BusinessWeek Mindanao (November 18-19, 2022)

Poverty reduction

THE government’s approach to reducing poverty will focus on enhancing the quality of jobs and expanding social protections, the Palace said.

Acting Press Secretary Cheloy Velicaria-Garafil added that the government remains confident that it can reduce the poverty rate to 9% by the end of President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr.’s sixyear term.

“The 9% goal by 2028 will be accomplished by bringing growth to a higher level, (creating) quality jobs and improving the social protection system, among others,” Ms. Velicaria-Garafil said in a statement after Mr. Marcos met with the National Economic and Development Authority.

Sisterhood pact

DAVAO City – The city government welcomed another four sister cities after the International Relations Board (IRB) here approved ties with them to advance trading relations, economic growth, and other bilateral exchanges.

In a public post Thursday, April Marie Dayap, the Davao City Investment Promotion Center (DCIPC) officer-incharge, enumerated the cities as those of Mati in Davao Oriental; Sennan in Osaka, Japan; Herzliya in Israel; and Pohang City in the Republic of Korea.

“They have initiated proposals to partner with Davao City in several areas of cooperation,” Dayap said. For one, Dayap cited that adjacent Mati City looks forward to ecotourism and heritage preservation, including cultural exchange.

Forecasting calamity loans

BUTUAN City – Farmers in the Agusan del Sur city of Bayugan will now have the capacity to enhance the management of their farms with the introduction of the newly-completed Automatic Weathering Station (AWS) in the area. In a statement Thursday, the Department of Science and Technology in the Caraga Region (DOST-13) said Bayugan farmers will be aided in farm management by the AWS data proved through forecasting. The DOST-13 formally handed over the AWS equipment to the city government on Wednesday.

CDO to recover soon from Covid, inflation

THE business community in Cagayan de Oro has expressed optimism Wednesday on the return of the city’s economic stability amid rising inflation rates and the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic.

Henry Siao Dy, president of the Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industries Inc., said the 7.2 percent inflation rate in Northern Mindanao can go lower when local economic activities are stabilized. "I hope we get momentum now, as we fully recover from the ill effects of the pandemic," he said in an interview. Dy said the recent passage of two city ordinances that provides tax relief and discounts for real properties and businesses is also a welcome development. John Oliver Tiu, vice president and head of Mindanao operations of SM Malls, cited the resilience of the tenants as the main reason why their store operations survived. "We made a difficult decision to grant concessions to tenants, and we do measures (during the height of the pandemic)

Public needs to be educated on 'climate information:' PAGASA

THE Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) in Mindanao has underscored the importance of engaging communities to increase public awareness and understanding of "climate information.” In a media forum

here Wednesday, PAGASA-Mindanao weather services chief Anthony Joseph Lucero said most communities are still unaware of understanding climate information in preventing large-scale

Davao records P549.8M in foreign investment pledges

DAVAO

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV MindaNews

quarter of 2022, according to a report released Tuesday by the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

DAVAO City – The Davao Region reported P549.85 million in approved foreign investments in the third

3.17 percent as compared with the investments worth P532.94 million recorded in the previous quarter.

Alsons Dev is the real estate

The agency said Davao’s approved investment commitments improved by

The agency said that Davao is the only region in

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.

TOY GUN. A saleslady holds a gun replica being sold in a stall inside the Cogon Market, Cagayan de Oro City. The city council is mulling to regulate the sale of these toy guns which can be used in criminal activities. photo by gerry lee gorit

22K NorMin kids freed from child labor: DOLE

THE Department of Labor and Employment in Northern Mindanao (DOLE-10) has freed 22,876 children from child labor in the last five years. DOLE-10 Director Albert Gutib said during Tuesday’s Advocacy and Communications Committee (AdCom) meeting that the cumulative figure was based on their 20182022 data. "The region has the highest recorded child labor cases (in the Philippines), with 68,195 (from 2018-2022)," he said in the assembly organized by the Regional Development Council-10. This year alone, Gutib said the agency recorded

20,335 cases of child labor, 11,208 of which resulted in the victims' freedom. Gutib underscored the importance of Information Education Campaigns (EDCs) in curbing cases of child labor, even as he urged AdCom to support "DOLEkula," a film targeted for schools and communities. Meanwhile, the Army’s 4th Infantry Division also suggested a collaboration with DOLE-10 as it proposed the screening of the Philippine Armyproduced documentaries about children recruited in communist rebellion. DOLE10, with the help of local government units, has

earlier initiated programs aimed at reducing child labor cases. In September this year, 14 parents of child laborers of Barangay Sebucal, in Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental, received their livelihood starter kits amounting to P189,000 from DOLE-10. DOLE Misamis Occidental chief Ebba Acosta said the assistance to parents of child laborers is a strategic response to prevent and eliminate child labor. She said parents of child laborers are among the priority beneficiaries of DOLE’s Integrated Livelihood and Emergency Employment Program. (PNA)

BARMM to launch recovery plan after ‘Paeng’ destruction

COTABATO City – The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) is in the thick of preparing a recovery plan following the devastation wrought by the recent Severe Tropical Storm Paeng. BARMM Chief Minister Ahod “Murad” Ebrahim said Wednesday the Bangsamoro Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (BDRRMC) is set to launch the “Early Recovery Plan” to sustain the interventions for the storm victims and destruction to infrastructure and agriculture in the region. “We need to make an assessment and see what the Bangsamoro government can do and adopt measures to avoid heavy casualties," Ebrahim, who also chairs the BDRRMC, said in a statement. Recently, the BDRRMC conducted a series of meetings o strategize and establish an immediate plan to help the victims of Paeng recover fast. Ebrahim directed all regional agencies to help analyze

the effects of the natural calamity (Paeng), one of the most devastating and unprecedented catastrophes the autonomous region had ever experienced. The BARMM chief minister also pushed for the construction of more temporary evacuation shelters for the affected families in Maguindanao del Sur and Maguindanao del Norte, and other affected areas in the region. “We are looking at temporary evacuation centers because it is the opening of classes. At some point they (children) must be transferred, otherwise, classes would be affected, and we don’t like that to happen,” he said. Meanwhile, BARMM Interior Minister Naguib Sinarimbo said the plan is moving towards life-sustaining activities for the communities before going to the full rehabilitation and recovery of the communities. He said BARMM quickly assisted residents whose houses were slightly damaged, so

