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Government workers victims of rationalization Last of a series

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO of Bulatlat.com

BAYAN MUNA Partylist Rep. Teddy Casiño, for his part, has called for the immediate release of the Magna Carta benefits of the Pagasa employees. “We need to recognize the heroic efforts of our weather bureau workers,

not just through words but through concrete actions. They should be given their rightful and lawful benefits,” said Casiño.“Pagasa workers have the right to protest. The law entitles them to receive hazard pay, longevity, laundry and sub-

NPAs raise ‘white flags’ By BEN D. ARCHE, Regional editor-Davao

DAVAO City––At least 361 members of the New People’s Army (NPA) in Davao Region returned to the folds of law last month, a military officer said. Maj. Jacob Thaddeus Obligado of the Army’s 10th Infantry Division (ID) said that 24 of those surrendered rebels were regulars while the 337 were alleged members of the “underground mass organization.” Obligado said the group is responsible for cuddling the rebels and soliciting monetary support for the rebels.

Most of those who surrendered were from Davao del Norte, the Army officer told. “This is an indication that the convergence effort of the local government units, the Armed Forces of the Philippines, and the Philippine National Police has been successful in the fight against insurgency,” FLAGS/PAGE 11

sistence allowances. Denial or delays in the release of such benefits is unjust and a disservice to the people whom they serve.” Casiño questioned how the the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) through its Administrative Order No 002 series of 2007 charges hazard pay to “appropriations and/or savings of the

agency.” Pagasa is an adjunct agency of the DOST. Casiño like Courage’s Gaite said the Pagasa workers’ predicament is not an isolated case, citing the protests of public health workers nationwide over unpaid hazard pay since January this year, pending the approval of the Department of Budget and Management for the use

of agency savings. Even though exposed to all kinds of hazards in hospitals and communities in their course of duty, health workers are denied of the P2,000-P8,000 ($48$190) per month hazard pay mandated by RA 7305 or the Magna Carta of Public Health Workers. “Our government workers in Pagasa and public

hospitals should not bear the brunt of so-called ‘rationalization’ of the government benefits system being done by the DBM,” said Casiño. “We cannot just tell our public servants to wait and suffer some more, especially in the face of calamities in addition to the increasing prices of oil, utilities and basic commodities. If we WORKERS/PAGE 11

A HAPPY Geanne Trisha Mendoza of Barangay Nazareth is crowned Miss Kagay-an 2012 by Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano, Rep. Benjo Benaldo, Customs Commissioner Raffy Biazon and Ms. Rita Abalos. The coronation night was held at the Atrium of the Limketkai Mall on Sunday evening witnessed by thousands of people who filled the venue to the rafters. Ms. Mendoza won P50,000 in cash, among other prizes for winning the crown. Photo Gerry L. Gorit

‘Igme’ has chance to reenter Ph within 24-36 hours, says Pagasa TYPHOON “Igme” (international codename: Tembin) is most likely to reenter the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) within the next 24-36 hours but has very small chance to make landfall, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (Pagasa) said. As of 8 a.m. Monday, the state weather bureau said typhoon Igme was located at 360 kilometers west

of Basco, Batanes (20.3°N, 118.1°E) with maximum sustained winds of 140 kilometers per hour near the center and gustiness of up to 170 kph. It is forecast to move east-northeast at 11 kph. Weather Forecaster Nikos Peñaranda said Igme has a 90 percent chance to reenter the PAR and will affect extreme Northern Luzon, especially the Batanes area, but has very small chance to make landfall.

“Habang si Igme ay babagtasin yung extreme Northern Luzon sa may area ng Batanes, bibilis ang kilos nito at susunod ito kay typhoon Julian (Bolaven) so habang nangyayari po iyon, between today hanggang mga Friday, ay makakaapekto ito sa habagat (southwest monsoon) kaya may pag-ulan pa ring mararanasan, although may weather improvement tayo by Wednesday in Metro Manila , IGME/PAGE 11

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Quakes jolt Mindanao By AL JACINTO, Regional editor-Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA City––The southern Philippine region of Mindanao was shaken with two tremors, but civil authorities on Sunday reported no casualties or injuries and structural damages. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology said a 3.3 magnitude quake hit the town of Cateel in Davao Oriental at around 5.48 a.m. It said the earthquake was tectonic in origin. Bedoria Abdullah, senior science research specialist of the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) station in General Santos City, told the Philippine News Agency that

the temblor was recorded at around 11:05 p.m. and with its epicenter traced at 02.23 degrees North, 126.87 degrees East, 544 km South and 16 degrees East of Sarangani town in Davao Del Sur. It said a stronger quake, which registered at 6.6 in the Richter scale, was also reported in the province of Sarangani late Sunday. “(But) it was so far the strongest earthquake originating from the Moluccas Sea that was felt in the area,” Abdullah told PNA. The quake, which occurred at around 11.05 p.m., was also tectonic in origin. It was felt in Davao City, General Santos City, Ko-

ronadal City and the towns of Tupi and Polomolok in South Cotabato province. Local residents said they also felt the temblor in Zamboanga City. The Philippines sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a 40,000-kilometer area where large number of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. It has more than 400 volcanoes and sometimes called the circum-Pacific seismic belt. As of noon Monday, Abdullah said the Phivolcs station here has not recorded any aftershocks emanating Party List Maximo Rodriguez, Jr. questions the proposed budget of the Department from the quake’s area of ori- Abamin of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) during a budget hearing in Congress’ committee gin. (Mindanao Examiner) level. Looking on is Highway Secretary Rogelio Singson.

