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Soldier held by rebels declaredAWOL by Philippine army

DAVAO CITY – Commu-nist rebels have an-nounced that they areholding a governmentsoldier as a prisoner ofwar after capturing himin South Cotabato prov-ince in the Philippines’restive region ofMindanao.

The New People’sArmy has demanded themilitary to pull out itsforces to allow the saferelease of Pfc. KenSubere, who was taken

prisoner in April in T’bolitown. His unit – the 27thInfantry Battalion – hasdeclared him AWOL or ab-sent without official leavebarely a week after he dis-appeared while on an of-ficial mission in the prov-ince.

The rebels did not re-lease any proof of life orphotos of Subere, who isbeing held captive by anNPA unit in the province.Just recently, NPA rebelsfreed two jail guards Juan

Salazar and FelicianoPolan whom they seized inSurigao del Sur provincein April following appealsmade by their families andhumanitarian groups.

The two men, whowere released on a hinter-land village in San Migueltown, had been handedover to church and politi-cal leaders led by BishopNerio Odchimar andSurigao del Sur GovernorJohnny Pimentel.

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MILF chieftain appeals for OIC aid,support for Muslims in Philippines

COTABATO CITY – WhileFilipino lawmakers werearguing over the proposedBangsamoro law in south-ern Philippines, MuradEbrahim, the chieftain ofthe Moro Islamic Libera-tion Front who signed apeace deal with Manila,has appealed to Arabcountries to help the localMuslims in the restive re-gion of Mindanao.

The secludedEbrahim, who was invitedto the recently concluded42nd Organization of Is-lamic Cooperation-Coun-cil of Foreign Ministers’Conference in Kuwait,spoke to the assembly andappealed for help.

In his speech, Ebrahimalso appealed to the OIC tourge the Philippines tofully comply with thepeace agreement signedlast year after lawmakersopposed to theBangsamoro Basic Lawscrapped several of its pro-visions and insisting theywere unconstitutional.

“As we march towards

the fulfilment of the imple-mentation of the agree-ments we signed with theGovernment of the Philip-pines, we urge you to jour-ney with us until we suc-cessfully implement all theagreements we signed withthem.”

“We ask you to con-tinue to urge the PhilippineGovernment to faithfullyimplement the CAB andpave the way for the estab-lishment of theBangsamoro Government.If, by the grace of Allah, theBangsamoro Governmentis established, we stronglyappeal to you to help us re-build our communitiesthat have been ravaged bydecades of war. We ask youto welcome us in the com-munity of Muslims, estab-lishing relations and build-ing cultural links to our cit-ies and your countries,”Ebrahim said.

The draft law – whichwould govern the new Mus-lim autonomous region inMindanao – was crafted bya commission whose mem-

bers were chosen by theAquino government andthe MILF, but many gover-nors and mayors in thoseareas said they were notproperly consulted andthat many citizens werenot even aware of its pro-visions.

The MILF saidEbrahim was one of sev-eral Muslim rebel leadersfrom the Philippines tohave been invited to theconference by OIC Secre-tary General Iyad AminMadani. The others whowere invited to by the OICwere Muslimen Sema,also a chairman of one ofseveral factions of theMoro Islamic LiberationFront; Randolp Parcasio,who represented NurMisuari, the outlawedleader of the MNLF.

The MILF did not sayif self-proclaimed MNLFchairman Abul KhayrAlonto – who is being sup-ported by the Aquino gov-ernment – was at the con-ference or not.

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President Aquino, right, shakes hands with MILF chieftain Murad Ebrahim in this governmentphoto following the signing of a peace deal in Manila in 2014.

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Great hospitality, royal service at LM Metro Hotel in Zamboanga City (Mindaao Examinerphoto)

WHO was behind the re-cent attack on a police sta-tion in Zamboanga City?Was it drug pushers, druglords or criminal gangs? Just last week, the samepolice station bombed inApril had been attackedwith a grenade, but therewere no reports of casual-ties. Police said two motor-cycle men were behind theblast in Ayala village. It wasthe second attack in thepast two months on a vil-lage notorious for its drugproblems.

The explosion dam-aged a prowl car parkedoutside the station, ac-

cording to Insp. DahlanSamuddin, a regional po-lice spokesman.

Samuddin said the mo-torcycle men sped after theexplosion. “The suspectsfled away to the west direc-tion. The police vehicle washit with shrapnel. A follow-up operation was launchedby the police to track downthe assailants,” he said.

He said an MK2 gre-nade was used in the at-tack. The motive of the at-tack is still unknown, butthe same police station wasalso bombed in April thatleft three people injured.

The bomb was plantedon a police patrol car

parked outside the stationand the powerful explo-sion damaged the vehicleand several motorcyclesnearby.

Among the injuredwere a 14-year old boy andMagdalena Araneta, 60;and Elasebio Enriquez, 76.

