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Children play basketball under the heavy downpour at a subdivision in Brgy.

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Ambassador Enrique A. Manalo is sworn in by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos, Jr. as secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in Malacañang on Friday, July 1, 2022. Secretary Manalo is recognized for his long career in the foreign service and for his vast experience in diplomacy. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

NO GUNS IN BARS DCPO to work with bar owners in implementing stricter measures

By MAYA M. PADILLO

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ollowing the shooting incident in a bar in Davao City early morning of Saturday, the Davao City Police Office (DCPO) is set to work with the management of bar owners for stricter implementation of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) in their establishments.

In a radio interview, DCPO chief Colonel Alberto Lupaz said part of the SOP is for the bar’s security personnel to search customers

upon arrival at the entrance of their establishments and if they are found to be carrying a gun, must deposit it before allowing entry.

This developed after the shooting incident that occurred early morning of July 2, 2022, at Lugar Bar in J. Camus Extension, Brgy.

9-A, Davao City particularly within the premises of Esquena de Tavera building.

Based on the investigation/spot report of the DCPO, a commotion transpired at the said place where the personalities involved in a heated argument were believed to be

under the influence of intoxicating liquor.

Despite the presence of a police officer, the adverse party ignored him and mauled one male person of the opposing group sustaining injuries to different parts of his body, prompting the attacked person to defend himself by using his firearm and firing several shots hitting one male person who was involved in the

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6.2-M riders avail of last phase of ‘Libreng Sakay’: LTFRB-11

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fter three months of the Libreng Sakay Program, the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) 11 (Davao region) said Friday the initiative has served more than six million riders in the region.

LTFRB-11 received PHP270 million for the

third and last phase of Libreng Sakay here, which ran from April 11 to June 30 under the government’s Service Contracting Program (SCP).

It said they recorded 6,154,124 ridership during the period.

LTFRB-11 Director Don Llanos III said at least 46 transport compa-

nies were involved in the program, which he said aims “to help the transport industry, as well as the commuting public the convenience and ease during this time of the pandemic.”

Llanos said the agency was fortunate to receive a big portion of the PHP7 billion total funding

for the SCP, which enables them to offer more drivers and operators the opportunity to earn.

Southern Mindanao Bus Operation Association (SMBOA) president Jerry Sy said it was difficult to make ends meet with fewer passengers on the road and fuel sur-

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Additional supply of hogs arrived in Mati

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dditional 100 heads of live hogs arrived in the Mati City Slaughterhouse on July 1, 2022 as part of the ongoing effort of the City of Mati LGU to bring down the price of pork meat in the market.

City Veterinarian Office head Dr. Marites Linsag-Erispe said the supply came from a farm in Davao del Sur who happens to be friends of the Rabat family. She said Mati City was prioritized to be supplied despite the

huge demand from Metro Manila.

Erispe said the city has already bought a total of 1,044 live hogs from the Davao supplier since February this year as part of the food security program initiated by then city councilor Eric Rabat.

Erispe said the price of pork in the market remains at P330 to P350 per kilo of prime cuts because of the “importing” of hogs by the city.

Erispe explained that

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Dengue outbreak declared in BARMM

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he Ministry of Health in the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MOH-BARMM) has declared a dengue outbreak after the mosquito-borne disease claimed 18 lives from January to June this year.

Dr. Zul Qarneyn Abas, BARMM health minister, said there were only two deaths during the same

period last year.

As of June 30, Abas said, MOH-BARMM has recorded 928 dengue cases across the region.

“We surpassed the alert threshold or the epidemiological threshold,” he said, adding the increase was almost three or four times from last year’s 398 cases.` He noted that Lanao

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A mother and her son brave the heavy rain in Bo. Pampanga, Davao City over the weekend. The heavy downpour, which lasted for three hours, caused flooding in some areas in the city. Edge Davao

Davao City sets to forge sisterhood with Japan, Bangladesh cities Establishing GCERT protects gov’t agencies from cyberattacks: DICT

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he Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) through a Memorandum Order 006 directs Government Agencies to put up a Government Computer Emergency Response Team or GCERT that would provide alerts and warnings, incident handling, vulnerability handling and artifacts handling when it comes to reactive service or if the system has been bridge by hackers or penetrated by cyberattacks.

DICT prescribed policies, rules and regulations for the protection of Government Agencies in line with the National Cybersecurity Plan of 2022.

A Defense-in-Depth, a layered strategy that includes technical, organizational, and operational controls which are necessary to avoid cyberattacks was proposed by Engr. Albert Gabriel of DICT - Mindanao Cluster Office during the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency – XI Expanded Regional Intelligence Committee meeting held Tuesday, June 28.

Engr. Gabriel bared that the Philippines was still among the 5 targets for global standard criminals and the growing dependence of people on technology has created a

greater avenue for cybercrimes.

Engr. Gabriel stressed that cyberattack has increased since the onset of COVID-19 pandemic, citing Malware and Malicious files as the most cyber attack incidents handled by DICT from January to December of 2021, with 39.4% or 463 cases.

The digital situation of the country showed that out of the 111.8 million population of the country, 76.01 million are internet users and 92.05 million are active social media users, with 10 hours and 27 minutes as their average time spent on the internet. Thus, the Philippines got the number 1 spot as social media users in the whole world.

“We are using the internet more than we sleep and it makes us 4 hours and 6 minutes that we use on social media as an average time and make us number 1 user of social media in the whole world”, Engr. Gabriel mentioned.

With the current statistics of internet users in the country, Engr. Gabriel cited the importance of every organization to come up with a policy which establishes clear guidelines and proce-

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In an interview, Uddin said Khulna City in Bangladesh is looking at a sisterhood pact with Davao City as part of initiatives to expand economic and cultural ties between the two countries. He also said a city-tocity agreement would help facilitate potential business partnerships in agriculture and tourism, among other sectors.

On June 22, 2022, Japanese Ambassador Koshikawa Kazuhiko reiterated Japan’s support for the de-

velopment of Davao City during his courtesy visit to Duterte. He also cited a study conducted by JICA regarding the city’s infrastructure master plan and flood mitigation and offered financial aid and technical support for its implementation; along with other government projects.

Japan and Davao’s current partnership projects include the Davao City Bypass Road Construction Project and the proposed Waste- to Energy (WTE) project.

Cambaya said the next step is either DCIPC can initiate or the ambassadors themselves can initiate the

realization of the sisterhood pact.

“But based on our discussions they would decide and we are just waiting for them to submit us an expression of a Letter of Interest as well as a copy of the contract or MOA and what particular activity that they would like to forge us, it could be a sisterhood in education, agribusiness, investment, and trade, etc,” he said.

Cambaya said apart from the foreign countries, Davao City is also set to forge a sisterhood with 12 domestic cities that include Liloan in Cebu, Dapitan, and Marawi.

each district.

