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#PHnews: Reds, allies propa going all out vs. Anti-Terrorism Act: Parlade

MANILA – As expected, the allies and the propaganda machinery of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP) are now spewing lies and using everything in its arsenal to paint the recently signed Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA) of 2020 as evil when its true purpose is to only to defeat the terrorist groups threatening the country.

This, according to Southern Luzon Command (SOLCOM) Joint Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Antonio Parlade, Jr., in a statement forwarded to the Philippine News Agency Monday.

"The CPP propaganda machinery has been relentless in mobilizing its allies in order to attack the government in every opportunity, especially in the lead up to the signing of the Anti-Terrorism Act," he said.

As part of its attack plan, Parlade said  CPP propaganda machinery is now claiming that the government is behind the conviction for cyber-libel of Rappler chief executive Maria Ressa and the franchise cancellation of broadcast giant ABS-CBN.

"The line being peddled is (the) government's attack on freedom of the press and of speech. It uses the Ressa-Rappler issue as if the government has anything to do with it. Then the ABS-CBN franchise problem, as if that too is an executive decision," he added.

The Commission on Human Rights (CHR), as expected, roundly condemned the government for allegedly attacking human rights defenders even without conducting a proper investigation, he said, referring to the report where the CHR accused SOLCOM  troops of attacking a "farmer" in Antipolo, Rizal sometime in December 2017.

After announcing that they will conduct an investigation into the incident, he said SOLCOM is still to get any results of the probe or whether one has been conducted.

"It has been almost three years and we have yet to hear about any result from this investigation or if there was one at all. Has the CHR finally learned what our own investigation has unearthed- that the farmer CHR automatically defended was in fact a member of the NPA alias 'Marvin', and a member of Platun 4A, Guerilla Front CESAR, SRMA 4A," he said.

He added that there is the case of Alexandria "Alex" Pacalda whom the CHR defended and claimed as only a member of militant group Karapatan.

Yet, when photos and video of Pacalda came out showing her affiliation to the New People's Army, he said the CHR was silent on the matter with no statement correcting their error.

The same thing also happened in what Parlade called the "Malaban case" where the CHR came to the rescue of this individual whom they claimed was just another member of Karapatan.

When pictures came out showing this person's affiliation to the NPAs, he added that the CHR  "who has all the energy to defend without investigating, cannot gather the energy to issue a simple statement of rectification."

"So CHR, tell us if your government is unduly attacking your HR (human rights) allies? You make grave accusations against (the) government and don't even have the decency to apologize for your misjudgment," he added.

Parlade also chided the CHR for doing nothing against the CPP-NPA that continues to kill indigenous people and burn engineering equipment in Mindanao aside from recruiting and hostaging Mangyan minors in Mindoro.

He added that the silence from CHR and its chief, Chito Gascon, is deafening.

"Is he too busy meeting the CPP-NPA-NDF (National Democratic Front) personalities in crafting disinformation and more lies about the ATA? To convince the public that ATA will suppress our freedom just like what NUPL, Bulatlat, Altermedya, and NUPL are all mouthing?" Parlade said. "And how dare you pretend to speak on behalf of Filipinos- just like Rappler frames the news about your protest. You are the dangerous minority threatening the majority of Filipinos who want the ATA to protect them.”

The CPP-NPA is listed as a terrorist organization by the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United States, Canada, Australia,  New Zealand, and the Philippines.

He said the ATA is very clear in its definition of terrorism and this does not include advocacy, protest, dissent, and strike as long no one is hurt or killed in the process.

"Even without the law explicitly saying it, the exercise of our constitutionally guaranteed rights have limits - you stop when you start to trample on the rights of others," he said.

Nobody needs to be a lawyer to understand that principle of the constitution, he added.

"With the ATA taking effect, should we expect a partner to peace and security from CHR? Or will they continue to defend the CPP NPA terrorists, which are about to be proscribed as terror orgs?" Parlade said. (PNA)

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References:

* Philippine News Agency. "Reds, allies propa going all out vs. Anti-Terrorism Act: Parlade." Philippine News Agency. https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1109510 (accessed July 21, 2020 at 12:37AM UTC+14).