No individual claimedresponsibility for the at-tack, but witnesses saidthey saw a boy runningaway from the truck beforethe explosion. Police saidthe bombing was con-nected to its anti-drugcampaign in the villageand the arrest of a sus-pected drug lord.(Mindanao Examiner)

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ARMM-wide caravan that promotesyouth empowerment begins

COTABATO CITY – Morethan a thousand youthleaders in the AutonomousRegion in MuslimMindanao (ARMM) are ex-pected to join in a region-wide caravan this monthmeant to promote youthempowerment and ad-vance their involvementon various social issues.

The youth caravan,which carries the theme“Kabataan, Now Na”, is or-ganized by the Health Or-ganization of Mindanao(HOM) in partnership withthe United NationsChildren’s Fund (UNICEF).The ARMM government issupporting the activitythrough its different re-gional line agencies.

According to HOM, thecaravan “aims to reach10,000 adolescent andyouth (both in-school andout-of-school) through fun

and creative exercise” thatwill help participants“have a common under-stating on social issues,create a common voice inco-owning their role today,and contribute to a biggervision of creating a bettersociety for all.”

The schedule of theyouth caravan is as follows:

·Lamitan, Basilan –June 10, 2015

·Jolo, Sulu – June 12· Bonggao, Tawi-Tawi –

June 14·Marawi, Lanao Del

Sur – June 16· B u l u a n ,

Maguindanao – June 18It will feature various

interactive and educa-tional booths. Participat-ing government agencieswill impart respective ad-vocacies centered on youthdevelopment through in-teractive discussions, dis-

tribution of informationand education campaign(IEC) materials and schol-arship grants.

The caravan will alsomark the culmination of thefirst phase of the CreatingConnection Project sup-ported by UNICEF.

HOM Executive Direc-tor Selahuddin Yu Hashimsaid the caravan will en-courage youths to developa positive change in theiroutlook and empower themwith sound and life-chang-ing principles.

“It is imperative thatour youth be equipped withessential, timely and accu-rate information abouttheir role as responsiblecitizen of the country orsimply as valuable peacebuilder, leader, and hu-manitarian, actor in theirown ways,” he said. (Bureauof Public Information)

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Police recover abductedbaby in Zamboanga City

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Localpolice arrested a 42-year oldwoman after rescuing a childshe abducted on a village inZamboanga City in southernPhilippines, officials said.

Officials said policementracked down AnnoraJulhasan in another villageand recovered the child.Julhassan was positively

identified by the victim’s fam-ily after reviewing the footageof their security camerawhich showed the womanand the child.

“She was identified asthe abductor based on theCCTV footage that wasviewed and replayed by thechild’s family members andthe responding police offic-

ers. Joint follow up operationconducted by the police re-sulted to the rescue of thebaby,” said Insp. DahlanSamuddin, a regional policespokesman.

He said the woman isbeing interrogated to deter-mine the motive of the ab-duction. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Victims of Jolo blasts get aidSULU – The provincialgovernment has releasedfinancial assistance forthe victims of twin explo-sions in the town of Jolothat injured a dozen po-licemen and 6 civilians.

Governor Totoh Tanordered the immediaterelease of the fundsthrough Vice GovernorSakur Tan and distrib-uted to the families of thevictims by the Sulu Disas-

ter Risk Reduction andManagement Office.

The recent explosionsoccurred last week out-side a mosque in a policebase that authoritiesblamed the Abu Sayyaf.Police said a grenade ex-ploded and wounded thecivilians, three of themminors; and was followedby another blast from animprovised explosivewhen policemen arrived

at the scene to help theinjured.

No individual orgroup claimed responsi-bility for the twin explo-sions, but previous at-tacks in the provincewere also blamed to thenotorious rebel groupwhich is being linked byauthorities to the al-Qaeda, Jemaah Islamiyaand ISIS. (Mindanao Ex-aminer)

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peace accord it signed withthe Philippine governmentwould greatly help calmdown the volatile securitysituation in Mindanao,where military forces arestruggling to fight home-grown terrorism, and com-munist and Muslim insur-gencies there.

“The Muslims inMindanao has long cravedfor development, physi-cally and mentally. And itis hoped that it will be de-livered in the form of peacedividends as the fruits ofthe current peace process.”

“We, the Bangsamorohave always recognizedthe importance of eco-nomic developments andpolitical stability as the pil-lars to a sustainable devel-opment. In order toachieve that, we will haveto make sure that situationis conducive for future in-

MILF chieftain appeals for OIC aid,support for Muslims in Philippines

vestments and businesses.There is no alternative tothat since failure to do sowould mean the failure ofthe Bangsamoro and theMuslims,” he added.

Ebrahim said there is aneed for international helpin Mindanao, home toabout 2 million Muslims,for peace and develop-ment projects, and al-though the governmentpledged to provide moreaid and billions of pesos tothe proposed Bangsamororegion, he said it is notenough.

