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Briefly NorMin exports

NORTHERN Mindanao exports for the year 2011 was valued at US$1.064 billion, higher by 15 percent compared with the US$926.45 million in 2010.

Thus revealed Engr.

Cecilio Clarete, chief economic development specialist of National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) in Region 10, during the media forum on the regional economic situationer held at the NEDA Conference Room, recently.

He said Bukidnon posted the largest increase of 97 percent, from US$58.21 million to US$114.94 million, boosted primarily by the exports of sugarcane.

Lanao del Norte and Misamis Oriental also reflected positive performances with US$303.25 million and US$541.40 million worth of exports, respectively.

High employment

ZAMBOANGA City -- The National Statistics Office (NSO) said three Mindanao regions are among the top five areas in the country that registered a high employment rate in January this year.

This, as the NSO’s labor force survey for the month of January this year registered an employment rate of 92.8 percent which is slightly higher compared to the rating in January 2011 at 92.6 percent.

The three Mindanao regions’ high employment rate in January this year are the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), 97 percent; Zamboanga Peninsula, 96.6 percent; and the Soccsksargen (South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani and General Santos City), 96 percent.

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Figaro starts brewing coffee at Uptown Condotel

By JOE PALABAO, Reporter

A NEW coffee shop starts brewing at the newest flush condotel in Cagayan de Oro. Figaro formally opens today, Mar. 23, at Uptown Condotel located near Xavier Estates Business Park, Fr. Masterson Avenue.

Figaro provides a com-

fortable ambiance for coffee lovers especially that the place is just near the world renowned Pueblo de Oro Golf Club, and several business outsourcing centers or call centers.

It promises to serve the descriminating tastes of golfers, businessmen, and middle class residents of

Uptown Condotel.

Uptown Condotel, on the other hand, is near completion. It is designed as a full service luxury hotel with all the comforts of home. It has a floor area that varies per unit, minimum floor area is 45 square meters and maximum of FIGARO/PAGE 15

Deployment of available power barges ordered

By IRENE DOMINGO, Reporter

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RESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III has instructed the Mindanao Development Authority to convene and address the power problems in Mindanao even as he ordered the augmentation of power barges available, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda said on Wednesday.

Lacierda said that in response to the President’s directive, the Mindanao Development Authority has already convened the stakeholders in the energy sector -- the cooperatives and the local government units (LGUs).

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P8 minimum fare in effect in Normin

By GERRY L. GORIT, Reporter

THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board in Region 10 has already started implementing the 50-centavo provisional fare increase for public utility FARE/PAGE 12

Italpinas VP for Sales and Marketing Daniel R. dela Cruz meets with President & CEO Romolo V. Nati earlier this month at the Makati office to discuss new plans for the sale and marketing of Primavera Residences.

Primavera Residences looks up with appointment of new VP, Sales Group THINGS are looking bright for the Italo-Filipino joint venture group which is bringing Primavera Residences,

Northern Mindanao first truly eco—friendly building with the recent appointment of a new sales head to head its newly

Social Entrepreneurship takes new drift with auto show

By MIKE BAÑOS, Correspondent

SOCIAL Entrepreneurship projects have literally taken Land Transportation Franchising and Regu- a new drift in Cagayan de latory Board (LTFRB) director Mandangan Oro with the advent of P. Darimbang showing the new provisional what aims to be Northern jeepney fare rates in Region 10.

Mindanao’s biggest motor PHOTO BY GERRY L . GORIT

show aimed at raising funds for the economic upliftment of victims of the Tropical Storm Sendong disaster.

The 1st Cagayan de Oro International Motor Show dubbed “HOTCARZ AUTO/PAGE 12

organized independent sales group.

ITALPINAS Euroasian DePRIMAVERA/PAGE 15

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Zambo Norte’s P686-M rubber plantation to create 1,400 jobs SOME 1,400 new jobs are expected to be created as a P686 million rubber plantation project rolls out on a 2,000-hectare farm in Zamboanga del Norte, according to the Board of Investments (BOI).

The proponent, Zanorte Palm-Rubber Plant ation, is consider ing Dunlop, Bridgestone and Yokohama as buyers of its output.

Rubber production is

expected to increase by 4.183 million kilograms annually as a result of the Zanorte venture, which was among the 24 projects granted incentives as per the 2011 Investment

Priorities Plan.

Rubber is the key raw material of many products of the transp or tation, industrial, consumer and medical sectors.

In the 2011 – 2016 roadmap of the local rubber industry, the goal is to have 200,000 hectares of plantation by 2016. As of 2010, 138,710 hectares were devoted to ribber

production, according to the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS).

The BAS also said average rubber yield is 2.9 metric tons.

In 2010, Philippine rubber output was at least 395,000 metric tons and production centers were in mostly in Western Mindanao and Central Mindanao.

SME caravan in Iligan gains support from entrepreneurs

By LORRY V. GABULE Contributor

ILIGAN City -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Region 10 through its Provincial Office in Iligan City and Lanao del Norte gained support from the participants in this year’s conduct of small and medium-scale enterprise (SME) caravan held at the Celadon Pension House, Pala-o, Iligan City last March 16.

“We didn’t expect such number of participants of 250, as we only targeted 150 from Iligan City plus 50 slots for the Lanao del Norte participants,” expressed Ruel B. Paclipan,

provincial director, DTI Iligan City/Lanao del Norte Provincial Office.

“We aimed at addressing the key challenges and constraints that continue to prevent the SME sector from realizing full potential in boosting the local economic growth,” added Paclipan.

City Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz, in his message, challenged the SMEs to move on as the City of Iligan experienced disaster that left hundreds of lives dead and missing, so with loss of property and livelihood which greatly affect the city’s economy.

In his part, Lanao del Norte Provincial Direc-

tor Lamberto B. Jos of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) said that in view of the need to provide equitable access and provision of TESDA programs to the growing Technical Vocational Education and Training clients, TESDA continues to undertake the government’s direct training provisions with four training modalities, the school-based, centerbased, enterprised-based and community-based.

The whole day event was in coordination with the Bureau of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprise Development, Department of Trade and Industry.

Samal casino to re-open this year DAVAO City -- Island Garden City of Samal mayor Aniano Antalan announced the re-opening of the casino resort, Ekran Berhad in the island this year.

During the Visit Samal launching held at Paradise Resort on Mar. 17, the local official confirmed reports that the 250-hectare casino resort will finally help the island increase more tourist arrivals.

It was in 1997 that this resort started operation offering hotel accommodation

of up to 300 rooms.

“I have talked with the management of Ekran Berhad and they have confirmed its re-opening this year. The island will get P2 million per year from revenues,” Antalan said.

With the coming in of new investments, the Department of Tourism with the local government of Samal is pushing for a central point of entry for guests coming from Davao City.

Admittedly, both offices believe that access remains

a challenge for tourism to fully flourish in Samal.

“We are eyeing the Davao Sta. Ana Wharf as a common jump off point. The Davao LGU is in the process of working on the documentation of ownership and the local chief executive expressed the desire to take over,” said DOT regional director Art Boncato Jr. Samal, although a city part of the Davao del Norte Province, holds most of its several jump off points in Davao City. Davao visitors have always included Samal Island as a point of destination the moment they set foot in Davao.

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Hedcor builds ‘Silid Pangarap’ for Sibulan pupils

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MAGINE 45 pupils listening to their teacher inside a concrete and conducive classroom with complete learning materials and educational toys – tools to provide quality education for pupils in their younger years.

Imagine them learning ABC and 123 while enjoying their right to a comfortable classroom in their younger years.

This is what Hedcor dream of for its host schoolchildren as the 50-day construction of the Silid Pangarap for kindergarten is now on going. Hedcor broke ground the one-storey, two-classrooms school building last February 27 at Sibulan Elementary School of Barangay Sibulan, Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. “This is it! An answered prayer for our pupils in Sibulan to have a room condu-

HEDCOR Vice President for Mindanao operations Rolando Pacquiao and DepEd Division’s Officer in charge Dee Silva break ground last February 27 after the 45 kindergarten pupils of Sibulan Elementary School as a signal of the start of 60-day construction of their two-classroom school building. The building is funded by Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. and the Aboitiz Foundation, Inc.

cive for learning”, said DepEd Division’s OIC Ms. Dee Silva, after a plan of the building was presented to her.

Hedcor Sibulan, Inc. and Aboitiz Foundation, Inc. (AFI) – Aboitiz’s arm for social development, partnered with AGAPP (Aklat,

Gabay, Aruga Tungo sa Pag-angat at Pagasa) program of Pres.

Benigno Aquino III to have this P1.3 millionworth school building for kids.

Hedcor vice president for Mindanao operations Rolando Pacquiao said “By the

opening of classes this June, pupils can start use the building”.

