BusinessWeek Mindanao (January 18-19, 2023)

Sabong back in Davao

DAVAO City – The local government of Davao has lifted the ban on cockfighting after almost three years but has imposed a higher amusement tax of 30%, a threefold increase from 10% previously imposed on cockpit operators, First District councilor Bernard Al-ag said.

Al-ag said that increasing the taxes on the operators was one of the conditions to allow derbies, blamed for the transmission of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases to some parts of Mindanao in 2020.

He said the local government has estimated to generate between P25 million and P30 million in annual revenues from P10 million under the old tax regime imposed on the cockpit operators.

Choco exports

THE EU-Generalized System of Preferences Plus (GSP+) has been instrumental in boosting the exports of AURO Chocolates, one of 24 Philippine companies that are able to export products to the 27-member states EU.

Kelly Go, co-founder and manager of AURO Chocolates, said AURO sales have increased by almost 200 percent since the pandemic.

AURO directly exports to more than 15 countries with over 40 European chocolate makers using the company’s fine cacao beans to make Philippine-origin chocolate.

Go said its exports have been boosted by the EUGSP+, which grants duty-free status to eligible products to the EU market, making its cacao exports competitive against other countries.

PRDP funds P9.3-B projects in Mindanao

DAVAO City – The Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) in Mindanao reported Monday that it has completed 178 subprojects under its infrastructure development projects with a total cost of P9.34 billion in 2022.

In a statement, PRDPMindanao said 85 more subprojects totaling P3.85 billion are currently in different stages of preparation for immediate implementation under the Second Additional Financing and European Union Co-financing Grant (AF2-EU). The PRDPMindanao is a six-year national project under the Department of Agriculture (DA) that aims to establish

BARMM to host first Bangsamoro biz congress

COTABATO City –

Foreign dignitaries and representatives from business entities are set to gather here Thursday (Jan. 17) to grace the first Bangsamoro Business Congress. Minister Abu Amri Taddik of the Ministry of Trade, Investment and

Tourism–Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MTITBARMM) said at least 200 delegates from the BARMM region are expected to join the three-day event at the Cotabato State University here. “This event aims to strengthen and promote

industry, and infrastructure and enhance economic productivity that will contribute to the region’s economic growth,” Taddik said on Monday. He noted that local entrepreneurs are “socially prepared” for networking and innovation

Davao orders heightened surveillance of passengers to and from China

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews

a modern, value chainoriented and climateresilient agriculture and fisheries sector. “PRDP Mindanao participated in two successive trade expos in the latter half of 2022 with the Philippine Coffee Expo in September and the Cacao Congress in November. These expos allowed PRDP Mindanao to meet with other stakeholders and industry leaders for coffee

BOC-Davao seizes smuggled cigars

THE Bureau of Customs (BOC)-Collection District XII took custody of five boxes of "Bros" white cigarettes, 36 reams of alleged fake "Jackpot" white, and 23 reams "Marlboro" red cigarettes valued at P150,000 following a buybust operation.

With the strengthened coordination between the

BOC-Collection District XII and the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Davao City Police Office confiscated the boxes at Purok 14, Brgy. Lubogan, Toril, Davao City last week.

The arrested suspect was placed under the custody of the PNP-Region Office 11. Appropriate charges shall

Alsons Dev is the real estate

DAVAO City – The Bureau of Quarantine (BOQ)Davao has been directed to implement a heightened surveillance of all passengers with travel history to China at the Davao International Airport.

During Kapehan sa Dabaw on Monday, BOQDavao medical chief Dr. Noreen B. Espero said passengers will be checked for signs and symptoms of COVID-19 if they have traveled to China within 14 days from their arrival in Davao.

China was reportedly experiencing a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

She said medical officers of BOQ-Davao will reevaluate the passengers’ information in the eTravel platform of the government, which is required for arrival

DAVAO City — Former Sarangani Governor Miguel Rene Alcantara Dominguez has joined the 60-year-old Alsons Development and Investment Corporation (Alsons Dev) as its new director who will oversee the business strategy and operations of the premier property developer and real estate pioneer in Davao City.

CHINESE NEW YEAR. Mayor Rolando Uy (in red shirt and sandals) joins the dancers performing the dragon dance in front of the Cagayan de Oro City Hall during the start of the week-long celebration of the Lunar New Year on Tuesday, January 17, 2023. MindaNews photo by FROILAN GALLARDO

BUKO FOR SALE. A man unhusks young coconuts at a roadside store along Torres St, Davao City. Mindanews Photo

5 NorMin, Lanao Sur execs cited as 'top performers' in 2022

FIVE public officials in the Northern Mindanao region and Lanao del Sur province were named among the "Top Performers" in local governance during the second half of 2022 after the national and local elections.

A statement from the data analytics firm RPMission and Development Foundation Inc. (RPMD) on Sunday said they are Misamis Occidental 2nd District Rep. Sancho Fernando Oaminal, Lanao del Sur 1st District Rep. Ziaur-Rahman Alonto-Adiong, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental Mayor Henry Oaminal Jr., Misamis Oriental Gov. Peter Unabia and Misamis Occidental Gov. Henry Oaminal Sr.

Rep. Oaminal placed fifth

among top performers in the House of Representatives with a 90-percent rating, while Adiong placed 10th with a 78-percent rating.

"Para na sa inyoha, mga pinalangga namong Misamisnons! Padayon ang atong pagpaningkamot para sa #AsensoOzamiz development agenda," he said in his Facebook post, reacting to the results.

Oaminal Jr. placed in the 9th spot for top-performing city mayors with 80 percent, and both Unabia and Oaminal Sr. placed sixth in the governor's category with an 85-percent rating.

Dr. Paul Martinez, focal person of RPMD, said these public officials who excelled in "constituent service" and

service to the nation should be congratulated for their exceptional performance.

The independent and non-commissioned "Boses ng Bayan" national performance evaluation survey for the year 2022 was done from Nov. 27 to Dec. 2, 2022.

Among the 65.75 million registered voters between 18 and 70, a total of 10,000 respondents were selected. The sample employed a plusor-minus 1 percent margin of error and a degree of confidence of 95 percent.

