DHSUD-Davao conducts seminar workshop on risk-sensitive comprehensive land use

DAVAO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, Region XI (DHSUD XI) conducted the first seminar workshop on risk-sensitive comprehensive land use on February 6-10, 2023, at the Fair Crown Suites, Aguho St., Davao City.

The said activity was also made possible with the support by the Environmental, Land Use and Urban Planning and Development Division (ELUPDD) of the local government unit (LGU) of Santa Cruz in Davao del Sur.

It was learned that the 5-day seminar workshop was conducted in preparation for the LGU’s Risk-Sensitive Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Zoning Ordinance.

The activity was also focused on providing inputs pertinent to sectoral and ecosystem analysis, as well as capacitating the concerned stakeholders about Climate and Disaster

Risk Assessment (AR5) and Mapping activity for the preparation of the Existing Land Use Maps per Barangay and hazard areas.

Ryan Anthony A. Paran, ELUPD Division Chief HHRO VI EnP, headed the workshop activities, together with the ELUPDD Technical Team, and with the guidance of DHSUD XI Regional Director RM Miguel R. Palma Gil. (JCE)

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Rufus...

For years, lawmakers noted that the 60-40 restriction on public utilities discourages foreign investors from building businesses in the country.

Rodriguez said there are currently eight legislative measures calling for the Constitutional Convention to propose amendments to the Constitution, and another two resolutions seeking to introduce economic changes.

The Public Consultation on Constitutional Reform in this city on Friday, Feb. 10, was the first public hearing outside the Batasan Pambansa.

Rodriguez said the consultation aims to hear observations and comments of different sectors regarding the proposals to amend the Constitution.

The committee is expected to conduct more consultations, including in the provinces Iloilo, Pampanga, and Bulacan, to come up with an inclusive and comprehensive report on proposed measures. (PNA) from page 1

Iligan...

"We can report that last year, we have a better business registry with 1,500 new businesses, and this will have an impact on our new economic dynamism," he added.

Glenn Villacin, executive director of the Iligan Investment and Incentives Promotion Center, said that around 80 percent of the CMCI requirements have been complied with under the new administration of Mayor Frederick Siao.

The remaining 20 percent is still being worked out by the CCC for submission before the Feb. 20 deadline.

Arnold Garbanzos, the public-private partnership director, said one of the indicators of the "highly competitive" city is the number of new investors coming in.

"The higher the rank (at CMCI), the more investors will come,“ he said. The CMCI secretariat is headed by the Department of Trade and Industry.

CMCI is a mechanism of rankings of local government units based on the total of five pillars: Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, Resiliency, and Innovation.

Provincial rankings are based on population and income-weighted averages of the overall scores of cities and municipalities under a province. (PNA)

Children...

from page 1 and abused Filipino children were uploaded, shared and sold online in 2018, he said.

He noted that this number significantly increased by 256% during the COVID-19 pandemic as most children spent more time on the internet due to lockdowns and schools shifted to online classes.

He said spending more time in the online environment during the pandemic was a “perfect trap” set up by people who took advantage of the situation to victimize more children in the country.

The pandemic lockdowns started in March 2020. Faceto-face classes resumed only late last year.

Anand Vishwakarma, country director of Childfund Philippines, said “Websafe and Wise” is a global effort headed by Childfund Alliance to” build an accessible, safe, and exclusive digital world for children and youth.”

Nuñez said the group was also alarmed that household members who are “economically burdened” have been forced to sexually exploit or abuse the children in exchange for money.

He said the “Web Safe & Wise Campaign” was launched to educate stakeholders in the private sector, particularly the media, to contribute to efforts in eliminating online threats against children.

“Every child in the Philippines should enjoy a safer and better digital environment free from all forms of online abuse and exploitation and violence,” he stressed.

Around half of the 44 million Filipino internet users are children aged 17 years old and below, he added.

Nuñez said there is a need to protect the children from age-inappropriate content across all online platforms.

He explained that this includes engaging the minors for a consultation and educating them, including the private sector and media practitioners, through webinar

CAN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE CREATIVE?

By: Jinky G. Marcelo Faculty, College of Information Science and Computing Central Mindanao University

Artificial intelligence (AI) has already made significant contributions to various domains such as business, education, healthcare and agriculture, among others. However, computer applications which are developed by artificial intelligence are designed to be logical and systematic based on perceived patterns. If computers can only work in existing patterns, can AI evolve to a point where it can be creative or generate really unique data such as text, images, poetry, paintings, designs and even songs? AI has gotten smarter, and studies demonstrate that it has the potential to emulate human creativity. More recently, research has shown that generative artificial neural networks can generate images from textual description, synthesize meal images from ingredients, generate cartoon characters, translate images from semantic representations, convert photographs of people into emojis, generate images of people at different ages, create random interior designs to give decorators fresh ideas, create new music compositions in various styles and a lot more practical applications. Now, Is AI a risk to creativity? Despite these amazing breakthrough capabilities, AI will never replace the creativity of humans, but it can be used as a tool to augment human creativity. series, training, community education and outreach.