“Our new vaccination rollout will be on July 4 sa atong respective district health centers so you have to know kung asa ang inyuhang health district. Currently, we have 18 health districts representing all our barangays. Tanan pediatric as well as adult population didto na pahigayunon ang atoang vaccination sa atoang mga health districts,” she said on Friday.

Schlosser said that the 18 districts have already prepared their plans in terms of logistics and processes in rolling out their vaccinations.

“We are looking at the advantage of bringing the vaccination nearer to the barangay especially na ginabutang na nato karon at the ground level ang atoang mga activities for Covid-19.

I know disadvantage tong naay ubang health dsitricts

nga gamay but I hope that would not be the reason why nga mubo ang atoang rollout,” she said.

She said district health centers will be rolling out vaccinations from Monday to Friday.

The Vaccination Cluster culminated the vaccination rollouts in the Crocodile and People’s Parks on Thursday.

Schlosser clarified that

avao City is set to forge sisterhoods with cities of Japan and Bangladesh countries.

“One of the courtesy calls with Mayor Sebastian Duterte was Bangladesh offered one of their cities to forge a sister city with Davao City,” said Christian D. Cambaya, unit head of Investor Assistance and Servicing of Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC).

On June 8, 2022, the Ambassador of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh to the Philippines, Borhan Uddin, paid a courtesy visit to the Mayor at DCIPC.

18 health centers gearing for vax rollout on July 4

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ighteen district health centers are now gearing to rollout anti-Covid-19 vaccination beginning July 4, 2022 and will cater pediatric as well as adult populations.

Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, said I hope that this is the city government of Davao’s way of bringing the vaccination closer to the people in each barangay served by

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In renewing his commitment to further boost the Philippines’ relations with its allied countries, including China and the United States (US):

I look forward to deepening our already-vibrant relationships with each country and further exploring areas of mutual interest and benefit to our peoples.”

President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

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HENRYLITO D. TACIO THINK ON THESE!

NATIONAL LIVING TREASURES During its recent general assembly, the Philippine Chamber of Agriculture and Food Inc. (PCAFI) forecasted that a food shortage is likely to happen in the country by the fourth quarter of the year, “which is a holiday season.”

That’s the time of the “ber” months. So, expect a bleak Christmas this year!

“A lot of countries are banning their export to the Philippines in order to protect their own economic and food security, where do we get the food if we do not have the production?” wondered PCAFI president Danilo Fausto.

He lamented the government is not giving agriculture its total support. “Agriculture is given second priority,” he was quoted as saying by ABS-CBN. “Now that everybody is hungry, what would you do?”

If we have to address the looming food crisis, we should start with the basics: topsoil.

“The world grows 95% of its food in the uppermost layer of soil, making topsoil one of the most important components of our food system,” wrote The Guardian’s Susan Cosier.

Soil is the single most important resource on farmland, which is built up over time. It can take up to 1,000 years to

produce two to three centimeters of soil.

“Soil is related to the earth much as the rind is related to an orange,” explains an American geologist. “It is the link between the rock core of the earth and the living things on its surface. It is the foothold for the plants we grow. Therein lies the main reason for our interest in soil.”

On the average, farmlands are losing 2.5 centimeters of topsoil every 16 years, or 17 times faster than it can be replaced.

Unfortunately, it seems no one pays attention to this great loss.

The government, for one, is more alarmed when there is not enough rice for the people than the loss of topsoil.

Soil erosion is the most common natural landscape forming process. Over thousands of years, erosion wears down mountains and deposits soil elsewhere to form plains, plateaus, valleys, river flats, and deltas. This type of erosion is known as natural erosion.

Erosion occurring at a rate that exceeds the rate of natural erosion is called accelerated erosion. Accelerated erosion can result from certain human land use practices. For soil to erode requires a combination of two factors - loose soil and a physical force that can transport the soil

to a new location.

Soil particles may be detached from a stream bank during high water. Detached soil particles are then transported to a new location by some physical force, including water, wind, ice, or gravity. On forested lands, this force is flowing water.

Wind is also an important force for soil transport on agricultural lands as in the 1930s Dust Bowl in the United States.

“No other soil phenomenon is more destructive worldwide than soil erosion,” wrote Nyle C. Brady in his book, The Nature and Properties of Soils. “It involves losing water and plant nutrients at rates far higher than those occurring through leaching.

“More tragically, however, (soil erosion) can result in the loss of the entire soil,” Brady continued. “Furthermore, the soil that is removed finds its way into streams, rivers, and lakes and becomes a pollution problem there.”

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization says the world is now losing an equivalent of five to seven million hectares of farmland through erosion each year. This is equivalent to the land area of the Netherlands and Belgium combined.

“If we continue to degrade

the soil at the rate we are now, the world could run out of topsoil in about 60 years,” deplored FAO’s Maria-Helena Semedo.

“Without topsoil, the earth’s ability to filter water, absorb carbon, and feed people plunges.”

“Soil erosion is an enemy to any nation – far worse than any outside enemy coming into a country conquering it because it is an enemy you cannot see vividly,” declares Harold R. Watson, recipient of the 1985 Ramon Magsaysay Award for peace and international understanding.

“It’s a slow creeping enemy that soon possesses the land.”

Watson knows. He was the former director of the Mindanao Baptist Rural Life Center (MBRLC), a non-government organization based in Kinuskusan, Bansalan, Davao del Sur. When he came to the Philippines in the 1960s, he was already sounding the alarm of deforestation and soil erosion.

In 1971, Watson opened to the public the MBRLC, a research and demonstration farm.

In the beginning, they floundered. “When I got here, I had no idea what the problems were up in the hills,” said the American agriculturist who grew up in Mississippi. “Farming looked pretty good on the surface.”

Soon, Watson discovered

that the problem was the surface: It was washing away. Soil erosion, he said, makes farmlands infertile every year. Studies show that loss of a few centimeters of topsoil can reduce the productivity of good soils by 40% and poor soils by 60%.

The soil erosion problem is quite pronounced with more than half of the country’s land area having a slope exceeding eight percent (hereby defined as the Philippine uplands).

“Stop soil erosion, save our future,” chorused the Department of Agriculture, Department of Environment and Natural Resources and FAO during the World Soil Day celebration in 2019.

“All our food comes from soil,” reminded Paul Stamets, a mycologist and author of Mycelium Running. “When we destroy the biology of the soil, we destroy the food networks that give us life.”

If we have to survive in the next century, we have to halt soil erosion now. “A nation without soil is effectively bankrupt,” FAO surmises.

“A nation with appropriate land-use patterns and farming techniques, where erosion has been controlled and contained, is poised on the springboard of development.”