Martinez said respondents were chosen randomly, and the number of respondents was distributed proportionally based on the number of registered voters in each area. (PNA)

CDO rolls out weeklong Chinese New Year, fetes Fil-Chi Kagayanons

THE Cagayan de Oro city government joined the Filipino-Chinese community Monday in launching a week-long celebration of the Chinese New Year, with a focus on the contributions of FilipinoChinese Kagayanons to the city's development over the decades. During the opening program, city administrator Roy Hilario Raagas said that without the hard work and diligence of Filipino-Chinese traders, the city's economic development would not have accelerated over the years. "This goes to show that our brothers and sisters in the FilipinoChinese community have indeed chosen the city as your home, to be with among us as one, as you consider the city a place worth investing in," said

Raagas, who represented Mayor Rolando Uy. Raagas said it was also important for local government officials to meet with Chinese ambassadors two weeks ago to discuss development partnership potentials. In a statement, Uy said the Chinese New Year festivity, which will culminate on Jan. 22, reminds the city's constituents of how Chinese culture and traditions have also enriched the Filipinos' customs. "Treating each other equally (is a virtue), especially in honoring the elderly," he said. Meanwhile, Rosa Go, president of the Misamis Oriental FilipinoChinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc., said she hopes 2023 would bring "fortune and prosperity, hope and calm. (PNA)

ERRATUM

In connection with the publication of CHARLIE R. SEGOVIA, That CHARLIE R. SEGOVIA published January 04 & 11, 2023 the correct Municipal Civil Registrar should be IVY R. TONGCO, LPT. J.D.; not as published.

BWM: JANUARY 18, 2023

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT/PARTITION

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS

That the late CRISOGONO S. NAILES , SR , who died intestate and without leaving a Will on January 9, 1990 at Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental; That at the time of death of the above decedents, they left a Parcel of Land with Tax Declaration No. 08-140001-00359 , identified as 1872, PLS 799, situated at Poblacion, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (372) Square Meters , And has been the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT/ PARTITION, filed by the heirs of CRISOGONO S. NAILES, SR,. As per Doc No. 331; Page No. 67; Book No. 4; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FRANCIS ANDREW O. PADUGANAN.

BWM: Jan 4, 11 & 18, 2023

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

KNOW ALL MEN BY THES PRESENTS: That the late LUZMIN LANCERO CAAGBAY, who died on November 1, 2015 in Madonna and Child Hospital, J.V. Seriña St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, died without any will or testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity, that at the time of her death, left a certain real property, A PARCEL OF LAND with TCT No. T-44475, situated in the City of Cagayan de Oro, containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (772) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, AGREEMENT made and entered into this 22nd day of DECEMBER 2021 by and among: MARILOU LANCERO CAAGBAYBERZA, of legal age, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at P-9 Dabong-dabong, Valencia City, Bukidnon; JUNE LANCERO CAAGBAY-STARKE, of legal age, Filipino, and with residence and postal address at Bahnhofstr. 51, 63500 Seligenstadt, Hessen, Germany.

Registered in the name of LUIS F. LANCERO, JR., married to Corazon Lai Lancero and residents of Long Beach, California, U.S.A.; ROLANDO F. LANCERO, married to Leticia Abuton and resident of Ozamiz City; LUZMIN L. CAAGBAY, married to Pastor Caagbay, and resident of Cagayan de Oro City; EPHRAIM F. LANCERO, married to Virginia Estabillo and resident of Tagum, Davao; PRECIOUSA L. ROA, married to Waldo A. Roa and resident of Cagayan de Oro. THAT said deceased co-owned the abovedescribed property together with his siblings, and owned one-fifth (1/5) of it; Filed by the heirs of LUZMIN LANCERO CAAGBAY, as per Doc. No. 330; Page No. 67; Book No. VIII; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JESUS CARLO JOENIL A. QUIRAP.

11, 18 & 25, 2023

BSP chief sees over 6% economic growth in 2023

BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla is optimistic of an above 6 percent growth for the domestic economy this 2023 amidst projected slower global output. During the Tuesday Club event in Mandaluyong City, Medalla said pent up demand in the tourism sector and car sales, among others, remain high and continue to be served as the economy is reopened further. “The economy is strong and the pent-

up demand will continue driving the economy this year,” he said. The government’s growth assumption for this year has been slashed from 6.5 to 8 percent to between 6 to 7 percent primarily due to the expected slower growth in advanced economies. Economic growth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), in the first three quarters of 2022 averaged at 7.7 percent, exceeding the 6.5 to 7.5 assumption of economic

managers. Medalla said the 350 basis points uptick in the central bank’s key rates last year is not expected to immediately hit domestic demand since people continue to spend following the lockdowns when the pandemic hit in 2020. He said demographic dividend is a plus for the economy because of a large number of the population that can be part of the labor sector, which helps economic activities flourish. Continued gains of the business process

BSP’s term deposit facility rates post mixed results

RATES of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) term deposit facility (TDF) registered mixed results on Wednesday, with the shorter tenor attracting lower bids.

Data released by the central bank showed that the average rate of the one-

week TDF rose to 6.3553 percent from 6.3322 percent during the auction last Jan. 4 while the rate of the 14-day facility declined to 6.3980 percent from last week’s 6.4180 percent.

The BSP kept the offer volume at P390 billion

although changed the allocation to P220 billion for the seven-day facility and to P170 billion for the two-week TDF.

Last week, the offer volume for the seven-day TDF was P230 billion while

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL ALTERNATIVE CHILD CARE OFFICE Region X Masterson Ave., Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City Email address: arrs fo10@dswd.gov.ph

IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF DOMESTIC ADMIN ADOPTION CASE (HANNAH PRAJES) (TO NO. RACCO X-DAA-2022-0002-IP-002 KNOWN THEREAFTER AS (XochitI Tolibas Prajes)

Aljer B. Prajes/Alma Jane T. Prajes

Petitioners

ORDER

DATE: December 20, 2022

A verified petition for the adoption of Hannah Prajes filed by the petitioners through the Regional Alternatives Child Care Office (RACCO) praying that the after due notice, publication and appearances, a judgement be rendered to the effect that the minor Hannah Prajes be declared for all legal intents and purposes the legitimate child of the petitioners and that the name of the child be change particularly to appear as XochitI Tolibas Prajes

Finding the said Petition to be sufficient in form and substance, let the name be set for Mandatory Appearance on January 20, 2023 at 1: 30 in the afternoon to be held at RACCO X, Masterson Ave., Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City. Any interested party may appear and may file an opposite/complaint supported by evidence to the National Authority for child Care (NACC), through the RACCO where the Petition was filed. The complaint will be subjected for verification and further investigation

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the Petitioners once a week for three (3) successive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation pursuant to Section 31 of R A No. 11642 of the Domestic Administrative Adoption and Alternative Child Care Act.

