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SEIZE ALL ILLEGAL WEAPONS!Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada asks PNP to intensify crackdown on ‘loose’ firearms

Jalosjos nagbigay ng engrandengparty sa Dakak resort!

PAGADIAN CITY –Nagbigay ng engrandengpost-Christmas and NewYear party si ex-Zamboanga del NorteCongressman RomeoJalsojos sa daan-daangmga barangay officials ngZamboanga City sakanyang Dakak Resort saDapitan City.

Kabilang sa mganaimbitahan ay ilangmga piling reportersupang masaksihan angma-garbong party sanasabing resort.

Si Jalosjos aytumatakbong mayor saZamboanga City labankay Rep. Maria IsabelleClimaco at Rep. EricoFabian sa kabila ngpagbasura ng Commis-sion on Elections sa voter’sregistration nito. Ex-Zamboanga del Norte Congressman Romeo Jalsojos, Sr.

E j e rc i t o E s t ra d am a d e t h e s t a t e m e n tamid renewed calls fort o u g h e r g u n c o n t r o ll a w s f o l l ow i n g t h edeath of 23 people ins e p a r a t e i n c i d e n t sbarely a few days into2013.

A s e v e n - ye a r- o l dgirl from Caloocan Citydied after she was hitby a stray bullet in thehead while watchingf i re w o r k s o n NewYear’s Eve. A shootingra m p a g e i n Ka w i t ,

Cavite also left ninepeople dead on Janu-ary 4. And recently, 13people had been killedi n a s h o o t o u t i nQuezon province.

Ej e rc i t o E s t r a d a ,son of former Presi-d e n t Jo s e p h “E ra p”E s t ra d a , e x p re s s e da p p r e h e n s i o n t h a tincidents of gun vio-lence may increase ifthe PNP wi l l not beable to immediatelyt r a c k d ow n a n d a p -p r e h e n d ow n e r s o f

some 600,000 i l legalf i r e a r m s a c r o s s t h ecountry.

“The PNP must bea b l e t o a c c o u n t f o rthese loose f irear ms

Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada

Barangay Chairmaninatake sa pusohabang nakikipag-sex sa motel, patay!

PANGASINAN - Isang 63-anyos na barangay chair-man ang inatake umanosa puso habangnakikipag-sex ito sakanyang “chi-ching” saisang motel sa bayan ngBayamabang.

Hindi na umabot sapagamutan angbiktimang nakilala na siMenardo Orlanda, nasiyang chairman ngBarangay Caranglaan sakaratig bayan nangAlcala.

Ayon sa pulisya,

itinawag ng staff ng Visi-tors Inn sa BayambangPNP ang pagkakatuklassa labi ng biktima, kayaagad na nagrespondeang mga ito subalit walana ang babaeng kasamanitong pumasok sa mo-tel.

Bunsod nito aymabilis namanisinugod sa BayambangCommunity Hospitalang biktima peroidineklarang dead onarrival ito. (FrancisSoriano)

Maging ang apela niJalosjos, na isang convictedchild rapist, sa Municipal atRegional Trial Courts aynabasura rin dahil sa isyung pagkakabilanggo nitong mahabang taon at sapinaiksing termino kungkaya’t napalaya. Nakulongito matapos na i-reklamong panggagasa ng isangbatang babae na noon ay11-anyos lamang naibinugaw ng kanyang ama-amahan.

Hindi naman sumamaang ibang mga opisyal naka-alyado nina Salazar atMayor Celso Lobregat satakot na mapagalitanumano.

Si Jalosjos at Lobregatay kabilang sa mgapinakamayamang pulitikosa buong bansa.(Mindanao Examiner)

e s p e c i a l l y s i n c e t h ePhilippines is alreadyin the thick of prepa-r a t i o n s f o r t h e M a yelections,” he said.

Violent incidentstend to go up as Elec-t i o n D a y n e a r s .Ejercito Estrada, whois running for senatorin the May mid-terme l e c t i o n s , s a i d t h eA q u i n o g ov e r n m e n tpar ticularly the PNPmust be able to assurecitizens that it is ca-pable of safeguardingtheir l ives as well ast h e s a n c t i t y o f t h eballot.

He also challenged

n e w l y i n s t a l l e d P N PDirector General AlanPurisima to prove thatP r e s i d e n t B e n i g n oA q u i n o m a d e t h er ight decision in ap-p o i n t i n g h i m a s n a -t i o n a l p o l i c e c h i e fand in entrusting himwith the task of main-taining peace and or-der in the country.

Local officials arealso pushing for a to-t a l f i r e a r m s b a n i nZ a m b o a n g a C i t yw h e r e m o r e t h a n ahundred people werekil led in gun attackslast year. (MindanaoExaminer)

Fewer hungry Filipinos now, survey says

DEPUTY PresidentialSpokesperson AbigailValte trumpeted the anti-poverty programs andaccomplishments of theAquino administration,saying fewer families areexperiencing hunger inthe Philippines.

Valte said the “FourthQuarter 2012 Social

Weather Survey on Hun-ger” showed the numberof families who experi-enced hunger in Decem-ber last year dropped to16.3% from 21% in Au-gust 2012, with the rate atits lowest since the 15.1%recorded in June 2011.

