Edge Davao Vol. 15 Issue 181 | Sunday-Monday, Nov. 13-14, 2022

Rigo urges youth to have love for reading READING PROFICIENCY

Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II, grandson and namesake of former President Rodrigo Duterte and son of Davao City First District Representative Paolo Z. Duterte, urges Dabawenyo youths to take a break from using too much of their gadgets and try reading books.

Rigo said reading is neces sary for learning as it un locks the door to lifelong learning. Edge Davao

READING PROFICIENCY

Rigo urges youth to have love for reading

By MAYA M. PADILLO

Because today’s youth are most of the time glued to the screen of their mo bile phones, Rodrigo “Rigo” Duterte II is urging the young Dabawenyos to take a break from using too much of their cell phones and try reading books instead.

Rigo, grandson and namesake of former Pres ident Rodrigo Duterte and son of Davao City First Dis trict Representative Paolo Z. Duterte, said reading is necessary for learning as it unlocks the door to lifelong learning.

He also urged the young Dabawenyos to visit the Davao City Library and Information Center (CLIC), which provides countless resources, such as educa tional materials, scientific publications, etc. Meanwhile, in celebra

tion of the Philippine Book Development, CLIC contin ues its literacy campaign in the city’s far-flung areas through the Book Mobile Library’s “Magbasa Ta” program.

Aside from book-read ing and story-telling activi ties, the Magbasa Ta litera cy campaign also includes disaster preparedness and awareness orientation and film viewing.

CLIC-Book Mobile Li brary program head Arniel Enoc said the campaign

will visit 10 other schools this month and will pri oritize the most far-flung schools and barangays in the city with little to no ac cess to public libraries.

Enoc said the campaign aims to encourage the love of learning in children as well as to re-acquaint young readers with the consumption of printed content, as most of them spent the past two years of the pandemic locked in doors, consuming online digital content.

CHO moves to new building, vows better, efficient service

The City Health Office (CHO) promised better and more effi cient service after moving to its new headquarters fronting the Bonifacio Ro tonda at A. Pichon Street in Davao City.

The 6-story building standing in a 900 square

meter lot houses a phar macy, a stockroom, and vaccine room. The CHO’s divisions, units, and ad ministrative offices had already been relocated.

“Certainly, services will get better and more efficient. After 40 years of leasing an office, final

ly, thru the initiative of then Mayor Sara Duter te and support from the Department of Health 11 (DOH 11), we were able to establish our very own 6-story building,” said Dr. Ashley Lopez, head of CHO.

Lopez said the new

building also gives its staff and health person nel a boost of their morale and competence to serve our constituents at their best efforts.

CHO is one of the agencies under the city government of Davao

Vax turnout among pediatric population remains low

The Davao City Covid-19 Task Force is appealing to par ents and guardians of the pediatric population aged 5 to 11 years old age to get them vaccinated.

Dr. Michelle Schloss er, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, reported that vac cination output among the pediatric population in Davao City remains low.

“I want the parents to understand and consider having their children vac cinated kay as of Novem ber mubo gihapon ang atong output on our vac cination among pediatric population,” she said over Davao City Disaster Radio (DCDR).

Schlosser said data shows that there are un vaccinated pediatric pa tients who died because of Covid-19.

“I don’t know what data that you need pero for that past few weeks naay mga datus nga naga show that there are pedi atric patients na mama tay because of Covid-19

and most of them are unvaccinated. Unta dili nato hulaton nga daghan pa ang mamatay because Covid-19 is already pre ventable. Kung dili man nato ma-prevent ang transmission of disease ang puwede nato ma pre vent is ang kamatayon be cause of Covid-19. It will be done by having your vaccines as well as shared accountability and re sponsibility towards our health dapat kabalo gyud ta kung unsa ang risko sa atoang kinabuhi pati na sa atoang mga loved ones. Again naay lenien cy sa atoang mga health protocols but at the end of the day it still your choice kung unsaon nimo pag protekta sa imong sa rili as well as your loved ones,” she said.

Schlosser earlier re minded the parents to have their children vac cinated amid the recent deaths of two kids, who were among the nine unvaccinated mortali ty in Davao City due to

Mayor Sebastian “Baste” Duterte graces the opening of Davao City Health Office’s (CHO’s) new headquarters along A. Pichon Street, Davao City on Friday. CHO Officer-in-Charge Dr. Ashley Lopez said the new building “will cater almost all of the services and the programs under the City Health Office.” CIO

Dear IBP,

Married po ako ng ten years na at wala po kaming anak ng mi sis ko. Gusto ko po sana e-adopt ang anak ko sa dati kung girl friend at papalitan ko din po sana pangalan niya. Maari ko po bang gawin ito? Saan po ba ako mag file ng adoption?