1 soldier wounded in Misamis rebel attack By AL JACINTO Regional editor-Zamboanga

PAGADIAN City––Communist rebels attacked an army detachment and wou n d e d a s ol d i e r i n the southern Philippine province of Misamis Occidental, officials said on Sunday. Officials said the weekend attack occurred in the village of Upper Potongan in Concepcion town. “New People’s Army rebels fired on the detachment and (it) sparked a fire fight that left one soldier wounded,” Capt. Albert Caber, a spokesman for the 1st Infantry Division, told the Mindanao Examiner. He said it was not immediately know n how many rebels were killed or wounded in the fighting. He said regional army commander, Maj. Gen. Ricardo Rainier Cruz III, ordered all troops and pro-government militias manning detachments in the province to stay alert following the attack. “We should stay alert and vigilant at all times and continue the Bayanihan efforts so that peace and development may progress and protect the people and the communities from threats posed by rebels,” Caber said, quoting Cruz. Caber was referring to Oplan Bayanihan, the

City wants computer literacy program accredited by Tesda

GENERAL Santos City–– The city government is working for the accreditation of its flagship computer literacy program (CLP) as a learning and assessment conduit of the Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA). Percival Pasuelo, executive assistant for information technology of the city mayor’s office, said they are currently reviewing the course modules being offered under the city’s enhanced SHEEP-CLP in a bid to match them with the standards set by TESDA. “These modules will be compressed and realigned with theaccredited standard courses set by TESDA,” he said in a statement. SHEEP stands for Social Transformation, Human Empowerment, Economic SCHOOL BUILDING FOR KINDERGARTEN Diversification, EnvironTURN-OVER of a two-classroom Kindergarten school building of the Aboitiz Foundation under AGAPP (Aklat Gabay, ment Security and RegenAruga, sa Pag-angat at Pag-asa) Silid Pangarap Foundation of Pinky Aquino-Abellana in Kingking Central Elementary eration and Participatory School, Pantukan, Compostela Valley province. Photo by Ben D. Arche Governance and Transparency, which are the city’s Aquino administration’s from conventional armed armed struggle. for decades for the estab- main development thrusts. counter-insurgency pro- military operations to civThe NPA, armed wing lishment of a Maoist state The city government gram, touted by state se- il-military efforts aimed of the Communist Party of in the country. (Mindanao earlier launched the CLP curity forces as a shift to thwart the communist the Philippines, is fighting Examiner) as a major component of the SHEEP program’s education-related initiatives. By ROWJOE S. FELICILDA MEMORIAL EATHER PDATE Pasuelo said the city govCANCER INFORMATION PROJECT AS of 2 a.m. yesterday, the center of Typhoon ernment is pushing for the “IGME” [TEMBIN] was located based on satelaccreditation lite and surface data at 420 km West of Basco, Uncontrollable risk factors of Colorectal Cancer SHEEP-CLP’s with TESDA to pave the way Batanes (20.5°:N, 117.4°E) with maximum Your risk of colorectal cancer for its institutionalization. sustained winds of 130 kph near the center and gustiness of up to depends on genetics and lifeSuch move came after 160 kph. It is forecast to move East Southeast at 7 kph. Southwest style. Factors you can’t control Monsoon affecting Luzon. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy City Mayor Darlene Aninclude: Age - most patients to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to tonino-Custodio presented are older than 50; polyps or strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail over Luzon and to the TESDA chief the “reinflammatory bowel disease; Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate engineered” SHEEP-CLP, family history of colorectal to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from cancer; and history of ovarian its functionalities and the the south to southwest with slight to moderate seas. or breast cancer. (Web MD) SOURCE : PAGASA innovations it adopted.

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Search for Best ‘Gulayan sa Paaralan’ is on By RUTCHIE C. AGUHOB

OZAMIZ City––The Ozamiz City Schools Division (OCSD) will conduct the 2012 Division Search for the Best Implementing School in “Gulayan sa Paaralan at Tahanan,” next month. “We have embarked on this program to sustain the feeding of school children with low-cost, but nutri-

tious food and to increase the home and schools’ productivity, through planting of vegetables,” Schools Division Superintendent Rebonfamil R. Baguio said. With this program, the school children are given the chance to develop their skills in agriculture by making it as their laboratory activity in Agricultural Arts, one of the components of

Edukasyong Pangtahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) and Technology and Livelihood Education (TLE) subjects, he added. Gulayan sa Paaralan at Tahanan is pursuant to Executive Order No. 26, known as the National Greening Program and in support of the Food for School Program by the Department of Education (DepEd).

Education Program Supervisor Anacleta A. Gacasan explained the search is targeting all elementary and secondary schools of OCSD, as participants. The schedule, elementary level - September 17 in the Central District, District 1 and District 2; September 18 in District 3 and District 4; and on September 19-28 all secondary schools.

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Baguio said entries are the first place winners of the District Level Contest (one per district) for the elementary, while all secondary schools are qualified to join the contest in the secondary schools category for both school and home garden entries.

