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A registered voter looks for his assigned voting precinct number from the printed lists posted outside the regional office of the Commission on Elections (Comelec 11) at Magsaysay Park in Davao City more than a week before the 2022 elections.

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President Rodrigo Duterte says he is hopeful that Muslims and Christians would set aside animosities and work together for peace. The President said he wanted to leave a “legacy” of making strides to get the two faiths to be more united. Edge Davao

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Davao Region’s economy grew by 5.9 percent in 2021: PSA

Sara reminds Dabawenyos anew to get their booster shots

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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ith the rollout of booster doses apparently slow, Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio reminded Dabawenyos to get their booster shots to prevent a severe or critical case of Covid-19 disease.

“Pahinumdum lang ko na hinay ang inyong pagkuha sa inyuhang booster shots. Puwede na niyong kuhaon ang iynong ikatulong bakuna sa Covid-19 dinha sa atoang vaccination centers. Aron kung kita matakdan, kay matakdan

man gyud ta, dili ta mahimong severe ug critical case nga manginahanglan ta ug hospital. Kung magkasakit ta anaa ra ta sa atoang mga panimalay,” Mayor Sara said during the rally of Hugpong Ng Pagbabago (HNP) and Hugpong sa Tawong Lung-

sod (HTL) in Davao City on Thursday.

The mayor said getting fully vaccinated and boosted will help keep hospitals from overcrowding with Covid-19 patients and the city to avoid lockdown.

“Ang importante man gud sa atoa aron dili ta maglockdown, dili magsige ug sarado ug abli ang syudad o isa ka lugar, kung ang mga hospital mapuno ang ilahang ICU, mahurot ang ilahang gamit, ug mahurot

ang duty sa mga doktor ug atoang mga nurses maong kinahanglan nato ang booster shots or ikatulong bakuna sa Covid-19,” she said.

On April 28, 2022 the Department of Health (DOH) issued an advisory that boosters help protect against Omicron-BA.2.12.

This is after a traveler who tested positive for Covid-19 after having mild symptoms.

that aims to highlight candidates’ platforms on environmental management and their views and decisions on various environmental issues in Davao City.

Based on the result presented on April 28, 2022 at the Big House in Juna Subdivision, Davao City, only 11 out of 55 local candidates of the city responded to the survey and they were 1st District congressional candidate

Mags Maglana, Vice Mayoral candidate Melchor Quitain, Jr; and candidates for the City Council Luna Acosta, Lydon Banzon, Pilar Braga, Jonard Dayap, Marissa Abella, Bong Batenga, Myrna Dalodo-Ortiz, Wilberto Al-ag, and Alberto Ungab.

“We really do not know why they did not participate. We gave them more than a month to respond to the survey with regular follow ups. Pero,

they didn’t respond. What we think is that they do not want to be held accountable should they answer the survey,” said lawyer Mark Penalver, executive director of IDIS. The survey discussed local issues such as the halting of the cutting of old-growth trees at the declared conservation zones such as in Mt. Makabol-Alikoson and Kalatong, the increasing

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he Interfacing Development Interventions for Sustainability (IDIS) and stakeholders from the environment, agriculture, and youth sectors were dismayed with the result of the “Green Vote Survey” as it shows that local candidates have less concern and empathy for the environmental challenges.

In February this year, IDIS launched a survey

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he Philippine Statistics Authority-Davao Region (PSA-Davao Region) reported that the region’s economy grew by 5.9 percent in 2021 from the negative 7.5 percent in 2020.

PSA-Davao Region Director Ruben Abaro Jr. said of the overall 5.9 percent economic performance of the region, 3.3 percentage points came from services; 2.5 percentage points from industry, and 0.1 percent was contributed by the agriculture, forestry, and fishing sectors.

“Agriculture, forestry, and fishing contributed the less to the total economy of Region 11 with 16.1 percent share,” he said during the PSA’s press conference on Thursday.

Gilberto Altura, assistant regional director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA 11), said the low output in the agriculture

sector was due to the big reduction in poultry and the lingering African Swine Fever (ASF) that affected the output in the said sector.

“Also the effect of Typhoon Odette that reduce the output of agriculture sector,” Altura said.

Meanwhile, Abaro also reported that the industries in Davao Region with the fastest growth are mining ang quarrying with 21.9 percent; human health and social work activities with 14.6 percent; construction with 12.5 percent; and accommodation and service activities with 10.8 percent.

For expenditure items with the highest growth: gross capital formation with 13.1 percent, imports of goods and services with 8.2 percent; and government final consumption with 5.9 percent.

On the production side, the top three contributors to the economic growth

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Tarlac joins ‘Green’ Program, gets 10,000 giant bamboos

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he Province of Tarlac will get 10,000 bagged propagules of the Giant Bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper) as it becomes one of the newest provinces to join the Green Philippines Advocacy which Senatoriable Emmanuel “Manny” Fantin Piñol had initiated as a personal advocacy.

Piñol made the commitment to help Tarlac start its Green Bamboo

Program during the recently concluded National Assembly of the Reformed Philippine Guardians Brotherhood, Inc. which was attended by Vice Governor Carlos David, Victoria Mayor Christian Tell Yap and Pura Mayor Freddie Domingo.

“The Giant Bamboo Program was one of the activities which I offered to RPGBI as its social and

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On the recent signing into law of Republic Act No. 11712 which aims to provide health care workers continuing support amid the ongoing global health crisis:

Maraming salamat po, Pangulong Rodrigo Duterte dahil palagi niyo pong inuuna ang kapakanan ng ating mga healthcare worker.

Alam naman po natin na hindi talaga madali ang kanilang mga trabaho sa araw-araw.”

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Chair of the Senate Committee on Health and Demography

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ATTY. MIGS NOGRALES IBP DAVAO CORNER

MENTAL HEALTH SHOULD NOT BE THE SOLE CAUSE FOR DISMISSAL OF AN EMPLOYEE Dear IBP,

Good day i just want to ask po for legal advice I’m a fresh graduate po and recently found a work here lang po sa amin at first excited po ako kasi first work after college but the management are great, my employer is great my one only concern lang po is the duty hours kasi i work 2pm12am and di po kasi ako sanay mag stay up late especially po i was diagnosed having a Bipolar disorder type 1 and sabi po ng psychiatric ko dati na bawal po ako mag stay up night. I want to resign po sana but the contract state na after 2 years pa ako pwed mag resign and nay babayaran po mga 50k anu po yung pwedi ko pong gawin para po ma stop sa work? Should i AWOL po

ba? Thank you so much po in advance. ee

Mentally Struggling Employ-

Dear Mentally Struggling Employee,

First, I would want to say thank you for being strong enough and honest enough to share that you were diagnosed with having a Bipolar disorder type. Not a lot of people are as strong as you to share your struggles and seek for advice.

