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JAKARTA has sought thehelp of jailed Balibomber Umar Patek tosecure the safe release of10 Indonesian sailors be-ing held by the AbuSayyaf in southern Phil-ippines, reports said.

Patek, who previ-ously trained Abu Sayyaffighters and Moro Is-

lamic Liberation Frontrebels in bomb-makingbefore he was arrested inPakistan in January 2011,has been visited by Indo-nesian officials in hisSulawesi jail and soughtassistance to save the livesof the hostages, accordingto The Australian.

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MAGUINDANAO – Umaning batikos mula sa mgaibat-ibang sektor at mediagroups si UNA presidentialbet Jejomar Binay matapositong makipagtaasan ngkamay sa mga Ampatuanna suspek sa 2009Maguindanao masaker.

Kabilang rin ang mgakaalyado ng Ampatuanclan sa rally ni Binaykamakailan sa lalawiganna kung saan ay kasama

nito si Sajid Ampatuan natumatakbo bilang mayor ngSharrif Aguak.

Si Sajid ay anak ni dat-ing Maguindanao GovernorAndal Ampatuan Sr. atkapatid ni Zaldy Ampatuan,ang ex-governor ng Autono-mous Region in MuslimMindanao na mga akusadosa brutal na pagpatay sa 58katao sa naturanglalawigan.

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Binay, UNAbinatikos ng husto!

Jakarta seeks help fromBali bomber to get 10Indons held by Sayyaf

Jesus Miracle Crusade’s powerful wordsattract more ‘souls’ in Philippines

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Crusade International Ministry. He saidit is high time for everybody to surrendertheir selves to God and follow his words.

Gerez – who is called by locals as“Agila ng Cagayan” - said this is onlypossible with prayers through the JesusMiracle Crusade International Minis-try.

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Sulu Sultans Sign Unity Covenant‘Unprecedented in the history of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo’

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emony held recently inZamboanga City thatbrought together Sul-tans Ibrahim Bahjin,Muizuddin JainalBahjin, Muedzul-Lail

Tan Kiram, MohammadVenizar Julkarnain JainalAbirin and PhugdalunKiram to form the RoyalCouncil of the Sulu Sul-tanate.

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Sulu Gov. Totoh Tan and Vice Gov. Sakur Tan together with the Sultans of Sulu. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Brother Danny Cuarteros during a baptismal ceremony in Cagayan province.

Rodel Dupaya Gerez, of the KilusangBagong Lipunan, made this vow after be-ing baptized by the influential Jesus Miracle

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P3-million livelihood assistancefor Basilan cooperatives

BASILAN - Three coopera-tives in the province ofBasilan in the AutonomousRegion in MuslimMindanao (ARMM) will re-ceive P3-million worth oflivelihood projects from theregion’s banner programHealth, Education, Liveli-hood, Peace andGovernance and Synergy(HELPS).

The livelihood assis-tance, implemented by theARMM’s Science and Tech-nology department(DOST-ARMM), coversskills training, capital infu-sion, and construction of abakery for each beneficiarycooperative.

Secretary MyraMangkabung of DOST-ARMM, program managerAnwar Upahm of ARMM-HELPS projectmanagement office, andmembers of the beneficiarycooperatives will attend theturn-over ceremony of theprojects on April 11-12.

“This will improve theliving conditions of the lo-cal communities in theprovince,” said BimpoEping, ARMM-HELPS focal

person in Basilan. Headded that the projects willempower the members ofthe cooperatives to becomesuccessful business owners.

The cooperative recipi-ents of HELPS projects areSwitch Yakal ConsumersCooperative in Lantawan;Badja Kahapan Agri-Farm-ers Producers Cooperativein Tipo-Tipo; and PintasanConsumers Cooperative inMohammad Ajul. Basilan’smajor products include co-conut, rubber, coffee blackpepper and palm oil.

“Masaya po kami saproyektong ibibigay saamin, dahil magkakaroonna kami ng pagkakakitaan,may pang gastos na kamiaraw-araw (We are happywe are given this project,now we can make bothends meet everyday),” saidNihma Asanji, 27, a mem-ber of the Badja KahapanAgri-Farmers ProducersCooperative.

Asanji said this is thefirst time that the ARMMgovernment reached herbarangay to deliverprojects and programs.ARMM-HELPS is a conver-

gence initiative of the re-gional government and isregarded as the center-piece of the Hatamanadministration. GovernorMujiv Hataman has beenpursuing the program’slivelihood componentthrough various regionalline agencies.

Upahm said the re-gional governmentidentified a total of 200barangays as priorityproject recipients underthe HELPS program in2015-2016. The ARMMgovernment earmarkedP10-million worth of vari-ous projects for each targetbarangay.

