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Government stops illegal mining in Zamboanga Sur

By AL JACINTO, Regional Editor-Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA City––Authorities have finally ordered on Monday a stop to all illegal mining activities in the province of Zamboanga del Sur and all other areas in Zamboanga Peninsula where the smuggling of explosives and hazardous chemicals used in crude method of gold processing continue unabated.

Just recently, illegal miners stormed a government checkpoint in the mountain of Balabag in Depore village in Zamboanga del Sur’s Bayog town and forced their trucks carrying fuel to run

their makeshift rod mills.

The area remains tense as miners and workers employed by financiers of illegal mining have threatened to overrun the checkpoint manned by a few soldiers

and policemen to allow the entry of more fuels.

“Illegal mining in this region has become rampant and alarming as it has not only depleted government mineral resources but caused unnecessary violence in affected areas resulting to the loss of people’s lives,” said MGB Regional Director Albert Johann Jacildo, in his “cease and desist order” released on April 16.

“In view of this, this office sees it fit and timely to order the stoppage of all forms of illegal mining activities in the region, MINING/PAGE 7

Child laborers working at an illegal gold mining site in Balabag Mountain in Zamboanga del Sur’s Bayog town. (Mindanao Examiner)

Oil firms Police seize ‘shabu’ roll back from accident victim prices by P1 By PAT SAMONTE and JOEL PORTUGAL CONSUMERS can heaved a sigh of relief this weekend following the decision of the oil firms to roll back pump prices anew by as much as P1 per liter.

In separate advisories, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Petron Corp., Seaoil Philippines, Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Inc. and Total Philippines rolled back pump prices by P1 per OIL/PAGE 7

BUTUAN City––Police seized a big plastic sachet believed to be methamphetamine hydrochloride locally known as “shabu” from an accident victim and arrested him at the emergency room of a hospital in Bunawan, Agusan del Sur over the weekend.

Caraga police spokesman Supt. Martin Gamba identified the suspect as Reynaldo Malunggo Vargas, 34, of New Bataan, Compostela

Valley.

Gamba said that prior to the arrest, Bunawan police received an information that Vargas had with him a transparent plastic inside his jacket while being treated at the hospital.

Vargas met an accident while driving his Kawasaki Fury motorcycle in San Andres, Bunawan town on Saturday afternoon.

A team from the POLICE/PAGE 7

Paying the Correct Taxes...

“A Noble Act of Concern and Love, for Oneself, our Children and our Country”

JUSTICE Edgardo Lloren of the Court of Appeals-Mindanao Station (left) swears in the 61st set of officers of the Cagayan de Oro Press Club (COPC), Inc. headed

by Msgr. Elmer Abacahin of the CBCP and Vatican Media (center). The induction was held in a downtown restaurant on April 13, 2012 with Justice Lloren himself as guest of honor and speaker. Mindanao Daily News photo by Arjay S. Felicilda

WEATHER UPDATE Trough of a Low Pressure Area (LPA) affecting Southern Mindanao. Ridge of High Pressure Area (HPA) extending across Luzon. Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. The rest of the country will have partly cloudy to at times cloudy skies with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms mostly in the afternoon or evening. Light to moderate winds blowing from the east to southeast will prevail over Luzon and coming from the east to northeast over the rest of the country. The costal waters throughout the archipelago will be slight to moderate.

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By RUTCHIE C. AGUHOB OZAMIZ City, Misamis Occidental––The electric power plants of Northern Mindanao have an installed capacity of 1.063.70 megawatts (MW) with a dependable capacity of 791.87 MW last year.

This actually represent 57.95 percent of the Mindanao Power Grid’s installed capacity of 1,835.48 MW and 63.90 percent of its dependable capacity of 1,239.25MW, Engr.

Leon Dacanay, Jr., Regional Director of the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA), region 10, said.

Dacanay said the installed capacity means the number of MW that a power plant can produce while dependable capacity is the number of MW produced during peak hours.

Data gathered by NEDA from the National Power Corporation (NPC) show that Region 10’s dependable capacity in 2010 was 799.20MW but was reduced by 7.33MW or 0.92%, in 2011, due to El Niňo that caused the decrease of the water levels in Lake Lanao and Pulangi River affecting the water supply that ran the turbines of the hydro-electric plants (HEP).

Meanwhile, Dacanay said the total dependable power source of the region in 2011 had a power generation mix of HEP, coal-fire, and solar plant, as no diesel power plant was operational in the entire year.

