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COTABATO CITY, Philippines --- The executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will start its celebration of the ARMM’s 24th anniversary Thursday with activities highlighting the rich culture and traditions of the local communities.

The ARMM was created through a plebiscite in 1989, which resulted in the ratification of its first ever charter, the Republic Act 6734, which grouped together Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, which are both in Central Mindanao, and the island provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, as its territory.

Laisa Alamia, regional executive secretary, said the anniversary festivities, dubbed as “Pakaradjaan sa ARMM,” will also showcase the development potentials of the autonomous region.

Pakadrajaan is a generic Moro term for “special gathering,” or convergence of communities to either celebrate something, or engage in religious activities such as thanksgiving banquets, or to commemorate historic events.

“We shall have cultural programs to show the unique cultures and traditions of ARMM’s local Moro communities,” Alamia said.

The ARMM's territory was expanded in another referendum in 2001, which resulted in the ratification of its first charter into R.A. 9054, which also led to the fusion of Basilan and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan into its enlarged political domain.

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ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman said their observance of the region’s 24th anniversary, to culminate on December 19, is also meant to show their readiness to facilitate a smooth transition from ARMM's present set-up into the new Bangsamoro political entity, which the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) aim to establish by 2015.

Southern Mindanao folks observe November 19 as the Shariff Mohammad Kabunsuan Day, a yearly regional non-working holiday, to commemorate the setting foot in what is now Cotabato City in the 14th century of Kabunsuan, an Islamic theologian of mixed Arab-Malay descent, to preach Islam.

Hataman had even dubbed “PEACEtahan sa ARMM” this year’s founding anniversary of the region.

Hataman first got to the helm of ARMM on a “caretaker basis” in December 2011, following the termination of the elective tenure of regional officials led by the region’s chief executive then, Ansarudin “Hooky” Adiong.

Hataman was elected as ARMM's seventh regional governor during the May 13 elections.

Alamia and Hataman’s chief-of-staff, Amihilda Sangcopan, both told reporters they will continue to introduce reforms in the regional bureaucracy and implement various socio-economic projects to address underdevelopment in far-flung areas until ARMM gets phased out by 2016.

“The autonomous region faces imminent replacement with a Bangsamoro political entity if the government and MILF strike a final peace deal next year,” Sangcopan said.

The Hataman administration now boasts of having reformed two of the most corrupt entities in the region --- the public works and education departments --- through stringent handling of the agencies’ respective treasuries and a crackdown on "ghost teachers" and non-existent schools that past administrations had used as conduits for releases of periodic operation funds.

The ARMM’s public works secretary, Hadji Emil Sadain, reported last month that they had generated, during the past 18 months, close to P200-million worth grants from the national government as a result of their proper handling of the department’s fiscal resources.

Jamar Kulayan, who is the ARMM’s education secretary, also confirmed last August their having saved in recent months P800 million worth of operations money and unspent budget for wages and fringe benefits of the agency's rank-and-file personnel after removing "ghost teachers" from their payrolls.

Alamia said there were no major disruptions in the May 13 synchronized local and midterm elections, and during the October 28 barangay polls in the autonomous region.

“There were resetting and deferment of elections due to various reasons, but there were no failures of elections whatsoever in the autonomous region,” Alamia said.

ARMM set to celebrate 24th anniversary

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines --- The executive department of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao will start its celebration of the ARMM’s 24th anniversary Thursday with activities highlighting the rich culture and traditions of the local communities.

The ARMM was created through a plebiscite in 1989, which resulted in the ratification of its first ever charter, the Republic Act 6734, which grouped together Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, which are both in Central Mindanao, and the island provinces of Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, as its territory.

Laisa Alamia, regional executive secretary, said the anniversary festivities, dubbed as “Pakaradjaan sa ARMM,” will also showcase the development potentials of the autonomous region.

Pakadrajaan is a generic Moro term for “special gathering,” or convergence of communities to either celebrate something, or engage in religious activities such as thanksgiving banquets, or to commemorate historic events.

“We shall have cultural programs to show the unique cultures and traditions of ARMM’s local Moro communities,” Alamia said.

The ARMM's territory was expanded in another referendum in 2001, which resulted in the ratification of its first charter into R.A. 9054, which also led to the fusion of Basilan and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan into its enlarged political domain.

