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DAVAO City – Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon has urged local government units (LGUs) Thursday to strictly enforce regulations in all mining activities in the province. In a statement, Malanyaon asser ted the provincial gover nment’s authority as an independent LGU over the mining operations in the province. In a meeting with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Wednesday, the governor examined the inventory of all existing mining tenements in the province and the status of mining operations and permits granted by the MGB.

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HE new leadership at the Department of Energy (DOE) will prioritize fulfillment of 100-percent electrification target on all households nationwide, a goal that the Duterte administration had failed to deliver.

Davao coffee DAVAO CITY – The World of Coffee (WOC) convention at the Milano Convention Center in Milan, Italy, has provided a venue for the Philippine coffee producers to shine internationally. Jeannelle Ellson, marketing specialist of the Philippine Coffee Advancement and Far m Enterprise (PhilCAFE) project, said Philippine coffee— e s p e c i a l l y t h e R o bu s t a variety—received positive feedback during the June 2325 gathering. “We promoted Robusta there, although we brought various coffee varieties to the convention.

Italy is known as espressobased when it comes to coffee, but they admire the taste of our coffee and have set a good impression on it,” Ellson said in an interview Wednesday.

Tribal village opens DAVAO City – The renovation of the Kadayawan Tribal Village in Magsaysay Park here has been fasttracked for its scheduled opening on August 5. One of the highlights of the 37th Kadayawan sa Dabaw Festival next month, the tribal village was built to showcase the rich culture and heritage of the city's 11 tribes. Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, the Kadayawan Execom spokesperson, said the Kadayawan Tribal Village is “a way of educating the people about the way of living of the tribes living in the city of Davao.”

Education Minister Mohagher Iqbal signed on August 2, 2022 the Bangsamoro Education Code’s Implementing Rules and Regulations in Davao City. Behind Iqbal are (L-R) Higher Education Director General (DG) Marjunni Maddi, Technical Education DG Ruby Andong, Deputy Minister Haron Meling, Basic Education DG Abdullah Salik, Jr. and Madaris Education DG Tahir Nalg.

MindaNews photo courtesy of MBHTE

Realignment of Davao-Samal bridge project sought to save reef

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews

The Rodriguez family, operator of resorts in the Island Garden City of Samal (IGACOS), asked President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to review the “wrong alignment” of the multibillion Samal Island-Davao City Connector (SIDC) as the current landing point on the Samal side would “kill” the Paradise Reef.

Family representative Pura Rodriguez told reporters in an interview on Tuesday that

they are appealing to the new Marcos Jr. administration to take a second look at the project design because it would leave an “irreversible and irreparable destruction” on the healthy coral garden and marine life once it pushes through. The landing point of the SIDC project, also known as the Davao CitySamal Bridge, is situated on the coast of Costa Marina Beach Resort, which is adjacent to Paradise Island Park & Beach Resort in Barangay Caliclic, Babak District of Samal Island. Both resorts are owned by the Rodriguez family. The Paradise Reef is a 300-meter contiguous reef situated on the coast of Costa Marina and Paradise Isl and. L ast Ju ne 1 3 , Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian exchanged with then Finance Secretary Dominguez the signed Framework Agreement and Loan Agreement worth $350 million or P18.67 billion for the 3.98-kilometer SIDC project. Rodriguez said a review of the alignment and landing site of SIDC is necessary to “ensure food SAVE/PAGE 7

“We’ve got to address the security, as we address as well the matter of protecting the most vulnerable sectors of society and we will continue to work on the targets for electrification of households all over the country,” Energy Secretary Raphael Perpetuo M. Lotilla said.

He specified that “there are still more than 1.0 million households which are unser ved and more than 800,000 of those are in Mindanao.”

The Duter te administration initially eyed to complete energization of PUSH/PAGE 7

Lanao del Sur lawmakers file bill institutionalyzing IDP protection LANAO del Sur lawmakers have filed a bill seeking to institutionaliz e the protection of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the country.

In a statement Wednesday, 1st District Representative Ziaur-Rahman Adiong said the bill he filed together with 2nd District Representative Yasser Balindong was in

response to the gaps observed during the plight of IDPs in the 2017 Marawi City siege. The measure also considered other forms of BILL/PAGE 7

BURNED SHANTIES. Residents scour for whatever is left of their belongings after a fire hit an informal settler community in the coastal village of Punta Dumalag in Matina Aplaya, Davao City yesterday, August 4. The fire gutted about 150 houses. Mindanews Photo

Iqbal signs implementing rules of Bangsamoro Education Code

By MINDANEWS

A year after the Bangsamoro Transition Authority (BTA) enacted the Bangsamoro Education Code (BEC), Education Minister

Mohagher Iqbal signed on Tuesday its Implementing Rules and Regulations (IRR), an official said Wednesday.

Mobarak Pandi, spokesperson of the Ministry

of Basic, Higher and Technical Education (MBHTE), noted the formulation of the IRR is mandated by the BEC, which the BTA enacted on May 18,

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BOC-Davao exceeds July 2022 target by P1.19-B Consultations set to declare

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AVAO City – The Bure au of Cu s tom s (BO C)-Port of Davao has exceeded its July 2022 revenue collection target by P1.19 billion, an official said Tuesday.

district collector, said the agency managed to collect PHP4.54 billion p e s o s i n r e v e nu e , which is 35.55 percent higher than its assigned target of P3.35 billion, posting a surplus of P1.19 billion last month. Austria said In a statement, the revenue surplus E r a s t u s S a n d i n o is also higher by 0.22 Austria, BOC-Davao percent compared to

the 2021 July collection performance of P3.55 billion. “It is the highest revenue surplus recorded for t he ye ar 2022,” he s ai d . Au s t r i a s ai d the achievement was made possible through the strengthened collaboration and d i a l o g u e s b e t we e n it s e mpl oye e s an d

stakeholders who continue to transact at the port. “I commend the performance of C ollection District 12 for their untiring excellent service. Also, I thanked the port’s stakeholders for their trust and support of the BOC reforms and programs,” he said.

(PNA)

Libreng Ballpen at Papel Para Sayo Upang Edukasyon ay Makamtan Mo” The pandemic has surely bring everyone to a very challenging situation especially in the field of education and I, as a teacher in Talisayan National High School accepted this said trial into a more positive way to help students and parents to be encouraged to continue the path they are into

By: Mary Eleanor T. Mahinay Talisayan National High School Teacher - I because I believed that this will able to produce school supplies like envelope, paper, and ballpen. cultivate to a greater impact.

I initiated an advo cac y These things are given to the “L i bre ng B a l lp e n at Pap e l students every after two weeks Para Sayo Upang Edukasyon during the distribution. This ay Makamtan Mo” wherein I act in the midst of crisis gives personally solicit to external light feeling to the students and s t a k e h o l d e r s l i k e p r i v a t e parents, as it does not just save individuals or companies to be their pocket but this has been an

inspiration that a teacher cares.

The situation that we are into results to undesirable things but again, as a teacher, I want the students to see and feel that teachers can be a sunshine, too, who can provide brighter days and mainly, an ambassadress in education to foster conducive learning despite the new normal.

This little but with act of love, serves as a hope to my young students as I have witnessed the solid results- the improvement of grades and attendance. Aside from that, I have also observed the abstract results- the diligence in passing the modules and the willingness to learn as students will ask about certain topics that they are confused with. It was just a dream but with action, this becomes a reality.

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City RURAL TRANSIT OF MINDANAO INC. CASE NO. R10-EV-PUB 2022-07-1508 (2007-10-1728)

Surigao watershed protected

BUTUAN City – A series of consultations will hear the proposal to declare a watershed in Surigao del Sur as a protected area under the Expanded National Integrated Protected Areas System Act of 2018 (E-NIPAS).