Following Section 26 of the Republic Act No. 11036 or The Mental Health Act, “employers should develop appropriate policies and programs on mental health in the workplace… and

facilitate access of individuals with mental health conditions to treatment and psychological support”. Moreover, workers should not be discriminated from hiring promoting and/or other benefits of employer for the sole basis of their mental condition.

Likewise, the Department of Labor and Employment (“DOLE” released Department Order No. 208, Series of 2020 which provides for the Guidelines for Implementation of Mental Health Workplace Policies and Programs for the Private Sector (“Guidelines”), a worker may resume work while undergoing treatment provided that a physician has certified that he/she is still fit to work and that the current treatment shall not cause

unsafe conditions for the worker while at work or cause similar unsafe conditions. Moreover, in the same Guidelines, workers who have been evaluated shall not be prevented from returning to work or subject to actions that may be construed as constructive dismissal.

Thus, in your case, it may be best to discuss with your employer regarding your condition and come to terms with your scope and time of work as this is within your rights and within the Guidelines released by DOLE. If your employer will force you to resign, this may be construed as constructive dismissal and you may bring a case against your employer for this reason.

Notably, it is important that you present a certification issued

by a competent public health expert on mental health to be presented to your employer to raise your concern with your employer as you negotiate your employment with him/her.

I hope this will help you and not discourage you from work despite your struggle with your mental health. We wish you all the best.

The above legal opinion is based solely on the appreciation of the facts and problem given and stated above. The opinion may vary when other facts, circumstances, and situations are stated. For more information and for further queries, you may contact the Legal Aid Office of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines Davao City Chapter at ___________________________.

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THE FRIENDS CONNECTION If you find a person who has only one friend, don’t pity him.

Instead feel sorry for someone who has a thousand acquaintances. “If you have two friends in your lifetime, you’re lucky. If you have one good friend, you’re more than lucky,” S.E. Hinton once said.

Because once you find a true friend, it will be forever. Robert Alan said it well when he wrote: “The rain may be falling hard outside, but your smile makes it all alright. I’m so glad that you’re my friend. I know our friendship will never end.”

Muhammad Ali, one of the greatest boxers the world has ever known, also said: “Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It’s not something you learn in school. But if you haven’t learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven’t learned anything.”

“Remember,” Cindy Lew reminds, “the greatest gift is not found in a store nor under a tree, but in the hearts of true friends.”

How true. For he “who finds a faithful friend,” a Jewish saying states, “finds a treasure.”

I have known some people who have no true friends. The reason is that they judge the outside appearance of a person, not what is inside. Value a person for what he is and not what he has.

Allow me to share this story sent to me via electronic mail: A man was exploring caves by the seashore. In one of the caves, he found a canvas bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had rolled clay balls and left them out in the sun to bake. They didn’t look like much, but they intrigued the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him.

As he strolled along the beach, he would throw the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it, until he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone!

Excited, the man started breaking open the remaining clay balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of pesos worth of jewels in the 20 or so clay balls he had left.

Then it struck him. He had been on the beach a long time.

He had thrown maybe 50 or 60 of the clay balls with their hidden treasure into the ocean waves.

Instead of thousands of pesos in treasure, he could have taken home tens of thousands, but he had just thrown it away!

As a sort of comparison, the e-mail explained: “It’s like that with people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, and

we see the external clay vessel. It doesn’t look like much from the outside. It isn’t always beautiful or sparkling, so we discount it.

“We see that person as less important than someone more beautiful or stylish or well known or wealthy. But we have not taken the time to find the treasure hidden inside that person.”

In other words, there is a hidden treasure in each of us. If we take the time to get to know that person, and if we ask God to show us that person the way He sees them, then the clay begins to peel away and the brilliant gem begins to shine forth.

May we not come to the end of our lives and find out that we have thrown away a fortune in friendships because the gems were hidden in bits of clay. As such, we have to see each person the way God sees them.

Henri J.M. Nouwen, in Out of Solitude: Three Meditations on the Christian Life, wrote: “When we honestly ask ourselves which person in our lives mean the most to us, we often find that it is those who, instead of giving advice, solutions, or cures, have chosen rather to share our pain and touch our wounds with a warm and tender hand. The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief

and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing and face with us the reality of our powerlessness, that is a friend who cares.”

What a friend, indeed.

“Friendship, my definition, is built on two things: respect and trust,” Stieg Larsson said in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

“Both elements have to be there.

And it has to be mutual. You can have respect for someone, but if you don’t have trust, the friendship will crumble.”

American journalist and photographer Jon Katz has this belief: “I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay connected, fight for them, and let them fight for you. Don’t walk away, don’t be distracted, don’t be too busy or tired, don’t take them for granted. Friends are part of the glue that holds life and faith together.

Powerful stuff.”

Another American author and writer James Lecesne thinks so too. “This is how it works,” he said. “I love the people in my life, and I do for my friends whatever they need me to do for them, again and again, as many times as is necessary. For example, in your case you always forget who you are and how much you’re loved.

So what I do for you as your friend is remind you who you are

and tell you how much I love you.

And this isn’t any kind of burden for me, because I love who you are very much. Every time I remind you, I get to remember you, which is my pleasure.”

Now, find a friend – a true friend. An unknown author penned this statement: “Sometimes in life, you find a special friend. Someone who changes your life just by being a part of it. Someone who makes you laugh until you can’t stop. Someone who makes you believe that there really is good in the world.

Someone who convinces you that there really is an unlocked door just waiting for you to open it.

This is forever friendship.

“When you’re down and the world seems dark and empty, your forever friend lifts you up in spirit and makes that dark and empty world suddenly seem bright and full. Your forever friend gets you through the hard times, the sad times and the confused times. If you turn and walk away, your forever friend follows.

If you lose your way, your forever friend guides you and cheers you on. Your forever friend holds your hand and tells you that everything is going to be okay. And if you find such a friend, you feel happy and complete because you need not worry. You have a forever friend, and forever has no end.”

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Workers install a signage of a 36-story condominium in Davao City on Thursday (28 April 2022). Once completed, this high-rise building will become the tallest structure in Mindanao. Mindanews Photo

DOLE to decide on regional wage hike petitions soon

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n official of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) on Thursday said the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) are expected to come up with their decision on wage hikes petitions in the next few weeks.