ANTONIO V. FIGUEROA FAST BACKWARD

CARAGA PARISH OF 1919 Two decades after the Americans took over the district of Davao, which also meant the entry, four years later, of American Protestant preachers, the existing Roman Catholic par-ishes organized by the Spanish missionaries remained in the hands of Jesuits.

The Cartas y Noticias Edificantes de la Provincia de Aragon Año 1919, a summary of Jesuit letters and good news, provides contemporaneous accounts of present-day life in Davao Ori-ental.

Fr. Jose Grimal, S.J., the parish priest of Cateel, in his May 19, 1919, letter addressed to the Mission Superior in Manila, wrote that life in town was ‘so monotonous and without acci-dents that can get someone’s attention, that one does not really feel inspired to take up the pen and not be able to interest others

by telling them new things.’

In yet another letter dated May 22, 1919, written while in Cateel, he wrote that during this time the entire Caraga jurisdiction had only three houses, namely: the parish priest’s residence at Caraga, and the two other structures—one each--in Baganga and Cateel.

Records show that about this time the town of Caraga, with control over the missions in the town of Manay and Mati, was assigned a priest to handle the spiritual needs of various reductions or settlements. On top of this, there were Moro settlements to visit and proselyt-ized, which he described as ‘either under government supervision or not.’

Cateel parish, with about 6,000 Christian, Mandaya, and Manobo censused population, separated from the Baganga

mission only in November 1914.

Meanwhile, the parishes of Baganga and Caraga, comparatively smaller than Cateel, was the youngest parish and simi-lar in size to the missions of Manay and Mati.

Fr. Grimal’s Caraga house of worship is actually the San Salvador del Mundo Church built in 1877 by the Jesuits after they took over the spiritual direction of the town in 1871 from the Recollects. It was completed in 1884 and dedicated to Christ, the Holy Savior of the World.

Made from limestone blocks, hardwood, and corals, the church looks like a fort, with its front door inscribed with a Christian symbol. Inside it is the decrepit retablos and artifacts da-ting to the early Spanish colonial period. The other church features include the centuries-old giant seashells used as holy-water ves-

sels and a colonial-era baptismal font that has since been archived.

Other interesting relics and objects in the church are the 1802 church bell, an antique San Isidro Labrador image, and the old baptismal registry. On July 16, 2012, the church was de-clared a historical site by the National Historical Commission of the Philippines. The oldest in southern Mindanao, it survived the December 4, 2012, onslaught of super-typhoon ‘Pablo.’

In 2021, the Diocese of Mati and the Ateneo de Davao University signed a memorandum of understanding to digitize the parish’s old records or books of registry covering sixteen volumes and involving close to 2,500 oversized pages containing info and details of baptisms, confirmations, marriages, death registrations, and books of financial accounts.

Fr. Grimal’s narratives also included events outside his range. He reported that the parish house and church in Mati, like the convent and church of Manay, were dilapidated, and the structures were made from wood and their roofs from the tin. In contrast, the church and convent of Caraga were in the best condition due to the kind of woods used, which was simi-lar to Baganga.

He noted that the Cateel church measured two by fifteen meters, rather bigger than those in the towns of Baganga and Caraga. He described its roof as rusted and wanted repair while its posts, made from the best wood, had nipa walls, like the convent, and sand floor. Each mission owned a convent and a church, defined as small and built from nipa, by the entire village.

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Pag-IBIG mounts off-site booth on June 28 to July 1 at SM City Davao to bring services closer to the communities. Services include Loyalty Plus Card registration, short-term loan applications, verification of records, and membership registration. Photo from SM City Davao

Peso falls back T to P55:$1 level

PH manufacturing conditions improve for 5 straight months

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he Philippine peso lost more ground against the US dollar on Friday, dropping back to the P55:$1 level.

The local currency closed at P55.09:$1, 11.5 centavos weaker than P54.975:$1 on Thursday.

This is the weakest for the peso in nearly 17 years since it closed at P55.26:$1 on October 25, 2005.

The first time the local unit hit P55:$1 this year was on Wednesday when it finished at P55.06.

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Banking Corp. chief economist Michael Ricafort said the peso’s weakness was amid the stronger US dollar against major global currencies recently due to hawkish signals from US Federal Reserve officials.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell earlier this month said the 75-basis point hike was “essential” to tame inflation, adding

that policymakers have the arsenal they need and the resolve to restore price stability moving forward.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) last week hiked key policy rates by 25 basis points, marking the second straight month of hikes. This was lower than the market expected.

Ricafort said market sentiment was also partly weighed by expectations of higher local inflation data, softer local net foreign portfolio investments, and a slowdown in local manu-

facturing data.

The peso weakened by 10.5 centavos, or 0.2%, for the entire week, narrower than last week’s weakness of P1.235, “thereby signaling some stabilization in the foreign exchange rate movements,” the economist said, noting that the local unit has weakened for the sixth straight week.

Since the start of 2022, the peso has already weakened by a total of P4.091, or 8%, against the end-2021 closing rate of P50.999:$1.

he performance of the domestic manufacturing sector has improved for five consecutive months in June this year, according to S&P Global Philippines Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).

Philippine manufacturing PMI in June recorded a score of 53.8 amid a solid rise in output due to strong demands.

Indices above 50 reflect improvement in manufacturing conditions, while below the neutral mark mean deterioration of manufacturing activities.

Although the production index was slightly lower in June compared to the score of 54.1 in May, S&P Global said manufacturing performance last month reflected solid growth of the sector as the country continues to recover from the coronavirus pandemic.

“Domestic demand remained strong as the lifting of pandemic restrictions allowed customer activity to pick up,” S&P Global Market Intelligence economist Maryam Baluch said on Friday.

The report added that Philippine-based factories have increased employment levels for two straight months in June. Hiring activities rose last month due to greater production requirements and a higher volume of new orders.

On the other hand, orders from foreign markets once again contracted in June due to weak international client demand and supply issues reported by manufacturers.

Export volumes have contracted since March this year, S&P Global added.

It also cited that inflationary pressures remain

Milo Delos Reyes said the farm machinery intervention will address the challenges faced by the corn farmers in the town, especially in uplifting their lives through increased income.

“We appeal to the officers and members of BAKIFA to keep the machinery in good condition through following the recommended care and maintenance,” Delos Reyes said. (PNA)

omen from three coastal barangays in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, gained opportunities to augment their household income through the value-adding process.

In a statement Friday, the Bislig information office said members from three women’s associations have successfully concluded their two-day fish processing training that concluded on Thursday.

The activity aims to equip the participants with the knowledge of preparation and the processing of various fish-based food products.

“A total of 28 members from the three women’s groups from Barangays Cumawas, Bongaitan, and Danipas joined the food processing training,” the statement said.

It added that the training has opened prospects for members of the associations to engage in value-adding of products for better income.

