Sunday, July 02, 2006
Five lumads killed in Bukidnon tribal war
By Richel V. Umel
Lanao Correspondent
BUKIDNON -- At least five persons were killed in a tribal war Wednesday in Mirayun region in Talakag town, Bukidnon province, Mayor Amado Noble said.
Noble said the clan war evolved within the Lumad tribe families of Luminda, Lumino, Libugan, and Ubaan.
The family feud has been there for the last 20 years where it is carried from generations to generations as part of the Muslim culture.
The Talakag Municipal Government has been initiating the so-called "Tampuda" a Lumad term to end the clan war or feud through series of dialogue and negotiations.
Noble said Northern Mindanao Regional Police Director Florante Baguio has already dispatched a team to neutralize the clan war and prevent further escalation that may affect the tribal community and nearby barangays.
Meanwhile, Bai Norhata Alonto, managing director of a palm oil plantation and wife of Abulkhair Alonto vehemently denied reports that 25 died in a shootout within the palm oil plantation in Tagoloan-2, Lanao del Sur last week.
Alonto said 40 fully armed men harassed their workers in the plantation bunkers. No one was killed during the attack.
Alonto tagged former plantation worker Almendras Amoran, a native of Talakag town as responsible for the attack of the plantation.
The case was reported to the Philippine Marines and police in Lanao del Sur. Personnel from Northern Mindanao Police Regional Office went in to restore peace and order in the area.
The palm oil plantation is a joint venture with the Malaysian investors for the past nine years, which comprise of 5,500 hectares, a log-over area, Alonto added. (Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro/Sunnex)
(July 2, 2006 issue)
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