Criteria for judging or areas of evaluation, include the school participation, type of school garden, utilization of garden space, plants grown (go, grow and glow) and quantity of vegetables produced. (RCA-PIA 10, Misamis Occidental/asf )

Calamba women get assistance from DOLE CAGAYAN de Oro City––The Kababayen-an sa Southwestern Poblacion Nagkahiusa (KASPON) of Calamba, Misamis Occidental has received some P116,000 an assistance from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) for its ready-to-drink calamansi juice processing livelihood. DOLE-10 Director Johnson Cañete released the P116,000 check to the municipal government of Calamba, as the accredited co-partner of the DOLE, August 8, this year. Released under DOLE’s Worker’s in the Informal Sector Fund, it is the Department’s early Christmas gift to the municipality of Calamba, especially in helping the women sector on poverty alleviation. Director Cañete said DOLE’s livelihood grant contributes to the government’s agenda of reducing poverty and is likened to the Bible’s parable of the talents in using one’ resources to good use and increasing it a hundredfold. KASPON President Lilian T. Jumalon, together with the other officers of the association, witnessed the turnover and was pleased that the amount given by DOLE will be used as additional capital to purchase a “motorcab” to transport their increasing number of orders. The assistance will likewise be used in securing utensils, since they are currently using utensils personally-owned by members. (Mildred E. Dablio/ DOLE-10/PIA-10/asf )

DSWD, OPAPP, LGUs meet on peace

Routes : Valencia City, Davao City, Wao, Maramag, Tacurong City, Kadingilan, Banisilan, Kibawe and Damulog

BUTUAN City––The Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) is currently conducting a fiveday basic orientation and workshop on peace until the 26th of this month. Done in preparation for the second cycle implementation of PAMANA (Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan), the five-day workshop is being attended by the LGUs of La Paz, Esperanza and Veruela, Agusan del Sur; and Tagbina and San Miguel, in Surigao del Sur. Said municipalities are identified as conflict affected areas (CAAs).

The workshop also aims at integrating the principles of Bridging Leadership and Do No Harm in conflict analysis and assessment. PAMANA employs the community-driven development strategy of Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan – Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS) in implementing sub-projects that will be identified by the communities. The DSWD is implementing Pillar 2 of PAMANA in the delivery of basic social services and goods focused on households and communities. (Keneath John O. Bolisay, DSWD-13/RER/ NCLM/PIA-Caraga/asf )

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH Even if Oscar Moreno, of Misamis Oriental, could depend himself against protests filed against him with the Commission on Elections (Comelec), the message is simple: The Cagayanons are not willing to support his mayoralty bid in Cagayan de Oro.

NOT TO BE OUTDONE was the purple float of Misamis Orientalr entered by Congressman Peter Unabia of the 1st District and Congressman Bambi Emano of the 2nd District. Purple is the color of the Padayon Pilipino political party to which the two representatives belong. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Moro rebels terrorize Central M’danao anew CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao –- The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters continued its offensive hurling bombs against government forces and civilians in Maguindanao and North Cotabato. A police officer and two civilians were wounded in a roadside bombing in Shariff Aguak, Maguindanao Wednesday 19 hours after BIFF forces attacked an Army detachment in Pikit, North Cotabato, which killed a civilian hit by stray bullets and wounded two government forces. Senior Supt. Marcelo Pintac, Maguindanao police chief, identified the wounded official in the Shariff Aguak blast as Maguindanao Police Inspector Mardeo Aperocho of the Special Action Forces and those wounded as Akmad Minas and Sheid Balabadan.

Pintac said a SAF patrol car was traveling along the national highway when an improvised explosive device made of ammunition of 105 howitzers triggered through mobile phone exploded. The BIFF claimed responsibility of the blast and its spokesperson, Abu Misry Mama, said the IED was intended for police and military forces in Maguindanao. It was the 12th explosion in civilian areas in Maguindanao and North Cotabato since the armed conflict triggered by BIFF offensives on military forces started on August 5. In Barangay Inug-og, Pikit, about 100 BIFF forces attacked a detachment of the 7th Infantry Battalion at about at dawn Thursday where a 30-minute gunbattle ensued between the soldiers and the militiamen.

Colonel Benjamin Hao, 7th IB chief, identified dead civilian as Anwar Langalin who was hit by stray bullets. Wounded were militiaman Rafael Palomar, 27 and Pfc. Jose Morales of 7th IB. Senior Insp. Elias Dandan, Pikit police chief, said the rebels were crossing the national highway from Maguindanao to North Cotabato when they noticed soldiers manning a checkpoint in Barangay Inug-og. “The rebels fired at the soldiers who returned fire triggering a 30-minute fire fight,” Dandan said, adding that the rebels also suffered fatalities but could not provide statistics. Despite the incident the national highway linking Cotabato and Davao remained open except at night when soldiers shut off the road from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m.

DENR adopts new approach in reforestation BUTUAN City––The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) top management is prioritizing dipterocarp species in the choice of planting materials in its reforestation activities as it stepped up its standard requirements in all reforestation sites under a revived “Timber Corridor” management setting, a move that will ensure sustainable growth of quality trees. “We want to ensure that dipterocarp species are also prioritized in the choice of species in the establishment of tree plantions” DENR Assistant Secretary Marlo D. Mendoza, who is also the Regional Executive Director for DENR 13 said during a Management Conference with the newly-assumed Provincial and Community Environment Officers of Caraga Region held at in this city on August 16, 2012. This was the first management meeting done by Mendoza since he assumed his new post in the DENR Regional Office 13 following a recent major shake-up

of the middle management organization at the DENR 13 this year. He said that “ to all extent, only indigenous tree species shall planted” in the protection forest area which has a total of 339,963 hectares or about 30 percent (30%) of the total land area of the region of 1,913,842 hectares. The production forest area comprise about 991,528 hectares. About 375,509 hectares of the total production area are classified as “without tenure” while 616,019 hectares are with tenure. He said that as part of the sustainable forest management practice under the NGP, dipterocarp wildlings or saplings of lauan, apitong, bagtikan, tangile, guijo, and yakal should not be allowed to be cut down even in reforestation undertakings. “We see a reforestation area with a combination of bamboo and fast-growing trees and other shade-tolerant fruit tree species like langka, lansones, coffee, cacao and other in an upland community,” he added. ERIC GALLEGO

