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Thousands of displacedpeople in Lanao Sur get aid

COTABATO CITY – TheInternational Committeeof the Red Cross (ICRC)has expressed its con-cern for thousands ofpeople from the town ofButig in Lanao del Surprovince in the Muslimautonomous region in

southern Philippines, whoremain displaced follow-ing clashes betweengovernment forces and anarmed group in late Mayto early June.

“Thousands of civil-ians in Butig were forcedto flee their homes in Feb-

ruary, when the firstclashes began. Some wereable to return in April, andjust when they startedplanting a new crop, theywere forced to flee theirhomes again in May, whenhostilities resumed.”

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The combined efforts of the ICRC, the PRC Marawi Chapter, the local government unit, andother nongovernmental organizations made possible the distribution of emergency food rations,essential household items, and hygiene kits to more than 2,300 conflict-affected families,most of them displaced since February from six villages in Lanao del Sur. (Photo by A.G.Marohom)

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world to go the largelyCatholic country andwage holy war.

The heightened se-curity in Davao alsocoincided with on-goingmilitary operations inBasilan and Sulu prov-inces which are part ofthe Autonomous Regionin Muslim Mindanao.

Army Major EzraBalagtey, a spokesmanfor the EasternMindanao Commandbased in Davao City, saidthey have intensifiedsupport to law enforce-ment and strengthenedanti-terrorism opera-tions.

He said the GeneralRey Leonardo Guerrero,the regional militarychief, has directed armycommanders to coordi-nate closely with thepolice authorities andintensify intell igencegathering and to con-duct anti-terrorism andcounter-terrorism activi-ties not only in Davao,

but the whole region.Just recently, sus-

pected j ihadistsambushed a militar yconvoy in Marawi City inLanao del Sur, also in theMuslim autonomous re-gion, and killed an armysoldier and woundedthree more.

The convoy of the65th Infantry Battalionand 51st MechanizedCompany was headingback to 103rd InfantryBr igade headquarterswhen about a dozengunmen detonated aroadside bomb and thenopened fire with auto-matic weapons on theirtarget.

No individual orgroup claimed responsi-bil ity for the daringattack, but previous as-saults on the militaryhad been largely blamedto an extremist groupheaded by AbdullahMaute, although copycatattacks, mostly launchedby armed civilians op-posing the presence oftroops in the province,are widespread in the re-gion. (MindanaoExaminer)

President Rodrigo Duterte(Photo by Michael Rey Baniquet)

Acting mayor PaoloDuterte, the president’sson, ordered police andmilitary to stay alert andtightened security in allentry points to DavaoCity.

He said authoritieswere trying to verify thereports, but just thesame urged locals to bevigilant and report tothe police and militaryany suspicious personsor baggage left unat-tended in public places.

The threats camefollowing a recent ISISattack on a night club inPuchong, Selangor inMalaysia just outsidethe capital KualaLumpur that woundedat least 8 people; and asuicide attack on a po-lice station in centralJava in Indonesia thatinjured an officer.

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‘Iron-hand policy won’tsolve Sayyaf problem’

SULU - Amid continuedspeculation on whethermartial law remains anoption for the Dutertegovernment in fightingthe Abu Sayyaf insur-gency, former Sulu ViceGovernor Sakur Tan saidan iron-hand policy alonewill not help solve thekidnappings and crimi-nality problem in theprovince.

Instead, Tan saidpeace and developmentefforts are also needed to

Government troops on a convoy of 3 military trucks pass on a village in Jolo town in thesouthern Philippine province of Sulu where security forces are battling Abu Sayyaf militantsholding 7 kidnapped Indonesians, a Norwegian, a Dutch and a Japanese man. (MindanaoExaminer Photo)

address the threats posedby the Abu Sayyaf andother criminal groups.

Tan, who was withDuterte in Davao City re-cently, said he personallyheard how passionate thePresident was about thechanges he wants to seein the country, and howangry he was—as he hadalways been—about theevils of drugs and crimi-nality. And Duterte isdeadly serious about it,Tan observed.

“We in Sulu have toattune ourselves to thedare and challenge ofthe new President if onlyto take them as opportu-nities to mend the newdamages done to the im-age of our provincebecause of incidences ofkidnapping, the drugtrade and other criminalactivities by a few in ourmidst. No one can blockthe wave of changes,”Tan said.

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LGBT group elated over UN resolutionMANILA - Bahaghari, anational progressive andanti-imperialist organiza-tion of LGBT Filipinos,welcomes the recently-passed UN Human RightsCouncil Resolution insti-tuting an independentexpert on sexual orienta-tion and gender identity.

The expert will serve asan international watchdogtasked with identifying theroot causes of violence anddiscrimination againstLGBT (lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender)people and coordinatingwith governments in pro-viding protection fromviolence and discrimina-tion.

For the United NationsHuman Rights Council, asan institution with themandate to work on theprotection and promotionof human rights all over theworld, the recognition thatLGBT people need to be

protected from violenceand discrimination is astep towards the right di-rection.

Unfortunately, al-though not surprisingly,the Philippine govern-ment— still under theAquino administration—chose to remain complicitin the violence and dis-crimination against LGBTFilipinos to the end whenit voted “abstain.” It choseto remain silent despite thefact that many LGBT Filipi-nos continue to facediscrimination in employ-ment, education and socialservices, and are subject toan intensifying violenceperpetrated by the police,families, communities andother members of the soci-ety.

Bahaghari thus chal-lenges the newly-installedDuterte presidency to dobetter than its predecessorand fulfill its promise of

bringing about change inthe lives of the Filipinopeople, including theLGBT people, by enactingdomestic measures thatwill protect them.

Bahaghari also cau-tions the UNHRC againstletting this special proce-dure become a tool forpink-washing to justify im-perialist states’intervention in the politi-cal-economic affairs ofother nations. "We stronglyemphasize the universality,inseparability and indivis-ibility of the rights of LGBTpeople—that our civil andpolitical rights cannot beextricated from our eco-nomic, social and culturalrights. Our rights are notdistinct from our rights assovereign people," it saidin a statement sent to theregional newspaperMindanao Examiner.(Bahaghari, Mindanao Ex-aminer)

COTABATO CITY - TheDepartment of Health inthe Autonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao (DOH-ARMM) underscores therole of the youth and thecommunity in addressinghealth issues such as den-gue.

