Mindanao Daily News (October 18, 2022)

PCUP to host 1st LGU Forum on October

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – The Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) will be hosting its first Local Government Units (LGUs) Forum on Oct. 25 to present its projects for the fiscal year 2023 and programs for its upcoming Urban Poor Solidarity Week (UPSW) in December.

In a press statement, PCUP chairperson and chief executive officer Undersec retary Elpidio Jordan Jr. said the forum aims to increase awareness of the PCUP’s programs and services that will enable urban poor com munities to enhance their accessibility for a better life.

He said the forum will focus on expanding op portunities for the urban poor in partnership with LGUs in Metro Manila and Luzon.

“This is the first time that we will be conducting such an activity and we

Pres. Marcos to grace

Mindanao Food Congress

THE Oro Chamber has invited President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. to address the closing plenary session of the Mindanao Food Congress on Friday, 28 October 2022 at the Limketkai Atrium, Cagayan de Oro City.

“Aligning with Presi dent Marcos’ decision to place agriculture on his high priority agenda, this year’s Food Congress seeks to take a deep dive on the gaps in the Mindanao agriculture and food supply chain net work and finding alternative options to support diverse distribution with efficient logistics to improve produc tivity and competitiveness,”

BIR and NBI padlocked grocery store in Tagum City for selling imported illegal cigarettes

AUTHORITIES swooped down on a wholesale gro cery store in Tagum City on Tuesday (October 11) and confiscated over 80 master cases of imported illegal cigarettes with an estimated worth of Php3.3 million.

Right after the raid, the combined forces of Nation al Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR), padlocked and closed the Ping Suka Station whole sale store in violation of a

provision of the Republic Act 8424 or the Tax Reform Act of 1997, specifically the non-payment of tax.

The Ping Suka store located in Purok Talisay, Seminary Drive, Magugpo

All systems go for Marawi’s liberation 5th anniversary

By APIPA BAGUMBARAN

MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur (PIA)--It’s all systems go for the observance of the fifth (5th) anniversary of the liberation of this city following the five-month siege laid by Daesh-inspired Maute terrorist group in 2017.

Several activities have been lined up by the Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) and its implement ing agencies and devel opment partners for the commemoration such as

RDC-X approves P2.37-B worth of infrastructure projects for Cag.

THE Regional Develop ment Council (RDC-X) of Northern Mindanao en dorsed the P2.37 billion worth of additional infra structure projects proposed by Cagayan de Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez during its full council meeting on September 26. Rodriguez sought the RDC’s approval and en dorsement for big-ticket projects that will address

major problems in Cagayan de Oro, including heavy traffic and major flooding in key areas in the city.

The council unanimously endorsed the following bigticket projects:

(1) Construction of a Gusa flyover worth P925 million

(2) Installation of a mega flood control system, in cluding booster and water

NEWLY inducted Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro president Dr. Dures Fe Tagayuna pose with her members and the inducting officer Rotary International District 3870 Gov. Angelo Ladub (seated, center). MONA LAGBAS/MARK FRANCISCO

1.7M jobs to open under gov’t housing program

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – The Marcos ad ministration’s “Pambansang Pabahay para sa Pilipino: Zero ISF 2028” program is expected to generate about 1.7 million jobs for Filipinos per year.

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD) Secretary Jose Rizalino Acu zar said the jobs would be created annually when the program goes full blast with the construction of housing units.

“It is projected to have direct and indirect jobs in the sector especially in areas where mid-rise to high-rise units will be built,” Acuzar said in a news release on Sunday.

Data from the Philippine Statistics Authority showed that there are 2.68 million unemployed Filipinos aged 15 to 64 years old as of August this year.

4Ps system needs review to achieve goals: solon

By LEONEL ABASOLA MANILA – The Pantawid

Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) can still be improved and will continue to serve its purpose if its flaws are corrected.

In a radio interview on Sunday, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said 4Ps is at least 50 percent successful in terms of education but ineffective in poverty al leviation.

The goal of Republic Act 11310 or the 4PS law, signed in 2019, was to break the intergenerational cycle of poverty by fostering change in behavior among parents

to invest in their children’s future, through the health, nutrition, and education aspects.

The Department of Social Worker and Development (DSWD) implements the program.

Under the law, a benefi ciary will be excluded after seven years of availment.

Gatchalian said he will require DSWD to submit studies to show the effects of 4Ps in the health, education, and poverty alleviation of some 4.4 million benefi ciaries who get assistance between PHP2,000 and

Citing government stud ies, the DHSUD said at least eight workers are needed in the construction of a hous ing unit within a certain period.

The national housing program aims to provide shelters for over six million families in six years, or a million housing units per year until 2028.

To accelerate produc tion and reduce reliance on the General Appropria tions Act, funding for the housing program will go directly to interest support for beneficiaries.

The DHSUD seeks PHP36 billion interest support per year and calls for the active involvement of both government and commercial banks in the financing side.

“With this program, we will also be tapping the economic pump-priming

Solon seeks to unlock gas potential of WPS

MANILA – Senator Win Gatchalian has filed a Senate resolution seeking to estab lish the oil and gas potential in the West Philippine Sea (WPS) to address the coun try’s import dependence for its energy requirements.

The Senate inquiry is to push exploration, develop ment, and utilization of such oil and gas reserves toward achieving energy security and self-sufficiency.

“Given persistent global energy shocks, it is impor tant for us to ascertain the oil and gas potential in the West Philippine Sea for the country to have some level of stability and protection from the tumultuous geopolitical conflict in foreign countries that has severely impacted local energy prices,” Gatch alian said.

Department of Energy (DOE) data show that there is an estimated 6,203 million

Parents of children with special needs and their coping mechanisms when faced with stress

By: GILLIAN R. BOLLOZOS-CABUGUAS Teacher, Indahag Elementary School

Coping mechanisms are referred to as survival skills. These are strategies used to deal with stress, pain and natural changes experiences in life. Stress can be experienced when there is a combination of difficult emotional and physical behaviors displayed by the child before and after it is diagnosed. When there is a high level of stress experienced by the entire family, they will then need to make adjustments in order to cope and function at an adequate level. Coping mechanisms are behavioral patterns which can be learned from others in order to cope.

According to research, coping mechanism represents an individual’s cognitive, affective and behavioral efforts to man age external and/or internal demands. It is for a conscious, rational way of dealing with anxieties of life. These are also considered as self-protection strategies adopted by an individual who undergoes stress. No parents are ever prepared to have a child with exceptionalities (Smalley, 2000). Facing such situation is a great challenge for them, thus, they need to have coping strategies to deal with the problem. In order to reestablish balance within the family, the most popular coping strategy was support from family members.

Coping does not necessarily reach an endpoint or a completion, rather coping comprises

on-going strategies to deal with on-going stressors (Draper, 2009). This means coping mechanisms improve through time but does not end. Fathers have difficulty in discussing sensitive issues. This difficulty is very much presenting the case of the fathers who barely talk about their feelings especially because they have a hard time discussing their children’s illnesses (Broger, 2011). Also in another research, fathers were largely ignored by health professionals and supporting agencies. The more they refuse to share, the more their involvements are ignored by health professionals. In the study of Altiere (2006), it was mentioned that fathers of children with disabilities can employ negative coping behaviors. They use more withdrawal and avoidance coping behaviors. It is also suggested that fathers sometimes coped through working away from home (Gupta, 2005). It is likely that males are underinvolved because involvement causes anxiety (Altiere, 2006). According to the study of Gupta (2005), the parent who was most likely held responsible for their child’s behavior are the mothers and this was both by their husbands and by people outside the family. This is the reason why mothers are expected to be more involved than the rest of the family members. They are expected to implement positive coping strategies

and perceive moral support.

There are gender differences in the coping strategies of parents. According to Sullivan (2002), varied reactions are made by mothers and fathers who can bring a large gap in understanding the coping strategies of parents. This means that it could also gather varied responses from people who regularly interact with the parents. This differ ence could be supported by the Gender Role Strain (GRS) Model by Pleck as mentioned in Sullivan’s (2002) study where it tackles on the Gender Role Discrepancy, Gender Role Trauma, and Gender Role Dysfunction.

