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Briefly Agus bidding

THE bidding for the rehabilitation project of the Agus hydroelectric power plant complex might take place in either January or February next year, Froilan Tampinco, National Power Corp. president, told reporters.

“We will be announcing the new bidding schedule within the rest of the year,” he said.

Tampinco said it should take place around that time, unless the prospective bidders request for an additional period of time for due diligence.

He said the approved budget for the rehabilitation is still P2.6 billion.

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VALUE of merchandise exports grew by 6.1 percent to US$4.4 billion in October 2012.

The growth, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) makes the Philippines one of the strongest performers among its selected East and Southeast Asian

neighbors for the first 10 months of the year.

From January to October 2012, total exports receipts from the Philippines already totalled US$44.5 billion, exports/PAGE 7

Strong economy ushers upscale stores to CdO • Nautica opens second Mindanao branch

By MIKE BAÑOS, Correspondent

Food handling

THE first leg of food handler’s class opened in Camiguin on Tuesday at the Municipal Health Office (MHO) of Catarman.

All food establishment operators here were required to undergo the training before they will be allowed to renew their licenses.

The Camiguin Provincial Health Office has scheduled a 2-day training course for each town.

Provincial Nutritionist Telesfora G. Madelo said this is a yearly routine for the food handlers’ but will help put into place all necessary updates with regards to good hygienic practices in food handling and serving.

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Issue No. 138, Volume III • As of 5:54 pm dec. 12, 2012 (Wednesday)

Cagayan de Oro City

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CLAIRE’S NEW BRANCH. Planet Sports, Inc. is set to open its Claire store at Ayala’s Centrio Mall in Cagayan de Oro in March next year. Claire is an international fashion forward retailer with a network of over 3,000 stores across Europe, North photo by mike baños America, Japan and the Philippines.

UPSCALE sports fashion boutique Nautica has opened its second branch in Mind-

anao in Cagayan de Oro’s new Ayala Centrio Mall in a strong vote of confidence in economy/PAGE 7

Claire’s to open branch at Ayala’s Centrio Mall

By MIKE BAÑOS Correspondent

PLANET Sports Inc. will be opening only its second Claire’s store in the Philip-

pines this March at Ayala’s Centrio Mall in Cagayan de Oro. Claire’s is a retailer of accessories and jewelry to girls

and young women, with headquarters in Hoffman Estates, Illinois. Its first store is scheduled to open claire’s/PAGE 7

Inmates livelihood

INMATES at the City Jail will be fabricating coffins as their livelihood project.

This, as Mayor Vicente Emano ordered the establishment of a livelihood project for them thru Executive Order No 123-2012.

According to the mayor, the city government, in its Social Services Program considers the plight of the inmates at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) and intends to assist the national government in its intent to provide rehabilitation to those who have committed offenses against the society and to prepare them for possible re-integration into the society.

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Davao province eyeing to become world-class

By BEN D. ARCHE, Correspondent

TAGUM City – Davao del Norte is in great hope to be described as world-class province in four years time being the center of the flourishing economy of Davao Region.

G ove r nor R o d o l fo Del Rosario disclosed t h is objec t ive du r i ng t he roadshow presentation of the Regional Development Plan (RDP) 2011-2016 for Region XI formulated by the offices

of the Regional Development Council (RDC) and National Economic Development Authority (NEDA).

R D C a n d N E DA broug ht t he de velopment plan to the prov-

ince recently to present the council’s advocacy on making Davao Region as the country’s “Rising Global Frontier” down to the grassroots.

“I’m not say ing we rise up to the standards of other countries but we’d like to see the day when our province is well connected to the global economy,” Del Rosario told media during the

RDP roadshow.

The governor said the idea of making the province as world-class is to open it up to all fronts.

He added t hat people from Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley will have to pass through the province before reaching Davao City. Roads construction connecting the province to Bukidnon and Agusan del Sur are now underway.

“It will continue to con nec t to t he world through the still in good shape banana industry despite decrease in de-

mand from China,” Del Rosario also said.

The message of RDCXI chair and Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte delivered by NEDA XI director Ma. Lourdes Lim du ri ng t he roadshow, emphasized the role of the province and its banana industry in the region.

“Davao del Norte serves as the anchor for priority industry clusters most especia l ly t he banana industry which is an industry that is the prime contributor to the region’s exports and to the region’s over-all economic output,”

Lim said.

“The banana industry is recognized as the direct contributor to the achievement of an inclusive growth as it provides jobs and thus improves family incomes to reduce poverty.”

Reducing “the region’s poverty incidence among families from 26.2 percent in 2006 to 22.3 percent in 2016” is the goal of RDP. The level of poverty incidence based on a recent survey is “relatively low” compared to other provinces, Lim added.

DAVAO City -- Reviving Davao Oriental, one of the country’s top tourist destinations because of its beautiful beaches and natural waterfalls, would take time.

Department of Tourism (DOT) regional director Art Boncato said “it will be a long process. However, DOT fully supports the rehabilitation of Davao Oriental, one of the hardest hit areas in Davao Region by typhoon Pablo.”

The Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) has earmarked P470 million to fund the rehabilitation of roads linking Pusan Point in Caraga and Mt. Hamiguitan in San Isidro in its 2013 annual budget.

It has also identified priority projects to boost Davao Oriental’s tourism in 2013.

He said Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley have both contributed to

the general growth tourism industry in Davao Region.

And despite of the devastation, Davao City remained as the key tourism center in Mindanao.

“The local government of Davao Oriental will have the full support of the department (DOT),” he reiterated.

He said the provincial tourism offices are, however, currently focused on the relief operations to typhoon affected areas in the entire Davao Region.

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Full power expected before Christmas time

THE Department of Energy (DOE) targets to complete restoration of power supply in all areas affected by Typhoon Pablo before Christmas, Energy Secretary Carlos Jericho L. Petilla said.

“The damage is extensive but it is nothing that we can’t handle. All we need is time right now, and basically we’re trying to target that before Christmas, the power will be restored by 100 percent,” the energy chief said.

Petilla said while the majority of Mindanao already has power, the coastal towns of Cateel, Boston and Baganga in Davao Oriental, are really badly hit.

Petilla said there are 210 toppled power lines posts that will require a lot of work to be done before we can restore power.

“But we’re doing everything that we can to actually normalize the power. The major cities that don’t have any power are the city of Mati and some parts of Bislig, but the majority have power except for the hardest-hit area,” he said.

Petilla said they have people on the ground, particularly Task Force Kapatid comprised of distribution utilities and electric cooperatives not affected by the typhoon.

NGCP said all restoration works in the Visayas have been completed.

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Motoring

Kia Motors posts 6.4% global sales growth in November

• 234,069 Kia vehicles sold in November for 6.4% year-onyear growth • November sales in Korea, China, North America and Europe post sales growth K IA Motors Cor poration announced today its global sales figures (export sales, domestic sales and sales from overseas plants) for passenger cars, recreational vehicles (RVs) and commercia l vehicles for November 2012, recording a total of 234,069 units sold.

This figure represents a year-on-year increase of 6.4%.

In November, Kia posted a year-on-year sales increases of 13.8% in Korea (44,400 units sold); 13.6% in China (55,300 units sold); 11.7% in North A mer ic a (4 6,774 u n it s sold); a nd 0.8% in Europe* (46,331 units sold).

Mea nwh i le, November sales in general markets* decreased by 7.3% (41,264 units sold).

Cumulatively through t he f i rst 11 mont hs of 2012, Kia’s global sales have increased by 10.3% ye a r- on-ye a r to re ac h 2,497,002 units. Europe, North America and China have experienced the highest cumulative gains to date in 2012 of 19.8%

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(528,666 units sold), 17.6% (592,261 units sold), and 10.7% (458,956 units sold), respectively.

Kia’s best selling model in overseas markets for the month of November was the B-segment R io (known as ‘K2’ in China) with 37,651 units sold. The C-segment Cerato (known as ‘Forte’ in some markets) was the second best seller with 33,309 units delivered, while Sportage compact CUV, D-segment Optima sedan and Sorento mid-size CUV followed with 30,364; 22,153; and 19,107 units sold, respectively.