The participants were trained in the preparation and processing of bangus fish in tomato sauce and also bangus in corn oil.

They were also honed in fish embotido and fish

Fish processing to augment income of women in Bislig

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group of farmers in the Surigao del Sur town of Tago are seeing a good future in corn farming with the aid of farm mechanization.

Richard Virtudazo, chairperson of the Bangsud Anahao Bag-o Kinabigtasan Farmer’s Association (BAKIFA), said farm mechanization remains one of the best solutions to boosting farm productivity and increasing income for farmers.

“We thank the government for the farm machinery we received through the Department of Agriculture-Caraga Region (DA-13),” Virtudazo said in an interview Friday.

BAKIFA received PHP3.8 million worth of farm equipment consisting of a combine harvester machine and a pneumatic corn planter through the DA-13 and the National Corn Program (NCP) on Thursday.

“Through this farm equipment, work will be eased and the members of our organization can save more,” Virtudazo said, adding the machinery will directly benefit the 148 corn farmers who are active BAKIFA members.

The organization, he said, was formed in 2019 with 50 original members from the different barangays of Tago.

In a separate statement Friday, NCP Director

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Benjie Banzon, proprietor of The Farm Inland Resort, talks about the features and amenities of the latest tourist destination in Kiblawan, Davao del Sur. The Farm, which is located in New Sibunga, Kiblawan, officially opened its door to the public on Friday afternoon. Edge Davao

Agri dept. 11 to launch INSPIRE project vs ASF New DTI chief bares 5 priority programs

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epartment of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Alfredo Pascual has identified his priority areas as the new chief of the agency.

During the turnover ceremony on Wednesday, which was only broadcast on Friday, Pascual cited that his priorities as new DTI chief would are the development of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs); promoting the manufacturing sector; facilitating ease of doing business; attracting investments and expanding export markets; and restructuring the organization.

He said he envisions the expansion of MSMEs – from micro to small, small to medium, and medium to large enterprises.

This, he said, would be possible through adopting digital technology, innova-

tion, linking MSMEs into the supply chain, developing regional industries, and improving their competitiveness.

Pascual also said MSMEs play a critical role in addressing challenges in food security in the country.

He likewise pledged to continue the One Town One Product and Shared Service Facility programs of the DTI that were implemented in the past administrations.

For the manufacturing sector, Pascual said he eyes to continue DTI’s Manufacturing Resurgence Program and work on closing supply chain gaps in the local market.

He said the department would continue to update and craft industry roadmaps for sectors that will have massive job generation for the country.

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Regional Executive Director Abel James Monteagudo of DA XI disclosed during the One Davao virtual presser that the agency allotted more than PhP 300 million for the INSPIRE project for Davao

Region.

A total of 44 associations in the region will benefit the project, he added.

“As now, naa nay na-identify nga modawat ani. Naa mi task force gihimo para magsuroy and

nagvalidate nami sa mga associations,” he underscored. (As of now, we have identified the beneficiaries.

There is a task force created to go on field, and they already validated the associations.)

The regional DA chief stressed that each association will receive a total of PhP 5.5 million worth of hog raising facility, including the infrastructure, and initial hogs and feeds.

he Bureau of Customs (BOC) has recorded so far its highest monthly collection in history, with a total of PHP76.29 billion collection for the month of June.

Based on the preliminary report from the BOC Financial Service released Friday, the collection last month surpassed its target

of PHP56.287 billion by 35.5 percent, or PHP20.003 billion.

It added that the June 2022 collection broke the previous highest monthly collection record of PHP70.778 billion for March 2022.

Aside from the revenue collection, last month’s revenue also included the Tax

Expenditure Fund (TEF) amounting to PHP301 million and the Post Clearance Audit Group (PCAG) collection of PHP115.97 million.

This is the sixth consecutive month the BOC exceeded its monthly target and achieved positive collection this year.

The report also revealed that 14 of the 17 collection

he Department of Agriculture XI (DA XI) will launch the Integrated National Swine Production Initiative for Recovery and Expansion (INSPIRE) on areas affected by the African Swine Fever (ASF).

“Ang kinahanglan nalang sa association is silay mogahin o silay moassign sa area kay dili man apil dinha ang pagpalit sa yuta,” Monteagudo said.

(The beneficiary-association just needs to identify or assign the area for the facility, because the purchase of a lot is not included in the program.)

Since February 2020, a total of 57,085 hogs were

districts of San Fernando, Port of Manila, Manila International Container Port, Batangas, Legaspi, Iloilo, Cebu, Surigao, Zamboanga, Davao, Subic. Clark, Aparri, and Limay surpassed their corresponding collection targets.

On the other hand, the bureau also surpassed its

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Xiaomi Reaffirms Commitment to Data Security and Privacy Manila, Philippines June 30, 2022 – Xiaomi, the world’s leading consumer electronics and smart manufacturing company, recommitted itself to protecting customer data during its annual Security and Privacy Awareness Month completed today. It held employee training events and expert seminars at the Xiaomi Technology Park in Beijing, China and at Xiaomi’s Technology Operation Center in Singapore.

This was the third consecutive year that it held special classes for its engineers and other employees and led discussions with industry executives, IT security experts, and the public about the importance of data security and user privacy protection. Xiaomi also released updated white papers on security and privacy along with its annual transparency report detailing its data security activities.

The purpose of the month-long series of events was to bolster its user security and privacy protection practices and to build trust in Xiaomi’s products through transparency and accountability.

Xiaomi has built a comprehensive governance structure to protect data security and user privacy.

This involves cooperation between cybersecurity experts, smartphone operating system engineers, lawyers, and legal compliance experts. Overseeing these specialists is a Security and Privacy Committee led by senior executives.

Cui Baoqiu, Xiaomi Vice President and Chairman of the Xiaomi Security and Privacy Committee, called data security and

user privacy protection a key to the long-term, sustainable development of the company’s global business. “Protecting the data security and privacy of our users is the top priority,” he said. “Our customers care about this issue more than any other.

Xiaomi is committed to offering safe and reliable Android smartphones and IoT products.”

Eugene Liderman, Director of Android Security Strategy of Google, highlighted Xiaomi’s contribution to the Android system. “One of Android’s biggest strengths is the diverse ecosystem of partners. Xiaomi is a great example of this and it’s great to see their continued investment in cyber security hygiene across their product portfolio”, he added.

Professor Liu Yang, School of Computer Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, said, “As the security challenge is becoming the focus of many technology discussions, industry stakeholders attach more importance to the urgency of managing vulnerabilities at hardware, software and even in the massive opensource space. Xiaomi has made tremendous effort to address the issue, safeguarding users with technology expertise, and continuously exploring new methods for better data protection.”

