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January 10, 2012

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Probe on scribe’s slay, ‘pogi points’

By RUEL V. PELONE, Editor in chief

TWO lawmakers yesterday accused the government of sitting on its job after it failed to curb “media killings” in the countryside.

This as lawmakers Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casiño of the militant Bayan Muna partylist joined other groups in condemning the recent killing of Tatak publisher and editor-in-chief Christopher Guarin last Thursday night in General Santos City.

Earlier, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joined its affiliate the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) in condemning the murder of Guarin on A man walks around the provincial capitol grounds in Cagayan de Oro to drama- January 5. tize the tragedy brought about by typhoon Sendong. He holds in his arms a prop Guarin was shot five representing a child victim of the flash flood. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

times in the body and and once in the head by gunmen while driving his wife and daughter home from his office, reported the IFJ on its website.

Police reported that Guarin was shot along Conel road in Barangay Lagao at around 10:30 in the evening.

He was declared dead on arrival at the General Santos City Hospital.

Guarin’s wife was also slightly wounded in the attack.

Guarin is the first media practitioner killed in 2012 PROBE/p.11

Pantukan landslide death toll now 36 GOVERNMENT rescue workers on Monday recovered four more bodies, bringing to 36 the number of dead people as search and retrieval operations continue in a landslide that happened last week in Pantukan, Compostela Valley, the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (NDRRMC) said.

Of the four bodies recovered, two have been identified as Garnado Ofton and Paquito Piayo. The other two have not been named.

A total of 16 persons have been rescued, five of them still in the hospital.

There are about 40 people still to be traced.

NDRRMC executive director Benito Ramos said fewer rescuers were seen on Monday compared to the last three days of search and rescue operations.

He also said at least four persons initially reported missing in last week’s landslide that buried a gold panning area in Compostela Valley were found alive.

They were identified as Santos Saraum Sr., 45; Santos Saraum Jr., 18; a certain “Kambal,” 21; and Santos Abainza III, 16.

Meanwhile, an internal investigation will be conducted to look into the culpability of local officials of Compostela Valley province on the latest landslide in the area LAPU LAPU LGU AT TIBASAK WITH RBR: A barangay official of Tibasak that killed over 30 people last January 5, said Deputy in Barangay Macasanding in Cagayan de Oro welcomes Lapu Lapu City Mayor Paz Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte said during the C. Radaza who donated P5-million cash turned over to the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Region 10 (DSWD-10) through the assistance of Cagayan regular press briefing in Malacanang on Monday. de Oro second district Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez. Photo by Mike Banos, NPN

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

DOE: No fuel hike in Iligan, C. de Oro

By JORIE C. VALCORZA of PIA-10

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Department of Energ y (DOE) reiterated that prize freeze remains in effect for gasoline and other petroleum products here in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan City until the national state of calamity is lifted.

DOE Undersecretary Atty. Jose M. Layug Jr. confirmed the commitment of the three leading industry players in the country, to follow the directive issued

by DOE for price freeze on the said cities.

Layug reminded retailers not to make any movement on their prices, following the reported two-to-threepeso increases in liquefied petroleum gas.

“Ibigay ninyo ang mga pangalan, kami po ang maninita,” he said. (Give us the names of these retailers, we will call their attention) He noted that on regular days however, adjustments HIKE/p.11

WEATHER UPDATE The tailend of a cold front is affecting Visayas and Mindanao while the Northeast Monsoon is affecting Luzon.

Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Eastern Visayas, Northern and Eastern Mindanao which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Meanwhile, Luzon will have mostly cloudy skies with light rains especially over the Eastern section.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

Editor: JHO PANTOJA

Mga mananagat sa kabaranggayan nagmulo CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Gumikan sa bagyong Sendong, ang mga mananagat naapektohan usab human ang ilang isda nga makuha gikan sa dagat halos dili na mahalin.

Kini gumikan sa hitabo nga daghan ang nangamatay ang midagsang sa kadagatan gikan sa bukirang bahin nga naanod ug matud pa posibling maka-on sa isda.

Maoy gituohan sa mga katawhan nga bu-ot unta mopalit sa isda, apan gumikan sa ilang pangagpas sila gibati ug kahadlok nga basin

Barangay Update Harry Del Puerto pa man kini nakakaon ug tawo gikan sa mga biktima sa baha matud pa.

Ngani dunay isda nga gikan sa fishpan nga maoy kasagaran palitonon sa kamerkadohan karon gumikan

Tigulang nga babaye napalgang patay sa Barangay Mandamo BUTUAN City––Hangtud sa pagkutlo niini nga balita, wala pa maila ang napalgang patay’ng lawas sa usa ka tigulang nga babaye nga naglutaw-lutaw sa Agusan Riverside sa Barangay Mandamo ning siyudad pasado alas-3:30 kagahapon sa hapon.

Sigon sa impormanteng si Fernando Montilla, nakasuot og kolor puti nga blouse nga binuwakan ang biktima samtang kolor pula usab ang iyang sayal.

Gitu-uhang gikan kini sa taas nga bahin sa suba partikuloar sa Agusan del Sur og nadagsa lang sa ilang lugar.

Dihang wala pa’y mi-abot nga pulis human nila gipahibalo ang maong hitabo, gipatunga na lamang nila kini sa tubig aron dili makaon sa iro.

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kay lagi dili man gikan sa dagat maong daghan namalit.

Dili lalim ang epekto sa negosyo sa isda ning panahuna gumikan sa hitabo apil usab ang mga karning

baboy, baka, kanding kay matud pa basin paman kini gikan sa anod sa baha.

Apan kini nga mga hitabo gimonitor usab sa atong mga kadagkoan dinhi sa siyudad sa Cagayan de Oro. Dunay daghan kalainan karon ngani bag-ohay pa lang didto sa Igpit sa lungsod sa Opol dunay Ginang nga mireklamo sa sibyahan sa DXCO-RADYO ASENSO kalabot na sa tubig nga ilang mainom.

Reklamo sa Ginang nga dunay ilang namatikdan nga puti nga buhok nga

nasagol sa tubig nga ilang nainom matud pa gusto nilang iklaro sa buhatan sa water district ug wala bay kalabutan ang hitabo sa bagyong Sendong nga mipatay sa daghan natong kaigsoonan.

Sila nahadlok og basin pa man dunay nakasulod nga tawo sa nasangpit nga tubo matud pa sa mireklamong babaye didto sa sibyahan sa DXCO. Ngani dili ikalimod nga sa 2009 ang unang pagboto sa dakong tubig dinha sa Cagayan de Oro river

nga mihapak sa daghang kabalayan sa Barangay Macasandig ug atol usab maoy paghidangat dinhi sa atong dakbayan sa atong patron nga mao ang Black Nazarene.

Daghan ang mga tsismis sa gawas kalabot na sa maong hitabo, nonot niining tanan dili kita makahatag ug pagbasol ni bisan kinsa gumikan kay kining tanan pagbuot sa kahitas-an ug sa kinaiyahan ang atong buhaton kanonay lang kita mangandam sa taliabot nga mga katalagman.

Residente nataranta tungod sa buhawi nga milugapak Sinulat ni JHO PANTOJA

OPOL, Misamis O r i e nt a l – Nat a ranta ang pipila ka mg a resi d ente s a duha ka barangay sa lungsod sa Opol Misamis Oriental human mikalat ang estorya nga midago ang suba sa barangay Iponon tungod

sa kusog nga ulan ug maoy hinungdan paghagsa sa bu haw i niadtong nakalabay’ng adlaw nga Dominggo.

Sigon sa dugang pagkalat sa mga estorya nga midahile daw ang yuta sa barangay Tumpagon ug Tuburan nga nahisakop sa dakabayan sa Cagayan de Oro tungod sa pagbundak sa kusog nga ulan maoy hinungdan ang mga residente sa barangay Iponan ug Barra mibakwit tungod

sa kahadlok ug kabalaka basin mahitabo na usab ang maong trahedya.

Tu n g o d s a m a o n g b a l it a ang bu h at an s a Civil D efens e mihimo sa pag-usisa kon unsa ka tinuod ang maong estor ya apan gikumpermar sa maong buhatan nga walay igong kapasikaran ug usa lamang ka binoang o tumo-tumo.

M i s m o s i b a r a n g ay Tumpagon Kagawad nga si Ar mando Aling gom miluwat ug pamahayag nga wala nahitabong pagdahile sa yuta o landslide sa iyang barangay.

Sumala pa sa Office of

the Civil Defense susama kini sa nahitabo ngadto sa dakbayan sa Pagadian nga dunay mikalat nga mga text messages nga matud pa magbaha ang maong siyudad.

