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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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Sema’s gunmen are govt employees

By CRIS DIAZ Associate editor

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Despite freeze order, cutting of trees remain

By JHO PANTOJA, News editor and PJ TREMEDAL, Misoc news bureau with ED MALIZA, Bukidnon news bureau

DESPITE the marching order of President Benigno Simeon Aquino III for a logging moratorium, cutting of trees remain massive in forestal areas in the countryside.

Earlier, Aquino issued Executive Order no. 23 declaring a moratorium on the cutting and harvesting of timber in the natural and residual forests.

The same order creates the anti-illegal logging task force.

On Tuesday night, Mindanao Daily News Editor Jho Pantoja alerted the local police in Bulua precinct regarding the 10-wheeler truck loaded with logs reportedly coming from San

Isidro in Talakag town in Bukidnon.

Immediately, the local police led by Sr. Insp. Ritale J. Yandug intercepted the truck bearing plate KFR-238 along the national highway in Bulua.

The truck driver presented to the local police the “Self Monitoring Form” approved and signed by Acting Community Environment and Natural MINDANAO Daily news editor Jho Pantoja checks the paper of a cargo truck after Resources Office Regidor policemen stop the truck loaded with logs along the national highway in Barangay CUTTING/PAGE 11 Bulua Tuesday night. Photo courtesy of Cecille Radaza

Cops kill suspected drug pusher in Armm buy-bust

By SAMMY TE, Bukidnon news bureau

A SUSPECTED drug pusher was killed in a shootout with the operatives of the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) during a buy-bust operation in Barangay West Kili Kili in Wao town in Lanao del Sur on Tuesday morning.

PDEA-Armm Acting

Regional Director Edwin F. Layese identified the fatality as Michael Alcazar, a resident of Malaybalay City in Bukidnon province.

Layese said two other suspected drug pushers were wounded in the shootout.

He identified them as

KIDAPAWAN City––The gunman who died in the hospital for gunshot wounds after an ambush slay-attempt of Cotabato City Vice Mayor Datu Muslimin G. Sema turned out to be an officer of the Office of Southern Cultural C ommunities (OSCC) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

Zermin Abdullah, 48, holds a permanent position as a development manage- AS soon as House Bill 5626 is approved and becomes ment officer of the OSCC, a law, children will no longer be allowed to ride on reports from the ARMM’s bikes unless they wear protected gears.

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24-year-old Salman M. Ontawar, a resident of Barangay Panang in Wao town; and 50-year-old Minda Ontawar, female, and a resident of Barangay West Kili Kili.

He also said that the raid on the suspected drug den resulted to the arrest of four other suspects identified as Racky Balangitao Panarangin, 19; Bungcari Hajinor

Abubakar, 33, Kadaffe Macarambon Mimbalawag, and Minda Ontawar, 50.

Layese said the shootout happened after the suspect began shooting the policemen approaching the den.

Recovered from the suspects were eight assorted sizes of heat-sealed plastic sachets containing crystalline substance believe to

be “shabu” weighing 45.4 grams, weighing apparatus for shabu, a caliber 5.56, M16 A1 armalite rifle bearing serial no. RP169610, MI6 magazine assembly, 18 rounds of .45 live ammunition, .45 caliber pistol (Caspian-compact), .45 steel magazine assembly and three rounds .45 cal live ammunition.

House okays measure prohibiting children from riding motorcycles THE House of Representatives has approved on second reading a measure ensuring the safety of children aboard motorcycles by regulating the operation of motorcycles along highways and roads.

House Bill 5626, to be known as the Motorcycle Safety for Children Act of 2011, seeks to prohibit any person from transporting children below the age of 10 on a motorcycle along highways unless the child is wearing a standard protective helmet as provided for under Republic Act

10054 otherwise known as "The Motorcycle Helmet Act of 2009."

RA 10054 provides that a child can be transported if his or her feet can comfortably reach the footrests of the motorcycle and the arms of the child can reach around and grasp the waist of the motorcycle driver.

Rep. Mary Mitzi Cajayon (2nd District, Caloocan City), one of the authors of the measure, said the bill seeks to limit the number of motorcycle passengers to two, CHILDREN/PAGE 2

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Children From page 1 including the driver, except in remote areas wherein the child to be transported is requiring immediate medical treatment.

"The measure proposes to preclude the transporting of children on motorcycles and tricycles along highways consistent with the doctrine of parens patriae which is a concept of standing utilized to protect quasi-sovereign interests, such as health, comfort and welfare of the people, when such interests are threatened and state government intervention may be needed," Cajayon said.

Rep. Lani Mercado-Revilla (2nd District, Cavite), also an author of the bill, said the bill is consistent with the policy to provide safety measures to all riders and passengers particularly children passengers ten years old and below aboard motorcycles.

R e p. R o m e o A c o p (2nd District, Antipolo City), another author of the measure, said riding a motorcycle, whether as a driver or rider requires a balance of body weight and the weight of the bike especially in high-speed driving or weaving in and out of traffic.

"Children's physical frailty and their lack of agility that of an adult while co-riding in a motorcycle place them at great risk,"

Acop said.

The bill proposes to penalize violators the amount not exceeding P3,000 for the first offense, P5,000 for the second offense and P10,000 for the third and succeeding offenses.

For the second and third offense, the driver's license of the offender shall be suspended for one month while violation beyond the third time shall result in the automatic revocation of the offender's driver's license.

The bill provides for qualifying circumstances wherein if in violation of the provisions of the proposed measure, death has resulted or serious or less serious injuries have been inflicted upon the child or any other person, a penalty of one year imprisonment will be imposed on the driver or operator of the motorcycle involved in addition to the penalties provided under Republic Act 3815 or the Revised Penal Code, as amended, for the crime of reckless imprudence or negligence resulting in homicide or physical injuries of whatever nature.

Under the measure, the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Metro Manila Development Authority (MMDA) and the local government units (LGUs) are deputized to carry out the enforcement functions and duties of the Land Transportation Office (LTO).

Solon releases P2.5m for Sendong victims

By JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA, Editorial Consultant

“THOSE who have less in life should have more in love. Let us show our love to Typhoon Sendong victims by helping them in whatever way we can.”

It is on this concept that the A TEACHER Partylist reached out to the victims of Typhoon Sendong in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and Dumaguete, as well as in the town of Zamboangueta, Negros Oriental.

“We have allocated some P2.5 million from our pork barrel aside from the P1M we contributed to the congressional calamity fund,” according to A TEACHER Rep. Mariano U. Piamonte Jr. In an exclusive interview with Mindanao Daily (MD) and Business Week Mindanao (BWM), Rep. Piamonte said they already had three rounds of relief operations in said areas since December 19, 2011 to the present, so far benefitting a total of 1,873 public and private school teachers and non-teaching personnel, and some 2,000 non-DepEd individuals.

Aside from tonner rice, sardines, soy sauce, cooking oil and double-size blankets, A TEACHER also gave out P500 cash assistance to each

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE TREASURER City of Butuan

PAHINUMDOM “ ANG NAMAHANDI DAKBAYAN, GINOONG ARTHUR C. CASTRO, NAGPAHINUMDOM NIADTONG MGA NANAG-IYA SA MGA PATIGAYON DINHI SA DAKBAYAN SA BUTUAN NGA ANG KATAPUSANG ADLAW SA PAGBAYAD SA BUHIS SA PATIGAYON O BUSINESS TAXES ALANG SA UNA NGA DATA KON 1ST QUARTER INSTALLMENT NGA WALA PAY MULTA HANGTUD NA LAMANG SA ENERO 20, 2012” KANINYO NAG PAHINUMDOM, ARTHUR C. CASTRO ICO-City Treasurer Mindanao Daily: January 12, 16, AND 18, 2012

DepEd-based beneficiary.

