| P10M El Niño fund sa farmers | ||||
| (Noel Abuel/Boyet Jadulco) | ||||
Isa rito ay ang utos ni Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa National Irrigation Administration (NIA) na magpataw ng moratorium sa pagbabayad ng magsasaka ng 150 kilos ng palay kada ektarya bilang irrigation fees. Gayundin, iniutos na rin umano ni Arroyo ang pagbabago sa pautang at interest payments ng mga magsasaka na tinamaan ng El Niño at moratorium sa multa mula sa mga government financial institutions tulad ng Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP). Idinagdag pa ni Fondevilla na ang nai-release na halaga ay nasa anyo ng certificates of allocation para sa 426 irrigation pumps na ipamamahagi sa mga magsasaka sa lalawigan ng Cagayan. Kahapon ay nanawagan si Sen. Manny Villar, kandidato sa pagka-pangulo ng Nacionalista Party (NP), sa pamahalaan ang pagpapalabas ng P20 milyon mula sa pondo ng Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Act (AFMA) upang saklolohan ang mga magsasaka at mangingisdang labis na sinasalanta ng matinding tagtuyot na patuloy na nananalasa sa mga lalawigan. |
SULTANATE OF SULU, "THE UNCONQUERED KINGDOM"
SULTANATE OF SULU, "THE UNCONQUERED KINGDOM" “The Spaniards never subdued the inhabitants who they called ‘Moros’, they were a fiercely independent people.” New Encyclopedia Britannica Vol. II, Copyright 1989, p. 381. His Majesty Sultan Jamalul Ahlam Kiram (29th Reigning Sultan of Sulu and North Borneo/ Sabah from 1863 to 1881 -- the Sultan who leased Sabah to a British company in 1878, was the father of HM Sultan Badaruddin Kiram II (Sultan 1881 to 1886), HM Jamalul Kiram II (Sultan 1893 to 1936) and HM Sultan Mawallil Kiram (Sultan in 1936) receiving a French official delegation to discuss the terms of the Sale or Rental Agreement of the Island of Basilan with the Crown Prince and some Royal Datus and Cabinet Ministers. (Source: Royal Family Archives) The Royal Palace of the Sultan of Sulu & Sabah in Darul Jambangan, Maimbung, Sulu before it was gutted by fire. This was the palace that withstood the continued assault of the Spanish troops from 1521 ...
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