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CHR condemns Davao bombing

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AVAO City – The Commission of Human Rights (CHR) in Region 11 has denounced the bombing incident which wounded at least 41 people from a crowd watching a circus in Barangay Fatima, Paquibato District this city Saturday night.

CHR 11 director Atty.

Alberto Sipaco described it “a disturbing incident.”

“That barbaric and dastardly act is negative to the peace and gravely violated

the human rights of people and therefore it must be condemned in the strongest terms possible. The CHR seriously and strongly condemns this uncivilized act,” he said.

Sipaco urged the people in the barangay to help in identifying the perpetrators and report to the authorities.

About five injured persons were critical when brought to the hospital.

Sipaco vowed to investigate the incident.

Col. Lysander Suerte, commander of the Army’s 1003rd Infantry Brigade, assured that the soldiers will provide full support to the police and other law enforcing agencies in the CHR/PAGE 9

DILG dept welcomes Roxas’s appointment The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) welcomes the appointment of former Transportations and Communications Secretary Mar Roxas as the new Secretary of the DILG. Yesterday, President Aquino announced the appointment of Roxas as

the new DILG chief, vice Jesse Robredo who died in a plane crash almost two weeks ago.

Prior to Roxas’s appointment, the Chief Executive named Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa as caretaker of the DILG so as not to hamper the operations of WELCOMES/PAGE 9

Cagayan de Oro College-PHINMA officially opens to the community with the blessing and inauguration of its third campus at Purok 6, Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City yesterday, Sept. 3. This is to extend COCPHINMA educational services in the areas of Alae, Manolo Fortich, Libona, Malaybalay and even as far as Quezon and Kadingilan in Bukidnon as well as municipalities in the Eastern part of Misamis Oriental. (Inset) Cutting the ribbon are (left to right) COC-PHINMA President Chito B. Salazar, Misamis Oriental Gov. Oscar Moreno, Chairman Ramon P. del Rosario and Vice Chairman Magdaleno Albarracin, Jr. PHOTO BY RONALD MASTAIL

Tremor hits Disasters feared amid M’nao anew delayed LPG safety rules

By Arjay S. Felicilda SULTAN Kudarat – Another earthquake, the second to have hit Mindanao in three days, occurred at 5.9 magnitude near Palimbang, this province at 2:49 yesterday afternoon.

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A SENIOR member of Congress has warned of a likely increase in liquefied petroleum gas (LPG)-related disasters in the months ahead due to delays in the enactment of new standards meant to ensure the safe handling and use of the cooking fuel.

“The needless holdup

in the passage of forceful legislation has put at grave risk the safety of LPG industry workers and consumers, including the communities where makeshift refillers have proliferated,” Cebu Rep. Eduardo Gullas said.

Gullas was referring to DELAYED/PAGE 9

25 HIV cases alarm Davao Sur

By Ben D. Arche PNP SSUPT. Romeo S. Maglasos, PESE, Provincial Director of Lanao del Sur, present a video about general information drive of provincial peace and order updates. The presentation made during the furom on peace security updates, hosted by Ranao Institute for Peace and Development, Inc. on Department for International Development Program partnership Arrangesment with the Asia Foundation, KABNAR Advocates, Inc. and UNIPAD, with a theme: ' IMPROVING Community Security Relation ang Quick Responce in times of CRISIS at Club House, Marawi Resort, Mindanao State University last September 2, 2012. Atty. Blo Adiong president of KABNAR Advocates Inc., Col. Daniel Lucero of AFP, Gov. Mamintal Bombit Alonto Adiong, Jr. of Lanao del Sur and Religous, Business, Student and Higaonon Ranao representide by Datu Bagios from seven tribe Alimaong, are partisipating the event. photo by SONNY V. SUDARIA

DIGOS City – The Davao del Sur Provincial Health Office has been alarmed by the reported 25 persons infected by the dreaded human immunodeficiency

syndrome (HIV)-acquired immunodeficiency virus (HIV) from the province.

At least seven of the total victims are women and the rest are men, a reliable source said adding that one victim died last August this

year.

Two of the victims are government employees, it was said.

Reports said about five victims are receiving regular financial assistance from the ALARM/PAGE 9

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Agusan del Norte formulates protocol for emergency response

By Nora L. Molde AGUSAN del Norte - The provincial government has formulated its Provincial Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council (PDRRMC) - Operation Center (OpCen) Protocol.

The OpCen Protocol will serve as a guide in the conduct of effective and efficient response operation during

emergencies and other catastrophes.

To be observed are verification and alert protocol; protocol and issuance of code alert; and activation of memorandum and response protocol.

Aside from the protocol, the PDRRMC has also formulated a color coding scheme to help the council in the identifying various types of

emergencies, calamities and disasters.

Color white for monitoring and alert level; blue for preparatory level; and red for evacuation level.

Governor Erlpe John M. Amante said the Sangguniang Panlalawigan has yet to pass a resolution approving the PDRRMC-OpCen Protocol. (LGU-Agusan del Norte/ PIA-Agusan del Norte/asf)

BSP to re-launch Economic and Financial Learning Center

By Apipa P. Bagumbaran a one-stop center where researchers, students and CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, visitors can access data and -- The Cagayan de Oro information produced and Branch of Bangko Sentral ng acquired by the BSP in the Pilipinas (BSP) will launch areas of central banking, again its Economic and economics and finance.