(SGD) RAMEL F. JAMEN Regional Alternative Child Care Officer Regional Director

outsourcing (BPO) sector is also expected to bolster domestic growth, he added. The BPO sector, which benefits from the availability of young and English-proficient Filipinos, is among the factors that prop up the economy. Since it started around two decades ago, the sector placed the

country as among the top 2 leading contact center outsourcing destination in the world, employing over 1.3 million workers and contributing around 9 percent in the economy’s annual output. Medalla said the increased infrastructure spending of both the private and the public sectors are

expected to further lift the economy given the long-term effect of having adequate infrastructure. The Marcos administration intends to keep expenditures on infrastructure to account to around 5 percent of GDP, sustaining its rise from the previous administration. (PNA)

PH gets 1-year reprieve to get out of FATF’s gray list

THE Philippines has been given another year, or until January 2024, to meet the requirements that will help it exit the Financial Action Task Force’s (FATF) gray list. Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Felipe Medalla on Tuesday told journalists that they missed the first deadline, which is this month. Medalla said the FATF committees or action groups have cited gains on legislations that aim to thwart money laundering and terrorist financing in the Philippines. He said the country got excellent ratings on the legislations, except on the Bank Secrecy Law. Medalla did not elaborate. However, he said the FATF also cited the low number of cases filed against anti-money

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED NORMA P. MERMEJO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late, NORMA PAREL MERMEJO who died intestate on December 1, 1997 at Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, and left a certain parcel of land, with an improvement therein, the said property is co-owned with her spouse APOLIO S. MERMEJO acquired from the PAGLAUM SETTLERS ASSOCIATION, INC., Identified as , A PARCEL OF LAND with TCT No. T-124003 of the Register of Deeds for the City of Cagayan de Oro, situated in the Barrio of Carmen, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of SIXTY SIX (66) SQUARE METERS, more or less, registered in the name of PAGLAUM SETTLERS ASSOCIATION INC. And has been the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE DECEASED NORMA P. MERMEJO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE. NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, invoking the provision of Section 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, the parties hereto mutually agree, stipulate and covenant to adjudicate the afore-described property among themselves, and give the ownership, title, and possession of the whole property to Cindy Easther P. Mermejo. All heirs waive their share over the afore-described property Cindy Easther P. Mermejo, filed by the heirs of NORMA P. MERMEJO. As per Doc. No. 342; Page No. 70; Book No. XIII; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JESUS CARLO JOENIL A QUIRAP.

laundering and terrorist financing violator and their eventual conviction. He added this is the reason for the one-year extension for the government to review the implementation of its money laundering and terrorist financing law. Medalla, who chairs the Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC), said he already had meetings with Department of Justice (DOF) Secretary Crispin Remulla regarding the law’s implementation. “They said that if we’re only more diligent in having a system that truly brings out all the real prosecution and conviction, the numbers will be much higher,” he said. The BSP chief said among the solutions to this issue include getting proof that the source of funds

that rebels use came from terrorist financing. He cited as another example the bets submitted for electronic cock fighting or the electronic sabong (e-sabong), which is gambling. “The solution requires a whole-ofgovernment approach, not just AMLC, not just DOJ but the law enforcement as well,” he added. Medalla is optimistic on the results of the meetings with DOJ. “I’m quite confident, given in the early meetings, the focus will be there to try our best to typically increase the chances that by early next year, those problems have been met,” he said. Parisbased global money laundering and terrorist financing watchdog FAFT again placed the country under its gray list in 2021

Like Father, Like Son (Part 1)

Think a minute...Not long ago a famous movie star and his son were put in jail for doing illegal drugs together. Being busted for drugs together is quite a tragic father-son bonding activity! But proves yet once again: “Like father, like son.” Ask yourself: “Do I want my son to be like me?”

Our sons learn to follow our example both by our words and by our ways. The things that we tell our children are important will become the things that are important to them.

Walter Reuther, the labor leader of the United Auto Workers in the U.S., was deeply influenced by his father who was a union organizer. Reuther’s father taught his sons at home how to debate major issues. Their father said: “It was no accident that three of my sons became leaders of labor unions.”

However, we fathers teach our sons far more by our daily ways of living than by our words. Our son watches, listens and learns from the way we work, the

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way we play, and the way we treat people every day.

“Actions speak louder than words,” so our sons learn mostly from our daily example. “More is caught than taught.” Someone said: “Till a boy is 15 he does what his father says; after that, he does what his father does.”

A young man told his father: “When I was young I usually did not listen when you were telling me about right and wrong. But what influenced me most was watching you every day. I imitated what you were, not what you said.”

A major study was done of wealthy families with teenage sons in trouble with

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Poor Farmers Living in Extreme Poverty for Lack of Road

Brgy. Park Area, Wao, Lanao del Sur In So Much Distress

He could have been living now but when the former Barangay Captain of Park Area in Wao met an accident named Mario Pagayon, he was brought immediately to the hospital some 17 kilometers away but because of the rough road which was almost impassable, he died along the way. This was also true to Mr. Nonito Bakling who was so sick that he had to be brought to the hospital 10 o’clock in the morning but had reached the hospital at about 7 pm, thus, he passedaway before reaching the hospital.

This is the horrible problem facing some 600 poor farming families in the mountain areas of Sitio Pulacan Site (Mt. Pulacan) of Brgy. Park Area in Wao, Lanao del Sur who all these years have become immobilized because of the absence of Farm to Market Road. Many of their children cannot go to school. What is even more troubling is the difficulty of transporting their farm produce such as sugar cane, corn, root crops, vegetables and livestock (i.e., goats, chicken) to the market.