“It is undeniable thatthe development work inthe Bangsamoro would re-quire a huge amount ofmoney since it will have tostart almost from zero. De-spite our tireless efforts, theBangsamoro will remain asjust another dream if it isnot supported with equalfinancial commitments.”

“Unfortunately, it is an

area which we are verymuch lacking. Althoughthe government haspledged to provide the nec-essary funding but we fullyunderstand the financialconstraints that they facesince we are talking aboutan amount that couldreach hundreds of billionsof dollars. Therefore, Iwould like to take this op-portunity to humbly re-quest the OIC memberstates and affiliated institu-tions to help us. We wouldwelcome any kind of finan-cial assistances and invest-ments. And on our part, wewill give our level best tolive up to your expecta-tions,” Ebrahim said.

It was Ebrahim’s first tospeak before members ofthe influential OIC, whichhas been brokering peacetalks between the Philip-pines and local Muslimrebels since the 1970s.(Mindanao Examiner)

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ter rebels ambushed theirvehicle to free a prisoner,Jojean Alameda, who wasfalsely accused by the mili-tary as a member of thecommunist group. Themilitary’s EasternMindanao Command in-sisted that Alameda is abomb maker.

Last December, rebelsalso seized Compostela Val-ley provincial jail warden

Soldier held by rebels declaredAWOL by Philippine army

Jose Mervin Coquilla andinvestigated him for allegedcorruption and humanrights abuses. He was alsofreed on January 19 due tohumanitarian reason.

Government peacetalks with the NPA – whichhas been fighting for de-cades for the establishmentof a Maoist state in thecountry – collapsed in 2004after rebels accused thenPresident Gloria Arroyo ofreneging on several agree-

ments, among them the re-lease of all political prison-ers and the removal of theterrorist tag on the Com-munist Party of the Philip-pines and its political wing,the National DemocraticFront of the Philippines,and the NPA.

Manila also suspendedthe Joint Agreement onSafety and Immunity Guar-antees after the peace talksfailed. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

ARMM passes good governance testsCOTABATO CITY – Forthe first time in theregion’s history, the Au-tonomous Region inMuslim Mindanao(ARMM) has passed onthe nationalgovernment’s Good Gov-ernance Conditions(GGC) reflecting “a revi-talized and reformed au-tonomous region.”

Laisa Alamia, ARMMexecutive secretary, saidpassing the GCC underthe Results-Based Per-formance ManagementSystem is “proof that thereforms in the ARMM areworking.”

“We have the au-tonomous region thatwas touted to be a failedexperiment, additionalto that is the people’shopeless mindset of itsprogressive change. Butwith this perfect compli-ance with the six GGCcriteria, it shows our re-forms work,” Alamiasaid.

The Results-BasedPerformance Manage-ment System monitorsthe performance of gov-ernment agencies, inline with the Aquinoadministration’s com-mitment to good gover-nance by encouragingexemplary performanceand effective service de-livery to the people.

The six criteria un-der the GGC are: Perfor-mance-Based Bonus Tar-gets, Transparency Seal,Philippine General Elec-tronic Procurement Sys-tem (PhilGEPS) Posting,Liquidation of All CashAdvances, Citizen’sCharter, and Statementsof Assets, Liabilities andNet Worth (SALN).

Despite the chal-lenges of complying withthe requirements be-cause of ARMM’s uniquegovernment structure,

Alamia said the regionalgovernment managed topass the conditions be-cause of the hard work ofthe region’s officials andemployees.

Alamia added that theefforts for the ARMM’ssuccess started with theleadership of GovernorMujiv Hataman evenwhen he was still an of-ficer-in-charge governoron December 2011.Hataman was later electedas governor on May 2013.

“When Hatamancame in as an OIC Gover-nor, a series of assess-ments about the region’sproblems and issues wereconducted. When he waselected, developmentplans like the Regional De-velopment Plan (RDP)and the three-year Strate-gic Convergence Plan for2013-2015 that serve as atransition plan for theBangsamoro weredrafted,” Alamia said.

This compliance isfirst in the 25-year historyof ARMM. Alamia saidhands-on management ofARMM’s different lineagencies was conductedand they were directed tostick with their plans andtargets for the Perfor-mance-Based Bonus Tar-gets.

“We have strength-ened our database man-agement system for allARMM line agencies, andthe monitoring andevaluation of our projectsand programs,” she said.

“We required allagencies to createwebsites and post their fi-nancial transactions andbudget expenses begin-ning 2012 for the Trans-parency Seal that wouldsignify the message ofopen governance,”Alamia said.

All agencies of ARMMare registered in the

PhilGEPS, which requiresthe agencies to post pub-lic procurements in thePhilGEPS website as agovernment’s tool forprocurement reformsand transparency.

Because of unliqui-dated cash advances inthe past administrations,ARMM was known as thecountry’s corruptioncapital.

