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SOUTHWEST Monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. Luzon and Western Visayas will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over the Western section of Luzon which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. The rest of the country will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough. SOURCE: PAGASA

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DOZENS of candidates for Miss Lapasan 2012 strike a pose during the media presentation over the weekend. Punong

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Barangay Omar Labuntog says the Coronation Night will be on August 14 at the covered court in Barangay Lapasan in

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Cagayan de Oro. The pageant serves as one of the highlights of the barangay’s annual fiesta. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Women’s group decries Pnoy’s ‘soured promises’ By JANESS ANN J. ELLAO of Bulatlat.com

WITH their daily income hardly enough to feed the family, they could not afford to have anyone get sick, said Arlene Acabo, 42, a resident of Tatalon, Quezon City, said. “Our health is among our top priorities, especially when it comes to my children. They are sickly. We live near a river so our home usually gets flooded. We are exposed to so many possible sicknesses,” Acabo said. Acabo joined Gabriela, the country’s largest women’s group, in calling on President Benigno “Noynoy” C. Aquino III to look into the welfare of Filipino women in a recent protest action at the foot of Mendiola Bridge. During the rally, one protester dramatized their plight when she lied

“For several months now, local movements all over the Philippines have been picketing local offices of the Department of Health to protest the Aquino administration’s drive to either sell off or corporatize 26 public hospitals.” – Gabriela down on a hospital stretcher with an intravenous drip. Gabriela, in its statement, described it as a portrayal of how Aquino’s policies are tormenting the Filipino people. “For several months now, local movements all over the Philippines have been picketing local offices of the Department of Health to protest the Aquino administration’s drive to either sell

off or corporatize 26 public hospitals, “ Gabriela said, “it will further worsen the bad state of women’s health.” State of women’s health Acobo said public hospitals are of great help to their families. Sometime in October last year, a dog bit her. She was brought to a nearby private hospital but was rejected when they said they could not afford to pay the down payment

right away. Acobo could no longer remember how much it was but it was something that she and her husband, who works as a sewer in a garments factory and takes home only $70 a month, could not cough up in an hour or two. “The check up was already worth $6 and it does not yet include the shots,” she said. They moved to San Lazaro Hospital, a public hospital, and paid only $0.70 for the check up. The staff immediately cleaned her wound. Acobo bought the vaccines outside the hospital. With the proposed privatization of public hospitals, Acobo wonders how poor Filipinos would be able to survive. “It is very scary to think about. Are we going to die without the benefit PROMISES/PAGE 11

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CAMODA multi-purpose coop activates membership in Pag-ibig THE CAMODA Multi Purpose Cooperative will ink a Memorandum of Agreement with Pag-IBIG Fund for the activation of their membership, under the Cagayan de Oro Branch. Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch’s Department Manager Juliano S. Banghal

will sign the MOA with CAMODA MPC Chairman Raul P. Ganot, along with the officers from both the Fund and the transport cooperative. The MOA signing will take place at the CAMODA Multi Purpose Cooperative Headquarters located at

Bontong, Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City. On the same day, an additional highlight to the occasion is the CAMODA MPC’s official turnover of payment covering the initial membership savings of the group to Pag-IBIG Fund. In turn, the CAMODA MPC

will receive their first PagIBIG Fund Receipt, as proof of payment. The CAMODA Multi Purpose Cooperative is composed of Multicab operators and drivers whose main route is from the areas of Cogon, Camaman-an and Indahag, Cagayan de

Oro City. As part of the Fund’s Knowledge Management campaign, a briefing was organized and given to the officers and members of CAMODA MPC last July 14, 2012. Republic Act 9679 also known as the Home De-

velopment Mutual Fund Law requires all Filipino workers earning at least One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) monthly to actively save in Pag-IBIG Fund. The said law applies to all self-employed including the transport group and cooperative workers.

DOH urged public to support sin tax bill CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Department of Health (DOH) Center for Health Promotion has launched here in the city the “One million, 23/7” signature campaign for the passage of House Bill 5727, an act restructuring the excise tax on alcohol and tobacco products. During the occasion, Senior Economist Jo-ann Latuja of the Action for Economic Reform (AER) said that after lower chamber has approved the bill in a 210-21 votes with five abstentions, the battle goes up to the senate. Seeing the role of the people in the senators’ deci-

sion, she stated, “the voice of the people really counts, we need massive public support given the very tight timeline, that is, before the budget hearing starts.”. Latuja clarified that the move is not only aimed at increasing taxation, but

also at reducing tobacco consumption and Filipinos. If approved, the revenues will go up by Php33 billion in the first year alone and expected to increase in the succeeding years with regular tax increases. (Jorie C. Valcorza, PIA 10/asf )

Republic of the Philippines Department of Environment and Natural Resources NATIONAL WATER RESOURCES BOARD JASAAN RURAL WATERWORKS AND SANITATION ASSOCIATION, INC., Applicant. x------------------------------------------------------- x

Case No. 11-1604

SECOND NOTICE OF HEARING Applicant, authorized operator of the waterworks system within Barangays Poblacion Upper Jasaan, and Lower Jasaan, Aplaya, Solana, Luz Bamzon, Nahalinan, Bobontugan, Jampason and San Antonio, Danao, LSS Cruz, San Nicolas and Natubo, all at Jasaan, Misamis Oriental, applies for the renewal of Certificate of Public Convenience and authority to increase its rates as follows: PROPOSED RATES Residential/Institutional/Public Taps Commercial Consumption, cu. m. Peso / cu.m. Consumption, cu. m. 0 – 10 (min.) P 103.00 (min) 0-25 (min.) 11 - 20 11.20 21 - 30 12.30 26 – 1000 31 - 40 13.50 41 - 50 14. 80 Over 1000 Over 50 16.40

Industrial Peso / cu.m. P 512.25 (min.) 24.60 29.50

Notice is hereby given that this application will be initially heard by the Board on September 3, 2012, hearing will start at 9:00 o’clock in the morning at the NWRB-WUD Conference Room, 8th Floor, NIA Building, EDSA, Quezon City at which time Applicant shall present its evidence. At least fifteen (15) days prior to the scheduled hearing, Applicant shall publish this notice once in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental and send by personal delivery or registered mail a copy of (i) the application and its attachments, and (ii) this notice, to all affected parties appearing on page 2 hereof. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above scheduled date of hearing, furnishing a copy of the same to the Applicant. Failure on the part of any affected party to file its opposition on time and to appear at the hearing will be construed as a waiver of their right to be heard and the Board will proceed to hear and decide the application based on the evidence submitted. Likewise, failure by the Applicant to appear at the hearing shall amount to lack of interest on its part and the instant application shall be dismissed accordingly. Witness the Honorable Executive Director of the National Water Resources Board this 13th day of July 2012. By Authority of the Board: VICENTE S. PARAGAS, CESO III Executive Director MDN: AUG. 7, 2012

PRMF Knowledge Product Turn-over - Bukidnon Provincial Governor Alex Calingasan, Misamis Oriental Vice Gov. Norris Babrera and Misamis Occidental Governor Herminia M. Ramiro (l-r) hand over the “knowledge products” on good road management practices to DILG-10 Director Atty. Rene K. Burdeos. DILG Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero (extreme right) witnesses the ceremony. (Rodolfo D. Mendoza, PIA-10/asf)