Financial Learning Center It will also cater to re(EFLC), today, September 4. quests for lectures in areas Lawyer Thelma C. Pan- of money, banking and tig, BSP-Cagayan de Oro economics, she added. deputy firector said the BSP Governor Amando center will serve as conduit M. Tetangco Jr. and other between the BSP and the officials will lead the event, people of Misamis Oriental. which will be attended by She said the EFLC is representatives from the

Misamis Oriental banking, business and academic com mu nit ies, of f icia ls from other government agencies, and members of the media.

On the same occasion, the BSP will also formally open its Economic and Financial Learning Program (EFLP) in Misamis Oriental.

The EFLP brings together the outreach and educational activities of the BSP under one flagship program. (APB/PIA-10/asf)

Even at the evacuation center in Datu Saudi Ampatuan, Maguindanao, life goes on for this elderly who was displaced since the conflict broke almost a month now between the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) and AFP, cooks not only for family consumption but also cooks and sell "kumukunsi", a Muslim native delicacy, as means of income. (AMIEL MARK CAGAYAN

Tribal Allumad urges gov’t to support counter prooductive policy on logging

By Mike Imbo Butuan City-The Allumad group of Mindanao urged the government to support counter Productive Policy with regards to the changes in government’s logging policy which has greatly affected Caraga Region’s biggest wood processing plant who recently announced it will temporarily shut down its operations.

In a recent report, there are displaced workers in both short and long term plan they need alternative livelihood.

A memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between the local government unit of Butuan and different line agencies that provide livelihood and other forms of assistance to the families of displaced workers in the

wood industry.

The Alyansa Lumad Mindanao (ALLUMAD) chaired by Julius Mabandos also known as Datu Mamakow Makapandong, represents 31 tribal group from Mindanao area.

According to Mabandos the line agencies include the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Department of Labor and Employment, Department of Social Welfare and Development, Department of Trade and Industry, Department of the Interior and Local Government, Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (Tesda), and National Anti-Poverty Commission should take coordination to the said counter productive policy program that benefits the affected workers.

Butuan City Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr also initiated alternative livelihood program dubbed as “Oplan Logging: Likas, Lunas, Lakas” following the intensified implementation of Executive Order 23.

In his message, Amante said that the MOU was a product of a series of consultation meetings with regional directors of the concerned agencies. He also revealed that Budget Secretary Butch Abad has committed to fund the scholarship of 2,000 students from the affected families.

Allumad also made their strong supports to the government alternative program.

The consultation made by the tribal leaders and of affected families seek their sentiments and concerned.

RECOGNITION. Major General Victor Felix (right holding plaque), outgoing commander of the 4th Infantry "Diamond" Division together with Misamis Oriental Governor Oscar Moreno (2R), PPOC Executive Director Teddy Sabugaa (L) and Ariel Hernandez, PPOC co-chair and Balay Mindanaw senior director (2L) after presenting Felix with the Plaque of Recognition during the testimonial dinner at the roof deck of the BMG in Barangay Bulua. (Photo by BONG D. FABE)

LCP, Aboitiz conduct technology training

By Gideon C. Corgue PAGA DI A N Cit y - T he L eag ue of Cit ies of t he Phi lippines (LCP), w it h Aboitiz Power, through the Weather Philippine Foundation (WPF), has conducted a technology training, here in the city, Wednesday.

Participated in by city environment and natural resources of f icers, loca l Disaster R isk Reduction Management officers, and city engineers, the activity was held at the Executive Function Hall of the city mayor’s office.

Mayor a nd LCP Secreta r y Genera l Herna ni Braganza said the activity was aimed to discuss the installation process, operation, and maintenance of the Automated Weather Station (ATWS).

The ATWS, which costs P105,800 each, is a state-ofthe art equipment used by meteorologists to provide real-time weather forecasts, including temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, atmospheric pressure, amount of rainfall, and weather visibility.

During the activity, 7 ATWS units were distributed to participants from the cities of Northern Mindanao.

“We a re d ist ribut ing ATWs for free to all cities nationwide, as part of the company’s corporate social responsibility and commitment towards getting local government units ready for climate change and disasters,” Mr. Braganza announced.

Aboitiz Power Vice President for Marketing Roland Gaerlan and Meteomedia Senior Vice President Mark Vorhusen officiated the distribution ceremony. (JPA/ GCC/PIA9-Zambosur/asf)

Flyover to rise soon in Iligan Iligan City - The city is in the process of accomplishing the five requisites being asked by Mega Bridges for Urban and Rural Development Project (MBURDP) for the construction of the first flyover in the city.

MBURDP is the government agency charge with of the bridge programs of President Aquino.

According to Councilor Zalsos, chair of the committee on public works of the city council, the requisites

include a request letter from the city government, endorsements from DPWH, City Development Council and the Regional Development Council (RDC).

Councilor Zalsos added, a resolution on this will be sent to Ozamiz City Mayor Nova Parojinog, chair of the Infrastructure Development Committee of RDC, and Iligan City Lone District Representative Vicente “Varf ” Belmonte Jr. (Iligan Tube/ asf)

DSWD grants Emano request for addit’l funds to purchase lot for the poor CAGAYAN DE ORO - The city government will be acquiring more lots for the landless and homeless poor of Cagayan de Oro. The Power learned that DSWD-10 Regional Director Araceli F. Solamillo informed Mayor Emano that Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman has approved the mayor’s request for funds for the purchase of lots, where permanent houses will be constructed for them.

The DSWD has agreed to provide P10-million for the project.

The move comes as the mayor and members of the 16th City Council headed

by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas continue to look into the housing needs of Typhoon Sendong survivors and the city’s homeless poor.

