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NO MILF REPORT!Rebel group will not release full report of ‘Mamasapano clash’

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Troops bound for battle in Maguindanao province in the troubled Muslim autonomous regionin southern Philippines where security forces are battling Bangsamoro Islamic FreedomFighters. And army commander General Edmundo Pangilinan visits and pins medal to woundedsoldiers in hospital. (Mindanao Examiner Photo – Mark Navales)

SULTAN KUDARAT – ThePhilippines is unlikely toget the full report of the in-vestigation by the Moro Is-lamic Liberation Front onthe deadly clash betweenrebel and police forces thatleft 44 commandos deadearlier this year inMaguindanao province inthe restive southern Mus-lim region of Mindanao.

The MILF launched itsown probe into the January25 clashes after lawmakersaccused the separatistgroup of breaking the truceit signed with the Aquinogovernment when itsforces killed members ofthe elite Special ActionForce in the remote villageof Tukanalipao inMamasapano town.

The commandos hadkilled Malaysian bomberZulkifli bin Hir in a top se-cret operation deep insidethe MILF territory, butwere ambushed by rebelsthat sparked daylongclashes that even PresidentAquino – who authorizedthe anti-terror mission –failed to stop. The fierceclashes also killed 18 MILFand 5 Bangsamoro IslamicFreedom Fighters.

Mohagher Iqbal, a se-nior MILF leader and thegroup’s chief peace nego-tiator, said they have com-pleted the report andwould submit an executivesummary to the Malaysia-led International(Ceasefire) MonitoringTeam. The IMT is alsocomposed of representa-tives from Japan, Indone-sia and Brunei, and sup-ported by the United Statesand European Union.

The IMT will also for-ward the summary toKuala Lumpur being thefacilitator of the peace talksbetween the MILF and thePhilippines, and also to theAquino governmentthrough its governmentpeace negotiator MiriamFerrer, according to Iqbal.

He said the full reportof the MILF on theMamasapano clash willnot be made public. “Inter-nal ang full report ng MILFsa Mamasapano clash atang tanging maibibigay

NO MILF REPORT!Rebel group will not release full report of ‘Mamasapano clash’

namin ang executive sum-mary. Sarilingimbestigasyon ng MILF itoat hindi namin maaaringilabas ito sa publiko,” Iqbaltold the regional newspa-per Mindanao Examiner,adding they would releasethe summary report soon.

“This (executive sum-mary) contains the sub-stance of the MILF probeand I want to reiterate thatwhat happened inMamasapano on that fate-ful January 25 was a viola-tion of the ceasefire agree-ment by the Philippinegovernment because therewas no prior coordinationwith the MILF as far as theSAF (Special Action Force)operation was concerned,”Iqbal said.

Many groups are de-manding Aquino’s resigna-tion over his failure to pre-vent the fighting. Aquinocalled the daylong clashesbetween commandos andrebels as a “misencounter”between friendly forces.

The MILF signed apeace accord last year, butthe peace process is yet tobe completed with passageof Bangsamoro Basic Lawnow pending in Congressfollowing the carnage.Lawmakers shelved theBBL until investigationsinto the deadly clashes be-tween SAF and MILF iscompleted. The BBL is im-portant in crafting a newMuslim autonomous re-gion in Mindanao.

Aside from the multi-sectoral groups demand-ing Aquino to step down,lawmakers also wantedhim to resign – accusingthe President of coveringup the deadly clash despitebeing told by the SAF aboutthe fighting. There werealso rumors of a coupd’état and widespread de-moralization among mem-bers of the police and mili-tary.

The Mamasapanoclash drew widespreadcondemnation and is nowthreatening not only thepeace process, but thepresidency as public out-cry for Aquino’s weak lead-ership continues to mount.

Lawmakers also joined

the police in demandingthe surrender of MILFrebels involved in the kill-ing of SAF commandos.But the MILF said it will notsurrender those that tookpart in the clashes.

On Saturday, govern-ment troops killed at least4 BIFF gunmen in fierceclashes in the village ofPusao in Mamasapanotown and officials said oneof the slain rebels was cladin a police uniform takenfrom one of the slain SAFcommandos.

Capt. Jo-ann Petinglay,a spokeswoman for the 6thInfantry Division, said sol-diers also recovered fire-arms and a mortar bombfrom the slain gunmen.She said the military offen-sive is still going on inMaguindanao where theBIFF is actively operating.

She said GeneralEdmundo Pangilinan, thedivision commander, or-dered troops to intensifythe assault on the BIFF inthe province. “GeneralPangilinan ordered troopsto pin down the engagedBIFF forces that are nowconstricted in different en-counter areas inMamasapano and DatuPiang towns inMaguindanao,” Petinglaysaid in a separate inter-view.

Petinglay said morethan two dozen rebels hadbeen killed in clashes in re-cent days and that at least13 soldiers were alsowounded in the fighting.Pangilinan has visited andpinned medals to woundedtroops in hospital.

The military launchedan all-out offensive againstthe rebel group which hasbeen largely blamed by au-thorities for the spate ofbombings and ambus-cades of soldiers inMaguindanao.

The BIFF broke awaywith the larger MILF afterits leader Murad Ebrahimopened peace talks withManila. The group, which iscomposed of about 300members, is now waging itsown separatist war. (Witha report from MarkNavales)

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Farmers decry delay in proposed CARP lawsMANILA – Filipino farmersfrom Negros Occidentalprovince who were de-manding lands from thegovernment trooped to theHouse of Representativesand have their headsshaved to protest the failureof law makers to immedi-ately pass bills that will ex-tend and overhaul theimplementation of theComprehensive AgrarianReform Program (CARP).

