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==Housewife survives gun attack==
*Source: http://www.sunstar.com.ph/zamboanga/local-news/2014/05/31/housewife-survives-gun-attack-345733
*Saturday, May 31, 2014
:By Bong Garcia
A HOUSEWIFE escaped unscathed in a gun attack in the province of Zamboanga del Sur, the police reported Saturday.
The police meanwhile have launched a manhunt to arrest the suspect who fled and went into hiding.
The Zamboanga del Sur Police Office reported that the incident took place around 9:35 p.m. Friday in downtown of Mahayag.
The police identified the would-be victim as Anna Jane Garcines, 24.
She identified her attacker as James Elemento also known as “Robin-Robin,” the police said.
Investigation showed that Garcines was standing beside her videoke machine at the terrace of her residence when Elemento arrived and and without any apparent reason shot her once.
The police said Elemento missed his target prompting Garcina to run for cover.
The suspect chased her and fired twice but against he missed his target, the police said.
The suspect, after he missed his target thrice, fled and is the subject of a police manhunt launched by the Mahayag policemen, the police said.
==Climate change advocacy campaign  in full swing in region 9==
*Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1431401351084
*Friday, May 30, 2014
:By Franklin P. Gumapon (FPG/PIA9)
PAGADIAN CITY, May 30 (PIA) – Climate change is certainly not new to many people, but most of them remain apathetic to it.
This was the gist of the presentation made by Director Noemi B. Edaga of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-9 during the regional orientation on climate change advocacy campaign for information officers on Wednesday at Four Queens Resort, Pagadian City.
Director Edaga underscored the importance of intensifying a no-nonsense information campaign about climate change, as “it is the new normal.”
“Climate change is not about protecting the environment; it is about protecting ourselves,” Edaga stressed.
Attending the said gathering were information officers of the different Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs), Provincial Environment Natural Resources Offices (PENROs) as well as Provincial Information Center Managers all over the region.
The participants were also briefed about the climate change advocacy communication plan for the region, which aims to weaken people’s apathy to climate change and other environmental issues.
To ensure effective implementation of the communication plan, the provincial information centers have been directed to identify vulnerable areas to flooding, storm surge and landslides based on the geo-hazard map and other published references and studies.
In a related development, the members of the Regional Task Force on Climate Change (RTFCC) also met last Wednesday to reactivate the said task force with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-9 as chair.
Although Zamboanga Peninsula has not yet experienced the Yolanda-type typhoon, its low-lying areas are usually inundated during heavy rains and its coastal areas are susceptible to big waves.
==Pagadian City IPs hopes DILG action against City Council on IPMR issue==
*Source: http://pagadianfrontline.blogspot.com/2014/05/pagadian-city-ips-hopes-dilg-action.html
*Thursday, May 29, 2014 (News Date)
:By JONG CADION
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur (May 29, MPF-News) – The Indigenous Peoples in Pagadian City were showing hope and justice will be given to them by the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) favorable action on the Indigenous Mandatory Representation (IPMR) issue against the City Council of Pagadian.
Subanen Tribal leader Timuay Langhap Rio Olimpio Lingating said in an exclusive interview Sunday the action done by the 11th City Council of exclusion his position as IPMR in the City Council of Pagadian is a clear and simple discrimination and injustice against the IPs.
Lingating said the Subanen Tribes still in high hopes that justice will be given to them through the favorable action by DILG Undersecretary for Local Government Austere A. Panadero action against the 11th City Council decision unfounded and has no legal basis.
Lingating also said that the Pagadian City Council statement through Vice Mayor Divina Grace Yu letter to the DILG Regional Director Paisal O. Abutazil and to the DILG National dated March 26, 2014 as a reply explain relative to his exclusion as IPMR cited four reasons are clearly misplaced.