These sources posted the corresponding shares in the dependable capacity of the region: 580.87 MW or 73.35 percent from the HEPs, 210 MW or 26.52 percent from

MICHAEL T. DUROTAN AND LANS S. KIAMCO, Petitioners. x-----------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their Counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on April 8, 1999 at Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at do Zaide Law Office, Pafts Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Iligan City.

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in part of2004 or over Eight (8) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in 2004, they ted never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on April S, 1999 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on April 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 29* day of March, 2012.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MD: April 2, 10 & 17, 2012

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District IliganCity IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES ARNOLD C. MOMBAY AND CHERLYN ML SALANG,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-012

ARNOLD C. MOMBA Y AND CHERLYN M. SALANG, Petitioners. x--------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their Counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on May 8, 1999 at Maramag, Bukidnon, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Iligan City.

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in part 2000 or over Twelve (12) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in 2000, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 8, 1999 so that they will have tree hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial tearing of this case on April 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 29* day of March, 2012.

MD: April 2, 10 & 17, 2012

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

ity of 53.543MW and Agus 6 HEP in Maria Cristina, Iligan City with installed capacity of 200MW and dependable capacity of 136 MW; Agus 7 HEP in Fuentes, Iligan City with installed capacity of 54 MW and dependable capacity of 26 MW and Pulangi 4 HEP in Kiuntod, Camp 1, Maramag town, Bukidnon with installed capacity of 255 MW and dependable capacity of 213.33 MW; Mindanao

Coal in Barangay Balacanas, Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, with installed capacity of 232MW and dependable capacity of 210 MW and the photo-voltaic solar plant in Indahag, Cagayan de Oro owned by the Cagayan de Oro Power and Light Co., (CEPALCO) with an installed capacity of 1.0 MW and the corresponding dependable capacity of also 1.0 MW. (PIA-10 Mis. Occ.)

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS Region X OFFICE OF THE DISTRICT ENGINEER Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office 10th RES Compound, Bulua Cagayan de Oro City

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City’ IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-010 MICHAEL T. DUROTAN AND LAN S. KIAMCO,

the coal-fired plant, and 1.0 MW or 0.13 percent from the solar plant.

The location of these power plants, their installed and dependable capacity were as follows: Agus 4 HEP in Nangka, Balo-I town, Lanao del Norte, with installed capacity of 158.10 MW and dependable capacity of 152MW; Agus 5 HEP in Ditucalan, Iligan City with installed capacity of 55 MW and dependable capac-

INVITATION TO BID The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office, 10th RES Compound, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, invites suppliers/bidders to apply to bid for the supply and delivery of construction materials and supplies: 1.

Project Reference No. : 12KH0033 (Goods) Name of Project : Emergency Clearing and Cleaning of Various Roads & School Sites and Buildings Damaged by Typhoon Sendong Location : Iponan ES. Balulang NHS, CDONHS (Annex), Bulua NHS, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description : Equipment Rental Approved Budget for the Contract : Php 1,166,200.00 Cost of Bid Documents : Php 2,000.00 Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.

To bid for this contract, a bidder must meet the following: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen/sole proprietorships, corporations / partnerships / cooperatives / organizations with at least sixty percent (60%) interest or outstanding capital stock belongs to the citizens of the Philippines, (c) completed similar contract whose value must be at least 50% of the ABC within a period of 2 years, and (d) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment for at least 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids.

The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: Activities Schedule 1. Issuance / Payment of Bid Documents From: April 10, 2012 to April 30, 2012 2. Pre-Bid Conference Deadline: 2:00 p.m., April 19, 2011 3. Deadline of Submission of LOI from Prospective Bidders April 19, 2012, 12:00 noon 4. Submission and Receipt of Bids Deadline: 2:00 p.m., April 30, 2012 5. Opening of Bids April 30, 2012, 2:00 p.m.

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.

Bid documents will be available to bidders upon payment of non-refundable amount as stated above to the DPWH-X Cashier. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs, if available, from the DPWH website. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their Bid Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include the eligibility requirements. The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and the post-qualification.

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders.

Approved : LEAH E. NALIPONGUIT Administrative Officer III BAC - Chairperson Noted:

MDN: APR 17 & 18, 2012

BONIFACIO R. LORA OIC- District Engineer

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano poses with some of the beneficiaries of his scholarship program. The scholars converged on yesterday in Cagayan de Oro for the 5th General Assembly of the IKNB. More than 10,000 scholars have benefited from the program since its launching five years ago.

Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Bambi’s scholars gather in Oro in time for 5th general assembly

By GERRY L. GORIT THE 5th General Assembly of the Iskolar Ko Ni Bambi (IKNB) was moved this year from the traditional February 14 date to April 14.

Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano said he moved the date to give time to sympathize with the typhoon Sendong victims in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities.

Held at the Pilgrim Christian College Auditorium in Cagayan de Oro, the assembly drew hundreds of beneficiaries of the congressman’s scholarship program for the province.

To date more than 10,000 youth have been scholars and the expenses have totaled some P20-million.

Included in the day’s meeting were presentation of the IKNB municipal chapters and coordinators, a testimony by IKNB benficiary Abner Jagurin and a message from Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) OIC regional director Edgar A. Sales.

Sales noted the many benefits of the program especially the Libertdad Skills Training Center project which has benefited the western municipalities of the province.

He said the congressman, who is a Tesda awardee, has a big heart and that’s why the scholarships have continued.

As a tribute to their benefactor, each of the 14 chapters of the IKNB presented a production number.

In his inspirational message, Emano praised the scholars and gave recognition to graduates who garnered magna cum laude and cum laude honors this year from the Tagoloan Community College and the MSU-Naawan.

He also thanked the municipal officials who came to grace the affair, including Opol Mayor Dexter Yasay and the vice mayor of Libertad.

Emano narrated how he came to create the Tagoloan SCHOLARS/PAGE 6

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District lligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-020 SPOUSES JOSE R. ALEJO AND FELYC. ALEJO, JOSE R. ALEJO AND FELY C. ALEJO, Petitioners. x------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their Counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on March 28, 2003 at Tagoloan, Misamis Oreintal, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Lara-Maagad Law Office, 109 Tiano Bros., Kalambagohan St., Cagayan de Oro City.

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since 2004 or over eight (8) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in 2004. they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on March 28, 2003 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on April 24,2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of lligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. lligan City, Philippines, this 29th day of March, 2012.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MD: April 2, 10 & 17, 2012

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-013 SPOUSES GLENN VINCENT P. PENDANG AND NINNA MARIE B. ROGADO-PENDANG, GLENN VINCENT P. PENDANG AND NINNA MARIE B. ROGADO-PENDANG, Petitioners. x----------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their Counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on July 26,2008 at Centro, Mandaue City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, Pals Mejia Bldg, Roxas Avenue, Iligan City.

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated in part 2009 or over Three (3) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in 2009. they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on July 26, 2008 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on April 24,2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 29” day of March, 2012.

MD: April 2, 10 & 17, 2012

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP MALI Presiding Judge

THERE are insinuations that gambling casinos will do more harm than good in places where it operates. That gambling casinos erode the citizens’ moral values.

That gambling casinos send wrong signals to the younger generation. That gambling casinos invite robbers, kidnappers and all forms of criminalities. All these allegations are farthest from the truth. These allegations are imaginations of people who have no knowledge the way gambling casinos operate.

On the other hand, gambling casinos contribute to the growth of places where it operates. It makes these places the center of entertainment where tourists – both domestic and foreign – dropped in on. This is true in places and cities around the world where there are gambling casinos.

Some of the most progressive and highly developed metropolitan centers around the world had gambling casinos as their main source of economic activity. For instance, gambling casinos lead the progress of Hongkong in Asia and Las Vegas in Nevada, United States.

Key cities in the Philippines have gambling casinos as their major tourist attraction.

Baguio City, the country’s summer capital, has a gambling casino. Manila has dozen of gambling casinos offshore and on-shore.

Cebu, the most progressive trading hub in the Visayas, has gambling casinos. The province of Bohol, another major tourist destination operates a gambling casino. Davao City in Mindanao has gambling casino, too.

It is time, Cagayan de Oro City, must have a gambling casino. It is only with a gambling casino that Cagayan de Oro City would be able to consummate its claim as the trading capital in this part of the country. We, the people of Cagayan de Oro, believe that having a gambling casino is long overdue.

The people of Cagayan de Oro deserved to have a gambling casino as one of its major tourist attractions.

As a city of mature people, one of the pleasures that the people and its visitors will enjoy is taking part in casino games.