Moreno, an elected governor of Misamis Oriental, has already shown the kind of leader he is. He has started campaigning in Cagayan de Oro City’s outskirts. A school project of a Senator intended for Misamis Oriental was diverted to Cagayan de Oro City. There is nothing wrong with that. The thing that makes it sickening is Moreno’s manifest abandonment of the people of Misamis Oriental. Thousands of Cagayan de Oro residents were also PhilHealth beneficiaries intended for the people in Misamis Oriental. Moreno designed these things to deceive the Cagayanons at the expense of the people of Misamis Oriental. The Cagayanons are watching closely on Moreno’s actuations in Misamis Oriental being the incumbent provincial governor. His actions will definitely have repercussion among Cagayanons since he intends to run for Mayor next year. However, the way Moreno is doing his job, as provincial governor is the basis of Cagayanons’ decisions not to support him at all costs. The people of Cagayan de Oro know that the provincial employees are suffering under Moreno’s watch. The delay in their salaries and wages on top of Moreno’s failure to adjust their salaries are contemptible. Moreno has no place in Cagayan de Oro. The Cagayanons are afraid, yes, the people of Cagayan de Oro are afraid of having a Moreno at its helm. It is good that Moreno has unmasked his true intention this early. We, the Cagayanons, will definitely work hard to stop Moreno’s mayoral quest at all costs. The people of Cagayan de Oro together with Moreno’s brothers and relatives will campaign against Moreno’s attempt for an elective post in the city. As Cagayanons, it is our mandate to shield our people from anyone who would attempt to transgress our future through self-motivated interests through political machinations.

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St. Augustine, Doctor of the Church GOD is Love. The phrase was St. Augustine’s definition of God. Augustine’s Christian faith was focused on God’s Commandment: ‘Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy wholeheart, with thy whole soul and with thy whole strength: andfor love of God thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’ St. Augustine grew up in a Christian upbringing although his father was a pagan who converted to his death bed. He was born in Tagaste (now Algeria) Cris Diaz in Africa where he studied at the University of Carthage wanting to be a lawyer. St. Augustine gave up law and devoted himself to literature. In his prime years, St. Augustine wondered through his faith and gave up Christian faith. He then lived with a mistress for 15 years where he bore a son, Adeodatus. Still searching and in great thirst of knowledge in Philosophy, he became a Manichaen for years. Manichean teaching is a dual philosophy dividing the world between evil and good where matter is evil and mind is good. In 384 A.D. he accepted tutorial from Simplicianus who later convinced him to return to Christian faith. St. Augustine was baptized on Easter Eve three years later. The death of his mother Monica, who later became Saint, forced him to go back to Africa. There he sold all their properties and belongings. He gave the proceeds to the poor, and used part of the money to set up a kind of monastery in Tagaste. In 390 A.D. St. Augustine was ordained Bishop. Rome ordered him to move to Hippo, an outskirt hill village of Tagaste. Some of St. Augustine’s friends and followers joined him in Hippo where they established a community. In Hippo, St. Augustine was known as Father of the Church. Thus, St. Augustine became a dominant figure in the affair of African church where he became a bitter enemy of Manichaeism and other heresies. It was St. Augustine’s thoughts that molded Western Christianity through his more than 200 scholarly treaties. Among his best best-known works are his Confessions; City of God, a magnificent exposition of a Christian philosophy of history; De Trinitate; De Doctrina Christiana; Enchiridion; and his treatises against the Manichaeans and the Pelagians. Called Doctor of Grace, St. Augustine is one of the greatest of the ‘Fathers and Doctors of the Church. Today, Cagayan de Oro is celebrating the Feast of St. Augustine. Maayong Pista! React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

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Good news for poor and indigent patients USING telecommunications to deliver health services and facilitate better access to health care in far flung areas is one bright idea. Rep. Joseph Emilio Aguinaldo Abaya (1st District, Cavite) said “telehealth” can lessen direct and indirect health care costs, especially outof-pocket expenses that are a major burden to patients and their families. Studies show that healthcare remains beyond the reach of majority of Filipinos. In President Noynoy Aquino’s Health Agenda report of 2010, about 60 percent of Filipinos who succumb to illness still die without medical attention. The establishment of a National Telehealth System, in Abaya’s proposed House Bill 6336, aims to govern the practice and development of telehealth in the country. Under the bill, the National Telehealth System shall provide and support health care delivery, transfer of care of patients, exchange of health data and education especially in medically unserved and underserved

Editorial communities. Based on the reports made by the National Demographic and Health Survey (NDHS) in 2008 and by UNICEF in 2004, the country has the highest rate in infant mortality and maternal deaths in Asia. RP’s basic health statistics are even worse in rural and often isolated areas because of the country’s archipelagic nature. Thus “telehealth” can do a lot of things in improving the country’s health caresystem. Another example of a good system that everyone should follow is the Bukidnon Health Indigency Program which former Governor Jose Zubiri has instituted as the foremost health program of his province. Zubiri’s health program is laudable since, any of his constituent that needs medical care don’t spend a centavo in the province’s hospitals. While Abaya’s national telehealth system helps

to reduce costs associated with health care , Zubiri’s version is zero expenditure on the part of the patient. The Bukidnon health model was borne out of the clamor of the constituents for better health care during a public consultation held by Zubiri in 2002. Anchored in the basic premise of the health reform agenda of the national government, Zubiri’s Model pursued reforms in health financing, hospitals, and public health. The enrollment of the poor has seen public hospital occupancy rates in Bukidnon increasing to 150% and overcrowding of health stations with an average of 60 patients per day. To mitigate this problem of overcrowding, the Bukidnon provincial government provided funds for the construction of 15 provincial health stations (PHS) in municipalities with no government hospitals. What is unique in Zubiri’s health care model is the implementation of ”no excess” policy for sponsored program members of Philhealth. This means

that hospitalizations, consultations, and medicines received by beneficiaries are 100% free and do not entail any out-of-pocket payments. The province finances this through the income generated by its hospitals from its paying patients (those from richer quintiles) and from Philhealth reimbursements. The province also practices bulk procurement of drugs, medicines, supplies, and equipment for all its municipalities, to be able to avail of these commodities at the lowest possible cost. As of 2011, Bukidnon has enrolled 189,297 families, comprising of 80% of the poor population. In 2010, its health stations have served a total of 232,703 patients or an average of 1.2 consultations per beneficiary per year. Its health system has earned 221 million pesos. It is laudable that a few of our local officials have taken health care as their topmost responsibility. The Zubiri and Abaya models need more adherents. Calling on other local officials to rise to the challenge.

