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11/07/2024

https://philmuslimtoday.com/2024/07/11/trauma-reporting-workshop-in-bangsamoro-region/

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11/07/2024

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25/06/2024

https://philmuslimtoday.com/2024/06/25/sustainable-energy-barmm-launches-mini-hydropower-projects-in-lanao/

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24/06/2024

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23/06/2024

https://philmuslimtoday.com/2024/06/23/saguiaran-mayor-leads-town-founding-day-celebrations/

Saguiaran mayor leads town founding day celebrations

By BAI ROCAYA SUMNDAD OTICAL–YAHYA

SAGUIARAN, Lanao del Sur -- The local chief executive of the municipality of Saguiaran in the province of Lanao del Sur led the celebrations of the town founding anniversary on June 19-22 with a theme, “Envisioning Prosperity Through a Culture of Peace.”

The opening program was preceded by a colorful street parade which started at 6:30 AM from Batangan to Pawak. More than 3,500 participants joined with their colorfully vibrant cultural attire and costumes to encourage the revival of ancestral customs, culture and traditions.

In his message during the opening program witnessed by multisectoral leaders from the town and neighboring areas, Saguiaran Mayor Jalalodin M. Angin appealed to the town constituency to continue strengthening their unity in seeking what is best for the progress of the municipality.

“I am asking for your support to unite in seeking what is best for the municipality, the mayor said. “In the past two years you have seen and felt the improvements in the municipality with the help of 30 Barangay chairmen, especially all of you who are good people or Saguiaran. and I thank all of you for being here today on Saguiaran Day,” he added.

The opening program held at the town’s cover court was attended by representatives of different government line agencies, datus, ulama, MBHTE Saguiaran district teaching force, 34 private and public schools, 31 madaris, National Power Corporation (NPC), Municipal BFP, MAFAR, Municipal RHU, MSSD, 44th Infantry Battalion Commander PLC Wilvin Custodio, 1st District Board Member Shirali “Alilit” Sani, Municipal PNP and Men in Uniform to show they are in one with the celebrations of Araw ng Saguiaran 2024.

In the past 2 years you have seen and felt the improvements in the municipality with the help of 30 Barangay chairmen especially all of you who are good people or Saguiaran and I thank all of you for being here today on Saguiaran Day”.

The celebration was attended by the Provincial Vice Governor Hon. Mohammad “Mujam” Rakiin Adiong, who gave an inspirational message, he said: “He who lives and dwells here in Saguiaran needs to help and unite with each other because as far as I know no town has succeeded without its people uniting.’’

Saguiaran is a 4th class municipality with a population of 26,712 people mostly Maranaos residing in 30 barangays. It is the last frontier town of Lanao del Sur in the Bangsamoro region with Lanao del Norte in Northern Mindanao region.

Saguiaran is home to NPC Agus II Hydro Power Plant.

The participating 30 BLGU’s of Saguiaran were Alinun, Bagoaingud, Basak maito, Batangan, Bubong, Cadayonan, Cadingilan, Comonal, Dilausan, Dilimbayan, Gadongan, Limogao, Linao, Lumbaca-Toros, Lumbayanague, Maliwanag, Mapantao, Mipaga, Natangcopan, Pagalamatan, Pamacotan, Panggao, Pantao, Raya, Pantaon, Patpangcat, Pawak, Pindolongan, Poblacion, Salocad and tungcod.

In the opening program, the invocation was led by Imam Samsodin Gali from the Ulama Council; welcome address by Municipal Administrator Amerodin M. Angin. An inspirational message was delivered by Maning Dalupang, ABC president; and Closing Remark by Cabib Macadar, Chairman of Municipal Peace and Order Council, Normillah T. Bagay, and Rayana L. Madum were the masters of Ceremony.

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21/05/2024

ADOPTED PHOTO FOR THE WEEK:
Pointing fingers: Who's to blame?

01/05/2024

01/03/2024

O maoro ka ladan ko dadena na shirikanon na di kadn pephangandam sa zarakan ka ginawa ko kadenan a da phayag a komokompas ko alam go so langowan taman. ka ba di layam somonsang sa barata pekitekaw so malawanda a datu

Just relax, take a deep breath to calm the shattered nerve, then move on to next dimension.

Reflection

03/02/2024

Is the Bangsamoro a security risk for journalists?

On Thursday, Jan 25, the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism (PCIJ) conducted in Iligan City a Round Table Discussion on Strengthening Press Freedom in the Bangsamoro region.

This roundtable discussion aims to openly identify the various challenges faced by journalists covering the Bangsamoro Region and exploring actionable solutions.

Out of the discussion, there was one sad reality that occurred to my mind. Based on presentations made by most participant media practitioners, the Bangsamoro autonomous region seemed almost unnoticed of its existence. They accepted they need to know more about Bangsamoro .

Among the challenges facing journalists, especially non-Muslim journalists living outside the region is security concern. Many are afraid to cover the area out of fear for their lives.

But I think media practitioners are more secured in the Bangsamoro autonomous region than in some parts of the country. It means there is more press freedom in the Bangsamoro.

Fear of media coverage within the Bangsamoro region by non-Muslim journalists is not so well founded.. While there had been some isolated killings of media practitioners in nearby region 10, there is none in the Bangsamoro area. So why fear to give enough media coverage in the region?