PhilPost launches letter-writing contest CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Philippine Postal Corporation (PhilPost), in partnership with the Universal Postal Union, has launched the 42nd International Letter-Writing Competition for Young People, along with the 2013 theme “Why Water is a Precious Resource.” PhilPhost-10 Information Officer Cecilia Cotapte, said young people up to the age of 15 years may compete by writing a letter explaining the importance of water. With a maximum of 800 words, entries must be in English, typewritten, and

must take the form of a letter containing such elements, as place and date, addressee, opening and closing salutation, and signature. The contestants should also indicate in a separate sheet of paper his/her complete name, gender, age, date of birth, home address, contact numbers, name and address of school, grade or year level, as well as, the number of words of the letter composition and attached a 2x2 color photo. Criteria are relevance to the theme (30%), imagination and originality of the

contents (20%), demonstration of a good writing style (20%), demonstration of an extensive vocabulary (20%), and youthfulness of tone (10%). The first prize winner gets a cash award of P15,000 and his/her composition will be sent by the PhilPost to the International Bureau as the country’s official entry to the international competition. Second and third prize winners will receive P10,000 and P5,000, respectively, aside from medals, plaques and stamp albums. (APB/ PIA-10/asf )

Pag-IBIG Fund requires the use of MID, for every transaction STARTING September 1, Pag-IBIG Fund will require employers and members, to present their Membership Identification (MID) Numbers for ALL TRANSACTIONS. This is part of Pag-IBIG Fund’s transition to an enhanced system that will make

its services even faster and more efficient for employers and members. Moreover, employers must indicate the employees’ names and their corresponding MID Numbers on the following Pag-IBIG Fund forms: 1. Members Contribution Remittance Form; 2. Short Term Loan/ Multi-Purpose Loan Applications; 3. Monthly Remittance Schedule for Multi-Purpose Loans. There may be delays in the employers and members transactions, if the MID is not indicated. All members without MID are, therefore, advised to secure a Registration Track-

ing Number (RTN) at our Pag-IBIG Branches or via internet through our e-services found at www.pagibigfund. gov.ph The RTN can be used in place of the MID. For faster posting of savings and loan payments, all employers are required to submit a softcopy (computer file) of their remittance schedules. Employers can secure the easy-to-use softcopy format at all Pag-IBIG Branches or online at www. pagibigfund.gov.ph. For more details, members may coordinate with Ms. Kathy May Bautista of the Marketing and Enforcement Division at telephone numbers 726348, 722800, 8561861 to 62 local 211, 218 or 219.

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

War erupts in Central M’nao By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor

• Attacks on army units staged simultaneously • No power in affected towns • Classes suspended indefinitely FIGHTING rages in Central Mindanao of Cotabato since Sunday when rebel forces of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement Forces waged simultaneous attacked on army units in Maguindanao and North Cotabato triggering a running gun battle with government troopers that lasted as of press time. An initial military reports said two rebels and a civilian were killed and four militiamen were hurt in simultaneous attacks Sunday night by the BIFMF. As this develops, Office Of Civil Defense- Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao head (Ret.)Brig. Gen. Loreto Rirao said fighting has so far displaced 189 families from these towns. As this developed, thousands of civilians from the interior villages of Datu Piang, Datu Saudi, Shariff Aguak and Mamasapano had already fled as early as 12 midnight Sunday. The Philippine Army (PA) yesterday deployed more troops to Maguindanao to reinforce its detachment attacked by a breakaway Moro rebel of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF). Eleven municipalities in Maguindanao are still

without power when the Moro rebels cut dozens of power lines before mounting simultaneous attacks on various military posts Sunday evening. These towns include Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Datu Hoffer Ampatuan, Guindulungan, Ampatuan, Shariff Aguak, Datu Piang,Datu Unsay, Mamasapano, Datu Saudi Abdullah, Shariff Sandona and Sandona town, a police report said. ‘Formerly known as Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, the BIFM is led by Ameril Umbra Kato who, together with his followers, was dissociated from the MILF who declared him as a ‘bougat or one who defies or does not obey an order,’ the military said. Official reports said military installations in the towns of Talayan, Datu Unsay, Datu Saudi Ampatuan and Shariff Aguak in Maguindanao and in Midsayap in North Cotabato were simultaneously attacked by small bands of armed men led by Ustadz Carialan, chief of staff of the BIFM. Miriam Kawit, Maguindanao schools division superintendent of the Department of Education, said she ordered school

principals in the towns of Shariff Aguak, Ampatuan, Mamasapano, Datu Unsay and Datu Piang to suspend classes indefinitely in their areas to ensure the safety of the school children. Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos Deles said the BIFM is not part of the MILF (Moro Islamic Liberation Front), and thus is not covered by any ceasefire agreement. She the attacks initiated by this lawless group during Ramadan only demonstrate their disrespect for this holy month of our Muslim faithful, and their disregard for innocent lives that can be displaced or lost during their irrational assaults. Deles, however, gave assurances that the act of aggression of the BIFM will not derail the peace process between the government and the MILF. “We assure the public that these incidents will not affect the substantial gains that we have carefully and persistently built with our counterparts, foremost of which is the ceasefire mechanism that continues to hold on the ground and kept the peace for our communities,” Deles added. WITH WIRE REPORTS

The Cagayanons and the city of Cagayan de Oro had finally recovered from the worst nightmare that Typhoon Sendong inflicted on its people. The tragedy has proven the resiliency of the Cagayanons in overcoming one of the worst misfortunes that the people have had experienced. Neither the bloody revolution nor the incessant bombings during the war have brought so much anguished among Cagayanons than the killer Typhoon Sendong has. We, Cagayanons, will always remember the sufferings of those who survived. We, the people of Cagayan de Oro, will also cherish the memories of those who perished close to our hearts. Nonetheless, the Cagayanons will never forget those who desecrated the memoirs of those who died through deception and utter disrespect. The people of Cagayan de Oro will not forgive those who defiled the tragedy for political ends. We will never forgive individuals, groups, and organizations that tried to sway people to support them in the pursuit of their ulterior motive through deception and lies. Among these groups are the Save CDO Movement, Bangon Cagayan de Oro, Mata na CDO, and other similar organizations whose members, followers, and volunteers are the same. These groups pretend that they are apolitical and independent citizens wanting change in Cagayan de Oro City. We later learned that the same groups are organizing the ‘Cagayanons’ to support devious plans to unseat incumbent city officials and Mayor Vicente Emano. While the Emano administration may have some flaws, the Cagayanons would be at their worst if the values of Save CDO Movement, Bangon Cagayan de Oro, and Mata na CDO are allowed to flourish in the city. We knew later that organizers of these organization who described themselves as ‘volunteers’ and have been denying political association are the very same people interested to run for elective post. Such hypocritical intension only unmasked the true nature of these individuals, groups, and association. As native Cagayanons who have grown and witnessed the city’s growth through the years, we must resist the entrance of these people in our city. We must join hands in our fight to stop the ulterior motives of these pretentious people who thrived in the principle of chaos and black propaganda in their efforts to gain electoral support.

