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THE late Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo had always made known that his personal advocacies included looking after the welfare of people with disabilities (PWDs). “This is personal to me,” he said in his keynote address at the launching last April 18 of the Fully Abled Nation, a multisectoral initiative to encourage PWDs to register and vote in the 2013 midterm elections. “I am no stranger to PWDs.”

ISABELA, Basilan -- FILIPINOS even in the farthest parts of the country mourned the death of Interior and Local Government Secretary Jesse Robredo. In the conflict-ridden province of Basilan, a meeting of the provincial peace and order council that he was scheduled to attend became a tribute to Robredo, who was called "the most respected DILG secretary."

BONGAO, Tawi-tawi—Muslim leaders challenged followers of Islam to change public perceptions that the Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) is the cheating capital of the Philippines.

COTABATO CITY— A festive atmosphere filled the air here late Saturday night as Muslims marked takbir by riding around the city with roaring car engines, persistent honking and delighted howls.

MALAMAUI, Basilan—Islam sets restrictions on how women conduct their lifestyles and function alongside men in society. But for a group of women residing in the remote community of Carbon in Malamaui in Basilan province, this seems to be a minor setback.

COTABATO CITY— The Commission on Elections allowed persons with disabilities (PWDs) to register during the voters’ registration in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), but failed to provide them with supplemental forms that would have determined the kind of assistance they  would need come election day next year. For the entire 10 days of

ZAMBOANGA CITY— Two explosions, one near a mosque, wounded seven bus passengers here Thursday night. The seven wounded victims in the bus explosion include two-year-old Mac Owen Palomar who was rushed to the Western Mindanao Medical Center along with three others who sustained minor injuries. Others were brought to the Zamboanga City Medical Center and Doctors Hospital.

THE driver of the taxi journalist Chit Estella was riding when it was hit by two buses said on Wednesday Estella herself had chosen the route the taxi took from her home to Ayala Technohub in Quezon City where she was to meet her friends for dinner.

IN her almost 20 years as an election assistant, Neri Bejar had never gotten the chance to work with persons with disabilities (PWDs)—not until last year.

By ELLEN TORDESILLAS
CONCERNED citizens are asking multinational cigarette company Philip Morris to fire one of its executives who was caught on video mauling a Metro Manila traffic enforcer.

MALABON City—While evacuees in other parts of Metro Manila have gotten quick attention and assistance, residents of flooded areas in this city say they have been trapped in evacuation centers with little food, clean water, and aid from rescue and relief organizations.

AFTER four days of heavy rains, residents living near the Marikina River are trying to go on with their lives, salvaging what they could after another round of flooding, this time brought about by monsoon rains, hit this low-lying city crisscrossed by a major river.