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January 11, 2012

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Cotabato City vice mayor ambushed

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By CRIS DIAZ, Associate editor

PASAKAY

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IN EXACT ORDER

WEATHER UPDATE AS of 10 in the morning yest e r d a y, the tail-end of a cold front is affecting Visayas and Mindanao while the northeast monsoon affecting Luzon.

Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over Eastern Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.

Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rains except for Eastern Luzon which mostly cloudy rains with light rains is expected.

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4 died, 3 hurt in blast ZAMBOANGA City––Four family members died while three others were seriously wounded when a son exploded a dynamite inside their own house at Barangay Rio Hondo just over a kilometer east of City Hall around 1 a.m. Tuesday.

Initial police investigation showed that the explosion followed a heated argument between the 17-year-old son, identified as Pansidal Jubaani, and his parents late that Monday evening near midnight.

Initially killed in that dynamite blast was Pansidal, his mother Janukka Subaani and father Agsali Subaani. A younger sister, seven-year-old Goa Goa BLAST/PAGE 3

COTABATO City Vice Mayor Muslimin G. Sema was ambushed past 11:00 Tuesday morning while on his way home in Barangay Rosario Heights after attending the City Council’s regular weekly session.

Sema’s security escorts engaged the ambushers in a firefight killing one of the suspects and wounding the other in a mid-day running gun battle.

The Vice Mayor sustained two gunshots wounds but survived the slay attempt. One of the bullets hit Sema’s lower jaw bones then exited in his mouth while the other hit the right side of his neck.

Doctors at the Notre Dame Hospital where Sema was rushed declared him out of danger.

One of the slain suspects remained unidentified. The other, who sustained gunshot wounds in an exchanged ENVELOPES bearing the images of former Philippine President Joseph Estrada and with Sema’s security, is now confined in Cotabato’s Senator Jinggoy Estrada were given to flood victims of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan provincial hospital under heavy guards.

Police want Sermen Abdullah, 48, to live in order to during their visit. The envelopes contained cash donation, but some people were not able to get an envelope because of a local politician. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit AMBUSHED/p.11

Gunmen shoot two city hall employes

By PJ TREMEDAL, Misoc news bureau

OROQUIETA City––Mayor Jason Almonte yesterday ordered the police to quickly capture the suspects responsible behind the shooting of two city hall employees Monday night at Purok 2, Lower Langcangan.

At the same time, Almonte ordered Supt. Paciano A. Deloso, the city police chief, to conduct a no-nonsense investigation into the bloody incident that

wounded 31-year-old Carlo Evidiente and 27-year-old Sharibelle “Chiqui” Dullin.

The mayor said the suspects must be captured immediately and bring them to

justice to answer the crime that they have committed.

Evidiente, who was working at the City Council’s IT department, sustained two gunshot wounds on the right side of his body and his back.

Dullin, a casual employee of the City Economic Enterprise and Development Office (CEEDO), suffered three gunshot wounds on her back––and is now reportedly in critical condition.

Based on initial police investigation, the victims were riding in tandem on a Yamaha blue sniper motorcycle when the suspects, also riding in tandem on a dark-colored Suzuki raider motorcycle, shot them.

Witnesses said the suspects were following the victims where they were shot from behind upon reaching Purok 2 in Lower Langcayan.

Police investigators GUNMEN/PAGE 11

Ramiro to probe lousy hospital

By PJ TREMEDAL, Misoc news bureau

MISAMIS Occidental Governor Hermie M. Ramiro is keen on investigating the “lousy” services rendered by the employees of the Misamis Occidental Provincial Hospital (MOPH) especially on emergency cases.

Ramiro’s reaction came after she received numer-

ous complaints that the government-run hospital falter during emergency cases.

The complaints said hospital personnel do not immediately provide medical attention to patients, no enough medicines, and even medical equipment needed

to preserve lives.

The complaints which had been fallen to deaf ears popped up anew after two city government employees were shot and brought to the hospital but were not given a fair medical treatment.

The reason. The government-run hospital lack personnels, especially LOUSY/PAGE 11 Gov. Hermie Ramiro

Binay to arrive in Oro today

By RUEL V. PELONE Editor in chief

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Vice President Jejomar C. Binay is expected to arrive at 6 a.m. today where he is scheduled to meet local government officials and other sectoral groups affected by tropical storm Sendong at the Limketkai Convention Center here.

Binay will discuss with local officials and sectoral groups the relocation and resettlement plans for the residents living in danger zones as ordered by President Benigno Aquino III. He will be joined by Department of Social Work and Development (DSWD) Secretary Corazon Soliman, Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Secretary Rogelio Singson, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo and Department of Education (DepEd) Secretary Armin Luistroas well as the heads of the key shelter agencies (KSAs).

“All families in danger zones will have to BINAY/p.11

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Editor: JHO PANTOJA

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

MATUD NI GOBERNADOR CALINGASAN

No retreat, no surrender ang pagtabang sa mga surenderes Sinulat ni SEAN SULUGAN ug DAHLIA BENEMERITO

NO retreat,No surrender ang pagtabang sa mga surenderes sa probinsya sa Bukinon. Kini ang pamamahayag ni Gobernador Alex Calingasan sa nahigayon nga pagpresentar sa mga surenderes sa governor’s office kagahapong adlawa.

Sigon sa gobernador nga mokabat sa P30,000 nga immediate assistance sa mga full timer samtang P15,000 alang sa mga surenderes nga militia ng bayan.

Dugang sa gobernador,

nga ang probinsya wala nagpabaya sa pagtabang sa mga katawhan ug naghangyo ang gobernador nga tagaan ug panahon ang probinsya nga matabangan ang katawhan ilabina sa ilang mga panginabuhian.

Sigon usab sa pamamahayag ni Congressman Florencio Flores Jr. nga nisaksi usab sa pagpresentar sa 8IB dependable Battalion sa tulo ka surenderes nga ang pag surrender sa mga rebelde makalaom

sila nga dili pasagdan sa gobyerno ug ang pagbangon dili shortcut ug dili makapasalig nga matubag ang tanan nga panginahanglan apan padayon ang suporta sa gobyerno.

Gi-ila ang mga surenderes mao sila Nelio D. Pa d a o a l i a s R ay m ond squad leader sa Sangay sa Partidong Pamproganda (SPP)3 Guerilla Front (GF) 6. Naila usab ang mga duha ka miyembro sa SPP3 mao sila Judy D. Padao alias Renan ang igsoon sa squad leader ug ang ikatulo nga

miyembro mao si Tenoy Sabuan alias basag.

Gidala usab sa mga rebelde ang duha ka M-16,usa ka USAS-12 Gauge Daewo shotgun ug mga bala. Gibutyag ni Ka Raymond sa mga tigbalita nga sukwahi ang pasalig sa Communist Party of the Philippines, National Democratic Front, New Peoples Army (CNN) nga dili sila maglisod lisod ilabina sa ilang tribung Tigwahanon apan nasinati nila ang diskriminasyon ug ang lisod ang ilang suplay sa pagkaon.

Bombo Radyo Butuan, nakadawat og duha ka awards sa 2012 TLMC Ikaduhang award ang pagka-NUMERO UNO sa survey sa AC Nielsen.

“P i n a a g i s a m a on g survey, namatud-an nga gikan sa tuig 1995 hangtud karon, pabilin kaming gisunod ug gipaluyohan sa kinabag-ang katawhan sa Butuan ug ubang bahin sa Caraga Region,’ pulong ni Station Manager Benjie Balansang.

Ang duha ka pasidungog, gidawat ni Mr. Balansag gikan mismo sa presidente sa Bombo Radyo Philippines nga si Dr. Rogelio Florete atol sa nahisgotan sa unang komperensiya.

“Tungod niini, among gipasalamatan ang tanang suking tigpaminaw nga

Lalaki naghikog

PATAY na nga nadiskobrehan sa inahan ang iyang anak nga nagbitay ginamit ang nylon nga hikot sa iyang liog sulod sa iyang lawak nga nahitabo alas-4 sa buntag niadtong milabay’ng adlaw sa Barangay 26 ning dakbayan.

Ang biktima mao si Larry Malicoban de Lara, 27 anyos, ulitawo, molupyo sa Yacapin Extension, Cagayan de Oro. Matud sa inahan nga naguol ang biktima gumikan sa ilang panagbulang sa iyang ka live-in ug maoy hinungdan sa iyang paghikog.

Lalaki gidunggab

walay kaluya sa pagsuporta sa managlahing promo sa kahanginan, ingon man sa tanang staff ning sibyahan,” siya nagkanayon.

Naglaum si Mr. Balan-

say nga ning tuiga ug sa umaabot pang katuigan, magpadayong duyogan sa katawhan ang ilahang promos ug public affairs programs.

