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Top import COCONUT oil and crude coconut oil make up two of the top three US imports from the Philippines, according to the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).

The PCA said in a statement that the two products have maintained their standing among US imports over the past three years, citing estimates by the International Trade Center.

Eric C. Elnar, commissioner of the Philippine Trade and Investment Center (PTIC) in Los Angeles, said the Philippines accounts for 60% of US coconut oil imports and 73% of US crude coconut oil imports.

P30B budget for agri THE DEPARTMENT of Agriculture (DA) is hoping for an additional P30 billion “at least” for its 2022 budget, officials said at a hearing at the House of Representatives.

“I would be happier if the budget is increased….

If the Congress can allow, we hope to have an increase of (at least) P30 billion,” Agriculture Secretary William D. Dar said before the House Committee on Appropriations Wednesday.

Mr. Dar did not specify what the P30 billion will be used for, but added that he will submit a list of projects which the additional funds will support to the committee before plenary deliberations on the proposed 2022 budget.

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HE civic group Marawi Reconstruction Conflict Wa t c h ( M R C W ) o n Tuesday lauded the efforts of legislators in the House of Representatives for passing House Bill (HB) 9925 or the Marawi Compensation Act on its third and final reading.

In a statement coursed through Maureen Anthea T. Lacuesta of International Alert Philippines, the MRCW said the group has been at the "forefront in pushing for a Marawi compensation bill in both the House and the Senate" since 2018, a year after the Marawi siege.

"We participated in many public hearings as resource persons, have surfaced urgent issues, and lobbied for our people in different fora and platforms.

We campaigned hard in the last State of the Nation Address to call on the President to certify the Marawi Compensation Bill as urgent," the statement read.

The group acknowledged Rep. Amihilda J. Sangcopan of Anak MEAGER SALES. A meat dealer prepares pork inside Agdao Market in Davao City. Vendors have lamented the unstable supply of pork as the swine industry has yet to recover from the impact of African Swine Fever OKAY/PAGE 11 (ASF). mindanews photo

Sectoral groups forge deal for 'micro-farm project' in CDO

VACCINE ROLLOUT. Muslim residents gather at the Barangay 23-C gymnasium for the COVID-19 vaccination rollout for Muslim communities in different parts of Davao City on Wednesday. mindanews photo

A MULTI-sectoral agreement was forged on Tuesday to pave the way for the development of urban agriculture production by establishing urban community school micro-farms.

The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed via Zoom and is aimed at training communities on the benefits of vegetable production and processing, agro-enterprise development, and financial literacy in the communities in barangays Pagatpat and Tablon.

Signatories to the MOU were representatives of the University of

Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP), Kids Who Farm (KWF), JCI Kagayhaan Gold (KG), and the barangay chairpersons of Pagatpat and Tablon.

Angelie Collera, head of USTP's Center for Human Development, said the project stemmed from the "Gulayan sa Kabalayan" that she co-founded, an initiative that started last year at the onset of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

"It started out as (a) way to help PROJECT/PAGE 11

Govt to revive flywood industry in Mindanao Romero firm buys Digos TALKS are underway to revive the sluggish plywood industry in Mindanao.

Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Chairman Emmanuel F. Piñol said they are working out the details of the government's partnership with the Development Bank

of the Philippines (DBP) that will put to life the dying industry.

Piñol said in a social media post over the weekend that efforts to revive the industry will involve farmed, fastgrowing tree varieties.

Piñol said that DBP

President Emmanuel G. Herbosa and Director Jeannie N. Sandoval expressed their support for the industrial tree farming program.

He a d d e d t h a t t h e scheme involves organizing stakeholders and establishing FLYWOOD/PAGE 11

solar plant for P1.5B ROMETO-owned Fort Pilar Energy Inc. has acquired t he 4 0 - me g aw att s ol ar power facility that is sited in Digos, Davao del Sur in a merger and acquisition (M&A) transaction worth

P1.5 billion.

According to the buyerfirm, the facility acquisition was from Alterpower Digos Solar Inc. (ADSI), which is a joint venture between SOLAR/PAGE 10

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DPWH completes construction of CDO convention center

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HE Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) on Wednesday announced the completion of the Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center's main building, 20 years after the start of its construction.

The inauguration was made public through a canned video presentation and uploaded via DPWH Region 10's Facebook page.

Secretary Mark Villar said a total of P1.335 billion is needed to meet the requirements from Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) for the convention center to become globally competitive.

"Now that the completion of the main building is realized, CDO (Cagayan de Oro) will further ignite economic development through

investments, infrastructure improvements, and tourism," he said.