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GOVERNMENT’S RELEASE OF GM RICE HIT Public warned of GM rice effects on health, environment THE Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment (SEARICE) hit government’s approval of genetically modified rice, saying that its release will cause harm to people’s health and the environment. “Government should not have approved for direct use, Bayer’s LL62 to the Philippine environment last May 16, 2012, considering studies that this herbicide tolerant rice will cause a range of illnesses affecting the nervous and respiratory systems,” Normita Ignacio, Executive Director of the Southeast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment or SEARICE said. She added that the release of GM rice poses socio‐economic risks such as that brought about by the US rice contamination of this kind of GM rice which resulted to multimillion dollar losses to farmers in 2006 to 2007. Bayer Crop Science, Inc produced Liberty Link Rice 62 or LL62 by inserting a gene of a soil bacteria, Streptomyces lygroscopicus, into the genetic make‐up of Bengal rice, a popular rice variety grown in Southern USA. The result is a geneti-

cally modified rice that is tolerant to a herbicide also developed by Bayer. The herbicide called Liberty is also known as glufosinate ammonium. Exposure to glufosinate has adverse effects on people’s health. Citing studies, Ignacio said that glufosinate poisoning occurs in humans and this is manifested through unconsciousness, respiratory distress and convulsions. The herbicide is also linked to kidney disorder as well as fetal deaths. Ignacio questioned the process by which the bacteria‐ridden rice was approved by government’s Bureau of Plant Industry. “The public, most especially farmers and consumers was neither genuinely consulted nor informed as to the effects of LL62 rice on health and the environment,” Ignacio said. She added that Philippine laws do not provide for mechanisms that allow people to genuinely participate in decisions regarding the release of GMOs in the country. LL62 is of the same class as the LL601 that Bayer introduced to US soils in 2006 through field tests. The USDA thereafter

announced that all US long grain rice in at least five US states were contaminated with LL601 or the genetically modified rice. Within four days of the USDA announcement, a decline in rice futures was observed which cost US farmers about $150 million. Exports of US rice also fell, US farmers said, as the European Union, Japan, Russia, as well as the Philippines slowed or stopped their imports of US‐grown

long grain rice. US farmers thereafter filed at least 1,500 lawsuits. The Insurance Journal reported that as of 2011, a settlement of up to $750 million1 damages has been reached with US rice producers including farmers and crop share landlords over LL601 contamination. “We are very worried about the release of GM rice, since rice is the staple crop of all Filipinos and is consumed in large quanti-

ties, government should have applied caution and not released the GM rice at all, especially since a lot of countries has already banned GMOs in their countries.Even glufosinate as a herbicide has already been banned in some countries,” Ignacio said. Thailand, which is the number one exporter of rice in the whole world, for instance, Ignacio said, has committed not to genetically modify its rice so as not to

affect their sales. The S outheast Asia Regional Initiatives for Community Empowerment advocates sustainable agriculture. The group does not support GMOs not only due to the health and environmental risks it poses, but also because GMOs affect farmers’ rights to save, reuse and exchange their seeds. GMO seeds cannot be re‐ used and exchanged due to patent rights.

P-Noy cites DA chief, good agri performance in 3rd SONA PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III, on his 3rd State of the Nation Address (SONA), has cited the achievements of the agriculture sector and the Department of Agriculture, under the leadership of Secretary Proceso J. Alcala. “Kung paglago po ang usapan, nasa tuktok ng listahan ang agrikultura. Kayo d-kalabaw p o si Secretary Alcala upang makapaghatid ng mabubuting balita (When it comes

to growth and development, agriculture is at the top of our priorities. Secretary Alcala has been working non-stop to deliver us good news),” President Aquino said. He also noted the DA chief has visited all the provinces of the country, 80 in all, to campaign not for personal gain, but to deliver various projects and initiatives of the agriculture department for the benefit of small farmers, fishers and

ruralfolk. “All of these hardwork and perseverance have resulted to a decrease in rice imports from a total of 2.47 million metric tons (MT) in 2010 to only 500,000 million MT this year which translates to a P24.7-billion decrease in debt incurred by the National Food Authority,” the President added. The current rice inventory includes a buffer stock, which can be used during calamities.

Also, the ongoing participation of private entities in rice trade has gained for the government a total of P4.2B in additional revenues. The President also remains positive that the rice self-sufficiency target will be achieved before the end of 2013, and may subsequently export rice, as long as the country continues to enjoy favorable weather. “Huwag lang po CITES/PAGE 9

TESDA certifies trainees

Peace councils move to end hostilities BASILAN––The joint regional and provincial peace and order council discussed, Tuesday, measures to end hostilities, particularly in Sumisip town. Acting ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman underscored the need for government agencies and local government units to address the issues affecting communities south of the province, with a pro-active stance. During the occasion, the governor asked the Provincial Agrarian Reform Office and the Cooperative Development Authority to explain on the status of the Tumajubong Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries Integrated Development Cooperative (Tarbidci), that may have caused the hostilities. Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Suwaib Ismael said Tarbidci is currently facing problems on management and infightings, among the beneficiaries. Three separate incidents of harassments have been reported since last year, where rubber plantation workers fall victims of ambuscades and strafings on their way to the working areas. Police Senior Supt. Alex Lineses, outgoing provincial police director, said appropriate charges have already been filed against the suspects. (Rene V. Carbayas/JPA, PIA9-ZBST/asf )

OZAMIZ City––Sixteen trainees from Barangay Carmen have been recognized by the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA) after hurdling the electrical installat i on and m ai nte n anc e national certificate (NC) II requirements. Sup er vised by TESDA Trainer Rico Sy, the training was one of the a c t i v it i e s l i n e d - up by city committee on livelihood, headed by Barangay Kagawad Nelson Canumay. “There were actually

21 students, who enrolled in the course, but five of them could not wait for the graduation/confirmation ceremony, as they w e re a l re a d y w or k i n g in the city, while some were in Cagayan de Oro City preparing to work abroad,” Canumay said. T h e y a l s o at t a i n e d confirmation by DepEd’s Alternative Learning System (ALS), under City ALS Sup er v is or Sus an B. Carpio. The graduates thanked M ay o r No v a P r i n c e s s jinog Sr. and Provincial ing to the skills training. Parojinog-Echavez, ABC B o a r d Me m b e r A r d o t (CIO Juvy Lungay-CanuPresident Reynaldo Paro- Parojinog for support- may/PIA-Mis. Occ./asf )

NSO holds dialogue with agri, fishery sectors CAGAYAN de Oro City – The National Statistics Office (NSO) Regional Office 10 will dialogue with farmers and fisherfolks in the region here in the city, August 13. NSO-10 Director Salvador A. Aves said the forum aims to introduce the conduct of 2012 Census of Agriculture and Fisheries (CAF) to make the stakeholders aware of the undertaking and

to solicit their cooperation for the success of the census. An overview of the 2012 CAF and the data items to be collected, as well as, the data from the 2002 CAF will also be presented during the forum, he further said. The CAF aims to obtain a more recent and comprehensive data on farm characteristics and information on basic fishing opera-

tions; determine the type and number of equipment, machineries and facilities used in farm and fishing activities. It provides benchmarks for the various statistical series which are designed to measure progress in agriculture and fisheries sectors that are essential in drawing up programs and policies for such sectors. (APB/PIA/asf)