If only the poor farming families can transport their agricultural

products, it will be the liberating path against poverty as their farms are so fertile which are very conducive to high productivity. Thus, the community leader by the name of Madam Perpetua Magdadaro who in early 2021 together with the honorable barangay captain himself, Hon. Mario Pagayon wrote then Secretary of Agriculture William Dar stating that, “We, the Barangay Council of Brgy. Park Area and members of the Park Area Farmers’ Association humbly request your good office to allocate funds for the concreting of the farm-to-market road to help us solve the lifelong sufferings of farmers and residents. . .”

As narrated by the Sangguniang Bayan, “The ease that the project will give to farmers will encourage them to increase their production especially that the said Sitio has the biggest plantation that can give huge supply of vegetables to the market. There are also other agricultural products such as sugarcane and other plants where they can supply abundantly to the nearest municipality and other places.”

The Sangguniang Bayan further reported

that, “the farmers have difficulties in transporting their products. In order to solve this problem, there is a need to concretize the road from farm to market.

The concreting/repair/ rehabilitate of Barangay Access Road of Barangay Park Area, Wao, Lanao Del Sur was already allocated a budget worth of Two Hundred Four Million Pesos (204,000,000,) for seventeen (17) kilometers farm to market road.”

Indeed, there is so much to celebrate, “In line with the National Thrusts through the Department of Agriculture and the LGU’s present administration, the said project was materialized.

BUT AS REPORTED BY THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN “IT WAS SO SHOCKING AND SAD TO NOTE THAT ONLY ONE KILOMETER HAD BEEN CONCRETIZED INSTEAD OF 17

KILOMETERS

FARM TO MARKET ROAD PROJECT. ACCORDINGLY, THE SAID PROJECT WAS FULLY IMPLEMENTED BASED FROM THEIR REPORTS BUT IN ACTUAL SETTING IT WASN’T DONE.”

Let notice be served that as constitutionally declared, a public office is a public trust and all

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government officials and employees must exercise their functions to the highest degree of integrity, commitment and dedication! The more than 600 poor farming families must be liberated from the quagmire of poverty by simply constructing the much-needed farmto-market road which has already appropriate budgetary allocation coming from the taxes of the people themselves.

ASA MAN? PresBBM, as the amazing Secretary of Agriculture, we respectfully appeal to His Excellency to rectify such social wrong!

As further narrated by the Sangguniang Bayan, “The people of the said Barangay still continue pleading and asking help from the higher authority to give immediate action about the problem and the real situation of this project why it comes out like this unfinished

Beware of Pharisaical legalism

What is Pharisaical legalism? At bottom, it’s the understanding of law that is based only on our human ways, ignoring the ultimate basis of law who is God as revealed fully in Christ. As such, it tends to be rigid, to be quick to judge, and to claim it has the last word in any issue or question.

We are reminded of this danger in that episode where Christ was confronted by some Pharisees because his disciples were picking heads of grain while passing through a field on a Sabbath. (cfr. Mk 2,23-28) Christ had to correct them about how the Sabbath law should be taken.

We certainly should always be guided by laws. We should just see to it that our human laws are properly based and oriented. And given our limitations, not to mention our errors and sins, our human laws should also give due allowance for this unavoidable fact of life.

Truth is our laws should reflect the law and order

as designed by God the Creator for the whole world and for man, specifically. They should respect and in fact reinforce what God has given as the law of nature and the moral law that governs our human acts.

But, alas, we wonder whether these things about natural law and moral law are given due consideration these days. What we can notice is a steady drift toward what is called as legal positivism.

Legal positivism is when our legal and juridical systems are simply based on perceptual experiences and people’s consensus while systematically shutting out any input from faith and divine revelation that tells us that God is in fact the very foundation, inspiration, and perfection of our human laws.

In other words, without any reference to God’s law, our human law cannot help but be out on a limb. For all the brilliance, wisdom, and success a Godless human law can have and

accomplish, it can only go so far. It cannot go the distance required by our human dignity. Sooner or later, it will fail and fall into forms of injustice, many of them so subtle that injustice can be committed under cover of our human law.

A clear example of this latter case is the law on abortion. It is a lot worse than the so-called extrajudicial killing. Abortion is clear murder of the most defenseless members of our human society --the infant while inside the mother’s womb.

Of course, rationalizations can come aplenty. It’s not yet a baby, they say. It’s just a bundle of tissues. It does not have life on its own. But no one can contest the fact that that so-called clump of tissues has the DNA of the parents, and that it cannot but be a living baby if it is allowed to develop to its full course and no problems and complications come along the way.

The Bible has many

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passages that the unborn is already a child, a person, chosen by God, etc. The Book of Jeremiah, for example, says: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you. I have appointed you a prophet to the nations.” (1,5)

And to be more blunt about it, precisely Christ before he was born was already the Son of God who became man to redeem us! Could Mary and Joseph have thought of aborting the unborn Christ because they thought he was just a bunch of tissues while still in the womb?

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PH-US trade relations to gain from USTDA office opening

LARGE investment opportunities expected to increase trading between the Philippines and the United States have been cited as the reason for the opening of a United States Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) office here within this quarter.

“To meet the demands of the Philippine market and in recognition of the potential in the Philippine economy, USTDA is opening an office in Manila,” US Ambassador to the Philippines MaryKay Carlson said during the Indo-Pacific Business Forum (IPBF) event in Makati City on Thursday.

She said the agency will conduct feasibility studies that “will focus on supply chains, clean energy, infrastructure and telecommunications.”

In an interview with journalists, Carlson said results of the feasibility studies can be used both by the government and the private sector to help them determine where the interests of US investors are in the Philippines and where matches can be made.

She said not all US Embassies around the world have USTDA offices and the one to be opened in the Philippines “is really based on what we see as

great promise between the investment opportunities and trade opportunities between the United States and the Philippines.”

The US is one of the Philippines’ top three trading partners while the country is the US’ 31st largest goods trading partner.

Carlson is optimistic regarding the increase in investment opportunities between the US and the Philippines within the Indo-Pacific area due also to the people-to-people ties.

“People-to-people ties are really a strong foundation and a springboard for those types

of investments and trade opportunities not just to recover from the pandemic but as I’ve heard President (Ferdinand R.) Marcos said to really accelerate and go beyond simple recovery, to revitalize and accelerate in 2023 and beyond,” she said.

Carlson disclosed that USTDA has signed with Bell Labs, Nokia USA, and NOW Telecom a $1.5-million letter of intent for the Philippines on Thursday.