He said the media are responsible in ensuring informed reporting on issues related to child online safety and protection and should follow an ethical approach to covering issues involving OSAEC.

“Media plays an instrumental role in protecting children by increasing public discourse on the issue,” he said.

Ariel Sebellino, executive director of the Philippine Press Institute, added that efforts and initiatives must be smarter to combat challenges and problems.

“People just don’t know that once kids are left like that, they are already exposed to so many dangers, be it potential or real. These are the realities now,” he said.

He added that the role of journalists in addressing these online dangers is “very critical and crucial.” from page 1 and perimeter fences. The industrial zone is also accessible to and from the Mindanao International Container Port and the soon-to-be operational Don Carlos Bukidnon Domestic Airport.

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Rodolfo noted that Bukidnon, Southern Philippines’ food basket, is ready to make it happen for global investors particularly food manufacturing players as the province offers to host them through its 40-hectare rich Bukidnon Industrial Zone.

In a statement, Monday, Feb. 13, Rodolfo said that BOI will be inviting global investors and businesses, particularly in the agriculture and food production sectors to invest in the industrial zone noting its competitive advantages.

Bukidnon has a progressive agriculture-based economy with products such as pineapple, tomato, coffee, rubber, cattle, and bamboo.

With high altitude, relatively flat land area, and consistently good weather, Bukidnon also boasts of its competitive advantages for the agri-industry. The province is among the top producers of regular bamboo and has the most abundant supply of Asper or giant bamboo in the country.

The province’s opportunitydriven infrastructure including improved all-weather provincial road networks and enhanced barangay connectivity serve as facilitating factors for greater economic development.

The province already hosts big players in the food production business including Del Monte Philippines. Inc., Republic Biscuit Corporation and Liwayway Marketing Corporation which may help attract similar projects to consider Bukidnon as their investment destination.

They are also targeting investors in the Bamboo Industry and those whose activities support sustainable development and reduced carbon footprint.

In the meeting, the Provincial Planning and Development Office of Bukidnon presented the competitive advantages of the province and why the province would be an ideal location for a domestic industrial zone. The BOI, in turn, committed to assist the local government in the promoting the industrial zone by inviting possible developers and locators.

“To realize this, we are proposing to schedule a series of roundtable meetings with industry stakeholders and industrial zone developers in the next three months from January 2023 to solicit inputs and interests and ready the industrial zone for strategic promotions,” he said. (mb.com. ph) from page 3 for online, real-time Annual Pensioner Information Revalidation by pensioners using facial image verification; and GSIS Touch as portal to the GSIS eWallet,” it added.

GSIS...

“As a government agency that is at the forefront of innovation, we are proud to have been able to launch the Touch Mobile App that is accessible by hundreds and thousands of our members. We look forward to seeing the app become the next major communication and transaction channel of GSIS, allowing more Filipinos to have seamless access to our services without traveling to the GSIS branches or agency offices in the country,” GSIS Information Technology and

Importance of Understanding Human Development in Teaching and Learning

By: Lorijane T. Gumahin Teacher III Balingasag Central School

Balingasag Central District

Division of Misamis Oriental

As a teacher interacting children in school is the prime scenario. The better able you are to provide proper support, the more you will understand about how children develop and evolve.

The main motivations for studying human development are to better understand the life experience, to assist others in understanding what they are going through, to comprehend how society and individual growth are related, to lead others more skillfully, and to promote others' physical and mental well-being.

Understanding and growing personally and professionally can be greatly benefited from the study of human growth and development. There are many reasons why several research conducted about human growth and development.

Children's life undergoes significant alteration once they start school. There is a substantial development on the physical, social, and cerebral levels. Middle Childhood is characterized by growing from page 3 devices, said the BSP.

Service Group Senior VicePresident Juan P. Evangelista said.

PERA...

After the BSP launched the digital PERA where investors can settle via InstaPay and PESONet, the number of contributors increased to 5,100 in 2022 from 1,684 in 2020.

The digitalization of PERA has brought more overseas Filipinos as contributors since 2020. It has also significantly reduced processing time and transaction cost, as well as simplified account opening.

The BSP launched PERA in 2016 under Republic Act No. 9505. As a voluntary retirement savings program, it supplements state-based pension plans and employer-sponsored retirement plans such as the Social Security System and the Government Service Insurance System.

Friends...

from page 4 with each other. My friend needs to know I will always accept him, even if I do not approve of what he is doing.

But friendship is a two-way street and the truth cuts both ways. So we need to be willing to listen when a friend cares enough to confront us about something wrong in our life. One of the most important reasons God gave us friends is to help us grow and become more like Him in our character. Jesus is the best friend you will ever have. Won’t you ask Him to forgive you for your wrong ways of living, and to take full charge of your character and way of life? That is when He can start rebuilding you into the man or woman He made you to be. Just think a minute…

SEC...

from page 5 through the capital market and crowdfunding,” SEC Chairperson Emilio Aquino said.

