Samahang Magdalo: Stronger Than Ever Continuation
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Pahayagan ng Bagong Katipunan Ang MagdaloVolume 2, Issue No. 4 of 2015 Trillanes: Samahang Magdalo supports Grace Poe Senator Antonio F. Trillanes IV formally declared his support for Senator Grace Poe’s presidential bid last October 3, 2015 during the 5th Samahang Magdalo (SM) National Convention held at the Amoranto Sports Complex in Quezon City. Senator Trillanes, who will run independently for Vice President, said that Grace Poe has the character, leadership capacity, and the vision consistent with Magdalo ideals. The decision to support Poe was made after consulting over 600 SM chapter General Santos City chapter president, Charlie Pascua receives the plaque for 2015 Samahang presidents, wherein the majority Magdalo Best Chapter. opted for Poe, followed closely by former DILG Secretary Mar Roxas and Samahang Magdalo: Davao City Mayor Rodrigo Duterte. Stronger Than Ever 5th Convention Another Success QUEZON CITY – Despite the of 202 new chapters. deplorable traffic conditions,He also lauded the members’ active delayed flights, and the intese heat participation in various socio- of the capital, the 5th Samahang economic activities, as well as their Magdalo National Convention was Present during the announcement attendance in mobilization efforts for were 584 SM chapter presidents, an astounding success. The event the suspension of K to 12. was attended by 584 SM Chapter Magdalo Party-list Representatives Presidents from all over the country. Meanwhile, the organization’s Gary Alejano and Francisco Acedillo, partnership with several government members of the Dugong Magdalo Rajah Norberto Santiago’s annual agencies helped over 35,000 (DM), Medal of Valor recipient Colonel report highlighted the achievements beneficiaries in the form ofAriel Querubin, Mrs. Arlene Trillanes and activities of the Samahan in the scholarships, burial, transportation , and several other supporters of the past eleven months. He commended and medical assitance. Poe-Trillanes campaign. the Regional Vice Presidents and Chapter Presidents for the The main portion of the event was Senator Poe was unable to personally remarkable 73,020 or 16% growth in the awarding of the 2015 best attend, but she sent a video message our membership and establishment chapters and outstanding members. that addressed the attendess. “Kasama niyo po ako sa inyong patuloy na pakikipaglaban sa katiwalian at sa pagsulong ng transparency sa continuation on page 5.... The criteria were based on the past year’s socio-civic activities that the chapters organized, and/or participated in partnership with their local governments and other non- government organizations. Below is the list of best chapters, arranged according to the highest number of Ang Magdalo points: 1. General Santos City 2. Marikina City 3. Baao, Camarines Sur 4. Iriga City 5. Tupi, South Cotabato 6. Daraga, Albay continuation on page 5.... 1 Pahayagan ng Bagong Katipunan sa isang positibong kampanya kung Early this year, the Charlie Hebdo saan ilalatag ko ang aking adyenda, shooting sent shock waves around kredensyal at plano para sa ating the world as eleven journalists were DIWA ni bansa. slaughtered by members of the Al LAKAN Tulad ninyo, pangarap ko para sa Qaeda. President Francois Hollande Senator ANTONIO F. TRILLANES IV Pilipinas ang kapayapaan, kaunlaran described the shooting as an “act of at kasaganaan sa ilalim ng rehimeng exceptional barbarism.” However, the Vice Presidential Bid and Plan of may hustisya at nagkakaisang terror did not stop at Charlie Hebdo. Government mamamayan. Ang aking mga adyenda Ten months later, the Paris terror attack para sa ating bansa ay nakabase sa came to be the bloodiest carnage on mga sumusunod na adbokasiya: French soil since World War II. As the kapayapaan at kaayusan, paglaban sa worst terror act in French history, the korapsyon, at pag-ahon sa kahirapan, Paris atrocities are unprecedented not kung saan ay inaasahan natin na ang only in scale but also in monstrosity. mga ito na magdudulot ng pag-unlad As President Obama said, the attack ng ekonomiya, pag-angat ng antas against Paris is an attack against ng edukasyon, pagkakaroon nang all humanity. As we stand in unity maayos na kapaligiran, pagpapabuti with the wounded France, let us be ng kalusugan, hustisya, foreign policy, reminded that terrorism has no place siyensiya at teknolohiya, at urban in modern society. The Paris attacks development sa bansa. Hinahangad serve as the ultimate wake-up call for ko ang isang bansang maraming each and every nation to start taking Bilang panimula, nais ko pong oportunidad para sa mga Pilipino at security issues seriously. The attacks magpasalamat sa tiwalang inyong isang bansang handa para sa mga revealed a bitter, yet inevitable, truth: iniatang sa akin upang harapin hamon ng hinaharap - para sa inyo at even the world’s strongest and richest ang mga pagsubok ng darating na para sa inyong mga anak. countries are not immune from deadly halalan sa 