He further explainedthat the ARMM-HELPSproject management officeconducted focus groupdiscussions with localleaders to assess the needsof recipient communities.

“We want to see a bet-ter community with abarangay hall, a daycarecenter, a health center, achildren's park and amulti-purpose building,”Upahm added. (Bureau ofPublic Information)

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Jakarta seeks help from Bali bomberto get 10 Indons held by Sayyaf

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Wawan Purwanto, a Univer-sity of Indonesiaintelligence and terrorismexpert, as saying that in re-turn, Patek demanded areduced jail term - from 20years to 10 years – in ex-change for his help.

Patek – who was foundguilty in 2012 for the Balibombings that killed 202people and the 2000 bomb-ings of churches in Jakarta -is serving four years of his20-year sentence on terrorcharges.

The hostages were allcrew members of the tug-boat Brahma 12 who werekidnapped at sea off Tawi-Tawi province in the restiveMuslim autonomous regionin southern Philippines. Therebels, who pledged alle-giance with the IslamicState, demanded $1 millionransom for the release of theIndonesians.

“He is helping to nego-tiate with Abu Sayyaf. Patekhas relationships and influ-ence with the group and heknows their policy,”Purwanto said.

The Indonesian cap-tives - Peter TonsenBarahama, the skipper;Julian Philip, Alvian ElvisPeti, Mahmud, Surian Syah,Surianto, Wawan Saputra,Bayu Octavianto, Reynaldiand Wendi Raknadian – arebelieved being held by AbuSayyaf leader AlhabsiMisaya.

The Abu Sayyaf alsokidnapped recently 4 Ma-laysian crewmembers of thetugboat MasFive 6 offSemporna in Malaysia’s oil-rich state of Sabah andbrought them to Tawi-Tawi.The abducted seamen havebeen identified as WongHung Song, 44, Wong TeckPang, 41, Wong Teck Chi, 39,and Johnny Lau Jung Hien,21 – all from Sarawak.

The Philippine militarysaid the Abu Sayyaf is stillholding at least a Dutch-man, Ewold Horn; Italianman Rolando del Torchioand Canadians John Ridsdeland Robert Hall, and Nor-wegian Kjartan Sekkingstadwho were kidnapped onSamal Island in Davao delNorte province; and Japa-nese treasure hunterKatayama Mamaito.

The Abu Sayyaf de-manded P21 million foreach of the three Samal hos-tages and threatened to killRidsdel and Hall if ransomsare not paid.

Ridsdel, a consultantfor international miner TVI,has appealed to CanadianPrime Minister Justin PierreJames Trudeau to save himand the other hostages. Halland Sekkingstad also madea similar appeal and toldtheir governments to getthem all out fast. (MindanaoExaminer)

2 Turkish sailors rescued offZamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY – ThePhilippine Navy rescued 2Turkish sailors after theirboat drifted nearZamboanga City inMindanao, officials said.

Lt. Jose Covarrubias, anaval spokesman, said theforeigners – Ahmed Tabran,60; and Burcu Botanoglu,54; were safely rescued andbrought to a naval station inZamboanga City.

Covarrubias said they

received a distress callfrom the sailboatStormbird after its enginebroke down off Sibago Is-land in Basilan provinceover the weekend. He saidthe boat drifted further to-wards Zamboanga wherepatrol boats towed it to thenaval base here.

The boat, whose lastport call was in Salam Is-land in Davao del Norteprovince, was heading to

Kudat in Malaysia when itsengine broke down whiletraversing the dangerousprovince of Basilan wheresecurity forces are battlingAbu Sayyaf rebels.

Mayor Beng Climacoalso commended the navyfor rescuing the foreigners.Tabran and his companionthanked the navy forquickly responding to thedistress call. (ElyDumaboc)

Turkish sailors Ahmed Tabran and Burcu Botanoglu with Philippine Navy officials followingtheir rescue at sea off Zamboanga City in Mindanao.

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ARMM holds investment consultation in Maguindanao provinceMAGUINDANAO - Toachieve participative eco-nomic development in theAutonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM), the region’s Boardof Investments (RBOI) con-ducted an investmentconsultation with stake-holders in the town ofParang in Maguindanaoprovince.

Businessmen, localgovernment officials, andother stakeholders gatheredrecently for the agency’s In-vestments Priorities Plan(IPP) consultation, an activ-ity aimed at getting insightsand concerns as well as dis-cuss issues in the region’sinvestment promotion andgeneration.

Atty. Ishak Mastura,

RBOI chairperson, said theconsultation is usually con-ducted with businessmenand this was the first timethat such activity was heldwith participation from thegrassroots.

“The consultation ispart of the Hatamanadministration’s approachto actively involve all playersin the planning of theregion’s economic develop-ment particularly oninvestment matters,” hesaid.