Among those whojoined the protest were 15peasant women, who as-sailed the Visayan bloc inCongress for blocking thepassage of House Bill 4296and House Bill 4375. Theyaccused House MajorityLeader Neptali Gonzales IIfor refusing to schedule forplenary debate the pro-posed laws despite beingcertified last year by Presi-dent Benigno Aquino as apriority measure with theSenate passing on third andfinal reading its counter-part bill in September 2014.

“Ngayon pong buwanng mga kababaihan aynagpakalbo po kami paraiprotesta ang mga bingi,bulag, at walangpakiramdam sa Kongreso.Ang mga hacendero-politiko po sa Kongreso atang kanilang mga pamilyaay ubod ng sakim.Nakakakain po sila ngm a s a s a r a p ,nakakapamasyal po kungsaan nila gusto, atnapapag-aral ang kanilangmga anak sa magagandangeskwelahan dahil sobra-sobra na po ang kinita nilamula sa amingpinagpaguran. Habangkami po ay nanatilingalipin, di nakapag-aral, athalos walang makain kahitkami ang nagpapagod sabukid,” said Dorita Vargas,a farmer-leader belongingto national peasant federa-tion Task Force Mapalad(TFM).

“Nagsuot din po kaming dilaw na t-shirt paraipaalala rin kay PangulongPNoy ang pangako ngkanyang inang si PangulongCory na kami aymagkakalupa sa ilalim ngCARP. Bakit ang programpara sa magsasaka na s’yalamang aming sandalanpara maahon sa kahirapanang s’yang ginagawangdahilan na balakid kayaayaw nilang ipasa ang HB4296? Responsibilidad ngmga taga Kongreso natiyakin ang maayos naimplementasyon ng CARP.Kaya nga dapat din nilangisabatas agad ang HB 4375.Di kaya tumututol sila dahiltinatamaan na ang kanilang

During Women’s Month, landless peasant women led by farmers from Negros Occidental havetheir heads shaved on Monday, March 9, 2015 outside Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City, toprotest landlord-politicians’ blocking of the passage of CARP bills in Congress. (Photos byJimmy Domingo – Task Force Mapalad)

pansariling interes?” Vargasfurther said.

Vargas, a single parentof six, becamea sugarcanefarm worker in Negros Oc-cidental when she was 13years old. In 1996, the De-partment of Agrarian (DAR)Reform started to cover un-der CARP the 126-hectareHacienda Canticibil-Manalo in the village of Rob-les in La Castellana townwhere Vargas was working.

But because of theDAR’s immediate action indistributing the landholdingto Vargas and her fellowCARP beneficiaries, thelandowner of the haciendahad managed to evade theprogram by splitting theownership of the haciendainto nine titles and later into52 titles, which almost leftthe DAR with no more landto distribute to Vargas andother beneficiaries.

As a result, only fivehectares of the 126-hectareproperty had been awardedto 17 farmer-beneficiaries ofthe CARP including Vargasor less than 3,000 squaremeters per beneficiary. Un-der the CARP, a beneficiarycan own up to three hect-ares.

“Kaya nga po ang gustonamin ay agad isabatas angHB 4296 at HB 4375 paramaayos angimplementasyon ng CARPat mapagbayad ang mgahacendero na lumabag saCARP Law sa pamamagitanng kung anu-anong pormang pandaraya at pag-iwas saprograma,” Vargas said.

HB 4296 seeks to renewfor two years the DAR’s au-thority to issue notices ofcoverage and provide ad-equate funding for supportservices to agricultural land-holdings that have not yetbeen placed under CARP.And HB 4375 seeks to createan independent AgrarianReform Commission to re-view the actual accomplish-ment of CARP and investi-gate circumvention and vio-lations of the CARP Law witha view to cause these land-holdings to be redistributedto qualified beneficiaries.

HB 4375 does not yethave a counterpart measureat the Senate and needs tobe certified by the Presidentas a priority measure.

Another female TFMfarmer-leader, the 68-year-old Salvacion Bravo, be-came among the stockhold-ers of the 170-hectare Haci-enda Anita-OSV Farm in thevillage of Concepcion inTalisay City starting in 1993.The sugarcane hacienda,managed by Rosario Cabralwas placed under the stock

distribution option or SDOscheme in 1993, which wassimilar to what was done tothe Cojuangco-Aquinoclan’s Hacienda Luisita inTarlac. But after 22 years ofbeing a stockholder of thehacienda, the life of Bravoand her 13 children did notimprove.

“Naloko kami. Kasamadaw sa SDO ang librengeducational assistance parasa aking mga anak.Babahaginan daw kami ngkinikita ng hacienda. Perohindi totoo ang educationalassistance. At kung mayibinabahagi sa aming kitamula sa SDO, kakarampotlang, habang ang manage-ment ay milyon-milyongpiso ang kinikita sa haci-enda,” said Bravo, whostarted working in the haci-enda when she was only 18-years old.

In the whole 22 years,each farmer or stockholderof the hacienda only re-ceived a stock share of aboutP1,600 yearly or about P133monthly,” according toBravo. She said the manage-ment had refused to givework to some of her childrenwhen it found out that theBravo family was against theSDO scheme and were cam-paigning for the land to bedirectly distributed tofarmer-beneficiaries.

“CARP evasion angnangyari sa pamamagitanng SDO. Sobrang hirap atgutom ang inabot namin.May mga oras napumapangos na lang ngtubo ang aking mga anak,mairaos lang ang gutom.Kung may pambili namanng bigas ay di pa rin kasyapara sa aming lahat. Kayaako at ang aking asawa ay dina lang kakain para maymakain angaming mgaanak,” Bravo said.