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Mining’s potential as catalyst for economic growth remains unsubstantiated, says Monsod By BONG D. FABE, Contributing editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Constitutionalist, environmentalist, human rights advocate, and lawyer Christian Monsod has debunked with clear data the claims of mining proponents that the industry has the potential to be the country’s catalyst for economic growth and thus address mass poverty. “The role of mining is always described as ‘potential’ because mining has never played a major role in our development, even during the mining boom of the seventies and early eighties,” he said during the forum on Executive Order 79 at the Archbishop Patrick Cronin Formation Hall last Thursday. This despite the fact that the Philippines is in possession of at least US$1 trillion of untapped mineral resources, according to the book Investing in ASEAN 2011-2012 produced by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The book said the Philippines’ gold ore reserves alone is the third largest globally, estimated at four billion tons; while its copper ore deposits are estimated at 7.9 billion tons, which placed the country fourth largest. Also, the Philippines has the fifth largest nickel deposit in the world, estimated at 815 million. Aside from this, the country is blessed with deposits of high-grade chromite, silver and other minerals. If all these mineral resources are tapped, the Philippines could fuel Southeast

Asia’s emergence as a “global mining force” within the next few years, the ASEAN book claimed. Citing former Economic Planning Secretary Cielito Habito, Monsod said that based on the national input-output tables, that the backward linkages of mining is .46 or less than half of other industries and the forward linkages is a low .82 (below 1) – which does not put mining in “enough value adding activity” to merit priority. “The reason, of course, is because most of the mining in our country, after 50 years, is still extract-andexport-ore activity and there is no significant industrialization footprint based on our mineral resources. Not

surprising, since the mining companies have to protect their downstream plants or those of their partners abroad,” he said. Earlier reports cited NEDA Assistant Director General Ruperto Majuca as saying that the full impact of the mining industry particularly on employment and the domestic economy continues to be limited. NEDA disclosed that the industry’s impact on the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is less than P200 billion and fewer than half a million in direct and indirect jobs this year and next year. This was due to the mining output being just extracted material and exported without much

intermediate processing. The agency estimated the contribution of the industry this year to be only 0.74 percent of GDP. Projection for next year is 1.17 percent, while jobs will reach only 276,000 this year and 485,000 next year. In 2011 the mining industry had a lackluster performance mainly due to a slowdown in the manufacturing industry and, in part, the weak performance of the mining and quarrying sector. This sector contracted by 2.1 percent in the fourth quarter and a full-year growth of only 4.1 percent. “Extraction mining is known all over the world as a low job-generating MINING/PAGE 11

Children decry alleged 4Ps anomalies By EMMANUEL C. ROLDAN

DAVAO City—Last week I facilitated a small focus group discussion (FGD) with barangay officials and functionaries of Barangays 21-C, 22-C, 31-D and 76-A Bucana. This was part of a series of FGDs to develop a complementary development program for a private institution in support to the 4Ps or Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program. Other consultations were done with parents and children of 4Ps household grantees in the city. The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT), the other name for 4Ps is a flagship poverty-alleviation and social development program started by the previous administration and carried over by the PNoy administration. This is one of only a few programs PNoy inherited from former PGMA. And he has good reason for it. The program covers the poorest communities in the country and household grantees are selected through the Family Income and Expenditure Survey (FIES) and Small Area Estimates (SAE). Each household grantee, after being qualified and following a certain set of conditionalities or rules to follow, may get as much as Php 1,400 per month or Php 15,000 a year for five consecutive years. Davao City grantees started to receive their “payment” in the first quarter of 2009 through over-the-counter bank transaction. Currently they are using the Automated Teller Machine (ATM). Davao had about 3,500 household grantees in 39 disparity barangays in 2010 which swelled to about 5,000 grantees and 50 barangays

First person in 2012. Incidentally I was involved in making the barangay profiling and supply side assessment, and process documentation in its early stage of implementation of the Pantawid program. Our discussion was not to evaluate the program as a whole but to determine the gaps that might be addressed by projects and initiatives of the private sector in the participants’ respective barangays. All of them believe though that the Pantawid program has served the poor families and their children. More children of low-income families are religiously going to school now compared to the previous years. Household grantees can buy food and medicines for their children and parents have become more responsible for the care of children and their own health. Parents are also organized and are regularly attending education sessions conducted by DSWD and NGO partners. Moreover they said incidence of riots among children and young people has lessened as more children tend to go to school than hanging around with their peers in the streets. But they also agreed that not everything is well in the program. They still hear and have knowledge of some problems, errors and abuse until this time. For one, they know that the Pantawid program does not cover all the poorest of the poor in their barangays. Despite the constant DECRY/PAGE 11

CEB slashes fares to Japan, Korea, China for holiday season THE Philippines’ largest national flag carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE:CEB) announced a seat sale to Japan (Osaka), Korea (Incheon and Pusan), and China routes starting at the All-in Lite Fare of P1288. This seat sale is available from August 6 to 9, 2012 or until seats last; and valid for travel from October 1 to December 31, 2012. Guests can grab seats from Manila to Hong Kong, Macau, or Xiamen for the all-in LiteFare of P1288. Reduced fares are also available for seats from Manila to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, or Taipei for as low as P1988. For guests travelling

from Manila to Osaka, discounted seats begin at P4588. The same fare is also available to CEB guests from Manila or Cebu who will fly to Korea via Incheon or Pusan. “Travelling throughout the holiday season need not be stressful or expensive, if you’re able to book flights and arrangements early on. We encourage all our guests to take advantage of this seat sale whether they’d like to spend the holidays in CEB’s popular shopping and leisure destinations in Asia or around the Philippines,” said Candice Iyog, CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution. New domestic inter-

All-in Lite Fares as low as P488 for new inter-island routes island routes are also featured in this seat sale. For the travel period October 4 to December 31, 2012 CEB guests may avail of the same all-in LiteFare P488 for seats from Cebu to Busuanga; Iloilo to General Santos, Puerto Princesa or Tacloban; Davao to Butuan or Dipolog; Legazpi to Tacloban; or from Cagayan de Oro to Bacolod or Zamboanga. Other discounted do-

mestic routes covered in this seat sale include fares from from Cebu to Bacolod, Caticlan, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Siargao or Tacloban for the All-in LiteFare of P688. The same reduced fare is available for those travelling Manila to Bacolod, Cebu, Caticlan, Dumaguete, Iloilo, Kalibo, Roxas, Tacloban or Tagbilaran are available for the All-in LiteFare of P888. On a separate travel period: November 8 to Decem-

ber 31, 2012, travelers from Iloilo to Puerto Princesa, or General Santos; or from Cagayan de Oro to Bacolod, can grab discounted seats also starting at P488. For a complete listing of reduced All-in LiteFares available in this seat sale, visit http://www.cebupacificair.com/Pages/SeatSalePromo.aspx CEB guests who do not have credit cards may conveniently book flights online and pay through CEB partner banks and payment centers. “Travelers can also select seats in advance and avail of CEB’s web checkin service for their travel convenience,” Iyog added. For bookings and in-