SETTLEMENT

EXTRAJUDICIAL

Teaching that make the Young Children enjoy Learning

By: JENNETH B. MIRANDA Teacher III

Children are naturally curious as babies. They are eager to learn new things and are like sponges, taking up new knowledge and abilities. However, this innate joy of learning is sometimes lost along the road. Many kids end up detesting and even dreading learning new topics in school. Most successful students aren't natural learners. Although a child's willingness to study and general attitude toward school and education are greatly influenced by individual personality, most children who are good learners had to work hard to become good learners at some point. More importantly, any student may become an excellent learner if they have the fundamental ability and the proper kind of motivation.

A child's success in life begins with education, which also serves as their path to achieving their greatest potential. All children should have access to high-quality education so they can learn and grow as individuals. The key to achieving economic

progress and preserving a thriving society is education.

It is the key to ending the cycle of poverty and ensuring that everyone has agency over their own fate.

Children and teenagers pick up knowledge through observation, listening, exploration, experimentation, and questioning. As soon as kids enter school, it's crucial that they are motivated, interested in, and involved in what they are learning. Understanding why they are learning something can also be helpful. Additionally, as your child gets older, he or she will love taking on more responsibility for their education and participating more actively in planning activities. Over the years, your child continues to learn from you. Simply by being upbeat and demonstrating your regard for the education offered by the school, you can support your child in developing a positive attitude about learning as they transition from primary to secondary school.

OF ESTATE OF ESTATE OF PAZ M. BOBADILLA

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late PAZ M. BOBADILLA , who died on December 2, 2019 in Consolacion, Cagayan de Oro City, that during her lifetime she is the registered owner of 1-unit motorcycle, and more particularly described as follows: Make/Series: Yamaha STX 125T 34C2, Body Type: TC HIRE, Engine No. 34C2028393 , Serial Chassis No.: 34C2029834 Plate No.: KW9800

Year Model: 2010, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF ESTATE OF PAZ M. BOBADILLA, filed by the heirs of PAZ M. BOBADILLA. per Doc#039; PAGE #009; BOOK# I; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. RHINO V. PEREZ

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WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO , Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 15th day of November 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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Banking & finance

OFW cash remittances up by 3.8% in September

MONEY sent home by overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) rose by 3.8 percent year-on-year in September 2022 to $2.84 billion, with the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) citing robust growth both from land-based and sea-based workers. In the first three quarters of this year, total cash remittances grew by 3.1 percent to $23.83 billion compared to the

same period in 2021, data released by the central bank on Tuesday showed. Inflows from land-based workers jumped by 4.2 percent to $2.25 billion in the ninth month this year while those from sea-based workers grew by 2.5 percent to $59 million. The BSP said bulk of the remittances in the first three quarters of this year came from the United States,

Saudi Arabia, Singapore, and Qatar. Meanwhile, Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) chief economist Michael Ricafort said growth of remittances last September is slower than year-ago’s 5.2 percent.

He attributed this partly to elevated inflation rate and interest rates in the US “that somewhat slowed down/ weighed on the recovery

in the global economy and also partly weighed on both OFW employment and incomes.” “Nevertheless, the continued growth in OFW remittances may be attributed the need to pay for higher prices/inflation locally for OFWs and their dependents/families, as well as to finance more of their local spending with the further reopening of

the economy,” he said in a report. Ricafort said while the peso amount of the remittances has increased because of the depreciation of the local currency compared to the greenback, this is countered by the continued rise of domestic inflation rate which rose to its almost 14-year high of 7.7 percent last October. “Thus, there may still be a need to

BPI sets P2B for housing loans for underserved

THE Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) is allocating an initial P2 billion for its housing loan program called MyBahay, targeting lower income individuals or households.

In a briefing on Wednesday, BPI Retail Loans head Dennis Fronda said they intend to extend the funding within two years.

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According to finance website Investopedia, “outperform” means that the company “will produce a better rate of return than similar companies, but the stock may not be the best performer in the index.”

“We think valuations are attractive and have not fully priced in the company’s recent credit positives (P17-billion equity rights issue and soon-to-conclude P91billion tower sale and leaseback),” CreditSights said.

“While liquidity was tight (unrestricted cash of P14 billion versus P55 billion of short-term debt as of Sept. 30), we draw comfort in Globe’s strong banking relationships that should allow for easier debt rollover and refinancing,” the research firm added.

“But of course with the current acceptance of the market, we anticipate that the P2 billion will run through quickly. In fact, the challenge is to eat up all the P2 billion in six months’ time and get back to the Board and get more funds,” he said.

Fronda is optimistic of the strong availment for their latest home loan product

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so they can return to their homes while the regional government works on the restoration of roads, bridges, and electricity. Sinarimbo said over 400 houses were severely and partially damaged at ground zero in Barangay Kusiong, Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao del Norte. Across the region, data from BDRRMC showed that 1,074 houses were damaged by the typhoon. The formal launching of BARMM’s early recovery plan for Paeng victims is expected later this week. (PNA)

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companies that have started to feel the impacts of the global energy crisis since the Russian-Ukraine war early this year.

amid people’s need to have their own houses and the low default rate among their home loan borrowers.

He said non-performing housing loans are now back to pre-pandemic level of around 4 percent as of last September.

The bank’s exposure to the real estate sector is currently around P170 billion, he added.

MyBahay is a flexible

German-Philippine businesses also said the top risks to business development in the next 12 months include disruptions in supply chain, higher energy prices, and the exchange rate.