Katawhan nahadlok sa naghaguros nga hangin CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Kabalaka ang gibati sa mga residente sa nagkadaiyang kabaranggayan labi na kadtong nanimuyo daplin sa kabaybayonan gumikan sa naghaguros nga hangin niadtong milabay’ng gabii nga halos molupad ang sin kon atop sa balay.

Gumikan sa kakusog nga hangin nga mikosokoso sa maong kagabhion ang uban nakaingon nga bag-o pa gani nahuman ang prosesyon sa mahal nga patron sa black Nazarene mihapak na usab ang hangin nga maoy gikahadlokan sa mga mangingisda.

Dili tiaw ang gibati sa katawhan gumikan sa mga panghitabo nga kasagaran motunga sa kagabhion maong magbinantayon kita aron dili matimpawak sa kadautan kay lagi kining atong lakat sa panahon usab-usab gumikan sa climate change nga maoy hinungdan sa pagkulismaot sa panahon ug maoy sagaran hinungdan sa pagbundak sa ulan ug moresulta sa pagbaha.

Kini usab maoy resulta

Barangay Update Harry Del Puerto sa pagkaguba sa atong kakahoyan sa kabukiran nga gipahimuslan ning mga illegal logging apil ning mga small scale mining nga maoy hinungdan sa kadaot sa kabukiran.

Wala nay maka-support ug dunay pagboto sa tubig gumikan kay opaw naman ang kabukiran.

Kita mismo mahibulong ngano man nga nagpadayon kining mga illegal activity dinha sa kabukirang bahin wala bakahay konsabo sa barangay official?

Dili man ko motoo nga gadawatan usab kining mga opisyal sa gobyerno, unsa may function sa mga kapitanes sa barangay kon dili kini mapahunong sa gipahigayon nga mga illegal activities.

Mga minogbong police report Harry Del Puerto

Sinulat ni ARJAY S. FELICILDA, CARAGA NEWS BUREAU

BUTUAN City––Gilupig sa Bombo Radyo Butuan ang mga igsoon niining sibyahanan sa tibook nasod.

Kini human nadawat sa maong sibyahan ang duha ka dagkong awards atol sa 2012 Top Level Management Conference nga gipahigayon sa St. Clement’s Seminary, Iloilo City niadtong Enero 2- 6 ning tuiga.

Unang nadawat ang Top Entry Producer Award alang sa nakalabay’ng Buena Mano Salvo Year 6 Promo.

Kini, human ang maong sibyahan nakakabig og labing daghang entries alang sa maong promo tali sa tanang Bombo Radyo ug Star FM stations sa tibuok nasud.

MITAHAN NGA MGA REBELDENG NPA Nagtindog sa luyo, Gobernador Alex Calingasan, Kongresman Florencio Flores Jr., Kumander Nonong Salusad. Naglingkod mga surenderes, Nelio D. Padao alias Raymond, squad leader; mga miyembro, Judy D. Padao igsoon sa squad leader ug Tenoy Sabuan alias basag.

Dili sab ko motoo nga gadawatan og bahin kining mga kapitan sa barangay aron dili mapakgang kining mga illegal mining sa mga kabaranggayan sa atong dakbayan.

Maayo tingali kung wala nay barangay official kay useless man gihapon ning mga kapitan nga dili molihok.

Walay kasulbaran ang problema sa kabukiran gumikan ning mga tampalasan nga mga opisyal sa barangay.

Dili hinoon tanan apan kadtong natumbok nato sa kabukiran nga walay nahimo pagsumpo ning illegal mining ug logging maayo na lang wagtangon ang barangay official gagasto-gasto lang ang gobyerno unya walay pulos matud pa.

Sa akong panglantaw dapat lang kini imbestigahan ug ngano ug unsay hinungdan sa trahedya ug dunay manubag dapat taralon sa hukmanan.

Apan hinaut nga dili ma “politicize” ang maong pag-imbestigar.

Dinhi sa dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro, nagkakusog na ang panawagan nga palagputon si Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente Emano.

Ang nakapait kay pulos mga politiko ang nagpaluyo sa maong kalihukan.

Kung tungod sa politika mapalagpot si Mayor Emano, dili kini angayan.

Maayo tingali nga hulatan sa katawhan ang resulta sa gihimong imbestigasyon sa national government.

Angay usab hinumduman sa tanan nga ang Cagayan de Oro dili lang si Emano.

Ayaw ninyo sakyi ang nahitabong trahedya aron lang mohumot ang inyong nga ngalan ngadto sa katawhan.

Mga baga mo’g nawong!

-------Pasuerte: 120, 739, 462.

NAGKADUGO nga nadala sa tambalan ang usa ka lalaking human gidunggab ginamit ang “belt knife” nga dunay gitas-on nga 6-pulgada sa usa ka suspetsado nga nahitabo alas-11 sa kagabhion niadtong milabay’ng adlaw sa Guillermo-JR Borja, Cagayan de Oro. Ang biktima mao si Rey Paguta, molupyo sa Pinikitan, Barangay Camaman-an samtang ang gitumbok nga suspetsado mao si Renne Dagpin, molupyo sa Ramonal Village. Ang kaso sa pagka-karon giduso na sa kapulisan sa Cogon samtang ang suspek detinado.

Babaye gikawatan

MAGUL-ANON nga mitaho sa kapolisan ang 35 anyos nga babaye human ang iyang shoulder bag nga may sulod nga P1,800 cash apil ang iyang passport ug mahinungdanong dokumento ang nadala sa kawatan samtang sakay sa PUJ Route-1 Liner gikan sa Savemore, Agora, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro nga nahitabo niadtong milabay’ng adlaw. Ang biktima mao si Wanda June Joyce Macasero , 35 anyos, minyo, molupyo sa Zone-8, Katipunan Street upper Jasaan. Misamis Oriental.

Nagdeposit sa banko nawad-an og celpon

WAGTANG ang celpon nga “Samsung” ang brand sa 18 anyos nga dalaga human nagdeposito og salapi sa RCBC gateway Limketkai nga nahitabo ala-1:19 sa hapon niadtong milabay’ng adlaw. Ang biktima mao si Ma. Socorro Tabaranza, 18 anyos, dalaga, molupyo sa Macanhan, Barangay Carmen, Cagayan de Oro. Matud sa biktima sa kapolisan sa Cogon samtang nag fill-out siya sa deposit table diin didto usab niya gibutang ang celpon kalit lang siya milakaw ug nalimtan ang celpon apan sa iyang pagbalik wala na igkita ang nasangpit nga celpon.

Sakit nga leptospirosis sa Iligan milurang na

MAY paglurang na sa sakit nga leptospirosis nga mihapak dinhi sa dakbayan ug Iligan City, matud pa sa report sa Bombo-Radyo sa ilang websayt. Kini bisan pa nga dul-ag 600 ka tawo ang giingong natakbuyang sa maong sakit.Matud ni Jun Galban, tigpamaba sa Department of Health, Region 10 (DOH), nga moabot na lamang sa 51 ka tawo ang nagpabilin sa nagkadaiyang ospital diin usa ka positibong ilhanan nga nag-ubos na ang kaso sa maong sakit. Hinoon, nagpabiling anaa sa 16 ka tawo ang patay niini nga gikan sa syudad ug Iligan City nga kabahin sa naigo sa bagyong Sendong.

-----------Pasuerte: 210,379.

News In Focus Editor: RUEL V. PELONE

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

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Art fund-raiser in Cagayan de Oro A MONTH after the flood, an artist lays bare his photographs---to be sold off during a one-night-only exhibit to help fund the rebuilding initiatives.

Patrick Uyguangco Gabutina never encountered as much devastation and death as what he saw in the wake of Tropical Storm Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City last December.

“It was the end of the world for over 3,000 souls, and back to square one for over 6,000 families---and the count-

ing isn’t even over yet,” said Gabutina, provincial administrator of the Province of Misamis Oriental, where the city is located.

A month after the tragedy, Gabutina offers his personal response to the unprecedented scale of loss: a one-nightonly exhibit of his nude photography.

Why nudes? Why now? “My honest answer is this: Why not?” he exclaimed.

“Survivors related how they maneuvered to safety with only their bodies. The act

of surviving is an affirmation of body.”

He continued: “What can be more basic than our bodies? To shed off our inhibitions and fears, and the weight of conventions, so we can simply encounter once again our selves: who we are, what we are, who we have become, the intimate landscapes that map out our inner balance, our inner peace. This exhibit of nudes, then, is a celebration of all our common humanity. To touch base with our basic selves: shapes, contours,

Blast From page 1 Tuesday morning at the hospital where she and three other siblings were brought after the explosion.

The mother, father and son all died on the spot from blast wounds that tore some of their bodies apart.

The powerful handmade dynamite was identified to be one used for illegal blast fishing by fishermen in this city.

Rushed to the hospital were Goa Goa who died early Tuesday morning.

