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WEATHER UPDATE

SOUTHWEST Monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. Luzon will experience occasional rains becoming frequent over the Western section of Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Visayas and Mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

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By MO LL. COJEN, Contributor editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City––At least two hundred twenty eight (228) employees are out of the jobs as the National Telecom Office (NTO) closes shop within the quarter.

This what seemed to be the impact of entities out of business, even as some government agencies may accomodate few regular workers in the case of NTO. NTO Public Information Manager Engracio J. Berong confirmed this in an interview even as he said they are coordinating with other government agencies.

Berong added that the initiatives are in serious consideration by officials of the concerned agencies being under the “Silver

Parachute” Program.

The program, wherein employees bring in with their job items, mandates sister agencies to give the affected employees priority for their vacancies.

An NTO employee in an earlier interview expressed doubts ever the accomodation happen according to urgency.

“You know how the government works, even documentations take so much time, she said even WORKERS/PAGE 11

GRAND OPENING, BLESSINGS AND THANKSGIVING OF GOLDEN STALLION SUITES CEREMONIAL CUTTING OF RIBBON. Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano and Provincial Board Member Jimmy E. Caina President of Misamis Orienal and Chief Executive Office Aurora B. Caina, Msgr. Tex Legitimas (not in photo) of San Antonio Parish lead the cutting of ribbon during the formal opening of Golden Stallion Suites on August 8. 21-27 at the Nazareth Cagayan de Oro City. Photo Gerry L. Gorit

BIFF’s military adventurism is political in nature, MILF KORONADAL City–– A business group in Mindanao urged the government and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front on Tuesday to jointly address the threat posed by the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), a group formed by erstwhile MILF commander Ustadz Amiril Umra Kato.

Ricardo Juliano Jr., Philippine Chamber of Com-

merce and Industry vice president for Mindanao, stressed the need to employ the Ad Hoc Joint Action Group (AHJAG) mechanism against Kato and his followers.

AHJAG is a joint government and MILF mechanism in the peace process that seeks to interdict and isolate lawless elements that take refuge in or near MILF

communities.

“The military and the MILF should act together in addressing this problem and it has to be done in a way that should enhance the peace process,” Juliano said.

Kato formed the BIFF in 2010 and was formally expelled by the MILF last year.

He is no longer with the MILF and so the AHJAG

mechanism should be applied to his group, Juliano said.

But Von Al Haq, MILF spokesman, brushed aside the suggestion of Juliano, saying the AHJAG mechanism “can only be used against criminal elements.”

Al Haq said the BIFF claims to be a political group and the government did not POLITICAL/PAGE 11

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All set for the Kadayawan Phoenix Run on Sunday THOUSANDS of runners will hit the roads of Davao for the Kadayawan Phoenix Run this Sunday, August 12. Runners from Davao and from Tagum, Compostela Valley, and Manila will join the race.

Stars from media partner TV5, led by Alice Dixson, Eula Caballero, Victor Silayan, Makata Tanawan, Pat Fernandez, and April ‘Congratulations’ Gustilo, will also grace the Run. The Kadayawan Phoenix Run is for the benefit of the Talomo-Lipadas watershed, one of two watersheds that serve as the main source of water supply in Davao City. For every runner, one tree shall be planted to help protect and conserve the watershed. The run is also a tribute to Ninoy Aquino and his ideals of freedom and love of country.

The categories are 500-meter, 3K, 5K, and 10K, with winners each for men and women. Registration has been extended to August 10 to accommodate late registrants.

A Zumba party, a first for a run event in Davao City, will start at 4:30 am to warm up runners. Other fun events include the contest Biggest School, NGO/Corporate and LGU delegations, and Jazz Up Your Race Tee. Exciting prizes will also be raffled.

Registration is ongoing at the following Phoenix Run registration centers: Phoenix Petroleum stations in Acacia St. and Damosa, Davao City Water District office in Bajada, Skechers Shop- Ground Floor Abreeza Mall Davao, Skechers Shop- 2nd Floor Gaisano Mall of Davao, and at the Duaw Davao office in Wheels N More Compound, JP Laurel Avenue.

Entry fees are P99 for the 500-meter, P149 for 3K, P249 for 5K, and P299 for the 10K category, inclusive of race tee, race bib, snacks, and loot bag. Finishers of the 10K will each receive a dog tag.

Assembly time is 4:30 am for the 10K, 4:45 am for 5K, 5am for 3K, and 5:30 am for 500-meter. The run will start and end at SM City Davao.

Participants of the Kadayawan Phoenix ‘I Recycle’ Run can also avail of post-event promotions.

Skechers is giving 20% discount on regular priced items, valid until September 16, 2012. A Runner’s Reward Card from RunClub Davao entitles runners to a 10% discount on regular-priced footwear and apparel.

Dencio’s branches at SM City Davao, NCCC, Damosa Gateway- Lanang and Fortune Homes- Lanang will give free bottomless iced tea for every purchase of a Pares meal, valid from July 27 to August 31, 2012.

To avail of the treats, the participant has to present his/her race bib.

The Kadayawan Phoenix ‘I Recycle’ Run is presented

by Phoenix Petroleum Philippines and Pioneer Insurance, and organized by Runman Racing.

It is held in partnership with the Davao City Water District, with SM City Davao as venue partner and TV5 as the official media partner.

For more information, go to www.facebook.com/ phoenixdavaorun or dial the Kadayawan Phoenix Run hotlines: 0917-719-9640, 0907-544-4650, and 0933308-8816.

The Kadayawan Phoenix Run is one of the major activities of Phoenix Petroleum as part of the monthlong 27th Kadayawan sa Dabaw celebration. Phoenix supported the recently-concluded 2012 Philippine Autocross Championship Series.

The Phoenix Cyclomax Motor Cross will be held on August 18 and 19 at Moto-X Davao Racetrack at Crocodile Park, Ma-a, Davao City, while the Trip Ko Phoenix Fuels Basketball Cup will culminate on August 26, 2012 at the Davao City Recreation Center.

Major sponsors of the Phoenix Kadayawan events are Seadove, Kangqi International, Custom Grafix, EEI, Mechatrends, Purple Bean (Starpump), Trans-overseas (Gilbarco), and Banco De Oro. Gold sponsors are Nissan, Brenton Engineering, Jordan Fishing & Bacolod Top Gear, and Chinatrust. Silver sponsors are Compostela Governor Arturo Uy, Marra Builders, Servityre/Aeolous, YL Fishing, Land Bank of the Philippines, and the Development Bank of the Philippines. Bronze sponsors are F2 Logistics, PTT, Maligaya Taxi, Unifield Enterprises, TF Botones, Isuzu Davao, Loc-seal, ESBE Builders, Yangking Engineering, Hatteras, Marra Builders, and P&A, Measurement & Controls. Benefactors are PhilCharter, Fluidynamics, and RB Apilado. Patrons are BDO Leasing, MDH Customs Brokerage, UCPB Gen, and Meridian.

Donors are Davao Cathay and Melrose Builders.

GROUND BREAKING at Macabalan ES. Congressman Rufus Rodriguez leads the lowering of the time capsule in the ground breaking ceremony for the construction of the P400,000 two classrooms building at Macabalan Elementary School donated by the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (FFCCCII) thru the efforts of Rep. Rodriguez. The local chapter of the FFCCCII is headed by President Quinciano Lui and VPs Willy Limbonhai and Henry Dy. In photo with the congressman are Superintendent Myrna Castaños, school principal Mr. Edgardo Yañez, and other members of the FFCCCII.

Comelec junks Plaza poll protest v Amante

By PAT SAMONTE Regional editor-Caraga

BUTUAN City––The Commission on Elections has dismissed a protest questioning incumbent Mayor Ferdinand Amante Jr.’s victory over former Mayor Leonides Theresa Plaza in the May 10, 2010 electoral contest here.