Tungod niini nagpahimangno ang Office of t he C iv i l D e fe ns e ng a dili dayon motuo sa mga tabitabi o hungihong kina hang lan k lar u hon o usisahon una ayha motuo kon tinuod ba o dili ang mg a e s t or y a aron d i l i mataranta ang mga katawhan ilabina dinhi sa dakabayan sa Cagayan de Oro ug sa lalawigan sa Mismis Oriental.

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Sinulat ni ARJAY FELICILDA

CAMP Rodriguez, Butuan City––Unang biktima ang 57 anyos nga si Kag. Wenefredo Moscoso Rivas sa Brgy Mararag, Marihatag, Surigao Sur. Siya na-igo sa toong dughan sa bala sa wala pa natinong armas.

Ang iyahang asawa nga si Aida maoy nakakaplag sa nagbuy-od niyang lawas dool sa ilahang tapahan, niadtong Sabado sa hapon.

Ikaduhang biktima si

Mr. Bernardo Masanog Catamora, 37 anyos nga taga- Brgy 5, San Francisco, Agusan Sur. Nasayran nga samtang siya ug ang iyahang asawa naglingkod sulod sa vulcanizing shop ni Ms. Rachel Obenza, midool ang kriminal ug ginamit ang 45 kalibreng pistola, gipusil ang biktima.

Nadala pa siya sa D.O. Plaza Memorial Hospital, apan giproklamar sa doctor

nga patay na pagdangat sa maong tambalanan.

Ikatulong gipusil-patay si CVO Member Junrey Calao Dullantes, 42 anyos nga taga-Taglibas, Bayugan City.

Siya gipusil sa wala nailang tawo sulod sa iyahang payag. Siya na-igo sa toong apapangig hinungdan sa dihadiha niyang kamatayon.

Wala pa natino ang matang sa ug kalibre sa armas nga gigamit sa kriminal. (uban sa report ni PO2 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas, PRO-13 Info Office)

Abamin Rep. Maxi Rodriguez mitabang sa Surigao City Sinulat ni ARJAY FELICILDA

SURIGAO City––Gitunol kagahapong adlawa ni Partylist Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez sa Abante Mindanao (ABAMIN) ang usa ka milyon ka pesos ngadto sa katawhan ning dakbayan.

Ang maong kantidad nga gidawat ni Mayor Ernesto Matugas atol sa tigom sa city hall, gamiton alang sa infrastructure projects sa dakbayan.

Pasi-unang gamiton ang nahisgotang pundo sa pagtul-id sa kalsada sa Brgy.

Canlanipa nga naguba sa dihang mibundak ang kusog nga ulan dili pa dugay.

Sa laing bahin, naggroundbreaking kaniadtong Sabado sa duha ka andanang capitol building sa Siargao Island.

Ang edipisyong ipahimutang sa 1,800 metros kuwadrados nga luna sa Brgy. 12 lungsod sa Dapa, magkantidad sa P12 milyones.

Ang konstruksiyon sugdan sa sunod bulan ug gitakdang mahuman sa Hulyo ning tuiga.

Ang seremonyas gitambongan nila ni Surigao Norte Gov. Sol Matugas ug Rep. Francisco Matugas, uban kanila ni Vice Gov.

Arturo Carlos Egay, Board Members Simeon Vicente Castrence, Cesar Bagundol ug Mamerto Galanida. (uban sa report nila ni Ms. Annette Villaces sa Surigao City Info Office ug Mr. Jun Parada sa Surigao Norte Info Center)

News In Focus Editor: RUEL V. PELONE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

Napocor cuts power allocation to Gensan, nearby areas by 32 MW GENERAL Santos City–– The National Power Corporation (NPC) has cut down its power allocation for this city and nearby areas in Sarangani and South Cotabato provinces by 32 megawatts (MW) as a result of the dwindling capacity of its hydropower plants in Mindanao, an official of distribution utility South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) said.

Rodolfo Ocat, Socoteco II general manager, said the NPC reduced its contracted power supply to the cooperative’s service area starting this year to 72 MW from its average peak requirement of 102 MW reportedly due to the unstable condition of its maintained power plants, especially the hydropower plants in Bukidnon and Lanao del Norte.

Socoteco II’s service area covers this city, the entire Sarangani Province and two municipalities in nearby South Cotabato.

“NPC’s power supplies to the Mindanao grid was actually on the decline since last year that’s why we started looking for other power sources to cover for the deficit,” Ocat said in a radio interview.

In May last year, Socoteco II initially signed a supply deal for a standby power of 18 MW from the Aboitizowned Therma Marine Inc. (TMI) in anticipation of the NPC’s power load cuts.

Ocat said the additional power supplies from TMI have reduced the area’s

deficit 14 MW, which is currently felt during the peak hours.

Last week, Socoteco II issued an advisory that it is implementing rotating brownouts of 45 minutes to one hour daily within its service area as a result of the deficit.

To help ease the situation, Ocat said the cooperative is presently negotiating with TMI for an additional supply of 5 MW. “(TMI) initially signified to move one of its power barges in Visayas to Mindanao to accommodate our request for additional supplies,” he said.

Ocat said the cooperative is also waiting for the anticipated operationalization later this of the Iligan Diesel Power Plants 1 and 2, which were put on sale since last year.

The power plants, which were previously owned by the NPC, were acquired by the local government of Iligan through levy due to the company’s failure to settle its real property tax dues.

“If it resumes operation by the third or fourth quarter of the year, then I think we’re safe here,” he said.

Ocat said the streaming of additional power from the diesel plants will not only erase the area’s deficit but would also cover for the requirements of the new establishments that are being put up in the city.

He specifically cited the P2.5 billion SM City Gen-

A child kisses the image of the Black Nazarene as a gesture of gratitude for surviving the wrath of typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro. The Black Nazarene was paraded around the city in the afternoon of Monday as has been the tradition for a few years now. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit eral Santos mall complex, which is slated to open during the first half of the year, and several new hotels and commercial buildings.

Citing their projections, he said the opening of the SM mall and other establishments this year will add another 7 MW to the city’s power requirements, which grows at an average of 4.2 percent annually.

“We’ve foreseen that the growth of our power requirements will be abnormal or beyond the average this year and even until next year due to the opening of SM mall and other establishments,” he said.

BFAR: Mati still red tide free

By MAI GEVERA-MACAPAGAT

DAVAO City––In a latest shellfish bulletin released by the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR), the Balite Bay in Mati, Davao Oriental continues to be free from toxic red tides despite isolated cases in some bays in the country where paralytic shellfish poison was found.

Other areas found safe to eat all types of shellfish are Cavite, Las Pinas, Navotas, Paranaque, Navotas

and Bulacan in Manila Bay. It also includes Pangasinan, Masbate, Sorsogon, Puerto Princesa City, Panay, Roxas City, Capiz, Negros Occidental, Samar, Leyte, Surigao del Sur, and Camiguin Island .

However, identified areas positive for paralytic shellfish poison are the Dumanquillas Bay in Zamboanga del Sur, Murdelagos Bay in Zamboanga del Norte and Misamis

Oriental, Masinloc Bay in Zambales, Bataan coastal waters, and Maturinao Bay in Eastern Samal.

The BFAR stressed that all types of shellfish and Acetes gathered from these areas are not safe for human consumption.

Some seafoods like fish, squids, shrimps, and crabs are safe provided that they are fresh and washed thoroughly and internal organs such as gills and intestines are removed before cooking.

LTC JOSE MARIA R CUERPO II, Commanding Officer of the 8th Infantry (DEPENDABLE) Battalion, welcomes the three (3) NPA rebels who submit themselves back to the folds of the law in their desire to start a new life. The three surrenderors known as Reymond Padao a.k.a. Kuding (Rightmost) and his brother Judy Padao a.k.a. Reynan (2nd from the right), both members of SPP3, FC6, NCMRC are in the custody at Headquarters 8th Infantry Dependable Battalion, Maramag, Bukidnon on January 6, 2012. While Tenoy Sabuan a.k.a. Basag( 2nd from the left), member of same group submits himself early on January 8, 2012. Photo supplied

Ocat said they expect the situation to normalize in three years, in time for the projected commercial streaming of the initial 100 MW of the 200-MW coalfired power plant of the Sarangani Energy Corporation (SEC) in Maasim town in Sarangani.

The US$ 450 million coal power plant is being

built by Conal Holding Corporation, which is backed by the Alcantara Group and Thailand’s Electricity Generating Public Company Limited.