“We will make sure to help the children of our host communities to have a good foundation. They are our future employees in Hedcor”, Pacquiao added.

Over 7 million pe-

sos worth of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) were already provided by Hedcor to host communities.

Free medicines and health consultations to doctors during medical missions, scholarship grants for education, and livelihood

are amongst Hedcor’s CSR initiatives.

Hedcor, a subsidiary of AboitizPower, is the largest developer of run-of-river hydropower plants in Benguet, Ilocos Sur and Davao.

Sibulan is host to the 42.5-megawatt Sibulan hydropower plant.

Pag-IBIG declares dividends

Fortified milk needed for healthier child development

THE Pag-IBIG Fund Board of Trustees has approved the declaration of P8.491 billion worth of dividends for 2011. This was announced

by Vice President Jejomar C. Binay, who is concurrently Chairman of the Pag-IBIG

SCHOOLCHILDREN require adequate nutritional supplementation to help them keep up with the demands of their increasingly active lives. Falling short of their daily requirements puts them at risk of lapsing into poor mental and physical capacities that can

Board. According to the Vice President, the amount of dividends is equivalent to 71% of the Pag-IBIG’s net income for 2011. This shall be divided among the Fund’s 10.2 million members.

PAG-IBIG/PAGE 5

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 28 MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN In the Matter of Petition for Issuance of Owner’s Duplicate Copy of OCT - P-10890 Of the office of the Register of Deeds of Camiguin,

MISC. CASE NO. 107

VIRGINIA D. SILAGAN, Petitioner, -versusAtty. Alma Concepcion M. Parreño, in her capacity as Ex-Officio Register of Deeds of Camiguin, Respondent. x------------------------------------------------------- / ORDER Petitioner, Virginia D. Silagan, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Tagdo, Mambajao, Camiguin, thru counsel, states that she is the vendee of a parcel of land owned and possessed by Cornelio Silagan, located at Barrio Tagdo, Municipality of Mambajao, Province of Camiguin, containing an area of 2,154 square meters covered by Original Certificate of Title No. P-10890 duly registered in the Office of the Register of Deeds of Camiguin.

That the owner’s duplicate copy of the OCT of the aforesaid parcel of land was lost and despite earnest effort to locate it, the same was of no avail. The fact of such loss was duly registered in the Office of the Registry of Deeds of Camiguin.

That said title has not been delivered to any person or entity to secure payment or performance of any obligation whatsoever.

It is the main thrust of the petition that after hearing the Owner’s Duplicate of Original Certificate of Title which had been lost be declared null and void and a new Owner’s Duplicate of Original Certificate of Title No. P-10890 be issued in lieu thereof under the same terms and condition as contained in the original on file.

The petition being sufficient in form and substance is hereby set for hearing on May 9, 2012 in this Court’s Session Hall, to start at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let copy of the petition together with all its annexes and of this Order be furnished. The Register of Deeds at Mambajao, Camiguin; The Administrator, Land Registration Authority at Quezon City; and Provincial Prosecutor of Camiguin.

The Process Server of this Court is directed to post copies of this Order in the 1.) Bulletin Board – Public Market, Mambajao, Camiguin; 2.) Bulletin Board – Municipal Hall, Mambajao, Camiguin; 3.) Bulletin Board – Provincial Capitol, Mambajao, Camiguin; and 4.) Bulletin Board – this Court.

Let copy of this Order be published at petitioner’s expense once a week for three consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing in any newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin.

Any person or entity whose interests might be adversely affected by this proceeding may file written opposition within a reasonable time prior to the date of hearing and appear personally during the hearing to substantiate the same.

SO ORDERED. Done at Mambajao, Camiguin, this 23rd day of February 2012.

(Sgd.) RUSTICO D. PADERANGA Judge BWM: MARCH 9, 16, & 23, 2012

impair not just their health but also their own future.

Milk provides parents with the easiest way to ensure that their children get their much-needed nutrition. Different age levels of kids, though, call for different types of milk. For children aged seven and

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 39 Cagayan de Oro City 2012-107 IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUS ENTRY ON SEX IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF VANESSA DELIMA VILLAHERMOSA,

SPEC. PRO. NO. 2011-203 For: CORRECTION OF ENTRY

VANESSA DELIMA VILLAHERMOSA, Petitioner, -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondent.

X------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Petitioner, through counsel, filed a verified Petition for Change of Gender in her Certificate of Live Birth from Male to Female.

Finding said petition sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. The Petitioner is hereby directed to cause this Order to be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a duly accredited newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro, Province of Misamis Oriental, at her own expense.

Let copies of this Order be posted in the Bulletin Board of City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City, Bulletin Board of the Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City, and the Bulletin Board of this Court.

This case is set for hearing on May 10, 2012, at 8:30 a.m. at the Session Hall of this Court. The Civil Registrar and any person having or claiming any interest under the entries whose cancellation or correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the Petition, or from the last date of Publication of such notice, file his/her opposition thereto.

Let a copy of this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General, Office of the Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City, the Petitioner and her counsel.

AFTER petitioner’s documents in compliance with jurisdictional requirements are marked and declared complete, and there is NO OPPOSITION filed, petitioner should PRESENT EVIDENCE EX-PARTE before our Branch Clerk of Court, Atty.

Edmundo V. Raagas, at 2:00 p.m of the same date above-mentioned.

SO ORDERED. Given this 9th day of February, 2012 at Cagayan de Oro City.

(Sg.) MARITES FILOMENA B. RANA-BERNALES Presiding Judge BWM: MARCH 9, 16, & 23, 2012

up, the ideal type to drink is one that is fortified with vitamins and micronutrients – ingredients that are crucial for building strength and bodily resistance against infection.

Fortified milk contains vitamins A, D, and B, along with iron, zinc, and other nutrients that give children a stronger immune system.

This type of milk not only strengthens growing bones because of its vitamin D content—essential for optimum calcium absorption—but also helps improve vision with vitamin A. All these essential nutrients, including zinc, iron, and vitamin C can be found in a glass of BEAR BRAND Powdered Milk Drink.

Zinc is involved in major metabolic processes and in functions of many tissues,

and it plays a central and unique role in the functioning of the immune system, as over 300 enzymes alone need zinc for proper biological function. Iron is also essential for improving immunity, carrying oxygen to the body, boosting one’s energy level, and even preventing learning difficulty among children. Vitamin C rounds up the immunebuilding benefits of fortified milk, as it helps protect the body against oxidative damage, promotes resistance to infection, and helps in one’s recovery from stress.

As a fortified milk variant, BEAR BRAND Powdered Milk Drink helps growing children cope well with the demands of their active lives at school, at home, and outdoors. In its MILK/PAGE 5

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Trans-Asia eyes P33B new power projects TRANS-ASIA Oil and Energy Development Corp. is looking to invest P33 billion in new power projects over the next five years, a ranking company executive said.

These new projects, which are currently under study, will allow the company to generate almost 700 megawatts (MW) of power by 2017, said Roberto M. Laviña, executive vicepresident and chief finance officer of Trans-Asia.

“Total project cost is P33 billion under various assumptions for debt-toequity level and participation,” he added.

For instance, the TransAsia is looking at the second line for the South Luzon Thermal Energ y Corp.

(SLTEC) worth P9.5 billion.

SLTEC is a joint venture between Ayala Corp.’s AC Energy Holdings Inc. and Trans-Asia. SLTEC will

build a P13-billion, 135MW circulating fluidized bed power plant in Calaca, Batangas.

Laviña said the company is also conducting studies for the second phase of the Maibarara geothermal power plant in Calamba, Laguna and Sto. Tomas, Batangas.

The expansion might cost around P3 billion, he said.

For North Mindanao, Trans-Asia wants to put up a coal-fired power plant to lessen the impact of the ongoing power crisis in the island.

The company is also planning to undertake several renewable energy

Pag-IBIG...

which include all annual dividend earnings under any of the following reasons: membership maturity after 20 years and after saving 240 monthly contributions; retirement; separation from service due to health reasons; permanent departure from the country; total disability or insanity; or upon the death of the member where his legal heirs shall receive his total savings plus an additional death benefit of P6,000 or an amount equivalent to his total savings, whichever is lower.

“We take pride in the fact that the Pag-IBIG Fund has continued to sustain its financial growth through the years, making it one of the strongest and most stable financial institutions in the country today,” Atty.

Berberabe continued. “Because of the efforts of the management and staff of Pag-IBIG, we were able to register a gross income of P24.8 billion in 2011, 11% higher than our gross income level in 2010 and the biggest in 31 years. Our net income is at P11.959 billion, while our total asset level is now over P302 billion.”