In an Order dated July 24, 2012, the Comelec First Division dismissed the election protest filed by Plaza “without further proceedings for failure to establish reasonable recovery of votes from pilot precincts.”

The Comelec held that the results of the recount of ballots “clearly show that protestant (Plaza) failed to demonstrate to this Commission (First Division) his (sic) expected reasonable recovery from the twenty (20) pilot clustered precincts identified by him (sic) as his (sic) best choice.”

The Order was signed

by Comelec First Division Presiding Commissioner Rene V. Sarmiento and Commissioners Armando C. Velasco and Christian Roberto S. Lim. In that mayoral contest, Amante was proclaimed winner by the City Board of Canvassers for garnering 65.663 votes against Plaza’s 56,763 votes or a total winning margin of 8,500 votes.

Plaza contested the proc-

MAYOR PLAZA

Recount proceedings were conducted by three dulyconstituted committees from August 15-17, 2011 and their recount reports and summary of votes were submitted on August 25, 2011. lamation and filed a protest alleging among others that certain precincts allowed the casting of votes beyond the official time allowed

by Comelec rules, random manual audit was not conducted, the Board of Election Inspectors tampered with the ballots, the PCOS machines malfunctioned and erroneously canvassed the

votes, and that the protestant and husband, then incumbent Mayor Democrito D. Plaza II, had been serving for the past 18 years and never lost an election.

Recount proceedings were conducted by three duly-constituted committees from August 15-17, 2011 and their recount reports and summary of votes were submitted on August 25, 2011.

Marking of exhibits followed and the protestant (Plaza) and protestee (Amante) respectively submitted their Formal Offer of Evidence on September 14, 2011and September 23, 2011.

According to the Comelec, the results of the recount in the 20 clustered pilot precincts showed that out of 14,386 ballots examined in the 20 clustered pilot precincts, the maximum possible votes for Plaza are 5,928 while the minimum possible votes for Amante are 7,804 votes.

Adding 60 claimed ballots and 52 claimed by both parties to the physical count of 5,8l6 votes, Plaza will garner 5,928 votes. Subtracting 7 votes contested by Plaza f rom 7,811 Amante votes, will result to a difference of 7,804 votes.

Comelec said in its Order that Plaza “only has 46 valid claims from the rejected ballots. Assuming that all the other 66 votes claimed by the protestee

(Amante) from stray ballots (14 from individual claims and 48 from simultaneous claims, and 4 rejected ballots claimed by both parties-the sum which is only 112 or 6.29% of the total margin, could not in all exercise of leniency be considered as reasonable recovery even as we deduct from the protestee’s (Amante’s) votes all the objected 7 ballots and even as all claims by the protestee be invalidated.

In the pilot precincts, protestee (Amante) still leads the protestant (Plaza) by 1,876 votes.”

In a statement, Amante said the Comelec Order “has finally reject the election protest and erased all doubts about my being the duly-elected mayor. Let us put the matter to a close and move forward for Butuan City’s growth and development. I urge all Butuanons to unite and blaze the trail to progress.”

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A 24-footer van (4th photo clock wise) runs aground in the middle of the street as flood waters continue to rise in most part of Quezon City. Photo release

Charges readied against Moro rebels KIDAPAWAN City––The local police in Maguindanao on Tuesday mulled to file criminal charges against the leaders of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement (BIFM) who were believed responsible for the killing of two soldiers at the height of the armed fighting in Datu Unsay town on Monday.

The bodies of Privates First Class Henry Caunga and Dunhill Aragon, both members of the 68th Infantry Battalion, were recovered from the highway on the same day.

Also recovered from the area were the bodies of two unidentified male motorists.

Ordinance to regulate LPG retailing pushed GENERAL Santos City––In a bid to strengthen its ongoing crackdown against the underweight or under-filled liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders, the city government is pushing for major amendments to an ordinance that regulates the refilling, retailing and distribution of LPG in the area.

Engr. Teodorico Dumagan, assistant city administrator, said there is a need to revisit the penal provisions of Ordinance No. 2 or the city’s LPG ordinance to effectively stop the proliferation of underweight LPG cylinders in the local markets.

Ordinance No. 2, approved in 2006, specifically regulates the “hauling, refilling, dealing/retailing of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and the manufacture/ repair of LPG cylinders, providing penalties for violation and for other purposes.”

“This problem has continued to worsen in the last several years and I think it’s about time for us to give more teeth to the ordinance and expand the coverage of its penal provisions,” he said.

A report released by the city’s LPG Task Force, which is supervised by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), showed that it had seized some 84 PUSHED/PAGE 11

Reports from the Public Affairs Unit of the 6th Infantry Division said the victims, on board a motorcycle, were on their way to their battalion headquarters in M’lang town in North Cotabato when waylaid by the rebels along the highway in Datu Unsay, Maguindanao.

Meanwhile, Muslim

leaders in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) have condemned in strongest terms the offensives simultaneously launched by the BIFM rebels.

A R M M o f f i c e r- i n charge Gov. Mujiv Hataman said the attacks were deplorable since these hap-

pened during Ramadan and at a time when efforts were geared toward a peaceful resolution of the decadesold Moro conflict.

The governor said he had directed Assistant Secretary Pombain Karon of the ARMM’s Department of Social Welfare and Development to deploy its relief

teams for the distribution of assistance packages to over 2,000 displaced families.

Local officials in Maguindanao said charges should be filed against BIFM head Ustadz Ameril Umbra Kato and all members of the group’s central leadership core, including its spokesman, Abu Misry Mama.

Alleged NPA rebel team leader killed AN ALLEGED team leader of the New People’s Army (NPA) was killed following an encounter with government troops on Tuesday morning in a hinterland village in Columbio town in Sultan Kudarat.

Lt. Col. Alexis Noel Bravo, commander of the Army’s 27th Infantry Battalion, said Wednesday the encounter ensued after their troops chanced upon the rebels at a portion of

Sitio Tiruray, Barangay Tilapas in Columbio.

He said they increased their deployment in Columbio town late Monday after local residents reported the presence of a group of NPA rebels led

by Ronnie Nayre alias Kumander Joyjoy in the area.

The group is reportedly under the Southern Alip Regional Guerrilla Unit (SARGU) of the NPA’s Far South Mindanao Revolu-

tionary Committee, he said.

Nayre’s group was supposedly behind the attack on an Army detachment in Barangay Bacungan, Magsaysay town in Davao del Sur last April.

“We’ve been monitoring the movements of this group in the past several months. The y’re quite elusive and we’re lucky to track them down this time,” Bravo said.

The Army official iden-

tified the slain NPA rebel as a certain alias Joe, who is reportedly a team leader of SARGU’s squad 2 and a resident of Tulunan town in North Cotabato.

Bravo said they recovered a tent, several personal items, subversive documents and five firearms - two M16 and three M14 rifles – that were supposedly left by the rebels before escaping from the area.

Fish kill traced to sudden rise of temperature GENERAL Santos City––South Cotabato officials are pushing for the regulation of fish cage operations at the critical Lake Sebu following another fish kill destroyed around 8,000 kilograms of tilapia.

Reynaldo Legaste, South Cotabato

agriculture officer, said Wednesday the fish kill in Lake Sebu since last week so far affected 14 fish cage operators, who reported combined losses of P656,000 as a result of the incident.

He said the latest fish kill was

caused anew by “kamahong,” a phenomenon that is mainly caused by the sudden rise in the water’s temperature.

“The overcrowding at the fish cages and the over-utilization of fish feeds also contributed to the fish FISH/PAGE 11

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Queen Sofia gets rousing welcome in Zambo ZAMBOANGA City––Zamboangueños welcomed Queen Sofia of Spain, July 5, with a rare display of high pomp boosting historical and cultural ties between them and the Spaniards, dating back over 300 centuries ago.

Flaglet-waving school children and students lined up the streets, drum and lyre corps played – as the Queen passed through on her way to the various venues of activities.