Dr. Kadil Sinolinding,DOH-ARMM Secretary,said dengue is a year roundpublic health threat and thenumber of dengue cases inthe region is expected to in-crease especially now thatthe wet season has started.

“The number of den-gue cases was down (fromlast year’s figures). However,DOH-ARMM will not beconfident and will continueits campaign to control andprevent this disease,” hesaid.

The DOH-ARMM hasrecorded 78 dengue caseswith one fatality in the en-tire region during the firstquarter. The number is sig-nificantly lower comparedwith the first quarter of2015, where 487 cases withfive fatalities were reported.This year’s figures indicatedroughly an 84% decline inthe number of cases.

The agency has re-corded a total of 2,376 caseswith 24 deaths across theregion in 2015. Marawi Cityrecorded the highest num-ber of cases with 758followed by Maguindanaoprovince with 614 cases.

Dr. Sinolinding em-phasized that the key tocontrol and to prevent thespread of the disease is cor-rect information relayed toresidents. He said a massiveinformation drive, includ-

ing symposiums, will beconducted in publicschools in the region to cre-ate awareness among themembers of the commu-nity.

On June 22, DOH-ARMM in coordinationwith the region’s Depart-ment of Education(DepEd-ARMM) held adengue symposium atTenorio Elementary Schoolin Datu Odin Sinsuat,Maguindanao. The activitywas in line with the celebra-tion of the ASEAN DengueDay and was attended byaround 200 Grade 6 stu-dents along with teachersand school nurses fromDepEd-ARMM.

Dr. Sinolinding said theinformation drive targetspublic school childrensince they are the most vul-nerable sector in thepopulation because of theirexposure to the environ-ment where cases ofdengue exist.

“Binibigyan natin silang sapat na kaalamanupang maiwasan, ma-con-trol at magawaan ngparaan kung sakaling ito(dengue) ay pumasok sakanilang mga tahanan okaya sila ay magingpasyente (We are givingthem enough knowledge toprevent, control, and tomake ways if ever this dis-ease will penetrate theirhouseholds or if they willbecome the victims),” hesaid.

“Ang mgaimpormasyon namakukuha nila ay pwedenilang ipasa sa kanilangmga kaibigan, kapitbahay,

kapamilya, at sino man sakanilang komunidad (Theycan spread the informationthey will acquire to theirfriends, neighbors, familymembers, and to anyone intheir community),” headded.

Aside from the sympo-sium, the agency alsodistributed five Olyset mos-quito net rolls to the school.Each roll is 25 meters longand can cover up to sixclassroom windows.

Dr. Sinolinding saidthat the symposium is justthe beginning of the cam-paign. DOH-ARMM willtap local government unitsfor continuous educationand campaign. Further-more, he encouraged theresidents in ARMM to ob-serve the ‘4S’ in dengueprevention and control.

The ‘4S’ means:• Search and destroy;• Seek immediate ac-

tion;• Say no to indiscrimi-

nate fogging; and• Self-protection mea-

sures.Dengue is an acute vi-

ral infection acquired fromthe bite of a female Aedesaegypti mosquito. This fa-tal disease usually affectsinfants and children intropical and subtropicalcountries like the Philip-pines.

Its signs and symp-toms include fever thatextends from two to sevendays, skin flushing, loss ofappetite, vomiting, and insevere cases, nose bleedingand bleeding of gums.(Bureau of Public Informa-tion)

DOH-ARMM underscores youth,community's role in dengue prevention

Troops pursue commies in Zambo SurPAGADIAN CITY – Armytroops continue to pursuethe New People’s Armyrebels in Zamboanga del Surprovince where the separat-ist group is activelyoperating. Just last week, threepeople were killed in a clashbetween military forces andcommunist rebels in Suponvillage in Bayog town afterpatrolling soldiers chancedupon a group of NPA fight-ers, sparking a running gunbattle.

Two rebels and a mili-tiaman were killed in thebattle and officials saidtroops recovered an M16automatic rifle and anti-government propaganda,including a medical kit fromthe slain insurgents.

The bodies of the rebelswere also recovered by sol-diers. The fighting occurredahead of the resumption ofpeace talks this month be-tween the Duterte

government and commu-nist leaders in Oslo, Norway.

There was no immedi-ate statement from the NPAon the latest clashes, but itis unlikely to affect the re-sumption of the stalledpeace talks.

Last month, six police-men and two civilians werealso wounded in a sus-pected rebel attack outsidea police station inSarangani’s Maasim townalso in southern Philippines.

The attack coincidedwith continuing military op-erations in the province – aknown stronghold of insur-gents in the troubled region.

Peace adviser JesusDureza last month held talkswith communist leader JoseMaria Sison in Oslo to dis-cuss the resumption ofstalled talks.

Dureza said the formalpeace talks are expected todiscuss the affirmation ofpreviously signed agree-

ment, the timeline of thetalks, and reconstitution ofthe Joint Agreement onSafety and Immunity Guar-antees list, and amnestyproclamation for the releaseof all detained political pris-oners and NDFP consultantsand the mode of interimceasefire, among others.

Government peace talkswith the NPA collapsed in2004 after rebels accusedthen President Gloria Arroyoof reneging on several agree-ments, among them therelease of all political prison-ers in the country and theremoval of the terrorist tag onthe Communist Party of thePhilippines and its politicalwing, the National Demo-cratic Front of thePhilippines, and the NPA.

Arroyo also suspendedthe Joint Agreement onSafety and Immunity Guar-antees after the peace talksfailed. (With a report fromEly Dumaboc)

Two government soldiers stand guard on a busy street in Zamboanga City in southern Philippinesas security forces continue its operations against the Abu Sayyaf group in nearby Basilan andSulu provinces in the Muslim autonomous region. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Hustisya para sa pinaslang na DENR officialKORONADAL CITY –Hustisya ang hinihinging mga kaanak atkaibigan ng isang opisyalng Department of Envi-ronment and NaturalResources na walangpinatay matapos itongtadtarin ng bala dito.

