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Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III reads a copy of the Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaperin his residence in Taguig City. (Photo by Mark Navales)

UNA senatorial bet JV EjercitoEstrada sinuportahan ng El Shaddai!

PAGADIAN CITY - Umani ngmalaking papuri at suportaang pagkaka-endorso ng ElShaddai - isa sa pina-kamalaking religious groupsa bansa - kay United Na-tionalist Alliance senatorialcandidate JV EjercitoEstrada na-ngunguna saibat-ibang pre-elections sur-veys. Mismong si El Sha-ddaileader Bro. Mike Velarde angsiyang nag-endorso kay JVEjercito Estrada.

Si Bro. Mike Velarde angtumatayong taga-pagsalitangayon ng “White VoteMovement,” isang umbrellagroup ng ibat-ibang reli-gious organizations sabvansa na siyang nagsulongng endorsement ni JVEjercito Estrada dahil samatibay nitong pananalig saDiyos at magandang track

record sa pulitika.Isa rin sa JV Ejercito

Estrada sa mga bumoto labansa Reproductive Health bill atdahil sa kanyang malakas napaniniwala sa Simbahan at sakahalagahan at ka-pakananng pamilya, ay inendorso rinito ng Simbahang Katoliko saIloilo province at nanguna satalaang ng kanilang “TeamBuhay.” Todo naman angpasasalamat ni JV EjercitoEstrada sa El Shaddai at sabumubuo ng “White VoteMovement” dahil sa kanilangpagtitiwala sa kanyangkakayahan. Ma-ging angpamilya ni JV Ejercito Estradaat mga ka-alyadong grupo aynagalak at nagpasalamat kayBro. Mike Velarde.

“Taos-puso po akongnagpapasalamat kay ElShaddai leader (Mariano)

Bro. Mike Velarde, sakanyang pag-endorso saaking kandidatura bilangSenador sa darating nahalalan. Isang ka-rangalanpo na ako ay suportahan ngEl Shaddai,” ani JV EjercitoEstrada sa panayam ng me-dia.

“Ikinalulugod ko rin namapabilang sa hanay ninaPangulong Joseph Estrada,na ilang beses na rin na in-endorso at nanalo dahil sasuporta ng El Shaddai, isa sapinakamalaking Catholicorganizations sa bansa namay limang milyong kasapi.Napakalaking tulong nginyong suporta sa akingkandidatura. Maramingsalamat po at pagpalainnawa ng Pangi-noon ang ElShaddai,” dagdag pa nito.(Mindanao Examiner)

Makikita sa larawang ito sina El Shaddai leader Bro. Mike Velarde at UNA senatorialbet JV Ejercito Estrada na nagpasalamat sa charismatic leader sa suporta nito sa kanya.

SULU SULTANATE MEMBERS FACEDEATH PENALTY IN MALAYSIA

leven more Filipinoswith links to the Sul-tanate of Sulu havebeen charged withEEEEE

terrorism in Malaysia forwaging war with the King -Yang di-Pertuan Agong -bringing to 19 the total num-ber of Filipinos detained onsimilar charges. They face thedeath penalty if proven guilty.

The identities of thosecharged were Hussin AbuBakar, Basad Manuel, LinMad Salleh, Holland Kalbi,Habil Suhaili, Timhar Hadir,Kadir Uyung, Masir Aidin,Ismail Yasin, Anwar SalibAkhmad, Binhar SalibAkhma, Lating Tiong VirgilioNemar Patulada, SalibAkhmad Emali, Al Wazir

Osman, Hadi Mawan, TaniLahad Dahi, Julham Rashidand Aiman Radie.

They would be repre-sented by lawyer Datuk N.Sivananthan.

All the accused were linkedby authorities to the group ofSulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III,whose 200 followers clashedwith security forces in Sabah inMarch following a deadlystandoff that started in Febru-ary when he sent his brotherRaja Muda Agbimuddin toLahad Datu town to exert deter-mination and historical claimover the oil-rich island, just sev-eral nautical miles off the Fili-pino province of Tawi-Tawi.

Malaysia rejected theclaims and mounted a deadly

assault that killed over 60 ofthe sultan’s men and detainedmore than 400 Filipinos - sus-pected of aiding Raja MudaAgbimuddin – under a strictanti-terrorism law. Ten Ma-laysian policemen and sol-diers were also killed in thefighting.

A Malaysian policeman,Corporal Hassan Ali Basri, wasalso arrested for allegedly fail-ing to providing informationabout Sultan Jamalul’s group.Hassan pleaded not guiltyduring Friday’s court trial. Hewas charged under Section130m of the Penal Code whichcarries a sentence of impris-onment which may extend toseven years or a fine or both.(Mindanao Examiner)

3 human traffickingvictims rescued inTawi-Tawi

Chiz Escudero tagilidsa Mindanao

Pagadian City mayActing Mayor na!

Police campaignintensified in WesternMindanao

Philippinescondemns BostonMarathon bombings

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Rajam Akbar malakas sa BasilanBASILAN – Nangunguna ngayon samga paborito sa Basilan provinceang vice gubernatorial candidate ng

Puwersa ng MasangPilipino na si Assemblywoman Rajam Akbar.

Suportado ngmarami si Rajam, angkapatid ni datingBasilan Gov. WahabAkbar, dahil samagandang trackrecord nito at sakanyang ibat-ibangprograma para salalawigan na kabilangsa Autonomous Region

in Muslim Mindanao.Sinigurado naman ni Rajam na

bibigyan nito ng kaukulang aksyon

ang mga pangangailangan ngBasilan, partikular sa peace and de-velopment programs ng pa-

mahalaan. Prayoridadrin nito ang agrikulturaat impraistraktura nglalawigan, gayun rinang kabuhayan upangmaisulong ang Ka-unlaran ng Basilan namayaman sa naturalresources.