The Queen arrived at the

DILG 10 presents road management success stories

By ANA CELESTE W. FELISILDA

CAGAYAN de Oro City––Success stories of the Provincial Roads Management Facility (PRMF) program in the provinces of Bukidnon, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental and Lanao del Norte were presented during the Road Management Reforms to Better Governance forum here in the city, August 1-2, this year.

Initiated by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG-10), in coordination with the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Northern Mindanao, the two-day activity was attended by 350 national and local government officials, civil societies, non-government and private sector organizations in the region.

Gracing the affair were Mr. Michael Saldon, AusAid Minister Counsellor Octavia Borthwick, DILG Undersecretary Austere Panadero, Governors Herminia M. Ramiro (Misamis Occidental), Alex P. Calingasan (Bukidnon) and Oscar S. Moreno (Misamis Oriental).

DILG-10 Director Rene K. Burdeos said, PRMF is funded by the Australian Aid for International Development (AusAID).

Highlights of the two-day event were the photo gallery that showcased the different PRMF infrastructure projects and capacity development trainings implemented in the four provinces; and the turn-over of Knowledge Management (KM) products to DILG-10.

USEC Panadero said “Region 10 is fortunate for having four of its provinces as recipients of the PRMF program, which does not only involve road rehabilitation and maintenance, but also governance reforms.”

He encouraged the other participants to learn from the sharing of the provincial governments and replicate the innovations on governance reforms in their respective localities.

He closed by relating the Japanese saying, translated to Filipino, “Hindi pwede ang pwede na, ang pwede na ay hindi pwede”, that is PRMF, we need to see continuous improvement in local governance.

The PRMF program has an indicative budget of Aus $100million (P3.8 billion) and shall be implemented over a 5-year period until 2014. ACWF/asf )

Cotabato PNP officers get Metro Bank awards SOUTH Cotabato––One police non-commissioned officer from the South Provincial Police Office has been awarded by the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI).

He is SPO3 Renjun Bagaman, one of the 10 police officers chosen along the MBFI Search for the Country’s Outstanding Policemen

in Service (COPS) 2012, said Provincial Police Director Randolph Delfin.

Another non-commissioned police officer from PRO-12, PO3 Mary Jane Perez of Cotabato City, also got a slot in the search.

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Edwin Andrews Air Base at 9:15 morning of July 5 where she was met by Mayor Celso Lobregat, Deputy Speaker and District I Representative Beng Climaco and District 2 Representative Erbie Fabian.

Military honors were then accorded to her by the troops of the Western Mindanao Command, headed by Lt. Gen. Noel Coballes.

Overwhelmed by the visit, Mayor Lobregat said, “it is a great honor for Zam-

boanga City to be visited by the Queen of Spain”, stressing that it was also a rare opportunity for the city government, “under my leadership to host such a visit of a member of the Royal Family of Spain.”

The Queen’s entourage included Spanish Ambassador Jorge Domecq, Secretary of State for International Cooperation Jesus Manuel Gracia Aldaz, National Museum Director Jeremy Barnes and other Spanish

government officials.

Queen Sofia went to the Spanish-assisted institutions, such as the Kalinaw and Katilingban Housing Sites in Sinunuc; the Claret High School in San Jose; Zamboanga City Medical Center; and the Don Pablo Lorenzo Memorial High School. Queen Sofia Margarita Victoria Federica is the current queen consort and wife of King Juan Carlos I of Spain. (Sheila Covarrubias/asf)

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DISASTER! MANILA- Placed on red alert by weather and disaster officials since Monday night, Metro Manila turned into a “waterworld” on Tuesday as the southwest monsoon unleashed torrential rains nearly nonstop. A record rainfall of 10 to 30 mm per hour was recorded in the metropolis.

Government offices and classes on all levels, both public and private, were suspended in the National Capital Region. Malacañang also suspended work in private offices due to rains and heavy flooding that spared no city in Metro Manila.

As Tuesday deepened, the monsoon rains, enhanced by storm “Haikui” headed for China, and resulting floods spread over a wide swathe of Luzon.

It was worst flooding since 2009 when storm “Ondoy” devastated the country and killed hundreds people caught flatfooted by the unexpected heavy flooding.

Tuesday’s heavy rains caused dams and rivers to overflow, forcing residents to flee their homes. Local government units also undertook forced evacuations of residents in critical areas.

But many families were stranded in their homes

Rains turn Manila into WATERWORLD submerged in floodwaters.

Classes on all levels in the whole of Metro Manila and in other Luzon provinces on Wednesday have been suspended as the rains and floods have still to subside.

(Text and photos by Vincent Go, VERA Files) RESCUE OPEATIONS Massive rescue operations were undertaken as rains pounded Manila, and the surrounding provinces.

At least five people were killed and over 800,000 persons have been affected by floods caused by the Southwest Monsoon in

Metro Manila and nearby provinces, official government data showed.

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Center (NDRRMC) was quoted in reports as saying that a family perished amid heavy downpour in the capital.

The NDRRMC said 808, 697 persons (179, 026 families) are in areas where there is “widespread flooding,” including Metro Manila and the provinces of Bataan, Bulacan, Cavite, Ilocos, La Union, Laguna and Pangasinan, Tarlac and Zambales.

Power interruption hits Mindanao GENERAL SANTOS CITY, -- Parts of Mindanao suffered power interruptions anew due to declining generation capacity brought about by emergency shutdown and preventive maintenance operations of some plants in the island, industry officials said on Wednesday.

Milfrance Capulong, National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP) corporate communications officer for Mindanao, said the power situation in the island is back anew to the red alert status level, meaning a severe deficiency in supply.

“There has been an increase in the curtailment level since August 1. Power deficiency in the Mindanao grid has reached a high of 400 megawatts last Monday,” she said.

Typhoon Gener last week

also affected some of the transmission facilities of the NGCP that contributed to the problem, she added.

Capulong did not identify the power plants that went on emergency shutdown as well as on preventive maintenance.

Santiago Tudio, South Cotabato Electric Cooperative 1 (Socoteco-1) manager, said they implemented a one-hour rotating brownout in their coverage area due to load curtailment.

The schedule of interruption, however, could change depending on the advisory of the NGCP, he said.

“The brownouts that we’re experiencing would continue unless new power plants would rise,” Tudio said.

Socoteco-1 serves this city and eight towns in South Cotabato and Lutayan in Sultan

Kudarat.

He again blamed the lack of power supply buffeting Mindanao to the generation deficiency.

Tudio said the National Power Corp.-operated Agus and Pulangi hydro power plants have declining capacities due to low water level.

He added that supply coming from Therma Marine Corp., a subsidiary of the Aboitiz Power Corp., was also reduced due to a problem on its facility.

Rodolfo Ocat, South Cotabato Electric Cooperative 2 manager, said they started implementing the daily rotating brownout last Friday, from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m.

He said the two-hour daily rotating brownout will last until Saturday in its coverage area, which includes this city, the whole of Sarangani prov-

Of this number, over half a million individuals (53,951 families) are currently provided with basic needs and services--some evacuation centers and others by their relatives and friends.

The NDRRMC also said about P13 million worth of relief assistance have been deployed as of Aug. 6.

The Social Welfare Department provided P6.1 million of this total, while local governments shelled out P6.2 million and nongovermental organizations, P654, 500.

The rainfall caused by ince and two towns in South Cotabato.

“The power situation, as advised by the NGCP, is unstable,” Ocat said in an advisory.

The STEAG State Power Inc., which has two plants each capable of producing 100 MW, was supposed to go into preventive maintenance over the weekend but did not push through, Jerome R. Soldevilla, the company’s spokesperson, said on the phone.

“The first unit was supposed to be shutdown for preventive maintenance on August 4 to 5, but it didn’t happen since our technical personnel had fixed those needing repairs beforehand,” he said.