* Philippine News Agency. "Reds, allies propa going all out vs. Anti-Terrorism Act: Parlade." Archive Today. https://archive.ph/?run=1&url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1109510 (archived).

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THE OSWALD HANCILES COLUMN (July 16th 2019 edition)

*DELE MOMODU WRITES:*

*100 Reasons Why Buhari Must Go*

1. Buhari is the most nepotistic Nigerian president ever. He makes no pretense about it.

2. Economy, Anti-Terrorism and Anti-Corruption: These were his 3 cardinal campaign points in 2015. He failed in all of them.

3. In 2015, even before he appointed Ministers, Buhari approved over N39.4 billion naira to NNPC to prospect for crude oil in Northern Nigeria. The project has turned out to be a total waste of taxpayers’ money.

4. His current tenure witnessed the 3rd economic recession in Nigeria. The first was during his regime as a military dictator.

5. Within 3 years of his government, over 11 million Nigerians lost their jobs.

6. Under Buhari’s watch, Nigeria became the poverty capital of the world. 86.9 million Nigerians are now living in extreme poverty. This represents nearly 50% of its estimated population of 180 million.

7. Killings by Fulani Herdsmen rose to an unprecedented scale under Buhari’s watch. The killings were carried out with impunity.

8. Buhari destroyed almost all the free and fair electoral gains of the past administrations.

9. The Obasanjo administration removed Nigeria from international debt. Buhari plunged Nigeria back into extreme foreign debt. According to NBS, Nigeria’s debt profile grew by 40% within the first 2 years of the Buhari government. Currently, Nigeria owes N22.4 trillion ($73.2 billion).

10. He promised to sell off planes in the presidential fleet when he becomes president. He never did.

11. Buhari promised to clean up the severely polluted Niger-Delta. It never happened. The Ogoni Clean-Up project turned out to be a huge fraud on the people of the Niger-Delta.

12. It took Buhari 6 months to appoint a set of mediocre Ministers.

13. Ibe Kachikwu – his Minister of State for Petroleum - blew the whistle on illegal oil contracts worth $25billion (N9trillion) done by the GMD of NNPC. Buhari neither probed it nor removed the GMD.

14. Buhari uses state security apparatus to pursue vendettas. For instance, despite court orders for their release, he has kept Ibrahim El-Zakzaky and Sambo Dasuki illegally incarcerated.

15. Before his election, Buhari swore that fuel subsidy never existed. Today, his government has so far paid over 1.4trillion in fuel subsidy.

16. According to an Amnesty International report, the killer Fulani herdsmen have slaughtered 3,641 Nigerians. All these killings occurred within 3 years of the Buhari rule.

17. Till this day, not one killer herdsman has been arrested and prosecuted.

18. Folarin Coker, the former head of an agency in Lagos state, diverted N3billion from the account of the state government into his Wife's 32 bank accounts. Buhari recruited him into his government, as the DG, NTDC. The corruption case died a natural death.

19. The Nigerian currency – the Naira - devalued under his watch. The currency lost more than 50℅ of its value within a few months of his government.

20. Buhari’s mismanagement of the economy introduced Double digit inflation to the country.

21. Abba Kyari - Buhari’s Chief of Staff (CoS) - took a N500m bribe from MTN. He did it to help the company reduce the $5.2 billion fine imposed on it by the federal government. Even with concrete evidences presented to Buhari, he did nothing about it.

22. According to UNICEF, 13.2 million Nigerian children are now out of school. This is the highest in the world. Of which 69 % of these out-of-school children are in the North.

23. The Buhari government’s incompetence are often demonstrated when he appoints dead people into government agencies.

24. Nigeria is currently ranked as the 3rd Most Terrorized Global Nation among countries worst hit by terrorism. Nigeria has held that position four times consecutively during the Buhari administration.

25. He is selective in his fight against corruption. He deliberately ignored some corruption allegations and petitions against some of his appointees, aides, party members, etc.

26. Buhari dominates his top federal political appointments with northerner Muslims.

27. According to the National Bureau of Statistics, in the 1st quarter of 2016, the Nigerian economy shrank by 0.36% to hit its lowest point in the last 29 years.