They’ll feast at your funeral THINK a minute. When you decide to do something, whose opinion do you think and care about the most? Do you simply do what you know is right, or do you first consider what other people might think about you? What will your neighbors or people you work with think? Your family and friends? Do you realize that when you die, except for your closest family and friends, most people will not even be sad enough at your funeral to lose their appetite! Thos e s ame p eople whom you now try so hard

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst to impress and please are going to feast at your funeral. Yet, we often neglect and hurt our own wife and children, the people who truly love us, because we try so hard to please and impress others. But the greatest tragedy of all is that we seem to care the least about what God

thinks of us. We almost seem to have no shame or fear of God and His opinion of us. Even though at the end of our life, it’s only what our Maker thinks of us and whether we have truly lived His way that will decide where and how we live forever: in heaven or hell.

God the Son even became a human being named Jesus Christ to die for all our wrongs and then come back to life, just so we could know how much our Creator loves us. Jesus cares more about you than anyone does! Especially those people you and I try so hard to please—those people who will feast at our funeral. So if we’re smart, we will stop living to please other people and start living Jesus Christ’s way to please Him. Always remember, at the end of your life it is only what Jesus your Judge will think of you that can save you. Just Think a Minute.

POEA alert: email fraud circulating LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Great peace have those who love your law, and nothing can make them stumble…” (Psalm 119:165, the Holy Bible). -oooPOEA ALERT: EMAIL FRAUD CIRCULATING: Life must be very hard nowadays that many Filipinos seem to be having no other option to earn money but to dupe, or perpetrate fraud, or even outrightly commit robbery, against their fellow citizens. The latest case in point is the email circulating in the Internet saying that jobs are available from the Stevenson Memorial Hospital, Fraserhealth, or City Adventist Hospital, all in the US.

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio Administrator Hans Cacdac of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) said that his office received a clarification that the email is spurious or fraudulent, because these three companies are all denying they have available jobs for anyone. What is worse, however, is that the email is asking all interested job seekers to pay P3,000 to P5,000

as application fee, so they could already be deployed right away. These illicit schemes to earn money are amazing. Assuming Filipinos could be enticed to pay the application fee, would that enrich the perpetrators? We should be reminded of what Jesus, our God and Savior, said in Matthew 16:26 of the Bible: “What good will it be for someone to gain

the whole world, yet lose his soul in hell?” -oooGREED IS THE KEY TO BEING DUPED: In the same vein, there are also a lot of other emails and cellular phone text messages notifying the addressees and the cellphone owners that they have been chosen to receive huge amounts of money, in dollars and pounds yet, or that they won millions of pesos, either through a raffle or a lottery of some sort. Yet, the email addressees and the cellphone owners never at any point joined any raffle or purchased any lottery ticket. Surprisingly, however, many are still FRAUD/PAGE 11

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Accounting, audit and local government BEFORE WE BEGIN, our deepest condolences to the family of DILG Jesse Robredo. Media the past week has celebrated his life and successes and to my surprise the many innovative and gutsy projects he has introduced into local government. Is there even a commonality with accounting, audit and local government? For

example; how the DILG Secretary was able to get the cooperation of the politicians nationwide and how he has streamlined the expenditures/ reports recorded to be 99% successful is by itself amazing if not magic. What sounds puzzling is how local government is able to fix its books considering it balances its direct

expenditure with reference to direct cash handed out to its constituents. We all know the local politico’s give cash directly to the people who queue up in most of their offices. The reasons are variable nevertheless the request truthful or otherwise. Either way it is perceived that local leaders give money directly

to the people who are in need of financial assistance. The question is; where does this money (cash) come from (and as commonly the excuse – their love to the people)? Surely there are no appropriations for cash dividends straight to the people regardless of the reason, be it for millions or hundreds of thousands unless this is neatly

or stealthily done conspiring to hide. Even the President’s office for sure does not have this kind of cash-out appropriation. While there are the emergency or disaster funds, these millions are distributed to specific agencies that have (let us hope) like the DSWD mechanisms in AUDIT/PAGE 11 Harry Tambuatco