In Cagayan de Oro City, Rep. Piamonte and his relief team went to various hardhit areas of Upper and Lower Balulang, Riverside and Villa Angela Subdivision; Sitios Lower, Tibasak, Kalakala and Tambo in Macasandig; and Barangay Consolacion.

He said, while such assis-

tance were handed direct to the beneficiaries, everything was done in coordination with DepEd Regional Office No. 10 that provided them with the official list of Sendong victims.

Piamonte also disclosed they remitted P200,000 and P100,000 cash assistance to the Archdioceses of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, respectively.

A TEACHER Representative Mariano Piamonte Jr. could hardly imagine how Sendong has gravely devastated the future of school children in the region. This, as he physically positions himself on the very spot where one of the school buildings in Iligan City used to stand for years. The age-old structure is all gone by the fury.

Photo by Al Perez, A TEACHER

Gunmen From page 1 information office said.

He was employed with the OSCC since 1991.

Among Abdullah’s tasks at the OSCC-ARMM was to help settle clan wars and implement the government’s Philhealth para sa Masa program for indigenous

peoples in Maguindanao.

Abdullah, authorities said, used an M16 armalite rifle with a noise suppressor and wore a bulletproof vest.

Abdullah died while being treated at the Cotabato Regional Medical Center in Cotabato City.

His cohort identified as Saidamin Sula, driver of the get-away motorcycle,

NOTICE OF LOSS Please be informed that the Official Receipt of Saint Peter Life Plan Inc. Butuan Branch, Butuan City, with series of number of 808520 up to 808550 issued to CAROLYN or CAROLINE KATE MAE AGUILAR, collector, legal age and a residence of Cinderella Homes, Brgy.

Villakananga, Butuan City was MISSING/LOST. Any transactions made within this series of Official Receipt are considered void/not valid.

Mindanao Daily: Jan. 12, 2012

NOTICE

Notice is hereby gevin that the intestate estate of the late FRANCISCO RALUTO, who died on April 4, 1920 in Cagayan de Oro City, the said deceased at the time of his death, left a certain parcel of land, more particularly described as follows: A parcel of land located in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, consisting an area of One Thousand Three Hundred Fifty [1,350] square meters, more or less with a TAX DECLARATION NO. G-173949.

That a portion of the above described property consisting of Two Hundred Ninety Two [292] square meters has been the subject of a court ‘s litigation entitled Heirs of Leona Raluto Abejuela versus Timoteo Raluto, et, al.,for recovery of possession specific performance and damages under Civil Case No. C-JUN-404 before the Municipal Trial Court in Cities Branch 2, Cagayan de Oro City. A Judgment was rendered in the said case dated January 23, 2003 wherein Two Hundred Ninety Two [292] sq. mtr. Was taken and awarded to the Heirs of Leona Raluto Abejuela. This left a remaining portion of One Thousand Fifty Eight [1,058] sq. mtr. Which belonged to the heirs of Francisco Raluto . Under Notary Public Atty. Mario T. Juni, Doc. No. 490, Page No. 98, Book No. 160, Series of 2011 MDB: Dec. 29, Jan. 5 & 12, 2012

Dalan giguba na usab Sinulat ni ROSEMARY ALLO-GENON Bukidnon news bureau

DAGHAN na gayud ang nagreklamo nga mga driver sa mga dalang nasyonal nga gipangguba na usab bisan maarang arang pa unta.

Makita gayud sa katawhan ang mga dalan nga nasugdan apan wala gihuman sa mga kontraktor.

Ang dalan sa Barangay Tubigon, Panadtalan, Camp 1, Maramag, Bukidnon, Don Carlos, Bukidnon daw wala na gitiwas sa nagtrababho niini apan nagsugod na usab sila sa pagpanggub a s a Ana hawon, Maramag,Bukidnon.

Sa kasamtangan gisugdan na usab sa kontratista ang pagbangag-bangag sa mga dalan bisan pa man hamis pa ang mga sementadong dalan sa National Hi- way sa maong dapit.

Makita sa ilang mga karatola ang gisulat ROAD REPAIR apan ang tinuod TOTAL DEMOLITION ang nahitabo sa mga kadalanan.

Adunay miingon “SA M AG KA NONG DAHILAN?” was also killed during the attack after security escorts of Sema fire back and engaged them in a running gunbattle.

Sula was also wearing a bulletproof vest.

Fatima Kanakan, head of the OSCC-ARMM, said she was devastated after learning that one of his staff was involved in the crime.

“I could hardly imagine Abdullah would do that.

I know him to be a good person, a good father to his family,” said Kanakan.

Kanakan said her last meeting with Abdullah was last Monday when he asked her to sign Philhealth records of IP beneficiaries in Maguindanao.

“As a resident of the city, I know the political atmosphere here but we do not want to get involved. We’re working in good faith here,” said Kanakan.

ARMM OIC-Governor Mujib Hataman is resolute in saying that the OSCCARMM has nothing to do with the attempt to kill the vice-mayor.

Hataman, in a text message, said he has already sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to probe deeper into the incident to unmask those behind the attempt to kill Sema, also chairman of the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF).

Hataman said he had tasked his executive secretary, Atty. Anwar Malang, to work closely with the NBI and update him on the case.

WITH WIRE REPORTS

News In Focus Editor: RUEL V. PELONE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

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Solons press raps vs Garcillano

By ALLAN MEDIANTE Executive Editor

THE main character behind the infamous “Hello Garci scandal” would soon be facing his day in court. This partylist lawmakers, yesterday, have announced that they have filed a complaint against former Comelec commissioner Virgilio Garcilliano before the Ombudsman.

Bayan Muna Reps. Neri Colmenares and Teddy Casiño, filed perjury and falsification of public documents charges against Garcillano before the Ombudsman, over his sworn statement at the House of Representatives investigating the electoral anomalies in

2004 widely known as the “Hello Garci” scandal.

“This is part of our quest for accountability and justice. Garci along with Gloria MacapagalArroyo’s other cohorts should all be charged based on their sins against the people. It is not only GMA who should be punished, Palparan, Mendoza, Abalos, Corona, Garci and all those who used their power and influence against the people should be punished,” Casiño stated.

Rep. Colmenares, on the other hand, said that they are using the Al Capone style of catching a culprit in the case oft Garcilliano.

“The important thing for now is for cases to be filed against him

or he can leave the country and go scot free,” he said.

The cases against Garcilliano is an offshoot of the Congress hearings in 2005 conducted by the Committee on Public Information of the House of Representatives, together with the Committees on Public Order and Safety, on National Defense and Security, on Information Communications Technology, and on Suffrage and Electoral Reforms.

During the said hearings, Garcilliano lied about not going to Singapore and presented a fake passport to Congress.

The scandal primarily involved former president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, for allegedly

A call to police service from PRO-13 CAMP Rodriguez, Butuan City – The Philippine National Police (PNP) in Caraga Region is accepting applicants for police service. force and undergo the enhancement training for the rooky police.

The applicant should be a Filipino citizen, of good moral character, baccalaureate degree holder from a recognized learning institution, must possess any of the following eligibility: NAPOLCOM PNP Entrance Examination; R.A. 6506 (License Criminologist); R.A 1080 (Bar and Board Examinations of Baccalaureate Degree); PD 907 (granting Civil Service Eligibility to College Honor Graduates); Civil Service Professional Examination.

Must not have been dishonorably discharged from military employment or dismissed for cause from any civilian posi-

rigging the 2004 national election and turn the results upside down in her favor. The official results of that election gave Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and Noli de Castro the presidency and vicepresidency, respectively. Hundreds of national and local positions were also contested during that election.

The scandal and crisis began in June 2005 when audio recordings of a phone call conversation between President Arroyo and then Election Commissioner Virgilio Garcillano allegedly talking about the rigging of the 2004 national election results, were released to the public. This escalated, when the minority of the lower house

of Congress attempted to impeach Arroyo. This was blocked by Arroyo's coalition in September 2005.

No trial has taken place thus far.

Allegations against Arroyo and her accomplices in government are many, including electoral fraud and a subsequent cover-up.

The Arroyo administration, then, denied the allegations and challenged others in court.

VALENCIANOS !

DAKU ANG AKONG PASALAMAT NGA NIA NA USAB KITA KARON ALANG SA PAG SA ULOG SA ATONG IKA- ONSE NGA PAGMUGNA SA ATONG SYUDAD. HAPPY 11TH CHARTER DAY..

tion in the government; must not have been convicted by final judgment of an offense or crime involving moral turpitude; at least 1.62 meter in height for male and 1.57 meter for female; weights not more or less than five kilograms (5kg) from the standard weight corresponding

to his/her age, height and sex; and must not less than 21 nor more than 30 years of age All other photocopied documents must be authenticated by the issuing office. Initial requirement are the following: duly accomplished Personal Data Sheet

FROM: HON. CITY COUNCILOR GLEN PEDUCHE

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AKONG DAKONG PASALAMAT SA ATONG LABAWNG MAKAGAGAHUM NGA TUNGOD SA IYANG MGA PANALANGIN MIABOT NA GYUD KITA SA IKA 11TH CHARTER CELEBRATION UG TUNGOD USAB SA KINASINGKASING NGA KOOPERASYON SA AKONG MGA KAIGSOONAN, TANANG LUMOLUPYO SA KANHI MUNISIPYO SA VALENCIA NGA KARON USA NA GAYUD KA HINGPIT NGA SYUDAD. MAGLIPAY KITANG TANAN SA ATONG IKA 11TH CHARTER CELEBRATION.

KINI SI KONSEHAL ROLANDO “NONOY” LAVIŇACITY COUNCILOR, CITY OF VALENCIA, BUKIDNON UG ANG AKONG ASAWA-VIRGIE D. LAVIŇA UG MGA ANAK-DR. CAROLYN & BOBONG LAVIŇA…..

MOINGON HAPPY 11TH CHARTER CELEBRATION TO ALL VALENCIANOS!

MAGKAHIUSA KITA SA PAGSELEBRAR SA IKAONSE NGA KASUMARAN SA PAGMUGNA SA ATONG PINALANGGA NGA SYUDAD SA VALENCIA. MAGTAMBAYAYONG KITANG TANAN SA PAGPALAMBO SA ATONG DAKBAYAN.

HAPPY 11TH CHARTER DAY VALENCIANOS! GREETINGS COMING FROM:

HON. ROGELIO NEIL P. ROQUE CITY COUNCILOR OF VALENCIA CITY

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MONDAY,JANUARY JANUARY12, 9, 2012 THURSDAY,

Govt to carry out strictly ‘no habitation policy’ in Comval NABUNTURAN, Compostela Valley-- Governor Arthur Uy said the provincial government will create a task group in coordination with the local government units and other stakeholders to ensure constant monitoring of high risk areas especially during abnormal weather conditions.

Uy cited the need to look for ways to prevent the recurrence of more lives lost in landslides in the province and to work for finding culpability for the recent incident in Pantukan town.

He also called for the full implementation of the “no habitation” policy and incorporating the mining safety guidelines in geologically hazardous mining areas.

He explained that the

policy has been anchored on several agreements between the provincial government and the small-scale miners following the landslide in Sitio Pamintaran in Barangay Napnapan in 2009, the 2011 landslide in Kingking, Pantukan and the recent landslide in Puroks Diat Uno and Diat Dos, Sitio Palo Uno, Barangay Napnapan.

Uy said the Provincial Ordinance No. 09-2011 has the corresponding concurrence by Interior and Local Secretary Jessie Robredo.

Uy maintained that there will be no suspension of small-scale mining operation in Compostela Valley, but only in areas which the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) classified as high risk areas.

He revealed that Robredo questioned why there were more houses in Diat Uno prior to the landslide despite the no habitation policy implemented by the local government.

Uy said he and the DILG will conduct separate investigation on the culpability of the provincial, municipal and barangay government on the incident.

He said the commission will investigate why more people remain in the area despite the no habitation policy.

Uy said the commission will also look on reports about local officials owning tunnels in high risk areas.

“This is conflict of interest. It could have been the reason why the people

did not abandon the area,” he said.

Uy said the “no habitation” policy cannot be implemented in high risk areas if local officials have personal interest.

He said the commission will also investigate provincial bodies which conducted mining summits and craft policies.

“The commission will recommend to government ways of strengthening the no habitation policy,” Uy said.

He admitted there was complacency on the provincial government to monitor the implementation of the no habitation ordinance.

Uy said the compliance is now given to the local government to implement.

MILF denies plot to torch radio station GENERAL Santos City––The Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) called as “nonsense” Wednesday the circulating text messages that it is plotting to attack a radio station in nearby Koronadal City.

Ghazali Jaafar, MILF vice chairman for political affairs, said the reports were baseless and only meant to derail the ongoing peace process in Mindanao.

On Tuesday, text messages came

out that MILF members were allegedly out to set on fire the facilities of radio station DXMC of Bombo Radyo Philippines in Koronadal.

The radio station immediately referred the matter to the MILF leadership through Jaafar.

The reports came out as the entire area was observing a heightened alert in the wake of the celebration of the city’s foundation anniversary and the recent recovery of impro-

vised explosives in this city and the neighboring areas.

“We have no reason to burn a radio station that somehow helps us in disseminating our views and bridges us with the general public,” Jaafar said in a radio interview.

The rebel official said a third party that has been plotting to derail the peace process could be behind the circulation of such disturbing text message. (PNA)

Government soldiers stand guard as authorities carry out strict implementation of “no habitation policy in Comval”s landslide prome area. Photo supplied

DepEd distribute aid for Oro, Iligan flood victims DAVAO City––The Department of Education (Deped) in Davao Region has extended cash and relief goods to flashflood victims in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan cities spawned by tropical storm Sendong last December.

Gemar Batucan, regional supervisor and Disaster and Risk Reduction Management coordinator, said the Panabo City School Division was able to solicit P29,792 cash and 24 sacks of used clothing, sacks of rice and boxes of noodles. Davao del Norte also gave boxes of canned goods, instant noodles, items for personal hygiene such as soap and sanitary napkins, used clothing and boxes of mineral water.

Batucan said the Davao del Sur division office also gave P140,276 and gathered boxes of used clothing. It was delivered last week to the flood victims through a television network in Davao City.

He said DepEd regional office in Davao City has collected P2,730 cash, used clothing and brand new clothes worth P2,228. Compostela Valley also forwarded to the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) regional office a total amount of P28,705.

Batucan said upon the declaration of a national state of calamity in regions affected by “Sendong”, the DepEd regional and division offices voluntarily mobilized efforts to help the victims. WITH WIRE REPORTS

It is with deep sorrow that CEPALCO Management announces the untimely death of its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, RAMON C. ABAYA, who died in the Grace of Our Lord on January 9, 2012.

CEPALCO Management mourns the irreparable loss of this good man.

The remains will be brought to Cagayan de Oro City on January 14, 2012 and a Requiem Mass will be celebrated at the St. Augustine Metropolitan Cathedral at 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon, after which the remains will be brought to the Cosmopolitan Funeral Homes for the wake and viewing. The remains will be brought back to Manila on January 15, Sunday for the interment there.

We pray for the eternal repose of his soul.

Development Editor: RUEL PELONE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

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Misamis Oriental lends a quiet, helping hand to Sendong victims

By MIKE BAÑOS

IN stark contrast to the high profile, star-studded, jet-setting relief sorties of many donor entities to the calamity areas of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan, the provincial government of Misamis Oriental quietly continues its relief operations sans fanfare.

When the alarm over the first of Sendong’s deadly flash floods was raised shortly after midnight of December 17th, the Misamis Oriental Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (PDRRMC) under Exec.

Dir. Teddy A. Sabuga-a Jr. immediately deployed its rubber boat manned by Capt. Danilo Mutia of the Phil. Coast Guard and his personnel to the MabiniBurgos, Consolacion and Isla de Oro areas where the team successfully rescued 180 persons from raging floodwaters.

As dawn broke over the devastation wrought by Sendong, Gov. Oscar S. Moreno as chairman of the PDRRMC immediately set up a command and operations center at the capitol to direct assistance as reinforcements to local and national agencies and civic volunteer groups.

All calamity-related reports were coursed through the command center by Vice Gov. Norris C. Babiera who personally inspected the affected towns in Misamis Oriental, as well as PNP Provincial Director Graciano J. Mijares who issued updates from time to time on the status of the rescue operations of the PNP field command.

In the capitol grounds itself some 72 families comprising 263 individuals sought shelter after fleeing their inundated homes.

They were given food packs consisting of sardines, rice and noodles and bread with coffee later in the day before they returned to their devastated homes to salvage some of their belongings. As more evacuees continued to trickle in the capitol grounds, they were extended food, clothing, blankets, bedmats, water and other relief materials by the capitol in cooperation with various LGUs and civic society volunteer groups.

Later that same Saturday, the PDRRMC sent a dump truck to Bgy. Iponan and Barra, Opol to rescue flood victims from the Iponan River. With the assistance of Bombo Radyo’s Philippine Rescue 2000 headed

by Bombo Michael Angelo Bustamante, the team rescued 200 individuals and extended food assistance to them.

The team also worked with the Social Action Center team of the Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro headed

by Fr. Nathan Lerio distrib-

uting rice, canned sardines, noodles and bottled water to survivors and another 53 victims housed at the Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (MOGCHS).

Although the next day was Sunday, there was no respite for the capitol rescue and relief team as it distributed relief goods in 11 areas in Cagayan de Oro benefitting 428 people and to 208 evacuees at the City Central School evacuation center.

The team also conducted feeding programs in badly hit areas like Consolacion, and continued distribution of relief goods in various evacuation centers like West City Central school, Consolacion, Barangays 6 & 18, Carmen, Macasandig, Iponan in tandem with LGUs like MisOr PH Balingasag and MisOr PH Claveria, NGOs and volunteer civic organizations and CSR groups like Holcim Foundation and GMA’s Kapuso Foundation in Brgy. Sta. Cruz, Poblacion, Mohon, Baluarte in Tagoloan .

“We were buying sardines and noodles for distribution at a supermarket near Kauswagan when an elderly couple approached us and asked us what all the groceries we were buying were for,” recalls Patrick U. Gabutina, provincial administrator. “When we said it was for distribution to the flood victims, they said they wanted to donate but refused to give their names saying they only wanted to help.”

In Mauswagon, Laguindingan, Mayor Oliver L. Ubaub reported six flood victims from Iligan City rescued and transported to the Provincial Hospital in Initao where another 25 victims from Manticao, Naawan, Luga-it, Iligan City and Lanao del Norte were treated and others moved to Iligan City with the assistance of an ambulance from Holcim Phil.’s Lugait plant.

An initial report from the MDRRMC Laguindingan filed by Kag. Lito Bahian showed ten people rescued and five unidentified bodies retrieved as of 181400H of Dec. 18, 2011.

The team also coordinated with the fire truck of Pilipinas Kao, Inc. from Jasaan in delivering thousands of liters of potable water to various areas in the last two weeks including Bgy. 18, Macabalan, Corrales Avenue, Kauswagan, Bonbon, Barra, Opol; Carmen, Brgy. 22, Carmen, Nazareth and Polymedic General Hospital (Velez).

Meantime, after evaluating the sheer magnitude of the disaster which simply overwhelmed local agencies, Gov. Moreno ordered the deployment of the Misamis

Oriental Provincial Engineer’s Office’s heavy equipment to affected barangays to help residents clean up the garbage and mud for their homes and neighborhoods.

Among the areas served by the PEO under Engr.

Roland Pacuribot were Del Pilar street where a backhoe and two dump trucks were deployed for clearing operations of mud and debris and Bgy. Consolacion where a grader was deployed for the same purpose.

Came Monday, December 19, 2011, and the breakdown of the water system and the decaying bodies of people and animals killed in the floods threatening the health of the survivors and relief operations, Gov. Moreno ordered the Provincial Health Office to render a “Tabang Medico” medical mission at the City Central School evacuation center with personnel from the Balingasag Municipal Health Office which benefitted 100 evacuees. In the days that followed, the teams continued rendering Tabang Medico to evacuees in City Central School, Macasandig, West City Central School, Iponan, Carmen-Ilaya, Balulang and Consolacion.

Capitol health volunteers relate the case of a young detail man whose grandmother was a beneficiary of the capitol’s “Eye Care” program which operated on her cataract for free. Even if his company is not a supplier of medicines to the capitol, the young man volunteered to contribute medicines from his company and personally brought them to the operations center at the height of relief operations.

Even the fatalities were extended assistance like the embalming of 29 bodies in two funeral parlors through LGU Alubijid courtesy of Mayor Alvin Giovanni Labis. The PDRRMC had to request Mayor Redentor N. Salvaleon of Claveria to provide materials and carpenters which enabled the team to deliver 10 coffins through DSWD-10 at Bollozos funeral parlor.

This was the critical time a few days after the calamity when the sheer number of the fatalities was threatening to overwhelm local funeral parlors.

Despite the tragedy, capitol officials were heartened by the response of volunteers who freely gave of their time, money and efforts to help in the relief operations.

One of these groups was the CU Glee Club, a long time beneficiary of the capitol’s support for their out-oftown and foreign jaunts.

From their share of the proceeds of a concert they conducted shortly after the Sendong disaster, the individual members contributed to buy sardines and noodles which they contributed to VICTIMS/p.11

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 GOOD GOVERNMENT AND PUBLIC ACCOUNTABILITY TO CONDUCT AN INQUIRY, IN AID OF LEGISLATION, ON THE VERACITY OF REPORTS OF ANOMALOUS INSURANCE TRANSACTIONS ENTERED INTO BY PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM MANAGEMENT WHEREAS, Republic Act No. 656 or the Property Insurance Law created the Property Insurance Fund in order to indemnify or compensate the Government for any damage to, or loss of, its properties due to fire, earthquake, storm, or other casualties; WHEREAS, under the same law, the administration of the Property Insurance Fund is placed under the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) “with powers and authority to reinsure with private insurance companies under such terms and conditions that may be mutually agreed upon any excess risk it may deem advisable…”; WHEREAS, when the current management of the GSIS conducted a bidding to reinsure the insurance requirements of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), it was discovered that, allegedly, there were anomalies in the way the previous GSIS conducted its insurance activiteies; WHEREAS, it was reported that from 2008 to 2010, NGCP was paying a premium ranging from $5.57 million to $6.69 million but in spite of these huge premiums, the industrial all risks (IAR)/submarine cable and sabotage and terrorism policy had a high deductible amount of $5 million in the aggregate and $2 million for each and every loss thereafter which basically means that the loss has to breach these amounts or NGCP will not be able to recover; WHEREAS, this high deductible was the reason why NGCP was not indemnified either partially or in full for damages to its transmission assets caused by typhoons “Ondoy” and “Pepeng,” and the bombing in Lanao del Norte, which damages only amounting to P172.82 million; WHEREAS, because NGCP cannot recover, they instead passed on the cost to the consumers resulting in the payment of P1.14 per kilowatt-hour over the next five years; WHEREAS, NGCP has suspected that, in the past, the bidding terms were being tailor-fit by the GSIS to favor the existing reinsurers specially in light of the fact that the new management of the GSIS instituted changes in its bidding process and requirements which resulted in GSIS attracting quite a number of bidders with almost all the big names in the reinsurance business showing up for the bidding, and the lowering of the premiums from $5.57 million - $6.69 million to $4.7 million, while also reducing the deductible level from $5 million aggregate and $2 million for every loss thereafter to $1 million aggregate and $1 million for succeeding losses; WHEREAS, there is a need to look into this issue and determine if suspicions that GSIS’s reinsurance program being a source of graft and corruption in the past are true and if anybody benefitted from this to the detriment of the GSIS and the Filipino people.

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives, to direct the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to conduct an inquiry, in aid of legislation, on the above issue and thus serve notice to all concerned, particularly the GSIS, NGCP 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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THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

Editor: RUEL PELONE

Oil price hike KEY players in the oil industry have again implemented a P2 increase in gasoline and another P1.50 for diesel.

What is alarming is that fuel prices are expected to increase in the next few days as tension in oil-rich Iran grew worst.

This country has not yet fully recovered from tropical storm Sendong that hit-hard the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. And here comes another round of fuel price hike.

We just hope that oil companies are not using the ongoing tension in Iran as an alibi to justify the increase.

Lawmaker Teddy Casiño of the militant Bayan Muna is right when he said that only the political situation in Iran has changed and not the cost of production or transport of oil.

Editorial But t h e l o c a l oi l cartel and its mother companies are speculating again by already adjusting the prices of oil.

It is unfair thus there is a need for the Department of Energy (DOE) to look into the matter.

The energy department should not tolerate such unfair practices of oil companies.

Perhaps it is about time that oil companies and the energ y department deliver on their promise to open the financial books of industry players to the public.

Small oil players and independent oil companies must offer to open their books for review so that allegations of overpricing will be put to rest.

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THINK a minute.

A successful man said: “Success is mostly about failing.”

What we don’t know about the world’s most successful people is the many times they failed before they finally succeeded.

Successful people know how to keep going and learning from their failures until they finally reach their goal.

As a famous entertainer put it: “If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain.”

This is a true story of a man who when he was 22 years old failed at business.

The next year he tried for public office in the government and lost; so he tried again at business, but failed at that again.

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst Then, at age 25 he tried for government office again and this time he won.

But the next year his wife-to-be died, and at age 27 he had a nervous breakdown.

In the next 7 years he tried for government office 3 more times and lost all 3 times.

Then 3 years later, at age 37, he tried again for government office and finally won. But only 2 years later

he lost it again.

In the next 10 years, he tried 2 more times for the Senate and lost both times.

Then he tried for Vice President and lost that also.

Finally, 2 years later, at age 51, this man was elected President of the United States.

Today, he is considered by many Americans to be the greatest President in America’s history.

This is the true life story

of Abraham Lincoln.

Failing should make us better, not bitter. You can tell how strong a person is by how much failure it takes to stop him or her from continuing to try.

Jesus Christ wants to give you His inner strength in your heart and character, so you will be able to handle your life’s difficulties and disappointments.

In fact, you will actually learn to use them to make you stronger and wiser.

Jesus wants to guide and help you reach the real success He created you to enjoy, both personally and professionally.

So won’t you ask Him to take full charge and control of your life every day, for the rest of your life?

Just Think a Minute.

Binay mends Erap-Dongkoy LAST Monday, he came to look into the status of victims of typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City. Late Sunday night, an informant said that Pinoy was coming to the city Monday. Pinoy was side tripping Cagayan de Oro after an ocular visit in Compostela Valley in the borders of Agusan and Davao provinces where a landslide killed 36 people.

Having coffee break outside a Cris Diaz downtown coffee shop sirens blew from a far. In minutes, motorcycle riding traffic men cleared streets followed by speeding black and white SUV cars. The convoy came from the city’s southern district and was heading north.

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro, car was the middle of the convoy. City Mayor Dongkoy Emano’s black pick-ups were at the tail end. Judging from the way things were going, the informant could be right. Pinoy was in town!

Wait! The peculiar signs of a presidential visit were lacking. Cars of “wannabe” politicians were absent. One missed the self-adulating gestures of the hypocrites.

The manipulated clowns who usually brandish signs of exaggeration to please their master were nowhere. In the absence of those elements, one thing the president hates was there. It was the “wang-wang.” Pinoy did not come!

On the contrary, it was former President Joseph “Erap” Estrada. Aside from getting a hand on the effects of typhoon Sendong in Cagayan de Oro City, Erap must

have come principally to extend whatever he could to the ill-fated victims.

But, there are more than meets the eye. It is of public knowledge that that incumbent City Mayor Dongkoy Emano and Erap had some conflicts (political) arising from what happened in the 2010 local and presidential elections.

Dongkoy have had a sneaking suspicion then that Erap and his political party, the Partido ng Masang Pilipino, threw him like an empty sack in the 2010 elections.

After rerouting party funds to unknown local political leaders, Dongkoy, being the chairman of the local PMP party, was definitely offended.

“I am not rejoining Erap’s political party anymore,” Emano said whenever asked of the possibility to rejoin Erap’s political party again. With Emano’s presence during the visit of Erap last Monday, one could sense something’s cooking.

There were talks in the political backdoor that Vice President Jejomar Binay, PMP-PDP, brokered the mending of Erap and Dongkoy. Binay was Erap’s running mate in the 2010 presidential elections. After typhoon Sendong, Binay was the first highest public official who came to Cagayan de Oro City to condole with those who lost their love ones and delivered much needed assistance to survivors.

Binay came several times then prompting political observers to note that, aside from making it sure that the flood victims were extended all needed assistance, it was time to patch Dongkoy and Erap’s discord. Judging from what happened last Monday, Binay may have succeeded.

Rule of law?

under it as it was push, shoved and stampeded upon.

As for the procession icon displayed; the climbers who pursued stepping on the heads of other people to wipe their cloth on to the statue was an unbelievable sight.

Is this the “fun” in the Philippines? Is this the faith I belong to? I cannot recall in all the years of my education in the Ateneo or the La Sallian brothers that taught us to do this as a show of faith and adoration.

When the carriage was due for replacement due to flattened tires; the devotees undermined the efforts of the police to load this on top of a flatbed only to negate them and to drag the carriage regardless towards the procession route. The scrapes on the street were meaningless just like the bare feet they engaged themselves for offering.

The popular was the rule and order was no longer an option. Mob rule from my point of view over devotion with serenity was the prevailing circumstance which to my mind was supposedly a religious procession.

As for the devotees beating up the would be snatchers, cell phone robbers, sexual deviants out for a grab, etc. they should no mercy considering they were there asking for it.

If this is the way we will administrate our affairs and consider the rule of the popular over the rule of law then we are definitely in trouble. The majority need not be correct! As for the police and the military – I am still trying to figure out their role. There was no crowd control and there was no order.

The terrorist threat was negated by the crowds. Did anyone even believe there was one? As for the raids conducted, kudos for the effort but was there really a terrorist threat or an effort to center stage on an opportunity considering the gang of nine million were present.

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THE procession that took place this week was a startling example of the rule of law vis a vis mob rule.

The devotees prevailed unqualified over the police, the military and all of common sense.

Do we hail the church for their victories upon the people and suffer the consequences of thousands that were hurt or do we call it the pious devotees and their perseverance to Harry Tambuatco adorn the statue/relic?

Reports have it that over nine million devotees spent the day and night following the procession. Interestingly enough – how on earth were they able to quantify this number with no given statistics to draw from.

The LRT registered only 620k riders for the day.

Nevertheless the sea of humanity as described by the district head of police that attended the procession was a successful event with few hurt and the devotees unrelenting in their devotion to receive the statue and without real violence. But what is real violence – death?

Maiming of pedestrians?

The footage of the mob was alarming from my point of view considering order was no longer visible and an all-out “all for himself ” attitude ensued.

Considering the presence of police and the military; it was as if no planning whatsoever was in place – ergo NO DICIPLINE! Assuming the barricade we saw trampled was an example of organization did not bode well with people

NEWS & COMMENTARIES Editor: ALLAN MEDIANTE

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

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Dangerous abandoned mining sites identified; need gov’t rehabilitation

By ALLAN M. MEDIANTE Executive Editor

SOME 21 mining sites in the country which were already abandoned for years have been identified as posing great danger to the environment and lives of the people living near them.

Tetra Tech EM Inc., USbased environmental consultancy firm which offers environmental consulting and engineering sevices, identified the abandoned mining sites in Mindanao as the Surigao Consolidated Mining Co., Inc. (SURICON) in Siana and Mapawa, Surigao del Norte; and United Paragon Mining Corporation (UPMC), also in Surigao del Norte.

The firm made a study in 2001 identifying the 21 abandoned mining sites all over the country and strongly suggested that they pose environmental and health risks.

The study showed that land and water in said sites are impacted with chemical contaminants, which may harm human health and the aquatic, terrestrial and wildlife. It also warned that the surrounding population and the receiving environment will be continuously exposed to both chemical and physical risks unless proper mitigation and corrective actions are under-

taken.

Lawmakers, led by Rep. Raymond Palatino (Partylist, Kabataan) filed House Resolution 1905 urging the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) to assess status of the abandoned or non-operating mines in the country and their impact on the environment and on the health and safety of surrounding populations.

Other abandoned mining sitesd were identified as the Acoje Mining Company, Inc. (AMCI), Sta. Cruz, Zambales ; Barlo Mining Corporation (BMC), Mabini, Pangasinan; Batong Buhay Gold Mines Inc., Pasil, Kalinga; Benguet Corp. – Antamok Mines(BC-BAGO), Itogon, Benguet; Benguet Consolidated Mining Corp.

(BCMC), Itogon, Benguet; Benguet Corporation – Dizon Copper/Gold Mines (BCD), San Marcelino, Zambales; Masinloc Chromite Mines – Benguet Corporation (MCM-BC), Masinloc, Zambales; Benguet Exploration Mine (BEM),Tuba, Benguet; Black Mountain Inc. (BMI),Tuba, Benguet; Filminera Resources Corporation (FRC) formerly Banahaw Mining and Development Corp., Rosario and Bunawan, Agusan del Sur; CDCP-Basay Mine (CDCPBasay), Basay, Negros; Ino and Capayang Mines (ICM), Mogpog, Marinduque;

Heritage Mining Corp.

Alamag Processing Group, Llorente, Eastern Samar; Hixbar Gold Mining (HIXBAR), Rapu-Rapu Island, Albay; Romblon Marble Mining (RMM),Romblon; Palawan Quicksilver Mines (PQM), Palawan; Philippine Iron Mines (PIM), Jose Panganiban, Camarines Norte; Philippine Pyrite Corporation (PPC).Bagacay, Samar; Silica Sand Mine (SSM), Palawan; Paracale, Camarines Norte and Vulcan Mining Corporation (VMC), Cordon, Isabela.

Palatino urged the officials of the MGB to update the lawmakers on the largescale mines in the country that have been shut down due to labor disputes, economic loss and the negative impact on environment and rejected mining applications during the last three decades.

He said none of these mines was rehabilitated right after closure as government regulations during that time lacked the provisions to enforce remediation Palatino said Republic Act No. 7942 or the Philippine Mining Act which was enacted in 1995 provides guidelines on mine rehabilitation and decommissioning.

I t was known that MGB recently announced its plans to take over old and abandoned mines, the value

It’s Coke still, after 100 years!

COCA-COLA’s history in the Philippines is intertwined with the country’s own. Throughout the years, we have become so much a part of everyday Philippine life through a shared heritage. From its beginnings in 1927 until now, Coca-Cola remains one of the most loved beverages by Filipinos.

The establishment of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines Inc. (CCBPI) in June 1, 1981, transformed Coca-Cola into the dominant player in the industry as one of the world’s largest Coca-Cola bottlers.

Today, CCBPI is the 8th largest corporation in the Philippines in revenues. From 1981’s 75 million unit cases sold by Coca-Cola, the year 2000 saw a massive growth in sales to 386.3 million unit cases. From our beginnings in 1927 until today, Coca-Cola in the Philippines is now the 8th largest market in the world.

Coca-Cola is the leader in the Philippine soft drink industry. Over 70 million consumers from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao enjoy the wide portfolio of beverages that Coca-Cola offers.

Our marketing and distribution networks cover 16 commercial territories and over 243 sales offices. Through this, we are able to reach 10 million Filipino homes to bring refreshment and fun. We are able to share in every aspect of Filipinos lives. Through birthdays, celebrations and holidays, Coca-Cola is always there to make every memory taste better.

There are 19 CocaCola bottling plants in the country. And in all of these we ensure that we take measures to protect and preserve the environment.

We employ state-of-theart waste water treatment facilities and embark on education drives to inform communities about the importance of protecting and rehabilitating our rivers. We also work towards preventing air and land pollution through special projects and initiatives.

Coca-Cola in the Philippines employs over 9,000 people from CCBPI and The Coca-Cola Export Corporation (TCCEC), the Philippine arm of Coca-Cola in Atlanta. We value the contributions that each Coca-Cola member gives.

We provide training and development courses to help people become the best that they can be in their jobs through the Center for Learning and Development program.

In July of 2001, CCBPI returned to the San Miguel Corporation after being a part of Coca-Cola Amatil Ltd. for several years. The merge brought about the acquisition of The Cosmos Bottling Corporation. This introduced many new drink variants into the Coca-Cola portfolio of beverages. To date, CocaCola in the Philippines offers the widest selection of beverages to fulfill every hydration and lifestyle requirement.

We offer many beverages for different needs like soft drinks, water, juices, teas, sports and energy drinks. Everyday we strive to give our consumers what they need as a total beverage company.

Truly, the story of Coca-Cola in the Philippines is that of the country’s itself.

We have grown together with the events that have shaped the country. Looking forward, we will continue to be at one with the Filipino consumers and to be a part of their lives.

of which was initially placed at P88 billion pesos, and declare them as state assets in order to exploit the high prices of metal in the world market.

Palatino said efforts to rehabilitate these abandoned or non-operating mines should be in the framework of protecting the finite mineral resources from more plunder and depletion and the health and safety of nearby communities.

“Instead of tapping these resources to further liberalize our country’s mining industry, which for so long has been laid open to foreign and private control, rehabilitation programs should be in line with reorienting the current policy on the ownership, management, and governance of these resources towards a rational manner for national industrialization and local development,” Palatino said.

Forcible evacuation in Pantukan Meanwhile, anti-gov’t groups have assailed the forcible evacuation of miners and their families in Pantukan, Compostela Valley.

The National Democratic Front scored the Aquino administration saying that even as the families of the victims of the January 5 landslides were still reeling from the loss of their loved ones, the govern-

ment has already started its campaign to “eventually dislocate them” with the strict enforcement of the No-habitation policy.”

“The Malacanang order is a face-saving measure meant to conceal the Aquino regime’s gross negligence in addressing geological disasters while filling its coffers with resources out of the blood and sweat of small-scale miners,” says an NDFP official.

The NDFP Southern Mindanao said it is despicable for the Aquino

regime to claim concern for the safety and the lives of Pantukan residents, while allowing and making plunderous mining operations in the country its centerpiece program.

“Forcing small-scale miners to leave the gold and copper rich areas will pave the way for the unbridled and unhampered operations of large-scale mining firms -- like Russell Mining -- that are poised to take over the gold and copper-rich mountains,” the NDFP added.

A call for Preparedness...

By LOUIE DOMINGO www.ready.ph

I ARRIVED in Cagayan de Oro 24th of December 2011. Roads still muddy, recently finished structures destroyed, recreational facilities ruined by the calamity that hit the area. A house standing diagonally on the sidewalk with its side on top of a wall clearly showed that it was carried over by water ten feet high.

Response operations were immediately mobilized to help people and communities affected by the flood (Areas where people shouldn’t be living there).

Responders equipped with their personal gear, training, and their lives were on the line for people they don’t even know.

Incident, Emergency, Disaster, Catastrophe. International terms referring to levels that either trigger a response or state of an area or situation it is in. This also suggests that things be kept in the Emergency level and not into the Disaster level which means resources are already exhausted within a period of time.

Basically, those in the evacuation centers should learn how to organize themselves on their own and not be feral. The change from being human to greedy animals due to lack of resources and competition for goods I can say is normal, but again this is because we did not prepare.

Check how the Japanese did it during their tsunami incident. They still lined up for relief goods provided and they focused more on recovery. Our people should be empowered with the skills to handle community organization, relief goods acceptance, caring for the sick, health, sanitation and recovery from the disaster that they had just experienced. If they don’t they should be given least priority for relief goods.

Do not let these families stay in the evacuation centers longer than needed.

This will cause epidemics to arise such as diarrhea and leptospirosis as the Barangay Health Workers claim since they are too close to each other and sanitation facilities will get over whelmed.

The recovery phase should immediately be started.

Assign a safe area and start giving off hammers, nails, saws, ropes, and ladders for them to start building their homes. That area is where relief goods should be distributed to wean them off the evacuation centers.

If not, and in time, these evacuation centers will become a source to open a

small grocery table where people not affected by the calamity will also line up for.

Groups who accept donations and relief goods must also sort what they received.

Is it better to distribute the items without proper planning and coordination or form an emergency operations center to be able to help more areas or is it better to prepare for the next disaster? Food, clothing, infant needs are some of which that may readily be distributed. I suggest that items received by groups doing relief operations such as water filter stations, rechargeable light sources, emergency power supplies are for the group’s use to be able to better help communities and areas affected by the calamity.

How can people say that Filipinos seem not to learn how to better prepare for calamities when we can easily prepare for birthdays and other celebrations even on spontaneous ones.

We should use these skills more for something unpredictable to protect what we worked hard for and more importantly care for the lives of our love ones which is our main priority on such situations. Are we more prepared to reboot our lives and start from scratch? We will have more of this on my next article.

Just a question to ponder, do you prepare differently from disaster to disaster? hmmm...

Kalambuan

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Editor: JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA

THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 2012

PIA News Bits

Punto-de-Foto ni Fil Deo

Director Abner M. Caga PIA, R10 & 13 Cluster

Butuan’s flood-prone barangays identified

BUTUAN City - Butuan City’s flood-prone barangays are (East Bank) Banza, Mahogany, Maug, Baan Riverside, Buhangin, Camayahan, Mahay and Baan Km. 3. (West Bank) Pagatpatan, Agusan Pequeño, Bading, Fort Poyohon, Obrero, San Ignacio, Leon Kilat, Sikatuna, Agao, Golden Ribbon, Maon, Pangabugan, Binkilan, San Vicente, Silongan, Humabon.

Government allocates P25M for road repairs

ILIGAN City – This amount is for the Maria Cristina Boundary Road, with damaged carriageway, P15M; and the Sta. Felomina-Bonbonon-DigkilaanRogongon Road, which was hit by a landslide, P10M.

AgNte pursues tourism development

AGUSAN Norte - The provincial government will soon craft a tourism development plan. The province’s executive department is now waiting for the municipal tourism officers to submit their respective plans. (PIO Edgar Palarca Jr.)

Mayor Echavez suspends anti-environment activities

OZAMIS City - Mayor Nova Princes Parojinog-Echavez has ordered the suspension of all barangay activities leading to environmental destruction. In her Executive Order No. 001 on January 10, 2012, the Mayor included the monitoring of unauthorized cutting of trees within the territorial jurisdiction of the city, as preemptive measure for the safety and welfare of the Ozamiznons.

Gibalintong ni Sendong Oh Sendong, tungod kanimo naghuyang ang kaugmaon sa among kabataan. Mga tunghaan, giapil mo sa imohang kalampingasan. Nganong ang kabataan nga maoy paglaum sa among nasod, giapil mo man sa imohang kapungot? Hinoon, dili kay ikaw lamang ang mabasol niining tanan. Apil natong patubagon ang mga tawo

nga naghunahuna lamang sa ilahang kaugalingon. Ilang gitamastamasan ang kabukiran ug kalasangan. Ang mao nilang binuhatan, mi-angin sa kinabuhi ug kabtangan sa daghang katawhan. Sa ilahang tanlag, unta sila hasulon ug basulan ang ilang nahimo batok sa kina-iyahan. (photo by A TEACHER)

Nasayod ka ba?

eCenter turns wireless

SOCORRO, Surigao Norte - The Community eCenter here has upgraded its Internet connection from satellite to wireless. The geographical location of this island-municipality did not hinder the possibility of the 31-km Wi-Fi link across the sea.

Hinabang subra-subra na!

Anti-illegal logging task force seizes logs

NAGSUGWAK karon ang evacuation centers sa relief goods, sama sa bugas, tinapa ug noodles. Ang uban ganing evacuees dili na halos modawat sa maong mga hinabang kay ang ila karong gikinahanglan mao ang permanenting puyanan. Gitutokan kini karon sa kagamhanan.

(Rodolfo D. Mendoza /PIA-10/jdelpf)

LANAO Sur - During his meeting with Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Cruz last week, ARMM Gov. Mujiv Hataman disclosed that the task force formed to curb illegal logging in the province has seized 25 truckloads of logs.

Gov. Hataman said the task force recommended the filing of appropriate charges against barangay officials believed to be involved in logging operations in the province.

City government sets business licensing deadline BUTUAN City – Business owners are urged to renew their licenses and permits on or before the 20th of this month to avoid penalties. City Business Licensing and Permit Division Chief Paul Cabrera said, beyond this said date, a 25 percent penalty will be imposed on applications.

Koreans top in visa extension transactions

NORTHERN Mindanao -The highest number of visa extension transactions in the first 9 months of 2011 was of the Koreans with 1,727, followed by the Americans, 971; British, 238; Chinese, 226; Australians, 191; Dutch, 125; Canadians, 120; Germans, 117; Japanese, 104; and all other nationalities, not included in the above classification, 517.

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The local police learned that the logs were cut on a private tree plantation owned by a certain Octabio Lago––and is about to be delivered to Vicmar Development Corp. in Tagoloan town in Misamis Oriental.

Later, the local police released the truck loaded with logs.

Stop illegal logging The Mangagawang Media ng Mindanao, a group of local journalist, is strong backing the proposal to stop illegal logging activities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (Armm) and other parts of Mindanao.

The group claimed cutting of trees are still massive in Misamis Occidental despite the moratorium being imposed by the national government.

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Armm information chief Ali Macabalang disclosed that local journalists have expressed full backing of Presidential caretaker Muijv Hataman in his avowed campaign to stop the unabated illegal logging in Lanao del Sur and other parts the Armm, even as they dared him to bring culprits behinds bars.

Initial findings Meanwhile, the task force formed by Hataman has revealed its initial report that the logs that killed scores of people at the height of the Decembe 17 floods in Iligan City were allegedly cut illegally in the forests of Lanao del Sur where a Makati City-based logging firm has been operating since 1975.

Moreover, Task Force Sendong said in its initial report that the logs were from the forests of Kapai and Tagoloan II towns in Lanao del Sur and allegedly belonging to VicMar Development Corp., a Makatibased logging and plywood company.

Journalists repeatedly tried but failed to reach VicMar officials on the

company’s published phone number.

Hataman said he has not furnished VicMar with a copy of the report yet as it was only the initial finding of the task force. He also said he was not singling out the company.

“We needed to get more documents and statements of three former DENRARMM secretaries,” he said.

Carabao logging The task force also confirmed the existence of the so-called carabao logging in the area, a local yet most rampant scheme. Residents said some proceeds of the scheme were allegedly being sold to the Makati-based logging firm.

The report said VicMar has been stockpiling timber in its log pond in the Kapai-Bayug river junction before processing these in its sawmill in Barangay Hinaplanon in Iligan City, which is along the Mandulog River.

“So after the logs are being stocked at the log pond, these logs will be naturally drifted away to Iligan City through the Mandulog River,” the task force said.

It said another logging company—Tagoloan Poblacion Farmer Multipurpose

Cooperative—holds an Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) in Tagoloan II but the report quoted DENR-ARMM as saying the firm has not started operating.

“Only VicMar has been in operation in the area since 1975,” the task force said.

VicMar, the task force said, got a Timber License Agreement for 18,730 hectares of forests in Kapai and Tagoloan II on November 27, 1975. It expired on June 30, 1997, but VicMar applied for an IFMA. The IFMA, issued March 25, 1996, reduced VicMar’s area of operations to 6,795 hectares. It was issued under former Armm Governor Lininding Pangandaman and would expire on March 24, 2021.

On January 29, 2009, VicMar was exempted from the logging bans imposed by former Armm Governor Zaldy Ampatuan. Acting Governor Ansaruddin Alonto-Adiong imposed a similar ban in 2010 but the firm also managed to secure exemption.

Delayed land title In another report, a 90year old woman has accused the local DENR of dillydallying her application for a land title.

Loreta Dialong said the processing of her land title over a 12-hectare land at Lourdes, Valencia City in Bukidnon was delayed despite giving P1,500 cash to a DENR worker.

Dialong waited for four years–-and until now her application for a land title did not come out yet.

“Akong gihatagan si Arnold Gumapac ug P1,500.00 bisan pa nga wala siya mangayo tungod kay siya man ang nag-imbestiga sa akong kaso,” Dialong claimed.

Gumapac, who was present during the interview, said he should not be solely blamed on the delay.

“Nalangan ang pag process kay dugay man nakasubmit sila ni Dialong sa Special Power of Attorney niadtong namatay niya nga anak nga si Lolita kinsa isa sa mga applicante usab,” Gumapac said adding as land investigator he has to still read all documents submitted to him so he can come out with a wise decision.

“Sukad niadtong 2007 hangtud karon, grabe na gyod ang akong gasto kay mo-follow-up mi kaduha gayod matag bulan ug dili mominus sa P500 ang among gastohon matag anhi sa Malaybalay,” Dialong said.

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Housewife crowned culinary champion

By JASHEN TRAVILLA Contributor

MARKET CITY, the cleanest market in the country together with Del Monte, the world renowned food company, along with its viable products, debuts a cooking contest at Market City (Agora), Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City last October – December of 2011.

Cooks, chefs, and amateurs clash in creating the best of the best’s dish at the “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” cooking contest. The main objective of the competition is to use Del Monte Products

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The culinary battle is being participated by special representatives from different Barangays all over Cagayan de Oro and nearby towns.

Giving extra challenge to the rest of the contestants is the expertise of each individual participant as they aim to win a Kitchen showcase plus 5 sacks of rice for the winning Baragay.

Among them, one woman stood up, a housewife and a mother of two; Ms. Maggie A. Rabala of Barangay 3, Cagayan de Oro City is crowned champion. Grew up

in the City of Iloilo where she was the 6th among 7 children, she learned to cook at the age of 9. At such young age her mother would send her to the market every 4:00 in the morning to do the shopping all by herself and put her incharge of the kitchen. Her first dish, as far as she could remember was a “Pakbet” which she admits to be very candid, nevertheless she never gave up.

She spent her adolescence and school days as a restaurant assistant as her means of self support to her education and living. A self renowned chef, proven true

Mga minahal kong kaigsoonang Valencianos!

to its name when she joined the Salad Making Contest at Ororama last 2009 and stood out as a champion. Such victorious moment gave her the push to join the “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” cooking contest. Despite the lack of formal culinary education, experience has been her best advantageous asset.

For 12 abundant years, Ms. Maggie has been cooking approximately 20 dishes everyday for her own eatery business at the “Ilonga Eatery” along Dolores-Corrales Streets, Cagayan de Oro City.

She made a name already with her must try Bicol Express, Chicken Curry, and Sisig signature dishes to her costumers from various offices and universities. Want the best of “Maggie Rabala

Mr. Ramilo M. Corbeta of Del Monte, Philippines and Ms. Maggie Rabala, Grand Winner of “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” contest.

& Del Monte” duo? Pick a date and book for a catering service with her!

Up to this point, her best

Malipayong pagsaulog sa atong ika - onse nga pag mugna sa atong syudad sa valencia!

Hon. City Councilor Arlyn P. Ayon Valencia City, Bukidnon The winners of “Kalami sa Lutong Del Monte” contest.

dishes are by far the choice for a festive appetite! Indeed, a plain housewife can be a great talent!