Mindanao Sold for $3 Billion

[Nell Obach]

This came from the cellphone of a colleague.

"Have you heard of BEDCO? Bangsamoro Economic Development Council. It was funded by OIC with a whopping 3BILLION DOLLARS (!) to create a separate government for moro people. 49% of it went to GMA many years ago through FGMA. No wonder this ancestral domain claim surfaced. We were SOLD BY GMA to OIC many years ago."

[michael]

I think BEDCO is a scam... please check out this link

[Nell Obach]

from what i read in the link, it's legit, mike, thanks by the way. but there's been a faction made. i gather it's from the temptation of the "big chunk" (in the link) of funds available. in these days, murag ga-daghan ang abtik for quick big bucks.
sayang lang ang good/noble objective of this bob about bedco kung mahimo lang ning conduit aning percentage for fgma.
did you see that show of manolo quezon last week? historical iyang background sa iyang presentation before proceeding to mga updates that he had gathered. kuyaw jud, kay from what i gathered in that show, murag new version of "divide et impera". except that ang gi-"divide" karon kay ang mindanao. luoy kayo tang mindanaons if that materializes.

[ANNA LISA ACTUB- BAKER]

Tubuan man pod tag hubag hubag kung dunay mga evil individual who would dare to sell us out. Pero sige lang magtukod nalang nadayun tag waterworld...

[zayda onotan macarambon]

what about the US OF A? just look closely again at the list of provinces/town included in the geographical map of the "ancestral domain"? just watch, should this war go on and develop into a civil war, reminiscent of the dreadful ilaga-baracuda era, the americans are just on the by, waiting to legitimize their entrance, to plunder the wealth of mindanao..so please, let do as we Kolambuganons do-even as we bled from the recent rampage of the so called break away "milf"(in reality, terrorists!). we are steadfast in protecring and preserving our peaceful coexistence. never again will we suffer the pains that the ilaga-baracuda brought us...what i am trying to say is that let us not be manipulated again. kita baya ang end-takers, kita nga mga civilians.

[michael]

i think the perpetrators of the recent terroristic attacks should be pursued, captured and tried to justice. This is the only way to cut in the bud the resurgence of those vigilante groups. I for one am totally opposed to the idea of civilians taking the law into their hands.

[Dickson Hermoso]

Mike,

Thanks for the inclusion in your pool of e-friends. Count me in. I'm based in Pikit, Cotabato province

I concur to your position to pursue those perpetrators of the crimes committed against the innocents in central Mindanao and in the two Lanaos.

On the issue of resurrecting the vigilantes, I oppossed it. Mahatma Gandhi once said - "An eye for an eye makes the peoples of the world blind"

[Nell Obach]

AMEN to this, ning! who else but them would malacañang cater to. not only to legitimize their entrance and plunder of our heretofore still untapped wealth, but let us not forget the mega $$$ from military "aid" in supplies, equipment, etc.! plus, "friends-friends" baya ang US of Ah! and the OIC, as far as those military budgets are concerned. it's business as usual for them, let's not forget.

let your voice be heard! show the rest of mindanao your history of peaceful co-existence in kolambugan!
want to do something for that? i'm just a call away, you know....

[Dickson Hermoso]

Dear Nell,

BEDCO to me is a dubious entity. I knew of a BDA (Bangsamoro Development Agency) of the MILF that lead and manage funds from ODA thru the Mindanao Trust Fund under MEDCO.

Nell, have we met somewhere? I am Dick Hermoso c/o Cheryl TZ.

[Nell Obach]

yes, i've been getting feedback about it to that effect. it's very possible.

yes, but not really met as in "visual". cheryl introduced us over the phone. :) how are you? are congratulations in order? i.e., regarding your graduate program in singapore? (did i get the correct country?)

regards!