Vargas said peasantwomen were thankful that awoman President started asocial justice program 27years ago via the CARP. Butshe said they are afraid thatCory’s promise would justdie under the term of hervery own son.

“Alam po naminPangulong PNoy namatagal n’yo nangsinertipikahan bilang ur-gent ang HB 4296. Ngunit dipo ito sapat paramakunsenya ang mga CARPkillers sa Kongreso. Nawalanna po sila ng konsensyadahil sa sobrang kasakiman.Sana po ay muli ninyokaming samahan sa amingpakikipaglaban sa lupadahil alam po naming angnais n’yo ay katulad din ngnais ng inyong ina,” Vargassaid. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Task Force Davao, policepraised for security readiness

Zamboanga City is very proud to have two of its sons included in the Top 10 Sinaglahi PMAClass-Top 2 Genesis Salvador Dizon of Sta. Maria and Top 8-Steven Tali (extreme right) ofLower Calarian. Mayor Beng Climaco and husband Trifonio Salazar pose with Dizon andTali. “Our message to them is to live by courage, integrity and loyalty as Zamboangueños, tobe courageous in meeting their assignments wherever they will be sent. We live in a communitywhere peace and instability is a challenge, carry on as ambassadors of peace,” says Climaco.

DAVAO CITY – Various sec-tors in Davao City havepraised the Task Force Davaoand the local police force andother agencies for their readi-ness not only in time of disas-ters, but in security aspect aswell following a bomb drillthat drew huge support fromthe public.

Police and military au-thorities, including the Bu-reau of Fire Protection, Cen-tral (emergency hotline) 911,among other supportgroups, recently conducted abomb drill at different placesin Davao City for the purpose

of the capability responsetime and interoperability ofthe different agencies in-volved during bomb threat atdifferent scales and to ensurethat safety of civilians aheadof the grand celebration ofthe “Araw ng Davao.”

Col. Macairog Alberto,the task force commander,said they conducted fivedrills – one after another – totest the readiness of all gov-ernment agencies, includingtheir own and the policeforce.

He said the exercise wassuccessful in testing the

readiness of the agencies,adding, the key to this wasthe Community and Emer-gency Response Center Cen-tral 911, which serve as thecommand center of the drill.

“We cannot afford to becomplacent. Without 911, allour exercise will fail. 911 pro-vided the command andcontrol of the exercise. All re-sponse time fell under tenminutes despite the traffic,”Alberto said.

Davao, whose mayor isRodrigo Duterte, is one of thesafest cities in the country.(Mindanao Examiner)

Task Force Davao photo showa policemen and soldiers (not in frame) during a bomb drill.(Mindanao Examiner)

7 people feast on rabid dog meat,officials worry over infection

ZAMBOANGA CITY – Atleast 7 people, includingtwo children, feasted onthe meat of a rabid dog inZamboanga City in south-ern Philippines and offi-cials were worried overtheir health and urgedthem to immediately toundergo medical examina-tion.

The City VeterinarianOffice expressed alarmover the consumption ofthe dog meat. It alsowarned residents to refrain

from eating dog meat toavoid carrying the risk oftransmitting rabies.

The dog was slaugh-tered for its meat inCabatangan village aftertwo of four animals it hadbitten died on the spot.

Officials said personnelfrom the City Pound weredispatched to hunt downthe two other animals bit-ten by the dog to preventthe spread of infection.

Citing reports from thewebsite RabiesAlliance.org,

local health officials saidthe preparation and inges-tion of raw animal productsfrom a rabid animal areboth considered a high risk,and that there has beendocumented cases of rabiestransmission to butcherscutting meat from a rabidanimal.

Officials said the num-ber of cat and dog bite casesin Zamboanga havereached 5,574 since lastyear. (With a report fromJasmine Mohammadsali)

Modus ng ‘rugby’ boys nabukoPasimple pa ang batang ito na nasa wheel chair sa kanyang pagsingot ng rugby habangnamamalimos sa Zamboanga City. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

NAGBAGO na ng style angilang rugby boys saZamboanga City sakanilang paglilimos upangmakapang-akit ng taongmaaawa sa kanila atmagbigay ng limos.

Ito’y matapos namabuko ng Mindanao Ex-aminer regional newspaperang modus operandi ngdalawang paslit sa kanilangpamamalimos at pag gamitng rugby sa sentro mismong lungsod. Isa sa mga ito aynasa wheel chair pa habangnamamalimos sa mga

nagdaraan, ngunit sa loobnaman ng kanyangkamiseta ay naroon angisang plastic na puno ngrugby na pasimple nitongsinisingot.

Nagsisilbing side kicknaman ang isang bata atsiyang tumutulong sapagtutulak ng wheel chair saibat-ibang lugar sa down-town area, ngunit may baonrin itong rugby. Kalimitan aygaling sa mga limos angipinambibili ng mga ito ngrugby mula sa mgamatatandang nagbebenta

nito ng illegal sa palengkena katabi lamang nghimpilan ng pulisya.

