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Business permits

BUTUAN City– Chief of Business Licensing and Permit Division Paul Cabrera called on businessmen and entrepreneurs to renew their licenses and permits early to avoid penalties.

The deadline for the renewal of business permits and licenses is until January 20 only, said Cabrera in an interview with local radio here. Beyond the said date, a 25 percent penalty will be imposed on applications.

Last Monday, more than 300 individuals have already applied their permits, and 50 of these applications were already issued mayor’s permit.

Nonoc mining

SURIGAO City -- A Filipino investor is interested in the revival of Nonoc Nickel mine of Philnico Industrial Corp.

(Philnico), City Mayor Ernesto Matugas confirmed recently.

Matugas said San Miguel Corporation’s Chief Executive Officer, Ramon Ang is now seriously considering the reopening of the said refinery located in Nonoc Island.

Water is back

THE management of the Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) has announced that the rehabilitation of the Booster Pumping Stations and production facilities in Macasandig is almost completed.

Supply of treated bulk water from Rio Verde has likewise resumed. This brings COWD supply capacity in the East Service Area to 95% and 90% in the West.

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Foreign equity gets into rural banking

By NELSON V. CONSTANTINO Editor-in-Chief

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URAL banking in the country is now given a boost with the approval of a bill that allows foreign equity into the rural banking system.

House Bill 5360, authored by Camiguin Rep. Pedro Romualdo, seeks to amend Section 4 of Republic Act 7353 or the Rural Banks Act of 1992 to open new source of equity infusion for rural banks, allowing non-Philippine citizens to become members of the board of directors.

Under S ection 4 of RA7353, only Philippines citizens should own and hold directly and indirectly the capital stock of rural banks.

“With the restriction, rural banks remain the only category of domestic banks that is not allowed any foreign equity,” said Rep. Sergio Apostol (2nd District, Leyte), who chair’s the House committee on banks and financial intermediaries.

“The State recognizes the need to promote comprehensive rural development EQUITY/PAGE 10

Primavera Residences property values expected to rise further A C O N F LU ENCE of events is expected to raise the property values of units in Northern Mindanao’s first eco-friendly development, the Primavera Residences in Pueblo de Oro Township.

Since it initiated its first two percent price adjustment with the completion of its foundation in PRIMAVERA/PAGE9

Survivors still flock schools and public areas for shelter and assistance. But the education department said evacuees will be transferred to better places to give way to classes. At right, a unified effort to help the flood victims in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities continues.

Evacuees wont hamper classes, to get better place to stay

By BUTCH D. ENERIO Correspondent

IN order not to deprive the school children of their classes whose classrooms are used as evacuation centers

for the victims of typhoon ‘Sendong’, the Department of Education (DepEd) in cooperation with Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of the Second District here will transfer the evacuees to where they

DepEd accounts students, teachers after ‘Sendong’

By BUTCH D. ENERIO Correspondent

THE Department of Education (DepEd) in northern Mindanao will start to account pupils and teachers once classes normalize, particularly in areas devastated by tropical typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and in

Iligan cities.

Luz Almeda, DepEd regional director for northern Mindanao said that after they have transferred the flood victims, who were evacuated in school buildings, to another evacuation centers, they will start to evaluate the situation and DEPED/PAGE 9

will be better served.

“The decision was made with all guts and sincerity not to deprive the pupils for the flood victims will when classes resume af- continue at the identified ter the Christmas break, centers where they will be and the relief operation EVACUEES/PAGE 10

LESSONS FROM THE FLOODS

Better communication system, vacate waterways in Bukidnon

By ANN NOBLE Bukidnon Bureau Chief

MALAYBALAY City -- The local government and various agencies in Bukidnon have learned lessons the hard way with the devastation the recent floods have brought to its people and

environment.

During the council meeting held here last week, officials and members of the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) welcomed the move to enhance the province’s comLESSONS/PAGE 9

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Robust investments noted in Davao

By CARINA L. CAYON, Contributor

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AVAO City -- A robust influx of investments in the city was noted last year, marking a growth of 47.6 percent in terms of the amount of investments from the new businesses.

Davao City Investment and Promotion Center (DCIPC) chief Jason Magnaye reported that Davao City gained total investments of P3.68 billion from the new businesses in 2011 compared to the P2.5 billion investment in 2010.

Magnaye said the total invest-

ments reached to P187 billion, earning a growth of 2.6% for the city last year. In 2010, Davao City gained P183 billion, he added.

Though the DCIPC chief noted a decline in business permit renewals last year, substantial business ventures poured in, saying that these “largely came

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from property development projects or real estate investments.”

Aside from the real estate investments, Magnaye cited the business process outsourcing business to “continue to be upbeat.”

He said that the growth of BPOs have provided employment to about 16,000 people in the city.

He mentioned that two BPO firms have visited the city in December last year to look for different possible sites for their business.

The tourism industry has also performed well last year, and is

expected to be more aggressive in 2012, Magnaye told the local media here on Monday.

He said they estimated tourist arrivals of 700,000 in 2011, adding that 375,000 tourists were recorded as of middle last year.

Based on hotel arrivals, about 10% of the tourists were foreigners, while 90% represented the domestic visitors, he stated.

Manaye disclosed that the city government is eyeing to bid for two big ASEAN conventions this year expecting to gather different INVESTMENTS/PAGE 10

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Immigration gets P19.97-M in visa extension fees

By RUTCHIE CABAHUG-AGUHOB Contributor

OZAMIZ City -- A total of P19.97 million in visa extension fees for 4,336 foreign nationals have been collected by the Bureau of Immigration, region 10, during the first nine months of the year.

This figure is actually 33.58% higher compared to P19.28 million, the total collection for the same period, last year, Florentino G. Diputado, Regional Alien Control Officer, said.

Diputado said the highest collection of P2.94 million was during the month of January, followed

by P2.49 million in February.

Other monthly collections were in the following months: July, P2.32 million, September, P2.28 million, March, P2.17 million, August, P2.21 million, June, P2.11 million, April, P1.72 million and May, P1.7 million.

An increase of 48% have also been noted, from 4,288 to 4,336 in the number of transactions, In terms of nationality, the highest transaction was of the Koreans with 1,727 or 39.83%, followed by the Americans with 971 or 22.39%, British with 238 or 5.48% and Chinese with 226 or 5.21%.

The other nationalities had the following number of transactions: Australian with 191 or 4.4%, Dutch with 125 or 2.88%, Canadian with 120 or 2.76%, Germans with 117 or 2.69%, Japanese with 104 or 2 .39% and all other nationalities not included in the above clasVISA/PAGE 10

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NEWS CAPS Globe to put up ‘green’ cell-sites

By Laurel Media

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25-YEAR GLOBAL BOND OFFER

The government is returning to overseas debt markets early in the new year, launching a 25-year, dollar-denominated global bond issue to take advantage of investors’ improved risk appetite after global markets began the year with gains.

“The government has launched the 25-year dollar-denominated bond sale,” Finance Undersecretary Rosalia V. de Leon said, adding that it was “launched in Asia yesterday, while Europe and US are yet to be covered.”

The government has said that it plans to issue at least a “benchmark volume,” which means at least $500 million, but it could raise to offering up to an approved limit of $1.5 billion.

The exact size of Asia’s first sovereign debt offer in the overseas market this year would depend on the bookbuilding process.

INFLATION

Inflation could have averaged just 4.525% last year, well within the 3-5% target of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo said. Inflation peaked at 5.2% in October after several typhoons pushed up food and fuel prices. It eased to 4.7% in November. “After that, [inflation] probably won’t be far from 4.5-4.6%,” Guinigundo said.

Final inflation data for 2011 is scheduled to be released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) today. Tropical Storm Sendong, which devastated parts of Mindanao last month, is not expected to affect the numbers.

US BILL ON BPO INDUSTRY

The government is assessing the impact of a proposed law in the United States that would discourage US firms from outsourcing their operations, Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz said.

Baldoz said that she would ask Labor Attaché Luzviminda Padilla in Washington to assess the impact of the Call Center and Consumers Protection bill that might have severe repercussions on the country’s booming business process outsourcing (BPO) industry.

The country’s BPO industry employs around half a million Filipinos, according to the labor secretary. The Philippines overtook India last year, becoming the world’s biggest provider of call center agents.

CONSUMER DEMAND

This year will be a good year for the manufacturing industry as consumer demand is expected to go up, according to Trade and Industry Undersecretary Cristino L. Panlilio. “The manufacturing sector is very good because the demand is growing which was a result of all the investments that came in last year,” Panlilio explained.

The Board of Investments (BOI) recently reported a 22-percent increase in registered investments for 2011 to P368.9 billion from the P302 billion registered in 2010, while the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) reported a 41-percent increase in investments to P288.34 billion in 2011 compared to the P204.395 billion recorded in 2010.

Panlilio noted that the investments are creating economic activity. “These activities are creating jobs which are adding to the purchasing power of the consumers,” Panlilio said.

CREDIT RATING

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is confident that the Philippines would soon get an upgrade from international credit rating agencies led by Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investors Service and Fitch Ratings within the next six to 12 months. BSP Deputy Governor Diwa Guinigundo told the Communication and News Exchange Forum (CNEX) sponsored by the state run Philippine Information Agency (PIA) that the country deserves a credit rating upgrade on the back of its sound macroeconomic fundamentals. “I think we have sufficient basis to be confident that we shall receive a credit upgrade, which we deserve,” Guinigundo stressed.