Males exhibit a greater ability to detach themselves from the emotions of a situation and more inclination to demonstrate emotional inhibi tion or “bottling up of emotions (Lawrence, et al., 2006).

Some fathers may use an emotion-focused coping process with a religious dimension in the study of Broger (2011), but females, on the other hand, tend to express their emotions on a wider range.

Speaking to friends and family-- especially to mothers who also have children with special needs-- is their way of dealing with emotions (Gupta, 2005). This suggests that males have a tendency to avoid using emotion-focused approaches such as expressing their feelings in contrast to females who predominantly use this approach.

Senator Win Gatchalian ( f ile p H oto ) barrels of total oil resources and 12,158 billion cubic feet of total gas resources in the West Philippine Sea as of 2021.

To date, there are five petroleum service contracts

in the West Philippine Sea – Service Contract 54 held by Nido Petroleum Philip pines Pty Ltd. in Offshore Northwest Palawan, Service contract 58 held by Nido Petroleum in West Cala

mian or Northwest Palawan, Service Contract 59 held by the Philippine National Oil Company-Exploration Corp. in Southwest Palawan, Service Contract 72 held

Nutritious, affordable food achievable under Marcos admin: OPS

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – The Office of the Press Secretary (OPS) believes that achieving safe, nutritious, and affordable food for all is possible under the administration of Presi dent Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr.

This, as the OPS joins the world in commemorat ing World Food Day amid multiple global challenges affecting global food secu rity including the pandemic, conflict, climate change, rising prices, and interna tional tensions.

“Ngayong

nakikiisa

the Press Secretary

adhikain ni Pangulong

Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development project in Barangay 7, Roxas City, Capiz ( C ourtesy of DH su D )

R. Marcos

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ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI

ATTY. ANTONIO S. SORIANO

Kim’s Dream

Transformation for People, Planet, Prosperity & Peace

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spiritual leaders are one in their contention that it is imperative for human ity to be unfettered from the egoic-mindset to have spiritual enlightenment to effect social transformation for people, planet, prosper ity and peace which is being advanced by the United Nations in the UN’s issu ance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. While the couple’s amazing life of service of Dr. Jesus Guiab and Atty. Remedios Guiab can be likened to a light that has liberated Wao from pov erty, gross inequity, social injustice and conflict as the couple has put their lives in the Hands of God, the same can be applied everywhere else as a sort of a wake-up call for humanity that is in deep slumber. Indeed, debunking unbridled ma terialism and consumerism amidst spiritual denigration and morale collapse can be done by going to the sublime as exemplified by the amazing couple.

The couple’s life of ser vice may just be a “drop in a bucket,” but can provide a glimmer of hope as the homo sapiens, based on the Oxfam Studies, are now undergoing transformation to become Spiritus Luminous (en

lightened spirits) or homo pacem (men and women for peace). It has been said that the most flawed species of all of God’s creation is the homo sapiens . In the 20th century alone, the number of people who died a violent death in the hands of their fellow humans would rise to more than one hundred fifty million. Such happened not only through two world wars but also through exter minations and genocides.

The harm being done is not just limited to human beings but to the Mother Earth as well. Billions of life forms be flora or fauna have been sacrificed to the altar of greed and profit. Worse, the collective mani festation of insanity is now felt by the earth itself as it is now in the precipice of its 6th extinction which is anthropogenic (man-made).

The amazing life of ser vice of the couple has trail blazed the much-awaited transformation which is now unfolding world-wide, although very rare, towards humanity’s quantum leap in its evolutionary growth. Such will be the amazing awakening move to stop humanity’s falling down into the precipice as an nounced by thousands of concerned scientists and en

Hints and Traces

Preparing for the end times

THIS is just to be realistic. It’s not meant to scare us or to be a killjoy or a wet blanket in our life. Not only do we all die. There is also the end of time itself. Our earthly existence is just a sojourn, a training and testing ground before we enter into our definitive life for all eternity, hopefully in heaven with our Father and Creator God.

We need to develop a good and healthy sense of our life’s end, which is our death that can come to us anytime, as well as the end of time itself. If we follow our Christian faith, we know that there is nothing to be afraid or anxious about in these truths of our faith.

We would know what truly is the purpose of our life here and of our earthly existence in general. We also would know that we have all the means to pursue that purpose properly. We are somehow reminded of this truth of our faith in that gospel episode where Christ talked about the end of the world. (cfr. Mk 13, 24-32)

But, yes, we have to de velop a good and healthy sense of how to end our life well, properly prepared to meet Christ in our particular judgment as well as in our general judgment during

Christ’s second coming.

Having a good sense of the end gives us a global picture of our life that spans from time to eternity, and sheds light on the present. It guides us. It gives us a sense of confidence and security. It reassures us that we are on the right track, that we are doing well.

The sense of the end motivates us to make plans always, to be thoughtful and anticipative of things. It also teaches us a sense of order and priority. It motivates us to set goals, make schedules and the prudent use of time. Ultimately, it helps us to distinguish between the es sential and the non-essential in our life.

A person who does not have a sense of the end is obviously an anomaly. He tends to be lazy and prone to his personal weaknesses, to drift off aimlessly and lose control of his life. Such per son is usually called a bum, a tramp or a vagrant.

In this regard, we have to learn to look forward to the second coming of Christ. That’s when Christ, the pat tern of our humanity and the savior of our damaged humanity, will come again to make the final judgment on all of us, establishing the

Orlan R. Ravanera

vironmentalists worldwide that the “earth is just one minute before midnight.”

To have a clear grasp of the importance of the spiritual enlightenment process, let us have some reflections on the current socio-econom ic-political and ecological developmental realities.

There is no question on the impressive achievements of humanity as the human mind is highly intelligent but its very intelligence is tainted by madness that has created dysfunctions which are accelerating and intensifying. As explained by Atty. Marilou Ravanera Ares in her book, “Our Balancing Acts,” she said, “the global development problems that we are cur rently facing, and the state of development that we are currently experiencing are seemingly heading towards the opposite direction of development. Development is becoming incoherent, or mysterious even, that while there is advancement in technology, progress in industry and increase in production, that would sup posedly set the stage for humanity’s well-being and

definitive and eternal King dom of God that is meant for us. Obviously, we have to prepare ourselves for it.

This truth of our faith was implied when some leading Jews once asked Christ when the Kingdom of God would come. To which, Christ answered that “the coming of the Kingdom of God cannot be observed, and no one will announce, ‘Look, here it is,’ or, ‘There it is.’ For behold, the Kingdom of God is among you.” (cfr. Lk 17, 20-25)

This attitude of waiting, expecting and making the proper preparation for the second coming of Christ should be learned by all of us. And we can do that by strengthening our belief that Christ is actually already with us. He is everywhere, around us and inside us. We just have to develop the habit of looking for him in order to find him.

Only with Christ, can we be properly prepared to face him in the final general judgment during his second coming.

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Chinese ‘sextortionist’ in Iloilo caught in entrapment

MANILA – A 31-year-old Chinese businessman ac cused of “sextortion” was nabbed in an entrapment in Iloilo City last week.

Jack Liu, of Barangay Muelle Loney, was nabbed by the Regional Anti-Cyber crime Unit 6 (RACU-6) on October 12 after his former fiancée complained that he threatened to leak their sex videos on social media if she would not agree to meet up with him

According to a report Sunday of Lt. Col. Artemio Ricabo, RACU-6 Officerin-Charge, the victim also alleged abusive behavior by Liu.

By CHRISTOPHER LLOYD CALIWAN was caught naked.

“The suspect, not want ing to end their relationship, started threatening the vic tim that he will spread their sex videos if she leaves him,” Ricabo said in a statement.

The victim ignored Liu’s threats at first until he sent their video to one of her friends.

RACU-6 set up the op eration when the victim agreed to meet her former lover at a lodge in Molo district.

As soon as the victim entered the room, operatives immediately followed and arrested the suspect, who

“I commend the person nel of RACU 6 and Iloilo Police Station for a job well done. Ang agarang pag sadya ng biktima sa aming tang gapan ay nagbunga sa mabi lisang pagkaaresto ng (The immediate decision of the victim to seek our help led to the arrest of the) suspect,” PNP-ACG chief Brig. Gen. Joel Doria said in another statement.

