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WEATHER UPDATE Southwest monsoon affecting Luzon and Visayas. Luzon and Western Visayas will experience monsoon rains which may trigger flashfloods and landslides especially over the Western sections. The rest of Visayas will have mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms while mindanao will be partly cloudy to cloudy with isolated rainshowers or thunderstorms. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest will prevail throughout the archipelago and the coastal waters will be moderate to rough.

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Mayor out on bail

By BEN D. ARCHE Regional editor-Davao

DIGOS City––Mayor James Joyce of Jose Abad Santos town in Davao del Sur posted bail of P200-thousand for his temporary liberty from the case filed against him in court for illegal possession of firearms.

Joyce and his six bodyguards were arrested in a recent raid which resulted to the confiscation of several firearms in the mayor’s house in Sitio Talisay, Barangay Caburan Small of said municipality.

In a two-page resolution rendered by Prosecutor II Perfecto P. Ordaneza, Joyce will remain as the principal respondent of the case for violation of Presidential Decree 1866 as amended

by Republic Act 8294 or MAYOR/PAGE 11

For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276 HERMILINO VILLALON Manager

Execs urge police to press raps vs. Kato

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

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

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

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

Meanwhile, Muslim The presentation of firearms recovered in the residence of Jose Abad Santos town Mayor James Joyce in Davao del Sur leaders in the during the filing of a charge for illegal possession of firearms at the City Prosecution Office in Digos City recently.

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Misor govt welcomes NGCP investment in Opol Substation

By MIKE BAÑOS

THE Misamis Oriental provincial government has welcomed the planned investment of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in Opol, Misamis Oriental as fully supportive of its 8-point Development Agenda for the province.

“Synergy arising from teamwork which we call “Kurambos” has been the driving force of this administration to push our development agenda of Poverty Alleviation, Revenue Generation, Infrastructure, Misortel Resuscitation, Education/Environment, Hospital/Health Services and Agricultural Productivity,” said Gov. Oscar S. Moreno. “We are happy to welcome NGCP to the ranks of our Misamis Oriental Development Team.”

NGCP is the private concessionaire

of the country’s power transmission network, or the facilities that bring electricity from power plants to private distribution utilities and electric cooperatives.

The Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) provisionally approved last week NGCP’s plan to construct a new substation on a four-hectare site along the national highway in Barangay Awang, Opol some 15.5 kilometers west of its Carmen substation.

Earlier, NGCP said in a statement the planned P600-million Opol substation would reinforce the 60-kilometer Lugait-Carmen 69-kilovolt (kV) line constructed in 1966 which has already been experiencing a 90% peak load of its rated capacity. The grid operator estimates peak load could reach 103% by 2014 hence the urgent need to replace it with the Opol 138-kv line.

“Rapid progress in Misamis Oriental necessitates the construction of a new, strategically-located substation to accommodate customers’ loads and eliminate possible line overloading and voltage problem,” the NGCP said. “With the projected economic progress and load growth, both the line and substation would no longer meet the increasing demand requirements in the next few years.”

The ERC said its initial evaluation found the NGCP project would “redound to the benefit of the consumers in terms of continuous, reliable, efficient and affordable power supply.”

With the planned start of preconstruction activities this year, NGCP estimates the project would be completed by February 2015.

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Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND HIGHWAYS Region X BUKIDNON 3RD DISTRICT ENGINEERING OFFICE Office of the District Engineer Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon

INVITATION TO BID The DPWH, Bukidnon 3rd Disrict Engineering Office, Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, through its Bids and Awards Committee (BAC), invites contractors to apply to bid for the following contract (s): 1. Contract ID Contract Name

: 12KC0041 : Repair / Rehab. Of Multi-Purpose Building (Oro Integrated Cooperative) Scope of Work : Repair / Rehab. Of Multi-Purpose Building Contract Location : Imbatug, Poblacion, Baungon, Bukidnon ABC : Php 400,000.00 Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 1,000.00 Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days

TESDA Secretary Joel Villanueva (extreme left) swears in the officers of the newly-revitalized Skills and Employment Press Corps (SEPC) for Northern Mindanao. From left, President Joe Jacobo (Magnum Radio), EVP Arjay S. Felicilda (Mindanao Star Balita), VP-Print Lulu Lapada (Oro Star Newpaper), VP-Broadcast Behua Marfori (RPN-DXKO), Director Apipa Bagumbaran (PIA-10), Assec Joseph Aries Señara (DXIF Bombo Radyo), Treasurer Shaun Alejandre Uy (BusinessWeek Mindanao Magazine), Director Justin Llano (BusinessWeek Mindanao Newspaper), Director Vic Cabanag (DXIM Radyo ng Bayan) and Director Edwin Iyo (Gold Star Daily). Held on August 7, this year, the induction ceremony formed part of the 11th Human Resource and Skills Development Summit at SM - Cagayan de Oro City.

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Villanueva inducts new Tesda press corps officers in NorMin

By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN of the Philippine Information Agency

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Secretary Joel Villanueva of the Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda) administered Monday the oath-taking of the new set of officers of the Skills and Employment Press Corps (SEPC) in Northern Mindanao.

The ceremony took place on the first day of the Mindanao-wide human resource and skills development (HRSD) conference and exhibits being held at the SM City Cinema and Atrium.

President Joel Jacobo of Magnum 99.9 radio spearheads the new set of officers with Arjay S. Felicilda (Mindanao Star Balita) as

his Executive Vice President, Lulu S. Lapada (Oro Newstar Newspaper) as the VP for print, and Behua Marfori (RPN TV-5) as the VP for broadcast.

The other officers are Mer Sudaria (Mindanao Daily News) as Secretary, Joseph Aries Señara (DXIF Bombo Radyo) as Assistant Secretary, Shaun Alejandrae Uy (Business Week Mindanao) as Treasurer, and Mark Francisco (Mindanao Gold Star Daily) as Treasurer.

The SEPC-X Board of Directors, on the other hand, are Justin Llano (Business Week Mindanao), Edwin Iyo (Mindanao Gold Star Daily), Jay Are Abesa-

mis (GMA Network), Vic Cabanag (DXIM Radyo ng Bayan), and Apipa Bagumbaran (PIA-10).

After the oath-taking ceremony, Secretary Villanueva interacted with the officers and members of the SEPC-X where he underscored the important role of media in relaying the programs and projects of TESDA. The SEPC-X was organized by the regional TESDA in 2005 to help in providing media exposure of TESDA’s programs and activities and promotes the success stories of technicalvocational education and training (TVET) graduates and practitioners.

Pagasa predicts more heavy to intense ‘monsoon rains’

By CATHERINE J. TEVES of the Philippine News Agency

THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) placed Metro Manila under red alert anew and warned of more flood-inducing monsoon rains in this largest Philippine urban center.

In its latest red warning issued at 1:25 p.m. Tuesday, PAGASA alerted Metro Manilans about possible heavy to intense rainfall of 16 to 30 millimeter per hour (mm/hr) and even occasional torrential rainfall of over 30 mm/hr within two hours in the area.

“Residents in high risk

areas are advised to take precautionary measures and WATCH OUT for the next warning,” PAGASA also said in its warning.

PAGASA also said it had observed intense to torrential rainfall of 16 to 40 mm/hr over Metro Manila during the previous two hours.

The agency raised its red alert over Metro Manila to warn of expected serious flooding in this area.

Red alert is the highest warning level in PAGASA’s three-tiered rainfall warning system and signifies need for communities to take the

necessary precautionary measures so accidents can be avoided.

Reports surfaced around mid-morning of Tuesday RAINS/PAGE 11

2. Contract ID Contract Name

: 12KC0042 : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building (Oro Savings and Sharing Cooperative) Scope of Work : Construction of Multi-Purpose Building Contract Location : Damilag, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon ABC : Php 400,000.00 Cost of Bidding Documents: Php 1,000.00 Contract Duration : 60 Calendar Days

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 examinations of bids.

Unregistered contractors, however, shall submit their applications for registration to the DPWH, Bukidnon 3rd District Engineering Office, Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon before the deadline for the receipt of LOI. The DPWH, Bukidnon 3rd Disrict Engineering Office will only process contractor’s 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. Issuance of Bidding Documents 2. Pre-bid Conference 3. Deadline of Receipt of LOI from Prospective Bidders 4. Receipt of Bids 5. Opening of Bids

From:

August 6, 2012 to August 12, 2012 August 17, 2012, 10:30 am

August 23, 2012 Deadline: August 28, 2012, 10:00 am August 28, 2012

The BAC will issue hard copies of Bidding Documents (BDs) at DPWH, Bukidnon, 3rd District Engineering Office, Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, upon payment of a non-refundable fee (refer above). 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 accompanied by a bid security, in the amount and acceptable form, as stated in Section 27.2 of the Revised IRR. Prospective bidders shall submit their duly accomplished forms as specified in the BDs in two (2) separate 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 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, Bukidnon 3rd District Engineering Office, Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon 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.