Mister Adopter

Dear Mister Adopter,

For your first question, for the best interest of the child, yes, you can change the name of the child. The applicable Law in your case is [ REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11642, January 06, 2022 ], AN ACT STRENGTHENING ALTERNATIVE CHILD CARE BY PROVIDING FOR AN ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS OF DOMESTIC ADOPTION, RE ORGANIZING FOR THE PURPOSE

THE INTER-COUNTRY ADOP TION BOARD (ICAB) INTO THE NATIONAL AUTHORITY FOR CHILD CARE (NACC), AMENDING FOR THE PURPOSE REPUBLIC ACT NO. 8043, REPUBLIC ACT NO. 11222, AND REPUBLIC ACT NO. 10165, REPEALING REPUB LIC ACT NO. 8552, AND REPUB LIC ACT NO. 9523, AND APPRO PRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR.

Section 41. Legitimacy.–the adoptee shall be considered the legitimate child of the adopter for all intents and purposes and as such, in entitled to all the rights and obligations provided by law to legitimate children born to them without discrimination of any kind. To this end, the adop tee is entitled to love, guidance, and support in keeping with the means of the family. The legiti mate filiation that is created be tween the adopter and adoptee shall be extended to the adopter’s

parents, adopter’s legitimate sib lings, and legitimate descendants.

The adopter is also given the right to choose the name by which the child is to be known, consistent with the best interest of the child.

This term “best interest of the child” is most often used in the context of family law determina tions. For example, a judge may consider whether it is in the best interest of the child to change a child custody determination, to grant a child custody order, to grant visitation or to permit a move. The “best interests of the child standard” is used by the court by considering several cir cumstances related to the child welfare, such as looking at the relationships between the child and his or her siblings, and oth er household members, whether the parent is able to provide a safe home, food, clothing and medical

care to the child.

Also, under Section 34., there shall be an Order as to the name by which the child is to be known.

An Order of Adoption which is a registrable civil registry docu ment stating the name by which the child shall be known and shall likewise direct the following to perform the actions as stated: (a) The adopter to submit a certified true copy of the Order of Adop tion to the Civil Registrar where the child was originally regis tered within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of the Order of Adoption.

Also, the consent of the child is taken into consideration if he is ten (10) years of age or over. Un der Section 23. Whose Consent is Necessary to the Adoption.–After being properly counseled and informed of the right to give or withhold approval of the adop tion, the written consent of the

following to the adoption is here by required: (a) The adoptee, if ten (10) years of age or over.

Since you are married, you have to get the consent of your spouse or the entire adoption is rendered invalid. Under REPUB LIC ACT NO. 11642 Section 23... the written consent of the fol lowing to the adoption is hereby required (e) The spouse, if any, of the person adopting or to be ad opted.

As to where to file it, the pro cess is now an administrative proceeding. Upon the effectivi ty of RA 11642 last January 28, 2022, courts may no longer re ceive or accept petitions for do mestic adoption. Jurisdiction over domestic adoption cases shall now be with the newly created National Authority for Child Care (NACC), a quasi-judicial agency attached to the Department of Social Welfare and Development.

One of the positive news I read lately was knowing Davao City was named local champion for marine litter action by the United Nations Human Settle ment Program (UN Habitat) of the Philippines.

The country’s largest city –in terms of land area – was cited “for pioneering the development of the City Plan of Action on Ma rine Litter in support of the Phil ippines’ National Plan of Action on Marine Litter.” That’s accord ing to a news report released by the City Information Office.

Paul Bermejo, offi cer-in-charge of the ancillary services unit, was quoted in the CIO press release that the city “earned the honor for being able to implement a localized Philip pine action plan for marine litter among other local government units in the country.”

The citation was due to the success of the city’s Bantay Dagat program, which former Mayor Inday Sara Duterte started in 2017 and is still being continued by her successor, Mayor Sebas tian “Baste” Duterte.

Bantay Dagat is a city govern ment project wherein volunteers from the community are depu

tized to guard and conduct coast al and riverbank cleanup every first and third Saturday morning of the month.

When we think of marine litter, we usually think of those plastic bags and other materi als made of plastics. But there’s more. As the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) tells us: “Marine litter is any per sistent, manufactured or pro cessed solid material discarded, disposed of or abandoned in ma rine and coastal development.”

Take the case of cigarette butts. Smoking is dangerous to your health – and yes, even to our environment. The UN describes them as “the most discarded waste item worldwide.”

“Whether flicked on to beach es, tossed in parks or dropped on to streets, many of the tiny, light weight butts end up in bodies of water, swept there by rainfall and storm water systems,” wrote The Guardian’s Ashifa Kassaum.

I was totally surprised when I learned that those cigarette butts contain some plastic. Cigarette filters, I learned, are made out of plastic fibers, which are made of cellulose acetate. These plastic filters comprised more than 90%

WHAT DABAWENYOS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MARINE LITTER

of commercial cigarettes, accord ing to Clean Ocean Action’s Kari Martin.

“Plastics don’t break down over time, they photodegrade, which means that the light breaks them into smaller piec es but they don’t eventually go away,” said Martin.

“Marine litter presents a huge problem in our oceans, with some scientists warning that, by 2050, the quantity of plastics in the oceans will outweigh fish,” said the International Maritime Organization.

That’s alarming indeed for us Filipinos. Fish is our cheap est source of animal protein. In fact, the average Filipino eats 98 grams of fish per day and 36 ki lograms of fish per year, reports the Philippine Statistics Authori ty (PSA).