Si Rajam ang sangayon ang pina-kamalakas sa lahat hgmga kandidatongtumatakbo bilang vice

Assembly womanRajam Akbar.

governor dahil na rin sa kanyangkakayahan at kagalingan sapulitika.

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JUST SAY

NO!

Lalaking nag-cowboy, nadakpanPAGADIAN CITY – Usa kalalaki nagdala-dalag ar-mas ang gi sumbong sakapulisan ning dakbayansa Pagadian sa Zamboangadel Sur.

Gi sumbong sa ka-pulisan sa usa ka LeizelPulmones, 27, ug anak satag-iya sa usa ka boardinghouse ug Junior Tan-awon,20, na nag-abang sa

nahisgotang balay mi tug-an sa opisina sa kapulisansa usa ka Nonoy Talleyhingkod ug pangidaronwalay klarong pinuy-ananug bag-o lang mi balhin saPurok Makugihon, sakopsa Barangay Santiago.

Nasayran nga ngdisturbo ug nagsamok-samok sa maong balaygamit ang kalibre 45 nga

pistola. Ang duha mireklamo dayon sa atongkapulisan ug nasayran ngawalay papeles ug ilegal angpagdala ug armas.

Ang kasamtangangakusado gisikop jud dayonsa mga kapulisan ug nagatubang sa kasong paglapas pagdala sa ilegal ngamga armas. (Mindanao Ex-aminer - Joenette Yankee)

More Filipinos search for extrajobs, pay to augment income

THE TRADE UNION Congress of the Phil-ippines said that the number of Filipinosaspiring to have extra jobs to augmenttheir income and make both ends meet

h a v ereached al-most 9 mil-lion and ita t t r i b u t e dthis to jobm i s m a t c hand low sal-ary.

“A s i d efrom mis-match, it ishighly pos-sible that be-cause of lowsalary—no-

tably, the daily take home pay—the under-employment rate grows at a very alarm-ing pace. It’s puzzling trade unionists andcausing discomfort to some concernedgovernment officials,” Gerard Seno, TUCPSecretary General, said in a statement sentto the regional newspaper Mindanao Ex-aminer.

He said more and more people arelooking to have an additional job or towork for longer hours to augment theirincome. “Totoo na dumarami ang mgamanggagawa na nagsa sideline orrumaraket so to speak, to have extra in-come for their families to survive,” he said.

Seno, citing a recent TUCP study, saidin Metro Manila, although the minimumdaily pay is P456, the real daily take homeminimum pay is only P306 pesos after fac-toring inflation of basic commodities andafter mandatory deductions of taxes,Philhealth, Pag-ibig, and SSS.

The National Statistics Office recordalso showed that there are 7.934 millionunderemployed in January 2013, up by916,000 since January 2012 (7.018 million)

and 7.050million in2011.

The all-time highu n d e re m -p l o y m e n trate in sixyears was re-corded inJuly 2012with 8.55million withmore than80% of themin the agri-

culture and services sector like securityguards, tellers, clerks, waiters, mechanics,technicians, salesaldies, and servicecrews.

The TUCP has recently filed an P85wage increase petition for Metro Manilabefore the wage board and also an P80wage increase in Davao regional wageboard. If approved, Davao workers willreceive a minimum nominal pay of P381.Currently, the P301 minimum pay inDavao region has a buying capacity ofonly P216.24 and after mandatory deduc-tions, the real take home pay would onlybe around P191.75.

In the light of the issue, the Labor de-partment has introduced the CommunityEntrepreneural Development Trainingand the Integrated Livelihood Program toencourage workers to engage in livelihoodlike selling home-made food and items toaugment family income.

Bam Aquino, binansagang‘oportunista, ambisyoso’

MANILA – Hinahabol pa rinng kanyang nakaraan si BamAquino - na ngayon aynagaambisyon magingsenador sa ilalim ng kanyangpinsan na si PangulongBeningo Aquino – dahil sapagiging oportunista umanonito.

Si Bam ay nanilbihan sailalim ng administrasyon niPangulong Gloria Arroyobilang pinuno ng NationalYouth Commission.

Kaliwa’t-kanan ang

eskandalo ng datingadministrasyon mula saalegasyon ng pandaraya sahalalan hanggang sa isyu ngkorupsyon at maging angpagsupil sa media at sa mgagrupo ng kabataan atorganisasyon na ayaw sapamamalakad sapamahalaang ni Arroyo.

Kinunsinti rin umano niBam ang mga kabuktutanng pamahalanag Arroyo sakabila ng kaliwa’t-kananprotesta ng taong-bayan at

ibat-ibang mga civil societyorganizations kontra kay Ar-royo. At ngayon ayginagamit naman ni Bamang slogan ng pamahalaangAquino na “matuwid nadaan” sa kanyang propa-ganda.

Binansagan pang“oportunistang ambisyoso”si Bam ng mga aktibista atmga grupong kontra sadinastiyang Aquino dahil ngnanalo si PangulongBenigno ay sinamantalaakad ito ni Bam upangmaipasok ang sarili sa sena-torial line-up ng Team PNoypara sa May elections.

Isyu pa rin ang televi-sion campaign ad nito dahilsa pag gamit kina datingSenador Benigno Aquino atdating Pangulong CoryAquino kahit pa namayapana ang mga ito. Nasanasabing campaign ad rin siPangulong Benigno. (Min-danao Examiner)

Even today, the fertile soil of Mindanao provides our country with a significant share of itstotal agricultural output. Investing in the people and infrastructure of Mindanao will unlockits full potential as the breadbasket of the Philippines, says Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada whichis why it's one of his main platform components.

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Drinking spree turns bloodyPolice were searching fortwo men who stabbeddead their drinking buddyin the town of Diplahan inZamboanga Sibugay prov-ince.

Police tagged SonnySuposo and AmbokDandan as behind the kill-ing of Eddie Du-mandan inthe village of Natan.