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Ben Emata Jr. IT was beautiful. It was so nice. It was terrific. Yes, I was referring to the Family Reunion, I mean my own family, which was held in the homes of my children living in Houston and Austin. It was really pleasant and all members of my family to the last son-in-law came. My daughter, a Nurse, living in Kolbermoor, Germany, came with her husband engineer and two kids. My eldest daughter who holds a masters degree in Chemical Engineering now living in Toronto, Canada, came with her entire family. From San Jose, California, also attended the lively affair. With me, my wife and five children now with their families, we were al in all nineteen people including the eight grandchildren. The first day of the affair was held in the home of my son, a Mechanical Engineer, married to a Nurse, in their home in Austin, Texas. It was so lively, very noisy, lots of hugs, kisses, even tears especially from the girls. We all slept in the said house, all of us under one roof. My son’s home has half a dozen bedrooms more than enough to accommodate us all. Of course, there were lots of food and drink and grandchildren running up and down the place. It was just terrific. It was so lively. Two days later, the next party was held in the large home of my youngest daughter, an electrical and computer engineer who was married to a Ph. D. in Chemical Engineering. This time the party was even bigger since we invited close relatives and friends. And with Houston’s warm temperature, you could guess the swimming pool at the back of the house was filled with swimmers. There were shouting, laughter, and what have you. The next day was followed by field trips to the world famous beach of Galveston City. Some went swimming while others just jogged around and making funs with brothers and sisters. As a father, I even think I enjoyed even more just looking at them. My heart smiles all the time as my soul being driven to extra mile of joy. I kept on holding a baby, one after the other, and really I could not describe the happiness I had in my spirit. The next day we all travelled three hours in convoy to reach a beautiful, cool spring with wide running water swimming pool. We had a picnic of sort and surely we all enjoyed the day. Everybody spent one or another and there were nice parties one after the other. I called them to a meeting where I gave them whatever documents or matter of property I had. I felt I am very old man now and sooner or later I will be counted out of the family. Each member of the family were allowed to speak and to say whatever things they need to speak of. I could sense every one enjoyed even during the meeting. It was a five day reunion with series of lovely songs, dances and even piano performances from all of us. It was not a reunion of the wealthy people but surely a family who loves each other for so long and forever. The last reunion was ten years ago held in San Juan, Puerto Rico. We missed ourselves. We longed for each other. We found love once more in ourselves. We found so much glory. We have five children, three of them are engineers, a BS Nurse and an accountant who is now a bank executive. I saw all of them living in comfort with God’s graces and naturally they reflect joy in my heart. It was truly a lively family reunion. The memories will form part of my life and forever will remain fresh and warm.

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Colorful contingents show their best performances for the streetdancing competition of the Kagay-an Festival Aug 26 2012. The performers danced to the beat of drums as they paraded around the city streets, one of the much-awaited highlights of the annual fiesta celebration of Cagayan de Oro.PHOTO BY:GERRY L. GORIT

PAGCOR to donate P2-B worth of public school classrooms in 2013 MANILA- The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) plans to build an additional 2,000 public school classrooms nationwide for 2013, doubling its P1billion 1,000 classroom donation in 2011 to boost Philippine education. This was revealed by PAGCOR chairman and CEO Cristino Naguiat, Jr. during its budget presentation before the House Committee on Appropriations chaired by Rep. Joseph Emilio Abaya on the administration’s proposed P2.006-trillion national budget. The House appropriations panel is now continuously conducting public

hearings scrutinizing the various provisions of the proposed General Appropriations Act for 2013 before it sponsors and defends the same in plenary in September. Naguiat said PAGCOR provided a P100-million initial funding for the PNoy Bayanihan project which aims to manufacture thousands of school chairs for public schools out of confiscated illegally cut logs. Likewise, Naguiat said PAGCOR also initiated the conversion of old slot machine stands into school desks. Naguiat said PAGCOR gave a P20-million financial support to the Philip-

pine Football Federation in support of its Kasibulan project to help develop the next generation of Batang Azkals. “Another vital project is the agency’s subsidy to the nutritional needs of underweight children from community-based day care centers and public elementary schools in cities hosting PAGCOR casinos.” Naguiat said. On a seasonal basis, PAGCOR also sponsors the Pamaskong Handog ng PAGCOR, a Christmas gift-giving project that aims to bring cheers to the less fortunate and wards of charitable institutions nationwide, including the Hydrocephalous Foundation of the Philippines, Inc. Earlier, PAGCOR reported that the agency had a gross income of over P73billion from the period July 2010 to June 2012, higher than the P60-billion total income it generated during the last two years of the previous administration from July 2008 to June 2010. Furthermore, PAGCOR had more than P35-billion in contributions to the national government and to nation-building programs, higher than the P29.961billion contributions by the agency from July 2008 to

June 2010. Among others, the PAGCOR chief noted that from January 2011 to June 2012 alone, the present PAGCOR management attained a P9-billion increase in total revenues. The PAGCOR chief informed the Abaya committee that under his leadership, PAGCOR made pre-payment of bank loans made by the past administration amounting to over P1.67-billion as early as May 2011, way ahead of the loan maturity in 2014, resulting in a total savings of P92.95 million in loan interests. Likewise, PAGCOR paid P857 million to the BIR on December 2011 for fringe benefits taxes from 2004 to 2010 and for Corporate Income Taxes from 2005 to 2010. Furthermore, PAGCOR paid last March 2012 over P1-billion for the fringe benefits tax and Corporate Income Tax for 2011. And finally, the agency released in February 2012 – for the first time ever – cash dividends amounting to P1-billion to the National Government in compliance with R.A. 7656, a law that requires GOCCs to declare dividends to the national government.

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– With the international ports in Cagayan de Oro as jumping boards, exporters in Northern Mindanao finally hit the $1 billion mark in exports last year, making it one of the few exporting regions in the country. This was reported by PhilExport Cagayan de Oro during a meeting during the region’s development council. It started from a base of $300 million in 2002 which inched up yearly at a rate of 1.3 percent except in 2009 when it dived by almost half. Overall, the export industry in Northern Mindanao expanded by 56 percent in the 10-year period. Behind the performance were 190 micro to medium enterprises and 17 large exporters. The region’s 10 top export goods included coconut oil, oleochemicals, canned pineapple, raw sugar, abaca pulp and fiber, copra solvent and expeller cake, dessicated coconut, sawn lumber, sintered ore and coconut fiber, husk, peat, and coir.

