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Hundred of devotees welcome the pilgrim image of the second Filipino saint, the Blessed Pedro Calungsod, upon its arrival at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Pasig City on Friday afternoon (Oct. 26, 2012). The pilgrim image will be brought to the Antipolo Cathedral on Saturday. PNA photos by Jess M. Escaros Jr.

Oro among 9 cities in danger of acute ‘water shortage’ By Allan M. Mediante of Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAN de Oro City was named by the National Water Regulatory Board (NWRB) as one of the nine cities identified as water-critical urbanized areas where water is consumed intensively, and would soon have shortage of potable water. The other cities are Metro Manila, Metro Cebu, Davao, Baguio City, Angeles City, Bacolod City, Iloilo City, and Zamboanga City.

These cities, according to lawmakers are facing shortage of potable water in the near future if the government will not explore other sources of water to address the situation. Citing the “Good Practice in Urban Water Management,” a study conducted by the ADB stated that these

cities should tap other sources of water to prepare against long draught and earthquakes which could damage the dams that are the primary sources of water at present. Data from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Master Plan on Water Resources Man-

agement in the Philippines, siad that only 1,907 cubic meters of fresh water would be available to each person each year, making the Philippines second to the lowest among Southeast Asian countries with available fresh water. Rep. Mark Villar water | page 11

Unscheduled power plant shutdowns Group wants GMOs in Mindanao trigger rotating brownouts declared as ‘unsafe’ By Mike Baños of Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAN de Oro City––The unscheduled shutdowns of a number of Mindanao’s power plants is worsening the chronic power shortage and causing the present spate of brownouts being experienced by residents all over the island. According the systems advisory issued by the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGPC) last Friday, October 26, there was

a generation deficiency in the grid which constrained the grid operator to issue a Red Alert from 8AM onwards and impose a power curtailment level of 360 megawatts (MW). During a media presentation earlier this year, NGCP explained a Red Alert is a notice issued by the System Operator to grid users when either one of three conditions exist: a) when the contingency reserve is zero; b) when a generation deficiency exists, and/or c) if there is critical loading or imminent overloading

of transmission lines or equipment. Grid users refer to bulk power users like generators, distribution utilities, and directly connected industries. Ordinary household consumers do not receive this kind of notice or alert. A Yellow Alert means the contingency reserve is less than the capacity of the largest generating unit used in the grid. Both Red and Yellow alerts have been regularly been issued by NGCP for the Mindanao

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By BONG D. FABE of Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The international environment group Greenpeace yesterday urged the Aquino administration, specifically the Department of Agriculture, to declare genetically-modified organisms (GMOs) as unsafe as it only harm the environment and public health as well as promote agricultural

monopoly by giant agrochemical companies. Greenpeace made the appeal following the Supreme Court of India’s landmark unanimous decision ordering a 10-year moratorium on all field trials of GM Bt food crops due to serious safety concerns. India’s Technical Expert Committee (TEC), comprising of the country’s leading experts in molecular unsafe | page 10

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Mindanao Power Outlook for 2013:

Light at the end of the tunnel By Mike Baños of Mindanao Daily News

Mr. Montenegro added that a quick rehab and uprating of the the supply deficit could persist Agus-Pulangi HEP complexes to around 300-400MW if no im- to add up to 100MW, tapping of Public and private stakeholders mediate measures are taken and embedded generators through in Mindanao’s power industry are may only improve in 2014-2015 the proposed Interim Mindanao bracing themselves for the worst when committed projects come Electricity Market (IMEM) or the private sector’s voluntary Interin 2013 when increasing demand on stream. “So, if we don’t do anything ruptible Load Program (ILP) for electricity and uncertainty of supply are again raising the now, we might as well brace expected to generate 200-300MW specter of daily brownouts, but ourselves for two years of pos- and the reopening of the Iligan recent development indicate it sible rotating brownouts, with Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) for could be better than anticipated. 4-8 hours especially in areas another 100MW. “A serious power shortage “Mindanao is facing a pre- with no embedded or additional carious power supply situation contracted capacities,” he added. persists (337MW as of Thursday), Mr. Montenegro presented the with little relief anticipated in the with average daily shortage of ndation, Rep. Isidro Licosince of Ating Koop this Party island’s List , Senator Villar, powerManny situation during immediate term,” Mr. Montene150-200MW January cond District Representative Bambi Emano , and Cagayan de Oro Initia- gro said. He noted Mindanao is year,” said Romeo M. Monte- the Cities DevelopmentCity f ribbon ofnegro, the Sendong on Thursday. tive action planning workshop projected to need an additional directorMemorial for investment promotion and public affairs held Thursday, October 25, 2012 1,000MW of new capacity by of the Mindanao Development in Cagayan de Oro City. CDI is 2020 and an additional 1,500MW a program of the United States by 2030. Authority (MinDA). of the Villar Foundation, Rep. Isidro Lico of Ating Koop Party ListParty , Senator Manny Villar, Director of the Villar Foundation, Rep. Isidro LicoAgency of Ating Koop List , Senator Manny Villar, the other challenges Among for International DevelHe stressed that based on samis Oriental Oriental Second District Representative Bambi Emano and Cagayan de Oro City nas , Misamis Second District Representative Bambi ,Emano , and Cagayan de Oro City opment (USAID) which aims to cited by Mr. Montenegro in his projections by PAG-ASA, another augural cutting of ribbon the Sendong Memorial on Thursday. ad the inaugural cutting ofof ribbon of the Sendong Memorial on Thursday. long dry spell is expected to hit promote cities as engines of growth presentation included the need to improve cheap hydro capacity Mindanao summer of next year and inclusive development. However, the MinDA official which has been compromised and this could mean reduced water is optimistic the deficit can be ad- by river siltation and rehab relevels and reduced output by the Sendong Sendong aftermath. ndong victims, Senator aftermath. he Sendong victims, Senator Agus and Pulangi hydroelectric dressed in the short term through quirements; the rising share of officials, rescuers, h the Villar Foundation Local officials, rescuers, hrough the Villar costly fossil fueled power plants the addition of capacities through power plants.Foundation Local

ms, Senator Foundation endong MeOctober 25.

in the energy mix, and the need to fully tap clean, renewable and indigenous power sources (to minimize foreign exchange losses and environmental degradation). He also cited the imperatives for meeting capacity requirements to address growth in Mindanao’s power consumption and substantial losses due to inefficiencies (systems loss). Of the short term measures proposed by Mr. Montenegro, the most likely to be realized soonest would be the restoration of the Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) which is expected to resume operations by December this year and roll out its full 108MW output by June next year. The Commission on Audit recently approved the sale of the IDPP to Alsons Consolidated, which will invest another P1.2 billion to rehabilitate its units. This optimism was shared by Joseph Nocos, vice president for business development of Conal Holdings, during a presentation

last week. Mr. Nocos said the quicker government is able to roll out the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM) the sooner the energy starved grid would be able to tap existing capacities of otherwise idle private power plants. The IMEM is a variation of the Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) now existing in Luzon and the Visayas. However, unlike the WESM, the IMEM would tap “interruptible loads” which could make available up to 360MW in embedded capacities of the private sector to the Mindanao grid by March 2013, mostly for peaking power during peak hours. Another plus factor would be the increased reliability and availability of independent power products such as the STEAG coalfired power plant (210MW) and the EDC’s Mindanao Geothermal Units 1 & 2 (108MW) which are now undergoing scheduled preventive maintenance shutdowns.