Among the reasons for exclusion stated as a reply to the request of DILG were the following:
1. That the 10th and 11th  City Council failed to legislate a law creating the Office of the IP representative as Ex-Officio member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of the City of Pagadian including the budgetary allocation for the salary of the IPMR and the personnel and for the operation of the said office;
2. Has not gone through a proper decorum and was not referred to the concerned committee for proper deliberation and evaluation;
3. The endorsement as IP representative was not proper due to the absence of supporting documents prior to the issuance of the NCIP Certificate of Affirmation;
4. With the insistent objection of the members of the 11th City Council, during its second regular session the motion to recognize anew as member of the City Council was declared defeated by a majority vote.
Obviously, the reasons cited by the SP of Pagadian in excluding the undersigned had already long been settled and is not in any way be a valid basis for my exclusion following Section 16 of Republic Act No. 8371 created by itself the seat for IPMRs when it mandated the mandatory representation of IPs in local legislative bodies, the Subanen Tribal Leader said.
He said pursuant to the said law, the City Council should have amended their Rules of Procedure to accommodate what is required by the National Law, the IPRA, not to illegally exclude me instead that resulted to undue injury to me and the subanen community of Pagadian City.
He added that Local legislation creating the Office of IP Representative as Ex-Officio member of the Sangguniang Panlungsod is not necessary as it (IP Representative seat) is already created by the National legislation.
It is absurd, if not sweeping statement, to question the procedure on how I was recognized by the 10th City Council considering that some of the members of the said Council are also members of the present 11th City Council. The DILG had already issued to me a Certificate of Recognition, he explained.
“When I was issued with the Certificate of Affirmation by the NCIP Regional Office and subsequently with the Certificate of Recognition by the DILG carries with it the presumption that I had gone through the required process and had complied with the requirements as provided under the IPRA and it Implementing Rules and Regulation; Questions and issues regarding my representation should be settled before the proper forum and proper procedure and by the real party in interest, he said.
Clearly, my exclusion from the City Council is predicated by political vendetta as I am branded as Liberal Party supporter, he also said.
To this, Lingating desires earnestly to follow up the final verdict to the office of DIG undersecretary Panadero in his letter Friday May 23 as to the merit of his request for intercession against the action of the City Council of Pagadian with the high hopes that justice will prevail for the IPs.
==Barangay chieftain shot dead by NPA rebels in Zambo Sur==
*Source: http://www.zamboangatoday.ph/index.php/top-stories/17593-barangay-chieftain-shot-dead-by-npa-rebels-in-zambo-sur.html
*Wednesday, May 28, 2014 12:22
:By Eugene A. Lasprilla
A barangay chairman in Tigbao, Zamboanga del Sur was gunned down by armed men believed to be members of the New People’s Army (NPA) while going to the town proper Monday dawn.
An initial Police Regional Office 9 (PRO9) report said that prior to the incident, victim Jomer Cadino, village chieftain of Barangay Nangannagan, was on his way to municipal proper when he was waylaid and shot by gunmen in Barangay Nangannagan in the said town.
The incumbent village chief was shot with an M16 automatic rifle, according to the police report.
The victim suffered multiple gunshot wounds on the different parts of his body which caused his instantaneous death.
Further information disclosed that the victim was very active in intelligence work and very supportive on the program and activities of the government forces in his barangay.
Tigbao Municipal Police Station conducted a follow-up investigation to establish the identity of the assailants and the possible motive of the incident.
The NPA is the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP). It is designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the U.S. State Department and as a terrorist group by the EU Common Foreign and Security Policy.
The Government of the Philippines, however, has delisted the NPA as a terrorist organization in 2011 and has resumed preliminary peace talks pending formal negotiations with the NPA’s parent political organization, the CPP.
There have been reports of the Chinese government shipping arms to the NPA. Peace negotiations have recently reached an impasse.
==PIA, DENR to hold regional orientation on climate change advocacy for information officers==
*Source: http://piazampen.blogspot.com/2014/05/pia-denr-to-hold-regional-orientation.html
*Tuesday, May 27, 2014 5:38 pm
:By Claro A. Lanipa
PAGADIAN CITY – The Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-9 in collaboration with the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR)-9 will hold a regional orientation on climate change advocacy campaign for information officers tomorrow (May 28) at Four Queens Resort, this city.