Socoteco II signed a power sales agreement with SEC in June last year for the streaming of 70 MW of power from the coal plants by 2014. PNA

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Sendong hurts Lanao Sur too

By FRANK E. DOSDOS JR. Contributor

WHILE the world watched the devastation wrought by typhoon Sendong on the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, little was it known that some towns in Lanao del Sur were also ravaged by the same storm.

Councilor Madki A. Panguinaguina of Ramain, Lanao del Sur told newsmen that the towns of Ramain, Buadi Poso Bongbong and Bubong were submerged by neck-deep floodwaters for three days.

He said that rice crops in hundreds of hectares of farmlands were totally damaged.

“Many working animals drowned,” he added.

In Barangay Pantian, Ramain, a house was swept away.

The waters dried up slowly after three days.

On December 24, Mayor Actar M. Marmar waded through the mud and distributed relief goods in badly-beaten Barangay Ditsaan.

He was assisted by Councilor Madki A. Panguinaguina, Vice Mayor Ahnamalyne Macarampat, MPDO Engr.

Mustapha Salic, DSWD Officer Saripe Arumpac and ABC President Imran Malawani.

The Region REGIONAL NEWS

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Editor: CRIS DIAZ

Editor: CRIS DIAZ

MONDAY,JANUARY JANUARY10, 9, 2012 TUESDAY,

dept sets ‘Sendong’ destroys P9.7m Welfare guidelines on shelter infrastructures in Normin assistance program OZAMIZ City, Misamis Occidental––At least 30 infrastructure projects worth P969.35 million were damaged by Typhoon Sendong in Northern Mindanao.

Reports reaching the Regional Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (RDRRMC) in the region from the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) reveal that 16 of the projects were on road sections, nine (9) were on bridges, and five (5) were on drainage and flood control.

The report also show that the highest amount of damage was in the 2nd Engineering District of Cagayan de Oro (CDO), particularly, the 1,800 linear meter revetment of the CDO River worth P540 million which was totally washed-out.

This was followed by the First Engineering District of CDO with P235 million, broken down as follows: Flood control works involving 600 lineal meters, along the CDO River Basin in Barangays Carmen, Kauswagan, and Bonbon worth P180 million.

CDO-Airport-Bukidnon Road, Dansolihon and Dansolihon-Uguiaban Sections and Lumbia-Uguiaban By-pass Road, Mangalay

Survivors of typhoon Sendong are fished out in Iligan Bay the day after the catastrophe struck North Mindanao a week before Christmas on December 17, 2011.

Photo supplied Section, where landslides del Norte where two roads rangay San Roque - Hinacovered the roadway, P20 and bridges were destroyed planon Section, Iligan City, million and P5 million. posting damages worth P160 whose right side railing was Uguiaban By-pass Road, million each. destroyed, its uppermost 30-meter road slip, and Mandulog Bridge 1, girder upstream 4th span Kauswagan-Bulua Section, Highway Secondary Di- cracked and its approaches Butuan-Cagayan-Iligan version, Iligan City, with and revetment washed out, Road (BCIR), with siltation a span of 86.5 meters in P35 million. of existing open main drain- length, 5 slabs and 2 piers Misamis Oriental-Maria age both sides, P10 million. which totally collapsed, Cristina Boundary Road Next was the 2nd Engi- P100 million. with damaged carriageway, neering District of Lanao Mandulog Bridge 2, BaDESTROYS/PAGE 11

SOCIAL Welfare and Development Secretary Corazon Juliano-Soliman said that families with small children; families with pregnant and lactating mothers; surrogate parents of orphaned children living in evacuation centers who are equally situated with totally damaged shelters units; families with damaged houses whose head of household died or were incapacitated as a result of the disaster; and families with seriously ill members, or persons with disabilities or with special needs, will be prioritized as beneficiaries of the core shelter assistance program (CSAP).

The CSAP is the provision of structurally strong and indigenous shelter constructed in disaster safe relocation/resettlement areas which can withstand up to 220 kilometers per hour wind velocity, earthquake up to intensity 4, and other similar hazards.

The DSWD in coordination with local government units has identified nine relocation sites in Cagayan de Oro and four in Iligan City for typhoon ‘Sendong’ victims.

Volunteers assist in the profiling/masterlisting of family-evacuues at Mangga Elementary School in Iligan City.

A total of seven temporary relocation sites are located in Calaanan, Lumbia, Agusan Elementary School, Mandumol basketball court, Buena Oro covered court, Camaman-an Covered Court, Fatima Parish Hall and Mt. Carmel Church in Cagayan de Oro City; two permanent relocation sites were also identified in Calaanan (9.5 hectares) and Lumbia (5 hectares).

In Iligan City, three permanent relocation sites were identified in National Steel Corporation 8 (hectares), Sta. Felomina (3 hectares) and Sta Elena (14.4 hectares); and one temporary relocation site in Barangay Tambo (Integrated Bus Terminal).

Bunkhouses are also being built in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro to accommodate 350 families. The DSWD will construct bunkhouses for 120 families, while the International Organization Mission (IOM) will build bunkhouses for 230 families, Secretary Soliman added.

Likewise, 80 tents are now installed in Barangay Tambo, Iligan City, and 70 more tents will be installed SHELTER/PAGE 11

Mindanao’s only cancer center launched in Tagum TAGUM City, Davao del Norte––Mindanao’s only cancer treatment center was launched in Tagum Sunday.

President Aquino who formally inaugurated the Mindanao Cancer Center here said that the new medical facility serves as a sign of brighter hope for cancer patients, especially

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of JOSE U. JARON, who died intestate on 18 November 2009, consisting of an amount of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY FOUR PESOS AND THIRTY NINE CENTS (P125,174.39), Philippine Currency, deposited at the Bank of Philippine Island (BPI), Butuan City Branch with account number 0022231562-85, is the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF JOSE U. JARON made and entered into by decedent’s legitimate heirs, namely, Lydia R. Jaron, Julie Jaron Acosta, Marili Jaron Gildo, James R. Jaron, Joselito R. Jaron and Jay R. Jaron, per Doc. No. 88; Page No. 18; Book No. XII; Series of 2011 of the Notarial Registry of Roy Orlando D. Doyon, Notary Public for and in the Municipality of Nasipit, Agusan del Norte and the City of Butuan.

January 3, 10 and 17, 2012

the underprivileged, to better medical care.

He said that based on data gathered by the Department of Health (DOH), cancer is one of the most dreaded diseases that has claimed the lives of many Filipinos.

“Ang pagbubukas ng Mindanao Cancer Center ay siya ring pagtanglaw ng pag-asa sa mga Pilipinong biktima ng kanser.

Ayon sa tala ng DOH, ang sakit na ito ang isa sa mga nangungunang dahilan ng pagkamatay sa ating bansa,” President Aquino said.

The DOH research also indicated that there are some 200,000 Filipinos who suffer from cancer every year, which will be addressed by the advanced equipment in the facility.

“Ang istatistikang ito ang nais solusyunan ng pasilidad na pinapasinayaan natin ngayon. Magpapalawak ito sa serbisyong medikal, hindi lamang mula sa Davao, kundi maging sa buong Mindanao,” Aquino said.

“Inaasahang tatlumpung pasyente kada araw ang makakatanggap ng sapat, mura at de-kalidad na

tulong-medikal mula sa pagamutang ito. Sa pamamagitan din ng mga bagong serbisyo at kagamitan dito gaya ng Radiation therapy at ng Digital Linear Accelerator, mapipigilan natin ang paglala, kundi man natin tuluyang malunasan ang iba-ibang uri ng cancer,” he added.

The President said that the government has allotted at least P40 billion this year to fund the advancement of medical practitioners’ capabilities, infrastructure and equipment development of the health sector.

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The health programs also includes the increase in funding of the health insurance of the people through PhilHealth from P3.5 billion last year to P12 billion in 2012.

This fund increase will help provide medical assistance for the 5.2 million poor Filipinos who were identified through the National Household Targeting System.

For the DOH’s “Doctors to the Barrio” program, the President said that an additional one billion pesos will be allocated to shoulder the services of additional 200 doctors, one thousand midwives and 12 thousand nurses to the regional health units, barangay health stations and remote hospitals nationwide.

The major services and facilities of the Nuclear and Radiotherapy Center amounting to at least P157 million, include Radiation therapy using high energy X-rays which is used to kill cancer cells or to stop them from growing and spreading; Digital Linear Accelerator, a device for external radiotherapy that is designed to destroy the cancer cells while sparing the surrounding normal tissue.