With the world’s largest consumer IoT platform, Xiaomi is constantly working to improve IoT security and privacy protections. Xiaomi held its fifth annual IoT security summit on June 29 and 30 in Beijing. Industry executives and experts discussed a wide range of

Wizards and last season in Houston.

- Booker, Morant stay put Other reported deals struck in the first hours of NBA free agency have center Mitchell Robinson staying with the New York Knicks, according to ESPN and the New York Daily News, on a four-year deal worth $60 million while Gary Payton II joins Portland on a three-year deal for $28 million, also according to ESPN. Spanish guard Ricky Rubio, 31, has reportedly reached a deal on a threeyear contract worth $18

million with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

The free agency negotiating period had barely opened on Thursday when it was reported that two-time reigning MVP Nikola Jokic planned to sign a five-year $270 million extension with the Denver Nuggets -- the largest contract in NBA history.

Devin Booker has reportedly agreed to a fouryear, $224 million deal to stay in Phoenix while young Memphis star Ja Morant is expected to ink a five-year extension worth $193 million.

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issues from data security governance frameworks and cross-border data transfers to the security of internet-connected electric vehicles and solutions for software supply chain security threats.

During the June event, Xiaomi announced that its Electric Scooter 4 Pro obtained IoT Security Rating Gold level certification from Underwriter Labora-

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As the world remains under a pandemic, Pascual targets to strengthen the pharmaceutical sector. “(W)e will also encourage international pharmaceutical companies operating domestically to contract their manufacturing to local players,” he said.

Pascual also aims to further strengthen the manufacturing of electronic goods and semiconductors amid the rise of data centers and hyper-scalers amid the increase in digital activities globally.

He likewise echoed the vision of his predecessor Ramon Lopez to have integrated mineral processing in the country for value-adding activities instead of exporting minerals as raw materials.

“The Philippines can be a vital partner for critical minerals, not only exporters, but to be a processor for semi-finished and finished products,” he added.

Under his watch, Pascual said the DTI would be closely collaborating with the Department of Information and Communications Technology to pursue digitalization in the government to further ease doing business in the country.

He also cited that the ratification of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and pursuing other free trade agreements (FTAs) with other countries will also be his

tories Inc, an international safety research institute based in the U.S. This designation made Electric Scooter 4 Pro the world’s first electric scooter with such a high-level safety rating. The certificate also indicated that the security baseline of Xiaomi’s IoT product development is in line with international standards.

Xiaomi created its Se-

curity and Privacy Committee in 2014. In 2016, Xiaomi became the first Chinese company to receive certification from TrustArc. Xiaomi adopted the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) of European Union compliance assessment in 2018. In 2019, Xiaomi security and privacy practices were certificated on ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC

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“As you may know, the Philippines has the least number in terms of Asean countries that have signed FTAs with foreign countries. These agreements will diversify the country’s exports in terms of products and services and country destination, and enhance foreign investments,” Pascual added.

He said he is also eyeing a restructuring of the organization by reducing unnecessary layers of bureaucracy, in which “tweaking of workforce budget may be needed.”

“I invite you all reigniting the private sector businesses, which are the country’s engines of growth.

Run with me in setting the momentum, not in a hundred-meter dash, but in a sustained marathon of swords facing a multi-kilometer run challenge to rejuvenate the heart of Philippine commerce and strengthen the muscle of industries coming from the devastation of the two-year pandemic and other uncertainties we are facing,” Pascual said.

Meanwhile, he thanked Lopez for leaving a “sterling legacy” in the department.

Lopez said serving as the DTI chief from 2016 to 2022 was “the best six years of his career” as he believes he brought “meaningful service” to the Filipino people. (PNA)

27018. Last year, Xiaomi published its first transparency report, making it the first Android smartphone brand to do so.

Xiaomi this year obtained the certificate of registration of NIST CSF (National Institute of Standards and Technology, Cybersecurity Framework), further strengthening its data security protection capabilities.

a challenge for producers amid the higher energy costs and prices of raw materials.

On the back of rising oil prices and a faster inflation rate, the business confidence of manufacturers is at

its lowest last month since April 2020.

“That said, businesses were more hesitant in their output expectations for the year ahead as downside risks to growth remain,” Baluch said. (PNA)

ball making, the statement said.

The two-day activity was aided by the Bislig City

Agriculture Office and the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources in the Caraga Region. (PNA)

depopulated in the region affecting 10,790 farmers from 254 barangays in 49 municipalities.

Director Monteagudo also bared that DA XI will have two mobile disinfecting trucks worth around PhP 5 million this year for additional measures against ASF. “Actually ang gamit ani, let’s say na naay nagdeclare nga naay symp-

toms or naay ningbuto sa ubang region (on ASF), iparking na siya (sa border). Mas maayo ni kaysa sa wheel bath.” (This will be used, let’s say, there is a declaration of symptoms in an area or there is an outbreak in other region, the vehicle will be parked at the border. This is better than the wheel bath). (PIAXI/ Michael Uy)

midyear target collection of PHP327.812 billion by PHP68.992 billion or 21.05 percent with an actual collection of PHP396.804 billion since January 2022.

Its cumulative or midyear collection this year is also higher by 31.5 percent or PHP95.058 billion than the PHP301.746 billion midyear collection in 2021.

Commissioner Rey Leonardo Guerrero attributed the collection performance to the improved valuation of the bureau, its digitized and modernized systems, the improving economy resulting in higher volume of imports, and the intensified collection efforts of all collection districts.

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he Utah Jazz agreed to trade star center Rudy Gobert to Minnesota, ESPN reported Friday amid a welter of free agency deals that included Zach LaVine’s $215-million decision to stay with the Chicago Bulls.

ESPN said Gobert, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year, would head to Minnesota in exchange for Malik Beasley, Patrick Beverley, Jarred Vanderbilt, No. 22 draft pick Walker Kessler and four first-round NBA Draft picks.

The 30-year-old Gob-

ert has spent all nine of his NBA seasons with Utah, where he has helped the Jazz reach the playoffs for six straight years.

Last season, Gobert averaged 15.6 points per game, a league-leading 14.7 rebounds and 2.1 blocks.

Jokic re-signs with

Nuggets in record $264-million deal: US media In Minnesota, the player dubbed the “Stifle Tower” will be teaming with another star big man in Karl-Anthony Towns, who has reportedly agreed to a four-year, $224 million extension.

Earlier Friday, LaVine’s agents announced the coveted free agent had agreed to a five-year maximum deal worth $215 million to remain with the Bulls.

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Djokovic cruises into Wimbledon last 16 T hree-time defending champion Novak Djokovic reached the Wimbledon fourth round for the 14th time on Friday with a straight-sets demolition of Serbian compatriot Miomir Kecmanovic.