New trainees

Meanwhile, the PNPACG formally accepted 30 new female police trainees on Friday.

They will undergo a six-month Public Safety Basic Recruitment Course training at Camp Vicente Lim in Calamba, Laguna, followed by another six months of Field Training Exercises before reintegra tion to the PNP-ACG.

“If somebody told you that police training is easy and a bliss, believe me, they are wrong. For sure there will be homesickness, fatigue, hunger, thirst, the feeling of isolation, pres sure, and other things that will eventually accumulate into something that will

either make the Basic Re cruit Course take its toll on you or make you more resistant and unable to pull through,” Doria said dur ing the welcome ceremony witnessed by the trainees’ families.

“So, should you start feel ing wrong to the point that you will come to think about quitting, be kind enough to yourself, to take a pause, breathe, reflect, and re member why you started,” he added.

Also on Friday, Lt. Gen. Rhodel Sermonia, PNP

NegOcc’s Bailes de Luces bags top award in Korean festival

By NANETTE GUADALQUIVER

BACOLOD CITY – The Bailes de Luces (Dances of Lights) dancers of La Cas tellana, Negros Occidental received the Best Foreign Performer Excellence Award at the 2022 Chungjang Rec ollection Festival in Donggu, Gwangju City, South Korea on Saturday night.

One of Gwangju’s most famous gatherings, the Chungjang Recollection Festival featured perfor mances, exhibitions, street parade, and performance by cultural assets, among others.

For topping their cat egory, the Bailes dancers received a cash prize of 2 million won, or equivalent to about PHP82,000.

“We’re so proud,” Mayor Rhumyla Nicor-Manguili

mutan said in a Facebook Live video while the locals were having their photos taken with the Negrense performers.

In a post on Sunday, the mayor thanked the people of La Castellana and the provincial government of Negros Occidental for their support and prayers.

“This is for all of us. Thank you, Lord God, for making our journey suc cessful,” she added.

Bailes de Luces is the of ficial festival of the central Negros municipality during the Christmas season and culminates every January 5, coinciding with the town’s Charter Day.

The dancers use LED (light-emitting diode) lights as main props as their

TOP PERFORMER. The Bailes de Luces (Dances of Lights) dancers after their performance at the Chungjang Recol lection Festival in Dong-gu, Gwangju City, South Korea on Saturday night (Oct. 15, 2022). The group bagged the Best Foreign Performer Excellence Award. ( C ourtesy of r o NN ie b A l D o

LANDBANK, DND strengthen solidarity towards national security

LAND Bank of the Philip pines (LANDBANK) Presi dent and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo paid a courtesy visit to Department of Na tional Defense (DND) Se nior Undersecretary and OIC Jose C. Faustino, Jr. to express the Bank’s contin ued support for plans and programs towards national security.

The two officials dis cussed potential areas of collaboration to enhance the agency’s operational efficiency, as well as priori tize the banking needs of Filipino soldiers, personnel, veterans and pensioners

through digital banking and treasury services, among others.

Borromeo personally expressed gratitude to Faus tino and DND, for providing the necessary security and transportation to LAND BANK personnel during the distribution of financial assistance in remote and risky areas.

The meeting was also attended by LANDBANK Senior Vice Presidents Ce leste A. Burgos, Randolph L. Montesa, Marilou L. Vil lafranca, and Ramon R. Monteloyola, along with

MOFCCCII inducts 19th Set of Officers for 2022-2024

THE Misamis Oriental Fil ipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Foundation, Inc. (MOFCC CII) inducted its 19th Board of Directors in appropri ate ceremonies held at the Grand Caprice Restaurant and Convention Center on October 12th 2022.

Heading the list of new officers is Rosa Sia Go who took over for Immediate Past President Antonio Uy.

Also inducted into office were the following: Efren Uy (Executive Vice Presi dent); Tomas Sia, Benjamin Chan, Jr. and Jeffrey Ang (Vice Presidents), Ricky Go (Secretary-General), Steve Hui and Dolly Siao Ong (Treasurers), Ricky Go and Benny Hui (Chinese secre tary), Benito Tan and Joel Tan (English secretary), Wil son Sia (Auditor), Emerson Chiu and Peter Lim (PRO), Jammin Lui and Henry de Vera (General Services), Jeffrey Ang, Nelson Sia and Wilson Sia (Membership), Robert Chee (Education & Culture); Edward Limhuayih and Bernard Go (Program & Activities), Betty Lu, Pe ter Limloysuy and Lioncio Limlosuy (Liaison Officers), Francis Ku and Leni Go

Ratunil (Legal) and Stevie Gaisano and Jordan Tiu (Social Welfare).

Other officers included Stephen Gaisano, Jr., Al bino Limketkai, See Hong, Johnny Lim, Jose Un, Jr., Alarico Lim, Annie Sia, Efren Uy, Robert Ching, Lucio Tan, Greg Marten Lao and Adelfa Sia for Ways & Means.

Appointed sectoral coor dinators were the following: Tomas Sia and Peter Sia (Trade & Commerce); Ben jamin Chan, Jr. and Albert Go (Services); Benito Tan and Sonny Choi (Industrial & Manufacturing), and Ariel

Tan (Agriculture).

Stephen Gaisano Jr. is MOFCCCII’s Chairman Emeritus while Albino Limketkai is the President Emeritus. The MOFCC CII past presidents include Stephen Gaisano, Jr., Albino Limketkai, Johnny Lim, Jose Un, Jr., Alarico Lim, Annie Sia, Efren Uy, Robert Ching, Lucio Tan, Greg Marten Lao, and Adelfa Sia.

The newly inducted of ficers will serve for the period July 1, 2022 to June 30, 2024.

MOFCCCII is the fore most organization of the Filipino-Chinese Commu nity of Cagayan de Oro which includes 21 com munity organizations, in cluding family associations, chambers of commerce, schools, martial arts, civic

and religious fraternities. These including the fol lowing: Misamis Oriental Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc.; Mindanao Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China in the Philippines; Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Industry, Inc.; Cagayan de Oro You We Tong Civic &

Religious Fraternity, Inc.; Oro Christian Grace School; Misamis Oriental Liong Tek Fraternity Association, Inc.; Sejo-Lim Family Associa tion-Northern Mindanao Chapter; Cagayan de Oro Bell Church Foundation, Inc.; Kong Hua School; Cagayan de Oro Volunteer Fire Brigade, Inc.; Phil. Wushu Federation-Cagayan

Mindanao Food Congress & Oro Best Expo 2022 DOST-10 to launch hybrid 2022 NSTW NorthMin

By KRISTEL ALVARICO DOST-10

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -

The Department of Science and Technology-10 will cel ebrate the 2022 National Sci ence and Technology Week (NSTW) sa Amihanang Mindanao with the theme “Agham at Teknolohiya: Kabalikat sa Maunlad at Matatag na Kinabukasan”.

This much awaited event is open to the general public for free on October 25-30, 2022 at the Atrium, Lim ketkai Center.

Offering a combina tion of physical and virtual activities, attendees can explore the science and

technological innovations in region 10 for six (6) days.

This year’s celebration marks the return of physical exhibitions since the pan demic in 2020. The event will feature exhibits, invest ment forums, technology demonstrations, awarding of stakeholders, and scientific meetings.

The DOST Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based OpenlyOperated Kiosks or STAR BOOKS Quiz for High School Level is a new ad dition to this year’s event. This will be participated in by the top 10 most active

Limketkai Center, to be held simultaneously with the Mindanao Food Congress and Oro BEST Expo 2022.

LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo pays a courtesy visit to Defense Senior Undersecretary and OIC Jose C. Faustino, Jr. on 10 October 2022 to express support for the National Government’s peace and order efforts.

Military Assets’ ‘Game Changer’ 155 Howitzers arrives in GenSan; 8 for JTFC

CAMP SIONGCO, Awang, DOS, Maguindanao – Eight (8 ) of the newest self-pro pelled 155mm Autonomous Truck Mounted Howitzer System (ATMOS 2000) ar rived in Makar Port, General Santos City on September 29, 2022.