The Mindanao Cancer Center also offers other types of radiotherapy that include External Beam Radiotherapy (XTR), Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy (MTR) capable, 3-D Conformal Radiotherapy (9CRT) capable and ARC Therapy capable. With wire reports

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES PROVINCE OF AGUSAN DEL NORTE An Appeal TO All Provincial Taxpayers “We appeal to all Taxpayers of Agusan del Norte, to TRUST this administration and religiously pay your taxes.

We will assure you that every cent of it, will go back to you in form of PROJECTS, IMPROVEMENTS & BETTER BASIC SERVICES” AVOID THE RUSH Quarterly Deadlines REALTY TAXES BUSINESSTAXES 1st QTR. --JAN. 1-MAR 31 JAN --- 20 2nd QTR. --- APR. 1-JUNE 30 APR.---20 3rd QTR. --- JULY 1-SEPT. 30 JULY---20 4th QTR. --- OCT. 1-DEC. 31 OCT.---20 Mabuhay! Ang PROBINSYA NG AGUSAN DEL NORTE! From: Provincial Treasurers Office MINDANAO DAILY: JANUARY 3, 10, 17, 2012

Development Editor: JHO PANTOJA

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

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FIFTEENTH CONGRESS ) REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) FIRST REGULAR SESSION )

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Mr. Shan Shen Wo of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines gives a check worth P500,000 to Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Y. Emano intended for the survivors of tropical storm Sendong. The NGCP also gave another P500,000 to Cagayan de Oro second district Rep. Rufus Rodriguez for the same purpose. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Araw ng Salvador kicks off

By FRANK E. DOSDOS JR.

FIFT Y-T WO years old Salvador town in Lanao del Norte began the 5-day observance of its 26th Araw Ng Salvador last Monday morning.

Founded in 1960, the said town started its annual celebration of Araw Ng Salvador in 1986.

The opening program started with an invocation led by Roman Catholic Priest Fr. Rey Patian of the local Parish.

Executive Committee Chairman Sangguniang Bayan Member Necitas Balanay welcomed all the attendees.

“Pagkakaisa: Susi sa Kapayapaan Tungo sa Patuloy na Kaunlaran,” was the theme that became the subject of all the messages given by the speakers.

Twenty-two years old Mayor Hassanor L. Tawantawan, son of former Mayor and incumbent Municipal Administrator Ahmad Johnny A. Tawantawan, Al Haj. and Former Mayor now Municipal Executive Adviser Raida L. Tawantawan emphasized that unity is the key to peace and development.

Board Member Madia A. Tawantawan and other officials of the youth and barangay sectors also spoke along the same lines of unity for peace and development.

Vi c e Mayor Eve r to Tabera lauded the young Mayor for continuing the tradition of justice and fairness in dealing with everyone regardless of tribe, beliefs and religion led by

then Mayor Ahmad Johnny A. Tawantawan years ago.

He said that it was this kind of leadership that united all the people of the town and achieved unprecedented peace and development in the municipality.

A few months ago, the elder Tawantawan featured in effectively helping Provincial Governor Mohammad Khalid Q. Dimaporo and the 1st Infantry (Tabak) Division Philippine Army under the command of MG Noel Coballes in recovering the three Korean nationals kidnapped in the southwestern part of Lanao del Sur. The opening program set the tone for the fiveday celebration that will culminate on January 13, 2012 with Vice President Jejomar Binay as the guest speaker.

New P170m Agnor capitol to rise in Cabadbaran City

By OBET SAMONTE

BUTUAN City––The construction of the P170-million new capitol building of Agusan del Norte will definitely start anytime this year.

Agusan del Norte information officer Edgar Palarca, Jr. made the assurance saying that as soon as the bidding shall have been conducted and the contract awarded to the winning bidder, work on the project would immediately commence The projected cost of the building is P170 million.

Gov. Erlpe John Amante made it clear in a previous interview that the cost of the new capitol building would not exceed P170 million despite suggestions from some quarters to increase it to more than P200 million.

According to Palarca, the new building will rise in Barangay Sanghan in Cabadbaran City adding that the site had already been reclassified and con-

verted by the Department of Agrarian Reform from agricultural to institutional.

Palarca also said the budget for the capitol building project was ready pointing out that funding source came from the provincial coffers.

The provincial spokesperson revealed that offers from interested entities to convert the old capitol

building here into a school or hotel were still being studied.

Meanwhile, Palarca said a proposal for a housing project for provincial government employees adjacent to the site of the new capitol building was discussed by the targeted beneficiaries.

The proposal was temporarily shelved until the five-hectare lot has been reclassified from agricultural to residential, he said.

Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. House Res No. _____ A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ENTERPRISES AND PRIVATIZATION TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REPORTS THAT CLARK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT CORP. (CIAC) ACCUMULATED HUGE DEFICITS FROM 2003 TO 2010 DESPITE CAPITAL INFUSIONS WHEREAS, RA 7227, also known as the Bases Conversion Act of 1992, created the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) as the implementing arm of the government to accelerate the conversion of the former Clark Military Reservation into the Clark Special Economic Zone, where Clark Development Corporation (CDC) became a subsidiary corporation of BCDA, and in turn, the Clark International Airport Corporation (CIAC) as a subsidiary of the CDC; WHEREAS, in April 2008, Executive Order 716 was issued, transforming the CIAC as a subsidiary of the BCDA and pursuant to this EO 716, the CIAC was tasked and mandated to develop, operate, manage and maintain the Clark Civil Aviation Complex where the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport (DMIA) is located; WHEREAS, in a recent Commission on Audit (COA) report, the CIAC was reported to have incurred a P831.9-million deficit despite capital infusions of P2.465 billion from two bases conversion agencies; WHEREAS, the report stated that “limited capital and continuous losses in its operations” are some of the reasons the CIAC accumulated the deficit from 2003 to 2010; WHEREAS, the report further stated that, “the huge cash overdraft was evident in the insufficiency of the cash and cash equivalents balance of P30.28 million to cover the security deposits and advance rentals … in the total amount of P264.7 million as of yearend, thereby posing serious concern to the corporation’s viability as a going concern”; WHEREAS, other pertinent findings from the COA report show that CIAC works on a limited capital because its authorized capital stock was only P20 million when it was created which led to advances of CIAC from the Clark Development Corp.

(P2.428 billion) and Bases Conversion and Development Authority (P37.074 million), given when the CIAC was a subsidiary of the two agencies, could not be converted into equity and that corporation’s business income has not been sufficient to cover its expenditures, WHEREAS, the CIAC, however, explained that the loses were partly due to huge capital outlays or investments since 1995, the fact that the CIAC incurred operating losses even in those early years when no aircraft flew in the airport and that the revenues from leases within 2,200 hectares that were due CIAC were collected by the CDC since 1996 and not the CIAC”; WHEREAS, according to the CIAC, they are supposed to receive P94.8 million in 2010 and P91.07 million in 2011 from the locators which, unfortunately, have not been released yet by the CDC, which holds the funds; WHEREAS, there is a need to look into this issue and determine the viability of the continued operations of the CIAC and how the legislature can help it become profitable and improve its operations.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, to direct the Committee on Government Enterprises and Privatization to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the above issue and thus serve notice to all concerned, particularly the CIAC, BCDA, CDC, COA and other agencies and entities which may shed light and resolve the issue.

Adopted, RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ JR.

OPINION

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

Editor: RUEL PELONE

Mananom og kahoy ADUNAY plano ang buhatan sa Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) nga mananom na sab sila og kahoy diha sa kalasangan.

Maayo ang maong plano kay yawat na lang mamenosan ang nagkaopaw ng kalasangan.

Nindot ang plano apan angayan hunahunaon sa taga-DENR nga dili lamang taman ra sa pagpananom sa kahoy ang ilang angayan nga buhaton.

Angayan nga ilang pakusgan pag-ayo ang ilang pagbantay sa kalasangan ilabina ang pagpamutol sa kahoy.

Dili maayo nga mananom lang kita og mga kahoy unya atong ipaputol sa mga illegal loggers.

Karon pa lang daan, angayan nga mag-plano na ang taga-DENR kung unsay angay nilang buhaton aron mapanalipdan ang kalasangan ug maun-

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You see, the kind of person we are inside is what gives us our real standard of living, not material things or status!

So what kind of character and daily lifestyle do you have?

What kind of marriage and family do you have?

What kind of friends?

There are many people who have heaps of money and status, but they have a low standard of living, because of the low level of their own personal character.

T h e y ’r e d i s h o n e s t , greedy, competitive, and jealous of what other people

have.

They gossip and use people to get what they want.