Casinos are wonderful places where one can try to win a fortune. After all, winning in casino games is not a monopoly of one person. Winning in casino games is a privilege guaranteed to people enjoying freedom.

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‘The real competition’ Think a minute.

Did you have to compete with someone else to get the girl or guy you wanted?

Whether we like it or not, competition is part of life.

Usually there are other people besides you who want that job, scholarship, business, or title. But some people will stop at nothing to win.

Whether it’s lying, cheating, or gossiping and destroying someone’s reputation.

Yet when we compete only to win and beat the other person, it not only makes us bad losers, but also bad winners. That kind of competing produces a person with a bad heart and character, with self-centered greed, pride, and envy.

An important lesson in

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst life is to learn to compete only against yourself. Then, whether you win or lose against others, you still win!

Because all the time and effort you spent to work and improve only makes you a better person who’s closer to reaching your potential.

As one guy put it: “Trespassing is okay, if the boundaries you cross are your own!” So when we set good, important goals for ourselves, they work in two

ways: we work on them, and they work on us.

The real test of your success is whether you’re a better person than you were yesterday?

Are your attitudes and character better?

Are you a better husband or wife?

A better father or mother?

A better worker?

You know, we can compete and win in our career

and making money, but if we lose our good character by being dishonest or hurting and using others, then we’ve lost the real competition and what’s important.

The real measure of success is not what you HAVE, but what you ARE as a person. What kind of heart and character do you have?

What kind of relationships do you have with other people?

If you’ve allowed yourself to compete against others and you’ve done dishonest things or hurt people.

Why not ask Jesus to forgive you today and start changing your heart and way of living? Then you can learn to compete only against yourself and win every time!

Just Think a Minute.

Was there a done deal?

SOME QUARTERS want the Department of Energy (DoE) abolished.

Maintaining such department is waste of taxpayers’ money.

However, abolishing the DoE is not constructive. The absence of the energy department will definitely lead to unabated abuses by the country’s power sectors such as unfair power rate hikes. One could not imagine how it would be if the Cris Diaz power sectors were freely allowed to determination power rates. Thus, the DoE stays to act as consumers’ watchdog.

It appears ‘though that the present DoE is not responsive to the welfare of power consumers. Thus, one could not blame if suspicions are high that influential stakeholders in the power industry are dictating the policies of the DoE today. This situation is happening in Mindanao today.

With inconsistent report about the real power situation in Mindanao, the islanders could not but level its guns on the ineptitude of Energy Secretary Jose Rene Almendras. In the past, there were moves to boot Almendras out of the energy’s top post. Being one of the trustees of President Aquino, any attempt to replace Almendras would prove futile. Coincidentally, Almendras has his roots in Mindanao although his family is a known ‘coal mine magnet’ in the province of Cebu.

In other words, the Almendrases are engaged in coal industry. Is there any relation with the construction of the proposed coal-fired power plant in Davao?

A coal-fired power plant is a pollutant. The people in Davao are opposing the construction of the proposed

coal-fired power plant in the province. It is of note that the Aboitiz group of companies submitted the proposed construction of coal-fired power plant in Davao.

Earlier, the Aboitiz group of companies warned of a possible power supply shortage in Mindanao. Based on that projection, Aboitiz submitted the proposed construction of the coal-fired power plant. Perhaps, in order to justify the need for the construction of the coal-fired power plant, Aboitiz needs an ally who has the capability to pursue their plans. Undoubtedly, Aboitiz found an ally in energy Secretary Almendras.

Consequently, Almendras issued a Department Circular citing the inevitability of power shortage in the island unless investments from private sectors are allowed. ‘These investments will only happen if the local governments and the people of Mindanao help in solving the situation,’ the Almendras circular said.

What makes the difference? The Almendrases and the Aboitizes are neighbors or even certified friends from Cebu. While it would take mountains of evidence to establish the connivance of the Aboitizes and the Almendrases in the privatization of power supply in Mindanao, the suspicion will definitely persists. Was there a done deal?

Again, there is no power shortage in Mindanao. On the contrary, Mindanao suffers government neglect.

Instead of maintaining existing sources of power supply in Mindanao, the government wants to generate additional power load at the expense of the poor Mindanaoans.

Indeed, it is unfortunate of a government that looks into the interest of the few rather than the common good. There is no need to abolish DoE. Instead, let Sec. Almendras go. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

The Philippines should take it easy THE issue involved in the Spratleys Islands is big enough worthy of bigtime war. Getting involved in the controversy is not a game for kids or cowards.