“The second unit was scheduled for repair on August 18 and 19 but this again won’t anymore take place because we had the opportunity to fix things even before,” Soldevilla said. (PNA)

the southwest monsoon in Metro Manila is almost as devastating to the volume of rain in the 2009 typhoon Ondoy, an official on Tuesday said.

Accumulated rainfall from 4:45 p.m. on Aug. 6 to 3 p.m. of Aug. 7 reached 472 millimeters monitored from the Quezon City Polytechnic University, even higher than Ondoy’s accumulated 455 millimeters in 24 hours, Mahar Lagmay, who leads the inter-agency National Operational Assessment of Hazards Project (Project NOAH), said in a phone interview.

Lagmay, however, noted that a comparison cannot accurately be made as other observation posts have recorded lower rainfall levels.

He also noted that Ondoy’s flood peaked earlier than this monsoon.

“We also have to point out the difference in time frame. Rain due to Ondoy peaked for six hours while the rain currently caused by the monsoon is over an extended period,” Lagmay said.

The weather bureau as of its 9:30 p.m. update

meanwhile kept Metro Manila under a “red warning signal,” noting that heavy to intense (10-25 mm/hr) with occasional to frequent torrential (over 30 mm/hr) may be expected in the next three hours.

There is no tropical storm within the Philippine area of responsibility but tropical storm Haikui located 300 kilometers northeast of Taiwan worsens the effect of the southwest monsoon, the Philippine Atmospheric Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said.

In its weather advisory, Pagasa noted “occasional to frequent rains over Luzon becoming moderate to heavy rains” in Metro Manila and the provinces of Ilocos, La Union, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas up to Wednesday.

Gradual improvement may be expected by Thursday until the weekend.

“Expect landslides/ flashfloods in mountainous areas and floods in low lying areas,” Pagasa said.

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Pres. Aquino should be liable for floods MORE than 24 towns, including halfdozen cities in the National Capital Region in Luzon submerged in a flood spawned by monsoon rains since Sunday. The flood displaced and affected more than 500,000 people in the country’s capital cities and financial centers.

Based on the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) geo-hazard maps, the City of Manila and its neighboring cities and provinces are not suited for habitation. Cris Diaz These areas are below sea level, therefore, are flood prone areas. Perhaps, it is time to relocate and the entire city of Manila and portion of Quezon City to higher grounds to be safe in time of incessant rains.

One of the most prone areas for flooding is Malacanang Palace itself since it sits alongside the Pasig River. It is there incumbent upon Malacanang officials to transfer the seat of power to a higher ground. Perhaps, Tagaytay would be ideal as possible relocation site for Malacanang.

Anyway, the incident reminds us of what happened to Cagayan de Oro City at the height of Typhoon Sendong on December 2012. There were heated debates on why settlers settled in areas described by DENR as uninhabitable. Individuals and groups fanned by politicians jumped on the situation blaming the city government of utter neglect resulting to the tragic incident. These groups, inspired by politicians, even went to the extent of filing albeit ridiculous charges against incumbent officials led

by City Mayor Vicente Emano.

Of course, nobody wants the Sendong incident to have taken place in Cagayan de Oro City. Much more than nobody would appreciate the incessant flooding in the national capital region. However, the flooding in Luzon particularly in the urban and financial centers of Manila and Quezon City are inevitable since the places mentioned are ‘hazardous areas’ for inhabitants.

If we are to follow the DENR’ geo-hazard map, the people in Manila and Quezon City should charge local officials there for neglect of duty since they continuously allowed people to settle in those areas. Would the President be impeachable too for continually allowing people to stay in Manila and Quezon City’s hazardous zones?

If impeaching President Aquino relative to peoples’ continued stay in hazardous areas in Manila, Quezon City, and nearby provinces and cities in the national capital region is absurd, then, the case filed against Mayor Vicente Emano relative to Sendong tragedy is equally unreasonable. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

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Impose no price increase on basic goods in wake of disaster AS Metro Manila and parts of Luzon struggle return to usual business following the huge flooding disaster brought about by days of continuous rains, oil companies and dealers of food, vegetables, and basic commodities should be restrained in increasing their prices.

This was the call made by Senator Pangilinan after some oil companies announced a price hike amid the

Editorial continuous onslaught of rains and flooding.

But this should be the call of all, executive, legislative and the judiciary.

Pity the residents in those calamity-stricken areas. Business as usual is a right, but to exploit the calamitous situation and increase the buyers’ burden is a “crime.”

The government

should order the halt of price increases by the business sector in times of disaster and calamity.

If the market stabilizes then business as usual (including price hikes) may be considered.

The Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food is in the right track in issuing an appeal urging the business sector to consider those affected which

include the producer of goods such as the farming and fisheries sectors, the small-scale business entrepreneurs, and the big companies, and help each other in easing the present economic difficulties.

Indeed no amount of free market principle can assuage the pain of living it up amid the calamities and disasters most Filipinos are experiencing now.

Be an original THINK a minute.

It’s said that we human beings are the only creatures who refuse to be what we are.

O n e w r it e r put it : “When people are free to do as they want, they usually copy each other.” Yet every successful person becomes successful because he or she discovered and developed their own special abilities.

As one guy said: “One of the hardest things about climbing the ladder of success is getting through the crowd of copies at the bottom.”

You are a specialist.

You’re not made to be all things to all people.

Surveys have shown that usually about 20% of all the people who know you don’t

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst really like you that much.

You just can’t please all the people all the time! So don’t try to have peace at all costs—especially at the cost of your own success.

“Don’t stay where you’re tolerated; go where you’re celebrated!”

Be yourself. Be an original! You really are one-ofa-kind. You’re the first and last person who will ever be exactly like you.

You know that over 90%

of all flowers have no odor at all. It’s the ones with a sweet fragrance that we remember. So don’t be afraid to be different, if it means being yourself.

We’re like rivers, “If we follow the easy path of least resistance, it will make us crooked.”

So don’t follow where the path may lead; go where there is no path and leave your own trail. “ Yo u ’ r e b o r n a n

original;don’t die a copy!”

Remember, nobody can be you as well as you can.

Too many people are like the living dead: they’ve buried their real talents and abilities.

Jesus Christ can show you all of your unique talents and strengths, as well as help you to develop and maximize them.

He loves you the way you are, but He loves you too much to leave you that way.

But first you have to ask Him to forgive and free you from your past wrongs. Then everyday you must choose to live and do things His way.

Only Jesus can give you the inner security and confidence to become the true original you are.

Just Think a Minute.

The heavens cried?

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… All your words are true; all your righteous laws are eternal…” (Psalm 119:160, the Holy Bible).

-oooTHE HEAVENS CRIED? Was it a coincidence that, right after the House of Representatives decided to end debates on the Reproductive Health Bill last Monday, August 6, 2012, one day ahead of the original schedule of voting to end those debates scheduled on August 7, 2012, heavy rains pounded Metro Manila almost without let-up until Tuesday?

Can we say, the heavens cried profusely for that decision of our lawmakers, which, in a way, moved the controversial bill closer to becoming a law? As I was writing this column, heavy rains continued pouring, and appeared as if they will last longer, considering that the skies remained heavily

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio dark and foreboding.

In fact, this has been the condition of most of the country these past few days, even if there was no low pressure area, no typhoon signal, no weather disturbance, anywhere in the country, except monsoon rains.

Whatever it is, I enjoin all Filipinos who believe in God to open their Bible, listen to the Word of God once more, and pray without ceasing, first, to show to our top political leaders His will, and second, to spare us from any tragedy arising from their actions.

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P E R SP E C T I V E ON RAINS, FLOODS AND STRONG WINDS: Once more, here is a perspective on rains, floods and rains: they maybe natural phenomenon expected to occur every rainy season, but the more important thing to remember in all these is that all of these natural calamities have already been predicted to happen

by Jesus Christ, our God and Savior.

In Matthew 7:24-27, Jesus said the rains, floods and strong winds will come.