Talamak ang problemasa pag-abuso sa rugby ngmga street children namadalas ay siyangginagamit ng kanilang mgamagulang sa paglilimos.Hindi rin regular angkampanya ng Departmentof Social Welfare and Devel-opment sa mganaglipanang rugby boys atstreet children saZamboanga. (MindanaoExaminer)

Sibugaynon malipayong gisaulog angika-14 ka tuig sa maong probinsya

Si Congresswoman Ann Hofer sa silibrasyon sa Araw ng Sibugay. (Mindanao Examiner Photo- Rommel Munio)ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY -Sa ika-14th silibrasyon saAraw ng Sibugay konadlaw sa pagkamogna sap r o b i n s y a ,m a p a s i g a r b o h o n ggipaabot ni Congress-woman Ann Hofer angmga nahimong mehorasniini.

Usa na niini ang

pagbarog sa "RotundaObelisk" nga anaamahimotang sa lungsod saIpil sa nga maoy simbolo olandmark sa naasoyngprobinsya,birthing centerssa matag barangay, road re-habilitation projects, cov-ered court ug ang pinaka-bag o niini ang 6 kakilometrong road concret-

ing gikan sa mga barangay.Dalangin, Anunang

ngadto sa BarangayBangco sa Poblacion Titaynga usa sa mga dugayngpangandoy sa maong con-gresswoman nga matomanang farm-to-market roadprojects alang sa mgaSi b u g a y n o n .(Ro m m e lMunio, Ely Dumaboc)

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Sulu Pictures In The News

Malaking tagumpay ang pagdaraos ng 2015 Women's Month ng Sulu Provincial Women's Council sa pangunguna ni Hajja Nurunisah Tan sa Kapitolyo ng lalawigan sa bayan ngPatikul. Naroon rin si Sulu Vice Gov. Sakur at mga opisyal ng ibat-ibang bayan at dinagsa ang selebrasyon ng daan-daang kababaihan. Nagkaroon pa ng parlor games angnaturang event na may temang "Juana, desisyon mo ay mahalaga sa kinabukasan ng bawa't isa. Ikaw na!" (Franzie Sali)

Mar. 16-22, 20156 The Mindanao Examiner - FOREIGN

A migrant worker’s journey ends with a coffin, and mourningDHANUSHA, NEPAL(CNN) – At Kathmandu’sTribhuvan InternationalAirport, hundreds of mi-grant workers line updaily at the immigrationcounters, clutchingnewly printed passportsand boarding passes.Many of them, though,are clueless as to wherethey’re headed.

As a frequent travelerto the country, I’ve beenapproached many timesby these men, asking meto help fill out their de-parture forms.

Usually, when I askwhat country they’retraveling to, I get thesame answer: “I’m notsure.”

They seem weary andlost but still hopeful thatthey can make their livesbetter.

This time, however,I’m at the airport to fol-low up on the repatria-tion of the most unfortu-nate of these migrantworkers — far too manyof them make the returnjourney in caskets.

Almost every day theremains of three or fourworkers arrive back inNepal from the MiddleEast. Every other day, atleast one dead body ar-

rives from Qatar.WWWWWorst exploitationorst exploitationorst exploitationorst exploitationorst exploitation

“Nepali migrantworkers have the lowestper capita income inQatar,” says SuryanathMishra, who served asambassador to Qatarfrom 2007 to 2012. “Theyget exploited the mostout of all the migrantworkers.”

He cites lack of edu-cation and technicalskills as the main causes.

We are waiting for thebody of Kishun Das, wholeft Nepal for Qatar onlyeight months ago. The38-year old was hisfamily’s breadwinner andthe father of five children.

His younger brother,Bishun, is at the airport toreceive the body. He alsoworks in Qatar and is cur-rently in Nepal on leave.I ask him why he’s alone.

“We don’t havemoney to bring otherfamily members to re-ceive the body,” he says.“But they have been call-ing me every otherminute asking for the up-date.”

His phone rings.“I’m at the adminis-

tration filling out the pa-perwork.” he tells thecaller on his phone.

“No, he isn’t gettingany compensation.”

With over more than350,000 migrant workers,Nepalis make up the sec-ond biggest communityin Qatar, after Indians,the embassy in Qatarclaims.

We contact Qatar’s la-bor ministry, trying tofind a reason for thealarming rate of deaths ofNepali workers, as well asdetails of measures takensince 2014 to improveworking conditions. Theyrefuse to comment.MMMMMigrigrigrigrigration soars thanksation soars thanksation soars thanksation soars thanksation soars thanks

to Qto Qto Qto Qto Qatar atar atar atar atar WWWWWorld Corld Corld Corld Corld CupupupupupAs we wait at the air-

port, a Qatar Airwaysplane lands. At 7:40 pm,it is the last of three thatdepart and arrive everyday. Before Qatar won theright to stage the FIFAWorld Cup in 2022 andembarked on a hugelyambitious, holistic con-struction plan to supportit, it was a single flight aday.

Hundreds of passen-gers disembark from theplane. “They are mostlymigrant workers return-ing home,” an airport of-ficial tells us.

We spot a cargoworker transporting a

bright red box carryingthe body of Kishun. Evenin a country where evena fight between two straydogs can gather a sizablecrowd, coffin arr ivalsdon’t seem to attractmany spectators. Thescene has become all toocommon.

The coffin is loadedon to a jeep provided forfree by the Nepali govern-ment. We follow it on thejourney to the family’svillage in Dhanusha dis-tr ict — a seven-hourdrive from Kathmandu.

“Normally, vehiclesare not allowed to driveon this highway after 8p.m. because of the dan-gerous condition of someof the roads at night butsince I’m carrying a cof-fin, the police let me go,”the driver of the jeep tellsus.

The Nepali govern-ment has eight vehiclesdesignated to deliver cof-fins. They’re kept busy.

“They call me the cof-fin guy,” the driver sayswith a dark smirk.