PAGCOR P857-M TAX SETTLEMENT

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (PAGCOR) settled last year almost P857 million in unpaid back taxes incurred by its previous management. PAGCOR Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer Cristino Naguiat Jr. said that a big chunk of these tax liabilities were incurred beginning 2004 until 2010 when the state-owned gaming firm was removed from the list of agencies that were exempted from paying corporate income tax.

PAGCOR contested the constitutionality of the ruling, asserting that PAGCOR under its charter is exempted from paying the said tax. However, the Supreme Court came out with a ruling last year rendering as constitutional the removal of PAGCOR from the list of corporate income tax-exempt entities. According to Chairman Naguiat, the Bureau of Internal Revenue agreed to accept P857 million last December as partial settlement of the agency’s tax liabilities.

P4.9B-SUIT VS PLDT

Minority shareholders of Digital Telecommunications Philippines Inc. (Digitel) are complaining that they are treated unfairly by Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) for being offered less than the price given by the phone giant to the majority shareholders.

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LOBE Telecom Inc. is putting up cel- ings through reduction in the Asean region.

“Globe has always been lular sites that will be powered using carbon footprint and reduce power consumption, genconscious of how our opsolar and wind energies.

The company is tapping Huawei’s Green Energy and Green Site solutions to be implemented in its cellsites.

With the help of Huawei’s innovative green techniques such as improving power amplification, adopting smart power control, increasing maximum temperature for base stations, and employing distributed or integrated equipment rooms, Globe will be able to provide an unparalleled experience to its customers

Del Monte gives Sendong survivors a fresh start AS a city comes to terms with its loss, an agro-industrial pioneer in this city help survivors get a fresh start.

Several days after Typhoon Sendong unleashed its fury on a city soundasleep, food manufacturer and exporter Del Monte Philippines sent one of its backhoe/loaders to help clear debris on affected residential areas.

College student John Sumintang, 20, who grew up along Carmen’s riverdike, said he’s glad Del Monte is clearing away debris where houses of friends once stood in sitio Acacia. John said: “This backhoe does not only clear away dirt; it sweeps away grim reminders of death and destruction – so we can move on.”

Since then, the clean-up team has grown to three backhoes and two dump trucks for hauling debris to landfill sites and two water trucks for washdown of cleared areas. As the team hauled away fallen trees and torn houses that litter muddy streets, communities slowly get back on their feet. Students are back in school; business is slowly perking up.

Cagayan de Oro City Councilor Atty. Alvin Calingin earlier requested Del Monte for assistance to shore up rehabilitation work in key areas.

Kag. Calingin has also asked the assistance of other generous benefactors who have willingly loaned a payloader and two dumptrucks to complement the clean-up effort.

Even with three backhoes and two dumptrucks working full-time, the task is simply too big for one group to do. The task calls for an entire community to come together and share in whatever way it can.

The idea of a bigger cleanup drive was sparked by a simple bayanihan spirit initiated by volunteers from Del Monte’s residential areas or camps.

Mostly members of Plantation’s “eco-brigades” who undertake tree-planting and DEL MONTE/PAGE 10

and give them a network that values the importance of the environment and its natural resources.

The cellular firm, in a statement yesterday, said its new modern network will use alternative sources of power and renewable energy by using solar and windenergy powered cellsites, as well as delaying genset mode features, increasing the company’s “green” cellsites by over 200 percent.

This will boost energy sav-

erating fuel savings of up to 60 percent.

Also, the cellular firm’s network equipment will be refreshed with upscale battery autonomy and delaying genset mode feature, as well as operate on natural cooling methods, resulting to more efficient use of commercial power and 30 percent worth of fuel savings. Once the network modernization program is completed, Globe will have one of the “greenest” network infrastructure in

erations impact the environment with our smallscale renewable energy deployment in previous years,” said Robert Tan, Chief Technical Adviser at Globe. “With the network modernization in place, we are moving to a bigger and more massive green network with the introduction of highly efficient and reliable hardware technologies and solutions for reduced operational expenses and lowered carbon dioxide emissions.

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The Lifestyle Bed Linen Collection by Canadian Manufacturing is available at Landmark, Robinsons Department Stores, Metro Gaisano Malls and in all leading department stores nationwide.

NGCP provides financial aid to Sendong-hit Cagayan de Oro and Iligan TO further assist in ongoing humanitarian relief efforts, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) is extending financial assistance to areas recently devastated

by Tropical storm Sendong.

The Philippines which is the 4th most calamityprone country, according to the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, saw the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan hit with flash floods, wip-

ing out entire communities and destroying billions of pesos in infrastructure and agricultural lands.

As of January 3, 2012, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and ManageNGCP/PAGE 10

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Economy and Tourism in Camiguin Now Enhanced by the Newly Reconstructed Bridge and Constructed Sabo Dams

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HE volcanic island of Camiguin, home to a variety of natural hazards like volcanic eruption, earthquakes and typhoons that trigger debris flow and flash floods is now enjoying enhanced safety and reliability of the national highway with the reconstruction of the severely damaged Hubangon Bridge. Mahinog town now benefit from the protection of two sabo dams constructed to mitigate damages from debris flows. After experiencing a devastating typhoon in November 2001, resulting to about 250 dead and missing, as well as damages on infrastructures, houses, paddy fields and livestock; structural and non-structural countermeasures were formulated for Camiguin Island under a development study grant from the Government of Japan through the Japan International Cooperation Agency in 2003. The nonstructural measures primarily to strengthen the disaster management system of the local disaster coordinating councils were pursued in 2004, still with the assistance by the Japanese people. The non-structural measures developed and provided to the communities are the following:

AKIO ISOMATA ROGELIO L. SINGSON Minister for Economic Affairs Secretary -DPWH Embassy of Japan in the Philippines

THE UNVEILING OF UPPER SABO DAM a. An operational warning system for flash flood and debris flow b. Provincial, Municipal, and Barangay hazard boundary map c. Public awareness materials

d. Flash Flood and Debris Flow Disaster Prevention Manual e. Evacuation Plans On January 7, 2012 the Project for Flood Disaster Mitigation in Camiguin Island which comprised

JURDIN JESUS M. ROMUALDO PEDRO P. ROMUALDO Governor Congressman Province of Camiguin Lone District Camiguin

UPPER SABO DAM of the Hubangon Bridge and two sabo dams was finally inaugurated and formally turned -over to the Philippine Government through a ceremony fittingly held at the upper sabo dam site. The cer-

emony coincided with the 44th founding year of the Camiguin province, and was graced by the Minister of Economic Affairs of the Japanese embassy in the country, Mikio ISOMATA, JICA Chief Representative

Takahiro SASAKI, Governor Jurdin Jesus Romualdo, Congressman Pedro Romualdo, Department of Public Works & Highways Secretary Rogelio Singson and Mahinog Mayor Alex Jajalla.

Sendong survivors get a fresh start – with Del Monte’s help

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UGO, Cagayan de Oro, Jan. 5 – As a city comes to terms with its loss, an agro-industrial pioneer in this city help survivors get a fresh start.

Several days after Typhoon Sendong unleashed its fury on a city sound-asleep, food manufacturer and exporter Del Monte Philippines sent one of its backhoe/loaders to help clear debris on affected residential areas.

College student John Sumintang, 20, who grew up along Carmen’s riverdike, said he’s glad Del Monte is clearing away debris where houses of friends once stood in sitio Acacia. John said: “This backhoe does not only clear away dirt; it sweeps away grim reminders of death and destruction – so we can move on.”

Since then, the clean-up team has grown to three backhoes and two dump trucks for hauling debris to landfill sites and two water trucks for washdown of cleared areas.

As the team hauled away fallen trees and torn houses that litter muddy streets, communities slowly get back on their feet. Students are back in school; business is slowly perking up.

C agayan de Oro City Councilor Atty. Alvin Calingin earlier requested Del Monte for assistance to shore up rehabilitation work in key areas. Kag. Calingin has also asked the assistance of other generous benefactors who have willingly loaned a pay-

loader and two dumptrucks to complement the clean-up effort. Even with three backhoes and two dumptrucks working full-time, the task is simply too big for one group to do. The task calls for an entire community to come together and share in whatever way it can.

T h e i d e a of a bi g ge r cleanup drive was sparked by a simple bayanihan spirit initiated by volunteers from Del Monte’s residential areas or camps. Mostly members of Plantation’s “eco-brigades” who undertake tree-planting and cave clean-ups in Bukidnon, they came down in jeepney loads to the city to help several dozens of canner y employees clean their homes so these can be ready for reoccupancy by New Year’s Eve. Bringing their own showels, pails, brooms and brushes, these eco-volunteers took turns to scrub clean muddy floors and walls and dig away dirt.

Their presence brought the sunshine back into the life of grieving families and a desolate landscape. A doctor who lives near a cannery worker’s family, and was herself a beneficiary of the cleanup, said she’s happy that Del Monte has fanned out is efforts to clean up homes of neighbors of its employees.

She said: “These kind people from Del Monte started the work for us, and gave us back hope. Now, we’re ready to finish the job ourselves.”

But bringing out debris

Del Monte volunteers man a backhoe and dumptruck to clear up debris left by Sendong on the streets of barangay Carmen, Cagayan de Oro.

stacked inside homes only kept litter piling up on the streets. Del Monte sent in its mechanized clean-up team to augment the bayanihan effort of its eco-brigades.

