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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
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