Ace Bsrbers, a politician from Mindanao and former ally of the Duterte, has shifted alliance to PBBM. He heads the quad comm in Congress, whose investigation were clearly against the Dutertes.
He is reported to be replacing Ben Abalos of DILG who is considered resigned after filing COC for administration senatorial slate
Rep. Edcel Lagman prepares for oral arguments in SC vs Martial Law
Declaration (proclamation 216)
As this is being written the oral arguments for and against martial law in Mindanao are being exchanged at SC. Maybe a waste of time and people's money This post asks what are more proofs needed to support the decision for such a declaration: The main argument is that it should be limited to Marawi city
But this is war. and now the crisis has spilled over up to Iligan City; destruction is in billions of pesos; hundreds of lives were lost. The Maute has hundreds of combatants at Marawi with P30 million support coming from ISIS through a former Malaysian professor; The militants had even a P50.00 stash in one of the houses.
1. The perpetrators are rumored to have slipped to neighboring provinces As the bomb maker who was caught in CDO; the elder Maute was caught in Davao
2. The evacuees are in Iligan City where there is an impending humanitarian crisis
3. The allies of the militants are all elsewhere in Mindanano: Sulu, Zamboanga Maguindanao
4. The NPA may be taking advantage of the situation to launch attacks.
5. The foreign nationals joining the fray are entering through the porous borders of southern Mindanao like Sarangani and Sulu
6. It now appears that the Marawi war is a tactical alliance among BIFF, Abu Sayyaf, and Maute. (And maybe NPA. Those in the know say that the ASG were in Clarin Bohol to recruit fighters for this event
Again this petition at SC is a great dishonor our fallen soldiers in Marawi While they gave up their lives for our country, the detractors have the gall and guts to imply that their efforts were in vain. The allies of the other militants like the NPA and other armed groups would be the only one who are capable of launching such detraction
The situation then, in 1972 when JPA was allegedly ambushed in Makati, as an excuse to declare martial law is very different from Marawi situation. It is war. Let the honorable objectors to the Martial Law in Mindanao go to Marawi at the provincial capitol to argue against such declaration
I would suppose nakahiyaan na lang nila. The church, VP Robredo and all others even a known leftist lady senator agree that the declaration is justified
Maute ISIS abducted the Catholic priest and burned the Cathedral
President Duterte declared martial law in Mindanao Tuesday evening 10 pm Manila time after reported terrorist activity by Maute group in Marawi City: take over of certain faclities, take over of certain barangay, burning of buildings including the Catholic church, taking of hostage. The declaration is good for 60 days and he has to make a report ot Congress within 48 hours
The President cut short his trip to Russia because of this development
There are varied reactions to this. The leftist group are against this They even insinuated that this will affect the on going peace process. My God, they have contributed to the destabilization in Mindanao because of the NPA frequent attacks in Mindanao. Fmr Sen Rene Saguisag is against the declaration, as well as some LP stalwarts who warned of vigilance.
Some experts on the away from the conflict expressed that the declaration was unnecessary since there is not state of rebellion yet (What do we call the Maute burning and take over of buildings and the alleged support from ISIS) ibinabandila na sa Iraq and mga nangyayari sa Mindanao
Some arguments vs the martial law declaration is that this will drive away investors. However, how will investors come in if they are aware that govt is not doing anything to pacify the area. The military operations will finish once and for all in the words of the President all the security and troubles in Mindanao
This post supports the declaration of martial law in Mindanao. Tama lang. Parang belated pa nga
My cousin told me that Mindanao is indeed land of promise. He is servicing several palm oil mills, in war torn areas. The cash crops there are palm oil and rubber The demand for rubber is 500 container load a month in Thailand.
It is easy to earn as much as P150,000 net per hectare for rubber (almost same for hi yield rice SL8) However why are not so many people going into this? Because the lords: gang, war, political prevent people from getting ahead. Once people become wealthy, they become educated and they lose power over them. Hence, they will even kill entrepreneurs? Is that right mam sir.
So rubber farmers are armed with bushmasters and AK 47 or paid MNLF warriors when they go around.
Progress for Mindanao anyone?
Who will stop those who stop progress in Mindanao?
Whom do we call?
Collecting rubber sap
Home processing dried rubber sap into thin latex sheets her being hand dried
