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Queenie Casimiro

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<div><strong>Ed&#x27;s note: English translation available after the story.</strong></div><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767499580720594965850_1279524104211545_813681240005080024_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/></div><p>BASILAN -- El lugar que antes conosido como campo del maga terorista na Basilan, esperansao ya queda destinacion de maga turista. Este despues principia ya el govierno local del provincia siembra pono y prepara con el lugar para na un eco-tourism y agri-farm project.</p><p> Del Noviembre 29, si Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman ya encabesa con el grupo de maga lideres del comunidad y maga soldao, subi na Punoh Sampinit, el aca-segundo de con todo alto monte na Basilan.</p><p>Este monte y de este alreredor ya servi como campo del Abu Sayyaf Group, donde ya esconde maga bandido con de ila maga cautivo y ya corta pescueso con cuantos del de ila maga victima.</p><p>Asegun con Hataman, con el lugar ya usa tambien antes el Moro National Liberation Front y Moro Islamic Liberation Front para esconde, cada vez ta intensifica el militar el ofensiva contra maga armao grupo.</p><p>El Sampinit Complex locao na centro del maga municipio de Sumisip, Maluso y el Ciudad de Lamitan.</p><p>Asegun con Hataman, el Punoh Sampinit un simbolo ahora de paz. Del Miercules pasao, si Hataman ya subi otravez na monte junto con maga miembros del Civil Society Organization, maga jovenes, personajes del govierno y otro stakeholders, para siembra mas de mil semilla de narra y otro maga pono. Parte este del celebracion del Mindanao Week of Peace. </p><p>De mas reciente, ya firma tambien el governador con el Executive Order Sagip Kalikasan, donde ta identifica con cuantos maga lugar na Basilan, incluido el Punoh Sampinit, donde hay concentra el programa para proteje el media amviente y preserva con el forestal.</p><div><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767499598622594975064_1279523104211645_4848372877598908338_n.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></div><p>Puera con el preservacion del maga pono, el EO ta dale tambien alternativo busca vida con maga residentes envuelto na ilegal cortada de pono&#x27;y palo. </p><p>Asegun con Hataman, &quot;Kahapon, nagsubmit ng list of more than 100 na directly involved sa logging, from haulers to traders, land owners. We will engage them to develop and conceptualize alternative livelihood with the Labor Department na may P1M budget for Alternative Livelihood Program.&quot;\</p><p>El oficial ya admiti que tiene pa siempre ta corta pono na maga monte, siendo ya puede sila mira maga cortao palo na maga canto&#x27;y camino durante de ila mas reciente visita na monte. El govierno local hay usa asegun con este maga palo para hace maga cilla y mesa para na maga Madrasah y Islamic schools.</p><p>El PLGU ta consulta ya tambien asegun con diferente sector para estudia si cosa mejor siembra na Punoh Sampinit. &quot;Isa sa mga posibleng itanim ay arabica coffee kaya meron na kaming nursery na two weeks old pa lang,&quot; asegun con Hataman. </p><p>El governador ya revela que ta plania tambien sila subi na Punoh Mohadji na Sumisip. El Punoh Mohadji el monte donde ya permiti el Abu Sayyaf Group con maga miembros del media para subi y man entrevista con el portavoiz del ASG Aldam Tilao alias Abu Sabaya del anio 2000. Na Punoh Mohadji ya esconde maga bandido con de ila 53 cautivo que ta inclui maga estudiante, maestra y un padre.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>******</strong></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>Sampinit Complex: From terrorist&#x27;s haven to tourist destination </strong><strong><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1767499612181589241111_1419029516254789_7000906297089104215_n.jpg" style="width:633px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/></strong>BASILAN -- What used to be a known terrorist stronghold in Basilan will soon be transformed into a tourist destination as the provincial government begins planting trees and preparing the area for an eco-tourism and agri-farm project. </div><p>Last November 29, Basilan Governor Mujiv Hataman led a group of community leaders and soldiers, in climbing Punoh Sampinit, the second highest peak in Basilan.</p><p>This mountain and its periphery, used to be a bailiwick of the dreaded Abu Sayyaf Group, wherein they have held captive hundreds of victims and beheaded some of them. </p><p>Hataman said the area was also used before by the Moro National Liberation Front and Moro Islamic Liberation Front to hide at times when the AFP intensified their operations against the armed groups.</p><p>Sampinit Complex lies in the center of the municipalities of Sumisip, Maluso and the City of Lamitan. </p><p>Hataman says Punoh Sampinit is now a symbol of peace. Recently, Hataman once again trekked the hills of Sampinit to plant over a thousand seedlings of narra and fruit-bearing trees, along with civil society members, government workers, youth and other stakeholders, as part of the culminating activity for the Mindanao Week of Peace. </p><p>Hataman recently signed Executive Order Sagip Kalikasan, identifying Punoh Sampinit among other areas, where they will champion environmental protection and preservation of its forest reserves. Apart from restoring the forest cover, the EO also aims to give alternative livelihood to residents involved in illegal logging activities. </p><p>Hataman says, ”Kahapon nag-submmit ng list of more than 100 na directly involved sa logging, from haulers to traders, land owners. We will engage them to develop and conceptualize alternative livelihood with the Labor Department na may allocation ng P1-million budget for Alternative Livelihood Program.&quot; T</p><p>he official admits there are still cut logs along the roadside of Sampinit during their last visit. The provincial government intends to utilize these logs into chairs and tables for Madrasahs or Islamic schools. </p><p>The PLGU is also coordinating with various sectors to study what best to plant in the area. &quot;Isa sa mga posibleng itanim ay arabica coffee kaya meron na kaming nursery na two weeks old pa lang,&quot; Hataman said. </p><p>The governor disclosed that they intend to climb Punoh Mohadji in Sumisip, next. Punoh Mohadji was the mountain where members of the media were allowed to interview Abu Sayyaf Group spokesperson Aldam Tilao alias Abu Sabaya in 2000. It is where they kept their 53 hostages, including students, teachers and a Claretian priest.</p>

<p>What used to be a known terrorist stronghold in Basilan will soon be transformed into a tourist destination as the provincial government begins planting trees and preparing the area for an eco-tourism and agri-farm project.</p>

What used to be a known terrorist stronghold in Basilan will soon be transformed into a tourist destination as the provincial government begins planting trees and preparing the area for an eco-tourism and agri-farm project.

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Sampinit Complex: Un antes campo de terorista, tourist destination ya ahora

Queenie Casimiro,

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Published Jan 04, 2026 12:11 PM PHT

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