This s econd phas e of Sendong emergency efforts is actually a challenge to the company’s logistical requirements as equipment for the planting season are now on city streets. But reaching out to the community in both good times and in emergencies has deep roots in Del Monte’s 85-year history.

From a tradition started by its pioneers, the company values the support of communities from which it draws strength to grow its business. Then as now, Del Monte believes in “Helping communities help themselves.”

D e l Mont e e mp l oy e e Sonny Buenvenida, whose house was completely washed away in Acacia Street, Carmen, welcomes the efforts of Cannery colleagues who

volunteered to distribute relief goods (food, vitaminrich juice, clothes, beddings) across 10 barangays of the city since the floods. Goods and services valued at over P10 million were distributed here as well as in Iligan City.

Relief operations continue as some 20,000 liters of water are delivered every day to various points in the city.

During the early days of the calamity, Del Monte Foundation provided up to 5,000 free cooked meals as volunteers make a daily round of the city’s evacuation centers. Mobile medical teams hold free clinics twice a week, which also give free medicines for the deadly leptospirosis disease following an outbreak in the city, and for other diseases.

Nurses are dispatched to bring medicines to households of company employees and refer other patients to the company’s mobile medical teams. The company is also

Del Monte volunteers bring relief goods (food, medicines, clothes, beddings) to families left homeless by typhoon Sendong in barangay Macasandig,Cagayan de Oro.

exploring partnerships with agencies to help survivors rebuild their homes.

Del Monte Philippines, founded in 1926, provides jobs to over 10,000 workers

at its cannery in this city and farms in Bukidnon and MIsamis Oriental; and generates livelihood opportunities to another 50,000 families in the region.

Glimpse Macabinlar, 15, a Sendong evacuee from Isla de Oro, enjoys a hot meal at the Cagayan de Oro City Central School from Del Monte’s Oplan Feed 5,000 launched by Del Monte Foundation to bring hot meals daily to evacuation centers across the city.

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A STUDENT from Valenzuela City Science High School won the first Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) – Department of Education (Dep-Ed) “On the Spot” Essay Writing Contest last month, besting 15 other finalists in discussing the contest’s theme: “Kaalaman sa Piso, Susi sa Pag-asenso.”

Mae Cristie D. Fajiculay, a high school senior, received a gold medal and P10,000 in cash from the BSP and the DepEd National Educators Academy of the Philippines.

Second placer Ar-ar T. Penaflor of Mataas na Paaralang Neptali A. Gonzales in Mandaluyong City received a silver medal and P7,500, while third placer Mary Agnes Gabrielle Romulo of Carlos L. Albert High School in Quezon City brought home a bronze

medal and P5,000.

The top three contestants’ trainers also won cash prizes while their schools were given plaques of recognition.

The finalists of the BSPDepEd Essay Writing Contest were initially selected from the DepEd divisions of Manila, Caloocan, Las Piñas, Makati, Malabon, Mandaluyong, Marikina, Muntinlupa, Navotas, Pasay, Pasig, Parañaque, Quezon City, San Juan, Valenzuela and Taguig-Pateros.

The BSP-DepEd endeavor was aimed at providing students with the opportunity to express their ideas through writing; promoting awareness and instilling the significance of managing personal finance; and uplifting Filipino values by encouraging thrift and savings among Filipinos.

Opinion

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The Right to Choose THINK a minute…

A prou d m an w h o thought he knew it all, liked to say: “You can disagree with me. After all, you have the right to be wrong!”

Freedom is probably the most valuable thing we can have. Many of us are free to choose our own leaders and government. We’re free to choose to study hard and get a good education. We don’t like to be forced to do anything, do we? We don’t want someone to marry us just because their parents forced them. We want our husband or wife to choose to marry us because they love us and want to live their life with us.

God could easily have made us like robots or machines, so we’d have no choice but just do exactly

what He wants. It’s because God loves us that He wants us to freely choose to love Him in return, and to enjoy living His right way.

But we all rejected God’s love and His right, happy way of living. We chose to live our own way. We’ve chosen to do many things wrong: wrong thoughts and words, wrong attitudes, and wrong living. Just look at all the problems around us because of people’s greed and selfishness, vicious gossip, angry, hurtful words, violence, immorality and lack of self-control, as well as dishonesty and corruption.

When you and I choose to live our own way, Jesus said that we’re also choosing where we’ll live after we die: separated from God in Hell. In Hell, evil, pain and

suffering will never end. You see, just like light and darkness cannot be in the same place together, God, who is perfectly good and right, simply cannot live together with any kind of wrong.

Otherwise He wouldn’t really be God! Would you believe in a God Who says stealing, rape and murder is OK? Of course, not!

It’s not God who sends us to hell, it’s you and I who send ourselves to Hell by rejecting God’s gift of forgiveness and new life.

We condemn ourselves by refusing His right way of living, which He made for our own happiness and good. In fact, God loves you and me so much that He gave His own innocent life on a criminal’s cross, just so He could save us from

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living in Hell forever—away from Him. So won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you right now and choose to start living for Him everyday, for the rest your life? You can do it, with His help and power.

Remember, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.

Just think a minute…

The DOT slogan, its fun in the Philippines WOW Philippines created retention and continuity over time and repeated use.

It refuses to go away since the former DOT Secretary Richard Gordon launched it in 2001 as the logo, symbol and perceptions. It did produce the desired growth of Philippine tourist arrivals.

Modest but growing not by lift and bounds but it open a new beginning of seeing things in the Philippines from a visitor’s point of view.

The new PNoy government of course has chosen new people to lead the tourism industry from the list of friends, allies and political supporters. Each has their own credentials, educational background and marketing knowledge, all capable to inject new ideas over the same product, destinations and cultures.

Over the new criticisms of how the new slogan, “its fun visiting the Philippines” was conceptualized, whether the ad agency copied it from, again , an European country, Switzerland, from the

discovery of a 1951 poster in the internet. Before, it was a poor copy cat from Poland, “Pilipinas kay Ganda” which cost a flak and embarrassment to the team of Sec. Alberto H. Lim and brought down the whole 6 months of planning into waste and government money down the drain. Secretary Lim eventually resigned.

Stakeholders in the industry which at this time has already a delayed and long overdue strives in our tourism promotions that lag behind to our Asian neighbors seems unable to reconcile their differences on how to market the Philippines. We cannot afford to be tangled in infighting and arguments. Let us just be concise and precise on what we are trying to achieve.

If it is to increase visitors’ arrivals, it is the product and the country which is at stake. It is not the slogan to be a prioritized but the peace and order in the entire country. It is not the posters at the airports

that will come out, “its fun in the Philippines”. But, it is the clean and spick and span toilets in the airport lounges. It is not the ad agency or the artists who will sing it live on television screens but it is the person who does the tourism services and the smile of the entire Philippines.

Are the Philippines destinations better than Malaysia which has a more than 25 Million arrivals last year?

We speak better English with good accents than many of them yet majority of the British tourist prepares to go to Kuala Lumpur or Penang. Can Manila guarantee the safety of an American tourist compared to Hanoi?

The Philippines which is an American ally for the last 100 years yet Americans feel safer in Vietnam who fought them for 20 years in a better war struggle that killed more than 1 Million Vietnamese and 160,000 American servicemen.

Europeans can walk, take pictures and dine in

a communist country like China and be greeted “Nihau” yet no Europeans can stay longer than an hour without being greeted “Al Akbar” and in a wink of an eye kidnapped in the streets of a democratic place called Jolo or Basilan?

There are more Filipinas married to Japanese men who are now living in Japan compared to the Chamorro in the Pacific Islands who have never been in any Japanese Cities. Yet the affluent Japanese families with their Filipina wives and QUIAMJOT/PAGE 7

Is the world of finance too complex for the young mind to fathom? Think again BSP Governor Amando Tetangco, Jr. was truly right when he said: “While we grown-ups guide the young in the world of finance, we can also learn from them.”

One would truly marvel at these young writers’ mastery of the Filipino language!

Contest first placer Mae Cristie, in her winning piece, captured the importance of financial learning: “Sa matuling pag-inog ng mundo, unti-unting nalilipat sa mga pribadong sektor at indibidwal ang atas ng responsibilidad at pag-iingat sa iba’t-ibang transaksiyong pananalapi.

Sa patuloy na paglawig ng merkadong tagpuan ng mga prodyuser at konsyumer, tumataas din ang bilang ng mga gampanin at panganib na maari nilang kaharapin.

Sa gayon, nararapat na matutunan ng mga konsyumer

ang biyahe ng piso.”

Tetangco explained that the BSP-DepEd undertaking is part of the BSP’s commitment in exploring various ways for the Filipino people to have better access to the wide array of financial products and services.

The Essay Writing Contest is a component of the BSP’s integrated Economic and Financial Learning Program (EFLP), which brings together the different economic and financial learning initiatives of various departments and units in the BSP—and in special instances, with the BSP’s external partners.

Tetangco pointed out the importance of achieving an inclusive financial system in the Philippines because of the inherent fragmentation of the country’s archipelago.

“The financial market

must not be limited to the urban areas, but to serve even the Filipinos in the countryside—thus attending to the needs of every Juan,” he said.

The BSP governor further highlighted the indispensable role young Filipinos play in accomplishing this goal.