“But the Pag-IBIG Fund’s

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“In effect, individual members’ savings have earned around 4.13% for the year. This is definitely higher than what any bank grants to their clients,” VP Binay added.

Pag-IBIG Chief Executive Officer Atty. Darlene Marie B. Berberabe explained that based on the Implementing Rules and Regulations of RA 9679 or the HDMF Law of 2009, the Board of Trustees is required to set aside an amount not less than 70% of Pag-IBIG’s annual net income to be paid to members in the form of dividends. “The dividend earnings are proportionately credited to the member’s total savings. We wish to clarify, however, that unlike dividends provided by other financing institution, Pag-IBIG dividends may be withdrawn only at time of membership maturity, together with the member’s personal contributions and the employer share” the CEO added. Dividend earnings are tax-free.

Pag-IBIG members may withdraw their total savings

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its ongoing outreach program dubbed LAKI SA GATAS Nutrition Education Advocacy, which visits elementary students in public schools nationwide, BEAR BRAND regularly promotes the importance of having a sharp mind and a strong body to build a better future and attain their dreams in life.

“Drinking fortified milk must be a daily habit among schoolchildren because it is vital for overall health yet inexpensive to give,” said Jasmin Estacio, Consumer Marketing Manager for BEAR BRAND. “It must be part of a child’s daily diet,

supplemented by the right food choices that parents must provide.”

Estacio further explained that BEAR BRAND Powdered Milk Drink is not formulated for infants; it is targeted for growing children four years old and above.

Furthermore, the product conforms to the standards set by the Food & Drug Administration, and is registered and approved by the same agency.

By knowing what kind of milk to give, along with establishing healthy eating habits, parents can lay the foundation for healthy diets that will enable their children to enjoy active and fulfilled lives.

ventures like wind projects, Laviña said.

“If all these projects come into play, then we will need approximately P5 billion in the next five years,” he said, referring to the equity contribution of Trans-Asia.

“These new projects will increase generating capacity to 687 MW by 2017,” he added.

Last year, the company had a power generation capacity of 180 MW, which is expected to increase to 201 MW this year, 221 MW in 2013 and 341 MW in 2014.

Profits of Trans-Asia surged to P408 million last year from P14.74 million the previous year on the back of higher trading revenues from its power business.

Trans-Asia engages primarily in oil exploration, but has investments in cement TRANS-ASIA/PAGE 14 growth is not restricted to its finances. The past year was a year of changes, growth and action. Our efforts to provide quality service to our members have been recognized when PagIBIG became ISO 9001-2008 Certified in 2011, the first among key shelter agencies,” says Atty. Berberabe. “ The members—the Filipino workers – are the direct beneficiaries of all the efforts of the Fund.

Every increase in its income means higher dividend rates and bigger savings for the members. We reassure all our members that the Fund will continue to safeguard and ensure the growth of the savings that they have entrusted to us.”

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Golden Stallion Suites opens

By GERRY L. GORIT, Reporter

THE newest plush hotel in Cagayan de Oro has opened its doors to visitors. Golden Stallion Suites, located at 21-27th St., Nazarateth, offers a variety of rooms for at different prices.

Engineer Jimmy Eballe Caina Jr., president and general manager of the Golden Stallion Suites, said the furnishings of the hotel come from abroad.

Caina said these and other amenities make the hotel different from others in the city.

There are 23 rooms for single or double occupancy as well as family rooms from the second floor to the fourth floor of the building.

Business guests are also welcome as the hotel provides Internet services and a parking area for vehicles with a security guard.

Room rates start from P700, P800, P900, P1,200, The facade of the Golden Stallion Suites. The newest P1,300, P1,350, P1,400, hotel in Cagayan de Oro has opened its doors to visitors.

STALLION/PAGE 12 PHOTO BY GERRY L . GORIT

Replacement of 2G equipment in Davao OK in 2 yrs: Globe GLOBE Telecom Inc. said last week it will finish in two years the replacement of all second-generation (2G) equipment installed in Davao with 3G and 4G transmitters to improve reliability, ease of access and seamless coverage.

The Davao pilot project

is part of the cellular firm’s $790-million network-modernization program aimed at enhancing customer experience via a technologically advanced network in partnership with Huawei of China and Alcatel Lucent.

The network-modernization program, touted as

the most significant investment of Globe in the last two decades, includes an all-IP infrastructure, pervasive 3G coverage, double fiber-optics capacity, 4G and long-term evolution readiness, and overall quality and resiliency.

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Tests for Heart Disease THINK a minute…

Imagine that people around you were dying from a terrible disease only because they were not tested and treated with medicine early enough. Wouldn’t you want to be tested right away so you could get help before it was too late? Yet there is a serious disease that is worse than cancer or AIDS. And you can know today whether or not you have this deadly disease.

Just take this quick test that could save your life.

Number one: Is there someone with whom you’re very angry? A person who deeply hurt and wronged you? It could be someone in your family. A friend.

Someone you work with.

Maybe it happened a long time ago, but you’re still angry and bitter toward them.

Number two: Do you blame someone else for your problems? Your parents?

Your husband or wife? You think it is other people’s fault why you’re not happy and successful. Maybe you even blame God for not helping you like you think He should.

Number three: Do you find yourself getting angry at someone today because that person reminds you of someone else who wronged and hurt you in the past?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you’re suffering from the deadly disease of unfor-

giveness. Your only cure is to forgive that person who wronged and hurt you. You need to do it today—before this disease turns into hate and bitterness that destroys you inside. Doctors tell us that anger and unforgiveness can cause high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, headaches, arthritis, and many other diseases. Unforgiveness will also destroy your marriage, family, and all of your other relationships.

But worst of all, if you will not forgive that other person, then God cannot forgive you. Jesus Christ warns us that if our heart is closed to give love and forgiveness to others, then it is also closed and can-

THINK A MINUTE

JHAN TIAFAU HURST not receive God’s gift of forgiveness. So for your own sake, won’t you ask Jesus to forgive and heal your heart today? Then, you can finally be free to forgive others and enjoy the healthy, happy new life Jesus wants to give you.

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The forgotten benefits of Annatto HIGH above the temperate mountains of Claveria, sun dried red Annatto fruits are ready for random picking.

The fruits coming from small trees of 5 to 10 meters in height and similar in appearance to the “Rambutan” are underrated. Many are left to rot in the elements and if not for some tropical birds and sparrows feasting on its seeds when it split open, the fruits usefulness to the modern dining has not been pass on to the new generations.

Annatto which is called in the native language as Achiote is a fruit which contains little red seeds, green when unripe and turn to red when it ripens.

It originated from South and Central America which was brought by the Spaniards to the Philippines in 1521 the same year when Conquistador Ferdinand Magellan planted the cross in Masao at the tip of Mindanao Island.

Annatto oil is used for various cooking seasoning and dying of fabrics. To make the oil, heat vegetable oil and fry the dried seeds, be careful not to over roast the seeds.

After, all the colors are transferred to the oil, set

aside and dry for its applications. It can be bottled or rolled tightly into a dry banana leaves and cut up like a cake when ready for use.

Annatto or Achiote is an ingredient in preparing our favorite “Humba” dish or “Kare- Kare”.

In the Caribbean it is used much as a food ingredients and flavoring for “Bacalao” or body painting for their Mardi Grass beach parties.

The value of Achiote lies in its natural properties. The fruit itself is not edible; it is the red-orange pulp covering the seeds that is used as a flavoring.

It is non carcinogenic and available in many parts of the Philippines at a very low cost.

In the US, Annatto is used to color the Velveeta cheese and Yogurts. It also goes to the natural coloring of our favorite pasta recipe called Spaghetti.

Cuisines from North Eastern Mindanao are greatly influenced by the Achiote flavoring. The “Sinangag” of Butuan and Surigao, diced pork butt with liver, carrots and potato sautéed with green or red pepper is made more peppery with a hint

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of a nutmeg.

In Central Luzon, “Sinangag” is called “Menudo”. It comes always with Achiote seasoning and a favorite Kapampangan recipe.

One of the traditional cottage industries of Tanza, Cavite is processing smoked sardines called “Tinapa” it is dyed with Achiote oil to prevent flies from feasting on the smoked fish dried along the sides of the main highway leading to Cavite City.

In Mindanao the word “Tinapa” has another meaning that refers to sardines inside small round tin cans.

A leading brand is endorsed popularly by a Boholano actor Cesar Montano.

Culinary trends in the Philippines now are greatly influenced by global flavors with the convenience of travel and digital marketing and advertising.

People of all nationalities come to the Philippines each bringing inter-action and exchange of culture, knowledge and taste. With the European flavors and other Asian taste exported to the world, we now have cuisines of various origins making their presence in our dining tables.