It said Dumandan wasdrinking at a store whenthe duo arrived and joinedhim. The two men later at-tacked and mauledDumandan and draggedhim away from the storeand stabbed repeatedly.

The assailants fled af-ter the stabbing, leavingbehind the bloodied

Dumandan who suc-cumbed to his fatalwounds.

The motive of the at-tack is still unknown andpolice are investigating thekilling, according to Insp.Ariel Huesca, a regionalpolice spokesman. (Min-danao Examiner - JoenetteYankee)

Mag-uuma gipusil sa Zambo SurPAGADIAN CITY - Usa kaaksidente sa pag-pamusilsa Sitio Tumog saBarangay Dalapang sa-kop sa munisipyo saLabangan sa Zamboangadel Sur.

Matod pa sa mgaelemento sa kapulisan saLabangan nga gi pangu-luhan ni Insp. Nedzpar

Mohammad Hassan kayusa ka maguuma nga siJerry Aranes,51, uglumulupyo sa nahis-gutang dapit kalit langgipusil sa suspetsadosamtang siya nagpa-bulkit ug nagpahangin saiyang ligid.

Gipusil siya sa ika-tulong higayon sa ulo ug

maoy hinundan sa iyanghinanaling kamatayon.Ang suspetsado kalit langmi sibat sa wala nailhangdireksyon.

Ang kapulisan saLabangan mi himodayo'g lakang paramadakpan ang sus-petsado. (Mindanao Ex-aminer - Joenette Yankee)

Anakbayan leader challengesAkbayan politician in public debate

MANILA - Dismissing at-tempts to create a 'RisaHontiveros-Nancy Binay'debate as a 'last-ditch ef-fort to save Hontiveros'failing Senate bid,' a youthleader has challenged herto have a public debatewith him instead.

In an attempt to pres-sure the UNA bet, support-ers of Hontiveros havespammed the social net-working sites Twitter andFacebook with 'memes'and other calls for a pub-lic debate between thetwo. Hontiveros, despitehaving the resources andbacking of the Aquino ad-ministration, has beenlagging behind electionsurveys.

"Clearly, Mrs. Binaydoes not want a public de-bate. If Risa truly wants toinform voters and clarifystances on various socialissues, we are more than

available to be her coun-terpart in a public debate.Name the time and place,we'll be there," VencerCrisostomo, nationalchairperson of Anak-bayan, said in a statementsent to the regional news-paper Mindanao Exam-iner.

Crisostomo took the'public' nature of the de-bate one step further byasking Filipino netizenson Twitter and Facebookto suggest topics.

Crisostomo's chal-lenge has gone 'viral', withhis original challenge onTwitter (@venzie), as wellas screen captures of hischallenge on Facebook,being shared hundreds oftimes. Yet until today, therehas been no responsefrom Hontiveros.

"No one in Anakbayanwould be surprised if Risawould chicken-out from

the challenge. After all, sheis most likely scared thather carefully cultivatedimage of a 'social reform-ist' would be easilycrushed, and her role as'presidential chuwariwap'and defender of PresidentAquino's anti-people andanti-poor policies wouldbe bared for everyone tosee," he said.

"Siguro na-traumasiya sa pagkapahiya ngmga kapwa niya Akbayannoong nakaraan. But Risacan take her time. Ouroffer’s good until ElectionDay,” he added.

In October, leaders ofAkbayan and Crisostomoengaged in a word war inseveral TV and radio ap-pearances after the latter,along with several otheryouth leaders, filed a dis-qualification complaintagainst Akbayan from theparty list race.

3 human trafficking victimsrescued in Tawi-Tawi

ZAMBOANGA CITY –Authorities have rescued 3women, who were victimsof human trafficking, in thesouthern Filipino provinceof Tawi-Tawi after beingrecruited to work in Jor-dan.

The trio arrived byboat in Zamboanga Cityand was brought to theheadquarters of the non-governmental organiza-

tion Visayan Forum wherepolice and social workersinterviewed them.

The women, ages 21,22 and 27, are all natives ofZamboanga City andclaimed they were re-cruited by Janrenon Julian,25, a local salesman, towork in Jordan. Julian, whowas tracked down by thepolice for investigation,said his cousin, Julieta

Araneta, 48, was his princi-pal.

He said his cousin,who was working for a re-cruiter Axam Hajirul, askedhim to recruit workers forJordan. Hajirul also re-cruited Julian’s sister who isnow working in Jordan.Police said it is investigat-ing the confession of Julianand Araneta. (MindanaoExaminer)

Sulu Sultan Jamalul Kiram III reads a copy of the Mindanao Examiner Regional Newspaperin his residence in Taguig City. (Photo by Mark Navales)

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Mayoralty candidate Hegem Furigay campaigns in Lamitan City in Basilan province in southernPhilippines. (Photo courtesy of Richard Falcatan)

Police launch ops to arrestshooter in Basilan

BASILAN – Policelaunched a manhunt forgunmen who shot andwounded 3 people, in-cluding the father of amayoralty candidate inthe troubled province ofBasilan in the southernPhilippines.

Police said the gun-men attacked HenryFurigay and his driverBernard Cuevas and an-

other supporter, and es-caped on a motorcycleafter the shooting in thevillage of Limook.

Furigay’s son councilman Hegem Furigay, isrunning for mayor inLamitan City against hisaunt Rosita Furigay, thewife of incumbent mayorRoderick Furigay, hisuncle who is now on histhird and last term, and

is also running as vicemayor in Lamitan City.

The victims wereheading to a politicalmeeting when the attackoccurred. No individualor group claimed re-sponsibility for the at-tack. Police said it is stillinvestigating the motiveof the attack. (MindanaoExaminer - Ely D. Uma-boc)

Cadaver found in Dipolog CityDIPOLOG CITY – The bodyof an unidentified man wasfound in Dipolog City in thesouthern Philippine prov-ince of Zamboanga delNorte, police said.

