MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews/22 March) – Not only private firms violate the law. At least two local government units are illegal quarry operators, extracting sand and gravel and other construction resources without government permits, an official of the Bukidnon Environment and Natural Resources Office (BENRO) said.
PEACE TALK: Message of Peace and Hope on the Day of the Corregidor Infamy!
Implications on the Mindanao Peace Process
by Mohd. Musib M. Buat and Hadji Abdulla U. Camlain
MILF Peace Panel Representatives
(Delivered at Corregidor Island on the 40th anniversary of the Jabidah Massacre, 18 March 2008)
CORREGIDOR ISLAND — We greet you in peace and may the blessings of Almighty Allah bestowed on us my dear brothers and sisters, on this solemn day in commemoration of the infamy and tragedy on this hallowed rock, the Island of Corregidor – a symbol of freedom and the resting place of young Moro trainees who became martyrs (shahid), one day in March 1968 – forty years ago were murderously massacred by their military instructors on orders from higher-ups for their alleged 'mutiny' or refusal to infiltrate and sow terror on their fellow brother Muslims in the neighboring State of Sabah (North Borneo), Malaysia.
(Delivered by Dr. Hadji Mashur Bin Ghalib Jundam, Dean, of the UP Institute of Islamic Affairs and MNLF Representative at the 40th commemoration of the Jabidah Massacre on March 18, 2008 at Corregidor Island)
Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahiim
In the name of God Most Gracious, Most Merciful
Deliver for me a MORO
Ye virgin of mine hut
A MORO who cries not in pain
In thirst and in hunger, never shall he complain