“This translates toone million fewer fami-

lies who have experi-enced involuntary hun-ger in the fourth quarterof 2012. The Aquino ad-ministration remainscommitted to addressinghunger as a result of pov-erty,” she said in a state-ment sent to the regionalnewspaper MindanaoExaminer.

Valte said the govern-ment continues to ex-pand and enhance effortsto uplift living conditionsfor Filipinos, especiallythe poor through socialinterventions such as theConditional Cash Trans-fer program, which puts apremium on purchasingfood for family beneficia-ries, and the supplemen-tal feeding programs ofthe Department of SocialWelfare and Develop-ment.

“These initiatives bothmitigate and lay the foun-dations to help familiesrise above poverty andbetter their lives,” shesaid.

Valte also cited thePhilippine Stock Ex-change index whichclosed beyond the 6,000-point mark on the fourthday of trading in 2013.

She said the PSEibroke the 6,000-pointmark and closed at an-other record high of6,044.91 points.

“This record-breakingadvance is reflective ofsustained investor confi-dence in the local bourseand is an indicator of thebullishness and vibrancyof the Philippineeconomy. The strong per-formance of the PSEi is avalidation of the Aquinoadministration’s bold re-forms and tireless com-mitment to good gover-nance that has resulted ingrowth that we continueto ensure is more inclu-sive and equitable for ourcountrymen,” she said.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Fishermen recover US Navy target drone

A screen grab of Facebook page of Ticao Island shows therecovered US Navy aerial target drone. The pictures were allattributed to photographer Bok Barsaga. (Mindanao Examiner)

PAGADIAN CITY – Fili-pino fishermen have re-covered a United StatesNavy aerial target droneat sea in Masbate prov-ince in the Bicol region.

Six photos of the redpainted drone withmarkings NAVY sur-faced on Facebookwhich showed the un-manned aircraft beingloaded to a small fishingboat. Police said thedrone appears un-armed.

The photos up-loaded on the Facebookpage of Ticao Island. Itsaid: “Photo Courtesy ofMr. Bok Barsaga — atTacdugan Beach TicaoIsland, San Jacinto,Masbate, Philippines.”

The drone, calledBQM-74e Chukar, is be-lieved to have been pro-

duced by Northrop andcommonly use in mili-tary exercises. It can befired either from the air,on a ship or on land andremotely operated andcan fly up to 40,000 feet.

It was not immedi-ately known how thedrone crashed in the seasince the last joint mili-tary exercises betweenthe Philippines and theUnited States in Bicolregion was in 2009.

And recent militarywar games between thetwo countries were heldin the provinces ofZambales, Nueva Ecija,Tarlac, Cavite andPalawan in October lastyear.

But other reportssaid the drone was firedfrom Guam during amilitary drill last year

and drifted to the Phil-ippines.

According to vari-ous online reports, thedrone is used primarilyas a realistic aerial tar-get, capable of simulat-ing enemy threats forgunnery and missiletraining exercises.

The drone is ca-pable of being recov-ered following a train-ing exercise. A para-chute is deployed by re-mote control or if the re-mote control link is sev-ered and a flotation kitcan be added for sea-based recovery.

If recovery of thedrone is required, spe-cial telemetry warheadsare used on the defen-sive missile in place ofexplosives. This telem-etry warhead is desir-

able since it allows forextensive analysis of theperformance of the de-fensive missile, includ-ing miss distance infor-mation that determinesif a real warhead wouldhave damaged the tar-get.

A direct hit wouldlikely destroy the drone.Gunnery systems woulduse non-explosivedummy munitions.Since gunnery systemsare aimed in front of amoving target so it willfly through the blast-fragments, dummy mu-nitions do not have todirectly hit a target.Analysis of radar datawould determine if thedummy munitionswould have damagedthe target drone.(Mindanao Examiner)

Wife, 4 others in slay ofJapanese man arrested

MANILA – Philippine po-lice arrested 5 peoplelinked to the murder ofJapanese man in Caviteprovince just outside Ma-nila.

Police said amongthose arrested was theFilipina wife of HideoNikura, 61, and her son fol-lowing an operation inDasmarinas town.

The woman is beinginterrogated by the au-thorities for the December29 killing of the Japaneseman.

Police said the killinghad something to do withmoney matters and allegedphysical abuses by the for-eigner to his wife, who hasa child with Japanese.(Mindanao Examiner)

Photos show poverty that is still rampant in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photos)

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Montessori fires teacher who attacked studentsScreen grab from the YouTube video of a teacher of Montessori Professional College in Pasay City attacking a student. (Mindanao Examiner)

MANILA – A Filipino teacherwas fired from his job after hewas caught on camera at-tacking and berating twostudents at the MontessoriProfessional College in PasayCity.

The video, taken byother students, was up-loaded to YouTube and itwent viral and caught the at-

tention of the media.In the video, one of the

students, Jean Olbedencia,was seen in the crying aftershe was hit by NarcisoVarona and was almostmauled after accusing him ofphysical abuse.

The Montessori Profes-sional College immediatelyfired the teacher after its offi-

cials, shocked by what theysaw in the video, apologizedto the students.

The National YouthCommission also con-demned the violent acts of theteacher and said it was a fla-grant violation of the rightsand welfare of the students.

“This unacceptable be-havior is a flagrant violation

of Student’s Rights and Wel-fare. Schools should providean environment of learning,growth and fun – not one thattolerates barbarism, impu-nity, and violence againstyouth and women,” NYCChairman Leon Flores said ina statement sent to theMindanao Examiner.