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources in the Caraga R e g i o n ( D E N R- 1 3 ) underscored the importance of raising awareness among the residents of Carrascal, Madrid, and Cantilan towns on the result of the studies on the watershed in the area. “Based on the Protected Area Suitability Assessment conducted, there is a need to declare the Carac-an Watershed Forest Reserves (CWFR) as a protected area under the category of Protected Landscape,” the DENR13 said in a statement Tuesday. The E-NIPAS under Republic Act 11038, signed into law by former Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City L R ’ S L O G I S T I C C O M PA N Y CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH Rep. by : SPS. VINCENT REYNAN C. CAPINPUYAN 2022-05-1077

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUB SERVICE on the route: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO DUMINGAG, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR via ILIGAN CITY – OZAMIS CITY – MOLAVE – PAGADIAN CITY and vice versa with the use of THREE (3) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/ or his/her/their oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority for the Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the route: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of ONE (1) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 17, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/ or his/her/its oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

BWM: August 5, 2022

BWM: August 5, 2022

President Rodrigo Duterte in 2018, defines “protected landscapes and/or seascapes as areas of national significance.” These areas are characterized by the “harmonious interaction of man and land and water while providing opportunities for public e nj o y m e nt t h r o u g h recreation, tourism, and other economic activities.” According to DENR-13, the CWFR watershed covers a total land area of 43,601 hectares covering the portions of the towns of Carrascal, Madrid, and Cantilan. The CWFR watershed is a primary water source for the three towns. DENR-13 said the series of consultations will be led by the Community Environment and Natural Resources Office of Cantilan. The consultations will be on August 17 in barangays Babuyan and Panikian in Carrascal and on August 18 in barangays Bayogo and Cabas-an in Cantilan. (PNA) Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City RURAL TRANSIT OF MINDANAO INC. CASE NO. R10-EV-PUB 2022-07-1506 (2001-10-5123) NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUB SERVICE on the route: DIPOLOG CITY TO PAGADIAN CITY via OZAMIS CITY and vice versa with the use of SEVEN (7) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/ or his/her/their oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER BWM: August 5, 2022

CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

CDO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947

DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631

CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491

LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739

CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City

CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

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SSS expands contribution payment thru mobile app, online channels

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HE state-run Social Security System (SSS) said Wednesday members could now pay their contributions through its mobile and other online channels.

In a st atement, SSS president and CEO Michael Regino s aid individual members – self-employed, voluntar y, non-working spouses, and land-based overseas Filipino workers – may pay their contributions using their GCash, PayMaya, and Bank of the Philippine Islands account, or debit/

credit card through the mobile app.

Individual members may also use the mobile app and website of other collecting partners accredited by SSS, such as the Robinsons Bank Corp., Security Bank Corp.

(SBC) – SBOL, Union Bank of the Philippines (UBP), AltPayNet, CIS Bayad Center,

Inc., GCash, and PayMaya. “ We e n c o u r a g e o u r members and employers to pay their contributions using our online channels as through these payment facilities, they no longer have to go to our branches. These can be accessed at the safety and convenience of their homes or offices,” Regino said.

Household employers could pay online through the SBC – Digibanker and UBP, including its UnionBank

Online App. Meanwhile, business employers may use the BPI – Bizlink and BancNet’s eGov facility through its 19 participating banks to make online payments.

The auto debit arrangement is available for all types of payers through the BPI, Country Builders Bank, First Consolidated Bank, Metropolitan Bank and Trust Co., and Philippine National Bank, Regino said.

(PNA)

posted the biggest increase in NPLs among its counterparts in South East Asia in the last two years “driven by delinquencies in consumer loans.”

The report said pulling out of pandemic-related measures to buoy the banking system from

the impact of the pandemic also played a role in the rise in NPLs. “We believe there are lingering impairment risks among consumer and SME borrowers whose finances have yet to recover from 2020’s severe shock,” it said.

The report added BANKS/PAGE 7

Non-performing consumer loans put more pressure on PH banks NON-performing loans (NPLs) that were extended to small companies are putting more pressure on Philippine banks compared to those extended to large companies, a report by the Fitch Ratings said.

In a report that assessed the impact of interest rate hikes in Asia Pacific banks, which was releas ed on Tuesday, Fitch Ratings said EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

net revenue impact of the rate hikes on domestic banks is “mildly favorable” and is “moderate” in terms of asset quality impact.

It said domestic banks Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City RURAL TRANSIT OF MINDANAO INC. CASE NO. R10- EV-PUB 2022-07-1505 (2008-10-216)

EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION/ SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OVER A PARCELS OF LAND

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUB SERVICE on the route: DIPOLOG CITY TO PAGADIAN CITY via OZAMIS CITY and vice versa with the use of FIVE (5) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ their oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

BWM: August 5, 2022

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late GREGORIO YANA AND MARTINA DACULIAT who died on July 16, 1979 and August 1942 at Opol, Misamis Oriental, without any Will and Testament; at the time of their death left a parcel of real property with Original Decree No. 740333 situated at Patag, Opol, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED SEVEN METERS, (24,807 sq.m.) and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, filed by the heirs of GREGORIO YANA AND MARTINA DACULIAT, per DOC #447; PAGE #91; BOOK #V; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. KEVIN JAY Y. CELESTIANO. BWM: July 22, 29 & August 5, 2022

That the late POLICARPO ABECIA who died on September 18, 1989 and LOURDES ENLAWAN ABECIA who died on February 7, 2008 at Cagayan de Oro City respectively and died without any issue/will at the time of their deaths left the following described parcel of land with Original Certificate of Title No. E-617 situated in the Barrio of Ane-I, Municipality of Claveria, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ELEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (11,621) SQUARE METER, more or less, and Original Certificate of Title No. E-896 situated in the Barrio of Ane-I, Municipality of Claveria, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (572) SQUARE METERS, more or less, Original Certificate of Title No. E-847 situated in the Barrio of Ane-I, Municipality of Claveria, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of SIXTEEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED TWENTY EIGHT (16,628) SQUARE METERS, more or less and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION/SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OVER A PARCELS OF LAND, filed by the heirs of POLICARPO ABECIA and LOURDES ENLAWAN ABECIA, in favor of ROEL V. BALCUEVA, as per DOC #438; PAGE #88; BOOK #52; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. EDGARDO Y. RAAGAS. BWM: July 22, 29 & August 5, 2022

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMNT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late SPOUSES CAYETANO ABA and ROMANA ABA, who died intestate on July 06, 1942 and August 07, 1946 respectively, in Opol, Misamis Oriental, that the deceased spouses left a parcel of land with Tax Declaration No. 0815001312420 situated at Taboc, Opol, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY-FIVE (1,235 SQM) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS, that for and in consideration of the sum of ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND (P 1,4000,000.) PESOS, Philippine currency, receipt in full which is hereby acknowledged from the Vendee, LAARNI L. LEE, the PARTITIONERS-VENDORS do hereby CEDE,SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY in manner absolute and irrevocable to the said VENDEE, her heirs, successors, the abovementioned parcel of land including all the improvements found therein, free from all liens and encumbrances, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMNT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of SPOUSES CAYETANO ABA and ROMANA ABA, per DOC #17; PAGE #5; BOOK #6; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. KEVIN JAY Y. CELESTIANO. BWM: July 22, 29 & August 5, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City WIVAL TRANSPORT SERVICE CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH Rep. by : WIVAL JUDE L. VALDEHUEZA 2022-07-1550 NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority for the Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TH FREIGHT SERVICE on the route: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO ACCESSIBLE TO MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC and vice versa with the use of TWO (2) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 17, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/ or his/her/its oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER BWM: August 5, 2022

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE K N OW A L L M E N B Y T H E S E PRESENTS: That the late SPOUSES DGEN JOSE BURDEOS CUEVAS, PNP (ret) and LUZMINDA MARTINEZ CUEVAS died intestate on April 27, 2021 and June 1, 2022 respectively at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, leaving the following collectibles with Pension Payments from the Philippine National Police (PNP) star ting from the month of July 2021 until May 2022; PNP Pension p ay m e n t d i f fe r e n t i a l s a n d a l l monetary benefits that decedent DGEN Jose B. Cuevas was legally entitled to; and the Philippine peso deposits with the Armed Forces and Police Savings and Loans Association (AFPSLAI); and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, filed by the heirs of SPOUSES DGEN JOSE BURDEOS CUEVAS, PNP (ret) and LUZMINDA MARTINEZ CUEVAS, as per DOC #233; PAGE #47; BOOK #X; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registr y of ATTY. CHUBASCO CENEN T. CAIÑA, ENP, PV, REB. BWM: July 22, 29 & August 5, 2022

BDO’s income climbs in Q2 BDO UNIBANK, Inc. posted a higher net profit in the second quarter on better net interest earnings and service charges, fees and commissions, as well as foreign exchange gains.