“The youth are an active player in nation-building, and through them, we hope to spread the benefits of financial learning to homes and communities,” he stressed.

As Mae Cristie wrote in all her youthful eloquence: “Umaasa na sa kaniyang pagtapak sa unang munting derik ng karunungan sa piso na magpapasinaya sa pagbuo ng huling malaking bantayog na simbolo sa mahusay niyang parti-

SPEAKING OUT

IGNACIO BUNYE sipasyon sa sopistikadong merkado—siya, si Juan dela Cruz—nilinang ng tahanan at paaralan, pinayabong ng edukasyon at karanasan, pinagtibay ng kasaysayan at kasalukuyan—ay papaimbabaw sa mga naturang silahis at makababanaag sa kabuuan ang ringal at rikit ng pagpupunyagi at tagumpay ng kaniyang sinisintang Perlas ng Silangan.”

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Jan. 9-12, 2012

MINDANAO

Leptospirosis: Important Facts THE Department of Health recently announced an outbreak of Leptospirosis in the region, with confirmed 5 mortality and more than 200 cases diagnosed.

The people are in a panic mode, and who wouldn’t be?

I remember receiving text messages and calls at odd hours, patients and acquaintances asking for referrals to be admitted.

Fear is compounded by the lack of correct information regarding the disease. A family member told me, that he heard over the radio, that, one can get the disease through smelling contaminated air! Of course, we know that isn’t so.

Leptospirosis is caused by a spirochete and is transmitted by rats, cattle, pigs, horses and even our very own pets: dogs and cats. That is, if they acquired the bacterium through contact with infected soil or water. Man in turn gets the illness by wading through contaminated water, which happens during flooding!

It is important to note that even with kayaking and other outdoor sports, one may get infected when water or soil is contaminated. The bacterium gets into contact with the body when one has a break in the skin, or through mucous membranes like the eyes, the nose and the mouth!

Ingesting contaminated water and food is another route by which the disease is transmitted. It is worth mentioning too, that, there is no person to person transmission!

It takes 2 to 28 days after the initial contact with the contaminated water or food, when the signs and symptoms start to appear.

Leptospirosis is Biphasic: the first phase, where the patient presents with FLU Like manifestations: fever, headache, muscle aches. Thus, sometimes, unless a history of wading in a flooded area is elicited, this is sometimes misdiagnosed as another viral illness.

The patient gets well, and few days later, may enter the second phase: recurrence of

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children take their holidays in Saipan or Hawaii during the months of August and December. There are more Filipinos who gamble in Macau Casinos than Chinese Mainland high rollers yet Macau Chinese gamblers seldom come to Pagcor Casinos in the Philippines but in the towering Casino houses in Las Vegas. Is there more Baccarat in winning streaks in the US than in Manila?

Tourism perhaps also needs more diplomacy. It

HEALTH IN FOCUS

DR. MARY JEAN LORECHE-DIAO fever, this time accompanied with aching or stiffness of the neck, abdominal pain, yellowing of the sclerae or skin, tea -colored urine. It is when the kidneys and liver are involved that the patient’s condition may worsen!

However, when treatment is instituted early on, recovery is the rule rather than the exception. However, there are individuals who may have the bacterium and yet remain asymptomatic.

The initial health status of the patient prior to contracting the disease will have an impact in terms of recovery.

Diagnosing leptospirosis may be done through culture.

Though this is not routinely done as it will take time before the result may be out.

These days, using serological testing for antibodies is commonly done. The gold standard still is the MAT (microscopic Agglutination test).

Treatment may be done on an out patient service, unless the patient is in the second stage with known possible complications like meningitis or possible liver and kidney failure, which will require hospitalization.

The mainstay treatment for uncomplicated cases is the administration of antibiotics.

Taking the medication prior to the start of symptoms or what we call as Prophylactic treatment is acceptable. For now, there is no known drug resistance as yet. Prevention, I should say, is everybody’s business!

is not promotions alone but reciprocity among our Asian neighbors to return the visits of Filipinos’ in their countries to the Philippines.

But have we invited them and guaranteed their safety?

We are a member of the Association of East Asian Countries, BIMP-EAGA, Asean, APEC, etc. Perhaps, it will be better to hype, its fun planting rice in the Philippines, learn our technology because we will buy from you! That will bring 1 Million farmers in Asia to visit and study at the IRRI in Los Baños in Laguna.

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Misamis Oriental CITY OF EL SALVADOR In the Matter of the Change of Name in the certificate of Live Birth of “ GEDION YAMARO ABCEDE”

Petition No. CFN 2011 – 0006

ShelterBox houses Sendong victims

By MIKE BAÑOS

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– ShelterBox International is deploying shelters for families in Iligan and Cagayan de Oro rendered homeless by the recent Sendong calamity with the help of Rotarians and other volunteers.

ShelterBox is an international disaster relief charity organization specializing in emergency shelter which provides life-saving supplies to families around the world who are adversely affected by disasters at the time they need it most.

It has responded to earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, floods, hurricanes, tsunamis, conflicts and other emergencies; providing shelter, warmth and dignity following more than 150 disasters in over 75 countries.

Through its local affiliate, ShelterBox Philippines Foundation, Inc. (SBP), it has deployed to date 3,722 Disaster Relief Boxes to about 38,000 victims displaced by typhoons in the past three years offering shelter; warmth; comfort; and dignity at a cost P160 million in disaster areas in Ilocos Norte, Ilocos Sur, La Union, Benguet, Pangasinan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Isabela, Rizal, Bicol, Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City.

Past Rotary District 3870 Governor Fe “Bing” Juarez, a member of ShelterBox Philippines Inc. Board of Trustees, said the organization contacted Rotarians for the ocular inspection of the affected areas following ShelterBox International’s call to its affiliate chapters based in the United Kingdom, Australia and USA. “Rotarians from both cities briefed SBP Chair and Founder PDG Jesus Nicdao and PP Abner Tayco, a member of the ShelterBox Response Team (SRT), on the situation on the ground and toured them to the affected areas and various evacuation centers,” Ms. Juarez said. “Right away, they committed to deploy shelter boxes in a government designated area in Tambo Bus Terminal area in Iligan City and immediately delivered 80 ShelterBoxes on December 23 for this purpose.”

Rotary District Governor Nominee George Hamoy reports that 60 tents are now up and occupied by qualified beneficiaries at the Tambo Terminal ShelterBox Village in Iligan City. Volunteers from the Philippine Army, Rotarians and Rotaractors will continue to complete installation of the 80 tents on site, he added.

“The assistance we have had from Rotary has been invaluable here,” said PDG Nicdao. “It is possible for Abner and me to set up the tents ourselves but it would have been a much slower process. Now that we have shown the Rotarians how to do it, they will be able to help us set up camps rapidly. This will allow families who have lost everything to soon begin to rebuild their lives, offering them shelter, warmth and dignity.”

SBPI Chair Jess Nicdao, Trustee PDG Bing Juarez, PP Vitt Gutierrez, and SRT Member Abner Tayco.

Volunteers deploying ShelterBox tents at Calaanan

Though Rotarians were taught how to assemble the tents, their participation has been limited to support, like providing provisions for the Marines/Navy, student cadets and Police, PDG Juarez said. RC Club of Cagayan de Oro (Mother Club) President and City Councilor Ian Mark Nacaya and PE Mar Paano are in charge of supervising the area.

As of January 1, 2012, some 317 ShelterBox tents of 409 units delivered aboard BRP Bacolod City on December 20 have been deployed with the assistance of the 73rd Naval Reserve Group, 8th Marine Brigade under 1L.t Tito Ranara; Cagayan de Oro City Police Office (COCPO) ; Philippine Navy, student cadets from Capitol University and Rotarians from various clubs in Cagayan de Oro at the 3.5 hectare ShelterBox Village in Sitio Calaanan Phase 2, Barangay Canitoan.

The DWSD said the Calaanan relocation site can accommodate up to 1,900 homeless families displaced by Sendong but the number of tents to be put up depends on the space available in the 3.5 has. relocation site.

SRT volunteer Abner Tayco said: “The evacuation site conditions are so unbearable, like the one in Macasandig Basketball Court where there are 2,521 families. You cannot move to the other side without stepping

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Misamis Oriental CITY OF EL SALVADOR In the Matter of the Change of Name in the certificate of Live Birth of “RANULFO ANG” (JOSEPH O. ANG)

Petition No. CFN 2011 – 0007

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

The public is hereby noticed that ROSA A. GABULE (PETITIONER) has filed with this office a Petition for Change of Name from GEDEON, JR. to “GEDION” in the certificate of Live Birth GEDION Y. ABCEDE Born on March 08, 1951 from PARENTS NATALIO ABCEDE AND FELECIDAD YAMARO. At the expense of the Petitioner, Let a copy of this Petition be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental. Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said Petition may, within ten (10) calendar days file her written opposition with this office.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that EMILIE ANG AMOS has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from ___”RANULFO”___ to “JOSEPH” in the Certificate of Live Birth of RANULFO ANG who was born on May 27, 1955 at Tuburan, El Salvador, Mis. Or from parents FAVIO ANG and FELISA OCO. At the expense of the Petitioner, Let a copy of this Petition be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental. Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said Petition may, within ten (10) calendar days file her written opposition with this office.

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on someone’s sleeping mat, it is so dense. Children are the ones most affected.”