She said the letter of intent, signed during the ongoing 5th IPBF, aims “to support clean and trusted 5G communications networks.” (PNA)

AirAsia reopens Kaohsiung route

LOW-COST carrier AirAsia Philippines announced on Monday that it recently resumed its service to Kaohsiung, Taiwan just in time for the Lunar New Year festivities.

The inaugural flight departed from the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Terminal 3 on Jan. 7, it said in a statement.

“Before the pandemic, this route and ManilaTaipei had immensely contributed to our growth with its consistently high traffic demand, especially among leisure travelers and overseas Filipino workers who are always searching for

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City

AYEEN O. LIM CASE NO. R10-EV-TH Applicant. 2022-12-2235

NOTICE OF HEARING

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

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 01, 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 circulation in Mindanao.

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

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 16th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

the best value deals,” AirAsia Philippines Chief Executive Officer Ricardo P. Isla said.

“We look forward to reopening more international routes and air travel in the Eastern Region of Asia,” he added.

Kaohsiung, a city located in southern Taiwan, is known for its river parks, cultural activities, and culinary scene.

“The ManilaKaohsiung flight departs via the NAIA Terminal 3 every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 4:45 p.m. and arrives in Kaohsiung 6:45 p.m. Its return flight leaves Kaohsiung International Airport at

8:15 p.m. and arrives at NAIA T3, 10:00 p.m.,” AirAsia Philippines said.

Meanwhile, international airline EVA Air announced separately that it will operate daily nonstop flights between Taipei and the northwestern Philippines starting March 30.

“The addition of Clark International Airport will give EVA three gateways in the Philippines and boost the convenience and flexibility passengers enjoy now with Manila and Cebu service,” the airline said in an e-mailed statement.

“By the end of March, the airline will be operating 35 flights a

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City

week to the Philippines, offering travelers from throughout Asia, Europe, Australia and North America more arrival and departure options,” it added.

The Department of Tourism (DoT) said recently that the Philippines logged 2.65 million international arrivals in 2022, beating the 1.7 million target and raising hopes for the arrivals goal to be met in 2023.

The DoT said that of the 2.65 million international arrivals in 2022, 2.02 million were foreigners while 628,445 were returning Filipinos.

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More investments to sustain employment growth: ECOP

FOLLOWING the decline in unemployment rate in December 2022, a business group believes that the downtrend in joblessness can be sustained by attracting more investments into the country.

During the Laging Handa public briefing Friday, Employers Confederation of the Philippines (ECOP) president Sergio OrtizLuis Jr. welcomed the 4.2-percent unemployment rate in December 2022, which is the lowest in 17 years since April 2005.

Ortiz-Luis lauded the government’s efforts to attract investments in the country, especially foreign investors.

He said the decision to put up and expand their businesses in the Philippines will create more jobs for Filipinos.

Ortiz-Luis said the recent foreign trips of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. are expected to create more business activities and generate employment.

“At ang gobyerno naman ay napakaganda ng ginagawa ng gobyerno ngayon na nag-iencourage ng investment (What the government is doing is good, the current government is encouraging investments),” the ECOP

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING

chief said.

Ortiz-Luis said these investments will help the country to avert impacts of external economic headwinds, such as a possible recession in major markets like the United States and Europe.

“Hopeful ako na we will be spared from that dahil maganda ang direction ng ating pamahalaan ngayon (I am hopeful that we will be spared from that (recession) because of

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THES PRESENTS: That the late LUIS FACTURA LANCERO, JR., who died on February 14, 2008, in Kaiser Foundation Hospital, Los Angeles, California, U. S. A; died without any will or testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity, that at the time of his death, left a certain real property, A PARCEL OF LAND with TCT No. T-44475, situated in the City of Cagayan de Oro, containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (772) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, made and entered into this 22nd day of DECEMBER 2021 by and among: LUIS LEY LANCERO, III, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 5631 Finnestera Drive, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America; MARICOR LEY LANCERO-STAMPLEMAN, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 2626 Highland Avenue, Santa Monica, California, 90405, United States of America;

MARIE LOUISE LEY LANCERO, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 6576 Quinton Lane, Tujunga, California 91042, United States of America;

MARIE ANN LEY LANCERO, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 1530 Harvard Street, Apartment # F, Santa Monica, California, 90404, United States of America;

PHILASIA LOGISTICS INC., CASE NO.

Rep.by: GREGORIO V. GILLES, R10-NC Applicant. PA-TH 2022-12-1307

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on January 31, 2023 at 09:00 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 circulation in Mindanao.

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

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 16th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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

: Jan 18, 2023

AMADO B. RAVIDAS JR., CASE NO. Applicant. R10-NC-PA-TH 2022-12-2205

NOTICE OF HEARING

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

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 01, 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 circulation in Mindanao.

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

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 16th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY.

(Sgd.)

SUPERSOY COMMERCIAL CASE NO. CENTER CORPORATION R10-NC-PA-TH Rep.by: RICK BRYAN A. 2022-12-2273

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT

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 circulation in Mindanao.

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

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 16th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING

OFFICER BWM : Jan 18, 2023

unit/s.

NOTICE OF HEARING

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 01, 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 circulation in Mindanao.

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

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 16th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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

MARIE SELLE LEY LANCERO, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 320 Raymond Drive, Benicia, California, United States of America; HOPE MARIE LEY LANCERO, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 432 Stanford Ave., Palo Alto, California, United States of America; Registered in the name of LUIS F. LANCERO, JR., married to Corazon Lai Lancero and residents of Long Beach, California, U.S.A.; ROLANDO F. LANCERO, married to Leticia Abuton and resident of Ozamiz City; LUZMIN L. CAAGBAY, married to Pastor Caagbay, and resident of Cagayan de Oro City; EPHRAIM F. LANCERO, married to Virginia Estabillo and resident of Tagum, Davao; PRECIOUSA L. ROA, married to Waldo A. Roa and resident of Cagayan de Oro. THAT said deceased co-owned the abovedescribed property together with his siblings, and owned one-fifth (1/5) of it; Filed by the heirs of LUIS FACTURA LANCERO. As per Doc. No. 331; Page No. 68; Book No. VIII; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY.

JESUS CARLO JOENIL A. QUIRAP.