Djokovic, looking to pull level with Pete Sampras as

a seven-time Wimbledon champion, triumphed 6-0, 6-3, 6-4.

Friday’s win was the 330th of Djokovic’s Grand Slam career.

“So far, so good,” said the 35-year-old top seed, who has now reached the last 16 of a major for the 55th time.

Sweet 16 for Djokovic, as Wimbledon seeds crash “I expect high standards from myself. You always want to raise the level and things are shaping up well.”

Waiting in the fourth round will be Dutch wild card Tim van Rijthoven.

also announced that Jusuf Nurkic has agreed to a four-year contract worth $70 million to stay with the Portland Trail Blazers and John Wall has agreed to a two-year deal worth $13.2 million to play for the Los Angeles Clippers.

The deals come on the first full day of NBA free agency for the 2022-23 campaign. Most deals are announced by agents or reports but no actual NBA contracts can be signed before Wednesday.

LaVine, 27, helped last year’s US Olympic team

bring home Tokyo gold and then completed a second straight NBA AllStar campaign with 24.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 4.5 assists a game over 67 contests for the Bulls.

After missing the playoffs for four consecutive seasons, Chicago went 46-36 and made the post-season, losing to Milwaukee in the first round.

LaVine underwent left knee surgery in May. Bosnian big-man Nurkic, 27, has spent the past six seasons with Portland after playing his first

Novak Djokovic in action against Miomir Kecmanovic of Serbia at the Wimbledon Championships, July 1, 2022. Neil Hall, EPA-EFE

three NBA campaigns for Denver.

Nurkic averaged 15.0 points, a career-high 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.1 steals a game for the Trail Blazers last season.

Portland went 27-55 and missed the playoffs for the first time since 2013.

Wall, a 31-year-old US guard taken first in the 2010 NBA Draft by Washington, has averaged 19.1 points, 9.1 assists and 4.3 rebounds a game over nine seasons with the

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incident.

The victim, Amir Pulanon Mangacop, 21 years old, student, and resident of Phase 5, El Rio Subdivision, Bacaca, Brgy. 19-B, Davao City, sustained several gunshot wounds and was rushed to Davao Doctors Hospital (DDH).

However, the victim was declared dead on arrival.

On the other hand, the suspect, Marvin Rey Andrew Roflo Pepino, is a doctor and PNP Non-Uniformed Personnel of the Police Regional Office (PRO 11) and a resident of Davao City. He is in the custody of

San Pedro Police Station for appropriate filing of charges.

In a statement, DCPO assured that it is on top of these things and will do everything possible to expedite the filing of the case.

This is the first violent-related incident following Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte issued a warning to the people who plan to cause trouble in Davao City.

“Let me address those who think they are above the law and policies of the city, magpahinumdum ko

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

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Erispe said they will continue “importing” live hogs for now until such time that the City of Mati would be efficient enough to produce pork needed

by Matinians.

From the supplier, the live hogs are delivered directly to the Mati Slaughterhouse managed by Virgilio Dacillo Jr. From food security, the administration of

charge taking a toll on their operations.

“The program helped us with the circulation.

We were also able to retain our employees because of this as they were able to keep their jobs,” he said. (PNA)

sa tanan nga maghunahuna mo ug buhat ug kagubot diri sa syudad, ayaw ninyo buhata diri. I will always protect and secure our law abiding citizens,” he said during his inaugural speech on June 27, 2022.

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

BDO UNIBANK, INC., Mortgagee,

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- versus -

SPS. MA. CECILIA RECHIE P. SIMOGAN AND ANTERO P. SIMOGAN, JR., AS REPRESENTED

BY THEIR ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, EDEN N. PONDOC, Mortgagor/s X---------------------------------------X

SPS. HECTOR ASILO REYES and HELEN CASIM REYES Debtor/Mortgagors, (Previously captioned as “BDO UNIBANK, INC., Mortgagee, -versus-Sps. ALBERTO J. DELOTAVO And SHOBY B. DELOTAVO, Debtors/Mortgagors”) X------------------------------------------------------------X

SECOND NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee BDO UNIBANK, INC. against the mortgagor/s SPS. MA. CECILIA RECHIE P. SIMOGAN & ANTERO P. SIMOGAN, JR., as represented by their Attorney-in-fact EDEN N. PONDOC with residence and postal address at Lot 21, Blk. 17, Luzvill Subdivision, Panacan, Davao City and Lot 15, Blk 6, Camella Davao Communal Road, Brgy. Communal, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 13, 2022, amounted to ONE MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED EIGHTY-TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED TWENTY-SIX PESOS & 59/100 (Php1,782,926.59), Philippine Currency, including interest, penalties and expenses, plus 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 July 14, 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 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. 146-2019005256 LOT NO: 15 BLOCK NO: 6 PLAN NO: PCS-112402-006000 PORTION OF: CONSOLIDATION OF LOT B-3-B, PSD-11-043435, LOT B-1, PSD-11-003908. LOT 3850-B, CSD-7919, LOT 4091, SGS-2654-D, XXX XXX LOCATION: BARANGAY OF COMMUNAL, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO AREA: SIXTY THREE SQUARE METERS (63), MORE OR LESS OWNER: MA. CECILIA RECHIE P. SIMOGAN, married to ANTERO P. SIMOGAN, JR. BOTH OF LEGAL AGE, FILIPINOS 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 August 18, 2022 without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines. June 16, 2022.

(SGD.) CHRISTIAN M. MADRAZO

Sheriff IV

Upon the Amended Application for Extra-judicial foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee-BDO UNIBANK, INC. against SPS. HECTOR ASILO REYES and HELEN CASIM REYES, Debtors/Mortgagors, with given postal address at: Unit A-420, 4 th Flr, Linmarr Towers, Porras St., Davao City, Davao del Sur; Per Statement of Account as of April 29, 2022, the subject obligation has amounted to Pesos: ONE MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY ONE & 75/100 amounts to Php 1,873,421.75) Philippine Currency, plus other legal charges and expenses incident to foreclosure and sale, the undersigned Sheriff IV, of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 21, 2022 @ about 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Benigno S. Aquino Bldg., Candelaria St., Ecoland, Matina, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property together with all its improvements existing thereon, to wit: CONDOMINIUM CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2018000582 Xxxxxxx FOURTH FLOOR LEVEL (UNIT A-420 with A FLOOR AREA OF TWENTY THREE POINT SEVENTY FIVE (23.75) SQ.M., more or less; & LAUNDRY AREA UNIT A-420 OF FOUR POINT SEVENTY ONE (4.71) SQ.M., LOCATED AT THE ROOF DECK FLOOR LEVEL FOR A TOTAL OF TWENTY EIGHT POINT FORTY SIX (28.46) SQ.M. more or less . . . x x x 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 August 18, 2022 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title/s herein above-described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

June 7, 2022, Davao City, Philippines.