ERAP VISIT AT TENT CITY. Cagayan de Oro Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Y. Emano assists former President Joseph ‘Erap’ Estrada and his sons, Senator Jinggoy Estrada and San Juan Congressman JV Ejercito in the distribution of cash assistance and relief goods, January 9, to flood victims now staying at the ‘Tent City’ in Calaanan, Barangay Canitoan. Photo courtesy of City Information Office

Pag-ibig to run after 250,000 employers not registered with the fund PAG-IBIG announced on Tuesday that the Fund will be intensifying its efforts to enforce the mandatory provision of Republic Act 9679.

Under the said law (the Home Development Mutual Fund Law of 2009), membership in Pag-IBIG Fund is mandatory for all employers and employees covered and should be covered by the SSS and the GSIS. By end of 2011, PagIBIG said there are some 250,000 employers around the country who are not registered with the Fund.

“These employers are depriving their personnel of the benefits of membership in the Fund – benefits which include long term savings with better than usual earnings, access to housing finance, and easy access to short-term cash

loans in times of need,” Pag-IBIG Chief Executive Of f icer Darlene Marie B. B erberabe said in a statement.

To help enforce the law, Pag-IBIG has forged agre ements wit h lo cal government units which provides for making PagIBIG registration a prerequisite to securing or renewing a business permit.

“We, however, recognize that some employers are unable to register with the Fund due to the accumulation of penalties on uncollected and unremitted contributions,” the Pag-IBIG CEO added. “ T hu s , Pa g - I B IG i s

implementing a penalty condonation program for unregistered or delinquent employers beginning January 2 until June 30, 2012 only.”

Since the program will only run for a limited period, Berberabe encourages employers who have yet to register with the Fund to take advantage of this program.

“After June 30, we have no other recourse but to file cases against unregistered employers as part of the Fund’s Intensified Membership Enforcement and Collection Campaign (IMECC),” the official said. A report fom Philippine News Agency

intimations of all our becoming.”

Gabutina’s “Notorious: Just the Right Amount of Wrong” will run at the Eton Hall, 7th floor, Mallberry Suites Hotel, Limketkai Center, Cagayan de Oro City from six o’clock to ten o’clock in the evening of January 13th, 2012.

Proceeds will help fund the rebuilding initiatives in Cagayan de Oro. For details, please contact (8822) 724347 (office phone); 09209226276 (Smart); or 09177961800 (Globe).

The three other siblings; Pasiga, 11; Puja 9 and Singa 10 are all in serious condition at the Zamboanga City Medical Center. They suffered serious burns and lacerated body parts.

Inspector Tutuh said the argument was on the objection of the parents to Pansidal’s girlfriend, a neighbor, whose family happens to be at odds with the Subaani family.

The father reportedly scolded his son for insisting on their relationship after which the son left the house.

The son then went to an

uncle’s house where he got the dynamite and passed through another house where he got the match.

Back at their home, he lighted the fuse of the dynamite which exploded in his hands, blowing his left hand and part of his face away.

An earlier story, however, said Subaani ignited the dynamite after an argument with his wife.

The police are still investigating the case and to find out the true owner of the dynamite. A report from the Philippine News Agency

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Editor: CRIS DIAZ

DILG allocates P105m fund for Zambo projects ZAMBOANGA City––The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) will provide the city of Zamboanga with P105-million support fund for various projects this year.

The city is one of the local government units in the country that passed the seal of good housekeeping and qualified as recipient of the Local Government Support Fund (LGSF).

Mayor Celso Lobregat said the national government, through the DILG, is set to release the amount for implementation of various projects that include, among others, rural electrification, local roads connecting national roads, arterial farm to market roads and bridges, local economic enterprises, flood control and drainage.

The amount will also be used to support various priority projects of the national government under the Millennium Development Goals, Philippine Disaster Eisk Reduction and Management Act of 2010 and Solid Waste Management Act of 2000.

In a memorandum issued by the DILG, Secretary Jesse Robredo said the fund “shall be utilized as capital expenditures and shall be used to augment their respective approved 2012 Annual Investment Plan (AIP)” for implementation of any of the projects cited.

Recipient local government units are required to submit a one-page project brief based on the corresponding amount of LFSF

Editor: CRIS DIAZ

High court wants spec’l allowances, pay increase 2010 the General Appropriations Act of 2011, including the P14.65-billion budget of the judiciary.

However, the said law did not cover the SAJ claims of judges and other retired judiciary officials.

The SC orders were submitted to both Malacañang and the House of Representatives during the deliberations on the proposed 2011 national budget but were apparently disregarded.

Since the administration of then President and now Pampanga (2nd District) Rep. Gloria MacapagalArroyo, more than P900 million is covered by the SC orders which remained unimplemented.

The SC had ordered the DBM “to issue the necessary special allotment release order (SARO) and the corresponding notice of cash allocation (NCA) to cover funding requirements for the salary increases, authorized under Executive Order Nos. 611, 719 and 811 (of the previous administration), of justices, judges and judicial officials with the equivalent rank of a Court of Appeals (CA) justice and a regional trial court (RTC) judge for the period of July 1, 2007 to March 31, 2010 and, thus, to release the necessary funding beginning April 2010 and every month thereafter.”

The SC en banc ruling also ordered that “the fund-

THE Supreme Court (SC) has pushed for its order for the increase in the compensation and allowances of justices and judges nationwide.

LOBREGAT share that may be released to them.

For the city of Zamboanga, Lobregat said the special funds would be used for rural electrification projects, repair of school buildings constructed by the Department of Education, river control and rip rap projects and several others.

The identification of the projects was done during a meeting with concerned agencies convened by Lobregat before the deadline of the submission of the project brief on Jan. 2.

Based on the DILG listing, the LGUs that will receive the LGSF share in Region 9 or Western Mindanao are Zamboanga Sibugay, Zamboanga del Norte, Zamboanga City, Dapitan City, Dipolog City and Pagadian City.

The amount to be released in each local government unit varies. A report from the Philippine News Agency

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY MARINA R.O. X and XIII 2/F SEJOLIM Bldg., Gemilina St. Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE is hereby given that MA. LIZA SAGOSOY, owner of operator of the vessel MBCA SAINT PATRICK has applied with MARINA Cagayan de Oro City for Sale and Transfer of the said vessel.

MDB: Jan 11, 2012

ERRATUM

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY MARINA R.O. X and XIII 2/F SEJOLIM Bldg., Gemilina St. Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE is hereby given that PEDIULLE D. AROMA has applied with MARINA Cagayan de Oro City for the Transfer of Ownership of the vessel FB REMEDIOS VII in his favor, from GERONIMA NUIQUE with a subsequent Change of Vessel Name to FB JULJUL – 4 (and not JULJUL-7 as published last December 27, 2011).

MDB: Jan 11, 2012

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In an en banc resolution, the SC authorized SC Spokesman and Court Administrator Atty. Jose Midas Marquez “as official representative of the Legislative-Executive Relations Committee (LERCOM), to make representations with the Congress for the purpose of securing legislation for the grant of an allowance to judiciary officials.”

The SC said that they observed that “there are certain lawyers, even if holders of Salary Grade 28 (SG 28) positions, in the court’s own backyard, so to speak, have not been accorded judicial ranking equivalent to Metropolitan Trial Court (MeTC) judge.”

This scenario, the SC said, “may lead to possible deluge of future requests for the grant of special allowance in an amount equivalent to Special Allowance for the Judiciary (SAJ) and, late by non-lawyers with SG 28.”

“This matter deserves serious consideration on a court-wide basis, as their situation should be studied vis-à-vis the existing grant of special allowance in an amount equivalent to the SAJ to…movant judiciary officials,” the SC said.

The SC affirmed the recommendation of the Fiscal Management and Budget Office (FMBO) chief.

However, the SC modified the date of effectivity of the grant of the special allowance in an amount equivalent to the SAJ of MeTC judge to movant judiciary officials, which according to the order, “shall commence on June 1, 2011.”

The SC enjoined that “the grant of the monthly special allowance in an amount equivalent to the Special Allowance for the Judiciary (SAJ) of movant Judiciary Officials... shall commence on June 1, 2011, chargeable against the sav-

ing for special allowance for the judiciary component of the retirement gratuity and terminal leave benefits of retired justices and judges previously denied funding and, thus, to provide the necessary funding for present and future claims on the SAJ component of the retirement gratuity and terminal leave benefits and the monthly annuities of retired justices, judges and judiciary officials with the equivalent rank of a CA justice or RTC judge.”

“The salary increases authorized under E.O. Nos. 611, 719, 811, and 900 and subsequent issuances pursuant to the SSL 3, corresponding to the amount of the SAJ of Justices, Judges and Judiciary officials with the equivalent rank of a CA justice or RTC judge, be sourced from the SAJ fund,” the SC ruling said.

It also said that “the SAJ component of the retirement gratuity and terminal leave benefits and pensions of retired justices, CA justices and judges shall continue to be sourced from the pension and gratuity fund.”

