Southern communities, the police and the military celebrated on Thursday the Amon Jadid, or Islamic New Year, with calls for continuing support to the Mindanao peace process and cooperation in ensuring clean and honest elections in 2013. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Mujiv Hataman declared November 15 a non-working holiday in ARMM, which covers Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur; the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, and the cities of Lamitan and Marawi. This year’s Amon Jadid, or the first day of the month of Muharram in year 1434, falls on October 15. Muslim members of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division were given day-long reprieve from duties for them to have enough time to be with their friends and relatives to celebrate Amon Jadid. Major Gen. Ceasar Ronnie Ordoyo, commander of 6th ID, ordered Thursday all military units in Maguindanao and North Cotabato to embark on more humanitarian projects and backchannel dialogues with the Muslim and Christian communities they serve to show the government’s sincerity in dealing with the MILF and the Moro National Liberation Front. Ordoyo also assured local officials in Maguindanao and North Cotabato of the 6th ID’s support to their medical and dental missions in far-flung areas where there are MILF enclaves covered by the July 1997 Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities. The MILF has more than 50 duly acknowledged lairs in Maguindanao. The group’s main bastion, Camp Darapanan, is located in the town of Sultan Kudarat in the first district of the same province.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
ARMM communities, police, military celebrate Islamic New Year
From the Philippine Star (Nov 15): ARMM communities, police, military celebrate Islamic New Year
Southern communities, the police and the military celebrated on Thursday the Amon Jadid, or Islamic New Year, with calls for continuing support to the Mindanao peace process and cooperation in ensuring clean and honest elections in 2013. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Mujiv Hataman declared November 15 a non-working holiday in ARMM, which covers Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur; the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, and the cities of Lamitan and Marawi. This year’s Amon Jadid, or the first day of the month of Muharram in year 1434, falls on October 15. Muslim members of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division were given day-long reprieve from duties for them to have enough time to be with their friends and relatives to celebrate Amon Jadid. Major Gen. Ceasar Ronnie Ordoyo, commander of 6th ID, ordered Thursday all military units in Maguindanao and North Cotabato to embark on more humanitarian projects and backchannel dialogues with the Muslim and Christian communities they serve to show the government’s sincerity in dealing with the MILF and the Moro National Liberation Front. Ordoyo also assured local officials in Maguindanao and North Cotabato of the 6th ID’s support to their medical and dental missions in far-flung areas where there are MILF enclaves covered by the July 1997 Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities. The MILF has more than 50 duly acknowledged lairs in Maguindanao. The group’s main bastion, Camp Darapanan, is located in the town of Sultan Kudarat in the first district of the same province.
Southern communities, the police and the military celebrated on Thursday the Amon Jadid, or Islamic New Year, with calls for continuing support to the Mindanao peace process and cooperation in ensuring clean and honest elections in 2013. Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao Gov. Mujiv Hataman declared November 15 a non-working holiday in ARMM, which covers Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur; the island provinces of Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi, and the cities of Lamitan and Marawi. This year’s Amon Jadid, or the first day of the month of Muharram in year 1434, falls on October 15. Muslim members of the Army’s 6th Infantry Division were given day-long reprieve from duties for them to have enough time to be with their friends and relatives to celebrate Amon Jadid. Major Gen. Ceasar Ronnie Ordoyo, commander of 6th ID, ordered Thursday all military units in Maguindanao and North Cotabato to embark on more humanitarian projects and backchannel dialogues with the Muslim and Christian communities they serve to show the government’s sincerity in dealing with the MILF and the Moro National Liberation Front. Ordoyo also assured local officials in Maguindanao and North Cotabato of the 6th ID’s support to their medical and dental missions in far-flung areas where there are MILF enclaves covered by the July 1997 Agreement on General Cessation of Hostilities. The MILF has more than 50 duly acknowledged lairs in Maguindanao. The group’s main bastion, Camp Darapanan, is located in the town of Sultan Kudarat in the first district of the same province.
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