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The wealth of P-Noy By MALOU MANGAHAS of the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism Special to Mindanao Daily

WITHIN a year after the May 2010 elections, President Benigno Simeon C. Aquino III reported that his wealth had grown nearly three times, or from only P15,440,268 as of December 2009 to P54,999,370 as of December 2010. The net increase in his wealth: P39,559,102, or 256 percent more in just 12 months. The spike in his net worth was, in fact, first recorded in June 2010, a month after the elections, when Aquino filed his midyear Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN), as the law requires all winning candidates to do before they can assume

office. In June 2010, Aquino reported a net worth of P50,194,000. This would increase by P4 million in the next six months, hence the P54-million net worth that he declared in the end-2010 SALN that he filed on Apr. 25, 2011. The rate of increase in Aquino’s wealth in the last year is unequalled by even WEALTH/PAGE 5

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Couple slain in Surigao By PAT SAMONTE Regional Editor-Caraga with JOEL PORTUGAL Caraga News Bureau

BUTUAN City––Two motorcycle-riding armed men shot and killed a businessman and his wife in Tago, Surigao del Sur on Thursday afternoon. In a belated report, Caraga police said Giovane Ariate, 30, and his wife, Virginia, were on board a Honda XR200 motorcycle on their way to Bayabas town from Tandag City when the unidentified gunmen attacked at around 5 in the afternoon. Caraga police spokesperson Supt. Martin Gamba said the suspects, aboard Caraga news bureau Manuel Egay Jr. interviews the mother who earlier sought the a Honda XRM motorcyhelp of Mindanao Daily-Caraga after her daughter failed to go home since January cle without plate number, COUPLE/PAGE 5 20, 2011. Photo by Obet Samonte

NBI to probe kidnapping of minors in Butuan

WEATHER UPDATE DIFFUSED tail-end of a cold front affecting Visayas. Wind convergence affecting Mindanao. Visayas and Mindanao will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms. Luzon will have partly cloudy to cloudy skies except for isolated light rains. Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Northeast will prevail over Luzon and Visayas and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be moderate coming from the East and Northeast with moderate seas. source: pagasa

By MANUEL M. EGAY JR. of Caraga news bureau

THE National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in Caraga region is now conducting an in-depth investigation into allegation that a couple is responsible behind the mysterious disappearance of minors in Butuan City and nearby provinces. Earlier, Analiza Curato,

the mother of nine-yearold Michelle Anne Curato, sought the help of the NBI after policemen from Langihan Police Station failed to recover her daughter from the couple. The mother of Michelle Anne said her daughter was missing since January

21, 2012. Lorna’s ordeal The fate of the still missing children, believed to have been “abducted” one week ago, would have remained a myster y to authorities, as well as to parents, should “Lorna” did not manage to escape from her abductors on the afternoon of January 24 to

tell her ordeal. Lorna claimed that a man known only as “Tata” forcibly abducted her in a car-for-hire terminal in Langihan. Lorna and another minor identified only as “Migs” were brought to a house in Kitcharao town in Agusan del Norte where she and the BUTUAN/PAGE 11

UNHRC: PH criminal libel law violates freedom of expression Culled from InterAksyon.com

IN a landmark decision just recently released, the United Nation Human Rights Commission says Philippine laws criminalizing libel is “incompatible with Article 19, paragraph three of the International Covenant on Civil Political Rights (ICCPR)”, or freedom of expression. This UNHRC’s view, adopted on October 26, 2011, was expressed in line with a complaint filed by Davao based broadcaster Alex Adonis. Adonis was jailed for more than two years pur-

suant to a conviction for libel in a complaint filed by former Speaker Prospero Nograles. In a radio broadcast in 2001, Adonis read and dramatized a newspaper report that then Congressman Nograles was seen running naked in a hotel when caught in bed by the husband of the woman with whom he was said to have spent the night with. In a decision rendered by the Regional Trial Court of Davao, Adonis was sentenced to imprisonment from 5 months and one

day to four years, six days and one day imprisonment. In the said decision, the local court concluded: “the evidence was sufficient to prove the authors guilt beyond a reasonable doubt for a malicious, arbitrary, abusive, irresponsible act of maligning the honor, reputation and good name of Congressman Nograles”. After serving two years in prison, Adonis questioned the compatibility of criminal libel with freedom of expression under Article 19 of the ICCPR. Adonis, through his lawyer, Harry Roque of the UP College of Law and the

Center for International Law (CenterLaw), argued that “the sanction of imprisonment for libel fails to meet the standard of necessity and reasonableness. Imprisonment is unnecessary since there are other effective means available for protection for the rights of others.” Adonis also questioned his conviction becasue he was tried absentia when his counsel of record at the RTC withdrew from the case without informing him accordingly. In ruling in favor of Adonis, the UN body ruled that Adonis rights were LIBEL/PAGE 11

Davao broadcaster Alex Adonis (right) was jailed for more than two years pursuant to a conviction for libel in a complaint filed by former Speaker Prospero Nograles. The UNHRC says Philippine criminal libel laws are incompatible with Article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, which recognizes freedom of expression as a human right. Photo courtesy of InterAksyon.com

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Government steps up efforts to locate kidnapped Aussie man By AL JACINTO, Regional Editor-Zamboanga

ZAMBOANGA City––Authorities have stepped up efforts to locate a former Australian soldier kidnapped by Abu Sayyaf militants with links to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya in the restive southern region of Mindanao. Warren Rodwell, 53, was kidnapped on December 5 by gunmen disguised as policemen from his home in the seaside town of Ipil in Zamboanga Sibugay where he married a Filipino woman, Miraflor Gutang, 27, in June last year. The kidnappers demanded $2 million ransom from his wife in exchange for his freedom, but the woman said they cannot afford to pay. Both the Philippines and Australia flatly rejected the ransom demand. The governor of Zamboanga Sibugay, Rommel Jalosjos, who is negotiating with the kidnappers for Rodwell’s freedom, has imposed a news blackout and blamed the police for the leak of a video of the Australian adventurer sent by the Abu Sayyaf to his family in the province. Military authorities said Rodwell was brought by his captors by boat to Basilan province and is being held

by a notorious terrorist commander Puruji Indama, also blamed for the July 2011 kidnappings of a US woman and her son, including a Filipino nephew in Zamboanga City. But Senior Superintendent Alex Lineses, commander of police forces in Basilan province, citing a report by Jalosjos, said Rodwell was spirited out to Sulu province by the kidnappers and is being held by another Abu Sayyaf faction. “That’s the report we got and we are trying to verify this information that Rodwell was taken to Sulu province,” Lineses said. But Sulu police commander, Senior Superintendent Antonio Freyra, said there was no indication that Rodwell is in the