Atty. Mastura addedthat “the active participationof the government and theprivate sector in the devel-opment planning of theregion is a key to sustainabledevelopment and that com-bined strengths of different

sectors can create condu-cive business environmentand enhance regional com-petitiveness.”

The IPP consultationsspecifically tackle theregion’s investment perfor-mance, challenges, andopportunities. Other con-sultations are alsoscheduled in other prov-inces in the ARMM withinthe year. The region’s IPP isconsistent with the RegionalDevelopment Plan ofARMM in accordance withthe 2011-2016 PhilippineDevelopment Plan.

During the consulta-tion, Parang mayor IbrahimIbay encouraged partici-pants to become partners ofthe regional government inachieving economic growth

by investing in the region.Parang, he said, is a poten-tial area for majorinvestments since it is con-sidered as an ecozone andhosts the Polloc free port.

In the first quarter of

2016, RBOI-ARMM regis-tered a P1.3-billion projectof Gintong Agri Corp, a com-pany engaged in oil palmplantation development.The region already ex-ceeded its target of

P900-million worth of in-vestments. In 2015, theagency registered a total ofP6.5 billion, the biggest inthe history of the ARMM.(Bureau of Public Informa-tion)

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Bukod sa mgaAmpatuan, inindorso pa niBinay si Ali Midtimbang atTucao Mastura na parehongkaalyado ng nasabingangkan. Si Midtimbang aytumatakbo bilang governorng Maguindanao kasamaang running mate na siDustin Mastura.

Si Tucao Masturanaman ay kandidato sapagka-congressman nglalawigan. Dating mayor itong Sultan Kudarat at naginggovernor ng ShariffKabunsuan province attumakbo rin bilang gover-nor ng Maguindanao noon2013 sa partido ng UNA oUnited Nationalist Alliance.

Si Sajid ay nakalabas ng

bilangguan matapos namag-piyansa ng mahigit saP11 milyon kung kaya’t mulinitong itinatatag angkapangyarihan ng mgaAmpatuan. Naroon rin sarally ang asawa ni Sajid nasi re-electionist ZandriaAmpatuan na mayornaman ng bayan ng ShariffSaydona Mustapha at si re-electionist MamasapanoMayor Benzar Ampatuan.

Ipinagtanggol pa niBinay si Sajid sa harapan nglibo-libong katao sa rally atsinabi nitong mahina angebidensya laban sanakakabatang Ampatuankung kaya’t pinayagan ngkorte na makapag-piyansa.

Tanging si Sajid lamangang pinayagan ng korte sa

maraming mga nakapiit nasangkot o suspek sa brutalna pagpatay ng mgakalaban ng Ampatuan sapulitika, kasama na ditoang mga reporters na nasaconvoy ng pamilyangMangudadatu. Mahigpit parin ang hawak ng mgaAmpatuan sa kanilanglalawigan sa kabila ngsinapit na trahedya ngangkan.

Tadtad si Binay ngasuntong korapsyon,ngunit ilang beses rinnitong sinabi na ang kortelamang ang siyang pedenghumusga sa kanya atpamilya nitong nadadawitsa alegasyon ngpagnanakaw. (MindanaoExaminer)

Families of soldiers killed inBasilan clash seek justice

President Aquino in Zamboanga City in southern Philippines.(Photo by Michael Rey Baniquet)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Thefamilies of army soldiersslain in fierce fighting withAbu Sayyaf rebels inBasilan province are cry-ing out for justice.

They wanted to knowwhat went wrong in theoperations that left dozensof soldiers dead andwounded in Tipo-Tipotown recently.

President Aquino flewto Zamboanga City just

last week and visitedwounded soldiers in thehospital.

Aquino has awardedmedals to the soldiers attheir hospital bed andthen briefly visited thewake of one of 18 slain in-fantry man in Ayalavillage. He later met withsome of families of the sol-diers at the EdwinAndrews Airbase.

Security was tight dur-

ing Aquino’s visit here andjournalists were not al-lowed to interview thepresident.

More than 50 soldierswere wounded in thefighting that also killed aMoroccan bomb expertMohammad Khattab andPurudji Indama, a notori-ous Abu Sayyafcommander, and UbaidaIsnilon, son of rebel leaderIsnilon Hapilon.

Aquino was accompa-nied by GeneralMayoralgo dela Cruz,chief of the WesternMindanao Command, butit was not immediatelyknown whether he wouldbe removed followingdeadly clashes that left ahuge number of casual-ties.

Just this month, DelaCruz sacked BrigadierGeneral Alan Arojado,commander of an anti-terror group, and hisdeputy Brigadier GeneralJose Cabanban, for failingto stop the kidnapping ac-tivities of the Abu Sayyaf insouthern Philippines.( With a report from E.Dumaboc)


Security forces hunt downjihadist group in Lanao Sur

KIDAPAWAN CITY –Security forces werehunting down localjihadists allied with theIslamic State militantgroup after they behaded2 civilians and freed fourothers in Lanao del Surprovnce in the volatileMuslim autonomous re-gion.