Joining the team last December 31 was SRT volunteer Arnold Kelly from New Zealand who has deployed to the region before.

Arnold said: ‘The Philippines can certainly throw up challenges for us in all aspects of our job.’

Arnold will be assisting with the ongoing needs assessment and delivery of aid in the area.

At the heart of every ShelterBox is a disaster relief tent for a large family. It is custom made for ShelterBox by Vango, one of the world’s leading tent manufacturers, designed to withstand extreme temperatures, intense UV light, high winds and heavy rainfall.

“Internally, each tent has privacy partitions that allow recipients to divide the space as they see fit,” PDG Nicdao said. “Our tents become more than simple shelter, they become homes.”

“Although ShelterBox has been deployed to the Philippines eight times in the last five years after several typhoons, this is its first deployment in Mindanao,” Ms. Juarez said. “These tents are ready for occupancy, where victims displaced by Sendong can find shelter, privacy, and dignity.”

According to its website http:// www.shelterbox.org/index.php, ShelterBox is a registered charity and a Global Rotary Club Project.

It was founded in 2000 by its present Chairman Tom Henderson of the Rotary Club of Cornwall, United Kingdom. Its president is Her Royal Highness, The Duchess of Cornwall.

“ShelterBox’s seeks to be in the “front end” of disasters; in the immediate aftermath to the relief and recovery phase,” said PDG Nicdao. “We typically are able to respond within the first 24-72 hours after the calamity to meet the emergency shelter needs.”

Some 500 pre-positioned ShelterBoxes in Clark enabled SBPI to deploy to Cagayan de Oro and Iligan within the first week of the disaster.

ShelterBox is able to operate on a worldwide basis and to have significant impact when circumstances are at their most desperate and many other organizations are not yet operational nor adequately resourced and equipped, Mr. Nicdao added.

A ShelterBox is designed for disaster victims who cannot rebuild their homes within six months after a calamity. The ShelterBox is in a green box, 23” x 33”, weighing 54 kilos. The tent is made of Denier Breathable Polyester, fire resistant (inner) but not fire-proof; 170 Denier Polyester with 5mm rip stop (outer). The floor is 140g/ m2 polyethylene. The poles are made of fiberglass.

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Misamis Oriental CITY OF EL SALVADOR Petition No. CFN 2011 – 0008 In the Matter of the Change of Name in the certificate of Live Birth of “ ANITA JUANITA MAGALLANES” NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANITA MAGALLANES – GALIGAO has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “ANITA JUANITA” to “ANITA” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ANITA JUANITA MAGALLANES who was born on SEPTEMBER 27, 1955 at EL Salvador, Misamis Oriental from parents RAMON MAGALLANES and CERILA Y. GAYLA. At the expense of the Petitioner, Let a copy of this Petition be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental. Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said Petition may, with in ten (10) calendar days file her written opposition with this office.

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Misor’s dairy producers cited for improved competitiveness

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HE Philippines has partnered with the Babcock Institute for International Dairy Research and Development (IDRD) to upgrade farmers’ global competitiveness even as the country now produces Dutch-origin Gouda Cheese under a two-pronged livelihood creation and import substitution programme.

Reports showed that the the US Department of Filipino dairy farmers linked Agriculture and US dairy with the Dairy Confedera- cooperative Land O’Lakes, tion of the Philippines have sent in the second semester started collaborating for a of 2011 eight dairy industry training program with the leaders to the IDRD. IDRD in the University of The dairy training partWisconsin (UW)-Madison nership programme includto be able to acquire any ed dairy herd improvement, global best practices in marketing and value-added dairying. products, UW Cooperative The programme, sup- Extension System, UW Cenported with financing by ter for Dairy Profitability, EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SANTIAGO NOGALIZA SR., who died at Burgos, SURIGAO del Norte, Philippines ; that the said deceased left a parcel of coco land with an area of TWO HUNDRED ELEVEN (211) square meters, including the 35 s.m.foreshore lot, situated at BRGY.1, Poblacion, Burgos, surigao del Norte, Philippines, declared under Real Property Tax Declaretion No. 0100247 .Lot No. 255-B,still registered in the name of the late ANECTO CAGAS, and more particularly described as follows; north; Lot no. 255- A EAST: SeaShore/Pacific Ocean South Seashore/Pacific Ocean west:Lot No.256, That pursuant to Rule 74, Section 1 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and all parties being with full capacity to contract, we do hereby adjudicated unto ourselves the land described above,in equal shares; that for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED FORTY SIX THOUSAND PESOS (246,000.00) philipine Currency, receipt of which is in full and in cash as the full and complete satisfaction of thes instrument, the VENDORS hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY all our rights and interest over the above-describe parcel of beach lot in a manner ABSOLUTE AND IRREVOCABLE, in favor of herein VENDEE, her heirs .successors and assigns: that the VENDORS hereby warrant that this land is free from all liens and encumbrances, and that forever defend the same unto the said VENDEE , her heirs, successors and assigns agains the unlawful claims that may arise in the future by any person or person whomsoever; under notary public Atty.JOSE E .

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dairy cattle nutrition and feeding, Forage Center Activities, Basic dairy cattle health, Milk quality testing, and cow comfort and Facility Design and Biological Systems Engineering.

Government agencies have been supporting local dairy development as the sector has tremendous growth potential considering the huge market with the country’s dairy imports reaching $500 to $700 million annually.

A Gouda Cheese development programme is now under the Philippine Council for Agriculture Forestry and Natural Resources Research and Development’s

(PCARRD) Technomart programme.

Here, dairy producers belonging to the Northern Mindanao Federation of Dair y Cooperatives (NMFDC) based at El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental are aided on raising their revenue as they produce Gouda Cheese, butter, lactoflan, and other flavored milk products.

With agencies like the National Dairy Authority (NDA) assisting in quality control of the dairy products, the Gouda Cheese of NMFDC has been purchased by the Dutch flag carrier KLM and has gained acDAIRY/PAGE 9

CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers – Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City DIVISORIA BRANCH AƩy. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739a

Gov. Oscar S. Moreno has deployed the Capitol’s heavy equipment to the barangays affected by Typhoon Sendong to help clean up the garbage and mud and assist in the rebuilding of Cagayan de Oro. Gov. Moreno said it’s time to help each other in this most trying times for Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City.

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ceptance from recognised hotels.

“Fresh milk and other products produced and processed by NDA-assisted dairy farmers meet dairy industry standards. Customers-such as premium coffee shops and first-class hotels-are assured of quality items.

Gouda cheese (Queso de Oro) has passed the discriminating test of cheese lovers,” reported NDA. The NMFDC’s Gouda Cheese, stored at four to eight degrees centigrade for at least six months, have gained a market for its flavor.

As storing process raises production cost, PCARRD has extended a help to the NMFDC through a biogas digester facility that has become a cheap source of energy for the storage facility. The power facility uses manure of dairy animals as gas source.

The programme has also identified a dairy expert called “Magsasaka Siyentista” (MS) to aid other dairy producers in adopting best practices. The MS, Crescencio Barros, has been able to prove that temperate purebreds Holstein, Freisian, Jersey, Guernsey, and Brown Swiss can thrive in the country.

The MS programme is helping other dairy producers address shortage of forage, produce concentrate feeds, and carry out rotational grazing.

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House panel rejects tax amnesty bill

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all the homeless families are given houses.

Belmonte had earlier met with 20 other co-authors of the measure, said Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, a co-author of the bill.

Lawmakers agreed to drop the tax amnesty after civil society groups, led by Code NGO, complained that

the bill would result in an added layer of bureaucracy.

Code NGO executive director Donato Macasaet also said other civil society groups would not stand a chance since the bill was obviously “tailor-fit” for Gawad Kalinga as it required civil society groups to have built 1,000 homes through volunteerism to get accredited.

Shortly before Congress adjourned in June, the House committee on people’s participation, led

by Manila Rep. Benjamin Asilo, approved House Bill 4374 and passed it on to the Mandanas panel.

Rodriguez repeated his appeal to the opponents of the GK bill, saying the GK could save the government P168 billion for building 1.2 million houses for the poor nationwide.

Under the shelter-fund program, Rodriguez said, the GK would build houses with two rooms, kitchen,

toilet and bath and a living room on a 30- to 40-square meter-lot for only P70,000 as against theprivate contractors’ price of P210,000 each.

“Under the GK Way, the 1.2 million houses would be built for a total of P84 billion as against the P252 billion at P210,000. This could save the government some P168 billion,” Rodriguez told the Manila Standard.

But Kabataan Rep. Raymond Palatino, Act Teacher Rep. Antonio Tino, and Eastern Samar Rep. Ben Evardone protested the passage of the bill that gave preference to GK over other civil society groups.

They also protested the plan to tap a percentage of the value-added tax to sustain the nationwide operations of “Volunteerism in Nation Building” the Gawad Kalinga Way. They said the creation of a new agency to be led by civil society groups seemed

to “supplant the primary role of the government to provide basic services to the people.”

In arguing for his proposal, Belmonte said it could help build a “broad middle class” with enlightened leadership from the government and private sector.

But Macasaet said the tax benefits and incentives would have a “negative fiscal impact” on the government.

“The combination of these tax incentives have to be carefully studied as they may lead to significant loss of revenue for government,” Macasaet said.

“The proposed bill may create easy opportunities for tax evasion.”