A June 7, 2011 ruling of the SC also ordered that “judiciary officials and personnel, who are not direct beneficiaries under Republic Act No. 9227, may continue to receive the additional allowance, in case of available surplus in the SAJ fund.”

(PNA)

MARQUEZ ings in the regular appropriations of the respective courts to which the judiciary officials belong and subject to the availability of funds.”

It had lifted the status quo ante order dated Oct. 27, 2009 and set aside a resolution dated May 4, 2010.

The SC had ordered the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to allocate funds for the SAJ in compliance with Republic Act No. 9227 of November 2003 giving extra compensation to judiciary officials.

It can be recalled that the Philippine Judges Association (PJA), Philippine Trial Judges League, Inc. (PTJLI) and Metropolitan and City Judges Association of the Philippines (METCJAP) and DBM had forged a memorandum of agreement (MOA) restoring the judges’ full special salaries and allowances, payment of adjusted salaries under the Salary Standardization Law (SSL) and payment of special allowances apart from basic salary.

Five hundred forty (540) of the 610 judges signed the MOA. However, the MOA carried a disclaimer that it should not be treated as a waiver of the judges’ right to claim the salary differential pertaining to the 20% increase in 2008 and 2009.

The judiciary officials argued that the SAJ funds should be untouched and that their basic salaries should come from the national government.

President Benigno Simeon “Noynoy” Aquino III Photo shows the façade of the imposing Supreme Court signed into law on Dec. 27, building of the Philippines. Photo Supplied

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF AUTHORITY Notice is hereby given that the estate of ASUNCION EBALE SUMANOY, who died on November 28, 2011 in the City of Cagayan de Oro, leaving the following properties/deposits/claims as follows: 1.) Landbank Capistrano, Savings Account No. 0151-1783-08; 2.)

Postal Savings Bank, Account No. 0008-247476-201; 3.) Pagibig Fund, is the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT W/ SPECIAL POWER OF AUTHORITY in Favor of RICMANUEL SUMANOY OBLIOSCA, of legal age, single, and a resident of No. 3565 Zone 6, Capisnon, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, ANGELO RICARDO SUMANOY OBLIOSCA, 17 yrs. Old, single and a resident of No. 3565 Zone 6, Capisnon, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, and KRISTINE MARIE SUMANOY OBLIOSCA, 15 yrs. Old, single and a resident of No. 3565 Zone 6, Capisnon, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, the parties hereto are the compulsory and legitimate heirs of the decedent ASUNCION EBALE SUMANOY, who are entitled to succeed to her estate being her surviving children, as per Doc. No. 136; Page No. 28; Book No. IX; Series of 2012; under Notary Public of RAMIL P. ACOL. MDB: JAN. 11, 18 & 25, 2012

AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS Notice is hereby given that the estate of ROLANDO A. BADILLA, who died on February 9, 2011, consisting of an amount of TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO PESOS AND THIRTY EIGHT CENTS (P 27, 672.38), Philippine Currency, deposited at the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) of Cagayan de Oro City, Divisoria Branch, is the subject of an AFFIDAVIT OF CLAIM WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS made and entered into by SEGUNDINA B. BADILLA, XERXES REY B. BADILLA, MELODINA B. BADILLA, and ABNER ZEUS B. BADILLA, all of legal age, Filipino, the only surviving heirs of the deceased depositor ROLANDO A. BADILLA, as per Doc. No. 85, Page No. 17, Book No. 90, Series of 2012, under Notary Public of BUENAVENTURA A. SAGRADO. MDB: JAN. 11, 18 & 25, 2012

Development Editor: RUEL PELONE

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

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Pag-IBIG-Butuan grants P7.5 million calamity loans THE Pag-ibig fund in Butuan City is now acceptsing calamity loan applications from its members all over Caraga region, which was declared under state of calamity through Presidential Proclamation No. 303 by President Benigno S. Aquino III on December 20, 2011.

With this, the Pag-ibig fund has started processing calamity loans last January 2, 2012 and has so far released a total of P7,555,051.56 to all its qualified memberborrowers for the 9 days operation alone.

It is expected to go up in the coming days due to the extent of the declaration. The availment period will run for three months that will last until March 20, 2012.

To qualify, a member must have paid at least 24 months membership contributions. All other eligi-

bilities required in a regular loan will be waived. The loan proceeds will be 80 percent of the total savings net of the outstanding loan.

Through the years, Pagibig fund has been true to its mission which is to uplift the quality of life of its members through savings. It has been proven by its active participation not only on relief operations but also the granting of calamity loans for its qualified

members during calamities.

Butuan Branch since its inception had released a total amount of P628 million to help alleviate the living condition of its members affected by calamities. This catered a total of 77,756 members under Caraga region.

Aside from the Multi Purpose Loan and Calamity Loan a qualified member can also avail of a housing loan. (CL LOON/asf )

Lawmakers bat for single govt agency to protect environment

By ALLAN MEDIANTE, Executive editor

A SINGLE national government agency whose mission is solely to focus on environment protection is strongly proposed by two Mindanao lawmakers.

Reps. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City) and Maximo Rodriguez, Jr. (Party list, Abante Mindanao), authors of the proposal, contend that there is now a great need for a single government agency to exclusively focus on the protection of the environment.

The proposal was made even before the recent tragic natural and man-made calamities that has befallen Cagayan de Oro and Iligan

cities and Compostela Valley province in Mindanao.

The Mindanao lawmakers have proposed the creation of the National Environmental Protection Agency of the Philippines (NEPA) under the Executive Branch, whose mission is to protect health and the environment––air, water, and land––upon which life depends. “Everybody knows how many lives have been lost to floods and landslides in Mindanao and other parts of the country, and the death toll count is still on. Damage to property and infrastructure could reach staggering level.”

They filed the bill before

the floods recently hit the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan and other parts of Mindanao and the Visayas. “We are so worried of what could happen next after the Compostela Valley landslides where we are still counting the number of casualties,” said Rufus.

The proposed Environment Protection Agency is contained in HB 2798 which is now under consideration by the House Committee on Government Reorganization chaired by Rep. Cesar Jalosjos (3rd District, Zamboanga del Norte).

The measure will also be considered by the Committee on Natural Resources (chaired by Rep. Francisco PROTECT/PAGE 11

Acclaimed pianist Rudolf Golez in solo concert at UP Abelardo Hall auditorium DESCRIBED by critics as deeply moving and with high sensitivity and musicality, Rudolf Golez will be serenading the halls of the Abelardo Auditorium in UP College of Music on January 26, 2012.

Praised for his keenness in depth and subtlety, Rudolf was the sole prize-winner at the First ASEAN Chopin International Competition held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2004.

He spent his high school years at the Juilliard School of Music Preparatory Division in New York City under the tutelage of worldrenowned pianist Seymour Lipkin.

He also holds a Masters degree in Piano Performance from the University of the Philippines.

Rudolf has performed in concerts in the United States, Europe, and Asia,

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

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Introduced by Representative Rufus B. Rodriguez and Representative Maximo B. Rodriguez, Jr. House Res No. _____ A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON REVENUE MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 53-2011 THAT THE BUREAU OF INTERNAL REVENUE ISSUED WHICH WOULD MAKE CONTRIBUTIONS TO PENSION, HOUSING AND HEALTH FUNDS AMOUNTING TO MORE THAN REQUIRED BY LAW SUBJECT TO INCOME AND WITHHOLDING TAX WHEREAS, the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has issued Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 53-2011, which basically provides that voluntary contributions to the Social Security System, Government Service Insurance System, Home Mutual Development Fund (Pag-IBIG Fund) and the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth) are subject to tax; WHEREAS, the BIR said that such contributions are considered investments and are thus taxable, adding that it would no longer entertain any requests for tax exemption on these contributions; WHEREAS, BIR Commissioner Kim S. Henares stated that they have “observed that the grant of income tax exemption to SSS, GSIS, (PhilHealth) and Pag-ibig contributions in excess of the mandatory contributions is being abused” which result in taxes not being paid to the government; WHEREAS, as an example, Commissioner Henares said that by law, a Pag-IBIG member is required to contribute P100 a month while a PhilHealth member must put in one percent of one’s salary for those earning up to P1,500 a month or 2 percent for those who earn more but on top of that, Pag-IBIG’s new program allows members to contribute voluntarily an additional P1,000 a month, PhilHealth also has a similar program which additional contribution, according to her, can be gleaned as a form of investment” which are not being taxed; WHEREAS, she further stated that employers who are mandated to withhold taxes of their employees find it difficult to comply since voluntary contributions may not always pass through them; WHEREAS, there is a need to look into this situation as our fellow Filipinos are already burdened enough as it is with the taxes they are paying a new taxes will only contributed to the hardships that they are experiencing; WHEREAS, instead of imposing new taxes, the BIR should instead focus on a more efficient tax collection scheme and not look for new items to be taxed which may sometimes be against the law.

including an all-Mozart tour commemorating the composer’s 250th anniversary, has worked with respected local and foreign conductors and has performed works from composers Franz Liszt and Gyorgi Ligeti.

