MINDANAO DAILY TRUTH | JUSTICE | PROGRESS
Volume XII, No. 051
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Marcos to the Bangsamoro: “We walk this path together”
VP Sara’s camp considers pressing charges vs. critics
By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
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OTABATO CITY (MindaNews) – “We walk this path together” even if the path to lasting peace is difficult, President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. told the 80-member Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) on Thursday. “The path to lasting peace is always under construction. But we walk this path together and we walk it, not because it is an easy one. We walk this path together because even if it is difficult, we know that at the end of the journey is historical justice, progress, peace, stability, and the unity that our peoples and our nation have long aspired for and so rightly deserve,” he said. He assured the BTA and the Bangsamoro people of his administration’s “full and unwavering commitment to the peace process and to BARMM (Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao).” See PATH, page 11
President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. describes the inaugural session of the Parliament the Bangsamoro in Cotabato City on Thursday, 15 September 2022 as a “very, very important occasion” as it gathered the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government on the same stage with Bangsamoro leaders, apparently hoping everyone would be on the same page in the Bangsamoro peace process. Seated L to R: Bangsamoro Speaker Pangalian Balindong, Special Assistant to the President Anton Lagdameo, Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, Moro National Liberation Front founding chair Nur Misuari, Bangsamoro Chief Minister and Moro Islamic Liberation Front chair Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim, House Speaker Martin Romualdez, Local Governments Secretary Benhur Abalos and Supreme Court Associate Justice Japar Dimaampao. Presidential Peace Adviser Carlito Galvez and Muslimin Sema, another leader of the MNLF, were seated on the front row. MindaNews photo by CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS
After Vice President Sara Duterte thanked President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos in a now-viral Facebook post for letting her use the presidential chopper so she can get home to her kids before bedtime, the VP’s camp said it was looking to press charges against netizens who claimed she rides the helicopter “each day.” Duterte’s post divided opinions between social media users: while some thought it showed she was a loving and devoted mother, others questioned the use of taxpayer resources to shuttle her between Manila and Davao City, where Duterte’s family hails from. Afer the post went viral, Duterte’s spokesperson, Reynold Munsayac, clari-
fied that the VP and her children have been based in Manila since she assumed office, adding they mostly use land vehicles. “We are currently studying whether this would qualify as a criminal case since these kinds of posts mislead and fool people, and we know that if we allow these stories to propagate, people may believe them,” Munsayac said in Filipino. On Tuesday, Duterte wrote a birthday post dedicated to Marcos Jr, who turned 65, writing: “Thank you, PBB, and your 250th PAW for ensuring that wherever I may be found in the country during the day, I am home in time to tuck my children to bed. See CRITICS, page 11
Davao farmers, fisherfolk get fuel subsidy cards By Che Palicte
DAVAO CIT Y – At least 500 individua ls combine d cor n farmers and fisherfolk here benefited from a PHP3,000 fuel subsidy extended by t he D ep ar t ment of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11). In a statement Friday, DA-11 said the farmers and fisherfolk received the subsidy d u r i n g T hu r s d ay ’s caravan at the Davao Food Terminal Complex in Toril. DA-11 said the subsidy aims to “increase
and enhance” the beneficiaries’ productivity and income and mitigate the effects of oil price hikes. In a previous interview, DA-11 Director Abel James Monteagudo said the fuel discount card will help ease the impact of rising oil prices in the agricultural sector. “Even though they faced agricultural hurdles like fuel price hikes and soaring prices of the fertilizers, our key players, the farmers remained resilient,” he said.
FUEL SUBSIDY. Some 500 corn farmers and fisherfolk receive PHP3,000 fuel subsidy from the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11) during a caravan held in Davao City on Thursday (Sept. 15, 2022). Some 100 corn farmers and 400 fisherfolk from Paquibato, Marilog, Calinan, and Tugbok District received their discount cards. (Photo from DA-11)
Monteagudo also advised the farmers to a lw ay s t a ke t he initiative to ask for suppor t f rom local government units to further advance their sector. To qualify for the f u e l s u b s i d y, c or n farmers and fisherfolk must be registered in the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture, included in the Farmers and Fisherfolk Registr y System, and own machinery with proof of ownership. (PNA)