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Record-breaking! Record number of players joins Alagang PBA/Misor Basketball Clinics in Cagayan de Oro ATTENDANCE records have been broken within a three-month span during the first four months of 2012 by a series of free basketball clinics being run by the Misamis Oriental Provincial Government in Cagayan de Oro in partnership with national and international partners. Some 634 kids of all ages joined the first Alagang PBA free basketball clinic held April 19-20 at the ACSAT Covered Court in Carmen, courtesy of Barangay Chairman Rolando “Klarex” A. Uy for participants from Carmen, Balulang and Kauswagan. Leading the clinic were PBA stars Gabe Norwood and Beau Belga of Rain or Shine Elasto Painters “This is the most number of kids I ever saw attending a basketball clinic in my whole life,” said Misamis Oriental Meteors Head Coach Jun Noel

who headed the series of clinics scheduled for victims of Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. Previous to this, another free basketball clinic facilitated by the Misamis Oriental Provincial Government and the Misor Meteors coaching staff in coordination with Jr. NBA Philippines gathered 582 players of all ages from 34 schools for the January 19, 2012 at ACSAT Covered Court. The 2012 Jr. NBA Basketball and Coaches’ Clinics

were conducted by Jr. NBA Coach and Legend Marty Conlon with the assistance of hometown basketball hero and PBA legend Jojo Lastimosa of Alaska. It was the most number of players to attend a Jr. NBA Basketball Clinic in the Philippines to date. Some 267 participants joined the next Alagang PBA/MisOr Basketball clinic last April 23-24 for participants coming from Nazareth and Macasandig at the Nazareth gymnasium courtesy of Bgy. Chair Jocelyn B. Rodriguez. The second clinic featured PBA Stars Arwind Santos and Danny Ildefonso of Petron Blaze Boosters. Alagang PBA is the country’s top professional basketball league “ReachOut Program” which will run a series of free basketball clinics this month in

MisOr Meteors Head Coach Jun Noel and his coaching staff pose for a souvenir photo with Petron Blaze PBA Stars Danny Ildefonso and Arwind Santos together with participants to the Alagang PBA/MisOr Basketball Clinic held April 23-24 at the Nazareth gymnasium. (MOPPO Photo) Cagayan de Oro and Iligan courtesy of Alagang PBA and the MisOr Meteors in cooperation with the Samahang Basketball ng Pilipinas (SBP).

The third clinic is scheduled for April 27-28 in Iligan City and is sponsored by the Iligan Sports Council through City Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz at a MSU IIT

Gymnasium. PBA Stars Nelbert Omolon and John Paul Escobal of Air 21 Express are expected to lead the clinic. (Misamis Oriental Provincial Press Office)

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employment Police offers P150t bounty Davao’s 2nd lowest in M’danao for info, arrest of Ecleo Jr. Police says Ecleo changed appearance by surgery THE PHILIPPINE National Police (PNP) is offering a P150,000 for the capture of Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo Jr., who was convicted of parricide for the death of his wife, Alona BacolodEcleo in 2002. The police has suspected Ecleo may have changed his appearance through surgery in order to deceived law enforcers and intelligence operatives. Senior Supt. Mariano Natuel, Regional Investigation and Detective Management Division (RIDMD) chief of Police Regional Office (PRO) 7, said the bounty was approved by PNP Chief Nicanor Bartolome. ”It will motivate the civilians to help the police in arresting wanted persons,” Natuel said. He said the bounty is

CAGAYAN de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano (standing) shake hands with President Benigno Aquino III during the turned over of 1,500 housing units to Sendong victims on April 27 at Sitio Calaanan, Barangay Canitoan. At left is first district Rep. Benjo Benaldo with Vice President Jejomar Binay and Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman (right). Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