Pinagbabaril si Dr.Noel Dungca, ang ChiefScience Research Spe-

cialist at Program Coor-dinator ng DENR saRegion 12, habangnakasakay ito sa kanyangmotorsiklo noonnakaraang linggo saBarangay Sta. Cruz.

Hindi pa mabatidkung ano ang motibo sapamamamaslang saopisyal na ayon sa mgakasamahan ay mabait na

tao. Patuloy angimbestigasyon ng pulisyasa naturang krimen.

Nabatid na naulilanito ang kanyang 7-anyosna pinagaaral sa kabila ngpagiging diabetiko. Hindimabatid kung may per-sonal itong nakaaway owala o kung sino angnagpatira sa kanya.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Due to heavy rain last week, the village of Limbahan in Davao Oriental’s Lupon town wassubmerged in flood and stranded civilians. (Kilab Multimedia)

ZAMBOANGA CITY – AbuSayyaf militants havefreed a Muslim trader theykidnapped last year inZamboanga City as secu-rity forces clashed withthe gunmen in Sulu prov-ince in southernPhilippines, officials said.

Officials said ArajiMaani was released lastweek in the village calledWanih Piyanjihan inSulu’s Parang town. It wasunknown whetherMaani’s family had paidransom to the militant

group. Maani, who waskidnapped in July 27,2015, was also inter-viewed by the police andmilitary before returningto Zamboanga City to bereunited with his anxiousfamily.

His release coincidedwith fighting between sol-diers and militants inMaligay province inPatikul town on the otherside of the province thatleft one Abu Sayyaf mem-ber dead.

There were no reports

of military casualties, butofficials said troops werecontinuing with their op-eration in Sulu against theAbu Sayyaf which is stillholding 7 Indonesians, aDutch, Norwegian and aJapanese man, includingthree more Filipinos.

Military forces werealso battling another AbuSayyaf group in Basilanprovince. Both Sulu andBasilan belong to theMuslim autonomous re-gion. (With a report fromEly Dumaboc)

Kidnapped Muslim trader freed

Undisciplined truck and jeepney drivers occupy the opposite lane of this busy road near VeteransAvenue in Zamboanga City and block the flow of traffic during rush hour. A traffic enforcerwho is near the area ignore this violation of traffic rule. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

Ateneo, nahagip ng malaking sunogZAMBOANGA CITY –Lungkot pa rin angnadarama ng maramingmga estudyante ngAteneo de ZamboangaUniversity isang linggomatapos na lamunin ngapoy ang ilang mgagusali sa paaralan.

Tinupok ng malakingsunog nitong Hulyo 7 angmga gusali atmasuwerteng walangnasawi o nasaktan namga guro at estudyante.

Tumagal rin ng halosdalawang oras ang sunogna sinasabing nagmulasa cafeteria ng naturangpaaralan. Ngunit patuloypa rin ang imbestigasyon

ng Bureau of Fire Protec-tion ukol dito.

Kabilang sa mganasunog ay ang ManuelSauras Hall – na kungsaan ay naroon ang caf-eteria at College of Law,ang Xavier Hall, BrebeufGymnasium at KostkaHall.

Nadamay rin angmga sumusunod natanggapan - Assistant tothe Academic Vice-Presi-dent, AcademicVice-President, School ofEducation, School ofManagement and Ac-countancy, UniversityRegistrar, School of Lib-eral Arts, College of

Nursing, Center of Infor-mation TechnologyServices at ComputerLaboratories (Advancedand Basic Laboratories).

Naglabas agad nganunsyo ang Ateneo nasuspendido ang mgaklase at pinayuhan angmga estudyante namaghintay na lamangkung kailan ito babalik.

Nostalgia angnadarama ng maramingmga estudyante atalumni sa naganap nasunog dahil nagingbahagi ng kanilangbuhay angmakasaysayang lugar.(Mindanao Examiner)

Ito ang isa sa mga gusali ng Ateneo de Zamboanga University na nilamon ng apoy. (MindanaoExaminer Photo - Nicole Priscilla)

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martial law by the newleadership is being con-sidered in areas known tobe lairs of kidnap-for-ran-som and other armedgroups. We are of theopinion that we shouldtread light and with ut-most care on the matter ofimposing martial law.Even the mere mention ofit reawakens the stigma ofthe bygone era more thanfour decades ago.

Many us personallyexperienced that darkepisode which was punc-tuated by abuses of themilitary authorities, andignited a devastating anddestructive rebellion,” headded.

Tan said that if andwhen martial law is im-posed as the only optionleft to take, then it must bewell-defined and limitedonly to target areas. Theemergency powers, hesaid, that goes with itshould not be intrusive onthe civil rights of thepeople and should main-tain, protect and respectthe mandate of the duly-elected local government.

“We will not get in theway of the law againstthose who are provenguilty beyond reasonabledoubt whatever their po-sitions in the governmentor stature in society maybe,” Tan, who supportedDuterte’s presidency inthe elections, said.

He stressed that inci-

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dences of criminality can-not find solution in aniron-hand policy alone.The causes of such crimesand the emergence ofarmed groups trading inwhat has been termed asa “thriving industry” ofkidnapping and drugtrade, Tan said, should beseriously looked into.

He said there shouldbe parallel actions by thenational government tothe military operationsand law enforcement, inthe form of social, eco-nomic and livelihoodprograms, and the neces-sary infrastructures thatare basic and prerequi-sites in nation-buildingsuch as roads, schoolsand hospitals, seaports,post-harvest facilities andso forth.

Tan said on hindsight,that if the huge alloca-tions to the region wereprudently and diligentlyspent for which they wereearmarked, developmentwould have served as aformidable deterrent toany form of adventurismfrom any group.