We are bombarded with

print and television commercials that make us looks good with imported meat and ingredients with food seasonings derived from the West or sourced out from the East sold by many multinational food distributors.

Our endemic food materials and ingredients that grow in our farms or backyards are relegated to the “pang masa”. If one eats “malungay”, “sayote” or “maiz” one is “promdi” or identified with the poor.

The proliferation of fast foods and franchising of international restaurants chains have practically changed the dining landscape and relegated our heritage cuisines from the taste and palate of this genQUIAMJOT/PAGE 7

from the outside and look within, then we can truly understand that anything we do can result to stunning success if we just choose to be enthusiastic. A person can be a genius in his craft and would have all the resources to get to the top yet without the fire to do things passionately there’s no way he will make it. Enthusiasm then should be engrained in our character that even in our most unglorified acts, we still exemplify such attitude. This was very well stated by Mary Kay Ash when she said; “A mediocre idea that generates enthusiasm will go further than a great idea that inspires no

one.”

Secondly, Love…one of the most written topic of all ages yet least understood by many. Love in general is the ultimate virtue that teaches individual to understand and find the goodness in the worst of every being.

I believe that we can make our life easier if we can just genuinely appreciate each other rather than look for faults and glorify it. Some are busy searching for the weaknesses of others as if there’s a grand prize waiting for them when in fact, the most award winning thing to do on earth is… loving.

It is undeniably priceless.

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PED T. QUIAMJOT

Rubrics of life THE term Rubric originally referred to instructions (often written in red) for conducting religious services, but in the mid 1990s was given this new meaning by the education community according to Wikipedia.

Overall, Rubrics is a set of criteria typically linked to learning objectives or simply instructions which in my contemplation can also be structured as guidelines on how we should traverse and overcome human challenges. It is clear that standards in living our life to its maximum potential may be varied yet would have a common ground as to what really can create

lasting meaning and impact.

In this column, we will explore various steps and set of proven strategies that can bring about positive change through vibrant discussion on specific topics based on eclectic knowledge on the different rubrics of life by people of different achievements and stature…

To start our journey, let me share first my own simple criteria which I constantly check every waking moment candidly taken from my initials, ELP. I have studied and observed various qualities of men from different walks of life and came to realize that everything I need to do to

be personally successful can be anchored to my initials which would lead me to perpetually remember them.

They are ; Enthusiasm, Love, and Purpose.

Firstly, lets talk about the fuel that powers any individual to perform their level best which is…Enthusiasm. People specially in our proactive generation often find themselves deluged with self-help books to improve their character.

A lot would seem to endlessly attend motivational seminars and spend good money just to find out the secrets of becoming great at what they do. However, despite the seminars ,books,

Erwin L. Pepino and instructional videos on self-improvement still, their personal abyss keeps on going deeper and eventually they become helpless in their quest for greatness.

If only we stop searching

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Stones: Are they for real?

EACH time I open a gallbladder for examination, after it is removed by our Surgeon Friends, and finding a stone or several of them, I would tell my Technician: if these were for real, the owners of these stones would have made a fortune from them! And if, so, then we should welcome these gallstones.

But as it is, gallstone formation isn’t normal and can cause severe pain that it may be considered an emergency.

The gallbladder is a small organ that concentrates bile, which aids in digestion. Normal bile contains enough chemicals to dissolve cholesterol, but when one’s diet has a high fat high cholesterol con-

tent, then the bile present in the gallbladder may not be able to dissolve them and thus form crystals, presenting either as sand like or as hard pebble like deposits.

Stones or crystals may also result when bile contains too much bilirubin, a chemical that is produced when the body breaks down red blood cells, which occurs in certain conditions like liver cirrhosis, certain blood disorders and in cases of infections affecting the biliary tract. When the gallbladder fails to empty correctly, there may be concentration also of the bile which can likewise result in the formation of these crystals.

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in living. Ponder on this, for in life sometimes it’s not how fast you are going but where you are heading that matters.

Today, I can honestly say that I’m still striving to follow my rubric in living my life each moment. I stumbled a lot and failed a myriad of times yet with ELP in my heart I will endeavour to start the day believing it’s a great day, appreciating everyone I meet, and acting towards my goal in life which is to touch lives…not too many but hopefully more!

Peace profound!

from page 6 Lastly, we can set our hearts on fire by being motivated to perform our tasks, and we may endure in showing our care to others yet all these worthy endeavours will be worthless if we don’t use them for our ultimate purpose in life. It’s like riding a Ferrari on a freeway at full speed without knowing your destination. We should get to that moment where we can experience lasting success and fulfilment. Yet, we can only experience such ethereal joy if along the way we are doing the things we love. Now…ask yourself what do you truly want in life? What is your purpose

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from page 6 eration.

Filipino children today prefer to eat French fries compared to Banana “Saba” or Ice Cream rather than” Sago” and “Gulaman”.

Some quarters call it globalization, but good or bad, it has created a tip of imbalance to

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The usual presentation when one has stone/s in the gallbladder is pain in the right or middle upper abdomen, which is described either as sharp, cramping or dull that may spread to the back or below the right shoulder. It usually occurs after a fatty meal. There may be fever and chills, nausea and vomiting, and if there is obstruction in the flow of bile, as when the stone lodges in the common bile duct, then jaundice or yellowing of the skin and sclera may occur.

However, there are instances too when the patient may not feel anything at all, and would only know that he/ she has a stone after

an Xray or ultrasound is done in the abdomen.

We often hear the Three F’s for gallstone: Female, Forty and Fat. This simply means that, being female, with age above 40 and is overweight or obese places one at high risk already.

Although in actual practice, men who are overweight and at that age level do develop gallstones too.

Knowing the risk factors can alert us and make us aware that once again, diet and keeping a healthy weight is a factor for good in keeping us healthy and safe from the possibility of developing that not so wanted stones.

Which brings to mind also the question of; are

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our nutrition as Asian or Filipinos? Bad when the Philippines medical journals, shows younger people afflicted with diabetes and high blood pressure.

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there alternative therapies that are proven to dissolve or cure gallstones?

Although, there are proponents for some medications and supplements, I would still say that, the mainstay in the treatment of gallstones is surgery.

Surgical intervention is indicated for those patients who are symptomatic.

There are options one can choose from and it may range from the traditional and classical open wide incision technique or what is now a popular procedure known as Laparoscopic or small incision technique.

The latter two will entail a shorter hospital stay (patient may be discharged after an overnight stay

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Schools exemptions from VAT sought LEGISLATORS are pushing for the immediate approval of a bill seeking to exempt from the value-added tax (VAT) of goods purchased by educational institutions and services rendered by their suppliers and service providers.

Pwersa ng Masang Pilipino Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City, one of the authors of House Bill 5916, said the costly tuition is aggravated by the VAT, which is being passed on to the schools by their suppliers of goods and services.

“ T h e VAT i s t h e n passed on by schools to the students which make it more difficult for them to afford the exorbitant tuition,” said Rodriguez.

Rodriguez said the bill underscored the importance the families are giving to education.

“This is the reason even if families can barely eat three meals a day, parents and working students often forego other needs just to pay for education,” Rodriguez said.

The bill seeks to amend Republic Act 8424, or the Tax Reform Act of 1997,

by exempting from VAT the goods and services acquired by educational institutions.

Co-authored by Rodriguez’s brother Party-list Rep. Maximo Rodriguez Jr. of Abante Mindanao, the measure sought the amendment of Section 109 (M) of RA 8424 so that VAT-exempt transactions shall also include educational services rendered by duly accredited private and government educational institutions, including all goods purchased and ser vices rendered to the said educational

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institutions by suppliers and service providers, respectively.

At present, the law only provides that educational

services rendered by duly accredited private and government educational institutions shall be VATexempt.

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Whistleblower bill hurdles 2nd reading in House THE House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure providing protection, security and benefits to whistleblowers in a bid to curtail graft and corruption in government.

House Bill 5715, to be known as the “Whistleblower Protection, Security and Benefit Act of 2011,” seeks to safeguard national interest through the prosecution of corrupt and erring public officials and employees and promote good governance.

Party-list Rep. Teddy Casino of Bayan Muna, author of the bill, said an honest-to-goodness measure protecting whistleblowers should be enacted to attract more people to denounce corrupt government officials.

“It is imperative that a mechanism be set up to secure the person of a whistleblower and counter the stigma of ostracism so that the potential whistleblower or informant on graft and corrupt activities will not hesitate to come out in the open,” said co-author and Rep. Neri Javier Colmenares, also of Bayan Muna.

Aurora Rep. Juan Edgardo Angara, the third author of the measure, said the government needs a new institutional mechanism for integrity and accountability to eliminate scandals and restore credibility in public service. “The litmus test for such reforms is the government’s treatment of whistleblowers. Those ‘who blow the whistle’ are most often fired and ostracized by friends and co-workers. They are accused of having a grievance with their employer or trying to profit from their accusations,” Angara said.