They don’t have much love and forgiveness in their heart for people who wrong and hurt them.

There are heaps of rich people who do not possess real love, peace, and satisfaction in their marriage and family!

This is why our Maker is the only One Who can give us the power, honesty, and love we need to raise our standard of living by raising the level of our character.

It’s only when we ask Jesus Christ to start changing us that we can start enjoying a truly high standard of living.

So why not ask Jesus to take complete charge of your heart and way of living?

It’s only then you can start climbing the ladder of REAL success and satisfaction for the rest of your life.

Just Think a Minute.

People in Cagayan de Oro unite!

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EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

THINK a minute.

You’ve heard of people who try to raise their standard of living at almost any cost.

They’ll go without many things to get a higher education, hoping it will later get them a higher-paying job and career.

Some even move their family to another country to raise their standard of living.

Still others will only let their children marry someone whose standard of living is the same or higher than theirs.

Many of us spend much of our life working to raise our standard of living in terms of money and status.

Then when we finally reach the standard of living we want, we still have to work hard to make sure we stay there!

But there are people whose standard of living never changes, whether they

dang ang pagpamutol Think sa kahoy, pagkaingin, A Minute pagmina, ug uban pa.

Kung law enforcement ang gikinahanglan anJhan Tiafau Hurst gayan nga hatagan ang DENR sa gahum aron ilang mapanalipdan ang have a lot of money or not. kinaiyahan.

They always enjoy a high Dili angay nga magstandard of living in their tudlo-tudlo kita kung own character and daily kinsay angay nga basolon lifestyle.

They’re always honest, sa kadaut nga ihatag unya loving, and kind. sa katalagman susama sa They’re quick to forgive “Sendong” nga mihapak others who wrong and hurt sa duha ka dakbayan–– them. ang Iligan ug Cagayan They’re in control of de Oro, apil ang ubang their physical desires for kalungsoran sa Lanao. pleasure, so they always have great fun in life without Maayo ang mananom hurting their own bodies or og kahoy apan unsay kaother people. sigurohan nga kining mga They enjoy real happiitanom unya nga mga ness and closeness every kahoy luwas gikan sa mga day in their marriage and hakog og salapi nga mga with their kids. illegal loggers.

Lisod hunahunaon nga ang DENR ang nagtanom sa kahoy apan illegal logAGAIN, Pinoy side tripped Cagayan de gers ang mabulahan.

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Oro City yesterday with Environment Secretary Ramon Paje. What gives? For the past weeks since the killer flash flood spawned by typhoon Sendong wrecked havoc to this premier capital of North Mindanao, Pinoy visited Cagayan de Oro thrice with nothing that would appease the Cagayanons.

Well, Pinoy pledged a total of P75million assistance to victims in Iligan Cris Diaz City. When will that assistance come is a $64 question. In fact, many are now complaining of their inability to get their fair share? We’ve heard that a barangay captain in Bagong Silang (one of the hardest hit barangays in Iligan City) is being politically partial and is now subject of complaint among residents there.

I hope this is not happening in Cagayan de Oro City since politics has no place in calamities like that of Sendong flash flood’s magnitude. How much Pinoy pledged to people in Cagayan de Oro is not known. On the contrary, there are insinuations that the political opposition is trying to claim Pinoy’s assistance to be theirs, if any.

Anyway, one hopes Pinoy found out that political opposition of Cagayanon de Oro (now claiming to be with Pinoy after bolting from Lakas-Kampi) is harping on the local government’s inadequacies instead of helping alleviate the plight of victims and rebuilding lost homes and families.

What is tragic is the opposition’s propensity of dragging

the Church as the key factor in leading hate campaign against Cagayan de Oro City officials. Two Sundays ago, if one remembers it right, there were unknown people identifying themselves in the opposition, spearheading information that after the Sunday mass, a signature campaign was going to be launched urging incumbent City Mayor Vicente Emano to resign.

What actually took place was an initiative by a group pushing to hold local officials accountable of culpability if proven negligent in securing the wellbeing of the constituents. While the initiative was laudable, it became non sequitur.

Perhaps, Pinoy had now realized that the political opposition in Cagayan de Oro City is mounting a hate campaign against local officials under the guise of Church support instead of helping alleviate the plight of victims and rebuilding lost homes and families.

People in Cagayan de Oro should not find fault among each other but rally together to find lasting solution that would prevent the occurrence of the same catastrophe in the future. Let us unite sans political persuasion for the common good!

We’ve heard a resident in Consolacion, a barangay in Cagayan de Oro City gobbled up by debris and flood of mud as saying: “We have been here (Consolacion) for over 50 years and the incident (Sendong flash flood) has never happened then.”

We say: Let us prepare since 50 years from now the same thing (killer flash flood) will definitely take place in Cagayan de Oro. Perhaps, its magnitude by then would be far more destructive than it is today.

Mga hinabang salapi asa kaha makapaingon?

HALOS mag-usa na ka bulan sukad niadtong Disyembre 16 ug 17, 2011 diin masulobanon kaayo ang panghitabo human nga gi-ayo pagkusokuso sa bagyong Sendong ug mikalas sa liboan ka mga kinabuhi ug pagbanlas sa liboan usab ka mga panimalay.

Sakit kaayong palandungon ang atong nasinati ilabina ang dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro ug Iligan, apan human sa maong trahedya daghan kaayong hinabang ang mihimo sa paghatag sama sa salapi, pagkaon ug mga sinena ug uban pa.

Susama karon sa dakbayan sa Iligan ang mga katawhan nangutana kon asa na ang daghanang salapi nga gihatag sa nagkadaiyang hut-ong sa katiling-

Hukom Demokrasya JHO PANTOJA ban gani halos mokabat na ngadto sa 300 milyones ka pesos (P300,000,000) ang hinabang nga salapi para sa mga biktima sa trahedya.

Karon akong pangutana kang Iligan City Mayor Cruz wala ba makulangi ang gipanghatag nga salapi para hinabang sa mga nabiktima sa baha diha sa imong siyudad? Ikaduhang pangutana, tinuod ba nga pabayran ang luna sa yuta para himuon nga balhinan o relocation site sa mga biktima sa baha?

Wala ako malimot gani akong gipagawas ang inyong press release dinhi sa Mindanao Daily nga dunay pipila ka ektaryas sa luna sa yuta nga gitanyag sa kanhi National Steel Corporation agi’g pagkunhod o bugti sa ilang utang nga buhis sa siyudad?

Ug kon pananglitan tinuod kanang hungihong nga inyong bayaran sa matag usa ka libo ka pesos (Php1,000.00) ang matag metros kuwadrado

kanang luna sa yuta para sa relokasyon sa mga biktima sa trahedya maka-ingon ako nga dakong binoang kana sanglit humana na ninyo gipagawas ang inyong balita niini nga pamantalaan, ako manghinaot nga dili unta kana tinuod.

Tarunga baya sa pagdumala ang hinabang nga salapi para sa mga biktima sa baha sa imong siyudad Mayor Cruz kay dili kana imong salapi, salapi kana isip hinabang ug dili para sa imoha. Dumduma baya Mayor adunay “karma” kay ang Ginoo kanunay naglantaw kon unsay atong gipangbuhat o gipanghimo dinhi sa kalibutan.

Kining akong gihimo Mayor usa lamang ka pahimangno diha kanimo PANTOJA/p.11

COMMENTARIES Editor: ALLAN MEDIANTE

TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

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The Chief Justice is impeached! Poverty killed Compostela victims

By HARRY TAMBUATCO

NOW for his day in court, an impeachment trial is set with the senate no less, turning into judges and jury to condemn if not to exonerate him.

The sensitivities of the issues are the conflicts on the legalities or what they call rules of law and the motives no less of those who garnered the majority vote in the House of Congress to succeed. No less the President has been dragged into the muddle of issues now in question as to who fueled this rampage and as to why.

The motivations however speculative to date are a biased Supreme Court, a disgruntled “haciendero”, a nervous congressman leading the pact with an anvil over his father’s head and

of course a biased media.

Perceptions are thrown all over the place with no one mustering the ideals of the majority. Technicalities be it in law, its procedures’, the morality and the audacity has it such that this impeachment is definitely divisive for the country.

The political truants are at it again mindless of the pending economic defaults.

The question begs – who gains from all this confusion and divisiveness? The answer – the People... you and I. We lose!!!

It has been argued; there is a bigger picture we all need to see and this is for our democracy, a system at work for the freedoms of the people.