NYC Commissioner-at-

Large Gio Tingson, whochairs Committee on Educa-tion, said the teachers, as pri-mary guardians inside theschools’ premises, should bethe ones in the forefront of up-holding and protecting therights and welfare of stu-dents.

“They must exerciseproper modes of discipline

based on set rules and guide-lines, rather than resorting tounprofessional and aggres-sive acts as these may harmour youth’s well-being. Stu-dents must also be entitled totheir right to due process iftheir actions need disciplineand attention from schoolauthorities,” he said.(Mindanao Examiner)

DIPOLOG MAYOR MIDAYEGSA CAFC SA DAKBAYAN

DIPOLOG CITY -Nakadayeg si Mayor EvelynUy ngadto sa City Agricul-tural and Fishery Councilgumikan kay nakatigom nakini ug pondo gikan sapagpa-abang sa naangkonniining Hand Tractor isipusa ka proyekto nga gihatagsa Regional Office IX sa De-partment of Agriculture samiaging tuig 2012.

Mao kini ang nasayranning buhatan saimpormasyon gikan niCAFC Chairman ClementeGuio, diin matud pa ngasila ang gihatagan samaong hand tractor sakantidad nga mikabat ugP150,000.00 ka pesos. Lakipnga gi-asoy niini nganakakuwarta ug nakatigom

na ug pondo ang ilangkahugpungan gumikan sapagpa-abang niini ngadtosa mga miyembro saasosasyon sa tag P1,500.00ang matag adlaw.

Matud pa ni Guio ngaang nasangpit ngakapunongan anggikonsiderar isip mao’yumbrella sa ubang Farmer’sAssociation ubos sapagdumala sa City Agricul-ture Office dinhi sadakbayan sa Dipolog.

Subay sa maongkalamboan, nagmapa-salamaton ang inahan ningdakbayan gumikan sam a k a n u n a y o n gpagsuporta niini ngadto samga kalihukan ilabi na angkabahin sa pagpanguma.

P8-B flood control, irrigation projects releasedQUEZON CITY- The Depart-ment of Budget and Man-agement (DBM) announcedthat some P8.1 billion infunds have already beenmade available for flood-control and irrigationprojects earlier approved bythe National Economic andDevelopment Authority(NEDA) Board, state mediasaid.

The funds will becharged against overall sav-ings generated by the na-tional government from2011 and 2012.

Of the total amount, P5billion has been allocated for15 flood-control projects un-der the Department of PublicWorks and Highway’s(DPWH) Flood ManagementMaster Plan for Metro Manila

and surrounding areas,which aims to control severeflooding in the country’s busi-est metropolis and other cit-ies near it.

“The DPWH has beentasked to lay down the properinfrastructure to mitigateflooding in Metro Manila andother affected areas aroundthe city. With the necessaryfunds already at their dis-posal, the agency can take ad-vantage of the good weatherahead and fast-track theimplementation of theseprojects, long before the rainyseason sets in,” DBM Secre-tary Florencio B. Abad said ina statement

The DBM has also re-leased P1.8 billion to the Met-ropolitan Waterworks andSewerage System (MWSS) forthe strengthening of theAngat dam and dike project,which will ensure the safety ofthe Angat Dam from the im-pact of disasters and calami-ties.

Under the project, theMWSS will implement reha-bilitation activities on themain dam and dike throughproper contingency mea-sures, as well as through theformulation of a long-termstrengthening and stabiliza-tion scheme for the struc-tures.

Abad also said that threeother NEDA-Board-ap-proved irrigation projects un-der the Department of Agri-culture-National IrrigationAdministration (DA-NIA) willreceive a total of P1.3 billionin funds. Of this amount,P390.1 million has been re-leased for the Umayam RiverIrrigation Project, which is anoverflow diversion damacross the Umayam River inAgusan del Sur.

The funds will be used toconstruct 72 kilometers of ir-rigation canals in the area, aswell as on-farm facilities,drainage canals, and projectoffice facilities. The project isexpected to provide year-round irrigation to 6,729 hect-ares of non-irrigated agricul-tural lands and benefit 2,125farming households.

Meanwhile, anotherP391.35 million from the to-tal DA-NIA allocation will beused for the implementationof the second phase of theMalitubog-Maridagao Irriga-tion Project in NorthCotabato, which will divertthe irrigation water supplyfrom Maridagao River to themain canal and lateral canalsserving the Lower Malitubogand Pagalungan areas. At

least 3,504 farming house-holds are expected to benefitfrom the project.

Finally, P483.6 million ofthe DA-NIA release will beused for the second phase ofthe Casecnan MultipurposeIrrigation and Power ProjectIrrigation Component inNueva Ecija, which will in-volve the enlargement andupgrading of existing irriga-tion facilities in the area. Theproject is estimated to ben-efit a total of 36,900 farmersin the province.

“The Aquino adminis-tration is set on making themost of our agricultural in-dustry and establishingcomplete food self-suffi-ciency for the country thisyear. The continued imple-mentation of these irrigationprojects will be critical notjust in sustaining the produc-tivity of the country’s agricul-tural lands, but also in stimu-lating economic growthamong our local farmingcommunities,” Abad said.