Marikina Rep. Marcelino Teodoro of Marikina City said the bill will provide sufficient protection to witnesses of misconduct who will likely experience retaliation from their superiors whom they have exposed. “The fear generated by such retaliation creates a chilling effect on the willingness of the people to come forward,” Teodoro said.

The bill defines a whistleblower as an informant or any person who has privileged or personal knowledge or access to data, events or information of any conduct constituting graft and corruption. It mandates that a whistleblower shall be admitted into the Whistleblower’s Program of the Office of the Ombudsman in accordance with rules and regulations of the Act. The Office of the Ombudsman is granted additional powers and functions relative to the implementation and enforcement.

The bill requires execution of a Memorandum of Agreement setting the whistleblowers’ responsibility before the whistleblower can be given protection under the program. A breach of that agreement shall be a ground for termination of the protection provided under the Act. A whistleblower who has made a disclosure shall not be subject to any liability whether under an administrative, civil, criminal or other proceedings for making such disclosure. The bill also penalizes with a 12-year jail term those committing acts of reprisal against a whistleblower-employee.

The penalty of perpetual disqualification from holding public office shall be imposed if the offender is a public officer or employee. The co-authors are Reps. Niel Tupas, Jr. (5th District, Iloilo), Joseph Emilio Abaya (1st District, Cavite), Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City), Maximo Rodriguez, Jr. (Party-list, Abante Mindanao, Inc.), Ma. Rachel Arenas (3rd District, Pangasinan), Gabriel Luis Quisumbing (6th District, Cebu) and Salvador Escudero III (1st District, Sorsogon).

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New police stations in Misor

By RONNIE FRANCIS M. CARIAGA, Contributor

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OLICE Chief Superintendent Jufel C. Adriatico, Police Regional Office (PRO)-10 Regional Director, invites all interested and qualified bidders to apply for eligibility and to bid for the contracts in the construction of standard police stations in Gingoog City and Libertad, as well as for the construction of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Grandstand in Camp Alagar, Cagayan de Oro City.

The construction of police ships with the community. stations forms part of the In Northern Mindanao, continuing program of the PCSupt. Adriatico observed PNP to enhance the quality that there are still a lot of of its services and relation- police stations attached to

SP Member Oliver Actub

Misor dads mourn death of colleague THE Provincial Board of Misamis Oriental approved on Monday a resolution expressing the Provincial Government’s deepest grief for the untimely demise of Board Member Oliver S. Actub and conveying its heartfelt sympathy and condolence to his family and relatives.

In a resolution authored by the body, it said the death of Actub is a great loss to the province because of his remarkable accomplishments not only as a municipal mayor of Opol but as board of director of the Misamis Oriental Rural Electric Service Cooperative (Moresco) and member of the Provincial Board . It also said that Ac-

tub’s courage and dedication to public service can apparently be manifested through his proactive participation in all phases of legislation in the board wherein he authored significant legislative measures to help provide and accelerate social progress to the province’s impoverished and marginalized masses.

Related to this, a necrological service will be held at the Provincial Capitol on Wednesday at 2:30 p.m.

Funeral service will follow on Thursday morning at the Divine Shepherd Memorial Park in Barangay Bulua. (Courtesy of Sunstar-Cagayan de Oro)

offices and departments of local government units.

Most often, these stations are prone to terrorist attacks and harassments.

Over the past two to three years, the construction of some police stations in the region under the PNP standard requirements were completed and formally turned-over to concerned local government units.

Chiefs of police of the remaining municipalities and component cities were ad-

Coca-Cola gives livelihood for retirees, retrenched employees

By GLENFORD C. LABIAL Contributor

A WELL-KNOWN soft drink multinational will be holding a seminar for its retirees and retrenched employees on entrepreneurial undertakings as their source of income.

The local government unit of Western Misamis Oriental-Cagayan de Oro is supporting the initiative of Coca-Cola Bottlers

Philippines, Inc. (CCBPI) in holding a seminar on Career Opportunity Fair with the focused session on Livelihood Plan Development Workshop (a sequel to Introduction to Livelihood) held recently in Cagayan de Oro City.

The team, spearheaded

by Leila P. Labor, Supervising Labor and Employment Officer (LEO) together with Bernadette P. Hallazgo, LEO III, presented the con-

cept on Entrepreneurial and Development Program (EDP) participated in by 15 retirees and retrenched employees.

Providing preparatory measures prior to retirement through seminar is an excellent initiative by the CCBPI Management with the participation of the different government agencies like the Department Of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for livelihood, Pag-IBIG

Fund, Social Security Systems (SSS) and PhilHealth for social benefits, and the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) for skills training, said Labor.

She further said the reintegration of livelihood training program will equip the participants with new knowledge and skills and provide alternative employability options and income generation.

Region 10 employment up in 2011

By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN Contributor

LABOR and employment indicators in Northern Mindanao posted positive improvements in the year 2011, an official of the National Economic and Development (NEDA) in Region 10 said.

Engr. Cecilio Clarete, chief economic development specialist of NEDA-

10, said the region achieved an employment rate of 96.1 percent last year, a marginal increase of 0.3 percentage points from the employment rate a year ago.

He said the results of the October 2011 round of survey estimated the number of employed persons at 1.958 million, with about 38,000 more jobs added since 2010.

Conversely, the under-

employment rate declined by 3.2 percentage points, from 26.1 percent to 22.9 percent, reflecting an absolute decline in the number of underemployed persons in the region by 51,000.

Clarete said about 90 out of 100 persons employed during the year were in the services and agriculture sectors while the remaining ten were in the industry sector.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION SPEC. PROC. NO. 2012-1060 FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE RECORD OF BIRTH AT THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR, CHANGING THE ENTRY FOR THE SEX OF THE PETITIONER FROM MALE TO FEMALE; AND THE FIRST NAME OF THE PETITIONER FROM HERO LINE TO HEROLINE, HEROLINE R. MORALLAS, Petitioner,

Both the agricultural employment and services employment increased by 1.4 percent and 4.7 percent, respectively, while industry employment has decreased by 6.5 percent, he further said.

It also shows that the services sector provided more employment than agriculture, thus, reducing the underemployment as earlier noted, he added.

Republic of the Philippines Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental 10th Judicial Region Branch – 20 Cagayan de Oro City 2012-120 IN RE: IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION ENTRY IN THE BIRTH RECORD OF MINOR BRYAN TAJALE LANZADERAS THE INFORMATION OF DATE/PLACE PARENT MARRIAGE FROM AUGUST 16, 1994 AT TIDMAN, HINATUAN, SURIGAO DEL SUR TO NO MARRIAGE, AND LEGITIMATION,

SPL. PROC. CASE NO. 2012-022

MARILOU T. LANZADERAS, Mother/Petitioners, -versus-

-versus-

THE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY and ENERIO LANZADERAS, Respondents. x-------------------------------------------------------------- /

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF LUGAIT, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Respondent. x---------------------------------------------- / ORDER

ORDER

Let this case be heard on May 3, 2012 at 8:00 o’clock, at this court sitting at the Hall of Justice, Poblacion, Initao, Misamis Oriental. The Civil Registrar concerned and any person having or claiming any interest under the certificate of live birth whose cancellation/correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition, file his or her opposition thereto.

This is a petition for correction of entries in the birth certificate of petitioner’s child as to the entry on the information of place/date of marriage of parents from August 16, 1994 Tidman, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur to No Marriage, the child having born out of wedlock as petitioner was married only on May 28, 1998 at Bislig, Surigao del Sur and likewise the legitimation thereof for the subject child.

Finding the same to be in proper form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing on May 8, 2012 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before this court at the Hall of Justice, Cagayan de Oro City.

Let copy of this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Misamis Oriental and the City of Cagayan de Oro after a raffle to be conducted by the office of the Executive Judge.

The Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City or any person having or claiming any interest under the entry whose cancellation or correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from the notice of petition, or from the last date of publication of such notice, file his opposition thereto.

Furnish the office of the Solicitor General and the City Prosecutor copy of this order and the petition for their information and guidance.

SO ORDERED. Done this 22nd day of February, 2012, at Cagayan de Oro City.

At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental.

Further, let a copy of this Order and the petition be posted at the bulletin boards of the entrance door of this court, Hall of Justice, Initao, Misamis Oriental and Municipal Hall, Lugait, Misamis Oriental.

Finally, let a copy of the petition and this Order be furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Civil Registrar concerned.

SO ORDERED.

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vised to coordinate closely with their respective mayors and local officials to look for possible lots where police stations can be constructed.