Right now, thousands of pieces of trash are estimated to be afloat on every square kilo meter of ocean. “The greatest sources of (those trashes) are land-based activities, including waste released from dumpsites near the coast or river banks, the littering of beaches, tourism and recreational use of the coasts, fishing industry activities and

ship-breaking yards,” the UNEP reported.

This means that you and I –all of us – are contributors to the problem. Every time you smoke, every time you buy candies, ev ery time you purchase goods from department stores, and ev ery time you eat in fast foods, you are adding to the crisis.

One possible solution to the problem is recycling, the repro cessing of plastic waste into new products. Recycling is a twostage process: sorting is mainly done automatically with a manu al sort to ensure all contaminants have been removed. Once sorted and cleaned, plastic can either be shredded into flakes or melt processed to form pellets before finally being moulded into new products.

But a report from Greenpeace found that people may be putting plastic into recycling bins – but almost none of it is actually being recycled.

So, what are the doable solu tions to this marine litter prob lem? In its website, the Oceanic Society lists things we can do to day to reduce our plastic use:

1. Reduce your use of sin gle-use plastics, which include

plastic bags, water bottles, straws, cups, utensils, take-out containers.

2. Support legislation to curb plastic production and waste. In Davao City, the “No to Single-Use Plastic Ordinance of 2021” bans the use of single-use plastics and regulates their sale and distribu tion.

3. Recycle properly. If you can’t reuse them, don’t throw them away. Try to check with your local recycling center about the types of plastic they accept.

4. Participate in a beach or river clean up. In Davao City, Bantay Dagat volunteers are grouped into clusters. Contact your barangay which cluster you can join.

5. Avoid products containing microbeads, which are found in some face scrubs, toothpastes, and body washes. Avoid products containing “polythelene” and “polypropylene” on the ingredi ents of your cosmetic products.

6. Spread the word. Stay in formed on issues related to plas tic pollution and help make oth ers aware of the problem.

7. Supporting organizations addressing plastic pollution.

Marcos invited to WEF in Switzerland in Jan. 2023

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has been invited to the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Switzerland in Janu ary 2023, Malacañang announced on Sat urday.

The invitation was extended to Marcos by WEF founder and ex ecutive chairperson Klaus Schwab during a breakfast meeting in Phom Penh, Cambodia on Saturday, Undersec retary Cheloy Garafil, Officer-in-Charge of the Office of the Press Secre tary (OPS) said.

“World Economic Forum founder and ex ecutive chairman Klaus Schwab today invited President Ferdinand R.

Marcos Jr. to the WEF in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 16 to 20, 2023.

Schwab made the in vitation in a breakfast meeting with President Marcos,” Garafil said in a statement.

Schwab lauded Mar cos for the seemingly strong Philippine econo my despite the prevailing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and global challenges.

He then asked Marcos to attend the WEF and

encourage more busi ness leaders to invest in the country.

“Schwab told Marcos his attendance to the WEF serves as a good opportunity to let the global business commu nity know about the dy namism and positive de velopments happening in the Philippines in a bid to attract more investors,” Garafil said.

Established in 1971, WEF serves as an inter national organization for public-private coopera tion.

The annual WEF con venes leaders from gov ernment, business, and civil society to address the state of the world and

discuss priorities for the year ahead.

On Friday, Garafil also announced that Marcos will be embarking on a state visit to China during the first week of January next year after accepting the invitation of Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Marcos is currently in Cambodia for the 40th and 41st Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit and Re lated Summits.

On the sidelines of the ASEAN meetings on Thursday, Marcos held a roundtable discussion with Cambodian busi ness leaders to encour age them to invest in the country. (PNA)

Gas, kerosene prices to slightly increase in latest oil forecast

Gasoline and kero sene prices are set to increase, as pric es in the World Market showed volatility due to various factors, industry estimates show.

Kerosene prices are expected to increase by P1.30 to P1.50 per liter.

Meanwhile, gasoline prices could have an up tick of P0.75 to P1 per liter. This is the second

straight week that gas prices will increase.

Diesel prices, howev er, will fall for a second straight week at P0.25 to P0.50 per liter.

According to indus try experts, prices of im ported petroleum prod ucts saw a huge increase in the first three days of trading, and saw a decrease in the last day due to various factors.

These factors include weaker oil demand in China, fears of a world wide recession and low er supply in oil.

Earlier this week, China reported its high est COVID-19 caseload in six months. Oil de mand often factors Chi na’s capacity to manu facture, which in turn have been affected by their strict zero-COVID

policies such as lock downs, quarantines, and mass testing.

Almost half of the caseloads came from manufacturing hub Guangdong province.

Experts have pre viously warned of gas oline prices’ usually increasing during the winter season. The Philippines imports its oil supply.

Fitch Solutions revises ‘22 GDP projection for PH

FitchSolutions Country Risk and Industry Re search Friday revised its 2022 gross domestic product (GDP) projection for the Philippines follow ing the higher-than-ex pected output in the third quarter.