Those who have been listening to His Word (meaning, those who have been reading

the Bible), and who have been obeying His commands, will be spared and will not suffer. But those who have been listening to Him, but are not obeying His commands, will surely perish and die.

Consequently, if we want to overcome or at least survive the coming rains, floods and strong winds, we must obey what Jesus is saying: we must listen to Him and read His Bible, and then follow His commands.

-oooJ E SU S WA R N S OF RAINS, FLOODS AND WINDS: Here is what Matthew 7:24-27, quoting Jesus, said: “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not HEAVENS/PAGE 11

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Freedom of information issues and concerns

By LUIS TEODORO

(Published by the Policy Study, Publication and Advocacy of the Center for People Empowerment in Governance, July 28, 2012) Mr. Aquino and his allies in Congress led the campaign to remove former Chief Justice Renato Corona on, among others, charges of betrayal of public trust, with Aquino being openly and loudly critical of Corona’s bias for the past administration, against the former officials of which corruption and other charges would likely have been dismissed once they reach the Corona Court.

The Aquino thesis was that Corona was a barrier to the successful prosecution of government wrong-doers as evidenced by the Supreme

Court’s decisions on a number of cases. While Corona’s impeachment trial did not establish the validity of that argument, it did create, thanks to Corona himself, serious doubts not only about his capacity to lead the Court, but also about the entire judicial system.

Aquino et al. can rightfully take the credit for, at the very least, providing the citizens of this Republic the opportunity to see behind the pretensions of those who claim to have the moral and legal authority to pass judgment on them and the façade of respectability of a damaged and damaging court system.

Whether that system can still be fixed is an entirely different matter, and it won’t solely depend on Aquino’s choice for the next Chief Justice. The mess in the ju-

No end in sight to the crisis

Information act. That resistance seems based on the fear that public and media access to government-held information would compromise “national security,” and hamper government agencies’ capacity to make and implement policy by opening those agencies and their officials to excessive public scrutiny.

These are misplaced fears based first of all on a secrecy mindset that deny the fundamental right of the citizenry to knowledge of government transactions, decision-making, and policy. They also ignore the crucial role an informed citizenry can and has played in exposing corruption and bringing its sovereign power to bear on eliminating or at least minimizing it.

We do not have to look too far for an example, the

outcome of the Corona trial itself being mostly the result of public awareness and the pro-active involvement of advocacy groups. But in the latter days of the martial law period particularly, a citizenry disempowered by the Marcos tyranny managed to acquire, through the alternative press and other sources, the information on corruption and human rights violations that eventually helped lead millions to mass at EDSA and oust the Marcos regime. Fifteen years later, in 2001, information on his hidden wealth also led to the removal from office of Joseph Estrada and his prosecution for plunder.

In apparent awareness of the crucial role of a public informed on what government is doing in exposing and curbing corruption, the Arroyo administration

made concealment of government acts and transactions a policy through, among other tactics, its use of executive privilege to prevent the release of information damaging to it, and its Ombudsman’s restricting access to the Statements of Assets and Liabilities and Net worth of government officials.

Through a twin policy of default in prosecuting the killers while attacking journalists through libel suits and outright threats, it also so encouraged the killing of journalists it made the Ampatuan Massacre of November 23, 2009 virtually inevitable.

Extra-judicial killings and other human rights violations in furtherance of preventing public exposure of wrong-doing also FREEDOM/PAGE 11

Reversing a decline: Give fish a chance

By VINCE CINCHES THE recent Pole and Line Forum in General Santos City, the Tuna Capital of the Philippines, opened up many major fronts in our campaign to push for sustainable fisheries. It also examined exactly how intelligent and prudent we have been with our oceans.

The conference highlighted the long-running problem of overfishing in the country, with emphasis on solutions discussions. In particular, it focused on alternatives such as the pole and line method to fish skipjacks.

Overfishing is a serious problem. Last year’s Philippine Environment Monitor (published by the World Bank) noted that if the current rapid human population growth and the declining trend in fish production continue, only 10 kg of fish will be available per

By BENJIE OLIVEROS of Bulatlat.com

News about the world economy have been bleak once again for the nth time in the past few years since the housing bubble imploded in 2007–2008, which sent financial investment houses and banks on the brink of collapse and further worsened the situation of the stagnant industrial manufacturing sector.

Just recently, the Finnish Prime Minister Jyrki Katainen called on European leaders to end the “panic mentality,” which emanated from the sovereign debt crisis plaguing not only European Union economies but the US and Japan as well. He said the “panic mentality” is making things worse for heavilyindebted countries such as Spain and Italy, as well as Greece, Ireland, Portugal, among others, as bond yields are unfairly high, thereby pushing up interest rates and borrowing costs. He added, “We need the market economy to work again in financial markets.” (Signs of market manipulation?

Are you surprised?)

In Europe, unemployment in 17 Eurozone countries stood at 11 percent.

The Eurozone members are the 17 European Union countries, out of the 27, that use the euro as its currency.

In the UK, the economic outlook further dimmed as England’s GDP shrank by 0.7 percent in the 2nd quarter of 2012. According to a July 31 report published by The Guardian, “The main issues

dicial system has been in the making for decades in terms of inefficiency, corruption, and most fundamentally, the dominance of judges obsessed with entitlement and power rather than with justice.

Let us grant, however, that the Corona impeachment and conviction did open the public’s eyes to the state of that system, and that the filing of charges against corrupt former officials does resonate among the citizenry as indications that Aquino’s declared campaign against corruption could be more than rhetoric.

But at odds with that perception is the by now obvious Aquino resistance to the passage of an authentic—meaning a law that will indeed enhance public access to information rather than restrict it–Freedom of

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City MARIBETH PIEDAD -Vendor CASE NO; 2012-10-1382 RENE A. BALISTOY -Vendee (2007-10-1276)

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB service on the line;Malaybalay City to Valencia City Kibawe via Sinayawan (all in Bukidnon)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ROYAL DEVELOPER CONSORTIUM TRANSPORT SERVICE COOPERATIVE Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1381 2011-10-1675)

Filipino per year by 2020, as opposed to the 28.5 kg in 2003.

One of the speakers in the forum, Ibrahim Athif Shakoor, a native of Maldives and the secretary general of the International Pole & Line Foundation, explained how sustainable fishing has made Maldivian fisheries socially and economically equitable.

He added that the pole and line method has allowed a greater population of coastal communities to participate in tuna catching, and in equally profiting from it. Pole and line vessels cost only around US $330,000 and employs more fishermen, compared to $25 million to $30 million purse seine fleets (big ships that make use of large walls of netting), which employs less.

Global tuna fisheries are found mostly in the waters of poorest communities in the world. Com-

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ROYAL DEVELOPER CONSORTIUM TRANSPORT SERVICE COOPERATIVE

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pared to the current mainstream tuna catching methods such as purse seiners with fish aggregating devices (FADS), pole and line fishing does not involve the bycatch of sharks, dolphins, and turtles, and put less pressure on fish populations, thereby ensuring food security and jobs for the future.

Fish importation A couple of weeks before the forum, the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources was compelled to come up with an order that will ensure a wider and transparent importation of multiple fish species for the domestic market because of declining fish catch in the country.

According to the national stock assessment program of the bureau, 10 of the 13 fishing grounds that were mapped are “very heavily exploited” these identified areas CHANCE/PAGE 11

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ROYAL DEVELOPER CONSORTIUM Case No; 2012-10-1379 TRANSPORT SERVICE COOPERATIVE (2010-10-1770) Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line ;City Proper to Sawali –Fuentes (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;City Proper to Dalipuga –Mapalad (all in Iligan City)and vice and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of Certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line ;City Proper to San Miguel –St. Mary (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August , 2012.