“We have heard that many public hearings are already scheduled. So, in the next few weeks or next month, they will be able to make their decisions,” said DOLE Undersecretary Benjo Benavidez at the Laging Handa briefing.

“So, let’s hope that in

the next coming weeks, before the end of the present administration, our boards will have their decisions,” he added.

According to the DOLE official, the regional wage boards are currently conducting consultations with stakeholders including em-

ployers and workers.

“So, I don’t want to personally preempt the decisions of the boards. But they are studying the situation in their regions on what are the needs of the workers and also capabilities of the employers,” he said.

“All the regional boards have already started their process of setting the minimum wage rate,” Benavidez added.

The Trade Union Congress of the Philippines (TUCP) has filed 10 petitions for adjustments to the salaries of workers in the country.

The regions are National Capital Region (NCR), 3 (Central Luzon), 7 (Central Visayas), 9 (the Zamboanga peninsula), 10 (Northern Mindanao), 11 (Davao), 12 (Sockssargen) and Caraga.

The group is also looking to file the same petitions in Western Visayas, Eastern Visayas, the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), and Region 2.

Meanwhile, he reported that there are over 80,000 jobs available for local and overseas employment for Filipino jobseekers on Labor Day.

many BDO customers complained over social media that funds were withdrawn from their accounts without their knowledge.

BDO said hackers used a “sophisticated fraud technique” last December 2021 to take advantage of a web service that was due to be phased out.

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DA, NTF-WPS set 1st fuel depot in Pagasa Island

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he Department of Agriculture, the National Task Force on the West Philippine Sea (NTFWPS), and other agencies on Wednesday set up the first fuel depot on Pag-asa Island.

In a virtual press conference, Agriculture Undersecretary for Fisheries and Agri Industrialization Ching Natividad-Caballero said

the depot aims to save fishers from additional costs that they incur for going back to mainland Palawan.

“This means that our fishery, our fisherfolk, the fish along with the areas of the Kalayaan island group and in the West Philippine Sea can replenish and go to that fuel depot,” she said.

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tary Gerard Lukban said that with the signing of the amendments of the Foreign Investments Act (FIA), the Public Service Act (PSA), and the Retail Trade Liberalization Act (RTLA), the corporate regulator may now quickly resolve pending cases, “a move that will help the Philippines hasten its recovery from the pandemic.”

“Instituting these

game-changing reforms is a step in the right direction. Now more than ever, it is imperative to further liberalize the Philippine economy and open its doors to foreign investments to spur economic growth amid the lingering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic,” Lukban said.

The SEC addresses concerns on foreign ownership through a special

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BSP approves sanctions vs BDO, SEC urged to act swiftly on UnionBank over 2021 hacking foreign ownership cases

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he Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas has approved sanctions against BDO Unibank and UnionBank of the Philippines over the hacking incident that affected depositors in December last year.

In a statement released Thursday, the BSP said it has concluded its investigation into the unauthorized access of accounts with BDO and fund trans-

fers mostly to accounts with Union Bank.

“Based on the results of the investigation, the Monetary Board (MB) approved the imposition of sanctions on BDO and UBP to ensure that both banks will swiftly address the issues,” the BSP said.

The central bank however did not specify what sanctions it was imposing against the 2 banks.

In December last year,

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he Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is now empowered to act more swiftly on the numerous pending cases pertaining to companies with foreign ownership, after gaining more authority through the enactment of amended laws, a former executive of the agency said Thursday.

In a statement, former SEC commission secre-

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Damosa Land, Inc. president Ricardo“Cary”Lagdameo (right) and Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) Mayor Al David Uy lead the groundbreaking ceremony of Bridgeport Park at Brgy. Caliclic, IGaCoS on Wednesday. Handout photo

Return-to-office to ramp up office market absorption SEC orders 3 illegal lenders to cease ops

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he Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has ordered three online lending operators to stop their lending activities without the necessary authorization from the Commission and to stop employing abusive collection practices.

In an order issued April 26, the commission en banc

directed Golden Cash, Help Cash, and Grace Cash to immediately cease and desist from engaging in, carrying out, promoting and facilitating any lending activity/ transaction until they have secured the necessary registration and license from the commission.

The owners, operators,

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s the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) restrictions eased and workers are urged to return to their workplaces, the Philippine office market is expected to stabilize occupancy rate for 2022, a professional services and investment management firm said.

During the Colliers Philippine property market briefing Thursday, the company has seen a positive net absorption on office spaces in the first quarter this year, riding the return-to-office (RTO) momentum.

Colliers Philippines Office services-tenant representation senior director Dom Frederick Andaya said the office market had a net take-up of 26,400 square meters in January to March this year, the first positive net

while ISOC edotco with 2,973 tower assets in Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao, BPI said.

The tower portfolio would give the 2 common tower firms a headstart in building their operations in the country, PLDT Inc chairman Manny Pangilinan earlier said.

“We are pleased to enable this pioneering deal that will help accelerate the growth of the telecommunications industry,” BPI President and CEO TG Lim-

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take-up after seven consecutive quarters of negative absorption.

“The return-to-office and expansion plans of companies buoyed by improving pandemic situation and economic stimulus measures should accelerate take-up for the remainder of 2022,” Andaya added.

For the full year 2022, net absorption for office space is projected to reach 350,000 square meters.

More office space will be completed this year, adding 821,900 square

meters of available office space, 60 percent of which are located in Ortigas central business district, Makati fringe, and the Bay Area.

Colliers Philippines also advised tenants to take advantage of lower office rents, which declined by 3.1 percent in the first quarter of 2022 compared to the fourth quarter of 2021.

It added that office rents have plummeted by 30 percent compared to pre-pandemic levels.

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to fully disburse the allocated program fund from 2019 to 2021 under the ERCA-RCEF, which is designed to help small rice farmers cope with the decline in palay prices, coupled with challenges brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The bank said the majority of the beneficiaries were from the rice-producing provinces of Region 2, particularly Cagayan, Nueva Vizcaya, and Quirino, with the state-run lender assisting a total of 4,189

individual rice farmers and 28 cooperatives.

Landbank added it was also able to extend assistance to rice farmers in the Visayas and Mindanao, including the provinces of Capiz, Agusan del Sur, Davao del Norte, and Occidental Mindoro, among others.

“As a vital contributor to the National Government’s sustainable development agenda, LANDBANK remains steadfast in deliver-

BPI to finance P77 billion Landbank releases P1.51B PLDT telco tower deal in loans to rice farmers

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he Bank of the Philippine Islands on Thursday said it signed an agreement to finance the P77 billion landmark sale of PLDT Inc’s towers to international investors.