quiries, guests can go to www.cebupacificair.com, or call the reservation hotlines (02) 7020-888 or (032) 230-8888. The latest seat sales can also be found on CEB’s official Twitter and Facebook pages. CEB currently operates 10 Airbus A319, 20 Airbus A320 and 8 ATR-72 500 aircraft. Its fleet of 38 aircraft – with an average age of 3.6 years – is one of the youngest aircraft fleets in Asia. Between 2012 and 2021, Cebu Pacific will take delivery of 22 more Airbus A320 and 30 Airbus A321neo aircraft orders. It is slated to begin long-haul services in the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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What makes medical Cepalco, Cowd irresponsible in treatment expensive? telling consumers on service failures MEDICAL treatment in private hospitals in the Philippines seemed to be reserved only for moneyed people. No wonder government-run hospitals are always teeming with patients. Yet, while public hospitals accept patients of all level, their services are often subject of criticism, too. Why hospitalization and medical treatment are expensive in the Philippines? This question cropped up since other countries offer cheaper Cris Diaz medical treatment of ailments that fetch higher prices in the Philippines. For instance, a heart-by-pass in the Philippine costs more than P1-million. Patient has to stay in the hospital for at least two weeks or more. In other countries, like in New Delhi, India, heart-by-pass operation costs only between P500-P600 and patient may stay only 7 days in hospital. To top it all, India is one among countries in the world that employs the latest in medical technology. Someone said that in the Philippines, sensitive operations like heart-by-pass take place in private hospitals in Manila or Cebu. There are half-dozen surgeons attending to a single heart-by-pass patient. What makes the operation very expensive is the scheming practice of private hospitals to collect exorbitant ‘professional fees’ for all attending doctors in a single operation. Worst, professional fees of surgeons are also excessive. This actually makes the operation expensive and unaffordable to ordinary Filipino patient. The callousness of these hospitals to collect high fees even with outdated medical equipment is also rampant. Some ‘specialist’ doctors like surgery (they are called surgeons) are not really especially trained in their fields. Maybe, they just completed a two-year ‘residency’ status in a hospital to earn the title ‘surgeon.’ Anyway, that is part of the Philippines’ medical system. The pressing problem is the exorbitant fees. A friend once confided to me that his wife underwent an ‘eye’ operation in one of the ‘modern’ hospitals in Cagayan de Oro City. He said his wife stated in the hospital for a night. He almost choked to death when the bill was more than P100,000. What? Just for an overnight stay for over P100,000! The hospital billed him about P80,000 for beddings that could cost only some P500 in ‘use clothing’ extravaganza. We will write more of this in the coming days. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

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FOR several weeks now, these two utility firms in Cagayan de Oro have been re-missed in their responsibility to efficiently and properly inform the consumers of the several sudden interruptions of power and water services in various areas of the city. Complaints from some consumers alleged that notices of service interruptions were just emailed to newspapers or posted on-line where only a few IT-proficient persons can have access to. Where in the world does this kind of service fit in? Why are they afraid to spend on effective notices or an-

Editorial nouncements? Yet, their profits have soared so many times, and the rates they charge to users are continuously increasing. What kind of mathematics are they using? Or is this plain and simple irresponsible attitude? Paging the officials of these two firms. Service interruptions occurring even just for a few hours, without the advance information to consumers could result into huge losses of businesses in terms production man-hours and income opportunity.

To small hotels, lodging inns, stores and other establishments which do not have electric generators, and large freezers, service interruptions could mean loss of customers, loss of sales and inconvenience. Loss of water supply would mean sanitary problems and service delay in food establishments. Repairs of lines made in streets and major thoroughfares were not even announced properly, thus affecting also the traffic flow in the city. These repairs and construction of drainage canals now ongoing, are too inefficient in terms of sound

management. It generated traffic snarls, polluted airs and immense commuter inconvenience. What are the authorities doing? Paging city hall and the city council. The people of Cagayan de Oro are getting impatient of solutions to these problems that are nowhere found. Some areas in the city are in disarray. Clouds of dust permeate the air. Health problems come next. What a pity to Juan who have paid his taxes but whose life is endangered due to irresponsible management of the basic utilities that he need most. Cepalco, COWD, wake up!

Power play THINK a minute. They say: “The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys!” Little boys are happy with a small, simple toy truck, but later when we’ve become macho men, we want bigger, more sophisticated trucks. There’s something else that few of us seem to outgrow: power games. We still want to be the “top dog.” We will manipulate or use people to get what we want, whether it’s money, status, or a position of power. After awhile, playing power games simply becomes our way of living. We talk negatively about coworkers so we’ll look better than them. We act like we’re humble in public, when we actually want to be recognized and given that position or title

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst of status. We play power games in the office, our village, in sports, at school, even in our marriage. Husbands don’t really show and express our love to our wife because we think we’ll lose the power and control in our marriage. So we want our wife to remain insecure and not sure if we really love her. But it’s not just men who play power games, women do too. Like the mother who won’t allow her children

to see their grandparents. Some women even use sex to control and manipulate their husbands. But friend, even if you won every single power game you played. Do you realize that 50 years from now, your title or position of power you fought for won’t make any difference to your life? In fact, the satisfaction you think you’re getting from winning those childish power games by stepping on and hurting other people will only come back later

to haunt and hurt you. You see, we always get back what we give others—whether it’s good or evil. It’s called planting and reaping. Jesus says there’s only one position of power that will make all the difference in your life, both now and when you die. That’s whether you’ve become a child of God or not. As they say: “It’s not WHAT you know, but WHO you know.” So have you asked Jesus to forgive you for all your wrongs and living for yourself ? Then have you asked Him to take charge and start changing your heart and way of living every day? You see, your daily personal relationship with Jesus is the only position of power that matters, and will give you real satisfaction that lasts. Just Think a Minute.

Canada moves to junk Pinoy migrants’ applications FILIPINO applicants for migration in Canada are protesting against the unilateral move of the Canadian government to cancel and “return” without explanation their pending applications and accompanying processing fees. In a statement, lawyer Gerard Algarra, who represents a group of Manilabased Filipino applicants, described as “unconstitutional, illegal, and arbitrary” the unilateral move of the Canadian government, saying it constitutes a “retroactive legislation,” which could be a subject of a class action suit his group of lawyers was initiating before the Canadian court. Canada is among the favorite destinations for

So the public may know Atty. Sara Jane A. Suguitan over two decades of cashstrapped Filipino migrants due to what could be described as its liberal immigration policies. But last June 29, the Canadian Parliament enacted the Growth and Prosperity Act of 2012, which authorizes the Canadian immigration minister to return all pending applications for migration under the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program, which were filed

prior to February, 2008. Canadian authorities said the number of applicants for migration could reach over 300,000, of which 30,000 to 60,000, or 10 to 20 percent, are Filipinos, one of the three largest nationalities of applicants for FSW immigration there. Those who have applied after February, 2008 are not included. The sudden changes in Canadian immigration poli-

cies have been the result of the May, 2012 election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the leader of the Conservative Party, which now leads a conservative government. Algarra, a specialist in immigration laws, said Manila-based Filipino applicants for migration under the FSW program have approached him, decrying the new Canadian law, which has “retroactive application.” “These applicants have waited for five or ten years for the Canadian government to act on their applications. Suddenly, they have been informed that a new law has been passed, returning their applications and processing fees without CANADA/PAGE 11

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

INVITATION TO BID

The Bids and Awards Committee (BAC) of the DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office, invites contractors to apply to bid for the aforementioned project :

Contract ID: 12KH0082 Contract Name: Construction/Completion of M.P. Bldg., PFCCO Mindanao League Contract Location: Brgy. Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 1,470,000.00 Contract Duration: 60 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 5,000.00 Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use non-discretionary pass/ fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration, to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW, Central Office will only process contractors’ applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractor’s Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov. ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-Bid Conference Deadline of Receipt LOI Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids

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The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BD’s) at DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office, 10th RES Compound, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, upon payment of a non-refundable fee as stated above. Prospective bidders may also download the BDs from the DPWH website, if available. Prospective bidders that will download the BDs from the DPWH website shall pay the said fees on or before the submission of their bid Documents. Bids must be accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BD’s in two separate sealed bid envelopes to the BAC Chairman. The first envelope shall contain the technical component of the bid, which shall include a copy of the Contractor’s Registration Certificate (CRC). The second envelope shall contain the financial component of the bid. Contract will be awarded to the Lowest Calculated Responsive Bid as determined in the bid evaluation and post qualification. The DPWH-Cagayan de Oro City 1st District Engineering Office reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bid and to annul the bidding process anytime before Contract award, without incurring any liability to the affected bidders. Approved :

Procurement will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures in accordance with R.A. 9184 and its Revised Implementing Rules and regulations. To bid for this contract, a contractor must submit a Letter of Intent (LOI), purchase bid documents and must meet the following major criteria: (a) prior registration with DPWH, (b) Filipino citizen or 75% Filipino-owned partnership, corporation, cooperative, or joint venture, (c) with PCAB license applicable to the type and cost of this contract, (d) completion of a similar contract costing at least 50% of ABC within a period of 10 years, and (e) Net Financial Contracting Capacity at least equal to ABC, or credit line commitment at least equal to 10% of ABC. The BAC will use nondiscretionary pass/fail criteria in the eligibility check and preliminary examination of bids. Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration, to the DPWH-POCW, Central Office before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH-POCW, Central Office will only process contractors’ applications for registration with complete requirements and issue the Contractor’s Certificate of Registration (CRC). Registration Forms may be downloaded at the DPWH website www.dpwh.gov.ph. The significant times and deadlines of procurement activities are shown below: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Issuance of Bidding Documents Pre-Bid Conference Deadline of Receipt LOI Receipt of Bids Opening of Bids

July 31 – August 24, 2012 August 10, 2012 @ 2:00PM August 8, 2012 August 24, 2012 at 8:00AM-10:00AM 2:00 PM on August 24, 2012

LEAH E. NALIPONGUIT Administrative Officer III BAC - Chairperson

Approved : Noted: BONIFACIO R. LORA OIC- District Engineer

MDN: August 3 & 7, 2012

Contract ID: 12KH0083 Contract Name: Completion of 2-Storey 4CL School Bldg., Balulang ES Contract Location: Brgy. Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City Brief Description: Buildings – Low Rise Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC): Php 2,673,440.00 Contract Duration: 90 calendar days Cost of Plans & Bid Documents: P 5,000.00

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Pictures dont lie WHO’S LYING? Secretary Robredo of the DILG and Mayor Emano of Cagayan de Oro? Or Bangon Kagay-an of Cagayan de Oro? This was the question posed by Dr. Bob Ocio, en environmentalist and former City Councilor. Ocio said that DILG Secretary Robredo- called via phone call and said: “ I have the Oro rivers along the Iponan River inspected by my men at the DILG. They could only see small scale mining. Make a formal complaint and submit evidences so that we can ask Emano to answer” Ocio said he asked Robredo in return:” Where is the DILG report? Why furnish suspicious copies of a supposed lead to a crime committed? WHY NOT CONDUCT A DIS-

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CREET INVESTIGATION AND FIND OUT WHO IS LYING? On the other hand, Nixon A. Baban answered that Mayor Emano said only small scale mining

operates along the outlying barangays of Iponan River. Bangon Kagay-anon decried that it is not small mining that operates along Iponan River. “Did you know that a

Gold Dredging Barge Vessel cost at least P 10,000,000.00 and up? And you call this small scale, I wonder what large scale looks like,” Ocio shot back. Let the pictures belie the claim, he added.

MANILA- The Bureau of Customs’ efforts in curbing illegal importation of rice, a commodity which has long been abused by certain sectors due to its impact in the political, economic, and social landscape, would raise farmers’ income. The farming sector lamented that farmers have been at the short end of this stick, rendering them impoverished and powerless, and earning a meager 23,000 pesos per year. “That means they are living on less than 2,000 pesos a month. That is not even enough to meet their basic needs. This concerted effort by the BOC to curb smuggling will definitely have an impact in the livelihood of our farmers,” senator Kiko Pangilinan said. Pangilinan, who chairs the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Food, has been actively seeking measures to increase farmers’ income.

In 2011, he convened Agriculture and Fisheries 2025 and gathered for the first time all the major stakeholders of the agriculture and fisheries sector, including the farmers and fishermen. He also initiated Sagip Saka, an advocacy to provide to farmers and fisherfolk much-needed interventions and access to markets, investments, and technology. “The concerns of our farmers and fisherfolk have been left unheard for so long. If we fail to address their plight, there would be no one left to till the lands for the next generation, especially since the average age of our farmers is 57. The government must continue to push for agricultural reform in order to increase the incomes of our farmers and fisherfolk. Efforts such as the ones being undertaken by the BOC will definitely help in alleviating the economic plight of our farmers.”

Probe worsening air traffic congestion at NAIA – solon MANILA - Investigation is readied against the reported worsening case of air traffic congestion at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) to formulate short and long term solutions to end the danger it poses to passengers and air carriers. Rep. Ma. Theresa Bonoan-David (4th District, Manila) filed House Resolution 2415 urging the House Committee on Transportation to address this danger in the skies as it does not only affect air transportation safety alone but tourism and other allied businesses as well. In order to decongest Manila’s worsening air traffic situation, Bonoan-David suggested to consider other airports such as the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport in Pampanga, Lipa Air Force Base in Batangas and Sangley Point in Cavite

as alternative airports. As one of the major gateways, Bonoan-David said the NAIA has become too small for the air traffic caused by the rise in the number of planes serving Manila and connecting it with other cities worldwide. “Air transportation in the Philippines is now beset with problems of congestion in our aviation hubs resulting in flight delays and increases in risks for aviation accidents,” Bonoan-David said. The lady lawmaker added that Manila’s primary runway is 3,737 meters long while the secondary 13-31 runway measures 2,367 meters which can only accommodate an average of 553 aircraft movements’ daily, delaying flights from 4 minutes to 81 minutes. In filing the resolution, Bonoan-David cited Republic Act 9497 otherwise

known as the Civil Aviation Authority Act of 2008 which affirms the declared policy of the State to provide safe and efficient air transport and regulatory services in the Philippines by providing for the creation of a civil aviation authority with jurisdiction over the restructuring of the civil aviation system, the promotion, development and regulation of the technical, operational, safety and aviation security functions under the civil aviation authority. Bonoan-David said the biggest cause of the air traffic congestion problem is the general aviation aircraft which are private planes, choppers and jets that use the same airport raising safety concerns over the airports operations. As the economy grows so does the demand for efficient, safe and reliable means of transportation,

Magna Carta up for workers in the informal economy A magna carta for workers in the informal economy who were described as one of the “most neglected sector of the society” is in the drawing board. The measure aims to give full protection by establishing an institutional mechanism for the informal sector. “The informal sectors are more easily found in exploitative conditions. They are excluded from the protective scope of laws and regulations,” a lawmaker said. The measure will safeguard the informal sector found in every sector of the economy including commerce, agriculture, construction, transportation, manufacturing and services.

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now a promising enterprise for the Filipino coconut farmers. Exports of coco water have increased to a staggering 16.7 million liters worth $15 million in 2011, from a measly 483,800 liters in 2009. President Aquino also mentioned coco coir, another coconut by-product, which is processed into geo-textiles and exported to other countries as an erosion-control material. He said government (the

DA through the Philippine Coconut Authority) will allot funds to buy coco coir processing machines. In all, he said government has allocated P1.75 billion to invest in, and de velop, the countr y’s coconut sector. In addition, the DA-PCA has earmarked more than P500 million for its massive coconut planting and replanting program, and an additional P336 million for fertilization program.