The bank booked an attributable net income of P12.205 billion in the second quarter, up 10.64% from the P11.031 billion in the same period in 2021, according to its quarterly report disclosed to the stock exchange on Monday.

This brought its attributable net profit for the first half to P23.943 billion, 12% higher than the P21.421 billion seen in the comparable year-ago period, amid “strong” results across the lender’s core businesses.

The b an k s ai d i n a statement that its pre-

Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-020-2022 CFN-021-2022

August 2, 2022

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that LOIS TERESA M. YONSON has filed with this Office, a petition for the change of first name from “ LOIS TERESA ” to “ LUIS ” and correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE ” to “ MALE” in the certificate of live birth of LOIS TERESA M. YONSON at Medina, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are BERNALDO T. YONSON and ROSARIO MIRAFLOR Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than August 16, 2022 .

FRIETCHIE VIRTUDAZO-REYES

Municipal Civil Registrar I BWM: August 5, & 12, 2022

provision operating profit was at P39.2 billion, 18% higher year on year, showing the strength of its core income sources amid a tempered increase in operating expenses.

BD O’s first semester performance translated to a return on average common equity of 11.26%, up from 10.75% the year prior, and a return on average assets of 1.3%, also better than the 1.26% seen in the first half of 2021. “ B D O’s e s t a b l i s h e d business franchise, healthy capital position, and sustainable earnings performance reinforce the bank’s resilience against prevailing macro headwinds and put it in a good position to capitalize on the country’s structural opportunities for long-term sustainable growth,” the lender said.

The bank’s net interest income in the second quarter stood at P35.537 billion, rising by 9.6% from the P32.423 billion posted a year prior.

This was driven by the 5.64% growth in its interest earnings from loans and receivables to P32.705 billion, as well as the 31.94% increase in its income from trading and investment securities to P5.883 billion.

These helped offset the slight rise in its interest expenses to P3.514 billion CLIMBS/PAGE 5

Tips para sa mga kabataan Kung Paano Aalagaan Ang Mental Health Sa Panahon ng Pandemic Ni: Rosario Del Rosario- Saldua, Ph.D City Central School Lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro Tayong lahat ay nakaranas ng pandemic, hindi lamang sa ating bansa kundi sa buong mundo. Ang COVID 19 ay walang pinalampas na bansa, Lahat ay nakaranas ng pagkalugmok sa ekonomiya at takot ang ibingay nito sa bawat isa sa atin lalong lalo na sa ating mental health.

Normal sa bawat isa na makaramdam ng takot at pagkabalisa sa panahon ng COVID-19, lalo na’t tumatagal ang krisis na ito ng dalawang taon at hanggang ngayon ay dahan dahan pa tayong bumangon. At dahil dito biglang naiba ang routine natin.

Imbis na pumapasok sa paaralan araw-araw ay nakakulong tayo sa sarili nating tahanan dahil sa takot na mahawa at mamatay. Kaya may mga tips akong nabasa sa aking pananaliksik na makatulong sa pag-aalaga ng ating kalusugan upang makaiwas sa coronavirus, mahalaga rin na alagaan natin ang ating mental health habang nananatili sa loob ng bahay. Huwag hayaang malugmok sa mga negatibong naiisip at huwag mahihiyang humingi ng tulong kung kailangan mo ito. Sa aking pananaliksik may nabasa akong artikulo ng UNICEF Philippines tungkol sa tips kung paano natin aalagan ang ating menta health lalong lalo na sa mga kabataan. Ang mga ito ay I share ko sa inyo upang ang inpormasyon na ito ay makatulong ng malaki sa bawat isa sa atin.

1.Napag-iinitan ka ba ng mga magulang mo at palagi kang pinapagalitan? Imbis na mainis lang, kausapin sila ng masinsinan at gawing pagkakataon ang pagkakasama-sama sa bahay para makipag-bonding sa mga magulang. Makipagkwentuhan

nang mas makilala at maunawaan ninyo ang isa’t isa.

2, Miss mo na ba ang barkada?

Gamitin ang social media, video call, chat o text para kumustahin at makausap ang mga kaibigan.

Makinig sa mga mga kwento, naiisip at nararamdaman ng isa’t isa. Let’s survive this together!

3. Maghanap ng pagkakaabalahan o mapaglilibangan. Subukan mong matutunan ang isang hobby, skill, o talent. Nakakatulong ito sa pagbawas ng anxiety sa panahong ito. Kahit wala ka sa school, pwede ka pa ring matuto ng mga bagong bagay.

4. Gumawa ng routine at sikaping sundin ito. Pwede kang tumulong sa gawaing bahay sa umaga, mag-practice ng pagtugtog sa hapon, at magbasa para linangin ang kaisipan sa gabi. Gawin ang mga bagay na nagpapasaya sa iyo.

Huwag rin kalilimutang mag-relax at magpahinga.

5. Gumalaw-galaw at magpapawis. Mag-exercise. Gawin ang mga dance challenge sa TikTok o YouTube. Yayain rin ang mga kasama mo sa bahay na sumali sa video para mas masaya! Nakakatulong ang exercise at paggalaw ng katawan sa pagpapalakas ng resistensya laban sa COVID-19 at iba pang mga sakit.

Kahit may na-miss kang mga milestone sa buhay dahil sa quarantine, tulad ng graduation o birthday celebration, kaya mo pa ring lumikha ng memories. Ipagdiwang ang mga achievements at special occasions sa sariling paraan. Magphotoshoot, vlog, mini-ceremony, at virtual celebration sa social media kasama ang iyong mga kaibigan at

kamag-anak.

6. Maging isang smart at responsableng netizen. Dahil virtual na ang karamihan sa ating connections, maging maingat at mapanuri online. Suriin ang mga impormasyon at nakakasalamuha online. Mag-share lamang ng mga makabuluhang bagay.

7. Tumulong sa mga gawaing bahay hangga’t makakaya, lalo na’t kung nahihirapan ang pamilya mo sa panahong ito dahil sa pagkawala ng trabaho o kakulangan ng pangtustos sa mga pangaraw-araw na pangangailangan. Survive as one family tayo!

8. Kailangan mo ba ng kausap?

Hindi ka nag-iisa. Makipag-chat o text sa mga kaibigan o kamag-anak.

Kung nakakaramdam ka ng anxiety, may handang makinig sa iyo!

9. Nalulungkot ka ba sa sitwasyong dala ng COVID-19 at sa mga balita tungkol dito? Maging boses ng kabataan at magbigayinspirasyon sa iba! Nakararanas tayong lahat ng lungkot at hirap dahil sa krisis na ito. Makakatulong ang pag-unawa sa isa’t isa, at pag-share ng saya at pag-asa.

10. Appreciate life pa rin!

Subukan mong maglista ng tatlong bagay na ipinagpapasalamat mo araw-araw. Di mo kailangan i-explain.

I-share mo lang. Tuloy ang buhay.

Lalaban tayo!

Ang mga tips na ito ay hindi uubra kung tayo mismo, lalong lalo na ang mga kabataan ay walang tiwala sa mga sarili nila. Higit sa lahat ang taimtim na pagdarasal ang kinakailangan ng bawat isa,

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Successful Business Plan (Part 2) Think a minute . . . ”The reason some people are successful is that they put their plan and work together for a plan that works.”