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MDN: August 9, 2012

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ROYAL DEVELOPER CONSORTIUM TRANSPORT SERVICE COOPERATIVE

Case No; 2012-10-1378 2008-10-266

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for extension and transfer of Public Convenience to operate PUJ service along the route;City Proper to Brgy. San Roque (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August , 2012.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ALFREDO QUIPANES Case No; 2012-10-1370 Applicant/s 2007-10-1377 NOTICE OF HEARING

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NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate PUJ SERVICE along the route ;Cogon Market to Patag –Apovel-Bulua Terminal-Carmen and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to amend its present authorized route and to operate PUJ service on the line;Cogon Market to Bugo/Puerto and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August , 2012.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City COSIN JAYSON V. Applicants

CASE NO; 2012-10-1368

FORTUNA T. SAQUIN-Vendor RURAL TRANSIT MINDANAO INC.-Vendee Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1372

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City Case No; 2012-10-1365 2007-10-1674

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer of ownership to operate PUB service Along the route;Calamba to Don Victoriano via Oroquieta City –Ozamis City and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

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CASE NO; 2012-10-1368 2007-10-2084

Case No; 2012-10-1336 2007-10-1416

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate Taxi airconditioned Service on the line;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of two (2) unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City FELICIDAD ZARATE CASE NO; 2012-10-1374 Applicant/s 2007-10-1141

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate FILCAB SERVICE on the line ;Cogon Market to Balulang and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate TAXI service along the route;Within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 7th day of August , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB service on the line;Puerto to Balingoan, Misamis Oriental and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 7th day of August, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

WALTER TOCLE Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1366 (2007-10-1304)

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City FARREL S. POLISTICO Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1364 2007-10-1611

SILVERIANO B. PANTILGAN Applicant/s

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: August 9, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City Case No; 2012-10-1358 2007-10-1033

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: August 9, 2012

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate Taxi airconditioned service on the line;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

CASE NO; 2012-10-1367 2007-10-1165

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

MDN: August 9, 2012

GALO AMBA Applicant/s

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate PUJ service on the line ;Cogon Market to Iponan and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

NOTICE OF HEARING

MDN: August 9, 2012

CASE NO; 2012-10-1369 (2007-10-1889)

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

MDN: August 9, 2012

ELVINO TAN Applicant/s

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate Taxi airconditioned service on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of TWO (2)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8TH day of August, 2012.

NOTICE OF HEARING

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE OF HEARING

MDN: August 9, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City CLARITO F. BURLAT/ AHMAD T. ABATON

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

2009-10-167

MDN: August 9, 2012

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JOEY JAMERO Applicant/s

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

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Case No; 2012-10-1356 (2007-10-1268)

MDN: August 9, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ALICIA D. ALBOLERA -Vendor SPS IVY/MAXIMIANO ACUT - Vendee Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1373

AVELINO REGUALOS Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1371 (2007-10-1460)

2007-10-1561

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ Service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to Iligan City and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 7th day of August, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: August 9, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City RITCHEL L. PIQUERO Applicant/s

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

CASE NO; 2012-10-1357

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ service on the line ;Cogon Market to Kauswagan (all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 6TH day of August, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: August 9, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City VIRGINIA LAGAMON CASE NO; 2012-10-1377 Applicant/s 2007-10-1359

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line ;Cogon Market to Gusa/Cugman (all in Cagayan de Oro City) and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 6th day of August, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate TAXI service on the line;within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 6th day of August, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB SERVICE along the route ;Malaybalay City to Kibawe –Valencia City –via Quezon, Bukidnon and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of August , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of the Certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB service along the route;Malaybalay City to Kibawe via Quezon and vice versa with the use of Five (5)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of August , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH service Along the route;Within Kibawe, Bukidnon to any point in Region X accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of August, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ Service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to Camp Philips,Bukidnon and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on August 15, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 8th day of August, 2012.

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Futsal grassroots-training program launched in Tagum TAGUM City, Davao del Nor t e – – A g r a s s ro ot s training program for the youth on Futsal was launched in Tagum City.

“It’s not enough that we will train our existing players, I want to introduce football directly to our youth,” City Councilor and City Sports Action Officer De Carlo “Oyo” L. Uy said during the launch of the Futsal Grassroots Training Program on August 4 at the barangay gymnasium of Barangay Apokon, Tagum City.

Futsal is a variant of football that is played on a smaller pitch and mainly played indoors, shared the Uy which could, he said, invite youngsters to join the training since they won’t be intimidated unlike if it will be directly held in the bigger field.

Futsal is played between two teams each with five players, one of whom is the goalkeeper.

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Futsal is also played with a smaller ball with less bounce than a regular football. The surface, ball and rules create an emphasis on improvisation, creativity and technique as well as ball control and passing in small spaces.

Seventy kids from different puroks of Apokon participated in the initial training.

Aside from Apokon, the office of Councilor Uy will also expand the training to the different barangays of the city to give them a chance to have training on the said emerging sport.

Under the training, kids will undergo two to three days of training and one to two days of competition, organizers said.

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The Winning Photographers together with the City of Tagum Officials and Guests during the City of Tagum’s First Palm City Photography Contest.

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Tagum’s Palm City photo contest’s winners declared C

ity of Tagum’s First Palm City Photography Contest which was conceptualized by the City Government of Tagum and organized by the Office of the Tagum City Information ended its 5-day exhibition with a simple awarding ceremony recognizing the victors of the said contest last August 5, 2012 at the Gaisano Grand Mall Atrium, Apokon Road, Tagum City.

Almost 47,000 thousand pesos of cash prizes were awarded during the awarding rites, which was graced by City Councilors De Carlo “Oyo” L. Uy and Councilor Ma. Lina Baura, City Administrator Rafael Abrenica, City Human Resource Management Officer Edna J. Quilario, Hexat Mining Corporation Vice-President Ferdinand M. Galang and Store Operations Manager of Gaisano Grand Mall, Tagum Mr. Alvin R. Manco.

The younger Uy took the floor to thank the photographers who participated the 1st ever palm photography contest in showcasing the beauty of Tagum’s icon as the Palm City of the Philippines as well as giving appreciation to the sponsoring companies.

Mr. Norman Jadulang from Davao City won the 1st place winner with photo entry title “Livistonia” with a cash prize of 10 thousand pesos. The 2nd place winner - Jayson Kirk Arnaiz from Tagum City with photo entry title “Pamaypay” who won 8 thousand pesos, 3rd place winner - Andrew Bastes from Mati City with photo entry title “Lights and Line” who received 7 thousand pesos, 4th place winner - Kent Duque from Tagum City with photo title “Palm After the Rain” who received 5 thousand pesos and the 5th place winner - Marlito Ayala from Davao City with photo title “Future Palm Trees” who received 3 thousand pesos.

The recipients for the consolations prizes who won 1,500 pesos each are Asthrophil Reyes (Tagum City), Emerson Delos Reyes (Tagum City), Arjoy Ceniza (Mati City) and Ramil Gregorio (Lupon, Davao Oriental) who won twice in the said category.

Mayor Rey T. Uy is supposed to choose 1 photo for the Mayor’s Choice Award but instead he picked it up 7 Best Photos.

These are won by Dr. Harvey Leonardia (Tagum City), Asthrophil Reyes (Tagum City), Ramil Gregorio (Lupon, Davao Oriental), Elmer Macarona (Mati City), Arjoy Ceniza (Mati City), Hernan Bardelovar Jr. (Tagum City), and Jonard Patenio (Tagum City) whom each of them received 1,000 thousand pesos each in cash.

And for the Special Award Category, John Paul Castillo (Tagum City) won the Canon’s Choice Award, Jesus Tinapay (Davao City) and Allan Rosh Catotal (Tagum City) won the Tagum City Information’s Office Award, Gian Carlo Melendres (Tagum City) got the Traveller Teller’s Choice and Bienvenido Quirante (Tagum City) won the Hexat Mining Corp. Choice with 1,000 thousand pesos cash given by personally by the Vice President of Hexat Mining, Ferdinand M. Galang.

About 169 photographs of different palm trees from 38 participating photographers (professionals, rookies and amateurs) based in Tagum City and from other parts of Davao Region.