These feats were pulled off despite a long list of obstacles that the region’s exporters presented to the regional development council in said meeting. Meanwhile, in another development, senior business executives surveyed by the Makati Business Club (MBC) gave the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) positive net satisfaction scores during the MBC Second Semester Executive Outlook Survey. The DOLE is tenth in terms of performance satisfaction rating, up by 13 notches from its 23rd rank, last year. DOLE Northern Mindanao Regional Director Johnson G. Cañete said the increase in rating can be attributed to DOLE’s leadership’s thrust to improve regional operation, providing realistic targets and deploying a sufficient number of manpower to fully serve the clientele up to the grassroots. “We walk the talk,” he said, citing that labor regulation and dispute resolution has improved considerably with the single entry system for case resolution.

Choco-making in Davao City pushed By Ben D. Arche DAVAO City – Since dark chocolate delicacies have vast global market today, it is a better advantage for cacao growers to venture into chocolate-making business. Kablon Farms Food Products manager Ernesto Pantua Jr. said fermented cacao beans produced in Davao Region are of superior quality compared to some sources of beans in other parts of the country. These beans are good for cholocate-making, especially the dark chocolates, Pantua said who owned the 60-hectare Kablon Farms, of which a total of 20 hectares are planted to cacao trees. Pantua added they have only started producing pure dark chocolate two years ago, but they have been making “tablea” since 1980. The company is now able to supply at least 200 small eight-gram chocolate

bars a day, he added. Aside from supplying dark chocolate bars to three pasalubong centers in General Santos City, Tupi, and Koronadal in South Cotabato, Kablon is until now exporting chocolate bars to Hongkong, its first international market. Foreign markets favored dark chocolate, especially if it is made of pure cocoa, coco sugar, kamias and some tropical fruits, Pantua said. The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) under the “SetUp Program” has been supporting Kablon Farms for the enhancement of its machineries like the roasting machine used in making chocolate. Pantua said they will be introducing more of their dark chocolate products during the holding of the three-day “Kakao Konek” at the Apo View Hotel Davao on November 21 to 23 this year.

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Southern Luzon and Visayas but still has chance to experience rains,” Peñaranda said. Meanwhile, the weather agency is monitoring a new weather disturbance in the area of Caroline Island that may possibly develop and become a shallow low pressure area, Penaranda said, adding that as of now, it poses no threat to the country. Peñaranda said that Igme will enhance the southwest monsoon which will bring rains over Northern Luzon, including the Ilocos provinces, Kalinga, Apayao and Abra. He said these areas of concern will experience occasionally moderate to heavy rains (3.0 to 12 millimeters per hour) with strong winds which may trigger flashfloods and landslides PAGASA said that Metro Manila and Central Luzon are expected to experience light to moderate rains (2.07.5 mm/hr) on Monday. philippine news agency

The last part of Galatians 6:7 confirms that: “A man reaps what he sows.” What is it that will be reaped by evildoers and sinners? Revelation 21:8 is clear: “… they will be consigned to the fiery lake of burning sulfur. This is the second death…” Indeed, as Ecclesiastes 12:14 says: we will all account for every deed we ever committed before God. And what is more terrifying is that, because of our misdeeds, we will bring even our children to the same fiery lake of fire. This is what Exodus 20:5 is saying: God will hold our children, down to the fourth generation, liable for our very own sins and evil acts. So, today, the evildoers and sinners, and all of us in fact, must think: will we be happy at the lake of fire, together with our children? -oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193 or 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@ yahoo.com.

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enticed to respond, and, much to their regret, later on find out that they were duped into sending either cellular phone loads or money supposedly to be used for processing the prizes to be given to them. The key here is this: those doing these scams know that many Filipinos are too greedy for sudden riches, and could therefore be easily victimized. Consequently, if we don’t want to be victimized, we should not even pay any attention to anything that says we won or are entitled to so much money. -oooFIERY LAKE OF FIRE AWAITS EVEN CHILDREN OF SINNING PARENTS: But to those who are good at these scams, they should not deceive themselves. Indeed, God cannot be mocked, as Galatians 6:7 of the Bible says: “Do not be deceived. God cannot be mocked.” And because what these people have sown is fraud, they will reap what they have sown at the proper time.

expect them to provide hourly weather updates or timely and life-saving medical service, the government give them humane compensation. Otherwise we will be pushing more of our brightest workers out of government service and out of the country,” Casiño said. Stop berating state employees The Kilusang Mayo Uno (KMU) in the meantime criticized Pres. Aquino for lecturing the Pagasa employees about their duties while at the same time refusing to give a date as to when the employees will receive their benefits. DBM secretary Florencio Abad in a statement has said that the employees will get their retroactive benefits once some kinks have been ironed out. He said that Pagasa and DBM are also discussing the matter. Depending on the longevity of the service of an employee, he or she may get anywhere from P3, 500 to P6,000 ($83 to $142) per month of hazard pay and all

these benefits will be given retroactively. In a surprise visit to Pagasa, however, Aquino reminded the employees that their agitation is adding to the worries of our countrymen with the ongoing monsoon rains and the typhoons that had been visiting the country the past weeks. “He should stop lecturing Pag-asa employees about their duty to the nation amidst the typhoon season and start addressing the demands of these government employees,” said KMU chairman Elmer Labog. “General promises with no timetables won’t do. If Pres. Aquino really wants Pagasa employees to fulfill their duties to the nation well, then he should immediately act on their just demands,” he added. “Pagasa employees have shown their worth for the nation with years of dedicated service while Aquino has been ineffective when it comes to addressing the disasters that continue to afflict the country.” (http://bulatlat. com)