28. The Buhari government make claims to have saved trillions of Naira in the TSA. Still, they kept gallivanting around the world in search of foreign loans.

29. Too many of his close relatives were recruited into his government. For instance, Mamman Daura (nephew), Chief of Staff (nephew), Minister of state for Aviation (nephew), his ADC ( in-law), his Personal Assistants (nephews), Minister of State for Trade, Industry and Investment (niece), etc.

30. He removed the Chief Justice of Nigeria without following constitutionally defined due process.

31. Buhari dominates the heads of security agencies with Northerners: NSA (Borno); Chief of Army Staff (Borno); National Security Adviser (Borno); EFCC (Borno); Minister of Defense (Zamfara); Chief of Air Staff (Bauchi State); IG of Police (Nassarawa); NSCDC (Niger); DSS (Kano); Nigeria Immigration Service (Jigawa State); Nigeria Customs Service (Bauchi State); Nigeria Prison Service (Kebbi State).

32. At the early stage of his administration, Buhari’s relatives and children of his aides were allocated 91 positions in an illegal and secret CBN employment exercise.

33. “Budget padding” entered the Nigerian lexicon after federal lawmakers spotted inflated cost of projects and items in Buhari’s National Budget proposal.

34. Buhari vowed to punish “budget-padding” culprits in his government. He never did.

35. $43 million cash was found in an Ikoyi apartment. It is already more than a year since a probe panel was instituted, yet nothing has come out of it.

36. Buhari has demonstrated that the South West (the Yorubas) are only important to him when it is politically expedient. They are not important enough for him for key government appointments.

37. On national TV, he instated that he would not obey court orders.

38. Under his watch, 20.9 million Nigerians became unemployed according to NBS. Nigeria’s unemployment rate rose from 18.8% (in 2017) to 23.1% (in 2018). It went from 10.4 million in 2015 to 21 million in 2018.

39. He has refused to make his asset declaration public.

40. Buhari uses the police, DSS, Army, etc., to supervises the systematic harassment and humiliation of perceived political opponents and people with contrary opinions.

41. Buhari increased the price of petrol, yet he still pays more subsidy on the product than the previous government, which it accused of ‘subsidy scam’.

42. Buhari approved the withdrawal $462 million from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) for the procurement of military aircraft, without a prior approval of the National Assembly.

43. Buhari insults and de-markets the country whenever he travels abroad.

44. Under his watch, the Nigerian Army has killed 492 Shiite Muslims in the last 4 years. These extrajudicial killings have gone on with impunity.

45. The “Bring Back Our Girls (BBOG)” protesters - on whose protests Buhari rode to the presidency of Nigeria - were tear gassed and persecuted by the Buhari government.

46. On a live TV broadcast, Buhari defended the Governor of Kano state who was caught on camera receiving $5m bribe.

47. Under his watch, his VP and his political party (APC) engages in systematic vote buying disguised as “Trader Monie”.

48. A good number of politicians working for Buhari’s re-election have pending corruption cases bordering on stolen monies worth about N300bn. They include: Abdullahi Adamu (N15bn); Aliyu Wamakko (N15bn); Godswill Akpabio (N100bn); Orji Uzor Kalu (N3.2bn); Babachir Lawal (N223m); Rotimi Amaechi (N97bn); Abdul’aziz Yari (N680m); Adams Oshiomhole ($51m); Bola Tinubu (N100bn); Abba Kyari (N500m); Musiliu Obanikoro (N4.7bn); Folarin Coker (N3bn), etc.

49. A member of the Buhari kitchen cabinet – Babachir Lawal - spent N220million to cut grass at an IDP camp. Yet, he has not been prosecuted for the offence.

50. The disgraced and sacked SGF, Babachir Lawal, was replaced with his cousin, Boss Mustapher. Effectively retaining the SGF position within his family.

51. The only leader that retains his appointees to government offices even when the senate refuses to confirm them or outrightly rejects the confirmation of such persons.

52. Under his administration, the Nigerian Stock Exchange lost more than 50℅ of its value.

53. Transparency International announced that corruption increased during Buhari’s government. The country's corruption perception index rose from 136th (2016) to 148th (2018) in the ranking.