One of the areas being eyed is a 16-hectare lot in Barangay Pagatpat, which is estimated to cost P40million.

Meanwhile, as the city

government continues to strengthen the campaign for disaster preparedness among its constituents, the 16th City Council headed

by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas will be hearing tomorrow the presentation of Dr. Ferdinand D. Miranda, MD, DPBA, Medical Director of Health Emergency Lifesaving Paramedics Foundation, Inc (HELP Rescue 411) regarding services the organization is offering.

Dr. Miranda requested for an audience with the legislative body to foster awareness about HELP’s emergency medical service program, which is said to be available 24-hours a day and seven days a week.

In a letter to Vice Mayor Acenas, Dr. Miranda said HELP Rescue 411 is a service- oriented organization, which aims to provide lifesaving medical assistance and rapid response to the community and company GRANT/PAGE 9

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Sulu’s warring families end decades old conflict SEVEN feuding clans in Sulu ended decade-long running family hostilities in a historic pact of reconciliation aboard a navy boat off the coast of Sulu last week.

The feuding family clans of the Bahara, Jul, Allani, Ismula, Ismael, Alih and Adjail signed the resolution known as the ‘Pacific Settlement of Conf lict’ aboard the nav y vessel BRP Gen. Mariano Alvarez ending long drawn family disputes that spelled blood in the island of Pata in the province of Sulu for many decades.

The Asia Foundation, BAPESDA, Tulung Lupah Suh, SMFI-Sulu and the Naval Forces Western Mindanao combined efforts lead to the success of the in the reconciliation efforts are

being attributed to Successfully ending the family feud in Pata Island and Sulu is Asia Foundation’s historic achievement in the pursuit of its commitment is to achieve reforms and improve community relations in war-torn areas in Mindanao.

The leaders of each clan, the peace negotiators, and the naval military officers signed on the covenant as a symbol of the end of decades-long bloody conflicts.

The Naval Forces was pleased with the settlement of the families’ disputes.

A beginning of a peaceful transformation in Sulu has been finally realized which was what the whole Filipino nation had been longing to see.

Rear Admiral Armando

Guzman, the commander of Naval Forces Western Mindanao, encouraged the reconciled families to be sincere in their commitment to finally end their conflicts. He even addressed the participants as “peace lovers”.

Guzman also recalled his memories when he personally witnessed clan conflicts in Sulu, particularly in Pata Island, as a young naval officer aboard ship.

As he is about to close his military career next year, he expressed relief and gratitude that the conflicts had already come to positive developments.

The Philippine Nav y received accolades from the reconciled parties and negotiators for its support in such a historic event. CD WITH WIRE REPORT

Attempt to topple down power lines blamed on extort bandits CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao -- The military has blamed an organized extortion group for the attempt to topple down a major power transmission line in Maguindanao, Thursday, an Army spokesperson here said.

Colonel Prudencio Asto, of the amry’s 6th Infantry Division, said para military troops were also deployed to secure power transmission tower of the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines following last Thursday’s attempt.

“It was a form of sabo-

tage, the group was extorting money from the power firm,” he said in a statement.

Asto said the blast happened at the NGCP tower No. 20, about 30 meters from the national highway in Barangay Layog, Pagalungan, Maguindanao.

Army investigators said two improvised explosive devices fashioned from 60 mm mortars exploded at the foot of the steel tower at about 9 p.m.

But the blast did not topple the tower. Another IED was found and defused

by Army bomb experts.

While the military is looking at extortion gangs to be behind the attempt, it is also considering the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement as among the suspects.

The BIFF, led by Ustadz Ameril Umra Kato, a breakaway of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, launched simultaneous attacks against military forces in Maguindanao last month that left at least 30 people dead and 45,000 civilians displaced.

Zambo hires 54 new public school mentors ZAMBOANGA CITY –Fifty-four new teachers have been hired by the Local School Board effective Sept. 1 in line with the city government’s massive and constant assistance and support to the education sector.

Mayor Celso Lobregat personally administered on Saturday morning the oath of office of the newly-hired teachers, as he urged them

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to treasure the trust and confidence bestowed on them by the city government through dedicated and committed service to Zamboangueño children.

Lobregat said the 54 newly-hired teachers, having been chosen among the more than a hundred applicants, should be model government employees by putting into practice the oath they swore to comply.

Of those newly-hired, 24 are elementary school teachers while the rest are secondary school teachers.

Department of Education Secretary Armin Luistro, through Lobregat’s request, has granted additional 50 teacher slots for Zamboanga City to reciprocate the city’s all-out support to DepEd through school buildings and other education-related programs.

WEATHER UPDATE AS of 2 a.m. yesterday, the Low Pressure Area (LPA) was estimated based on satellite and surface data at 690-kilometer East of Visayas (12.5°N, 132.5°E). Southwest Monsoon affecting Luzon.

The whole country will experience mostly cloudy skies with scattered rainshowers and thunderstorms becoming cloudy with widespread rains over the Western sections of Southern Luzon and Visayas which may trigger flashfloods and landslides.

Moderate to strong winds blowing from the Southwest to West will prevail over Palawan, Visayas and Mindanao and the coastal waters along these areas will be moderate to rough. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the Southwest to South with slight to moderate seas.