PLDT Inc earlier announced it would sell 5,907 telco towers to ComWorks Infratech Corp (CIC) and ISOC edotco Towers Inc. “Under the terms of the agreement, BPI will extend financing to the two tower companies involved in the P77 billion tower deal,” BPI said in a statement.

The tower sale “represents the largest cross-border acquisition in the technology, media and telecommunications space in the Philippines and the largest acquisition of assets in the country by international investors,” it added.

BPI said BPI Capital Corp acted as the mandated lead arranger while BPI Asset Management and Trust Corp acted as the facility agent and security agent in both loan facilities.

CIC was awarded 2,934 towers located in Luzon,

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tate-run Land Bank of the Philippines said it has released P1.51 billion in loans to rice farmers under its Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund (ERCA-RCEF).

In a statement, Landbank said a total of 9,126 rice farmers and cooperatives were extended with loans as of March 31, 2022 through the ERCA-RCEF. Implemented in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), Landbank said it was able

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Samal Island reopens ‘Visit Samal’ festival After two years, the annual Visit Samal festival in the Island Garden City of Samal in Davao del Norte reopened with new events in store for the month of May. Rosabel Jusguan, acting city investment tourism officer, said the event dubbed “Visit Samal Islands: Summer Saya sa Isla 2022” now includes various events and sports competitions.

“For two years, it was put on hold due to the pandemic where face-to face-

events were restricted. This time, we added sports competition to make it more exciting,” Jusguan said in an interview Thursday.

In partnership with the Sports Development Program of the city mayor’s office and tourism stakeholders, Jusguan said the event is also made possible through the support of various associations.

“Actually we started the preliminaries in April but the high-

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unit under the Corporate and Partnership Registration Division, which was formed in 2021.

Lukban said the favorable resolution of pending cases complements the amended laws and will further bolster the Philippines’ image as a new “haven for foreign investments.”

Data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed the Philippines recorded its highest foreign direct investment reaching an all-time high of $10.3 billion in 2021.

The full-year figure surpassed the central bank’s initial projection of P7 billion and the 2017 record of $10.3 billion.

Also, this was 54% higher than the $6.8 billion recorded in 2020.

With the amendments to the law, Lukban said FDIs are expected to surge, helping the Philippines recover from the negative effects of the pandemic.

“Foreign investors were previously cautious of the implications of their foray into the Philippines because of the old and antiquated laws, which made it hard for us to attract larger investments in the country. Resolving pending cases swiftly will allow us to show investors that the Philippines is now a haven for foreign investments,” he said.

President Rodrigo Duterte signed into law three measures that streamline and ease restrictions for foreign retailers that seek to open and operate a shop in the Philippines while making the country more competitive than its Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) neighbors.

Republic Act No. 11647, which amended the Foreign Investments Act of 1991, was signed into law last March 2, 2022.

Meanwhile, RA No.

11595, which amended the Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000, was made into law on December 10, 2021.

Duterte also signed into law RA No. 11659, which lists down the amendments to the 85-year-old Public Service Act. The amended FIA states that, except as otherwise provided under RA No. 8762, micro and small domestic market enterprises with paid-in equity capital of $200,000 are still reserved for Philippine nationals.

Foreign nationals are allowed a minimum paid-up capital of $100,000 under certain conditions: if they utilize advanced technology as determined by the Department of Science and Technology; are endorsed as startup or startup enablers by the lead host agencies in accordance as per RA No.11337; and the majority of direct employees are Filipinos, the number of which shall in no case be less than 15.

The amended PSA allows 100% foreign equity across economic sectors with safeguards, except for entities engaged in the transmission and distribution of electricity, water pipeline and sewerage, seaports, petroleum pipeline, and public utility vehicles.

The revised RTLA lowers the required minimum paid-up capital of foreign retailers to P25 million and the minimum investment requirement of P10 million per store.

“Allowing more players to jumpstart their business in our country, as evidenced by the record-high improvement in investor sentiment, can help drive our economic recovery. The implementation of loose restrictions on foreign entrants will lead to the creation of more jobs and unlock more opportunities, ultimately leading to higher income and spending power of households,” Lukban said.

lights of the Summer Saya event are from May 1 to 31,” she said, adding the events are not only exclusive to the Samaleños but the guests as well.

“We’ve been expecting guests coming from different provinces and regions, particularly from the National Capital Region, who will participate in the beach volleyball which is an open competition,” she said.

Jusguan said they included the first-ev-

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er Samal Island Dive Fest in the summer fun events.

The Visit Samal campaign was launched in 2011 by the Department of Tourism in Davao Region and the private sector-led Samal Island Tourism Council.

The local government has declared March, April, and May as the Visit Samal Island months, with the primary goal of attracting more visitors to the island city.

(PNA)

“We have 26 sites for job and business fairs but we will hold the main event of the job and business fair in San Fernando, Pampanga,” the DOLE official said.

Of the 82,000 job vacancies, 61,000 are for local employment while 21,000 are for jobs overseas.

He said that among the in-demand jobs in the country are in the manufacturing sector, business process outsourcing, retail and sales, production operators,

service representatives, collection specialists, and retail and sales agents.

As for job opportunities abroad, there are demands for nurses, nursing aides, waiters, food servers, auditors, and also construction workers such as carpenters, foremen, and welders.

“The destinations include the Middle East, Europe such as Germany (and) Poland,” Benavidez said.(PNA)

ernment needs to continuously support local fishers amid the fuel price hikes.

“This is one area that we really should be proud of because we have communities that are thriving on Pagasa Island,” she added.

Meanwhile, she noted that pandemic and fuel price hikes have not hindered the country’s farmers’ and fishers’ production.

Despite the typhoon onslaught, the country has recorded almost 20-million tons of palay production, around two million higher than 2019’s production, contributing to the country’s 92 percent self-sufficiency for rice.

“It’s not an easy trip to do this, but this is where the Department of Agriculture, through the RTL, RCEF, and integrated programs on rice has contributed to this self-sufficiency,” Caballero said.

“The fish unloading has increased to 37.69 percent as compared to February, so meron na tayong (so we have) 59,988.98 metric tons sa lahat ng rehiyon (in all regions),” she added.

This eventually translated into a decline in fish price, including the drop of galunggong’s price from over PHP300 to around PHP240, as well as in tilapia, and bangus. (PNA)

continue to enhance our defenses against cyberthreat actors to protect the integrity of the financial system and the interests of depositors,” said BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno.

The BSP said its investigation recognized the corrective actions undertaken by both banks related to the cyber incident, including reimbursement

by BDO of its affected clients.