(Story developing)

21/06/2023

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtEpjmAWTs4

The Dilemma of the Mindanao War

So much of the trauma has by far been the narrative describing the conflict that engulfed Mindanao in a war which from my own simple assessment, could have been avoided or a fracas easily avoidable had there been ‘honesty’ in manners of the international community stomping foot down harder, to stopping it.

Like the immersing in simple diplomacy; merely because the conflict drawdown was something of territories, definitely not a rebellion of the Muslims -a job the UN is mandated to do. Thus, a Bangsamoro issue, becoming a problem needing, as hollered high and mighty, to naturally require a Bangsamoro solution. It is the ‘official’ depiction as far as the Filipino government insisting it is a Muslim problem henceforth an intervention of the international community, particularly the United Nations, may ‘not’ be necessary.

To dig deeper into the abyss over the solution to the now Bangsamoro problem, no less the Malaysian premier and counterpart Filipino head of state moving the heavens coming up with resolutions and did come up with something, a Bangsamoro solution now reemerging as BARMM from what was ARMM. Fine, it is now up and working. But where would the Sabah Claims be? Seemingly out of mind since the Muslim problem has now been ‘dealt with’ so we stay quiet, nay be there oddities still to schedule like the Sabah Claims issue. Would this be the right attitude given the so alarmingly dangerous radicalization of Muslims this time all over the world, from what was a problem of territories between Malaysia and the Philippines easily discernible I’m sure the UN could have easily handled, but bewilderingly, did not.

As far as I know, only PM Anwar Ibrahim of Malaysia has it to say, let us handle the Sabah Claims issue. So, what now?

Mindanao War is not to say it is a Muslim rebellion but really was a military countermeasure not to poke at the Mindanao people, and blame them for rebellion. It should have been the United Nations on their mandated duty to intervene to stop it because it was to have been a dispute over territories between two card-bearing members of the UN which was the Sabah claims issue. Worst of all, the MNLF hijacked the problem and took it their own so they couldn’t do anything because it was never a rebellion. This was the Sabah claims in fact the one that created the Mindanao war.

That’s why from MNLF, M**F, ABU SAYAFF, ISIS, and what’s next? Of course, it will not end because it is not our rebellion in Mindanao.

Did you know that the Philippines attempted to invade Malaysia? But it backfired and it ended up with decades of rebellions and conflict in the Philippines! ...

01/03/2023

https://www.yahoo.com/news/total-russian-collapse-surprisingly-close-190000011.html

Recognizing a ‘giant bully’ crying over the loss of the USSR?

Crying over spilled milk, or scooping with bare hands shows bravado, slurp the wastes show machismo has never been observed among known Marxists. Especially brooding over ‘lost’ grounds. Marxists have long been known as fatalists; never knew dictatorship from authoritarianism having themselves been orientated one-party rulers. The Russian interlude with ‘the only them mantra’ following the collapse of the USSR to have tasted a bit of freedom as a democracy, with the USSR breaking up, the way their having gotten used to being single-minded as Marxists, democracy for them was indeed new and yet to fully grasp especially having to engage in elections. So the idea of Putin, a former KGB officer, as Russian president, was never far off.

Okay, clenching the Russian presidency, and obviously familiar with the ‘Russian thinking’ as a KGB guy, he juggled with the system and was successful with it, jumped from one end to the other with hardly the world noticing. Challenged the West with the Russian firebrand violating ethical laws of the United Nations, intervened in the Syrian war to flatten Arab communities with barrel bombs supporting a dictator, introduced private mercenaries to shackle the peace in Africa, despite the excessive show of terrorism and disregarded for international law, the world seemed to have become incredibly tolerant, surprisingly ‘unmindful’.

And so, the idea of a USSR revival noticeably cropped from obscurity beginning with ‘special interventions’ like in Georgia and many other former USSR satellites.

Well, Ukraine was a mistake.

As Moscow’s latest offensive in Ukraine slowly but bloodily cranks up, the next phase of this ghastly war has well and truly arrived. Contrary to expectations, the Ukrainians are bravely, and successfully, resisting the tens of thousands of fresh Russian recruits being thrown at them. Nevertheless...

15/01/2023

15/01/2023

https://fb.watch/i3eAcvD8Sh/

15/01/2023

Wedbush Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst Dan Ives joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the state of Tesla amid Elon Musk taking over Twitter, Microsoft's lawsuit with the FTC over its Activision acquisition, and Apple. 

31/12/2022

https://sg.yahoo.com/finance/video/elon-musk-twitter-leadership-nightmare-213502923.html

It’s a bit of wonder overtly rich people with money are hard to track, how huge they really are should be nice to talk about, maybe unravel some features like ‘juicy’ ones one to drool over such that make you want to join twitter’s Elon Musk, of course using Microsoft software, well, any way you feel like doing.

Honest to God, I never imagine a rich guy floating in midair or actually experiencing out-of-earth sensations, like space venturing you learn ‘from experience’. I thought the plane I fly are from designs of aero engineers not from a kite maker, you know what I mean?

“Be careful what you wish for”

Wedbush Managing Director and Senior Equity Analyst Dan Ives joins Yahoo Finance Live to discuss the state of Tesla amid Elon Musk taking over Twitter, Microsoft's lawsuit with the FTC over its Activision acquisition, and Apple. 

21/12/2022