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Candidates Candidate number 8 is Emie Lou E. Yamba of Barangay Camamanan, born on September 21, 1992 in Cagayan de Oro City. Emie is currently taking Photography at the Iligan Computer Institute and is a sales representative of Amore Travel and Tours. She loves singing, cooking, and playing volleyball and enjoys her favorite sport – basketball. Emie considers cooking and singing as her special set of skills. “I am adventurous and I love to travel. I always stand for what I believe is right… being a beauty queen doesn’t mean having a fair complexion as long as you fight fairly and you don’t need to be rich but just be the person you truly are.” Candidate number 9 is Roxinne Jearl “Xin” D. Monterde of Barangay Cugman, born on December 4, 1992 in Cagayan de Oro City.

Xin is an Information Technology major at the Mindanao University of Science & Technology. Her hobbies include singing and playing the guitar, dancing, crossstitching, reading books and teen magazines, loves to study during her free time and watch films at home with her mother. Xin plays badminton with her family for fun and considers singing and playing the guitar as her special skills. “I am a familyoriented person, I love learning something new, I’m not that talkative when it comes to acquaintances but I tend to share a lot with friends. I am raised in a Christian community, my life is full of love from my family… I want to help in promoting tourism in Cagayan de Oro, I can still do this even if I will not win Miss Kagay-an 2012… the idea of turning my plans into reality is not far.”

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of being treated?” she said. “If one of my children will get sick and there is no treatment available for us, what are we going to do? Should I just sit around and wait for them to die?” Acobo said. “Health centers are hardly of use to us. When we go there at night, it is closed. If we go there in the morning, they only give us prescriptions but not medicines,” she added. In a recent consultation on women’s health that Gabriela Women’s Party spearheaded, the group said they wanted to find out the real health situation of mothers and children from marginalized sectors. “We are putting our thumbs down to privatization, the phase out of charity wards and the abandonment of the government’s obligation to provide for the healthcare of women, children and families,” Gabriela Rep. Luz Ilagan said. Ilagan said Aquino’s proposed privatization of government hospitals will make it “extremely difficult for poor families to access health services,” which has resulted to the increasing mortality rates in the Philippines from 162 to 221 per 100,000 live births in 2006 and 2010, respectively. “Women and children are dying of preventable illnesses because of lack of access to health services. This situation is expected to worsen with plans to phase out charity wards in public hospitals,” Gabriela Women’s Party said. Poor health budget, Philhealth Gabriela criticized the small budget allocated for the country’s health sector in the proposed 2013 budget. They said that the proposed $1.32 billion for the Department of Health falls short of the recommended budgetary allocation of 5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product for public health, adding that it only represents a mere 1.89 percent of the country’s GDP. “The Aquino administration’s intention to spend no more than P1.69 per Filipino in 2013 is tantamount to a systematic violation of people’s right to health,” Gabriela Rep. Emmi De Jesus said. She added that health care has taken a backseat in the spending priorities of the government, which creates a “deadly condition for the poor.” Gabriela also criticized the government spending of about $293 million for the distribution of Philhealth cards when “the same amount can be allocated to public hospitals, rural health units and barangay health centers so they can directly provide services to indigents for free,” Ilagan said. She also raised suspicions that the plan to dis-

tribute Philhealth cards could be “used for electoral purposes.” Ilagan said, “With this budget, will incumbent candidates be giving out Philhealth cards as they did in 2004 and 2007?” Gabriela vowed to move for the realignment of the Philhealth budget when the House of Representatives start their deliberations on the 2013 budget. “To ensure women and children’s access to health services, a bigger budget must be allocated for the construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of facilities in barangay health centers, rural health units and government district hospitals, as well as the hiring and deployment of nurses and other healthcare professionals to the poorest communities,” she said. The Aquino government also plans to phase out charity wards of government hospitals by next year. Bayan Muna Rep. Teddy Casiño filed a resolution before the House Committee on Health to investigate such plans. Casiño said “the phase-out will displace the poor and will make health further inaccessible to them, further disenfranchising them of the right to health.” The law guarantees that government hospitals should allot 90 percent of beds to charity patients. But Casiño said only 80 percent or even less are allotted for charity wards while private hospitals allot only about 10 percent. Casiño said the government could not even provide the necessary number of charity wards and “now they are claiming that by 2013 charity wards can be phased-out?” He added that with the rate of government spending on health, “hospitals will continue to suffer shortages from insufficient manpower to empty pharmacies.” Even Philhealth members, he said, are “forced to pay out-of-pocket because of the limited package and coverage of PhilHealth, not to mention the perennial lack of supplies, medicines, and equipment in government hospitals.” PhilHealth-sponsored program covers only 5.2 million families. “Replacing charity wards with ‘PhilHealth wards’ will displace the poor and will make health further inaccessible to them, further disenfranchising them of the right to health,” Casiño said. ‘Soured promises’ Aside from Aquino’s health policy, Gabriela also scored Aquino for his “soured promises.” “Filipino women pinpoint Aquino as the cause of the aggravated living conditions of womenfolk and the country, as we suffer from his cruel economic, political and social policies that cater only to foreign powers and their local puppets,” Joms Salvador, Gabriela deputy secretary, said. Among the issues that Salvador pointed out is

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“Aquino’s currying favors to his American patron, US President Barack Obama with blatant offers of basing rights for nuclear ships and allowing bombing runs for stealth drones.” “We condemn Aquino’s pronouncements to have American forces purported to defend our territorial claims over Spratlys. Besides being unconstitutional and illegal, this move will inflict disease and physical violence on our women and children,” Salvador said. The women’s group asked, “What happened to the promises of Aquino during his presidential campaign,” citing his promise of a transparent government and relief from poverty. Two years of the Aquino administration, Gabriela said, has only brought about “lingering high unemployment among women amid the prices of oil, basic goods, electricity, food and medicines keep going up.” If there is a reported decrease in the statistics of the number of people who consider themselves poor, Salvador said, it could only be “resulting from their death from starvation and repression.” (http://bulatlat. com)

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any explanation,” Algarra said, adding that his law office has been coordinating with a Canadian law office to file the class suit. “The Filipino applicants are naturally mad, saying the new law with retroactive application is a sham in Canadian history. This is something that has never happened before in its history,” Algarra said. “Over 300,000 applicants were initially promised that their papers would be evaluated and processed under the previous set of criteria, which was then enforced and in effect,” Algarra said. Now, their applications would be “returned’ to them, which is the official word the Canadian government is currently using in reference to its initiative, Algarra said. For its part, the Canadian government was insisting that it was not denying the applications, but was only returning them, as these applicants could re-apply under the new immigration rules to be introduced in early 2013. It did not elaborate. “But this appears to be more of an alibi than an official explanation,” Algarra said. Among Canada’s several immigration programs, the Federal Skilled Worker (FSW) program, is one of the most popular and successful program as indicated by the huge number of applicants, who have been accepted. The FSW program, which uses a point system to determine the qualifications and suitability of an individual seeking to migrate there, is in place since Canada has opened its doors for migration.