54. He dominates the federal judiciary with northern Muslims i.e. Chief Justice of Nigeria (Mahmud Mohammed/Ibrahim Tanko Muhammad), president of the Court of Appeal, Chief Judge of the Federal High Court.

55. He has shown that he is not intellectually wired to understand when corruption is going on around him.

56. Adams Oshiomhole was accused by some of his party members of receiving bribes worth about $55 million before and after the APC primaries all over the country. The case is dead and buried by the Buhari government.

57. A Senator sympathetic to Buhari hired hoodlums who invaded the National Assembly and stole the maze. Buhari did nothing to bring the Senator to book.

58. Buhari promised to end medical tourism by public officials when he becomes president. When he became president, he became Nigeria’s biggest medical tourist.

59. His wife, Aisha Buhari, cried out and revealed that Buhari is not in control of the government. She further revealed that a certain cabal runs the show.

60. Under his watch, INEC created mobile voting centers for Muslim IDPs. This is unknown to the Electoral Act. He has refused to make same or similar arrangements for IDPs of Southeast and minority nationalities’ extraction such as through voters’ cards’ transfer provided in the Electoral Act of 2010.

61. The Buhari government spent an entire tenure blaming past governments for problems they were elected to fix.

62. Buhari’s nephew – Hadi Sirika, the Minister of State for Aviation - spent N1.5 billion naira of taxpayers money on propaganda and to kick-start the national airline – “Nigeria Air”. The company folded up even before it started.

63. Buhari is never aware of anything that goes on in his government and under his watch.

64. Alpha Beta Consult – a company that belongs to Bola Tinubu is facing a N100 billion-fraud allegations. Buhari ignored the petition. Instead, Buhari rewarded him with an important position in his re-election campaign team.

65. He pretends to be poor while his family lives in opulence. His children attend £26, 000 a year universities in the UK. His son had an accident with his motorbike estimated to be worth tens of millions of Naira.

66. He is resolute in his pursuit of the northern agenda.

67. The Buhari government lied that it has “technically” defeated Boko Haram. Still, he approved $1billion to fight insurgency in the North East.

68. The IPOB agitators have never killed anyone. Buhari classified them as a terrorist group. The killer Fulani herdsmen have killed over 3,641 innocent Nigerians. Till date, Buhari has refused to tag them as terrorists.

69. Buhari is the first Nigerian leader to appoint a member of his ethnic group as the head of the nation’s electoral body.

70. The Meyetti Allah is an open and vocal sympathizer of the killer Fulani herdsmen. Buhari is their Grand patron. Yet, he has never called them to order.

71. On several occasions, Buhari pleaded with non-Fulanis to give up their ancestral lands to the rampaging killer Fulani herdsmen.

72. Buhari’s Minister for Information, Lai Mohammed was alleged to have made financial demands from an agency (NBC) under his Ministry. The N13 million “loan” he demanded for was to enable him travel to China. Buhari ignored the allegation.

73. Billions of Naira was allocated to the Aso Rock clinic in the National Budget. Buhari’s wife, Aisha Buhari, revealed that the monies were misappropriated under his watch.

74. They have to translate English to English for Buhari.

75. Okoi Obono-Obla, one of Buhari’s aides – was alleged to have forged his WAEC certificate. Buhari ignored the allegation.

76. The Buhari kitchen cabinet planned and executed a siege on the houses of the Senate President and the Deputy Senate President. They also coordinated a failed legislative coup with a minority group of Senators. This was done to prevent the defection of members from the APC. Buhari never punished them.

77. Buhari supervised the fraudulent and disgraceful conduct of elections in Edo, Ekiti and Osun state.

78. A fugitive and pension thief - Abdulrasheed Maina – the former chairman of the Presidential Pension Task Team was secretly reinstated by the Buhari administration.

79. Under Buhari’s watch, there was a deliberate and scientific exclusion from voting of 12 million registered voters dominated by southern and northern minority populations.

80. Buhari decided that it was a good idea to share $321million of returned Abacha loot amongst some vague Nigerians. A few weeks later, he took a loan of $328 million from China for investment in the telecoms sector.

81. Buhari’s former Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, was indicted for certificate forgery. She was never prosecuted.