According to 6th Infan try (Kampilan) Division and Joint Task Force Com mander Major General Roy M Galido, eight (8) 155mm howitzers will be given to Joint Task Force Central to support counter-terrorist operations. “This new capa bility will be utilized against the terrorist groups who are now on the run because of

our relentless focus military operations” Maj. Gen. Ga lido stated.

Such military assets sailed from Naval Base Heracleo Alano, Sangley Point, Cavite City on Sat urday morning, September 24, 2022 after the send-off ceremony led by the Depart ment of National Defense (DND) Officer-in-Charge Senior Undersecretary Jose C. Faustino, Jr. USec Faustino Jr. called these military assets and lat est military war equipment as a ‘game-changer’ that will surely strengthen the forces of the Armed Forces of the Philippines especially in

internal security operations in suppressing the enemies of the state.

Meanwhile, Maj. Gen. Galido said “ATMOS is the biggest gun in the Army Arsenal today. With auto matic loading and a digital fire control, it can deliver accurate fires to a range of up to 41 kilometers, this can definitely be a ‘gamechanger’ in supporting and intensifying even further our focused military opera tions particularly in Central and South-Central Mind anao”.

He also emphasized that this will be an advantage in

MP Atty. Paisalin P. Tago assumes office as new MOTC Minister

By SONY SUDARIA

LAST September 26, 2022, Chief Minister Hon. Ahod Balawag Ebrahim appointed the new set of ministers in cluding MOTC Minister MP Atty. Paisalin P. Tago, CPA who took his oath along with other BARMM’s Cabinet. He formally assumed the post on Monday, September 26, dur ing the turn-over ceremony at MOTC Building.

The Honorable Gentleman hails from the Islamic City of Marawi, Lanao Del Sur Province. He is a Member of Parliament and is the MOTC’s second Minister succeeding Minister Dickson P. Hermoso.

Concurrently, he is also the BTA’s Deputy Parliament Speaker as he was reappoint

ed by President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. for another term as one of the Bangsamoro’s Parliamentar ians.

He was also a former Commissioner of the Nation al Commission on Muslim Filipinos from 2015 up until 2018 before he was appointed as member of Bangsamoro Transition Authority and Deputy Majority Leader of the newly-formed Bangsam

oro Government.

Prior to his appointment as MOTC Minister, he served as Director of Finance and Budget Management from 1993 to 1994. From 1995 to 2008 he was an active member of the Regional Legislative Assembly (RLA-ARMM). Then he served as a Member/ Board of Administrator of the Cooperative Develop ment Authority from 2011 to 2015.

Displaced families by fire in brgy Tambacan receive cash assistance from Congressman Regencia

By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor

DISPLACED by fire in ba rangay Tambacan, Iligan City recently receive cash assistance from Congress man Celso G. Regencia Lone District of of this city .

In his official facebook account posted , the law maker said I have exerted my efforts to extend im mediate cash assistance ,foods and non-food packs to the families who were left homeless when a fire razed houses in barangay Tambacan, Top Officies Regencia said the dis tribution of cash assistance and relief goods were sup ported House Deputy Ma jority Speaker Pampanga 2nd District Representative

Farmers of far-flung village in Agusan finally get rice mill after a long time

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur -- Johnny Casugu dan, a village councilman in the mountainous far-flung village of Guibonon in Es peranza town, was ecstatic upon receiving a portable rice mill personally donated by Agusan del Sur 1st District Rep. Adolph Edward Plaza.

It was the first time that farmers in their village lo cated near the boundaries of the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental have mechanized rice and corn miller that will produce a better quality of the Filipino main food staples.

The farmers there, he said, would have to hire a habal-habal motorcycle (passenger motorbike with wooden wings) for P2,500 to bring their palay and corn to the town center and an other P2,500 fare to bring the milled rice and corn back to their place.

The distance of their vil lage from the town center is about 61 kilometers and the

only means of transportation are the habal-habal motor bikes.

The costly and long hard travel to bring their produce to the rice millers at the Po blacion has discouraged them and they just rely on using the age-old rice pounding or lubok in the local dialect and grinding with a stone to pulverize the corn seeds.

“We can already eat qual ity milled rice and corn no longer mixed with grated husks,” Casugudan told Gov. Santiago Cane, Jr. and other provincial officials during the turn-over of at least 50 units of portable rice millers at the Provincial Capitol on Thurs day given to 50 pre-identified farmers associations in the province.

The portable rice millers that cost a total of P3 million were personally bought from his pocket by Rep. Plaza in Davao City after learning that many farmers in remote areas have been deprived of avail able millers that they have to transport their produce to the far town centers.

In the absence of the farmers group in their village, the Provincial Agriculture Office chose the barangay local government unit of Guibonon to be the recipient of the rice mill.

Casugudan said the farm ers in their village grow up land rice that only harvests once a year and they grow

corn in the last six months of the year. Whenever they don’t get a good harvest, the residents would just eat root crops to survive.

Earlier in the morning, the recipients were briefed and given a hands-on demonstra tion on the proper operation and maintenance of the rice mill which is either powered

by fuel or electricity.

The beneficiaries would choose the kind of rice mill they prefer depending if their village has electricity or not.

Queries on the care, re pair, and maintenance of the mills were addressed and were emphasized during the briefing and demonstration.

Gov. Cane has urged re

cipients to take good care of the mini mill units by frequently doing preventive maintenance considering that these are bought from the personal fund of Rep. Plaza.

He told them that draft policies and systems will be agreed upon between the farmers’ group and the provincial government to ensure the sustainability of the program.

These include the mill ing schedule every week, a minimal payment of P2 per kilo of palay, income utilization for operation and maintenance including fuel costs and electricity bill, and the duties and responsibilities of the recipients.

Vice Gov. Samuel Tortor suggested to Provincial Ag ricultural Officer Armando Valiente, to make the agree ment written in local ver nacular for everybody to clearly understand.

Valiente said the recovery of rice during the milling process is at 65 percent. He added each unit cost P60,000.

A flash flood strikes in Bugo, the last village east of Cagayan de Oro City, as the Alae River overflow due to heavy rainfalls about 3 PM Sunday, Oct. 16 , 2022. No one is hurt, but cars are seen submerged in the city’s major thoroughfares while some houses are also carried by the sudden flood. The flood totally subsides about 9 pm. C ris D i AZ/C o N tribute D p H oto

(In photo Congressman Celso G. Regencia Lone District of Iligan City personally distributes cash assistance to fire victims in barangay Tambacan ,Iligan City. ( C o N trib ute D p H oto )

Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, kauban ang mga kawani ni Senador Bong Go og mga empleyado sa DSWD Region X og DSWD Iligan

Together with the staff of Senator Bong Go and employees from the Depart ment of Social Welfare and

Village councilman Johnny Casugudan in the far-flung village of Guibonon in Esperanza, Agusan del Sur expressing his impression to provincial officials led by Gov. Santiago Cane, Jr. as their village government unit was one of the recipients of portable rice mill. Photo courtesy of the Provincial Agriculture and Vetenirary Office of Agusan del Sur.

6 Pinoy surfers enter Siargao int’l cup quarterfinals

By ALEXANDER LOPEZ

GEN. LUNA, Siargao Is land – Six Filipino surfers, three of whom are women, managed to advance to the quarterfinals as the 26th Siargao International Surf ing Competition enters its third day on Monday at the Cloud 9 surfing site here.

Surfing enthusiasts and

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

AMONG HEIRS

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF ANASTACIA BAJUYO made and entered by and between:

ROGER BAJUYO TABOCLAON, EDDIE BAJUYO TABOCLAON, SR. and VENUS T. SABAYANAN, all of legal ages, married, Filipino citizens and residents of Mapait, Danatag, Baungon, Bukidnon, hereinafter referred to as HEIRS-VENDORS, WITNESETH:

WHEREAS, the above-named parties are the sole and compulsory heirs of the late ANASTACIA BAJUYO who died last May 7, 2003 in Danatag, Baungon, Bukidnon, without any will;

WHEREAS, the deceased, at the time of her death, left a certain real property, more particularly described as follows, to wit:

ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-18701

A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 1181, Cad830 situated in Baungon, Bukidnon.

Containing an area of three hundred eight five (385) square meters.