Tae-Hy un (Thomas) Oh, Executive Vice President & COO of Kia Motors Corporation, said, “The successful launch of the all-new Cerato (Forte / K3) in the local Korean market has propelled Korea to its highest year-on-year monthly sales gain for the first time in 2012. These results coupled with the successful North American premiere of the all-new Forte at the Los Angeles Auto Show, are tell-tale signs that we are headed in the right direction and can expect continued positive sales momentum as we approach 2013.”

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Globe unveils exclusive mobile applications for better, richer experience

KEEPING up with the growing demand for a better and richer mobile experience with the use of smartphones, Globe Telecom unveiled its own suite of apps that will address the needs of mobile phone users.

Globe’s deliveries of the iPhone 5 arrive in the Philippines.

Motorela drivers sign MOA with Pag-IBIG Fund ON the occasion of PagIBIG Fund’s 32nd Anniversary, a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) will be signed by the officers of the Malaybalay City Motorela Association (MCMA) and the Pag-IBIG Cagayan de Oro Branch, marking the activation of MCMA’s membership under the Malaybalay Extension Office.

Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch’s Department Manager Juliano S. Banghal will sign the MOA with MCMA President Ronaldo S. Ramos, along with

the officers from both the Fund and t he transpor t association.

More over, t he MOA signing will take place at the Pag-IBIG Fund Cagayan de Oro Branch, Pag-IBIG Fund Building, JR Borja Mortola Sts., Cagayan de Oro City.

MCMA is a duly registered association, registered under the Department of Labor a nd Employ ment (DOLE), composed of motorela operators and drivers from the City of Malaybalay.

Personnel from the Mar-

keting and Enforcement Div ision orga nized a nd conducted a series of Fund brief ings to the off icers and members of MCMA last November 15, 2012.

Republic Act 9679 also known as the Home Development Mutual Fund Law requires all Filipino workers earning at least One Thousand Pesos (P1,000.00) monthly to actively save i n Pag-IBIG Fu nd . T he said law applies to all selfemployed including t he motorela drivers and operators.

PHARMACEUTICAL giant Zuellig Group has acquired two wholly-owned subsidiaries of Manchester International Holdings Unlimited Corp. after the latter, which Zuellig controlled, sold 93.05% of its stock to Macau-based Melco Crown Entertainment, Ltd., Manchester said in a disclosure.

“Through its affiliates (Interpharma Holdings and Management Corp. and Mercator Holdings Corp.), the Zuellig Group purchased from Manchester its entire investments in Interphil Laboratories, Inc. and Lancashire Realty Holding Corp.,” the disclosure read.

Manchester was incorporated in 1974 as Interphil Laboratories to manufacture, process, and package drugs, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and veterinary products. It shifted to being a holding company with the current name in 2008.

The disclosure said Interpharma, Manchester’s top stockholder as of end-September, forms part of the Zuellig Group, which has interests in health care, agribusiness, as well as agricultural and materials handling equipment in Asia-Pacific, according to the latter’s Web site.

“The manufacturing facilities of Interphil, including the land on which the facilities are

located, are still of strategic value to the Zuellig Group in terms of providing support services to its pharmaceutical distribution business conducted through Zuellig Pharma Philippines and Metro Drug, Inc.,” the disclosure explained.

Interphil operates two plants in a 50,365-squaremeter lot at the Canlubang Industrial Estate in Cabuyao, Laguna, and has 23 transnational pharmaceutical clientfirms, Manchester’s 2011 annual report showed.

Lancashire owns the land on which Interphil plants operate.

The Zuellig Group will pay cash for the purchase, the disclosure added.

Last Friday, the Zuellig Group signed an acquisition agreement under which it sold

to MCE (Philippines) Investments Ltd. and MCE (Philippines) Investments No. 2 Corp.

-- both local units of Melco Crown -- 255,270,256 Class “A” shares and 128,211,204 Class “B” Manchester shares previously held by Interpharma and Pharma Industries Holdings Ltd., paving the way for Melco Crown’s eventual listing on the Philippine Stock Exchange.

“Upon completion, the company (Melco Crown) currently intends to manage and operate its Philippines businesses through [Manchester].

The company’s Philippines operations may, among others, include its Philippines project, a casino, hotel, retail and entertainment complex,” Melco Crown had said in a Dec. 7 disclosure to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.

Zuellig acquires Manchester’s drug, property units

The Globe Mobile Apps are GSERVICES, GCASH, GMOVIES and GMESSAGE, all designed to suit the interests and lifestyle of today’s smartphone owners, which includes account management and personalized services, financial services, movies, and instant messaging.

GSERVICES is the complete account management app available for free for Globe subscribers. With GSERVICES, subscribers can check their prepaid load or outstanding postpaid balance, register to promos, share load to family and friends, check rewards points and redeem rewards, and view postpaid bills and have them sent to their home or e-mail address.

The GCASH app empowers subscribers to buy prepaid load anytime and anywhere with a 10% rebate, pay bills, send money to family and friends via their mobile, Facebook or e-mail accounts, and send donations without having to memorize keywords or access numbers. On top of the full color user-friendly interface, the GCASH app gives subscribers access to their contact list and even Facebook friends without having to switch applications.

GMOVIES is a one-stop mobile application for checking movie schedules and reviews, booking and reserving seats, and buying movie tickets initially available in Ayala Cinemas, and soon in SM Cinemas.

The first of its kind in the Philippines, the GMOVIES app provides users the convenience of e-movie tickets by letting them view movie schedules, choose seats, and pay for ticket purchases minus the hassle of

long queues in theaters, especially during preview of blockbuster movies.

Finally, GMESSAGE is a mobile messaging application that enables users to send and receive free and unlimited messages with other GMESSAGE users anywhere in the world. The app also allows users to send and receive messages with nonGMESSAGE users for only P0.15 per message. With the GMESSAGE app, users can also share photos, videos and audio files.

The app also incorporates an innovative technology called “Magic Words,” which can detect the context of a sentence and provide a link to what the user is talking about. Globe is the first operator in Asia to launch GMESSAGE, a new tool perfect for Filipinos who have led the world in text messaging over the last few years.

“Once again, Globe leads in innovation with the launch of our mobile applications, thanks to our genius Globe developers and experts who designed, conceptualized, and produced the apps with such compelling functionalities and features,” said Peter Bithos, Senior Advisor for Consumer Business at Globe. “With Globe Mobile Apps, we provide subscribers with unique, relevant and delightful content that will add value to today’s fast-paced lifestyle – whether movies, instant messaging, or financial and personalized services. Access to the apps is also easy and hassle-free, further empowering our subscribers to enjoy Globe apps, their way.”

GMOVIES and GMESSAGE are initially globe/PAGE 7

PAL seeks flights to Turkey, Cambodia and Kuwait

FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) has filed before the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB) applications for allocation of entitlements to various new destinations which it intend to service in 2013.

Using an Airbus A320, PAL wants four weekly f lights for Manila-Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The proposed date of operation is on March 31, 2013.

The CAB will take up PAL’s application on January 17, 2013.

The company has also filed an application for allocation of entitlements to mount a Manila-Istanbul, Turkey, service on August 5, 2013, using either a Boeing 777 or Airbus A330-300. The flag carrier is asking for three weekly frequencies.

A hearing is set on January 23 at the

CAB conference room.

Another application will be taken up

by CAB for PAL to fly to Kuwait.

PAL needs seven weekly frequencies to mount the proposed Manila-Kuwait route which is expected to kick off in the summer of 2013.

Under Section 16 of Republic Act 776, any applicant is required to send to all Philippine carriers with international scheduled operations the CAB’s notice of hearing of the carrier’s application at least five days before the scheduled hearing.

A PAL official earlier said the carrier is seeking exemption on the ban imposed on Philippine carriers from landing in European airports.