MELQUISEDEC P. CARIAGA III Engineer III Chief, Maintenance Section BAC Chairman MDN: AUGUST 8, 2012

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Provincial board member Jimmy Caiña presides over the regular session this week of the Misamis Oriental provincial board in the absence of Vice Governor Norris Babiera. With politics heating up in the province because of the coming elections, observers say officials should continue serving the people and not spend the last remaining months of their term of office preparing for the showdown.

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Darimbang expresses views on current political issues

By GERRY L. GORIT Photo-journalist CAGAYAN de Oro City––“I do not oppose the entry of new political candidates in the first district of Cagayan de Oro,” said 2010 congressional candidate Candy Darimbang.

“For as long as there is service to the people and growth in the district,” she added.

Darimbang was com-

menting on reports that either Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno or barangay Carmen chairman Rolando Uy would be running for the congressional post of the city’s first district.

She said she will respect the choice of Gov. Moreno, who is the chairman of the Liberal Party here, despite the fact that she was endorsed last year as LP member by Senator TJ Guingona and plans to run

for the post in the coming elections.

She added that there can be no two LP candidates.

If either Moreno or Uy runs as the LP congressional candidate, Darimbang said she will follow the decision of the party’s top leaders in Manila and will try to find any manner of continuing to serve the people of the district where she grew up.

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South Cotabato bags best public safety company award

By DANILO E. DOGUILES

KORONADAL City––The S outh C otabato Police Provincial Office’s Public Safety Company is the country’s best this year.

“We have outdone the other 180 public safety

companies all over the Philippines, Provincial Police Director Randolph Delfin stated.

To receive the award during the 111th PNP anniversar y at Camp Crame, to day, is Supt.

James Gulmatico, in his

capacity as commander of the said public safety company.

Pol i c e S e n i or Supt .

Delfin assured, “we will not just be sitting on our laurels, but continue doing our best to sustain the foundations that we

have laid down in keeping peace and order in this province.”

He also commended the media and the residents of the province for the support given to the provincial police office.

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Agsur town targets ‘zero’ malnutrition Lanao del Sur joins human resource summit LANAO del Sur––Twenty-one technical-vocational education and training (TVET) institutions in this province are being represented in the 11th Human Resource and Skills Development (HRSD) Summit that ends today in Cagayan de Oro City.

Heading the delegation is Provincial TESDA Director Tarhata S. Mapandi.

The three-day summit that goes along the theme, “Sustaining TESD Amidst the Challenges of Time,” features sessions on issues and concerns affecting the TVET sector in Mindanao, in the light of local and global changes.

The speakers, include Mr. Sam Chittick of the Australian Agency for International Development and Ms. Fiona Fitzpatrick of the Australian Council for Private Education and Training (ACPET).

Part of the activity are displays of the best innovations and practices of TVET institutions in Mindanao.

Organized by the Mindanao TVET association, HRSD is an annual event of TVET practitioners and stakeholders in this part of the country,.

This year’s host is TESDA-10, in cooperation with the Federation of Region-10 TVIs, Inc. TESDA-10 Director Edgar Sales said, top officials of the agency, led by its Director General Emmanuel Joel J. Villanueva, are gracing the occasion. (Apipa P. Bagumbaran/PIA-10/asf )

Police arrests Caraga’s 12th most wanted person

By PO1 RYAN CUMAHIG CAGULA

CAMP Rafael Rodriguez, Libertad, Butuan City Sus t ai n e d i ntel l i ge n c e build-up and information networking, between the police and the community, led to the arrest of the region’s 12th most wanted person in Brgy.

Ma bi n i , Su r i g a o C it y, Sunday, August 5.

Arrested by elements of the Investigation and Detective Management Unit of the Surigao del Norte Police Provincial Office (PPO) was 33-year old Rodrigo Callao, who carries a monetary reward of P75,000.

The arrest warrant was

issued by Judge Diomedes N. Eviota of the Regional Trial Court Branch 29 in Surigao City.

According to PSupt.

Martin Mercado Gamba, chief information officer of the Police Regional Of f ice (PRO-13), Mr. Callao has been wanted by law for t he cas e of murder.

“This accomplishment could also be attributed to PRO-13’s consistent adherence to the nationwide implementation of LOI “MANHUNT CHARLIE”, which is part of the 10-point action plan of PNP Chief Nicanor Bartolome against wanted persons,” PSupt. Gamba further said. (RCC/asf )

AGUSAN del Sur––Malnutrition in San Francisco town has gone down by almost nine percent in the past three years.

According to Municipal Nutrition Action Officer Malyn Bugawan, records would show that in 2009, malnutrition cases have reduced by 14 percent until it goes down by 5.8 percent this year.

“We are aiming at zero incidence of malnutrition, among children and one of our strategies is the massive vegetable gardening program in all elementary schools to sustain our feeding programs for the pupils,” Ms. Bugawan said.

She also said that they are consistently monitoring the adherence of DepEd Order No. 8- 2007 that requires school canteens to

sell only nutritious foods, fruits and vegetables. especially those rich in Teachers are likewise diprotein, like root crops, rected to educate the school noodles, rice and corn, children the value of good

nutrition, so that they will refrain from patronizing junk foods. (DMS/Alexis Cabardo, PIA-Caraga/asf )

ANTI-SMOKING SUCCESS STORY. Vice Mayor Rommel Maslog of Talisayan, Misamis Oriental relates how the anti-smoking ordinance in his town is continually gaining grounds, among local residents and transients. This, during the National Tobacco Control Strategy Forum, initiated by the Department of Health, August 2, at Dynasty Court Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. Photo by Justine Llano

DTI in Bukidnon urges motorcycke helmet owners to avail of free ICC stickers MALAYBALAY City, Bukidnon––The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here advised motorcycle helmet owners to visit DTI office and take advantage of the free services offered in compliance with Republic Act 10054 or the Motorcycle Helmet Law. Ermedio J. Abang, Provincial Director, DTI Bukidnon, said distribution of free import commodity clearance (ICC) stickers

in the province started last August 1.

“I urged helmet owners to avail of this opportunity as the processing and issuance of free ICC stickers will be until September 30 only. After which, they will be charged of P101.25 per sticker,” Abang said.

He explained that starting January 1, 2013, the Land Transportation Office and authorities concerned would implement the Helmet Law.

Those caught not wearing the standard protective gear, he said, will be penalized P1,500 for the first offense; P3,000 for the second offense;P5,000 for the third offense and P10,000 plus confiscation of the driver’s license for the fourth and succeeding offenses.

He warned the public that tampering, alteration, forgery and imitation of the Product Standard (PS) and

ICC marks in the helmets is punishable under the law.

He also clarified that the law exempts tricycle drivers from complying with the mandatory wearing of said helmets.

“However, when tricycle drivers operate a single motorcycle, they should comply with the said Helmet Law,” Abang further said. (Famelah D. Villanueva, DTI/RLRB, PIA 10 Bukidnon)

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Lopez Jaena turns 83

By PJ TREMEDAL Correspondent

LOPEZ Jaena, Misamis Occidental––Local officials and residents celebrated the town’s 83rd anniversary with the spirit of “oneness” not because of its theme “Pakiglambigit ug Pagtambayayongay Alang sa Kausaban ug Kalambuan sa Atong Pinalanggang Lungsod” but remembering the past that have made them one as a family of brave and mighty people.

In its history, Lopez Jaena was once called Daisog and formerly a part of Plaridel. Its former name was derived from the bravery of the natives who fought and defeated the Moro Pirates who wanted to invade the place. Daisog means brave and mighty.

But during the Spanish period, Daisog was changed after the Spanish officer named Manilla. In 1920’s,

A “Tinipong Kusog” (a local council meaning One Force) moved to separate Manilla from her mother town Plaridel and ultimately change its name into Lopez Jaena in honor of a Filipino Martyr, Graciano Lopez Jaena.

Tinipong Kusog filed a resolution to Senate President Manuel L. Quezon through Misamis Governor Gregorio Pelaez, Manilla was finally created into a town through Executive Order No. 179, series of 1928 issued during the incumbency of GovernorGeneral Henry L. Stimson who assumed office in 1928.