The reasons are there a lot of countries which are claiming ownerships and sovereignty thereof and all of them are willing and able to make battle against anyone should the time calls for it. And what is even worse is that these countries are big, strong, have strong military and are ready to fight when it becomes necessary.

And for these reasons, I urge our leaders to take it easy in dealing with these countries which have bet-

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Ben Emata Jr. ter firefight ability, strong military, wealth and can afford to buy cannons and bullets.

Our militar y is illequipped and small in size.

If we open so much our mouth to assert our claim for the Spratleys, it might irritate the giants and hold our neck. I suggest we behave like a small country that we are and show our

claims and right the way it should be presented in a peaceful manner.

Who are we against the might of China? Vietnam, etc.? I mean if there is something to fight it out, we should do it in peace and if we lose our claim over the Spratleys, at least we are alive and untouched. We did not lose pride and honor.

I am not saying these

because we are cowards but because we are small nation with a big mouth.

We talk so much as if we are somebody in the world.

Filipinos know how to fight on a flat ground, I mean on the same level.

Of all the claimants of the Spratleys, the Philippines is rated the smallest country.

Our military according to our leaders is ill-equipped, unmanned or lack of soldiers and bullets.

We have few warships and small size navy, we have few outdated jet fighters.

Of course we have lots of boloes and spears but these are not qualified to fight a foreign military.

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Rebels surrender

BUKIDNON - Six rebels have surrendered to the 403rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army, Apr i l 6 . Br i g a d e Spokesman Mario Goc-ong said two of the surrenderees, both 15 years old, were considered ‘child warriors,’ a violation of the Rights of Children.

Goc-ong added, more and more rebels are returning to the folds of the law, in line with the army’s IPSP Bayanihan program.

Solon seeks help against power crisis REGION 13 - Butuan City and Las Nieves Rep. Jose Aquino II stressed he is seeking help from other power plants in facing the present power crisis in his own district. He spoke during the recent power forum in Butuan City where he also thanked the Agusan del Norte Electric Cooperative (ANECO) for initiating the forum.

Cleansing of GSIS records in ARMM continues

LANAO del Sur - The GSIS is working closely with the government of ARMM to cleanse the records of its members in the region. GSIS Trustee Karina Constantino-David said, GSIS and ARMM are also eyeing at centralizing payments of contributions and loans.

BCWD orients people on watershed maintenance

REGION 13 - General Manager Sang Tian of the Butuan City Water District said the agency is currently coordinating with other non-government organizations towards orienting residents within the vicinity of the Taguibo watershed on how to maintain cleanliness in the area. He made this statement during the 11th Water Consciousness Month, which coincided with the BCWD’s 38th anniversary,

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MOBUCA hosts IFI MCL 2012

By JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA MISAMIS Oriental - The 2012 Mindanao Council of Leaders (MCL) of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) comes to its second day today, April 17, at the breezy and scenic Alibuag Beach Resort in the municipality of Sugbongcogon.

Right Revd. Felixberto L. Calang of the host Diocese of Misamis Oriental, Bukidnon and Camiguin (MOBUCA) said, the threeday forum of common worship, study and reflection is being attended by the eight diocesan bishops in Mindanao, some 90 regional sectoral presidents, diocesan

treasurers and other church leaders.

MCL is an organ under the Mindanao Bishops Conference (MINBISCON) that sorts out, prioritizes, schedules and follows through official actions undertaken by the 2011 Mindanao Plenary Assembly (MPA).

“It is composed of all regional and diocesan church leaders, representing the lay and ordained,” Bishop Calang added.

He disclosed, the holding of this year’s MCL at Alibuag Beach Resort is through the generosity of Town Mayor Jerry Lagbas.

NEDA approves P7-B DENR project for ARMM

By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN MARAWI City - The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) Board has approved the P7-billion Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management project of DENR, which includes the rehabilitation and greening of the Lake Lanao watershed.

As this develops, ARMM OIC-Governor Mujiv Hataman called on his constituents to cooperate and support the region’s environmental protection effort.

G ove r nor Hat am an sounded the call during the recently-concluded ARMM Summit on Environmental Protection at the Mamitua Saber Research and Technology Center of the

Mindanao State University Main Campus, this city.

Hataman underscored the important relationship of the environment and the people, citing Lake Lanao as an example.