“We take exception tothe tirades of some sec-tors that the proliferationof crimes, specifically thekidnappings, as indica-tive of the failure of localgovernance. The localgovernment is not in thechain of command of theArmed Forces of the Phil-ippines and thePhilippine National Po-lice where competency

lies in the maintainingpeace and order. Peopleshould not be barking upthe wrong tree and in-stead let those who aremandated with responsi-bilities do so with duediligence and they shouldbe held to account for anydereliction of duties andtasks,” Tan declared.

“We have alwaysmaintained the positionthat law enforcement op-erations, to be moreeffective, should entailthe involvement of thecommunity and localleaders. It is not fair topass judgment that localleaders and the people inthe communities are cod-dling criminals and inone way or the other al-leged to be committingthe crimes themselves. Wemust bear in mind thatthis outlook is not healthyand may aggravate thesituation further and ig-nite the flame ofresistance against the au-thorities. Thepeace-loving and the ex-ponents of the rule of laware still in the majority.Where will true justice beif we bundle the good andthe bad together andjudge the entire provinceto be in cahoots withcriminals? Let the lawtake its course and do notlet the innocent be thecollateral damage to over-zealousness orself-agenda of some play-ers in the field,” he added.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Environmental group urges Filipinosto help Duterte government

MANILA - The EcoWasteCoalition, an environ-mental watch group onchemicals and wastes, onSunday urged the publicto support the effort of theDuterte government toprotect the ecosystems bysimply saying “no bag,please.”

As the InternationalPlastic Bag Free Day is ob-served June 3, the grouprallied the people to shundisposable bags to reduceplastic garbage and pollu-tion that will surely eat upa huge chunk of thegovernment’s budget.

“Shifting from dispos-able to reusable bags willsubstantially cut thewaste volume and savehundreds of millions ofpesos in disposal costs,which can be diverted toimprove public servicesfor the people,” OchieTolentino, Zero WasteCampaigner of theEcoWaste Coalition, saidin a statement sent to theregional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

“In lieu of plastic orpaper bags, we requestthe public to keep a stackof bags and containersthat can be reused overand over again ratherthan becoming litter inthe streets or the oceans,”she said.

“The government canhelp the public moveaway from disposable toreusable bags by banningthe giving of plastic bagsfor free and by banningplastic carry bags, par-ticularly the single-use,nationally,” she added.

The group cited fig-ures from the National

Solid Waste ManagementCommission’s websiteshowing the projectedwaste generation in 2016at 40,087 tons per day forthe entire country and9,213 tons per day forMetro Manila. Plasticsconstitute at least 25% ofthe generated wastes.

To give an idea as tothe costs involved, thegroup cited a Commis-sion on Audit reportindicating that MetroManila’s local govern-ment units spent over P4billion pesos for solidwaste management in2012. Metro Manila’swaste generation thenwas 8,601 tons per day.

“This does not in-clude the tens of millionsof pesos used by theMetro Manila Develop-ment Authority year inand year out to de-clogour esteros of plasticwaste and other rubbish,which comes from theagency’s own budget al-lotment,” Tolentino said.

“There is no estimateas to how much is spent toget rid of the plastic dis-cards polluting ourbeaches and coastlines,”she added.

The EcoWaste Coali-tion also expressedconcern over the spillageof plastic trash in the riv-ers, seas and the oceans,warning that “the plastici-zation of our waterwaysand water bodies is a dis-turbing reality for ourfish-eating nation wherefishing is also a majorsource of livelihood.”

Tolentino recalledthat a 2014 waste auditconducted at the Manila

Bay by the EcoWaste Coa-lition, Global Alliance forIncinerator Alternatives,Greenpeace and theMother Earth Foundationshowed that plastic mate-rials was 61.9 percent ofthe discards collected,with plastic bags toppingthe list at 23.2 percent andfollowed by composites orplastic wrappers at 18.8percent.

The group said that arecently-published studyby the Ellen MacarthurFoundation has indicatedthere will be more plasticthan fish in the oceans by2050 unless the worldtakes action.

The group further ex-pressed serious concernover the consumption bymarine organisms, whomistake them for food, ofminute pieces of plasticcontaining extremely toxicsubstances.

According to the re-port “Contaminants inMarine Plastic Pollution:‘The New Toxic Time-Bomb’ by the NationalToxics Network of Austra-lia, “marine plastics and inparticular micro-plastics,provide a global transportmedium for the most toxicchemicals into the marinefood chain and ultimately,to humans,” includingpersistent bio-accumula-tive toxins and persistentorganic pollutants.

According to theUnited Nations Environ-ment Program, “plasticwaste causes financialdamage of US$13 billionto marine ecosystemseach year.” (EcoWasteCoalition, Mindanao Ex-aminer)

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INVITATION TO BID

CONSTRUCTION OF PHP 3,158,802.40 SAIMBANGON-PISAKPISAK FARM TOMARKET ROAD, PHP 2,500,000.00 SPRING DEVELOPMENT (WATER SYSTEM,LEVEL I) AND PHP 3,500,000.00 CONCRETING OF BANGALAN BRIDGE,MUNICIPALITY OF PATA, SULU (Source of Fund: 20% DF-2016)

The Municipal Government of Pata, Province of Sulu intends to apply the sum ofNine Million Oner Hundred Fifty Thousand Eight Hundred Two and Forty Centavos(Php 9,158,802.40) from the 20% Local Development Fund as the Approved Budgetfor the Contract (ABC) shall be automatically rejected at the time of Bid Opening.

The Municipal Government of Pata, Province of Sulu now invites bids for theConstruction of Saimbangon-Pisakpisak Access Road, Water System and Concretingof Bangalan Bridge, Municipality of Pata, Province of Sulu. Completion of the Workrequired within 85 Calendar Days from the date of start of subproject. Scope ofWorks involves Excavation, Embankment, Sub Grade Preparation, Aggregate BaseCourse and PCCP. Bidders should have completed in the last 5 years a contract forwork similar to the project. The description of an eligible Bidder is contained in theBidding Documents, particularly in Section II, instruction to Bidders.