That to the best knowledge and infor mation of the heirs the said deceased left no debts;

That no personal properties are involved in this extra-judicial settlement; and

That the heirs hereto being all of age and with full civil capacity to contract, hereby by these presents agree to divide and adjudicate, as they hereby divide and adjudicate, pro indiviso.

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in con sideration of the aforesaid premises and more specifically of the sum TWENTY THOUSAND (Php20,000.00) Pesos, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged by the heirs-vendor to their full satisfaction, the said heirs-vendors do hereby SELL, TRANSFER, CONVEY and CONVEY, in a manner absolute and irrevocable and by these presents have SOLD, CEDED, TRANSFERRED and CONVEYED, in favor to spouses RUDY E. ESPORTUNO and BIANY P. ESPORTUNO, all of legal age, Filipino citizens, and residents of Purok 2C, Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter refer to as vendee, their heirs assigns and successors in interest the above described parcel of land;

That the VENDORS hereby warrant valid title to and peaceful possession of the property herein sold and conveyed and further declares that the same is free and clear of all liens and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever;

Is subject for EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FELIX D. LACUBTAN. Per Doc. No. 262; Page No. 53; Book No. 131; Series of 2022.

MDN: Oct 18, 25 & Nov 1, 2022

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visitors will witness in the quarterfinals defending champion John Mark To kong going against Japan’s Yuji Nishi in Heat No. 2 in the men’s division.

Former surfing champ Philmar Alipayo will also square off against Kian Mar tin of Sweden in Heat No. 1, and Robert Magaluna versus Joh Azuchi of Japan in Heat No. 3.

“Things are definitely heating up going into the quarterfinals as we kicked off today,” the United Phil ippines Surfing Association (UPSA) said in a statement Monday.

In the women’s division, Nilbie Blancada, who ruled the recently-concluded 1st Mayor Sol’s National Surf ing Competition, will battle against Australia’s Ziggy Mackenzie in Heat No. 1 and Heat No. 2 between Japanese surfers Nanaho Tsuzuki and Sai Maniwa.

In Heat No. 3, Filipina surfer Maria Migullas will

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE N0.2022-127 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ANDREW HIPOLITO RIVERA AND JUANITA LORETA A. LIBUT-RIVERA, ANDREW HIPOLITO RIVERA AND JUANITA LORETA A. LIBUT-RIVERA, Petitioners. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on June 1, 2004 at Floridablanca, Pampanga, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Sto. Niño, Guagua, Pampanga and Valdez, Floridablanca, Pampanga respectively;

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 separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for six (6) years and they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on June 1, 2004 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on November 25, 2022 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 17th day of October, 2022.

MDN: Oct 18, 25 & Nov 1, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Cotabato City/Municipality: CARMEN

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that REBECCA TAN NIPAL has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “ ALICE ” to “ REBECCA ” in the birth certificate of ALICE ANDRES TAN who was born on November 14, 1960 at Zamboanga City and whose parents are Tan S. Lee and Dolores Andres

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later 13 October 2022

(Sgd.) ROSIE A. TOMELDEN Municipal Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS

OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public the SAMUEL D. RELATORES has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “ MANUEL ” to “ SAMUEL ” in the Birth Certificate of MANUEL DIANA RELATORES who was born on January 29, 1963 at Hagonoy, Davao and whose parents are Consorcio T. Relatores and Gloria Diana

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than October 27, 2022

C. NEBRADA

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE N0.2022-126 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ROSENO P. RUBANTE, JR. AND MARIA FE R. BEBIANO-RUBANTE, ROSENO P. RUBANTE, JR. AND MARIA FE R. BEBIANO-RUBANTE, Petitioners. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on January 25, 2004 at Calbayog City, Samar, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Purok 3, Magoong, Linamon, Lanao del Norte and Purok 3, Brgy. Basud, Calbayog City, Samar respectively;

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 separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for eight (8) years and they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on January 25, 2004 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on November 25, 2022 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 17th day of October, 2022.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: Oct 18, 25 & Nov 1, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

R.A. 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

compete against Japan’s Anon Matuoka while Di anne Nogalo will go against Sumomo Sato of Japan in Heat No. 4.

The international surfing competition, considered by the World Surfing League as a qualifying series, will conclude on Friday. ( PNA)

October 14, 2022

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Ad ministrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that CHRISTOPHER F. LEUTERIO has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in child’s date of birth from “ AUGUST 28, 1975 ” to “ JULY 10, 1975 ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHRISTOPHER FLORES ELUTERIO at Makilala, North Cotabato and whose parents are Danilo T. Leuterio and Victoria R. Flores

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than November 03, 2022

(Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar

MDN: Oct 18 & 25, 2022

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS

OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public the MARIA LUNA HIJADA LUY has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE Of FIRST NAME (CFN) from “ LUNA ” to “ MARIA LUNA ” in the Birth Certificate of LUNA VILLANUEVA HIJADA who was born on November 12, 1961 at Butuan City, Agusan and whose parents are Victor B. Hijada and Prima Villanueva

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than August 10, 2022

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QUARTERFINALS. The 26th Siargao International Surfing Competition enters its third day on Monday (Oct. 17, 2022) at the Cloud 9 Surfing Site in Gen. Luna town, with six Filipino surfers making marks and joining the quarterfinals of the tourney. Of the six, three are women led by Nilbie Blancada, the champion of the recently-concluded 1st Mayor Sol’s National Surfing Competition. ( p H oto C ourtesy of ups A )

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potentials of the housing sector,” Acuzar said.

To date, DHSUD has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Development Bank of the Philippines and has engaged other government financial institutions, including pri vate banks.

Several local government units have started rolling out their housing projects.

The DHSUD job creation will contribute to post-pan demic recovery efforts and advance the government’s eight-point socioeconomic agenda.

The agenda aims to bring down poverty to 9 percent by the end of President Fer dinand Marcos Jr.’s six-year term and bring the Phil ippines to “upper-middle income” status. ( PNA )

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PHP4,000.

“Ano ang mali? Kai langan manaliksik gamit ang siyensya. Hindi sapat na grumaduate ng high school. Tingin ko dapat col lege at dapat may trabaho. Palakasin ang livelihood component. Iyan ang inisyal na analysis ko (What went wrong? We need scientific research. Finishing high school is not enough. It should be at the collegiate level. They must have a job and livelihood component. That is my initial analysis),” Gatchalian said.

Citing inflation rate, Gatchalian said there is a need to increase the bud get but is against a lump sum allocation as based on his experience in the local

government, just one of 10 beneficiaries turned out successful.

“Pag-aralan natin mabuti ang konsepto. Dapat uman gat ang estado (We have to study it. The concept is to improve the condition of the state),” he said.

The 4Ps program started in 2007 as a poverty reduc tion strategy that provides grants to extremely poor households, patterned after conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America and Africa. ( PNA )

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President Ferdinand R. Mar cos Jr. towards safe, nutri tious, and affordable food for all),” the OPS said on its official Facebook page.

The OPS said the best way to achieve food security is to support farmers and fisherfolk and caring for the environment.

“Sa sama-samang pagsu porta sa ating mga magsa saka at mangingisda, at sa pag-aalaga sa kalikasang pinanggagalingan ng ating pagkain, tiyak na mapag tatagumpayan natin ito (By supporting our farmers and fishermen together, and taking care of the nature from which our food comes, we can definitely overcome this),” it added.

World Food Day is cele brated every year worldwide on Oct. 16 to commemorate the date of the founding of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization in 1945.

In his speech during his participation at the 77th United Nations General Assembly in September, Marcos underscored the importance of investing in

Strategies for Managing Middle Schoolers

By MERCY B. ARSENAL Master Teacher I Tangub City National High School Tangub City Division

Understanding the ado lescent brain—and what a miracle it is—is necessary to use middle school classroom management techniques effectively. The prefrontal cortex, the front portion of the brain, is still developing during adolescence. Executive functions, such as decisionmaking, emotional control, and cognitive flexibility, are carried out by this region of the brain. The adolescent brain is flexible; it can adapt to its surroundings and alter as needed. Certain activities can support the adolescent brain’s healthy growth far into adulthood. The adolescent brain is likewise susceptible to impulsivity, but it is also quite receptive to praise.