2016. Ngunit higit sa lahat, acts of terror. tinatanggap ko po ang inyong hamon Ang daan tungo sa tagumpay ay hindi upang iripresenta at palawigin pa ang madali at maaari pa ngang ito’y puno The Paris massacre leaves us with mga layunin ng Samahang Magdalo, ng balakid. Ngunit sa inyong suporta, a question we are all too scared to at palaganapin pa ang ating layunin alam ko na ang ating adhikain, ang ask. A question that leaves a pang of sa isang Pilipinas na lumalaban sa ating laban para sa isang mas maayos bitterness in our throats. A question kurapsyon, may sapat na seguridad at at maunlad na Pilipinas ay abot- we choose to ignore simply because umaahon sa kahirapan. Makakaasa po kamay.. we already know the answer. kayo na patuloy nating ipaglalaban, sa Is the Philippines ready for a Paris-like suporta na rin ng Samahang Magdalo, attack? ang mga adhikain nating ito. We all know the answer is a resounding Batid ko po na ang panibagong hamon NO. na ito sa akin at sa ating samahan ay bahagi ng kolektibong desisyon Terror threats can be found ng Samahang Magdalo, at batid ko everywhere. Concert halls, rin po na hindi magiging madali ang restaurants, street cafes, hospitals, desisyon nating ito. Kaya hinihingi ko schools, or even mass transports po ang buo ninyong suporta at tiwala were not spared. Prior to the Paris sa aking kandidatura. incident, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) bombed a residential area Gaya noong 2007 at 2013, ang in Beirut, Lebanon, killing 37 civilians. grassroots campaigning o ang paglibot ISIS is also responsible for the Russian sa pamamagitan ng konsepto ng door plane crash in Egypt, where all 217 to door campaigning ang magiging passengers perished. Even a solemn sandalan ng ating kampanya. Kung funeral has been a hot target for noon tayo ay nagtagumpay, bagama’t suicide bombers, as evidenced by the maraming balakid tulad ng pagtutol November 13 Baghdad bombing. On nang noo’y nanunungkulang pangulo November 20Just yesterday, a luxury at ng kawalan ng pondo, partido at hotel in Mali was rocked by explosion access sa media, alam kong kakayanin sponsored by an Al Qaeda-linked rin natin ngayon. Napatunayan na group. The blast killed 27 civilians. natin ito. At naniniwala po akong hindi ito imposible sa suporta ng Samahang Last November 17, a Malaysian hostage Magdalo. was beheaded by the notorious Abu Senator Antonio F. Trillanes Sayyaf Group. Mr. Bernard Then, an Sa pangkalahatan, ang ating lakbayin engineer by profession, was the first hanggang mag eleksyon ay nakabase Malaysian hostage beheaded by the armed group. He was abducted six Ang Magdalo is a quarterly publication of Samahang Alejano months ago while having dinner at a Magdalo, Inc. ON THE GO! popular Chinese restaurant in Sabah. After an alleged failure in ransom You may wish to visit the following websites to know Representative GARY C. ALEJANO more about our group, its activities and advocacies: Magdalo Partylist negotiations, Mr. Then was executed. The Following day, a passenger http://www.trillanes.com.ph Strengthening Counter-terrorism in van from Pikit, North Cotabato was http://www.magdalo.org the Philippines amid Rising Global bombed in Davao City. http://www.samahangmagdalo.org Threats Abductions, bombings, and brutal We also accept donations for disaster relief The Magdalo Party-List extends its murders by armed groups have operations. Please contact us through our email profound sympathy and heartfelt become a daily occurrence in [email protected] on how you can help. condolences to the victims of the Mindanao. Kidnap-for-ransom has horrific terror attack in Paris. We been a lucrative business for these Ang Magdalo strongly condemn the perpetration of terror groups, notably the Abu Sayyaf. Pahayagan ng Bagong Katipunan blind violence through this series of Heinous crimes happen frequently cowardly and senseless terror acts. and people have gotten used to it. 2 Gary Alejano continuation on page 3.... Pahayagan ng Bagong Katipunan Gary Alejano continuation.... Top 15 Most Productive First Termers in the 16th Congress • Top 8 - Congressman Acedillo • 238 bills & resolutions Image courtesy of “Rizal Park lights up in solidarity with Paris” by: Official Gazette (http://www. gov.ph/2015/11/18/rizal-park-lights-solidarity-paris/). While people tremble in fear and Human Security Act. uncertainty, the government has not Time is of the essence. Uprooting done enough to put an end to these the tree of terrorism requires us to Top 5 Most Productive First Termers barbaric acts. remove its roots which have grown in the 16th Congress (Party-List) The Philippines, aside from being exponentially over the years. Now • Top 3 - Congressman Acedillo home to Asia’s longest-running more than ever, we need to take communist insurgency, is also a hot urgent action by weeding out pressing • 238 bills & resolutions spot for violent extremism. Making security threats. We have to sow seeds 11 Enacted Laws Authored/Co- the matters worse is our territorial of vigilance among our countrymen for Authored row with China.