An impeachment is a constitutional remedy to address the grievances of the people towards the abuse of people in authority. Never mind the vast amounts of money that will be spent in this gregarious display of protecting our freedoms considering we have thousands if not hundreds of thousands spent from disasters in the south and the moral decay of values growing each day all over the country.

The urban poor is begging for relief as they watch

the impropriety of our leaders in a display of discontent over a system they have enriched themselves with.

Can we eat the impeachment procedure and fill the stomachs of the needy with this circus.

The legal eagles have landed and cried “foul” together with the academics who insist this should not be justified.

The rationalization of those with the mandates however dictates this political process for a cry for justice and for our freedoms.

All this noise is to no avail as we approach the impeachment trial this January.

There is for sure many surprises that will erupt before we see the trial. The Supreme Court has decided not to meet en banc till the day after the impeachment begins and as to why this is the case is baffling. Somehow I find this suspect when they have all this power to issue a TRO on this trial of their chief honcho.

When it comes to rule of law who are we to listen to after all is said and done – the politicians? If the legals are crying foul and the impeachment succeeds – what do we do with the legals? Can we do away with them?

The nation waits with bated breath On distant shore

By VAL G. ABELGAS

It has become obvious that President Benigno S. Aquino III is hell bent on removing Renato Corona as chief justice of the Supreme Court. He has thrown caution and statesmanship to the wind, and continues to aggressively push for Corona’s impeachment.

With a few more days before the impeachment trial of the Chief Justice in the Senate, both Aquino and his spokesmen have been adamant in telling the people that Corona will be removed, apparently at all cost. Although conceding that they are not certain of having the number in the Senate to remove Corona through impeachment, a Palace spokesman said Malacanang has a Plan B to remove Corona if the impeachment fails.

In fact, the spokesmen said that Aquino is now making a list of possible replacements for Corona, making it very clear to the senators who will sit in judgment of Corona that the President wants Corona out. His spokesmen have also called Corona a “lameduck chief justice” in an effort to make him resign.

Aquino and his spokesmen obviously want Corona to resign before the impeachment trial just like Ombudsman Merceditas Gutierrez did. But Corona, a Batangueno, is bent on fighting back and has

made it clear that he will not resign and will defend himself before the Senate.

With his aggressive actions, Aquino has put his presidency on the line.

His obvious obsession to remove Corona from the helm of the Supreme Court and the judiciary has wittingly or unwittingly made Corona’s impeachment the sole basis on how he will proceed in the remaining four-and-a-half years of his presidency. In short, Corona’s impeachment can make or unmake Aquino’s presidency.

If he succeeds in ousting Corona through impeachment, it could boost his confidence as a leader and encourage him to pursue his reform program with even more vigor. On the other hand, it could also embolden him to take even more reckless actions to implement what he perceives to be in pursuit of his reform agenda, ignoring the rule of law in the process.

This early, Aquino has already insinuated that he would not hesitate to impeach other justices if they continue their bias against his administration in their decisions.

Aquino, the son of democratic icon former President Cory Aquino, has virtually abrogated upon himself the duty of the Supreme Court to decide on the legality and constitutionality of legal issues raised before the tribunal. He continues to bully the justices into toeing his line.

If he fails – and this is not a remote possibility considering the independence that the Senate has shown in the past – it will severely weaken his presidency. He will be perceived as a “lameduck” president, one who cannot impose his will on either the Senate or the judiciary.

Some members of the House will no longer have to cower in fear of reprisal from a weak president and he will lose his hold on members of the House, who earlier did not hesitate to sign the impeachment documents even if they had not read them. Taken aback by defeat, to which he is not accustomed, Aquino could sulk and retreat to inaction, afraid to receive another devastating setback.

On the other hand, Aquino could remain steadfast and arrogant. He could ignore the Senate’s decision and find extra-legal means to oust Corona. This would plunge the country into a deep constitutional crisis, a breakdown of the rule of law, and worse, a tyranny.

Aquino is obviously being consumed by his obsession to oust Corona.

In the meantime, the nation’s economic growth is forecast to slow down further to as low as 3% this year, way below the target of 6%, the Philippine population is expected to rise to an alarming 97.6 million by the end of this year, thousands of Filipinos in Northern Mindanao are left homeless by the floods, and the promised transparency

KAKAMPI MO ANG BATAS

By ATTY. BATAS MAURICIO

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong. Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow…” (Isaiah 1: 16-17, the Holy Bible).

-oooPOVERT Y KILLED COMPOSTELA VICTIMS: Will Malacanang please explain what is the government going to investigate relative to the landslide that killed 25 people in Pantukan, C ompostela Valley last Thursday? Is it going to determine why the land cascaded from the mountaintops and buried people along its path?

Or, are we going to look into why our countrymen continued residing in the area despite earlier government warnings occasioned by a similar landslide last year which killed 10 people?

Whatever it is that Malacanang wanted to investigate, we must not forget that poverty is the root cause of all these.

The victims of Thursday’s landslide, as well as the victims of the 2010 landslide, knowingly went to Pantukan because they had no other place to go to, to find jobs and decent employment. The “gold rush” in Compostela Valley was the only hope for these victims and their families, and so even if death and destruction stared at them in their faces by just simply going there, they had no choice, actually.

-oooISSUES RE: DOJ-AFP PLUNDER CASE: Something bothers me in the Department of Justice (DOJ) recommendation to file plunder charges against two former chiefs of the AFP and other ranking military officers---if it is the Ombudsman and not the DOJ which has the power to investigate the case in the first place, why did the DOJ carry out the probe? And why did the Ombudsman allow the DOJ to investigate even if it had no authority to do so? Was this not a waste of time and money?

-oooERC INACTION ON CONSUMER PLEA HIT: Text message from former Press Undersecretary Butch Junia: “The first hearing on Meralco rate application, ERC Case No. 2011088, is set on January 16, 2012, 2 p.m. This is the first hearing on the merits after ERC granted a provisional authority in October 2011 to take effect July 1, 2012.

The rate granted is P1.58 per kwh, but consumers led by Genaro Lualhati say it should only be P0.90 per kwh. ERC up to now has not addressed consumers’ opposition…” Can the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) explain its inaction on the consumers’ opposition?

-oooWHO IS LYING? Either Albay Rep. Edcel Lagman is lying, or Quezon Rep. Danilo Suarez is not telling the truth, on the issue of whether or not there is a term-sharing agreement on the House of Representatives’ minority leadership.

If Lagman is lying, it means Gloria Macapagal Arroyo really does not want him anymore as House minority leader. If Suarez is lying, it means Lagman has lost the right to be minority leader because opposition congressmen really do not want him anymore.

-oooMOVIE FILMING IN RP GOOD FOR TOURISM: I agree with Chairman Francis Tolentino of the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) that the Philippines as a whole will benefit from the intended filming of the

movie “Bourne Legacy” in the country in January 2012. Not only will some local artists and workers be employed to take part in the film. The publicity which it will generate will be good for our tourism industry, especially because it will show there is peace and order here which can allow foreigners to roam around unharmed.

-oooLEGARDA AND BIBLICAL DIMENSION OF DISASTERS: Sen. Loren Legarda is correct: the Philippines now has a law on disaster reduction, except that it is not being implemented at all. But with due respect to her, even if the law is implemented rigorously, it will still fail to reduce disaster damage. Why? Because it is a law anchored on man’s capacity alone, excluding God. Legarda must realize that natural calamities have Biblical dimensions which must be considered in fighting the death and destruction brought about by them.

-oooDISREGARDING LAWS HAS BECOME ORDINARY IN RP: “Palace, House won’t clam up”, the Philippine Star headlined in its issue of January 06, 2012, in reference to the warnings by senator-judges in the impeachment trial of Chief Justice Renato Corona that congressmen should stop discussing the merits of the case publicly as this violates Senate rules. See what I mean? Disregarding laws and regulations in this country, by the rich and the mighty, has become an ordinary thing.

has yet to be fulfilled.

The government continues to under-spend, the Reproductive Health Bill has not even been declared a priority bill, the rehabilitation of flooded areas in Mindanao awaits attention, and the proposed Freedom of Information Act has yet to be calendared in the House.

The sooner this drama between Aquino and Corona ends, the better for the nation.

The Supreme Court has been asked to decide on four petitions to declare the impeachment com-

plaint unconstitutional, and the difficult task to make this declaration has been assigned to Associate Justice Antonio Carpio, an appointee of former President Joseph Estrada who was bypassed by Gloria Macapagal Arroyo when she appointed Corona as chief justice.

Corona, on the other hand, has asked the Senate to dismiss the impeachment complaint outright for being unconstitutional.