Yesterday we started a plan for success both in our job and career, as well as in our personal life, so today we will complete the course.

Rule number three: Be productive. This means we learn to use our time and talents efficiently and e f fe c t i v e l y t o pro du c e something others think is worth having. It may be a good product or service or both. But to do this we must maintain our high standard of quality in our work. The world-famous musician Paderewski said: “When I miss a week of practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.”

This takes daily discipline and commitment to improving ourselves and our service to others. We must keep sharpening our skills, learning to use new and better technology, even learning f rom ou r c omp e t itors .

Remember: “The enemy of the best is second best.” “Good enough” rarely is!

THINK A MINUTE

JHAN TIAFAU HURST This leads to rule number four: Be motivated by a passion and purpose that gets you up every morning.

“Fire in your heart will melt the lead in your feet.”

Without this desire and drive, your best plans will never happen. There is a deep satisfaction that only comes from knowing you are fully using your abilities and training to become the best you can be.

Yet, even if we did all this, we still need a purpose bigger than just our own personal desires and dreams.

Something that is truly worth giving our life and time to.

This brings us back to where we started: you find success PLAN/PAGE 7

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When God seems harsh to us

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“It is not right to take the food of the children and throw it to the dogs.” (Mt 15,26) These words of Christ certainly must have sounded harsh to the Ca naa nite woma n who begged him to cure her daughter who was tormented by a demon. But instead of being turned off, she persisted in her request.

She said, “Please, Lord, for even the dogs eat the scraps t hat fa l l f rom t he table of their masters.” And that’s when Christ said to her in reply, “O woman, great is your faith!

Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour. (Mt 15,27-28) Somet i mes God

te st s ou r fa it h i f only to purify and st reng t hen it. We should just persist in going to him even if he seems to reject us. With God we shou ld not be afraid or ashamed.

He always cares for us.

This should be the attitude to have. It’s an attitude that can only indicate our unconditional faith and love for God who is always in control of things, and at the same time can also leave us in peace and joy even at the worst of the possibilities.

We have to follow the example of the many characters in the gospel who, feeling helpless in the many predicaments they were in, earnestly rushed to Christ for some succor. They went to him una fraid a nd unashamed and they got what they wanted.

It may happen that we may not get what we want. And in this, we should not be too

surprised or too worried. What is sure is that God always listens and gives us what is best for us.

If our request is granted, it’s because it is good for us. If our request is not g r a nte d , it cou ld be because what we asked is actually not good for us. Examples of this kind of cases are aplenty, and many would later on realize how lucky they were that what they asked for was not granted.

We s hou ld not forget that God will always listen to us and will act on our requests prompt ly and in the best way for us, considering both our immediate and the ultimate needs, and no matter how imperfect the object, motives, and manner of our petitions are.

Remember the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge narrated in the gospel of St. Luke, chapter 8. The conclusion of that

parable is the following lesson we should learn at heart: “ W i l l not G o d bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off.?” (7) This lesson is reiterated in the gospel of St. Matthew where Christ said: “What man of you, if his son asks him for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a serpent?

If you then, who are evil, k now how to give good gif ts to your children, how much more will your Father who is heaven give good things to those who ask him!”

(7,9-11) We should therefore have no fear or shame in going to God for all our needs.

We should persist in our requests even if he appears to be harsh to us or even to reject us. His heart will give in with our persistence!

Just a Loan Sweet words are easy to say; nice things are easy to buy; but good people are different to f ind.

Life ends, when you stop dreaming; hope ends, when you stop believing; friendship stops, when you stop sharing.

A good friend of mine sent me this quotation. I commented back: So very true and very well said!

Our life is borrowed - from God. No rental charges are collected from us. Many of us have forgotten this and live life to the fullest. Our life is equal to a book from a library that lends one. But how insatiable and unbearable are we in disdainful acting towards life and therefore to ourselves? Remember: life is just a loan!

My life is on loan, like money borrowed from a bank. God is the lender, and He retains the right to call in the loan any time. Though I am

responsible for taking care of it, I do not own this life; it is borrowed.

Why should I fear its loss or the loss of anything else in this world when I must surrender it all anyway?

Life seems to be nothing, just being ready to riddle one with bullets.

Life seems to be nothing, just being broken through indifference and unreliable and immoral behavior. Life seems to be nothing for those people who don't understand cries from the heart of ot her people a rou nd them - cries for their hearts and families, for justice and for many other things.

Life with all its ups and downs, is just a loan, but for many of our fellow creatures it just seems to be nonsense to be littered like a dump. And, if people try to survive, especially during these days, and if they just

experienced (once more!) indifference, arrogance, ignorance or cheating by whomever - they will give up!

I can assure you that every one of us can at first help in prayers and in reading t he bible.

"Proverbs" is the probably most down-to-earth book in the bible. Its teachings prepare you for daily life, the street and the market place.

The book offers warm pieces of advice you get; practical guidance for ma k ing your way on earth. Proverbs covers any kinds of questions you might have right now. Anybody can relate to the generalities of Proverbs, because this book simply tells how life works most of the time.

While writing this piece, I observed that more and more people struggle through life: tired, hopeless, experi-

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KLAUS DORING encing their rock-bottoms, believing in fallacious "people" around them. I also observed a lot of people living a thief life, as if it has been giving them without limitation.

"L et's enjoy ever y single loophole in law!"

What a sad and fatal attraction! +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter or visit www. germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot.com or www.klausdoringsclassicialmusic.blogspot.com

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MVP, Kevin Tan top bill business icons in 2022 National PR Congress this September

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nderscoring the important role of communications in shaping the Philippines in the next normal, MVP Group of Companies Chairman Manuel V. Pangilinan and Alliance Global Group Chief Executive Officer Kevin L. Tan headline the list of business icons who will be leading thought-leadership conversations during the National Public Relations Congress hosted by the Public Relations Society of the Philippines (PRSP) to be held on September 1 and 2 at The Peninsula Manila in Makati City.

" We a re v e r y e x c it e d to present a roster of speakers and panelists, not just from the communications industr y but also from the business community, w ho b elie ve that the public relations profession is integ ra l to their organizations' growth and success," says Harold Geronimo, APR, president, PRSP. O t h e r bu s i n e s s i c ons joining the high-level discussions include Bernie L i u , Fo u n d e r a n d C E O, T h e Pe n s h o p p e G r o u p, June Chaye Cabal-Revilla, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Sustainability Officer, Metro-Pacific Investments Corporation, and Christian Gonzalez, EVP and Chief Risk Officer, ICTSI. Also flying in from overseas to join the much-anticipated event are Prita Kamal Gani, President, ASEAN Public Relations Network; Jaffri

milestone year for the PRSP as it marks a variety of firsts for the countr y's premier o r g a n i z at i o n f o r p u b l i c relations professionals.

This will be the first time the Society will hold the Congress as a joint hybrid event with the 29th National PR Congress and the 28th Student PR Congress.

"The 28th Students' PR Congress aims to offer a fresh and clear perspective for tomorrow's communicators.

To effectively communicate under a better normal, we need to equip our young communicators with a refreshed mindset, engage them through thoughtprovoking discourse, and e mp ow e r t h e m t o m a k e the right decisions to help build a better nation," says Franz dela Fuente, PRSP Treasurer and Chairperson of the 28th Students' PR Congress.

Organized by the PRSP, the PR Congress is the largest congregation of public relations practitioners across industries in t h e p u b l i c s e c t o r, c i v i l s o c i e t y a n d s t u d e nt s i n the Philippines. For more information, visit the event website or the PRSP Fa c e b o o k p a g e at w w w. facebook.com/PRSPofficial.

Amin Osman, E xe c ut ive Memb er of the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management; Fiona Cassidy, President, PR Institute of Ne w Z e aland, and B oy Kelana Soebroto, General Chair, PERHUMAS. "This year's C ongress ai ms to i nspi re t h rou g h thought leadership f rom t h o s e w h o t h r ive d throughout the pandemic and served others through effective and empathic communications during the most challenging two years globally. The first-ever joint Congress aims to propagate truth, innovation, and progress as key anchors for communicators. Through this convergence, we hope to continue responsibly and sustainably help rebuild and reopen our economy," shares Cathy Yang, Chairperson of the National PR Congress.