Fitch estimated a 7.4 percent output for the do mestic economy this year, higher than the 6.6 percent it previously projected.

However, it slashed its 2023 growth forecast to 5.9 percent from 6.2 per cent due to base effects and rising risks such as the continued monetary policy rate hikes and the prospects for slower glob al growth.

On Thursday, the Phil ippine Statistics Authori ty (PSA) reported the 7.6 percent growth print of the domestic economy from July to September this year, higher than the upwardly revised 7.5 percent in the previous quarter.

End-September GDP stood at 7.76 percent, high er than the government assumption of 6.5 to 7.5 percent.

Fitch Solutions noted that the strong domestic output in the third quarter is due to the continued nor malization of economic ac

tivities, buoyed by the rise in fixed investments that rose by 21.7 percent yearon-year.

It said private con sumption decelerated a bit to 8 percent from the pre vious quarter’s 8.6 percent but accounted for around 5.9 percentage points to the quarter’s output.

These factors are coun tered by the faster rise of net exports over net im ports, after rising by 17 percent and 13.1 percent, respectively, for the quar ter.

Even with the robust growth in the third quarter, Fitch Solutions forecasts growth to slow due to the impact of the elevated rate of price increases.

“We expect pent-up demand to wane, while el evated inflation will contin ue to erode household pur chasing power and weigh on private consumption,” it said.

The inflation rate in the country further accelerated to 7.7 percent last October, the highest since December 2008.

Average inflation in the first 10 months of the year stood at 5.4 percent, way above the government’s 2-4 percent target band un til 2024.

Motorists have their vehicles filled with fuel at a gasoline station in Brgy. Sasa, Davao City on Saturday. Mixed movements on pump prices are expected on Tuesday as industry insiders said prices of gasoline and kerosene will have a slight hike while prices of diesel will decrease. Edge Davao

NEDA confident PH economy will hit 6.5% to 7.5% target this year

The Philippine gov ernment has ap proved the importa tion of 25,000 metric tons of fish to cover supply re quirements for the closed fishing season months.

The Department of Agriculture (DA), on No vember 10, issued Special Order No. 1002 series of 2022, which provides guidelines for the impor tation of 25,000 metric tons of frozen round scad, bigeye scad, mackerel, bo nito, and moonfish for wet markets during the closed fishing season beginning November this year until January 2023.

The order was signed by Agriculture Senior Undersecretary Domingo Panganiban.

Under the order, all import clearances in relation to the allowed 25,000 metric tons of frozen fish to be import ed shall be issued on or before December 15, 2022, with a validity pe riod of 45 days from the date of issuance.

No import clearances shall be deemed valid af ter January 30, 2023.

The Bureau of Fisher ies and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) was directed to encourage the immediate

disposal of imported fish so that it will not overlap with the local catch by the end of the closed fishing season.

Importers who were able to register within five working days from the is suance of the order shall qualify to participate in the importation program, provided they are compli ant with the qualifications and requirements.

Those who are dis qualified from applying for import clearance are those with pending cases in relation to violations of food safety or impor tation rules and regula tions, those who were not able to secure Bureau of Customs accreditation and/or clearance at the start of the importation period, and those who were not able to submit complete and updated requirements within five working days from the is suance of the order.

“All qualified import ers shall strictly comply with Food and Safety Standards provided un der the law and relevant guidelines,” the DA order read.

Transfer of allocat ed shall be prohibited, it said.

Aftera stronger-than-expected third-quarter gross domestic prod uct (GDP) growth, the National Eco nomic and Development Authority (NEDA) on Friday expressed optimism that the economy would hit the government’s tar get growth band for the entire year.

“Malakas po ang aming kumpyansa na we will really be attaining ‘yung [target],” NEDA Undersecretary Rose marie Edillon said during state-run PTV’s public brief ing.

(We are strongly confi dent that we will really be attaining this target.)

The Marcos adminis tration set a target band of 6.5% to 7.5% GDP growth for 2022.

As of the third quarter of 2022, the country’s GDP —

the total value of goods and services produced in a spe cific period— grew by 7.6%, faster than the upwardly adjusted 7.5% GDP growth seen in the second quarter of the year.

Edillon echoed Socioeco nomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan’s remark that the economy only needs to grow by 3.3% in the fourth quarter to meet the lower end of the target band.

To hit the upper end of the goal, the economy needs

to grow by 6.9% in the Octo ber to December period.

The NEDA official said the government is aware of the headwinds that need to be addressed to achieve the growth target such as the high inflation environment.

“Going forward ‘yun po ang unang masolusyonan natin. Kailangan mapababa natin itong mga inflation, es pecially ang presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin lalo na ang pagkain,” Edillon said.

(Going forward, that is what we need to address. We need to bring down in flation, especially the prices of prime commodities, par ticularly food.)

Inflation has been trend ing above 6% in the past quarter — 6.4% in July, 6.3% in August, and 6.9% in September — driven by

rising food, utilities, and transport costs amid local and external pressures on commodity prices.