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The Hippie and the Old Man THINK a minute…

There was a young, intelligent university student named Bill. Bill was what some people call a “free spirit” or “hippie.”

He had wild long hair, always wore the same old and torn T-shirt, jeans and no shoes.

Across the street from the university campus was a conservative church. The people there were rich, older and well-dressed. They wanted to help the university students nearby, but they did not know exactly how to do it.

Well, one day Bill decided to go visit this church by his university.

As usual, he went wearing his only jeans, old, torn T-shirt and his dirty long hair. The church service had already started and was full, so Bill

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THAT may sound like a contradiction. But in our present human condition, there’s no other way for us to be able to pray. We need to fight. We need to struggle.

We have to exert great and abiding effort to convert everything we do into prayer.

We have already been warned in the Bible that our life here on earth is a warfare.

We are ranged against powerful enemies not so much in terms of physical strength as in terms of subtlety, trickery and deception.

The forces of good and evil are always in conf lict not so much in some places outside or war arenas somewhere, as in our very own heart. The combat is more internal than external, more spiritual and moral than material and physical.

Besides, the battle of contention starts in some little matters, not in big issues, that are not promptly attended and are made to fester for a while until they become a crisis or a conflagration.

Just take a peep at your heart. Even in your most

stable periods of goodness and well-being, you know well how the demons and temptations are just around the corner, ever ready to pounce at the slightest opening.

We need to understand that our moments of peace are always a result of some battle we have waged against our enemies—the wayward world, the devil and our very own f lesh. That’s what St. Josemaria Escriva, Opus Dei founder, once said. And that battle is a battle of love, and not mere conflicts driven by hate and fear, etc.

We need to be always on guard, and the best way to do that is to pray, to be in constant conversation with God, our Father, whose wisdom and omnipotence he is willing to share with us. his children, created in his image and likeness.

It is through prayer that we can see and receive the power of God. It is where we can train ourselves in the skills of spiritual combat—how to deal with our weaknesses, temptations and our sins and defeats.

It’s where we can nurse our wounds.

We have to learn to pray and to convert everything into prayer. “Pray without ceasing,” St. Paul says (1 Th 5,17). “Watch and pray,” Christ told the sleepy Peter, “that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mt 26, 41).

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his sermon when the old man finally got to the front. Then, they were all completely surprised to see the old deacon drop his walking stick and very slowly sit down on the floor next to this young hippie. He did not want this young man to sit alone and feel unaccepted. The people in the church were moved to tears.

Finally, the preacher said: “What I am preaching about today you will probably never remember. But what you have just seen you will never forget!”

Friend, it does not matter how you look or how much money or education you have.

It does not matter what wrongs you have done in your past.

Jesus Christ forgives and loves

Think a minute

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you just the way you are. So won’t you ask Him to forgive you and finally take full charge of your life? He will fill your life with His real love, peace, and power you need to start changing and living His way every day.

Just think a minute…

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walked down the center aisle looking for a seat. People were getting more and more uncomfortable as they watched this unclean, wild-looking young man.

Finally, Bill got to the front and saw there were no more empty seats, so he just sat down on the floor right in front of the preacher. No one had ever done that in this church before! By now, everyone was upset and distracted.

Then, a respected old church deacon got up and started toward the front. Everyone was thinking: “You can’t blame the deacon, he really should correct this disrespectful young man.”

Everyone was watching.

Even the preacher stopped

PED T. QUIAMJOT

ONE of the unexplored small and medium enterprises that have not been given importance in Mindanao is the footwear industry for the more than 25 Millions Mindanaons and the 93 Million Filipinos.

Many of the shoes and foot wears that we see displayed and sold in the malls or the local stalls are imported brand coming from t he Peoples Republic of China

others under foreign manufacturing license are made in Vietnam or Malaysia.

The same with the second hand shoes haggled at the “Ukay-Ukay” stores are Hongkong if not Korean made.

How did this disparity manage to come undetected at the Bureau of Customs?

Could this be the reason perhaps why the Philippine shoe products from the 20 or more Marikina manufacturers are losing its competitiveness against the imported foot wears flooding the local market?

Masbate and Mindanao have abundant source of raw hide leather products coming from the cattle industries of these regions.

Quality leather can also be produced from the skins of crocodiles cultured from the Crocodile Farms of Puerto Princesa or Davao.

Various livestock industries in the Philippines have the capacity to provide the

raw materials. Goat skins are fine leather but we like to cook and eat them instead as “Papaitan”. We have good local designers that have earned accolades in the fashion scenes abroad yet Philippine shoe products are unheard in the international fashion scene.

During the early 80’s when the former First Lady Imelda R. Marcos used to order dozens of shoes from the local Marikina producers to be worn for her countless trips abroad. She was widely criticized for extravagance and branded as “Imeldefic”.

Few took credits that she was advertising and promoting Philippine made foot wears abroad. Nobody took notice that when the Philippine Trade Center was opened in New York which was located at the famous World Trade Center many Philippine shoe products were prominently displayed.

The Philippine Trade exhibits has long ceased

and closed before the World Trade Center was bombed and destroyed in the famous 911 infamy of the American history.

The footwear industry is one of the most important economic activities next to food and clothing. People moved and travel with all types of shoes and footwear’s in their daily lives. We can survive not to have a motor vehicle or an Armani suite but we cannot do without shoes. We provide our children a minimum of three types of foot wears for their safety and comfort.

T he sa me prag mat ic thinking for an average adult Filipino to own an average of 3 foot wears, a slipper, a formal leather shoes and an athletic rubber shoes. Even our indigenous brothers from far flung mountains need a boots or a slipper to protect their feet.

We look around in the major cities of Mindanao quiamjot/PAGE 7

A safer and cheaper way to send home money THE Yuletide season is an This system, called the Philippines, Land Bank of opportune time to remember Philippine Payments and Set- the Philippines, Metrobank, Speaking out all Filipinos toiling overseas tlements System (PhilPass), Philippine National Bank, for the future of their families and their country.

Their ever-increasing remittances have been a source of resiliency for the Philippine economy.

Migrant Filipinos send more money than usual to their families during the Christmas season so their loved ones could fully enjoy their Yuletide celebration.

Two years ago, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas signed an agreement with the Association of Bank Remittance Officers, Inc. (ABROI), the Bankers Association of the Philippines (BAP), the Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB), and the Rural Bankers Association of the Philippines (RBAP) to enable their members to course the money transfers of OFWs through the BSP’s electronic and settlement system.

provides safer means for sending remittances through theformal banking channel at lower fees.

T he Phi lPass is a lso equipped with an efficient feedback mechanism that will allow OFW remitters to trace the status of their remittances.

In yet another effort to further enhance the remittance environment for OFWs, the BSP issued a circular letter a few weeks back, urging all banks and other financial institutions to fully participate in the PhilPass Remit System.

The BSP mentioned the 12 banks that are now participating in the system: Allied Banking Corporation, Asia United Bank, Banco de Oro, Bank of the Philippine Islands, China Bank, Development Bank of the

Philippine Savings Bank, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation, and United Coconut Planters Bank.

These banks, according to the BSP circular letter, have established their connectivity with the PhilPass Remit System and have been transmitting batches of remittance transactions to the central bank’s gateway server for processing and settlement since May 4, 2010.

The BSP’s Payments and Settlements Office, headed

by Director Bella Santos, explains how the PhilPass benefits migrant Filipino workers. An OFW, for example, would send money to his family in the Philippines through a foreign bank or financial institution, which is in turn a remittance partner of a Philippine bank.

However, the Philippine

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bank (let’s call it Bank A) is not the actual bank of the OFWs’ family. Bank A would still have to send the remittance to Bank B (the OFW beneficiary’s bank).

Under the old setup, Bank A would still have to hire the services of a courier to deliver the remittance to Bank B. This would entail more service costs: The beneficiaries then have to pay bunye/PAGE 7

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which is a 7.1-percent jump from the same period last year.