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Migrante calls for honest andfraud-free elections for OFWs

MANILA – Filipino mi-grants’ rights groupMigrante Middle Easturged officials of vari-ous Philippine diplo-matic posts abroad tobe nonpartisan andapolitical in the con-duct of the OverseasAbsentee Voting.

John LeonardMonterona, thegroup’s regional coor-dinator, said Philip-pine embassies andconsulates must en-sure the conduct ofOAV, which usually be-gins one month aheadof election day, is hon-est and fraud-free.

This after Com-mission on Election

C o m m i s s i o n e rLucenito Tagle pro-posed additionalplaces with relativelyhuge numbers of over-seas absentee votersunder AutomatedElections System(AES).

Tagle recom-mended to theCOMELEC en bancthe inclusion of AbuDhabi, Dubai, Kuwait,Jeddah, and Riyadh tothe AES in addition toSingapore and HongKong where auto-mated elections tookplace in 2010.

COMELEC recordsshowed that regis-tered AOVs in Abu

Dhabi reached 21,418;Jeddah with 42,454voters; Kuwait with28,458 voters; Dubaiwith 30,513 voters;and Riyadh with62,509 voters.

“There were ques-tions raise which untilnow have not beenproperly explained onthe conduct of May2010 automated elec-tions. Now, theCOMELEC wanted toinclude OAV in placeswhere there are rela-tively big numbers ofr e g i s t r a n t s , ”Monterona said in astatement sent to theMindanao Examiner.

He said automatedelection is not bad,but the manner how itis being conducted isnot totally fraud-freeand the poll resultscould be subjected tomanipulation to favora candidate or a party.

Monterona, how-ever, clarified that his

group will welcome adetailed proposalfrom the COMELECfor the inclusion ofthe said 5 places. “TheOFWs, through theirorganizations andleaders, should be al-lowed to scrutinizethe COMELEC pro-posed implementingrules and regulationin the conduct of au-tomated electionsabroad in l ine withour aim to have afraud-free, honest,and orderly OAV,” hesaid.

Noting the specialcharacter of overseasabsentee voting withthe l imitations im-posed by the hostg o v e r n m e n t s ,Monterona saidMigrante Middle Eastwill strongly suggestto the COMELEC thatthere must be closecoordination andparticipation of Fili-pino community

leaders at every poststo witness the con-duct of the OAV-AESto counting of votesup to the transmittalof the election re-sults.

“Duly accreditedOFWs party-l istgroups must havetheir representativesin the election boardof canvassers,” hesaid.

500 pawikanpinakawalansa La Union!LA UNION - Halos500 mga inakay ngpawikan angpinakawalan sakaragatan mula sahatcher y far m ngCoastal Under WaterResources Manage-ment sa bayan ngSan Juan dito.

Ayon sa pahayagni Regine Tibong, isasa mganangangasiwa nghatcher y ay halossunud-sunod umanoang pagpisisa sa mgaitlog ng pawikan sakanilang lugar atinaasahan na sa mgadarating na buwanay inaasahan naaabot sa 1,000 angmga it log namapipisa pa.

Madalas dayuhinng mga pawikan angkanilang lugar saBarangay Il i Norteupang magluwal ngitlog kung kaya’tmahigpit napinuprotektahan ngpamahalaang lokalang mga ito. (FrancisSoriano)

Ina na nagbebenta ng sariling sanggolnalambat sa Tuguegarao City!

TUGUEGARAO CITY -Hindi na nakapalag paang isang 31-anyos naginang matapos

mahulog sa ikinasangentrapment operationng mga operatiba ngNational Bureau of In-

vest igat ion dahi l satangkang pagbenta sasar i l ing sanggol salungsod ng Tuguegarao.

K ini lala ng NBI-Cagayan Val ley angsuspek na s i GraceAligado, nangungu-pahan lamang sa Sol-diers Hill sa nabangitna lugar at tubong An-tique.

Ayon pa sa NBI,nagpasaklolo ang De-partment of Social Wel-fare and Development(DSWD) Region 2matapos na itawag ngisang concerned citizenmula sa Soldiers Hill namay nagbebenta ngsanggol sa halagangP15,000.

Dito na agadumaksyon ang NBI atDSWD na kung saan ayisang operat iba angnagpangap na buyer ngsanggol dala ang

marked money kungsaan dito na hinuli angsuspek kasama angpasl i t na wala pangisang buwan.

Nabatid din sa NBIna ang sanggol ayini luwal nito saCagayan Valley MedicalCenter noongDisy embre 13, 2012matapos na mabuntissa kanyang kasintahanat kaya niya ito umanoibinibenta ay upangpagtakpan angkasalanan nagawa dahilmay asawa na pala saAntique angkinakasama.

Sa kasalukuyan ayhinihintay na lamangng NBI angkumpirmasyon mula saospital kung dito ngatalaga is ini lang angsanggol at kung tunayngang ina ng paslit angsuspek habang nasakustudiya ng awtoridadmag-ina. (FrancisSoriano)

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HINIHINALANG REBELDE,TIMBOG SA IFUGAO!TUGUEGARAO -Nadakip ng pulisya angisa umanongrebeldeng ng NewPeople’s Arm y n an a n a m b a n g s a 1 1sundalo sa bayan ngTinoc sa Ifugao prov-ince.