And in August 1, 1929, a year after, Lopez Jaena was proclaimed as a new municipality of Misamis (one of the last two newly created municipality before the division of Misamis into Misamis Occidental and Misamis Oriental, the other one was the municipality

of Sinacaban) and its first elected Municipal President (Mayor) was the President of Tinipong Kusog, Mr. Juan Taghap, with seven (7) Barangays and it grows into twenty-eight (28) as of this writing.

Today, 83 years after its creation Lopez Jaena had grown into a fifth class municipality with an IRA of 40 million and striving to become a Bangus producer after it has acquired a multi-million project from the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources––and is aspiring to become one of Northern Mindanao aquamarine parks.

With its local governance led by Municipal Mayor Martin Migrino and Vice Mayor Israel Taclob, Lopez Jaena is a recipient of the Seal of Good Housekeeping from the Department of the Interior and Local Government in 2011 for a transparent and ac-

On its 83rd Township Anniversary, Mayor Martin Migrino with Atty. Marlo Bancoro, representative of Congressman Jorge Taghap Almonte; BM Zaldy Daminar, who represented the provincial government; and Vice Mayor Israelson Taclob share their messages and aspirations especially to its constituents. With its Eco Tourism Initiatives this year, they choose their Ambassadress of Goodwill in the person of Ms. Docefel G. Dagandan as 2012 Miss Tourism-Lopez Jaena with her court and the people of Lopez Jaena enjoying the days activities. Photo by PJ Tremedal

countable municipality.

Not only Aqua-Marine culture as one of its major alternative livelihood for its people but Lopez Jaena foresee also the growth in its eco-tourism initiative and adopting organic farming to boost its agricultural

economy.

Meanwhile, SB Member Miguel Gutierrez, Chairman of the Committee on Peace and Order told Mindanao Daily News that with the people participation to promote peace and order it becomes now a

tradition of Lopez Jaena to achieved cooperation like a family that once belongs to the brave and mighty and proved that joining hands, Lopezanon’s can be progressive and economically stable and well developed.

Growing number of dengue cases in Cagayan de Oro alarmed dads

By ED N. MALIZA Correspondent

CAGAYAN de Oro Councilor Juan Sia yesterday was alarmed over the special report rendered by Councilor Edgar Cabanlas during the City Council’s regular session in regard to the growing cases of dengue in the city.

In his report, Cabanlas identified Barangay Kauswagan as having the most number of dengue patients.

Sia even considered it

as an epidemic as it can no longer be solved by the local residents themselves.

“Nobody can solve the issue except if the government and the church would unite.

It should be their combination and be followed with a prayer. Frankly, we do now know where this epidemic is coming from,” Sia said.

Also after hearing the report, Councilor Alvin Calingin said there is a need to inform the public regarding the growing number of dengue cases in the city.

Calingin also sees the need to conduct massive clean-up to prevent denguecarrying mosquitos from spreading.

For his part, Councilor Dante Pajo said that Mayor Vicente Emano has already signed an Executive Order creating the “Clean-up Committee.”

Dr. Joselito Retuya of the City Health Office who has the statistics of denque victims, could not be reached for comment as of press time.

Cop killed, another hurt in bomb attack by NPAs

By PAT SAMONTE, Regional editor-Butuan and JOEL PORTUGAL, Correspondent

Billboard workers did not realize the upside down placement of the tarpaulin while doing the job and only realized the mistake when they were about to leave. The error was later corrected but not before hundreds of commuters along the national highway Cagayan de Oro got a tickle. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

BUTUAN City––A police officer was killed while another was injured in a bomb attack by armed men believed to be New People’s Army rebels in Barangay Bit-os here Monday.

Caraga police spokesperson Supt. Martin Gamba identified the fatality as PO2 Adones Dumaboc and the injured as PO2 Sergio Salagoste, Jr. of the Butuan City Public Safety Company.

Gamba said the two lawmen were on a Honda XRM motorcycle on their way to Barangay Amparo to augment security to confiscated logs at Esperanza Veneer Corporation at around 9:45 a.m. when

they were stopped on their track by a landmine explosion in Purok 7, Barangay Bit-os and ambushed by the communist rebels.

Members of the 13th Regional Public Safety Battalion arrived to support the two wounded policemen whose two M16 rifles were taken by their attackers.

The new arrivals rushed the victims to M.J. Santos Hospital where Dumaboc succumbed to multiple shrapnel wounds an hour later.

Salagoste survived and was “in stable condition”, Gamba said.

They then pursued the withdrawing rebels together with the Butuan City

Public Safety Company, the Agusan del Norte Public Safety Company in coordination with the Army’s 58th Infantry Battalion, Gamba added.

Gamba said police recovered 100 pieces of empty bullet shells and improvised explosive device components at the ambush site.

Caraga police OIC regional director Senior Supt.

Mario Soriano strongly condemned the attack on the two policemen saying that the lawmen were merely doing their job to secure forest products seized from illegal loggers as part of the PNP’s duty to protect and conserve the environment.

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Church should get out of RH Bill CONGRESS must not succumb to Roman Catholics’ self-styled bullying against passage of Reproductive Health Bill 5043. The legislative body should assert its independence from religious pandering that has stunted the growth of this country for decades.

After all, not all Roman Catholic faithful believed in what the Roman Catholic hierarchy says.

At all time, the state should exercise independence in drafting laws Cris Diaz it deemed necessary to alleviate the lives of the people.

While the state respects religious opinions, it should not yield to religious opposition in the passage of laws it (state) believes beneficial to the common good.

RH Bill 5043, also known as ‘Reproductive Health and Population Development Act of 2008’ is an ‘act providing for a national policy on reproductive health, responsible parenthood, and population development.’

Nowhere in the proposed bill’s provisions that limit couple’s desire to bear siblings as they wished. The bill is a simple guideline or instruction in the manner a wholesome Filipino should raise a healthy family. Contrary to the Roman Catholic’s assertion, the bill does not encourage abortion. The bill, however, protect women from the dangers of abortion.

The Population Commission disclosed that 10 women die every 24 hours from almost entirely ‘preventable causes related to pregnancy and childbirth’ in the Philippines. A separate study conducted by the National Statistics Office also revealed that about 162 maternal deaths occurred in the country for every 100,000 live births. These deaths would not have had happened, or more lives could have been saved, ‘if all women had access to good prenatal, delivery, and postpartum care.’

On the other hand, ‘an estimated 473,400 women had induced abortions in 2000, translating to an abortion rate of 27 abortions per 1,000 women aged 14-44, and an abortion ratio of 18 abortions per 100 pregnancies’ (Juarez, Cabigon, Singh, and Hussain 2005).

The Juarez, Cabigon, Singh, and Hussain studies showed that induced abortions accounted for 12 percent of all maternal deaths in the Philippines in 1994, and is the fourth leading cause of maternal deaths.

Actually, the spirit of RH Bill 5043 is to protect women from unwanted deaths brought about by pregnancy CHURCH/PAGE 11

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A Surigao barangay’s fight against mining needs support GETTING a bit of opposition from local government units, socio-environmental movements and organizations, the Mining Act of 1995 was not immediately implemented. However, after a year of stage play, the Philippine government managed to sort out little tensions between their branches. And so in 1997, numerous mining companies applied for long term mining operation in different parts of the archipelago.

In 2005, the Philippine government sold the country’s resources in the London Mining road show to businesses all over the world. Basically the deal

Editorial was – businesses are allowed to have a 100% ownership over land, water, forests and other areas that may be included in the mining operation.

With more than 1,500 inhabitants, the community is dramatically bothered by corporate encroachments in the past 10 years.

Barangay Anislagan is geologically rich in minerals, particularly gold. In 2000, the first Mining company came in – Ango-American Mining corporation in joint venture with Manila Mining Corporation (MMC).

As what was expected, the company tried to persuade the villagers to agree with them and let them in by using poverty alleviation tactics such as ‘better jobs’, better homes, and whatnot.

This enraged the people so much and made them think about the grim, horrible situation they will have if they let the company in – Destroyed Rivers, watershed, shattered farmlands, devastated forests, and hopeless lives.

Anglo-American/MMC was still persistent and continued to make negotiations with the National and local government of Placer, Surigao Del Norte.

The villagers started a barrage of demonstrations, a sleepless picketline and later burned the machineries and heavy equipments of the company. AngloAmerican filed 23 cases against the villagers including accusing them as BRC or Barangay Red Council – a village unit that supports the NPA or New People’s Army (Communist Guerilla Armies in the Philippines).

The number of charges was later dismissed due to the lack of evidence and strong and continuous community resistance.