The Supreme Court can end the drama right then and there by declaring the

impeachment complaint unconstitutional. Or the Senate can give credence to Corona’s petition and dismiss the impeachment case without having to go to trial. But will Aquino abide by their decision?

Either way, the future of Aquino’s presidency — and more importantly, that of the nation – now rests on Justice Carpio and the other justices in his panel, and the 23 senators who will sit in judgment of Corona.

The nation waits with bated breath. (valabelgas@ aol.com)

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PIA News Bits

Director Abner M. Caga PIA, R10 & 13 Cluster

OPAPP holds workshop

SURIGAO Norte - Governor Sol Matugas led the recent Workshop on Peace Agenda at Almont Hotel, Brgy. Lipata, Surigao City.

The activity was spearheaded by the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP).

Via fees increase in 2011

NORTHERN Mindanao - A total of P19.97 million in visa extension fees for 4,336 foreign nationals have been collected by the Bureau of Immigration in Region 10, from January to September last year. This is higher by 33.58 percent compared to P19.28 million collection in same period of 2010.

CDRRMC issues advisory

BUTUAN City - The Butuan City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (CDRRMC) said due to the continuous rainfall brought by the current LPA in Mindanao, all residents are advised to take precautionary measures for possible flooding & landslides especially in the following landslide-prone bgys : Bit-os, San Mateo, Dankias, Tungao, Bonbon, Manila de Bugabos, Anticala, Pianing, Bugsukan, Maibu& Sumile.

The general public is likewise urged to untiringly aim at zero casualty.

ARMM validates employee existence through ATM

ARMM - In the most recent regional consultation with DepEdARMM officials, Governor Mujiv Hataman ordered the payment of salaries, wages and other benefits of all teachers and other DepEd employees in the ARMM, through ATM. The governor believes, a valid bank account is one way of ensuring the existence of an employee. The scheme, which is aimed at ridding the education department in the region of ghost teachers and employees, effects February this year. (BPI-ARMM)

DPWH sets to finish priority projects this year

BUTUAN City, Agusan Norte - According to DPWH Butuan City District Engineer Nicolas Alameda, the drainage systems in different strategic areas in the city, as well as the construction of Bancasi-Dumalagan Ampayon-Sumilihon Roads, are among the priority projects set for completion this year.

PCSO appropriates P4.8M for Sendong victims

By JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA, Editorial Consultant

CAGAYAN de Oro City – Some P4.8 million worth of medical endowment fund is being allocated by the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) for tropical storm Sendong victims.

Chief Lottery Officer Mario S. Pelisco of PCSO Northern Mindanao said, no less than PCSO Chair

Margie Juico very recently came to the city to assess the disposal of said fund “for us to effectively respond to the medical needs of the victims.”

The fund is now available through the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC) this city, Mr. Pelisco stated.

Ms. Juico also visited the PCSO Chair MARGIE JUICO hard-hit sitio Cala-Cala in Brgy. Macasandig and the self the extent of damage left report from Jumalyn J. city of Iligan to see for her- behind by Sendong. (with Picato/PIA-10)

Philhealth extends 4th quarter deadline THE Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) is extending the deadline for payment of the 4th Quarter 2011 premium contribution to March 31 this year.

Philhealth President and CEO Eduardo Banzon said the extension applies to all Individually Paying Members (IPMs), including Overseas Workers Program and KaSAPI members residing in regions that are placed under the state of national calamity.

This, he further said, is

in line with Proclamation No. 303 of His Excellency Benigno S. Aquino III declaring Regions VII, IX, X, XI and CARAGA, under a state of national c a l am it y du e to the severe damages brought about by Typhoon Sendong.

Further inquiries may be referred to the Philhealth Center at (02) 441-7442, or through the Segional and Service Offices nationwide. (merlyn ybanez, philHealth regional office 10/jdelpf)

‘skylab’ or ‘habal-habal’ registration

CARAGA Region - DOTC Assistant Director Roman Jumawan said it is the discretion of the LGUs to issue or deny permits to ‘skylab’ or ‘habal-habal’ single motorcycles even as he explained that DOTC does not issue any yellow license plates to such types of for-hire motorcycles.

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MINILYON ka pesos ang gibuhos nga hinabang sa lainlaing mga pundok nganhi sa Cagayan de Oro. Tipik sa mga mihatag ang Philippine National Police (PNP). Sa hulagway, si Mayor Vicente Emano nagdawat sa expanded envelop nga gisudlan sa P1.5M cash donation gikan kanila ni PNP Chief Nicanor Bartolome, P/Chief Supt. Jufel Adriatico sa PRO-10, P/Chief Supt. Roque Ramirez sa Civil Security Group ug P/Director Victorino Panganiban Jr. sa Directorate for Integrated Police Operations Eastern Mindanao. Gawas sa salapi, nanghatag usab ang PNP og mga sapot, mga balde, mga tsinilas ug grocery items ngadto sa 1,000 ka mga tawo sa Brgy. Luinab, Iligan City ug Brgy. Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City. (P/Chief Insp.

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ATM batok ‘ghosts’ sa DepEd SI ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman nakakita’g paagi aron mawagtang ang ‘ghost employees’ sa DepEd sa rehiyon. Iyang gimando nga sugod sa Pebrero ning tuiga, tanang magtutudlo ug ubang mga kawani sa DepEd ARMM bayran sa ilahang sweldo, allowances, bonuses ug ubang mga benepisyo pinaagi sa automated teller machine (ATM). Nagtoo si Gov. Hataman nga pinaagi sa balidong bank account, masiguro nga ang makadawat og bayad kadto lamang gayod ang buhi ug matuod nga mga empliyado. Mangutana ta… nganong DepEd ra man? Wala bay ingon ana nga isyu sa ubang mga ahensiya? Epektibo ba sab kaha kini nga ideya sa ubang mga departamento ug LGUs?

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Nasayod ka ba nga malikayan ang LEPTOSPIROSIS kung imong iyabo ang hugaw nga tubig ug hugasan, limpiyohan ang boots human og gamit? (GI-RESEARCH NI JHON JERIC NACASABOG)

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Human mihapak si Sendong…

Hinipos ni JANJAN S. FELICILDA

DAGHAN ang mireklmo nga ang mga biktima sa Sendong nagabalikbalik paglinya aron mangayo og ayuda. Alang-alang og dili magbalikbalik nga wala man silay mga puy-anan ug walay kinitaan kay nabahaan man. Ang uban gani, nagkapuliki pa og pangita sa ilahang mga paryenting missing hangtud karong panahona. Usa niana ka higayon, wala nakapugong si Padre Chris Ablon sa IFI Pro-chathedral Bulua ug miingon ngadto sa mga mireklamo “sulayi kuno ninyo og kamoy mabahaan ug mawad-an og paryente, sayon ba!” oOo COWD UPDATE: Supply of water at Production Well No. 19 in Balulang, after having undergone water quality analysis, has just been fed to the booster pumping station bringing a total supply capacity to 98.3% . Only one more well to go for the complete restoration of water supply in the entire service area. (COWD SMS) oOo Top relief assistance to Sendong victims : Bugas, Tinapa, Noodles, ukay-ukay ug tubig. Salamat sa donors! Salamat Lord! oOo Cagayan de Oro City Tourism Center has now turned into an operation center for the management of the dead and the missing persons. Schedule of anti-mortem of victms of typhoon Sendong is from January 3 to February 3 this year.

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TRIVIA

Youngest Teacher In the world, Adora Lily Svitak Adora Lily Svitak, a child who was born on October 15, 1997 was born as a ”wonder child”.. At the age of 7 years she has begun to teach as a teacher. Her first book, published internationally is Flying Fingers, contains short stories by Adora which also contains tips and guidelines for those who want to become a writer. Book two is Dancing Fingers(Collection of poetry, written with his brother), published in 2008 .

According to The Daily Telegraph, at the age of three years, Adora was able to read. Adora hands in typing speed is remarkable, she typed between 80-112 words per minute. She reads 2-3 books a day. She considers herself as an “educator and author”. But most people call her “a small child with the adult brain”. Do not ask these kids busy, very busy schedule, filled with presentations and teaching schedule.

Sometimes she had to rest after 11 pm.

Adora has traveled to various parts of the world, with travel costs borne by the Host. She has visited more than 300 schools in China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, England, and others. Even in England she earned the nickname “Dora The Explorer” (not sure if she created the cartoon Dora inspiration), because her share of the experience of reading and writing in children.

Adora family even had to change their basement into a TV studio.