BWM: Jan 11, 18 & 25, 2023

MINDANAO FEATURE

CREDIBLE RELIABLE IN-DEPTH

Editor: GILBERT Y. CHAO

SM CDO, PWD Friendly Malls

The SM City CDO Uptown recently conducted a PWD Briefing to update their frontline officers on the proper handling of customers with disability. Notably, SM CDO Malls welcome patrons and visitors from all walks of life, and with this is a vision to always extended a magical experience to everyone, special to the PWD communities.

It has been SM’s great pleasure to welcome PWD customers, SM Supermalls is equipped to lend a helping hand to everyone and handle their needs with care.

CDO Uptown, conducted a briefing to educate their frontline officers on how to

take care of customers with disability. The briefing was conducted by the City Social Welfare and Development with Ms. Maria Liza G. Corpuz, Person with Disability Affairs Officer, together with her partners who advocate in the service

Ms. Lorely Sabal, shared her experience with SM CDO DOWNTOWN Premier when one of her PWD Children was assisted by the mall administration. She said one time her child got lost during their shopping in the mall. But luckily her child was found by security personnel and was accommodated at the mall admin office. She was very grateful for the SM Mall’s assistance then she said “Who cares? SM Cares!”. She pointed out the contribution of SM in their continued support to extend quality services and projects that gives importance to the needs of the PWD Sector.

Mr. Rolando Damaolao of the CDO Council of PWD shared the basic information

on the use of a cane for blind customers and treat it with respect. He shared that it is the extension of their vision for them to walk with minimal assistance.

Ms. Corpus also expressed her gratitude to SM City CDO Uptown for hiring some personnel from the sector who also joined the briefing together with all his colleagues. She said that it is only SM Mall that initiates a program for the PWD Sector and with that, she is very thankful.

Finally, SM CDO Malls are ready to welcome shoppers from the PWD Sectors. With passion to improve customer services, SM is confident that their shopping experience will be magical.

Allure Shop CDO offers both wholesale and retail apparel

By MARK FRANCISCO

THRIFT clothing or more commonly called as ukayukay abound in Cagayan de Oro and nearby areas. There are wholesalers and there are retailers. And then there’s Allure Shop CDO which offers ukay-ukay apparel either in bales or in retail.

Allure Shop CDO is particularly located in Zone 1, Poblacion, El Salvador City. Here in their shop, you will find assorted among display for men, women and kids such as trousers, blouses, crop tops, dresses, shirts, cardigans, sports bras, bags, caps, clamps and more.

But Allure Shop CDO also sells thrift apparel in bundles and they are all imported coming from South Korea, United States and Japan. The bales available are shirts, blouses, dresses, pants, shorts, trousers, baggy

pants, hoodies, shoes, bags, sleepwear, stuffed toys, bedsheets, pillow cases, melamine ware, curtains, kids wear and more. For buyers in bulk, Allure Shop CDO offers free delivery from their warehouse in Cagayan de Oro City to

Laguindingan airport.

Allure Shop CDO assures all its potential customers that their apparel is of utmost quality. This has been proven with the numerous feedbacks that they have received on their Facebook page which are all unsolicited – the

customers themselves are posting proofs of delivery.

To order in bulk, simply message the Facebook page of Allure Shop CDO. To those who wish to buy per item, you may visit their shop in El Salvador City or order online.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THES PRESENTS:

That the late EPHRAIM FACTURA LANCERO, who died on December 31, 2020 in PFLUGERVILLE, TEXAS, 78660, died without any will or testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity, that at the time of his death, left a certain real property, A PARCEL OF LAND with TCT No. T-44475, situated in the City of Cagayan de Oro, containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (772) SQUARE METERS, more or less.

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, made and entered into this 29th day of NOVEMBER 2021 by and among: VIRGINIA E. LANCERO, of legal age, widow, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 16304 Malden Dr, Pflugerville, TX 78660; JEFFREY EPHRAIM E. LANCERO, of legal age, married to Gretchen Lynn Lancero, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 5539 Celebration St., Sacramento, CA 95835; SHARON LEE E. LANCERO-CHESHIRE, of legal age, married to Neil Robert Cheshire, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 17409 Cameron Rd., Unit A, Pflugerville, TX 78660;

Registered in the name of LUIS F. LANCERO, JR., married to Corazon Lai Lancero and residents of Long Beach, California, U.S.A.; ROLANDO F. LANCERO, married to Leticia Abuton and resident of Ozamiz City; LUZMIN L. CAAGBAY, married to Pastor Caagbay, and resident of Cagayan de Oro City; EPHRAIM F. LANCERO, married to Virginia Estabillo and resident of Tagum, Davao; PRECIOUSA L. ROA, married to Waldo A. Roa and resident of Cagayan de Oro. THAT said deceased co-owned the abovedescribed property together with his siblings, and owned one-fifth (1/5) of it; Filed by the heirs of EPHRAIM FACTURA LANCERO, As per Doc. No. 203; Page No. 42; Book No. VIII; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JESUS CARLO JOENIL A. QUIRAP.

Jan 11, 18 & 25, 2023

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THES PRESENTS: That the late R OLANDO FACTURA LANCERO, who died on July 23, 1998 in Faith Hospital, Ozamiz City, Misamis Occidental, died without any will or testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity, that at the time of his death, left a certain real property, A PARCEL OF LAND with TCT No. T-44475, situated in the City of Cagayan de Oro, containing an area of SEVEN HUNDRED SEVENTY TWO (772) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, made and entered into this 22nd day of DECEMBER 2021 by and among: ROLANDO ANTONINO ABUTON LANCERO, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 3 Morningside Drive, Old Bridge, NJ 08857, United States of America; MARIA THERESE VERONICA ABUTON LANCEROALEGRES, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 223 Elmwood Ave., Union, NJ 07083, United States of America; RONALDO DARIO MARTIN ABUTON LANCERO, of legal age, formerly a Filipino and now a naturalized citizen of the United States of America, and with residence and postal address at 159 Byrd St., Oceanside, NY 11572, United States of America; Registered in the name of LUIS F. LANCERO, JR., married to Corazon Lai Lancero and residents of Long Beach, California, U.S.A.; ROLANDO F. LANCERO, married to Leticia Abuton and resident of Ozamiz City; LUZMIN L. CAAGBAY, married to Pastor CAAGBAY, and resident of Cagayan de Oro City; EPHRAIM F. LANCERO, married to Virginia Estabillo and resident of Tagum, Davao; PRECIOUSA L. ROA, married to Waldo A. Roa and resident of Cagayan de Oro. THAT said deceased co-owned the abovedescribed property together with his siblings, and owned one-fifth (1/5) of it; Filed by the heirs of ROLANDO FACTURA LANCERO. As per Doc. No. 329; Page No. 67; Book No. VIII; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JESUS CARLO JOENIL A. QUIRAP.