Aquino will be leading the Davao City roadshow, together with speakers from the Philippine Stock Exchange, Investment & Capital Corporation of the Philippines, the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Investree Philippines, SeedIn Technology and Round

EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE

PRESENTS:

Notice hereby given that this EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, made and executed in the City of Cagayan de Oro by and between the following: distance from the family and increasing attention to the needs of friends, school, and independence recreationrelated pursuits. Children gain a better knowledge of social concepts of where they fit in the world. They can speak about their experiences, feelings, and they want their peers to appreciate and accept them both teammates and classmates. Numerous tasks could be part of the role as teacher. This ought to be decided after talking with your school head and the families of the learners.

The teacher should know the characteristics of the learners to design strategies and approaches that is appropriate to each learner’s human development. It will consequently lead to a better interaction in the classroom. Having a broad understanding of human development enable the teacher to deliver the lesson smoothly and easily for the better understanding of the learners. It creates a conducive learning environment that will establish comfort and harmony of learning.

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The roadshow is an initiative led by the newly created SEC office for the Advancement of Strategic Investments in SMEs (OASIS), which aims to encourage SMEs to explore the capital market as a means to acquire external financing.

OASIS seeks to promote the interests of SMEs by setting up viable alternatives in raising capital by simplifying the capitalraising products, streamlining the registration process and encouraging investment houses and other financial institutions to implement SME-friendly underwriting and advisory programs, among others.

The initiative is also part of the commission’s 888@88 goal, which means that there should have been at least 888 companies that tapped the capital market by the time the SEC celebrates its 88th anniversary in 2024.

After Davao City, the commission will be bringing its roadshow to other areas in the country, including in the cities of Cebu, Cagayan de Oro, Zamboanga, Bacolod, Legazpi, Iloilo, Tarlac, Baguio, the Calabarzon region, and Metro Manila. (PR)

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City CONRADO F. SATUR, CASE NO. R10-EV-TH T. GEVERO 2023-02-126

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request for the Extension of Validity of the Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY and from the said place to ANY POINT IN REGION 10, accessible to motor vehicle traffic and Vice Versa and with the use of One (01) unit/s.

This application shall be considered by this Board on March 02, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) Days prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general/ local circulation.

Party(ies) opposed to the approval/ granting of the application 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 13th day of February 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

BWM : Feb 15, 2022

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

MYRNA C. MANDAC (widow), DAN

JAYVEE C. MANDAC (single), all of legal age, Filipino citizens except for RAYMOND NICHOLAS C. MANDAC who is a British citizen, and residents of Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law do hereby depose and state that they are the sole and only surviving heirs of the late RENATO B. MANDAC, who died on April 14, 2021 in Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City. The deceased died intestate, without will or testament, and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity. That deceased left among others a parcel of land situated in Gusa, Cagayan de Oro City covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-60266 (Tax Declaration No. G-283992) containing an area of Eight Hundred TwentyOne (821) square meters, together with residential building covered by Tax Declaration No. G-283919. The above-described parcel land is free from all liens and encumbrances, his heirs, successors or assigns hereby adjudicate including all improvements found thereon, share and share alike in the manner provided and mandated by the laws of Succession, filed by the heirs of RENATO B. MANDAC, as per Doc. No.179; Page No.35; Book No.93; Series of 2022 under the Notary Registry of ATTY. QUINTILIANITO S. BABARIN, JR.

Notice is hereby given that the late Bienvenido Pagligaran died intestate on APRIL 24, 2022 at Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, leaving an estate located at Gango, Libona, Bukidnon and more particularly described as Transfer Certificate of Title No. ET-425, A PARCEL OF LAND situated in the Barrio of Gango, Municipality of Libona, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FORTY TWO (10,442) SQUARE METERS, more or less. The decedents left no debts and the parties herein are their sole legal heirs, they being his wife and children, and has been the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE. This Deed, made and executed in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, by VERONICA PAUG VDA. DE PAGLIPARAN, of legal age, widow, Filipino and residing at Zone 1A, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, hereinafter called the HEIR; REYNANTE P. PAGLIGARAN, of legal age, Filipino, and residing at Zone 1A, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, hereinafter called the HEIR; ROEL P. PAGLIGARAN, of legal age, Filipino and residing at Zone 1A, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, hereinafter called the HEIR; JENELYN P. ARDA, of legal age, Filipino and residing at Zone 1A, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, hereinafter called the HEIR; EVANGELINE P. PAGLIGARAN, of legal age, Filipino and residing at Zone 1A, Gango, Libona, Bukidnon, hereinafter called the HEIR, filed by the heirs of Bienvenido Pagligaran, as per Doc. No. 210; Page No. 42; Book No. 93; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. QUINTILIANITO S. BABARIN, JR.