82. His Chief of Staff - Abba Kyari - was accused by his cousin of collecting N29.9m to facilitate a contract to supply 15 Toyota Hilux vehicles to the Presidential villa, Abuja. Even with evidences provided by the accuser, Buhari defended Kyari on the allegation.

83. He enjoys foreign health facilities, while thousands of Nigerians die in ill-equipped hospitals in Nigeria. Yet, he has not built a single hospital in Nigeria.

84. Buhari retained Ibrahim Magu as the acting EFCC Chairman despite the fact that the Senate failed to confirm him twice.

85. He insisted that Abacha never stole, yet his government has benefited enormously from the unending return of the Abacha loot.

86. He craves for extreme powers. For instance, he demanded to have emergency powers in his first few months in office. Later, he signed and authorized Order 006 to give him powers outside the provisions of the EFCC Act and ICPC Act — as well as the provisions of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act and the Criminal Code.

87. Buhari’s Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Ameachi, admitted his incompetence in a leaked audio tape.

88. He is the first president to publicly announce that he would not favour the regions that did not vote for him.

89. Buhari rarely grants interviews to local media. He prefers granting interviews to foreign journalists.

90. In 2015, the Kano state Electoral Commissioner and every member of his family were killed in the most suspicious circumstance. Ibrahim idris, who was the Kano state Commissioner of Police when the incidence occurred, was later rewarded with the position of Inspector General.

91. He runs away from intellectual discussions like debates.

92. He failed to disclose his ailment as it is done in transparent governments all over the world.

93. A human rights activist, Dr. Osadolor Ochei, wrote several petitions to the EFCC against Adams Oshiomole. The petition bothered on alleged looting of Edo state treasury while he was governor of the state. Buhari’s EFCC ignored the petition. Instead, Buhari rewarded Oshiomhole with the APC chairmanship position.

94. Despite its growing unpopularity, Buhari is a stoic crusader for nomadic cattle grazing.

95. Under Buhari administration, the Nigerian international passport now costs N70k, Car Number plate is N75k, driver’s license N30k, etc. Note, these are just the official rates.

96. His appointees and aides show open disregard for other arms of government like the Senate and the House of Representatives.

97. Buhari makes appointments into constitutionally and statutorily created offices in manners clearly incoherent with and unknown to the 1999 Constitution and the Civil Service Rules of the Federation (i.e. appointments of DG of DSS, Custom CG, and former INEC interim Boss).

98. He has shown open disregard for the Federal Character principle, which he has violated countlessly.

99. Buhari’s anti-democratic and dictatorial tendencies exhibits itself on several occasions when he jettisoned the justice and legislative system in order to have his way.

100. Due to some of his recent exhibitions, his memory, mental health status and fitness have become a matter of urgent concern!

*By: Mr. Dele Momodu.*

🇳🇬Nijja Politics Update 🇳🇬

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Take a look at places where preaching in public could land you in jail or worse.

Evangelism in Nigeria is no biggie. In fact, its something you are most likely to see at least once a week in most cities. Its a totally different in other countries where preaching in public could earn the person a trip to prison. Here are five countries where evangelism is a serious crime.

They are:

Ghana

Last week, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, announced that preaching on commercial buses is a punishable offence.

Issuing the statement after a ghastly accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, "One of the things I have noticed in recent times which I have communicated to the driver unions the trend where some pastors preach in buses.

"I am not against preaching, religion is very good and I am a Christian, but when the driver is driving and a pastor is preaching, it has the propensity of dividing his attention, some of the drivers are passionate about religion, and, so, when they get soaked too much into what the preacher is saying at that moment, his attention will be divided."

He added, "I have told the driver unions that they must not allow anybody to sell medicines or preach in the buses. Road safety is a shared responsibility."

Jamaica

Despite the fact that this is a predominantly Christian country, BBC reports that preachers have been banned from evangelizing to fellow passengers.

The ban was announced in 2012 by Hardley Lewin, managing director of the Jamaica Transit Company Limited who told The Gleaner newspaper that it is in the interest of the passengers.

"I am all for evangelizing, but they cannot use the bus as their platform," he said. "I think this is what makes the bus an attractive mobile church. I suppose you cannot just get off because you have spent your money."