Minimum Equipment required; Bulldozer, Road Roller, Road Grader Back HoeExcavator, Vibratory Compactor, Dump Truck, Water Truck and Survey Instruments.

Interested Bidders may obtain further information from the LGU-BAC of Pata, Suluand inspect and purchased the bidding documents upon payment of a non refundablefee for the bidding documents in the amount of P5,000.00 from July 11, 2016 to July26, 2016 at the address given below from 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM

It maybe also downloaded free of charge from the website of the Government PolicyBoard (www.gppb.gov.ph) provided that bidders shall pay the non refundable fee forthe bidding documents not later than the submission of their bids

The bidder may request that the Bid Documents be sent to them by mail or courier,and for this, the bidders shall pay the amount in Philippine Pesos to cover the costof mail or courier delivery. The fee for obtaining a copy of the Bid Documents andthe cost of mail or courier shall be paid by the bidder thru a Cashier’s Check orManager Check issued in favor of the Municipality of Pata.

The Municipality of Pata, Sulu will hold a Pre-Bid Conference on July 21, 2016 @9:00 AM at the Sanggunian Bayan Session Hall, Saimbangun, Pata, Sulu whichshall be open to all interested parties.

Bids must be delivered to the address below on or before July 22, 2016 at theSanggunian Bayan Session Hall. All Bids must be accompanied by a Bid Security inthe form of Bank Guarantee and in the amount of 2.5% of the total ABC.

Bids will be opened in the presence of Bidder’s Representatives at the addressbelow. Late Bids shall not be accepted. The deadline for the submission of Bidsmust not be later than 9:00 AM on July 22, 2016. The opening of Bids will proceedimmediately after the time set for the deadline of submission of Bids as indicatedabove.

The Municipality of Pata, Sulu reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annulthe bidding process and to reject all bids at any time prior to contract award, withoutthereby incuring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders. The invitation to Bid isnot an integral part of the bidding documents.

For further information please refer to:RONNIE S. NULONBACPata, Sulu

Prepared by:

RONNIE S. NULONBACPata, Sulu

Noted by:

(Sgd.) Hon. ANTON J. BURAHANMunicipal Mayor

July 11-17, Issue 1

Military forces search for Sayyaf hostagesCOTABATO CITY - Troopscontinue to search for atleast 10 foreigners beingheld by the Abu Sayyaf insouthern Philippines.

The notorious groupis still holding 7 Indone-sians, a Dutch man, aNorwegian and a Japaneseman, including 3 Filipinosin Sulu province.

Just this month, gov-ernment soldiers dug upthe body of Canadian hos-tage Robert Hall - who wasbeheaded by the Abu

Sayyaf - in a shallow gravein the village ofKamuntayan in Talipaotown.

Hall was kidnappedalong with fellow Cana-dian John Ridsdel andNorwegian KjartanSekkingstad and FilipinaMaritess Flor on a resort inSamal Island in Davao delNorte province andbrought to Sulu.

His head was recov-ered in Jolo town on June13 the day the Abu Sayyaf

decapitated him for failingto raise P300 million ran-som.

Ridsdel was also be-headed after his familyfailed to pay P300 millionransom to the Abu Sayyafwhich pledged allegiancewith the Islamic State,while Flor had been re-leased following a series ofnegotiations by formerSulu Vice Governor SakurTan on orders from Presi-dent Rodrigo Duterte.(Mindanao Examiner)

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displaced are living withrelatives and dependheavily on their kin andthe authorities, as theyare still too afraid to goback home. Civil ianhouses were also de-stroyed in the fighting.We ask all sides in theconflict to exercise ut-most precaution toprotect civi l ians andtheir property,” DominicEarnshaw, head of theICRC office in CotabatoCity, said in a statementsent to the regionalnewspaper MindanaoExaminer.

He said between

Thousands of displacedpeople in Lanao Sur get aid

June 8 and July 2, theICRC, together with thePhilippine Red Cross(PRC), provided foodand household items tosome 12,500 people dis-placed from Butig. Thedistributions, he added,took place in Butig andn e i g h b o r i n gLumbayanague munici-palit ies as well as inMarawi City.

The ICRC-PRC assis-tance augmented the aidprovided by the govern-ment and helpedfamilies meet their basicneeds, according to theEarnshaw.

Each displaced fam-ily received 25 kilograms

of rice, 12 tins of sar-dines, 2 liters of cookingoil, 2 liters of soy sauce,2 kilograms of sugar, 500grams of salt, and essen-tial household items,including two blankets,two mosquito nets, onesleeping mat, and onehygiene kit.

Prior to its relief op-eration in Butig, theICRC conducted its ownassessments and coordi-nated closely withcommunity leaders, theDepartment of SocialWelfare and Develop-ment, andnongovernmental orga-nizations. (ICRC,Mindanao Examiner)

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Islamic State launchesfirst successful attack in Malaysia

MALAYSIAN police say theIslamic State has carriedout its first successful at-tack in the country.

Inspector-General ofPolice Khalid Abu Bakartold CNN that a grenadeattack on June 28 at anightspot near KualaLumpur, the country'scapital, was carried out onthe orders of a MalaysianIslamic State fighter inSyria, MuhammadWanndy Mohamed Jedi.

While there were nofatalities in the attack,eight people were injured.Most of the people at thenightclub, called Movida,were there to watch theSpain-Italy Euro 2016match.

Khalid said 15 peoplehave been arrested inwake of the attack, includ-ing the two men wholobbed the bomb atMovida. Those arrested

also included two police-men.

"One of the policemenwas picked up for harbor-ing ISIS elements, whilethe other was arrested forinvolvement in robberiesto collect funds for ISIS,"he told CNN.

Khalid added thatMuhammad Wanndy hadordered attacks on promi-nent Malaysians,including Prime MinisterNajib Razak, policecounter terrorism divisionsenior assistant directorAyob Khan Mydin Pitchay,and Khalid himself.

Khalid, who declinedto release more details,said investigations are on-going and that policeexpect to make more ar-rests.