“The year-to-date exports growth of 7.1 percent made the Philippines among the top three performers among selected East and Southeast Asian economies for the said period,” NEDA officer-incharge (OIC) Rolando G. Tungpalan, in a statement said.

Other countries that posted positive exports growth were Vietnam (18.7%), China (7.8%), Hong Kong (1.4%), Thailand, and Singapore (both 0.3%). On the other hand, Indonesia (-6.0%), Taiwan (-3.7%), Japan (-1.4%), and South Korea (-1.3%) experienced contractions.

“The positive outturn of our exports in October reflected the strengthening global economic activity as industrial production and business sentiment indicators primarily point upward,” said the NEDA official.

Growth of exports receipts from major commodity groups, meanwhile, such as manufactures (6.5%), minerals (21.5%), petroleum products (43.5%) and total agro-based products (1.6%) contributed to the country’s performance in October 2012 as declared by the National Statistics Office (NSO).

“The increased demand for manufactures was largely due to firming industrial activity in developing economies and in some advanced regions. Exports of Philippines manufactures were suppor ted by electronic equipment and parts, processed food and beverages, wood manufactures, and machinery and transport equipment,” said Tungpalan.

In October 2012, exports of agro-based products increased following three consecutive months of contractions. The positive performance was contributed by higher revenues from bananas (101.9%), copra meal/ cake (530.1%), coconut oil (5.6%), and fish products (15.7%).

“The growth in banana exports, which contributed about 1.2 percentage points to overall export increase, reflects positive expectations of global demand, specifically from China, which is seen to buy more food products due to the approaching winter season. Meanwhile, coconut oil exports mainly benefited from the robust demand of the country’s traditional foreign markets as well as the ample domestic supply of the said commodity,” Tungpalan said.

Also noted by Tungpalan was the electronics exports that reached US$1.9 billion in October 2012, up slightly by 0.3 percent from the same period in 2011. This was due to improved performance of semiconductors (7.5%), office equipment (220.1%), control and instrumentation (1,080.8%), telecommunication (256.7%), and automotive electronics (50.2%).

“The growth in the country’s semiconductor exports partly reflected the increase in chip sales in the American region, particularly in the United States. However, the positive performance of electronics exports was slightly offset by the performance of electronic data processing (EDP). Weak sales of EDP units continued to reflect the consumers’ greater preference for lower-end desktop PCs and notebook computers over higher-performance models on the back of a still sluggish global economy,” said Tungpalan.

Japan, also according to NSO, was the top destination of Philippine exports in October 2012, accounting for 16.6 percent of total export receipts. It was followed by Hong Kong (14.7%), United States of America (13.2%), China (12.4%), and South Korea (8.0%).

Claire’s... from page 1

open this coming February in Metro Manila followed by the Centrio store in March. A total of ten stores are planned to be opened all over the country for 2013.

“Claire’s is an accessories store selling all imported earrings, bags and teen and tweens fashion for girls aged 5-18 years”, said Anton S. Gonzalez, president of Planet Sports Inc. which owns the local franchise.

Claire’s will bring to four the number of concept stores Planet Sports Inc. has opened so far in Centrio. Nike Stadium, Nautica, and Planet Sports opened last Nov. 9 simultaneously with the grand launch of Centrio Mall. A second store in Mindanao is planned for General Santos City.

To date, Claire’s has 3,469 stores in 36 countries: 1,947 in the US & Canada), 1,141 in Europe, and 381 franchised and licensed stores elsewhere in the world. Their stores are in 95 percent of all U.S. shopping malls.

Leslie Mann of the Chicago Tribune said “The name Claire’s is as familiar to female Baby Boomers as Ringo. To the Boomers’ mallcruising daughters—and, more and more, to their sons—it’s right up there with singer Puff Daddy.”

The majority of Claire’s stores are of the Claire’s store concept, the only concept that operates outside North America. These stores are aimed principally at teens and tweens, and have a kid’s section.

“We are familiar with that age group who and they are very social media conscious,” Mr. Gonzalez said. “We are considering tapping Twitter and Facebook for social media marketing, and will partner with Nike by the end of 2013 on social media.”

Claire’s stores are typically located in malls, and carry the widest selection of merchandise among Claire’s brands. Claire’s merchandise is targeted at various age groups ranging from babies to young adults.

Customers can find earrings, necklaces, bracelets, purses, hair accessories, and fashion accessories. Claire’s stores are merchandised to accommodate these different ages, and fashion trends are geared to appeal to all ages.

Centrio is open daily from 10:00AM-9:00PM

Economy... from page 1

in the southern island’s fastest growing economy.

“We are confident in the potential for growth of the Cagayan de Oro economy as the regional capital of Northern Mindanao,” said Anton S. Gonzalez, president of Planet Sports Inc. following the recent opening of Centrio Mall last month.

The National Statistics Office confirmed his optimism last week with a report showing Northern Mindanao as the most labor productive and profitable among the regions in Mindanao.

Preliminary results of the 2010 Annual Survey of Philippine Business and Industry (ASPBI) show Region X has the highest in revenue per worker, value added per worker, average revenue per establishment, and average profit per establishment among the Mindanao regions.

Mr. Gonzales walked the talk and is coming in Centrio in a big way by opening in four locations: Nike Stadium, Planet Sports, Nautica and Claire’s on March 15, the last being its first store outside Metro Manila and the only the second in the country.

Besides its four stores in Centrio, Planet Sports already has three other stores in Cagayan de Oro: Athlete’s Foot in Robinson’s Big R Supercenter and Nike and Planet Sports in Limketkai Center.

Its Nautica store in Centrio is only its second in Mindanao after the first opened in Ayala’s Abreeza Mall in Davao City. It has three stores in the Visayas with the others in Luzon and Metro Manila.

“We’ve been doing business n Cagayan de Oro for almost 20 years and have always very satisfied with our performance here,” said Mr. Gonzales. “When we heard Centrio was opening we immediately committed.

It’s a good market we see a good connection.”

Nautica is a US based apparel brand based in New York founded in 1983 by clothing designer, David Chu Nautica took its name from the Latin word “Nauticus” for ship. Its spinnaker logo is designed as a symbol of adventure, action and classicism.

Nautica has been operating in the Philippines for 10 years. All its merchandise is imported from foreign suppliers.

“Our primary market demographic is men from 21-40 years old though 20 percent of our customers are women,” Mr. Gonzales said.

However, he notes customers in Cebu and Davao are older,

usually more mature, 30-50 years, usually working men and professionals.

“That’s perhaps partly because people in certain areas use Nautica for dressing up while the people in the Metro use them for casual wear,” he explained. “Younger people usually buy tees.”

Since Nautica tees are priced on the average around 20 percent below the market leader, it has carved its own niche with around 25 percent market share.

“We’re happy where we are,” Mr. Gonzales said.

The Nautica store in Ayala’s Centrio Mall is located in the ground floor near the Corrales Avenue entrance.

Centrio is open daily from 10:00AM-9:00PM.

Globe... from page 4

offered to Android users via Google Play, and soon to iPhone users via the App Store. The GSERVICES app is available on App Store and soon on Google Play. Finally, the GCASH app is available on the App Store, Google Play and BlackBerry App World.

To download the apps, type glb.ph/GMOVIES, glb.ph/ GMESSAGE, glb.ph/GSERVICES, or glb.ph/GCASH on the phone browser, or send APPS to 8888. Standard mobile browsing rates apply.

The development of the new Globe apps is on the back of the increasing smartphone penetration in the country, giving more Filipinos access to the World Wide Web and the opportunity to take their mobile experience to the next level, beyond call and text. According to Ericsson’s Mobility Report, Filipinos are the world’s fourth fastest growing mobile internet users with 5 million new users during the third quarter of 2012, trailing behind China with 38 million subscriptions, followed by Brazil with 9 million, and Indonesia with 7 million.