Sinabi ng pulisyan a n asakote s i R e n eA b i v a s a k a n y a n gtahanan sa Centro 5s a Tu g u e g a r a C i t ymatapos na matuntonito ng mga awtoridad.May warrant of arrestr i n n a i n i l a b a s a n gkorte laban kay Abiva.

Si Abiva ang isa samga itinuturong nasa

l i k o d n g a m b u s h n anaganap nuong Abrilng nakaraang taon nak u n g s a a n a y i l a n gs i b i l y a n r i n a n gnasawi at maramingsundalo ang sugatan.

Ay o n s aa w t o r i d a d , n a s ap a n g a n g a l a g a n a n gL a g a w e , I f u g a o s iRene Boy Abiva, angnaarestong kasapi ngNe w P e o p l e’s A r m y( N PA ) n a k a s a m au m a n o s a m g ananambang sa tropang militar.

S i A b i v a a ynaaresto sa kanyangt a h a n a n s a Ta f t St . ,

Centro 5 sa lungsodna ito sa bisa ng isanga r r e s t w a r r a n t n ainisyu ng RTC Branch1 4 d a h i l s a k a s o n gm u r d e r k a u g n a y s apagkamatay ng tropan g p a m a h a l a a n a tsibilyan.

I t i n a n g g i n a m a nni Abiva ang lahat ngb i n t a n g l a b a n s akanya at sinabing co-o r d i n a t o r s i y a n gPa n t a w i d Pa m i l y a n gP il ipino Program ngDepartment of SocialWelfare and Develop-ment sa CagayanV a l l e y . ( F r a n c i sSoriano)

Coconut seller caughturinating in store

ZAMBOANGA CITY – A teenagerwho works at a stall selling youngc o c o n u t s a t a m a r k e t i nZamboanga City in Mindanao wasphotographed urinating in a cello-phane bag at the corner of theirstore and then continued later inserving their unsuspecting cus-tomers.

The unidentified teener alsothrew his urine bag outside theirstall in Santa Cruz market and did

An unidentified teenage worker urinates at a corner of a stall selling young coconuts inZamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Diskwento sa Realty Taxesgilugway hangtud Enero 31

GIPAHIBALO karon angtanang taxpayers ngaadunay mga propredaddinhi sa Dakbayan saDipolog kinsa wala pamakabayad sa ilangtinuig nga buluhisannga nagapadayon angpagpanghatag saBuhatan sa Tresoreroning dakbayan sa 20%nga diskwento niadtongbuot mobayad sa tibooktuig 2013 nga buluhisansa ilang mga propredad.

Nasayran gikan niJuanita Arquiza, angkasamtangang hepe saLand Tax Division saCity Treasurer’s Office,nga ang tumong ugtinguha sa paglugway

sa paghatag ugdiskwento nga 20%alang sa advance pay-ment sa mga realty taxesning tuig 2013, gihimosa kagamhanang lokalsa Dipolog alayon usabsa hangyo ni MayorEvelyn Uy ngadto sa Fi-nance Committee, aronmahatagan ug higayonang mga magbubuhisnga makabayad sa ilangreal property taxes ngamedyo gamay angbalayronon gumikankay gi-implementar naang amended versionsa Revised RevenueCode of Dipolog City sa1997 – kamadu-angikan sa Department of

Finance.Kahibalo-an nga

kini nga revised LocalRevenue Code saDipolog ang “long over-due” na sa pagbag-o samga local taxesgumikan kay sumala pasa kamandu-an sa Re-public Act 7160 o angLocal Gover nmentCode of 1991,gikinahanglan nga angmga lokal ngapangagamhan angmopabag-o sa i langmga tax rates mataglima (5) ka tuig.

Dinhi sa Dipolog,ang kinatapusang revi-sion sa lokal nga mgabuhis gihimo

kaniadtong 1996 pa ugg i - i m p l e m e n t a rkaniadtong 1997. Gikansa 1997, wala namakapahigayon ug re-vision ang dakbayan,ug kini nahimo nanglong overdue gumikankay 15 anyos na angmilabay ayha pamipahigayon ug revi-sion ang dakbayanpinaagi sa tulo ka pub-

lic hearing, ug pagtuonsa SangguniangPanlungsod, pagpatikniini sa pamantalaanhangtud na sa pag-aprobar niini nga localtax ordinance bag-ohaylang.

Busa aron sapaghatag ug pribilihiyoniadtong mgamagbubuhis nga buotmobayad sa tibook tuig

nga realty taxes karong2013, mahatagan silaug 20% nga diskwentosa i lang tibookbalayronon. Ug kininga pribil ihiyo angmolungtad hangtudkarong Enero 31 ningtuiga.

Busa gi-awhag angmga magbubuhis sapagpahimulos sakahigayunan.

not wash his hands, and contin-ued cracking coconuts.

Many of stall helpers handlingfood products in Zamboanga’smain and Santa Cruz markets arewithout labor and sanitary per-mits. Child labor is also rampantin the markets.

The markets are also stinkingand dirty and have been the con-stant complaints of many people.(Mindanao Examiner)

Jan. 14-20, 20138 The Mindanao Examiner

Military bans media at New Year’s CallZAMBOANGA CITY - TheWestern Mindanao Com-mand has banned journal-ists from covering the tra-ditional New Year’s Call ofmilitary commanders inZamboanga City.