The young virtuoso has also participated in the 9th International Piano Festivals in Tenerife and Vila-Seca, Spain and the Festival of Light in Hongkong with

master classes conducted

by Prof. Arie Vardi.

Despite his busy career as a concert artist, Rudolf is also a piano teacher in various universities in the country.

For more details on his January 26, 2012 concert at the U.P. Abelardo Hall Auditorium at 6:30 pm, Ms. Josie can be contacted at 9296963. Tickets are selling at P150.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, to direct the Committee on Ways and Means to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the above issue and thus serve notice to all concerned, particularly the BIR, SSS, GSIS, PhilHealth, Pag-ibig and other agencies and entities which may shed light and resolve the issue.

Adopted,

RUFUS B. RODRIGUEZ MAXIMO B. RODRIGUEZ JR.

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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

Editor: RUEL PELONE

Guarin’s killing: stark reminder of impunity

By NESTOR P. BURGOS NUJP chairperson

On media killings

2012, a new year but little changed than years past in the murder of media workers in the Philippines.

The gunmen who attacked Christopher Guarin, publisher of the General Santos City-based Tatak News, Wednesday night made sure he was dead.

They shot him at least five times in the body and once in the head, ambushing him as he drove home with his wife and nine-year old daughter, and then chasing him down as he tried to flee.

Guarin was the first journalist murdered in the Philippines this year, less than a week into the New Year.

He joins the long list of murdered Filipino journalists––150 since 1986, 10 of them under the Aquino administration––all of whom continue to cry out for genuine justice.

For, in the 10 cases that have seen convictions, only

those who pulled the trigger were punished.

No one who ever gave the order to kill a journalist has been convicted.

His death is a stark reminder that impunity in the country remains very much alive, fostered by the glaring inaction, even apathy, by government, belying President Benigno Aquino III’s pledge of justice and respect for rights in his quest for “tuwid na daan.”

We demand that Mr. Aquino unequivocally order all concerned agencies not just to arrest and ensure the conviction of Guarin’s killers, including the masterminds, but also to––on pain of sanctions––end all extrajudicial killings and ensure justice to the victims.

Unless you do, Mr. President, the blood of Guarin and everyone else, past, present and future, for whom justice is denied will ever stain your hands.

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Don’t sweat the small stuff THINK a minute.

You know that many arguments between husbands and wives are not over important things?

Couples often “sweat the small stuff.”

Sometimes the smallest mistake sets off our temper and we fire off angry, hurtful words to blame our wife or husband for the silliest thing.

Maybe your husband forgot to pick the kids up early from school, or he didn’t hear something you said.

Your wife made you a little late to work, or she ironed the wrong shirt.

Little mistakes and oversights suddenly set off World War III in our home and ruin the whole day, not to mention our poor kids who have to listen to our

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst childish fighting all the time.

But if we don’t change this bad habit of fighting with our wife or husband over every little mistake, we’ll enjoy being with each other less and less. And eventually, we could end up resenting each other so much that we prefer to be with almost anyone else besides our own wife or husband.

It’s easy for us to laugh at how silly and ridiculous other couples sound when

they fight over small things, but we ourselves need to learn to laugh at our own silly fights. Then forget it and let it go!

It’s not worth the stress, even pain, that we cause each other.

We all enjoy being with someone who’s patient and doesn’t get angry easily.

We don’t like to be with people who are hard to please and stress us out.

So if we want others to love and accept us with

our mistakes, then we also need to be that kind of person with our own wife or husband.

Just imagine how much more you’ll enjoy your marriage if you decide today that being happy is far more important than being stubborn and always wanting things your way.

So why not ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for your bad habit and attitude of arguing with your wife or husband over small, unimportant things?

Just ask Jesus to take charge of your heart and marriage. He’s the only One Who can help you stop “sweating the small stuff,” so you can start changing and enjoying life with your mate by focusing on the big stuff.

Just Think a Minute.

Clean hands SOME beleaguered souls are spreading texts insinuating Cagayan de Oro City residents to wear “black bands” as a sign of protest against City Hall.

It all started following a report about a group filing a case with the Office of the President against City Mayor Dongkoy Emano for gross neglect and dereliction of duty resulting to the death of thousands of city residents in the wake of a killer flash flood spawned by typhoon Sendong Cris Diaz on Dec. 17, 2011 last year.

A lawyer said that the filing of the case with the Office of the President would be the easiest way to pin Emano’s culpability. Certainly, the plaintiffs believed that Pinoy will take their complaints swiftly for various reasons.

One, acting on the complaint in favor of the plaintiff would justify Pinoy’s move as a way of avenging presidential defeat in the province and cities of Misamis Oriental in the 2010 presidential elections. Two, any gesture from Malacañang, favoring the complaint or not, will boost the group’s morale.

Of course, Malacañang knows the people behind the complaint filed with the Office of the President. Even if the complainants will argue that they are plain and ordinary citizens, the fact remains that these complainants have political motives. It is so because most complainants are

known to be defeated candidates or have been known to be anti-Emano leaders. In other words, the credibility of the complainants is at stake. Well, it is now up to the complainants to prove that their hands are clean when they filed the complaints.

The same could be said with another group which is reported to be spearheading a signature campaign for filing a recall against Emano with local Commission on Election. A report said that the group has cited six grounds to justify the petition for a recall election against Emano.

We are glad to see democracy is alive and working in this part of the country. But, for whatever reason, we find these moves untimely at a time when the people are grieving over the loss of their love ones and families.

Whether these moves are part of a master plan in preparation for the local election next year, the public is but suspecting.

In fact, some residents in Isla de Oro, who lost their homes and personal belongings said, during a random interview conducted by reporters from a local radio station here, that they will not support any move to oust Dongkoy Emano.

“We know that Mayor Emano is working hard to alleviate our plight. We were also forewarned about the danger of living in Isla de Oro. Those were mattes of personal choice and we don’t blame the city mayor for our plight,” she said.

We all need some fantasy in our life ANIMATION if need be to take us out of the daily grind to generate aspirations no matter how absurd our ideals are. It need not be idealism be left to the young but for the young at heart that refuse to allow tradition and the concept of age to take over. Refuse to be burdened with what it is supposed to be and make things as you want it! To be in command of your life!

The need for a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting may be exactly what the doctor prescribes against stagnancy.

Many that work within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common, and so what is wrong with the likes of a Harry Potter in our life.

Today we even accept the taboo with vampires and werewolves to sensitize our love.

Fantaup even before they sy is genstart – my best recomerally dismendation is don’t even tinguished think about it. Leaders from sciwe require today are ence ficfor those with a clean tion and heart and a conscience. horror by I suppose we have this the expecwith our president – or tation that at least aspire this for it ste ers him. This is of course c l e a r o f Harry Tambuatco with the assumption (pseudo-)scientific and ma- you already have the comcabre themes, respectively, petence and education. though there is a great deal To muster the virtue to of overlap between the three, discipline will require the all of which are subgenres correct ideals which need of speculative fiction. to be innate and uncomproBy way of fantasy I mean mising. Our forefathers on the ability to conjure if need hind sight have failed us if be whatever is necessary today is an example of their for us to achieve our as- successes. The politicians pirations; for example the of old with family names desire to lead or be the branching down generations politician to correct the ills should be shameful rather of our democracy. One need than act as if astute politinot accept the tradition for cians for the country. You corruption when entering have brought this country government service. You to the brink of destruccan change the practice tion loosing our values, by sheer determination by our morals and worst of all being the example. our independence for an As for those who give economy due our prosperity.

A man that no longer has dreams and no longer any aspirations to do good and service to the people should not enter government service. In fact this characteristic should be relegated to redundancy just so he can earn a living leaving with no one tolerant to his stupidity. As for our penchant to create our own cabinet initially to pay back political debts without scrutinizing competence issues and worst of all; a genuine determination to do what is morally correct, is dangerous if not challenging your frailty for performance.

We have seen this strategy in almost all administrations giving birth to cronyism and dysfunction. A careful study on ones morals and values should be enough to gauge ones sincerity but a world of lies that one lives in can easily camouflage ones reality. Media is truant in the objective portrayal of true values and morals much less real current events.

NEWS & COMMENTARIES Editor: ALLAN MEDIANTE

LET’S ARM MEDIA!

By JESS G. DUREZA TIMES Publisher

(A first hand account) A publisher and radio commentator, Christopher Guarin in General Santos City is the latest murder victim. He was shot a few days ago in his car while driving his family home after his radio program. He managed to jump out after the first volley but he was finished off when they caught up with him.

He is 2012’s first media man to die violently. Whether he was murdered because he was a media practitioner or a businessman is still an issue but of no moment now.

This brings back to public debate the need to allow media men as a policy to bear arms for their personal protection as they ply their usually dangerous trade. Especially those in the provinces and securitychallenged areas.