The police had initiallyruled out terrorism as thereason for the attack onMovida, believing instead

that the motive was a busi-ness rivalry or a disputeamong patrons. However,Muhammad Wanndy laterclaimed on Facebook thatthe attack had been carriedout by ISIS followers.

The Malaysian policehave foiled nine ISIS plotsto attack Malaysia sincethe declaration of the Is-lamic State in Iraq andSyria in 2014.

Terrorism expert Dr.Rohan Gunaratna, head ofthe International Centerfor Terrorism Research andPolitical Violence(ICPVTR) at the S.Rajaratnam School of In-ternational Studies (RSIS)in Singapore, said in ananalysis the attack in Ma-laysia, despite counterterrorism operations,shows ISIS ideology hasspread and established aregional presence inSoutheast Asia.

Andrin Raj, regionaldirector of InternationalAssociation forCounterterrorism and Se-curity Professionals Centerfor Security Studies South-east Asia, told CNN thatthreats against the countrywill continue.

"The modus operandiwill be suicide attacks aswell as explosive/IED at-tacks as it is easier toconduct an attack and dif-ficult to prevent," he said.

Raj added that whilepolice are calling it ISISoperations in the sensethat it has been given ap-proval and authority byISIS, the terror group'spresence has not yet fullydeveloped into actual ISIScells.

"As of now, they aresympathizers. But the factis, this will eventually growinto ISIS cells," he said.(Marc Lourdes, CNN)

Historic Tropical Cyclone DroughtEL NIÑO and La Niña arecommonly associatedwith devastating floodsand crippling droughts,but the current transitionfrom El Niño to La Niña isaiding one drought thatcan certainly be viewed asa positive: There hasn'tbeen a named tropicalsystem in the NorthwestPacific since December17, 2015. As of Friday, thatmakes 198 days without astorm, tying the previouslongest stretch.

The Northwest Pacificis the most active basin inall of the tropics, averag-ing 27 named storms peryear. Unlike each of theother basins around theglobe, the Northwest Pa-cific doesn't have adefined season -- the sea-son is simply the entirecalendar year.

In 2015 there was a lotof publicity about El Niñowarming the Pacific andenhancing tropical cy-clone activity. It seemedas if every named stormwas blowing up into amonster. During 2015,there were a record 26 cat-egory 4 or 5 storms in thenorthern hemisphere,with the large majority ofthose occurring in the Pa-cific.

This raced past theprevious record of 18 cat-egory 4-5 storms.

Now that El Niño is of-

ficially dead, we are rap-idly heading toward theLa Niña phase. Accordingto the Climate PredictionCenter, there is a 75%chance of La Niña devel-oping by the fall. Thiscomes as no surprise asthe historical recordshows that all of the stron-gest El Niño's have beenimmediately followed bya La Nina event.

So what is the differ-ence between the two?

La Niña is the coolphase of the El Nino-Southern Oscillation(ENSO) climate pattern -- a naturally occurringphenomenon that in-volves fluctuating oceantemperatures in the Pa-cific.

La Niña is the oppositeof El Niño, which is thewarm phase of the cycle.

El Niño is character-ized by a warming of thewaters in the central andeastern Pacific Ocean. LaNiña features a cooling ofthose same Pacific waters.

History shows that wecan expect a tropical cy-clone drought in theNorthwest Pacific duringyears that transition froma strong El Niño to a LaNiña. While El Niño cre-ated warm waters andenhanced activity in 2015,the strong El Niño can alsobe blamed for the lack ofactivity during the firsthalf of 2016.

According to Dr. PhilKlotzbach, a research sci-entist at Colorado StateUniversity, "El Niño'sforce mass subsidenceduring the early part of theNorthwest Pacific tropicalcyclone season." This es-sentially puts a lid on theatmosphere, preventingthunderstorm activityfrom organizing intotropical storms and ty-phoons.

According toKlotzbach, the four long-est droughts in WestPacific history have oc-curred in 1973, 1983, 1998and 2016. In each of these

years, we were in the wan-ing period of a strong ElNiño.

Klotzbach notes thatin each of the previous oc-currences the entireseason continued to havewell below average activ-ity. While a typical seasonaverages 27 named stormsand 17 typhoons (theequivalent of a hurricanein the Atlantic and EastPacific), 1973, 1983, and1998 averaged just 21named storms and 11 ty-phoons.

The transition to LaNiña is also helping to setrecords in the East Pacific.The season officiallystarted on May 15, but asof the end of June we stillhaven't had a singlenamed storm -- a recordfor the latest start, accord-ing to Klotzbach. (TaylorWard, CNN Senior Meteo-rologist. CNNmeteorologists BrandonMiller, Judson Jones, andJennifer Gray contributedto this report)

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HEALTH: Mga Posibleng Sanhi ng Sakit ng TiyanPayo ni Dr. Willie T. Ong

PARA MALAMAN angmga posibleng dahilanng pananakit ng tiyan,heto ang mga itatanongsa pasyente. Una, saangparte ng tiyan angmasakit? Pangalawa,ano pa ang iba mongnararamdaman?

Alamin natin angmga posibleng sanhi ngsakit ng tiyan:

1. Ulcer o hypera-cidity - Kapag angpananakit ay nasa itaasng tiyan at nasa gitna obandang kaliwa, ito anglugar ng sikmura.Posibleng ulcer o hy-peracidity ang iyongsakit. Ang sakit na ito ayk a d a l a s a n gnararamdaman kapagika’y gutom.Nababawasan ang sakitkapag kumain ka ngsaging o tinapay.Uminom din ngmaraming tubig paramahugasan ang asido satiyan.

2. Gallbladderstones - Kapag ang sakitay nasa itaas ng tiyan atnasa kanan, ito angpuwesto ng gallbladdero apdo. Posibleng maybato ka sa apdo. Minsanang sakit ay tumutugonsa bandang likod.Dumarating din angsakit kapag nakakain kang mamantika atmatatabang pagkain.

Dr. Willie T. OngMagpa-ultrasound ngtiyan para malaman kungmay bato sa apdo o wala.