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH The people of Cagayan de Oro were ecstatic of the success of the annual commemoration of the Feast of the city’s Patron Saint Augustine last week. The festive and successful holding of various events in cooperation with the city’s 80 urban and rural barangays were memorable. It was a manifestation that the Cagayanons are one in supporting the incumbent administration. It was a united expression of gratitude toward the city government’s resolve to lift the devastated spirit of the people from the misery spawned by Typhoon Sendong.

Without the city government’s commitment to heal the wounds in the hearts and minds of those who grieved after Sendong, this year’s fiesta celebration would have been different. We, Cagayanons, are blissful that our incumbent City Mayor Vicente Emano rolled his sleeve up so that the victims of the disastrous Sendong, eight months ago, could regain lost hopes.

Indeed, the city government’s battle cry: ‘Move Forward’ represents the Cagayanons’ determination to reclaim Cagayan de Oro’s niche as the fastest growing city in this part of the country. It was obvious then that the successful and peaceful celebration of the Feast of Patron St. Augustine indicated that Cagayanons were, once again, back on their feet.

Cagayanons know that unity and working together are factors that would make Cagayan de Oro succeed in all endeavors. No ordeals are insurmountable in a city where people cooperate and trust the probity of elective public officials. The joyful celebration of the Feast of St. Augustine this year prove, once and for all, that cooperation, trust, and support could make Cagayanons succeed both in times of misfortune and consolation.

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Moreno’s biggest surprise lies ahead THE Local Commission on Elections (Comelec) has granted Gov. Oscar Moreno’s petition to reside in Cagayan de Oro City while serving as provincial governor of Misamis Oriental. That is not an issue. The people in Cagayan de Oro know that Moreno has the right to do so.

Living and residing anywhere are constitutional rights guaranteed in a democratic country.

For the moment, there is also no Cris Diaz question if Moreno continues to serve as provincial governor of Misamis Oriental while residing in Cagayan de Oro City. However, once Moreno seeks the mayoralty post in Cagayan de Oro by officially filing his certificate of candidacy without giving up his gubernatorial post, the situation might change. Such action could become a question of law. The argument would definitely focus on the legality of Moreno’s non-resignation as governor.

This question is entertained in advance since most quarter believed that Moreno would not resign as provincial governor even if he files COC for mayor in Cagayan de Oro. If that happens, many consider that Moreno would face legitimate protests with the Comelec.

Some are even anticipating that not one but hundreds of city residents will troop to Comelec to lodge the protest action against Moreno. If it takes place, Moreno would be in for the biggest surprise of his life.

This scenario follows insinuations that Moreno would not give up the gubernatorial post until elections day next year. Moreno might employ the same argument that he could not be compelled to vacate his post in the province because the provincial Capitol is located in Cagayan de Oro City. Novice lawyers might accept such flimsy argument. Truth is, the provincial Capitol building and its immediate vicinity do not belong to Cagayan de Oro City. All buildings surrounding the provincial capitol building within eight-hectare lot bounded by the streets of Corrales, C.M. Recto, Velez, and Gen. Luna belong to the province of Misamis Oriental.

If one could get records of government offices with buildings in this area - not owned by the provincial government - one would find out that these government offices, mostly national offices, are renting with

Corporate Social Irresponsibility on the Plastic ban The social disconnect of several business groups has again been highlighted with their narrow minded opposition to the ban on the use of plastic bags.

In a full page ad published recently in a national daily these groups claim the ban is inconvenient for customers and increases costs for businesses.

For the record, the groups that sponsored the advertisement are the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Federation of Filipino-Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Inc., the Federation of Philippine Industries, Inc., the Philippine Exporters Confederation, Inc. (PhilExport), the Employers’ Confederation of the Philippines, the Pollution Control Association of the Philippines, Samahan ng Pilipinas sa Industriyang Kimika, the Association of Petrochemical Manufacturers of the Philippines, the Packaging Institute of the Philippines, the Polystyrene Packaging Council of the Philippines, the Philippine Plastics Industry Association, Metro Plastics Recycling Industries, Inc., the Philippine Association

Editorial of Supermarkets, Inc., and the Philippine Amalgamated Supermarkets Association, Inc. (Pag-asa).

Just exactly how it is inconvenient for customers was not made clear. Rather, the ad focused on expounding how the plastic ban leads to more paper use with more trees cut, higher water and power use. That’s assuming paper bags are to be used in place of plastic. Even before the advent of mega malls, there was the bayong so what’s the whining all about?

In an interview with BusinessWorld, PhilExport President Sergio R. Ortiz-Luis said the LGU ban is not the proper solution because it’s more expensive and inconvenient (for whom?) to create paper. He alleged government should not “pass the burden to the people.”

Hello? Just because we bring our bayongs to the mall doesn’t mean it’s a burden to us. It is in fact our small contribution to curb global warming and the floods aggravated by plastic trash clogging the drainage canals

and esteros. We certainly don’t mind bringing our bayongs whenever we shop.

We hope this guy took a look at the mountains of trash collected from Manila Bay during the recent floods in the capital spawned by the habagat.

Ortiz-Luis then betrays his real agenda when he said the bans “harm the plastics industry which we are trying to grow because it seems as if we are not going to be using the products they produce.”

Since when were plastic bags the only source of revenue for plastics industries?

We are intrigued about how the ad seems to focus on the paper bag being the only alternative to the plastic bag.

In fact, it even cites studies which claim that paper bags, in fact, cost more to the environment to make and use than plastic bags in terms of raw materials, water, energy, carbon emissions, and trash volume. They also warn up to 200,000 workers stand to lose their jobs with the implementation of the plastics ban.