Current Situation: In 2008, a Giant Canadian SUPPORT/PAGE 11

The waste of worry THINK a minute.

Do you remember as a child being afraid of the boogie man or monsters at night? But now that you’re an adult, you know better than to be afraid of things that don’t exist, right?

It’s amazing how we adults still have fears and worries about things that are not real.

Like the man who said: “Don’t tell me worrying doesn’t help. Almost all the things I worry about never happen to me!”

The crazy thing is that worry and fear make you run from something that isn’t even chasing you.

Besides, worry only gives you wrinkles, which is just something else to worry about!

E n g l a n d ’s f o r m e r Prime Minister, Winston

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst Churchill, said that whenever he started to worry he’d remember the man on his deathbed who said, “I’ve had a lot of trouble in my life—and most of it never happened!”

You see,it’s not work that kills people, it’s worry.

When you fear the future, you’re wasting the present.

B e s i d e s , t o d ay h a s enough trouble of its own.

So “At night, give your worries to God. He’s up all night anyway!”

Fear and worry is kind of like a rocking chair: it keeps you going, but you don’t get anywhere! And if you can’t help worrying, remember that worrying can’t help you either. Fear will often find proof for itself.

If you’re fearful, you’ll find something to be fearful about.

That’s why the American President, Franklin Roosevelt, said: “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.”

Many of us are afraid of what others think; but if we knew how seldom they actually think about us, we’d know not to worry.

So whatever you’re afraid of or worrying about, ask yourself: Is it real? And if it is real, how will worrying about it help you?

How long will it last? Is it something you can change?

If not, how can you best accept and handle it? Then finally ask yourself: How important will this be a year from now?

Will it be important to me at the end of my life?

Today, why not give your life, and all its worries, to Jesus Christ?

Ask Him to take charge.

Then you’ll know that after you’ve done your best, He’ll always take care of the rest.

Just Think a Minute.

A message for our congressmen LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Put to death, therefore, whatever belongs to your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires and greed, which is idolatry…” (Colossians 3:5, the Holy Bible).

-oooA MESSAGE FOR OUR CONGRESSMEN: This column today is for our congressmen who are believers of the Bible and of the Christian faith, but who are pushing for the enactment of the Reproductive Health Bill into law, so contraceptives and other abortifacient drugs could be given to Filipino men and women and thereby prevent them from having children.

I have a little story for you, taken from Genesis 38:1-10 of the Bible, which, on account of your Christian faith, you should consider in connection with how you should proceed henceforth.

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio Let me quote the entire story for you, direct from the Bible, and may God direct your thoughts on what He wants you to do.

“At that time, Judah left his brothers and went down to stay with a man of Adullam named Hirah. There, Judah met the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua.

He married her and made love to her; she became pregnant and gave birth to a son, who was named Er. -ooo“WICKED IN THE LORD’S SIGHT ”: “She conceived again and gave birth to a son and named

him Onan. She gave birth to still another son and named him Shelah. It was at Kezib that she gave birth to him.

“Judah got a wife for Er, his firstborn, and her name was Tamar. But Er, Judah’s firstborn, was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death. Then Judah said to Onan, ‘Sleep with your brother’s wife and fulfill your duty to her as a brother-in-law to raise up offspring for your brother.’

“But Onan knew that the child would not be his; so whenever he slept with his brother’s wife, he spilled his semen on the ground

to keep from providing offspring for his brother.

What he did was wicked in the Lord’s sight; so the Lord put him to death also.”

-oooWICKEDNESS OF PREVENTING CONCEPTION: Certainly, because of what Onan did---in spilling his semen on the ground and not on the womb of Tamar--there was no opportunity for conception whatsoever and so, technically, there was as yet no life that was aborted. Yet, God considered that act of Onan--in precisely preventing conception---as wicked in His sight. So God killed Onan for that wickedness.

Whether they admit it or not, that is what the Reproductive Health Bill seeks to do, as its proponents led by Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman have fully ventilated in their final blitzkrieg to have MESSAGE/PAGE 11

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DOH: No new ‘deadly’ dengue strain, but repeated infections by four strains now present in N. Mindanao could be deadly CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The Department of Health’s unit in Region 10 charged with deadly diseases says there’s no ‘new and deadly’ strain of dengue in the region as rumored by numerous posts in social media.

However, repeated infections by the four strains now present in the city could be even deadlier than the floods of Tropical Storm Sendong.

Dr. David A. Mendoza, chief, Epidemiology, Surveillance and Disaster Response Unit (ESDRU) Department of Health

(DOH)-10 confirmed all four strains of the dengue virus are now present in the region.

“There is no cross immunity against this strains, meaning you can be sick with dengue fever at least four times in your life time,” he warned. “Worse, if a person is inflicted with more than one virus (what we call as cross immunogenicity), the more sever the infection!

This could be the reason why infections here in Cagayán de Oro city are such!”

Dr. Mendoza said technically, the DOH cannot

declare an epidemic in Cagayan de Oro since it is endemic on the city. “What we have is hyperendemicity where cases are higher than the usual endemic cases.”

A hyperendemic disease is defined as one that is constantly present at a high incidence and/or prevalence rate and affects all age groups equally (mediLexicon.com).

In its latest bulletin, the ESDRU reported 192 new cases from July 21- 30 raising the year-to-date total to 2,304 cases, based on region-wide hospital re-

cords, with fortunately no deaths reported for the latest period. The total is 109.45 percent higher than the YTD total for 2011 reported at 1,100.

Most of the cases were reported in Misamis Oriental (74.7%) with the municipalities of Jasaan (2.9%) and Tagoloan (2.7%) reporting the highest incidence of suspected admissions. The other provinces accounted for 12.2% (Bukidnon), 9.10% (Lanao del Norte), 3.6% (Misamis Occidental) and 0.4% (Camiguin).

Of Northern Mindanao’s

nine cities, Cagayan de Oro reported the highest increase (54.60%) followed by Iligan (6.5%) and Valencia (2.4%).

Dr. Mendoza urged residents of the areas with the highest reported incidence to strictly observe the 4S methodology for the prevention and control of the dengue virus.

This include searching and destroying breeding sites of the Aedes aegypti mosquito vector especially dark and cool places where clean water is stored; seek early consultation and bring

the patient to the nearest health center or clinic for evaluation if there a fever persists for over two days with muscle and joint pains, pain in the back of the eyes, rashes all over the body; selfprotection by wearing long sleeves and pants to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes, use of insect repellents and mosquito nets; and say no to indiscriminate fogging which is only recommended when there is an extreme increase in the number of cases in an area.

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BIFF attacks in Maguindanao House suspends session as flood ravages NCR will not affect peace gains: Deles

By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor

By BONG D. FABE Contributing editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The attacks on Maguindanao by rebels belonging to the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) were “meant to derail the peace process between the government and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF).”

However, such aggression “will not affect the substantial gains that we have carefully and persistently built with our counterparts,” stressed Secretary Teresita Quintos-Deles, Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process in an emailed statement.

Deles said that the government “remain[s] firm” in its resolve “to continue engaging the MILF in the negotiation table until we are able to reach an aggrement to finally resolve the conflict in Mindanao and bring peace to out people who have suffered the most.”

The peace panels of both the government and the MILF will continue the negotiations — its 30th Formal Exploratory Talks — in Kuala Lumpur this week.

Both panels last negotiations in the Malaysian capital on July 16 to 18 during which they expressed optimism that an agreement could be signed within the

year.

Deles also said that the BIFF, led by Ameril Umbrakato, is not part of the MILF and “thus is not covered by any ceasefire agreement.

The “ceasefire mechanism that continues to hold on the ground and kept the peace for our communities” has been identified by Deles as the “foremost” gain of the peace negotiations which both peace panels have been “carefully and persistently built.”

Records show that since the start of Year 2012, there has been no skirmish between the government and the MILF. But during the Arroyo administration,

starting January 2002 to June 30, 2010, there have been a total of 1,661 skirmishes recorded.

Umbrakato, a known hardliner who broke away from the 12,000-strong MILF early last year, was the former commander of the 105th Base Command of the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces (BIAF), the armed wing of the MILF. He was responsible for the attacks in North Cotabato in 2008 after the botched signing to the Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain (MOA-AD), for which he is facing multiple murder cases in various courts.

(Bong D. Fabe)

Social housing project set in Samal island ISLAND GARDEN CITY OF SAMAL, Davao del Norte––A resettlement area in Samal Island is being developed with the support of the of the Housing Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC).