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ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman said their observance of the region’s 24th anniversary, to culminate on December 19, is also meant to show their readiness to facilitate a smooth transition from ARMM's present set-up into the new Bangsamoro political entity, which the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) aim to establish by 2015.

Southern Mindanao folks observe November 19 as the Shariff Mohammad Kabunsuan Day, a yearly regional non-working holiday, to commemorate the setting foot in what is now Cotabato City in the 14th century of Kabunsuan, an Islamic theologian of mixed Arab-Malay descent, to preach Islam.

Hataman had even dubbed “PEACEtahan sa ARMM” this year’s founding anniversary of the region.

Hataman first got to the helm of ARMM on a “caretaker basis” in December 2011, following the termination of the elective tenure of regional officials led by the region’s chief executive then, Ansarudin “Hooky” Adiong.

Hataman was elected as ARMM's seventh regional governor during the May 13 elections.

Alamia and Hataman’s chief-of-staff, Amihilda Sangcopan, both told reporters they will continue to introduce reforms in the regional bureaucracy and implement various socio-economic projects to address underdevelopment in far-flung areas until ARMM gets phased out by 2016.

“The autonomous region faces imminent replacement with a Bangsamoro political entity if the government and MILF strike a final peace deal next year,” Sangcopan said.

The Hataman administration now boasts of having reformed two of the most corrupt entities in the region --- the public works and education departments --- through stringent handling of the agencies’ respective treasuries and a crackdown on "ghost teachers" and non-existent schools that past administrations had used as conduits for releases of periodic operation funds.

The ARMM’s public works secretary, Hadji Emil Sadain, reported last month that they had generated, during the past 18 months, close to P200-million worth grants from the national government as a result of their proper handling of the department’s fiscal resources.

Jamar Kulayan, who is the ARMM’s education secretary, also confirmed last August their having saved in recent months P800 million worth of operations money and unspent budget for wages and fringe benefits of the agency's rank-and-file personnel after removing "ghost teachers" from their payrolls.

Alamia said there were no major disruptions in the May 13 synchronized local and midterm elections, and during the October 28 barangay polls in the autonomous region.

“There were resetting and deferment of elections due to various reasons, but there were no failures of elections whatsoever in the autonomous region,” Alamia said.
COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Elected Muslim and Christian leaders in Mindanao have lauded President Aquino III’s 4th State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, affirming their support to the thrusts he spelt put therein.
Over a dozen of leaders from Southern Philippines responded to Manila Bulletin’s request for reactions to the SONA, but Governors Esmael Mangudadatu of Maguindanao, Mamintal Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur and Emylou Taliño-Mendoza of North Cotabato expressed categorical views on the “sincere” thrusts enumerated and “factual” statistics disclosed on the economy growth in the Chief Executive’s report.
Adiong was elated by the President’s citation of his province in posting for the first time a “zero election failure” in the last synchronized polls, saying the feat came about because “a straightforward President sowed a pure seed of reform and buoyed concerned people to work together in nurturing its fruition of virtuous outcome.”
The Maranao governor was hinting at local notions that failure of elections in his turf and other areas of the country happened in past elections due to alleged “collusions of national and local partisan groups for vested interests.”
Gov. Mangudadatu expressed similar view, saying that Maguindanao has turned around sharply from the “politics of the few” towards “true democratic” processes under President Aquino III’s watch.
Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao, both components of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, are reaping initial successes in massive farming of staple crops and high value plants like rubber and palm oil trees with the profound backing from the current national government, the two governors said.
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, whom the President consistently praised in his four SONAs, said that “more dramatic reforms” are expected in the invigorated collaborations of regional and local officials for positive changes.
“For the moment, the President can rest assured that ARMM rallies his thrusts and commitments for better Philippines, especially in the age-old quest for lasting peace and sustainable development in the south through various initiatives including the government’s intensified talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and other revolutionary movement,” Hataman said.
Gov. Taliño-Mendoza, for her part, said she was “thankful for President Aquino’s prop-people programs and projects.
“With his sincere desire to institute reforms and eliminate irregularities under his watch, the agenda for ‘daang matuwid’ would be easier to achieve,” the lady governor said, adding that the Aquino regime’s act of “prioritizing the needs of the people (against) the value of money guarantees a better future for the next generation.”
“As governor of Cotabato province, amidst all the difficulties brought about by man-made and natural calamities as well as partisan politics, I am committed to do my share for the fulfillment of the goals of ‘daang matuwid.’ I am a proud Cotabateno, proud Filipino,” Taliño-Mendoza added.
The four interviewed governors also shared the accolades given to the Philippines by the World Bank and the British government as acknowledged by the President in his latest SONA.