In October, inflation, or the rate of increase in the prices of consumer goods and services, accelerated to a 14-year high of 7.7% from 6.9% in September as food prices remain elevated due to supply challenges brought by external pressures such as the Russia-Ukraine war and the onslaught of Ty phoon Karding.

The NEDA official said the government is prepar ing medium-term solutions to inflation.

In the meantime, Edillon said short-term and imme diate solutions included pro viding cash transfers, fuel discounts, and other forms of targeted assistance.

DOLE looking at wage hike requests, says Laguesma

The Department of La bor and Employment (DOLE) is studying the appeals to hike mini mum wages amid the rising inflation, Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma said Saturday.

“Iginagalang namin ang mga panawagan... Titignan din namin ang mga reality at factors na dapat na ikon sidera kung kinakailangan na naman ng panibagong adjustment,” Laguesma said in an interview.

(We respect the re quests… We are also looking at the realities and factors that need to

be considered if another wage adjustment is nec essary.)

Last weekend, Partido Manggagawa called for a P100 across-the-board in crease in the country’s min imum wage as purchasing power of a minimum wage earner has declined by P76 due to high consumer pric es.

The Labor chief said the DOLE’s regional di rectors together with the Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Boards (RTWPBs) held a meeting on Thursday to tackle the latest developments that

would trigger a discussion for a minimum wage ad justment.

“Maingat tayo kasi baka maging inflationary din ito,” he said.

(We are careful because this could be inflationary too.)

Laguesma said the RTWPBs are looking at several factors alongside the demands and needs of workers, the capacity of businesses to grant a wage increase, and the consumer price index.

Inflation clocked in at 7.7% in October, the fast est in 14 years, driven by

higher prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages during the month.

Regional wage boards earlier this year approved an increase in the mini mum wage in several re gions, with the lowest in the Bangsamoro Auton omous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) with P305, and the highest in Metro Manila with P570 as of October 2022.

Nonetheless, Lagues ma said that apart from raising wages, the govern ment can also extend sub sidies for minimum wage earners.

Mall goers shop for Christmas decorations being displayed at the atrium of a mall along J.P. Laurel Avenue in Davao City more than a month before Christmas Day. Edge Davao

PH to import 25,000 MT of fish to augment year-end supply

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Davao de Oro’s 2022 National Children’s Month to raise mental health awareness

To boost advocacy on the welfare and protection of children, the provincial government, through the Provincial Social Welfare and Development Office (PSWDO), successfully participated in the 30th National Children’s Month (NCM) kick-off ceremony held at the Capitol lobby on November 8, 2022.

This year’s theme, “Kalusugan, Kaisipan, at Kapakanan ng Bawat Bata Ating Tutukan,” focused on the mental health and well-being of children after the Council for the Welfare of Children (CWC) found

out that in 2021 mental health was among the problems encountered by children due to the pan demic.

Around 400 children participated in the festiv ities, as they received loot bags, party snacks, and be ing entertained by clown shows. Filipina child star/ actress Yesha Camile also gave an inspirational mes sage and song for the chil dren.

Meanwhile, Governor Dorothy Montejo-Gonza ga administered the oath to parents and teachers (Panatang Makabata), em

phasizing the importance of protecting children’s rights.

“Special Month ni ninyu mga bata ... tanang makaayu ninyu buhaton namo ... kaming tanan diri nga mga dili bata... pa langga kaayu mo namo” matud ni Gov. Gonzaga.

Provincial Child Wel fare Focal Preciosa Toledo said in an interview that the provincial government will continue to strength en its mental health sup port services for children. Such interventions include psychosocial treatments, counseling, family thera

py, support hotlines, and among others that are in line with their rights to sur vival, development, protec tion, and participation.

“Pakusgan nato ang mga programang hisgutan an on protection of our children. Ang atong opisina sa PSWDO andam kaayu nga muhatag sa serbisyo (ug) ginapakusgan nato ang adbokasiya kung un saon nato pag-detect ang atong mga bata nga naa nay mga issues on mental health” Toledo said.

Ms. Toledo added that more programs await the children this month that include the provincial chil dren’s congress and Bulilit Fun Day which will be par ticipated by the day care children of the province.

Further, on the culmi nation day, November 28, 2022, Governor Gonzaga will be presenting her Lo cal State of the Children’s Report as part of the month-long activities.

Under Republic Act 10661, the month of No vember is designated as NCM celebration to com memorate the adoption of the United Nations’ Con vention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) on November 20, 1989. (JF, Photos by A. Dayao)

HONOR continues presence in SM Malls

HONOR has recently announced that starting November 15, HONOR fans can already experi ence its latest products up close as it officially opens its new kiosks in select SM malls in the country.

After its HONOR 70 5G, HONOR Pad 8, and HONOR X6 Grand Launch last October and its first

exhibit kiosk in SM Me gamall last Oct. 28 to Nov. 2, the leading global provider of smart devic es, is now ready to serve more customers who have been waiting for the latest products to arrive in the stores near them.

HONOR will now be finally present at SM Ro sales, Pampanga; SM Bali

uag, Bulacan; SM Center Dagupan, Pangasinan; and, SM Butuan, Agusan del Norte.