“Mobility is becoming an increasingly significant part of our daily lives with the availability of smartphones and tablets that have changed the way we use the internet. We always have devices within arm’s reach, allowing us instant access to information, entertainment and social interaction,” said Douglas Gilstrap, Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy at Ericsson.

Quiamjot... from page 6

until it came to the reality of our senses that we were not able to produce a single shoe manufacturing plant in our region to deliver the 75 million pairs of footwear worn by more than 25 million Mindanaons?

It is dismal that the one town one product encouraged by the government is not working in the manufacturing sector. Do we lack investors to explore its development? Could this be the reason why many of us today prefer to wear the imported shoes associated with the tongue twisting foreign brands made popular by Hush Puppies, La Coste, Converse,

Adidas or those worn by the NBA stars that we see on televisions or advertised in the print media?

With the Board of Investments (BOI) mandate promoting bilateral trade talks and trade pacts with the free enterprise economies worldwide, the possibility of a Nike brand or the Milton Florsheim shoe product can be manufactured maybe at the Phividec industrial estate in Misamis Oriental?

Our entrepreneurs and local investors can also revive the famed “Ang Tibay” shoe which was manufactured by the Teodoro family. It was the brand worn by our country’s military establishment in the 50’s during the time of President Carlos P. Garcia with his Filipino First policy on trade.

Many Economic Processing Zones in this country were created by the government to pump prime the manufacturing sector for export undertaking or local over run consumptions.

Business locators were granted legislated tax incentives that should redound to a competitive price of manufactured goods in the market and good return of their investments.

Perhaps some entrepreneurs should be given financial support by the government banks for loans and capitalization and encouragement to establish ties with foreign investors along shoe manufacturing ventures through organized trade missions abroad?

Korea, Spain and Italy produce the leading foot wear brands exported to the world today and most of their materials are coming from Asia or Turkey.

We have elected national

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officials from our City and the Province of Misamis Oriental who are associated or have wield influence to our Senators comprising the trade enterprise and economic committees in the Senate.

A counterpart body is also in the lower house packed with eloquent Congressmen.

It is wishful thinking if our honorable gentlemen can take a look at our shoe industry or the absence of it in Northern Mindanao?

Ironically, many of political leaders talked instead of the more than 3,400 pairs of shoes of Imelda R. Marcos that is left rotting in the museum shelves of Malacañang while the shoe manufacturing industry of this country is losing steam to the foreign brands.

Bunye... from page 6

back-end processing fees of P150 to P550.

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Under the PhilPass Remit System, the back-end processing fees (which Bank B charges the beneficiaries) have been standardized: From as high as P550, OFW dependents now have to pay a uniform amount of only P50.

Plus, an OFW remittance transaction settled via PhilPass will cost a remitting bank (or Bank A) only P5 (from P100).

That’s a lot of savings, as well as peace of mind , for our OFWs. Note: You may email us at totingbunye2000@gmail. com.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 16, Tangub City IN MATTER OF THE CORRECTION OF ENTRY ON THE BIRTH RECORD OF ADRILAN AMAY PARTICULARLY HIS GENDER FROM FEMALE AND MALE; NAME OF FATHER FROM CARMELITO AY TO CARMELITO AMAY

SP. PROC. TC-2012-012

FOR: CORRECTION OF ENTRY

ADRILAN G. AMAY,

-versus-

Petitioner,

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BONIFACIO, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL Respondent.

X-------------------------------------------------------/ NOTICE OF HEARING

WHEREAS, in his verified petition filed on October 10, 2012, petitioner prayed that after due notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental, to correct the erroneous entry in the Certificate of Live Birth to wit:

a. His gender from FEMALE to MALE; b. The family name of this father from AY to AMAY.

NOW THEREFORE, notice is hereby given that initial hearing of this petition is set on January 15, 2013 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning,at the Session Hall of this Court,at which date, time and place all persons who may have an interest in the petition are summoned to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the petition should not be granted.

Petitioner is also directed to cause the publication of this notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Occidental once a week for three(3) consecutive weeks. Also, let a copy of the petition and notice be furnished the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo St.,Legaspi Village, Makati City,and the Local Civil Registrar of Bonifacio,Misamis Occidental, who may claim any interest in the entries sought to be corrected for them to file their opposition, if they so desire, within fifteen(15)days from reciept of this notice or from the last date of publication.

FURTHERMORE, the sheriff of this Court is hereby ordered to post copies of this Notice and Petition in the Bulletin Board of this Court, Municipal Hall of Poblacion, Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental and the Barangay Hall of Lower Usugan, Bonifacio,Misamis Occidental for the information and guidance.

WITNESS, the Honorable SYLVIA A. SINGIDAS-MACHACON.Presiding Judge, this 12th day of October 2012.

FULGENCIA G. ABELLANA

OIC Clerk of Court

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“That we also declare that the lots of parcels of land not included in this Partition among NINE (9) children above enumerated it should be understood that they should be left of us couple which consist of the following:

HRS. OF TIMOTEO D. VALLAR, SR., represented CIVIL CASE NO. 827

By RAMON S. VALLAR, HRS. OF VICTORIA FOR: ANNULMENT OF VALLAR DADULO represented by JULIETA V. DEED OF SALE W/ REGALADO, HRS. OF HOSPECIA V. JAQUILMAC, WRIT OF PRELIMIRepresented by HENRY V. JAQUILMAC, HRS. OF NARY INJUNCTION ROSA V. CAMPION, represented by DORES C. and DAMAGES LLANDERES, Plaintiffs, - Versus –

1. A parcel of land xxx 2. Xxx 3. A parcel of land at xxx under Tax Dcl. No. 16055 with Assessed value of P1,300.00 xxx

From which shall be taken all the expenses for the annual anniversaries of the death of both of us couple.” (emphasis supplied).

The said particion inter vivos together with its translation are hereto attached and made an integral part hereof as Annexes “D”, “D-1”, “D-2”, “D-3”, “D-4”, “D-5”, “D-6”, “D-7”, “D-8”, “D-9”, and “D-10”,

8. That Remegio Vallar died on June 3, 1971 while Vicenta Dagaraga died on January 3, 1981;

9. That upon the moment of death of the spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga, Lot No. 3313 was transmitted to their children as common and undivided property. Article 777 of the Civil Code provides:

NILDA P. SABUGA-A, ROQUEZA SABUGA-A, As Administrator-in-Fact, ALFIE SABUGA-A, JANICE SABUGA-A, JONARD SABUGA-A and LORENA SABUGA-A, as possessors-in-fact, Defendants. x-------------------------------------------------------------- /

“The rights to the succession are transmitted from the moment of Death of the decedent”.

10. That the following children of spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga died on the following date, to wit:

SUMMONS TO: NILDA P. SABUGA-A Tan-awan, Barangay Cuña Sagay, Camiguin

GREETINGS: WHEREAS, the Court issued an Order dated November 20, 2012 that service of SUMMONS upon defendant Nilda P. Sabuga-a be effected through publication in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to Section 15, Rule 14, of the Rules of Court.

WHEREAS, quoted hereunder is the plaintiffs’ Complaint, to wit:

“COME NOW, Plaintiffs through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully allege:

a. Victoria Vallar vda. De Dadulo died August 10, 2001; b. Hospecia Vallar Jaquilmac died on August 7, 2004; c. Francisco D. Vallar died on September 19, 2008; d. Rosa Vallar Campion died on January 20, 2003; e. Domingo D. Vallar died on July 14, 2004;

11. That Lot No. 3313 is therefore a common and undivided property of the children and grandchildren of the spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga; 12. That as provided in the Particion Inter Vivos, Lot No. 3313 is left with “continuing charges”, that is, the expenses for the annual anniversaries of the couple, such that the same cannot be sold or disposed of without any security given to continuously satisfy the charge imposed on said property.