DAVAO City––The employment rate of 93.8 percent in Davao Region ranks second to the lowest throughout Mindanao. Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) regional director Joffrey Suyao said the 6.2 percent unemployment rate in the region as of January 2012 is lower than the national figure. Region 12 or Central Mindanao ranks the highest employment rate of 96 percent. Underemployment rate or those who are already employed but feel they need to find extra job is at 15.2 percent during the same rating period. The rates are based on the recent statistics released by the National Statistics Office (NSO), Suyao said. He clarified though the role of DOLE is more focused on job facilitation, such as the initiation of job fairs. Last year, about 17 to 18 percent of the applicants

in the job fairs initiated by DOLE Davao on May 1, 2011, Labor Day and Araw ng Kalayaan, June 12, 2011 were hired on the spot, he said. This year, DOLE Davao will again hold job fairs on May 1 and June 12. As of Wednesday, Suyao said there are a total 21,000 jobs available for the upcoming job fairs. But he is confident this will grow until the date of the job fairs. Of the number, 14,934 jobs are foreign while 6,793 are local jobs, he added. Suyao said DOLE Davao is targeting to hit 25,000 job vacancies until the May 1 job fair. Topping the local job vacancies are call center agents of about 3,340 as of Wednesday morning, while household service workers top the foreign job vacancies at 4,583 as of Wednesday morning followed by construction and manufacturing industry, DOLE data showed. CD WITH WIRE SERVICE

Araw ng Calanogas April 22-28, 2012 Theme: “Continuing Peace, Progress and Develoopment

with Institutionalizing Environmental Protection!”

Calanogas, Lanao del Sur-Local Government Unit led by Hon. Macapado M. Benito Sr., CE Al-Haj. with First Lady Dr. Raquelina A. Benito, MD. MPA, Al-Hadja and Captain Mc Cabe-Civil Affairs, US Military Medical Team, Balikatan.

Hon. Macapado M. Benito Sr., CE Al-Haj. with First Lady Dr. Raquelina A. Benito, MD. MPA, Al-Hadja and Captain Mc CabeCivil Affairs delegates and Maj Mucsana of 103rd Brgde Camp Ranao on their Medical missions during the celebration of 35th Araw ng Calanogas, Lanao del Sur. PHOTO BY SONNY SUDARIA-ARMM BUREAU

A joint effort of Arm Forces of the Philippines (AFP) headed by Lt. Col. Cesar Marlon M. Yadao, 51st BatCom and US Army Medical Doctors and delegates.

4ID Troops together with a member of the National Youth Commission planting seedling of Mahogany during the Tree Growing Project at White Water Rafting Landing Area, Sitio Cabula, Brgy Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City on April 22, 2012.

No more tents for Sendong victims By GERRY L. GORIT CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The transfer of bona fide beneficiaries from their tents to their assigned permanent houses in the Calaanan Relocation site commences yesterday. This was what Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Y. Emano declared during the assembly and consultation proceedings earlier between him and the relocatees validated for final transfer on April 25. The transfer was supposed to coincide with President Benigno Aquino III’s visit to the city. However, due to the postponement

of the President’s visit, the official schedule for relocation was also postponed to the 27th of April when the city will also formally turn-over the houses to the beneficiaries. The Mayor, however, declared that he will start moving the beneficiaries today, April 25, so that all those validated for the transfer will have been moved and already in place when the President comes on Friday. It is reported that there are a total of 320 beneficiary families who will be moved to their permanent relocation sites between April 25 to 27. This, after a very strin-

gent verification and validation process undertaken by the Estate Management Division (EMD). The transfer process shall be made under the supervision of the Estate Management Division (EMD) with equipment and transportation provided by the city Engineer’s Office and the Barangay Assistance Center (BAC). Mayor Emano, President Aquino, VP Jejomar Binay, together with local officials and non-governmental organizations shall officially turn-over the quadruplex houses to the initial 320 beneficiaries through raffling.

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PNoy cites Peza PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III bared the billions of pesos worth of investments that were poured into the country’s economic zones resulting from the efforts and hard work of the Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) as he underscored the significant increase in investors’ confidence encouraging them to put up more shops and expand business. In his speech during the 17th Anniversary and Investors’ Recognition Night of the PEZA at the World Trade Center in Pasay City on Thursday, President Aquino thanked the dedicated people of PEZA for the sizeable influx of investments in the country in just less than two years. “Since we have assumed office, PEZA has generated a total of 465 billion pesos

in investments… in 17 years of PEZA, this represents 23 per cent of all investments generated by the Authority and this has happened in a span of less than two years,” the President said. “I extend my congratulations to Director Lilia de Lima who has raised this institution as if it were her own child… that child is moving forward from its formative years into adoles-

cence and it is performing better than ever,” he stressed. The President vowed the government’s continued initiatives to foster a businessconducive environment through the eradication of red tape and corruption. “More than being a onestop shop for your needs, PEZA will be that non-stop shop… the red tape that has for so long encumbered your operations has now been turned into the red carpet, and beneath all these is the firm bedrock that has become the calling card of our administration: no under-the-table deals, no graft, no corruption… only hard work, serviceoriented governance, and a level playing field for all who have come to invest,” PEZA/PAGE 7