“The sanctions im-

posed emphasize the importance of continuously enhancing risk management systems involving cybersecurity, anti-money laundering, and combating terrorism and proliferation financing,” the central bank said.

“The sanctions also reinforce the need for banks to take a proactive stance in ensuring that their depositors are adequately protected,” the BSP added.

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promoters, representatives, and agents of the online lending operators were also directed to stop from engaging in unfair debt collection practices, as defined under SEC Memorandum Circular No. 18, Series of 2019 (MC 18).

The commission also ordered the online lending operators to stop offering and advertising their lending business through the internet or any other media, and to delete materials involving such.

The SEC issued the order after finding that Golden Cash, Help Cash, and Grace Cash are not registered as a corporation with the Commission. As such, they cannot secure a certificate of authority to operate as a lending/financing company.

Republic Act No. 9474, or the Lending Company Regulation Act of 2007 (LCRA), requires persons or entities operating as lending companies to register as corporations and to secure from the SEC the necessary authority to operate. “(T)he Commission finds that the continued operations of Golden Cash,

Help Cash, and Grace Cash constitute a clear violation of, and should be penalized pursuant to the (LCRA) because it engages in or carries out a lending business without the required license from the commission,” the commission en banc held.

Findings of the SEC Enforcement and Investor Protection Department (EIPD) revealed that the online lending operators have been employing unfair collection practices, prohibited under MC 18.

The EIPD said the online lending operators have been harassing, threatening, publicly humiliating their respective borrowers, and imposing hidden charges and excessive processing fees.

“The acts of these unregistered online lending operators in illegally offering and providing loans to the public, charging high interest rates, and subjecting its debtors to unfair treatment through abusive and even libelous language in collecting the loaned amount… have no place in a society that is governed by and faithfully adheres to positive laws,” the SEC en banc said.

caoco said.

“More than ever, connectivity plays a crucial role and BPI is committed to support these types of innovative and strategic acquisitions that will significantly contribute to a better Philippines,” he added.

The financing will allow edotco Group to “fu-

ture-proof” the country’s digital economy infrastructure, its CEO Adlan Tajudin said.

The government has been pushing for the common tower policy to improve connectivity in the country by co-locating facilities especially in the underserved and unserved areas.

ing much-needed support to the agriculture sector.

Alongside the DA, the successful and timely delivery of loans to rice farmers under the ERCA-RCEF is a testament of this unwavering commitment,” said Landbank president and CEO Cecilia Borromeo.

The ERCA-RCEF is a credit facility that aims to boost the productivity and income of small rice farmers, and cushion the initial impact of Republic Act No. 11203, also known as the Rice Tariffication Law (RTL).

Under ERCA-RCEF, individual farmers may borrow up to 90% of their total project cost at a low fixed interest rate of 2% per year.

The loan may be used to purchase farm inputs for rice and rice seed production, as well as farm machineries and equipment for production and post-production.

DA-accredited cooperatives may also borrow under the ERCA-RCEF for the purchase of farm inputs for rice and rice seed production as a collective operation and working capital for rice and rice seed trading.

The program also supports rice farming-related activities such as the acquisition of machinery and equipment, as well as relending and rediscounting of existing loans of small rice farmers listed in the DA’s Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA), according to Landbank.

Under the RA No. 11203, Landbank is tasked to continue to administer the ERCA-RCEF program for the DA until 2024, and make available P500 million in loans annually to rice farmers registered under the RSBSA in 38 rice-producing provinces.

Raptors coach Nick Nurse called timeout after Harden connected from distance with 3:52 left in the third, putting the Sixers up 92-70. Philadelphia took a 99-78 lead to the fourth.

PLAYING VILLAIN After being called for a foul in the third quarter, Embiid responded to vulgar chants from the fans by cupping his hands around his ears. He did the same while heading to the bench for a fourth quarter time-

out.

Boos rained down after Embiid dunked in the fourth, then ran down the court with his arms raised in the airplane celebration he used against Toronto in the 2019 playoffs.

SHOT CHART Toronto made seven of its first eight field-goal attempts, then missed its next 10. The Raptors shot 12 for 17 in the first quarter, making 5 of 19 after their hot start.

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Jordan Clarkson walks off the court after the Jazz’s elimination. PHOTO: AP

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ALT LAKE CITY — Luka Doncic and Jalen Brunson each scored 24 points and the Dallas Mavericks beat the Utah Jazz 98-96 on Thursday night (Friday, Manila time) in Game 6 to wrap up the first-round series.

After Brunson hit a 3-pointer from the corner, Mike Conley was called for traveling with five seconds remaining, and Brun-

son made one of two free throws with 4.3 seconds to play.

The Jazz got an open look for Bojan Bogdanovic

Joel Embiid draws a foul on Pascal Siakam. PHOTO: AP

on the left wing, but he came up short and the Mavericks moved on to face top-seeded Phoenix in the second round.

Doncic also had nine rebounds, eight assists, two blocks and two steals.

Spencer Dinwiddie added 19 points, and Dorian Finney-Smith had 18.

Donovan Mitchell had 23 points, nine assists and eight rebounds for Utah, Bogdanovic finished with 19 points.

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chipped in 15 points, six rebounds, one assist, and one block in 29 minutes off the bench.

The Mavericks won in the first round for the first time since winning the 2011 NBA championship.

Finney-Smith’s 3-pointer gave the Mavericks their largest lead at 88-80 before the Jazz scored eight straight — many coming off hustle plays as Utah played with desperation — culminating with a Mitchell-to-Gobert dunk.

The Mavericks found their range in the third quarter as they Jazz tried multiple defenses but somehow seemed to consistently leave someone alone behind the arc. Doncic had 10 points and Dallas made 8 of 12 from 3-point range to outscore Utah 3619 in the third quarter.

Mavericks: Dallas missed all 10 3-point attempts in the first quarter and the teams combined to start 1 for 17 from beyond the arc. … The

ORONTO — Joel Embiid had 33 points and 10 rebounds, James Harden added 22 points and 15 assists and the Philadelphia 76ers beat the Toronto Raptors 13297 in Game 6 to end the first-round series Thursday night (Friday, Manila time).

Philadelphia will face Miami in the second round.

The top-seeded Heat beat Atlanta in five games.

Tyrese Maxey scored 25 points, going 5 for 12 from 3-point range, and Tobias Harris had 19 points and 11 rebounds, to help the 76ers finish off the Raptors with a blowout after losing the past two games.

Danny Green scored 12 points and shot 4 for 7 from 3-point range as the Sixers finished 16 for 40 from beyond the arc. The Raptors struggled from 3-point range, going 7 for 35.