ALSO READ: Here’s how to share the gospel on social media

South America

In 2017, preaching the gospel in a South American country called Bolivia became a crime.

According to a the law, stated that anyone caught telling others about their faith could face five to 12 years in prison.

The law titled Article 88 says, "whoever recruits, transports, deprives of freedom or hosts people with the aim of recruiting them to take part in armed conflicts or religious or worship organizations will be penalized five to 12 years of imprisonment."

This law, which affects approximately 2 million evangelical Christians, went into effect on December 15, 2017.

Russia

President Vladimir Putin signed a new law against evangelism in 2016.

According to the new law, anyone caught preaching in anything other than a recognized church building will face tougher sanctions.

Sadly, things have only gotten worse for Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses in particular, since this law went into effect on July 20, 2016.

China

For a county that holds a permanent spot on Open Door USA's World Watch List for countries suffering religious persecution, it comes as no surprise that it does not tolerant public preaching.

In 2017, Pastor Xu Shizhen, her daughter, and her 3-year-old grandson were arrested by Chinese authorities for spreading the gospel.

According to CBN News, they were arrested for singing, dancing and preaching the gospel in parks and public squares in Xianning, Hubei.

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Peace Plan for the Philippines

Martin Luther once said that nothing good ever comes of violence. People would always say that there is no winner in every war. I also believe that whenever there is violence, it is also a lose-lose situation for both parties. Although, if this is the case why do still a lot of group of people try to inflict violence on other people? In today’s society, several political violence is starting to emerge. The violence that was rooted in our differences. Why do we have so much violence today? We experience two world wars, a cold war, civil war, massacres, terrorism, and a lot more. The reason behind this is our differences. That is why I wanted to propose a peace plan that will focus on the Philippines first. This is due to the fact that I believe that a state must first do it so that other states will be able to see the effect and will eventually try to make it as a model for their own state.  

 Before getting into the peace plan, let us look first who are the ones who are inflicting violence. For this, let us look at the incident in the recent Marawi crisis. It is a battle between the Philippine government security forces and the militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant that includes the Maute and Abu Sayyaf Salafi jihadist groups. Bombings, air Strikes, exchange of gun shots, and a lot more violence were happening in the Marawi. Not only the lives of these groups and soldiers were put in danger but also the lives of a lot of innocent people. On July 12, 2017, in a report of ABS CBN news, there were 2 soldiers that were killed and 11 others were wounded because of the air strike that happened. Structures also collapsed because of the impact of the explosion and because of this, there were lives that were taken away. Martial Law was even declared by President Duterte in order to solve the crisis that was happening there. On July 25, 2017, a report was made by The Diplomat, the lower house and the Senate approved the extension of Martial Law in Marawi. Duterte explained in his second States of the Nation Address (SONA) that the extension was for the preparation for “future of war-torn Marawi City and the expected counter-retaliation from terrorist supporters” (Cabalza, 2017).  

 In order for us to further understand what is really the root of terrorism here’s an insight from a documentary about the Marawi crisis. “Ang kaguluhang sumira sa isang siyudad, ang gumulat sa buong bansa”. This is how the documentary entitled “Di Ka Pasisil” that was shown in ABS CBN last August 13, 2017, describes the Marawi crisis. According to Amer Hamzah Lucman, a friend of Omar Maute, Omar was just an ordinary Maranao like them. He is good in school, whenever his classmates had a hard time in school, he was always willing to help. When Omar joined the cadet, he showed his other side of being a caring and funny. Gracia Dando, his teacher, even said that he is a respectful student to his teachers, there were no signs of him becoming a terrorist. In just a day, Gracia and Amer said that they were shocked to see the new Omar. The soldiers do not who will be shot next, or until when they will leave. Every single day, they live in horror, they have to make this sacrifice in order to get Marawi out of the hands of the Maute-ISIS terrorist group. To quote what was said in the documentary: “habang tumatagal padami ng padami ang mga sundalong nasusugatan”. They admitted that the soldiers were not out numbered, they even had modern weapons but the thing that the Maute had an advantage is that they are from Marawi, they know Marawi more than these soldiers know the place. In the documentary, the reporters had a chance to talk to the soldiers, and when one of the soldiers cried, I felt how hard it is for these soldiers to be there fighting for peace while they are away from their families. These soldiers do not know when will be their last day on earth, they do not know if there is a tomorrow for them. For them, it is okay to be away from their families as long as they know that the country will be safe from any horror that these terrorist group will bring. Every day, these soldiers faced a lot of horrors, but it is through this they that learned to fight for each other. They also had an interview with Abdul who is a child fighter of the Maute group. According to him, the Maute recruit children who were not able to study. They have training, in the morning they study the Quran, in the afternoon, they learn how to use and operate the weapons, they clean these weapons and this is lead by their leader who is no other than Omar Maute. What is horrifying is what is written on the blackboard that these kids have to read it is in Arabic that says “patayin nito sila mga Kristiyano”. When the reporter as Abdul if he wanted to kill the Christians he said without having second thought “gusto ko pumatay at gusto kong mamatay kasi kapag namatay ako may regalo ako kay Allah”.