“Since we started rees tablishing the brand again last September, we are very happy to share that we’ve already reached 80% of our target in open ing stores nationwide for Q4. This expansion will

continue in 2023 as we also grow the brand and business,” Stephen Cheng, VP of HONOR Philippines, said.

In the next coming months, HONOR will be visible to more SM stores in Metro Manila, other parts of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.

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PDIC, Davao City LGU sale agreement to support development of housing, resettlement sites

The Philippine Depos it Insurance Corporation (PDIC) recently turned over nine properties di rectly acquired through sale by the Davao City Gov ernment for the develop ment of resettlement sites for informal settlers and for the city government’s displaced constituents.

In a handover cere mony held on August 25, 2022, the PDIC turned over to the Davao City Govern ment the titles to the nine properties following the full settlement by the city government of the acquisi tions. Earlier in June 2022, the PDIC and the Davao City Government signed the Deed of Absolute Sale for the properties which the city government ac quired for a total amount of P235.8 million through a government-to-govern ment sale.

Located in Barangay Langub, Taloma District, Davao City, the properties have a collective land area of 188,628 square meters.

In carrying out its man date as Deposit Insurer, the PDIC acquires assets from banks granted financial as sistance which it disposes to the public through pub lic bidding, negotiated sale, or government to govern ment sale, among others. Proceeds from these dis posal initiatives are added to the Deposit Insurance Fund (DIF) to continuously shore up the Fund’s ade quacy level. The DIF is the funding source for the pay ment of deposit insurance claims and for the grant of financial assistance to qualified banks.

For more information on PDIC’s asset disposal initiatives, visit https://as setsforsale.pdic.gov.ph/.

OFBank’s new digital CVV protects clients from fraud

The Overseas Filipino Bank (OFBank) is step ping up efforts to protect its clients from fraud by providing a digital Card Verification Value (CVV) beginning October 2022, a feature that will beef up the security of cashless payments and other trans actions done via the OF Bank mobile banking app.

Normally present in physical debit and cred it cards, a digital CVV is a bank’s specific algorithm that provides the account number, expiration date, data encryption stan dard (DES) keys, and a three-number service code. This feature further enhances safety and se curity measures adopted by the bank to neutralize increasing online fraud and other emerging cyber threats, amid the continu ing consumer shift to on line financial transactions.

This newest feature on the OFBank mobile bank ing app has been designed to give account holders more peace of mind ahead of increased online shop ping during the Christmas holiday rush. “OFBank is committed to maintaining the data security of our clients, given the growing customer preference for online transactions.

Aside from provid ing convenient access to their accounts anytime and anywhere, we want to ensure through the dig ital CVV that our clients’ accounts are further pro tected from online fraud and theft,” OFBank Pres ident & CEO Leila Martin emphasized.

Primarily designed to protect cardholders from digital fraud, a CVV is re quired for online trans actions as it guarantees that the person making the purchase is the actual cardholder.

The CVV is usually printed on theback of the

physical debit card and should only be known by the cardholder.

Operating on the same principle, OFBank dis plays the CVV and the card expiry date via the mobile bankingapp – enabling e-Commerce transactions without the need for phys ical cards.

This will likewise pro vide a simple and conve nient process for its cli ents.

A fully-owned subsid iary of LANDBANK, OF Bank has been dedicated to providing a safe, reli able, and secure banking experience for its diverse clienteles.

Through its digital account opening plat form, Filipinos, here and abroad, can easily open an OFBank account by securely and convenient ly submitting all require ments online.

An OFBank account is opened in real-time at the convenience of us ing supported Android and iPhone devices. The platform utilizes arti ficial intelligence to fa cilitate an electronic know-your-customer (e-KYC) process to verify and validate uploaded ap plication information and requirements.

Further, OFBank’s mobile banking app has advanced encryption and security technology that protects sensitive infor mation.

OFBank is the first branchless, digital-only bank licensed by the Bang ko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) and the official dig ital bank of the Philippine government.

It offers retail internet banking, remittance ser vices, loans, alternative payment channels, and in vestment tools – not only to overseas Filipinos but also to their beneficiaries back home.

Partnership for the development of resettlement sites. The Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation (PDIC) sold nine corporate properties to the Local Government Unit of Davao City to support the city government’s housing and resettlement projects for its constituents and informal settlers. A handover ceremony for the original Transfer Certificate of Titles for these nine properties was held in August 2022 in Davao City. Leading the turnover ceremony were Acting Davao City Administrator Francis Mark Layog (5th from left) and PDIC Asset Management and Disposal Department Manager Rhea S. Austria (6th from left).

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Covid-19 from October 23 to 29, 2022.

She said that of the 10 recorded deaths, one belonged to the five to 11 age group while anoth er was from the 12 to 17

age bracket – all eligible for the government’s free anti-Covid-19 vaccination program.

Meanwhile, the Vac cination Cluster is also intensifying vaccination

rollout to 5 to 11 years old. In coordination with the Department of Edu cation 11 (DepEd) 11, it is now also conducting vac cination in public schools every Friday.