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place to handle how to appropriate cash handouts. When we see the President handing out relief goods; that is exactly what it is, a media hype because he personally does not give his monies away but thru the coffers of the country collected thru our taxes redistributing to his authorized worthy causes or disasters. (What is amusing is how he gets in front of the line rather than join the assembly in cadence with the people charged to distribute relief goods – making it appear it is he who hands relief directly to the people). In accounting, entries are revisited with what we call audit which are subjected to tangible receipts. Monies when handed out especially cash surely require signatures of recipients to show proof of deliveries in good order. However this is still subject to anomaly as we have seen over the years. With audit, while a review of a transaction can be easily manipulated if not detracted

with what is called creative accounting, all one need do is to create new titles and entries to record anomalous disbursements of funds to mislead if not hide all together. Even professional auditors can be duped with creative accounting procedures unless these are subject to audit with actual cash in bank and its disbursements processes. What I am trying to say is garbage inn – garbage out! Can you imagine the creativity the many city halls have generated over the years? But then again is this just perception? Can you imagine giving cash out to 3 million people like the CCT program? Surely if offices are tasked to do this job with multiple receipts in place, this can be audited properly and controlled. But if one were to give cash out directly; can you imagine with just 500 people in a queue, in no time will all the people look alike if not returning to the same queue to receive relief funds over and over again. What is interesting to note is how local government hands out cash directly to people as we see on the boob tube. This has to be a Robin Hood concept except the rich takes the place of the state; i.e. one for you – and two for me. What I am trying to say, is that there is no such thing as a Robin Hood but a PR event to conspire to take from government monies that do not belong to them but to the people.

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Daily Horoscope ARIES: You will feel the need to make changes in your home, and will be tempted to spend a significant amount of money for this. You are advised to remain cautious, for today is not a favourable time for investments! You may want to ask for your loved one’s opinion and consider an older relative’s advice. Your intuition is not very reliable today. TAURUS: In the morning you might be in a bad mood because of some difficulties at work. A close friend will help you solve them in no time. In the afternoon you will be able to make the desired changes at home. Family members will support your ideas. GEMINI: You are in a very good mood and optimistic. You are advised, however, to pay attention to the needs of those close to you, otherwise you might be seen as careless. Be careful in everything you do today! There’s a high risk of getting in trouble with the law. CANCER: Partnerships are going very well. Nervousness may lead you to mistakes at work. You are advised to keep calm and avoid controversies with a workmate. LEO: This morning you might feel rather irritated due to a misunderstanding with an older lady in the family. You are advised to avoid meeting with friends and relatives. You are likely to be nervous and could end up spoiling their mood too. Don’t try any financial speculation! Your chances are very thin today. VIRGO: Today you are likely to feel discontent with everything, and will feel the need to make a change in your life. It seems you won’t get the loan you were counting on. Keep calm! Otherwise you might trigger a fight that will involve a number of people. LIBRA: This morning you will tend to be irascible due to a shortage of money. Around noon, you will meet a friend who will loan you the money you need. This is not a good time for doing business, for your chances to succeed are rather thin. You might get in trouble with the law. Be careful and cautious! SCORPIO: Your boss will tend to be fidgety today and generate a tense atmosphere at work. Keep calm and avoid controversies with your colleagues! You will spend the evening with your family. Together with your loved one, you can solve a financial problem that has been bothering you for a while. SAGITTARIUS: Today is not a favourable time for starting a new business or meeting with friends. Nervousness could make you have uncontrolled reactions towards people around you. A family friend will help you avoid trouble with the law. CAPRICORN: In the morning you might have a quarrel with your loved one over certain financial issues. A friend will ask you to return a loan, but you seem to be unable to keep your promise. You will manage to solve the problem in the afternoon, when a relative will help you with the money you need. AQUARIUS: You might be upset because you feel your hard work is not appreciated by your boss and your loved one. You may want to be a bit more modest. In the afternoon you will receive a piece of good news from a close relative and you will recover your good mood. PISCES: People may not quite appreciate your ideas, but your optimism and drive for renewal will not be affected. This is not a good day for business meetings, but you will get along very well with your loved one and you will have a great time together, paying a visit to relatives.

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Team COMBAT CDO soars in national downhill race By Shaun Alejandae Yap Uy

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Downhill mountainbikers from all over the country clash in the 21st COMBAT Round 3 Drop National Series at the Malasag Downhill race course finishing at FS Catanico Falls, one of the city’s tourism destinations. The racers competed in several different age groups; 19 under, 20-

29, 30-39, 40 above and in different categories; Executive, Ex-Pro and Pro-Elite. Among those who stood out in the race are from Cagayan de Oro. We see Renante “Renax” Lim of Team COMBAT CDO as the 2nd placer of the age 40-49 category, Beethoven “Bitoy” Allena, also from Team COMBAT CDO, as the champion

in the age 30-39 category. Allen June “En-En” Mercado from team Carmen Brigade CDO raced through a fourth place finish in the Executive category. In the Elite Pro Category, JR Barba from Dumaguete finished as the National Champion and will represent the Philippines in the Indonesia leg of the series.

Beethoven “Bitoy” Allena (team COMBAT CDO), CHAMPION, AGE 30-39 CATEGORY Photos by REX TAGAPULOT

Congratulations & More Power to:

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JR Barba (Dumaguete) National Champion Elite Pro Category will represent the Philippines in Indonesia

Blessing & Grand Opening! Greetings from: Renante "RENAX" Lim (Team COMBAT CDO), 2ND PLACE, AGE 40 to 49 CATEGORY

Galvin Galan (Cebu), 3RD PLACE, AGE 20-29 CATEGORY

Allen June “En-En” Mercado, (Team Carmen Brigade CDO), 4TH PLACE in the Executive Category