First district Rep. Benjo Benaldo (left) discusses with Public Works and Highways District Engineer Bonifacio R. Lora of Cagayan de Oro and President Benigno Aquino III on how to fast-tract the ongoing road and drainage projects worth P64 million and bridge construction worth P26 million at Sitio Calaanan, Barangay Canitoan in Cagayan de Oro City. President Aquino has assured local residents and Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano that the multi-million projects will be completed within this year. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Business profile: Alrose Foods Corporation THE core business of ALROSE GRoup OF COMPANIES is Agri-business and Finance. Agri-business is led by Alrose Farms. Financial Services are led by Alrose Financial (Pagadian & Molave), Golden Financials (CDO, Cebu, Iligan) and Evergreen Lending ( Cebu, Valencia, Butuan and Surigao). In 1999, Jollibee and Greenwich franchise was offered to ALROSE and opened on September 18, 1999 at Iligan City. Five years after, in 2004,

While we will be realistic in setting goals and expectations, ALROSE GROUP OF COMPANIES will also be aggressive in reaching its objectives. another Jollibee branch was opened in Tibanga. Two more Jollibee stores opened at Gaisano Mall Iligan last November 2008 and at Georgetown Cybermall, Cagayan de Oro last May 2010. The group also fran-

Alliance Global posts P14.7-b net income last year ALLIANCE Global Group, Inc. (AGI) reported a net income of P14.7 billion last year from P9.5 billion in 2010. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, AGI said its revenues amounted to P66.1 billion, up 48.5 percent from P44.5 billion in 2010. The growth of the company was led by real estate arm Megaworld Corporation, which contributed 40 percent of total revenues. Megaworld reported total revenues of P28.6 billion in 2011, up 39 percent from 2010. Net income, on the other hand, amounted to P8.15 billion, a strong 60 percent growth year on year, including a non-recurring gain of P2 billion from the sale of AGI shares of stock. Net of the one-time gain, profits are still up 21 percent year on year. Megaworld’s performance was backed by strong sales from its residential projects in Newport City, McKinley West and McKinley Hill, Eastwood City as well as strong leasing income from its BPO and retail portfolio. Revenues and profits from the rest of AGI’s portfolio of businesses also grew in line with targets. Apart from real estate, AGI has interests in industries such as food and beverage, quick service restaurants and integrated tourism estates. Food and beverage arm Emperador Distillers produces Emperador, Generoso and Emperador Light brandies and a line of flavored alcoholic beverages called INCOME/PAGE 7

chised other brands such as Greenwich––one is in Gaisano Mall Iligan and the other near Xavier University, Divisoria, Cagayan de Oro City. Lastly, the other brand is Red Ribbon - one in Gaisano Mall iligan and the other near MSU-IIT Tibanga, Iligan City. People who come to ALROSE GROUP OF COMPANIES want to work here because we have created an environment that encourages creativity and achievement. ALROSE GROUP OF

COMPANIES aims to become a leader in the field that we operate in. The mainstay of our strategy will be to offer a level of client focus that is superior to that offered by our competitors. To help achieve this objective, ALROSE GROUP OF COMPANIES seeks to attract highly motivated individuals that want to work as a team and share in the commitment, responsibility, risk taking and discipline required to achieve our vision. Part of attracting these

special individuals will be to build a culture that promotes both uniqueness and a bias for action. While we will be realistic in setting goals and expectations, ALROSE GROUP OF COMPANIES will also be aggressive in reaching its objectives. This success will in turn enable ALROSE GROUP OF COMPANIES to give its employees above average compensation and innovative benefits or rewards, key elements in helping us maintain our leadership position in the worldwide marketplace.