3. Appendicitis -Kapag nasa ibaba atkanan ang sakit, ito anglugar ng appendix. Angsakit na appendicitis aynag-uumpisa sa maysikmura at pagkaraan ng2-3 araw ay lumilipat sakanang bahagi. Masakitang lugar na ito kapagdinidiinan. Kumonsultaagad iyong sa doktor.

4. Colic - Kapagpaikot-ikot ang sakit atwalang permanentenglugar, ito ay marahil sapaghilab ng bituka. Angtawag dito ay colic athindi naman delikado.Maaaring nakakain ka ngmaduming pagkain atmagtatae ka lang.

5. Gastroenteritis -Kung mahilab ang iyongtiyan at nagtatae ka, ito aymalamang dahil sa gas-

troenteritis oimpeksyon na nakuhasa panis o madumingpagkain. Uminom ngmaraming likido (tubig,sopas o lugaw) atkumain ng saging.

6. Amebiasis -Kapag madalas kangdumumi at may bahidito ng sipon at dugo,posibleng amebiasis ito.Magpasuri ng dumi(fecalysis) sa laboratory.

7. Kidney infectiono stones - Kapag nasamay puson angsumasakit at mahapdiang iyong pag-ihi,posibleng mayimpeksyon ka sa ihi omay bato sa bato (kid-ney stones).Magpa-check ng uri-nalysis para malamanang sakit.

8. Sakit sa matris oobaryo - Kapag ika’ybabae at sa may pusonang sumasakit,posibleng nasa obaryoat matris ang iyongproblema. Puwede itongdysmennorhea (sakitkapag malapit na angregla), ovarian cyst(bukol sa obaryo) omyoma.

Tandaan: Huwagmatakot kumonsulta saisang doktor paramalaman ang dahilanng pananakit ng tiyan.Malulunasan natin iyan.

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TECH TIPS: How to back upAndroid and keep your data safe

BACKUPS are indispens-able. Whether it's abackup of your Androidsmartphone, your photoalbums or your laptopPC, backups come in atjust the right moment tosave the day. There isnothing worse than los-ing everything on yourphone or computer andrealizing you neverbacked anything up. Sohere are a few methodsfor making an Androidbackup.

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There are plenty ofuseful backup solutionsin the Play Store. Some forspecific purposes likebacking up your text mes-sages and others for anall-in-one backup. EasyBackup & Restore is a freeapp that lets you back upyour contacts, call logs,text messages, calendarsand bookmarks.

Easy Backup doesn'tback up your photos, mu-sic, videos or documents.These are very easy toback up yourself thoughusing a USB cable andyour computer: just lo-cate the appropriatefolders on your phone ina Windows Explorer win-dow and copy and pastethe contents to your com-puter.

How to back up every-thing on Android withEasy Backup & Restore

1. Download EasyBackup on your Androiddevice.

2. When you launchthe app, you'll be asked ifyou want to create abackup. Tap Yes.

3. You'll then see abunch of check boxesnext to the things you canback up: SMS, MMS, calllogs, calendar, book-marks, dictionary andcontacts. Make your se-lections and tap OK.

4. You'll be asked for asave location for yourbackup. Make your selec-tion and tap it.

5. If you select a cloudservice you'll have to signin. If you select SD cardyou'll have to confirm thedirectory.

6. You'll then be askedto give the backup a filename. The date and timeis the default. If you havemultiple devices youmight want to modify thefile name to include thedevice you're backing up.

7. You'll then see aprogress page when yourdata is being backed up.Once completed, you'llget a pop up window witha summary of what wasbacked up.

8. If your phone isrooted, you can also backup your apps and appdata. If not, you can stilltap on the Apps Tools tabin the main menu andcreate a backup of theAPKs on your phone.APKs are like an .exe on acomputer: it's the pro-gram or app package. Ifyour Google settings areenabled to back up yourapp data and settings(outlined above) you canuse this option to back upthe apps themselves andGoogle's backup to savethe settings and data inthe apps.

9. Just check the boxesnext to the apps you wantto save and hit Backup atthe bottom.

10. When you want torestore your apps or data,just hit the Restore tab.You'll be prompted to setEasy backup as the de-fault SMS app. You canchange this back onceyour backup has been re-stored.

11. Select the backupyou want to restore andtap it. You'll see a pop upwith details of what willbe restored. Tap OK andyou're done.

12. Restoring yourapps is slightly different.Go back to Apps Tools inthe main menu and tapthe Archived tab.

13. You can check offthe APKs you want to re-store, then tap Install atthe bottom.

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phones)phones)phones)phones)phones)If your phone is

rooted then there is nobetter backup solutionthan Titanium Backup.Titanium Backup lets youback up absolutely every-thing on your phone. Thecomplete backup can berestored at any time andyou can set up scheduledbackups so you have aregular snapshot of yourAndroid phone's con-tents.

Backups can be per-formed without evenclosing the apps you'recurrently using and theycan be saved as flashablezips. Titanium also letsyou transfer files betweenthe SD card and yourphone with the utmostease.

How to back up every-thing on Android with

Titanium Backup1. Download the Tita-

nium Backup app on yourrooted Android.

2. Start the app andgrant it root privileges.You'll be asked to readsome disclaimers and soon (this is a good idea).

3. You need to haveUSB Debugging enabledon your phone.

4. In Titanium you'llsee three tabs. One is anOverview tab with infor-mation on your device,the second is Backup/Re-store where all the funstuff takes place and thethird is for schedulingregular backups.

5. Go to the Backupand Restore tab. You'll see

a list of your phone's con-tents along with iconsthat indicate whether ornot they have beenbacked up. Triangularwarning signs mean youhave no backup andsmiley faces are pretty selfexplanatory.

6. If you want to backup your system data orapps, tap the little docu-ment with a check markon it at the top. This willtake you to the batch ac-tions list.

7. You can then tapRun next to whatever ac-tion you want completed.If you want to back upyour apps, tap Run next toBackup all User Apps andif you want to back upyour system data tap Runnext to Backup all SystemData.

