(Bangsamoro Local Governments Minister Naguib Sinarimbo managed to find time to write down notes on the inaugural Philippine Airlines’ Cotabato to Tawi-Tawi flight on June 9 and the return flight f…
We joined the inaugural direct flight of the Philippine Airlines from Cotabato City to Tawi-Tawi on Thursday, June 9 and took the opportunity to break ground and inspect several projects in the island municipalities of Tawi-Tawi and Sulu.
During this ceremony, we handed over to Mayor Jimuel Que half of the 25 million pesos commitment that we made to him when we held our Management Committee meeting in Bongao last year. Our hope is that these projects will enhance further the capacity of the local government units in this new tourism destination — Tawi-Tawi — and its beautiful people.
It was raining when we left just before noontime the island of Tabawan on our way to Lugus. True enough, the sea was rough and I was concerned, though I maintained a stoic face, because some of us do not even know how to swim. Lugus Mayor Hadar Hajiri receives Bangsamoro Interior and Local Government Minister Naguib Sinarimbo at his temporary office – actually his bedroom in his house in Lugus, Sulu — on 10 June 2022. A divider made of capiz shells inside the room separates the public side from the private side . Hajiri’s house serves as the town hall since it does not have a municipal building. But it will not be for long as the groundbreaking for the town hall on June 11 marks the start of its construction.
As we were docking here last year, I saw a boatload of people with plastic containers and I asked the mayor where those people were headed. He told me they were bound for Siasi to fetch drinking water. Sunday in Jolo A Sunday morning scene at the Jolo wharf is framed by Sulu’s Grand Masjid Tulay and the mountain, Bud Tumantangis, on 26 June 2022. MindaNews photo by GAMSON JR MAWALLIL QUIJANO
I was still soaking wet from the rain as well as the splash of the seawater during our travel from South Ubian to Lugus. The aroma of Kahawa Sug and the unique taste of it awakened all my senses. We truly are in Sululand now with its “coffee for the brave” or Kahawa Sug invading our taste bud. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Batara, Jr. of the 1103 Brigade and his officers as well as the LGU of Patikul under Mayor Kabir Hayudini joined us in this event. The location was in the interior and given that it rained that day, the path leading to the site was slippery.
Just very recently, no one dared to traverse this road at night, but here we are on a journey to the far end of Sulu and enjoying the serenity of the surroundings. Congressman Munir Arbison hosted us for a couple of days in Luuk, the emerging center of the 2nd District of Sulu. Residents fetch drinking water from a desalination machine in Hadji Panglima Tahil, Sulu on June 11, 2022. MindaNews photo by FERDINANDH CABRERA
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