Article 882 of the Civil Code provides, thus;

1. That plaintiffs Ramon S. Vallar, Julieta V. Regalado, Henry V. Jaquilmac and Dores C. Llanderes are all of legal ages, Filipinos, all married and with residence address as follows;

“Art. 882. The statement of the object of the institution, or the application of the property left by the testator, or the charge imposed by him, shall not be considered as a condition unless it appears that such was his intention.

a. Ramon S. Vallar – Bonbon, Sagay, Camiguin;

b. Julieta V. Regalado – Pinikitan, Cagayan de Oro City;

c. Henry V. Jaquilmac – Kilon-ac, Bonbon, Sagay, Camiguin;

d. Dores Campion Llanderes – Buena Oro, Upper macasandig,

Cagayan de Oro City;

That which has been left in this manner may be claimed at once Provided that the instituted heir or heirs give security for compliance With the wishes of the testator and for the return of anything he or they may received, together with its fruits and interests, if they should disregard this obligation.” (emphasis supplied)

They can be served with processes of the Honorable Court through the address of the undersigned counsel which can be found at the end-portion of this pleading;

2. That for purposes of this action, plaintiffs are representing their co-heirs, to wit:

a. Ramon S. Vallar representing the heirs of Timoteo D. Vallar; b. Juliets V. Regalado representing the heirs of Victoria Vallar Dadulo; c. Henry V. Jaquilmac representing the heirs of Hospecia Vallar Jaquilmac; d. Dores Campion Llanderes representing the heirs of Rosa Vallar Campion;

3. That defendants Nilda P. Sabuga-a, Roqueza Sabuga-a, Alfie Sabuga-a, Janice Sabuga-a, Jonard Sabuga-a and Lorena Sabuga-a are of legal ages, Filipinos, and residents of Tan-awan, Brgy.

Cuña, Sagay, Camiguin Province, where they can be served with summons and other processes of this Honorable Court; 4. That during their lifetime, spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga begot nine (9) children, namely:

a. Timoteo D. Vallar; b. Victoria D. Vallar; c. Hospecia D. Vallar; d. Francisco Vallar; e. Rosa D. Vallar; f. Domingo D. Vallar; g. Anastacio D. Vallar; h. Zosimo D. Vallar; and i. Erlinda D. Vallar;

6. That said real property historical ownership (Annex “A”) particularly provides in part, thus: “TD No. 16055

Declared Owner Vallar, Remegio

xxx xxx

Tax Effective 1963”

7. That during the lifetime of the spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga, they executed Particion Inter Vivos dated April 14, 1965 wherein they adjudicated their properties to their nine (9) children and left for themselves eight (8) parcels of land. The said particion inter vivos declared in part, thus: “Nga among iasoy usab nga ang mga luna kun parcelas nga wala maKa uban (apel) sa pagbahenbahen ning SIAM (9) na ka mga bata sa Hitaas sabtong nga ibelen kanamo nga magti-ayon ug mao kini nga Mga parcelas kun luna, kining mosunod: 1. Usa ka parcela (luna) nga yuta sa xxx 2. xxx 3. Us aka parcela (luna) nga yuta sa xxx Tax Dcl. No. 16055, Assessed value P 1,300.

Xxx ug anhe kuha ang tanan nga galastohon nga idapat sa pag sumad kun aniversario sa adlaw sa among kamatayon nga duha nga magtiayon sa matag-tuig.” (emphasis supplied).

(Translation):

14. That on July 18, 2003, Francisco D. Vallar purporting to be the owner of Lot No. 3313 embraced by OCT No. P-12117 and registered in the name of Remegio Vallar, sold the said parcel of land to defendant Nilda P. Sabuga-a. The Deed of Absolute Sale hereto attached as Annexes “E” and “E-1”, and made an integral part hereof. Francisco Vallar died on September 19, 2008.

15. That the sale made by Francisco Vallar is void because : (1) he is not the owner of Lot No. 3313; (2) the same was done without the consent of his co-heirs as the said lot is a common property; and, (3) the same was done without security given to satisfy the charge, that is, the expenses for the annual anniversary of the deceased couple, which is imposed upon the subject property; 16. That defendant Nilda P. Sabuga-a is a buyer in bad-faith because the title and tax declaration of the subject property clearly show that the owner of the said lot is Remegio Vallar and there was no record of partition executed by the former’s heirs that could validly transfer title of the said land to Francisco Vallar; 17. That since Nilda P. Sabuga-a is a buyer in bad-faith, her rights over the parcel of land are not protected by law. In Sps. Domingo, et.al. v. Reed, GR No. 157701, Dec. 9, 2005, the Supreme Court ruled, viz:

5. That Lot No. 3313 located in Tan-awan, Cuña, Sagay, Camiguin, containing an area of 24,018 square meters embraced and covered in OCT No. P-12117, registered in the Register of Deeds of Camiguin, has been the property of spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga as evidenced by a Real Property Historical Ownership, Tax Declaration, and Original Certificate of Title hereto attached as Annexes “A”, “B”, and “C”, respectively, and made an integral part hereof;

13. That since there was no valid partition executed by the heirs over the estate left by spouses Remegio Vallar and Vicenta Dagaraga, to this date, the certificate of title to Lot No. 3313 still remains in the name of Remegio Vallar;

“The presence of anything that excites or arouses suspicion should then prompt the vendee to look beyond the vendor’s certificate and investigate the title appearing on the face of that certificate. A vendee who does not do so cannot be denominated either as a purchaser for value or as a purchaser in good faith and hence, does not merit the protection of the law”. (emphasis supplied).

18. That to obtain possession of Lot No. 3313, Nilda P. Sabuga-a on July 19, 2005, through her attorney-in-fact Roqueza Sabuga-a, sued Natividad Vallar, one of the heirs of Remegio Vallar, for forcible entry, which resulted into the ouster of said Natividad Vallar from the subject property.

Original copy of the judgment of the MCTC, Catarman-Sagay dated March 1, 2006 is hereto attached as Annexes “F”, “F-1”, “F-2”, “F-3”, “F-4”, “F-5”, and “F-6”, and made an integral part hereof; 19. That since defendant Nilda P. Sabuga-a is a purchaser in bad faith, her possession of the property, or her agents, representatives or anyone acting under her capacity, is also in bad faith; 20. That because of defendant Nilda P. Sabuga-a’s untter bad faith, plaintiffs were constrained to protect their rights and for which they agree to pay P50,000.00 as attorney’s fees plus appearance fee of P5,000.00 per hearing and P15,000.00 as litigation expenses; 21. That plaintiff Natividad Vallar Napone filed before the Lupong Tagapamayapa of Barangay Cuña, Sagay, Camiguin, an action to recover possession of the land but the same proved futile.

This Certificate to file Action issued by the said lupon is hereto attached and made an integral part hereof as Annex “G”; 22. That defendants had entered Lot No. 3313 and had made alterations thereof by cutting some trees therein and by harvesting the fruits thereof and continues to possess and in making alterations thereof in violation of the plaintiffs’ rights and unless restrained during the pendency of the instant action, plaintiffs will suffer damages and defendant will continue violating plaintiffs’ rights and in this connection, plaintiffs aver as follows: a. That plaintiffs have a good and valid cause of action as they are the present common owners of Lot No. 3313; b. That plaintiffs are entitled to the relief demanded, and the whole or part of such relief consists in restraining the commission on continuance of the bad-faith possession and cultivation of the land

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Tougher battle lies ahead for RH bill HOUSE Majority Leader Neptali Gonzales II sees a tougher battle for the Reproductive Health bill (RH bill) on Monday, December 17, when lawmakers try to put the measure to its third and final reading.

Rep. Rodriguez

CA freezes Pagadian mayor’s bank assets THE Court of Appeals (CA), upon petition by the AntiMoney Laundering Council (AMLC), has frozen the bank deposits of Pagadian City Mayor Samuel Co, who is being linked to the P12-billion Aman Futures pyramiding scam.

Julia Bacay-Abad of the AMLC legal services group told the House committee on banks yesterday that the CA freeze order, issued last

Monday, covers 79 accounts in the name of Co and an additional 29 in the name of his wife.

“We are still verifying if they have other deposits and how much is held in the frozen accounts,” she said.