So what about the bayong ha big shot corporate spin doctors? If the LGUs and DTI can get together, they

can mobilize the countryside to produce more bayongs for consumers, so the profits from their manufacture go the small, home-based family run cottage industries in the rural areas and not again line the pockets of the traders and big time plastic bag manufacturers.

We believe those 200,000 workers who allegedly stand to lose their jobs would be better off going back to the provinces and producing bayongs in their own households which would give them higher income and spark development in the countryside.

We laud the local government units which have braved the wrath of these corporate titans who are among their biggest taxpayers. Kudos to Quezon City, Marikina, Makati, Muntinlupa, Las Piñas, Antipolo, Tanay, Lucban, Bacolod and Davao for taking the long view on this issue and putting the interest of the consumers and ordinary folk over corporate greed.

We hope and pray Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental and the rest of Region X and Mindanao see the light and be similarly enlightened.

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Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst trail of breadcrumbs to lead the birds into the barn. But when the man came out of the house, the birds flew away and hid in the darkness, afraid of him.

He tried different ways to get them to come into the warm, safe barn, but nothing worked. All the birds could see in the farmer was a big, strange creature who scared them.

They couldn’t understand that he only wanted to help and save them. Finally, the farmer went back inside his house and sadly watched the little birds struggling out in the cold snow, and freezing to death.

Suddenly, as he was watching, the thought came so clearly to him: “If I could only become a bird—like them, so they would not be afraid of me, I could show them the way to warmth and safety.”

Think a Minute…

Ingratitude to God at Phivolcs Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio for that year.

One reaction particularly clarified: as the newlyinstalled leader of Philippine sports, Cojuangco led the country to victory, clinching the first ever championship of the Southeast Asian Games since 1977.

And since that time, up to this date, Cojuangco has successfully stirred POC to a strict adherence to the International Olympic Committee Guidelines on the Good Governance of Olympic Parties, that is, the POC and the national

sports associations (more of these reactions next issue).

-oooPROCLAMATION OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD: Matthew 4:17, Mark 1:14 and Luke 4:15 of the Bible contain an account of what Jesus pursued after having been baptized by John the Baptist, His cousin. This part of the life of Jesus is called “the proclamation of the Kingdom of God.” In Matthew 4:17, the story is told that when Jesus heard that John the Baptist had been put in prison, He

returned to Galilee, and then lived in Capernaum, by the lake in Zebulun and Naphtali, to fulfill what the prophet Isaiah said.

“From that on, Jesus began to preach,” the same Biblical verse says, and what Jesus started to preach was this: “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”

In Mark 1:14, an almost identical account is found, thus: “After John was put in prison, Jesus went into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God. `The time has come’, he said. `The kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the good news.’”

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Military authorities clears Ma’guindanao highway, discourages night travel CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao-- Military authorities in Maguindanao had assured that some portions of the Cotabato-Gen. Santos highway are now safe after the renegade Moro rebels disintegrated and realized the wrong they have done.

Colonel Prudencio Asto, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters have disintegrated and the military let the main rebel movement, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, to settle the issue in the face of the existing GRPH-MILF ceasefire accord.

However, Asto said the Philippine government is pursuing the case against ailing BIFF leader Ustadz Ameril Umra Kato for committing multiple murders, frustrated multiple murders following the August 5 offensive it launched against the military and civilians in five Maguindanao towns.

“Our highways are well secured and the military and the police are in control of the situation,” Asto told reporters.

He, however, was quick to add that commuters are still discouraged to commute or travel at night time.

At least 50,000 individuals have been displaced by the BIFF atrocities which were carried out in the middle of the month-long celebration of fasting among Muslim faithful.

Von Al Haq, speaking for the MILF’s military arm, the Bangsamoro Islamic Armed Forces, said the MILF leadership has clamped down the BIFF. The Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Movement and its military arm, the BIFF, used to be members of the MILF operating in Central Maguindanao.

Usdtadz Kato, its leader, was dropped from the MILF roster along with his men in the MILF’s 105th base command, for insubordination and disobedience following the atrocities it committed in 2008.

Following the botched signing of the proposed Memorandum of Agreement on Ancestral Domain in August 2008, the BIFF, then members of the MILF, attacked border villages in Maguindanao and North Cotabato.

Surigao raid yields shabu, marijuana BUTUAN CITY – At least seven sachets of suspected methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu and a box of marijuana leaves were confiscated by police in a raid on a house on Doñasco Street, Barangay Bag-ong Lungsod, Tandag City Sunday.

Armed with a search warrant issued by Tandag City MTC Presiding Judge Rufo Naragas, a joint team from the local police and special operation group of the Surigao del Sur police office swooped down on the house of alias Ganggang

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Aside from the suspected shabu and marijuana leaves, the lawmen also seized a match containing marijuana seeds, two Nokia cellular phones and ‘shabu’ paraphernalia.

The operation was witnessed by Barangay Captain George Ajos, Councilor Hector Estose, Nards Tajora of DXBB-FM and Luzvimindo Clar of Department of Justice.

Alias Ganggang was brought to Tandag City police station for further investigation. PAT SAMONTE AND JOEL PORTUGAL

Flood sweeps 8 houses in Zambo ZAMBOANGA CITY-- The City Social Welfare and Development Office has reported the destruction of at least eight houses along the riverbanks of Curuan River, some 50 kilometers east of the city proper Saturday afternoon.