Sendong aftermath. Local officials, rescuers, survivors, donors and benefactors who have helped the victims both from public and private sectors, survivors, donors and benefactors donors and benefactors ny of theof Sendong Me- Methe Sendong hremony names of members of survivors, religious group, who have helped the victims both both who have helped the victims k, BuluaBulua on October 25. from l Park, onpeople October 25. different people and academic from from publicpublic and private sectors, and private sectors, ties caused institutions, and families and carved with names of members of religious group, illars carved with names of members of religious group, ong. dead dead relatives of thepeople Sendong victims med people and and people from from different academic onfirmed people different academic casualties caused institutions, and families and and dentified casualties caused institutions, and families oiedCynthia graced the event. hoon Sendong. y typhoon relatives of theofSendong relatives the Sendong victims endong wasSendong. To recall, December 17,victims The Sendong Memorial located at The Golden Haven Memorial Park cording to Cynt hi a According to Cynt hi a graced the event. graced the event. change and 2011 typhoon To Sendong hit 17, 17, typhoon Sendong was was To recall, illar, typhoon Sendong December recall, December The Sendong Memorial located located at The Golden Haven Memorial Park Park The Sendong Memorial at The Golden Haven Memorial ich showed Cagayan de 2011 Oro and by climate change and and aused by climate change 2011 typho on SIligan endong hit hit typho on S endong the United Nations’ By PAT SAMONTE the confirmed identior Filipinos Cityshowed and Cagayan killed more than eforestation, station, whichwhich showed Cagayan de 1,200 Oro and IliganBest deand Oro and Iligan fied casualties of Typhoon Water Management award he pressing need for Filipinos ssing need for Filipinos Citykilled and killed more than 1,200 City and more than 1,200 vironment. people, hundreds went missing, last year. Sendong. BULUA, CAGAYAN DE She added that “We Sendong was one of ORO CITY – Senator Manotect the environment. people, hundreds went missing, people, hundreds wentto missing, o protect serves asthe a environment. and caused P1.3B damage ny Villar and Cynthia Villar, the worst natural calamities will try to help the Sendong The memorial also serves athatinfrastructures, and caused P1.3B damage to memorial also serves as a asand caused P1.3B damage to through victims’ families hit Mindanao and one Chairman and Managing tter lessons agriculture, and projects. We will eminder of the respectively, bitter lessons infrastructures, and der of the bitter lessons of theagriculture, deadliest infrastructures, cyclones to livelihoodand Director, ofagriculture, e tragedy, properties. also try to come up with visit the Philippines in the led theproperties. earned from the tragedy, properties. d fromVillar theFoundation, tragedy, measures to mitigate the last 12 years. Some 1,200 unveiling and dedication concerning “Sakit gihapon paragihapon sa para amo articularly those “Sakit para sa amoand ularly those concerning “Sakit gihapon sa ofamo effects typhoons were lost and hundreds ceremonies onconcerning Thursday of lives other natural calamities.” tection.” nvironment protection.” ang nahitabo pero unsaon taman ang nahitabo pero unsaon taman nment Sendong protection.” more were unaccounted Memorial, built toang nahitabo pero for. unsaon taman For his part, Sen. Manny affected almost 150,000 the sahonor .il lsl V i memory l inanha l aa rl sofothose a ang l sinanha oIt kinabuhi, inanha ang kinabuhi, kaluoy sa and .r r V a r ang kinabuhi, kaluoy sa as M o kaluoy sa Villar said, “It is proper who died and went miss- people and damaged P1.3 fitting topero remember the viccknowledged the efforts Ginoo wala mipero namatyan pero wledged the Tropical efforts Ginoo wala mi crops, namatyan billion worth of farm ing when Storm Mrs. Cynthia Villar, Chairman Managing Mrs.Villar, Cynthia Villar, Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, and Sen. he efforts Mrs. Cynthia &i l Managing of the of the Ginoo wala mi namatyan (L-R) Mrs.(L-R) Cynthia Archbishop AntonioArchbishop Ledesma, and Sen. (L-R) Mrs. Cynthia Villar, Antonio r s . Villar, C y nChairman th i a& V lar, & CDirector h Director a i r m of a Director n tims of Typhoon Sendong. Cynthia M Villar, Chairman Managing the (L-R) Mrs. Cynthia Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, and Sen. Mrs. Villar Foundation Manny Villar the blessing of the Sendong Memorial. VillarDirector Foundation Manny Villar, Villar during theduring blessing of the Sendong Memorial. infrastructure andkasubo property. Sendong ravaged for this cityfor flocal the local government sakit ug gayud ang among government sakit ug kasubo gayud ang among Ledesma and Sen. Manny Villar during the & Managing of the Villar Through Manny this simple effort, Villar Foundation Villar during the blessing of the Sendong Memorial. rnment for sakit ug kasubo gayud ang among Mrs. Villar said the on December 17and last year. Foundation. s immediate actions and naagian ug karun pinaagi ana to blessing of the Sendong Memorial. we offer this mediate actions naagian ug karun pinaagi anamemorial memorial stands “to remind Cynthia Villar dedicated remember the people who ctions andmeasures naagian ugus that karun pinaagi ana reventive done nga memorial, ntive measures done memorial, mahinumduman we should take care mahinumduman the memorial not only tonga perished. We also recall of ourgihapon environment to prethose perished but ures nga memorial, mahinumduman ncluding thewho dredging oftothe namu Lucita ng the done dredging of the gihapon namu sila”, Lucita andsila”, praise the bravery and vent disasters in the future. heroism of some of our the living as River, well, “Through agayan de Oro one of Benanlao, one of the Sendong an de Oro River,gihapon one ofmayBenanlao, one which ofLucita thecountrymen.” Sendong dging ofthethe namu sila”, Typhoon Sendong, Sendong Memorial, he reasons of the dreadful victims shared. asons ofwe the many was caused by be toBenanlao, help you payvictims In Tagalog, he said iver, one ofabledreadful onesayofshared. the Sendong homage to the memory of climate change and defor- humbly, “Pagpasensiyahan he dreadful victims estation, shows the pressing nyo po itong aming konting your dearly departed lovedshared.

Villars open Sendong Memorial, pay tribute to victims, the living

ones. The memorial will stand as a lasting tribute, not to the death, but to the lives of those whom we have lost, to the people who helped Cagayan de Oro recover…” The memorial occupies 716 square meters inside the Villar Foundation’s Golden Haven Memorial Park here. Made of travertine and black granite base, it features an ascending circular marker in the middle, accented by a water fountain. Its 13 pillars bear the names of

need for Filipinos to protect the environment.” She praised the local government for its environmental efforts including the dredging of the Cagayan de Oro river, the overflowing of which contributed to the Sendong disaster. In this context, she said the Villar Foundation is involved in various environment-related projects particularly its flagship Sagip Ilog program that has won numerous international awards including

alay,” referring to the Sendong Memorial. Sen. Villar announced his retirement from politics. He assured however, that “I will pursue my activities to help the poor full time. Poverty is one problem that we should try hard to solve.” Several thousands gathered at the blessing and dedication of the memorial including local officials, survivors, families and relatives of victims, donors, members of religious groups and people from the academe.

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Bukidnon is home of happy children, says governor By Ruby Leonora R. Balistoy million was released to fund CFM-related programs, BUKIDNON––This moun- projects and activities along taintop province of 1.2 mil- nutrition, welfare, hospilion people spread across 20 tal operations, including towns and two component the Provincial Indigency cities prides itself in being Health Program (PIHP), the home of happy children. scholarship program, sports Governor Alex Calin- development and Gender gasan said for the past years, and Development (GAD). The amount of P86.37 programs were carefully planned in a way that will million was also paid to the Philippine Health Inbenefit children. “We won the country’s surance Corp. (PHIC) as highest Nutrition Honor the province’s counterpart Award in the provincial fund to the PIHP. Also implemented was a and city level for three consecutive years,” the governor livelihood program where individuals or groups were said. He explained that the granted monetary loans to provincial government help them become entreimplemented the flagship preneurs and eventually programs with the chil- become self-reliant. Since it has been propdren’s welfare taken into erly managed, the loans consideration. A province is considered equipped indigent con“child-friendly” only when stituents with the means it is able to assure that all to provide for their family. Also, through the PIHP, children have the rights to survival, development, pro- 193,739 indigent families tection and participation. were given proper health In 2004, the United care free of charge. Aside from these, routine Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef ) allocated P8.33 health activities that cater to million to the province for the needs of children, pregthe implementation of its nant and lactating mothers Child-Friendly Movement are ongoing. At the same time, chil(CFM)-related programs under the Country Pro- dren’s health-care services gramme for Children (CPC). were extended to zeroFor its share, the provincial m ont h - o l d , i n c lu d i ng government also allotted schoolers. Families with very low P1 million. Aside from this, P122.31 enrolled preschoolers were

given capital assistance for the purchase of agricultural supplies. Technical assistance on technology transfer of Bio-Intensive Gardening (BIG) was also provided.