DPWH-10 Director Zenaida Tan said the event seals a mark of confederation as the department also officially turns over the facility to TIEZA's stewardship.

"After several years in the making, accompanied with left and right controversies upon its suspension from the year 2012 to 2016, the CDO

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY--The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) conducts the 2021 Updating of Geo-tagged Building Structures and Geo-tagging of Economic Areas from August 30 to September 25, 2021.

The goal of the activity

is to establish updated geographical and census information of geo-tagged buildings, establishments, economic areas, and boundaries in selected barangays, municipalities, and provinces all over the Philippines. For northern Mindanao, these

areas include Malaybalay City in Bukidnon, all municipalities in Camiguin, Iligan City in Lanao del Norte, Ozamis City in Misamis Occidental, and Cagayan de Oro City in Misamis Oriental.

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PSA-10 updates geo-tagged bldg structures, econ areas

Convention Center’s main building is finally completed," she said.

The convention center project was conceptualized by the late Senator Aquilino Pimentel, Jr. at the start of his term in 1998. The construction of the facility began in 2001 and was expected to be completed in August 2003.

With initial funding of P125 million in 2000, the convention center aimed to support big events

like sports, concerts, conventions, exhibits, seminars, conferences, and trade shows.

The building is designed to accommodate 7,700 people. The DPWH10 has already requested funding for the rest of the facilities including the establishment of the pavilion, car park, deck with helipad, view deck, powerhouse, sewage treatment plant facility, materials recovery facility,

and pump house.

Meanwhile, TIEZA Chief Operating Officer Mark Lapid said the center will help boost the region's tourism, especially with the onslaught of the Covid-19 pandemic.

In 2016, the construction continued after its suspension in 2012 as the Magtajas family donated the land where the complex is located. The project was then funded CONVENTION/PAGE 10

The 2021 Updating of Geo-tagged Building Structures and Geo-tagging of Economic Areas aims to establish updated geographical and census information of geotagged buildings, establishments, economic areas, and boundaries in selected barangays, municipalities, and provinces all over the Philippines. (PSA-10) BALINGASAG, MISAMIS ORIENTAL National Highway Balingasag, Barangay 4, Balingasag, Misamis Oriental Mobile Number/s: 0933-823-3161, 0933-823-3304 Tel. Number: 333-5161 CAGAYAN DE ORO P&J Lim Building, Tiano Kalambagohan St., Barangay 14, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Tel No. (08822) 727-829 / 231-6629 Telefax No. (088) 856-1947 Mobile No. 0933-823-3303 / 0943-708-7065 CAGAYAN DE ORO WAREHOUSE Warehouse 7, Bonbon Road, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Mobile No. 0917-825-4149 / 0943-708-7065 CARMEN, CAGAYAN DE ORO Vamenta Blvd., fronting CEPALCO, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Tel. No. (088) 233-2011 Mobile No. 0933-823-3159 CORRALES, CDO Corrales Ave., Barangay 29, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Telefax No. (088) 231-2055

DIVISORIA, CDO A. Velez St., Barangay 9, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Telefax No. (088) 856-1947 Mobile No. 0917-841-4000 / 0933-823-3164 GINGOOG CITY G/F Wyne Militante Bldg., Lugod St., Barangay 22, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental Telefax No. (088) 861-0104 Mobile No. 0933-823-3168 LAPASAN, CDO National Highway (FICCO Bldg.), Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Tel. No. (088) 231-6739 Mobile No. 0933-823-3160 PUERTO, CDO Purok 6, Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental Tel. No. (088) 859-0574 Mobile No. 0943-708-7537 CAMIGUIN B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Telefax No. (088) 387-0491 Mobile No. 0943-708-7539

Iligan IP farmers group receive cacao seedlings from DA 10 ILIGAN City -- Aiming to boost farmers' productivity and income, the Department of Agriculture - Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) turned over 5,000 pieces of cacao seedlings to six Indigenous

Peoples (IPs) farmer associations of Barangay Rogongon in this City.

The assistance is part of DA's 'Kabuhayan at Kaunlaran ng Kababayang Katutubong' program, otherwise known as the 4Ks that intends to help in the development of tribal communities in the country.

The P175K worth of project will benefit the 710 members of the IP farmers group which include the -Malumpayad Tribal Farmer’s Association, Dungoan Indigenous People Farmers Association, Gabunan Farmers Association, Tawagon Bridge Tribal Farmers Association, Binasan Tribal Farmers Association, and Higaonon Tribal Community.