 A lot would say that the Maute-ISIS groups are the bad people here. The soldiers and the innocent people are the victims. Although for me, I believe that both parties are the victims here. It does not matter who inflicted the horror, they are still both the victim. Due to the fact that I believe that these terrorist groups are just a victim also of the society. After watching a lot of documentaries, especially those documentaries that interviewed the people who are part of the terrorist groups, I can say that they are people who were victimized by the system.

 Indeed, I salute all the soldiers who are willing to risk their lives just to make sure that the Philippines will be a safe place to live in. seeing them, it makes me feel proud to be a Filipino because they proved that Filipinos will always fight for each other even if it means that their lives will be put in danger. I am also hurt to see that a lot of innocent people have to live in horror because of these terrorist groups, especially seeing kids living with fear. It is terrifying to see Abdul, who was once part of the Maute group, can’t go home to his family because of the fear that if the Maute-ISIS group knew that he was still alive, they would kill his family. Above all, no words can explain how I fell towards the Maute-ISIS group. On the one hand, I am angry at them for inflicting the horror in Marawi. On the other hand, I feel sorry for them because I know that they are the victims of the society. They had their ideology and that’s what they are fighting for.

 After what happened, a lot of lives were taken away already. Due to this, I would like to come up with a peace plan. I know that it is hard, but I also know that with the right system and attitude we will attain the peace that we all wanted. Seeing the story of Omar and how he was as a kid, I believe that there is still goodness deep inside his heart. That is why for my peace plan, the government, schools, churches, and families are all important. These are my proposed plans:

1.    The government must go into an agreement with these groups. They must have a compromise of what they want. I believe in the give-and-take system.

2.    At least once a month, Catholics and Muslims must come together to eat and pray. This has to a collaborative work between the church and the government of the state.

3.    Schools must teach the children to learn to respect the difference and it must not be a hindrance in order for them to become friends.

4.    Families must learn to nurture their children to grow with respect to their fellow men and also fear towards the Higher being that they are worshipping

5.    The church, both the Catholic/ Christian and Muslim churches, must teach their congregation that they must learn to respect all the different religious groups.

6.    These terrorist groups who inflicted the terror will be given pardon by the government, they can live peacefully again and have a fresh start and they have to sign the contract that they will not do anything to start a war again. Any violations of these rule will mean a death penalty for them.

 With this, I believe that little by little, we will be able to learn to accept our differences and live harmoniously. Not only, we will live in peace but also the future generation will have a brighter future. I believe and I am very positive that there still a chance for us to live in a world where there’s peace and harmony.

  Reference:

·      Documentary: Di Ka Pasisiil  (August 13, 2017)

·      Cabalza, C. (2017). “Duterte’s extend martial law and the future of Marawi”. The diplomat. Retrieved August 12, 2017 from http://thediplomat.com/2017/07/dutertes-extended-martial-law-and-the-future-of-marawi/. <July 25, 2017>

·      2 soldiers dead, 11 injured as air strike misses target in Marawi. (2017) ABS-CBN News. Retrieved August 12, 2017 from http://news.abs-cbn.com/news/07/12/17/2-soldiers-dead-11-injured-as-air-strike-misses-target-in-marawi. <July 12, 2017>

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Weekly Roundup July 17 to 23

Annual Report 2016

“Child Soldiers Initiative 2016/2017 annual report looks at key highlights from the past year and offers unique insight into our ongoing work preventing the use of child soldiers through a security sector approach.”