Another flagship thrust of the provincial government is the scholarship program exclusive for poor students. Additional day-care centers were also provided to

address the need for early child development. Alternative education for out-of-school youth were likewise made available by bringing education to their doorsteps, providing

them skills to broaden their horizons. Through public-private partnerships (PPP), activities were held to encourage children to participate in CHILDREN | page 11

Republic of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT BUREAU Office of the Reaional Director Region-10, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC WATER CLASSIFICATION OF MACAJALAR BAY MISAMIS ORIENTAL The Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Environmental Management Bureau -10 will hold a public hearing/consultation on the classification of Macajalar Bay; Name of Waterbody Date of Public Hearing and time Macajalar Bay November 20, 2012 8:00AM-3:00PM

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The purpose of the hearing is to solicit comments/suggestions from the concerned sectors on the actual best usage potential and dominant water utilization of the Macajalar Bay. Interested parties are required to register in advance at DENR-EMB-10 Pollution Control Division- Laboratory, Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro. For further details, contact Engr. Rosalinda L. Ilogon/Engr. Marivic F. LLuisma at telephone (088)856-9363/ 09053900141 /09177923162. (Sgd.) DR. SABDULLAH C. ABUBACAR, CESO IV Regional Director MDN: Oct. 22, 2012

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Police sues three ‘human traffickers’ By Arjay S. Felicilda of Mindanao Daily News BUTUAN City - Formal charges of illegal recruitment have already been filed against three alleged human traffickers operating in Agusan del Sur province. Charged before the 10th Judicial Region, Branch 6 in Patin-ay, Prosperidad town are Nora Malagyan Dipatuan of N’QUEENS Overseas Agency, Aslea Tayag Melo and and Miguel Abayag Salvador. Police Supt. Martin M. Gamba, chief information officer of the Police Regional Office (PRO-13), said the suspects were earlier intercepted by authorities in Brgy. Sta. Maria, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur – in the act of transporting 62 adults and nine minors aboard three multicabs bound for Surigao City. The arrest was effected after Dipatuan failed to show any legal recruitment document to the operating team, led by Police Sr. Insp. Eprhaim Ybanez Detuya of the Prosperidad Municipal Police Station, with the PNP Highway Patrol Team and United Philippine Nationwide Peacekeeping Task Force (UPNP TF), a non-government organization. They are now detained at Agusan del Sur Provincial Correctional Services, with no bail bond recommended. The operation was part of the intensified police drive against human trafficking in the region, said Police Supt. Gamba. He assured that PRO-13 will continue working closely PROJECTS FOR FARMERS – Agrarian Reform Secretary Virgilio de los Reyes addresses the members of the Mabunga, with other government and non-government agencies Imbatug and Salimbalan District Multi-purpose Cooperative (MISAD MPC) in Baungon, Bukidnon during his recent visit. to stop the “profit-oriented and self-serving individuals, Seated at the background are DAR-10 Director Felix Aguhob (center) and PARO Julio Celestiano of Bukidnon (partly hid- who ordinarily use our region as gateway to the Visayas den right). (DAR 10/asf) and subsequently Metro Manila before deploying their victims overseas.” The adult ‘victims’ were sent-off to their respective municipalities, while the nine minors are now placed under the custody of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD-Caraga). Police Chief Supt. Carmelo Valmoria, PRO-13 Director praised his men for a job well done. (with report from PO1 Ruth Kahreen Aranton Pontillo)

374 vie for 190 posts in Misoc AS MIDTERM ELECTIONS DRAW NEARER

By Rutchie C. Aguhob elective posts for governor, vice-governor, first district OROQUIETA City––A to- representative, second distal of 374 individuals have trict representative, mayfiled their certificates of ors and vice mayors of the candidacy (COC) for 190 province’s three cities; and elective posts in Misamis mayors and vice-mayors for Occidental for the May 13, the 14 towns. About 40 elective posts 2013 midterm elections. To be vied upon are 38 are for five members each

of the Sangguniang Panglalawigan (SP) of the two congressional districts, while 30 others are for 10 councilors each of the cities of Ozamiz, Oroquieta and Tangub. Another 112 posts are for eight councilors each of the towns of Aloran, Balian-

gao, Bonifacio, Calamba, Clarin, Concepcion, Don Victoriano, Jimenez, LopezJaena, Panaon, Plaridel, Sapang-Dalaga, Sinacaban and Tudela. Data at the Office of the Provincial Elections Supervisor (PES), show

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DANAO NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SUPPORTS K TO 12 By BAVECYL T. BADILLA, SIC- Danao NHS

Danao National High School supports K to 12 program of DepEd as the school implements actively the program and system in education this School Year 2012-2013. As School Head of Danao National High School with the teachers plan to disseminate information to our clientele. Last June, 2012 we call for a meeting with the parents, barangay officials and other stakeholders. At first they are undecided for the new curriculum. They have questions regarding on the implementation and effectiveness of the program and the most important is that, the school can cater or ready for the full implementation of the so - called “answer” of the quality education in the country. The

parents and the Barangay officials embrace the change of the program especially they are aware that the Schools Division Superintendent, Dr. Cherry Mae L. Limbaco, CESO V downloaded the MOOE funds monthly to the school and gave direction on the priorities of the said funds. She stressed out that schools must determine on what the school should offer for the next four years and start purchasing materials and equipment for it. She wanted to have at least two specializations in each school where Danao National High School is aiming to offer garments, culinary and agriculture. Last June, 2012 the TLE teachers started to purchase tools and materials in agriculture, cooking and garments.

The students of Danao National High School are now enjoying with the materials purchased for them to learn the basic skills on the said program. K to 12 program of DepEd is timely and just, most especially to students who cannot pursue in college and even to vocational courses which we cannot deny still expensive this time. With this K to 12, our clientele can compete globally with the skills acquired during their stay in our respective schools. Good jobs and happy lifestyle will follow. I quote Dr. Edizon Fermin said “when reasons for and ways of doing things change, we also change as a persons. When we change for the better, our immediate“ “world” also change.

MODEL OVERSEAS FAMILY 2012 - Mr. Nicolas Sonsona (2nd from left) and family show the Model Overseas Family of the Year 2012 Award (MOFYA) they received recently at Grand Palace Restaurant, Butuan City. A project of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration. (Danilo S. Makiling & Richard D. Atillo, PIA-Caraga/asf)

SuriSur observes National Correctional Consciousness Week By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan TANDAG City - The Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) Surigao del Sur District Jail-Tandag opened the 18th National Correctional Consciousness Week and Prison Awareness Week, with a motorcade. It was part of a series of activities that include a sportsfest, Search for Talentadong Inmate, interfaith activities and legal counselling, among others, all aimed at reminding the community that prisoners are also human beings, who have individual rights to be respected. The celebration that culminate on October 28, with the “Inmates Family Day” and search for “Miss Macho Gay 2012.” (RER/NGBT/PIA-Surigao del Sur/asf )

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PPI, BWM hold seminar on journalism

he Philippine Press In s t itut e ( P P I ) i n c o op e r at i on with Philippine Ai rl i ne s Fou nd at i on and the BusinessWeek Mindanao Advertising and Promotions holds a seminar on excellence and ethics in journalism with the theme “Making S e ns e of Jou r na l is m To d ay ”, O c tob e r 2 5 , Cagayan de Oro City at the BWM Media Center. The seminar is part o f P P I ’s S c h o l a s t i c Outreach Program. Participating students from the region enjoy a whole-day of learning as key speakers from Manila gave them s e vera l s essions and workshops. Allan Mediante, Executive Editor o f B u s i n e s s We e k Mi nd ana o wel c ome s t he p ar t icip ants and guests, while Ariel C. Sebellino, PPI Executive D i r e c t o r, g a v e t h e participants an overview

of the Philippine Press Institute. The participants are journalism and communications stu d e nt s f rom L i c e o de Cagayan University – Mass Communications Department, Bukidnon S t a t e Un i v e r s i t y, St. Mar y’s S cho ol in Cagayan de Oro, Central Mindanao University, and MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology. The morning sessions included talks by national personalities in the media industry. Session 1: Excellence is the Key is handled by G M A- 7 P ro g r a m Manager Joseph Alwyn T. Alburo and Session 2: Going the Way of Ethics by Rowena C. Paraan, Secretar yGeneral, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). This is followed by an open forum and a workshop, a chance for the student journalists

to participate and share their thoughts. A special visit b y C y n t h i a Vi l l a r, Chairman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation also gave the participants her insights on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship. Villar is in the city for t he unvei ling of t he Sendong Memorial at Golden Haven Memorial Park, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro. A lunch forum on C or p orate S o ci a l Responsibility (CSR) is then facilitated by Mi g u el Vi l l are a l, P h i l i p p i n e Ve t e r a n s B an k Vice President on Corporate Communications. The afternoon session tackled on visual communications. The talk on Photography vs Photojournalism is delivered by Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-inChief, Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy.

PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN NORTHERN MINDANAO SHOWING THEIR SEMINAR CERTIFICATES.

ARIEL C. SEBELLINO PPI Executive Director

JOSEPH ALWYN T. ALBURO GMA-7 Program Manager

ROWENA C. PARAAN Secretary-General, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

MIGUEL VILLA-REAL Phil. Veterans Bank Vice President on Corporate Communications

SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UY Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief

We grow minds!

CYNTHIA VILLAR inspires the student journalists to practice on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship

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Tear down these walls

Health In Focus Dr. Mary Jean Loreche

So much alike and yet... TWINS can either be identical or fraternal. Since their physical characteristics are so similar, it may take time and a keenness , before one gets to identify one from the other, except for family members, who, by their closeness can easily say which is who. So, it can happen too, in the medical field. One type of illness may be so similar to another that it may require one’s knowledge, experience and the help of colleagues as well as the use of diagnostic tests that will help differentiate one from the other. There are even instances when the diagnosis is made based on exclusion. Chikungunya Fever is one such illness. This illness is really not that uncommon, though, it only comes to the public’s notice when there are travel advisories or when the number of cases is such that it gains attention in the medical community as well as in media. Last October 9, Dr Eric Tayag of the Department of Health said that there were a total of 58 confirmed cases of Chikungunya Fever in the Philippines. As far back as the 1990’s, records has it that cases of Chikungunya fever were already diagnosed. This is a Viral disease that is spread by mosquitoes, the same mosquitoes that carry the viruses for Dengue Fever: Aedes aegypti and albopticus. It comes as no surprise then that the manifestations of both diseases may be similar and at times these two may even co-occur in a single patient. Though both diseases will present with fever, fatigue, muscle pains, nausea and headache, what is prominent in chikungunya is the severity of the joint pains. As a matter of fact, chikungunya comes from the kimakonde language which means “to become contorted.” A person afflicted with the disease may be seen with a stooped appearance due to the stiffness and joint pains! The presence of arthritic pains in an adult, with abrupt onset of fever, should alert one to the possibility of the ALIKE | page 11

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THINK a minute. A famous man and woman who were neighbors were always arguing. They just could not get along with each other. One day the woman said to the man: “Sir, if you were my husband, I’d give you poison!” The man quickly answered: “Madam, if you were my wife, I’d take it!” You know, the greatest problems in the world always have been and always will be problems between people. Just look at our own family and extended family. Is everyone getting along all the time? How about in your village or neighborhood, your school, or your workplace? Did you know that the beautiful ‘paradise’ islands of the Pacific have some of

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst the highest suicide rates in the world? But why? Because there is no peace in paradise! Instead, there are walls of hurt and hate built up between people: between parents and children, between husbands and wives, between different races and cultures. All over the world there is trouble and problems between people! Many people are hurting, hoping someday to finally have real peace. But even if everyone

was given lots of money and a high-paying job, the best education, and a great government, we’d still have problems because of the walls between people—walls of pride and prejudice, walls of hurt, mistrust, jealousy, and unforgiveness. And it’s into this kind of world with this big problem that God the Son came to bring peace, and tear down these walls between people. But before we can have real peace and truly love without conditions our children,

our wife or husband, our neighbors, as well as people of other races and cultures, we ourselves must first be loved that way by someone else and experience that kind of love. That’s exactly what Jesus Christ came to do: to love us. He came to accept and forgive us for all our wrongs, so we could finally be reunited in true peace with our Maker. You see, it’s only then that we can also live in peace with the other people in our life. So today, won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you for all your wrongs and to take charge of your heart everyday? Then He can start changing your life and relationships so you’ll finally have real peace with the people in your life. Just Think a Minute.

Babiera is a ‘lame duck’ vice governor

EVERY DAY, workers at the provincial Capitol in Misamis Oriental are desperately struggling. Capitol workers alleged that the presence of Oscar Moreno at the provincial Capitol has created divisiveness among them. An employee at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan (SP), who talked on condition of anonymity, has accused Moreno of usurping power. Although we are not interested in this case, Cris Diaz we are worried that services at the provincial Capitol are at risk at the expense of the public. However, we have gut feelings that the restlessness of Capitol workers could be offshoot of Moreno’s filing of certificate of candidacy (COC) for the mayoral post in Cagayan de Oro City. Technically speaking, Moreno should have resigned from his post as Governor since he is not running for a provincial post. If Moreno is running for a provincial post, he could avail of the privilege of sticking to his post under the rules of the ‘equity of the incumbent.’ Moreno is running for City Mayor next year. The Commission on Elections (Comelec) has officially confirmed that Moreno has transferred residence in Cagayan de Oro City. Since Moreno he has transferred his residence to the city where filed his COC, he should have exercised propriety in resigning as Governor of Misamis Oriental. Instead, Moreno stubbornly refused to vacate his post

to the dismay of Capitol workers. Well, they said, that propriety is not in the dictionary of those who wields power. While no one might think of Moreno’s avarice, most Capitol workers believed this is what actually is happening at the provincial Capitol today. If the Capitol workers are desperate, the more frustrated is Vice Governor Norris Babiera. Babiera is running for the governor. With Moreno’s filing of COC in Cagayan de Oro, Babiera should have been acting as the provincial governor now. It did not happen. Instead, Moreno continued to exercise his powers as provincial governor. Capitol workers and, perhaps, Babiera is complaining that Moreno has ceased to render services as Governor of Misamis Oriental these days. Nevertheless, Moreno holds political meetings using the resources of the provincial government. Capitol employees alleged that Moreno’s group known as ‘Wednesday Club’ regularly met at the Capitol. Most of the time, Moreno and his ‘Wednesday Club’ members, all of them residents of Cagayan de Oro and are part of Moreno’s political ticket, dine lavishly at the expense of the provincial government. Although Capitol workers are angry at Moreno, the more they are mad at Vice Governor Norris Babiera. They accused Babiera as a lame duck Vice Governor. When time is appropriate to take action, Babiera opted to keep silent and stay in the corner. No wonder, people in Misamis Oriental has started to question Babiera’s capability to run the provincial government. React; crisguardian@yahoo.com

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… ‘I am the Lord’s servant,’ Mary answered. `May your word to me be fulfilled’…” MINDANAO DAILY NEWS (Luke 1:38, the Holy Bible.). Publisher -oooMER M. SUDARIA Manager WHY IS THE BIBLE ROSE MARY D. SUDARIA SILENT ABOUT MARY’S Finance Manager LINEAGE? Can anyone RUEL V. PELONE ALLAN M. MEDIANTE enlighten me, for the sake Editor-in-Chief Executive Editor of intellectual discussion: JOE DEL PEURTO FELICILDA melanie rivera Managing Editor why is it that the Bible does Advertising not contain any information CRIS DIAZ Associate Editor about the lineage of Mary, albert molit SHAUN ALEJANDRAE UY the mother of Jesus Christ, Circulation Sports & Lifestyle Editor our God and Savior? If Mary BEN ARCHE jun escuadro is so important because Regional Editor-DAVAO RIZA O. ARES she was the vessel through pat samonte LIEZL A. DELOSO Regional Editor-Caraga which God came to earth JOE PALABAO AL JACINTO to save mankind from their Rene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Zamboanga sins, how come there is no Marketing Consultants gerry lee gorit mention who her father and Photo Journalists ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI Uriel C. Quilinguing atty. roberto a. cantago jr. mother were, and who her Editorial Consultant ascendants were? Legal Counsels

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio This is very much different from the case of Joseph, the Israelite who was to become her husband. The Bible in several verses gives a genealogy of Joseph which traces his roots to Abraham, and even directly to God. And yet, we all know that he was just the foster father, as it were, of Jesus. Mary, who is the direct ascendant of Jesus, was not given the same treatment in the Bible.

