship allowance FOOD technology graduates will have to undergo licensure By Lorelei V. Castillo
MARAWI City––Six hundred forty-three “Iskolar” students from Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur received their scholarship allowance on November 11 at the Office of the Bangsamoro People in Cotabato City. Governor Mujiv S. Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and his chief of staff, Amihilda Sangcopan, handed over to each Iskolar beneficiary check amounting to P10,000 for full scholarship and P5,000 for partial scholars to defray educational cost for the 2nd semester of school year 2014. “Iskolar” is a flagship program of the ARMM See allowance, page A9
examination under the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) before they are allowed to practice their profession. Rep. Evelina G. Escudero (1st District, Sorsogon) filed House Bill 5138, which seeks to regulate and standardize the practice of food technology as a profession in the country to promote maximum safety in local food preparation and production for domestic and international consumption. “The food we consume on a daily basis is the result of extensive food research and systematic study into the properties and compositions of a variety of food. See food, page A9
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Senator bats for federal form of government By MARLON GAYOG Davao News Bureau
DAVAO City––Senator Teofisto “TG” Guingona III on Monday said the passage of the Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) will revive the call for a federal form of government.
Guingona, who visited Davao Occidental upon invitation of Governor Claude Bautista to grace the Araw ng Malita on November 17, admitted the passage of BBL is not easy. He told reporters during the press conference that there are many issues hounding the
passage of BBL. “I will support Federalism, I will support the Commonwealth of Mindanao, if the Bangsamoro Basic Law will be passed into law, I hope that Federalism will also become a law,” said Guingona. “So we need Charter Change,” he added.
Suspected kidnapper captured ZAMBOANGA City––A suspected member of a kidnap-for-ransom-group (KFRG) was wounded and captured following a shootout on Saturday with government operatives in Zamboanga Sibugay, belated police reports said. Sr. Supt. Roberto Roy Bahian, Zamboanga Sibugay police director, identified the captured KFRG member as Honrato Encabo alias Jojo of Alicia town. Bahian said Encabo was admitted and guarded at a hospital in the capital municipality of Ipil. A caliber .45 pistol with ammunition was seized from his possession. He said the joint police and military operatives, armed with arrest warrants, swooped down the hideout of Encabo around 9 p.m. Saturday at Sitio Dapdap, Barangay Kawayan, Alicia. Encabo opened fire upon seeing the arriving troops, Bahian said. He s ai d E n c ab o i s charged for the crimes of See captured, page A9
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