DR Congo: Improving practices for the reintegration of girl soldiers

“The recruitment of girls by armed groups in DRC and the stigmatization they suffer on their return is of great concern. We were shocked to see that, after having been subjected to serious and prolonged physical and sexual abuse, many girls are then rejected by their families and communities.”

“Social exclusion and stigmatization is far more prevalent among girls. It is linked to a perceived “loss of social value” after having had sexual relations outside marriage. Their suffering is often misunderstood or completely overlooked, and their most basic psycho-social and emotional needs are woefully unaddressed.”

Download the full report here.

Isaac Escapes to Freedom 

“...Then Isaac went to a gathering in his village held by Exile International, which is supported by CBN’s Orphan’s Promise. Through one on one therapy, singing, dancing, and drama, we’ve helped many former child soldiers and war orphans heal from terrible trauma.”

Little Stones

“From a graffiti artist speaking out against domestic violence in the favelas of Brazil to a dancer rehabilitating sex-trafficking survivors in India, LITTLE STONES profiles four women, each of whom are contributing a stone to the mosaic of the women's movement through their art. These four artists show that the world is full of little stones waiting to be discovered.”

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Pulse List: 5 countries where preaching in public is a serious crime

Take a look at places where preaching in public could land you in jail or worse.

Evangelism in Nigeria is no biggie. In fact, its something you are most likely to see at least once a week in most cities. Its a totally different in other countries where preaching in public could earn the person a trip to prison. Here are five countries where evangelism is a serious crime.

They are:

Ghana

Last week, the Deputy Minister of Transport, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus-Glover, announced that preaching on commercial buses is a punishable offence.

Issuing the statement after a ghastly accident on the Accra-Kumasi Highway on Wednesday, June 13, 2018, "One of the things I have noticed in recent times which I have communicated to the driver unions the trend where some pastors preach in buses.

"I am not against preaching, religion is very good and I am a Christian, but when the driver is driving and a pastor is preaching, it has the propensity of dividing his attention, some of the drivers are passionate about religion, and, so, when they get soaked too much into what the preacher is saying at that moment, his attention will be divided."

He added, "I have told the driver unions that they must not allow anybody to sell medicines or preach in the buses. Road safety is a shared responsibility."

Jamaica

Despite the fact that this is a predominantly Christian country, BBC reports that preachers have been banned from evangelizing to fellow passengers.

The ban was announced in 2012 by Hardley Lewin, managing director of the Jamaica Transit Company Limited who told The Gleaner newspaper that it is in the interest of the passengers.

"I am all for evangelizing, but they cannot use the bus as their platform," he said. "I think this is what makes the bus an attractive mobile church. I suppose you cannot just get off because you have spent your money."

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South America

In 2017, preaching the gospel in a South American country called Bolivia became a crime.

According to a the law, stated that anyone caught telling others about their faith could face five to 12 years in prison.

The law titled Article 88 says, "whoever recruits, transports, deprives of freedom or hosts people with the aim of recruiting them to take part in armed conflicts or religious or worship organizations will be penalized five to 12 years of imprisonment."

This law, which affects approximately 2 million evangelical Christians, went into effect on December 15, 2017.

Russia

President Vladimir Putin signed a new law against evangelism in 2016.

According to the new law, anyone caught preaching in anything other than a recognized church building will face tougher sanctions.

Sadly, things have only gotten worse for Christians, Jehovah's Witnesses in particular, since this law went into effect on July 20, 2016.

China

For a county that holds a permanent spot on Open Door USA's World Watch List for countries suffering religious persecution, it comes as no surprise that it does not tolerant public preaching.

In 2017, Pastor Xu Shizhen, her daughter, and her 3-year-old grandson were arrested by Chinese authorities for spreading the gospel.

According to CBN News, they were arrested for singing, dancing and preaching the gospel in parks and public squares in Xianning, Hubei.

source https://www.newssplashy.com/2018/06/pulse-list-5-countries-where-preaching.html

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