Recent photo of kidnapped Aussie man Warren Rodwell, 53, sent by the Abu Sayyaf militants tied to al-Qaeda and Jemaah Islamiya terrorist groups to his Filipino family in the southern Philippines. The kidnappers have demanded $2 million ransom for Rodwell’s safe release. (Mindanao Examiner/Mindanao Daily) province. “Right now, we have no reports from our operatives on the ground about the presence of Warren Rodwell in Sulu, but we

are exerting efforts to also verify that information,” he said in a separate interview. (Mindanao Examiner/Mindanao Daily)

LTO-Oroquieta heightens drive against erring drivers By PJ TREMEDAL, Western Mindanao Bureau

OROQUIETA City––The law enforcement team of the Land Transportation Office (LTO) here arrested eight erring drivers and

impounded five motorcycle as it intensified its drive against erring drivers here. LTO-Oroquieta head Carmencita Pangilinan earlier ordered for massive implementation Republic Acts 4136 and 10054. Pangilinan said she has activated the LTO-Oroquieta law enforcement team primarily to go after erring drivers and strictly implement the “no helmet policy.” As this developed, LTOOroquieta team leader Alinair Mamao arrested eight

drivers for driving without license––and impounded five unregistered motorcycles. On one hand, the Highway Patrol Group (HPG) in Misamis Occidental under Chief Insp. Raul G. Ambos announced that the HPG is now strictly implementing the “no helmet policy” and other laws pertaining to traffic violations. The strict implementation of traffic laws in Oroquieta City is expected to lower traffic accidents. In another related development, LTO-Oroquieta strengthened its drive on the issuance of driver’s licences and registration of vehicles from motorcycles to owner type four-wheeled vehicles and business transport facilities together with their weekly information, education and communication activity.

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PNP enhances personnel firearms proficiency

CARAGA Region––The Philippine National Police further intensified police ability in firearms proficiency. It aims to give the police further training on the proper use of guns. PC/Supt. Agrimero Cruz, PNP spokesperson, said the primary traits that they are looking among aspiring police officers are ‘commitment’ and having a sound mind. He said, being agile and strong can be achieved in the training.

Governor assures legality of P275m loan

MISAMIS Occidental––Gov. Herminia Ramiro assured the people of the province that the P275 million loan with the Philippine Veterans Bank for two infrastructure projects in the province, underwent the necessary legal processes. The Governor gave the assurance during a press forum after the ground-breaking and capsule-laying ceremony for the renovation of the Provincial Capitol Building and the Misamis Occidental Provincial Athletic Complex, recently.

Tourism office organizes assembly

BUTUAN City––The city government, through the City Tourism Office, has organized recently a Barangay Tourism Council Assembly at Budget Foods Convention Hall. Said activity has identified the following for tourism promotion: tourism areas and facilities, best produce for commercial tourism, and best practices and events.

Family profiles in evacuation centers published

ILIGAN City––The profile of family members inside the evacuation centers in Iligan City show the following figures: males, 3,304; females, 3,112; children (0-2 years), 487, (3-5 years), 647, (6-14 years), 1,057; youth (15-18 year), 865; adults (18 years and above), 3,116; and older persons, 60 years old and above, 244.

DA evaluates Agusan Sur

AGUSAN del Sur––The National Search Committee from the Department of Agriculture recently visited Agusan Sur to evaluate the provincial government in the national competition of the top performing rice-producing LGU - provincial category. This is in line with DA’s Best Agri Pinoy Rice Achievers Award.

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Water district adjusts billings due to Sendong By MIKE BAÑOS

THE Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) will be making adjustments on its billing statements for December, 2011 and January 2012 to allow for disruptions in water deliver caused by Tropical Storm Sendong last December 17, 2011. In an advisory released last week (please refer to advisory published in page 5 of this newspaper for details), COWD management said customers whose December 2012 cycles fell within December 17-31, 2012 would be initially be billed with the minimum service charge of 10 cubic meters or P210.00 with subsequent readings from the January cycle to correct this. Appropriate adjustments, if any, will be made and reflected in the next bill. “Januar y 2012 Cycle Billings for customers residing in the affected areas will bear a 50% discount on the minimum service charge of P210.00 while December 2012 Cycle Penalty Charges for customers residing in affected areas would be condoned,” the advisory said. “In spite of the extensive damage to our facilities which constrained our supply during those times, we exerted all effort to pursue our mandate of provid-

ing water supply with the resources available to us by allowing free access to identified fire hydrants with clustered meters installed and production wells so people (concessionaires and non-concessionaires) can get water,” said Ms. Ladele A. Sagrado, COWD public information and relations division manager. “We also delivered water to evacuation centers and affected areas with the assistance of the fire trucks of the fire department, volunteer fire brigade and water tankers of private companies.” Ms. Sagrado added that the estimated volume of water delivered by the BFP fire trucks and other fire trucks/tankers owned by private entities and by other water districts who worked with COWD during the critical period does not include water extracted by other tankers who also assisted in the delivery but did not coordinate with COWD their schedules and areas of delivery, as well as additional water collected by people and vehicle from various point sources. “All of this water delivered and extracted during this critical period was free,” she stressed. On top of all this, Ms. Sagrado said COWD operations during this critical period were also constrained by the unavailability of 185

of its employees who were also victims of the killer flash floods of Tropical Storm Sendong. “This significantly reduced manpower during that time so routine operations like meter readings and billings had to be foregone to give way to more critical tasks of higher priority,” she stressed. Furthermore, she said it would have been insensitive on the part of COWD to conduct readings and deliver bills at that time considering the situation.

MEDICAL AND DENTAL OUTREACH: More than 700 families affected by Typhoon Sendong in Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City avail of the free dental and medical services provided by energy firm STEAG State Power Inc (SPI) and the 4ID-Philippine Army. The activity is in response to growing concerns on prevalence of common illnesses that pose serious threats to the health and wellbeing of flood victims especially those still residing at the evacuation centers. PHOTO SUPPLIED

Town environment exec killed in highway mishap By PAT SAMONTE, Regional Editor-Caraga

BUTUAN City––A municipal environment and natural resources officer was killed as his XRM motorcycle hit a parked 10-wheel truck loaded with falcatta logs in Barangay Sta. Maria, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur on Thursday evening. Authorities identified the fatality as Prosperidad MENRO Jesus Camatura, 47, who succumbed to severe head injuries. Police investigation showed that Camatura was heading for Bayugan City from Prosperidad town at around 9:30 pm when his vehicle slammed into the parked 10-wheel truck. The victim “died instantly”. Camatura did not notice the truck “due to heavy rain” police said. Truck driver Rodolfo Caballes, 42, voluntarily surrendered to authorities and temporarily detained at the Prosperidad police station.