This year will be a

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 11TH Judicial Region Branch 29, Bislig City Surigao del Sur IN RE: PETITION FOR COMMISSION AS NOTARY PUBLIC

MISC. CASE NO. 2022-08-2416-B

ATTY. VIVIAN M. MALAZARTE Petitioner, x--------------------------------------/ ORDER A verified petition for Commission as Notary Public was filed yesterday, August 2, 2022, by Atty. Vivian M. Malazarte who is a resident of Purok 2, Central District, Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Philippines, praying that she be granted a commission as notary public for and within the jurisdiction of this court, for the calendar year 2022 and for the term ending December 31, 2023.

The Court finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance hereby sets the summary hearing of the petition on the 24th day of August 2022 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning before the Session Hall of this Court, at which time, date and place, any interested person or persons may file a verified written opposition thereto, to be received by the court before the date of the summary hearing.

Let this order be published at the expense of the petitioner at least once in any newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Surigao del Sur, one (1) week prior to the scheduled date of the hearing of the petition.

Further, let copy of the petition together with the Annexes be furnished the President of the Integrated Bar of the Philippines, Surigao del Sur Chapter, and copy of this Order be posted in a conspicuous place in the office of the Executive Judge, the office of the Clerk of Court and one copy to be posted at the Bulletin Board of this Court prior to the scheduled date of the hearing of the petition.

SO ORDERED. GIVEN IN CHAMBERS, this 3rd day of August 2022, at Bislig City, Surigao del Sur, Philippines.

BWM: August 5, 2022

(SGD) MERLYN B. PACARO-CAÑEDO Presiding Judge

2021.

“The IRR is a product of a series of consultations with the different stakeholders of the Bangsamoro education community,” he said in a statement.

It aims to supplement the provisions of the BEC and provide concrete mechanisms for its effective implementation “to the end that no Bangsamoro child shall be left behind in the pursuit of quality, accessible, inclusive and liberating education, he added.

The IRR shall apply to all combinations or activities of persons or entities representing the Bangsamoro education system, including those pertaining to the formal, non-formal and informal public and private learning institutions at all levels such as the basic, higher, technical and madrasah education, Pandi said.

He said the education code’s IRR will be available 15 days after its publication in a local newspaper.

The education code is one of the three priority legislative measures approved by the BTA, the interim body that governs the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM). The two other are the administrative and civil service codes.

Republic Act 11054 or the Organic Law for the BARMM, popularly called the Bangsamoro Organic Law, mandates the passage of seven priority codes during the three-year transition period.

During the opening of the fourth regular session of the BTA in June, Bangsamoro Interim Chief Minister Ahod “Al Haj Murad” Ebrahim vowed to prioritize the four remaining priority measures namely the Local Governance Code, Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Act, Electoral Code and Revenue Code.

The transition period in the Bangsamoro region was set to end on June 30, 2022 when the new set of elected officials shall

have taken their oath of office.

In October 2021, former President Rodrigo Duter te, however, approved the cancellation of the parliamentary elections in the Bangsamoro region, which effectively extended the mandate of the BTA for another three years until June 2025.

Ebrahim said the “Government of the Day” enhanced its 12-point priority agenda for 2023–2025, which includes stronger BARMM bureaucracy; digital infrastructure and e-governance; revenue generation and economic comparative advantage; agri-fishery productivity and food security; investment in transportation, communication, and other strategic

infrastructure; social protection and universal healthcare; disaster resilience and climate-change adaptation; quality and holistic education; support to Marawi rehabilitation; peace, justice, and security; and, Bangsamoro culture, heritage and diversity.

“This 12-point priority agenda shall shape the budget, legislation, programs, and policies of our region as we move to the next chapter of the transition period,” Ebrahim was quoted in a press release from the BTA press office.

During the third regular session, 120 bills and 286 resolutions were filed in the plenary. Of this number, six bills and 92 resolutions were approved, it said. (MindaNews)

Learning as important component of education

By JOCELYN DELGADO PADUA Contributor

EDUCATION has long been critical of human welfare but it is even more s o in a time of rapid economic and social change. The best way to equip children and youth for the future is to place their learning at the center.

Schooling is not the same as learning. Schooling without learning is not just a wasted opportunity but a great injustice.

Education and learning r ai s e a spi r at i ons , s e t values and ultimately enrich lives. Given that t o d ay ’s s tu d e nt s w i l l be tomorrow’s citizens, l e a d e rs , wor ke rs an d parents, a good education is an investment with enduring benefits.

But providing

education is not enough.

What is important and what generates a real return on investment is learning and acquiring skills.

This is what truly builds human capital. To realize education’s promise, we need to prioritize learning, not just schooling. First, assess learning to make it a serious goal.

Second, act on evidence to make schools work for learning. Great schools bui ld st rong te acherlearner relationships in classrooms.

As brain science has advanced and educators have innovated, the knowledge of how students learn most effectively has greatly expanded.

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PH logs uptick in manufacturing score in July AboitizPower, Chevron HE Philippines’ Manufacturing Purchasing to weigh on export demand, manufacturers increased ink fuel supply deal for three straight months.

Managers Index (PMI) in July 2022 registered a S&P Global added.

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slight improvement, S&P Global reported Monday.

The c o u n t r y ’s manufacturing performance last month was pegged at 50.8, lower than the 53.8 index in June this year.

PMI above 50 indicates improvement of the sector while index below the neutral score shows deterioration of the industry.

“Data from the latest PMI sur vey indicated a loss in growth momentum at go o d s pro du c e r s i n the Philippines. Renewed contractions in output and

new orders, albeit only mild, were recorded in July. The headline figure slipped to 50.8 in July to signal the slowest expansion since January,” S&P Global Market Inte l l i ge n c e e c on om i s t Maryam Baluch said.

The report said Philippine manufacturers slowed down in July as output and new orders dropped last month.

The ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic and uncertainties in the global market continue

Manu f a c tu re rs we re also “unenthusiastic to make purchases” in July as inflationary pressures mount further.

“Overall, muted growth across the Filipino manufacturing sector adds caution to the air as inflationary pressures continue to heat up,” Baluch said.

O n t he ot he r hand, companies increased their headcount in the previous month, which addressed backlogs of work. iring activities of local

Philippine-based manufacturers expressed optimism for the next 12 months despite challenges in the global and local market, such as demand, inflation, and logistics challenges.

“Despite the downside risks to growth arising from greater inflationary pressure, the outlook for t he coming 12 mont hs strengthened in July, with firms upbeat and remaining hopeful of a better global economic climate,” Baluch said. (PNA)

CHEVRON Philippines Inc. has signed a deal with Aboitiz Power Corp. to supply diesel fuel to the latter’s nine power generation plants.

In a media release on Tuesday, Chevron Philippines Country Chairman Billy Liu said the two companies “share the same advocacy of providing affordable, reliable, and safe energy.”

“Our number one goal now is to keep [AboitizPower’s] equipment running and electricity flowing at their plants so they can Diokno banks on mining for sustained economic recovery, expansion thermal continue to provide for the Diokno said the listing energy needs of the nation,” Philex is mobilizing be mined for 22 years at a F I NA N C E S e c r e t a r y Benjamin Diokno said i n v e s t m e n t s f o r t h e rate of 4 million tonnes per sends a strong signal to the he said.

Ronaldo S. R amos, mining industry that the the mining industr y is development of its Silangan year.

The mine is targeted country's capital markets are a p o t e n t i a l s o u r c e o f underground copper-gold Republic of the Philippines s u s t a i n e d e c o n o m i c mine in Surigao del Norte. to commence commercial viable instruments for fast Department of Transportation and In a disclosure to the op e r at i ons i n t he f i rst tracking the development growth as he underscored Communications of large mining projects. the benefit of mobilizing PSE, the company said it is quarter of 2025.

LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY He s ai d t h e Marc o s D iok no s aid Phi l e x’ i nv e s t m e n t s fo r m i n e offering a maximum of 842 BOARD million common shares at SRO listing demonstrates administration is committed development.

Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, the rate of one offer share for t h e m i n i n g i n d u s t r y ’s to continue creating an Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City “The mining industry every 5.8674 shares owned confidence in the country’s enabling environment for holds the greatest potential for PHP3.15 each to raise promising economic growth mining activities to flourish RURAL TRANSIT OF MINDANAO INC. NO. R10-EV-PUB in the country as he looks CASE to be a key driver in our a total of PHP2.652 billion prospects.

2022-07-1504 He said the offering forward to similar listings (2001-10-5146) economic recovery and long- new equity.

The stocks rights offering means more jobs will be in the future. term growth, especially now NOTICE OF HEARING “ We r e c o g n i z e t h at APPLICANT(s)/ that world metal prices are (SRO) period started on July created, local economies PETITIONER(s) high. The Philippines, after 12, 2022 and ended July 25, w i l l b e r e i nv i g o r at e d , apart from boosting local request/s authority to Extend the Validity and additional revenues d e v e l o p m e n t , m i n i n g of a Certificate of Public Convenience all, is one of the world’s most 2022. to operate PUB SERVICE on the route: The Silangan project, will be contributed to the is a st rong mag net for PAGADIAN CITY TO OZAMIS - MOLAVE richly endowed countries in investments that can propel and vice versa with the use of FOUR terms of mineral resources,” considered one of the biggest government.

T h e D e p a r t m e nt o f our economy into a higher (4) unit/s. he said Wednesday at the copper-gold mines in the This application/petition shall be listing of Philex Mining country, is planned to be Finance (DOF) estimates growth trajectory,” he added. considered by this Board on August 16, D i o k n o s a i d t h e 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which C or p or at i on’s ( P h i l e x ) mined in two phases. The that the project will generate Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall c om mon sh are s i n t he first phase has a mineable around PHP8.5 billion in government expects the date formally submit his/her/their evidence.

Philippine Stock Exchange ore reserve of 81 million excise taxes alone for its mining industry to strictly adhere to responsible and The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall metric tonnes which will entire mine life.

(PSE). said notice at least TEN (10) sustainable mining practices. publish DAYS prior to the date of hearing once He s ai d t h e m i n i ng in a newspaper of general circulation industr y should strike a in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ balance between protecting granting

By Maria Cecilia Galendez Labata, of the application/petition must the environment, uplifting file his/her/their written opposition with LPT/ TII local communities, and supporting documents, unless this deems it necessary to require December is supposed to be a Risk Reduction Management evacuation center since there was supporting the government’s Board additional documentary evidence and/ month of merrymaking however Committee KCS_SDRRMC) an ongoing construction in the socioeconomic agenda. or his/her/their oral testimony(s). in Cagayan De Oro City, that mobilized its team as dawn paved barangay site.

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, “This is a non-negotiable The school’ s male teachers, its way to morning. was not the case.

Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this c o n d i t i o n s o w e c a n 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de The SDRRMC Coordinator of Mr. Jeffry E. Bamoya,and Mr. On December 16, 2021, Severe Tropical Storm Odette (STS Kauswagan Central School Main Renie M. Hoyohoy led all evacuees guarantee the sustainability Oro City, Philippines.

Odette) (International Name Rai) Campus posted on social media to the classrooms amidst chaos of the industr y and the ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING made a landfall in the eastern (fb) a call to its stakeholders to of requests for rooms, food, strong economic growth HEARING OFFICER part of Mindanao. It lambasted inform their advisers/ teachers water, hungry and crying infants, of its host communities,” most of the paradise island of on their safety status likewise wet and tired faces of young BWM: August 5, 2022 he said. (PR) Siargao and the rest of the cities the teachers do the same (text and old alike. Mr Reno Beja

KCS faced STS Odette Head On

and provinces of Mindanao as it made its way up to the Visayas and destroyed everything on its path. Leaving on its wake were billions of damages in agriculture, tourism and claimed innocent lives while others went missing.

Cagayan de Oro City was not spared. Residents scampered to safety as the storm category upped to Signal Number 2. People were literally braving the heavy downpour and strong winds just to beat the rainwater which started to rise along the banks of Cagayan de Oro River putting the lives of the residents along these areas at risk.

As Barangay Kauswagan lies along the western bank of the main tributary of Macajalar Bay, the school ‘s Disaster

brigade/ call marathon) for their wards as well. Posted in the premises of Kauswagan Central School were the courageous individuals (SDRRMC members who left their families at home just to serve the stakeholders and the community as a whole.

Working hand in hand with the SDRRMC Members are the equally cooperative BNS, BHW, Rescue Teams, Traffic, Peace and Order Teams of Barangay Kauswagan under the supervision of Hon .Brgy Chairman Pedro D. Balite, PhD, School Principal Catalina Q. Oliveros, PhD and Hon. Brgy Kagawad Peter Jason Balite who braved the rain just to secure everybody who shouted for rescue.

The school served as the main

Kauswagan Cental School’s SDRRMC Team (Main/ Annex campuses)

(SDRRMC Coordinator KCSannex) motored to and fro just to be sure that evacuees were fed, placed and accounted for by the proper authorities. Equally commended were the men and women of Barangay Kauswagan who made that fateful night a night of bayanihan, compassion and raw bravery. Not even a single classroom and space was spared nor an evacuee. Everybody was at their own element of being a human being made in the image and likeness of His Creator.

As the saying goes, “There is no greater love than to serve others in time of distress”.

The SDRRMC Team never left the school until the last candle was extinguished and the last evacuee rested for the night.

Hello, Reading Camp!

By: Reno L. Beja Kauswagan Central School

It’s been 2 years now since the remedial, enrichment, and reading camp was put on hold due to the threat of the Covid-19 . This year, Dep.Ed. Order 25, series 2022 stated the amendment of Summer Reading Camp and Summer Classes and mandated the schools to open its door for remedial/enrichment and reading activities to cater to the learning gap that is present in our learners.

Good news indeed. Good n e w s b ot h for l e ar n e rs and teachers. The learners who were identified by the teachers that got 75-19 in their core subjects will be qualified for this program.

The teachers were also eager to participate and render services for they know the

urgency of the call.

Kauswagan Central School, together with the School Reading Team and Teacher Volunteers, is now catering to pupils from Grade 1-Grade 6 and will run this program for 3 weeks.

It’s the 2nd week now, and so far so good, the momentum of the learners to come to school and their excitement to learn was very evident in their attendance. We hope to sustain it up to the next week.

This can be the start of something we are brewing in the department, something that we are looking forward and that is the transition of the learning modalities from distance learning to full implementation of the face-to-face classes.

president and chief operating officer of AboitizPower’s oil business unit, said: “With Chevron Philippines as our provider of quality fuel, we look forward to operational efficiency and worry-free operations so that we can keep supplying much-needed power to keep the lights on in many Filipino households.”

Emmanuel Lopez, senior vice president of AboitizPower’s coal business unit, said that the company trusts the reliable service of the oil firm as it previously supplied the diesel and gasoline requirement to start up Therma Visayas, Inc. in Cebu after Typhoon Odette hit the Philippines in December last year.

“It showed how dedicated and efficient they are in providing service, even during a disaster,” he said.

AboitizPower, which has a total capacity of 3,962 megawatts, is engaged in power distribution, generation, and retail electricity services.

EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE NEURINA TABAN DADULAS AND ISIDRO GEVERO DADULAS that the late NEURINA TABAN DADULAS AND ISIDRO GEVERO DADULAS who died on ________ and _______, in _________; the deceased a residential house and lot with Transfer Certificate of Title No. 137-2012000551 situated in the Barrio of Kauswagan, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY ONE (161) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE NEURINA TABAN DADULAS AND ISIDRO GEVERO DADULAS, filed by the heirs of NEURINA TABAN DADULAS AND ISIDRO GEVERO DADULAS, per DOC #311; PAGE #32; BOOK #XIX;Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. BERNA GIFT C. GONZAGA-DIMACALING BWM: Aug. 5, 12, & 19, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No. 10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City RURAL TRANSIT OF MINDANAO INC. CASE NO. R10-EV-PUB 2022-07-1507 (2007-10-1726) NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT(s)/ PETITIONER(s) request/s authority to Extend the Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUB SERVICE on the route: PAGADIAN CITY TO OZAMIS - MOLAVE and vice versa with the use of THREE (3) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on August 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least TEN (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application/petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ their oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 2nd day of August 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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all Filipino households on or before June 30 this year, but budget constraints as well as policy and technical challenges in rolling out energization programs impeded that dream.

The past government leadership, in particular, had set sharp focus on energizing the ‘unserved’ and ‘underserved’ domains so these marginalized jurisdictions can keep pace with targeted inclusive economic growths for the country; but that remains an unfulfilled aspiration until now.

L a s t y e a r, t h e N a t i o n a l Electrification Administration (NEA) already sounded off that it has been falling short of its electrification target – even at sitio level because its budget allocation had been significantly slashed.

At t he t i me, t he nat i ona l government has been realigning funds mostly for the country’s response to the coronavirus health crisis; and it was the State-underpinned energization program that had been whacked in the process.

In particular, NEA officials indicated that of the 12,000 sitios targeted for full electrification this 2022, the required funding will be as much as P18 billion — but the allocation set by the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) had been below 10-percent of that or just around P1.627 billion.

In the agency’s calculation, the cost of connecting one sitio to the

grid would be at P1.5 million; hence, the aggregate financing requirement of the 12,000 sitios will be as much as P18 billion.

A sitio is a unit of a barangay (village) – and these are often located in relatively far-flung areas, hence, providing electricity access to consumers on these domains would entail heftier capital outlay and there could also be higher degree of physical constraints in connecting them to the grid – and even more so, in extending energy access to the household level.

In a recent World Bank report, the Philippines is in the roll of countries where rural areas’ access to electricity is still wanting, along with other Southeast Asian nations Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar.

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Anticipate a downfall in Advancement By: Joey Marie S. Revelo Secondary School Teacher III Ozamiz City National High School With the rise of computers and robots, collectively automations, the process of manual works have been decreased to a great extent. A machine alone provides us faster, less hassle and better outcomes in jobs than done by a large quantity of manpower.

Actually, some states already implemented the full utilization of automation, including the United States of America (USA) and Japan, providing their workers with extra time as the work gets all done only within a little time.

Currently, these machines are used in almost every sector that humans have been highly dependent with. We fully rely to these innovations for they are programmed with artificial intelligence (AI). Artificial intelligence is like that of a human only that it is demonstrated by a machine. It is a result of advancing mimics of cognitive functions that can be associated with the human brain.

Basically, AI is contrast to natural intelligence. This is programmed with algorithms and codes to function similar to our mind.

But, what makes it different to the human brain is its very quick progress, evolving like a million times faster than ours. So, e can never imagine the development of AI for the next years.

With its ability of doing certain laborious works, Al has a great potential to replace human beings in many industries in the coming years. We can use them in painstaking activities which have been carried out by humans for so long. Al is capable of immersing itself to dangerous

tasks and adjust its parameters such as their speed and time, and be made to act quickly, unaffected by the factors harming humans.

When AI develops even further in the future, manpower will manage Al workers rather than perform all the manual works themselves. We can say that we can act as operators of the automation. But the question is, are the machines enough to cover the number of employees who are prone to unemployment?

The ultimate impact of Al to the human workforce strikes the growth and stagnation of our economy as well. Employment rates have been the driving force behind our economic progress and just by the introduction of AI, many would become jobless.

And this is one of the primary downfalls if we allow artificial intelligence to dominate.

We should certainly need to address the elimination of jobs to a number of people in the coming years. This is a major concern that must be considered.

The people who will become at risk of becoming jobless have families and children to feed at home.

If we wish towards the taste of sweet advancement and rely much on robots and artificial intelligence to make the difficult task easier and quicker, the unemployment rates will increase and the worst must be anticipated.

We must always consider the other side of every innovation.

We must take a look and address every downfall that might take place.

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the 2017 siege. “We cannot ignore the reality these numbers represent, especially when one person displaced is one person too many,” Adiong said. He said the bill protects the rights of IDPs in consistent with the principles enshrined in the 1987 Constitution, the standards set by international humanitarian law and human rights law, international treaties, and conventions adhered to by the Philippines, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Internal Displacement. (PNA)

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security, the protect the environment, and to promote sustainable development and a healthy tourism industry as committed by PBBM (Marcos Jr.) under his new administration.” She said they hope the new administration will have the government consultant – Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Ltd. – reconsider the project design and study the viability of an alternative land portion of the bridge project on the Samal side.

Dr. John Lacson, who has a doctorate degree in marine biology from the University of Texas, believed that the mitigating measures that Arup and the Department of Public Works and Highway intend to put up would not suffice to protect the reef from an irreversible destruction. He said the reef, a “hidden treasure of Samal,” is an important “gene bank.” Lacson said the coastal development would spell doom for the corals that would

result in the death of “everything in this area” as silts fall into “the polyps of the corals.” “Once they begin dredging, they have to dredge to insert the pillars to support this bridge.

Once they do that, you are going to get a tremendous amount of silt up into what is called a water column on a daily basis, on an hourly basis, and the currents here in this channel go both directions,” he said. The marine biologist said the reef might die over a period of three or four years once dredging activities start. Lacson recommended moving the landing point to an alternative site where there are no living corals. “From the point of view of simple preservation, we cannot destroy this reef and that needs to be communicated to this country, once and for all. Other scientists have said, ‘it will die.’ It’s just a matter of when. That’s all we’re trying to do, we’re trying to prevent this inevitable outcome if you put the landing point over there,” he said. In a 100-page project description of the “Samal Island-Davao City Connector Project” published on the website of the Environmental Management Bureau of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, the land portion of the bridge will fall on residential and industrial areas in Barangay Hizon from the side of Davao City. The bridge, one of the 75 big-ticket flagship projects under the “Build, Build, Build” program of the past Duterte administration, was conceptualized in 1970. “The proposed project will link the existing road networks of Davao City and IGACOS enhancing

Strenthening parents-teahers cooperation in enhanced learning

By JOCELYN DELGADO PADUA Contributor

I F t h e re ' s on e g o o d t h i n g the pandemic has brought to schools under the prevailing circumstances is the enhanced and stronger cooperation between teachers and parents.

This has become paramount since the methodology in distance or remote learning requires teachers reaching out with parents to compliment the needed guidance which were hindered by too many restrictions in health protocols.

Pedagogical research puts effective communication as essential for building schoolfamily partnerships. It constitutes the foundation for all other forms of family involvement in education.

The manner in which schools c om mu n i c at e a n d i nt e r a c t with parents affects the extent and quality of parents' home involvement with their children's learning. For example, schools that communicate bad news about student performance more often than recognizing students' excellence will discourage parent involvement by making parents

feel they cannot effectively help their children.

Parents also benefit from being involved in their children's education by getting ideas from school on how to help and support their children, and by learning more about the school's academic program and how it works.

Perhaps most important, parents benefit by becoming more confident about the value of their school involvement.

Parents develop a greater appreciation for the important role they play in their children's education.

Research shows that parental involvement can free teachers to focus more on the task of teaching children.

Also, by having more contact with parents, teachers learn more about students' needs and home environment, which is information they can apply toward better meeting those needs.

Parents who are involved tend to have a more positive view of teachers, which results in improved teacher morale.