“An executive orderwas released in 2012 dis-allowing cash advances.We started at the Office ofthe Regional Governorand later we expanded itto the entire region,”Alamia said.

Offices in the regionhave also complied withthe Citizen’s Charter – agovernment’s tool topresent systematic com-mitment to the people.

More than 30,000employees, including27,000 teachers, in theregion have filed theirSALN, “a first time inARMM,” Alamia said.

“Once we transitionto the Bangsamoro, wewill be turning-over agovernment that has lev-eled-up when it comes togood governance,”Alamia said.

Further, she said pro-fessionalism of officialsand employees of the re-gion brought about bygood governance com-pliance will be a chal-lenge for theBangsamoro.

“It’s either theBangsamoro govern-ment will maintain or ex-ceed the level of profes-sionalism of the presentbureaucracy,” Alamiaadded.

Having passed theGGC, the ARMM is 100%ready for the transition tothe Bangsamoro, Alamiasaid. (Bureau of PublicInformation)

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FBI behind mysterious surveillance aircraft over US citiesTHE FBI is operating asmall air force with scoresof low-flying planes acrossthe U.S. carrying videoand, at times, cellphonesurveillance technology—all hidden behind ficti-tious companies that arefronts for the government,The Associated Press haslearned.

The planes‘ surveil-lance equipment is gener-ally used without a judge’sapproval, and the FBI saidthe flights are used for spe-cific, ongoing investiga-tions. In a recent 30-dayperiod, the agency flewabove more than 30 citiesin 11 states across thecountry, an AP reviewfound.

Aerial surveillancerepresents a changingfrontier for law enforce-ment, providing what thegovernment maintains isan important tool incriminal, terrorism or in-telligence probes. But theprogram raises questionsabout whether thereshould be updated poli-cies protecting civil liber-ties as new technologiespose intrusive opportuni-

ties for government spy-ing.

The FBI confirmed forthe first time the wide-scale use of the aircraft,which the AP traced to atleast 13 fake companies,such as FVX Research,KQM Aviation, NBR Avia-tion and PXW Services.Even basic aspects of theprogram are withheldfrom the public in cen-sored versions of officialreports from the JusticeDepartment’s inspectorgeneral.

“The FBI’s aviationprogram is not secret,”spokesman ChristopherAllen said in a statement.“Specific aircraft and theircapabilities are protectedfor operational securitypurposes.” Allen addedthat the FBI’s planes “arenot equipped, designed orused for bulk collectionactivities or mass surveil-lance.”

But the planes cancapture video of unrelatedcriminal activity on theground that could behanded over for prosecu-tions.

Some of the aircraft

can also be equipped withtechnology that can iden-tify thousands of peoplebelow through thecellphones they carry,even if they’re not makinga call or in public. Officialssaid that practice, whichmimics cell towers intocoughing up basic sub-scriber information, israre.

Details confirmed bythe FBI track closely withpublished reports since atleast 2003 that a govern-ment surveillance pro-gram might be behind sus-picious-looking planesslowly circling neighbor-hoods. The AP traced atleast 50 aircraft back to theFBI, and identified morethan 100 flights since lateApril orbiting both majorcities and rural areas.

One of the planes,photographed in flight lastweek by the AP in northernVirginia, bristled with un-usual antennas under itsfuselage and a camera onits left side. A federal bud-get document from 2010mentioned at least 115planes, including 90Cessna aircraft, in the

FBI’s surveillance fleet.The FBI said it also oc-

casionally helps local po-lice with aerial support,such as during the recentdisturbance in Baltimorethat followed the death of25-year-old Freddie Gray,who sustained grievousinjuries while in policecustody. Those types of re-quests are reviewed by se-nior FBI officials.

The surveillanceflights comply withagency rules, an FBIspokesman said. Thoserules, which are heavilyredacted in publicly avail-able documents, limit thetypes of equipment theagency can use, as well asthe justifications and du-ration of the surveillance.

Details about theflights come as the JusticeDepartment seeks to navi-gate privacy concernsarising from aerial surveil-lance by unmannedaircrafts, or drones. Presi-dent Barack Obama hassaid he welcomes a debateon government surveil-lance, and has called formore transparency aboutspying in the wake of dis-closures about classifiedprograms.

“These are not yourgrandparents’ surveil-lance aircraft,” said JayStanley, a senior policyanalyst with the AmericanCivil Liberties Union, call-ing the flights significant“if the federal governmentis maintaining a fleet ofaircraft whose purpose isto circle over Americancities, especially with thetechnology we know canbe attached to those air-craft.”

During the past fewweeks, the AP trackedplanes from the FBI’s fleeton more than 100 flightsover at least 11 states plusWashington, D.C., mostwith Cessna 182T Skylaneaircraft. These includedparts of Houston, Phoenix,Seattle, Chicago, Boston,

Minneapolis and South-ern California.