Teener’s dead body found BUTUAN City––A farmer found the remains of a female teenager who was reported missing since January 15, were found at the bank of Wawa River in Purok 13, Barangay Salvacion, Bayugan City. Rolando Aguilar, 37, told police he was tending his carabao near the river bank on Thursday morning when he saw a dog digging in the sand. The foul odor from the sand became worst as the dog continued digging. Later, a human bone surfaced with maong pants, he said. A team from the Bayugan police led by SPO3 Nestor

Salgarino and personnel from the Bayugan Health Office immediately responded and recovered the body which was in an advanced state of decomposition. She was later identified as Aimee Grace Pelpinosas, 15, of Purok 8, Barangay Sto. Niño, Bayugan City. Pelpinosas’ mother told police investigators she last saw her daughter at 10 am of January 15. Police said the victim could have been carried away by the current and drowned when she was traversing the Wawa River. A report from Pat Samonte, Regional Editor-Caraga

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Cot peace and order, ‘unstable,’ says Dad By CRIS DIAZ, Associate Editor

COTABATO City––A councilor here has raised the alarm over the deteriorating peace and order of the city. City Councilor Froilan Melendrez made the reaction in a speech during the city’s regular session after a colleague reported of the shooting to death of a couple Saturday morning. According to Councilor Sukarno Sema, the man and his wife were heading for home at about 5 a.m. from the city market on board a motorcycle when gunmen riding in tandem on a separate motorcycle fired at them, using caliber .45 pistol. The ambush happened in Sema’s Barangay Rosary Heights 9. The couple-victims were regularly passing by the village from the city market to their home in Barangay Rosary Heights 8. Cotabato City Police Director Senior Supt. Danilo Reyes said initial investigation showed the shooting was triggered by personal grudge. Melendrez said it was only after the January 10 ambush of Vice Mayor Muslimin Sema that officials realized of, at least, one shooting incident every four days in the city in 2010. He noted that Senior Superintendent Reyes told City Council members that there were 85 murder cases in the city the past 12 months. Reyes told local officials that some of these cases were considered solved. Aside from 85 killings in the city, there were more than dozen cases of improvised explosive device

explosions. Melendrez said aside from murder, there were cases of homicide that occurred even in broad daylight. Chua Yu Beng, president of the city’s Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce, said the series of shooting incidents and the recent attempt on the life of Vice Mayor Sema, who also chairs the Moro National Liberation Front, had sent an impression that ordinary residents are no longer safe here. Mayor Japal Guiani Jr., in a statement, said efforts are being undertaken by the city peace and order council which he chairs to prevent crimes which he believed were mostly triggered by “rido” (family feud) or personal grudges. Sema was heading for home from a session of the City Council when one of two men riding tandem on a motorcycle opened fire at his 4x4 vehicle with a customized M-16 assault rifle fitted with silencer. He was hit in his lower jaw, hospitalized for six days in Davao City. He reported for work last Tuesday. Police have named one of the two suspects as Zermin Abdullah, a career service employee of the Office on Southern Cultural Communities in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao. A Marine battalion is augmenting security forces in the city since last year. Wire reports

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Polish gunships to lift AFP air power FOUR of the eight brand new combat helicopters from Poland are schedule for delivery next month to augment the military’s air capability, an air force official said. PZL Swidnik, the biggest helicopter manufacturer in Poland, won a P3 billioncontact price for the delivery of eight brand new helicopters for the Philippine Air Force (PAF). Swidnik’s main products

are the PZL W-3 Sokol and PZL WS-4 helicopters used by the Polish Air Force and other European countries. PAF spokesperson Lt. Col. Mike Okol, said the remaining four combat utility helicopters will also be delivered in November this year. He said the funds for the purchase of the choppers were part of the AFP modernization budget in GUNSHIPS/PAGE 11

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150 scholarships open to military dependents ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY ONE scholarships in state universities nationwide are still open for dependents of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), according to AFP Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Jessie D. Dellosa. He also encouraged AFP units to further promote and advertise the scholarship program to help more military dependents in their college education. “This implicates our strong commitment and concern for the future of our youth as the AFP’s duties go beyond its mandate of protecting the people and the state,” said Dellosa. In a press release, the AFP Educational Benefit System Office (AFPEBSO) is now accepting new applicants for the first semester, School Year 2012-2013 under the Department of National Defense – Commission on Higher Education – Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges scholarship program. The AFPEBSO grants educational benefits both to the military personnel and their dependents with the aim of assisting them to finish their education. The program covers courses in Engineering, Agriculture, Fisheries, Teacher Education and Social Science to exclude Bachelor of Laws, Physical Science, Dentistry and Medicine. Applicants for the scholarship program must pass the organization’s requirements. The organization is currently serving a total of 4,535 grantees of educational benefit and scholarship with the help from different educational benefit programs from government agencies, foundations, private individuals, non-government institutions, and partner schools nationwide. Recognizing the soldiers’ heroism, AFPEBSO gives priority to the orphans of Filipino soldiers who were killed in action. Since 2006, the organization was able to help 1,723 students finish their education in college with 42 graduated as Cum Laude and 7 as Magna Cum Laude. “We value our soldiers’ morale and welfare which is why we are very active in offering services and benefits for them and their dependents to make sure their wellbeing as military personnel is well-sufficed,” Dellosa added.

Landowner stop workers harvest Sumifru bananas KIDAPAWAN City––At least 10 owners of vast tracts of lands leased to a banana firm in North Cotabato have set up road blocks that prevented plantation workers to harvest the company’s produce, Thursday morning. The landowners, led by Fernando Brizuela, had already sent Sumifru Philippines Corporation, a Japan managed company, notice of termination of the lease agreement they signed with the company some seven

years ago. Brizuela said they decided to end partnership with the company because of some loopholes in the contract, one of which, he alleged, was the non-implementation of some of the provisions in the contract, including the rentals. He was resolute in saying they want the contract to end because the company that they had a transaction with many years back was the AJMR,

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a holding company of the Andres M Soriano (AMS) Group of Companies, and not with the Sumifru. “In the past, the AJMR was religiously following what was written on the contract. But today, the Sumifru had changed many of the provisions in the document. There was breach in the contract,” said Brizuela. On January 24, the Brizuelas and the Osorio family, through a legal BANANAS/PAGE 11

NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the estate of MONICA R. SOCORRO, who died intestate in Cebu City on May 21, 2010, consisting of: a parcel of land situated at Butuan City, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. RT-22077, with an area of 300 square meters; a parcel of land (Lot No. F-5-L-2; WEST lot F-5-K-1) located at Barangay Golden Ribbon, Butuan City covered by TCT No. 21981 and Tax Declaration No. 08-02-0002-04371 with an area of 470 square meters with Monica R. Socorro’s share consistIng only of 76 square meters as co-owner; a parcel of land covered by Tax Declaration No. 2008-11-0020-00702, in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol CAD Lot No. 772-3-9 with an area of 0.018500 square meter; a parcel of land situated in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol covered by Tax Dec. No. 2008-0020-00703, Cad Lot No. 772-3-8 with an area of 0.047900 sq.m.; a parcel of land situated in Tugas, Cadijay, Bohol covered by Tax Dec. No. 2008-11-0020-00704, CAD Lot No. 77-3-7 with an area of 0.298300 sq.m.; a parcel of land in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol covered by Tax Dec. No. 2008-11-0020-00705, CAD Lot No. 772-3-8, with an area of 1.258100 sq.m.; a parcel of land situated in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol covered by Tax Dec. No. 2008-11-0020-00706 CAD Lot No. 772-3-6, with an area of 0.35500 sq.m.; a parcel of land situated in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol under Tax Dec. No. 2008-11-0020-00707 Cad Lot No. 772-3-11 with an area of 1.22000 sq.m.; a parcel of land in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol under Tax Dec. No. 2008-11-0020-00708 Cad Lot No. 772-3-4 with an area of 0.270200 sq.m.; a parcel of land; a parcel of land in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol under Tax Dec. No. 2008-11-0020-00729 Cad Lot 772-3-2 with an area of 0.972000 sq.m.; a parcel of land in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol under Tax Dec. 2008-11-0020-00730, Cad Lot 772-3-3 with an area of 0.236200 sq.m.; a parcel of land in Tugas, Candijay, Bohol under Tax Dec. 2008-11-0020-00735, Cad Lot 772-3-1 with an area of 0.055600 sq.m.; a parcel of land in Poblacion, Jagna, Bohol under Tax Dec. No. 2008-25-0001-00120 Cad Lot No. 5477 with an area of 66.00 sq.m., is the subject of an EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS made and entered into by herein decedent’s heirs, namely, Socorro Corazon Tejada, Melzone Socorro and Edmond Socorro, per Doc. 267; Page No. 53; Book No. X; Series of 2011 of the Notarial Registry of Atty. Alexander Villacastin, Notary Public. MD: Jan. 30, Feb. 6 & 13, 2012

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Wealth From page 1 his own record from 1998, when he first filed his SALN as a member of the House of Representatives, representing his home province of Tarlac. On his first term in the House, Aquino declared a net worth of only P8,707,247, which rose to P13,941,627 in 2007. This translates to a net increase in his wealth of only P5,234,380, or a growth rate of only 60 percent in nine years. To be sure, the P36.9million excess campaign donations that he had reported to the Commission on Elections (Comelec) does not account for Aquino’s recent big net worth increase. Indeed, in his December 2010 SALN, he reported only P228,961 as his only “liability,” which he said represented his “Tax Payables” to the “Bureau of Internal Revenue” or BIR. The liability, imputing an applicable 30-percent tax levy, indicates that Aquino had earned compensation income of only P707,989, or roughly P58,999 in gross monthly pay, for the whole of 2010. If he had enrolled his P36.9-million excess campaign donations as part of his income in 2010, according to the BIR’s Revenue Regulation 7-2011 dated Feb. 16, 2011, Aquino should have paid millions more in taxes. BIR Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares tells the PCIJ that the excess campaign funds were not recorded in the Income Tax Return (ITR) for 2010 that the president filed within the deadline last Apr. 15. But the growth in his net worth may be well explained by other sources, according to both Henares and Presidential Spokesperson Edwin Lacierda. And while what actually happened to the P37-million excess campaign funds he raised in the May 2010 elections remains a puzzling web of details not fully disclosed or even documented, it seems the latest increase in his net worth may be reasonably explained, at the very least. Asked earlier to explain Aquino’s rise in affluence, Lacierda had told reporters that the president had realized P17 million from the sale of a family property in Antipolo City, aside from inheriting assets following the death of his mother, former President Corazon ‘Cory’ C. Aquino, on Aug. 1, 2009. Henares also tells the PCIJ that the Aquinos had sold in 2010 a “sizeable” prime property in Antipolo that was part of the estate of the Sumulong clan, the maternal relatives of Cory Aquino. Saying she is not at liberty to disclose details or documents, unless cleared by the president, Henares instead offers that she has

verified that the Aquinos had paid “a very substantial amount” of capital gains tax due from the sale. The president also recorded in his December 2010 SALN two real properties as “inheritance” – a “residential house and lot” in Quezon City that he valued at P13,796,167, and a “commercial lot” in San Juan City that he valued at P7,016,906. The two properties accounted for a more P20-million increase in the value of his real properties, from only P761,440 in December 2009. Again, Henares says the records of the BIR show that the President had paid the rightful “estate tax” on these two inherited properties. But other than the rise in value of his real properties, what accounted for Aquino’s wealth explosion in 2010 was a P17,031,484 in “receivables” that Lacierda had explained to be the value of the Antipolo property that the Aquinos had sold. A third discernible source of wealth growth was the “cash on hand and cash in banks” that Aquino reported in December 2010. It nearly doubled to P6,223,704, from just P3,246,900 in December 2009. The steep climb in Aquino’s net worth in the last 12 months had also been boosted by the decision of youngest sister, entertainment celebrity Ma. Kristina Bernadette Aquino-Yap, to forfeit her claim on the estate of Cory Aquino, in favor of her only brother, says someone close to the president. This meant, the presidential friend says, that instead of the four Aquino daughters and the president getting 20 percent share each, P-Noy, Cory’s only

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The newly organized Association of International Recruitment Agencies (AIRA) in Region Ten inducted its new set of officers and board of directors during its first fellowship activity last month. Elected are (left to right): president Leopoldo B. Zerrudo Jr. of MMML Recruitment Services, Inc., vice president - Joseph Supangan of Admiral Overseas Employment Corp., secretary - Teresita Abrogar of Ed-Fro-Bon Manpower Services, treasurer - Jesela L. Daniel of Naptron International Placement Agency, auditor - Charity A. Morales of H.M.O. International Human Resource, board of directors - Joy Tan of Pacific Mediterrenian Int’l. Manpower Agency Inc., Aubrey Bariquit of Safe Future Manpower Agency Inc., Jeanesa I. Ratunil of Pisces International Placement and press relations officer - Jerry T. Gratil of United Placeman Phils., Inc. Inducting officer is Mr. Jeremy Cabrera of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) -10.