In photo: from the left Ms. Maria Liza G. Corpuz, Person with Disability Affairs Officer and Ms. Bernadette May D. Flores, Mall Manager, SM City CDO Uptown

and cacao and link up their partner cooperatives to industry buyers to open up trade agreements in the future,” it said. The PRDP-Mindanao noted that the Philippine Coffee Expo has strengthened private sector partnerships with Nestle, Equilibrium, and the regional and provincial coffee councils such as in Sultan Kudarat province. Meanwhile, PRDP-Mindanao said it managed to craft 36 approved value chain analysis (VCAs), which in turn resulted in 33 commodity investment plans used by local government units for the leveraging of their resources. These VCAs, it said, have resulted in P72 billion worth of investments generated throughout Mindanao in both PRDP and non-PRDP-funded projects. Additionally, P36.6 million worth of investments were made in support of implementing the Agriculture and Fisheries Modernization Plan (AFMP) of the Department of Agriculture (DA). On enterprise development, PRDP-Mindanao completed 99 subprojects with a total cost of P457.7 million. For 2023, PRDP-Mindanao said 49 additional subprojects are currently in different stages of implementation which when completed will be equivalent to P524.9 million in enterprise support throughout the island. “With the AF2EU grant, farmers and fisherfolk in Mindanao can look forward to more interventions to help increase their incomes and productivity,” it said. Currently, PRDPMindanao has 46 approved subprojects worth P2.5 billion and another nine subprojects worth P155.6 million – all in different stages of preparation and implementation. (PNA)

Jr.'s economic agenda of upholding public order and safety by safeguarding the public from the harmful consumption of smuggled goods.

in business, commerce, marketing, trade and industry. “The business gathering will open an avenue for strong national and international relations, particularly the ASEAN countries,” he said, adding that local participants will be coming from the provinces of Sultan Kudarat, Koronadal, Gen. Santos, Davao, Iligan and the Zamboanga Peninsula. Lawyer Ronald Hallid Torres, BARMM business council chairman, said aside from local delegates, representatives from various embassies and foreign chambers of commerce are also expected to attend. “Various topics are to be discussed, and we will have business matching to do as well,” he said. (PNA)

the 14-day facility was offered for P160 billion.

The BSP awarded P189.962 billion for the one-week facility after bids only amounted to P190.262 billion.

Meanwhile, the twoweek facility was fully awarded after tenders amounted to P186.935 billion.

In a statement, BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. said yields accepted for the shorter-dated facility “shifted higher and widened slightly to 6.2700-6.4500 percent” but those of the two-week facility “shifted higher and narrowed to 6.25006.4590 percent.”

“The results of the TDF auction came as eligible counterparties reallocated their placements towards the longer tenor as part of their efforts in liquidity management,” he said.

Dakila said “some banks had to tend to immediate funding requirements.”

to forgive you for not living the way you know you should, and to help you start changing, so you can begin to truly walk your talk? That is the only way to get a confident and clear conscience, so you will want your son to be like you. Just think a minute…

of the constitutional provision that “the State shall promote social justice in all phases of national development.” AND NOT CORRUPTION!

137,974, Canada 121,413, the UK 101,034, Japan 99,557, Singapore 53,448, India 51,542, Malaysia 46,805, and China 39,627.

good direction of our current government),” he added.

The data cover arrivals between February and December. The Philippines reopened its borders with easier quarantine requirements on Feb. 10.

concreting farm to market road project. Hoping that this will be resolved and give immediate action so that the difficulties of the farmers in that area will be resolved.”

Marcos arrived in Manila on Thursday from his state visit to China where he secured investment pledges from Chinese firms amounting to $22.8 billion.

CAGAYAN

For 2023, the DoT target is 4.8 million international visitors.

be filed against the suspect for cigarette smuggling.

District Collector Erastus Sandino B. Austria shall issue a Warrant of Seizure and Detention (WSD) against the smuggled items for violating Section 1113 in relation to Section 117 and Section 400 of the Republic Act No. 10863, also known as the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA).

The arrest was a result of the port's active support to the Customs Commissioner Yogi Filemon Ruiz's priority program to increase revenue collection by preventing revenue leakages caused by the smuggling of contraband.

It is also in line with President Ferdinand Marcos

in the country by the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID).

She said no additional requirement of testing for COVID-19 has been enforced for travelers from China, except for unvaccinated and partially vaccinated international passengers.

“We do not have any IATF protocols on Chinese travelers in addition to what we are doing…No additional tests to be done for those coming directly from China,” she said.

She said direct flights from Davao to China have not resumed yet.

But she added that airport authorities are not discounting the possibility that international passengers may have traveled to China before their arrival in the city.

Dr. Rachel Pasion, head of the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit of the Department of HeathDavao, said cases of COVID-19 in the region are continuously going down.

As of January 15, she said the total active cases were reported at 206 cases with 3.2% case fatality.

Of this total, she said 69 are in Davao City, 47 in Davao del Sur, 40 in Davao del Norte, 28 in Davao de Oro, 19 in Davao Oriental, and 3 in Davao Occidental.

“Moving forward, the BSP’s monetary operations will remain guided by its assessment of the latest liquidity conditions and market developments,” he added. (PNA)

after noting deficiencies on the implementation of the law that will prevent money laundering and terrorist financing activities. It first placed the Philippines on its gray list before the enactment of the AntiMoney Laundering Act of 2001, and again in 2010 for failure to meet the deadline to have counterterrorism financing laws. (PNA)

the law. Though the fathers told their sons to be honest, hardworking and respectful of others, those same fathers would cheat, lie, and make dishonest business deals. No wonder their sons were in trouble with the law! They followed their dad’s bad example and ways, not his words and speeches.