With the economic headwinds that firms are facing, lesser companies expect better local economic development in the next 12 months, from 41 percent in the previous survey down to 34 percent in the Fall 2022 survey.

More firms projected that the domestic economy would be worse in the next 12 months as the number of respondents increased to 27 percent in the Fall 2022 survey from only 8 percent in the Spring 2022 poll.

With the pessimistic outlook

Empowering Teacher and Student in New Normal Education

By: MARIE CLAIRE B. FUENTES Head Teacher III Juan Acapulco Elementary School

Empowered people are able to think freely, make their own decisions carefully and with reference to pertinent information, and act on that knowledge. They can also negotiate with others and alter policies as necessary. These actions enrich, deepen, muck up, and complicate our democracy. It is both a civic duty and a right for people to be able to actively participate with their surroundings. It is fundamental to democracy. When done carefully, it has a variety of advantages for both people and the social surroundings in which they live.

The global COVID-19 pandemic has significantly

disrupted daily living, which was already challenging in many nations. Closing schools and keeping kids at home with little to no access to learning has had a terrible effect on schools, students, and parents. The crisis and the response to it have highlighted flaws in educational systems while also providing an opportunity to reform schooling around a more robust and resilient paradigm. This pandemic has affected nations and educational institutions before, and it won't be the last. With climate change, technological advancements, and increased connectivity on a global scale, such crises are becoming more and more likely.

Due to the abundance of materials at their disposal, teachers are empowered to give every student the educational resources they require. This enables them to be creative and adaptable in their classes. Although the epidemic has had a significant impact on the educational landscape, it is still crucial that our instructors feel empowered. Teachers' motivation might rise when they feel empowered in their positions of authority. Our students benefit when teachers look forward to going to work each day, work hard to make a difference, and feel empowered. In the end, this is what matters, and the students benefit when their teacher is confident.

housing loan program that allows for a maximum payment term of 30 years, longer than the 20 years standard repayment term.

Clients will be allowed to capitalize on the value of the property, which is maximum of P2.8 million, since the allowable loan amount as against the contract price or total appraised value is

in the local economy, companies that said they will pour in more investments in the next 12 months declined to 35 percent from 44 percent.

“With the increasing global impacts of energy crises and supply chain disruptions, (the) German business community now consider looking for new suppliers and relocating their production to boost operations,” GPCCI president Stefan Schmitz said.

Schimtz urged the Marcos administration to utilize the policy reforms in attracting more foreign direct investment inflows in the coming years. (PNA)

95 percent compared to the regular 80 percent.

Minimum gross household income requirement to avail of the loan is P25,000, lower than the standard P40,000. (PNA)

ADDENDUM TO THE EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF ATTY. ROMEO B. SANCHEZ

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late ATTY. ROMEO B. SANCHEZ , who died on October 12, 2020 in Butuan City, during his lifetime he left some properties with TCT NO. 157-2022003112 , located in Brgy. Babag, Butuan City, containing an area of 29,942 sqm., TCT No. 157-2021003565 , located in Brgy. Bading, Butuan City, containing an area of 1,500 sqm., T.D No. 20-050002-00837, located in Brgy. Babag, Butuan City, containing an area of 23, 113 sqm., as well as his conjugal share, consisting of one half (1/2) portion of the following property under the name of his wife, Marie Emilie Sanchez, which is more particularly described as follows: T.D. No. 20-05-0002-0089 , located in Brgy.

Babag, Butuan City, containing an area of 27,245 sqm., and has been the subject of ADDENDUM TO THE EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF ATTY. ROMEO B. SANCHEZ, filed by the heirs of ATTY. ROMEO B. SANCHEZ, per DOC#103; PAGE#23; BOOK#709; Series of 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JESUS MARIA JAMES L. BRINGAS.

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send more OFW remittances due to higher prices/ inflation, which erodes/ offsets whatever foreign exchange gains due to the stronger US dollar vs. major global currencies,” he said. Meanwhile, Ricafort expects the peso to get additional boost from the seasonal increase of remittances during the Christmas season. (PNA)

EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE MARSHALL RAVIDAS LONGOS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late MARSHALL RAVIDAS LONGOS, died on December 25, 2021 in Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, at the time of his death he left property with TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-195650, with an area of 600 Square meters, situated at Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, owned by ROMMEL R. LONGOS SR., with a share of 100 Square meters and MARSHALL LONGOS with a share of 500 Square meters; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-195651 identified as Lot 19548-B-2-D situated at Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, with an area of Nine Hundred twenty Two (922) Square Meters, more or less; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-184950 identified as Lot 25484A situated at Puntod, Cagayan de Oro City, with an are of Two Hundred (200) Square Meters, more or less, owned by ROMMEL R. LONGOS SR., and MARSHALL LONGOS; and KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO BLG 201900051 identified as Lot 22117-B situated at Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, with an area of Two Hundred Fourteen (214) Square Meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE MARSHALL RAVIDAS LONGOS, filed by the heirs of MARSHALL RAVIDAS LONGOS, per DOC#87;PAGE#18;BOOK#93;SERRIES OF 2022 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. QUINTILIANITO S. BABARIN JR. BWM Nov. 18, 25 & Dec. 2, 2022

Conduct of Action Research: It’s Significance to DepEd

NIMFA E. MAGSAYO OIC-PSDS Division of Oroquieta City

All school levels in the department of education, may it be private or public schools are driven for effective and quality education through good management and good supervision.

Abided by the DepEd VisionMission and Core Values in the department, our plans and objectives are set for the best of our department; our learners, our teachers, our administrators, our parents and the whole community as well.

The compelling maxim says, “It takes a whole village to educate a child,” for me, it means a command that all of us are commissioned to be partners to educate a learner, to improve a teacher, to support a parent, all learners, all teachers and involve all parents in the umbrella of the department of education.