son, received a 40-percent share. Moreover, two liabilities that Aquino reported in his 2009 SALN had disappeared by 2010: “mortgage payable” in the amount of P3,826,740, and “other payable” in the amount of P1,500,230. In other words, he grew his wealth even as he settled over P5 million in debts in just 12 months. Other than showing bigger positive numbers, Aquino’s December 2010 SALN is also remarkable for the suddenly absent names of nine family-owned companies in which he listed holding business interests and financial connections until 2009. It seemed like the president had divested himself of all his shares in these companies, quietly and secretly, if also according to law. Lacierda tells that PCIJ that the absence of these companies in the latest SALN of Aquino “indicates” divestment. The presidential spokesperson, however, has

yet to accede to the request for documentary proof. Five of the nine companies that used to crowd Aquino’s SALNs, though, had been reporting net losses in recent years: Tarlac Development Corp., Jose Cojuangco & Sons, Inc., Tarlac Distillery Corp., Paniqui Sugar Corp., and Luisita Golf & Country Club, Inc. Only three seemed to be still in the black: Central Azucarera de Tarlac, Liberty Insurance Corp. and Luisita Marketing Corp. No records could be found with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a ninth company,

Pedro Cojuangco et al., in which Aquino had declared interest in his SALNs from 2006 to 2008. To be sure, the rate of increase in Aquino’s wealth last year is unequalled by even his own record from 1998 to 2007, or before he became president. When he first filed his SALN as a member of the House of Representatives, Aquino declared a net worth of only P8,707,247. This rose to P13,941,627 in 2007, a net increase of only P5,234,380. That redounds to a growth rate of only 60 percent in nine years, or a modest 6.6 percent wealth expansion per year. – PCIJ, July 2011

Couple From page 1 trailed the couple from Tandag City to Barangay Dayoan, Tago town, where they started shooting at the victims who died on the spot. The suspects immediately fled, he said. Responding Tago policemen recovered a caliber .45 pistol with magazine loaded with eight bullets from the victim, Gamba said. Police were still gathering clues and interviewing witnesses that could lead to the identities of the gunmen, Gamba added.

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Who doesn’t live in a glass house? THE integrity of the chief justice is under question with his SALN and the ITR he had accomplished over the decades now under wraps. He is now being judged by no less a group of men and women who like him, have issues with integrity - so what gives? In this senate we have a senator who was fugitive to the law for close to fourteen months only to surface claiming rights and a Harry Tambuatco rationalization unacceptable to many. As of late we have one who’s wife with clear intention tried to dupe the United States customs with USD50K upon entry trying to hide money undeclared in her shoe and was shamefully caught. Then we have another whose siblings allegedly shot each other. Then again with close to 71 other siblings, who is there to miss in the one big happy family? Then there are those who are identified with the Marcos dictatorship who blindsided him into a coup. There are more examples one can easily cite but what the heck, you get the picture, right? So the impeachment court, the highest presidential Impeachment Court as another has declared is the almighty now tasked to judge the integrity of the Chief Justice. Interestingly enough – how on earth can one judge another when they as judges need judging themselves? The proceeding to date now on its second week have proved to be entertaining at times and boring most of the time with rules and procedures that slow the process. In between all this free content TV and radio has been allowed for the opportunity for the big networks to cash in on the drama. The problem is and as always – to the detriment of the Filipino people. But how again will the masses even know of the crime committed against them when they are the both the culprit and the victim all rolled into one. The impeachment proceeding have been successful for one thing – and that it has made the country even more divisive. As this drags on into the months unless of course

Give to live THINK a minute. You may have heard the saying, “Joy shared is joy doubled.” Giving isn’t a sacrifice, it’s an investment. We actually get back much more than we give. So don’t give until it hurts, give until it feels good. The American President, Calvin Coolidge, said: “No person was ever rewarded or honored for what he received. Honor is always the reward to people who give.” What you and I do just for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others lives on even after we die. So it’s smart to invest in the success of others. “It’s when you help someone else up a mountain that you yourself end up closer to the top.” The principle of giving is simply a law of life that works.

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst Just like money can only get good things for you when it is used and circulated. But if you do not use your money or give it away, you can’t get any enjoyment or thing of value out of it. It’s only when you give out that you make more room inside to receive. You know that the Dead Sea is dead because it only receives and never gives. It does not flow out or give to other bodies of water, so it just dies.

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In the same way, when we don’t give to others we plug up the natural flow of life in us. This is why selfish, stingy people are never really happy, and seldom healthy. A successful man said: “You will be remembered for two things: the problems you solve and the problems you cause.” Each of us is created to be an answer and help to someone else’s life. A famous man put it this

way: “You cannot live a successful day until you’ve done something for someone else who cannot pay you back.” The Jewish people have an important holiday every year which celebrates the giving of gifts. Everyone, including the poor, must find someone poorer than himself and give him a gift. You see, “If God can give gifts THROUGH you, He will give them TO you.” In fact, God loves us so much that He gave His own perfect life to pay for our wrongs, just so He could share His life with us. So why not give your life to Jesus Christ today? Then you can start enjoying His successful way of giving and living every day, for the rest of your life. Just Think a Minute.

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FINALLY, the issue of mining in the hinterlands of Cagayan de Oro City has come to the fore. Two years ago, we tried to expose the destruction of the city’s outskirt mountains due to unabated legal and illegal mining in the area. Members of the press were curious then on tips of earth moving equipment and the presence of foreign nationals in the area par- Cris Diaz ticularly in barangays Tignapolo-an and San Simon. Instead of digging into this piece of information, HOUSE/p.10 media’s attentions were diverted to focus on “dredge mining” (flush mining) in the hinterlands of Opol town. In mining, dredge sucks up dirt and gravel from within the streambed using water pressure. A dredge operates with the use of a water pump and network The MINDANAO DAILY is published by Mindanao Daily of hoses. Balita at Door 3, Geleng Bldg., Lapasan Highway, Cagayan de More destructive is the employment of ‘HhyOro City. It is registered with the Department of Trade and draulic Mining’ where water is diverted into ditches Industry (DTI), Region 10 with CerƟfifcate No. 01349532, and wooden flumes at high elevations - gravity did and with Business Permit No. 2011-1516, TIN No. 946-396the rest. Channeled through heavy iron pipes, the 807-001 water explodes from a nozzle far below with a force Telefax Nos: (088) 856-3344, (08822)74-53-80, of 5000 pounds. When that stream of water focuses Cell nos.: 0917-7121424, 0923-432-0687 Website: www//mindanaodailybalita.com and directs its awesome force, the mountain literE-mail: mindanaodaily.ads@gmail.com ally blast away. mindanaodailynews@gmail.com DANTE M. SUDARIA