Today’s regulations allow civilians, like cashiers whose nature of work requires special protection, to bear arms and carry them outside residence.

Others, including media men will have first to show proof of specific threats to their lives and limbs before they get their permits to carry (PTC) from the firearms and explosive unit of the PNP. And the fees are pretty stiff, including the process, so that only those who can afford, with some connections get theirs in a jiffy.

In the case of Chris, he got his threats beforehand alright but even if he applied forthwith for a PTC, his PTC would not have been issued by then when he was attacked. I met him last

when I visited Gensan during a media summit a few weeks ago.

Chris had just started a modest daily news sheet called TATAK NEWS. With what happened to him, and others, we should go beyond condemning this blatant attack. Aside from solving the crime, the authorities must assist media men from being helpless victims of those armed criminals. Several others before Chris suffered the same fate.

MY YOUNGER DAYS ---- I recall during my exciting life as a young reporter, right after college, I had to arm myself always with a gun to protect myself. In fact I felt I was not fully dressed leaving the house then without feeling the heavy metal discreetly tucked in my waistline. It started because of an incident. I wrote a bylined article headlined by the Mindanao Times about the smuggling of bales of used clothing called “ukay ukay “ and reported the alleged connivance of a local Customs official.

The following day, the said Customs official accosted me in our favorite coffee shop (“Merco”) and threatened me with a drawn gun. I was shocked and so scared I just left in a huff. Then I started arguing with myself whether I should write a follow-up story on the smuggling case. Or should I stop taking coffee at Merco, which was just across the street?

I made a decision. I went to see the Constabulary provincial commander then, the late Major Rogaciano Espiritu, reported the threat and asked for his help. He “ issued” me a pistol, complete with MR &MO papers (memorandum receipt and mission order) and I went back to the Times

office that night, shut the door and windows and fired a few rounds at a sturdy post near my desk to get the feel of it.

I hid the bullet marks with a hanging calendar!

The next TIMES issue, I had another headline followup story about the smuggling.

Then I swaggered to Merco across the street hoping to meet my favorite Customs official ready for a “showdown” if he would try the same trick on me again. Of course nothing of that sort happened. We were patched up by common friends. But I did not stop writing about the anomalies at the Customs office.

Another case in point. At the height of NPA atrocities in Davao City and the high incidence of military abuses in the early ‘80s, I was president of the Davao chapter of Integrated Bar of the Philippines. I had to speak out and denounce the NPAs as well as the abusive military men.

But in doing this, I had to carry a gun, already cocked everywhere I went. I had it in my desk drawer. Then on my lap while driving my Volks to office. Otherwise, I would not have the balls to denounce the bad guys.

Everyday, policemen and civilians were gunned down in the streets by the NPAs sparrow units. Being a helpless sitting duck to them was the last thing in my mind. Of course I was shit scared in some instances, especially when an anti-personnel armored carrier parked in front of my house in the middle of the night right after I lambasted a military commander for maltreating curfew violators in the south.

Money for OFWs diverted to ‘Sendong victims’?

By ALLAN M. MEDIANTE Executive Editor

DIVERTING funds even for a noble purpose could still be illegal and could still constitute a case of malversation.

This was the contention of a known syndicated Manila columnist who called on government authorities to rectify the misdeed by some offices in Misamis Occidental.

Columnist Batas Mauricio told this paper that two women Overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) from Misamis Occidental called him up last Monday, complaining that the P5,000.00 which the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) promised to give each of them under its “Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay” program did not reach them, as it was allegedly diverted to help the victims of Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City and Iligan City.

Mauricio said the “victims” called him by mobile phone telling him that the Office of the Governor of Misamis Occidental

have already advised them to collect the P5,000.00 OWWA money which were intended for their livelihood assistance since they availed of it after they lost their jobs overseas.

Accordingly, the money which they would use to start a small business, was already released, through the province’s Public Employment Service Organization (PESO).

However, when they asked officials of the PESO office of the province to release them the money, they were told that their money for the “Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay” program in Misamis Occidental was already spent to buy food supplies for Sendong’ victims.

Mauricio immediately got in touch with OWWA saying it could be a case of technical malversation, or using government money for something that was not originally intended.

In response, Administrator Carmelita S. Dimzon of the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) immediately acted on the matter and informed Mauricio that she

immediately called up the OWWA office in Mindanao and directed the delivery of the sum of P5,000.00 each to the participants of the program.

It was learned that the two women were already given a seminar on how to bake cookies, and were given steamers to start their own businesses.

The women added that 29 of their colleagues were also supposed to be given P5,000.00 each, for the Balik-Hanapbuhay program, but they too were told by the Public Employment Service Office of Misamis Occidental “that they will not be receiving even a single centavo anymore, because the funds intended for them were diverted to help Sendong victims.”

Dimzon told Mauricio that there was no authorization to divert funds for the said OWWA “Balik Pinay, Balik Hanapbuhay” program to assistance for Sendong victims. She promised to talk to Misamis Occidental officials so that OFW beneficiaries will also get back their money.

Lucky me but there were no major incidents. But the gun made me bolder and freer to do what I felt was the right thing to do.

ARMING CIVILIANS --- If journalists or other civilians for that matter feel protected or that they feel secure that they are not so helpless during crisis situations, they will not be easy prey to attacks and threats. They will not be left at the mercy of the bad guys.

Journalists will not be easily cowed into silence. But then we cannot expect adequate and full protection from the police and the authorities. That’s just physically impossible.

This now brings me to my point: I strongly and vigorously support the arming of civilians, with proper legal documents and permits. No, not with the not-so-legal MR or MO but with proper PNP firearms explosive unit’s issued license and permit to carry.

Then, it is a must that they undergo proper orientation and training on gun handling.

If the bad guys know that his prospective victim has the capability to fight back, he will definitely think twice before he does something.

Here come gunless society advocates who oppose arming civilians. Well and good! But what are they doing about criminals who are illegally armed? If the bad guys can freely flaunt the law brandishing weapons while the law-abiding civilians don’t bear arms as the gunless proponents posit, then don’t you think we are leaving the civilians and the good guys at the total mercy of the bad guys? As stated, the police and authorities cannot physically protect all of us.

We must then do our own share and do something to protect ourselves. The law

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2012

of survival and self-defense is innate -- a natural law in all of us. Allowing persons to own and carry firearms is one way. But having said this, there are also exceptions and different situations to factor in. For one, being armed or not should be an individual decision by the person concerned. Because there are also situations where being armed in certain places is not necessary or is an inconvenience or worse, an invitation to more dangers than being secure.

Hence, let’s treat this on a case to case and situational basis.

CHRIS NOT ARMED --- In the case of the recent Gensan incident of Chris Guarin, I was informed by the victim’s friend Inquirer correspondent Aquiles Zonio that Chris was unarmed at the time he was shot. Otherwise, after the first volley of gunfire at him while in his car with his family, instead of jumping out of the car and running away and being finished off helplessly, he would have been able to fight back if he were armed.

But that’s on hindsight and water under the bridge.

I was informed that Gensan’s gutsy lady Mayor Darlene Antonino Custodio is assisting media men along this line. She even volunteered to shoulder the cost of getting the necessary firearm papers and permits.

(The cost of licensing and permit to carry, by the way, is a bit stiff. A total of about P12, 000 to P15, 000? And the process a bit stiff too.) Thank you for taking the right step, Mayor Darlene. I’m volunteering to help train them to shoot fast And straight! LOL! My bottom line however is that media men need not always rely on the help of generous souls, like the Gensan city mayor (or in my case

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before, the Constabulary commander) to get the protection they need. They should owe it to no one. A policy to implement it is what is needed.

GUN LICENSING BILL -- By the way, I got word during my hosting of the PPSA national shooting competition last month, that there is a pending bill in Congress rationalizing gun ownership and licensing. Instead of a permit for every firearm, the license will be issued to the individual person with specification on what firearm he is qualified to own and carry. Similar to a driver’s license where a person with license can drive any registered vehicle. Of course the firearm, just like the vehicle must also be separately and generally registered.

Let’s discuss and support this bill if appropriate. Write or text or email your congressman.

SPORTS SHOOTING -And before I forget, here are a few things to remember: Don’t carry a gun if you are not legally authorized.

Don’t carry a gun if you have not been oriented and trained how to handle it properly and safely.

Don’t draw your gun if you are not prepared to fire and shoot!

Don’t point your gun at someone or something unless you are prepared and willing to shoot that target. (you may mount your most hated person’s picture -- but not your mother-in-law’s, please --in the practice range as target if you wish!)

Owning and firing a gun, by the way, is not all about defending one’s self or harming or shooting at someone. It’s also an exciting sport!

Go ask President Noynoy.

He’s not only a straight talker.

He is a straight shooter too!