Why? Could it be that Mary came directly from heaven, so that she would not be tainted with man’s original sin, so that Jesus, who will be born through her, would not also be tainted with sin? What do you think? -oooBIBLICAL REFERENCES TO MARY IN THE OLD TESTAMENT: This is exciting and quite baffling to

me, to say the least. Why? Because in the Old Testament of the Bible, there are already clear references to her, although not by her name “Mary” yet. So the question is: if even in the Old Testament, Mary is already foretold, how come nobody appeared to have become interested to document her family and her ancestors, in a way that would clearly identify her. I am referring of course to Genesis 3:15, where God the Father, in cursing the serpent which enticed Eve and Adam to sin against Him by disobeying His orders, declared: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman and between mary | page 11

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Fight government corruption PRESIDENT Noynoy Aquino has been in office for sometimes now and it seems corruption still exists in many government agencies or offices. Shortly after he took his oath of office as president, he declared corruption in the top priority of his program. He said the

matter has impoverished the country and we must dismantle it once and for all. I admired the President for his declaration of a battle against the number one enemy of the government. For many years, our system has suffered a lot because of robbery in the offices. This

evil has disturbed so much our growth and development since huge amount of money goes to the pockets of a number of people within the system. Corruption in the Philippines has been there for sometimes now. It is very difficult to recall in whose

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presidency this matter began but for one thing, it has been operating clandestinely in government offices for quite a long time. President Ben Emata Jr. come and go leaving behind the growing strength of difficulty in its existence. in the provinces. There has The effect of corruption been lack of school buildings the disease. As a result the country is always hard up. is very ugly. The government for the children anywhere FIGHT | page 10 It wallows down in extreme can not hire enough teachers

New LTO-10 director assumes post By Joe del Puerto Felicilda, Managing Editor CAGAYAN de Oro City––The to the LTO Central Office in 18, 2012 office memorandum Land Transportation Office Metro Manila, as chief of the issued by Assistant Secretary (LTO) in Region 10 has a new Traffic Adjudication Service Virginia P. Torres, concurrent chief of LTO. chief, in the person of Hilarion (TAS). In same order, former LTOThe simple assumption E. Ulep, former acting regional director of LTO-Cordillera ceremony was witnessed by 10 Assistant Director Napol Administrative Region (CAR), the resident auditor of the Garcia is also reassigned to Commission of Audit (COA), Region 8, based in Tacloban based in Baguio City. Director Ulep officially as- minus Atty. Baltazar, who was City. He is replaced by Mr. sumed the post, 10:00 o’clock reportedly then out of office. Nelson S. Manaloto. Atty. Baltazar is relieved Director Ulep’s reassignin the morning of October 25 this year, vice Atty. Esteban ment to Northern Mindanao after barely 22 months of stint Baltazar Jr., who is reassigned is embodied in the October in Northern Mindanao.

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West Butuan District II Implements Different Reading Programs By Trifon B. Vergara District Incharge

By BAVECYL T. BADILLA, SIC-Danao NHS

Last October 2-3, 2012 at Duka Bay Resort, Medina, Misamis Oriental the second batch of administrators both Elementary and Secondary from Opol to Lagonglong Districts attended the Seminar Workshop on Skills Building on Revised School Based Management (SBM) Assessment Process and Tool with the Philosophy of A - Child

and Community - Centered Education System (ACCESs) as touchstone to reforms. A - Child and Community - Centered Education System was conducted by competent and experts in the Division of Misamis Oriental Dr. Olga C. Alonsabe- EPS I in Science and Dr. Erlinda G. Dael - EPS I in English together with them from

Planning office Mr. Edwin Gamorot and from Accounting Office Mr. Mark Tejano. They emphasized and stretched out on ACCESs as touchstone of reforms; the need on the statement that will guide reform initiatives, then a necessity to fleshout a paradigm that will drive behavior and performance measures, and ultimately, a demand to

operationalized and bring to reality the aspirations of the Governance of Basic Education Act which is known as RA 9155. As administrator, another challenge not only on the physical, financial matters in school but also to linked with the willing but busy personalities in our locality. ACCESs is a business of everybody for a common good.

Different Deped reading activities were implemented by the West Butuan District II to support the Every Child A Reader Program (ECARP) of the Department of Education. A Deped Memorandum No. 224 s. 2011 was circulated to the field to urge school officials to conduct the following activities in their schools from Grades II to VI. These are the following activities: 1. Read-A-Thon - which seeks to foster a reading culture among pupils. 2. Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) - this is a fifteen to twenty minute daily activity before the class starts. 3. Big Brother / Sister – older students mentor pupils who are at the frustration reading level. 4. Five Words a Week (FWAW) - The pupils are encouraged to learn and master one word a day and APAW, a paragraph a week. 5. Reading Camp - This activity aims to highlight the pupils’ talents in communication arts through competition. These reading activities were closely monitored by the school administrators. MDN: October 29, 2012

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WFD celebration centers on nurturing agricultural cooperatives “Empowered cooperatives equal to an empowered nation.” Such is the key message of Cooperative Development Authority - 10 (CDA-10) Director Orlando R. Ravanera in his talk during the World Food Day celebration of the Department of Agriculture (DA) 10 on October 16 and 17, 2012. This yearly observation intends to encourage attention to agricultural food production, encourage economic and technical cooperation, promote participation among rural women and cooperatives, and heighten public awareness on hunger problems around the world to provide enough food for everyone and to eliminate the incidence of poverty by enabling rural-based organizations (RBOs) and people’s organizations (POs) to play their vital role in community. In order to attain this, DA-10 Regional Technical Director Engr. Roxana H. Hojas urged everyone to partake in events such as the annual World Food Day celebration which capacitates many to promote the department’s programs and projects.

As this year’s celebration bears the theme, “Agricultural Cooperatives: Key to Feeding the World,” DA has put the essence of such cooperatives into the spotlight. Accordingly, DA-assisted RBOs, POs and local government units (LGUs) have promoted and sold out every commodity displayed in their respective booths. Highlighted during the celebration is the awarding of the region’s 2011 Gawad Saka, winners namely: Emmanuel “Biboy” P. Patricio of Managok, Malaybalay City Outstanding Integrated Rice Farmer; Ernesto D. Leonar of Linabo, Malaybalay City - Outstanding Small Animal Raiser and Lower Balubal RIC of Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City - Outstanding Rural Improvement Club. Each took the center stage while receiving their respective awards and cash prizes as incentive to their successful and commendable agri-ventures. Each received a plaque of recognition and assorted vegetable seeds. Aside from this, one (1) unit thresher worth Php 130,000.00 was awarded to Mr. Patricio, while Mr. Leonar received

one (1) head Simbrah cattle and a barangay food terminal (BFT) worth Php 300,000.00 for the Lower Balubal RIC with additional Php 30,000.00 cash prize. Both Mr. Patricio and Mr. Leonar also received Php 20,000.00 cash prize. Equally essential is the booth exhibit contest championed by the Provincial Government of Misamis Oriental who received Php 7,000.00 cash award, followed by Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte who also received Php 5,000.00 and 3,000.00, respectively. As emphasized by Dir. Ravanera, eliminating market layers is one way to empower the agricultural cooperatives. He also added that this will enrich the lifestyle of farmers who served as the backbone of our economy. In turn, they are capacitated to produce sufficient food for the whole nation. Aside from the opportunity for product promotion and selling, delegates were given other livelihood options through the meat processing and cassava cooking demo. Overall, the abovementioned event concluded with an awarding ceremo-

The annual World Food Day celebration allows many to promote their agricultural products and provides venue to recognize the region’s outstanding farmers. This is part of DA’s advocacy in empowering farmers and agricultural cooperatives - one of the department’s strategies in achieving food security. World Food Day is celebrated every 16th of October since its proclamation in 1981. Photos above (top row) show DA-10 RTD Engr. Roxana H. Hojas handing the plaques of recognition to the region 10’s outstanding farmers together with the LGU personnel behind their success. Other activities include product exhibit and selling, meat processing demo, and a lot more.

ny wherein winners of the different contests claimed their prizes including the Blue team composed of

the Office of the Regional Director, Crops Division, Information Division and the Engineering Division

who emerged as the winner in the dance contest. # (Ruthceli O. Alfeche, DA-10)

THE country’s tuna production is expected to increase this last quarter of 2012 through February 2013, as Filipino fishermen were recently given access to fish in the so-called High Seas Pocket 1 or HSP-1 of the Pacific Ocean.

Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala said about 180 metric tons of tuna were initially unloaded by three carrier vessels at the Gen. Santos City fish port, from October 17 to 18, based on reports by the Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of

Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR). With this favorable development, the country’s tuna production will recover, said the DA chief, during the October 18 culminating program of the 2012 World Food Day celebration, at the Quezon City Memorial Circle. For his part, BFAR Director Asis Perez said they expect Filipino tuna commercial fishing operation to go full blast by November, with the 36 Philippineregistered fishing vessels deployed at the said “Pocket 1.” Each vessel is estimated to catch an average of 20 MT a day. He said the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) has granted the Philippines access to fish in ‘Pocket 1’ of the Pacific Ocean up to February 28, 2013. The Philippines through the DA-BFAR seeks an extension of the fishing access in the same area, as the country’s tuna fishing vessels are compliant to the stringent requirements imposed by the WCPFC, Perez said. The High Seas Pocket 1 is the area bounded by the Exclusive Economic Zones of the Federated States of Micronesia to the north and east, the Republic of Palau to the west, and the Republic of Indonesia and

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2nd Batch of School Administrator’s Enjoy the Splendor Beauty of Duka Bay By FAUSTINO G. BADILLA SIC-San Juan NHS

Enhancing BPI-PQS capability for banana export to USA Cagayan de Oro City - The Bureau of Plant Industry-Plant Quarantine Service (BPI-PQS) hosted a training/workshop for the Mindanao wide BPI-PQS Inspectors on the implementation of banana export program to the United States of America (USA) held at Pearlmont Inn, this city on September 18-20, 2012. 50 plant quarantine officers from the cities of Davao, Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato, and General Santos participated in the training. The training aims to enhance the capability of the BPI- PQS for the purpose of banana export to the USA. As such, the participants are expected to gain knowledge on the systems approach for banana in the Philippines based on US system and International Standard for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPM); familiar with different pests and diseases of banana and to be able to detect their presence in the commodity; to gain knowledge on fruit fly management program and the operational work plan for banana export; as well as the guidelines

for accreditation/registration processes for a packing house facility. In Region 10, Plant Quarantine Officer In-charge Manuel Barradas (lower photo standing center) mentioned that they are stringent in the implementation of plant quarantine procedures and measures thus allowed the region’s banana for export accepted to the US market. Above photos show Mr. Kelan Evans (upper photo) from the US Department of Agriculture gracing the occasion; and (lower photo) the lecturers from Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) Ms. Welly A. Ousley (seated leftmost) who lectured on Systems and Procedures Requirements of USDA; Ms. Merle Palacpac, who lectured on Comprehensive Work Plan for the RP responsibilities to be undertaken by BPI-PQS for US market; with Dr. Helen Bignayan from UPLB; and DOLE consultant Mrs. Tuazon; and the participants. # RRE. Paasa (with report and photos from Ricardo Pondoyo, Plant Quarantine Officer, R-10)

I was one of the school administrators who were very excited when we were informed by our Schools Division Superintendent that our Seminar Workshop on Skills Building on Revised School Based Management (SBM) Assessment Process & Tool will be held for two days and a night in Duka, Bay Resort, Medina, Misamis Oriental. It was happen on October 2-3, 2012. We mean business there because we were dealing with Education matters inside our hall. It was not simple and easy discussions about the revision in SBM because it involve more multi-tasking and our selfcommitment to start gradually accomplishing all the data revised which are subject for assessment and validity of the so called artifacts in Education. The SBM practices was existed already and being practiced in our respected schools but through that seminar, revisions and changes were introduced in order to strengthen our relationships to our students, parents, community people, private individual and entities, and so much to our Local Government Unit. All these will respond to the attainment and realization of the standard skills that our student: must acquire and develop in a full bloom learning experiences be possible after their Senior High School. So that when they are not already under our stewardship in school they will be fruitful community people to face against all odds in life.

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lar biology, toxicology and biodiversity, ordered a ban on all field trials of GM crops — including the controversial Bt eggplant, which is currently being evaluated for approval in the Philppines despite India’s banning it on February 2010 — as well as a moratorium on all field trials of herbicide tolerant crops until independent assessment of impact and suitability has been established. The TEC also said that all field trials should be stopped until the following conditions have been met: (1) specific sites for conducting field trials have been designated and certified and sufficient mechanisms for monitoring the trials put in place; (2) a panel of scientists, qualified in evaluation of the biosafety data of GM crops has been engaged for scrutiny and analyses of the safety data; (3) conflict of interest in the regulatory body has been removed; and (4) the requirement for preliminary biosafety tests prior to field trials including sub-chronic toxicity in small animals has been included. “This official unanimous declaration on the risks of GMOs, by India’s leading biotech scientists is the latest nail on the coffin for GMOs around the world,” said Daniel M. Ocampo, Sustainable Agriculture and Genetic Engineering ampaigner of Greenpeace Southeast Asia. “It is yet another proof that GMOs are bad for the health, bad for the environment, bad for farmers and bad for the economy. The Philippines should learn from this expert recommendation and use it as a guide for more stringent policies concerning these transgenic crops,” he added. Potential harmful effects The India Supreme Court report said that the moratorium was necessary because of the potential harm GM crops can cause to human health, and biodiversity. They also warned of the possibility that field trials will contaminate regular crops and other food supply. The expert body believes that India’s current regulatory system to assess the safety of GM crops is inadequate and raises questions about the ability to safely conduct field trials. The India’s Supreme Court also recommended (1) an independent, longterm and inter-generational studies in the biosafety risk assessment; (2) an assessment of the GM crop technology; and (3) a socioeconomic risk analysis. All these recommendations must be stringently met before open releases are permitted. It also recommended for a re-examination of all biosafety data for applications in process as well as those that have been approved for release by scientists who are qualified in biosafety

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science and experienced in evaluation of biosafety dossiers for transgenic plants. This re-examination should be done “if necessary…by international experts who have the necessary experience.” Unlike India, however, the Philippines has never rejected approval of any GMO — even those GMOs which are banned in other countries due to health and safety concerns, Ocampo said as he expressed alarm over the government’s lack of transparency in regulating and assessing the safety of GMOs. The Philippines is a signatory to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety to the Convention on Biological Diversity, an international treaty governing the movements of living modified organisms (LMOs) resulting from modern biotechnology from one country to another. It was adopted on 29 January 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and entered into force on 11 September 2003. The Cartagena Protocol seeks to contribute to ensuring an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on transboundary movements. In banning GMOs, India’s Supreme Court-created TEC cited the Cartagena Protocol, which recognises the crucial importance of biodiversity as a long term resource, since field trials of transgenics in those crops for which India is a centre of origin or a centre of diversity may contaminate and adversely affect the country’s biodiversity. PHL approves 1.5 applications a month The Department of Agriculture, through the Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), has approved 67 GMOs for importation as food, feed and processing, since 2004. And the most worrisome GMO approvals the DA had done are for rice, the country’s staple food. To date, the Philippines has approved a total of 67 GMO crops. Greenpeace put the government’s approval rating of GMOs at 1.5 GMOs per month since 2004. Greenpeace lamented that no GMO application in the Philippines has ever been disapproved despite documented cases on questions of their safety and rejection by other countries. “Unfortunately, while leading experts in India are recommending an end to GMOs, certain Filipino scientists who midnight as paid lackeys of agrochemical corporations, are attempting to railroad GM field trials in the country — without the benefit of a