Some 30 information officers representing the different Community Environment and Natural Resources Offices (CENROs) and Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Offices (PENROs) together with the Provincial Information Center Managers of PIA from all over the region are expected to attend the said activity.
Prior to the orientation proper, DENR-9 Regional Director Arleigh J. Adorable and PIA-9 Regional Director Noemi B. Edaga will deliver their respective messages in the opening program.
Mr. Rosevirico Tan, chief of the DENR-9’s Regional Public Affairs Office (RPAO) will present the Climate Change Advocacy (Perspective Change), while Mr. Cidur S. Julsadjiri, chief of the Protected Areas & Wildlife Division (PAWD) and PIA Director Noemi B. Edaga will present and Regional Communication Plan and Regional IEC Implementation Plan on Climate Change, respectively.
To give the participants a glimpse on the impact of global warming, a one-hour documentary film entitled “Chasing Ice” will also be shown during the session.
On the other hand, the Regional Development Council (RDC)-9 Task Force on Climate Change chaired by the DENR will also convene in the afternoon of the same day to reactivate and discuss the duties and functions of the different task groups organized two years ago.
==Subanen tribesmen protest removal of council rep==
*Source: http://www.solarnews.ph/news/regional/2014/05/26/subanen-tribesmen-protest-removal-of-council-rep#.U4NFG3bj5rQ
*Monday, May 26, 2014
:With a report from Jong Cadion (Solar News Online)
Pagadian City, Zamboanga del Sur –Subanen tribesmen are protesting the recent decision of the 11th City Council here removing their leader Timuay Langhap Rio Olimpio Lingating as the Indigenous Peoples Mandatory Representative (IPMR).
Lingating said in an exclusive interview on Sunday that his exclusion as IPMR by the City Council of Pagadian is a clear act of discrimination and injustice against the Indigenous Peoples (IP).
He also said the Subanen Tribe is hopeful that DILG Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero will revoke the City Council's decision, saying that his removal was politically motivated and has no legal basis.
Lingating explained that the Pagadian City Council, through Vice Mayor Divina Grace Yu, wrote a letter to the DILG explaining the reasons for his removal as IPMR.
In the letter, the Pagadian City Council stated that Lingating was removed as IPMR due to the failure of the 10th and 11th City Council to pass a law which will make the IPMR as an ex-officio member of the City Council.
The letter also mentioned that Lingating didn't undergo proper deliberation and evaluation, and cited the lack of supporting documents properly endorsing Lingating as the city's IPMR.
Lingating said that a local legislation that will make the IPMR as an ex-officio member of the City Council is not necessary due to the provisions of Republic Act No. 8371 or The Indigenous Peoples Rights Act, which mandated the inclusion of IPMR's in local legislative bodies.
He said that pursuant to the said law, the City Council should have amended their Rules of Procedure to accommodate what is required by RA 8371, and not just remove him from his position.
"It is absurd, if not sweeping statement, to question the procedure on how I was recognized by the 10th City Council considering that some of the members of the said Council are also members of the present 11th City Council. The DILG had already issued a Certificate of Recognition," he explained.
"Clearly, my exclusion from the City Council is predicated by political vendetta as I am branded as Liberal Party supporter."
Lingating said that he will wait for the decision of DILG Undersecretary Panadero regarding the issue, hoping that justice will be served to them.
==ZDS to Qualify the Seal of Good Local Governance==
*Source: http://zambopenjournal.blogspot.com/2014/05/zds-to-qualify-seal-of-good-local.html?utm_source=BP_recent
*Sunday, May 25, 2014
:By Zeny V. Bermudo (Provincial Press Bureau)
With the aim of the Department of Interior and Local Government to sustain local government units (LGUs) the practice of accountability and transparency, to prepare for the challenges created by disasters and to address the needs of the marginalized sectors, the Seal of Good Local Governance (SGLG) was initiated.