It’s been almost seven years since the City Government of Tagum through the leadership of Mayor Uy jumpstarted the massive planting of palm trees and as of this writing, the City Agriculture Office disclosed that there are already 22 kinds of palms that are existing in Tagum.

It is one of Tagum’s plans for sustainable development, advancing for improvement and not compromising the nature. The Department of Tourism acknowledged City Ordinance No. 280, s.

2006 which earned the city as the official Palm City of the country.

Meanwhile, taking part in the contest as members of the panel of judges are Columnist and Professional Photographer Jojie Alcantara, GMA Davao Correspondents John Paul Seniel and Real Sorroche, Awardwinning Travel Blogger and Photographer Mr. Rolan Emboscado, Miss Star Algones of Canon Marketing Philippines and a Lifestyle Photographer Mr. Ferdinand Galang, the Vice-President of Hexat Mining Corporation. Louie Jay Losaria and Edwin Lasquite of CIO Tagum.

THE WINNER - Mr. Norman Jadulang (center) from Davao City won the 1st place winner with photo entry title “Livistonia” take a pose together with Councilor De Carlo “Oyo” Uy (3rd from left) and Councilor Ma. Lina Baura (5th from left) as he received the 10,000 pesos in cheque from the City Government of Tagum as the 1st Prize Award

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also consider it as a terrorist organization.

“The central committee of the MILF is very cautious in this aspect in order not to complicate the peace process,” he said.

Al Haq said that based on their monitoring, skirmishes still continued on Tuesday in the towns of Datu Unsay and Datu Saudi Ampatuan.

At least 1,000 families have sought refuge at evacuation centers in Crossing Salbo in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, he added.

Col. Prudencio Asto, 6th Infantry Division spokesman, said the highway from Crossing Salbo to Cotabato City is still closed to traffic to avoid endangering the lives of commuters due to continued pursuit operations against the BIFF forces.

He said the military is coordinating with the MILF through the Coordinating Committee on the Cessation of Hostilities to avoid a misencounter with the MILF rebels.

Al Haq said MILF forces have been ordered to stay put in their positions in the wake of government pursuit operations against the BIFF elements.

On Sunday night, BIFF forces simultaneously attacked at least five military detachments in Maguindanao, rendering a portion of the Cotabato-IsulanGeneral Santos highway closed to traffic on Monday that stranded hundreds of passengers.

Juliano said that as far as the business community is concerned, it does not fear an escalation of hostilities in Maguindanao “since the BIFF is just a small band of armed men.”

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as lamenting just the same on the need to eat everyday.

She disclosed however that new trends in technology grossly affect their economic relevance.

Cellphone text messaging is, among others, the number one to blame for the government service’s shutdown, she said.

“We are out of work,” she added, confirming however that others have placed strong hopes for certain vacancies in other government agencies.

Only a handful opted for early retirement, she further said.

Rationalization. National government’s reorganization principles contained in its Executive Order (EO) 366 is also known as “rationalization policy.”

In simple term the policy eradicates duplicating agencies, departments and positions within the government.

It should be understood that the government is the biggest employment agency of the land.

It employs several millions of people while tax

payers lost several billions of pesos daily by maintaining duplicated agencies.

People are though hopeful that savings out of this development will go to government coffers and public services.

But Rodolfo Rigonio, an ambulant peanut vendor just outside the NTO office, said on the other hand that savings will only go to the corrupt officials.

A Xavier University teacher, who requested anonymity, is sypathetic to the affected employess-although shrugged his shoulders off ever the real intent of the reorganization policy happens!

That may or not happen regardless, the nation however will certainly suffer for its impact as this aggravates the unemployment problem in the country.

“Likely, the government’s Rationalization Policy tells everyone in the government to jumpship,” according to Berong.

Berong stressed that the government has no business to enter into business.

Phase-out system. New electronics developments, being a phase-out system in itself, have created a phaseout trend and mandated in us an adaptive culture.

Else, if one cannot catch up with the changes fast enough accordingly, chances are he is doomed to extinction!

NTO is only one among the many service entities that suffers the gross effect of this development.

The agency’s services once included directing, supervising telephone companies and even putting up phone booths in public places way back then.

Nonetheless, the influx of cellphones and internet sideswept to the margin all its social relevance todate.

This is what author John Naisbitt predicted as impact of the collapse of “communication float” which began in the late 60’s.

Once, according to Naisbitt, the enterprises of papers, ballpens, letter envelopes which were giant businesses and large cargo clietele of planes and boats for many years.

Although several new companies emerged, many millions of big corporate businesses and mergers around the globe never survived.

Naisbitt blamed the new electronics technology as responsible for the collapse making the whole wide world a simple smaller village along the internet highways.

Bright Alternatives. NTO Regional Director Dimnatang Radia is positive that sister agencies like the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) and among others will accomodate his people.

The director is one of the many people who advocate peace in the region.

Cases like these, on the other hand, may give setback to economy––a major re-

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quirement to peace process.

Radia’s concerns are nothing less than the employees affected by this development.

The public must know that we are doing all that we can, Radia said.

In fact, according to Radia that the people’s cooperative, composed of NTO employees, is finalizing paperworks to sustain the service-enterprise using the facility.

Berong also confirmed that NTO employees cooperative is skilled enough to handle the jobs as NTO leaves off.

He said the feasibility study is now on table by the NTO’s national officials.

“I hope the employeescooperative’s proposal to the national office be finally approved as the caretaker of the remaining services to feed their families,” Radia for his part added. (Mo Ll. Cojen, MSAdvocate News)

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escalated during the Arroyo regime. But largely unremarked is the connection between human rights violations, the killing of journalists, and government corruption. Like the murder of journalists, the killing of community activists, in many cases by such state actors as the police, the military and local officials, is in the majority of cases driven by the conspirators’ need to conceal corruption and criminality.

Environmental advocates have been killed for exposing and opposing local officials’, police and military collusion with illegal logging interests. Research has established that ninety percent of the journalists killed in the Philippines since 1986 were reporting and commenting on corruption and criminal syndicates in the communities. Journalist Marlene Esperat, for example, was killed in 2005 in Tacurong City, Sultan Kudarat for exposing the involvement of officials in the local office of the Department of Agriculture in the use of fertilizer funds in the 2004 elections.

There is a necessary connection between eradicating or minimizing corruption and citizen and news media access to information.

But the press and the public can only be assured of meaningful access provided an authentic Freedom of Information act is passed in this country (which almost uniquely in Asia does not have such a law), and the culture of impunity dismantled through the successful prosecution of the killers of journalists, political activists, human rights workers and others exposing and fighting corruption whether at the national or community level.

Mr. Aquino declared the people his “boss” during his inaugural speech in 2010.

They are indeed his superiors. Sovereignty resides in

the free men and women in this alleged democracy, who have merely delegated their power to officials they themselves choose– theoretically. But they are also the necessary actors and participants in putting an end to the corruption that, among such other factors as the gross inequality in the distribution of wealth, has hobbled this country’s capacity to rise above its problems. That Aquino and company cannot seem to understand this dooms the campaign against corruption to, at best, only limited and tentative success.

• Luis V. Teodoro was Dean of the UP College of Mass Communication for two terms. He is Deputy Director of the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility and a member of its Board of Advisers. He edits for CMFR PJR Reports, the Philippine Journalism Review, and Journalism Asia. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of CenPEG. He writes weekly for the CMFR institutional blog In Medias Res and is a columnist for the Manila newspaper BusinessWorld. This paper was presented during CenPEG’s 4th State of the Presidency, post-SONA, July 24.

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have more than 70 fishermen per square kilometre.

Imagine what overfishing does to an archipelagic country whose majority of the daily animal protein requirements comes from fish.

Reducing capacity to fish The forum organized by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), Socksargen Federation of Fishing and Allied Industries (SFFAI), and Greenpeace Southeast Asia, brought in more stakeholders’ input on how to address the problem of overfishing that is hounding the industry and the rest of the country.