“The development of a province or a country is dependent on industrial investments, but industry won’t survive if there is no energy. One of the energy sources in Mindanao is Lake Lanao,” he stressed.

He also urged the mayors present to be transparent in their administration and always practice good governance.

Hataman also announced that the DENR has signed a memorandum of agreement with ARMM for a P49-million greening program in the region.

(APB-PIA10/jdelpf )

AgSur organizes electrification advisory council

By WILLIAM U. ANDRES AGUSAN del Sur -- Response to the call of the National Electrification Administration (NEA), the Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (ASELCO) convened its leader-members to organize the multi-sectoral electrification advisory council (MSEAC).

The council gives space for member-consumers to participate in addressing the power crises that Mindanao is now facing.

The formation of MSEAC came about during the oneday congress of representatives from the business, local government, association of barangay captains, women’s organization, youth and

media and other sectors,” according to NEA Director Benjie Peralta.

For his part, Provincial Vice Gov. Santiago Cane expressed confidence that “ASELCO services will now become better with the creation of the MSEAC that sets of a more efficient monitoring system.

During the occasion, three new directors of ASELCO took their oath of office, namely Ms. Cora Cullantes of District IV, Prosperidad area; Mr. Benedict Chee of District I, Sibagat and Esperanza; and Mr. Narciso Cellan Sr. of District V, Rosario and Bunawan area. (DMS/WUA/ PIA-Agusan del Sur/jdelpf)

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The airways are lined with tiny hairs known as cilia that protect the lungs by sweeping out toxins, bacteria, and viruses.

Tobacco smoke paralyzes the cilia so they can’t do their job, allowing carcinogens to collect in the lungs. (WebMD)

Padayon Pilipino stalwarts Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Y. Emano, Misamis Oriental 1st District Rep. Peter M.Unabia, Misamis Oriental provincial board member Arrish Canonigo and Misamis Oriental 2nd District Rep. Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano pose for a souvenir shot of the party during their meeting in Cagayan de Oro the other day. The PDP officials have lined up their candidates for the 2013 elections in the city and the province. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

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‘Battleship’ cruises Pacquiao undergoes eight-week rigid into Chinese theaters training prior to June 9 fight vs. Bradley

UNIVERSAL Pictures’ sci-fi war film “Battleship,” starring Taylor Kitsch and pop star Rihanna, will “sail” into theaters in China’s mainland on Wednesday.

The epic action-adventure film, inspired

by Hasbro’s classic naval combat game, tells the story of how a fleet of Marines led the planet’s fight to survive against intruding alien forces.

Dubbed by the film studio as “the naval version of the ‘Transformers’ series,” the film has been presented as a tribute to the 100th anniversary of the legendary Universal Pictures film company.

“The film was shot on real battleships during a joint naval drill of 16 nations in the Pacific,” the film’s director Peter Berg said at the premier in Beijing on Sunday.

“That was really amazing.”

As the son of a Marine, Berg said he wanted to move the war scenes to the ocean, which few directors have done, in an effort to offer audiences a refreshing, but shocking experience.

Berg is known for directing films such as “Friday Night Lights” and “Hancock.” The latter received mixed reviews from film critics, but grossed more than 620 million U.S. dollars worldwide.

With an investment of 200 million U.S. dollars, “Battleship” has topped the box office list in more than 10 nations and regions, including Japan, the Republic of Korea and Hong Kong, since hitting theaters there earlier this month. (PNA/Xinhua) Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District lligan City IN THE MATTER of the Joint Petition For the approval and Registration of Agreement of DIVORCE by TALAQ.

Civil Case No. 2012-015

LEILANIE ALVAREZ-GUINTO AND VEDASTO C. GUINTO JR., Petitioners. x-----------------------------------------/

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their Counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Christina rites on May 8,2005 at Ermita, Manila, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Tabalba Gadiano Dekire Guyo Law Offices, 3/F Rm. 307, Serate Bldg., Mercado St., lligan City.

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated sometimes in February 2008 or Four (4) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation in 2008, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 8, 2005 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on April 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of lligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. lligan City, Philippines, this 29th day of March, 2012.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

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WORLD Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao has declared himself ready for a tough eight-week grind to prime himself up for his June 9 fight against u n d e f e at e d A m e r i c a n Timothy Bradley with his 147-pound crown at stake.

