Governor Jim Salliman-Hataman urged members of Concerned Fuerza De Basilan on the occasion of their 25th Anniversary on Saturday to sustain the fight for Basilan, not to dispute the belief of every Basileรฑo, but to leave a long-lasting impact or legacy in the community.
Speaking in Tagalog during the groupโs Silver Anniversary, Gov. Salliman said, โKung naging maayos ang Basilan dahil sa pagkakaisa natin, dahil sa pagmamahalan natin regardless kung Kristiano o Muslim ka man, dagdagan natin, paunlarin natin ang Basilan.โ
โHayaan natin kung nagsuffer tayo noon, ipamana natin sa mga susunod na henerasyon na hindi na mangyayari yung nagyari noon, at pilitin natin makipagbisig, alagaan, mahalin natin kung ano yung naging pinaka-positibo sa ating probinsya,โ he added.
Inspirational Message of Governor Jim Salliman-Hataman at the 25th Silver Founding Anniversary of Concern Fuerza De Basilan earlier today at Maarena Beach Resort in Barangay Calugusan, Lamitan City.
District Engineer Kasim Ajalal Hasanin of the Ministry of Public Works in Basilan announced today that around 1,000 housing units will be constructed under his district in Lamitan City and 11 municipalities in the province.
The upcoming housing project is under the Kapayapaan sa Pamayanan (KAPYANAN) Program of BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim.
Target beneficiaries of the housing project, which will be undertaken by administration, are those homeless members of the MILF, Engr. Hasanin said.
In the meantime, the District Engineerโs Office continues to install solar-power streetlights in all municipalities under the Special Development Fund of the chief minister.
Engr. Hasanin was optimistic that all infrastructure projects programmed for this district will be completed in due time.
Basilan Governor Jim Salliman-Hataman witnessed earlier today, Feb. 8, the ceremonial sample flights of two newly acquired drones at the Provincial Capitol.
The drones, which cost the provincial government around P3 million, arrived in Basilan yesterday and will be used to spray pesticides at the rubber plantation affected by the Pestalotiopsis disease.
The Provincial Agriculture Office earlier reported that the plant disease had destroyed a total of 21,543.9 hectares of rubber farms covering the cities of Lamitan and Isabela, and nine municipalities in Basilan.
According to Gov. Salliman, Pestalotiopsis attack has affected around 73% of the provinceโs rubber plantation, displacing 7,262 rubber growers and 9,919 rubber tappers that prompted the Sangguniang Panlalawigan to declare the entire Basilan under the state of calamity.
๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ : On-Going Firefight between two warring families in Barangay Candiis, Hadji Mohammad Adjul Municipality.
Video courtesy of : Nhing Ajijun Anjalin
Some low lying barangays in Isabela City, Basilan are submerged in flood waters due to continuous heavy downpour spawned by LPA since last night.
๐๐๐๐ | Hundreds of travellers have been stranded at the Zamboanga International Airport due to system outage that resulted in the cancellation of flights. This was announced today by the Zamboanga International Airport Tower
After 40 years, Rev. Fr. Amador Nuรฑez, a Spanish Catholic priest, who was once assigned at San Antonio Parish Church in Sta. Clara, Lamitan, Basilan in the early 1970s, recently returned for a visit to the island province, and to his astonishment he saw for himself how much the province has transformed into an oasis of peace, progress and developmentโnever seen before.
Fr. Nuรฑez was virtually awed by the present development in Basilan Province, saying โitโs incomparableโ in all aspectsโfrom socio-economic to road networks, infrastructure and communications, and the peaceful living of the people.
His last assignment in Lamitan was in 1972.
Employees of Lamitan City Government will have the jolliest Christmas and New Year's Eve celebrations as they will each receive a woofing P50,000 cash incentives.
Mayor Oric Furigay announced this during their Christmas party Thursday night, to the delight of the city government employees.
Furigay said each employee will receive P25k for CNA, P20k for SRI and P5k for PEI for a total of P50k each.
Congressman Mujiv Hataman today appealed for a heightened security in Basilan Province even as he suggested that all barangay officials should meet and discuss the security situation across the entire island province.
Cong. Hataman issued made the appeal following the spate of shooting incidents in the cities of Lamitan and Isabela, including other municipalities in the province.
He urged the security forces in Basilan to tighten their watch on lawless elements, especially those unauthorized to carry firearms, and he admonished residents in other municipalities not to bring their differences to the centers of Lamitan and Isabela.
Investigation disclosed that most of those involved in the series of gun attacks were residents of other municipalities, and that family feud was always the probable motive