comprehensive and objective study and analysis of safety data. The Department of Agriculture should be the first one to put a stop to such indiscriminate promotion of GMOs as it goes against the interest of Filipino farmers and consumers,” Ocampo stressed. “The Department of Agriculture should cancel all GMO approvals, including experimental field trials. It is a fact that the GMO regulatory system in the Philippines is hopelessly flawed. With the growing opposition against GMO crops and the increasing body of scientific research that underlines the threats of GMOs, the government must wake up and create policies that look after the interests of the people. The DA has taken the first step Organic Agriculture Act of 2010, but this effort continues to be undermined by continued approvals of GMOs, as well as support of commercial research and field trials to propagate these harmful modified crops,” he added. GMOs lead to food crisis in PHL During the observance of the World Food Day last October 16, Ocampo said that the government’s “relentless approvals of GMO crops will lead the country into a food crisis” as GMO corporations will force Filipino farmers become dependent on industrial chemical inputs such as harmful pesticides and herbicides. This will effectively tie the farmers into a “never-ending circle of debt and less choices.” “Far from being a solution, GMOs extend all the worst practices of industrial agriculture. And, perversely, its widespread adoption would lead to more hungry people not fewer,” he stressed. The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) recently reported that there are 5.4 percent more hungry people in the Philippines now compared to the previous decade, even as hunger substantially decreased in the same period in all other countries in Southeast Asia. The report cited Thailand — a country that does not plant GMOs — where the number of chronically hungry people decreased most dramatically at 79.8 percent. “GMOs do not play a substantial role in addressing the key problems hunger and poverty, and food safety and security. The government’s rabid support of GMOs is completely irresponsible because it supports industrial farming practices and chemical dependence that would endanger, rather than improve, the country’s agricultural sector. By approving GMOs, the government is actually compounding the food problem, not solving it,” Ocampo said. GMOs shift the focus away from the real solutions to hunger and it effectively hide the true causes of hun-

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ger, which is derived from social and environmental problems, Greenpeace said. Instead of solving the problem of hunger, GMOs all the more aggravate it, the group added. The government must acknowledge that a large part of the problem is giant agro-chemical corporations, which are hell bent on marketing GMOs and the industrial farming system it maintains, with little regard to health, environmental, and economic consequences. “The government must re-examine its misplaced focus on industrial farming which has diverted government funds from supporting ecological solutions that ensure food security and sound environment. As a start, the DA must cancel all GMO approvals and instead support ecological alternatives that will guarantee a healthy, viable and sustainable agriculture to feed the country,” Ocampo said. (Bong D. Fabe)

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in the country. The reason is there is no funds for the purpose so what happened in some areas children hold classes in the open air, some under the trees, others just anywhere so learning could not be hampered. If the government cannot stop this issue of corruption for some reasons, I suggest the Filipino people should unite and help. The object is to stop corruption no matter how before the entire system will collapse eventually. We must offer our services to save the Republic., We must send to jail people who are engaged in the thievery of public funds. We must prosecute them to the last moment. I can see that if we make our laws against corruption stricter this time, there is a big possibility that we can put to an end this decades problem that made our country poor and struggling. We should not be like that since our country is rich with natural resources for

our existence. But if we cannot stop the thieves in government service, we shall go gown and die a natural death. Now is the time not tomorrow or another day. The time has come we must go straightforward for the development of our country. Let us not wait for the time when we go extinct because of massive stupidity that is unchecked in our government. We must close our eyes and move forward against the thousands of perpetrators that enriched themselves for many years now.

livelihood to thousands of fishermen and factory workers. Secretary Alcala commended Director Perez and the DA-BFAR men and women who exerted efforts in securing approval of the WCPFC to grant the Philippines access to fish in the Pacific Ocean. “BFAR did its homework well,” the DA chief said. During the last four years, from 2008 to 2011, the country’s annual catch of tuna continued to decline, according to the DA’s Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS). The total tuna production of 636,809 metric tons in 2008 shrunk by from page 8 about 21 percent totaling the Independent State to only 503,733 metric tons of Papua New Guinea to in 2011, the BAS said. (DA Info Service & BFAR) the south. Perez said the country’s annual tuna production dropped by 30 percent when from page 9 yun tapos ilabas natin the WCPFC imposed a ban at Pocket 1, on January 1, tapos sabihin natin eto, 2010 until April 2012, aimed tandaan niyo hindi dapat at conserving and allowing iboto pagdating ng May,” tuna species to propagate. Brillantes said. The Comelec chief said For October and through the remaining four months he would no longer be suruntil February 28, 2013, prised if prospective candiPerez said Filipino fisher- dates would use the celebramen could catch at least tion to promote themselves 12,000 MT of tuna species, since there is no one who would prevent them. mainly skipjack. “It’s always a problem Currently, five fresh/ chilled tuna catcher vessels because they can always are operating in the area. take advantage of such fact Three vessels have com- that there’s no premature plied with all the stringent campaigning. We don’t have requirements of the WCPFC a law,” Brillantes said. as well as the Fisheries AdEXTRAJUDICIAL ministrative Order No. 145 SETTLEMENT Series of 2012. The other remaining OF ESTATE WITH vessels are now completing SPECIAL POWER other requirements — which OF ATTORNEY include the installation of transponders, use of ap Notice is hereby given that propriate mesh size, hiring the heirs of the late NEONITA PAMARAN who died intestate in of fishery observers, proviPagadian City, has been extrasion of catch log sheets, judicially settled by and among and filing of the necessary her heirs per Deed of Extrajudicial notifications, among others. Settlement of Estate with Special The favorable developPower of Attorney over a parcel ment, added Perez, would of land covered by TCT No. again spur economic activity T-28,392, TCT No. T-28,393, TCT No. T-28,394, situated in Southern Mindanao, parat Bagong Silang, Iligan City; ticularly in General Santos registered in the book of Atty. City, the country’s major Ruben N. Bance, Pagadian City hub for trading of fresh with Doc. No. 488; Page No. 98; tuna for local and export Book No. XXIX; Series of 2011 markets, and tuna canning and processing, that to -HEIRSMDN: Oct. 23, 29 & Nov. 5, 2012 gether employ and provide

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The SBM Mainstreaming with the Philosophy of ACCESs at Duka Bay Resort By FAUSTINO G. BADILLA, SIC-San Juan NHS

IA Child and Community - Centered Education System (ACCESs) as touchstone oi According to our knowledgeable Education Program Supervisor, who happen to in trainers and speakers in the persons of Dr. OLGA C. ALONSABE, and Dr. ERLINI A that such ACCESs possessed a benchmark of urgency or the need of a harmonizing statement that will guide reform initiatives, the necessity to stretch out a paradign drive behavior and performance measures, and in due course, a demand to opt i and bring to reality the aspirations of RA 9155 which is the Governance of Basic Act. The ACCESs is working relative to the BESRA or Basic Education System Reform A; must be synchronized by a clear philosophy and value statement, provides clarity li to streamline and identify priorities. Thus, BESRA is the

package of policy reforms; and ACCESs is a policy or statement that concretize/ operationalize the policy reforms. As challenge to each and everyone, to the stakeholders this simple pie why not involve ourselves for a common route and a common outcomes as destine future of our generations and why not adopt a “change” in order to u children/ learner as the center of SBM practice, constant improvement process, to I habits and must I emphasized, respond to yell of field implements, and to prom governance and strengthen local participation improve the school system’s capacity towards attaining Education For All (EFA). I do hope that many of us specially personnel’s in the field of teaching will invest tin working for the common understanding and shared goals. Learn to love with children.

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(Lone District, Las Piñas City), urged the House Committee on Appropriations and the local government units to conduct an inquiry on the need to develop water sources in their communities based on the study conducted by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). “The objective of this measure is to maintain a continuous supply of water and to craft relevant legislation to ensure sustainability of water supply for the welfare of the residents,” Villar said. Good water management needs planning, developing, distributing and managing the optimum use of water resources according to Villar. “The presumed abundance of water as a resource, given our climate and geographical location, should not make the government complacent as the progress of industry and the massive urbanization continues to threaten the supply of potable water in Metro Manila and other urban zones,” said “The challenge left to the country is for the government to develop new sources of water supply which is capable of sustaining better and cleaner water supply for the people’s consumption not only in Metro Manila but in the entire country,” Villar said.