So Dad, ask yourself: “What is there about me I do not want my son to copy? Do I have character worth copying?” Won’t you ask Jesus right now

Indeed, as shown by the Barangay Park experience in Wao, Lanao del Sur, accessibility/ mobility means either life or death to the sick people, going to school or not to the children, imprisoned in the quagmire of poverty or living a life of abundance to the poor farming families in their rich agricultural land. There was great rejoice upon knowing that some 204 million pesos had been allocated for the 17 kilometer-concrete farm-to-market road but all these years, only a kilometer was concretized and unfinished at that! Yet, despite such painful truism, the DPWH has issued a certification of the completion of the project! It is so puzzling why the DPWH Region 10 as certified by no less than Dir. Zenaida Tan that the one kilometer road has been completed by the Contractor HANS BUILDER & DESIGN worth Php 11,583,790.22 when glaringly that onekilometer paved road is still unfinished. I can attest to the unfinished construction of the one kilometer road having visited Sitio Pagayan recently. I saw that only half of the lane has been paved, the other parts of the one-kilometer road unfinished. I hope that Dir. Tan can also find time to visit the area.

MALOOY MO SA MGA LUMULOPYONG 600 NGA MGA POBRENG MAG-UUMA. PALIHUG LANG PAKI-TUBAG ANG ILANG MGA PANGUTANA: ASA MAN ANG 204 MILLION PESOS? NGANO MAN USA PA LANG KA KILOMETRO AND NAHUMAN, GUBAGUBA PA? ANG ILANG SINGGIT: LET JUSTICE BE DONE TILL HEAVENS FALL! Let us all be reminded

CAMIGUIN BRANCH

CORRALES BRANCH

DIVISORIA BRANCH

857-3631

Majority of these investment commitments are in the renewable energy sector, electric vehicles, mineral processing and agribusiness. (PNA)

LAPASAN BRANCH

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

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

Of the foreigner arrivals, the US accounted for 505,089, South Korea 428,014, Australia

ERRATUM

In connection with the publication of PRIME JUSTINE ASILO CASTILLIANO, That PRIME JUSTINE ASILO CASTILLIANO published Nov. 25, & Dec. 2, 2022 the correct Municipal Civil Registrar should be PERLA A. INIEGO.; not as published.

OUR APOLOGY

BWM: JANUARY 18, 2023

EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE SPS. MIGUEL ABONITALLA AND LIBERTY O. ABONITALLA

NOTICE hereby given that SPS. MIGUEL ABONITALLA and LIBERTY O. ABONITALLA, who died on June 17, 1994 and October 2, 2012 in Cag.

De Oro. The deceased, Sps. Miguel Abonitalla and Liberty O. Abonitalla, at the time of their death owned a parcel of land, with Transfer certificate of Title TCT- T-3060 and Tax Dec. No. G-059614, situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of Cagayan, Province of Misamis Oriental, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY EIGHT (278) SQUARE METERS.

Is the subject of EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE SPS. MIGUEL ABONITALLA AND LIBERTY O. ABONITALLA, made and executed by and among the heirs, namely: NESTOR O. ABONITALLA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Pilot de Lara Road, Tomas-Saco, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental; VIRGINIA O. ABONITALLA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City; SONIA O. ABONITALLA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City; GILBERT O. ABONITALLA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of Pilot de Lara Road, Tomas-Saco St., Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City; MARIVIC A. TABOR, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City; SARAH A. HIPONA, of legal age, Filipino Citizen, married and a resident of Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City; HEIRS OF AMPARO CECILIA A. RAMBUYON: JOSE IMMANUEL MIGUEL RAMBUYON, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of B43-Lot11, Xavier Heights Subd.,Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City; CELINE HADASSAH RAMBUYON, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of B43-Lot11, Xavier Heights Subd.,Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, herein referred to as the HEIRS, filed by the heirs of SPS. MIGUEL ABONITALLA and LIBERTY O. ABONITALLA. As per Doc. No.15; Page No. 03; Book No. 18; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ISIDRO Q. LICO.

BWM: Jan 18, 25 & Feb 1, 2023

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

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

CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City

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

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

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

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE LUZ J. DUNQUE WITH WAIVER AND TRANSFER OF RIGHTS

NOTICE is hereby given that LATE LUZ J. DUNQUE who died on July 14, 1997 at Cagayan de Oro City without any will; That said deceased at the time of her death, left a parcel of land with Tax Declaration No. G-031924 and Property Index No. 164-02-045-06-010 with an area of 349 sq.m. more or less, located at Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao. Is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE LUZ J. DUNQUE WITH WAIVER AND TRANSFER OF RIGHTS, made and entered into by and among the legal heirs of the LATE LUZ J. DUNQUE, namely; 1. GREGORIO J. DUNQUE JR., of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; 2. LUCITA D. LIGASPI, of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; 3. ELEANOR D. TALLE, of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; 4. RUSSEL D. JOMOC, of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; 5. LIBERTY J. DUNQUE, of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; 6. FAUSTO J. DUNQUE, of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; and 7. LYNDON J. DUNQUE, of legal age, Filipino, married and with residence address at Purok 3, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as HEIR; That portion of the said lot with an area of 90 square meter more or less will be given and transfer to GREGORIO DUNQUE. The said portion of the said parcel of land is hereby designated as Lot 19150-D-4 based in the Sketch Plan by Geodetic Engr. Analie L. Baal. That portion of the said lot with an area of 50 square meter more or less will be given and transfer to DOLLY D. APAO. 'The said portion of the said parcel of land is hereby designated as Lot 19150-D-1 based in the Sketch Plan by Geodetic Engr. Analie L. Baal. That portion of the said lot with an area of 85 square meter more or less will be given and transfer to LUCITA D. LEGASPI. The said portion of the said parcel of land is hereby designated as Lot 19150-D-2 based in the Sketch Plan by Geodetic Engr. Analie L. Baal. That portion of the said lot with an area of 90 square meter more or less will be given and transfer to FAUSTO J. DUNQUE. The said portion of the said parcel of land is hereby designated as Lot 19150-D-2 based in the Sketch Plan by Geodetic Engr. Analie L. Baal, filed by the heirs of LATE LUZ J. DUNQUE. As per Doc. No. 486; Page No. 98; Book No. 08; Series of 2018 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. OWEN S. MARCIAL. BWM: Jan 18, 25 & Feb 1, 2023