Of the tax incentives, the panel only dropped the tax amnesty that would have given “tax evaders” six months from the effectiveness of the bill within which to avail themselves of the tax amnesty.

We will mobilize all educators for this effort.” Almeda said.

DepEd, said that out of the more than 80,000 students attending public schools in the region, about 35,000 of them were affected by the flood. An statistical data would determine the casualties, the missing, the displaced, and orphaned, in the case of the school children.

For instance, at the City Central School in this city an initial, validated report as of Jan.6, showed that 1,563 pupils were displaced by the flood where 15 are still missing;14 were casualties; and two students were orphaned.

Almeda said that once the students and teachers start coming to school DepEd’s concentration would be on

the healing processes for those affected, especially for the young learners.

“What is primordial is that the learners who return to school feel welcome and will be accessible to professional help, such as the conduct of psycho-social debriefing activities.” Almeda said.

She said that cleaning of the classrooms, that were used

as evacuation quarters, will be of second priority and that no student should be required to assist in the cleaning to reduce the risk of ailments that might arise.

DepEd, said that for school buildings that were destroyed, a temporary learning site will be set-up in safe and secured locations accessible to the children.

HE HOUSE committee on ways and means has dropped Speaker Feliciano Belmonte Jr.’s proposal to amnesty tax evaders if they donate to the P84-billion housing projects of the Gawad Kalinga for squatter families, saying that would encourage tax evasion.

The panel, led by Batangas Rep. Hermilando Mandanas, also rejected the controversial additional imposition of a 1-percent real property tax as government equity in the Socialized Housing Fund that would bankroll the shelter program.

Instead, the panel tossed to local governments the decision on how much socialized funding tax would be imposed in their respective areas.

But the panel approved a proposal that donations be fully tax deductible from the gross income of the donor during the duration of the project for eight years, which could be extended for another six years or until

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know the whereabouts of their students as there are initial reports that a number of them are missing or have died due to the flood.

“And the best way to conduct and evaluation is when the students start to attend classes and teachers report for work.

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez

Primavera Residences property values expected to rise further from page 1 November 2010, prices for its fast selling units have climbed 12%, or double the rate of similar projects in the township, a source from Pueblo Sales said.

At present, Tower A of the twin tower condo is 70% complete, with only less than 30% of its total units still available and turnover of units to owners scheduled this June, 2012.

On top of this, Primavera Residences also gained prestige and value when it was nominated and highly commended by the first ever SEAPA (South East Asia Property Awards) as one of the “Best Condo Developments” in the Philippines in award rites held November 30, 2011 at the Fort Canning Hotel in Singapore.

Present real estate trends, especially those involving green or eco-friendly buildings in the United States (which are often mirrored in the Philippine real estate market) indicate present values of this first ever ecofriendly development in the region

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tion network system now that Mindanao especially Bukidnon is no longer spared from the country’s incoming typhoons.

The heavy torrents of water brought by typhoon Sendong on Dec. 17 caused heavy damage that washed out 132 houses and 36 casualties (previous report was 41 but five were reportedly just visiting residents from Cagayan de Oro thus excluded) in at least six towns in the northern part of the province.

It was followed by another calamity with the Pulangi River overflowed and inundated the sub-

could appreciate even further.

From only $7.8 billion in 2006, the total US green building market value rose to $71.1 billion in 2010 and is expected to increase even further to $173.5 billion over the next five years (Environment Leader Subscription Report).

This, despite the depressed real estate market in the US where the average US home lost 7.5% of its value in 2007. In contrast, eco-friendly homes held their value or even appreciated in price. Jim Amorin, vice president of the US Appraisal Institute said a green property typically appraises 10-15% higher than comparable conventional homes.

(Smart Money, January 2008) Many builders across the US found that energy efficient and solar houses sell faster, up to twice the rate of conventional houses, according to the Dept. of Energy Online Consumer’s Guide to Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy (The Durango Telegraph, June 19, 2008) In the Philippines: After Metro Manila, eco-friendly condos are

expected to flourish in transitoriented developments (TODs) like Bacolod, Subic and Clark, Cagayan de Oro and General Santos, said Enrique Soriano, senior adviser, Wong+Bernstein Advisory and Professor, Ateneo Graduate School of Business (Phil.

Daily Inquirer, Nov. 4, 2011).

Eco-friendly condos in TODs save families money on their second largest expense - transportation. Then, it produces positive results in traffic safety and public health, creating a larger tax base. Condo living in TODs maximizes the connection between people and their neighborhood --- connecting people to jobs, nature, shops, services and most importantly, to each other.

Besides trends abroad which increasingly demonstrate the appreciation in value and market desirability of green or ecofriendly developments, the recent flash floods which inundated substantial portions of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro are expected to trigger a mass exodus of residents whose homes were destroyed or

damaged by the flash floods to elevated areas like the Pueblo de Oro Township and high-rise developments like Primavera Residences.

Virtually all developments in Uptown Cagayan de Oro covering Upper Balulang and Upper Carmen escaped the recent calamity unscathed, and became the oasis of affected households with the collapse of the city’s waterworks immediately following the flash floods.

In a presentation made to the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro (Mother Club) in February 19, 2009, geologists from the University of the Philippines National Institute of Geological Sciences (NIGS) recommended shifting further real estate developments upland away from the threat of floods similar to those which devastated the city in January, 2009.

The four person team led by Prof. Fernando Siringan (now with the U.P. Marine Science Institute) noted that the central and business district of Cagayan

de Oro is built on a delta or flood plain. It is built by the deposition of sediments and large portions of the delta plain have elevations which are within two meters or lower of sea level.

Siringan noted how key infrastructure like the rotunda of the Kagay-an bridge is located in former wetlands or recently abandoned river channels, making them naturally susceptible to floods. Because of its location, the city is influenced by tides, storm surges and tsunamis, making floods a part of its natural cycle.

With the city’s rapid urbanization, floods have become a constant threat.

Geomorphologically, Cagayan de Oro has three broad landforms: lowlands; level uplands; and hills/ mountains.

The lowlands consists of sandbars, tidal flats found mainly between the mouths of Cagayan River and Iponan River, a narrow strip of level area described as a coastal alluvial plain from Puerto in the southeast to the center of the city, a broad alluvial plain in

a limited patch around a small hill south of the city and the main “ River Flood Plain formed by the Iponan and Cagayan Rivers that coalesced north of the Cagayan-Iligan Highway which is most susceptible to flooding.

Its uplands consists of three distinct plateaus, the most extensive of which occupies the southeastern region; another situated west of Cagayan River along the road to Lumbia where the Pueblo de Oro Township and Primavera Residences is situated, and Talakag, Bukidnon and a third is in the south-central region just north of Barangay Indahag.

Siringan noted that floods in Cagayan de Oro have become more frequent and higher, in large part due to the 2,000 hectares of forest cover from its watershed which were converted to agriculture and other uses and never replaced. As a result, riverside areas suffer from poor water retention and contribute to the high sediment loads of rivers, constricting waterways and shallow river mouths.

urbs of Valencia City on December 27.

Total estimated damages to agriculture to both calamities reached to P 61. 9 million and provincial infrastructure that included at least six major bridges and four main roads, mostly in hardest hit towns of Baungon and Libona, posted at least P 60.2 million worth of damages.

The heavy rains also caused 35 small landslides in the towns of Baungon, Libona and Talakag.

The said catastrophe caught the provincial government and the people flat-footed with its toll to lives and properties.

Bukidnon had never experienced such devastation in the past thus

unprepared for the onslaught of typhoon Sendong.

Converging to assess the effects and to create measures to address calamity problems in the future, the PDRRMC members agreed to the enhanced communication system that will be implemented by the provincial government with its line agencies and the local government units of Bukidnon.

After a thorough assessment, it was learned that PAGASA through its local station in Malaybalay City made early warnings about the possibilities of flashfloods and landslides in the province’s prone areas on December 16 through text blasts to various local government heads and agencies but

some refused to heed according to PAGASA-Bukidnon chief Anianita Fortich.

Fortich said, she further attempted to coordinate with the LGUs and the municipal disaster teams to give more warnings to residents near flood and landslide prone areas but she was not able to make contacts because of inadequate communication facilities.

The PAGASA chief also said that the automatic weather station located in Libona town had stopped transmitting weather updates to the PAGASA Malaybalay at around 9 to 10 in the evening because of poor internet signal.

Provincial planning and development officer Salvacion Dedica-

toria said, the statement made by Gov. Alex Calingasan on television about a dam that was reportedly destroyed in Bukidnon may not have happened if the governor had been given factual information through an organized communication network system.

Addressing this communication flaws, the PDRRMC through its LGU affiliates will establish linkages down to the barangay level and equip its communication facilities to be able to communicate to the disaster command center that will be established at the DILG office at the Capitol site.

Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) provincial director Ronelo Alvarez said the

disaster command center that will operate 24/7 will be manned by personnel from the army and the PNP and will be equipped with DILG’s 117 communication network system.

Alvarez said Bukidnon is one of the recipienst of a communication system worth P20 million with only 13 of it installed in the country.

Meanwhile, relocation of those living in the riverbank areas was also tackled during the council meeting.

Calingasan said, it’s about time that residents should think about their safety and be properly informed of the hazards that will come with impending calamities that might still happen in the future.