LAST UPDATED ON 22 JULY 2013


BY ALI G. MACABALANG

Mindanao leaders hail PNoy’s 4th SONA

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COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Elected Muslim and Christian leaders in Mindanao have lauded President Aquino III’s 4th State-of-the-Nation Address (SONA) on Monday, affirming their support to the thrusts he spelt put therein.
Over a dozen of leaders from Southern Philippines responded to Manila Bulletin’s request for reactions to the SONA, but Governors Esmael Mangudadatu of Maguindanao, Mamintal Adiong Jr. of Lanao del Sur and Emylou Taliño-Mendoza of North Cotabato expressed categorical views on the “sincere” thrusts enumerated and “factual” statistics disclosed on the economy growth in the Chief Executive’s report.
Adiong was elated by the President’s citation of his province in posting for the first time a “zero election failure” in the last synchronized polls, saying the feat came about because “a straightforward President sowed a pure seed of reform and buoyed concerned people to work together in nurturing its fruition of virtuous outcome.”
The Maranao governor was hinting at local notions that failure of elections in his turf and other areas of the country happened in past elections due to alleged “collusions of national and local partisan groups for vested interests.”
Gov. Mangudadatu expressed similar view, saying that Maguindanao has turned around sharply from the “politics of the few” towards “true democratic” processes under President Aquino III’s watch.
Lanao del Sur and Maguindanao, both components of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, are reaping initial successes in massive farming of staple crops and high value plants like rubber and palm oil trees with the profound backing from the current national government, the two governors said.
ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, whom the President consistently praised in his four SONAs, said that “more dramatic reforms” are expected in the invigorated collaborations of regional and local officials for positive changes.
“For the moment, the President can rest assured that ARMM rallies his thrusts and commitments for better Philippines, especially in the age-old quest for lasting peace and sustainable development in the south through various initiatives including the government’s intensified talks with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and other revolutionary movement,” Hataman said.
Gov. Taliño-Mendoza, for her part, said she was “thankful for President Aquino’s prop-people programs and projects.
“With his sincere desire to institute reforms and eliminate irregularities under his watch, the agenda for ‘daang matuwid’ would be easier to achieve,” the lady governor said, adding that the Aquino regime’s act of “prioritizing the needs of the people (against) the value of money guarantees a better future for the next generation.”
“As governor of Cotabato province, amidst all the difficulties brought about by man-made and natural calamities as well as partisan politics, I am committed to do my share for the fulfillment of the goals of ‘daang matuwid.’ I am a proud Cotabateno, proud Filipino,” Taliño-Mendoza added.
The four interviewed governors also shared the accolades given to the Philippines by the World Bank and the British government as acknowledged by the President in his latest SONA.

LAST UPDATED ON 22 JULY 2013


BY ALI G. MACABALANG


LANAO DEL SUR - On last May 13, 2013 which is the Philippine National, Local, and ARMM automated election day. Some people says "I'm not registered voter but I only have one registration", other people says "I have been approved by the comelec even my registrations are 2". Thus, who does not listed on the 2013 registered voters in Lanao del Sur has now a chance to get a copy to be downloaded.

Below link is the PCVL (Post Computerized Voter's List) or the list of registered voters in Lanao del Sur.

 See more Lists of voters in Lanao del Sur

List of voters in Lanao del Sur

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LANAO DEL SUR - On last May 13, 2013 which is the Philippine National, Local, and ARMM automated election day. Some people says "I'm not registered voter but I only have one registration", other people says "I have been approved by the comelec even my registrations are 2". Thus, who does not listed on the 2013 registered voters in Lanao del Sur has now a chance to get a copy to be downloaded.

Below link is the PCVL (Post Computerized Voter's List) or the list of registered voters in Lanao del Sur.

 See more Lists of voters in Lanao del Sur