Police said the bodywas discovered by a civilianin the village of Turno andreported it to the authori-ties.

Investigators said thebody was found alongsidethe road and had gunshotwounds. The victim waswearing a pair of black

pants and a brown shirt andhad the name “Gardo” tat-tooed on his left hand andanother name “Gumobal”on the right arm.

The man was shot atleast 6 times in the differentparts of his body based oninitial investigation, but the

identity of the cadaver re-mains unknown.

Villagers told the policethat they heard gunshots inthe area and saw a man ona motorcycle speedingaway. The motive of the kill-ing is still unknown.(Mindanao Examiner)

Joenette YankeeZamboanga del Sur

MANILA – Malaking problema ang kina-kaharap ngayon ni senatorial candidateChiz Escudero sa Mindanao dahil sapagkalat ng fatwa na maaaring maka-

Chiz Escudero tagilid sa Mindanao

Gwardiya nisupak sa Comelec gunbanPAGADIAN CITY - Usa kaMarlon Navaja, securityguard sa Spiote DiscoHouse, nga nahimutangning dakbayan sa Pagadiansa Zamboanga del Sur.

Si Insp. RolandoHinoctan nakadawat ug

tawag sa niaging gabie kayang gwardiya nagkanayonnga dunay usa ka kustomernga nagpaila ra sa ngalangVillanueva nagbilin onagdeposito sa iyang armasnga kalibre 9mm ug usa kamagazine nga mga bala,

apan nasayran nga maongtawo hubog ug busa gi-pasa dayon sa gwardiya samga kooperatiba sakapulisan ang maongarmas.

Nasayran ka nga angnagdala ni-ini usa ka ReyValenzuela, pangulo samga gwardiya sa Pichel Se-curity Agency, nga nagabasi sa Zamboanga City,ang kasong pagsupak saCommission on Electiongun ban ang gipasang-at sanahis-gutang gwardiya.(Mindanao Examiner -Joenette Yankee)

Senatorial candidateChiz Escudero

apekto sa kandidatura nito.Sa naturang fatwa na

inilabas ng mga ulama aybinansagan ng mga ito siEscudero na isang anti-peace at anti-Muslim, atgayun rin ang iba pang mgakandidato na sumuporta atlumagda sa pagsasabatas ngReproductive Health bill.

Ang fatwa sa Islamicfaith ay kalimitangpinakikinggan ng mga Mus-lim dahil galing ito sa

kanilang mga religious leaders. Binabasarin ang fatwa sa ibat-ibang mosque hindilamang sa Mindanao, kundi sa buongbansa.

Nagalit umano ang maraming mgaMuslim groups dahil rin sa mga nakalipasna pahayag ni Escudero ukol sa peace talksng pamahalaang Aquino sa Moro IslamicLiberation Front, partikular ang nagingpaghaharap nina Pangulong BeningoAquino at rebel chieftain Murad Ebrahimsa Tokyo, Japan nuong Agosto 2011 nakung saan ay sinabi diumano ni Escuderona “ill-advised” ang naturang pagkikita ngdalawa dahil sa kasalukuyang peace talks.

Napabalita na rin kamakakailan angpaglabas ng fatwa ni Sheikh Jamil D. Yahya,ang grand imam ng Marawi City attumatayong chairman ng Bangsamoro Su-preme Council of Ulama sa Mindanao. At

inindorso ng Jamio Mindanao Al Islamie oMindanao Islamic Center ang nasabingfatwa na ngayon ay kalat na sa Mindanao.

Unang na-eskandalo si Escudero ng

isuka ito ng mga magulangng magandang aktres na siHeart Evangelista dahil sadiumano’y pagiging la-senggo nito at pagpatol sabatang modelo. Hiwalay siEscudero sa kanyang asawaat naging isyu ang moralidadnito at ang kinabukasan ngaktres sa mga kamay ng masmatandang pulitiko.

M a t a t a n d a a n gnagpatawag ng press confer-ence ang mga magulang ni

Heart at tahasang tinuligsa ng mga ito angnaturang pakikipag-relasyon ng kanilanganak kay Escudero. Sinabi pa ng ama at inani Heart na sa tuwing haharap sa kanila siEscudero ay palagi itong lasing o naka-inom at hindi marunong magbigay ngrespeto sa sarili nilang tahanan.Binansagan pang arogante ng mgamagulang ni Heart ang pulitiko naumano'y na-brainwash na ang dalaga.

Paulit-ulit naman na nakikiusap angmga magulang ng batang aktres samatandang si Escudero na layuan angkanilang anak dahil wala umano itongkinabukasan sa kanya dahil sa pagiginghiwalay nito sa asawa.

May balita pang ginagamit lamang di-umano ni Escudero ang kasikatan ngbatang aktres para sa sariling politicalgains. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Pagadian City may Acting Mayor na!

Mga supporters ni Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co ang nagbarikada sa City Hall at nagdaos ng vigil bilang pakikisimpatya sa pulitikong pinaghahanap ng batas. Pormal namanna umupo si Vice Mayor Romeo Pulmones (larawan sa kaliwa) bilang acting mayor ng Pagadian City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo - Joenette Yankee)

PAGADIAN CITY– Iniluklok niPagadian City Vice MayorRomeo Pulmones ang sarilibilang acting mayor habangnagtatago sa batas si PagadianCity Mayor Samuel Co dahil saarrest warrant nitong maykinalaman alegsasyon ngkasong P12-billion investmentscam sa Mindanao.

Sa kanyang memorandumsa mga government agencies atdepartment heads, kabilang angpulisya at militar, at mga bank-ing institutions, ginamit nadahilan ni Pulmones ang batas- Section 46 ng Local Govern-ment Code - bilang basehan ngkanyang pag-upo bilangalkalde.