The four hostages –Julieto Hanobas, AlfredoAnoos, Gabriel Permitesand Adones Mendez –were released recently inButig town. Their twocompanions dentified as

Salvador Hanobas andMakol Hanobas, whoewere branded as spy bytheir abductors, werekilled.

The civilians, all saw-mill workers, were seizedby jihadists led byAbdullah Maute alias AbuHasan, who heads theDawlah Islamiyah or Is-lamic State on suspicionthey were governmentspies. Maute’s group is ac-tively operating in theprovince.

Maute previously de-manded the release of a

13-year old boy, Ayman,who was allegedly cap-tured by the military infirefight in exchange forthe hostages, but securityofficials insisted that noprisoners were taken bysoldiers in Lanao del Sur,one of five provinces un-der the Muslimautonomous region.

Prior to the release ofthe hostages, the jihadistgroup also uploaded pho-tos of the hostageswearing orange jumpsuitsuit on the IS website.(Moh Saaduddin)

The hostages in this screen shot of the IS website. (Mindanao Examiner Photo -Moh Saaduddin)

Zamboanga City Mayor Beng Climaco

Zambo mayor palaban!ZAMBOANGA CITY –Binatikos ni Mayor BengClimaco ang kampo niRep. Celso Lobregat at mgaka-alyado nitong kosehalmatapos na ibasuradiumano ng mga ito angilang mahahalagangproyekto para saZamboanga City.

Kaliwa’t-kanan angbanat ni Lobregat kayClimaco sa mga ibat-ibangisyu sa halip na pagtuunanng pansin ang mgamahahalagang batas saKongreso opangangampanya nito.Maging ang mga konsehalna nasa grupo ni Lobregatay panay rin ang banat kayClimaco na nananatilingpopular sa mga residentedito.

Kinuwestyon niClimaco ang mgakalabang konsehal sapagbibigay nila ng “blan-ket authority” kay Lobregatnoon ito ay mayor paupang maisakatuparanang ibat-ibang proyekto.

“I do not ask blanketauthority from the mem-bers of the SangguniangPanlungsod, and neither

will I ever dictate uponthem because they are dulyelected officials of the city,”ani Climaco. “I alwayspresent to theSangguniang members theinfrastructure projects fortheir approval as I recog-nize their individual andcollective powers, insteadof asking them for a blan-ket authority.”

Kabilang sa mgaproyektong ibinasura ngmga konsehal ni Lobregatay ang pagtatayo ng isangpolice station sa malayongbarangay ng Labuan atpaaralan bukod sa mga ibapa.

Sinabi pa ni Climacona mananagot sa publikoang mga kumontra sa mgaproyekto napakikinabangan sana ngtaong-bayan.

Naunang hinamon ngmga kaalyado ni Climacosi Lobregat na tumakbobilang mayor kungtalagang magaling ito,ngunit idinahilan ngbeteranong pulitiko namahalaga sa kanya angpagtatanggol saZamboanga laban sa

Bangsamoro Basic Lawkung kaya’t re-election angpinili nito kaysa banggainsi Climaco.

Nais rin ni Lobregat nasiya ang masunod sa daming bilang ng mgakandidato sa pagka-konsehal ng magtangkaitong makipag-usap kayClimaco. Gusto niLobregat na lamang ito sadami ng kandidato saKonseho at humingi pa ngtulong kay Liberal Partypresident candidate MarRoxas upang himukin siClimaco, ngunit hindinaman ito nagpatinag onagpadikta kay Lobregat.

Maging si Mario Yangana tumatakbong mayor aynakisawsaw na rin sa mgaisyu na inilutang niLobregat. Kaibigan rin niYanga si Lobregat.

S a m a n t a l a ,nagpasalamat naman siClimaco sa malakingsuporta na nakukuha nitosa publiko at kahit saanmangampanya aynaguumapaw ang mga taomakita at mapakingganlamang ang sasabihin nito.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Tan was also at the cer-emony and one of thewitnesses in the signing ofthe covenant along with theGrand Mufti AbdulbaqiAbubakar.

It was attended by hun-dreds of supporters andmembers of the differentRoyal Houses of the Sultan-ate of Sulu, and religiousleaders and representativesof various sectors not onlyin the province, but in theAutonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM).

Sulu Vice Governor Dr.Sakur Tan, who is a key fig-ure in the unification of thesultans, said the signing ofthe covenant was unprec-

Sulu Sultans Sign Unity Covenant‘Unprecedented in the history of the Sultanate of Sulu and North Borneo’

edented and historical andwill further strengthen theunity of all heirs to theSultante of Sulu.