Aside from the six houses that were swept away and two other destroyed by rapidly rising waters of Curuan River, City Social Welfare and Development

Officer Francisco Barredo City said 194 families with a total of 776 dependents were affected by the sudden rise in the water in various sitios in Curuan District and the neighboring barrio of Quiniput.

Mayor Celso Lobregat and some councilors rushed to Curuan to personally look into the situation as well as to supervise the rescue and relief operations.

There is no typhoon in

the area but the rains were spawned by an Intertropical Convergence Zone (ICZ) that is prevailing in this city.

Barredo’s office distributed water, bread, sardines, rice and other foodstuff to the affected victims.

Lobregat has instructed the activation of the rescue team of the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management Council causing the dispatch of Coast Guard rubber boats, personnel

from the police, Red Cross, Bureau of Fire Protection and Zamcelco to the area.

The water that rose waist deep in some parts, particularly at the Curuan center—said to be the hardest hit area— quickly receded that prevented mass evacuations.

Barredo said he will recommend the immediate grant of financial assistance to those whose houses were damaged.

Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez interpellates the principal author of HB 4244 or the RH bill during a recent session of the House of Representatives and raises constitutional, statutory, moral, economic, social, and medical objections to the bill.

The bill is now on the period of amendments where Rep Rodriguez plans to propose major amendments to the bill to make it conform with Constitutional rights of freedom of religion, protection of the unborn from time of conception, the primary right of parents to rear and educate their children and to defend the right of spouses to found their families in accordance with their religious convictions.

Hunt for missing ‘croc’ in NorCot resumes KIDAPAWAN CITY - Rescue volunteers and crocodile hunters from North Cotabato have intensified their search of the missing crocodile after residents from a remote village in M’lang, North Cotabato reported to them on Friday the presence of the reptile.

Psalmer Bernalte, head of the Kidapawan City Emer-

gency Response Unit (Kidceru), started their search on Saturday night.

“We’re waiting for the crocodile to come out from the river. The reptile would usually surface at night,” said Bernalte.

The search started after residents of Barangay Magallon, near Saguing River in M’lang town, reported

the sighting of the crocodile in their area.

Williamor Magbanua, information officer-designate of the M’lang LGU, said the crocodile surfaced from the river to hunt for food. “ T he crocod i le was about to eat a stray dog when residents saw it. So the crocodile went back to

New sets of officers from 3 different organizations namely, the Eco-bag Makers Association Indahag Chapter, the Division Federated PTA Officers, and an association from Barangay Consolacion, were inducted by City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano during the flagraising ceremony held at the City Hall, September 3, 2012. CIOPHOTO

the river and stayed there,” said Magbanua. He hinted the crocodile could be hiding inside a cave in the deep waters.

The eight-foot crocodile escaped from its pen at the mini-zoo in Landmark, one of the public resorts in Kidapawan City, on July 14.

The reptile destroyed the cyclone wire and fled to the Saguing River, one of the longest and biggest rivers in North Cotabato.

Earlier, Dr. Cayetano Pomares, head of the Philippine Crocodile Rescue and Breeding Center, said experts should capture the crocodile in order to protect it.

Pomares said that crocodiles do not attack men not unless they are harmed. As nocturnal, he explained, these animals need a temperature of 88-90 degrees Fahrenheit.

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GULAYAN SA PAARALAN ASSESSMENT - Mr. Janen T. Paradero, OIC Chief of DA-10 Crops Division speaks on the goals of the Gulayan sa Paaralan program and its hopes of a collaboration between the schools and the community which will encourage replication.

Gulayan sa Paaralan implementation assessed Committed to further its initiatives in promoting food security and sufficiency the Department of Agriculture continues to monitor the Gulayan sa Paaralan Project beneficiaries to keep track on the development of its implementation.

Recently, an assessment was conducted for the Gulayan sa Paaralan Project wherein it was attended by focal persons from the different school divisions and local government units in the region and representatives from the Department

of Health-National Nutrition Council, Department of Social Welfare and Development and DAAgricultural Training Institute.

The gathering look into conducting monitoring activities and encourage the focal persons to initiate a

school garden contest to entice beneficiaries to properly implement the project thereby reaching a hundred percent implementation for both 2011 and 2012 beneficiaries. The activity also provided a venue for the participants in sharing their best practices in the implementation of the project.

As of writing, 546 elementary and 134 secondar y scho ols among the 2011 ben-

eficiaries throughout the region has already implemented the project. The number of established school gardens is expected to rise as DA has recently started conducting trainings and providing garden tools and open pollinated vegetable seeds for its 2012 target beneficiaries.

M r . J a n e n T. P a r a d e r o , D A- 1 0 Crops Division OIC Chief cited that the program aimed at

building a farmerteacher-student-community cooperation, hence it encourages replication. “Hopefully we can develop some innovation with your help, specifically in making sure that planting materials such as seeds is always available. The technology needs to be transferred to the community specifically the one on seed banking, by then we will see that the program is sustainable”.

Meanwhile, Engr.

Roxana H. Hojas, DA10 Regional Technical Director said that if the project is implemented well, it will not only make food available in the school it will also generate income. “If we see that the program is doing well, then there maybe possibilities that we can negotiate for additional interventions from DA.” #(VANESSA MAE S. SIANO, DA-RAFID 10)

Felix urges CSOs to ‘influence’ incoming administration CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY— Outgoing 4th Infantry “Diamond” Division commander Major General Victor Felix urged civil society organizations (CSOs) in the city and Province of Misamis Oriental to exert its influence to the next administration to work for peace and development like he did.