Participants from the local business community, academe, local government, blogging communities, fisherfolks, as well as consumers, proposed that a regular close season should happen to allow fish stocks to recover.

A n ea rlier statement by former SFFAI president Marfenio Tan believes that reducing purse seine tuna vessels from General Santos from 162 to 50 will help sustain the industry.

In response to various comments and inputs from the participants, the BFAR advocated three major steps to manage the country’s depleting tuna catch. These are reduction of fishing vessels, reducing the number of fishing days, and adopting a closure season especially in known tuna spawning areas.

Give fish a chance The forum stirred a lot of interest, including on certification from tuna handline groups, which was discussed by Bill Holden of the Marine Stewardship Council. Local local handline

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fishermen have long been for sustainability certification— to which participant Jose Ingles, WWF tuna strategy leader said, “Your desire to consider certification is music to my ears,” addressing the local handline group’s representative.

All in all close to 200 people from various sectors attended the forum. We have achieved our objectives on this one and then some— and have raised the bar on the debates about tuna and sustainability.

One evening before the forum, Socksargen bloggers came up with a clever slogan “Give Fish a Chance.”

--Vince Cinches is Oceans campaigner at Greenpeace Southeast Asia - Philippines.

You can follow his updates on Twitter via @vincecinches.

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fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.

“But everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash…”

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awardees, were conferred the Medalya ng Katangitanging Gawa during the 111th PNP Founding Day in Camp Crame, yesterday.

Each of them received a cash award of P300,000 and a trophy from Metrobank Foundation Inc. During its 50th Foundation Anniversary, MBFI also gave out awards to the winners of its Search for Outstanding Teachers (SOT) and the Search for the Outstanding Philippine Soldiers.

The awards were given

by MBFI, in coordination with the Rotary Cub of New Manila East and thePSBank.

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underweight or underfilled LPG tanks or cylinders in the city in its five years of operations.

Of the total haul, 62 were manufactured by Pryce Gas, 10 by Petronas and six each by Shellane and Petron Gasul.

Last March, the task force recovered 22 underweight LPG cylinders that were all manufactured by Pryce Gas, which has a refilling plant in nearby Polomolok town in South Cotabato.

But based on the ordinance, Dumagan said only the stores or retail outlets where the adulterated LPGs were found would be subjected to penalties, which covers fines of P1,000 to

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P1,500 and the revocation of permits and licenses.

He said the liability does include the manufacturers based on the “last touch principle” as cited by the DTI. “The manufacturers are also liable in the proliferation of these adulterated LPGs so they should also be fined and have their licenses revoked in case of further violations,” Dumagan said.

The official cited the continuing proliferation of underweight LPG cylinders refilled Pryce Gas that they consider as “alarming.”

Pryce Gas officials could not be reached for comment but an attendant at its retail station noted that most of the confiscated LPG tanks bearing their brand were usually old and had some leaks, causing them to eventually become underweight.

Aside from the adulterated LPGs, Dumagan said the ordinance should also include specific provisions for auto LPG outlets in the city that cater or refill tanks that were only specified for household use.

Filling up an 11-kilogram LPG tank through an auto LPG outlet may only cost around P200 to P300 to consumers but such practice is illegal and strictly prohibited due to safety considerations, he said.

Councilor Elizabeth Bagonoc, chair of the city council’s consumer protection and welfare committee, admitted that the task force’s concerns showed that there is an immediate need to revisit and amend the provisions of Ordinance No. 2.

“These concerns are valid and alarming for our consumers. We really have to address these now,” she said. PNA report

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kill,” Legaste said.

In January, a major fish kill in the area that was also blamed on “kamahong” destroyed some 48.55 metric tons of Tilapia.

A total of 48 fish cage owners were affected by the fish kill that left a total damage of P3.8 million based on tilapia’s market price of P80 per kilo.

“Kamahong,” which usually occurs during the rainy season, reportedly triggers the rise of sulfuric acid in the lake’s waters that eventually caused the massive fish kill, provincial fishery coordinator Rex Vargas said.

“It occurs when cold rainwater, which is heavier than warm water, settles at the abyssal zone of the lake. This causes the water upturn or up dwelling of warm water carrying silts, sediments, and gases such as hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, sulphur and methane gas produced by the decomposing organic matter such as fish feeds,” he explained.

Vargas said such situation results in the reduction of dissolved oxygen in the water, “forcing fishes to take in oxygen directly from the atmosphere and eventually die.”

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Phl BMX rider Caluag best, last hope for medal Philippines’ Hidilyn Diaz and Mark Barriga drops out of medal contention in the London Olympics 2012.

The spotlight now turns to Fil-Am BMX rider Daniel Caluag who represents the Philippines and will start his campaign for the medal on August 8.

In an event where anything happens and the results difficult to predict, Caluag maintains a positive attitude for the potential medal run.

BMX is a relatively new sport to the Olympics, debuting in 2008 in Beijing. It is a bicycle race that runs on an off-

road, motocross-style course designed with a series of obstacles like ramps that allow riders to launch themselves into the air and some tight and sharp turns.

Caluag, being the only Asian to qualify for the London Games, has positive vibes entering into the Olympics, including a quarterfinal finish in the UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham, England that earned him a spot in the London edition of the Olympics.

Caluag will face some stiff competition in the BMX event

including 2008 Beijing gold medalist and twotime world champion Maris Stombergs also with reigning world champion Sam Willoughby.

He also faces the US Olympic team, a squad where he failed to qualify, thus deciding to represent the Philippines instead.

The BMX rider now remains the only hope f o r t h e

Brazil blanks S. Korea 3-0 as Mexico comes from behind to win 3-1 against Japan he Beijing 2008 bronze T medalist Brazil is just 90 minutes away from an Olympic gold medal after decimating South Korea 3-0 in the semis.

The Brazilians booked their place in the final match of the Olympic Men’s Football tournament match at Wembley after the 38th minute goal by Vasco Da Gama and two goals from Leandro and Romulo, ending South Korea’s rally for the gold in the tournament.

With 5 World Cups to boast, Brazil has never won an Olympic

gold medal, a taunting past they are strongly convicted to erase.

South Korea broke through to the final four with a penalty shoot-out win over Great Britain. However, they never even threatened the South Americans in a blanking game at Old Trafford.

Mexico already advanced to the first Olympic football final earlier after coming from behind to defeat Asian giants Japan 3-1.

Japan, who had eliminated powerhouse Spain in the first round; appeared follow their

Philippines to end the medal drought that has haunted the country for the last three Olympics Games.

The unpredictability of the BMX event may lead to crashes that would even be a cause of disastrous consequences throughout the race and often times, decided by mere fractions of a second – giving you a win or simply ride you bike home.

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female counterparts by reaching the finals with Yuki Otsu fired a rocketing shot outside the penalty area that found the back of the net in the 12th minute.

But Mexico hauled themselves back into the contest after 28 minutes when Marco Fabian equalised via a well-placed corner kick that found his head easing it passed the Japanese goalkeeper.

Oribe Peralta then scored in the second half to put Mexico into their first Olympic football final, where they will the Brazilians for the gold medal.

SMART-Gilas Pilipinas former team captain Chris Tiu finally makes himself available for the PBA draft.

He states that he is excited and hopes he will be given an opportunity to play with any team that may need his services. He also notes that this will be an exciting season.

He did not make himself available last year as he concentrated on the national team program and business and entertainment, however, changes in the SMART-Gilas program made him take another option – that is to play for the countries premiere commercial basketball league.

This does not change his desire to suit up for the national team in the future.

His decision on delaying his availability for the PBA was in consultation with the baller’s family, as they were concerned with the physicality of the games in the said league.

Tiu adds that playing in the PBA is out of his passion to play basketball and his ultimate objective is to help the team who will draft him and also to entertain the fans.

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