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Volume VI, No. 131
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November 7, 2016
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free for 6 months n Suspension of arrest warrants on Nur confuses prelates, but ‘Ka Paris’ says Nur’s temporary freedom can boost peace talks with rebel groups
From the newsroom
‘Rudy Ligas?’
By RUEL V. PELONE Managing Editor
By GERRY LEE GORIT, Correspondent and Ferdinand G. Patinio of the PNA
CAGAYAN de Oro City-With the suspension of Nur Misuari’s arrest warrant ordered by a local court, the Bangsamoro leader’s temporary freedom will contribute to the ongoing peace negotiations between
the government and the rebel groups. The suspension of warrant of arrest for Misuari was ordered by Judge Maria Rowena Modesto-San Pedro, of the Regional Trial See suspension, page A11
n Misuari’s renewed commitment to peace a significant development Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Secretary Jesus Dureza called the positive response of founding Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) chair Nur Misuari as a significant step in crafting a comprehensive and inclusive resolution of the decades-long armed conflict in Mindanao. In the same vein, he also lauded the signing Secretary Jess Dureza
See PEACE, page A11
Brothers. President Rodrigo Duterte and MNLF founding chair Nur Misuari embrace after Duterte gave him a chance to speak to the nation using the Presidential podium on November 3. A court has temporarily suspended the proceedings of his cases and enforcement of his warrants of arrest to allow him to “attend peace talk sessions with the government.” King Rodriguez / Presidential photo
Nur and Digong: When brothers (and Presidents) meet By Carolyn O. Arguillas of the MindaNews
DAVAO City––“I would like you to just say a few words… using the podium of the President of the Republic of
the Philippines,” the 71-year old Mindanawon President Rodrigo Duterte told the 77-year old founding chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) Nur Misuari after delivering a
five-minute speech to announce to the nation the “great news.” “It is with great happiness that I announce to the nation that Chairman Nur Misuari, our brother
who heads the MNLF, has finally decided to just accept my invitation for him to talk to us,” Duterte said in Malacanang’s Rizal Hall on Thursday afternoon. Duterte, whose grandmoth-
er was a Maranao, is the country’s 16th President, the first Mindanawon to lead the nation and the first with Moro blood. “Now I am so happy See meet, page A10
MY publisher, Mr. Dante Sudaria, yesterday called up my attention after he received a text message from the regional director of a government agency in Cagara region. In his text message, the regional director complained that a man who identified himself as “Mr. Rudy Ligas” is claiming to be the publisher of Mindanao Daily News and is asking for a sponsorship for the paper’s 7th year anniversary. Here’s the unedited text message of a certain Rudy Ligas: GOOD DAY AND MORNING SIR THIS IS RUDY LIGAS PUBLISHER AT MINDANAO DAILY NEWS PUBLICATION. KINUHA KO KAI MIKE LUPOGAN ANG IYONG # SIR PANG 7TH YRS ANNIVERSARY NG NEWSPAPER KO NGAYON NA MINDANAO DAILY NEWS. MAY CONCERN SANA AKO SAYO MAGPA SPONSOR SANA AKO SAYO SIR THANKS AND GOD BLESS.. “We would like to inform the public that Mr. Rudy Ligas is not in any way connected with Mindanao Daily News or in any of its sister publications--the BusinessWeek Mindanao, the MindanaoSTAR, and the Cagayan de Oro Times,” said Mr. Sudaria.
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