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This is what happening in the hinterlands of Opol where mountain top soils erode down water streams and tributaries. For quite sometime, this activity has been going on discoloring Iponan River to this day. Informed of these nefarious mining activities, Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro, filed a Bill declaring Cagayan de Oro City ‘mining free.’ Not only that, former Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Tennex Jaraula approved an Ordinance prohibiting mining in Cagayan de Oro’s mountain villages. It appears ‘though that these anti-mining legislations were only in papers. In spite of the legislative act and City Ordinance, persistent reports of multi-nationals exploiting the gold-rich veins of the city’s rural villages remain. Chinese and Korean nationals are reported stakeholders of these mining activities. An activist priest once made an incognito visit of the mining areas in Cagayan de Oro. Along the way, barangay officials warned the priest of heavily armed men. Reports had it that guards manning checkpoints in the hinterland-mining areas in Cagayan de Oro City are armed with AK-47s. The priest backed out after receiving threat. At one time, a reporter tried to file an in-depth report of the highly financed mining activity in the hinterlands of Cagayan de Oro City but nobody (including barangay officials) dared to escort him. More of this tomorrow….react: crisguardian@yahoo.com

The future of the Philippines THE economy of the country is quite bad and unless the present administration hit the right direction, chances are we dive to the lowest level of poverty. So many problems that have been there remained untouched and still the things that trouble us so much. All these things seem neglected because what is happening now is the excessive exercise of political bickerings, hatred and failures. President Noynoy Aquino should form a team to handle his political activities with his enemies and everyone who belongs to the opposite side of the fence. Somebody should take charge of firing oppositionists in the last elections and everyone he hates so much. This can be handled by someone not the president himself. Political bickerings are things that never end despite the passing of time. It will

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Ben Emata Jr. go one for years and no end in sight. President Aquino should focus himself on real problems of the country like the ever increasing unemployment problem, the lack of agricultural productions, the general aspect of the economy, foreign affairs like import and export of things badly needed in the country, the food, shelters, medicines and education of the people in the provinces and hinterlands areas. It is plain politics and no other. It appears the direction of the country is going nowhere and this is precisely the reason why it does not look good for

the country. People are divided and so with their loyalty. Instead of uniting people, we scatter them in different places and work for the betterment of the situation is terribly affected. What is happening now is continuous firing of government executives who are political enemies of the present administration. Sending people to jail especially those who are identified in the side of the past regime. Running after those who belong to other political groups. Naturally, the problem of the economy and other major ones are forgotten and things go

upside down. The president should led this country with friendship, honor and integrity. He must forget politics and proceed on a direction needed by the citizens. He must not show hatred towards anyone and instead let reconciliation prevail. In this way, people will look at him as an honorable leader and deserving of honor and respect. Why so mny Filippinos are leaving the country. I wonder if our leaders and politicians ever asked thesemvesl on this issue. Right now, people go out of the country to foreign lands to seek for works and to live there permanently. They seem to have lost their desires to live in our country. They go to places even if sometimes there are dangers in foreign lands. It is surprising. The reason is they cannot b e happy here if ever they can live with contentment.

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Online business registration launched PRESIDENT Benigno Simeon Aquino III and Trade and Industry Secretary Gregory L. Domingo led the launching of the Philippine Business Registry (PBR) Friday [January 27] at the DTI-National Capital Region Area 2 Office in Makati. PBR, web-based business registration system, is one of the government’s priority projects that focuses on streamlining business registration process and eliminating red tape. It serves as a one-stop shop for entrepreneurs who need to transact with several agencies to be able to start operating a business. Through the PBR, applicants do not need to physically go to each agency to register their businesses as they will now be interlinked through the PBR. The agencies include: • Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) • Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) • Social Security System (SSS) • Home Development Mutual Fund (PAG-IBIG)

• Philippine Health and Insurance Corp (PhilHealth) • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Quezon City has already connected with the PBR system. Companies may opt to apply from their homes through their PCs or go to DTI Offices and register through PBR Kiosks or tellers. Application through a teller will involve submission of a filled up application form which may be downloaded from the website. The new system aimed at establishing a fully secure national business registry database which will integrate information from different government agencies and facilitate seamless transactions among agencies by providing a single

window for online business registration across agencies. With fewer steps and faster process, PBR will be able to strengthen the government’s effort of providing quality service to the people and realize its commitment to curb corruption and reduce red tape in the bureaucracy. Through the PBR, the country will become more attractive to investors and will improve our ranking in global competitiveness. This launching is only the first phase of the PBR program. This year, several local government units and other regulatory offices will connect to PBR. Cities with streamlined business permits and licensing system like such as Caloocan and Mandaluyong are expected to be linked with PBR in the following months. PBR kiosks will also be installed in selected local government units nationwide to facilitate registration in far-flung towns.

Prof. Rowaldo del Munto stresses a point during the Open Forum on Knowledge Products during the 1st Mindanao Congress of the Advocates for Renewable Energy and Rural Electrification and Development (Min CARED) held 25 Jan 2012 at Cagayan de Oro City. Also in photo are Dr. Ambrosio B. Cultura and Dr. Ricardo E. Rotoras,both of the Mindanao University of Science and Technology (MUST). Photo by Mike Banos, NPN

ITF hails PHL decision to ratify ILO Convention 185 THE London-based International Transport Workers Federation (ITF) has hailed the Philippine government’s decision to formally ratify the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 185. This is also known as the Seafarers’ Identity Convention (Revised) 2003 which provides a uniform Seafarers’ Identity Document (SID) that ILO

member-countries are required to issue to their seafarers. “This is significant news. This move by the world’s largest crew supply (an estimated 400,000 annually) country sends a strong signal to nations worldwide that seafarers’ rights to shore leave and safe transit must be respected. DECISION/p.10

The prime movers of the A Brown Co.Inc. (ABCI) team of Xavier Ecoville (L-R): Ruffy T. Magbanua, community relations & development manager; Robertino E. Pizarro, president; John L. Batac, AVP-Engineering; & Nino B. Asa, site development engineer. ABCI master planned the resettlement site and provided heavy equipment and personnel for the project. Photo by Mike Banos, NPN

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Butuan’s barangay tourism council created By MANUEL M. EGAY JR. of Caraga News Bureau

BUTUAN City––The city tourism office of the local government of Butuan recently held the first barangay tourism council meeting in order to augment the tourism capacity of the city as well as encourage the barangay officials to support and give emphasis on the local tourism industry. Tourism chairpersons from 86 barangays, Mayor Ferdinand “Jun” Amante, Councilors Jaime Cembrano and Nestor Amora and the

Balanghai Tourism Council headed by Atty. Rema Burdeos attended the just-held meeting. Amante said the creation of the said council will help boost the tourism industry in the Barangay level for some did not know on the potentiality of their place as well as the impact of tourism in their locality. Presently, there are already on-going projects implemented by the government and one is the

rehabilitation of the Rizal Park which costs P5 million pesos. The said rehabilitation is expected to complete by March, this year. The park will soon have a fountain and a leisure area for everybody to enjoy especially during weekends. For his part, Cembrano emphasized the importance of sports in promoting tourism in the city. Last year, series of sports activities were held which attracted visitors coming from other places in the country.