To model timeliness and productivity, you must adhere to your own standards. You have more opportunities to concentrate on teaching and learning the more structured you are. This will encourage your kids to adhere to dead lines and respect schedules. Though consistency is crucial generally, it may occasion ally be necessary to attend to a student’s requirements even if doing so disrupts the schedule or routine. Don’t forget to discuss the purpose

of various routines with your students. By asking students to develop certain routines and processes with you, you may foster a stronger feeling of ownership and community in your classroom.

For students, middle school is a key and signifi cant time of change. They enroll as kindergarteners and graduate as high school students. This is the period when puberty starts, when breaking the rules is essen tially expected, and when cliques start to emerge. If you’re coming from teaching elementary or high school, your classroom management approach may need to shift a little for middle school pupils.

Both teens and the pro fessionals responsible for their development find high school to be challenging. Teenagers are individuals with underdeveloped frontal lobes, soaring hormones, and a still-developing sense of self, so it’s crucial to keep this in mind. Giving guidance for the last issue and rerouting the first two issues to some thing more constructive are good classroom management strategies for high school teachers.

food security.

“We need to take con crete steps towards a modern and resilient agriculture. For food is not just a trade commodity nor a livelihood. It is an existential impera tive. and a moral one. It is the very basis of human security,” Marcos said.

He said governments must provide innovative so lutions and financial support to farmers and fisherfolk to adopt new technologies and connect to national and global value supply chains to attain food security.

Marcos also emphasized the need to protect biodi versity amid the continuing challenge of climate change by enhancing global coop eration.

In June, Marcos declared that he will temporarily as sume the post of Agriculture Secretary to show that his administration puts “high priority” on the agriculture sector.

The Marcos government is working on increasing the production of rice, corn, and other food products to stabilize prices instead of prioritizing importation.

In September, Marcos issued Executive Order No. 4 imposing a one-year mora torium on the payment and interest of land amortization to help agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the country.

The EO is expected to benefit 654,000 ARBs in volving a total of 1.18 mil lion hectares of awarded lands. ( PNA )

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by Forum (GSEC101) Ltd. in Recto Bank, and Service Contract 75 held by PXP Energy Corp. in Northwest Palawan.

“The lack of oil and gas exploration and as a result of the lack of indigenous oil and gas have contributed to the country’s import dependence with 98 percent of petroleum products im ported as of 2021 and lack of energy self-sufficiency,” Gatchalian noted.

The country’s energy self-sufficiency has gone down from 61.4 percent in 2011 to 51.15 percent in

2021, he added.

Gatchalian said the ad verse effect of dependence on imported fuel was felt recently with the Russian invasion of Ukraine rais ing global crude oil prices from USD50 per barrel in January 2021 to USD120 per barrel in March 2022.

This has resulted in an increase in the pump prices of gasoline from PHP50 per liter to almost PHP90 per liter in June 2022. ( PR )

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Deputy Chief for Admin istration, administered the oaths of office to an allfemale group of 150 recruits of the Police Community Affairs and Development Group at Camp Crame in Quezon City.

The recruits will be sub sequently turned over to Camp Vicente Lim for six months each of mandatory basic training and Public Safety Field Training Pro gram. ( PNA )

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colorful costumes light up while performing.

In September 2019, Bailes de Luces won in the foreign category of the Wonju Dy namic Dancing Carnival in Wonju City, also in South Korea.

The group was invited to perform in the Seoul Lotus Lantern Festival and the All Dance Intercontinental in Rome, Italy in 2020, but both did not push through due to the Covid-19 pandemic. ( PNA )

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other senior Bank officials. LANDBANK currently serves the banking needs of DND, including payroll service and salary loans for employees, and convenient digital payment to suppliers through the LANDBANK Bulk Remittance System (LBRS), among others.

In April of this year, LANDBANK strengthened its partnership with the Philippine Veterans Affairs Office (PVAO), an attached agency of the DND, with the signing of the amended

Investigatory project

By JANICE B. TULBA Teacher III Tangub City National High School Tangub City Division

MOST of us have conducted an investigatory science proj ect without even knowing it or at least without knowing that’s what it was called. Most science experiments performed from elementary to high school students and all the way up to professional scientists are investigatory projects.

An investigatory project is basically any science experi ment where you start with an issue or problem and conduct research or an investigation to decide what you think the outcome will be. After you’ve created your hypothesis or proposal, you can conduct a controlled experiment us ing the scientific method to arrive at a conclusion.

Remember however that

a successful investigatory science project does not necessarily have to result in the intended outcome. The purpose of these projects is to think critically and if the solution doesn’t work out, that doesn’t mean your project will fail.

In order to conduct a great investigatory experi ment, you have to ask an interesting question and be able to conduct an ex periment that can hopefully answer that question. The harder and more intriguing the initial question is, the better the resulting investi gation and experiment will be. The first step in making an investigatory project is selecting a topic to research on.

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the Direct Re mittance Pension Servicing System (DRPSS) to better service Filipino veterans and pensioners.

Under the amended MOA, LANDBANK and PVAO have streamlined pro cedures for pension account opening and formalized the crediting of other PVAO benefits, such as medical and burial assistance, to the LANDBANK ATM accounts of pensioners.

LANDBANK also part nered with the Philippine Air Force (PAF) for the PAF Online Payment System (POPS) powered by the LANDBANK Link.BizPor tal, to facilitate the efficient online payment of light and water utility dues, bidding document fees, trust receipts for the Air Force General Hospital, and rental fees for the PAF Aerospace Museum and concessionaires.

Through the POPS, PAF clients, which include credi tors, suppliers, and PAF personnel and their family members, are now able to settle their financial com mitments in a faster, secure, and convenient manner.

LANDBANK likewise supports the National Gov ernment’s Enhanced-Com prehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), which aims to improve the liveli hood of former rebels and extremists and their families by financing small busi nesses and agri-enterprises.

Under the LANDBANK Balik-Loob Lending Pro gram (BLLP), former rebels, former extremists, and their cooperatives and associa tions can avail of loans to finance small businesses, such as sari-sari stores, fur niture making, and tailoring, as well as agri-enterprises such as crop and livestock production, among others.

Eligible borrowers can avail up to 90% of the total project cost but not ex ceeding P100,000.00 per borrower, with an interest rate of 5% per year, payable up to one (1) year for short term loans and up to five (5) years for term loans.

As part of the ongoing contribution to the gov ernment’s peace-building efforts, LANDBANK has released a total of P1.5 mil

lion to 16 former rebels under the BLLP, as of endSeptember 2022.

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STARBOOKS sites in Re gion 10.

The highlight of the event is the exhibit at the Limket kai Atrium Center, which is designed for visitors to experience Smart Agricul ture Technologies, Food Technologies, and Disaster Resilience Technologies. Aside from on-site exhibits, patrons can also experience the virtual exhibits.

A Mobile Planetarium will also be set up for stu dents, children, and the general public. The mobile planetarium experience in cludes a lecture on the size and content of the observed universe, its creation, his tory, and possible future, and the development of the solar system as well as an interesting virtual stargazing experience just like one is traveling through our solar system and beyond. This is free to all on a first-come first serve basis.

The Science Community in the country celebrates the NSTW every year as man dated under Proclamation No. 780 of 2019 every last week of November to focus regional and national atten tion to the contributions of Science and Technology to national development.

This year, the culmina tion of the NSTW will hap pen on November 23-27, 2022 at the World Trade Center, Pasay City. This is also an opportune time to recognize outstanding accomplishments and per sonalities in the field of science and technology.

For more updates and inquiries on the 2022 NSTW activities, follow the official DOST-10 Facebook page and DOST-10 website or contact Ms. Nova Belle C. Calotes, Science Research Specialist II thru telephone number 088-858-3931, mobile # 0917-857-9117 or email stpromotions@ regon10.dost.gov.ph.

School Learning Recovery Intervention

By: TITO P. YONGAO

“All our efforts tend to educate our people- educa tion, education, education of our people- education and enlightenment” Dr. Jose P. Rizal

Learners believed that school is an avenue to learn and explore things that would bring them to understand the world around them. But because of pandemic, it be came a big question for them to ask, if they can continue the education they wanted to be.

