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Speech for November 30, 2015

THE RISING OF THE DAWN: TOWARDS RESILIENCY IN THE

ROAD TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION

By Caloy t. Bandaying

Assalmulaykum Warahmahtulahi Rahbil Alammin!

Friend, companion, my fello! citi"en of #amboanga, hono$red g$et and

dignitarie, ladie and gentlemen, %ood &orning'

(oday, in thi very moment and time, !e all tand together $pon thi acred

gro$nd that have laid in the !hirl!ind of conf$ion, of irony and dienion)

Firtly, d$e to it involvement to !oef$l memory that had occ$rred merely

three year pat, !here in 2013, the Siege of #amboanga !a aid to have

beg$n !ithin thi very area, !ithin thi iland of Simari*i, !here armed

combatant have +rt taged their inidio$ plan of attac*, !hich in the day

after, had proven to be tremendo$ly detr$ctive, $ltimately diparaging and

long$-ering) that on that one fatef$l da!n, !hen the *y !a not yet

*ied by the morning $n, the city had a!a*en to the r$det of all

a!a*ening, of !hat !a eemingly a peacef$l morning

that had once !o*en $p the city citi"en to a very r$de a!a*ening, on one

fatef$l morning in September of 2013, to a reality that in thi time ofgreatet comm$nication and t$rgid e-ort achieved in the eemingly endle

p$r$it for lating peace among men of di-erent tribe and creed, in a time

of artf$l technology and *eenne of !hat the h$man mind can achieve, in

term of bringing people together, ho!ever ditant, ho!ever $ntimely in the

night, to be able to convere and interrelate) and yet, great dico$re and

mi$ndertanding had once !ro$ght great /ame and detr$ctive blo! to

an entire comm$nity, an entire city, and even an entire nation into o m$ch

ditra$ght and fright, and then to!ard great devatation and lo, in life and

limb and property.

nfort$nately, that one fatef$l da!n, $ch $n*ind memory have began in

thi very iland that !e all tood by at the moment, in thi iland !e call

Simari*i land.

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nd yet Simari*i land they ay i a paradie by itelf, many !ho ay have

een and oberve thee plendo$r adly if not for reaon of !ar.

Simari*i i alo cloe to me and my family, and among the Samal bang$ing$i

tribemen, a thi i one of the *no!n point of arrival for the bang$ing$i

tribemen, coming from a o$rney of a tho$and mile and a tho$and

!ave, of a !ave of emigration that began in the farthet part of So$theat

ia, from the 4ia$ land of ndoneia, to!ard hitorically *no!n localitie

that had erved a land bridge that had +nally bro$ght $ here in the /o!er

city of #amboanga, from B$an and anglima S$gala in (a!i(a!i, to (alipao

and (ong*il iland in S$l$, to!ard here, and then even to a !ell*no!n

iland at the o$th of &indanao, named after the tribe, the Samal iland in

6avao del Norte.

n fact, one of my forefather, Baharaim Bandaying !a b$ried here andhold great remembrance for me