Nancy Binay Angeles, representing Vice President Jejomar Binay, chairman of Housing Urban Development Coordinating Council (HUDCC) graced the signing of the memorandum of agreement (MOA) between the National Housing Aut hor it y (NHA)-11 represented by Carolina Angel, regional director and the city government of Island Garden City of Samal by city mayor Aniano P. Antalan for the Tambo resettlement project worth P20 million at the Peñaplata Freedom Park last July 26.

Earlier in the morning, Binay, together with the officials of HUDCC-11, NHA-11, and Island Garden City of Samal (IGaCoS) department heads, joined the ground breaking and laying of time capsule in the 3.7-hectare resettlement area at Barangay Tambo, Babak District, IGaCoS. After the ground breaking in Barangay Tambo, the group proceeded to Peñaplata Freedom Park for the MOA signing in time for Madyaw Hugyaw Samal celebration opening program.

“Saludo kami sa sector ngpabahay ninyo, sa proyektong ito hindi na mapa-alis sa tinitirahan ang ating mamamayan at magkaroon na sila ng sariling tirahan (We salute the local housing sector for this project, citizens won’t be forced from their houses and they would have their

own houses),” Nancy Binay Angeles said.

Binay commended the city government for giving priority to the resettlement program, and that the celebration of Madayaw Hugyaw Samal is timely for its celebration.

Antalan appreciated the presence of Binay and the fund extended by NHA, which is of great help to lessen the housing backlog of the city.

The NHA fund assistance will be used for site development of the area, to cover relocation, subdivision survey and monumenting, earthworks, roadworks, drainage, septic tank provision and water system.

Maria Alma Valenciano, architect and NHA manager for Mindanao, lauded the city government of IGaCoS particularly the city housing board for an efficient establishment of housing

system.

She hoped that the city can collect back the amount from the beneficiaries in which only 50 percent of the amount will be given back to NHA, and the other 50 percent will be retained to be used as seed money of the city for another housing project.

The Tambo resettlement project area has 271 lots to accommodate homeless settlers residing along the shoreline of Barangay Pichon and Barangay Tambo of Babak District this city.

The relocation and resettlement of informal settlers residing in danger zones is one of the priority programs of the city.

This is to protect settlers from untoward disasters and also to give way for the development of the area.

THE House of Representatives suspended its session and work starting Tuesday due flooding in most areas in the National Capital Region.

Majority Floor Leader Rep. Neptali Gonzales III of Mandaluyong District, issued the announcement through text messages to members of the House of Representatives on instructions of House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte.

Several areas in Manila and Quezon City were flooded in knee-to-neck-deep waters as monsoon rains continue to ravage the NCR and Central Luzon since Sunday.

Malacanang also suspended works in all government offices affected by the flood but agencies involved in risk reduction management and rescue operations continue to operate.

The Department of Education has also suspended classes in all levels. Rescue operations in the affected areas notably in the cities and town of Caloocan, Malabon, Navotas, Valenzuela, went into high gear.

Labor Secretary Rosalinda Baldoz has also ordered suspension of work on all government offices but said the labor department has no jurisdiction over private companies.

Baldoz said the management of private companies could order suspension of their operations if they deemed it necessary.

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has also activated the price monitoring committee to monitor sudden rise of basic goods as it warned traders of exploiting the situation.

Oil prices hike anew OIL firms raised on Tuesday prices of some fuel products.

Petron raised prices of its gasoline by P0.80 centavos per liter; diesel by P0.40 centavos per liter; and kerosene by P0.30 centavos per liter effective 6 a.m., citing movements in the international oil market.

Shell also implemented a similar price adjustment effective 6 a.m. Tuesday.

Petrol Price said Total has also increased its prices of its products starting 6 a.m. today -- P0.80-centavo per liter hike in premium, unleaded and regular gas; and P0.40-centavo per liter increase in diesel.

Tuesday marked the fifth week that oil firms increased prices of their products since July.

Early July, oil firms had

implemented price hikes, ending 12 weeks of rolling back prices of their products.

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3 Davao barangays receive P7million FOREIGN BIZ UPDATE share from Hedcor hydropower plant GMO firm faces $7.5 Bln DAVAO CITY -- The host communities of the 4.47MW Talomo Hydro Plants of Hedcor, Inc. – a subsidiary of AboitizPower - accepted Hedcor’s National Wealth Tax (NWT) of over P 4 million recently.

In an interview, Mintal Barangay chairman Ramon Bargamento II said, “the amount we received from Hedcor will be allotted to repair the Barangay Hall, for barangay’s motor vehicle, furniture, computers and projectors, gymnasium’s industrial fun and for the uniforms of barangay employees.”

On the other hand, Barangay Catalunan Pequeno, Barangay Malagos, and the city received the amounts of almost P600,000, over P300,000 and P2.7 million, respectively.

National Wealth Tax released to host communities is mandated under EPIRA for Hydropower Generation and is accorded to the local government units as a share in the proceeds from the development and utilization of the national wealth within their respective areas.

Hedcor, aside from the NWT, also paid real property taxes, business taxes and registration fee to the Registry of Deeds since the start of its operations.

The company also dispensed millions of peso for the payment of one centavo per kilowatt-hour to host communities as mandated

by Energy Regulation 1-94.

In Davao del Sur, Hedcor has been awarded as a top taxpayer by the Bureau of Internal Revenue. On top of these mandated fees, the hydro firm also allocates an annual generation shares to host communities from its 19 hydropower plants of Hedcor in Benguet, Ilocos Sur, and Davao. (Hedcor/ PIA XI)

payout to Brazilian farmers

by Carmelo Ruiz-Marrero, Cor

MT. MALINDANG

Mt. Malindang trek brings pride to Tangub folks

By Rutchie C. Aguhob TANGUB CITY, Misamis Occidental,-- The educational tour to Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park (RNP), through Barangay Hoyohoy, this city on August 5, has brought so much pride for the people of Tangub.

This was how Mayor Philip Tan of Tangub City described the activity which highlighted the second day of the Second National Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) Heritage Program (AHP) Conference held in Oroquieta City from August 4 to 5.

“We take so much pride that you have chosen to go to Mt. Malindang RNP through Hoyohoy, as we have started to work-out an eco-tourism plan for its protection, preservation and conservation,” Tan said.

The tour aimed to generate greater awareness and better appreciation of the AHP program and the Mt. Malindang RNP, the latest and the 29th AHP to be launched in the Asean region.

Participants of the tour were members of national and local media, AHP Mangers, environmental officers and other public officials, who were joined by the staff of the Asean Center for Biodiversity (ACB) and members of the Protected Area Management Board (PAMB) of the country’s four AHPs such as Mt. Malindang RNP in Misamis Occidental and Mt. Kitanglad RNP in Bukidnon, both of region 10, Mt. Apo Natural Park in Davao, region 11 and Mts. Iglit-Baco National Park in the Mindoro-Marinduque-Romblon-Palawan (Mimaropa) Region.

Monina T. Uriarte, Head, AHP Program Secretariat said the AHPs were established to generate awareness, pride, appreciation, enjoyment and conservation of the Asean’s rich natural heritage through a regional network of representative protected areas and to generate collaboration among Asean countries in preserving their shared natural heritage.

She said the Asean region provides habitat for some of the world’s most enigmatic species and harbors a globally significant wealth of biodiversity.

Meanwhile, she said in 2004, the Mt. Malindang RNP had a protected area measuring 53,028 hectares with five major habitats: openland and grassland, dipterocarp forest, lower montane forest, upland wetland and mossy and associated forest.

An inventory of plant species in the Mt. Malindang RNP in 2004, revealed 1,284 species,

DTI Bukidnon urges motorcycle helmet owners to avail of free ICC stickers

MALAYBALAY CITY, Bukidnon -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) here advised motorcycle helmet owners to visit the DTI office and take advantage of the free services offered in compliance with Republic Act 10054 or the Motorcycle Helmet Law. Ermedio J. Abang, Provincial Director, DTI Bukidnon, said the distribution of free import commodity clearance (ICC)

stickers in the province started August 1.

“I urged helmet owners to avail of this opportunity as the processing and issuance of free ICC stickers will be until September 30 only. After which, they will be charged of P101.25 per sticker,” Abang said.

He explained that starting January 1, 2013, the Land Transportation Office and authorities concerned would implement the

Helmet Law. Those caught not wearing the standard protective gear, he said, will be penalized P1,500 for the first offense; P3,000 for the second offense;P5,000 for the third offense and P10,000 plus confiscation of the driver’s license for the fourth and succeeding offenses.

He warned the public that tampering, alteration, forgery and imitation of the Product Standard (PS) and ICC marks in the helmets is punishable under the law.