Along with our desires for quality education and improvement of our clientele, we also plan, design and employ mechanisms, strategies, innovations and even this important mechanism for development is the conduct of an action research endeavor so that there are realizations in the department’s programs and projects.

In the field of conducting an action research in public schools, it is imperative to make it through qualitative action research. Qualitative action research deals human participants.

In the educational setting of public schools, school heads and teachers directly deal learners, coteachers, parents and community leaders as our human support for the continuous delivery of

education. In the employment of this endeavor in public schools, it best to note that school heads would plan and design learning sessions for learners, for teachers and even school heads to embrace its relevance for a learningcontinuity research and how this good mechanism would be made to improve teaching and learning.

This endeavor has been one of the good mechanisms in DepEd so that goals, programs and projects would be realized. This is not just a way of exploring new theories for new development of services, but to change mechanisms that have become an important tool for improvement of teaching and learning of learners and teachers, and improvement of practices of administrators and parents in the Department of Education.

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Think a minute… The first, most important ingredient for success is motivating yourself to act. You must believe every day that your choices and actions are moving you closer to your goal. You are the one who makes or breaks your own success.

The second ingredient you need for success is your skills and abilities that you must keep sharpening by using them again and again. This only comes through practice. Practice does make perfect. Experience is the best teacher IF you keep learning and improving each time you do it. That is how you become skilled and professional at what you do. “You live and learn.” But sadly, some of us just live, continuing to make the same mistakes and doing things the way we have always done them, whether it is right and successful or not.

The third ingredient for success is knowledge. For example, a salesman needs to know everything about the product or service he sells, and also how to sell it. This kind of knowledge you can get from books, training programs, courses, and from experienced people who will teach you. It is as you continue to learn the new technologies and knowledge that you can stay successful.

Success only comes to those who keep trying; so put your knowledge and skills into action. Then your confidence, passion and perseverance each day will keep moving you closer to your goal.

A group of teenage boys wanted to get good jobs and do better in school; so a successful businessman started teaching them that if they

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simply learned to work hard and work smart, they could succeed much more quickly than they expected. He especially taught them how to have confidence. In just 30 days, all 16 boys had jobs! And in 90 days, some of them had moved up in school the equivalent of two years! But they chose to pay the price for success by working hard and working smart.

These same principles were taught to hundreds of criminals in prison who wanted to change and succeed. Of the 800 prisoners, 84 percent stayed out of prison and got good jobs!

Why not start on your road to success today? The first step is to ask Jesus to take full charge of your heart and way of living. Then, He can starting helping you as you learn all the skills and knowledge you need to succeed. He will also give you the motivation and passion to fully live His great plan and purpose for your life. Just think a minute…

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irritated that he can no longer pay cash for an in-flight meal, another is demanding to be allowed past to use the toilet. And your job is to meet all of their needs with the same show of friendly willingness. For a cabin crew member, this is when emotional labor kicks in at work.

A term first coined by sociologist Arlie Hochschild, it’s the work we do to regulate our emotions to create “a publicly visible facial and bodily display within the workplace”.

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Anger. A day rarely goes by without us feeling angry. It is not necessary to cite examples. Sometimes, it's just a minor reason like we hate the fly at the wall. Sometimes anger has important reasons.

Anger seems to become the main part of our daily life. That's why it is really important to talk (again?) about this phenomenon. As I said, anger is one of the most basic emotions. Everyone can really get angry. If someone told you, he won't get angry, better don't believe him.

Anger is a terrible feeling of being against something or someone. It can be my neighbor, because he is still (!) burning poisonous plastic and rubber garbage. Many of us get angry observing some politicians during those days worldwide.

Anger is a hostile emotion that sets people against one and another, or even against themselves. By its nature, anger involves opposition, hostility, hatred and dislike. Anger, however, is simpler to define than to identify. Emotions of antagonism can take a wider variety of faces. Expressions of anger range from the overt, in-your-face brand of open hostility to the cold indifference of a silent individual.

Anger at the workplace is becoming very common nowadays.

One of my good friends works as a stewardess. Imagine yourself 35,000 feet up, pushing a trolley down a narrow aisle surrounded by restless passengers. A toddler is blocking your path, his parents not immediately visible. A passenger is

At times, anger can be felt like an inner fire. It hits you in the gut. You see red and feel hot and maybe sweaty. Your stomach gives you problems, our blood pressure rises, and breathing rate increases. Not only neighbors or politicians are the reason for anger. The silent withdrawal and lack of understanding and innumerable shortcomings of a partner or in the family are often an indication that one is angrily punishing the other for not doing things his or her way.

Back to the workplace: unhelpful attitudes such as ‘I’m not good enough’ may lead to thinking patterns in the workplace such as ‘No-one else is working as hard as I seem to be’ or ‘I must do a perfect job’, and can initiate and maintain high levels of workplace anxiety.

When research into emotional labor first began, it focused on the service industry with the underlying presumption that the more client or customer interaction you had, the more emotional labor was needed.

However, more recently psychologists have expanded their focus to other professions and found burnout can relate more closely to how employees manage their emotions during interactions, rather than the volume of interactions themselves. Perhaps just only today you turned to a colleague to convey interest in what they said, or had to work hard not to rise to criticism. It may have been that biting your lip rather than expressing feeling hurt was particularly demanding of your inner resource.

But in some cases maintaining the façade can become too much,

and the toll is cumulative.

In another friend's last position, the “customer was king”. She was working in a shopping mall. Many times, she got a tirade of abuse from several customers. “When I explained what happened to my senior, I was told I must have said or done something to warrant this response… I was then told I should go and apologize.” Yes, that's how it is!

As I stated earlier: Minor things could become the start of anger. Over the years, handling the stress caused by suppressing one's emotions became much harder. Small things seemed huge, we easily dreaded going to work and anxiety escalated.

Across the globe, employees in many professions are expected to embrace a work culture that requires the outward display of particular emotions – these can include ambition, aggression and a hunger for success.