Evolving technologycan record higher-qualityvideo from long distances,even at night, and cancapture certain identify-ing information fromcellphones using a deviceknown as a “cell-site simu-lator”—or Stingray, to useone of the product’s brandnames. These can trickpinpointed cellphonesinto revealing identifica-tion numbers of subscrib-ers, including those notsuspected of a crime.

Officials say cellphonesurveillance is rare, al-though the AP found in re-cent weeks FBI flights or-biting large, enclosedbuildings for extended pe-riods where aerial photog-raphy would be less effec-tive than electronic sig-nals collection. Those in-cluded above RonaldReagan Washington Na-tional Airport and the Mallof America inBloomington, Minnesota.

After The WashingtonPost revealed flights bytwo planes circling overBaltimore in early May, theAP began analyzing de-tailed flight data and air-craft-ownership registra-tions that shared similaraddresses and flight pat-terns. That review foundsome FBI missions circledabove at least 40,000 resi-dents during a single flightover Anaheim, California,in late May, according toCensus data and recordsprovided by the websiteFlightRadar24.com.

Most flight patternsoccurred in counter-clockwise orbits up to sev-eral miles wide androughly one mile abovethe ground at slow speeds.A 2003 newsletter from thecompany FLIR SystemsInc., which makes cameratechnology such as seenon the planes, describedflying slowly in left-handed patterns.

“Aircraft surveillancehas become an indispens-able intelligence collec-tion and investigativetechnique which serves asa force multiplier to theground teams,” the FBIsaid in 2009 when it askedCongress for $5.1 millionfor the program.

Recently, indepen-dent journalists andwebsites have cited com-panies traced to a bank ofVirginia post office boxes,including one shared withthe Justice Department.The AP analyzed similardata since early May, whilealso drawing upon aircraftregistration documents,business records and in-terviews with U.S. officialsto understand the scope ofthe operations.

The FBI asked the APnot to disclose the namesof the fake companies ituncovered, saying thatwould saddle taxpayerswith the expense of creat-ing new cover companiesto shield the government’sinvolvement, and couldendanger the planes andintegrity of the surveil-lance missions. The AP de-clined the FBI’s requestbecause the companies’names—as well as com-

mon addresses linked tothe Justice Department—are listed on public docu-ments and in governmentdatabases.

At least 13 front com-panies that AP identifiedbeing actively used by theFBI are registered to postoffice boxes in Bristow, Vir-ginia, which is near a re-gional airport used for pri-vate and charter flights.Only one of them appearsin state business records.

Included on most air-craft registrations is a mys-terious name, RobertLindley. He is listed aschief executive and has atleast three distinct signa-tures among the compa-nies. Two documents in-clude a signature for Rob-ert Taylor, which is strik-ingly similar to one ofLindley’s three handwrit-ing patterns.

The FBI would not saywhether Lindley is a U.S.government employee.The AP unsuccessfullytried to reach Lindley atphone numbers registeredto people of the same namein the Washington areasince Monday.

Law enforcement offi-cials said Justice Depart-ment lawyers approved thedecision to create fictitiouscompanies to protect theflights’ operational secu-rity and the Federal Avia-tion Administration wasaware of the practice. Oneof the Lindley-headedcompanies shares a postoffice box openly used bythe Justice Department.

Such elusive practiceshave endured for decades.A 1990 report by the then-General Accounting Officenoted that, in July 1988, theFBI had moved its “head-quarters-operated” aircraftinto a company that wasn’tpublicly linked to the bu-reau.

The FBI does not gen-erally obtain warrants torecord video from itsplanes of people movingoutside in the open, but italso said that under a newpolicy it has recently begunobtaining court orders touse cell-site simulators.The Obama administra-tion had until recentlybeen directing local au-thorities through secretagreements not to revealtheir own use of the de-vices, even encouragingprosecutors to drop casesrather than disclose thetechnology’s use in opencourt.

A Justice Departmentmemo last month also ex-pressly barred its compo-nent law enforcementagencies from using un-manned drones “solely forthe purpose of monitoringactivities protected by theFirst Amendment” andsaid they are to be usedonly in connection withauthorized investigationsand activities. A depart-ment spokeswoman saidthe policy applied only tounmanned aircraft sys-tems rather than pilotedairplanes. The FirstAmendment of the U.S.Constitution guaranteesfreedom of speech and as-sembly. (By Jack Gillum,Eileen Sullivan And EricTucker)

M8.5 quake rocks Ogasawara Islands,jolting Tokyo and wider Kanto areaA magnitude-8.5 earth-quake struck west of theOgasawara Islands south ofTokyo on Saturday evening,jolting wide parts of theKanto region and causingmoderate tremors in manyparts of the archipelago, theMeteorological Agencysaid.

No tsunami warningwas issued by the agency,and no injuries or majordamage were immediatelyreported by local authori-ties in the Ogasawara chain.

