MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 079
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Rodriguez calls for Charter Change through constitutional convention
CAGAYAN de Oro City Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has proposed the convening of an elected constitutional convention (con-con) to recommend amendments to or revisions of the 1987 Constitution. According to Rodriguez, groups have suggested that particular economic provisions need to be revisited to make the Philippines ‘globally competitive and attuned to the changing time’. He also said that political reforms may also be required to be incorporated in the Constitution. Rep. Rodriguez introduced House Joint Resolution No. 12 in Congress which outlines the details of the proposed constitutional convention. Read the details below: 1. The constitutional convention would be composed of delegates elected from legislative districts. Each district would elect See CALLS, page 11
DILG to unveil new anti-drug campaign By RUDOLPH IAN ALAMA
DAVAO CITY - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to launch the BIDA (Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan) anti-drug advocacy campaign nationwide this Saturday morning (Nov. 26). “BIDA is an advocacy program of the DILG that is simultaneously launched in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. This will be on November 26, 2022 and will start on 4 a.m.,” says Phillen Larrabaster, chief of the Local Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division. Larrabaster said the expected participants during the Davao City launch is at 1,500. “The event will start with a fun run followed by zumba,” she said afterwards the program will be hooked up with the main launching
Cagayan De Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez
Ampatuan Massacre @13: another long wait for the Court of Appeals’ ruling
ceremony in Quezon City. Cagayan de Oro will also be hosting the BIDA launching in Mindanao. Among those invited to participate in the launch will be delegates from nearby provinces and regions which will include Region 12 and the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The main launching will be held in Quezon City (Q.C. Memorial Circle) where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and DILG Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. are expected to lead the launch. The BIDA program is an intensified and more holistic campaign against illegal drugs to reduce drug demand in the communities. It emphasizes the Philippine National Police, See UNVEIL, page 11
By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS MindaNews
MASSACRE SITE, Ampatuan, Maguindanao – Princess Arianna was only seven months old when her father, John Caniban of Periodico Ini in General Santos City, was killed here on November 23, 2009 along with 57 others in the worst pre-election violence in Philippine history and the world’s worst single-day attack on media workers. Princess, who dreams of becoming a teacher or a nurse, suffers from rheumatic heart disease and badly needs the 350,000 pesos that the regional trial court ordered the Ampatuans and other principals to pay the heirs of Caniban. But it will be a long
Top Lawmakers meet in support of continued peace and development in BARMM Electoral Code a priority as BARMM 2025 Elections near LAWMAKERS from both the Upper and Lower Houses recently met with Bangsamoro Parliament Members to conduct the first organizational meeting for the Philippine CongressBangsamoro Parliament wait for Caniban’s widow, amount. The Ampatuans Forum (PCBPF) in Pasay Argie, and their only child, had appealed the case and City. The key legislators and Princess, to receive that See WAIT, page 11 ministers of the Bangsamoro Princess Ariana Caniban was only seven months old when her father John was killed along with 57 others in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on 23 November 2022. Now 13 and suffering from a rheumatic heart disease, Princess says she needs help so she will get well. She dreams of becoming a teacher or a nurse someday. MindaNews photo by GREGORIO C. BUENO
Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) discussed priority laws and projects to further develop gains in infrastructure and peace in the region. Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez led the discussions, which revolved around important
regional laws such as the Bangsamoro Electoral Code, Bangsamoro Local Government Code, Bangsamoro Revenue Code, and the Bangsamoro Law for Indigenous Peoples. With the first BARMM Elections slated for May 12, 2025, the Bangsamoro See MEET, page 8