The way we handle emotional labor can be categorized in two ways – surface acting and deep acting.

A few years ago, the New York Times wrote a “lengthy piece about the “Amazon Way”, describing very specific and exacting behaviour the retail company required of its employees and the effects, both positive and negative, that this had on some of them. While some appeared to thrive in the environment, others struggled with constant pressure to show the correct corporate face.

“How we cope with high levels of emotional labour likely has its origins in childhood experience, which shapes the attitudes we develop about ourselves, others and the world,” says clinical and occupational psychologist Lucy Leonard.

“Unhelpful attitudes such as ‘I’m not good enough’ may lead to thinking patterns in the workplace such as ‘No-one else is working as hard as I seem to be’ or ‘I must do a perfect job”, and can initiate and maintain high levels of workplace anxiety,” says Leonard.

Workers are often expected to provide good service to people expressing anger or anxiety – and may have to do this while feeling

frustrated, worried or offended themselves.

Take the example of a particularly tough phone call. If you are surface acting you respond to the caller by altering your outward expression, saying the appropriate things, listening while keeping your actual feelings entirely intact. With deep acting you make a deliberate effort to change your real feelings to tap in to what the person is saying – you may not agree with the manner of it but appreciate the aim.

Both could be thought of as just being polite but the latter approach – trying to emotionally connect with another person’s point of view – is associated with a lower risk of burnout. Good thing: many offices over the last decade have created recreational or rest spaces in a bid to mitigate employee stress.

When things get tough, you might be very lucky talking to colleagues to unload. “It’s the saying it out loud that allows me to test and validate my own reaction. I can then go back to the person concerned,” one of my former officemates in Germany explained many years ago.

Those who report regularly having to display emotions at work that conflict with their own feelings are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion

Remaining true to your feelings appears to be key – numerous studies show those who report regularly having to display emotions at work that conflict with their own feelings are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion.

Of course, everybody needs to be professional at work and handling difficult clients and colleagues is often just part of the job. But what’s clear is that putting yourself in their shoes and trying to understand their position is ultimately of greater benefit to your own well-being than voicing sentiments that, deep down, you don’t believe.

Where it is possible, workers should be truly empathetic, be aware of the impact the interaction is having on them and try to communicate in an authentic way. Easy to say, yes, I know. But let's give it a try!

OF course, this is going to be a most tricky challenge. But we just have to learn how to deal with the world’s unavoidable evils without compromising both truth and charity tha`t can lead us to respond to evil with evil.

We are reminded of this concern in the gospel where Christ told his disciples a very intriguing parable about the dishonest steward. (cfr. Lk 16,1-8) A rich man decided to fire his steward for mismanaging his business. And the steward, knowing what was going to happen, had to do some cheating so he would have security after being fired.

The conclusion of the parable was that the master praised his dishonest steward for his ‘cleverness’ or prudence, saying that the “people of this world are more shrewd in dealing with their own kind than are the people of light.” (Lk 16,8)

At first sight, it would

seem that God, who must have been personified in some way by the rich man in the parable, is ok with cheating, with being dishonest, with being calculating as leverage for one’s personal gain and interest.

Even the socalled liberal gospel commentators raise their eyebrows over this parable and have to take great pains to find the rationale behind this parable. You can just imagine how the so-called conservative gospel commentators would justify this parable!

To me, it simply means that Christ is being realistic with our situation in this world. We try to put everything in our life right, clean and moral. But no matter what we do, we would always be hounded by evil and by all kinds of dirt, physical, moral, spiritual.

We should just learn how to carry out what Christ indicated for his disciples: to be “wise as serpents and innocent as doves.” (Mt 10,16).

Definitely, by carrying out what Christ indicated, we cannot help but get dirtied somehow. But hopefully it would be a dirt that does not compromise our true Christian identity.

The secret again is to be like Christ through whom we can manage to live out what St. Paul once described: “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances. I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” (Phil 4,1113)

We should be ready to face any kind of circumstances and conditions in life without getting confused, much less, lost, in our Christian identity. We should not be Christians during fair weather only. We have to be Christians for all

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seasons and weathers.

We may have to handle dirt in our life and deal with situations that are wrought with moral irregularities, but as long as we do not compromise what is essential, which is love that comes from God as shown by Christ who became like sin without committing sin (cfr. 2 Cor 5,21), then things will just turn out ok.

We have to learn to distinguish between what is a tolerable cooperation in evil and an intolerable one. With the former, we should feel the obligation to do whatever we can to clean up what is evil in a given situation, system or structure. We should avoid the latter.

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53% of German firms in PH in ‘better situation’: survey

A STEADY increase in the number of German firms here, saying they are in a “better situation” is seen in the latest Fall 2022 AHK World Business Outlook (WBO) Survey of the German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI).

The Fall 2022 survey held

last month with 68 respondents involved in German-Philippine business relations showed that 53 of the companies considered that their businesses are in a better situation.

This is higher than the 47 percent in the Spring 2022, 32 percent in the Fall 2021 and 19

percent in the Fall 2020 surveys.

The number of companies saying their businesses are in worse situation continued to decline from a high of 36 percent in the Fall 2020 survey to only 6 percent in the latest poll.

“We are glad to see that companies still experience a

better business situation in the Philippines despite growing global economic impediments,” GPCCI Executive Director Christopher Zimmer said.

There are more optimistic enterprises related to GermanPhilippine businesses, with 61 percent of respondents saying

Gov't vows to sustain gains in labor market

THE National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) welcomed the improvements in the country's labor market, as the unemployment rate settled at 5 percent in September, the lowest since the onset of the pandemic.

"The recent survey results show the gains of the full reopening of our economy. The government will leverage on this momentum by strengthening policy interventions and investing in innovation and technology systems geared toward generating higher quality employment that provides adequate income for Filipino workers and their families," Socioeconomic Planning Secretary Arsenio Balisacan said in a statement Tuesday.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) reported that the

unemployment rate in September 2022 fell from 5.3 percent in August.