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

(SGD.) NICOLAS L. SUMAPIG Sheriff IV

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11 TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City BDO UNIBANK, INC., EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,454-22 Mortgagee, FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORE CLOSURE OF REAL - versus - ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 SPOUSES RECHEL S. COLE AND as amended STEPHEN COLE, executed by ELNA S. PISUENA, as attorney-in-fact Mortgagor/s, X-------------------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE of REAL PROPERTY Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against the mortgagors, SPOUSES RECHEL S. COLE and STEPHEN COLE, with postal address at # 2 Beverly Hills Street, Hillcrest Subdivision, Matina, Davao City and/or Block 12 Lot 2 Phase 2B, La Vista Monte Village, Matina Pangi, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 18, 2022, amounts to THREE MILLION THIRTY THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY TWO PESOS & 48/100 (P 3,030,432.48) Philippine Currency, the undersigned Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 28, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH and/or Manager’s Check and in Philippine Currency, the real property with all its improvements found thereon particularly described below, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2016006762 “ A certain land situated in BARRIO OF MATINA PANGI, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO, bounded and described as follows: LOT NO: 2, PLAN NO: PCS-112402005835, PORTION OF: LOTS 17, 18 & 19, BLK. 12, PCS-11-004638, LOCATION: BARRIO OF MATINA PANGI, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. XXX AREA: ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE SQUARE METERS (185), MORE OR LESS. XXX.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date. In the event that the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 25, 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, June 10, 2022.

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

(SGD.) BRIX IAN J. NARBASA Sheriff IV

food shortage affecting many countries in the world.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED SPOUSES SEGUNDO T. SULIVA and IRENEA I. SULIVA WITH DEED OF PARTITION Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late Spouses SEGUNDO T. SULIVA and IRENEA I. SULIVA who died on October 8, 2011 and August 31, 2004 respectively, leaving a certain real property located in Barangay Camansi, Toril Davao City, containing an area of Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred SixtyThree (11,763) square meters more or less, being embraced by Transfer Certificate of Title No. CARP2019000251, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE executed among their heirs, per Doc. No. 301; Page No. 62; Book No. VI, Series of 2019, of the Notary Public JOSEPTH BRIAN A. ATENSOR.

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE of REAL PROPERTY

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

Mayor Michelle Nakpil Rabat is now aiming food sufficiency in light of the

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE 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 ROY ALVIN T. PADILLA who died intestate on February 14, 2021 in Davao City leaving a parcels of land to wit: 1.

A parcel of land located at Barangay of Pampanga, Davao City containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FORTY FIVE (145) Square Meters covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2019017171, and 2.

A parcel of land located at Barrio of Lanang, Davao City containing an area of ONE HUNDRED FIFTY THREE (153) Square Meters and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 146-2021001483.

That the above-mentioned properties has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE executed among his heirs. Per Doc. 77; Page no. 16; Book No. 45; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. DIMPNA D. BERMEJO-DULAY.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11 TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City BDO UNIBANK, INC., Mortgagee,

EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,449-22

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BDO UNIBANK, INC., Mortgagee,

EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,452-22

- versus Spouses ESCARDO S. AVENIDO and MERIAM C. AVENIDO Debtors / Mortgagors X---------------------------------------X

ACE A. SITON Mortgagors/Debtor, X--------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee BDO UNIBANK, INC., against the mortgagor/s executed by Lilibeth A. Siton, as Atty-in-fact of ACE A. SITON, with given address at BLOCK 6, LOT 13, CERRITOS SUBD., ALONG DAVAO-BUKIDNON NATIONAL HIGHWAY, STO. NINO, TUGBOK, DAVAO CITY to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of April 13, 2022, the outstanding balance of the mortgagor/s with the mortgagee amounts to TWO MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED ELEVEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN AND 24/100 (Php 2,811,317.24), plus 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 July 28, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property/ies together with all its improvements thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2016001894 “A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 13, BLOCK 6 OF THE CONSOLIDATION-SUBDIVISION PLAN PCS-11-005333, BEING A PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATION OF LOT 4 & 5, PCS-11-003326 & LOT 6-B, PSD-11-109937), SITUATED IN THE BARANGAY OF STO. NIÑO, MINTAL CITY OF DAVAO ISLAND OF MINDANAO. CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SEVEN (187) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS.” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 25, 2022 without further notice.

Prospective buyers are hereby enjoined to investigate for themselves the title therein described real properties and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Davao City, Philippines. June 13, 2022.

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

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

(SGD.) LORILYN M. REMOLADOR Sheriff IV

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the mortgagee BDO UNIBANK, INC. against the debtors/mortgagors, Spouses ESCARDO S. AVENIDO and MERIAM C. AVENIDO, with postal address/es at (1) Unit No. 523, Birmingham Building, Camella Northpoint, Davao City; and (2) Blk. 3, Lot 8, North Eagle Homes 2, San Miguel, Tagum City, Davao del Norte, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 31, 2022, amounted to FOUR HUNDRED THIRTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY SIX PESOS & 34/100 (Php432,236.34), Philippine Currency, inclusive interests and penalties, plus 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 July 28, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and inPhilippine Currency, the following real property/ies mentioned and described below together with all the improvements found thereon, particularly described below to wit: Condominium Certificate of Title No. 146-2013000012 “ A RESIDENTIAL TYPE CONDOMINIUM UNIT NUMBER 523 AT BIRMINGHAM BUILDING OF CAMELLA NORTHPOINT, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO CONTAINING AN AREA OF TWENTY ONE SQUARE METERS (21.00 SQ.M.), MORE OR LESS AT THE FIFTH FLOOR LEVEL AND A BALCONY AREA OF ONE POINT THIRTY TWO SQUARE METERS (1.32 SQ.M.), MORE OR LESS AT THE FIFTH FLOOR LEVEL AND A LAUNDRY CAGE AREA UNIT 141 OF FIVE POINT SEVENTEEN SQUARE METERS (5.17 SQ.M.) MORE OR LESS LOCATED AT THE ROOF DECK FLOOR LEVEL WITH A TOTAL AREA OF TWENTY SEVEN POINT FORTY NINE SQUARE METERS (27.49 SQ.M.) 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 August 25, 2022 without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines, June 13, 2022.

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

(SGD.) ORLANDO S. ACOSTA Sheriff IV

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del Sur, Marawi City and Maguindanao registered the highest number of dengue cases.

At the Cotabato Regional and Medical Center, the number of dengue cases was also alarming for health frontliners.

CRMC chief Dr. Ishmael Dimaren said that as of Friday over 600 dengue cases had been admitted to the hospital, although many were already discharged.

He said MOH-BARMM has donated a 100-bed isolation facility for dengue patients to address the rising number of cases.