IIIIIn mourn mourn mourn mourn mourningningningningningAt around 1 a.m. we

stop at a roadside shack.All of us eat except forDas’ brother. “I’mmourning. For religiouspurposes, I need to re-main pure. So, I can’t eatanything,” he says.

I see him buying al-cohol shortly after.

“I’m too stressed be-cause of my brother’sdeath. I need to comfort

myself.”Back in Qatar – where

alcohol is banned — heand his friends manageto fulfill their needs cour-tesy of the local blackmarket, he tells us.

“It (the alcohol) is ofvery poor quality but thatis our only option,” headds.

Even before we arriveat the village just at thebreak of dawn, we hearthe howling. Dozens ofvillagers have alreadygathered at Das’ home.

His father cries out inagony, “Hey Lord, whathave you done?”

Then he faints.All the family mem-

bers shout at the coffin.The wailing and shoutingis almost deafening. Andit goes on for hours.

As a journalist work-ing in South Asia, I haveseen a lot of desperationand misery. But thescreeching was so in-tense; it’s something Iwill never forget.

SSSSSole brole brole brole brole breadwinnereadwinnereadwinnereadwinnereadwinner“He alone was taking

care of his parents andhis family, how will theysurvive now?” a villagerasks.

Most of the specta-tors are women. Most ofthe men from the villagehave gone to the MiddleEast to work. The few whoare left behind start pre-paring for his cremation.

Mishra, the formerambassador, says 55% ofNepali migrant workers

deaths in Qatar are from“sudden” cardiac arrest,20% die from work-re-lated accidents, 15%from traffic accidents,and an alarming 10%commit suicide.

Nepali governmentrecords show more than290 workers have died inthe Gulf state in the last420 days.

Put another way, twoNepali workers die inQatar every three days.These are young men dy-ing in the prime of theirlife.

“The cause of deathsneeds to be investigatedproperly, and urgently,”Mishra says. “In general,it is due to tension led byexploitation, adverse cli-mate, poor working andliving conditions and al-coholic intoxication.”

In Das’ village, al-most all the men we meethave spent time workingin the Middle East. Manyhad recently returnedfrom Qatar. They tell sto-ries of hardship, and ofthe deaths of their co-workers. Time and again,none of them seems to beconvinced with investi-gations into their friends’and compatriots’ deaths.

And again, amongstthe keening and wailingof his distraught family,no-one is sure howKishun Das, broughtback home in a red coffinalong hazardous roads,met his end in Qatar. (BySugam Pokharel, CNN)

(US) Madison Tense as City Deals WithPolice Shooting of Unarmed Teen

EMOTIONS were raw at achurch service to mournthe death of an unarmed19-year-old black manshot by a white Madison,Wisconsin, police officer,but demonstrations on thecity’s streets were tense butpeaceful.

Protesters faced offwith police outside thehouse where TonyRobinson was shot Fridaynight, and marchers car-ried banners saying “BlackLives Matter.”

A community groupplanned to gather this af-ternoon to discuss theshooting. Organizers en-couraged the communityto bring children and cray-ons for a discussion aboutthe events of the weekend.

A balloon memorialhad been placed near thesite of the shooting thismorning.

Friends and familywho gather Saturday nightin front of the home whereRobinson was shot toldABC News they were con-cerned about safety in theircommunity.

“I worry about my kidseven walking down thestreet,” Lynn Robinson, aneighbor of TonyRobinson’s, said.

“Us being teenagers

and you know AfricanAmerican teenagers, youknow it can happen to us,”Darian Grant, a classmateof Robinson’s, said.

Madison Police ChiefMike Koval identified theofficer who shot and killedRobinson Friday night asMatt Kenny, 45, a 12-yearveteran of the force.

Kenny was involved ina shooting in 2007, but wasexonerated, Koval said.

Robinson’s mother An-drea Irwin said she wasshocked by his violentdeath, saying the teen wasnever a “violent person.”

“It baffles me,” shesaid.

According to courtdocuments obtained byABC News, Robinsonpleaded guilty to charges ofbeing a party to armed rob-bery in April 2014, and wasunder supervision whenpolice responded to a com-plaint about him Fridaynight.

Robinson was jumpingin and out of traffic lastweek and allegedly respon-sible for a recent battery,Koval said.

In recordings of the 911calls, police dispatchersdiscussing the suspect“yelling and jumping infront of cars” call him

“Tony.”Kenny went to an

apartment where hethought Robinson hadgone, Koval said. The officerheard a disturbance insideand entered, where an al-tercation with Robinsonbegan, the police chief said.

Koval said Kenny thenshot Robinson, who laterdied at the hospital.

Kenny was also injured,said Koval, but he did notdescribe the extent of hiswounds. The officer, whowas involved in a police-in-volved shooting in 2007 andwas exonerated of anywrongdoing, was placed onadministrative leave withpay pending the outcomeof the investigation, Kovalsaid.

After Robinson’s deathlate Friday, demonstrationscondemning the shootingbegan. A crowd gathered atthe house where the shoot-ing happened and then left.Some people then headedto the downtown buildingthat houses the MadisonPolice Department’s Cen-tral District offices.

Robinson’s family hasurged demonstrators to re-main peaceful in his honor.(By Dean Schabner. The As-sociated Press contributedto this report.)

SUPPORT PEACEIN MINDANAO

No to warlordism of Ampatuansand culture of impunity

DAVAO CITY – Localcouncil member LeahLibrado said the recent re-lease from jail of Sajid Is-lam Ampatuan, one of thesuspects in the brutalmassacre of 58 people inMaguindanao province in2009, was blatantly unjustas thousands of poor of-fenders all over the coun-try, including politicalprisoners who are victimsof trumped-up chargescould not even be allowedto post bail as the systemhas apparentlycriminalized rebellion.