PSA Undersecretary Dennis Mapa also noted that the September 2022 unemployment rate is the lowest since the number of jobless Filipinos peaked at 17.6 percent in April 2020, the height of the pandemic.

Amid the challenges brought by a faster inflation rate, Balisacan said the government is prioritizing interventions that would ensure food security, as well as targeted subsidies, such as fuel and crops, "to help protect the purchasing power of Filipinos and reduce the incidence of invisible underemployment among lowincome households."

The NEDA chief likewise emphasized the need to continue

emergency employment programs and other forms of aid to immediately assist those who were badly affected by calamities.

"As we are expecting La Niña and near to above-normal rainfall conditions in the coming months, we need to boost our disaster resilience and climate adaptation measures," he said.

Balisacan added that the timely passage of the 2023 national budget would allow the administration to be on track in implementing its programs next year, especially the job-generating infrastructure projects.

He added that the new economic blueprint would help the country create high-quality jobs for Filipinos in the near and medium term.

"With the Philippine

Development Plan 2023-2028 nearing its completion, we aim to strategize for a more efficient labor market by improving the quality of education, providing opportunities for life-long learning, skills development, and options to obtain micro-credentials, enhancing job facilitation programs, and strengthening linkages among industry, business, and training institutions," Balisacan said.

More skills training initiatives Meanwhile, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) said the government continues to provide trainings and other initiatives that will help upgrade the skills of workers.

“Skills training and skills upgrading thru Technical Education and Skills Development

they expect better business development in the next 12 months.

However, it was also noted that the number of companies with pessimistic outlook in the next 12 months increased by 12 percentage points from 1 percent in the Spring 2022 poll to 13

percent in the latest survey.

This number is the second highest since the Fall 2020 survey, with 18 percent of the respondents saying they expect a worse business outlook for the next 12 months.

The GPCCI said the number reflected the sentiments of

Globe seen on track to meet 2022 revenue target

GLOBE Telecom, Inc. is on track to achieve its full-year target of mid-single digit revenue growth, financial research firm CreditSights, Inc. said, citing sustained subscriber demand.

The company is also on track to meet its earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) margin target of 50%, Fitch Group’s CreditSights said in an analysis e-mailed to reporters on Wednesday.

The research firm expects Globe’s fourth-quarter earnings growth to be supported by “sustained subscriber demand (aided by the upcoming holidays) and further moderation of fuel prices” from highs hit in the first half.

Globe saw its nine-month attributable profit grow 37% to P24.9 billion from P18.2 billion previously. Total revenues for the period went up 3% to P130.2 billion from P126.4 billion in 2021. The growth was led by corporate data and mobile services, supplemented by the sustained growth from non-telco services.

CreditSights described Globe’s financial results for the Januaryto-September period as “stable.”

“Revenues and EBITDA rose 3% and 5% year on year respectively on the back of healthy mobile data and enterprise data demand,” it noted.

The research firm also maintained its “outperform recommendation” on Globe.

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JOHNDORF VENTURES INTRODUCES TIERRA NAVA OPOL

Veteran property developer Johndorf Ventures Corporation (JVC) introduces the latest addition to the

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strategically set in Barangay Malanang, Opol,Mis. Or.

the

Mountain Diversion Road. JVC sets the standard for developments in the Misamis Oriental and

Urban

The community is located close to the steadily expanding Cagayan de Oro – Laguindingan Coastal

Road and the Butuan – CDO- Iligan Road. Public transport is available in the area and a passenger terminal at the neighboring CitiHomes serves residents.

“Tierra Nava Opol is designed with irresistibly numerous advantages. Its location, however, is its primary attraction. It not only guarantees

good returns on our customers’ investments but also affords an easy and convenient lifestyle, close to the manufacturing facilities and commercial establishments rising in this locality,” says JVC Managing Director Abigail Lim.

The landmark development has the high-value proposition of the

overwhelmingly successful Tierra Nava brand. Tierra Nava has made its mark in Carcar City, Cebu and is also currently rising in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City.

Tierra Nava is the ideal home for young families, young professionals, overseas Filipino workers and wise investors. It is located in a greenfield area where residents can live close to nature and pursue an active lifestyle.

It is composed of clusters of

two-storey townhouses. Every unit is designed with living and dining areas, a carport, kitchen and space for a service area on its ground floor. The second level has sufficient floor space to accommodate two bedrooms.

Residents will be impressed by how the village integrates impressive amenities and engenders a feeling of openness and space with a 14-meter-wide entrance with center isle and interior roads of up to 8 meters in width. It is designed with underground drainage, parks and playgrounds, multi-purpose clubhouse and a basketball court.

Tierra Nava Opol is counted among JVC’s portfolio of high-quality, affordable residential developments in the Visayas and Mindanao.

JVC has been in the real estate business for the past 36 years. The company continues to expand its footprint with contemporary livable communities catering to the fast-changing needs of Filipino homebuyers and commercial mix-

use leasers and investors.

Would-be Tierra Nava Opol residents may access specific information on Tierra Nava Opol and other JVC properties by messaging JVC’s facebook page JohndorfHomes or www.johndorfventures.com.

Region 10 undergrad qualifiers ink contract with DOST PCHRD for thesis grant

By MARK FRANCISCO

TWO teams from region 10 have recently inked a Contract of Agreement for funding assistance through the DOSTPCHRD Undergraduate Thesis Grant in Natural Products. Each team will receive an amount of Php 50,000.00 cash for equipment and materials related to pursuing their study.

Aaron Degamon, a senior BS Chemistry student at Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT), is among the PCHRD thesis grantee. He is a one-man team whose study could offer strategies to help prevent the onset of debilitating complications of diabetes and obesity. His thesis focuses on establishing a treatment strategy that can potentially ameliorate obesity-diabetes nexus and thereby provide more effective and affordable treatment or prevention of this health challenge.

