MAGUINDANAO: In a move reminiscent of the Biblical prophecy of turning swords into ploughshares, Gov. Esmael “Toto” Mangudadatu is considering the conversion of the Maguindanao massacre site and the old main camp of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) into banana plantations.

The province will plant next week an initial 600 hectares of the targeted 1,500 hectares in Sitio Masalay, Ampatuan town, and will negotiate the cultivation of another 3,000 hectares in the old main camp of the MILF in the vast land of Iranons, Mangudadatu said.

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