SGLG was introduced to provide greater challenge to our local government units to continue good governance practices while providing better services.
To become an SGLG recipient, the LGU needs to pass the three core assessment areas namely: Good Financial Housekeeping, Social Protection and Disaster Preparedness. Part and parcel of it are Business-Friendliness and Competitiveness, Peace and Order, and Environmental Management to LGUs.
The LGU that complied with the criteria laid down by the DILG will not be only conferred with the SGLG but is also entitled to an incentive such as the Performance Challenge Fund or PCF. The PCF program provides a subsidy of P1 million for municipalities, P3 million for cities, and P7 million for provinces. Provided however, that projects to be funded by the PCF must contribute to the attainment of the local economic development, disaster risk reduction management, solid waste management, and tourism as well.
The implementation of SGLG commenced early of this year and covers all provinces, cities and municipalities. The DILG in coordination with other organization will be the one who will select for the qualified LGUs starting this month and the awarding will be this coming October 2014.
The monitoring runs from May 20 to June 20, however, orientation to municipal and local officials is still ongoing to ensure that documentation is ready for the scheduled assessment.
Moreover, SGLG is a third party assessment to ensure that every LGU has complied with the provisions of the Local Government Code or Republic Act 7160 specifically on the “General Welfare Clause”.
As of now, Zamboanga del Sur from the provincial level down to the barangay level with the earnest effort not only by  local government officials but with the strong support of all Zambosurians as well, is now ready for the schedeuled assessment of the SGLG evaluating team in order  to receive for the Seal of Good Local Governance.
It can be recalled that among the 26 municipalities and 1 city comprising the province of Zamboanga del Sur, only Labangan is non compliant of the full disclosure policy of the department of Interior and Local Government.
In an interview, DILG Provincial Director Verner Virgilio Jayme pointed out that Zambusur is one of the big contributor in raising up the percentage of full disclosure policy in the whole region 9 because of its complaint to the policy set by the DILG.
==1,000 board feet illegally cut lumbers confiscated==
*Source: http://pro9.pnp.gov.ph/index.php?&view=article&id=3155
*Saturday, May 24, 2014
:With report from PO2 Jonas D. Macasa Jr. (RPIO9)
A total of more or less one thousand board feet composed of fifty six (56) flitches of different dimensions were confiscated by the joint elements of Provincial Public Safety Company, Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Police Office, Local Environment and Natural Resources Office and 547 Engineering Construction Battalion, Philippine Army during the conduct of operation against illegal logging.  The said operation was conducted at Purok Gabi, Barangay Lumad, Pagadian City.  The owner of the said flitches was Espiridion Espender and a resident of the said place. He failed to present proper documents to transport and cutting the said lumbers.    Confiscated lumbers were brought were brought to Provincial Engineer’s Office Compound located at Barangay Dao, Pagadian City for proper disposition.  DENR-LENRO of Zamboanga del Sur will file appropriate charges against the owner of the confiscated lumbers.
==DOJ files illegal mining raps vs. 8 Chinese nationals, 3 Filipinos in Pagadian City==
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=8&rid=646527
*Friday, May 23, 2014
:By Hirohito D. Cadion [(PNA), CTB/TPGJR/HDC/UTB]
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 23 (PNA) -– The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed on Thursday a case for violation of the Philippine Mining Act of 1995 against eight Chinese nationals and three of four Filipinos who were arrested for illegal mining in this city.
The accused Chinese nationals were identified as Liu Gi Yi, 29; Chung Yong De, 27; Zhang Shu Kei, 24; Duan Guang Zong, 55; Lui Chang Yin, 50; Xiao Min, 36; Tang Zihan, 25; and a certain Dongdong, 39.
Local police commander Supt. Glenn Dulawan earlier said the Chinese nationals, who arrived here in March, are holders of passports and tourist visas.
The Filipinos charged together with the Chinese were identified as: Roy Damondamon and Jose Sabroso, backhoe operators; and, Rene Bersales, who is at large and is allegedly the group’s “boss.”