Because of its popularity, the number of applicants has ballooned, leading to a huge backlog and mounting complaints. But Ottawa appeared to prefer the easy way out by enacting a law to cancel unilaterally their papers and return of the accompanying processing fees. Cecil Rotenberg, one of the noted Canada-based immigration lawyer, has assembled a team of the immigration lawyers there to challenge the legality and constitutionality of the new immigration law. He has tied up with Algarra’s law office in a bid to organize the affected Filipino applicants, who could be part of the class suit. The class action suit will seek to compel Ottawa to continue processing those over 300,000 applications. Rotenberg and his group has already filed an injunction with the Federal Court, which then ordered a 90-day stop on the implementation of the new law. Within the 90-day period, the court asked the lawyers to file within 60 days a class action suit, which, among others, would include who among the over 300,000 applicants would be part of the suit. If they would win, those applicants, who have joined the suit, would have their applications processed, but those applicants, who would not join, would have their papers returned. If they would lose, all applications would be returned. Canadian immigration lawyers, led by Rotenburg, were insistent in arguing that regardless of Ottawa’s term, the net effect of “returning” pending applications was a “wholesale denial” of their applications on the basis of a retroactive legislation. The Canadian court blocked a similar move in 2003, but with a smaller number of backlog of 100,000 cases. The Canadian federal government lost that case, when it was established that immigration officials misled the standing committees of Canadian Parliament to secure legislation granting the immigration minister the legal authority to eliminate what was then a smaller backlog. Offiicial data showed that Canada accepted over 2.5 million people as permanent residents over the past 10 years. In 2010, a total of 280,681 persons became permanent residents, of which 191,121 were Filipinos, accounting for 7.8 percent of immigrants there over the last 10 years Next to India and China, the Philippines has consistently ranked as one of the top three main source country for immigrants in Canada. The Philippines was the third largest source country from 2001 to 2008, the second largest source country in 2009, and the largest source country in 2010.

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--fail to praise its successes. Email sara.suguitan@ It is not a perfect progmail.com gram alright but isn’t it what we want a government should be—a more caring from page 5 and protecting State that monitoring and assess- promotes the interest and ment activities of the city welfare of its constituents.” link and DSWD, they hear A welfare state for Filipinos complaint such as: certain anywhere in the world! family leaders abusing the ignorance of Badjao grantees in using the ATM, from page 5 household-grantees being activity. In our country, its avervictimized by loan sharks age employment contribution over the years is about 1/3 of 1 percent of and 5/6 operators, discount total employment…In the proposed of grants for unknown rea- Tampakan project in Mindanao involvsome US$5.9 billion investments, son, a barangay functionary ing the permanent jobs will only number and a barangay Kagawad 2,000, or an invested capital per job becoming grantees, house- of about P125 million. The comparable for call centers is reportedly P6 hold grantees with OFW rate million per job,” Monsod said as he member of the family, and debunked mining companies claim that mining can provide jobs and prevent a few others. of jobseekers. They also enumerated the exodus Based on available statistics some gaps in the supply Monsod said that mining’s average side of the program like contribution to GDP from 2000-2009 only a mere .91 percent. This grew the perpetual absence of was in 2010 to 1.30 percent. The industry’s medicines in health clin- average share to total employment from ics, few doctors, lack or 2000-2009 was a mere 0.376 percent percent in 2010. dilapidated classrooms and and 0.5 He also said that the average facilities, lack of daycare contribution of metallic mining to total centers and facilities, few exports in 2000-2009 was just 2.96 percent and 3.7 percent in 2010; while teachers, lack of books and mining’s average share of investments to total investments is only 2.5 percent. school supplies. also pointed out that from Perhaps unknown to 1997Monsod to 2010, the government from them, all of these gaps were the mining companies in taxes, fees already identified during the and royalties a total of P64.2 billion total production value of in-depth barangay profiling although mining companies in the same period in 2010 and taken care of, totalled P842 billion. Does not reduce poverty albeit slowly, by both the Contrary to claims of mining prolocal government and the ponents and defenders, the mining DSWD, the lead agency industry has not reduced poverty, but of the program. In fact contributed to it. derived from FIES 1988DSWD has installed various 2009,“Figures mining has the highest poverty systems to address the gaps incidence at 48.7 percent of any sector like avoiding inclusion or in the country. It is the only sector poverty incidence increased exclusion of eligible grant- where between 1988-2009,” Monsod said. ees, speed up investigation FIES stands for Family Income and of grievance and complaints, Expenditure Survey. He pointed out that based on FIES etc. 1988-2009, poverty levels are highest in DSWD has also hired regions with mining operations, such as with 47.5 percent; Zamboanga competent social workers Caraga Peninsula (42.75%); and Bicol region and professionals and as- (44.92%). At the municipality level, (small area poverty estimates 2003), signed them to the field. in Palawan where Rio Tuba On the one hand, the Bataraza has been operating for 30 years has city government under City a poverty incidence double (53%) the Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio national rate (26%), he added. “The mining industry is correct in has invested more on core saying that the figures do not establish programs of health, educa- causality. But they do show an association and social services. It tion between mining and poverty that least raises questions on the claim promoted many personnel, at that mining substantially improves life filled up the vacancies and in their communities,” he said. Dr. Romulo Virola, who resigned hired new ones under this recently as secretary-general of the program. National Statistics Coordination Board The sad part is many (NSCB), said that among the mineral social workers of the city commodities, gold accounts for the biggest share to total mining, contribare being hired by DSWD uting at constant prices, an average for the Pantawid and their of 30.7 percent covering the period other poverty-alleviation 1998-2010. Virola said that there were 10 and protection programs. companies in the country that produced Some much-needed plan- gold as of 2010, six are primary producfour are secondary producers. tilla positions at the City ers, and He also said that the Philippines’ Health Office like medical potential gold resource/reserves, as doctors, nurses, midwives of 2010, were estimated at 4.914 metric tons (MT), with the and nutritionists are still billion biggest reserves found in Region 12, vacant and/or occupied by accounting for 44.4 percent of the total gold reserves. CAR comes in second; job order staff. Region 11, with 893 billion MT I admire the candidness then or 18.2 percent. The highest quality of the participants who of gold reserves is in Region 8, hitting gave their views about the an average grade of 11.4 gram Au/MT. Region 12 has the bigprogram not for the purpose gest Although gold reserves in the country, the of destroying it but to learn region’s poverty level continues on a lessons from it and improve downward spiral. The NSCB report said that poverty it through partnership and situation in Region 12 “worsened between the period 2006 and 2009. program convergence. incidence in the region, or the Alvin Tofler, the author Poverty proportion of families with per capita of the wonderful book “The income falling below the poverty line, Third Wave” somehow said was estimated at 28.1 percent in This was 1.0 percentage point that the illiterate persons 2009. higher than the 27.1 percent poverty in the future are not those incidence in 2006.” NSCB also said: “The said data who do not know how to also showed that the per capita read or write but those who set poverty threshold in the region, or refuse to learn, relearn and the amount needed by a person to satisfy his food and other basic needs recreate. was estimated at P15,762 in The Pantawid program, annually, 2009 or about P1,314 monthly. This despite or in spite of its would mean that in 2009, a family of pitfalls, errors and short- five in the region needed a monthly of P6,570 or P78,840 annufalls is a program worth income ally to provide for the family’s basic supporting. We must not food and non-food needs to stay out hover over its mistakes or of poverty,” (Bong D. Fabe)

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