Interested bidders are further advised to visit www. pnppro10.org and www. philgeps.net for further inquiries related to their applications for eligibility.

The chairman of PRO-10 Bid and Awards Committee is PCSupt. Catalino B. Rodriguez Jr, Deputy Regional Director for Administration.

Initao, Misamis Oriental, March 8, 2012.

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Cagayan de Oro” is slated for March 30-April 1, 2012 at the SM City Cagayan de Oro Car Park Building and the Pueblo de Oro Business Park Grounds.

“This is a non-profit major fundraiser that would serve as a portal for the automotive industry to manifest their support and channel their contributions and donations to the victims of Tropical Storm Sendong in cash, kind, services or empty 1.5L or 2L PET Bottles,” said Elmer Francisco, president of ROUTE 11 (1111 Motor Corp.), an automotive service center which is spearheading the show with the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (Oro Chamber), SM City CDO, Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation, eFF - Elmer Francisco Foundation and MyShelter Foundation.

As a social entrepreneurship venture, the exhibit aims to raise funds for the Isang Litrong Liwanag Project and the Sendongpreneur project of the Oro Chamber and eFFElmer Francisco Foundation.

“All of the show’s the proceeds will be for the benefit of the three projects,” Mr. Francisco added.

“HOTCARZ is a motor show series that started in 2006 at Las Piñas City to promote brand new and pre-owned vehicles, automotive spare parts, accessories, consumables and after sales services; thus, uplifting the whole automotive industry,” Mr. Francisco recalls.

The CDO show would feature dressed-up show cars/ bikes in competition; aftermar-

ket automotive OEM, spare parts, accessories and consumables; aftermarket services; banks with auto financing options and insurance, and ancillary businesses to the automotive industry.

Among the activity highlights are test drives of latest models from local distributors and importers; demos of slalom and drifting; presentations of the Sendongpreneur, Isang Litrong Liwanag and Isang Litrong Bahay Projects, Miss HOTCARZ 2012 and a photo competition.

The Sendongpreneur project aims to provide start-up capital and training for Sendong survivors who have been displaced from their former communities and are now living in temporary shelters within and outside evacuation centers.

Isang Litrong Liwanag, a project in cooperation with MyShelter Foundation, aims to produce and install a million Solar Bottle Bulbs in a million households 2012. Isang Litrong Bahay is another project with MyShelter Foundation which aims to construct a training center where beneficiaries would be taught how to build houses from empty PET Bottles with the help of DOST-Department of Science and Technology, MIT - Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Hassel Studios.

“With Isang Litrong Liwanag and Isang Litrong Bahay projects, we could keep away those empty PET Bottles that we just usually throw away and end up being burned in dumpsites or clogging our drainage systems; moreover, we could turn them into Solar Bottle Bulbs and affordable yet

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reliable houses,” Mr. Francisco said. eFF is coordinating with various government and nongovernment organizations such as DSWD-Department of Social Welfare Development, CSWD-City Social Welfare Development, DTIDepartment of Trade and Industry, DOLE-Department of Labor and Employment, OB-Operation Blessing, CRSCatholic Relief Service, HRCHumanitarian Response Consortium, IDRN-International Disaster Response Network, ILO-International Labor Organization of the United Nations, UNDP-United Nations Development Program, Child Fund International and the UNFPA-United Nations Population Fund.

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Lacierda said the Mindanao Development Authority had also conferred with the congressional leaders in Mindanao and coordinated with the Department of Energy (DOE).

Malacañang also confirmed that power barges are being considered as a stopgap measure to augment the power supply and ease the intermittent power outages in Mindanao, even as a hydro plant in Bukidnon will likely not be privatized.

Lacierda indicated that stakeholders are currently looking at “short-term measures” to resolve the power lack in Mindanao, such as bringing in power plants installed on a deck barge, as confirmed by the Department of Energy (DoE).

“Power barges that can be moved to Mindanao are being offered by the private sector to provide temporary relief but will not be moved unless they are appropriately contracted,” Mr. Lacierda said at a Palace briefing on Wednesday.

He said that there was no decision yet on whether the power barges would be contracted by the government or the private power distributors.

Currently, a 200-megawatt (MW) capacity power barge owned by Therma Marine, Inc. is already in use, he said. In its Web site, the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), the private sector operator of the state-owned transmission grid, noted that Mindanao lacks reserves amounting to at least 190 MW, given that the system capacity of Mindanao is at 1,084 MW and yet utilization usually peaks at 1,274 MW. Meanwhile, the Department of Energy (DOE) plans to create a new avenue to help solve the power problems of the Mindanao grid.

Energy Undersecretary Josefina Patricia Asirit said in an interview on Tuesday that they are looking at setting up a pseudo or hybrid market, which, unlike the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM), could help bring in new and muchneeded generating capacities in the Mindanao grid.

Asirit added that investors needed to have a market where they could sell their output.

“However, besides encouraging new investors to put up power plants in Mindanao, this envisioned market will also provide

existing generators and industries with embedded generators a market where they could sell their output and their excess capacities, respectively,” she said.

Asirit said this planned market would include all generating capacities that may be made available to consumers.

In the next six years, the DOE also expects about 1,055 megawatts of new capacity to be added in the Mindanao grid.

Data from the department showed that 797 MW or bulk of the expected capacity are from indicative projects or those in different project development stages.

The DOE said only 258 MW are committed power projects that have secured needed permits and clearances from various agencies and concerned local governments and are in the process of financial closing.

It added that the 8-MW Cabulig hydroelectric power plant of Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. is expected to come on stream

by December this year.

Green Power Bukidnon’s 35-MW biomass project is scheduled to start operations in 2013, which is the only power plant expected to start commercial operations next year.

The DOE said that 650 MW will come in by 2014, which include the 300 MW coal-fired power plant of Aboitiz Power Corp. in Davao, 100 MW from Conal Holdings of the Alcantara Group representing the first phase of its coal-fired power project in Sarangani, 50 MW from Energy Development Corp.’s (EDC) Mindanao geothermal proj-

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“This is an unprecedented undertaking which will set the industry benchmark for the most technologically advanced network that radically enhances customer experience, dramatically increases capacity, and effectively manages cost,” said Globe President Ernest Cu. He noted that several companies claim to undergo transformation but have never done it in a scale such as this one.

“This initiative is expected to bring aggressive growth prospects, savings in capital spending and expenses, as well as operational efficiencies from the synergy among Globe and our partners, Huawei and Alcatel-Lucent,” Cu said.

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Once completed, Globe envisions a robust and resilient network that can provide an unparalleled customer experience to truly set the company apart from competition.

The new Globe network and information-technology systems are not only designed to address all current customer needs but would also have the capacity and capability for more sophisticated use of mobile and broadband technologies.

Globe said its customers can look forward to vastly improved call quality under pervasive 3G coverage, rare dropped calls, and instantaneous SMS delivery, as well as enjoy blazingly fast

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of MR. ELIAS D. BONITA, of legal age, Filipino, widower and a resident of Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the VENDOR, for and in consideration of the sum of SIXTY FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 65, 000.00) in hand paid by MR. EDWIN O. BONITA, also of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the VENDEE does hereby SELL, TRANSFER, and CONVEY unto EDWIN O. BONITA the vendee, his heirs and assigns a certain parcel of land located at Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon including any improvement that may be found thereon in the possession of the vendor which parcel of agricultural land is described as follows; A parcel of agricultural Land with an area of ONE THOUSAND (1,000) sq.m. located at Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon covered by TCT, T-92094 Cad. Lot 2, Pcs-10-002650, Assessors lot 22-042 under Tax Declaration No. 29797 is the Subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF SALE to Mr. EDWIN O. BONITA, as per Doc. No. 230; Page No. 46; Book No. VII; Series of 2010, under Notary Public of Atty. MELITO U. MARQUINO. BWM: MARCH 23, 30, & APRIL 6, 2012

ect, and 200 MW from the expansion of the Steag State Power’s coal plant in Misamis Oriental.

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utility jeepneys effective Wednesday, Mar. 21.

LT F R B - 1 0 re g i on a l director Mandangan P. Darimbang said the fare adjustment was based on the petition filed by various transport groups following the series of increase in the prices of petroleum products.

Darimbang said there was no need for fare matrix because the 50-centavo hike is just an “add-on.”

“There will be no additional charge for every kilometre after the first five kilometres,” Darimbang said.

For Region 10, the new provisional minimum fare rates are P8.00 for regular passengers and for senior citizen, student and disabled discounted fare P6.50, all for the first 4 kilometers. No increase for every succeeding kilometre.

But Darimbang said jeepney operators or drivers are required to get a copy of the new fare rate and have it posted in their respective units as a guide for passengers.