He said that since dengue cases are also increasing other parts of the country, climate change could have something to do with in.

He noted that even

during “summer”, the term Filipinos use to refer to the country’s dry season, there was plenty of rain.

To contain the surge, Abas asked provincial and municipal health officials to come up with a more aggressive strategy to arrest the outbreak.

Foremost among the strategies is to seek everybody’s participation in eradicating dengue virus-carrying mosquitoes, he said.

“Second is we will intensify our advocacy on practicing the 4S strategy,” he added.

The 4S strategy refers to search and destroy, seek immediate action, say no to indiscriminate fogging, and self-protection measures. (Ferdinandh Cabrera/MindaNews)

18 HEALTH... FROM3 the mobile vaccination is still ongoing particularly the school-based.

“We have been doing that through our mobile vaccination. In fact, nabuhat na sa atong mga councilors and district health officers,” she said.

It can be recalled that the Vaccination Cluster commenced the school-

based vaccination among the pediatric age group five to 11 years old at San Roque Elementary School on May 27, 2022 through the partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) aiming to increase the turnout of vaccinees in the five to 11 population age group.

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dures for the operation and use of the organization’s information technologies and avoid any suspicious attacks brought by malwares and internet viruses.

Meanwhile, DICT Mindanao Cluster will be having pre-selected 60 organizations in Davao Region

who will be participants on their training and capability building and conducting threat and scenario-based training. With the Cybersecurity Plan of DICT for 2022, DICT through Engr.

Gabriel gave their assurance to assist partner agencies in establishing GCERT. (PIA XI/Elvira May Suico)

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE Notice is hereby given that the estate of the late DEMAFELIA L. JABILLES who died on February 7, 2022, leaving a certain real property located at Pagacpac, Brgy. Bongabong, Pantukan Davao De Oro, containing an area of Two Thousand Thousand Forty Two (2,042) square meters more or less, being embraced by LOT 2531E, PSD-11-02962, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE executed among their heirs, per Doc. No. 86; Page No. 19; Book No. 193, Series of 2022, of the Notary Public FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11 TH JUDICIAL REGION OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT-SHERIFF Davao City FIRST TAGUM RURAL BANK, INC., MATINA BRACH Mortgagee,

- EJF-REM CASE NO. 18,394-22 FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3135 as amended

- versus SPOUSES LUISITO B. FORTICH AND JOSEPHINE M. FORTICH Mortgagors X---------------------------------------------X

SECOND NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Upon extra-judicial petition for foreclosure and sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against SPOUSES LUISITO B. FORTICH and JOSEPHINE M. FORTICH with postal address at Sitio Awa Catalunan Grande, Talomo, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of March 2, 2022, amounts to Six Million One Hundred Forty Two Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Six Pesos & 66/100 (P6,142,456.66), Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest, penalties and litigation expenses; the undersigned Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on July 14, 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 real property with all its improvements found thereon particularly described below, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-440817 “A parcel of land situated in City of Davao, Philippines, more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point marked “1” of Lot 2550-A, Csd-11000632-D. xxx . containing an area of FORTY NINE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY FOUR (49,984) SQUARE METERS. xxx” TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-291038 “A parcel of land situated in City of Davao, Philippines, more particularly bounded and described as follows: Beginning at a point marked “1” of Lot 2550-B, Csd-11000632-D. xxx . containing an area of FORTY THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED AND THIRTY SIX (40,136) SQUARE METERS. xxx” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event that the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on August 18, 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.

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND EJF REM CASE NO. 18,460-22 OR (HDMF) Mortgagee, FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE OF REAL - versus ESTATE MORTGAGE UNDER ACT 3125 as amended

GILBERT PALIMA ACIDO Represented by his Attorney-in-Fact LOILA A. CAMASURA, Mortgagor/s.

X------------------------------------------------X

AMENDED NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE SALE OF REAL PROPERTY Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the above-mentioned mortgagee against the mortgagor, GILBERT PALIMA ACIDO with postal address at Lot 28 Blk 21, Bambu Estate, Mintal, Davao City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness, the outstanding obligation of the mortgagors with the mortgagee amounts to ONE MILLION THIRTY SEVEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO PESOS and 13/100 (P 1,037,772.13) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and other charges as of May 16, 2022; the undersigned Sheriff of the Regional Trial Court, Davao City, will sell at public auction on August 4, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Matina, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2016003749 “A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE CONS. & SUBDIVISION PROJECT (LOT 28, BLK. 21, OF THE CONS. & SUBD. PLAN PCS-11-005188, BEING A PORTION OF LOT 1-A, PSD11-108259; LOT 2, PCS-11-003326 & LOT 3-B, PSD-11-107903), SITUATED IN THE BARANGAY OF MINTAL, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. XXX. CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED FIFTY (150) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS.XXX” All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated time and date.

In the event that the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 1, 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.

(SGD.) BRIX IAN J. NARBASA Sheriff IV

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL EJF REM CASE NO. 18,459-22 FUND OR PAG-IBIG FUND Mortgagee,

- versus -

PAUL B. DIVINAGRACIA Married to Benita M. Divinagracia Mortgagor/s.

X---------------------------------------------X

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135, as amended, filed by the HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (HDMF) against PAUL B. DIVINAGRACIA, married to BENITA M. DIVINAGRACIA, both of legal age, Filipino citizens, with postal address at # 8 Espino Subdivision Dumoy, Toril, Davao City, in favor of Home Development Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG FUND), to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 16, 2022, amounting to P 211,650.94 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 August 4, 2022 at 10:00 A.M., or soon thereafter, at the main entrance of the Hall of Justice, Ecoland, Davao City, to the highest bidder for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following real property mentioned and described below together with all improvements found thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 146-2010010190 “A PARCEL OF LAND OF THE CONSOLIDATION SUBDIVISION PROJECT (LOT 52, BLK 34, OF THE CONSOLIDATION AND SUBDIVISION PLAN PCS-11-002823, BEING A PORTION OF LOTS XXX PSD-11-043640), SITUATED IN BARANGAY INDANGAN, CITY OF DAVAO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. XXX CONTAINING AN AREA OF ONE HUNDRED FIVE (105) SQUARE METERS, more or less”.

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

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 1, 2022, without further notice.

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

Davao City, Philippines, June 24, 2022.

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

Davao City, Philippines, June 28, 2022.

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

Davao City, Philippines. June 16, 2022.

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

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

(SGD.) BRIX IAN J. NARBASA Sheriff IV

(SGD.) SERGIO LEONARDO J. TUPAS Sheriff IV

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Panabo City native Mark Anthony Barriga (right) challenges Puerto Rico’s Jonathan “La Bomba” Gonzalez (left) for the WBO junior flyweight title in Kissimmee, Florida Saturday (Manila time).