Chris Boucher had 25 points and 10 rebounds for Toronto, Pascal Siakam fouled out with 24 points, Gary Trent Jr. had 19 and Scottie Barnes 18. Toronto lost in the first round for the first time since being swept by Washington in 2015.

Toronto played without all-star guard Fred VanVleet. He missed his second straight game because of a strained left hip flexor.

Mavericks only shot 11 free throws, a series low. … Dallas again had single-digit turnovers, with just nine.

Jazz: Conley had eight assists by halftime but none in the second half. …

Utah outrebounded Dallas 48-37. Utah assistant coach Keyon Dooling was placed on administrative leave on Wednesday after being added to a fraud case concerning the league’s health and welfare benefit plan.

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Toronto’s Precious Achiuwa had 17 points in Game 5 but didn’t score Thursday until making a free throw in the fourth quarter. Achiuwa drove for a dunk at the end of the third but the basket was waved off because it came after the buzzer. He shot 1 for 7 and scored three points.

Toronto trailed 70-67 after Siakam made a hook shot with 9:42 left in the third, but Maxey hit three 3-pointers as the 76ers broke the game open with a 17-0 run over the next four-plus minutes, opening an 87-67 lead with 5:20 left in the quarter.

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The DOH, through its Center for Health Development (CHD) in the Cordillera Administrative Region (CAR), recently detected Omicron-BA.2.12. It is a sublineage of the currently circulating Omicron variant which has been recently flagged by the United States Center for Disease Control (US-CDC) to be observed in increasing Covid-19 cases in the United States from two weeks ago.

The DOH surveillance systems detected BA.2.12

in a 52-year-old Finnish female who arrived from Finland last April 2, 2022.

The case was not required to undergo routine isolation at a quarantine facility since she was fully vaccinated and arrived asymptomatic. The case then traveled to a university in Quezon City and then to Baguio City to conduct seminars. Nine days after her arrival in the country, she experienced mild symptoms such as headache and sore throat. She then

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tested positive for SARSCoV-2 via Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) the next day. Upon detection of this confirmed Covid-19 case, the local epidemiology and surveillance unit (LESU) performed contact tracing.

Nine asymptomatic close contacts were identified.

Two of them were tested and found to be negative.

The case has finished her 7-day isolation and has recovered and been discharged. The patient returned to her home country on April 21, 2022.

in 2021 were construction with 1.2 percentage points; manufacturing with 1.0 percentage points; and trade and repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles at

The DOH is also imploring the public to get boosted ASAP as immunity is proven to wane over time. All eligible immunocompromised individuals (ICPs) are likewise encouraged to already get their second booster or 4th dose.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 54 DAVAO CITY

CIVIL CASE NO. 31,661-06

IN RE: PETITION FOR THE USE OF “CRUZ’ AS SURNAME IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF -versus- “KIARA SAMANTHA CUISON CRUZ” AND “MATHIEU AUDRIC CUISON LUARDO BATULAN, CRUZ”, Defendant.

X-------------------------X CAROL C. CUISON, Petitioner, SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE ON

EXECUTION OF REAL PROPERTY

WHEREAS, by virtue of the Writ of Execution dated May 27, 2010 and Order dated August 07, 2018, issued by this Honorable Court, Regional Trial Court, 11th Judicial Region Branch 10, Davao City, in connection with the above-entitled case, directing the undersigned Sheriff to implement the judgment stated herein.

WHEREAS, this Court issued a Writ of Execution dated May 27, 2010 authorizing the undersigned Sheriff to sell at public auction by virtue of the Writ of Execution and Order the (Original Certificate of Title No. 12889), upon the realties registered in the name of RUFINA P. BATULAN, and the amount shall be based in the amount which is reflected on the Declaration of Real Property Value for the Building and Land which is One Million Fifty Two Thousand Pesos ( 1,052,000.00 Php) for the Building and One Million Three Hundred Eighty Seven Thousand Pesos ( 1,387,000.00 Php) for the Land, for the Total Market Value of Two Million Four Hundred Thirty Nine Thousand Pesos (2,439,000.00 Php), which particularly described hereunder to wit: ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. P-12889 A parcel of land (Lot 10, Block-25, TS-11-000053 xxxxxxxxxx), situated in Davao City, Island of Mindanao xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and containing an area of FIFTY (50) SQUARE MTERS, more or less.

NOW THEREFORE, by virtue of the WRIT OF EXECUTION dated May 27, 2010 and Order dated August 07, 2018, in accordance with Rule 39, Section 19, of the Rules of Court, the undersigned Sheriff after the required Posting will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH and Philippine Currency, on June 09, 2022 at 10:00 in the morning or soon thereafter at the main lobby of Hall of Justice Bldg., Candelaria St., Ecoland, Davao City, the rights, shares, titles, interest, and participation of the parties of these case of the above-described real property, registered in her name in order to satisfy the judgment together with interest, costs, Sheriff’s expenses and incidental expenses of this sale.

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1.0 percentage points.

On the expenditure side, the top contributors to the growth were gross capital formation at 3.4 percent; and household final consumption expenditure at 3.1 percent.

Abaro said out of the region’s total services, the trade and repair industry, accounted for the biggest with 40.8 percent share followed by financial and insurance activity with 12.0 percent share. Other services contributed less with only 1.8 percent contribution to the total services in Davao Region.

On the other hand, manufacturing had the biggest share of the region’s industrial output with 45.2 percent followed by construction which accounted for 40.0 percent; electricity, water, and waste management accounted for 11.5 percent share and mining and quarrying contributed the less with only 3.3 percent share.

-versus- LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OF DAVAO CITY AND RODELIO G. CRUZ Respondent.

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AFFIDAVIT OF SELF-ADJUDICATION

ORDER By this verified petition and for the reasons therein stated, the above-named petitioner, assisted by counsel, seeks for an Order of this Court, after due notice, publication and hearing, that the surname of the daughter and son of petitioner Carol C. Cuison and Rodelio G. Cruz be changed and to appear as “KIARA SAMANTHA CUISON CRUZ” and “MATHIEU AUDRIC CUISON CRUZ”.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing before this Court, sitting at the Hall of Justice, Candelaria St., Ecoland, Matina, Davao City, on June 28, 2022 at 8:30 A.M., at which place, date and time, any interested person may appear and show case, if any, why the same should not be granted.

Let this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper published in the City of Davao and of general circulation in the said City and the Provinces of Davao as determined by raffle in accordance with law.

Furnish, each, with a copy of this order the Office of the Solicitor General, Local Civil Registrar of Davao City, and the City Legal Office for the City of Davao.