“The provisional fare hike will be in effect while the LTFRB is still deliberating on the “main” petition for a P2 fare hike,” he added.

Earlier, LTFRB spokesperson Sonia del Mundo said the LTFRB considers a petition to hike jeepney fares as “urgent.” However, she said, a petition for a P2 increase to the current minimum fare for jeepneys is still undergoing public hearings and consultations.

In its petition, the transport groups said they could no longer cope with the rising prices of fuel and spare parts.

However, Darimbang said that jeepney operators will be required to roll back the minimum fare once diesel prices go back to P45 per liter.

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P1,550 and P1,650.

Interior decorations of the rooms are designed to make the guests comfortable.

The classy restaurant caters to discerning tastes.

Still under construction is a swimming pool on the rooftop, which when finished will provide a unique experience for the hotel’s guests.

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mentation of both Davao and Samal in the aspect of tourism promotion as both would benefit from the growth of the other.

Samal city administrator Cleto Bravo Gales said both cities share a common resource which is the Davao Gulf. This makes one good reason for both cities to plan and work together.

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SOA on Organic Agriculture in LDN. Despite technological advancements, the radio remains a potent tool in bringing significant agricultural lessons to farmers located in remotes areas in the province of Lanao del Norte through the DA-10’s SOA program. Top photo shows the department’s latest batch of SOA graduates. Bottom left photo shows DA-10 RAFID Division Chief Mary Grace B. Sta. Elena gleefully handing over a certificate of completion to one of the farmer-graduates. Right photo shows valedictorian Agnes B. Padua extending his heartfelt gratitude for the agency’s program that allows farmers like her to learn a healthier way of farming right at the comforts of her own home.

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UBOD, Lanao del Norte – WITH the unforeseen challenges that a farmer has to surmount in their respective farming ventures, the Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) through the Regional Agriculture and Fisheries Information Division (RAFID) has produced 97 graduates on the School-on-the-Air (SOA) program.

A modular discussion aired over the radio that seeks to convey agricultural topics to farmers in far-flung areas, the three-month long SOA on Organic Agriculture formally culminated through a graduation rite on March 9, 2012 at the Macapagal Training Center of this municipality.

The program was aired over radio station Radio Natin, Love Radio FM from December 2011 to February 2012 as it aimed to advance organic farming as a lifestyle to guarantee food security and self-sufficiency while upholding an ecologically-sound environment, improving the health of producers and consumers alike, and augmenting the income of farmers within the province.

Accordingly, it would contribute in the agency’s clamor in propelling and implementing organic agriculture practices within the country as mandated in Republic Act No. 10068 or the Organic Agriculture Act of 2010, which is principally authored by no less than Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala.

Farmer-graduates came from the municipalities of Baroy, Kapa-

tagan, Tubod and Sapad, wherein Agnes B. Padua claimed the coveted top spot after complying a series of quizzes and the final assessment exam with distinguished marks.

Next to Padua in the honor roll is Fe B. Pantinople (2nd honors), Severa S. Bacaling (3rd), Margarita B. Santarita (4th), Marcelita B. Slayan (5th), Merlyn C. Rosal (6th), Teresita T. Calago (7th), Myrna M. Calago (8th), Elisa A. Macalisang (9th) and Teresita M. Bacalso (10th).

In attendance to confirm the graduating class is DA-10 RAFID Chief Mary Grace B. Sta. Elena, who put to mind the farmer-graduates to apply and replicate the knowledge, particularly on technologies obtained from the department.

Otherwise, she added that their learning will not measure up to the efforts exerted behind the people of the program, if and when, they will not employ them in their respective farms.

During the graduation ceremony, DA-10 likewise conferred the honorees with plaques of recognition and one bag of corn seeds, apiece. Meanwhile, participating students, municipalities, agriculturists and technicians were given certificates of completion and recognition, assorted vegetable seeds, sprinklers and other freebies, courtesy from the agency and the province’s agriculture office (PAOs).

Also joining the occasion is Provincial Agriculturist Letecia G. Ditucalan and Sangguniang Panlalawigan member and Vice Chairman on the Committee of Agriculture Honorable Tawamtawam M. Cauntongan.

For this year, DA-10 RAFID is targeting to conduct a total of three SOA programs which intends to bring agricultural impact to around 600 farmer-beneficiaries and an additional of two regular Agri-Pinoy radio programs.

Furthermore, the division would carry on in initiating such program in coordination with the different agriculture offices in the various provinces within the region. # (Joanne L. Olson, DA-10)

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Pearl Farm Beach Resort , Davao ESCAPE to an island hideaway that makes your dream tropical holiday come true. Pearl Farm Beach Resort in Davao, Philippines is your ultimate vacation destination with its secluded location and charming cottage accommodations.

Surrounded by pristine white beaches and unspoiled exotic splendor teeming with life, our resort beckons you to experience a different kind of pampering with its signature hospitality.

Nestled in the idyllic islands of Samal & Malipano, the Pearl Farm Beach Resort is a former cultivation farm for luxurious south sea pearls.

Now, it continues its essence of prime luxury as a premier destination resort of Fuego Hotels and as a perfect hideaway

for those in search of blissful retreat.

Pearl Farm Beach Resort is a private paradise located in the quiet side of Samal Island. The resort attracts guests due to its unspoiled tropical beauty.

The resort is actually a former pearl farm where white-lipped oysters are cultivated. This tropical island paradise is situated in the Island Garden City of Samal, Davao, Philippines.

The resort’s accommodations are built around the contour of the island which all affords a spectacular view of the sea. The rooms are designed to reflect the tribal ethos of Mindanao.

There is a total of seventy- three accommodations that divided into guestrooms,

suites, cottages on stilts and executive villas. All the rooms have air-conditioning, private balcony/ deck, cable TV, coffee/ tea maker, hair dryer, mini bar, private toilet and bath with hot and cold shower, room safe and telephone.

Pearl Farm Beach Resort has and in-house spa which is the Ylang-Ylang Spa that offers guests a chance to indulge in soothing treatments using only natural ingredients that are known for their healing and wellness benefits.

Meetings and other corporate affairs are accommodated by the resort through their f unc t ion ro oms and boardrooms that have complete facilities for such functions.

The function rooms

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also cater receptions, parties, debuts, reunions and the like.

The Maranao Restaurant features Filipino and International cuisines and specializes in fresh seafoods while the Parola Bar lets the guests enjoy their cocktails while enjoying the view of the sea and nearby islands.

Activities at the resort include wind surfing, water polo, jet and water skiing, banana boat rides, scuba diving, sea kaya-

king, hobie cats, wave running and lawn tennis.

There are two swimming pools at the resort as well as shops where guests can buy souvenirs and essentials.

For the guests’ convenience, the following services like city transfers, currency exchange, laundry service, room service and wake-up calls are offered. Safe deposit boxes are available. Upon guest’s request, airport transfers and babysitting

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region Branch 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte WHELIENS TELLO GANCEŇA, Petitioner,

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A verified petition for correction of entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of Wheliens Tello Ganceňa as to her gender/sex which was erroneously entered as MALE instead of FEMALE, her true sex/gender, etc was filed before this Court on February 22, 2012, praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the respondent to effect the corrections sought for.

Petitioner alleges that she is of legal age, Filipino, and a resident of Barangay Pualas, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. She was born on October 24, 1992 at Pualas, Tubod, Lanao del Norte and her birth was duly registered at the Respondent’s office. However, under the entry of “Sex”, the one entered is “MALE” instead of “FEMALE”, her true and correct sex. That under entry No. 6, her mother’s first name was erroneously entered as MELAMIE, instead of MELAME, without “I”. That such erroneous entries may have been inadvertently done by the one who entered the facts of her birth. That she had never undergone sex transplant neither to submit for medical operation to change her sex. That she filed the instant petition as pauper litigant in accordance with OCA Circular No. 121-2007.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of the case to May 4, 2012 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Any person/s interested to the petition may come to Court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

Furnish copy of this Order to the office of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Public Attorney’s office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte and to the petitioner, Wheliens T. Gancena whose address is at Pualas, Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

The petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to BUSINESSWEEK MINDANAO for three (3) consecutive weeks, at her expense, to comply with the requirements of the Rules.

SO ORDERED. Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

February 24, 2012.

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can be arranged. City tours to Davao’s famous attractions can also be arranged.

The tours may include visits to Eden Nature Park, Crocodile Park, Philippine Eagle Center, Davao Wildwater Adventure, GAP Farm, Japanese Tunnel, Davao Museum, Malagos Garden resort, Katibawasan Hot Springs and Falls, Ardent Hot Springs, Mount Apo, Old Cataman Church Ruins, Lon Wa Temple, Holy Infant Jesus of Prague Shrine and the San Pedro Cathedral.