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Rodriguez said during a Media Forum with the DepEd. Rodriguez said that they have identified other public schools in the city, not affected by the flood, covered courts and churches, with ample ground space where tents will be set up for every family, and where comfort rooms, electricity and water are available.

Plan International and Disaster Aid, both humani-

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Council (NDRRMC) estimated the total damages to cost P1,384,592,708.00.

Casualties have reached more than a thousand, with 80,647 families (429,045 people) displaced and living in evacuation centers.

In an effort to rebuild affected areas, NGCP execu-

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from page 4 cave clean-ups in Bukidnon, they came down in jeepney loads to the city to help several dozens of cannery employees clean their homes so these can be ready for reoccupancy by New Year’s Eve. Bringing their own showels, pails, brooms and brushes, these eco-volunteers took turns to scrub clean muddy floors and walls and dig away dirt.

Their presence brought the sunshine back into the life of grieving families and a desolate landscape.

A doctor who lives near a cannery worker’s family, and was herself a beneficiary of the cleanup, said she’s happy that Del Monte has fanned out is efforts to clean up homes of neighbors of its employees.

She said, “These kind people from Del Monte started the work for us, and gave us

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tarian organizations, will provide the tents, while Holcim, a cement company, will take care of the construction of the toilets.

“Later on, flood victims who are barred from going back to their places of origin, because government declared the areas as not fit for habitation, will be relocated where their houses will be constructed by the National Housing Authority,” he said.

On New Year’s eve, the DepEd, with the help of other government agencies,

started transferring some of the flood victims from the classrooms to the identified evacuation centers and slowly decongested school buildings in preparation for the classes on Jan. 3, and the transfer is on going until school buildings are free of evacuees.

“We hope, [this] week, classes will normalize in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City,” said Luz Almeda, DepEd regional director for northern Mindanao.

She said that the shift

of the evacuation centers is done in a manner that smaller number of families are assigned to the different areas so that the continuing relief effort would be more manageable rather than in cramped school buildings where the flood victims initially stayed.

Meanwhile, Rodriguez said that the P1-billion NHA project will start construction of houses next month in a 40 and 18-hectares land areas, and would start permanently relocating about

tives, headed by President and CEO Henry Sy, Jr., met with Congressman Rufus Rodriguez, Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano and Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz, today, to hand over P1,000,000.00 each to the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan.

NGCP employees based at its Head Office in Quezon City previously donated 45

boxes of relief goods, as of December 22, 2011, and voluntary cash contributions amounting to P178,980.00 to co-employees based in Mindanao.

The management also allowed the use of its hangar space in Cagayan de Oro for forensic examination on the deceased and commissioned the use of a water pump and generator set to provide clean

water and electricity to the public.

NGCP is a privately owned corporation in charge of operating and maintaining the country’s electric power grid. As a responsible corporation, NGCP takes care not just of its own employees, but also the communities hosting its facilities, which it considers one of its true partners in nation-building.

back hope. Now, we’re ready to finish the job ourselves.”

But bringing out debris stacked inside homes only kept litter piling up on the streets. Del Monte sent in its mechanized clean-up team to augment the bayanihan effort of its eco-brigades.

This second phase of Sendong emergency efforts is actually a challenge to the company’s logistical requirements as equipment for the planting season are now on city streets.

But reaching out to the community in both good times and in emergencies has deep roots in Del Monte’s 85year history. From a tradition started by its pioneers, the company values the support of communities from which it draws strength to grow its business. Then as now, Del Monte believes in “Helping communities help themselves.”

Del Monte employee Sonny Buenvenida, whose house was

completely washed away in Acacia Street, Carmen, welcomes the efforts of Cannery colleagues who volunteered to distribute relief goods (food, vitamin-rich juice, clothes, beddings) across 10 barangays of the city since the floods.

Goods and services valued at over P10 million were distributed here as well as in Iligan City. Relief operations continue as some 20,000 liters of water are delivered every day to various points in the city.

During the early days of the calamity, Del Monte Foundation provided up to 5,000 free cooked meals as volunteers make a daily round of the city’s evacuation centers.

Mobile medical teams hold

free clinics twice a week, which also give free medicines for the deadly leptospirosis disease following an outbreak in the city, and for other diseases.

Nurses are dispatched to bring medicines to households of company employees and refer other patients to the company’s mobile medical teams. The company is also exploring partnerships with agencies to help survivors rebuild their homes.

Del Monte Philippines, founded in 1926, provides jobs to over 10,000 workers at its cannery in this city and farms in Bukidnon and MIsamis Oriental; and generates livelihood opportunities to another 50,000 families in the region.

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Meanwhile, Davao City Business Bureau chief Tristan Dwight Domingo reported that his office has processed a total of 31,747 active business permits last year.

Domingo announced that a one-stop shop off-site business permit processing will be held soon at a big mall in Matina, Davao City.

from page 2 visitors from all over Asia Pacific Region.

Related to this, he also shared excitement over the soon to be opened and would be biggest convention center at a major mall in Davao City.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th JUDICIAL REGION CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE FILE NO.2011-696 Upon extra –judicial petition for sale under act no.3135,as amended by act no. 4118, filed by BALIKATAN PROPERTY HOLDINGS, INC., mortgagee/ assignee, with business address located at 24th floor, BFI Buendia center, sen. Gil puyat avenue, Makati city, against SPS. ARTURO H. LABRADOR AND ELIZABETH P. LABRADOR, with postal addresses at camp philipps manolo fortich , bukidnon and lot 10 BLK. 7ph. 1, MEGA HEIGHTS SUBD., BRGY. GUSA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, the mortgagor/s , to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 19,2011 , amounts to PESOS; Three hundred six Thousand Two Hundred Fifty Pesos (PhP306,250.00) including interest , penalties and charges, court fees, attorney’s fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will sell at public auction on_ January 16, 2012 10: am or soon thereafter at Regional Tria Court, br. Regional Trial Court, Hall of justice . Cagayan de oro city, to the highest bidder for cash or manager check and in Philippine currency, the following real property/ies, with all the improvements thereon, to wit:

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TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-80311 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 10 block 7, psd-10-015315, being a portion of lot 2291- C, psd-10-015287), situated in the barrio of gusa, city of cag. De oro Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the SE., along line 3-4by road lot 5, on the SW ., along line 4-1 by lot 12, on the NW ., along line 1-2 by lot 9, on the NE. along line 2-3 by lot 8, all of all of block 7, of the suvdivision plan. Plan psd -10-015315.xxx containing an area of one hundred (100) square meters more or less.

ALL sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated date, time and place. In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason. The same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice , posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove describe and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de oro city,November 28,2011 (Sgd) EFREN G. MACABAYA SHERIFF IV BWM: Jan 2, 9, 16, 2012

18,000 people in April and May. Rodriguez said that the beneficiaries will have their respective houses on a 60 sq meter lot, with a floor area of 20 sq meter. And each family will pay an amortization of

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to attain a more equitable distribution of opportunities, income and wealth, a sustained increase in the amount of goods and services produced by the nation for the benefit of the people,” Apostol noted.

Government helps and encourages the establishment of a rural banking system design to make credit available and accessible in rural areas at reasonable terms, Apostol noted.

With House Bill 5360, non-Filipinos may buy and own up to 40 percent of a rural bank’s authorized capital stock.

“The bill provides that non-Filipino citizens may become members of the board of directors of a rural bank to the extent of their foreign participation in the equity of the bank,” said Apostol.

Romualdo said foreign investment in the rural banking sector should pave the way for a sustained competitive and vigorous banking system.

According to the Camiguin representative,

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sification, 517 transactions or 11.92%.

Diputado said during the period, the bureau investigated three cases of late registration, cases of re-verification of immigration documents and three cases of re-violation of immigration status.

Meanwhile, Diputado said the region had 482

P200 a month for 30 years.

“We are not only relocating the affected families, rather we are building a community. We will not call it a relocation area, but a village complete of amenities.”

Rodriguez said. “the rural bank industry plays a pivotal role in meeting and sustaining the needs of various sectors of the local economy such as the business sector, agriculture and fisheries sector, micro-enterprises and small [businesses].”

“The banking industry is one of the engines of development in the country, but most universal and top banks are operating in highly urbanized areas and in economically viable towns to the prejudice of depressed areas,” Romualdo noted.

“The amendment in the rural banking policy is a positive step towards a better banking environment, allowing the rural banks to expand their services, modernize their facilities and hire highly competent personnel to handle their operations and services,” Romualdo added.

House Bill 5360 tasks the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas to prescribe the necessary rules and regulations on the amendments of the Rural Bank Act, in consultation with various stakeholders, and distribute the entry of foreign equity into the rural banking system. permanent residents, as of July 13, 2011, of which the Chinese nationals registered the highest number with 143, followed by the Americans with 131, Indians with 27, British with 24 and the Australians, Japanese and Dutch, 21, each.

Of the temporary residents, however, the Koreans topped the list with 84, followed by the Indians with 53, Chinese with 41 and the Americans with 16.

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Misamis Oriental CITY OF EL SALVADOR In the Matter of the Change of Name in the certificate of Live Birth of “ MARCELO COLANSE”

Petition No. CFN 2011 – 0009

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JUAN G. COLANSE has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “MARCELO” to “JUAN” in the Certificate of Live Birth of “MARCELO COLANSE” who was born on JANUARY 31, 1950 at EL Salvador, Misamis Oriental from parents ROSENDO PAYLA COLANSE and EMILIA ABOG GALOLA. At the expense of the Petitioner, Let a copy of this Petition be published at least once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental. Any person having knowledge and/or claiming interest or may be adversely affected by said Petition may, with in ten (10) calendar days file her written opposition with this office.