Are we ready? -SY 2022-2023

By: Reno L. Beja Kauswagan Central School Are we ready? Being the by the teachers, parents, School Disaster Risk Reduction and other stakeholders, and Management Coordinator, this were encouraged to pass on is the question that echoes the challenge to the other for such time as this. As the stakeholders. Committees were schools are now mandated formed with different causes. to participate in crossing the A committee was assigned to bridge from distance learning tap possible stakeholders to and transcends to limited face- participate in this program to-face classes I am much aware and another committee was of the number one objective assigned to the attendance and of our committee and that is schedules of the volunteers and the safety and wellness of the another for the classroom’s learners. improvements and monitoring.

Kauswagan Central School The Brigada Eskwela Program was granted the seal from will be a month-long activity the IATF that allows us to and we are still in the 1st week welcome the learners on and that will be from August the school ‘s premises and 1-26,2022. conduct limited face-to-face Are we ready? I guess that’s classes. In partnership with the question that we will have the Brigada Eskwela Program up until the opening of the of Kauswagan Central School, classes. This question will not the entire village of our school intimidate s but surely be our took part and grabbed this compass and drive to do more chance to help the campus and be more for Kauswagan be face-to-face classes ready. Central School to be face-toThe Kick-off was attended face classes ready.

the economic activity in both cities.

The benefits of the project include a resilient and solid transportation, access to education, employment and business opportunities as well as other services the two cities can and will offer,” it said. Rodriguez added that the family is willing to donate another property, Caliclic Beach Resort, located about a kilometer away from Paradise Island, as an alternative site for the Davao-Samal Bridge project’s landing point as its coast no longer has a coral reef capable of supporting a diverse marine ecosystem.

“Just to be very clear, we do not oppose the bridge. In fact, we are for the bridge. What we are requesting is for the realignment of the bridge. In fact, the family has chosen a site, which is right after the Bridgeport which we were going to donate for the bridge,” she said. She said that the Rodriguez family would “exhaust any and all valid and legal measures to realign the SIDC and protect and preserve the Paradise Reef for the lasting benefit of present and future generations in IGACOS, in the Davao Region, the Island of Samal and the entire country.” Narciso Rodriguez, manager of the Paradise Island Park & Beach Resort, added that the government should also take into consideration the environmental impact of a project. “If they dredge in three locations over there,” he said, “the silt and mud will cover everything.” He said marine biologists, who came over to study the coral reef, all came out with findings that dredging activities would bring havoc on the reef, causing irreparable

damage, not only to Paradise Reef but also to the nearby ecosystem. Once dredging starts, he said the silt could travel to as far as eight kilometers from the coast of Paradise Island and could reach Talicud Island and the nearby areas in Babak District. “Nobody seems to be interested in conducting study because they are excited to put something here in Samal. So, everybody is blinded by the thought of constructing this long-awaited bridge and they do not care what the consequences will be,” Rodriguez said.

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acceleration of inflation rate both here and abroad contributed to the interest rate tightening, which also hurt the peso.

Inflation rate increased to 6.1 percent in June due in part to the highest oil prices in the international market.

Fitch Ratings forecasts inflation to average at a level higher than the government’s 2 to 4 percent target band until 2023.

This, it said, is the reason why it forecasts the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) key policy rates to end 2023 at 4 percent, from the current 3.25 percent for the overnight reverse repurchase (RRP) rate.

With the domestic banking system backed mainly by rate-insensitive current account and savings account (CASA) deposits, the debt rater said the domestic banking sector has “a strong ability to manage deposit cost.”

“Changes in the policy reverse repo (repurchase) rate have not historically been fully passed through to bank lending rates,” it said.

To date, the BSP’s policy rates have been hiked by a total of 125 basis points.

The report said “the conglomeratedominated business landscape gives corporations considerable bargaining power, and competition for high-quality assets often means that banks are hesitant to raise rates quickly.”

“Therefore, we expect lending spreads to widen only moderately,” it added. (PNA)

from P3.47 billion.

For the first semester, BDO’s net interest income was at P69.449 billion, 8% higher than the P64.444 billion seen in the same period last year, amid an expansion in earning assets and improved funding costs.

Meanwhile, the bank’s non-interest income was at P17.596 billion in the second quarter, up by 22.95% year on year from P14.311 billion.

The increase came on the back of a 34.1% rise in its income from service charges, fees and commissions to P9.294 billion, as well as the 215.35% growth in its foreign exchange gains to P2.321 billion from P736 million, offsetting the P1.172-billion net trading loss seen in the quarter versus the P511-million net gain posted the year prior.

BDO’s non-interest earnings for the first half grew 15% to P34.276 billion from P29.681 billion on the back of an expansion in fees and insurance premiums.

On the other hand, the lender’s total operating expenses for the second quarter went up by 9.41% to P32.692 billion from P29.88 billion. For the first half, expenses climbed by 6% to P64.54 billion from P60.949 billion.

The bank’s net loans and receivables stood at P2.52 trillion as of June, up by 2.86% from the P2.45 trillion seen at end-2021, with customer loans growing by 9% year on year.

Its nonperforming loan (NPL) ratio declined to 2.39% at end-June from 3.12% a year prior.

PE teachers’ competency in teaching, integrating technology

By LORRY LEE G. LUNGAY Teacher I Tangub City National High School

WHILE entering the education field, I never put PE and technology in the same sentence. However, I noticed the impact that technology could have in the classroom during my internships and made it a point to include technology once I accepted my first PE position.

Incorporating technology in physical education classes produces an individual oriented experience for stu d e nt s w h o fe e l reluctant about the subject.

Additionally, it also has the potential to reduce stress on the students’ bodies, improves confidence and makes them more efficient and prepared for their classes.

PE teachers that are

able to use technology in their classroom must not put technology in place of activity but if we sprinkle tech into the PE lessons, students are going to be more engaged and will allow students to be more active in the PE setting and show positive behavior outside the PE setting as well.

T he b e ne f it s of PE technology are not limited to data tracking or pandemic re sp ons e. PE te a ch e rs have seen the benefits of technology in creating more interactive and dynamic lesson plans. As many schools have aimed to transition from a games to a fitnessbased approach, integrating technology in PE has been crucial.

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WeAreAyala Business Club Iloilo launched; commits to do more for the greater good

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he Ayala group continues to launch WeAreAyala Business Club (WAABC) chapters across key cities in the country, with an aim to re-energize business units, establish synergy and communication, and fellowship among Ayala group employees, and boost engagement with local communities.

Following WAABC Cebu’s launch in April, the Ayala group launched the WAABC Iloilo chapter at the Iloilo Convention Center last May 2022. The City of Love has had its fair share of community i n i t i at i v e s w i t h Ay a l a since 2016. From the Book Donation with Groliers and the Bantay Bata Medical Mission to the more recent BuyAni Project and ABC Brigada Eskwela, Iloilo truly is a “special place for Ayala,” as Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Ayala Corporation President and CEO, said.

“This is one of the most impressive cities I’ve seen in the country, and I commit

that we will do more,” Zobel said.

About 250 employees from 16 business units in the Ayala group in Iloilo attended the WeAreAyala town hall, giving them a chance to engage with and get to know each other towards better collaboration on future projects.

In the evening, the group’s most valued clients and partners were welcomed with a cocktail event to show the group’s appreciation for their long-standing relationship and support.

The Ayala executives took time to talk to COMMITS/PAGE 7

Dinagyang Dancers of the Ilonggo Artists Festival Association wowed the Ayala employees with their outstanding cultural performance. AC Executives, from left: Ayala Corporation (AC) Senior Managing Director and Public Affairs Group Head Rene Almendras, AC Industrial Technology Holdings, Inc. Group President and CEO Art Tan, BPI President and CEO TG Limcaoco, AC President and CEO Fernando Zobel de Ayala, Globe Chief Commercial Officer Issa Guevarra-Cabreira, AC Strategic Adviser to Corporate Resources Group and Human Resources Group Francisco Romero Milan, AC Head of Security and Crisis Management General Emmanuel Bautista, and AC Health President and CEO Paolo Borromeo.