The fighting Sarangani congressman, in a telephone conversation with this writer on Saturday, said an almost two-week prelude he had undergone in Laguna and General Santos City made him ready for what chief trainer Freddie Roach has lined up starting Tuesday in Baguio City.

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Community College from the time he was the mayor of the town when he felt the need for it until its realization.

He said the school has been established to help build the future of the youth, adding that all the more than 10,000 scholars who have so far benefited from his scholarship program

serves as cushion for the tough training regimen Freddie has prepared for me to take care of,” the 33-year-old eight-division kingpin said, adding that he will be arriving at the Pines City on Tuesday. “ The excess fat, the rustiness had been partially lessened so I think I can readily go full-blast in training,” Pacquiao said chuckling while adding that except for a few biblepreaching engagements and time spent with his family during the Holy Week, all his time the past two weeks had been focused on his preparations.

“Workout continued even during the Holy Week, except, of course, on Good Friday. This is how important I consider my fight are considered his children inasmuch as he is still unmarried with no children of his own.

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Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-021 ANGEL NACUA AND DAISY SOLANO, ANGEL NACUA AND DAISY SOLANO, Petitioners. x-------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their Counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on May 26, 1988 at Molave, Zamboanga, del Sur, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office, Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Iligan City.

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated more than twelve (12) years now, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby severing their marriage bond on May 26,1988 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on April 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

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cluding bit not limited to small scale mining operations and carbon-in-pulp gold processing. The assistance of all regular law enforcement agencies of government and respective mining contractors and the concerned military and police authorities is hereby enjoined in the implementation of this order,” it further said.

The unabated illegal mining of gold in Balabag and the smuggling of weapons and chemicals used in the manufacture of improvised explosives, and cyanide and mercury by alleged financiers of the illegal mine trade has become more rampant due to the absence to regular military and police patrols in the area.

Just this year, communist rebels have seized a small group of army officers travelling in a truck in Bayog and freed them later after confiscating their weapons and burning their vehicle.

Balabag is where thousands of workers, including child laborers many from other towns and provinces, operate without fear. The destruction of the mountain and the hazards of unsafe use of cyanide and mercury added to the long woes of residents in the town who are dependent on fishing and agriculture as their source of livelihoods.

Illegal miners have blasted the mountain to make tunnels where workers gather rocks and deliver or sell them to rod mill operators who pay them P20 per bag. Tens of dozens of rod mills are mostly built under wooden houses of illegal miners where they are processed using cyanide, mercury and nitric acid to extract the gold from crushed rocks.

The whole of Balabag is a danger zone because it is prone to landslides and rock falls, according to the Mines and Geosciences Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. But despite repeated warnings for illegal miners to abandon their trade for safety reasons, financiers have widened their operations, employing more workers recruited from as far as Davao province and nearby areas.

There were also reports that some municipal officials are allegedly involved or financing the illegal mining activities in Balabag. The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) has ordered an investigation into these reports, according to Leo Santillan, a spokesman for the Zamboanga del Sur provincial government.

“Illegal mining activities in Balabag are a big concern not only to human health, but the environment as well. As a matter of fact, there is already a resolution from the Zamboanga del Sur Provincial Board to

investigate those municipal officials reportedly engaged in illegal mining as per order of the DILG. The situation in Balabag is alarming,” Santillan said.

At least six villages around Balabag, including Depore which has political jurisdiction over the mountainous area, have already passed separate resolution urging the local government to put a stop to the rampant illegal mining there due to the health hazards and dangers posed by tunnels and landslides.

Depore village council man Ernesto Mancao said their water sources are polluted due to the hazardous and toxic chemicals illegal miners used in Balabag.

“Look at our streams, the water is now yellowish and that is because of the chemicals used by these illegal miners. We have been telling the government to put a stop to these illegal activities,” Mancao said.

He said the illegal mining activities brought deaths and miseries to a lot of families because of the unsafe mining practice in Balabag.

“How many more lives must perish before we can act and totally put a stop to illegal mining? I am ap-

pealing to you our beloved President Noynoy Aquino to hear us and help us put a stop to these activities in Balabag for the sake of our children and their future,” he said. (Mindanao Examiner)

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Bunawan police was dispatched and arrested Vargas at around 4 in the afternoon and seized from his possession the transparent plastic sachet as he was being attended to at the emergency room for serious injuries, Gamba said.

The suspect was still confined at the hospital while the suspected illegal substance and shabu paraphernalia were in the custody of the Bunawan police, he added.