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responsible for making health services accessi ble, available, acceptable and affordable to all its constituents.

It is a government mandate aiming to ensure that every Dabawenyo shall receive affordable and quali ty health benefits. This involves providing ade quate resources such as health human resourc es, health facilities, and health financing.

The CHO City was cre ated through RA 9160 or the Local Government

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school because I belong to the “Old Crusaders”.

My dear sir Edfer, we should provide an atmo sphere of “tambayan” for the sports media now. In clude those video sports bloggers, who we don’t have in our early years of sports coverages. Some times, I regret that we have not made video re

Code of 1991 where health services are de volved to the LGUs. The services offered by the office include: medical consultations/checkups, immunization, prenatal/post-partum, nutrition, laboratory, dental, premarital coun selling, adolescent and youth health, Animal Bite and Treatment Center, Reproductive Health and Wellness (STI, HIV and Aids), family planning, counseling and referral, tropical diseases (den gue, malaria, schistoso

miasis), health and sani tation (sanitary permits, inspection of establish ments), cardiovascular diseases, non-Commu nicable disease (pre vention of blindness, hearing, mental health, PWDs, Senior Citizens), issuance of health certif icates and medical cer tificates, review of death certificates, issuance of permits (transfer, crema tion), medico-legal ser vices, infectious diseases services (TB/Leprosy), and paanakan. By Maya M. Padillo

cordings of the sports exploits of the Crusaders before.

And, if you would like to know the details of how the sports media can eas ily be gathered, you can ask our good friend, re tired UM sports director Joaquin Pereyras Sarabia on this.

It’s about time to launch the “New Crusad

ers” sports media cover age! And you’ll be sur prised that many of the practicing media workers these days are actually from Holy Cross!

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For comments and other sports informa tion that you would like to share, please send an email to mpb_sports@ya hoo.com.

DEED OF SELF-ADJUDICATION WITH

ABSOLUTE SALE

Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that EVA A. TANGONAN, surviv ing heir of the deceased couple GERUNDIO M. ALBURO and GLICERIA M. ALBURO who died intestate in Davao City on September 17, 2021 and February 20, 2020 respectively, leav ing a parcel of land covered with Transfer Cer tificate of Title No. T-159021 located in Calinan, Davao City, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS more or less, adjudicate unto herself to the sale of a portion of TWO HUNDRED THIRTEEN (213) SQUARE METERS of the above-mentioned property in the amount of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND (₱ 500,000.00). That the instrument has been duly signed by the parties involved per Doc. 525; Page No. 106; Book No. 199; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. FATIMA IRENE T. ADIN.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL

SETTLEMENT

OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF PEDRO C. RAMOS AND DOROTEA SANTOS-RAMOS

Pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, NOTICE is hereby given that the late PEDRO C. RAMOS and DOROTEA SANTOS-RAMOS who died in testate on December 5, 1994 and April 3, 1987 respectively in Davao City, leaving a parcel of land embraced by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-16327 with an area of (70,000) square meters more or less, situated at Barangay of Cawayan, Calinan, Davao City, has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT executed among their heirs. Per Doc. 135; Page No. 28; Book No. IV; Series of 2022 of the Notary Public Atty. MARLONE NIÑO M. VILLAVIRAY.

SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 16TH REGULAR SESSION OF THE 9TH SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN HELD ON OCTOBER 17, 2022 (MONDAY) AT THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN SESSION HALL, LEGISLATIVE BUILDING, PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, NABUNTURAN, DAVAO DE ORO.

PRESENT: Hon. Herv Martelle Z. Apsay Acting Vice Governor/Presiding Officer

Hon. Ruwina S. Gonzaga Member

Hon. Wilfredo C. Ang Member

Hon. Renato B. Basañes Member

Hon. Vivencia L. Secuya Member

Hon. Teodoro D. Arancon Member

Hon. Eutropio S. Jayectin Member

Hon. Raul C. Timogtimog Member

Hon. Jammaila V. Budac Member

Hon. Albert P. Camana Member

ABSENT: Hon. Jayvee Tyron L. Uy Vice Governor (On Leave)

Hon. Marie Jude M. Fuentes-Lopoz Member (On Official Business)

Hon. Kristine Mae T. Caballero-Rañon Member On Leave)

Hon. Raul B. Caballero Member (On Leave)

Hon. Charlemagne B. Bautista Member (On Official Business)

EXPLANATORY NOTE

It has been the policy of the Provincial Government of Davao de Oro to be responsive and ac countable in the delivery of services and facilities to its constituents.

Section 76 of Republic Act No. 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of 1991 provides that “Every local government unit shall design and implement its own organizational struc ture and staffing pattern taking into consideration its service requirements and financial capability, subject to the minimum standards and guidelines prescribed by the Civil Service Commission”.

Section 325 (d) of the same Code provides that “In cases of abolition of positions and the cre ation of new ones resulting from the abolition of existing positions in the career service, such ab olition or creation shall be made in accordance with pertinent provisions of this code and the civil service law, rules and regulations.”