The quake, which mea-sured upper-5 on the Japa-nese seismic intensity scaleof 7, occurred at 8:24 p.m.

at a depth of 590 km belowthe seabed, the agency said.Given the depth of the epi-center, slow lateral vibra-tions continued for about aminute in Tokyo.

On Chichijima Islandin the Ogasawara chain,communities experiencedpowerful jolts. NHK quotedYoshiyuki Sasamoto, whoruns a local inn, as sayingthing started to fall fromshelves as the tremors con-tinued.

Following the quake,Tokyo Electric Power Co.said no damage had beenreported at its FukushimaNo. 1 and No. 2 nuclear

power stations.East Japan Railway Co.

suspended operations onthe Tokaido ShinkansenLine as well as theYamanote Line and otherrail routes in Tokyo forsafety checks. NHK footageshowed many peoplestranded at major hub sta-tions, including Shibuya,Shinjuku and Ikebukuro.

Some lines later re-sumed operation aftersafety was confirmed.Haneda airport in Tokyotemporarily closed its run-ways for safety checks butresumed services within anhour. (Kyodo, Staff Report)

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ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman on Senate’shearing on the Bangsamoro Basic LawTHERE was no discoursethat proved wrong the con-tention that the Autono-mous Region in MuslimMindanao was a failed ex-periment. It needed amiracle to save it.

The failure of govern-ment and the rule of law wasa sad reflection of the truthof how the gains of the pre-vious revolutions and thepeace negotiations that fol-lowed were desecrated, ifnot wasted.

ARMM’s structure wasnot responsive of the realneeds of the people. This im-perfection took a toll on thecivilians, the farmers, themothers and their children.The weak government failedto deliver and it gradually re-sulted in its implosion. Thefailure of governance sawthe rise of incidence of pov-erty, criminality, and terror-ism.

After the governmentresolutely pursued thepeace agreement with theMoro Islamic LiberationFront, there had been nomajor breakout of conflict inthe ARMM and other partsof Mindanao. The guns ofthe rebels and soldiers weresilenced by the display ofgood faith and sincerityfrom both the governmentand the rebel group, espe-cially when they signed theFramework Agreement onBangsamoro and the Com-prehensive Agreement onthe Bangsamoro. The condi-tion of peace provided thepeople a respite from thenever-ending cycle of vio-lence, giving them the timeto start their lives anew,dream, and hope once

again.It also allowed the re-

gional government to focusits attention on buildingroads, bridges, classrooms,farm facilities, communityhealth centers, markets, andhomes. The same moneycould have been used formedicines, food packs, andbuilding makeshift homesfor people displaced by wars.

In the aftermath of theMamasapano incidentalone, we realized that theregional government has al-ready spent over 50 millionpesos for the needs of the af-fected communities. War isvery costly, for the informa-tion of those who do notknow.

Right now, our hope isthat the state of peace beingexperienced in Mindanaonow will last long. And every-thing that we have put inplace will continue. ARMMextends its sincerest appre-ciation to PresidentBenignoAquino III for histrust and confidence over thecapacity and the dedicationof its leaders and the entireregional government to ig-nite reform and initiatechange and development inthe region that, for the long-est time, became a haplessvictim of the neglect, mis-management, and the greedof political warlords.

The Aquinoadministration’s own visionof development and reformbecame the guiding light ofthe regional government asit aggressively laid down itsown agenda of political re-form and development. Weare very happy that the col-lective effort of the national

government and the regionalgovernment paid well thatwe were able to surmountthe darkness that swathedthe region and its people, theMoro people, for so manyyears.

We are deeply pleasedover the support as we recog-nize that without it, ARMMwould have not absolved it-self of the evils of the past; itwould have been impossiblefor the regional governmentto prove itself against theenormous challenge of spur-ring positive developmentsand change in the lives of thepeople.

Without this support,without the trust and confi-dence, it would have beenimpossible for ARMM andthe municipalities under itswinds to be given the Seal ofGood Governance Condi-tions. It was a proof that thereforms were working downto the levels of the local gov-ernment units. It was a proofthat these reforms were feltby the people. It was a proofthat Moros are able to governand are govern well.

We are also thankful tothe members of both theSenate and House of Repre-sentatives for sharing our vi-sion for the region. In 26years, for the first time in itshistory, ARMM received thebiggest budget of P24.3 bil-lion. The increase in budgetmeant more projects andprojects with greater andwider impacts. As it did in thepast three years, the budgetis being spent well forprojects that truly promotepeace and development andresponsive to the needs of thepeople to overcome povertyand become responsible andproductive citizens of thecountry. Part of the budget isalso being spent on humanresource development as weready for the newBangsamoro political entity.

Allow us to take note thatbecause of our aggressiveimplementation of reformscame the influx of invest-ments that continue to thisday. But despite the accom-plishments and break-throughs, we recognize thefact that the current regionalgovernment has limitationsas a result of an Organic Actthat hinders full autonomy.