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Adora be sought after the corporate world. She can reach up to U.S. $ 10,000 for a one time appeared to speak on the educators and the business community about the impact of technology on the creative process. Not long ago Adora also paid by Microsoft to conduct a demonstration of the computerization of education.

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soon. The LGU social workers conducted validation of beneficiaries for the core shelter program of the DSWD. Meanwhile, Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz conducted the first assembly at Barangay Santiago regarding relocation and buildonsite scheme which allows evacuees to return to their locality provided that the area is not identified as a danger zone.

The number of damaged houses in Cagayan de Oro reached 18,436 (5,801 totally damaged and 12,635 partially damaged). In Iligan City, number of damaged houses registered at 20,105 (5,237 totally damaged and 14,868 partially damaged).

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Damages to infrastructure in the First Engineering District of Bukidnon also reached P3.55 million to include the following: Washed-out cross drainage due to strong current of waters, 350 cu.m. at junctions Aglayan-Zamboanguita Road, Mapulo Section, Mapulo, Malaybalay, Bukidnon.

Pocket soil collapse at Aglayan-Zamboanguita Road, Silae-Mapulo Section, Mapulo, MalaybalayCity, Bukidnon, 100 cu.m., and Pusod Bridge, San Jose, San Fernando, Bukidnon, Kapalong-Talaingod-Valencia Road, 300 cu.m.

Lumbayao Bridge, Valencia City, Bukidnon, Lumbayao Section, Lumbayao, Valencia, Bukidnon, 50 cu.m., Makalungay Section, Makalungay, San Fernando, Bukidnon, 200 cu.m., and Sitio Paso Section, Mabuhay, San Fernando, 150 cu.m., Erosion of footing of slope protection and grouted riprap in Salug Bridge and Mampilo Bridge in Barangays Kalagangan and Kayaga, both of San Fernando, Bukidnon, respectively.

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on gas prices is observe on a Monday schedule, except, in cases of rollback where they would ask for price adjustment as early as Saturday.

He called on the cooperation of the public to report increases in oil prices outside its Monday schedule.

“We are following a formula to arrive on the existing price adjustments and the oil deregulation on the other hand does not dictate the prevailing oil price,” he added.

He explained further that difference in price from one place to another is heavily dependent also on transportation cost, presence of small players and price matching.

In his visit, here, in the city recently to meet with the different downstream oil industry stakeholders, composed of the local executives, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and the transport groups,

he promised to have another meeting with them early this year and discuss extensively how they computed the weekly price adjustments.

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2012 and the 10th under the current administration, according to Rowena Paraan, executive coordinator of the NUJP-International Federation of Journalists Media Safety Office.

In a statement, Colmenares and Casiño claimed the government is trying to look good by putting up useless investigation bodies that lacked serious intention of prosecuting the perpetrators of the crimes.

Colmenares stressed: “Government has tried to appease the public by putting up investigation bodies for ‘pogi points’ like the Melo Commission and Task Force Usig.”

“Let us see what were the true recommendations of these bodies and why up till now extrajudicial killings of journalists and activists continue,” He asked: “Were these investigative bodies formed just to pay lip service to the demand for justice during the past regime?”

“The Melo Commission even failed to issue its final report after President Gloria Arroyo withdrew its report after it found Gen. Palparan accountable for extra judicial killings,” said the lawmaker.

Task Force Usig was inutile, and focused more in debating the definition of extra judicial killings instead of solving it, he pointed out adding, “and now there is another talk of another task force.”

“We are asking Malacanang to immediately arrest those who committed the latest killing and to dismantle these assassination squads killing journalists by putting them to prison,” said the progressive lawmaker.

Colmenares added: “I do not believe that arming journalists would stop extra-judicial killings, as this would only shift the burden on the victims instead of the police. Of course it is the right of journalists and anyone to protect themselves but it is the duty of the state to do so.”

Meanwhile, Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao urged police authorities to speed up the arrest of the suspects behind the killing of Guarin.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 2012

WORLD’S LARGEST CHESS TOURNAMENT REGISTRATION DEADLINE, JANUARY 19

More than 50,000 participants join Cebu City’s chess festival CEBU City––It’s the grandest chess event in history! More than 50,000 registered participants are now recorded in the most ambitious chess program in the country. A series of eliminations began last October 2011, which will culminate in two weeks.

Nearly 4,000 finalists will converge at the Grand Finals during the first “Cebu Chess Festival: World’s Largest Chess Tournament” on January 21, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. at the Cebu City Sports Center Grand Stand and on January 22, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at the Cebu City Sports Center Gym. The first “Cebu Chess Festival: World’s Largest Chess Tournament” is organized by the Cebu City Sports Commission in cooperation with the Cebu City Government, Department of Education Region VII and the Philippine Sports Commission.

Generous sponsors such as Julie’s Bakeshop, Bioderm, International Pharmaceuticals Inc., Rose Pharmacy, Virginia Foods Inc. and the University of Cebu have thrown their support to make this noble program successful.

Guinness World Record already in the bag The program will culminate in a Guinness World Record Attempt to break current record holder for largest chess (board game) tournament Krasnoyarsk, Russia with 1,214 participants.

In essence, the current record was already broken with one school alone, the Apas National High School that had 1,594 registered participants. Barrio Luz Elementary School had 1,369 participants; while Don Carlos Gothong Memorial Night High School had 2,289. The Abellana National School alone had 3,432 registered participants.

Cebu City Sports Commission Chairman Edward Hayco exclaimed, “We first targeted only 1,500 participants. We didn’t realize the number would balloon up to more than 50,000 after we launched an aggressive grassroots program that took three months of extensive chess workshops in over 150 public schools.”

The main bulk of the 50,000 registered partici-

FIFTH and sixth Graders pupils of the Labangon Bliss Elementary School seriously engrossed in the game. pants are elementary and secondary students, with winners pitted against winners in a series of tournaments from classroom level to schoolwide, finals at the sports center, until a grand champion emerges.

Love for Chess revived among the youth High school teacher Ms. Susan Anfone heads the Abellana National School’s Chess Club and she is happy to note that her pool of chess players has grown to 70.

“Students go to my classroom to borrow chessboards after class,” she recounts.

This chess program involves mass instructions on chess by volunteer trainers and classroom teachers for elementary and high school students in public and private schools under the Department of Education Region VII Cebu City Division.

Instructions on how to play chess and how to conduct chess tournaments began early August this year with selected school teachers and school coordinators who in turn trained the students in the classrooms, section by section.

Interesting to note that since the class chess instructions were done simultane-

ously in the different schools, there was an enormous chess sets shortage. So much so that, improvised chess sets were developed and used, utilizing tarpaulin boards and “chess chips” – rubbers stoppers with stickers to signify chess pieces.

During the actual classroom chess tournaments, however, standard chess pieces and boards were used by all players. Some schools held tournaments in their multi-purpose hall or covered courts instead of at their classrooms for easy monitoring.

School-wide tournaments started in Don Sergio, Guadalupe and Labangon Bliss Elementary Schools with 2,000 pupils last October 17. The Ramon Duterte High School held its classroom tourney last October 21.

Schools that have had their classroom tourneys are to submit a copy of the registration list and tournament record form (TRF) to the office of the Cebu City Sports Commission.

The top players in the class section tournament will represent the class section in the school-wide competition. The top 8 to 32 players in the school-wide

competition will represent the school in the Grand Finals.

Other chess players can catch the Jan.19 deadline!

Deadline for “Cebu Chess Festival: World’s Largest Chess Tournament” is moved to January 19.

The tournament is open to Filipinos and non-Filipino citizens, titled and nontitled players, students or professionals and out of school youths.

Registration is free to all players with forms available at the Cebu City Sports Center or may be requested by email. A participant may represent a club, university or college, city or municipality and other public or private entities.

At the Grand Finals, all players who have registered individually or in groups including those coming from school eliminations shall play in one single group to vie for the title of Grand Champion.

Certificates of Participation will be given to all participants while medals and other prizes will be awarded to all top performers. For inquiries, contact Cebu City Sports Commission, Cebu City Sports Center,

The night high school students of Don Sergio Osmeña Sr. MNHS having their tournament.

RR Landon Extension, Cebu City at telephone number 255-6985/ 0923-116-4422 or Roger Abella @ 09102686-890 & Felix Poloyapoy @ 0923-576-5077.

Chairman Hayco added, “The Guinness World Record Attempt is just ‘icing on the cake’ as it will honour

the many volunteers and participants who worked hard to make this event successful. The record will also promote sports in Cebu City, particularly board games like chess, to divert the youth from drug abuse and petty crimes and promote Cebu City as a sports hub.”