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“Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” PORK PATA ANISADO

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PROCEDURES: 1. In a casserole, marinate pork pata in Del Monte Tomato Sauce, garlic, 2 Tbsp brown sugar, ¼ tsp pepper, 2Tbsp calamansi juice for 30minutes.

PORK PATA ANISADO

INGREDIENTS: 1 kilo pork pata, cut up 1 pouch (200g) DELMONTE Sauce 1 head garlic, crushed 1 pc star anise ¼ kilo baguio beans, sliced diagonally into 2” long 4 medium saba bananas, each slice into 3 1 Tbsp cornstarch, dissolved in 1 Tbsp water

2. Add 1-1/4 cups water, laurel leaf and anise. Simmer over low heat for 45 minutes or until tender. Add baguio beans, cornstarch and saba. Simmer until beans are cooked.

Makes 8 servings Lusog Note: Rich in potassium-for proper muscle and nerve function.

SISIG

SISIG INGREDIENTS: 350 g tenga at ulo ng baboy (without bones) 100 g chicken liver 350 g puso ng saging (bongolan), trimmed and cut lengthwise into 2 laurel leaf 1 large onion, chopped 2 siling labuyo 3 Tbsp DEL MONTE Vinegar 1 can (140g) DEL MONTE Tomato Sauce

cooked puso ng saging. Saute’ onion, PROCEDURES: siling labuyo,meat and puso ng saging. l. Wash and clean ulo at tenga ng baboy Add DEL MONTE Vinegar, DEL MONTE thoroughly. Boil in 2 cups water with Tomato Sauce, 1-1/2 tsp iodize salt (or 1 puso ng saging, 1 tsp iodized salt (or Tbsp rock salt)and ¼ tsp pepper. Cook 1 Tbsp rock salt) and laurel leaf until with stirring for 5-10 minutes. tender. Drain. Brown chicken liver in oil . Set aside.

Makes 6 Servings 2. Chop meat, chicken liver and puso ng Puso ng saging serves as extender. saging. Squeeze some liquid out of Lusog Note: Rich in iron-prevents anemia

Housewife crowned culinary champion

By JASHEN TRAVILLA Contributor

MARKET CITY, the cleanest market in the country together with Del Monte, the world renowned food company, along with its viable products, debuts a cooking contest at Market City (Agora), Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City last October – December of 2011.

Cooks, chefs, and amateurs clash in creating the best of the best’s dish at the “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” cooking contest. The main objective of the competition is to use Del Monte Products to make the dish perfectly tasty!

The culinary battle is being participated by special representatives from different Barangays all over Cagayan de Oro and nearby towns.

Giving extra challenge to the rest of the contestants is the expertise of each individual participant as they aim to win a Kitchen showcase plus 5

sacks of rice for the winning Baragay.

Among them, one woman stood up, a housewife and a mother of two; Ms. Maggie A. Rabala of Barangay 3, Cagayan de Oro City is crowned champion. Grew up in the City of Iloilo where she was the 6th among 7 children, she learned to cook at the age of 9. At such young age her

The winners of “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” contest.

mother would send her to the market every 4:00 in the morning to do the shopping all by herself and put her incharge of the kitchen. Her first dish, as far as she could remember was a “Pakbet” which she admits to be very candid, nevertheless she never gave up.

She spent her adolescence and school days as a restaurant assistant as her means of self support to her education and living. A self renowned chef, proven true to its name when she joined the Salad Making Contest at Ororama last 2009 and stood out as a champion. Such victorious moment gave her the push to join the “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” cooking contest. Despite the lack of formal culinary education, experience has been her best advantageous asset.

For 12 abundant years, Ms. Maggie has been cooking approximately 20 dishes everyday for her own eatery

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I FEEL that cooking for oneself, for a partner, for children, and for friends is important.

The caring chef or homemaker has many things to consider, such as choosing the right kind of recipe, what to buy, preparation, the cooking itself and the serving or presentation.

Fruits, grains, vegetables, protein and dairy products are everyday meals that we need to provide us energy and the right balance of nutrients for growth and continuing good health.

They should not cost more than we can afford, and should not take too much time nor effort to prepare.

This is far from all, however. Most importantly, the food must taste and look good that everybody who eats it will enjoy it!

We are going to share some of the Del Monte kitchenomics recipes dubbed as “KALAMI SA LUTONG DEL MONTE” as in (pwedeng araw-arawin). A recipe for day-to-day cooking.

As Filipinos we really appreciate food that are tasty.

We will include helpful ideas and tips for the times when you’re cooking for larger family groups and friends.

At times you may wish to serve more time and effort to produce memorable meals, especially if you are still keeping a watchful eye on costs.

The success of your special meals is likely to depend more on your cooking skills than on the price of the ingredients.

Tips

Mr. Ramilo M. Corbeta of Del Monte, Philippines and Ms. Maggie Rabala, Grand Winner of “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” contest.

Jan. 9-12, 2012

1. Add water or milk to eggs for fluffier omelets.

2. Always use the right amount of water when boiling pasta. Just follow the cooking directions indicated on the package. This will help dilute the starch released during cooking and therefore prevent sticking.

3. Cook soups and stews the day before and refrigerate overnight.

The excess fats and oils will solidify on top and can be easily skimmed off or removed.

4. To evenly coat chicken, fish, and other meat with flour and seasonings, place the coating in a polyethylene or plastic bag, then add the meat. Shake the bag until all the contents are evenly coated.

Remove from the bag and cook.

5. Use the meat, ham and fish leftovers as filling for lumpia, sandwiches, siopao, croquettes or omelets.

business at the “Ilonga Eatery” along Dolores-Corrales Streets, Cagayan de Oro City.

She made a name already with her must try Bicol Express, Chicken Curry, and Sisig signature dishes to her costumers from various offices and universities. Want the best of “Maggie Rabala & Del Monte” duo? Pick a date and book for a catering service with her!

Up to this point, her best dishes are by far the choice for a festive appetite! Indeed, a plain housewife can be a great talent!

Hotel Koresco

Pueblo de Oro Golf Course,CDO, fax. No. [088] 858-9748

tel. Nos. 858-9748 to 54, E-mail:hotelkoresco@yahoo.com

Mallberry Suites

Limketkai Drive ,CDO, Tel. No. [088]854-3999 / 854-7999 E-mail:info@mallberrysuites.com

Dynasty Court Hotel

Tiano-Hayes Sts. CDO, Tel. No. 726876 / 726962 / 857-5410 E-mail:dynasty@philcom.ph

The Marigold Hotel Velez cor. Luna Sts, CDO Tel Nos. 856-4320, 726937

Marco Resort Tel. No. 732182 / 855-220

VIP Hotel

A.Velez St. CDO, Tel. No. 726080 / 726590 / 856-2505 E-mail: info@theviphotel.com.ph

Philtown Hotel

Makahambus-Velez St. CDO,Tel. No. 723089 / 856-1813

De Luxe Hotel

Capt. V. Roa St. CDO, Tel. No. 726527 /857-2144

Maxandrea Hotel

J.R. Borja St. CDO, Tel. No. 729943/ 857-2244 / 857-4154

Grand City Hotel

A.Velez- Sts. CDO Tel. No. 723551 / 723658 / 857-1900

Country Village Hotel

Carmen, Cag. de Oro Tel. No. 71-22-03, 71-22-01, 7122-05

Southwinds Hotel

Capt. V. Roa Sts.CDO,Tel. No. 727623 / 724803 / 856-2036 E-mail:i_agudo@hotmail.com

Apple Tree Resort and Hotel

Taboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental, Tel. Nos. 754525/ 754263/ 3091986, Fax No. (8822) 754497

Pearlmont Inn

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Limketkai,Drive,CDO Tel. No. 729111 / 856-2654 / 729455

Red Palm Inn

EVChaves Building, Capistrano corner Cruz Taal Sts. Cagayan de Oro City Tel. No. 721197 and 8562671 Cell No. 0908-885-5643 Email: redpalm_inn07@yahoo.com

Chali Beach Resort

Cugman,CDO,Tel. No. 723929 / 855-2108 E-mail:chali_beach@yahoo.com

Nature Pensionne

Toribio Chavez Sts., CDO Tel. No. 723598 / 723718 / 857-2274

NEW DAWN PENSIONNE Velez-Macahambus Sts, CDO Tel Nos. 8571776, 721776 email : gchreservaƟon@yahoo.com

Malasag Eco Tourism Villages Cugman, CDO Tel. No.855-6183 [088]309-3752

LOT FOR SALE BEACH HOUSE

Baloy, Cagayan de Oro City

By appointment only Tel. #: (088) 855 3898

12 Jan. 9-12, 2012

My|Phone’s Annual Media Appreciation Day a huge success!

Held last December 9-11, 2011 at My|Phone’s Rancho Elena in Canlubang Laguna. The Annual Event is My|Phone’s was of showing its appreciation towards the Philippine Media Community which has continuously supported the company.

3 Days of non-stop games, food, drinks and bonding to the max made the event a much anticipated activity among the participating Media Partners.

The event was attended by representatives from more than 35 Media Outlets from Print, TV, Radio and Online

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