As local governmentleaders, we can only do somuch as our hands are tiedby these infirmities. This isthe reason why the regionalgovernment and its leadersare supportive of the passageof the Bangsamoro BasicLaw, which we believe willprovide the people withmore. We are supporting thepassage of BBL as we firmlybelieve that it will address theweaknesses and imperfec-tions of ARMM and will trulyresult in the fulfillment of theaspirations of the Moropeople for self-determina-tion and full autonomy.

We are supporting thepassage of BBL as we under-score the need for aBangsamoro that is strongerthan the ARMM, a new gov-ernment that will bring ourpeople a life of greater oppor-tunities and deliver thepromises of a lasting peace.

We call on the membersof this August body to listenand heed the voices of peace.Please pass BBL.

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Mga negosyanteng Haponmamuhunan ug laing negosyo

MG AnegosyantengH a p o nnahimu-ot

sa kasamtangang lakat sanegosyo sa Pilipinas ugtungod niini positibo ngamamuhunan sila ug bag-ong negosyo sa nasud,sumala sa opisyal saPalasyo.

Sa pag-abot niPresidente Aquino sa Ja-pan niadtong semana,una siyangnakighimamat sa mganegosyanteng Haponnga nanag-iya ug mgadagku nga kompanya saJapan.

Si CommunicationsSecretary HerminioColoma, Jr. nga kuyog saPresidente sagipahigayong tigom saKirin Holdings Co. Ltd.mipaaabot sa mensahenga gusto sa maongkompanyang mo palapadug mopalambo pa sa ilangnegosyo sa Pilipinas.

Ang kompanya ngaKirin nahimuut ug nakuntento sa lakat sanegosyo sa Pilipinas,matud ni Coloma.

Si Presidente Aquinogilaoman nga makig kitausab kang Teruo Asada,chairman sa kompanyang

Marubeni nga nakapundarug negosyo sa Pilpinas sagidugayong 105 ka tuig.

Ang Marubenimipadayag sa ilangdakong pagasalig sagipamuhunan niiningnegosyo sa power and en-ergy development, waterutility ug mass transporta-tion dinhi sa nasud.

Sa nakita niiningpaglambo sa ilangnegosyo sa Pilipinas,interesado na usab angMarubeni ngamamuhunan ug bag-ongnegosyo nga sakyanangpang publiko sa nasud.(Leandria P. Pagunsan)

No Smoking!NG Civil ServiceC o m m i s s i o nmipahimangnopag-usab sa

New bank notes hasugraded security features

n an effort to com-bat the existingproblem of counter-feiting in the coun-I

try, the Philippine gov-ernment rolled out en-hanced special and secu-rity features on the NewGeneration Currency(NGC) Banknotes.

Bangko Sentral ngPilipinas (BSP) said theenhanced features of theNGC will be in full use bynext year. It said the oldnotes are already in thedemonetization process.

Therese AnneDomingo, Senior Cur-rency Specialist for Cur-rency Issue and IntegrityOffice, said these featuresare classified as 1st levelsecurity features that thepublic can easily noticeand can protect themagainst counterfeiters.

"These upgraded se-curity features will alsohelped those who can'tsee clearly by just touch-ing and feeling thebanknotes texture," ex-plained Domingo.

1st Level or Public

Level Security Featuresare simplified into threemethods: the feel, lookand tilt which the publiccan easily apprehend.

The Feel method in-cludes the paper's texturewhich is rough and theembossed prints locatedin some parts of thebanknotes.

The Look method in-cludes the watermark, se-curity fibers, embeddedsecurity thread, widowedsecurity thread and otherswhile the Tilt includes theconcealed value, opticallyvariable ink and opticallyvariable device patchfound in the genuinebanknotes.

Furthermore, BSPconfirmed that Metro Ma-nila tops on having ram-pant counterfeiting in-dustry and followed byVisayas and Mindanao.

According toIlluminada Sicat, themanaging director forCurrency ManagementSub-Sector, said they havewidened their informa-tion campaign by going to

barrios and remote areasto teach and raise aware-ness.

"In fact, counterfeit-ing is decreasing in ratedue to the awareness ofthe public about it,"Sicat said.

At least 95% of thecounterfeited banknotesare turned over by thepublic to BSP nation-wide. The BSP is alsogiven the authority to ar-rest people counterfeit-ing.

"We are also reward-ing people who can tellus about illegal activitiesof counterfeiting tomake an effective andimmediate responseabout these continuousissues," Sicat said.

The New GenerationBanknotes was intro-duced in December2010. It is expected tocirculate as a single cur-rency series in the coun-try after the Demoneti-zation program effectivein the year 2017. (FerlizaC. Contratista and CarenP. Gabisay)

Akatawhang trabahante sanasud nga ginadili angpagpanigarilyo sulod sapalibot sa mga buhatansa gobyerno ug gi diliusab ang pakiglambigitsa mga tobacco industry.