Librado was reactingon the news of QuezonCity Regional Trial CourtBranch 221 ordering therelease of the youngAmpatuan, a son offormer Maguindanaogovernor AndalAmpatuan, Sr. He postedP200,000 for each of the58 counts of murder viaTravellers Insurance andSurety Corporation.

“This is blatantly un-just as thousands poor of-fenders all over the coun-try, including politicalprisoners who are victimsof trump-up chargescould not even be allowedto post bail as the systemhas apparentlycriminalized rebellion.And here comes anAmpatuan, being grantedbail, to the detriment ofthose seeking justice forthe victims of the massa-cre many years ago.”

Librado said that ev-eryone is entitled to theright to post bail and in

the case of Ampatuan, heis now allowed to be ontemporary liberty, but theact should have been con-sidered in terms of thecrime committed andhow we are thriving on aculture of impunity.

“Clearly, Ampatuansare warlords, who haveruled it overMaguindanao for thelongest time and we haveto be careful as they willagain sow terror and rideon the susceptible situa-tion we have inMaguindanao right now.The mere act of grantinghim liberty is a cause foralarm. It tells us thatsomething is very wrongwith our penal and justicesystems.”

Librado encouragedthe people of Davao tocondemn the impunitybeing granted to the richand privilege few politi-cians of this country.“How can even a presi-dent allow this?” sheasked.

More than 200 armedmen, many of them mili-tias and policemen, tak-ing orders from the al-leged mastermind,Ampatuan, Sr., abductedat gunpoint on a highwayin Shariff Aguak town the58 victims, including over30 journalists, and bru-

tally killed in a remote lo-cation in Ampatuan town.

The journalists werejust covering the politicalconvoy of EsmaelMangudadatu, who waschallenging Ampatuan,Sr. who is the patriarch ofa clan that long heldpower in the province.

His son and name-sake, Andal, Jr., thenmayor of Datu Unsaytown, and another son,Zaldy Ampatuan, theformer regional governor,and several other clanmembers along with doz-ens more who are now injail, had been implicatedin the massacre. The ac-cused have all denied thecharges against them.And many witnesses tothe gruesome crime hadbeen killed while otherswere bribed to preventthem from testifying.

The slow progress ofthe cases is also putting astress – both psychologi-cally and spiritually – tothe families of those whoperished in the massacre.Various local and interna-tional media groups andorganizations have re-peatedly appealed toPresident Benigno Aquinoto stop the continuedmurders of journalists andend impunity in the coun-try. (Mindanao Examiner)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: End to all-out war in Mindanao

SA GOVERNMENT ngARMM, alam ko namigayna kayo ng relief goods samay Shariff SaidonaMustapha ng 3 kilongBigas, 3 lata ng Sardinasat 3 piraso ng Noddles sa297 na pamilya SALAMATpo...

Pagkaraan ng 10 arawwala ng sumunod pa...saisang pamilya merong 7anak, 5 anak atpinakamaliit ang 3 anak,ang sabi ng isang evacu-ees and 3 noodles isangkainan lang taposumabot na ng sampungaraw wala ng sumunodpa...salamat din sa tagaMaguindanao Provincenamahagi naman sila nggamot malaking bagay baun para sa kanila ngunitpagkain parin angkanilang hinihiling saamin...

Una po ang all-outoffensive ay may basbassa Gobyerno para supilinang mga kalaban ngpamahalaan lalo na angBIFF, subalit obligasyonng Gobyerno nasuportahan ang mgainosenteng sibilyang

Balita at Kamera Ni Mark Navalesbiktima ng giyera saMaguindanao.

Kwento ng isangevacuees dahil sa sobranggutom, ilang araw ngnakalipas narinig nila namay mga namimigay ngrelief sa isang kalapitbarangay at agad silangtumungo at baka sakalingmabigyan sila ng tulong,nagulat sila ng sabihansila ng isang kagawad namay "VOTERS ID BAKAYO?" kung walap a s e n s y anlang....WHAT?????? mayganon?

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Meron din isangbuong pamilya hindi namatiis ang gutom saevacuation center, pinilitnilang bumalik sakanilang bahay subalit ngaraw din iyon muling

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Ang akin lang namanpo ay maparating sa atingGobyerno na sana tuloy-tuloy ang pagtulong sakanila dahil po sila’ymaayos na namumuhaysa kanilang bukirinkasama ang kanilangpamiya at bigla nalamangsilang palilikasin dahil saall-out offensive namangyayari laban sa mgarebeldeng BIFF...ang ilandyan kung makadala ngMEDIA talagang todo angcoverage yun palahanggang umpisa langlang ang bigayan ng reliefgoods, kahit isang sakongbigas na ibigay sa isangpamilya kayang kayanaman talaga yan...

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Maraming Salamatpo...

AS we celebrate the Inter-national Women’s Day, wecall for a cessation of themilitary operations inMaguindanao. No othercall may be relevant in thespirit of pursuit of the bet-terment of women’s statusin society today. AFP ChiefGeneral GregorioCatapang’s declaration ofall-out war against theBIFF and Aquino’s disre-gard of such actions conse-quence for women in Moroareas is the clearest mani-festation of thegovernment’s indifferencetowards women’s rightsand those of children aswell. It also serves as theprimary reason to call forhis ouster today, as allow-ing to keep him in powermeans allowing women toendure greatersuffering ev-

eryday.Under Aquino, no ef-

forts to uplift women andattend to their generalneeds have been made bythe government. Such im-potence in public respon-sibility deserves no greatercondemnation than re-moving him from powerand installing a better formof governance, one thatrecognizes the role ofwomen in society and theirsignificance in history.