Caring About Moral Health

By IZZY WOODS

THE controversy over the rights of heath professionals who object to abortion and who withdraw from providing services in such cases has been re-ignited. A dozen nurses in New Jersey are at the centre of a dispute about their employer’s decision to force them to participate in the care of women undergoing abortion procedures. This has led to the nurses, who all work at the Same Day Surgery Unit, filing a suit against the hospital where they work, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), and obtaining a restraining order to prevent them being compelled to undertake further related training.

The Issue As recent polls show, including those conducted this summer for ABC/Washington post and also by Gallup, abortion continues to be one of the few issues on which Americans are divided in their opinions almost down the middle. However, it is important to stress that this particular confrontation is not an argument about the rights and wrongs of abortion itself, although that inevitably becomes drawn in, but rather it is about the right of healthcare workers to opt out of assisting with such cases. The nurses, whatever their personal feelings on the matter, are not attempting to prevent abortions taking place at the facility where they work, they simply do not want to be party to the practice.

The Nurses Most states have laws that allow healthcare workers the right to refuse to play a part in abortions, usually on cultural, religious or ethical grounds, and Federal laws, such as the Church Amendment, convey similar rights where the healthcare facility receives tax-payer money in its business current accounts. Many nurses and other health professionals who are pro-life have taken advantage of these rights, believing that their calling in medicine is to help save life rather than to help end it.

This position was clearly stated by one of the New Jersey nurses, Beryl Otieno-Negoje, who is reported as saying, “I’m a nurse so I can help people, not help kill, and it just doesn’t seem right to me,” and went on to say that, “No health professional should be forced to choose between assisting abortion or being penalized at work.” Fortunately for the nurses

they will not be going massively overdrawn on their current accounts to finance the case, as attorneys from the Alliance Defense Fund have stepped in to represent them.

The Hospital The UMDNJ only notified their staff of its change of policy in September. Prior to that they had relied on volunteers and per-diem nurses to perform the duties they now want the aggrieved nurses to perform. The hospital argues that its new policy is lawful, and that the nurses will only be trained, and expected to assist with the pre and post operative care of the patients, but that they will not be asked to participate in the abortion process itself. In a statement issued by the UMDNJ they claim that “The University is in full compliance with all applicable state and federal laws and is confident its position will be vindicated when the court gives this matter a full hearing.”

Common Sense It appears that, in filing their suit, the nurses do not go along with drawing such fine distinctions, and surely they have a point. If it was any other type of surgery being performed, such as a heart by-pass, most ordinary people looking in on things would see the staff who prepared a patient for surgery, or who took part in their aftercare, as being part of the team that facilitated the operation and the patient’s recovery. Common sense would dictate that although some staff were not actually present in theatre when the procedure took place, that does not mean that they played no part in it.

That however is more or less what the hospital management’s argument seems to amount to in regard to this case.

It doesn’t much matter which side of the abortion debate you come down, we can all understand that there are people working in healthcare, as there are in every walk of life, who have fundamental objections to abortion.

The difference is that in almost any other walk of life people are not confronted with the issue on a daily basis. Nurses and others working in healthcare do have to face that dilemma, which is why they need to be able to assert their right not to compromise their deeply held beliefs. Hopefully, when the hearing begins on December 5th, the courts will agree.

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PIA News Bits

Director Abner M. Caga PIA, R10 & 13 Cluster

City water system shuts-off

BUTUAN City, Agusan Norte - A temporary shut-off of the Infiltration Gallery due to the flashflood at the Taguibo River was recently effected in the city. The situation has brought low water pressure, while rendering the end points of the system waterless. (RAMIL BARQUIN, BCWD-PIO)

Iligan clean up day

ILIGAN City – It was Clean Up Day here last January 7 this year, per EO No.1, series of 2012, issued by Mayor Lawrence Cruz. The city highway proper was the priority area cleaned-up by city employees.

P156M released to SGH awardee LGUs

REGION 13 – DILG awards the Seal of Good Housekeeping to qualified LGUs, in order to promote good governance among them. So far, four provinces, six cities and 66 towns in Caraga Region have received the award. In line with this, DILG and DBM have released a total of P156 million to the awardees, under the Local Government Support Fund.

January 2011 tops in visa collection

NORTHERN Mindanao - The highest collection of visa extension fees in the first nine months of 2011 was in the month of January with Php2.94M, followed by February with P2.49M. Collections during the other months are as follows: July, P2.32M, September, P2.28M, March, P2.17M, August, P2.21M, June, P2.11M, April, P1.72M and May, P1.70M.

Dapit balhinan sa katawhan MAO kini ang luag nga relocation area alang mga biktima sa bagyong Sendong. Sa pagkakaron, gatusan na ka mga toldang puy-anan ang nagbarog niini nga dapit sa paningkamot sa gobyerno sa Cagayan de Oro, ubos ni Mayor

Vicente Emano ug Vice Mayor Caezar Ian Acenas, ingon man usab sa Rotary Club ug ubang mga pundok. Uban sa mga toldang puy-anan, kini nga dapit gitawag na karon og Tent City. (CIO/jdelpf)

Punto-de-Foto ni Fil Deo

Nasayod ka ba?

AgNte moves to attract investors

AGUSAN Norte - In support of the Regional Development Plan of Caraga, LGU Agusan Norte will intensify the rehabilitation of the province’s infrastructure system. This, to attract local and foreign investors, said PPDO Chief Rofel Cabaltera.

NGCP issues Mindanao load curtailment

ILIGAN City - Mindanao grid will experience load curtailment during the evening peak at 6:00 - 8:00pm due to insufficient contingency reserve caused by generation deficiency. This, according to NGCP Advisory of January 9, 2012. Load curtailment grid-wide is 150MW, based on NPC/PSALM’s Dec. 2011 matrix.

BALAANONG PULONG Mag-sure ta sa atong pagsalig ug pagtoo sa GINOO. Dili sa estorya lamang.

Palihog basaha ang Galacia 5:16-23.

Leksiyon sa Kagay-anon TIPIK sa mga leksiyon nga nakutlo sa mga Kagay-anon human sa bagyong Sendong ang paggamit sa ‘portable toilets’, sama sa makita sa itaas.

Kapid-an ka sama niini nga pansayan ang gipakatag diha

sa lainlaing evacuation centers sa dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro…sa paningkamot nila ni Rep. Rufus Rodriguez (2nd District) ug Rep. Maxi Rodriguez (ABAMIN). Kini nga kahimanan, maayo pud

BY ROWJOE S. FELICILDA M ÃÊÙ® ½ C Ä Ù IÄ¥ÊÙà ã®ÊÄ PÙʹ ã

Sa dili pa ang colonoscopy…

Ni KHRISTHA RIVA ARFENE

Makig-unong kuno

Yunik, no?

KUKANG

(Kinsa Unsa Kanus-a Asa Ngano Gi-unsa)

Human mihapak si Sendong…

Hinipos ni JANJAN S. FELICILDA

Katawatsi Mayor : Nia ko Misis kay makig-unong ko sa inyohang banay tungod sa kamatayon sa imohang bana.

Misis : Salamat jud kaayo Mayor. Dalitan teka og kape, Mayor ha?

Mayor : Ok Misis kay nagkutoy pud ning akong tiyan.

Misis : Nia ra Mayor O. Pasensiya kay usa ra jud among tasa.

Mayor : Ok ra Misis. (Misipsip og gamay sa kape). Pagkalami nimong motempla og kape Misis, no? Tabi, unsay namatyan sa imohang Mister?

Misis : TB ra man, Mayor.

Mayor : Ha,TB diay? (Misipsip og usab, apan gikan na sa tungod sa kuptanan o dalunggan sa tasa.)

Misis : Abi nimo Mayor, kanang bahina baya sa tasa…paborito pud kaayong sipsipanan sa namatay kong bana!

Mayor : Pweeeeh!

tingaling ipahimutang sa mga komunidad nga gipuy-an sa daghang katawhan, dili lamang atol sa mga katagman, aron motunhay ang sanitasyon sa palibot. (hulagway kuha ni Ercel Maandig)

Nasayod ka ba nga malikayan ang sakit nga leptospirosis, kung ibasura dayon o hugasan sa sabon ug limpiyong tubig ang ginamit nga guwantes?

(G I - R E S E A R C H N I JHON JERIC F. N ACASABOG)

PAHIBAL-A a ang imohang doctor, kung ikaw nagsabak o buntis ug kung aduna kay sakit sa kasingkasing.

Pahibal-a usab siya, kung ikaw allergy sa bisang unsang tambal ug kung duna kay diabetes o nagatomar sa tambal nga makaapekto sa blood clotting.

Kinahanglang i-adjust ang maong mga tambal sa dili pa ang colonoscopy. Sa dili ka pa moundang pagtomar sa tambal, konsultaha una ang imohang doctor.