“Pursuant to Section

46...the undersigned officiallyassumes office as acting citymayor Pagadian effectively im-mediately. In compliance withthe said mandate, all docu-ments, financial vouchers, re-ports, communications andother concerns from your endshould be addressed now to theundersigned who is temporarilyholding office at the SanguniangPanglunsod,” ani Pulmones sanaturang memorandum naipinasa sa Mindanao Examiner.

Sinabi pa ni Pulmones naang mga lalabag sa kanyangmemorandum ay maykarampatang parusa ngnaaayon sa batas.

Kinatigan naman ng De-partment of Interior and Local

Government (DILG) siPulmones at sinabing legal angpag-upo nito bilang actingmayor ng Pagadian base sa Sec-tion 46 ng Local GovernmentCode. “By operation, there is noquestion about it and as far aswe are concerned the assump-tion of Vice Mayor Pulmones asacting mayor of Pagadian is le-gal,” ani Pedro Cuevas, DILGAssistant Regional Director, sapanayam ng Mindanao Exam-iner.

Inakusahan ng mgaawtoridad si Co ng syndicatedestafa at nagtago matapos namalaman may lumabas na ar-rest warrant sa kanya nuongAbril 11. Ngunit iginiit namanng mga abogado nito na hindi

nagtatago sa batas si Co, subali'tpinasinungalingan naman itong National Bureau of Investiga-tion at ng lokal na pulisya.

Si Co ay nasa ikatlo at hulingtermino na at tumatakbong vicemayor ng kanyang asawang siPriscilla na kanya namanpinatatakbo bilang mayor ngPagadian sa ilalim ng partidoLiberal ni Pangulong BenignoAquino. Makakalaban niPriscilla si Pulmones namiyembro ng NationalistPeople’s Coalition.

Bukod kay Co, ipinag-utosrin ni Judge Alberto Quinto, ngRegional Trial Court, angpagdakip sa 9 na iba pa kabilangang Malaysian national na siManuel Amalilio, na siyang

founder ng Aman Futures;Fernando Luna, Lelian Gan,Eduardo Lim, Welanie Fuentes,Naezelle Rodriguez, LurixLopez, Jerome Sanchez at OliverDequinto.

Sinabi ng Malakanyang nahindi nito bibigyan ng speacialtreatment si Co at kakasuhanang mga nagtatago okumakanlong sa kanya.

Sinisi noon ni Co ang mgakalaban sa pulitika - kabilangsina Pulmones at Zamboangadel Sur Gov. Antonio Cerilles - nasiyang nasa lijkod ng bintang sakanya o pagdadawit sa Ponzischeme na kagagawan ng AmanFutures. (May dagdag na ulatsina Joenette Yankee at Ely D.Umaboc)

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Police campaign intensifiedin Western Mindanao

ZAMBOANGA CITY –Police have ordered anintensified campaignagainst criminality in thesouthern Philippinesahead of local and na-tional polls in May.

Western Mindanaopolice chief Juanito Vaño,Jr., directed all provincialand city police chiefs topersonally supervise theconduct of the anti-crimeoperations in their re-spective jurisdiction.

This, after InteriorSecretary Mar Roxas or-dered the Philippine Na-tional Police to go hardagainst all types of orga-

nized crime groups,criminals, illegal gam-bling, wanted persons,loose firearms and dis-mantling of privatearmed groups.

“The solemn thrust ofthe Philippine NationalPolice is the active pres-ence of policemen on thestreets, places of conver-gence and at business es-tablishments. They are tobe seen, felt and experi-enced by the community,”Vaño said.

“The public is assuredthat the police is doing itsutmost best to preventand control crimes, and

at the same time, encour-aged the populace to as-sist the authorities by pro-viding relevant and timelyinformation that will leadto the neutralization ofthe criminals,” he added.

Vaño said the result ofpolice operations in theregion manifests that thePNPs anti-criminalitycampaign has greatly im-prove particularly on theaspect of collecting illegalweapons, dismantling oforganized and syndicatedcrime groups and privatearmies, illegal gambling,among others. (Min-danao Examiner)

Cops say ‘grudge’ tied to Zambo lawyer shootingPolice in Zamboanga Citysaid personal grudge waslikely motive behind theslay try on a prominentlawyer whose 2 compan-ions were killed in a recentattack.Motorcycle gunmenopened fire on the car oflawyer Homer Mabale whowas heading home inLopez Subdivision in the

village of Tugbungan. Theattack killed brothersJomer and EmmanuelLozada.

The ambushers es-caped after the attack.

Police recovered emptyof shells of .45-caliber pis-tol from the area. No indi-vidual or group claimed re-sponsibility for the attackand police were still search-

ing for the assailants.Gun attacks are not un-

common in ZamboangaCity in western Mindanaowhere killings have reachedmore than 180 last year.Hired killers are known toactively operate inZamboanga and police au-thorities could do little tostop the killings. (Min-danao Examiner)

Family feud sparks gun battleat sea off Zambo town

PAGADIAN CITY – Anundetermined number ofpeople were believed killedwhen two warring familiesclashed at sea in the south-ern Philippines, police said.

It said the protagonists– who are members of theLam and Lao families - ar-rived in boats and engagedin a fierce sea battle off thetown of Dinas in Zam-boanga del Sur province.

Insp. Ariel Huesca, a re-gional police spokesman,said Lam’s boat was sunk byLao’s family in the fighting.“The boat sunk with unde-termined number of pas-sengers,” he said.

He said the Lam’s fam-ily is native of Dimatalingtown, while the Lao’s is fromDinas town. He said thefighting was the result of along time family feud, but it

was not immediatelyknown what triggered thelatest clashes. Clan war orlocally known as “rido” iscommon in many parts ofthe southern Philippines.The U.S. Agency for Inter-national Development andthink-tank Asia Foundationsaid that more than 3,000people have been killedover the past seven decadesin family feuds in the south-ern Philippines. Rido caninvolve disputes amongfamily members or amongtwo or more rival families,pitting neighbors or differ-ent ethnic groups againsteach other. The disputescenter on issues of land,money, marriage or politi-cal power and involve re-venge killings.