THE HISTORY OF ALROSE GROUP OF COMPANIES IN 1999, Jollibee and Greenwich franchise was offered and opened on September 18, 1999. The Alrose Group of Companies have a 65% share and the 35% share which are spread to 4 other stockholders. 5 years after, on October 8, 2004, another Jollibee branch was opened in Tibanga. Later on, Jollibee Gaisano Mall was opened on November 28, 2008. The year after that, Red Ribbon Foods Corporation offered Red Ribbon Tibanga to Alrose which was turned into booth last December 2008 and so we had our proper blessing under new management on March 16, 2009. Afterwards, we opened a new Red Ribbon store at Gaisano Mall on May 29, 2009. As of today, we are expanding our food operations to other places in Mindanao.

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Don’t be crabby THINK a minute. Crabs are very interesting creatures. If you put several of them in a bucket, the moment one of them starts crawling out of the bucket, the other crabs will pull him back down. So not one of the crabs ever succeeds in getting out. They just keep stopping each other from climbing higher than the rest of them. We humans are perhaps more like crabs than we think. We see a good thing the minute someone else sees it first! “We try to get even with our enemies, and ahead of our friends.” But we need to realize that “when we’re green with envy, we’re ripe for problems.”

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst Whether we admit it or not, most of us want other people to be just a little less successful than we are. Friends are always happy about your success, just as long as you’re not more successful than they are! But one of the first secrets to success is not to compare your life with other’s. It’s strange that many of us seem to know how to live everybody else’s lives but our own.

Yet what happens in someone else’s life has nothing to do with ours. “Criticizing someone else’s garden won’t keep the weeds out of your own.” Successful people look at life through a telescope and see how great it can be, but small, petty people look at life through a microscope and only see the faults and mistakes of others. Being envious and jealous of others is just a slow method of suicide that

kills both your health and happiness. You have a special ability and personality that no one else has. So use yours the best way possible. Stop comparing yourself with others. Birds don’t swim. Fish don’t climb trees. And cows don’t fly. Enjoy your own natural abilities and develop your own style. Make the most of your assets and you’ll make the most of your life. But only your Maker has the key to unlock your full potential inside. So why not ask Him to take charge of your life every day? It’s with His power you can start enjoying the success He’s planned for you to have. Just Think a Minute.

Vendors in Carmen market grumble VENDORS in Carmen Market complained that until now their relocation sites were yet to be completed as scheduled. These vendors are now occupying the side ways of Carmen Market. In August last year, some 300 vendors at Carmen Market relocated when Taiwanese get the city’s nod to rent the second floor of Carmen market building. Cris Diaz The vendors could not do anything but gave way to the city government’s plan. It is of note ‘though that, for many years, many of the vendors has been renting portion of the affected booths in the market. At first, they protested the plan since it would mean additional expense and losing strategic location. However, they finally gave in to the city government’s plan on condition that the city would construct their relocation booths. The month of August is fiesta month for Cagayanons. At first, market-goers did not mind noticing makeshift booths built along side Carmen market. After all, it was fiesta season. As a common practice, some enterprising individuals built booths in market places to ply their trade, at least for the season. However, construction of booths at the Carmen Market from makeshift light materials was converted to concrete. Since then, many inferred that those booths were already mean for good. At first, it was something new for these vendors to have concrete booths. In the past, these vendors were only occupying removable

booths inside the public market. Thanks to the Taiwanese, the vendors will finally occupy concrete booths beside Carmen market’s pathways. But, no thanks. Until now, after nine months, construction of these booths has not been completed yet. Vendors started to grumble. They blamed on the Allan Fernandez, head of the city’s economic enterprise, for not attending their needs. These vendors are paying P42.00 per day for their space. Fernandez promised that completion of the construction of the booths would be on or before December 2011. Until now, Martinez’s promise is getting vague. Vendors start to question the propriety of the city government’s decision to enter a contract with the Taiwanese at their expense. ‘What happened?’ Malik’s apprehensive eyes were so desperate. ‘The Taiwanese shares fifty percent of our daily rent until construction of our assigned booths are completed,’ he told this corner. He said they (vendors) are not interested with the Taiwanese contribution. He said they prefer completion of their booths. ‘Right now, some of us were contracting illness due to dusts and fumes of vehicles,’ Malik recounted. It seems the contractor has abandoned us, Malik said. ‘Where has the city’s entire budget for this,’ Malik starts to ask question. He even hinted that the market administrator has brought a brand new Hi-Lux pick-up after negotiating with the Taiwanese. Whether Malik was implying something, the point is he suspects that only the market administrator profited from the deal between the city government and the Taiwanese. React: crisguardian@yaho.com