“I expect them to comeup with a uniform visionand objectives for the Sul-tanate of Sulu and thatincludes the people,” hesaid.

Tan - who is runningfor governor in the Muslimautonomous region - com-missioned many respectedMuslim scholars and edu-cators from the Universityof the Philippines to help incrafting the unity covenant.

Mehol Sadain, whopreviously heads the Na-tional Commission onMuslim Filipinos, was alsoamong those who helpedTan in this historic en-

deavor.The sultans also

thanked Tan for his effortsin unifying the RoyalHouses of the Sultanate ofSulu. Tan, a philanthropist,is strongly advocating therevival of Sultanate of Suluand promoting the rich andcolorful tradition and cul-ture of the Tausug people.

The Sultanate of Suluwas founded in 1457 and isbelieved to exist as a sover-eign nation for at least 442years. It stretches from apart of the island ofMindanao in the east, toSabah, in the west andsouth, and to Palawan, inthe north.

It continues to layclaim to North Borneo,now Sabah in Malaysia af-

ter obtaining it fromBrunei as a gift for helpingput down a rebellion onBorneo Island.

The British leasedSabah and transferredcontrol over the territory toMalaysia after the end ofWorld War II. But the sul-tanate said it had merelyleased North Borneo in1878 to the British NorthBorneo Company for anannual payment of 5,000Malayan dollars then,which was increased to5,300 Malayan dollars in1903.

North Borneo was an-nexed by Malaysia in 1963after a referendum orga-nized by the CobboldCommission in 1962 sawthe people of Sabah voting

overwhelmingly to joinMalaysia, but KualaLumpur continues payingthe Sulu Sultanate some5,300 ringgits a year on thebasis of the Sulu royals’ceding the Borneo state.

In February 2013, theailing Sulu Sultan JamalulKiram III, sent about 200followers headed by hisbrother Raja MudaAgbimuddin Kiram toSabah to assert their claimto and supposed historicalrights over the oil-richstate.

Jamalul’s group re-jected Malaysian demandfor them to surrenderpeacefully and fightingerupted in Lahad Datutown where more than 60of the sultan’s men were

killed and over 300 Filipi-nos arrested on suspicionthat they were aiding thegroup of Raja MudaAgbimuddin.

Malaysia also putJamalul and his brother onits wanted list and brandedthem as terrorists for in-truding into Sabah andkilling and decapitating 10policemen and soldiers inseparate clashes on the is-land.

Agbimuddin managedto escape the Malaysian as-sault in Sabah, whileSultan Jamalul died in Oc-tober the same year from alingering illness at age 75.Agbimuddin died fromcardiac arrest in 2015 inTawi-Tawi province.(Mindanao Examiner)

The Sultans and their families and followers and guests during the signing of the unity covenant in Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)


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Cuarteros, of the JesusMiracle Crusade Interna-tional Ministry, also quotedthe politician as saying: “Mr.Rodel Dupaya Gerez, who isa candidate for governor inCagayan province, hasvowed to close all cockpitarenas because this is thesource of illegal drugs, pros-titution, corruption, amongother sins. He surrenderedhis self to God and he wasbaptized through JesusMiracle Crusade Interna-tional Ministry.”

Aside from Gerez, lawyerReymund Guzman – whoserved as provincial boardmembers for three terms –also joined the Jesus MiracleCrusade International Min-istry and was also baptized,according to Cuarteros.

He said Guzman is run-ning for a council seat inTuguegarao City under theLiberal Party of PresidentBenigno Aquino.

Cuarteros said ProfessorElmer Maribbay, an instruc-tor at the Cagayan StateUniversity; and JonasTaguiam – who are both run-ning for the city council –were similarly baptized afterjoining the Jesus MiracleCrusade International Min-istry.

The Jesus Miracle Cru-sade International Ministryin Cagayan province is activein various crusades in differ-ent areas here and nearbyprovinces that it was able tounite the police, military andcommunist rebels to listenand accept the words of God.

It regularly hold biblestudies among members ofthe army’s 17th Infantry Bat-talion under Colonel JoseArn Real, the Cagayan pro-vincial police force and NewPeople’s Army as far asZinundungan Valley in Rizaltown and Pinukpuk town inKalinga province in the Cor-dillera administrative region.

VVVVVictorictorictorictorictory in Jy in Jy in Jy in Jy in Jesusesusesusesusesus’ name’ name’ name’ name’ nameCuarteros said: “All these

miracles were made possiblebecause of the prayers andfasting of our Beloved andHonorable Evangelist PastorWilde E. Almeda, the endtime Prophet of God, victoryin Jesus’ name.”