Pearl Farm B each Resort can be reached through Davao City and from there, a short ferry ride to the resort follows.

Transfers can be arranged at the resort upon booking and check out.

There is a regular boat transfer from the Davao Marina to the resort and back. Boat transfers take approximately one hour.

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manufacturing, coal trading and power generation.

Trans-Asia also holds Service Contract (SC) 6A and 6B in Northwest Palawan, SC 14 (Tara Block) and SC 14B-1 (North Matinloc) in Northwest Palawan, SC 51 in the East Visayan Basin, SC 55 in Southwest Palawan and SC 69 in the Visayas Basin.

Each service contract has a predevelopment term of three years and a 25-year development stage, which may be extended for another 25 years.

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SM Prime–Gawad Kalinga to build villages in CdO, Cavite SM Prime Holdings, Inc. and Gawad Kalinga recently signed a Memorandum of Agreement to build a total of 300 homes in SMGK Villages in Cagayan de Oro and Dasmariñas, Cavite.

Two hundred homes will be built in Cagayan de Oro in SM’s ongoing efforts for the rehabilitation of the victims of typhoon Sendong. Another one hundred homes are earmarked for Dasmariñas, Cavite in a continuous effort of empowering communities towards self-reliance and

sustainability.

The project brings together once again SM Prime Holdings, Inc. through its SM Cares Program and Gawad Kalinga in their joint efforts for improving the quality of living for poverty-stricken families.

These GK Villages will serve as physical platforms in putting together model communities guided by Gawad Kalinga’s Development model. The partnership will not only build homes, but also highlight programs on infrastructure, community building, health,

food sufficiency, child and youth development, the environment and social entrepreneurship.

These will be the second and third SM-GK Villages, respectively in the joint partnership. The first SM-GK Village was built in Bagong Silang, Caloocan City in time for the celebration of SM City North EDSA’s 25th Anniversary; whose Breaking the Poverty Chain campaign received the International Council of Shopping Centers Foundation’s Asia Community Award.

SM Prime Holdings President Hans Sy and Gawad Kalinga Executive Director Jose Luis Oquiñena recently formalized the partnership by signing the MOA at the SM Prime Corporate Offices in the Mall of Asia complex. SM Supermalls President Annie Garcia, Vice President for Operations Glenn Ang, SM Prime Vice President Ryan San Juan, Gawad Kalinga Partnerships Manager Tito Cajulis and GK Executive Assistant Anela Reyes joined them in the event.

How to overcome ‘fear’ of our past THE past is given a lot of importance in our lives. The meaning we give to the word, “past”, can determine how much power it has over who we are, what happens in the present and how we see our future. But in reality, the connection we make between the past and the present is an illusion. The past is something that happened and now has nothing to do with the present or future.

Two different people can experience the same event, but have their own individual perception of what happened.

Their memories and feelings will be uniquely their own.

So what occurred does not result in only one outcome.

There are an endless number of responses that one could have to the same event. It is important to understand that you do not need to give the past any special attention that is ultimately going to interfere with how you live in the present and move on to the future.

Fear, negativity, reactions and emotions are all shaped by our ego during situations from our past.

You could be walking down the street, notice a car that looks just like that of your ex-boyfriend and suddenly be transported back in time.

Your human ego takes you to a place where you experience once again the fight you had when he didn’t call, how he

was unfaithful to you, or the fight that you had with your former employer, who questions your loyalty to the company and mistreated you in some way.

The problem with reacting to present events by focusing on negativity evoked from what happened at an earlier time, is that we will attract more situations into our lives that recreate negative emotions and memories. Do you really want to feel awful and always be controlled by something that has already happened?

One often hears, “The past is the past. You can’t change it.” But that statement is misleading. You cannot rectify the supposed “wrongs” of your past, but you can change your perception. When you glean something positive from a negative instance, you alter that part of the past. Our thoughts create our reality.

Although heartbreaks, financial hardships and loss of jobs can seem like disasters, they can be blessings in disguise.

Rather than think, “Wow! I was such a loser because I couldn’t keep a job,” focus on something good that came out of the experience. “ Perhaps losing a job.”

It is important to remember that every single situation has brought you to where you are at this pushed you into learning a more interesting jobs. By shifting your

thoughts and feelings, you are on your way to attracting positive people, situations and experiences into your life.

Transform yourself into being a new you. When a Negative Memory Creeps Up, Change It. Daydream about how you would have liked the event to unfold while keeping in mind that you cannot change another person.

Focus on feeling excited or happy, rather than on being upset about something that happened. Imagine feeling relieved that you did not get that job because it really wasn’t right for you. Believe that breaking up with your ex was the right thing to do for the wellbeing of you both.

Change the Beliefs You Created From Past Events.

Do you believe that love is hard? Do you believe you will always have financial difficulty? Change these beliefs.

Visualize yourself laughing at those beliefs. Isn’t it silly to think that the Universe doesn’t want you to have success like other people?

Isn’t it hilarious that we gave so much power over to another person or situation that it altered our thoughts?

Embrace the belief that you have the power to change it all for your highest good.

We have learned our lessons from our Experiences right? What did you learn from negative experiences?

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business. He was also won multiple awards with some of the country’s premier realty and development companies such as Top Seller Business Partner, Top Broker, Top Sales Manager of the Year and Winner Circle.

Mr. dela Cruz is confident sales of Italpinas’ flagship project Primavera Residences at the Pueblo de Oro Business Park would significantly increase in the near future with the creation of the new sales group.

Mr. Rodolfo L. Menes, senior vice president and general manager of Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation (PODC) and Ms. Ara Solidum, PODC Senior Product Manager who attended the meeting shared their insights and confidence Italpinas would continue

Primavera’s brisk sales in Cagayan de Oro. Mr. Romolo Nati, ITALPINAS President and Chief Executive Officer expressed his pleasure in welcoming the Brokers and Agents who believed in Primavera Residences’ unique concept as the first eco-friendly condominium in Northern Mindanao.

Designed by the internationally awarded Italian architectural firm based in Rome headed by Mr. Nati, Primavera Residences was commended last year as “One Of The Best Condo Developments” in the Philippines by the South East Asia Property Awards (SEAPA) in Singapore, construction for the Tower 1 of the 10 storey twin towers was capped this month with the first units scheduled for delivery later this year.

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Design & Eco-Development Corporation recently announced the appointment of Mr. Daniel R. dela Cruz as its Vice President for Sales and Marketing during its First Brokers Business Meeting held March 10, 2012 at the Dynasty Hotel and Restaurant in Cagayan de Oro City.

Mr. dela Cruz has a diploma in Real Estate Management from the De La Salle University- College of St. Benilde and Professional Sales Management from Ateneo de Manila University.

He is a Certified International Property Specialist (CIPS) of the National Association of Realtors, Philippines and has over 10 years experience in the real estate

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RESTAURANTS Pryce Plaza Hotel

Carmen Hill, CDO, Tel. No.722791 to93/858-4537 E-mail:reservaƟons@pryceplaza.ph

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

RIZA O. ARES What did you gain? Remember to focus on the positive.

Do not think about how you spent two weeks on the couch watching tv or eating junk foods, because some guy or gal didn’t want you. Instead, relax into the mental state where you had those “aha” moments. By focusing on the lessons, you’ll be attracting more “aha” moments about the past and your current situations. This place of clarity and acceptance will bring peace.

Overall, don’t be a slave to your past. Remember that you will magnetize whatever you focus on. What do you want to come into your life?

A relationship? A new friend?

A new car? New job? Empower yourself to overcome old futile feelings and beliefs.

By arriving at a place of inner harmony, you will consistently attract what you want into your life and manifest your highest good.

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97 square meters with a total of 48 residential and commercial units. Each unit is fully furnished with luxurious and international standard amenities.

The new condotel has superb interior designs that match with its grand lobby. Uptown Condotel is a hotel with a registration desk, cleaning services and amiable and efficient chambermaids.

It has an ample, safe and exclusive parking lots, 24 hours CCTV and security, free WI-FI Zone. Elegant amenities like, exclusive conference rooms and function area, Sports Bar, Coffee Shop and Business Lounge.

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

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

Fem’s Vines Pension House Cor. Yacapin-Aguinaldo St., Cagayan de Oro City For Reservation: (08822) 724582 (88) 8572158

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

It has superior service – free shuttle service to airport, SM Mall, Golf Course and Country Club. It is at Uptown Condotel that guests and tenants are given the best service and live in a high speed and real time of their business transactions.

The east side verandas offer the landscape of the beauty of nature, the breaking of dawn, view the beautiful sunrise and enjoy the site at dusk-the bustling and vibrant thoroughfares along Fr. Masterson’s Avenue.

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