Cugman Elementary School teachers face a big challenge in recovering the learning loss of the pupils for more than two years as an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. The modular dis

tance learning modality was incomparable to face-to-face teaching and learning pro cesses in the presence of a teacher. The difficulty in read ing, writing, and numeracy are evident as recorded in the ASER assessment results. After determining the strength and weaknesses of the pupils in their first in-person classes, particularly on least-learned competencies, appropriate in tervention and learning strate gies shall be implemented to fill in the gap. Differentiated instruction and explicit teach ing are teaching strategies highly recommended for every group of pupils after determin ing their level of difficulty to recover the learning gaps with remedial activities.

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growth, there is however, the worsening of conditions of the majority of men and societies, and of the environment, and in our planet, it seems that we are advanced materially, we are also becoming extinct gradually. The current global development problems like the unstoppable Covid-19, the increasing natural disasters, unending hunger, and the ever-imminent threat of a nuclear war are leading us to a path heading towards our extinction, planetary destruc tion and annihilation.”

The imperative need of spiritual enlightenment has been categorically explained by Dr. Jesus Guiab in his book, “Lives in the Hands of God” which the amazing couple re lied upon based on the firm belief that surrendering one’s life to God’s will as stated in the prayer, “Thy will be done,” that life enters a transcendental dimension where the Universal Intelligence governs. Then, one ness and interconnectedness of all of God’s creation looms as all lives emanate from one Source. Then, there will be a new earth and a new heaven where people, planet, prosperity and peace will be the order of the times.

Dr. Jesus Guiab and Atty. Remedios Galutera Guiab, humble as you are but your amazing life of service may just be a little candle looming in Wao but when millions if not billions of people on earth will carry the same light of service, darkness will indeed fade away as darkness cannot defeat the light.

Dr, Guiab writes well. As I have already mentioned he wrote a novel that is full of good lessons entitled, “Lives in the hands of God.” He has written hundreds of short stories about how life should be lived in the hands of God. As underscored by him, “when our time on earth is done, money or material things will not matter but the love, time and kindness that we have given to others will shine and will last forever.”

I remember once seeing in a grocery store a young man pay an old lady’s grocery needs. When the old lady asked, “How much do I owe you?” The young man said, “Pass on the good deed so it will never end.”

We hope that the love, time and kindness the amazing couple gave to others and thier caring for Mother Earth will shine and will last forever. As the people whose lives the couple has touched will keep on passing them to others and so on. This way, truly, the LOVE, TIME AND KINDNESS THAT THEY HAVE GIVEN TO OTHERS WILL SHINE AND WILL LAST FOREVER.

Together with the hundreds of thousands recipients of the amazing couple’s LOVE, TIME AND KINDNESS, I thought of passing their love, time and kindness to others by writing this article. If all of us will ex tend to others our LOVE, TIME AND KINDNESS, like what the couple is doing, there is hope that the inevitable end of this world and the anhilation of life will never come. And, all of us, like the couple Dr. Jesus Guiab and Atty. Remedios Galutera Guiab will all become spiritually sublime, lovingly taking care of each other in the hands of God.

erty alleviation program of our President Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr.,” Jordan said.

He said the forum will also help significantly in the fulfill ment of the PCUP’s mandate of serving as a direct link between the government and the urban poor in policy formulation and program implementation.

“Pursuant to Executive Or der (EO) No. 82, we are man dated to serve as a link of our urban poor to government and as part of the provisions under the EO, our function is to set up a consultative mechanism that would provide continuing dialogue on the proper planning and evaluation of pro-poor programs,” he added.

EO 82 creates the PCUP to coordinate the speedy im plementation of government policies and programs for the urban poor.

Under the EO, the PCUP must set up a consultative mechanism that will provide a forum for continuing dialogue between the government and the urban poor on the proper planning and evaluation of programs and projects affecting them.

The PCUP must also ac credit legitimate urban poor organizations for purposes of representation in the formu lation of recommendations to the President and review existing legislation, policies, and programs of the government relating to the urban poor.

It also evaluates post and ongoing shelter-related projects of the government in squat ter and resettlement areas in consultation with beneficiary communities and recommends appropriate action to the Presi dent.

The commission helps coor dinate the various activities and services rendered by different government organizations and non-government organizations for the urban poor. (PNA)

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said Ruben A. Vegafria, MFC Chairman and concurrently regional governor of the Philip pine Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Northern Mindanao.

The President is slated to deliver his response to the reso lutions forged by the congress participants during the previous three day’s sessions.

“On agriculture, we have to find long-term solutions. I know I keep saying the phrase but that really is where we are headed: the value chair of agriculture. From the very beginning of it, to production, to processing, to mechanization, to credit, all the way to retail,” the President stated previously.

Transforming agriculture

As a show of political will to underscore agriculture in his priority agenda, the President has personally taken on the reins of the Department of Agricul ture to empower the agency in implementing high-impact programs for farmers, fishers and agribusiness companies,

bringing a new dimension to the development of the coun try’s farming and fishery sector, especially now that the global food system has been rattled by the current geopolitical crisis.

To start, the DA has been granted a higher budget for next year (P163.7 billion, or P46.5 billion higher than this year’s P117.2-billion allocation).

This initiative continues the country’s outstanding policy support for agriculture, as a share of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is second highest among developing countries in East Asia and the Pacific (EAP), trailing only Indonesia and even higher than China and Vietnam, and even higher compared to highly developed countries like Turkey, South Korea, Japan and Russia (per worldbank.org).

During his First State of the Nation Address (SONA) last July, the President highlighted the importance of the country’s agriculture sector in fueling growth and employment in the country.

He has directed the De partment of Public Works and Highways to build more farmto-market roads (FMRs) and post-production and process ing infrastructure, considering their key roles in facilitating the delivery of farm inputs and products from the farms and trading centers, and most especially in ensuring higher value-added and incomes for farmers and their products.

Rice production

To attain a higher level of food security, the President has set a new target output of 20.24 million metric tons (MT) of unmilled rice (palay) through a higher budget for the existing Rice Program to complement the Rice Competitiveness Enhance ment Fund implementation.

As of August 31, 2022, a total of 527,071 bags of hybrid seeds and 479,483 bags of certified seeds have been distributed to eligible farmer-beneficiaries to cover 1.006 million hectares.

Some 634,298 fertilizer dis count vouchers amounting to P1.13 billion covering 674,558 hectares have so far been issued, of which 174,996 amounting to P322.76 million have been claimed covering 198,953 hect ares. In addition, 83,832 packs of BioN have been distributed nationwide, covering 14,766.40 hectares of rice fields.

The DA Rice Program has also distributed 442 production and post-harvest machinery and equipment including tractors, harvesters, rice mills, hauling trucks, and dryers, and estab lished 24 drying facilities.

Furthermore, 282 projects consisting of diversion dams, shallow tube wells, and 6,787 linear meters of irrigation ca nals have been constructed to serve an area of 1,449 hectares. Rehabilitation of Small-Scale Irrigation Projects have restored up to 393 hectares of irrigated rice areas, including the reha bilitation of 5,045 linear meters of irrigation canals and four diversion dams.

The DA has also facilitated trainings with individual rice farmers to equip them with leadership and management know-how, soft skills, project management, digital tools for agriculture, and agri-entrepre neurship.

By the end of his term, Pres. Marcos envisions the Philippines to finally attain the 100-percent self-sufficiency in rice and major food items which has eluded it for so long.

Besides Vegafria, the closing plenary of the Mindanao Food Congress will also be graced by Mindanao Development Authority Chair Sec. Ma. Belen Acosta, PCCI President George T. Barcelon, NEDA-10 Regional Director Mylah Faye Aurora B. Cariño, PCCI Area Vice Presi dent Arturo M. Milan, and Oro Chamber President Raymundo G. Talimio , Jr. (PR)

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Trade and Halal Expo and Kawi yagan Program on October 17 wherein livelihood grants, community and urban-based livelihood assistance, free ar chitectural design, and training allowances will be distributed. Abaca stripping machines and grants for the Marawi Food Integrated Terminal will also be turned over to identified beneficiaries.

Livelihood and skills training workshops, peace conversations, relief distributions, psychosocial support activities, and forums on the best practices and suc cessful interventions are also slated from October 17-21.