8. Titanium will thengo through the process ofcreating your backup.This may take a while.

9. Once completed,your backup will be la-beled with the date andsaved. You can also createan update.zip file to beflashed through recoveryif you like, or you can re-store through Titaniumitself.

10. To restore in Tita-nium, just go to the BatchActions screen again andscroll down. You'll see op-tions under the Restoresetting for the actions youcompleted earlier: in thiscase, Restore all apps withdata and Restore all sys-tem data.

11. Tap Run next tothe actions you want torestore.

12. You'll then havethe option to restore ev-erything you backed up orjust some sections of it.Make your choices andtap the green check markin the top right-hand cor-ner.

PC backupPC backupPC backupPC backupPC backupHelium is a great tool

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If all of this soundsway too complicated,simply connect your An-droid phone to your PCwith a USB cable, open aWindows Explorer win-dow and navigate to yourphone. Here you will seea bunch of folders includ-ing photos, videos, musicand documents.

Just go into eachfolder and copy paste thestuff you want to saveonto your computer forsafekeeping. This is apretty handy thing to doeven if you have otherbackup solutions at hand,because there's no suchthing as too many back-ups. (Kris Carlon,AndroidPIT)

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'Old spendinghabits must go'

CEBU - New Departmentof Budget and Manage-ment (DBM) SecretaryBenjamin E. Diokno saidhe plans to reprise his roleas a keen guardian of thegovernment’s purse, vow-ing to correct pastspending habits as heheads the agency that for-mulates and releases theannual budget under theDuterte administration.

Diokno, 68, headedthe budget departmentduring the Estrada ad-ministration, but steppeddown in 2001 when thenVice President Gloria Ar-royo took power. He thentaught economics at thestate-run University ofthe Philippines.

Diokno said the gov-ernment planned toreview the proposed 2017national budget, even ashe stressed there wouldbe no reenacted budget inthe next six years.

He said the annualbudget of the Duterte ad-ministration wouldprioritize higher publicexpenditures on vital in-frastructure, equivalent to5 to 7 percent of the grossdomestic product.

“The Duterte admin-istration will not spendmoney for spending’ssake. The economy is de-ficient in all types ofinfrastructure—highwaysand bridges, ports andairports,” Diokno said.

He also vowed to endunder-spending on pub-lic goods and services,which tempered thecountry’s growth poten-tials in the past two tothree years.

“First of all, I will puta lot of effort in budgetpreparation. I know thatunder-spending is partlydue to poor budget prepa-ration. Many programsand projects are includedin the annual budget, yetthey are not ready toimplement. Some depart-ments ask for a budgetthat they are unable toimplement: they bitemore than what they canchew,” Diokno said.

Noting that under-spending is due to the“ineptness or incompe-tence” of somedepartment chiefs,Diokno said he would asksecretaries andundersecretaries to un-

dergo retraining, while aprogram to boost projectmonitoring would also bestrengthened.

He said he would alsodo away with the practiceof allowing fiscal plan-ners to “play around withthe slacks in the budget”to finance projects notauthorized by Congress,in a controversial practiceby the past administra-tion that became knownas the Disbursement Ac-celeration Program, orDAP. The Supreme Courtin 2014 ruled DAP was un-constitutional.

“This practice has tostop. President Duterte’s2017 to 2022 budgets willbe compliant with the Su-preme Court decision onthe DAP,” Diokno said.

Moving forward, hesaid the annual budgetsto be proposed by theDuterte administrationwould prioritize the fol-lowing: higherinfrastructure spendingof 5-7 percent of the GDP;investment in human re-sources (education,healthcare and nutrition)in order to develop a dy-namic and nimble workforce; agriculture mod-ernization and ruraldevelopment in order tomake growth inclusive;raising rural incomes;and making food avail-able and affordable.

Diokno, however, saidthe new administrationwould follow the Aquinogovernment’s move inadopting the General Ap-propriations Act (GAA) asrelease document. TheDBM adopted the GAA asa release document in2014, scrapping the spe-cial allotment releaseorder system.

“This is not novel. Idid this 16 years ago whenI adopted the ‘what-you-s e e - i s - w h a t - y o u - g e t ’budget execution system.However, this was forgot-ten by [former PresidentGloria] Arroyo during herentire term and [Presi-dent] Aquino during hisfirst [few] years in office,”Diokno said.

Diokno also said thaton his watch, the DBMwill “revisit” the bottom-up budgeting (BUB)scheme, another programintroduced by the Aquinoadministration that al-

lows local governmentsas well as civil societyand community groupsto pitch the priority pov-erty-reduction projectsto be bankrolled by theannual national budget.

Also, the Duterte ad-ministration “will revisitthe CCT (conditionalcash transfer) programwith the intention ofminimizing the leakages(giving benefits to thoseundeserving and notgiving benefits to the de-serving) and minimizingthe administrativecosts,” Diokno said, re-ferring to the PantawidPamilyang Pilipino Pro-gram or “4Ps.”

“We will adopt eco-nomic measures so thata bigger part of the bud-get will be used forprojects that will trulybenefit the Filipinopeople,” he said.

During his first ten-ure as budget chief,Diokno initiated reformsthat included strength-ening of the publicexpenditure manage-ment system. He alsoimposed a moratoriumon the creation of newstate universities andcolleges, and pushed forthe abolition of severalagencies.

And to improve stra-tegic budget planning,he initiated a joint pub-lic-private sectorconsultative groupcalled the Budget Dia-logue Group.

Among his special-izations is publiceconomics focusing ongovernance, tax reformand policies, expendi-ture analysis. He hasalso given policy adviseon transitional econo-mies in Southeast Asia.In resource manage-ment, he specialized onpublic policy concern-ing oil and waterresources.

He served as budgetundersecretary to Presi-dent Corazon Aquinountil March 1991, dur-ing which he wasinvolved in the creationof the 1986 Tax ReformProgram that signifi-cantly improvedcollection. He was alsoinvolved in drafting theLocal Government Codeof 1991.