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Tukanalipao rising from effects of 2015 Mamasapano incident

MAGUINDANAO -- Barangay Tukanalipao in Mamasapano town has bounced back from a bloody incident on January 25, 2015 that dislocated local residents and shook the nation to its core.More than 50 people, 44 of them police Special Action Force commandos, perished that day as a consequence of an operation that first resulted in the death of Malaysian terrorist Zulkifli bin Hir, alias Marwan, and went haywire subsequently due to lack of coordination between the raiding troops and local Moro guerillas. Life is back to normal now.

Visiting senators optimistic of BBL approval within 2018

COTABATO CITY ---The four senators who presided over the public hearing on the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law here Thursday assured stakeholders to see through its enactment into law within the year.Leaders of Moro, Lumad and Christian sectors took turns telling Senators Miguel Zubiri, JV Ejercito, Rissa Hontiveros and Sonny Angara during Thursday’s event their wish for the unimpeded passage of the proposed law.The draft BBL, crafted jointly by representatives of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and the national government, is premised on two compacts reached by both sides after 17 years of ta

Zubiriand Confidence in ARMM regional government will help BBL passage

COTABATO CITY -- It is clear that public service in the ARMM is on an entirely different level, Sen. Miguel Zubiri said after an emotional speech by Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman during the Joint Public Hearing on the Bangsamoro Basic Law Bills held in Cotabato City.The hearing is the third joint public hearing on the said measure, according to Zubiri who chairs the Senate subcommittee on the BBL.Holding back tears, Hataman expressed his sadness over accusations that the ARMM of recent years has done nothing to help the Bangsamoro people.

Senate holds public consultation on BBL in Cotabato City

COTABATO CITY -- Senator Miguel Migz Zubiri is now spearheading the Joint Public Hearing on the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law at the Shariff Kabunsuan Complex inside the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) compound.Accompanying Zubiri are Senators JV Ejercito and Sonny Angara.The consultation is on going at the Shariff Kabunsuan complex while Bangsamoro men and women patiently wait outside the complex.The committees involved in the joint hearings are Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes, Ways and Means, and Finance and Sub-Committee on the BBL.Before the co

Three Maute terrorists arrested in highland Lanao town

LANAO DEL SUR --- Authorities arrested on Wednesday three members of the Maute terror group in Piagapo town in Lanao del Sur.Apao Dimacaling, Alex Braad and Kalal Berongan, all ethnic Maranaos, yielded rocket-propelled grenades, materials for improvised explosive devices and a grenade launcher when combined Army and police personnel raided their lair in Barangay Gacap, Piagapo.Chief Supt, Graciano Mijares of the Police Regional Office-Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao said Thursday the joint operation of the Lanao del Sur provincial police and the Army’s 103rdBrigade that led to their ar

Displaced Tedurays reluctant to return home in Maguindanao

MAGUINDANAO ---- Indigenous Tedurays dislocated by deadly attacks by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters are reluctant to return to their homes for fear of their safety.

Hataman hires 75 more new teachers for Maguindanao

COTABATO CITY ---- Officials hired on Monday 75 more public teachers to propagate culture of peace in hostile areas in Maguindanao province.Gov. Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and his regional education secretary, Rasol Mitmug, Jr., jointly facilitated the placement of the teachers to permanent teaching posts during a symbolic gathering at the ARMM compound here Monday morning.Hataman said the 75 teachers are all qualified for appointment to teaching positions covered by civil service laws.

ARMM starts checking presence of mayors in troubled towns

COTABATO CITY --- The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will start locating daily on Monday absentee mayors whose towns are plagued by violent religious extremists.The move is in compliance with a directive from the Mindanao martial law administrator, Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, for ARMM Gov.

ARMM guv warns non-performing LCEs

COTABATO CITY – Governor Mujiv Hataman of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Thursday warned about imposing sanctions on absentee and non-performing local chief executives.The warning came after Defense Secretary Delfin Lorenzana, who serves as Martial Law administrator in Mindanao, ordered a closer monitoring of local chief executives in Mindanao.The order was specified in Martial Law Instruction No.

Mangudadatu seeks MILF help on Mount Firis security woes

MAGUINDANAO --- The provincial peace and order council has urged the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to help the military protect non-Muslim Tedurays in the province from the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters.The council, chaired by Gov. Esmael Mangudadatu, convened in Buluan town Wednesday and discussed the plight of thousands of indigenous Tedurays dislodged from Mt. Firis in Maguindanao by a series of deadly attacks by BIFF gunmen the past three weeks.Mt.

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