He also clarified that the law exempts tricycle drivers from complying with the mandatory wearing of said helmets.

“However, when tricycle drivers operate a single motorcycle, they should comply with the said Helmet Law,” Abang further said. (Famelah D. Villanueva, DTI/RLRB, PIA 10 Bukidnon)

472 genera and 187 families, Uriarte, who is also the Capacity-Building Specialist of ACB, said.

Among the group of plants, 873 were considered as angiosperms, 20 as gymnosperms, 280 as pterodophytes, 85 as byrophytes and 25 species as lechens. Of the pterodophytes, the number of species recorded represented about 44 percent of 632 species found in Mindanao.

Some 257 terrestrial vertebrates were noted in the Mt. Malindang RNP and these included 26 species of amphibians, 33 reptiles, 162 birds and 36 mammals, that included the threatened species, such as, the Philippine Eagle, Philippine Deer, Philippine Tarsier, Rufous Hornbill, Flying Lemur and the Mindanao Warty Pig. Three reptile species and 24 birds in the Mt. Malindang RNP have cultural and socioeconomic significance to local communities. (EOR/RCAPIA10 Misamis Occidental)

Monsanto, the largest seed corporation in the world, may have to pay as much as $7.5 billion to five million Brazilian soy farmers.

The company has long dealt out severe legal sanctions against farmers it suspects of “pirating” its seed. But now the farmers have turned the tables on Monsanto, by suing the company and winning.

Genetically modified (GM) soy production in Brazil began illegally in 1998 with seeds smuggled in from Argentina. Farmers favored the engineered product because it was resistant to Roundup herbicide (another Monsanto product) making it easier to plant.

In 2005 Brazilian president Luiz Inacio “Lula” Da Silva, realizing that many farmers had switched over, legalized Roundup Ready soy despite the misgivings of environmental activists. Last year the country planted 30.3 million hectares of GM crops, most of which were soy.

Most of this soy is exported to Europe, where the soy is used to feed cattle and for biofuels, and to China, whose burgeoning beef industry has an enormous and ever growing demand for cattle feed. Soy comprises 26 percent of Brazil’s farm exports.

That same year, Monsanto began to charge Brazilian growers a two percent tax for their GM soy production. Farmers that buy seed from Monsanto are also required to sign a contract in which they pledge not to save seed for future harvests, a millenia-old custom among farmers.

Monsanto penalized farmers who did not keep GM soy strictly separated from non GM soy. (also marketed by Monsanto) If tests of non GM soy crops uncovered Roundup Ready soy, Monsanto required farmers to pay a three percent fee.

The biotech industry claims that the farmers either knowingly or unknowingly mix the two strains together. It has long downplayed the allegation that GM seeds spread through pollination or inventory errors, a process known as “genetic contamination.”

In 2009 a group of rural syndicates from Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil’s southernmost state, took Monsanto to court, charging that separating GM and non-GM soy was virtually impossible and that therefore the “Monsanto tax” was unjust.

In April 2012 a Rio Grande Do Sul judge ruled that Monsanto’s fees were illegal and noted that the Roundup Ready seed patent had already expired in the country. The company was not only ordered to stop collecting the royalty fees but to also return all such fees collected since 2004. Such collected royalties amount to $2 billion.

Monsanto appealed the ruling but was dealt another blow on June 12 when the Brazil Supreme Court decided unanimously that whatever the Rio Grande Do Sul courts rule on this matter should apply to the whole of Brazil. This caused the number of plaintiffs to balloon to five million and the total royalty owed to rise to $7.5 billion.

Monsanto also claimed that when farmers saved seed to replant it in the following seasons, they were required to pay royalties every season. But the plaintiffs counter that Brazilian law allows them to save seed.

In an official statement, Monsanto stated: “While the lawsuit lasts and the courts do not render a final decision on the merits, the royalty collection system for the use of Monsanto’s Roundup Ready technology will continue operating normally based on legal safeguards established.”

New Zealand Business Council host seminar with Filipino ICT leaders THE Philippine Embassy in Wellington and the New ZealandPhilippines Business Council (NZPBC) jointly hosted the meeting and networking between the Philippine delegation to the second Philippine Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Partnership Opportunity Mission to Auckland and representatives of Philippine companies in the information and communications technology (ICT), software services and business process outsourcing (BPO) sectors.

The event was held at the AWI International Education Group Building in Auckland very recently. The meeting was a historic first for NZPBC and which will usher in greater opportunities for expanding business partnerships in the ICT/BPO sector, DFA said.

Philippine Ambassador to New Zealand Virginia H. Benavidez, Consul General Marcos Punsalang and 80 Filipinos attended the gathering to meet the members of the Philippine delegation.

The Philippine delegation was composed of Emmanuel Ang, the Philippine Senior Trade Representative for New Zealand based in Sydney, Jomari Mercado, Board Member of the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and Head of Delegation, BPAP Executive Director for External Affairs Martin Antonio S. Crisostomo, Maria Cristina G. Coronel, President of Pointwest Technologies Corporation and Board Director of the Philippine Software Industry Association (PSIA), Maria Rosario M. Gruet, Vice President for Business Development of Computer Professionals, Inc., and Jaime Aquino and Brandon Midel, Owner and Solutions Consultant, respectively, of Comfac Corporation.

Also present was Hernando Banal, New Zealand Trade Commissioner based in Manila.

NZPBC President Banal said that ICT is considered a core industry which influences and changes the nature of doing business.

He said that the NZPBC is looking for possible linkages with the Business Processing Association of the Philippines (BPAP) and welcomed the delegations presence as this will enable them to get to know them and establish business relationships. He thanked the Embassy for hosting the meeting together with the NZPBC and expressed the hope that the meeting will yield positive results.

Ambassador Benavidez said that the Philippine IT/BPO is a very bright sunshine industry as shown by the 24 percent growth that it achieved in 2011, having earned US$ 11 billion in revenues while directly employing 650,000 people.

The growth of the industry is so fast that the Philippines surpassed India in voice or call center services .

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Three Davao barangays received tax share from hydropower plant DAVAO City––The host communities of the 4.47MW Talomo Hydro Plants of Hedcor, Inc. – a subsidiary of AboitizPower - accepted Hedcor’s National Wealth Tax (NWT) of over P 4 million recently.

In an interview, Mintal Barangay chairman Ramon Bargamento II said, “the amount we received from Hedcor will be allotted to repair the Barangay Hall, for barangay’s motor vehicle, furniture, computers and projectors, gymnasium’s industrial fun and for the uniforms of barangay em-

ployees.”

On the other hand, Barangay Catalunan Pequeno, Barangay Malagos, and the city received the amounts of almost P600,000, over P300,000 and P2.7 million, respectively.

National Wealth Tax released to host communities is mandated under EPIRA for Hydropower Generation and is accorded to the local government units as a share in the proceeds from the development and utilization of the national wealth within their respective areas.

Hedcor, aside from the

N. Cotabato prepares for Kalivungan 2012 KORONADAL City, South Cotabato, Aug 7 (PIA) -- The provincial government of North Cotabato is gearing up for its Kalivungan Festival and 98th foundation anniversary.

The Information and Development Communication Division (IDCD) of the province said the festivity will feature activities showcasing the rich culture of Cotabato province, and will begin on August 24 until September 1.

Governor Emmylou “Lala” J. Taliño-Mendoza said this year’s celebration is an affirmation of the goals realized through “Serbisyong Totoo,” with support from 17 municipalities and lone city in the province.

“The nomination of the province of Cotabato for the Gawad Pamana ng Lahi National Award for excellence in local governance and the Kalasag Award for disaster preparedness are confirmation of good things happening in the province of Cotabato,” the governor said.

The provincial government has allotted P12 million for this year’s festival. Kalivungan, taken from a Manobo term which means gathering and festivity, will formally open on August 24 with a thanksgiving mass.

NWT, also paid real property taxes, business taxes and registration fee to the Registry of Deeds since the start of its operations.

The company also dispensed millions of peso for the payment of one centavo per kilowatt-hour to host communities as mandated

by Energy Regulation 1-94.

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Candidates Candidate number 10 is Kris C. Pajaron of Barangay Patag, born on November 1, 1992 in Damilag, Bukidnon.

Kris is an Associate in Hotel and Restaurant Management major at the Liceo de Cagayan University.

Her hobbies include playing musical instruments, playing computer games and hang-out with her family.

Kris also played softball back in her high school days, and considers dancing, singing and playing the guitar and bass as her special set of skills.

“I want to become an ambassador of Cagayan de Oro City to promote our very own city by means of tourism.”