Section 468(a)(viii) of the same Code also states that the “Sangguniang Panlalawigan, as the legislative body of the province, shall enact ordinances, approve resolutions and appropriate funds for the general welfare of the province and its inhabitants pursuant to Section 16 of this Code in the proper exercise of the corporate powers of the province as provided for under Section 22 of this Code”, and shall, “Determine the positions and the salaries, wages, allowances and other emolu ments and benefits of officials and employees paid wholly or mainly from provincial funds and pro vide for expenditures necessary for the proper conduct of programs, projects, services, and activities of the provincial government.”

Anent to this, there is a need to abolish vacant positions in various offices as a result of the reorganization to bring beneficial reform and eventually create positions responsive to the needs of the Provincial Government.

After a nominal voting called for the purpose, nine (9) members present voted in favor to the passage of this ordinance.

PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 97-2022

Author: Hon. Eutropio S. Jayectin Co-Author: Hon. Kristine Mae T.

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I) 3 PGSO 0222 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 0224 & 0225 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE I (UTILITY WORKER) 1 PBO 0265 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 0278 ADMIN. ASSISTANT II (BUDGETING ASST) 8 PACCO 0282 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER II 11

OFFICE ITEM NUMBER POSITION TITLE SALARY GRADE PTO 0321 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 PASSO 0355 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 PHO 0388 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 PAGRO 0498 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER II 3 0500 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 11 0540 & 0546 AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGIST 10 PENRO 0602 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER II 11 PEO 0651, 0652, 0653, 0827, 0828, 0829, 0830, 0831 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 0778, 0780, 0782, 0786, 0792, 0798, 0799 HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR I 4 PIAO 0895 ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER II 11 PICTO 0932 & 0933 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE VI (CEO II) 6 SPO 0999, 1000, 1001, ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE III (DRIVER I) 3 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1014 DDOPH PANTUKAN 1158 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE I (UTILITY WORKER I) 1 DDOPH MARAGUSAN 1216, 1217 ADMINISTRATIVE AIDE I (UTILITY WORKER I) 1

SECTION 3. In the interest of public service and the multifarious programs and activities of the provincial government in the delivery of basic services and facilities, new positions shall be created to address the gaps in the organizational structure accordingly.

SECTION 4. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE If for any reason, any section or provision of this Ordi nance is declared unconstitutional or invalid by a competent court, the remaining sections or provi sions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 5. REPEALING CLAUSE All Ordinances are hereby repealed or amended accordingly including all resolutions, rules or regulations inconsistent with or contrary to the provisions of this Ordinance.

SECTION 6. Effectivity Clause This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days following its publication in newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Davao de Oro and its posting for three (3) consecutive weeks at any conspicuous places at Municipal Hall, and two (2) other conspicu ous places within the Province of Davao de Oro.

ENACTED AND APPROVED, this 17th day of October 2022 at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall, Legislative Building, Provincial Capitol, Nabunturan, Province of Davao de Oro. I hereby certify to the correctness of the above-quoted ordinance.

Bright things are in the horizon for the ‘New Crusaders’

We used to extensively write for the University of Min danao in our years of sports coverages, not because Col.Sat urnino “Ondo” Petalcorin, then the EVP who was succeeded by an equally media-friendly EVP, my favorite Davao del Norte vice-governor, Pete San Jose.

Not because UM sports di rector Joaquin “Coach Boy” Sarabia can be easily accessi ble by the sports media even beyond the deadline hours, but because UM had the most ag gressive recruitment program for talented athletes in the Southern Mindanao region.

Even Attorney Manny S. Ni torreda, head coach of the UM Maroons (later renamed Wild cats), was surprised to find me almost every afternoon at the sports director’s office, chit chatting with assistant coach Mario Babao, coach Boy and outstanding athlete like Nixon Mas, who eventually became a national athlete, and football coach Guillermo Iroy Jr., who

was not a lawyer then.

There are just so many new developments going on in that sports office in Bolton Street. There were no computers then, just one typewriter and we had to use the fax machine at the EVP office to send our reports.

These days, everything is just so convenient.

God bless those who in vented the laptop computer and internet.

What is much more conve nient too is that you can take a photograph by just using your smartphone and send it. Done!

Sports news can be easily spread, even in an instant!

Now, I noticed that the Holy Cross of Davao College has launched a “New Crusaders” campaign in its sports pro gram.

They even changed the old Red, Gray and White colors of the sports uniforms. If lady sportswriters Tere Sampaton and Dahlia Corbeta are still

around to do sportswriting for a living, they too would be sur prised at the color changes, but that’s how it is these days.

There is a “New Crusad er” program indeed in sports these days and with friends, coaches Melchor Anzures, Cho lo Elegino, consultant sir Edfer Fernandez around, I have a

feeling that HCDC will be do ing something like the UM has done in the past.

They have been very busy competing in almost every tournament available in the re gion and recently organized a table tennis tournament.

Things have been moving well these days for HCDC, my

beloved Alma Mater. Question is will there be an aggressive media information drive too?

What I mean is that, will the HCDC sports director’s office be a “tambayan” of sportswrit ers, photographers and sports reporters? Yes, I’m a bit old

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