Catholic priest led prayer rally to support suspended Mayor in Iligan City

By KIT KAIMO CADION

ILIGAN CITY (Aug 15, 2015, 2015) --- More than 5 thousand supporters of Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia joins a prayer rally Saturday morning held at Iligan City Freedom Stage.

Three group of marchers led by the different religious organizations civil Society Organization (CSO) and Non-Government Organization (MGOs) who joint the prayer rally were started from, different area of Barangay Tubod, Palao and city proper meet at the junction along the national highway going towards Sabayle Street Public Market and ended at the City Plaza freedom Stage for the Prayer Rally and Program.

The march and prayer rally started at 7:30 morning and ended at 11:30.

Iligan City Catholic Church Vicar General Msgr. Jemar Vera Cruz, one of the prayer rally organizer said they join prayer rally because they believed that there is no truth of the accusation and there is injustices committed against the suspended Iligan City Mayor Regencia.

Msgr. Veru Cruz accused congressman Barf Belmonte for fabricating the issue called ambush me in the vicinity of the Laguindingan airport and pinpointed Mayor Regencia as the mastermind of the incident and other city hall employees were purely political motive.

Vera Curz expressed his gratitude to the people of Iligan City for vigilant and awareness in supporting the fight of suspended Mayor Regencia against the corruption disclovered in the City government after he assumed office as elected mayor of Iligan City.

Some business and commercial establishment were also closed as sympathy of supports during the prayer rally

Vera Cruz said that there was a conspiracy of corruption discovered in the city hall committed by the former administration regarding the Php104 million expendure of 3,007 allegeldy gosh employees of the city hall in 2013 which is involving political allies of Congressman Belmonte and the case was now pending under investigation in the ombudsman.

Very Cruz also requested President Pinoy to conduct a thorough investigation of the problem to give justice to the people in Iligan City

Fr. Naser  Zaragoza of the St. Vincent  Parish then enjoined residents here to be with the people for a prayer rally in the midst of the crisis the city is facing. To note the mayor and the congressman will both run for mayor in next year's elections.

Early this week the Iligan City Police failed to arrest Mayor Regencia at his residence following the warrant of arrest was issue by the Regional Trical Court against him in his involvement in the ambush of Iligan City lone District Representative Belmonte.

Regencia at present is nowhere to be found and as of this time the warrant has not been served yet.

Atty. Rejoice Subejano one of Belmonte's lawyers said enjoined the mayor to respect the court and that he must submit himself and allow due process to take its course.

ARMM-DPWH to finish multi-million road networks in Sulu by 2016

Completed segments of the Sulu circumferential

road project of DPWH-ARMM realized by Sulu

Engineering district office, indeed, Connectivity is

tangibly at hand for the Sulu constituents.

JOLO, Sulu (Aug.15,2015) -- Roads construction worth multi-millions of pesos which will connect the different mainland municipalities of the province of Sulu has been in full swing presently undertaken by the First Engineering District Office of the Department of Public Works and Highways- ARMM.

The over 84.291 -kilometer circumferential road network funded by the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and implemented under the leadership of District Engineer Abdumunir I. Hadjirul is expected to be completed towards the year 2016 as planned.

The 2-lane concrete road projects shall connect Jolo-Buansa, Bato-bato, Indanan-Silangkan-Parang and Maimbung towns, which was given as priority by ARMM Regional Gov. Mujiv Hataman in response to the need for durable and quality all weather roads.

Hand in hand with the roads, the nagging problems of flooding during heavy downpour and clogging of old drainage system, particularly within Jolo capital commercial center has been addressed complimented by the construction of new drainage systems.

Since his assumption to office months ago, Hadjitul said,” RG Hataman made the various infrastructure projects as his primordial concern under his administration through Undersecretary Emil K. Sadain, the then DPWH-ARMM Secretary who worked seriously closely on the launching connectivity in the entire autonomous region.

 

D.E. Hadjirul, rose from the rank

has committed to bring more

development to Sulu and vowed

to realize all the dreams he had

to uplift the living condition of the

Tausugs from underdevelopment

and poverty thru more infrastructure

projects while addressing the basic

facilities and needs.

Hadjirul said road concreting is prerequisite to development as it caters to the needs of people, some of which are already completed, passable and serviceable to them.

Sulu officials, to include barangay leaders have lauded the DPWH-ARMM for the initiatives and vowed to extend their full support to the endeavors in consonance with President Benigno Aquino’s “Daang Matuwid,” Hadjirul said.

The people of Sulu especially in the first district are now happy because they are able to move and travel faster and conveniently able to reach their destinations with the good roads, He added.

“These roads that connect several towns in Sulu 1st district gave comfort and hope to commuters and travelers as it had partly address the peace and order situation besetting the province for decades,” said Hadjirul, who used to be the designated OIC prior to his permanent status.

Roads have become so very useful for farmers and village folks as it reduces their travel time to and from, especially to bring their farm products to the market places, particularly, at 'bagsakan center” in jolo town proper, the center of trade and commerce of the Southern island province, Hadjirul stressed.

According to Jul Addi, a resident of Indanan town, it took them over an hour to reach the Poblacion to bring their produce like durian, lansones, mangosteen and marang harvested from their farms but “with the road open and passable now, it will only take them less than 30 minutes to deliver their orders to the buyers.

Existence of these roads, aside from the national and local arterial roads had contributed much to the overall economic development of the entire archipelago.

These are some of the several segments of the over

84 kilometers circumferential roads network that

connect the different towns of Sulu's first district.

Soon, continuing concreting of -lane road connections

will be in the offing also in province's 2nd district by

Sulu Engineering District office of DPWH-ARMM.

Aside from the circumferential roads, the Sulu engineering district official bared the installation of new water works system project, construction of drainage system and major renovation of the DPWH administration and district office buildings are also on the way.

“These circumferential road projects, which were stated during the stint of previous ARMM administration will now be the key to opening up new opportunities for genuine progress which is the answer to peace in this part of the Mindanao,” Hadjirul.

Meanwhile, the Engineering District official expressed his gratitude to the ARMM leadership to include present DPWH Cabenet Regional Secretary Eng. Don Mustafah A. Loong with the commitment to give the people of Sulu the hope to realize the dream for change.(By BFC)