The fifth commandment ONE of my three-year-old son’s favorite videos at home is entitled “All About Jesus.” In one scene, the father asked his son which Ten Commandments is his favorite. The son answered, “The fifth, which says; Honor your father and your mother.” This passage in Exodus 20:12 entails a promise… so that you may have long live long on earth. What is beyond compensating for parents to feel is when they live their lives as parents having their children giving them due honor which they deserve during their hardwork days. So, how can children show honor to their parents? I would like to share how, the Bible way. The word “honor” means

Ang Bag-ong Tawo Alex A. Podador to place a value on something, to consider it a prized possession. Honor takes many different forms. It is much more than greeting cards, candy and flowers on Mother’s Day. The way in which parents honor their children, for instance, differs from the way children honor their parents. It is a dishonor to treat everyone alike without respect to differing needs

and responsibilities. True honor takes into account the age and situation of the people involved and the nature of the relationship. Children, likewise, honor their parents in different ways. To a small child, honor means obedience. To an adolescent, it means respect. To an adult, it means kindness, thoughtfulness, and care of parents.

Children must find ways to honor their parents, to affirm their dignity and worth. So what does it mean to honor one’s parents? In Ephesians 6:1 Paul tells children to obey their parents and proves his point by quoting the command to honor your parents. Therefore, honoring your parents means obeying them. Such obedience is pleasing to God. “Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord” (Colossians 3:20). And by obedience, we are not talking about selective obedience where we chose the things we want to obey. “My son, hear the FIFTH/PAGE 7

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PRO 10 personnel plant mangrove trees By P/SUPT. RONNIE FRANCIS M. CARIAGA Chief RPIO MISAMIS Oriental - The said, the activity was not 146 commissioned officers mandatory to police offiof the Police Regional cers, “but their participation Office (PRO-)10, led by was a show of support to P/Chief Supt. Catalino B. PRO-10’s intention to plant Rodriguez, deputy regional 1 million trees in the entire director for administration, region by February 2013.” have planted 1,500 manIt was part of the com- Greening Program (NGP) grove trees at the shoreline mitment of the PNP to plant of President Aquino, he of Libertad town. 10 million trees, nationwide, added. The occasion was graced P/Chief Supt. Rodriguez in line with the National

by Libertad Mayor Joecel Resources (DENR-10). Tiu and representatives In a separate activity, from the Department of elements of the 1st Misamis Environment and Natural Oriental Provincial Public

Safety Company also planted some 900 various species of trees in Barangay 20, Gingoog City. (rfmc/jdelpf)

PHL develops environmental criteria for food services By DANIELLE VENZ Green food service providers offering healthy and safe food will soon be available in the country. Executive Director June M. Alvarez of the Philippine Center for Environmental Protection and Sustainable

Development, Inc. (PCEPSDI), said the country is in the process of developing environmental criteria for food services. Alvarez said the scope of food services, includes casual dining, fine dining, fast foods, catering services, and canteens and cafeterias.

This initiative is part of the National Eco-labeling Programme-Green Choice Philippines (NELP-GCP) that promotes the production and purchase of environmentally-friendly products and services. The PCEPSDI administers the program.

“There are internationally accepted standards being considered, like the Servsafe of United States,” he stated. He added that after this, “our organization will start accepting applicants for the application and certification process.

DENR, DILG intensify National Greening Program By ELAINE O. RATUNIL C A G AYA N D E O R O CITY, March 1 (PIA) – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR-10 has conducted here in the city a Barangay-level Conference Workshop on DisasterMitigation through the National Greening Program (NGP), recently. Done, in coordination with the University of the Philippines-Los Baños Project Advisory Group (UPLBPAG) and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG), the two-day activity was attended by representatives from 66 barangays situated along the Cagayan de Oro City River Basin and Watersheds, and Baungon, Bukidnon.