Abad said there are more than 400 frozen accounts of individuals linked to the Aman scam, including those of the group’s principal owner, Manuel Amalilio, and his

directors and officers.

Co has claimed that he is a victim and not among the perpetrators of the scam.

However, scores of victims have filed complaints against him with the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) and the Department of Justice (DOJ).

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c. That the commission or continuance of the bad faith possession and harvest of the fruits of the subject land during the litigation would probably work injustice to plaintiffs or cause plaintiffs irreparable injury as the land is planted to several fruit-bearing trees and plants which yield considerable income per season; d. That defendant is doing or is procuring to be done the bad faith possession, harvest of the fruits, and cutting of trees standing on the land in violation of the rights of the plaintiffs respecting the subject parcel of land and would tend to render the judgment ineffectual; e. That plaintiffs are ready and willing to file a bond executed to the defendant enjoined, in an amount to be fixed by the court, to the effect that the plaintiffs will pay to such party all damages which they may sustain by reason of the injunction if the court should finally decide that the applicant was not entitled thereto.

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed of this Honorable Court:

1. After notice and hearing on the matter, a writ of preliminary prohibitory and mandatory injunction issue, RESTRAINING defendant or any of their agents and representatives from possessing or continuing the possession and harvest of the fruits and cutting of the trees standing over the land and ORDERING defendant to VACATE the said land, during the pendency of the action, upon such bond which will be posted by plaintiffs in the amount as may be fixed by this Honorable Court;

Its approva l on 2nd reading about 2 am Thursday, December 13, was a dangerously close vote -- 113-104 with 3 abstentions. Gonzales said the vote on 3rd reading will “not necessarily” follow the pattern.

“O f c ou r s e [i t c a n change]. The real vote is 3rd reading,” Gonzales told reporters after the vote shor t ly past 2 am Thursday, December 13.

“I don’t k now. You have to expect even more intense lobby ing [from bot h sides],” Gonz a les added.

The measure, which was stuck in the chamber for 14 years, seeks to i nst it ut iona l i z e access to reproduct ive hea lt h information and services such as contraceptives.

Catholic bishops were in full force Wednesday, December 12, at the gallery of the Batasang Pambansa in Quezon City, seat of the House of Representatives, to dramatize

their opposition to the bill. Prior to the vote, they held at least two masses in Metro Manila to call on members of the House to reject the measure.

Anti-RH not giving up the fight RH bill critic Cagayan De Oro Rep Rufus Rodriguez is not giving up.

“It’s a very close vote in spite of ever y t hing.

We have the momentum by this time. Imagine it’s just 9 votes. All the arsenal of government was here,” Rodriguez said.

Zambales Rep Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay added: “Habang may buhay, may pag-asa. Dahil ganito kalapit ang boto, sa tingin ko sa third reading, pwede pang mabago ito.”

(Because the vote is close, I think the situation can still change during the 3rd reading.)

“Definitely there’s no cause for celebration. The fight was too close. Things can go our way the next time around,” Magsaysay

added.

Optimistic Lagman But R H bill sponsor Albay Rep Edcel Lagman is optimistic. He said the vote on second reading - albeit very close - is a guarantee that it will pass the House on 3rd reading.

“This was virtually a third reading. For the first time on a second reading, there was a nominal voting,” said Lagman.

“I doubt very much that t here w i l l be sur prises (when RH bill is put to a vote on 3rd reading).

If there are surprises, it would be an augmentation of our margin of victory,” Lagman said.

Under the rules of the House, a vote on second reading only requires viva voce voting or voice voting. House members only go to nominal voting (one by one) if someone quest ions t he resu lt of t he voice vote, wh ich wa s what happened Tuesday night.

The Senate also agreed to vote on the RH Bill on second reading on Monday, and if passed, on third reading on Thursday, December 20. - with reports from Angela Casauay

VERIFICATION AND CERTIFICATION AGAINST FORUM SHOPPING

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2. After hearing, judgment be rendered in favor of plaintiffs and against defendant: a) Declaring void the Deed of Sale dated July 18, 2003 covering Lot No. 3313 embraced

by OCT No. P-12117 executed by Francisco Vallar as Vendor and Nilda P. Sabuga-a as Vendee; b) Declaring void the land title that may have been issued as a consequence of the said deed of sale; c) Ordering the Register of Deeds to cancel any title on record which may have been issued should OCT No. P-12117 been cancelled already and to restore the said OCT No. P-12117 in the name of Remegio Vallar; d) Making the writ of preliminary injunction that may have been issued permanent; e) Ordering defendant Nilda P. Sabuga-a to pay plaintiffs the sum of P50,000.00 as attorney’s fees, appearance fee of P5,000.00 per hearing, and P15,000.00 as cost of litigation. f) Such other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are likewise herein prayed for.

Cagayan de Oro City for Mambajao, Camiguin Sep. 07, 2012.

BARBA AND ASSOCIATES LAW OFFICE COUNSEL FOR THE PLAINTIFFS Luna- Velez Streets, Cagayan de Oro City Tel Nos. (08822) 724806 & 729168 By: ATTY. ERWIN B. BUCIO, RC, MSCRIM PTR No. 2111928 01-04012 IBP NO. 874588 01-03-12 All at Cagayan de Oro City ROLL No. 58964 MCLE IV-On Process

We, Ramon S. Vallar, Julieta V. Regalado, Henry V. Jaquilmac, and Dores Campion Llanderes all of legal ages, all married, and residing at Poblacion Bonbon, Sagay, Camiguin, Pinikitan, Cagayan de Oro City, and Buena Oro, Upper Macasandig Cagayan de Oro City, respectively, after having been sworn in accordance with law, hereby depose and state: 1. That we are the plaintiffs in the above-entitled complaint; 2. That we have caused the preparation of said complaint; 3. That we have read the allegations therein contained, and that the same are true and correct of our personal knowledge and based on authentic records; 4. That we have not therefore commenced any action or filed any claim involving the same or similar issues in any court, tribunal or quasi-judicial agency and to the best of our knowledge, no such other action or claim is pending therein and if we should thereafter learn that the same or similar action has been filed or is pending, we shall report the fact within five (5) days therefrom to the Court wherein the aforesaid complaint or initiatory pleading has been filed.

Witness our hand this ____ day of Sep 07 2012____20____ at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(SGD) RAMON S. VALLAR Affiant (SGD) HENRY V. JAQUILMAC

Affiant

(SGD) JULIETA V. REGALADO Affiant (SGD) DORES CAMPION LLANDERES Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this Sep 07 2012____day of ____20___at the City of Cagayan de Oro. This is to certify that I have examined the affiants and they acknowledge to me that the foregoing is personally known to them to be true and correct.

Doc. No. 248; Page No. 50; Book No. I ; Series of 2012.

(Sgd.) ERWIN B. BUCIO Notary Public Until December 31, 2012 PTR No. 2111928 1-4-11 IBP No. 874588 1-3-12 Roll No. 58964 TIN NO. 922-234-330”

NOW THEREFORE, you are hereby required to answer the Complaint within sixty (60) days from the date of last publication. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. If you fail to answer within the time fixed, the plaintiff will take judgment by default and may be granted the relief applied for in the Petition.

WITNESS the HON. RUSTICO D. PADERANGA, Executive Judge of this Court, this 20th day of November 2012, at Mambajao, Camiguin.

(Sgd.) ALMA L. SABUGA Clerk of Court VI BWM: DEC. 14, 21, & 28, 2012

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MSU-IIT wins 2012 Steag Energy Quiz THE Mindanao State University - Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) bagged this year’s championship award during the recently concluded 2012 STEAG Energy Quiz held at the SM City in Cagayan de Oro City.

Now on its 8th year, the annual event seeks to promote awareness on energy issues, as well as develop special interests among students in the fields of science and energy. It has become one of the much awaited interschool “battle of the brains” events participated in by pre-selected private and public high schools in Northern Mindanao. For this year, 26 schools joined the competition. Each school is represented by three senior high school students chosen by their respective school administrators.

Depa r t ment of E du-

cation (DepEd) Regional Science Supervisor Dr. Jose Alonsabe said the Steag energ y quiz has become an institution and effective mechanism in promoting specia l interests a mong students in energy.

“I congratulate all the participants for making it this far and to Steag for generously providing this opportunity for our students to test their knowledge and competence” Alonsabe said.

Steag Comrel Manager Ghaye Alegrio said that the annual event forms part of the company’s support to enhancing quality of educa-

tion by way of conducting act iv it ies v ia a f riend ly academic competitions designed to enhance academic excellence particularly in the area of energy.

“Energy is one of the important public concerns and through this quiz, we are somehow helping in the aspect of promoting energy consciousness especially among our young people” Alegrio added.

T he MSU-IIT tea m wasc represented by Mishari Rashid Lucman, Russel Christine Corcino and Glenda Malolot, with coach and adviser, Ivy Claire Mordeno. Coming as 2nd and 3rd placers are the Regional Science High School and the Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School, respectively.

THE Aboitiz Group, through the Aboitiz Foundation, is calling for donations to help survivors of Typhoon Pablo.

In a statement, the Cebubased conglomerate said it has given over P5.5 million worth of assistance to an estimated 10,000 families in the affected areas. Of that amount, P2 million came from the Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc (RAFI), and P1 million from UnionBank of the Philippines.

More than half of the amount raised had been spent for relief operations in Compostela Valley, which incurred the heaviest damage.

The conglomerate said it will use the additional money raised to prepare a mix of ready to eat canned goods, water, bread and biscuits, personal effect like towels,

blankets, and underwear, as well as cooking ware.

The conglomerate, through WeatherPhilippines Foundation - a partnership with Meteomedia of Switzerland – helped in disaster risk management activity using its weather forecasting system.

Unit Therma Marine Inc (TMI) in Maco, Davao del Norte helped move affected families to evacuation centers, with 1,500 families provided with relief goods, and 2,000 food packs and 1,500 packs of mats, towels, and cooking ware set for distribution.

A not her subsid ia r y, Hedcor Sibulan, already dispatched a relief team to five barangays in Bukidnon to assist about 600 families, while Therma South Inc (TSI) has distributed mats

and blankets to 400 families.

Davao Light and Power Co, another subsidiary, organized a relief team to distribute food items to 1,000 families in Davao Oriental and Compostela Valley, as well as dispatched teams of linemen to help Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative in restoring power to affected areas.

The AboitizPower sales team in Mindanao meanwhile donated 1,000 bottles of water to families in Barangay Macasandig in Cagayan de Oro. In the Visayas, the Visayan Electric Co (VECO), through the Aboitiz Foundation, sent relief packs for 1,250 families in Dumaguete and Tanjay, with distribution coursed through CitySavings Bank branches. VECO also deployed linemen to Surigao

del Sur to help Surigao del Sur Electric Cooperative I restore its power lines.

T he R a mon Ab oit i z Foundation has set up a com mu nicat ions center within Cebu to send out the distribution of goods to both Compostela Valley and Davao Oriental.

Those wishing to give cash donations may do so through personal deposits at UnionBank’s 190 branches or CitySavings Bank, or via online transaction. Cash donations may be coursed through Aboitiz Foundation’s UnionBank account no. 10 026 -107094 4 a nd CitySavings account no.

200-200331301.

Those wishing to donate in kind may contact the following Aboitiz Group representatives: - Aboitiz Founda-

t ion: Rowena Ast i l lo (09176304484), Danny Cerence (09176308172) - Compostela Valley Relief Operations: Marissa Campomanes (09177250992).

For immediate updates on typhoon Pablo relief efforts, you may visit the Aboitiz Foundation Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ aboitizfoundation.

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us, “What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and suffers the loss of his own soul?” We need to be strongly convinced and frequently reminded that it is no fair deal at all to gain the world only to lose the soul.

So, we have to learn to discipline our human impulses that in their raw state need to be educated, purified

and formed according to the Christian ideals where charity and love for God and others would be the primary directing principles.

We are easily carried away by the forcefulness and the captivating charms of our worldly concerns.

We have to learn how to disengage ourselves from their grip. And this is not so much a matter of turning

away from them as in bringing them to our prayer to consider them before God. That’s where they would be properly tackled.

For this, we need to learn how to pause from time to time to be able to regain our bearings, so to speak, since most likely we would lose our proper footing in the heat of passion and in the whirl of our work and business.

We need time to make piety, that filial relationship with God marked by affection and attachment, take firm root in our life and in our system. As persons, with intelligence, will and heart, we need to see to it that the first and abiding object of these faculties of ours should be God, and not anything else.

Rather, everything else

should be related to God. Even our faults, our temptations and sins should be related to God, since that’s the proper way to handle them. Without God, when we don’t bring them to our prayer, they would just fester and get worse.

Let’s fight to pray. Let’s schedule it clearly, and learn how to be flexible and persevering in prayer.

found out that the DOJ has not formally charged any of them.

This prompted Rodriguez to accuse the NBI and the DOJ of dilly-dallying.

“This scam has been in the news for several months now. Victims filed their first complaint in Pagadian City on Oct. 16. It’s now nearly two months and the DOJ is still in the stage of preliminary investigation, which means that no one has been charged.

There is no case against any suspect and there has been no arrest,” he said.

“How can we tell our people that the concerned agencies of government want to protect them and recover the money that has been scammed from them?” he asked.

Rodriguez lamented that not one of Amalilio’s five directors who surrendered to the NBI and who should be considered as suspects has been formally charged.

He said the five enjoy the so-called protective custody of the NBI and are being treated as VIPs. Iloilo Rep. Arthur Defen-

sor Jr. faulted the NBI and police forces in areas where Aman Futures operated for not detecting the scam and taking steps to prevent other people from being victimized.

“This fraudulent scheme was exposed early this year and Aman stepped up operations in May-June. The NBI and the Philippine National Police, which have agents on the ground, should have stopped this before it became a P12-billion pyramiding operation,” he said.

Virgilio Mendez of the

NBI told the Apostol panel that Amalilio and other scam perpetrators enjoyed police protection.

Interior Secretary Mar Roxas has relieved eight provincial and city police chiefs for involvement in the scam or failing to stop it and protect victims.

DOJ working double time Mea nwh i le, t he DOJ vowed to complete before Christmas its investigation of Amalilio’s investment scam.

Prosecutor General Claro Arellano, head of DOJ’s

prosecutorial arm, said he expects the special panel of prosecutors conducting preliminary investigation to resolve the initial complaints against Amalilio, the firm’s board members and agents after their hearing in Pagadian City on Dec. 17.

“Hopefully, we will file the case in court and secure arrest warrant by then,” Arellano told reporters in a press conference, denying the claim of critics that the DOJ has been slow in its preliminary investigation.

2012 Steag Energy Quiz: (l-r) SM Mall Manager Clara Elizaga, MSU Team Adviser Clair Mordeno, students Mishari Rashid Lucman, Glenda Malolot, Russel Christine Corcino, Steag Comrel Manager Ghaye Alegrio, DepEd Regional Science Supervisor Dr Jose Alonsabe, and Steag Lead I&C Engineer Garick Ganas.

Aboitiz group mobilizes units to help Typhoon Pablo survivors

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our tendency to be swallowed up by our work and the dynamics of our earthly concerns. In fact, we should turn them into prayer. That’s how we would refer them to God and not treat them merely as human or worldly affairs.

Christ already warned

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by Leyte Rep. Sergio Apostol that some P200 million in bank deposits attributed to Amalilio have been frozen.

The committee’s inquiry was prompted by a resolution filed by Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City.

Many of Aman’s victims are his constituents.

While the AMLC has taken steps to freeze the bank deposits of Amalilio and other alleged scam perpetrators, the Apostol panel

Aboitiz Foundation team together with the volunteers distribute goods to victims of tropical storm Pablo.