The other team is composed of Mr. Prince Eroll V. Reyes and Mr. Emerson Paul D. Somontan, senior Radiologic Technology students of Iligan Medical Center College (IMCC). The result of their thesis will immensely contribute to the development of natural, locally abundant, widely available, inexpensive, non-toxic, and equally effective alternative

radioprotectors to synthetic ones.

The Contract of Agreement signing was held at MSU-IIT and IMCC campus in Lanao Del Norte in the presence of DOST-PCHRD Senior Science Research Specialist Ms. Lucila E. Roja, IMCC President Dr. Royce S. Torres, MSU-IIT Associate Professor Dr. Charlie A. Lavilla Jr., and other DOST-PCHRD and DOST- 10 staff.

DOST-PCHRD Undergraduate Thesis Grant in Natural Products is a program that aims to sustain a research culture in natural products to increase the number of research and later on build a pool of researchers/experts specializing in the field. It supports the Tuklas Lunas program (Drug Discovery and Development Program) of the DOST-PCHRD, which aims to develop safe, effective, and affordable alternative drugs from the country’s natural resources.

(Linreb Mondero/DOST 10)

trend-setting property brand, Tierra

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Northern Mindanao area with Tierra Nava. Tierra Nava Opol is the first gated community in its area.

Corridor and a planned industrial technopark within the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Corridor Special Development Project area. It is accessible through the CDOLaguindingan Mountain Diversion

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Mindanao with approved foreign investment commitments for the third quarter.

A pledge of P985.70 million for Northern Mindanao in the second quarter was the highest investment so far reported on the island for this year while Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao recorded P291.45 million in the same quarter, based on the information released by the agency.

As of third quarter of 2022, total approved foreign investments in Mindanao amounted to P2.406 billion, lower as compared to the P3.671 billion reported in the same period of 2021.

According to the PSA, approved foreign investments in the country in the third quarter were reported at P13.05 billion or lower by 22.4% as compared to P16.82 billion in the same quarter of 2021.

The foreign investment pledges were mostly reported from the government’s investment promotion agencies such as Board of Investments (BOI), Clark Development Corporation (CDC), Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA), and Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA).

Among the regions in the Philippines, CALABARZON reported the highest approved foreign investments at P6.60 billion comprising 50.6 percent of the total investments, followed by Central Luzon with P3.02 billion and National Capital Region with P2.24 billion.

The agency said Japan committed P4.50 billion, which accounted for P34.5 percent of the total approved investment pledges, while South Korea and Singapore pledged P2.02 billion and

P1.64 billion, respectively.

The agency said the biggest chunk of these investments are in manufacturing comprising 55.2% of the total approved foreign pledges.

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the pandemic) whatever we saw appropriate," he said. The SM chain of malls had two locations in the city, Tiu said, adding that they have also acquired a property in Iligan City for development, which would become the third SM mall in the Northern Mindanao region. Tiu said as businesses resumed operations, their malls also recovered sales nearing the figures they achieved in 2019. Meanwhile, City Councilor George Goking, chairperson of the Committee on Trade and Commerce, said a hearing was also held Wednesday with business sector representatives to further discuss the tax relief ordinances and measures related to the rising inflation rate. "Inflation has to do with the law of supply and demand, and one we can think of is planning to provide ways and means for additional revenues," he said. Goking said price monitoring will continue to prevent overpricing of commodities but job generation and salary increase are also important for employers to consider. (PNA)

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disasters including those caused by typhoons. "When you know climate information, you can demand for better (climate resilient) projects," he said. Lucero said PAGASA has been conducting an information drive to farmers and fisherfolk because they are the most vulnerable sector to climateinduced disasters. Climate information not only includes understanding weather forecasts but also planning and evaluation measures based on seasonal climate patterns, he explained. Last week, PAGASA-Mindanao conducted a Provincial Climate Forum on La Niña for Soccsksargen and Bangsamoro

Quality of Education in the Midst of Pandemic

By: MARIE CLAIRE B. FUENTES Head Teacher III Juan Acapulco Elementary School

Public schooling has been disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak all across the world.

According to the UN, school lockdowns have affected up to 98% of students globally and affected 1.6 billion children across more than 190 nations.

Unfortunately, conflicts and violence, cultural norms that can prevent girls and children with disabilities from attending school, poor infrastructures, and other factors prevented millions of children from accessing a high-quality education even before the epidemic. The current crisis has made things worse by escalating inequality on a global scale.

COVID-19 made us all understand what it means to live without access to education and learning opportunities that are routinely planned for us. In recent months, many people have attended school via distance learning platforms, which has brought to light the distinction between a quality education and merely having

access to it. Human development in terms of learning is frequently not ensured by a student's teacher's webcam connection alone.

Even more so, there is unequal access to digital learning; for students in regions of the world with limited or nonexistent internet access, such as those in low-income nations, attending school online may not even be an option. Despite the challenges of the context, much more needs to be done to digitalize education and make it efficient and effective.

Education must go on despite the additional difficulties caused by the pandemic. In times of crisis, education has a calming influence on students. In times of chaos, it frequently brings a sense of normalcy that lessens the blow of vulnerability. The education sector must show resilience in order to advance during these trying times because it aims to give students the lifelong skill of overcoming adversity.

regions. Lucero said the forum aims to make participants primarily understand weather, flood, and climate. PAGASA Administrator Vicente Malano said they are also making use of the forum to know the information needed by the people on the ground. "On our part, we can also see what we should do to be united in understanding," he said. (PNA)

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Authority (TESDA) are strategies and interventions that we do to help address underemployment,” said Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma in a message to reporters.

The labor chief's remarks came after the PSA also reported that the country's underemployment rate stands at 15.4 percent or equivalent to 7.33 million Filipinos, higher than August's 14.7 percent.

"Effective job facilitation and accurate and reliable labor market information are part of DOLE initiatives that can likewise be of help," he added. (with Ferdinand Patinio/PNA)

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Grant Amoncio.

It started with a flag raising ceremony attended by the member-Rotarians of RCCDO led by the “RCCDO Spouses” and represented by Pres Abing, who really woke up early not to miss the momentous flag raising ceremony at the City Hall.

After the flag raising ceremony, the induction of the set of youth officers who will govern the City Hall from November 7-11, 2022. The newly elected youth leaders were inducted into office by no less than City Mayor Uy, at the City Hall Quadrangle. RCCDO’s special project for the youth kicked off last November 4, 2022, with the election of student leaders coming from among the 46 schools in the city.

The program is aimed at involving the 30 high school student leaders who will assume the role of public officials, participate in local governance and

actively participate in all activities related to rotary youth.

This year’s week-long program focuses on 2 thematic areas: Mental Health & Fighting Misinformation and allows public and private senior high school student leaders to assume the role of public officials in the City Hall.

Culmination of the Rotary project

The culmination day of the Rotary City Youth Official (RCYO) Event finally ended with a big bang of success.

Thanks to the ever committed and workaholic New Gen Director Grant Amoncio and Project Chair Armen Malawani for ensuring that the banner carrying this Flagship Project continue to fly up high the bright blue skies of service and engagement.

Thanks too to our lovely & ever supportive RCCDO Spouses led by Pres Abing for their usual aid, support and assistance to the Rotarians moreso in times of need and want.

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYME NT Regional Office No. X Northern Mindanao Trinidad Building, Corrales-Yacapin Street, Cagayan de Oro City Tel: (088) 858-1658 * E-mail: dole10.imsd@gmail.com

And much thanks also to our IPDG John Mark Sarraga & Lady Ching for standing abreast with us in this auspicious gathering, silently coaching, mentoring and whispeing words of good counsel to make sure that no loose end is left unattended. It is to be noted that it was during IPDG John Mark’s time when City Ordinance 10310-2006 was issued when the RCYO’s Project was formally launched by former City Mayor Donkoy Emano on September 25, 2006.

As RCCDO’s Flagship Project, it circumscribes the Rotarian’s Creed for a good program which covers: Fellowship, Integrity, Diversity, Inclusion, Service and most especially Leadership & Commitment. Thus, we also render our snappy salute with much pride & joy to the new set of 2022 Rotary City Youth Officials who diligently labored to produce a record-breaking 27 City Council Resolutions despite their brief stint in Office.

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Guro at Ina: Iisa ang Hamon sa Buhay

By: JENNETH B. MIRANDA Teacher III

Kay bilis lumipas ang nagdaang panahon Nang mag - umpisa ang pandemya noon Ngayon kayraming mga hamon Araw-araw bakas ang pagbangon

Ina sa bahay na ang mga anak ay may mga kailangan Pagmamahal at aruga niya ay laging makakamtan Bawat isa ay may kani- kanilang mga katangian Hindi maiiwasan subalit madaling maintindahan

Guro naman ang makikita pagdating sa munting paaralan Gumagabay at nagbibigay aralin sa loob ng silid - aralan Sigurado ang lahat na mga batang nag-aaral may matutunan Upang pagdating ng tamang panahon silla’y pakikinabangan

Guro at ina pareho ang mga karanasang tinatamasa Ang pagbibigay ng kalinga sa mga batang siyang pag - asa Sa mga susunod na mga henerasyon na hinaharap Kanilang maibibigay ang buhay na walang paghihirap

Buong buhay na makakaya gustong maibibigay Para ang mga hamon sa buhay kanilang maihihiwalay Upang mapaglingkuran ang mga bata na nasa eskwelahan at bahay Dahil nasa kanila ang pagbibigay ng ngiting tagumpay

A return to face-to-face classes

By: OLIVE SYCHELLE G. PARA-ON Teacher III

Schools have reopened their campuses to students as the COVID-19 pandemic begins to recede. Many people see this as a return to normalcy. To properly comprehend that this is the "new normal," however, we must consider how we structure our kids' educational experiences as well as how we must be mindful of health and social distance.

Because students have access to more learning resources on campus than off, I think faceto-face learning is superior to online learning. Face-to-face interaction enables students to receive assistance and answers right away. A student can ask questions in class while the subject is still fresh in their minds or get assistance with a specific assignment. Face to face students also gain from socialization with peers and interaction with teachers. Nobody can dispute the significance of education in this day and age. It is a very vital component of our lives. No matter what, people should never stop learning. Face-to-face instruction involves students attending lessons in a real

classroom with their instructors and fellow classmates. In contrast, online learning involves students taking classes remotely, typically from their homes. Because online learning offers students and teachers a wider variety of learning tools and is more convenient because it doesn't need daily attendance, many students, teachers, and other individuals may believe that it is superior to traditional classroom instruction. But is online learning really superior to in-person learning? Do pupils learn better in a classroom with their teachers or in front of a computer screen? Students have a greater probability of professional success when they learn in person. They can still use online resources even if they are engaging in face-to-face instruction while seated in a classroom with their teachers, and many schools are doing so these days as technology advances. Additionally, while students are engaged in faceto-face instruction, teachers may monitor their progress and ensure that they are accessing reliable resources.

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A Rotary Project: City Youth Officials Govern Cagayan de Oro City Hall

By Joel Escol

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This time, it will be the youth leaders chosen from different schools and universities that will govern City Hall for at least one week, according to reports obtained by the Mindanao Daily.

This event, spearheaded by the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro is dubbed as “RCCDO’s Flagship Project,” being Chaired by Rtn Armen Malawani and under the directorship of the very energetic & dynamic New Gen Director,

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DE ORO CITY – With the active partnership of Rotarians and the City Government of Cagayan de Oro under the leadership of Rolando “Klarex” Uy, another historic event unfolds at the City Hall.