DILG Director Nilo P. Castañares said the participants were made to understand how the NGP can help mitigate the effects of disasters even as it provided deeper knowledge

about geo-hazards maps and their use, among others. It can be recalled that President Benigno S. Aquino III has issued Executive Order 26 declaring NGP a government priority pro-

gram to reduce poverty, promote food security, environmental stability and biodiversity conservation, and enhance climate change mitigation and adaptation. (eor, PIA-10/jdelpf )

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

ARMANDO D. AMBROCIO -Appropriation CASE NO: 2012-10-734 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING 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 May 2, 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 27th day of April, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer Mindanao Daily: Apr 28, 2012

JULIO G. SOLINAP - Vendee Applicant/s

CASENO;2012-10-0741

ABDALLI ABDURAHIM Applicant/s

CASE NO;2012-10-0742 (2006-10-1188)

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience and amendment of line to operate PUJ service on the line; Cogon Market to Zayas landfill and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on May 2, 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 27th day of April, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB service on the line ;Cogon Market to Camaman- an (all in CDO)and vice versa with the use of one(1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on May 2, 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 27th day of April, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer Mindanao Daily: Apr 28, 2012

DANPOL TRUCKING SERVICES By; DANILO C. DY CASE NO;2012-10-0739 Applicant/s (2007-10-870)

32 rescuers pass WASAR training TUBOD, Lanao del Norte, April 23 – Thirty-two members of the Lanao del Norte Emergency Response Team successfully passed the grueling five-day Water Search and Rescue (WASAR) training organized by the Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (PDRRMO), April 16 to 20 this year. “When tropical storm Sendong hit Iligan City, it really opened our eyes and made us realize that we need the WASAR training, that we need to have our own emergency response team, and that we need to purchase rescue equipment,” Governor Khalid Dimaporo explained. Last year, the provincial government started implementing its disaster preparedness program in a bid to win the regional Gawad Kalasag award. “Last year, our main objective was to win an award, but today it is to be better prepared for any calamities that may hit Lanao del Norte. Winning an award now becomes only secondary,” Dimaporo added. The Provincial Emergency Response Team (PERT) is composed of provincial government employees, local police officers, members of the 35th Infantry “Makamandag” Battalion, and Red Cross personnel. Trainers came from the Office of Civil Defense, Bureau of Fire Protection, Philippine Coast Guard, and Philippine Air Force Search and Rescue Squadron. “We are very much thankful to Governor Dimaporo for allowing us to undergo this training. The skills that we learned will help us do our job more efficiently and in a safer manner,” expressed PERT President Arnel Dinglasa. (Vincent N. Labial/PIO-LDN/PIA-10) Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City JAMES ANTHONY L. SAMBALOD - Vendee Applicant/s

CASE NO;2012-10-0740

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of FOUR (4)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on May 3, 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 27th day of April, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience (CPC) and amendment of line to operate PUJ service on the line;Puerto to Philips Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on May 3, 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 27th day of April, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer Mindanao Daily: Apr 28, 2012

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

CASE NO;2012-10-0738 (2007-10-645)

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 Lapasan (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 May 3, 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 27th d day of April, 2012.

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ARMM mentors get salary increase COTABATO City––The cleansing process in the graft-ridden Department of Educat ion (D epEd) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) st ar te d with teachers’ salaries released at the office of the regional governor, Education Secretary Jamar Culayan said.

On Wednesday, about 4,000 teachers trooped to the ARMM comp ound here to receive their salaries for the month of April. Culayan explained this is part of the process to determine between legitimate and illegitimate teachers who, in the past administration, have been receiving salaries from

DepEd. Acting Regional Gover nor Mujib Hat aman said when payments are coursed through the ATM, the loan sharks usually take the poor teachers’ ATM to ensure payment. Culayan said it would be reasonable if the teachers receive the amount in full and it’s up to them to

settle their obligations or indebtedness. “Many te achers are in the payroll of DepEd but they were not in the plantilla positions, so they have no right to receive salaries,” Culayan said, adding that only those in the plantilla positions are paid for by DepEd-ARMM. Hat aman , up on as -

sumption to office, had found out that more than 4,000 teachers have been receiving their salaries although the y did not teach nor report for work since they were not in the “official list of teachers of DepEd-ARMM.” Cu layan s aid ab out 1,600 teachers in Maguindanao are not included in

the DepEd official teachers’ list. When supervisors receive the teachers’ salary and hand them over to the teachers, supervisors allegedly ask some P1,000 to P1,500 as commission from each teacher for receiving the payment on their behalf. CD WITH WIRE REPORT

Dvo grads ‘square-peg in a round hole’: Dole DAVAO City––The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) here said there is still a problem of graduates not being able to meet the requirements of the industry in the Davao Region. DOLE Davao

officer-in-charge of the technical support services Allan Baban pointed out the existing problem of mismatch of graduates’ skills to the requirement of the industry as they may be hired but not on the field that

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that fits well on the qualifications that they possess. There is still a slim percentage for RTH vis-a-vis the number of graduates, he said. On the other hand, Baban said on Labor Day come May 1st over 12,000 vacancies both local and abroad will be offered to job seekers in Davao Region. Two jobs fair events will be held on that day where over 7,000 available jobs will be accessed at SM City Davao Entertainment Area and another over 4,000 vacancies at the Atrium of Gaisano Mall. CD WITH WIRE REPORT

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The Bar. The company recently launched two new product variants of The Bar, which are The Bar Citrus Tequila and The Bar Silver Vodka. Golden Arches Development Corporation operates the quick service restaurant business under the McDonald’s brand. Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City TERESA P. JABAY Applicant/s

CASE NO;2012-10-0737 (2007-10-891)

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the President said. “We will continue fostering a business environment conducive to growth as this will ultimately lead to the prosperity of each and every Filipino under the broad light of day. We are rebuilding our country brick by brick and paving

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NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;C2; Camp Evangelista to Cogon Market –Limketkai Center –Liceo –CM Recto Avenue (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 May 3, 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 27th day of April, 2012.

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Cotelco to source power from TMI for electricity consumers By PAT SAMONTE BUTUAN City––The Cotabato Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Cotelco) said on Tuesday that it was sourcing its power needs from a subsidiary of Aboitiz Power to solve the eight-hour brownouts in North Cotabato. Cotelco general manager Godofredo Hormez said the cooperative is now waiting for the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) to issue the provisional authority on its proposed eight-megawatt power purchase from the bunker-fired barges of Thema Marine, Inc. (TMI). “TMI did not refuse to deliver power to Cotelco and is not charging us P16.11 but P9 per kilowatt hour. More than 90 percent of the charges is for fuel cost.. Only 10 percent will go to TMI,” Hormez said in a statement. He said the P9 per kilowatt hour charge “will be the same rate they will charge to all electric cooperatives under contract with TMI.” According to Hormez, Cotelco initiated a meeting with TMI in connection with the eight megawatt power agreement it had signed earlier this year. “This is to cover for the ongoing power shortage and the anticipated Pulangi IV hydro-complex rehabilitationm” he said.

Cotelco and TMI has an existing power supply agreement signed on February 24, 2012. Rules on power purchases require ERC approval. Since Cotelco was in dire need of power and could no longer wait for ERC to act on the purchase, Hormez said he asked TMI to start delivering power sans the ERC approval. Another problem was that without ERC approval, TMI will have no legal mandate to charge Cotelco for power delivery and Cotelco to pass electricity rates on consumers. TMI then proposed a prepaid system to cover at least the firm’s fuel costs. Hormez made it clear that the prepaid arrangement was “not imposed on Cotelco. It was a proposal that was thoroughly discussed by both parties in consideration of Cotelco’s immediate need for power and the need for TMI’s protection for the costs they will incur in delivering power, especially fuel costs.” The Cotelco board decided to wait for ERC action on the power purchase. AboitizPower purchased the power barges from the national government in 2010 which are now moored in Maco, Compostela Valley province and Nasipit, Agusan del Norte.

Vice President Jejomar Binay congratulates one of the beneficiaries of the 1,500 housing units which were built for the survivors of tropical storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro. During the turned over rites held on April 25 at Sitio Calaanan, Barangay Canitoan in Cagayan de Oro, Social Welfare Department Secretary Dinky Soliman also distributed checks to the survivors. Joining them are President Benigno Aquino III (extreme right) and Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano (left). Due to higher fuel, operating and maintenance costs, the traditional role of oil-fired barges is as reserve source when there is an unusually high power

demand, as back-up when other Mindanao plants break down and to render ancillary services to provide voltage regulation to prevent the grid from crashing.

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