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Grid since the start of the year due to the volatile power supply. The present curtailment level was attributed to the low water inflow at the Pulangi IV hydroelectric plant in Bukidnon, low forebay elevation of Agus 4 HEP and the planned shutdown of the Mindanao Geothermal Plant 1. “Water inflow of Pulangi plant reservoir could not sustain 180MW output,” the advisory said. “It is further reduced to 150MW.” The Pulangi IV hydroelectric power plant in Maramag, Bukidnon is actually designed as a “runof-river” plant downstream

of three other HEPs (Pulangi 1, 2 & 3) and can only sustain its installed capacity of 255MW if water from its reservoir were allowed to flow freely. For a number of reasons, the three other plants upstream and another downstream (the controversial Pulangi V aimed at producing 300MW) have not been constructed. As a result of the low water inflow, Pulangi IV currently produces only 110MW or -140MW less. Similarly, Agus 4 was designed with an installed capacity of 158MW but produces only 130MW at present or - 28MW less due to the low water discharge from Agus 1 and 2. Unit of the Mindanao Geothermal in Mt. Apo is undergoing Preventive Maintenance Shutdown (PMS) and so is currently not producing its designed capacity of 54.2MW. The three plants together already account for a 222MW generation deficiency in the Mindanao Grid. Earlier, Steag State Power Inc. shut down its Unit 1 of 105MW for a scheduled Preventive Maintenance Shutdown from Oct. 6-Nov. 4, 2012. Unit 2 (105MW) is scheduled for a similar PMS on October 29-Nov. 10, 2012. Given the current situation, the NGCP and grid users have been constantly urging consumers to reduce their power consumption especially during the peak hours from 5PM-11PM to avoid rotating brownouts in their respective areas. Once the two STEAG units and the Mindanao Geothermal Unit 1 are back online, some 264MW of baseload power will be restored in the Mindanao Grid and the rotating brownouts now being experienced by some areas in Mindanao will either be minimized or cease completely, provided the other power plants in the islands don’t go on further unscheduled shutdowns. The Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP) is expected to resume operations by December this year yet but is further expected to roll out its full 108MW output by June next year. The Commission on Au-

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dit recently approved the sale of the IDPP to Alsons Consolidated, which will invest another P1.2 billion to rehabilitate its units. Meanwhile, the Mindanao Power Monitoring Committee (MPMC) led by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) is keeping close tabs on the supply situation and pushing for immediate measures to cushion the impact of the projected supply shortfall. “We have proposed for a more effective mechanism in sharing power dispatch information, with the goal of making the general public well informed about the power situation,” said Romeo Montenegro, director for investment promotion and public affairs of MinDA.

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your offspring and hers…” Likewise, I am referring to Isaiah 7:14 and, in a way, Isaiah 9:6. Isaiah 7:14 says: “… Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign: The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and will call him Immanuel…” Isaiah 9:6 says: “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace…” -oooMARY, MOTHER OF JESUS, NOT HUMAN? And yet, in Luke 1:28, Mary’s special and anointed role as the woman whom God had chosen is clearly spelled out. Gabriel, “the angel who walks in the presence of God”, told Mary: “… `Greetings, you who are highly favored! The Lord is with you’…” This part of the Bible tells us that Gabriel went to Mary because God Himself sent him---underscoring once more Mary’s attribute as God’s chosen one. Certainly, being “highly favored” by God means being highly acceptable to God. Now, my question: why is Mary so highly acceptable to God. And, God being with Mary means Mary has never sinned because God is with her. But, is there a human being who never

sinned, especially after the fall of Adam and Eve? Mary is therefore very special, to man and to God. But, why is it that, despite her being “very special to man and to God”, virtually no account of who she is, where she came from, and who were her ancestors, could be found in the Bible? Could it really be possible that she came directly from heaven, as some Bible passages seem to indicate to me? Comments, anyone? -oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@ yahoo.com

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disease, instead of misdiagnosing the case as dengue fever. To confirm the diagnosis, a serologic test for anti chikungunya antibodies may be requested. Just like Dengue, there is no vaccine as yet for the disease. Treatment is directed at the symptoms. Vector control, such as reducing the number of artificial and natural water filled containers that serve as habitats for breeding of mosquitoes, use of insecticide sprays and insecticide treated mosquito nets, are preventive measures that are doable. Keeping one’s environment clean is as important as making one’s self healthy and looking great and beautiful....

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that the most number of 132 candidates or 35 percent belong to the Liberal Party (LP), followed by the National Unity Party (NUP) with 82 or 22 percent, Independent, 68 or 18 percent, Nacionalista Party (NP), 46 or 12 percent, and United Nationalist Alliance (UNA), another 46 or 12 percent. The PES data also show that two candidates each have filed their COCs for the following posts: governor, vice-governor, congressman, first district and congressman second district; mayor and vice-mayor of Aloran, Baliangao, Clarin, LopezJaena, Sinacaban, Ozamiz

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City and Tangub City, mayor of Plaridel and vice mayor of Bonifacio and Jimenez. Three candidates each have filed their COC’s for mayor of Bonifacio, Calamba and Don Victoriano Chiongbian and for vice-mayor of Jimenez and Plaridel. Running unopposed are one candidate each for mayor and vice-mayor of Concepcion, Panaon, Sapang Dalaga, Tudela and Oroquieta City and vicemayor of Calamba. Running for members of the 8-post SangguniangBayan (SB) are the following number of candidates: Sapang Dalaga, 8; Panaon, 9; Concepcion, 13; Tudela, 14; Bonifacio,16; Calamba, 16; Aloran, 17; Sinacaban, 17; Baliangao, 18; Don Victoriano Chiongbian, 19; Plaridel, 19; Lopez-Jaena, 20; and Jimenez, 25. Also running for members of the 10-post Sangguniang Panglungsod (SP) are the following number of candidates: Oroquieta City, 12; Ozamis City, 22; and Tangub City, 23. (RCAguhob/PIA-Misamis Occidental/asf )

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enterprises to flourish in the Philippines,” Casiño said. The Asian Development Bank (ADB) recently said that poverty incidence remains in the Philippines remains high at 26.5%, compared to 26.4% in 2006 and 24.9% in 2003 despite the increased gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecasts for the Philippines from 4.8% to 5.5% in 2012. “The ADB Asian Development Outlook 2012 revealed that the one million new jobs created in 2011 mainly reflected a rise in part-time. The fact remains that 500,000 full-time jobs were lost in the same period. These part-time jobs created were in the services sector like call centers that do not spur long-term local economic development. Part-time job creation and the CCT do not address poverty in the long term. This shows that so-called economic growth figures are not linked to poverty

reduction,” Casiño said. In batting for social enterprises, Casiño said that “the lives of poor farmers, farm workers, and small producers have been vastly improved since these enterprises have a triple-bottomline of generating financial, social, and environmental results at the local level. In sum, social enterprises are creating more long-term jobs and spurring local development by empowering the poor and downtrodden.” The ASEF PHILIPPINES 2012 is organized by the On Eagle’s Wings Development Foundation Phils., Inc. and the Asian Solidarity Economy Coalition (ASEC).

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developmental activities and awareness programs. The Catholic Media Network, Inc. spearheaded a one-hour radio program titled “Wow, Kana Maoy Bata!” (Wow, what a kid!). Twenty-five pupils from different schools aged 7-12 years old, are featured in the program every Sunday from 9 to 10 a.m. Moreover, a series of parent effectiveness trainings were conducted and monitored to ensure that the topics discussed were put into action in pursuit of the value that the family is the basic institution that can provide a child-friendly environment. Thus, the provincial government of Bukidnon, with its partners, will continue to provide adequate service to the people, especially children. Calingasan said that although the memorandum of agreement between the Unicef and the provincial government of Bukidnon had ended in 2006, their unified effort for six years— from 2000 to 2006--guided the provincial government toward the right direction in nurturing and protecting children. “The childfriendly commitment should become a way of life for it is the path that ensures Bukidnon’s children and the next generation to have a nurtured and protected environment, thus preserving the province as “home of happy children,” he said.

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