Felix said that the Philippine Army’s work and principles have already been etched in stone so “we expect some continuity there.”

“May be there will be changes in some focus areas,” he said, adding: “Generally, the principle is written in our Internal Security Plan so there will be continuity.

What we are worried is our counterpart in the LGU. So it is incumbent upon the CSOs to influence the incoming administration.”

Felix is set to retire from the military after 33 years of service on September 8, his 58th birthday. He will turn over command of the 4th ID in Camp Edilberto Evangelista in Barangay Patag in a ceremony today (September 4) to be presided by Lt. Gen. Emmanuel Bautista, commanding general of the Philippine Army.

“It is about time to hang my

uniform. Through the years, your Army and your Armed Forces have matured. We have understand the situation, the local security situation. We understand it needs political, social and economic intervention. And your Armed Forces cannot do that. It has to be done by your political leaders, civil society organizations and other organizations working in cooperation. Your Armed Forces is only a part of the solution. It can only go after the armed component. The rest is up to the LGUs and CSOs,” he said during the testimonial dinner tendered for him by the administration of outgoing Governor Oscar Moreno and the Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs. Felix stressed that even if there are changes in the leadership, the military’s work and principles do not change.

It only bend to the leadership style of the one in charge, unlike in the LGUs where programs and projects and priorities are change depending on whose party the elected governor or mayor belongs.

It was Felix who formally turned over the internal security operation (ISO) of Misamis Oriental to the provincial government under Moreno on September 21, 2010, a move

that enabled the MisOr LGU “to be closer” to the people of Sitio Lantad in Barangay Kibanban, Balingasag, said Teddy Sabugaa, executive director of the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC).

Wh e n Fe l i x a s s u m e d command of the 4th ID, he immediately make himself available to partnerships with any organizations and individuals working for peace and development. He paid a courtesy call to Archbishop Antonio Ledesma at the prelate’s official residence and supported all the peace efforts of the archdiocese.

He also paid a visit to the BMG offices and announced his intention for a partnership to the chagrin and surprise of the BMG officers and staff.

“You’re the first one to introduce yourself formally and you’re the first one to say goodbye formally. It is an act of being human; not just a simple act of very professional officer but an act of friendship,” said Ariel C. Hernandez, senior director of BMG. Hernandez said that the BMG officers and staff were surprised that Felix walked in at the BMG office on August 25, 2010 and asked: “Pwede bang makipag-partner?”

CSO PARTNERSHIP. Major General Victor Felix, outgoing commander of the 4th ID, together with some female staff of the Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs during the testimonial dinner the BMG and Misamis Oriental LGU tendered in his honor recently. ( PHOTO BY BONG D . FABE)

“We were very surprise of the humility, professionalism and right move of this division commander,” he said, adding that with such offer of partnership towards peace and development from the highest ranking officer of the 4th ID, the BMG readily accepted.

“Sino ba ang hihindi?

Tinanggap naming ang offer of partnership hindi dahil opisyal siya, hindi dahil mataas ang kanyang rank, kung hindi dahil mahirap hindian ang kanyang dating—his humility, his professionalism. At tsaka, sobrang gaan niyang kausap,” he added.

Hernandez said that the

tragedy that struck Cagayan de Oro on December 16, 2011 brought to the fore the leadership quality of Felix.

“When everyone wanted to be covered, to be interviewed on national television networks, Felix deliberately refused to be the face and voice of the 4th ID’s response to Sendong. He deliberately shunned the limelight and preferred to work silently on the sidelines. Tahimik lang siya pero walang tigil and trabaho,” he said.

Because of that, Hernandez started calling Felix “idol.”

Felix officially broke the “sad news” of his retirement from the service to Charlito

“Kaloy” Manlupig, founder of Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc. (BMFI), the mother NGO of BMG on August 8 during the Operation Peace Course (OP Kors!) Reflecting on the Peace Practice workshop at the International Center for Peace (IC Peace) in Mindanaw.

It was under Felix leadership that the 4th ID started working with CSOs especially towards building peaceful and developed communities in its areas of responsibility.

“It’s nice to understand each other, respect each other’s advocacies and mandates,” Felix said referring to the CSOs. (Bong D. Fabe)

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Congressman Rufus Rodriguez turns over the award money amounting to P100,000 cash and P1 million for an infrastructure project to Camaman-an Elementary as winner in Agri Pinoy –Elementary category for the best vegetable garden among the Elementary division. The Agri Pinoy was a program under the Dept. of Agriculture in partnership with Cong. Rodriguez, Department of Education and the LGUs. Also in photo are Atty. Leon Gan, representing the City Mayors Office and Ma. Lodel Daabay School Principal, together with the faculty members.

Flash floods, landslides threaten Mindanao FLASH floods and landslides may threaten Mindanao as the shallow low pressure area (SLPA) continues to cause rainshowers, the state weather bureau said on Friday.

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investigation of the incident.

Lt. Col. Lyndon Paniza, spokesperson of the 10th Infantry Division, said they have already dispatched an explosive ordinance team to the area to investigate the explosion.

“We are still waiting for the result of the investigation especially so that we have peace and development teams deployed in the area,” Paniza said.

He also explained that hand grenades are no longer issued to soldiers since 2006.

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the Department upon the untimely demise of Robredo.

DILG spokesperson and Office of Public Affairs Director, Atty. Ariel B. Tanangonan, said he is confident that Roxas would be able to continue the reforms initiated by former Secretary Robredo, both in the local government and peace and order and public safety sectors.