Another Filipino identified as Jennelyn Ramirez, who was arrested together with the accused was not included in the case for insufficiency of evidence.
Ramirez, 25, was the group’s chief cook.
They were arrested by combined police and personnel from the Provincial Environment Office in an anti-mining operation on Monday at Labangan River in Barangay Lower Sibatang, this city.
The DOJ has set aside the charge for violation of the Philippine Clean Water Act of 2004 pending results of the laboratory analysis on the water samples taken from Labangan River.
The arresting team confiscated two backhoes and several doormats being used to filters the gold ores being extracted from the river.
The case filed against the accused was raffled to the Sala of Municipal Circuit Trial Court (MCTC) Branch 2 Judge Pablito Pielago.
Pielago said in an interview that he set the arraignment of the accused on May 29 and 30.
The recommended bail bond for the accused Chinese nationals is set at P60,000 each while P30,000 each for three Filipinos.
The accused, on orders of the Court, were turned over to the custody of the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP).
==Police launch mural painting contest in Pagadian City==
*Source: http://www.pna.gov.ph/index.php?nid=2&rid=646200
*Thursday, May 22, 2014
:(PNA), SCS/TPGJR/HIROHITO D. CADION/UTB
PAGADIAN CITY, Zamboanga del Sur, May 22 (PNA) -– A total of P22,000 cash prize is at stake at the mural painting contest launched Thursday by the police provincial command in this city.
Of the total amount, the first prize winner will receive P10,000 cash prize while P7,000 and P5,000 cash prizes will be given to the second and third place winners, respectively.
Provincial police director Senior Supt. Sofronio Ecaldre said there are a total of 12 groups comprising a maximum of three members that are participating in the mural painting contest.
Ecaldre said the participants have until Friday to complete their paintings that will portray the message of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Transformation Roadmap.
Ecaldre said that the competition is open to all professional artists.
The criteria of the competition are as follows: theme relevance, 40 percent; artistry, 30 percent; visual impact, 10 percent; and, speed, 10 percent.
==Bayog town supports Brigada Eskwela==
*Source: http://news.pia.gov.ph/index.php?article=1351400641430
*Wednesday, May 21, 2014
:By Claro A. Lanipa (FPG/CAL/ with reports from Bernadine Astillero-Gabawan/PIO-Bayog/PIA9)
BAYOG, Zamboanga del Sur, May 21 (PIA) – In support of the “Search for Brigada Eskwela Best Implementing Schools,” the municipal officials and employees here participated on Monday in the Brigada Eskwela.
In pursuance of Department of Education (DepEd) Memorandum No. 41, series of 2014, the Brigada Eskwela is held nationwide starting May 19-23.
After a short opening program, Mayor Leonardo L. Babasa Jr. led the group in cleaning the areas assigned to the different offices at the Bayog National High School (BNHS) and Bayog Central Elementary School (BCES).
Some 1,000 participants joined the yearly activity comprising 125 DOLE scholars, personnel of the Philippine Army (PA) and Philippine National Police (PNP), officials of barangays Poblacion and Kahayagan together with their respective Barangay Defense System, parents and students.
DepEd-Bayog District Supervisor Manuel Almadin and BNHS Principal Danilo Ungang have expressed their gratidtude to Mayor Babasa for supporting the annual activity. Both schools aim to get the award as the best Brigada Eskwela implementing schools, not only in the region but in the entire country as well.
Representatives from the DepEd Zamboanga del Sur division, namely, ALS Supervisor Mr. Ernesto Tardo, Sports Coordinator Noel Sanguines, GAD Coordinator Sarah Lumabo, and Kindergarten Coordinator Gay Apduhan monitored the conduct of the activity.
Since 2004 the DepEd has been recognizing Brigada Eskwela best implementing elementary and secondary schools.
==Ex-soldier shot in Pagadian City==
==Ex-soldier shot in Pagadian City==
*Source: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140520093919
*Source: http://www.mindanaoexaminer.com/news.php?news_id=20140520093919
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