The violence increaseswith each act of retaliation,broadening to includethose not directly involvedin the dispute, includingwomen and children, ac-cording to the Asia Founda-tion, adding, some feudslasted for decades.(Mindanao Examiner)

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Store owner wounded inZambo town burglary

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Astore owner was injuredafter two gunmen at-tacked her following adaring daylight robberyin the town of Siay inZamboanga Sibugayprovince in souther nPhilippines, police said.

Police said Rosie FeQueral, 50, was hit in theface with the pistol byone of four armed menwho barged in her storein the vi l lage cal ledBatu.

Invest igators saidthe robbers took some

P90,000 from the storeand escaped on two mo-torcycles towards thetown of Kabasalan.

It was not immedi-ately known what trig-gered the gunman to at-tack the store owner.(Mindanao Examiner)

PAGADIAN CITY – Usa kaShem Rallos, 46, uglumulopyo sa PurokBakhaw sakop sa syudadsa Pagadian, Zamboangadel Sur, priso ug nag-abutang sa salangpagpatay kalit lang mi-ikyas agi sa purtahan samaong selda kay anangtungura gi repair ug gi

patrabaho pa.Matod pa ni PO3

Rogelio Ortega nga maoynag-duty anang tungoramikalit lang ug dagan siSaberon ug iya kining gigukod padulong sa mayAriosa Gate, Sagun Streetdakbayan sa Pagadianmga 400 metros ang gilay-un gikan sa estasyon, iya

kining gipa-salbahan apanwala kini mihunongmaong nakadesisyonsiyang pusilon punterya saiyang walang tiil.

Ang mi eskapong prisogidala gyud dayon sa duolnga tambalanan aron sapag patambal sa samadpinusilan. (Mindanao Ex-aminer - Joenette Yankee)

Piniriso napusilan kay mipuga sa prisohan

DIPOLOG CITY – Uniden-tified gunmen killed afarmer and seriouslywounded his companionin an attack in Zamboangadel Norte’s Godod town,police said.

It said the assailants,armed with M16 automatic

rifles and pistols, openedfire on Jun Baldecasa kill-ing him instantly, andBobong Baldecasa, whowas wounded in the attackin the village ofBanuangan.

The gunmen fled afterthe shooting. The motive of

the attack is still unknown,but police said it recovered16 empty shells of M16 anda .45-caliber pistol.

Police said it is investi-gating the attack. No grouphas claimed responsibilityfor the shootings.(Mindanao Examiner)

2 farmers shot in Zambo del Norte town

New hike in Metroelectricity bill criticized

MANILA – A Filipino mediagroup called Alab ngMamamahayag has criti-cized the a new hike in elec-tricity bill in Manila, sayingthe Manila Electric Com-pany has yet to refund topower consumers millionsof pesos in excess collec-tions.

ALAM Chairman JerryYap said: “Puro pahirap atkalbaryo ang ibinibigay saatin ng Meralco. Bago sanasila magtaas ng singil, isolimuna nila ang sobrangsingil nila noon.”

He said Meralco willcharge an additional 27centavos per kilowatt houror 22% increase per P1.4917for every kilowatt hour start-ing April after the Energy

Regulatory Commission ap-proved Meralco’s request ofadditional fees on utility dis-tribution.

“Pangit ang tiyempo ngpagtataas nila ng distribu-tion charge. Kung kelan tag-init na kailangang bukaslahat ng electric fan at airconditioners maghapon atmagdamag, saka pa silamagtataas ng singil. Hindibale yung mayayaman namay pambayad. Paanonaman ang mahihirap nainaagaw lamang sa pambiling pagkain ang ibinabayadsa kuryente? Magtitiis nalamang sa pamaypay?”asked Yap.

He also urged the law-makers to do something towithdraw the Electric Power

Industry Reform Act. “Angpagbawi sa EPIRA law angunang hakbang upangbumaba ang presyo ngkuryente sa bansa,” Yapsaid.

EPIRA contained the le-gal framework of theprivatization of the NationalPower Corporation and thederegulation of the powerindustry. It promised thatelectricity bills will lessenbut became the result of itwas the opposite.

Yap said since theEPIRA was not able to per-form its purpose the lawshould be trashed. The Phil-ippines pays the secondhighest electricity bills inAsia , second only to Japan.(Nanet Villa-fania)

United Nationalist Alliance(UNA) Senatorial bet andCagayan RepresentativeJack Enrile expressedalarm over the growing in-cidence of hunger amongFilipino children.

Based on data pro-vided by Akap Bata PartyList, a children’s welfareadvocacy group, there arearound 12.4 million chil-dren today who are livingin food-insecure house-holds in addition to 5 mil-lion child laborers, andaround 2 million streetchildren throughout thecountry.

Jack Enrile: There’s a way to alleviate hungerexperienced by 20 million children in Philippines

“These statistics prodme to vigorously push forthe advocacy of a food se-curity program that will ef-fectively fight hunger andpoverty, especially amongchildren,” said Enrile, astaunch food security ad-vocate.

“The welfare of Fili-pino children must be onthe agenda of everyonewho aspires to be in publicservice,” he added.

He pointed out thatsomething is fundamen-tally wrong with a societywhere millions of childrenexperience hunger on a

daily basis.“Until such time that

we can secure the future ofour children, we shouldnot claim economicprogress, regardless of ac-colades made by organiza-tions that cite statistics say-ing that we as a countryand as a people are movingup,” Enrile said.

House Bill 4626 or the“Food for the Filipinos FirstBill” was filed by Enrilewho envisioned it as ameans to attain self-suffi-ciency and security in foodand help in bringing downthe price of food products.