This after the mediacriticized the WesternMindanao Command forits failure to regularly pro-vide the media with newsupdate on matters relatedto military and civil opera-tions in the region, wherekidnappings and threats ofAbu Sayyaf attacks still re-main a serious problem.

Gen. Rey Ardo, whoheads the WesternMindanao Command, alsofailed to hold regular newsconference or brief themedia about its ongoingoperations against the al-Qaeda-linked Abu Sayyafwhich is still holding atleast 4 foreigners in the re-gion.

Ardo, former com-mander of the Army’s 6thInfantry Division, assumedas Western MindanaoCommand chief in Octo-ber last year following thepromotion of Gen. NoelCoballes as Armed Forcesdeputy chief.

During Coballes’ stint,he also banned mediafrom covering the arrival ofsoldiers who werewounded in clashes withAbu Sayyaf inside the mili-tary base, which formercommanders had allowed.

The WesternMindanao Command’sNew Year’s Call is a time

when military command-ers pay their courtesy totheir chief and exchangegreetings among senior of-ficers. Previous New Year’sCalls were open to journal-ists to cover and interviewmilitary commandersabout various issues.

The Abu Sayyaf isholding the past two yearsJapanese treasure hunterKatayama Mamaito wasabducted by the AbuSayyaf on the island ofPangutaran.

Police said Katayama,whose real name is ToshioIto, 66, is still alive, butthere have been no effortsfrom either the Philippinesor Japanese government torescue the foreigner. Hewas last reported to havebeen helping the AbuSayyaf in cooking food forthem and freely movesaround, according to Se-nior Superintendent Anto-nio Freyra, the provincialpolice chief.

Aside from Katayama,the Abu Sayyaf is also hold-ing Jordanian journalistBaker Atyani, 43, and histwo Filipino assistantsRolando Letrero, 22, andRamelito Vela, 39. The triowent to Sulu province inJune to secretly film theAbu Sayyaf for a documen-tary on Al Arabiya NewsChannel. Prior to his de-tention, Atyani has hadpreviously travelled to theprovince in secrecy to in-terview terrorist leaders,the Philippine militarysaid.

The military has previ-ously said it would arrestAtyani for espionageshould he be released bythe Abu Sayyaf. Atyani hadalso clandestinely inter-viewed Al-Qaeda leaderOsama bin Laden beforethe 9/11 attacks in theUnited States.

Freyra said two Euro-pean wildlife photogra-phers Ewold Horn, 52,from Holland; and LorenzoVinciguerre, 47, from Swit-zerland, kidnapped in Feb-ruary this year in Tawi-Tawi province had beenbrought to Sulu province.

“We have been con-stantly monitoring thesituation of all these kid-napped victims now inSulu, but the Abu Sayyaf, asin the past, is highly mobileand would change theirhideouts from time to timeto avoid detection by gov-ernment authorities. Wehave people on thegrounds monitoring devel-opments and feeding usintelligence about thesevictims,” Freyra told theMindanao Examiner.

He said the govern-ment has a strict no ran-som policy and authoritieswould not negotiate withterrorists. “We would likethese problems resolvedsoon and our operations tolocate the victims con-tinue,” he said.

Police in Tawi-Tawisaid the duo was allegedlyseized by members of theMoro National LiberationFront. Another group of

kidnappers are also hold-ing a Malaysian fish traderPang Choon Pong, whowas seized in October2011 in Tawi-Tawi, but hisfate remains unknown.

In November, Malay-sian authorities said two ofits nationals were seizedby 5 gunmen disguised aspolicemen from a palm oilplantation in Sabah nearthe Philippine border.

It said the two, whoare cousins, were bothworking for the planta-tion in Lahad Datu, andhad been taken at gun-point. Their companionssaid the gunmen spoke inMalayu and Tausug, adialect commonly usedin the southern provincesof Tawi-Tawi and Sulu.

There were no imme-diate reports whether theforeigners are being heldin either of the two prov-

inces, but Malaysia saidthe victims could be inTawi-Tawi.

Abu Sayyaf gunmenare also holding an Austra-lian adventurer, WarrenRodwell, a former soldier,who was kidnapped in theseaside town of Ipil inZamboanga Sibugay prov-ince on December 5, 2011.

Rodwell, 54, is mar-ried to a Filipina MiraflorGutang, then 27, but localpolice said the marriagewas in trouble withinmonths after their June2011 wedding.

Shortly afterRodwell’s kidnapping, thethen local police chiefEdwin Verzon saidGutang had filed twocomplaints of abuseagainst the Australian andGutang’s parents said shehad moved out of theirshared house just two

weeks previously.Verzon was later

sacked for his commentsand the local governorRommel Jalosjos im-posed a blackout onRodwell news coverage.

The Abu Sayyaf,which means “Bearer ofthe sword,” has been tiedto dozens of kidnappingsover the past decade inthe provinces of Basilan,Sulu, and Tawi-Tawi – allin the Muslim autono-mous region; andZamboanga City andother areas in WesternMindanao.

The group, authori-ties said, has links alsowith the Jemaah Islamiyaterror networks and is re-sponsible in many bomb-ings in key areas not onlyin Mindanao, but also inthe Philippine capital.(Mindanao Examiner)

Philippine Army Soldiers in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

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Police kill 2 robbersZ AMBOANGA CIT Y– Tw o m e n w h oe a r l i e r r o b b e d awoman were ki l ledby policemen in ana l l e g e d c l a s h f o l -lowing a long chaset h a t e n d e d i n ab u s h y a r e a i nZamboanga City inthe souther n Phi l-i p p i n e s , r e p o r t ssaid.