Posibleng magkinahanglan ka og antibiotics sa dili pa ang colonoscopy, kung aduna kay artificial heart valve ug kung ikaw gipatomar og antibiotics niadtong panahon nga ikaw nagpa-opera sa ngipon o ubang parte sa lawas. (Nakutlo sa Rowjoe S. Felicilda Memorial Cancer Information Project gikan sa Phil Cancer Society, Inc. ug sa WebMD)

NANGHATAG og relief goods ang pamilya ni Dr Allan Cuerquis ug Dr. Salvador Cuerquis nga taga-Don Carlos.

Uban kanila si Engr Eduardo Quijano sa ERQ Construction, Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City. Ang ilahang gipanghatag naglakip sa 150 ka tag-10 liters mineral water, 100 ka mga balde nga gisudlan sa lainlaing mga butang, tulo ka dagkong bags ug duha ka kahon sa ginamit nga mga sapot. Ang maong relief goods ilang gipaagi sa Iglesia Filipina Independiente, Diocese of MOBUCA, ubos ni Obispo Bert Calang. Sayo pa niana, sila si Dr. Cuerquis nanghatag og relief goods ngadto sa 80 ka mga pamilya sa Brgy. Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City. oOo Awareness and precautions on LEPTOSPIROSIS, as posted by Ibalyn Legaspi Ramos in Kagay-an kaniadto : 1. Wear boots and gloves.

2. Wash your hands before eating.

3. Be careful not to get dirty water in your eyes or don’t touch your nose.

4. Make sure to discard any container with dirty water 5. Wash your boots after using.

6. Throw or wash the gloves with soap and water.

7. The bacteria live in fresh water only. The baterium cannot tolerate salt water.

8. It can be killed instantly by heat (boiled or being dried out), and disinfectants.

9. Watch for rusty nails and cans.

10. Safety starts with you personally.

11. If you have a cut and you’re not sure, see your doctor or health center.

Better safe than sorry.

12. Early detecttion will save you from more complications or save your life.

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DAILY

An ostrich’s eye is bigger than its brain DESPITE the tiny brains, ostriches are big birds.

They can weigh between 140 to 290 lbs and their eggs range from 3 to 5 lbs. Ostriches are closely related to dinosaurs, and have similar tissue to a T-Rex. One thing that’s not true about ostriches is that they don’t bury their heads in the sand when they’re scared. Male ostriches dig large holes with their beaks to make a nest for ostrich eggs. The male and female both tend to the nest regularly by flipping the eggs with their beaks, and they both take turns sitting on the nest.

How to play the game?

Fill in completely every rows, columns and diagonals of each puzzle without repitition of the same digit.

IN THE FOREST BIRD BRANCH BUTTERFLY DEER DRAGONFLY FERN FLOWER

FROG FRUIT GRASS LAGOON LEAF LEECH

MOSQUITO ROCK SALAMANDER SNAKE TREE WATERFALL

AQUARIUS. Hard to believe even the rich have to put themselves on a budget, but the more money someone has, the larger their expenses are. So, be careful not to compare your situation to someone else’s.

PISCES . Be careful what you say and to whom. When you enter PISCES. into a lengthy explanation, it can be time consuming and tedious. But, on the other hand, if you say too little, that could leave someone thinking you have kept a vital piece of the puzzle secret.

ARIES. Deep down you know if a situation is right or not, so don’t let someone convince you of anything else. You are no fool; you are both savvy and smart. Use both of these elements to plan your next move.

TAURUS. It’s almost as if they look through some strange pair of glasses or some mind–altering device. Don’t be quick to discard someone’s viewpoint no matter how different it is from your own.

SUDOKU

CIRCLE A WORD

HOROSCOPE

GEMINI. This is a good time to make friends with colleagues and industry people. It will be almost impossible to ignore some paying you attention this week. Even if you don’t look to make changes in your life right now, it is inevitable for some change to occur.

Ang miagi

CANCER. Even with an optimistic outlook you can fall prey to a despondent moment now and again. Shake off any feeling of uncertainty about life, and get on with the creation of your master plan.

LEO . When you close a deal prematurely it can leave you in LEO. an undesirable position. If everyone is not ready, hold on, and reevaluate where everyone is and if need be, postpone and reschedule.

VIRGO. When it concerns money, keep your finger on the pulse, be proactive but don’t be pushy. When negotiating, it is wise to let the other person take the lead. If you sit back and be quiet, you could end up the winner.

LIBRA. If anyone can sort out a few differences between personalities, it’s you. Be deliberate in your actions and show others you are in control and you will be able to lead by example.

Once those in charge see that you are a person of substance, things will be different.

SCORPIO. If you give up too soon, it may appear you don’t possess the ambition needed to succeed. To win, persevere and state your position with conviction. When you have an attitude of certainty, you can win.

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SAGITTARIUS. Even though something has been approved, it may not actually get off the ground for a while. By all means schedule events in your calendar, but leave some flexible time to work on a special project.

CAPRICORN. Be careful not to argue in circles on a particular issue. It is wise to find a point of common ground to discuss and help normalize relations before entering a business discussion.

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The proposal noted how the environmental Protection Agency in the United States ensures the implementation of all environmental laws, the use of the best available scientific information, and the integration of all environmental policies, to ensure the participation and cooperation of the entire Filipino community.

In the Philippines, Rodriguez noted that the Department of Environment and Natural Resources is mandated to protect the environment while at the same time, it has to oversee the utilization of the country’s natural resources.

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“The DENR is caught between conservation and utilization. The certainty of clashing of interests between environmental protection and conservation on the one hand and utilization and conservation on the other would be unavoidable,” the authors said.

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“An agency established to consolidate a variety of research, monitoring, standard-setting and enforcement activities to ensure environmental protection,” the lawmakers said. (with dpt)

Binay From page 1 be relocated as per directive of the President,” said Binay, chairman of the Housing and Urban Development Coordinating Council, during his meeting with the Cabinet secretaries.

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to be relocated. Eight subdivisions in Cagayan de Oro were also badly hit by the typhoon, according to Home Development Mutual Fund Chief Executive Officer Atty.

Darlene Berberabe.

“The local government unit (LGU) has readilyavailable lands to be used as relocation sites. We just need the NHA (National Housing Authority) to coordinate with the LGU,” Binay said.

Singson said that DPWH will be responsible for the concreting of roads to the relocation sites, while the LGUs would take care of gravelling and drainage.

Luistro, for his part, said that DepEd will need to know where the families are from and where they would be relocated so his department would be able to determine where to build schools.

NHA chief Chito Cruz assured Luistro that they will provide the information that the DepEd needs.

Meanwhile, a representative of the Federation of Filipino Chinese Chambers of Commerce, Inc. (FCCCI), who was also at the meeting, said the Filipino-Chinese community will be donating 600 housing units.

The FCCCI representa-

tive said that the donated houses “should be given to the poorest of the poor.”

At 1 p.m. today, Binay is expected to distribute school supplies to pupils of Iponan Elementary School and checks to the families of seven boy scouts who perished due to the typhoon.

At 2:30 p.m., he will visit and do an ocular inspection of the Calaanan Resettlement Site in Barangay Canitoan, Cagayan de Oro.

Ambushed From page 1 determine the motive of the slay attempt and to identify the mastermind of Tuesday’s ambush. Abdullah wore a bullet vest which could have save him from fatal gunshots.

Senior Supt. Danny Reyes, Cotabato City police director, said Sema was on board his vehicle with his escorts when two men waiting at the roadside along Gonzalo Javier Street opened fire using M-16 Armalite rifles.

Initial police investigation disclosed that Sema was presiding the city council’s regular weekly session when he received a phone call.

City Councilor Willie Bueno, a close ally of Sema,

told police that the Vice Mayor asked him to preside the session since he (Sema) was leaving for a “very important matter.”

Later on we heard that the vice mayor was ambushed, Bueno said.

Reyes said that based on initial investigation, the suspects were only after Sema since no other was hurt in the ambush.

“We have arrested one of the suspects but has yet to confess on the brain and the motive of the ambush,” Reyes added.

Sema is currently chair of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF), a Moro rebel group who fought the government in the 70s but forged a peace agreement with the government. WITH WIRE REPORTS

Lousy From page 1 doctors on-duty and emergenc y equipment like “anesthesia machine,” the relatives of the victims complained.

“Tungod ba nga si (Evidiente) nakatrabaho sa una dinha sa MOPH maoy ilang giuna, ug nganong gipahulat pa man si (Dullin) ug pila ka oras ayha pa giingnan nga dad-on na lang sa laing

ospital kay usa ra’y operating room ug guba ang usa ka anesthesia machine,” a relative of Dullin murmured.

In a radio interview, Dr. Nazareno, MOPH chief of hospital, was quoted saying that he will personally investigate the actuations of his hospital personnel, including the inavailability of medical equipment.

Gunmen From page 1 found four empty shells of .45 pistol from the crime scene.

The police said the victims were immediately rushed at the Misamis Occidental Provincial Hospital few minutes after the incident.

The police are eyeing “personal” and “work-related” as the motives behind the bloody incident.

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