SO ORDERED.

In the Event said date of the Public Auction will be postponed second Auction date is on July 07, 2022 on the same venue, without prior notice to the above parties.

April 13, 2022, Davao City, Philippines.

The Sheriff Notice of Sale will be POSTED in three conspicuous public places, where the property is located and where the sale will take place for the information to the general public.

(SGD.) MELINDA ALCONCEL-DAYANGHIRANG Presiding Judge

Prospective bidders are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the abovedescribed realties and encumbrances thereon, if any, there be.

Davao City, Philippines, April 25, 2022.

JOSEPH T. CASTRO, JR.

Sheriff IV

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

Among 17 regions in the country, Davao Region ranked 5th with the highest per capita Gross Regional Domestic Product and Gross Regional Domestic Expenditure (GRDP/GRDE) at P164,214, of which the highest per capita was the NCR at P418,530 while the least was Bangsamoro Autonomous Region for Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) at P64,535 in 2021.

In terms of contributions to the Philippine GDP growth, Abaro said Davao Region was the sixth biggest contributor of 0.28 percentage points to the Philippine GDP growth of 5.7 percent.

“Examining the structure of the regional economies, Region 8 or CALABARZON was the only region that is predominantly industrial in 2021 while the rest of the regions including Davao Region were predominantly services-based,” he said. By Maya M. Padillo

Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of the late FRANCISCO B. DUTERTE who died on May 10, 2012, leaving properties to wit: 1.) A parcel of agricultural land situated in Barrio of Bago Oshiro, Davao City, containing an area of TWO THOUSAND SEVENTY TWO (2,072) square meters more or less; 2.) A parcel of agricultural land situated in Barrio of Bago Oshiro, Davao City containing an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE (1,001) square meters more or less; 3.) A parcel of agricultural land situated in Barrio of Bago Oshiro, Davao City, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND ONE ONE (1,001) square meters, more or less.

That the above-mentioned properties has been the subject of an extra-judicial settlement executed among his heirs. Per Doc.319; Page No. 64; Book No. LIV; Series of 2014 of the Notary Public Atty. IRA R. CALATRAVA-VALENZUELA.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND OR PAG-IBIG FUND, HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF) (HDMF)/PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee, /Pag-IBIG Fund, Mortgagee, Mortgagee, - versus - EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,318-22

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EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,308-22

BERLINE B. YNOT married to Hamilton A. Ynot Mortgagor/s.

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EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,319-22

CLEMENCIO G. ADLAON, JR. Represented by His Attorney-in-Fact, ARLENE G. ADLAON, Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against BERLINE B. YNOT married to Hamilton A. Ynot with postal address at BLOCK 30, LOT 5 PHASE 8C DECA HOMES MINTAL, DAVAO CITY, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness, in the total amount of EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FOURTEEN PESOS and 12/100 (P 825,814.12), Philippine Currency inclusive of interest and other charges as of FEBRUARY 28, 2022, plus attorney’s fees and other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 19, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder to CASH and/or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies mentioned and described below together with all its improvements found thereon, to wit:

Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against CLEMENCIO G. ADLAON, JR., represented by his Attorney-in-Fact, ARLENE G. ADLAON with postal address at Lot 2, Block 1, America St., Hillside Subd. Phase 2, Bajada, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness, in the total amount of ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SIX THOUSAND TWENTY THREE PESOS & 04/100 (₱ 1,206,023.04), Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and other charges as of FEBRUARY 28, 2022, plus attorney’s fees and other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 26, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder to CASH and/or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies mentioned and described below together with all its improvements found thereon, to wit:

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2019009293 “A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 5, BLOCK 30, XXX) SITUATED IN THE BARANGAY OF TACUNAN, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. XXX CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED TWELVE (112) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2017023686 “A PARCEL OF LAND XXX (LOT 2, BLOCK 1 XXX) SITUATED IN THE BARANGAY OF BUHANGIN, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. XXX CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED THIRTY (130) SQUARE METERS, more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on June 16, 2022 without further notice.

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on June 16, 2022 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described real property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described real property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines. April 11, 2022.

Davao City, Philippines. April 21, 2022.

ATTY. FRANCISCO M. CAMPANER – the OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Prov’l Sheriff

(SGD.) RONNA M. NEMEÑO Sheriff IV

ATTY. FRANCISCO M. CAMPANER – the OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Prov’l Sheriff

(SGD.) RONNA M. NEMEÑO Sheriff IV

RYAN DALE P. REGONDOLA, rep. by its Attorney-in-fact, CHOANA IRISH R. MAMBURAM, Mortgagor/s.

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NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended filed by the HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF), against RYAN DALE P. REGONDOLA, of legal age, Filipino, represented by attorney-in-fact, Choana Irish R. Mamburan, with postal address at Blk. 17, Lot 32, Ilang-ilang Street, Green Meadows, Mintal, Davao City / Lot26/28, Blk. 21 Deca Homes Residences Subdivision, Ph Executive Tacunan, Davao City, in favor of Home Development Mutual Fund, (PAG-IBIG), to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of February 28, 2022, amounting to P1,702,178.29 Philippine Currency, and other charges and other legal expenses incident of foreclosure and sale; the undersigned Sheriff IV of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on May 26, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder to CASH and/or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies mentioned and described below together with all its improvements found thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2015007248 “A parcel of land of the consolidation-subdivision project (Lot 26, Blk 21, of the subdivision plan Pcs-11-005084, being a portion of consolidation subdivision of Lot1060, CAD-174 xxx, all of the Pcs-3076 AMD), situated in the Barangay of Tacunan, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS, more or less”.

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2015007249 “A parcel of land of the consolidation-subdivision project (Lot 28, Blk 21, of the subdivision plan Pcs-11-005084, being a portion of consolidation subdivision of Lot1060, CAD-174 xxx, all of the Pcs-3076 AMD), situated in the Barangay of Tacunan, City of Davao, Island of Mindanao. xxx Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED (100) SQUARE METERS, more or less”.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

That in the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on June 23, 2022 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title of the above-described real property and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines. April 22, 2022.

ATTY. FRANCISCO M. CAMPANER – the OIC Clerk of Court & Ex-Officio Prov’l Sheriff

(SGD.) SERGIO LEONARDO J. TUPAS Sheriff IV

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wastes and pollution of the sanitary landfill, the proposed Waste-to-Energy facility, resumption of aerial and chemical-based spraying in mono-crop plantations, and mining, quarrying, and extraction of resources.