Mayor Amante also added that he is considering in allocating a budget for the excavation of the remaining balanghay boats and the rehabilitation of the Balanghai museum in Paradise Village, this city. “Butuan City is very rich in history especially that we are still considering Masao as the place of the first mass. We have our edge in terms of abundance in history and finding the remaining boats will again give us credit on how old Butuan is,” Mayor Amante.

THE Internet is no longer just a source of information, but it is also now a primary medium of communication and major platform in doing business. The number of consumers relying on the World Wide Web for purchasing various goods and services has been increasing as online shopping provides access to these without having to stay away from one’s keyboard. Consumers are advised, however, to be vigilant against deceitful persons. The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) shares the following tips regarding the matter: • Value your privacy. Use passwords that cannot be easily guessed. Also, to ensure that nobody else has access to your personal accounts and data, use own computer or laptop when shopping. Do not give too much information when filling-out online forms. • Beware of hackers. Install and update computer’s anti-virus and/or anti-malware program and make sure that this is reliable for optimum security against Internet threats. Always log out one’s account after every transaction because an account left logged in is exposed to hackers. • Check the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) or website address. Most online shops accepting credit card payment use an SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) encryption which ensures a secure transaction. You would know if a website has SSL installed if the URL starts with “https” instead of just “http.” • Know the seller. When buying products online, validate the seller’s contact information. Try to search ONLINE/p.10

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Mining firms, DENR officials ‘off the hook’ JUDGE Evangeline S. Yuipco Bayana of the Regional Trial Court of Surigao City Branch 30 denied last November 15, 2011 for “lack of merit” the Motion for Reconsideration filed by Anislagan Bantay Kalikasan Task Force, Inc. (ABAKATAF), et al, against several government officials and mining companies last September 13, 2011. The case stemmed from the environmental complaint lodged by the ABAKATAF, together with Jonathan V. Badilla, Lower Ansilagan Farmers Irrigation Association, Inc. and Barangay Ansilagan, on June 22, 2010 against the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Secretary, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Director, MGB Region XIII Regional Director, Manila Mining Corporation, Kalayaan Copper Gold Resources, Inc. and Silangan Mindanao Mining Company, Inc. The plaintiff filed a motion for the issuance of a Temporary Environmental Protection Order/Environ-

mental Protection Order against the defendants. For failure to attend the subsequent pre-trial and trial, the Court dismissed, on August 15, 2011, the instant complaint against all the private and public defendants for “lack of interest to prosecute.” Consequently, in her order dated November 15, 2011, Judge Bayana said she found no reason to reverse, amend or modify the Court’s earlier dismissal of the complaint due to “lack of merit.” The public defendants were represented in this case by the Office of the Solicitor General. source: www.mgbr13.ph

Unemployment in Davao hits 3-year low DAVAO City––The unemployment rate in Davao Region has hit a 3-year low, according to figures from the Department of Labor and Employment. Regional Director Atty. Joffrey Suyao of DOLE-11, the unemployment figure taken from January to July 2011 is pegged at 5.8 percent. This is lower compared to the 6.1 percent unemployment rate of 2010. The unemployment rate

in 2009 registered at 5.9 percent. The region has an employment rate of 94.2 percent as compared to national average of 92.9 percent. “Although the growth is small, but this is something we can build upon,” Suyao said. Suyao credits the current construction boom with the building of hotels and malls, the entry of more investments as current drivers for employment growth.

SMC commits P500m to build 5,000 homes in C. de Oro, Iligan THE San Miguel Corporation (SMC) is committing about half a billion pesos to build 5,000 homes initially for the thousands of families left homeless by typhoon Sendong in the cities of Cagayan de Oro, Iligan and Dumaguete. “This is our way of sharing our blessings from the heart. We want to give our fellow Filipinos hope by providing them the means to start over again. We’re looking at providing livelihood opportunities on top of the houses that we will build for them,” SMC Chairman and CEO Eduardo Cojuangco Jr. said. “More than just building houses, this is about rebuilding people’s lives and building safe communities,” Ramon S. Ang, San Miguel President and COO added. The diversifying conglomerate is partnering with housing groups Gawad Kalinga and Habitat for Humanity to build the houses together with local government units to help identify relocation sites for the displaced families. With this gesture, San Miguel hopes to inspire more private entities to help in the rehabilitation of the affected provinces.

Just recently, SMC signed the memorandum of understanding that will signal the start of discussions to build the houses together with GK and Habitat. Witnessing the event was Secretary Corazon “Dinky” Soliman of the Department of Social Welfare and Development. San Miguel, through its San Miguel Foundation and Petron Foundation, already donated an estimated P12 million worth of products and cash for the victims of typhoon Sendong. The donations, channeled through various government agencies, government officials, and non-governent organizations, included 480,000 bottles of Magnolia PureWater, 650 pieces of Purefoods Fiesta Ham and noche buena packs distributed to affected families on Christmas and New Year’s eve. Aside from these, employees of various companies under San Miguel participated in relief operations and organized soup kitchens in more than 21 evacuation centers, benefitting 6,000 families from the hardest hit areas in Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. source: http://www.sanmiguel.com.ph

Floirendo firm to build P2.7b container terminal DAVA O C i t y – – T h e Anflocor Group of Companies, which is owned by the Floirendo family, announced that it would build a P2.7billion international container terminal in Panabo City in Davao del Norte. Alexander Valoria, Anflocor president and chief executive officer, said the company had finalized a deal with Aboitiz Construction last week for the project, which will rise on what used to be the wharf of Tagum Development

Corp., a banana firm also owned by Anflocor. “We are bullish that this project will catalyze the economic development of the region by enhancing globe trade through the construction of the modern container port facility,” Valoria said in a statement emailed to the Inquirer on Thursday. He said Anf locor planned to start operating the terminal by the first quarter of 2013 with construction scheduled to start in the first quarter of 2012. “This project is seen to

create faster turnaround time of vessels, orderly ingress and egress resulting in faster turnaround of delivery trucks, reliable

plug-in facilities for reefer cargo, and the capacity to accommodate larger vessels due to its deep draft,” Valoria said.