It said police re-covered a hand gunf r o m o n e o f t h es l a i n m e n . T h eidenti t ies of thosekil led were not im-m e d i a t e l y k n ow n ,h o w e v e r o n e o fthem had differentt a t t o o s o n h i s

body.B u t r a d i o s t a -

t i o n d z R Z - R a d y oA g o n g r e p o r t e dt h a t t h e m o t o r -c y c l e g u n m e nrobbed a woman ofher bag in the vi l-lage called San Josea n d e s c a p e d t o -w a r d s d o w n t o w narea where police-m e n c h a s e d t h e mo n p r ow l c a r s a n dmotorcycles.

It was unknownw h e t h e r t h e t w omen were involvedin gun attacks ando t h e r c r i m e s i nZ a m b o a n g a C i t y.( M i n d a n a o E x a m -iner)

GROUP SLAMS P140-MFUND FOR AQUINO ALLYMANILA - Mass orga-nization Anakbayanhas criticized the pro-vision of P140 millionin funds in the care ofparty-list Representa-tive Kaka Bag-ao, say-ing this is no differentfrom the campaignfunds they receivedfrom the Aquinos.

“True to their na-ture as NoynoyAquino’s attack dog in

the party-list arena,Akbayan has again re-ceived millions fromthe Aquinos to ensuretheir survival in theelect ions,” VencerCrisostomo, nationalchairperson ofAnakbayan, said in astatement sent to theregional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

He said that in the2010 elect ions, the

Aquinos and otherclose associates of thepresidential familyprovided a total ofP140 million in sup-port of Akbayan’scampaign.

Cr isostom o s a i dthe P140 million re-ceived by Bag-ao lastDecember was “noth-ing but political pa-t ro n a g e, p u re a n dsimple,” consideringthat the Akbayan so-lon was no longer eli-gible to be appointedas “caretaker” of thecongressional districtof Dinagat Island af-ter its previous con-g re s s m a n w a s re -moved.

Citing Section 15

of Republic Act 7941,or the Party-list Law,Crisostomo said Bag-ao forfeited her seata s a n o m i n e e o fA k b a y a n w h e n s h esubmitted her candi-dacy for the sole con-gressional district oft h e Di n a g a t Is l a n dlast year. Hence, shewas ineligible for ap-pointment as “care-t a k e r c o n g re s s -woman.”

“It i s e n ra g i n g .Akbayan is shamelesswhen it comes to cor-ruption,” Crisostomosaid.

Anakbayan alsocondemned the ap-pointment of anotherAkbayan official in the

Aquino government,calling it “the latestpolitical dynasty.”

Tomasito Villarinwas recently ap-pointed to replace an-other Akbayan officialas Undersecretary inthe Off ice of thePresidential Advisorfor Political Affairs, anoff ice headed byfor mer Akbayanpresident Ronald Lla-mas. Barry Gutierrez,the previous occu-pant of the seat, re-signed to run as the2nd nominee ofAkbayan in the 2013elections.

“It’s like a crownbeing passed around,”Crisostomo said.

CDO mayorposiblengmasuspinde?CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY– Maugong ang balita naposibleng suspindehinng Malakanyang siCagayan de Oro CityVicente Emano kaugnaydiumano sa ibat-ibangreklamo laban sa kanya.

Kabilang sa mga itoay ang diumano’ykapabayaan ni Emano sakasagsagan ng bagyongSendong na ikinamatayng napakaraming tao saCagayan de Oro.

Ngunit iba namanang tingin dito ni Emanoat pulitika umano angdahilan nito kungsakaling totoo ang balitatulad ng naganap kayCebu Gov. GwendolynGarcia na sinuspinde ng6 buwan ngMalakanyang dahil saisang reklamongadministratibo.

Si Emano ay maysariling partido – angPadayon Pilipino – attumatakbo sa ilalim ngUnited Nationalist Alli-ance tulad ni Garcia.(Mindanao Examiner)

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MILF LAUNCHES OWN PROBE ONSERIES OF FOILED BOMB ATTACKS

COTABATO CITY – ThePhilippines’ largestMuslim rebel groupMoro Islamic LiberationFront has launched itsown probe into the se-ries of foiled bomb at-tacks in Maguindanaoprovince.

Civilians recentlydiscovered a powerfulhomemade bomb inShariff Aguak town, butmilitary and police au-thorities remain silentabout the breach in se-curity. The improvisedexplosive, assembledfrom mortar bombs anddetonator, was found bylocals in downtownarea.

The 6th Infantry Di-vision did not give anystatement about thebreach in security de-spite the huge numbersof soldiers deployed inthe province where itsmain headquarters arelocated.

Army spokesmanCol. Prudencio Asto didnot answer repeatedphone calls by journal-

ists trying to get a state-ment from the militaryabout its failure to pre-vent bombing attempts.

No individual orgroup claimed respon-sibility for the foiledbombing.