Almeda founded theJesus Miracle Crusade Inter-national Ministry. And lastyear, the Jesus Miracle Cru-sade International Ministrycelebrated the 15th anniver-

Jesus Miracle Crusade’s powerful wordsattract more ‘souls’ in Philippines

sary of the miraculously suc-cessful Talipao PeaceMission led by Almeda -along with 12 prayer warriorsthat included Cuarteros -who helped the Philippinegovernment convince theAbu Sayyaf rebels to free 21mostly Europeanholidaymakers they kid-napped in Sabah in 2000 andbrought to Sulu province.

In the Sipadankidnappings, it was Almedawho led the prayer warriorsin successfully fasting, pray-ing and negotiating for therelease, without ransom, ofthe hostages. The incrediblesurvival and strong faith inGod of Almeda’s group ledthem to freedom and themiracle that also changedthe hearts of many AbuSayyaf members and theirleaders is also in a book“Miracles in Moroland” writ-ten by American professorand author Dr. Sam Smith.

The book was launchedin 2015 by evangelist coupleLuke and Annalissa Smithtogether with Cuarteros andHermie Limpin, who wasalso with the group ofAlmeda, when Abu Sayyafrebels seized them in Talipaotown during the historicpeace mission.

Almeda’s only son, Min-ister Wilde James – who isbased in San Francisco Cityin California in the UnitedStates – is also very active innational and internationalcrusades of Jesus MiracleCrusade International Min-istry.

In February, WildeJames led the Jesus MiracleCrusade International Min-istry in praying over SenatorBongbong Marcos who at-tended its 41st churchanniversary in the Philip-pines.

In his speech before tensof thousands of members ofthe Jesus Miracle Crusade In-ternational Ministry, Marcossaid the long years of exist-ence of the evangelical group- whose flocks have stayedtogether as brethren - is asign of miracle.

Marcos also cited theoutreach programs of theJesus Miracle Crusade Inter-national Ministry to helpothers here and abroad assymbols of strong faith.

“Alam ko po na kasamasa inyongpananampalataya angpagmamahal sa lahat nginyong kapwa. Ang

Jesus Miracle Crusade events in Cagayan province.

pagmamahal at pagtulongkagaya po sa madamingginagawang outreach po ngJesus Miracle Crusade hindilamang dito sa Pilipinaskung hindi sa iba't-ibanglugar sa buong mundo,” hesaid in a statement postedon the Senate website.

Marcos reiterated the

need for all the Filipinos tounite and help one anotherto bring progress to thecountry. He said solutions tothe lingering problems ofthe Filipinos are availableand needed only to beimplemented by a unitedPhilippines in order to suc-ceed. (Mindanao Examiner)

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HEALTH: Mag-BAWAS sa matatamis na inumin,Lalo na sa may Diabetes, Overweight at Sakit sa Puso

Payo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

KUNG kayo po ay sobrasa timbang, may diabe-tes, may altapresyon ogusto maging healthy,sundin ang payo ko:Umiwas sa Iced Tea, softdrinks at kung anu-anopang matatamis nainumin. Malaki angmababawas sa inyongtimbang.

Alam ba ninyo naang isang basong softdrinks ay may 7kutsaritang asukal.Kapag uminom kayo ngsoft drinks, para ka narin kumain ng 7kutsaritang asukal!Ganoon din ang icedtea. Puro asukal din iyankaya grabe ang tamis!

Ayon sas i y e n t i p i k o n gpagsusuri, ang pag-inom ng soft drinks aypuwedeng maging sanhing diabetes. Mabilis dinitong makataba atmagpalaki ng tiyan.

Kahit “No-sugar” o“Lite” pa ang inyonginumin ay may peligropa rin. Dahil ang dietsoft drinks ay mayhalong phosphorous nanagtatanggal ng cal-cium sa ating katawan.Puwede kang magka-os-teoporosis. Ang payo koay magtubig na lang.

Dr. Willie T. Ong

Nakatataba ang de-latang pineapple Juice atiba pa. Prutas (freshfruits) na lang ang kainin.

Kung kayo’y maykatabaan, ang payo ko ayumiwas din sa mga fruitjuices. Orange juice, pine-apple juice at kunganu-ano pang juices.Mataas ito sa calories atasukal kahit sabihin na“unsweetened” pa.

Hindi ko alam saannanggaling angpaniniwala na magandasa altapresyon ang pag-inom ng pineapple juice.Gamot, diyeta at exerciselang ang magpapababang blood pressure.

Anong prutas angpuwede sa mgan a g p a p a p a y a t ?Mansanas, peras atkonting saging lang ang

puwede. Bawal nabawal ang mangga atubas dahil sobra itongtamis. Kung gusto ngmangga, isang pisngilang ang puwedengkainin. Sa ubas ay 10piraso lang angpinakamarami.