“The survey questions involve some of the pressing and, maybe, controversial environmental issues in Davao. Siguro gina avoid nila na they will be held accountable for the promises or maybe sa ilahang stand sa mga environmental issues na gi-present sa survey,” Penalver said.

He added that IDIS appreciated the 11 candidates who responded to the survey as this will be utilized as lobbying opportunity should they win this coming May 9 local and national elections.

“As far as those who

did not participate, we will still engage with them,” he said.

With the result of the survey, IDIS calls on the Dabawenyos to be aware of the responses, stands, and perspectives of the above-mentioned candidates on environmental protection.

“Well, the numbers show and we gave them enough time to respond.

I think that speaks volume about their priorities. Nonetheless, we are still hopeful na those who will win, whether they responded to the survey or not, will give priority to the environment,” Penalver said.

IDIS also urged Dabawenyos to vote for the candidates who have genuine plans for every aspect of the city’s livability and sustainability. By Maya M. Padillo

environmental activity.

Upon hearing of the program, Vice Gov. David expressed interest in undertaking the Giant Bamboo Program in Tarlac, a request which I granted with a commitment of 10,000 propagules,” he said.

Tarlac Governor Susan Yap, who arrived after the ceremonial turned over of Green Bamboo propagules to Vice Gov. David, on behalf of the provnce,

and RPGBI represented

by Ronjie Daquigan, expressed appreciation for the inclusion of her province in the Green Philippines Advocacy.

The Giant Bamboo Program aims to bring back the foliage in many deforested areas of the country while at the same time initiating the birth of the Bamboo Processing Industry for furniture and construction materials.

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group of former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels launched a book Thursday that seeks to expose the inner workings of the rebel group and its front organizations.

The authors said the book, “Unmasking: The Myth of Communism in the Philippines,” is their way of redeeming themselves for their involvement with the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP), whose ideology espouses the violent overthrow of the government.

Launched at the Sunny Point Hotel here, the book is a compendium of firsthand accounts and analysis of their experience as former cadres of the rebel organization. The book is free.

Joy James Saguino, one of the authors, was the former secretary of the NPA Guerrilla Front 20 that operates in Southern Mindanao.

Saguino was studying accountancy at the University of the Philippines in the Visayas when she was recruited and became a student organizer of Anakbayan and the Kabataan party-lists in 2007.

After a year, she joined one of the NPA guerrilla fronts operating in the towns of Igbaras, Miag-ao,

and San Joaquin in Iloilo province.

Saguino, who earned the alias of “Ka Amihan”, revealed that as she assumed positions in various cause-oriented groups, she was also tasked to campaign for the NPA-allied party-lists in the 2016 elections.

Dark truths She left the organization in 2017 when martial law was declared in Mindanao following the fivemonth siege of Marawi City by the Maute Group-led terror groups.

Saguino said she took the chance to flee the organization because she already “realized its dark truths”. “(Making) this book is our way of redeeming ourselves for all the things and for all the people that we let suffer as a result of our participation in the socalled people’s war” she said.

Saguino said the psychological debriefing she received from authorities guided her and her colleagues to heal and better themselves to rejoin society.

“Our exposé is not based on vengeance or anger towards our former comrades nor of our former organization, but

borne of our love to who we are once, the Filipino youth, where we all started,” she explained.

The authors said the book tells the story of the CPP and the robust network base that they have built over the decades.

According to the authors, the book extensively describes the CPP-NPA as an organization and the way it infiltrates the various layers of society to achieve its ends.

Political discourse A contributing author, Noel Legaspi or Ka Efren, said the book aims to heighten the knowledge of every Filipino about the sociopolitical issues plaguing the country.

“This will also supplement social science subjects for college students, training schools, and those who wish to understand the perspectives of the CPP-NPA-NDF. We wish to explain why insurgency persists all over the Philippines,” he said.

Legaspi was a former political science student at Mindanao State University in General Santos City. He was a former NPA cadre and a spokesperson of the NDF. He said the book was made convenient to read even by those who are “un-

initiated” on political discourse.

“The publication aims to convey clear discussions regarding the subject. Unfamiliar concepts and events are supported with additional research to achieve a deep appreciation for the written material,” he said.

The authors said the book can also serve as reference material in the academe.

“College students, training schools, and other educational institutions can use the publication to understand the perspective of how and why the CPP-NPA-NDF continues to persist all over the Philippines,” Legaspi said.

The three other authors are former youth leader Jake Lanes or Ka Elmo, former secretary-general of Lakas ng Kabataan; former secretary of the East Front Committee and Henry Abraham Command Ivy Lyn Corpin; former operator of NPA’s intelligence unit Eric Celiz; former cadre Rey Christian Sabado.

Celiz is vying for a seat in Congress as the first nominee of the Sambayanan Party-list, while Sabado is now a non-commissioned officer from the Philippine Army’s Class 677. (PNA)

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Gilas Pilipinas center Kai Sotto during the FIBA Asia Cup qualifiers in June 2021.

File photo. FIBA.basketball

ALL FOR KAI

Excitement over Kai’s NBA Draft entry

P

inoy basketball fans are agog over Kai Sotto as he chases his “ultimate dream” of playing in the NBA.

The 19-year-old Sotto announced early Thursday that he will be joining the 2022 NBA Rookie Draft, after one season of playing for the Adelaide 36ers in Australia’s National Basketball League (NBL).

Among those thrilled of the prospects is former Gilas Pilipinas coach Tab Baldwin.

Baldwin, the head coach of Ateneo de Manila University, had the opportunity to mentor Sotto during the build-up to the FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers in June 2021. Sotto was called up to the Gilas Pilipinas team that played against South Korea and Indonesia in a bubble in Pampanga, and he averaged 9.3 points and seven rebounds while playing nearly 19 minutes per game in three contests -- all wins for the Philippines.

“I’m excited for him,” Baldwin said when asked about his reac-

tion to Sotto’s decision.

Baldwin, who was replaced

by Chot Reyes as Gilas coach in March this year, acknowledged that he is not in the position to assess whether or not Sotto will eventually be drafted by an NBA team.

“Kai and his people know much better what his standing is with the NBA teams. I’m sure they’ve been in touch with teams,” he said.

Rather, the coach said he shares in the excitement of Filipinos who welcomed the news of Sotto’s entry into the NBA Rookie Draft. Sotto has long carried the hopes and dreams of the basketball-crazed country on his shoulders, as many feel that he can be the first homegrown Filipino to play in the NBA. Right now, there are two players of Filipino heritage in the league -- Jordan Clarkson of the Utah Jazz and Jalen Green of the Houston Rockets.