“We are also con-ducting our own inves-tigation into the recov-ery of bombs and otherexplosives in recentweeks and we are look-ing whether this hasanything to do with thepeace talks between theMILF and the Aquinogovernment. This couldalso be connected topolitics or a third partytrying to muddle up thepeace talks,” Von al Haq,a rebel spokesman, toldthe regional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

The governor ofMaguindanao, EsmaelMangudadatu, also didnot give a statementabout the foiled bomb-ing, but had been thetarget of bomb attacksin the past and heblamed his polit ical

MILF Soldiers (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Mark Navales)

COMELEC decision inalmahan!

foes for all attempts tokill him.

The MILF hassigned a framework

agreement with Manilain October for the cre-ation of Bangsamorohomeland, whichwould replace the exist-

ing Autonomous Re-gion in MuslimMindanao comprisingof the provinces ofMaguindanao, Lanao

del Sur, Basilan, Suluand Tawi-Tawi; and thecities of Marawi andLamitan. (MindanaoExaminer)

San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada batsfor development of Halal industryMANILA – San JuanRepresentat ive JVEjercito Estradaurged the Aquinogovernment to fast-track the develop-ment of a roadmapwhich wil l outl inestrategies and spurthe growth of theHalal industry in thePhilippines.

The governmentis still in the processof drafting a “roadmap” which will out-line measures to de-velop the local Halalindustry and allowexporters to complywith internationalstandards for a l lHalal products suchas food and medi-cines.

Ejercito Estrada,son of former Presi-dent Joseph “Erap”Estrada, noted thatMindanao is strate-gically located andcan easi ly expor t

Halal products toneighboring SoutheastAsian countries suchas Malaysia and Indo-nesia where there arelarge Muslim popula-tions.

Establ ishing theHalal industry will alsoprovide livelihood op-portunities to those af-fected by typhoons inMindanao, the younglawmaker said.

“There are plenty of

Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada

opportunities for lo-cally-produced Halalproducts par t icu-lar ly s ince the de-mand for these havebeen increasing bothin the domestic andglobal fronts,”Ejercito Estrada, whois running for theSenate, said in a state-ment sent to the re-gional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

He said the globalHalal market is cur-rently estimated at$2.3 trillion and con-tinues to rise due tothe annual increase inMuslim population.

“Halal” is a termdesignating any ob-ject or an actionwhich is permissibleto use or engage in,according to Islamiclaw. The term is usedto designate food seenas permissible ac-cording to Islamiclaw.

KUMILOS na ang Alab NgMamamahayag (Alam)party list group upangkasuhan ng contempt angCommission on Elections(Comelec) Chairman atmga Commissioners dahilsa pagsuway sa itinalagangStatus Quo ng KorteSuprema (SC).

Ayon kay ALAM Presi-dent Berteni Causing aydiumano'y ininsulto, nilaitat inalipusta nina ComelecChairman Sixto Brillantes,Jr at Commissioners ReneSarmiento, Lucenito Tagle,Armando Velasco, EliasYusoph, Christian RobertLim, at Ma. Gracia CieloPadaca ang pinakamataasna hukuman dahil sahayagan nilang paglabagsa kautusan nito.

Bilang tugon sapetisyon ng ALAM at 12 ibapang party list groups dahilsa pagtanggi ng Comelec sakanilang application foraccreditation, nag-atas angSC noong Disyembre 4,2012 ng Status Quo orderna nag-uutos ng “observethe status quo prevailingbefore the issuance of theComelec resolutions.”

Ani Causing, ibinabang Comelec ang ResolutionNo. 9467 na kung saan sa

Seksyon 1 ay nasasaad naang party list group natinanggihan ng Comelecngunit may nakabinbingpetisyon sa SC aypinapayagang sumali saraffle para malagay sabalota ang PCOS.

Sinabi pa niyangibinasura ng Comelec angpetisyon ng ALAM noongNobyembre 7, 2012 atmula sa Hunyo 15, 2012hanggang November 7 aywalang naganap naamyenda sa ResolutionNo. 9467.

Noong Enero 4,nakasali ang ALAM at ibapa sa raffle kung saan angSlot No. 34 ay napunta sakanila.

Ngunit ilang minutomatapos ang raffle, sinabini Brillantes sa media nahindi dapat kasama sanasabing palabunutanang ALAM at 12 pangbaguhang aplikantengparty list groups.

Ani Causing, anghayagang pagbalewala saSC ay naganap dahil saResolution No. 9595 naipinasa noong Disyembre19, 2012 kung saanipinagbabawal ang mgagrupo ng party list sapagsali sa raffle kung

nabigong makakuha ng ngmandatory injunction.

Ani Causing, hindipwedeng ikatwiran niBrillantes na nalito siya sakahulugan ng SQA dahilisa siyang bar topnotcher.

“All other commission-ers aside from Padaca aretopnotch lawyers, too, sothey cannot claim it was anhonest mistake,” pahayagni Causing sa MindanaoExaminer.

Sinabi pa niyang kungtalagang nalito si Brillantesat iba pang commission-ers, mas malinaw sanakung tinanong nila SC.

Ito na ang ikalawangpagkakataong sinuway ngComelec ang SC kung saanang una ay kinasa-sangkutan ng PhilippineGuardians Brotherhood,Inc. dahil hindi isinamaang kanilang grupo sabalota ng PCOS noong2010 elections.

“It is dumbfoundingto see how it happenedthat these supposedly in-telligent officials forgottheir own Resolution No.9467 and failed to remem-ber the first contemptjudgment on them,” wikapa ni Causing. (NenetVillafania)