Umiwas sa coffee atenergy drinks

Walang mabutingmakukuha sa mga cof-fee drinks. Lalo na kungmay halo pang whippedcream, chocolate, at fullcream milk. Alam n’yoba na ang katumbas ngisang cappuccino withwhipped cream aytatlong platong kaninna!

Masama rin sakalusugan ang mga en-ergy drinks dahilmataas ito sa caffeine.Nakaka-addict ang caf-feine at nakabibilis pang tibok ng puso. Kungika’y may altapresyon,bawal ang energydrinks. Puwedengtumaas ang blood pres-sure mo.

Kaya kaibigan, tubiglang ang dapat inumin.Iwaksi mo na ang softdrinks at iced tea sabuhay mo. Papayat ka atmakaiiwas ka pa samaraming sakit!

TECH TIPS: Best Android file managers:the top 7 for exploring your phone

RECIPE: Sweet ‘N CreamyMacaroni Salad

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1) Start by boiling the macaroni in a large pot of salted water, until it’s cookedthrough. I like cooking it a little bit softer than I would for a hot pasta dish, becauseit does toughen in the fridge when chilled.2) While the pasta is cooking. Prep all your veggies and add it a bowl. I finely dicedsome celery,1/4 red pepper and yellow pepper, some carrots and a quarter of alarge red onion.3) For the dressing, in a seperate bowl measure out the mayonnaise, sweetenedcondensed milk, apple cider vinegar, paprika, mustard powder and cayenne pep-per.4) Stir everything together well until you have a smooth and creamy dressing.5) Once the macaroni is cooked, drain and rinse it under cold water to stop it fromcooking any further and cool it down.6) Drain the excess water and add the macaroni to the big bowl of veggies and mixit all together well.7) Pour the as much of the dressing over the top of the macaroni and veggies as youwould like and mix it until everything is coated in the sweet and creamy dressing.8) Garnish the salad with some fresh chopped parsley and finely sliced green on-ion and chill the salad covered, for a couple hours or overnight in the fridge.

ANDROID file managerstend to be quite similar,but it's the subtle extrafeatures that make the dif-ference between a goodfile explorer and a greatone. Make sure you're us-ing one of the bestAndroid file managersaround by picking one ofour top seven listed.

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The double-paneldisplay on offer in SolidExplorer allows you tonavigate to two separatefolders and drag and dropa file from one panel tothe other. It's surprisinglysimple and works so well:a standout feature in avery crisp and intuitiveUI.

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Although unavailablethrough the Play Store,MiXplorer is a superb appthat, as its name suggests,tries to blend the best fea-tures of other filemanagers into an ex-plorer sundae. It does itwith aplomb. Bearing asensible Material Design,the looks are up there with

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Carmudi PH Gears Up at MIAS

ONLINE Car PlatformCarmudi recently partici-pated at the 12th ManilaInternational Auto Show(MIAS) in World TradeCenter in Pasay City.

The event boasts ofnearly 200 participatingcompanies, with 500 ex-hibitors and 400 cardisplay units in the 30,000-square meter floor area,which easily makes MIASthe biggest automotive-centric event in thePhilippines every summer.

This is the third timethat Carmudi is set toshowcase its brand in theevent. Abhi Mohan,Carmudi Philippines Man-aging Director, can’t hidehis excitement for theevent. “We are happy toonce again be part of theMIAS, a premier showcaseof the Philippine auto in-dustry that is currentlyexperiencing tremendous

growth.”“In the past quarter we

have launched several ini-tiatives to enrich the carbuying experience bothonline and offline, acrossused and new. These havebeen well received by ourpartners in the industryand car buyers alike. Weare quite excited to show-case what we haveachieved in MIAS. We planto ride this growth waveinto the next fiscal and willcontinue to strive to im-prove the industry as awhole," adds Mohan.

Carmudi is an onlinecar classifieds that allowsyou to buy or sell your car,motorcycle or commercialvehicle in the fastest pos-sible way. The companybrings a massive choice ofover 29,000 listings to thefingertips of its users.

What makes the siteunique is that it enables

users to browse for carsbased on their lifestylepreferences using sophisti-cated search filters.Meanwhile, Carmudi alsotakes great pride in pro-tecting its users fromonline scams. The com-pany places a high priorityon quality and trustworthylistings. For each cardealer, a dedicated QAverifies each and every carthrough personal visits.The site has a quality con-trol department whichverifies all the technicaldetails and contact infor-mation of the seller beforea vehicle is posted online.

“Scams exist in theInternet. We will redefinethe online classifieds andmake it far more trustwor-thy. Our mission is toprovide the safest environ-ment online for buyingand selling in the automo-tive space,” Mohan said.