United Nationalist Alliance senatorial candidate and Cagayan Rep. Jack Enrile visits a marketin Nueva Ecija province which accounts for the largest number of farms in Central Luzon.Enrile is known for his advocacy that’s focused on agriculture and food sovereignty.

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Body of Filipina chef arrives from Bahrain

A collage of Google photos of the Boston Marathon bombings shows the aftermath of the twin attacks in the UnitedStates. (Mindanao Examiner)

MANILA – The body of aFilipina pastry chef whowas found dead inside thePhilippine Embassy shelterin Bahrain has arrived inManila and claimed by hergrieving family.

Kathleen Ann Ilagan,31, was reported to havecommitted suicide while inthe shelter, but her familydisputed the police reportin Bahrain and has askedPhilippine authorities toinvestigate her death.

John Leonard Mon-terona, a regional coordi-nator of the Migrante-Middle East, said Ilagan’sremains was flown by GulfAirlines and that her sisterMicheileen confirmed tohim the arrival of the body.

“The Ilagan family

doubted the police reportthey received from thePhilippine Embassy inBahrain that OFWKathleen committed sui-cide as they seriously castdoubt on the circum-stances surrounding herdeath.”

“The family said shecould not have fatallyhanged herself from thedoorknob which is onlywaist-high. Secondly,there was no clothesline orany source at the Em-bassy-shelter that wouldprovide a cord for hang-ing, and thirdly, therecould or should have beenother persons or securitypersonnel at theEmbassy’s shelter whocould have witnessed the

incident if indeed shehanged herself,” Mon-terona said.

Ilagan’s sister also saidthat along the remains ofIlagan inside the casketwere a death certificateand the police report, andother documents related

to repatriation formalities.However, there was no au-topsy report.

Monterona said theIlagan family is poised tohave the body autopsied.“Yes po, meron po kamingplan na ipa-autopsy.Aayusin po namin,”

Monterona quoted Ila-gan’s sister as saying.

Monterona said he,too, was puzzled by theswift repatriation ofIlagan’s remains. “Wecould certainly notice thetime difference in the re-patriation formalities be-tween an OFW remains onmysterious death case andto natural death due to ill-ness or due to accident ofan OFW abroad. Theformer will only take 2 to3 days, while usually re-mains repatriation willtake at least three monthsto a maximum of 6months,” he said.

“There is really some-thing wrong why the Phil-ippine Embassy did notthoroughly probe her

death. Is there somethingthey need to cover up?” heasked.

Monterona said thePhilippine Ambassador toBahrain will have a lot ofexplaining to do in con-nection with the death ofthe Filipina. “We demandthe recall of PhilippineAmbassador to Bahrainand the caretaker of itsshelter. All embassy andlabor officials in Philip-pine Embassy in Bahrainshould be investigated,”he said.

There was no immedi-ate statement from thePhilippine Embassy orAmbassador Maria Co-razon Bahjin about the al-legations. (MindanaoExaminer)

The Philippines joinednations around the worldin condemning the Bos-ton Marathon bombingsin the United States andsympathized with fami-lies of those killed andwounded in the attacks.

Three people, includ-ing a child, were killedand over 150 others in-jured in the twin blastsnear the marathon finishline and no individual orgroup has claimed re-sponsibility for the daring

RP condemns Boston Marathon bombings

attacks that occurred de-spite a strict blanket of se-curity imposed by the U.S.authorities to the annualevent.

“We condemn thosewho dared defile this eventand who have cast such apall of loss and suffering inthe city of Boston and theentire United States. ThePresident personally con-veys a message of deepsympathy, concern, andsolidarity with the peopleof Boston, where he and his

family had found refugeduring martial law, andwhich so many Filipinoscall home,” PresidentBenigno Aquino’s DeputySpokesperson Abigail Valtesaid in a statement sent tothe regional newspaperMindanao Examiner.

She said the Aquinoadministration joins theinternational communityin extending its sympathyto those who have lostloved ones in the bomb-ings.

The Federal Bureau ofInvestigations has takenthe lead in the investiga-tion into the bombings,although no suspects havebeen named by authori-ties as behind the attacks.

The latest bombingsbrought fears amongmany Americans who arestill trying to overcomethe horrific 9/11 suicideattacks in the U.S. carriedout by al-Qaeda mili-tants. (Mindanao Exam-iner)

Muslims benefitfrom Sulu Sultanate

relief mission

Princess Pulalun, daughter of Sultan Sharif Ibrahim AjibulMohammad Pulalun (see top photo), addresses a huge crowdin the southern province of Sulu where the Sultanate of Suluand North Borneo launched a humanitarian mission.(Mindanao Examiner Photo - Ely D. Umaboc)

SULU – Thousands ofmostly poor Muslims inthe southern Philippineprovince of Sulu ben-efited from a recent hu-manitarian missionlaunched by the Sultan-ate of Sulu and NorthBorneo.

Her majesty PrincessPulalun, whose fatherSultan Sharif IbrahimAjibul MohammadPulalun, the heir to theSultanate of Sulu, led the

relief mission along withdozens of loyal followersin the capital town ofJolo. They distributednecessary supplies, espe-cially rice, to the Muslimswho flocked to Jolo towelcome the relief mis-sion.

She spoke lengthilyto the Muslims, appeal-ing to them to stay inSulu and not return toSabah following clashesbetween Malaysian secu-

rity forces and the groupof Sultan Jamalul Kiramthat intruded Lahad Datutown in the oil-rich is-land on February.

Among those givenprovisions were Filipino-Muslims who escapedthe violence in Sabah.The clashes, which killedmore than 60 of SultanJamalul’s men, triggeredan exodus of Filipinos af-ter Malaysia mounted acrackdown on illegal mi-grants and workers inSabah.