Anflocor projects that the container terminal will generate investments and more job opportunities, he said.

Reasons why RP is poor By RODERICK T. DELA CRUZ WEAK government spending and political uncertainty are just some of the reasons why the Philippines has been outperformed by most of its Asian neighbors, a study sponsored by the International Monetary Fund showed. The 25-page working paper, The Determinants of Economic Growth in the Philippines: A New Look, compared the Philippines to 23 emerging markets for the period 1965–2008 to analyze the factors behind per-capita GDP growth in the Philippines. A previous study noted that in the 1950s, the Philippines had the second highest per capita GDP in Asia. Today, its Southeast Asian neighbors Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam are described as high performing economies that are targetting first world statuses, while the Philippines was operating on a low-growth trajectory. “The Philippines’ mediocre performance in a number of indicators—particularly relative to its Asian couterparts—illuminates some of the existing pieces of the Philippine growth puzzle,” Willa Boots Tolo, author of the report and now a bank officer at the Philippines’ Bangko Sentral, said. A m ong t he f a c tors blamed for the country’s weak economic performance were weak agricultural productivity, high government debt, low public, private, and foreign investment, weak research and development spending, low spending on education, lackluster tourism sector, relatively high income inequality, high corruption, strong population growth, more episodes of financial crisis, and political uncertainty. It suggested that the Philippines lacked a sustained period of relatively strong economic reforms. Tolo said that, in order to catch up with its East Asian counterparts, the Philippines would need to maintain macroeconomic stability, expand its fiscal space, and redirect public spending to agriculture, infrastructure, and research and development. “Expansion of the fiscal space and thus scaling up spending on public investment requires raising tax revenue through both administrative and selective tax policy measures. This would include POOR/p.11

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Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on May 26, 2004 at Recodo, Zamboanga City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at Iligan City, c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Floor, Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas Avenue, Corner Aguinaldo St., Iligan City. That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorced Agreement in order to formalize their separation: since their separation for more than Thirteen (13) years now, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs: petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on May 26, 2004, so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 24, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted., Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 26th day of January 2012.

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House From page 6 to cash in on the drama. The problem is and as always – to the detriment of the Filipino people. But how again will the masses even know of the crime committed against them when they are the both the culprit and the victim all rolled into one. The impeachment proceeding have been successful for one thing – and that it has made the country even more divisive. As this drags on into the months unless of course the TV and radio networks bore its viewers and listeners ahead of time, the country already divided will only degenerate to who are either for or against the exercise. The sad part is in the end

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Convention 185 also spells out the requirements for ILO member-countries on how to establish processes and procedures for the issuance of SIDs. All countries ratifying ILO Convention No. 185 will be required to issue new SIDs that conform to the requirements specified in ILO SID-0002, the standard which puts in place a comprehensive security system that enables the first global implementation of biometric identification technology on a mandatory basis, thus enabling positive identification of the seafarer that holds the document. “The Philippines has done extensive work for the implementation of the ILO Convention 185 as preparation for its ratification. Because of this,

Filipino seafarers will be able to move more easily around the world with this international document,” the Department of Labor and Employment earlier announced. ILO Convention 185 revised the earlier Seafarers’ Identity Documents Convention, 1958 (No. 108). The much needed changes in the new Convention relates to the identification of seafarers. Under ILO Convention 185, the new SID carries a fingerprint-based biometric template, aside from the normal physical features for a modern machinereadable identity document, which was adopted with the agreement of the world’s ship owners and seafarer organizations. PNA

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Libel From page 1 violated when he was tried in absentia. Moreover, in ruling that Philippine criminal libel law was inconsistent with freedom of expression, the Committee recalled its General Comment No. 34 which reads: “Defamations laws should

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not ... stifle freedom of expression. … Penal defamation laws should include defense of truth,” adding that “in comments about public figures, consideration should be given to avoiding penalties or otherwise rendering unlawful untrue statements that have been published in error but without malice. In any event, a public interest in the subject matter of the criticism should be recognized as a defense.” “State parties should consider the decriminalization of libel,” the UNHRC added. Adonis’ lawyer, Harry Roque, said, “This a very big win for freedom of expression. We expect the Philippine government under President Aquino to comply with the Committee’s view and proceed to decriminalize libel and to provide reparations to Adonis for time he spent in prison. No one should be imprisoned for expressing his or her views, full stop.” The Committee ordered the Philippine government to “provide (Adonis) with an effective remedy, including adequate compensation for time served in prison, The State is also under obligation to take steps to prevent

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Butuan From page 1 the other children were treated like a slave––and were fed only once a day. While at the house of her abductors, Lorna washed the couple’s clothes, trim grasses, and does other household chores. She is also asked to beg

for money every afternoon and remit her earnings to the couple at the end of the day. Dissatisfied According to the mother of one of the abducted children, she was dissatisfied with the outcome of the findings coming from the police authorities and even asked help to certain individuals for the fast recovery of her child. Mrs. Curato approached the Mindanao Daily (MD) to help her with the case since she was not contented with the result as she was only told by police authorities not to file a case against the alleged abductors so that her child will be recovered. She also noticed that even the policemen in Kitcharao are not supportive in handling the case. The suspects were invited for questioning but were later released without even telling Mrs. Curato the outcome of its investigation. In an interview done by a radio station to the police officer in charge of the case assigned in Langihan Police Precinct, the policewoman merely replied that a case cannot be filed against the suspects since she suspected that “Lorna” is lying which may just result to the dis-

missal of the case. The said police officer accompanied Mrs. Curato in Kitcharao town after “Lorna” tipped on the whereabouts of the remaining children only to find out that her daughter is not there. The MD immediately assisted Mrs. Curato in pursuing the case to the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) for an immediate filing of complaint report to the suspects. The NBI even criticized the police who handled the case as being conclusive since only the court can tell if the child is lying or not.

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The arrival of the combat helicopters is part of the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ modernization program to boost the PAF’s air power, particularly supporting ground troops during combat operations. The PAF, at present, has in its arsenal the reliable UH-1H “Huey” helicopters and the MD-520-MG gunships from the United States. Okol said the acquisition of these helicopters is timely because the Air Force badly needs helicopters of this type to support government ground forces during

combat operations. The Swidnik helicopter can carry 14 persons, including the pilot and co-pilot and has a maximum speed of 260 kilometers per hour and a range of 745 kilometers non-stop. It can climb to an altitude of 19,680 feet, more than twice that of the “Huey.” A variety of weapons such air-to-ground rockets, air-to-air missiles, M-60 machine guns and 20-mm cannons can be installed with the Polish-made gunship. CD with wire reports

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