A fellow candidate describes Kris as mysterious yet nice, a little boyish but very feminine inside.

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Candidate number 11 is Greanne Trisha “Grey” T. Mendoza of Barangay Nazareth, born on June 20, 1990 in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon.

Grey is a Nursing major at the Capitol University and works as a marketing officer and event organizer.

Her hobbies include travelling, tasting different local cuisines, reading bestselling books or novels, watching movies, music.

Grey’s favorite sport is Taekwondo. She considers training dogs, reading an entire trilogy of books in 24 hours, configuring network devices as her special skills.

“As a whole, I’m simply a very positive person. I choose to see life ‘half-full’ than ‘half-empty’. Growing up, my family never had any kind of luxury, but I chose to believe that my past is not a basis for my future.”

Candidate number 10 Kris C. Pajaron

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Inner Society of Magic: beyond imagination

by Shaun Alejandrae Uy The premiere magic group of Cagayan de Oro City, Inner Society of Magic, recently awed spectators in their benefit show Deception: beyond imagination.

The show is line with the society’s anniversary activity, part of the proceeds from the show will go to a school in the PN Roa area where the packs will mostly consist of pencils, papers, and notebooks.

“ISOM - Inner society of magic is the 1st magic group in CDO… only magicians who have specialties may join but everybody is welcome to try.” says magician Kedric Flores Kendric adds, “ISOM

only selects the best magicians in the city, because we keep the code secrecy of magic.

We are nearly established; maybe a month from now our group will be approved by the SEC as a registered organization of magicians in CDO. Our current president is Reuben Rafael Lardizabal aka David Papeng.”

ISOM began in 2008 and continues to go strong, I have personally witnessed Reuben during my niece’s 1st birthday, only one thing I can say – how did he do that?!

The Cagayan TIMES editor and graphic artist , Ronald Mastail strikes a pose with the Inner Society of Magic.

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known as the Illegal Possession of Firearms Law. The resolution acquitted Ronnie Pandamon, 43; Arnel Dionesio, 32; Victorino Venancio, 39; Hernan Miguel, 25; Floro Arquillano, 53; and Boroy Tilo, 42, all residents of same place. “… undersigned finds that there is no probable cause to believe that respondents committed the offense charge, except against Mayor James Joyce. The charge against the respondents is illegal possession of firearms; hence it is necessary to clearly identify the firearms which seized from the possession of the respondents failing on this necessarily renders the evidence against them insufficient,” Prosecutor Ordaneza said in the resolution approved

by Provincial Prosecutor Artemio Tajon.

A team composed of the Regional Intelligence Unit (RIU) 11 led by Supt. Leonardo Felonia, Special Action Force headed by Chief Inspector John Michael Mangahis, and Davao del Sur Provincial Police Office (DSPPO) operatives led by Supt. Querubin Manalang raided the residence of Joyce at dawn on Aug. 3.

The raid was under a search order 12-20064 issued by National Capital Region (NCR) Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 2 Presiding Judge Marino Dela Cruz dated July 25, 2012.

Recovered from the house of Joyce were two M16 Standard rifles, two M16 Baby Armalite rifles, one Ingram 9mm machine pistol, one 9mm pistol, one Granade rifle, one Colt MK .45 pistol, a telescope, and assorted live ammunitions and magazines.

The confiscated firearms are now in custody of the RIU-11 for safekeeping.

construct a drawdown substation to accommodate load growth and ensure power quality to the electricity consumers in Misamis Oriental, the implementation of project must commence as scheduled.

As such, pre-construction activities are needed to be undertaken in 2012 in order to meet the target completion in February 2015,” it said.

Gov. Moreno said the planned completion of the project would jib with the latest commissioning date of the Laguindingan airport, whose opening is expected to spur an economic boom in West Misamis Oriental.

Already, West Misamis Oriental which constitutes the bulk of the province’s second congressional district, hosts various industries including the Asia Brewery complex (Asia Brewery, Tanduay Rhum, Virgin Cola Bottling Plants), Zest-O Corporation, WL Foods Corporation, Universal Robina Corporation, Timber Industries of the Philippines, Inc. (TIPI) and Union Plywood Corporation in El Salvador City and Holcim Philippines cement plant in Lugait are among the 37 major industries operating within the province.

Misamis Oriental also accounts for the bulk of exports from Northern Mindanao. In 2011, it had a 50.86% share of the region’s total exports of US1, 064.51 billion for a total of US$541.40-million, a 9.86 percent increase over the 2010 total of US$492.8million. Among its top exports are crude coco oil, fatty alcohol, sintered ore, desiccated coconut, copra expeller, cake meal pellets, and activated carbon.

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

ARMM officer-in-charge Gov. Mujiv Hataman said the attacks were deplorable since these happened during Ramadan and at a time when efforts were geared toward a peaceful resolution of the decades-old Moro conflict.

The governor said he had directed Assistant Secretary Pombain Karon of the ARMM’s Department of Social Welfare and Development to deploy its relief teams for the distribution of assistance packages to over 2,000 displaced families.

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

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floods in mountainous areas and floods in low-lying areas,” PAGASA said in the advisory.

Tropical storm ‘Haikui’ is enhancing the southwest monsoon which is driving rainfall in Luzon’s western side, PAGASA said.

The southwest monsoon “will continue to bring occasional to frequent rains over Luzon becoming moderate to heavy rains in the provinces of Ilocos, La Union, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Zambales, Bataan, Pampanga, Bulacan, Rizal, Cavite, Laguna, Batangas and National Capital Region today until tomorrow with gradual improvement of weather condition by Thursday and onwards to the weekend,” PAGASA said.

Valte noted government will assess the situation if work and classes in areas concerned must be suspended on Wednesday as well.

Upon PAGASA’s recommendation, and considering the prevailing inclement weather, Malacanang earlier issued Memorandum Circular 33, which suspended on Aug. 7 this year government work and college classes in such areas.

“However, those agencies whose functions involve delivery of basic and health services, preparedness/ response to disasters and calamities and/or performance of other vital public services shall continue with their operations and render the necessary services,” the circular said.

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and child rearing. The Bill does not abuse the religious belief of any person.

It (bill) is a comprehensive legislation anchored on freedom of choice and respect of human rights. It is not a ‘one child policy law’ or ‘a pro-abortion legislation’ as fanatics of Roman Cathofrom page 2 lics are projecting. React: that Malacanang already crisguardian@yahoo.com suspended, for the day, work in private establishments across areas ravaged by the from page 3 monsoon rains. the reports reaching her The areas are Metro is that Moreno is running Manila, Zambales, Bataan, for the city mayor’s seat but Pampanga, Pangasinan, Tarlac, Bulacan, Laguna, Cavite that if he runs for congress and Rizal provinces, the then she will no mayoral candidate to support. reports said.

Darimbang said she will Malacanang set two conditions for private employers know whom to support concerned when requiring when the political atmotheir employees to work sphere clears up during the despite the suspension order. elections.

Meanwhile, Councilor “The employers must guarantee their employees’ Alex Dacer said the adsecurity and be responsible ministration of City Mayor for them,” said Malacanang Vicente Y. Emano is busy deputy spokesperson Abi- with programs and activities for the city especially gail Valte.

She also said the employ- the housing for Sendong ers must pay such employees victims.

Dacer said the ruling the corresponding premium Padayon Pilipino political for work they did.

“It’s like extra pay be- party is not yet aggressive cause technically, work’s at this time because the elections are still far away suspended,” she said.

PAGASA’s latest weather and they’re busy working.

He added that it is the advisory issued at 11 a.m. opposition that is being agof Aug. 7 this year warned about landslides and flash- gressive at this early because floods that can possibly rav- their candidates who are age the rain-stricken areas. currently holding office are “Expect landslides/flash- in their last-term positions.

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“We will wait who will face Mayor Emano,” he said, adding that Rep. Benjo Benaldo remains the PDP’s candidate for the city’s first congressional district.

He said the PDP will still meet to finalize their lineup that will include their candidate for the city’s second congressional district so that they will be ready in October for the filing of certificates of candidacy.

It’s going to be a good match between the LP and PDP in Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental, he said.

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the measure approved by the House of Representatives. They do not wish to allow contraception to occur, by the use of contraceptives.

Lagman and his cohorts would appear therefore to be no different from Onan, the son of Judah. Surely, preventing conception by contraceptives and other abortifacient drugs, which the Reproductive Health Bills seeks to do, is as wicked as spilling semen on the ground to prevent conception. If God killed Onan for that wickedness, will He spare our people who will prevent conception from the same deadly fate?