Women are not onlythe bringers of childreninto this world; they arealso the movers of history.As an oppressed sector,they have the potential tobecome powerful agents ofchange, to transform theinequalities that affect so-ciety as whole into rela-tions that provide peace

and security among thepeople.

Early this year, womenfrom all over Mindanaohave stood up to the chal-lenge of resisting Aquino’santi-people OplanBayanihan campaign.From Bai Bibyoon ofTalaingod, who demandedaccountability for the in-justices done to her by thefascist troops of the 68th IB,to the nuns in Agusan delSur who called for the pull-out of soldiers from civiliancommunities, to the Morowomen who acknowledgethe importance of theirparticipation in over-throwing the administra-tion that for so long has notheard their cries for peaceand better living condi-tions, women in Mindanaocontinue their struggle that

contributes to the strugglesof other oppressed sectorsas well.

As Aquino’s rotten na-ture continues to unfoldand the nation is plungedinto greater instability,there is no other recoursebut to remain in adamantin our calls for account-ability for the injusticeswrought by the adminis-tration. To choose to re-main silent is not just to beblind to these depravities;it is to betray other womenas well.

From the evacuationcenters in Maguindanao,Moro women will rise up tothe occasion and extend ef-forts to show that the fighthas not ended, that theyhave not been silenced,that the force of womengrow stronger as every daygoes by. The struggle todayis not just against abuseand other forms of violenceeasily perceived by thesenses, but the systemicproblems affecting the na-tion as a whole. Aquino’ssubservience to US imperi-alism, remains at the top ofthese, alongside the cultureof impunity for those com-mitting human rights viola-tions against the people, asis the case in the all-out warof the AFP in CentralMindanao.

Today, we call for anend to the agony of women.In doing so, we call for theouster of Aquino, in order toend the war in Mindanao.No other call shall beshouted today nor anyother reason that the Morowomen will raise clenchedfists. With women all overthe country and the worldwe shout, “Long live thewomen’s struggle!”

Jerome Succor Aba –Suara Bangsamoro(Cotabato City –peoplescouncil2015@gmail.com)

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOS: On the recent Musashishipwreck exploration and discovery

THE PROVINCE ofRomblon welcomes therecent discovery of WorldWar II Japanese battleshipMusashi shipwreck byMicrosoft co-founder PaulAllen and his team inSibuyan Sea which may bewithin the territory of theprovince of Romblon (ex-act location has not beendisclosed by Mr. Allen’steam).

Historically recorded,Musashi, the largest andmost heavily-armed war-ship ever launched, wassunk by American forcesduring the Battle ofSibuyan Sea which led toone of history’s largest na-val battles, the Battle ofLeyte Gulf.

For years, the provinceof Romblon in collabora-tion with civicorganisations and localgovernment units inTablas and Sibuyan Is-lands has been com-memorating this event topromote peace, unity andprosperity among Ameri-cans, Japanese and Filipi-nos in remembrance of thefallen soldiers and civil-ians during the war. WorldWar II memorials havebeen erected, as well.

In fact the govern-ment of the Philippines,

through Proclamation No.45, s. 2010, declared 24 Oc-tober 2010, and every yearthereafter as ‘Battle ofSibuyan Sea Day’ ordering‘the Department of Educa-tion, National HistoricalCommission of the Philip-pines, and all other perti-nent government agenciesto rectify history herewith intheir respective institutionalcapacities’.

There have been initia-tives of the private sector,local and national govern-ments to preserve the his-torical integrity and signifi-cance of the Battle ofSibuyan Sea for all con-cerned to embrace recon-ciliation and peace throughhistorical tourism, culturalexchange and internationalcooperation.

In relation to the recentdiscovery of the the battle-ship Musashi wreck, theprovincial government isunaware of the presence ofMr. Allen’s vessel and histeam at Sibuyan Sea. Claim-ing that they have beensearching for Musashi formore than eight years, therehas been no informationshared nor coordinationwith the local authorities.

We have known thateven the Philippine CoastGuard and the Philippine

Navy were also unawareabout the explorationconducted. Since theremay be artefacts whichare historically signifi-cant, government insti-tutions like the NationalMuseum and the Na-tional Historical Com-mission of the Philip-pines must also be in-formed.

Being a Japanesevessel, it is also proper toinform the Embassy ofJapan. As reverence totheir fallen soldiers, theremay also be ways how toregard the issue with ut-most traditional sensitiv-ity.

We hope that na-tional laws and interna-tional protocols be ob-served for proper coordi-nation and collabora-tion.

Again, we welcomethis historical discoveryby Mr. Paul Allen and histeam.

EDUARDO C.FIRMALO, MD-Gover-nor

Provincial Capitol,Brgy. Capaclan,

Romblon, 5500Romblon

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3 ka disaster response centers,gitakdang itukod sa nasud sa WFP

Cebu hosts forum on West Philippine Sea issuesore than100 peopleattended aforum inM

Cebu City about thePhilippines’ historicalclaims on the scatteredislands on West Philip-pine Sea also known asthe South China Seawhich is now being oc-cupied by China andother nations.

The forum – jointlyconducted by the De-partment of Foreign Af-fairs and the PhilippineInformation Agency -

was part of a series of in-formation drive launchedby the Aquino govern-ment in an effort to fur-ther bolster the country’sclaims on the area whichis believed to be rich innatural gas and oil.

