By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA Only the “Amigos” and the “Amigas” who are but a few of the entire people are silent but if you open their hearts, they, too, for sure are sympathetic to the cause of the good brave gentleman Punduma Sumndad Sani whom I like to call Commander Duma not only because he… Read More Leave us alone, Marawi not a milking cow
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA | January 9, 2019 My son, Jafar, asked me what I could say about the tension between America and Iran. As a student of history, cultures and religions, he deserved an honest opinion on this matter. I summed up my answer in a few words: “There will be no another world… Read More World Muslims unity a farfetched but not an impossible dream
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA October 17, 2019 DAVAO CITY: Another earthquake with a Magnitude 5.1 rocked Mindanao this morning at 4:53 AM local time less than 10 hours after a 6.4 magnitude quake that hit the island on Wednesday evening. At least one child has been killed and more than two dozen people injured, according… Read More Child killed, dozens injured as major 6.4-magnitude quake hits Mindanao
By Masiding Noor Yahya | August 19, 2019 It’s true that producing good writing is not easy. But, then again, anything worth your attention is never easy. Some say developing a good writing skill is a lot like the aging process of wine: it gets better with time.We disagree. With wine, all you have to… Read More Good writing is not like the wine aging process
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA May 8, 2019 “Vote-buying” is as old as history. As long as there is election, there is vote buying. Instrument for vote buying is not necessarily cash, but a lot of things. It can be material, words, promises etc. To gain the sympathy of others, you have to offer something that… Read More On Vote-buying and selling
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYA March 26, 2019 Lt. Gen. Arnel Dela Vega, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief (left), congratulates Brig. Gen. Generoso Ponio, his deputy, for a job well-done as commander of the Joint Task Force Ranao, which was deactivated on Monday in a ceremony held at the Westmincom headquarters. (Photo courtesy of Westmincom Public Information… Read More Task Force Ranao deactivated
By MASIDING NOOR YAHYAMarch 15, 2019 MARAWI CITY: The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 1,209 out of 1,579 passed the Physician Licensure Examination given by the Board of Medicine in the cities of Manila, Baguio, Cebu, and Zamboanga this March 2019. The results of examination with respect to three (3) examinees were withheld pending… Read More 1,209 examinees pass the Physician Licensure exams
By BITOON A RANAO March 13, 2019 The cadaver of a terrorist killed in an encounter on March 11, 2019, in Pagayawan, Lanao del Sur. (Wismincom photo) MARAWI CITY: Two Daesh-Inspired Maute terrorists were slain and one was wounded in the tactical offensives launched by military troops in Lanao del Sur on Monday, military said.… Read More 2 soldiers, 2 terrorists slain, 1 wounded in Lanao Sur encounter
MARAWI CITY: Intending pilgrims from the province of Lanao del Sur will no longer have to go to the regional offices of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Cotabato or in Cagayan de Oro to secure Hajj passports to go for a pilgrimage to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. They can now apply for… Read More DFA to issue Hajj passports in Marawi to residents joining 2019 Hajj
MARAWI CITY: Promising to accommodate all Marawi internally displaced persons IDPs), the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) is continuing the profiling or social cartography for structures and land properties inside the city’s most affected area (MAA) by the 2017 Marawi Siege. Under the TFBM-Land Resource Management (LRM) subcommittee, Solid Waste Management Project Officer Sittie Almairah… Read More TF Bangon Marawi vows to accommodate all Marawi displaced persons
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