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for unleaded gasoline, P0.90 per liter for kerosene and P0.70 per liter for diesel and regular gasoline.

The oil firms implemented the price adjusted starting 12:01 Sunday.

“This is to reflect movements in the international oil markets,” Petron said.

Prior to the increase, gasoline sells at a range of

P55.35 to P62.02 per liter, diesel at P45.75 to P50 per liter and kerosene at P52.55 to P59.50 per liter.

Last April 10, the oil firms rolled back the price of diesel by P0.50 per liter, regular gasoline by P0.30 per liter and kerosene by P0.40 per liter but raised the price of unleaded gasoline by P0.30 per liter.

According to the monitoring of the Department of Energy, crude prices fell on the back of revived talks on Iran’s nuclear program.

DOE said the resumption of talks, which Iran reportedly affirmed willingness to discuss its nuclear program with the West, has tempered worries about an immediate supply disruption.

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There is nothing to lose in the Spratleys. If the legal fight rules against us, the islands have not been ours in the very beginning.

If we win the islands, we gain something. Winning it in a peaceful way without a single bullet fired.

We have so much islands in the southern part of the country and we cannot even work on them to make some productions. There are so many untouched islands in Mindanao and they are ours ever since.

See what happened to our Philippine Navy boat in the disputed area? It was sandwiched by two Chinese warships and they are having some diplomatic negotiations right now.

Other claimants did not send ships in the area because the matter is being settled peacefully.

We do not have to send naval vessels there because it displays our desire for naval confrontations. We only exposed the size of our navy.

We are only exposing our weakness in the Spratleys. We fight it out with peace in our hands and love in our hearts.

Let us not use warships because there are giants around that can squeeze our necks so easy. President Benigno Aquino III better think about peaceful means in our desire to grab the islands. Let us change our approach and show friendship all the time.

Let us not go to war for that island alone. It is no use and we just waste lives and military hardwares.

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Misoc joins ‘green caravan’

By PJ TREMEDAL OROQUIETA City––The Earthsoul Solutions, Inc. in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) will spearhead today’s “Green Caravan” that will culminate on April 19.

The “Green Caravan” is in support to the annual observance of Philippine Earth Day on April 24 carrying the theme “Earth Day Everyday, Everywhere.”

Misamis Occidental provincial government and

its Provincial ENRO Office headed by Mr. Dennis Leopoldo has sent its commitment to join the “Green Caravan” where Envizone2 (Northern Mindanao Group) will start from Oroquieta City and would meet with Zamboanga Peninsula Group and proceed to Malaybalay City in Bukidnon on the 19th for an evening with Bukidnon Governor Alex Calingasan.

Meanwhile, Mr. Ibno Turabin of Earthsoul said the Caravan will be participated in by various government agencies, Local

Government Units (LGU’s), Non government organizations, business and private sectors.

“Of the Seven watersheds in Mindanao, four are situated in Bukidnon. When we will have our stopover in Bukidnon, participants will be oriented kung ano ang connectivity ng Bukidnon sa Mindanao,” Turabin said as a teaser to the caravanwould be-participants.

He said the Green Caravan aims to raise level of awareness on environmental issues and concerns, preservation and protection and climate change. With reports from Jocelyn P. Alvarez

Paglaum village receives 50 housing units from Calingasan

By DAHLIA BENEMERITO MANOLO Fortich, Bukidnon––Governor Alex Calingasan on Wednesday turned over 50 housing units to residents of Paglaum village in Barangay Dalirig.

Engr. Delia A. Damasco, provincial housing task force head, said the lowcost housing had a total land area of 16,070 square meters––and were subdivided into 79 lots.

The housing units were the products of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) which the

provincial government and the local government of Manolo Fortich signed.

Under the agreement, the provincial government would set aside funds worth P75,000 for each of the housing units.

Each unit had a total land area of 140 square meters. The province shelled at least P3,750,000 for the low-cost housing projects.

Calingasan saw the need to pursue the project so that local residents living beside the national highway

will be relocated for their own safety.

Also during the turnover ceremony, Calingasan handed over the province’s donation––in the form of “check”––to Mayor Rogelio Quino.

The money will be used to construct housing units for the victims of tropical storm “Sendong” in the province of Bukidnon.

Meanwhile, “the Bukidnon Housing Team” of Governor Calingasan received “The Presidential Lingkod Bayan Award” on September 2011 at the Malacañang.

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