BANGSAMORO NEWS UPDATES

COTABATO CITY - (Sept. 9/NDBC) -- Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez expressed elation over the presidential submission of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law because it marks the start of exhaustive debates on the future of Mindanao.

KORONADAL CITY
(Sept. 9/NDBC) -— With football getting
more popular in the country, it was also getting famous here with a team from
this bustling city set to compete in the 2014 Philippine Football Federation
(PFF) SMART SMART Communications National Men’s Club championship group stage
qualifier.After
seven years of struggle and hard work, Real Marbel Football Club, is now ready
for regional and national competitions, according to Jake Calunsag.Calunsag,
the team’s training coach, said his 22-man team is composed of well trained and

KORONADAL CITY
(Sept. 8/NDBC) – Displaced Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from beleaguered
Libya who have returned home will have something to attend to.

after 38
OFW expatriates who originated from Region 12 were immediately assisted by the
Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Overseas Workers Welfare
Administration (OWWA) through the Assist WELL Program.

3 men nabbed for shabu possession MAKILALA, North Cotabato (Sept. 8/NDBC) – Three men,
identified as Abdullah Mansib Alimudin, 18, Mohamad Cadalen Sapalon, 26,
Samsudin Paglas, all residents of Kayaga, Kabacan, North Cotabato, were
arrested in an anti-drug campaign by Makilala PNP over the weekend.

The raid was conducted
in Baslid Street, Barangay Saguing, Makilala where the police seized three
heat-sealed sachet of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride, locally known as
shabu,” sets of motorcycle keys and drug paraphernalia.

COTABATO
CITY (Sept.8/NDBC) --- The president of the fledgling Centrist Democrat Party
(CDP) and local members convened here over the weekend and discussed the
prospects of the Mindanao peace process.

Cagayan
de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, who is CDP’s pioneer figurehead, assured his party
mates in the city and Maguindanao he will support the enactment of the draft
Basic Bangsamoro Law (BBL).

MLANG, North
Cotabato (Sept.8/NDBC)— One of the biggest contributions of the Oblates of Mary
Immaculate (OMI) missionary priests, who celebrate its 75th year
jubilee anniversary of daring presence in Mindanao on Sept. 25, was laying down
the foundation of faith and education in this town, Mayor Joselito Pinol today
said.

He said the
local government unit is recognizing the Oblate missionaries for pioneering
quality education and strengthening peoples’ faith in God as
baptized Christians.

KIDAPAWAN CITY
(Sept. 8) – The proliferation of illegal drugs in the Davao region was traced
to suspected drug pushers and couriers from Sultan Kudarat and Maguindanao.

This after
anti-narcotics agents in Digos City arrested over the weekend five persons with
P.9 million worth of methamphetamine hydrochloride, also known as shabu,”
during a buy bust operation in Barangay Tres de Mayo.

ARMM HEART personnel on their way to clear water lilies in Taviran, Mother Kabuntalan, Maguindanao Sunday morning took this photo of water hyacinth building up underneath Tamontaka Bridge.Water lilies prevent the smooth flow of river water to the Moro Gulf causing water to divert tonearby villages.

KORONADAL CITY (Sept. 5/NDBC)— To ensure successful prosecution of cases filed by police in courts,a top police official in the region on Friday said all policemen should bepresent during court hearings. Chief Superintendent Lester Camba, police regional director for SOCCSKSARGEN region,said, appearing in court hearings, especially in cases involving illegal drugs, should be a priority of all policemen. A police officer who was ask to appear in court can ask permission from their station commanders, Camba said on the rationale of physical presence in court by law enforcers.

KORONADAL CITY
(Sept. 5/NDBC) – For failure to pay taxes, the city treasurer’s office shut
down eight stalls inside the city’s mega market. Koronadal City Treasurer
Marloun Gumbao said the closure order was carried out after repeated reminders
to stall owners to pay rentals turned to deaf ears. One stall owner owe the
city government about P8,000 rentals.
Gumbao warned shut down stall owners not to attempt to unlock the stalls
because higher penalties await them.MIDSAYAP,