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Mining company – PHILEX Mining Corporation together with its subsidiary company, SMMC or Silangan Mindanao Mining Corporation, applied for a Mining permit in the area.

After a few months, they were of course granted by the MGB (Mines and geosciences bureau).

Having learned about the strong community resistance in the past, the Canadian bullies applied a different strategy. In early 2010, the company bought a hectare of land in the area just a few steps across their picket line. The patch of land was intended for a ‘livelihood center program’ which appears to have appealed to people. PHILEX mining company gave the locals jobs and offer bribe money to lots of people in the village resulting to conflicts.

This made the people of Anislagan very angry. Right now, the villagers are faced with tremendous pressure and oppression from both the State and the Company.

There is a call for financial support which will be used to finance the counter charges they filed against PHILEX Mining Corporation / Silangan Mindanao Mining Corporation, Inc. Currently there are 2 active cases filed by PHILEX against them. They are: Resisting Police Arrest and Attempted Homicide

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Calls for collective support aims to sustain the community through nonhierarchical, non-authoritarian, libertarian approach.

We should support the people’s aspirations and hopes and not destroy them.

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harm to the people than the mosquito population,” Dr. Mendoza warned. “Only adult mosquito can be killed or driven to other areas by indiscriminate fogging.”

Dr. Mendoza has also urged LGUs to activate their Bantay Dengue Brigades and intensifying their information, education and communication (IEC) drive encouraging residents to strictly follow the 4S methodology to prevent and control the disease.

The ESDRU reported 33 barangays in Region 10 with three or more confirmed cases in the past month, with the most number found in Cagayan de Oro City (20), seven in Misamis Oriental, four in Iligan City and two in Bukidnon.

Cases in Cagayan de Oro were reported in the following barangays: Agusan, Balulang, Barangay 26, Bayabas, Bugo, Bulua, Camaman-an, Canitoan, Carmen, Cugman, Gusa, Iponan, Kauswagan, Lapasan, Macabalan, Macasandig, Nazareth, Patag, Puerto and Tablon.

In Iligan City, the barangays were Poblacion, Luinab, Saray and Tibanga while in Misamis Oriental the areas were Poblacion and Sta. Cruz in Tagoloan, Imelda and San Martin in Villanueva, Taytay in El Salvador, Barra in Opol and Lunao in Gingoog City, while those in Bukidnon were Kiburiao in Quezon and Poblacion in Valencia City.

Meantime, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is also in the thick of the fight against dengue with the distribution of some 435,000 OvicidalLarvicidal Traps (OL Traps) to all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide.

DOST Sec. Mario Montejo said OL Traps prevent the larvae from maturing into dengue-carrying mosquitoes, thus containing and reducing the spread of the disease in places where mosquitoes congregate and breed during daytime, like classrooms.

The OL Trap is a simple technology that kills the eggs and larvae of the female Aedes aegypti mosquito that carries the dengue virus. The black container attracts mosquitoes to lay their eggs on the lawanit strip soaked with the OL pellet-water solution. The OL pellets, made of organic and non-toxic material, attract mosquitoes and kill their young, in effect reducing the number of the next generation of mosquitoes.

The program has identified 31 priority areas that will receive the first batch

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of OL Traps totaling some 435,000 kits nationwide.

DOST produced the initial batch of traps and has transferred the production of OL pellets to a private entrepreneur.

Unfortunately, DOST Regional Director Alfonso P. Alamban said they have so far been unable to find a distributor for the OL Traps in the region despite the proven success of the product to control the dengue mosquito.

Bukidnon provincial health officer Dr. Teresita Damasco said in a previously published report that while the OL Trap was effective, it was only one of their many strategies to control the spread of the disease and it was the community’s concerted effort that was the key.

OL traps were distributed by the DOST in 2011 to 100 test households in five areas identified to have high morbidity in 2010 – Suna Village in Sumpong; Kubayan and NHA 1 in Casisang, Malaybalay City; a purok in Poblacion Quezon; Vizmin Area, Poblacion Pangantucan; and Artajo Village in Alae, Manolo Fortich.

Bukidnon had 1,216 recorded cases in 2010 but the number of cases dropped by 97 percent to only 42 in 2011. However, from January to July 2012 so far, there were already 137 cases dengue and seven deaths.

Besides the deployment of the OL traps, Dr. Damasco said barangay dengue brigades of the LGUs actively searched and destroyed the mosquito’s breeding places and actively campaigned to ask communities to strictly implement the 4S methodology. (with reports from Jorie Valcorza, Rutchie Aguhob and Abigail Chee Kee Malalis).

Govt vows to solve garbage problem THE government will carry out several measures to solve the problem of disposing wastes in the country that usually worsen flooding, especially in the metropolis, President Benigno S. Aquino III said.

The President led the meeting of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) in response to flooding being experienced in Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

Asked by reporters how the government encourages people to properly dispose their wastes, the President appealed to the press to help the government disseminate information about proper garbage disposal.

In the long run, the government will rely on technology to solve the waste problem in the country, one government official said.

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Durant shows he can score, leads USA to Argentina rout This is one of the closer battles that Team USA has encountered in the London Olympics so far, Argentina’s Manu Ginobili hypes up his squad pressing defense on the inside.

All is well.

Until Kevin Durant showed why he is the NBA’s leading scorer, the ball just seemingly found its way to him in the third quarter – delivered 28 points and gave the Americans a lot of breathing room with a 126-97 rout of Argentina.

At some points of the game, Carmelo Anthony falls to the

floor and covering his crotch area, curling in pain. A scuffle flares up the courtside as both teams accuse each other of hurting players with low blows.

The Dream Team USA remains unbeaten at this point carrying this oozing confidence to the final stages of the Men’s Olympic basketball tournament.

They meet Australia in the quarterfinals.

USA struggled to beat Lithuania on Saturday – holding on for a 99-94 victory, sneaking out of an upset – the Americans then turned a 60-59 halftime

lead over Argentina into a blowout in the third quarter where the tactics used by the Lithuanians was adapted by the Argentines, protecting the paint, it backfires leaving scoring leader Kevin Durant wide open to hit those trays.

LeBron James scored 18 points for Team USA and Chris Paul had 17.

There is a good c h a n c e t h a t Team USA and Argentina may meet again in the semifinal round as Argentina plays Brazil in the quarterfinals.

Brazil, SoKor, Brazil SoKorr Japan, Japan Mexico M - The final four in London 2012 The bridge falls down…

At least for Olympic football favorites Spain, Uruguay, Britain, as they are already knocked out in the London edition of the Olympics.

Brazil is the only favorite left in the men's Olympic football tournament, so the pressure is on for them to secure that gold, anything less would be unacceptable.

Seemingly easy enough to do for the Brazilians, except for one hurdle – South Korea, a team full of surprises and always carries a bag of tricks.

Then again, in football anything can happen.

The Brazil and South Korea match will certainly set the tone for the gold medal round, pressured to win their first Olympic football gold, the Brazilians feel the need to

make things happen.

Brazil fielded most of its top players to the Olympics and is dominant so far, getting more wins and scoring more goals than any other team.

South Korea, on the other hand, barely makes it through the early stages, but its strong defense categorically dismantled host Britain in the quarterfinals.

On the other side of the table is Mexico and Japan, the winner of which faces either Brazil or South Korea.

Just like the Azkals in the AFC Challenge Cup losing in the Semi-finals, the squad felt extra pain in their hearts, and winning the bronze in the said cup was the icing on the cake of the recently revived beautiful game in the Philippines.

Extra tension will arise in the semis as all four teams will

unleash a barrage of attacks in quest of that elusive Olympic gold.

This would be only the third Olympic men's football final for Brazil if they can barge through South Korea, and the first since the 1988 Seoul Games. Brazil won the silver medal in Seoul and also four years earlier at the Los Angeles Games.

Brazil got the bronze in 1996 in Atlanta and in 2008 in Beijing, when it lost the semifinal to Argentina whose star footballer is non-other than Lionel Messi .

Brazil reached the semifinals by eliminating Honduras in a difficult match on Saturday in Newcastle.

The semi-finals to watch out for Brazil : South Korea, Mexico : Japan. Who are you rooting for?

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Russian synchronized swimmers Natalia Ishchenkoand Svetlana Romashina pays tribute to the King of Pop, Michael Jackson. In a glance, it looks like their bathing suits are just regular black and silver shapes. Just like a rabbit pulled out of a hat – out comes Michael Jackson, or at least his image. The Russian pair did their routine to a mix of the King of Pop's songs, so the costumes are perfect. Michael must have brought them luck, too as they won the technical round with a score of 98.200.

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