Organizers said theobjective of the forum isto raise awareness amongFilipinos on the issue andto get public support forpolicies and actions of thegovernment in address-ing the issues pose byclaimants in West Philip-pine Sea.

Lt. Gen. NicanorVivar, commander of themilitary’s Central Com-mand, said there is ten-sion in the West Philip-pine Sea which the Filipi-nos need to be aware of.“It is no longer a domes-tic problem, but it has be-come a global problem.We have to know the his-torical facts and also ourhistorical rights,” Vivarsaid.

The 3,500-square ki-lometer area west of thePhilippines was thencalled South China Sea

until the issuance of Ad-ministrative Order 29 byPresident Aquino in 2012officially naming it asWest Philippine Sea.

During the forum,Foreign Affairs AssistantSecretary Charles Josealso explained the histori-cal background of thetension in West PhilippineSea. “We have to raiseawareness and gain sup-port of the people on thecurrent moves of the gov-ernment in addressingthe problem,” Jose said,adding China’s claim over

the territory and its ag-gressive behaviour arejust some of the concernsraised by the Aquino gov-ernment.

He said China and therest of the claimants usedto "co-exist quietly" until2009 when Beijing sub-mitted a map showing anine-dash line which hadenclosed the territories inthe entire South ChinaSea.

“China’s claim hasbeen excessive, expansiveand no basis under theUnited Nations Conven-

tion on the Law of theSea,” Jose said.

He said they re-corded several instancesof China’s aggression, in-cluding its establish-ment of Sensha City,which is a sign of admin-istering powers over theentire region and thebarring of logistics tosoldiers guarding theScarborough Shoal. Josesaid the Philippines isnow awaiting the resultof an arbitration filed atthe United Nations.(Ferliza Contratista)

i t a k d a n gmagtukod ogtulo ka disasterresponse cen-G

ters sa nasud ang WorldFood Program (WFP) aronmasiguro ang paspas ngapagtabang kun adunaymga kalamidad.

Matud pa ni WFP Phil-

ippines Country DirectorPraveen Agrawal, ang tuloka hubs ibutang sa mgalugar nga adunay access saair, sea ug land transporta-tion.

Apil sa mga gitun-anghimuong logistics hubsang Clark InternationalAirport, Mactan-Cebu In-

ternational Airport ugGeneral Santos Interna-tional Airport.

Gidugang pa niAgrawal nga pinaagi samga nasud nga miyembrosa WFP, nakagahin kini og$10 milyon nga pondoalang sa proyekto. (MBCN,ECB)

(Cebu City Public Information Office)

Boracay, gi-ilang ‘FavoriteBeach Destination’ sa 2015

i-ila sa Malay-sian TourismFair ang isla saBoracay isipG

pinakapaboritong beachdestination karong tuiga.

Matud pa ni Philip-pine Ambassador to Ma-laysia Eduardo Malaya,gideklarar ang Boracayisip “Favorite Beach Des-tination 2015 sa Malay-sian Association of Tourand Travel Agents alangsa tinuig nga MATTA Fairnga ipahigayon sa Marso13 hangtud 15 sa PutraWorld Trade Center saKuala Lumpur.

“Boracay has consis-tently been part of the listof the best beaches in theworld, as evidenced byawards bestowed on it bymajor travel magazinesand organizations. It is ourpleasure for Malaysians todiscover the island, with itspristine white sands andbreath-taking beaches,which captivated manyvisitors for nature tripping,water sports and beachhopping,” matud pa ni Ma-laya.

Giingong tungod kinisa talagsaong kanindot ugputi nga mga balas sa

maong isla. Sagipahigayong press confer-ence sa MATTA headquar-ters sa Kuala Lumpur,gipasigarbo usab sa Am-bassador ang uban pangmaanindot nga lugar saPilipinas sama sa Bohol ugCebu.

Dungan sapagpasigarbo san a g k a l a i n - l a i n gmaanindot nga dapit, mgapiyesta ug mgapanagtapok sa Pilipinas,gi-aghat usab ni Ambassa-dor ang mga Malaysian sapagbisita sa nasud. (RMN,ECB)

Gobyerno, nigahin og P3 bilyon alangsa mga bag-ong gamit sa PNP

alos P3 bilyonang gigahin saDepartmentof BudgetH

Management (DBM)alang sa pagpalit og mgabag-ong high-poweredfirearms ug radio equip-ment sa Philippine Na-tional Police (PNP).

“Despite the chal-lenges facing the PNP, theNational Governmentfully supports the policeforce in fulfilling theirmandate to preventcrime and maintainpeace and order," matud

pa ni DBM Sec. ButchAbad.

Matud pa nga unahonsa PNP ang pagpalit og 743sub-machine guns ngamokabat sa kapin P133milyon ang kantidad ug 34units sa high-frequencybase radio nganagkantidad og P17milyon.

Pagapondohan usabsa DBM ang kapin sa200,000 basic assault riflesug magazine nganagkantidad og P1 bilyon.Apil pa sa gastohan sagobyerno ang 945 motor

vehicles, 133 firearm test-ing equipment, 23 waterbullet recovery system ug110 cotton bullet recoverysystem.

Pasabot pa satigpamaba sa PNP nga siGeneroso Cerbo, wala kinikalabotan sa Mamasapanoclash tungod kay wala mannakabutang nga ihatagkini alang lamang sa Spe-cial Action Force.

Giseguro usab sa PNPnga dili mamantsahan ogkorapsiyon ang proseso sapagpalit sa mga bag-ongarmas. (RMN, ECB)