A wreath-laying ceremony at Kampo Ranao is also scheduled on October 17 in honor of those who paid the ultimate price to defend the city from terrorists.

Other highlights of the com memoration are the inaugura tion of Tuca Marinaut Barangay Complex, the 15th barangay facility with a Madrasah and Health Center constructed in the most affected area of the city, as well as, the inauguration of Torogan in Barangay Sagonson gan that will serve as the office of traditional leaders in Lanao del Sur, both are scheduled on Oct. 21.

In addition, more than 150 permanent housing units in Barangay Gadongan will also be awarded to qualified ben eficiaries.

“Marami na ang nagbago sa city, marami na tayong naga wang mga improvements. May mga infrastructures na natapos na, may kalsada, may livelihood na napamigay na natin since ika-limang taon na itong sa ating rehabilitation ng Marawi City. Meron pa rin tayong ginagawa at tinatapos pero nakikita natin na ito’y matatapos within the next few months and maybe until the middle of next year,” said TFBM Field Office Manager Felix Castro Jr.

[A lot has changed in the city, we have made many improve ments. Some infrastructures have been completed, there are roads, and there are liveli

hoods that we have distributed since this is the fifth year of our rehabilitation of Marawi City.

We are still working on some things and finishing it, but we see that it will be finished within the next few months and maybe by the middle of next year.]

Meanwhile, City Mayor Majul Gandamra called on the people of the city to continue the initiatives that have been started so that peace in Marawi is maintained.

“Dapat tuloy-tuloy pa rin ang ating pagiging vigilant in terms of helping our government in securing our community from any attempt kagaya ng nangyari noong Marawi siege,” he said.

[We must continue to be vigilant in terms of helping our government in securing our community from any attempt like what had happened during the Marawi siege.]

Gandamra emphasized that the people of Marawi should help each other and be united to rev up the recovery of the city. ( APB/PIA-10/Lanao del Sur)

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West in Tagum City, Davao del Norte, is owned by Effie Rose Labado, who is now facing tax evasion charges.

The combined enforcement came about through an intel ligence report received by the NBI about the store’s sale of smuggled cigarettes. The NBI through its regional director Atty. Gelecio Bongngat, im mediately coordinated with the BIR regional office in Davao, and a buy-bust operation was conducted at the store that positively yielded 81 master cases of untaxed illegal ciga rettes.

Reports have it that a number of sari-sari stores in the area are well patronizing Ping Suka store since it offers wholesale price to their clients.

The raid was made days after authorities scored “the year’s biggest haul” in an other combined operations in Zamboanga City with the interception of 5,298 master cases smuggled cigarettes amounting to P218.5 million..

Both Tagum City and Zam boanga City are included in the government list of “hot spot areas” in Mindanao where smuggling and sale of illegal cigarettes are rampant.

Reports from the Tagum City raiding team said vari ous brands of illicit cigarettes were seized such as President, Walton, Fort, Greenhill, Bil lionaire, New Castle, Cham pion, Cannon, Oakley, Oxford, Bros and Aris.

The confiscated items are now under the custody of the BIR and stored at its Digama warehouse in the city.

Officials of the raiding teams warned traders of il licit cigarettes to stop with their illicit trade. Already,

government authorities have identified and lined up series of raids not only in Tagum City but in many parts of the Mindanao region as well.

“Just a matter of time be fore we make a surprise visit to your place and seize your hot goods. Wait for us to pad lock your place and ready to be jailed as consequences of your illegal trade,” a raiding official said.

They further warned that all illegal cigarettes either from smuggled or counterfeits are easily identified by way of lack of the government tax stamp, graphic health warnings and not in the list of the BIR’s legal products in the country.

Law enforcement agencies earlier declared that aside from groceries and other big stores, they are now focusing operations on sari-sari stores since smugglers have been diverting their goods to these small businesses.

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pumps, in Bitan-ag Creek, Agora Market area, and Butuan-CdeO-Iligan Road (BCIR) conjunction worth P945 million;

(3) Construction of BCIR Connector Road to the Coastal Road worth P150 million in Brgy. Gusa;

(4) Construction of an elevated walkway worth P300 million, from the Northern Mindanao Medical Center all the way to the Gateway Tower in Limketkai; and

(5) The conduct of a fea sibility study worth P50 mil lion for the Comprehensive Masterplan of the Cagayan de Oro Drainage System.

“We have to push for the approval of these infrastruc ture projects because the traf fic and flood problem in the city has affected residents for many years already,” Rodriguez stressed.

Last March, the RDC has previously recommended P12 billion worth of projects for the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro.

Rodriguez is grateful to the council and to NEDA-10, un der the leadership of Regional Director Mylah Faye Aurora Cariño, for the department’s “commitment to advancing priority development projects for the benefit of the residents of CdeO.”

The CdeO lawmaker also supported the proposition that the mayors and governors be informed and consulted on all projects from the national government.

It can be noted that dur ing the budget hearings in September, Rodriguez moved for the approval of the P718 billion budget of DPWH and sought an additional P100 billion for more infrastructure development in Congressional districts.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy announced to the trimedia in Cagayan de Oro that two big investors from Italy have shown interest in pouring investments in the city.

As this developed, on Thursday, October 13, this year, Italian Consul to the Philippines Antonio Gallo and Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Com merce in the Philippines, Lorens Ziller, visited the Office of the Mayor.

It was learned that both Gallo and Ziller have talked to Mayor Klarex Uy and told the city mayor that they are interested in putting up some busi nesses in the city.

During the courtesy visit to the mayor’s of fice, both Gallo and Ziller were also accompanied by Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC) Chief

Operations Officer Gi useppe Garofalo, IDC Se nior Sales Director Gladys Echano, IDC Senior PR Manager and In-House Designer Arch. Giovanni Gusela, and IDC Senior Director for Operations Clara Elizaga.

Also present at the courtesy call were Local Economic Development and Investment Promo tions Officer (LEDIPO) John Asuncion, Cagayan de

Italian investors show interest to pour investments in CDO

By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor

Oro-Trade and Investment Promotions Center (Oro TIPC) Consultant Eileen San Juan, Oro TIPC As sistant Department Head Raelita Legaspi, City Tour ism Officer Chedilyn Aisa Dulguime, City Informa tion Officer Ivy Guantero; and Oxanna Custodio, Hanin Laguindab and Daisy Flores Oga of the Oro TIPC, the CMO in a press statement said.

Meanwhile, the Italian investors also visited Pri mavera City, a four-phased mixed-use development offering multi-faceted modern living at uptown Cagayan de Oro City.

Primavera City, which is a high-end condominium project in Cagayan de Oro, was a prime proj ect of Italpinas Develop ment Corporation, it was learned.

Primavera Residences is the first condominium complex in Cagayan de Oro City and a pioneer of green and sustainable building in Mindanao. It is skillfully designed to reduce impact on the environment as well as construction and maintenance costs.

About Primavera

Condominium Owned and developed by Italpinas Euroasian De sign and Eco-development and architectural services company that emphasizes on ecologically sound and

state-of-the-art design technologies.

The company is al lied with several realestate development, en vironment technology and renewable energy

establishments in Italy and the Philippines, and a sustaining member of the Philippine Green Building Council.

Primavera City – Citta’ Verde

Primavera City is a new seven-tower mixed-use development in Cagayan de Oro to be completed in four phases. The first phase will be the comple tion of Citta’ Verde, which will be home to 247 resi dential units.

Primavera City is the latest green building proj ect by Italpinas Develop ment Corporation (IDC), a design-driven developer committed to environ mental sustainability.

Italian Consul to the Philippines Antonio Gallo p H oto by G erry l ee G orit

Mayor Rolando Uy (extreme right) welcomes the two bigtime investors in his office during a courtesy visit. ( CM o f ile )

Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, Lorens Ziller exchanging ideas with Mayor Klarex. ( CM o f ile )

Photo shows the Primavera Residences, the prime condo project of Italpinas Development Corporation.

Photo shows Primavera City, the new high-end condo project of Italpinas

Italian Consul to the Philippines Antonio Gallo and Vice President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, Lorens Ziller, Top executives of Italpinas Development Corporation (IDC), and other local dignitaries, strike a pose with Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando “Klarex” Uy. ( CM o f ile )