“Like Robredo, Secretary Roxas is a reform-minded individual who is capable to carry out President Aquino’s vision of Daang Matuwid for local governments and the uniformed sector,” said Tanangonan.

The Public Affairs chief said Roxas’s wide experience in government service and his exceptional leadership and management skills will help him handle the crosscutting concerns of a big department like the DILG. He said the DILG looks up to Roxas because he has an untarnished image as a public official and his name has never been implicated in any anomaly or irregularity in the government.

Roxas’s first foray in public service was when he was elected Congressman in the first District of Capiz during a special election to replace his younger brother who died of cancer. He later on became the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives.

Later on, he was appointed as Trade and Industry Secretary where he was tagged as “Mr. Palengke” for pushing for the develop-

ment of “palengkes”, and for advancing consumer welfare and protection.

In 2004, he was elected as Senator and authored 43 bills and 46 resolutions, including those dealing on smuggling, labor, education, economy and alternative energy.

In 2010, he set aside his presidential ambitions and gave way to then Senator Aquino to be the latter's running mate under the Liberal Party.

He took over the DOTC portfolio from Ping de Jesus who resigned in 2011.

Just like his predecessor in the DILG, Roxas is one of the most trusted Cabinet members who is always being asked by the President to handle critical concerns.

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The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) said the quake of tectonic origin was also felt at intensity 4 in Cotabato City; Intensity 3 in Datu Unsay and Datu Hoffer, Maguindanao; and Intensity 2 in Zamboanga City, Kidapawan City and Isulan, this province.

Aftershocks are expected.

A 5.9 magnitude earthquake is described by Phivolcs, as strong and can be felt by all; frightening to many and may force people to run outdoors.

Damage can be minor to moderate, Phivolcs sources added.

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House Bill 5052, the proposed LPG Regulation and Safety Act, which has been pending floor approval more than a year after it was strongly endorsed by the 55-member committee on trade and industry.

“We have to establish complete and stringent standards for the safe storage, refilling, distribution, transportation and consumption of LPG,” Gullas stressed.

Gullas made the statement shortly after 10 people, including four children, were injured in an LPG cylinder explosion in a Cebu City junkshop.

The lawmaker blamed the Aug. 30 blast on the lack of

controls on the proper handling, disposal and recycling of dilapidated LPG tanks.

A previous LPG blast in Taguig City also caused a tragic fire that claimed the lives of four people, two of them children.

LPG ex plosions now constitute a leading cause of deadly blazes averaging around 10 every month, according to the Bureau of Fire Protection.

In one of the worst LPG disasters in recent years, a six-wheeler truck hauling dozens of cylinders crashed into a roadside eatery in Carmona, Cavite, setting off blasts that killed nine people, including two children.

A similar accident just last June, another truck carrying LPG cylinders flipped near the Sucat exit in Parañaque City, causing multiple explosions.

“The setback in the approval of the bill is unwarranted, considering that all sectors concerned -- industry players, consumer groups and even regulators -- want it passed,” Gullas pointed out.

Besides introducing rigorous fair trade, product quality and safety standards, the bill includes a cylinder swapping and rehabilitation program.

“This will benefit consumers with rundown cylinders, and allow the orderly elimination and replacement of all potentially defective and substandard tanks in the open market,” Gullas said.

The bill also sets new guidelines so that every tank coming out of a refilling shop has gone through satisfactory quality and safety tests.

Cylinders damaged from normal wear and tear would be methodically ferreted out, restored and re-qualified or scrapped, as the case may be.

The measure likewise protects consumers from abusive refillers and traders, and illegal importers of second-hand and possibly unsafe cylinders.

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the First Congressional District Office.

The victims are now under hospital care at the Southern Philippines Medical Center (SPMC) in Davao

City.

Davao City’s Women and Child Protection Unit is also strictly monitoring the patients to prevent them from spreading the disease.

Most of the victims are men aged 20 to 30 years old, the PHO said.

Lisa Orivillo, Davao del Sur PHO coordinator for HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STI), said the disease is usually transmitted through intercourse with the third sex and commercial sex workers.

Orivillo said PHO has already organized a group that would monitor HIV/ AIDS cases and STI in the province.

She also urged the use of suggested protection to evade from being infected by diseases through sexual intercourse.

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Philippine Institute of Seismology and Volcanology (Phivolcs) said it was due to pure luck and scientific forces that the country was spared from the atomic bomb effect of the 7.9 magnitude earthquake that hit the country’s eastern provinces last Friday, 31 August 2012.

If the Philippines and Filipinos did not taste death and destruction from the earthquake even if it equaled the force of 32 Hiroshima atomic bombs, it was because God chose to spare us---not because of luck, not because of any scientific forces. Indeed, as the Bible

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the country this year.

He added that the weather agency is also monitoring the band of rain clouds which would develop into another weather disturbance in the Pacific Ocean, but it is still too far away to pose any threat to the country.

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Some of these national off ices are the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Trade and

Industr y, and even the Northern Mindanao Regiona l Medica l Center.

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in Hagai 2:6 says: “This is what the Almighty says: ‘In a little while I will once more shake the heavens and the earth, the sea and the dry land’...”

Phivolcs and its scientists must retract what they said, otherwise, God will allow the next earthquake to really be deadly and destructive, on the strength of Romans 1:18-32 of the Bible. For

all other Filipinos, the Friday earthquake is actually a warning: the big one is coming, so we must all go back to God once more: read His Bible and obey His commands.

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