Gitumbok ni CSCCommissioner Robert S.Martinez ang CSCMemorandum CircularNo. 17 nga gipagawasniadtong Mayo 2009 ang"absolute smoking ban"nga ipahamtang satanang buhatan sagobyerno nga nag hatagug serbisyo alang samaayong panglawas,edukasyon ug social wel-fare and developmentservices sama sa hospi-tals, health centers,schools and universities.Str iktong ginadili angpagpanigarilyo niiningmga lugara.

Sa ubang buhatan sagobyerno nga walamaghatag ug serbisyonga nahisgtuan saunahan, mahimong

manigarilyo sa mga lugarnga "designated smokingareas"

Dugang niini angCSC ug Department ofHealth's Joint Memoran-dum Circular ( JMC) No.2010-01 nagdili usab samga opisyal ugtrabahante sa gobyernonga makiglambigit samga tobacco industrygawas kunggikinahanglan alang sapagpatuman sa balaodug sa gikinahanglan ngasupervision and control.

Ang JMC 2010-01hugot nga ipatuman sakagamhanan batok sapakiglambigit sa mga to-bacco industry, ilabi nakung makabalda kini sapagpatuman sa tobaccocontrol measures.

Lakip sa ginadili maoang paghatag ug prefer-ential treatment sama saincentives and exemp-tions sa mga tobacco in-dustry ug angpagpangayo ugpagdawat ug mgadonasyon bugti sa pabornga makiglambigit sila satransaksyon sa mga

ahensya sa gobyerno.Dugang ni commis-

sioner Martinez nga angmaayong panglawas samga trabahante sagobyerno anggipanalipdan sa Com-mission: "As the centralhuman resource institu-tion of government, theCSC places premuim onhealth and wellness,primarily of civil ser-vants and of thecountry's human capi-tal in general, as we be-lieve that a person'shealth directly corre-lates with his or her pro-ductivity," matud niMartinez.

Samtang gi respetousab ang kamatuorannga dili malikayan angpagpanigarilyo isip"personal choice" giawhag gihapon ang mgapublikong trabahantepaghuna-huna ugmopatigbabaw angmaayong desisyon aronmakab-ot ang"healthier lifestyle,"sumala pa niMartinez.(Leandria P.Pagunsan)

EO sa CARS program, gilagdaan ni AquinoILAGDAAN niP r e s i d e n t eB e n i g n oAquino ang Ex-G

ecutive Order No. 182 oang paghatag og Com-prehensive AutomotiveResurgence Strategy(CARS) program ngan a g t i n g u h a n gmangdasig sa mga bag-ong investment ngamagpakusog sa Philip-pine automotive industrynga maoy makatabangaron mahimong regionalautomotive manufactur-ing hub kini sa Asian re-gion.

Gitataw sa EO ngaang maong programalimitado lamang sa mgamanufacturer og 3 kamodelo sa 4-wheeledmotor vehicles.

Matud pa sa EO No.182, ang Board of Invest-ment (BOI), isip leadimplementing ug coordi-nating agency sa CARSProgram, maoy molihoksa rekomendasyon sa In-ter-agency Committee on

Automotive Industry De-velopment, moatiman saimplementasyon samaong programa,mosumiter og annual re-port of performance samaong programa ngadtosa Office of the Presidentug mo-koordinar sa auto-motive industry develop-ment efforts sa tananghingtungdang ahensiya uginstumentalidad sagobyerno.

Usa ka Inter-agencyCommittee on AutomotiveIndustry Development angpagatukoron aron maoymo administer ugimplementar sa CARS Pro-gram.

Ang maong komitibalingkoran o pangunahansa Department of Tradeand Industry-BOI repre-sentative, nga adunay mgamiyembro gikan sa De-partment of Finance, De-partment of Transporta-tion and Communications,Department of Scienceand Technology, NationalEconomic and Develop-

ment Authority, TechnicalEducation and Skills De-velopment Authority, angco-chairman sa IndustryDevelopment Council, ugang co-chairman sa Na-tional CompetitivenessCouncil.

Ang maong mandonag-ingon usab nga angDepartment of Budget andManagement, sa pakig-alayon sa BOI, maoymotanyag pinaagi sa Na-tional Expenditure Pro-gram, ang paglakip sa usaka Automotive Develop-ment Fund sa tinuig ngaGeneral AppropriationsAct, nga maoy mo-pondosa fiscal support nga ihatagngadto sa registered ugtakos nga sumasalmot.

Ang kinatibuk-ang fis-cal support alang niiningprograma ihatag sapagsugod sa tuig 2016 ugdili molapas sa P27 bilyon,nga adunay matag enrolledmodel qualified alang safiscal support sa kantidadnga dili molapas sa P9bilyon. ( Elvira C. Bongosia)

The Cebu Taoist Temple. From the Taoist Temple Cebu City facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/TaoistTempleCebu)