Those who receivedfood supplies havepraised Sultan Pulalunand his royal family forproviding provisions thatwill last for days.

Last month, the se-cluded Sultan, surfacedin Zamboanga City andmade an appeal to KualaLumpur not to harm in-nocent Filipinos residingor working in Sabah.

The Sultanate of Suluis claiming historicalownership on Sabah or

known by its old name asNorth Borneo, which wasceded to the Sultan ofSulu by the Sultan ofBrunei in the 17th cen-tury for helping quell arebellion.

Some 800,000 Filipi-nos, mostly Muslims, areeither residing or illegally

working in Sabah. Andthousands have been de-ported or escaped thestrife in Sabah, just sev-eral hours by speedboatfrom the nearest Philip-pine province of Tawi-Tawi.

A known supporter ofPresident Benigno Aqui-

no, Sultan Pulalun, a de-scendant of 18th centurySultan Mohammad Pu-lalun, of the Sultanate ofSulu and North Borneo,also issued an official ap-peal calling to all Muslimsin the Philippines to staycalm. (With a report fromEly D. Umaboc)

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Fazlur-Rahman Alfad Abdulla, left, speaks to a reporter in Sulu province. And photos of dramatic scenes in arang town, top,and Sulu Gov. Sakur Tan inspects refugees from Sabah who arrive in the provnce.

TRUE SERVANTShis southern province, which is at theforefront of a massive humanitarian mis-sion to save and assist Filipino refugeesfrom Sabah, continues to work silently -T

free from media blitz and publicity - in an effortto alleviate the harrowing situation of thousandsof people fleeing the crackdown on illegal mi-grants and workers in the eastern state of Malay-sia.

One dramaticevent occurred inParang town as nar-rated to the MindanaoExaminer by FazlurAbdulla, head of theSulu Area Coordinat-ing Center, when aboatload of Muslimrefugees, mostly fromSulu province, arrivedfrom Sabah, but re-fused to disembark onthe sight of policemenassisting in the hu-manitarian mission.

This is Abdulla'snarrative. "This is atrue story of a briefdrama when the seavessel M/L Anraisadocked in the sub-portof Parang town in Suluprovince. I sent theSulu Area Coordinat-ing Council team ledby Munir A. Dail, Ex-ternal Relations Of-ficer, to join the groupof Department of So-cial Welfare and Devel-opment to the townwhen report of Sabahevacuees reached us.According to Mr. Dail,some evacuees werehesitant to disembarkprobably due to theirapprehension with thepresence of policegroup and other repsof authorities meetingthem.

He boarded theboat and talked with

an elder man of thatgroup where they wereassured that the pres-ence of the authoritiesin the wharf was to wel-come and appropriatelyhelp them. When theywere convinced, one byone they disembarkedfrom the boat to thewaiting teams who pro-vided them attentionand care. It is the es-sence of Sulu Humani-tarian Reception forSabah Evacuees, whichincludes MLGU ofParang and Jolo, DSWD,Parang Health District,PNP, Marines, RPMA,and other local officialsand groups.

Abdulla said theearly preparation of theSulu provincial govern-ment ahead of the hu-manitarian crisis inSabah was critical to theefforts of the Aquino ad-ministration to effec-tively address the exo-dus of Filipinos follow-ing the intrusion of 200followers of Sulu SultanJamalul Kiram to LahadDatu town to exert thehistorical rights of theSultanate of Sulu on thethe oil-rich island.

He said Sulu Gover-nor Sakur Tan immedi-ately convened the Pro-vincial Peace and OrderCouncil to discuss con-tingencies on the possi-

bility that thousands ofFilipinos might fleeSabah due to the con-flict. Tan said althoughhe was worried that theprovincial governmentresources are not

enough to accommo-date the number ofevacuees that wouldcome to Sulu, and thenegative impact thiswould bring on thepeace and order situa-

tion in the province, hesaid "our province mustbe prepared for anyeventuality that mayarise from the situationin Sabah."

Tan created the Ad

Hoc Task force throughthe Sulu Area Coordi-nating Center which iscompose of differentgovernment agencies,according to Abdulla.(Mindanao Examiner)

JV Ejercito Estrada pushes for Bangsamoro representation in CongressCOTABATO CITY -UNITED NationalistAlliance (UNA) senato-rial bet San Juan CityRep. JV EjercitoEstrada urged the gov-ernment to include inthe discussions on theproposed creation ofBangsamoro the repre-sentation to Congressof the envisioned en-tity to not only to helpaddress socio-eco-nomic woes in areas itwill cover but to ensurethe Bangsamoropeople's meaningfulparticipation in thePhilippine's politics.

Ejercito Estradasaid the AutonomousRegion in Muslim

Mindanao which isproposed to be re-placed by the newBangsamoro, has con-sistently lagged be-hind other provincesin Mindanao, accord-ing to the NationalStatistical Coordina-tion Board.

To remedy this, hepushed for a "cham-pion or champions" torepresent the region inCongress.

" B a n g s a m o r oshould be representedin the halls of Con-gress. The representa-tive should help over-see the needs and up-lift the l ives of ourMuslim brothers and

sisters who wil l becovered by the newentity," said the younglawmaker.

A Bangsamoro rep-resentative would alsohelp hasten the devel-opment of the impov-erished region givenits economic potentialas the country's topproducer of fish andmarine resources,Ejercito Estradaadded.

"We are all Filipi-nos and, together,should reap the ben-efits of developmentequitably and haveour voices repre-sented meaningfullyas well on the political

system," said theyoung solon.

The BangsamoroFramework Agree-ment was signed Oc-tober last year byPresident BenignoAquino III and theMoro Islamic Libera-tion Front.

The Phil ippinegovernment and theMILF are still work-ing on the details thatwill form the differ-ent annexes to theagreement. Theframework docu-ment and the an-nexes will constitutethe final agreementon the Bangsamoroentity.Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada