September 2013 1 JOIN OUR GROWING NUMBER OF INTERNET READERS RECEIVE A FREE MONTHLY ONLINE SEPTEMBER 2013 COPY. Vol. 2 No.9 EMAIL US AT: wavesnews247 @gmail.com Double Trouble PNoy faces two big crisis: Pork Barrel “Scam-dal” MNLF Zambo attack NOSI BALASI? MNLF Lay Siege on Zamboanga City By wavesnews staff with files from Philippine Daily Inquirer By wavesnews staff with files from Philippine Daily Inquirer NOSI BALASI ? SINO BA SILA ? Who are the senators, congressmen, govern- ment officials and other individuals involved in the yet biggest corruption case ever to hit the Philippine government to the tune of billions and bil- lions of pesos as probers continue to unearth more anomalies on the pork barrel or Priority Development Assistance fund (PDAF)? Sept.16, Monday, the department of Justice formally filed plunder charges against senators Ramon “Bong Revilla jr., Jinggoy Estrada and Juan Ponce Combat police forces check their comrade (C) who was hit by Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) sniper fire in downtown Zamboanga City. Photo: AFP CHARGED! Muslim rebels under the Moro Na- standstill, classes suspended and tional Liberation Front (MNLF) of curfew enforced from 8:00pm to Nur Misuari “invaded” Zamboanga 5:00am to protect residents being city Sept.8 at dawn taking over sev- caught in the hostilities. eral barangays (villages), held hun- dreds of residents hostages and Already there are some 82,000 dis- (from left) Senate Minority Leader Juan Ponce-Enrile, and Senators Jose “Jinggoy” Es- placed residents of the city while at trada and Ramon “Bong” Revilla Jr. INQUIRER FILE PHOTOS engaged government soldiers in running gun battles that has so far least four barangays remained un- Enrile along with alleged mastermind Janet Lim Napoles and 37 others. resulted in 52 deaths and hundreds der control by the MNLF using hun- dreds of them as human shields. Justice secretary Lilia de Lima said the lawmakers and 38 other individuals more wounded. are facing charges over alleged conspiracy to divert P10 billion to “dummy This new flare up in Muslim insur- Government troopers, backed by aid organizations and ghost projects in exchange for kickbacks”. gence has derailed on-going peace armoured personnel carriers and (Continued on page 5) talks to end the decades long con- helicopter gunships tried to flush flict in Mindanao with an agreed out the MNLF rebels said to be un- ARE PINOY-CANADIAN SENIORS POOR? formation of a so-called Bangsa Mo- der a certain Commander Malik, a ro entity designed to grant autono- close aide of Misuari, but were met Despite realizing their dreams of finally settling in Canada, Filipino-Canadian my and a form of self-government by sniper fires and mortar barrages. seniors are considered as "poor " and wanting in basic needs such as housing under Philippine sovereignty. A late report said a ceasefire bro- and health care. A study conducted by Roland Santos Coloma Ph.D,Fritz Luther Pino and As a result of this new violence, all kered by vice president Jojo Binay (Continued on page 5) flights in and out of Zamboanga city (Continued on page 5) remain suspended, business at a Inside Pages Obama to visit Philippines Canadian nabbed for joining SONA rally Page 3 in October COUNTERPOINT: Who’s Behind the MNLF Zamboanga Siege? Page 4 Agence France-Presse Sponsors to repay immigrants’ debts Page 6 WASHINGTON - Barack Obama will Obama will attend summits in Indo- Culinary icon Nora Daza dies at 84 Page 12 pay the first visit by a US president nesia and Brunei and also visit long- LIFESTYLE: Mutya Datul is Miss Supranational 2013 Page 19 to Malaysia in a half-century on a time US ally the Philippines during four-nation Asia tour next month, the October 6-12 trip. And more…. the White House said Friday. (Continued on page 3) September 2013 2 TO ADVERTISE please email at [email protected] September 2013 3 Manila Feedback TO ADVERTISE please email at [email protected] (Continued from page1 ) growing and largely US- friendly region as neglected Canadian nabbed for joining OBAMA TO VISIT PHL…. in the past. SONA rally: Karapatan The trip is "part of his ongo- The last US president to vis- ing commitment to increase ABS-CBNnews.com it Malaysia was Lyndon US political, economic and Johnson in 1966. US rela- MANILA – A Canadian stu- full details of what hap- security engagement with tions with the Muslim- dent is being held by immi- pened to her," Karapatan the Asia Pacific," the state- majority nation soured dur- gration officials for her al- Secretary General Cristina ment said. leged participation in the Palabay told ABS- ing the 1981-2003 tenure of protest rally during Presi- CBNnews.com on Saturday Prime Minister Mahathir Obama will take part in the dent Benigno Aquino III's morning. Mohamad, a strident critic Asia-Pacific Economic Coop- State of the Nation Address of the West. eration summit in Bali, In- Palabay said Chatillon- in July, human rights advo- Meunier merely observed cate Karapatan said. the rally. She did not join Karapatan said Kim Chatil- the march nor held plac- lon-Meunier, 24, is at the ards. Bureau of Immigration de- Chatillon-Meunier is the tention center in Camp Ba- Kim Chatillon-Meunier second foreigner to be held gong Diwa in Bicutan, by immigration officials. Taguig. The group learned that Last month, Dutch activist "We call on the BI to imme- Chatillon-Meunier was Thomas van Beersum was diately release Kim and al- nabbed on Friday evening also prevented from board- low her to go home to Cana- while about to take her ing his flight to China. da. We likewise demand flight for Hong Kong. She Palabay said that unlike van that such blacklists/ was also placed on an immi- Beersum who was ques- watchlists should be with- gration "watchlist" for alleg- tioned while inside the air- drawn or scrapped by the edly participating in the SO- port, Chatillon-Meunier was BI, as these are tools for donesia and then head to NA rally. arrested and brought to a The White House said that harassment and suppres- the sultanate of Brunei for "Kagabi pumunta na doon detention facility. Obama will visit Malaysia to sion of fundamental rights," the East Asia Summit. ang isang paralegal staff ng take part in the Global En- Karapatan said in a press "Kumuha na din kami ng Karapatan to look into her trepreneurship Summit, an Russia traditionally partici- statement. representation to make sure situation and ask her the initiative on job growth that pates in the regional meet- (Continued on page 5) the US leader designed as a ings, potentially giving way to reach out to the Is- Obama his latest opportuni- lamic world. ty to meet Russian Presi- dent Vladimir Putin. Plunder and Malampaya: Justice Obama will also meet Prime Minister Najib Razak "to Russia has spearheaded a delayed is justice denied highlight our growing bilat- proposal for Syrian Presi- By Atty. Harry Roque Jr eral ties with Malaysia," a dent Bashar al-Assad to put White House statement his chemical weapons under said. international control, at In February of 2004, civil stitutional. local officials. The fourth least temporarily halting a society led by Bishop Pedro argument of the petitioners Obama, who spent part of This was on at least four US push for a military strike Dulay Arigo of Palawan, Ce- would prove to be perhaps his youth in Indonesia, has grounds: First, the interim in retaliation for the sar Sarino, the late Dr Gerry the most important argu- put a priority on building sharing agreement amended regime's alleged use of the Ortega, the late Dr. Jose An- ment in promoting good relations with Southeast the legal provision on how weapons. tonio Socrates, Prof. Oscar governance. Petitioners ar- Asia, seeing the fast- much the entitlement Evangelista and Cesar R. gued that the manner by should be: from 40 percent Ventura and I filed suit be- which Mrs. Arroyo entered of gross to 20 percent net; fore the Supreme Court into the agreement was un- Palace tells reporters in Second, it amended the local questioning the legality of constitutional because she government code in the President Gloria Macapagal spent the funds without Zambo: Keep safe distance manner by which it was to Arroyo’s use of the govern- congressional authorization. be shared by the barangay, ment proceeds from the municipality and province In entering into the ques- Malampaya natural gas field. where the resources are tioned sharing agreement, Petitioners, before going to found. Under the law, the PGMA invoked the provision the Supreme Court, had pre- province shall have 20 per- of a little known Marcos viously filed suit in the RTC cent of such revenues, while Presidential Decree 910, of Palawan and the Court of the municipality and the section 8 of which reads: “— Appeals, pursuant the hier- barangay are to have the Section 8. x x x production archy of Courts. lion’s share of the revenues: share on service contracts The petitioners’ complaint 35 percent and 45 percent, and similar payments on the was simple. Under the 1987 respectively. The sharing exploration, development Constitution, local govern- agreement called for pro- and exploitation of energy MANILA – Malacan ang on kasundaluhan at ng ating Saturday appealed to media kapulisan na nandoon,” she ments were given a fair and jects to be identified by the resources, shall form part of personnel in Zamboanga said in a radio interview. equitable share in the reve- two representatives of the a Special Fund to be used to City to keep a safe distance nues derived from natural province, its governor, and finance energy resource de- from the conflict zone.