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The Badian's famous Kawasan Falls. (Cebu Provincial Government)

P51M for cloud seedingprogram amid El Niño

CEBU – The Departmentof Science and Technology(DOST ) has allocatedsome P51 million forcloud seeding operationsin the country to respondto a hurting agriculturalsector that continues tobore the brunt of the ElNiño phenomenon.

Engr. Oscar Tabada,chief of the Philippine At-mospheric Geophysicaland Astronomical Ser-vices Administration(PAGASA) – Visayas, saidthe country will continueto experience abnormalrainfall levels with hotterand more humid climateas the El Niño is expectedto peak by May.

“Provinces across thecountry, especially inMindanao, are already af-fected by the dry spell asnext month, El Niño’s im-pact will cover moreprovinces,” said Tabada.

He said the severedrought is largely affectingthe farmers as harvest ofrice and crops. In order tohelp the agricultural sec-tor, the DOST hasearmarked a budget forcloud seeding operationsto induce rain for the irri-gation systems vital for thestarving rice fields andcrops.

Tabada said theiragency is helping in thecloud seeding operationson when would be the ap-propriate time based onweather projections toconduct the cloud seedingactivity. He said cloudseeding operations startedin Mindanao and thatWestern Visayas and Cebuwill also follow next.

The Department ofAgriculture is also con-ducting separate cloudseeding operations inBohol province as water

dams have reached criti-cal water levels. MarinaHermoso, regional tech-nical director foroperations, said amongthe dams that have ben-efited from the cloudseeding activities are theMalinao Dam in Pilartown and BayonganDam in the municipalityof San Miguel.

Malinao Dam is an ir-rigation project covering3,500 hectares of ricelandareas serving five townswhile Bayongan Damcovers 2,858 hectaresaugmenting existing wa-ter supply for farmlandsof three municipalities,according to Hermoso.

Cloud seeding opera-tions are costly with oneprocedure alone esti-mated to cost up to P1million due to the rentalof a helicopter. (Fayette C.Riñen)

DOLE internshipprogram nagsugod na

GI-AWHAG sa Depart-ment of Labor andEmployment (DOLE) angmga estudyante sapagsulod sa ilang Gov-ernment InternshipProgram (GIP).

Matud pa ni DOLESec. Rosalinda Baldoz,usa sa kasagarangproblema nga atubangonsa mga bag-ong mi-gradwar ang mgakumpanyang mangita ogworking experience ugang GIP matud pa ang

solusyon niini.Gipasabot ni Baldoz

nga kining maong intern-ship program saktongtraining ground ngamaghatag og pundasyonsa work experience sa mgabag-ong mi-gradwar ugmaghatag kanila ogkahigayonang maka-alagad sa publiko.

Gipasigarbo usab niBaldoz nga sukad tuig2012, diin unang gilusadang GIP hangtud tuig 2015,

nakatala na sila og 32,625nga mga interns nga ilangnatabangan.

Subling gi-imbetar saahensya ang mgainteresadong aplikantenga naa sa edad 18 taman30 anyos sa pagbisita sailang mga buhatan saDOLE dala ang mga re-quirements sama satranscript of record,résumé, certificate ofindigency gikan sabaranggay ug birth certifi-cate. (Elvira C. Bongosia)

A glimpse from the South. Be mesmerized as the waters magically curtain the cliff of TumalogFalls in Oslob, Cebu. (Cebu Provincial Government)

‘CyberSafe’ manuals alang sa mgaestudyante, gilusad sa DepEd

ARON MOGIYA ugmoproteher sa mgakabataang sa paggamit saInternet, ang Departmentof Education (DepEd)kauban ang StairwayFoundation nilusad ningbag-o lang sa CyberSafeProject Manuals, nganagsulod og individuallesson plans nga nag-tar-get sa mga tinun-an saGrades 5 ngadto 6 ug Jun-ior High School.

Ang maong manualnaghisgot sa online pri-vacy ug sa risgo sa mgaestudyante nga gi-atubang niini sama sa

cyber bullying, “sexting”ug and child pornogra-phy.

Nagtinguha kini sapagpalambo sakapasidad sa mgaestudyante ngamagpabiling luwas gikansa online child abuse ugmag-edukar usab sa mgamagtutudlo ug mgaginikanan kalabot saonline safety.

Matud pa ni DepEdSec. Armin Luistro, nga 9sa 10 ka estudyantengPilipino ang naggamit saInternet. “Mahalaga angmanual na ito para

magkaroon sila ngkaalaman at mahalagadin dito ang role ng mgamagulang sa pag-agapay sa mga bata,”matud pa ni Luistro.

Samtang si LarsJorgensen, Executive Di-rector of StairwayFoundation, miingonnga krusyal gayud angpapel sa mga ginikanansa pag-promot sa onlinesafety sa kabataan.Angmaong manualmahimong ma-down-load saw w w. d e p e d . g ov. p h .(Elvira C. Bongosia)

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