Representing DA-RFO 10 Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado, Lanao del Norte Provincial Operations Center Chief Abdulharis P. Paporo led the turnover of seedlings.

“With this aid, Rogongon IPs will be more interested to engage in entrepreneurial farming and become an active catalyst for change towards peace and development,” said Paporo.

The beneficiaries own around 6,700 hectares of farmland suitable for cacao production aside from growing abaca as their primary source of income and living.

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CorporateWorld 3 DTI invites Japanese PH's biz chamber hopes firms to invest in PH industries reopening of economy A Advertising and Editorial E-mail : businessweekmindanao@gmail.com Contact nos. : 0917-7121424 • 0947-8935776

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DEPARTMENT of Trade and Industry (DTI) Secretary Ramon Lopez has urged Japanese firms to invest in the Philippines as opportunities for manufacturing, construction, and energy remain high despite the pandemic.

In a virtual Philippine economic briefing for Japanese companies Tuesday, Lopez said Japanese investors may look into opportunities in the production of semiconductor and electronic goods, as well as manufacturing of medical devices. “(M)edical devices manufacturing is also a growing industry backed by the presence of supply chain for manufacturing such as tool and die, chemicals, semiconductors, plastics, and metal parts necessary in the production of medical devices and its parts,” he said.

Lopez said as the government aims to build its healthcare facilities, demand for medical devices is expected to increase.

“The local medical device market is projected

to have a compound annual growth rate of 8.8 percent and would rise to USD884.3 million by (the) end of 2024,” he said.

The DTI chief said Japanese firms likewise have a big market to tap in the domestic construction sector driven by the government’s “Build, Build, Build” infrastructure program, housing backlog, office space requirement, transport sector demand, supply chain industry, power demand, and demand for more healthcare facilities.

Under the “Build, Build, Build” program, the government has a total of 119 infrastructure flagship projects.

Japanese firms were also encouraged to look into opportunities in the residential sector as the housing backlog is expected to reach 12.4 million units by 2030, while the office market needs nearly 370,000 square meters of office spaces between 2021 and 2025.

Lopez further said there is also growing demand in the transport INVEST/PAGE 10

S more Filipinos are getting vaccinated against the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19), the Philippine Chamber of Commerce Industry (PCCI) hopes for a full reopening of the economy once the country achieves population protection.

“PCCI wishes for the full opening of the economy even if the herd immunity threshold is unmet due to the moving and elusive target of 50 to 100 percent inoculation of the population,” the country’s largest business group said in statement Tuesday.

PCCI acting president Edgardo Lacson has welcomed the government’s move to implement granular lockdowns in Metro Manila, instead

of wider-scope community quarantine measures.

Lacson said the granular lockdown now removes the discrimination between essential and non-essential economic activities.

“It is a tacit admission by authorities that they will henceforth abandon the intermittent and harmful regional lockdown protocol,” he added.

But Lacson said any form of lockdown, whether region-wide or granular, remains disruptive and a disincentive to business operations.

“Many health experts claim it is impossible to achieve herd immunity as the virus keeps mutating and the vaccine is

always behind the curve… (T)he Covid-19 virus and its variants will be here forever but it can be contained by simply observing prescribed health protocols of masking, handwashing, and social distancing,” he said.

The PCCI chief also underscored the need to accelerate vaccination efforts throughout the country to achieve population protection and avoid further lockdowns in the future.

“We must remove our overblown fear of this virus and the even greater fear of another lockdown,” he said.

As of Sept. 5, the country administered over 35.8 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine.

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CebuPac passes IATA’s operational safety audit BUDGET carrier Cebu Pacific, operated by Cebu Air, Inc., announced on Tuesday that it recently passed the International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) operational safety audit.

“Cebu Pacific once again secure[d] the IATA’s Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) registration

as it fully complies with its stringent global aviation safety standard,” the budget carrier said in an e-mailed statement.

The airline first joined the association in 2019.

“The IOSA audits the operator’s operational management and control systems covering organization management

and control system, flight operations, dispatch, cabin, ground handling, cargo, maintenance and security,” Cebu Pacific said.

Cebu Air’s attributable net loss for the first half of the year was P13.8 billion, compared with a net loss of P9.1 billion in the same period in 2020.

Its first-half revenues dropped 65.9% to P5.9 billion from P17.3 billion previously.

Passenger revenue dropped 82.6% to P2 billion, while revenue from cargo grew 27.3% to P2.8 billion. Ancillary revenue for the period declined 69.4% to P1.1 billion.

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Power shortage Think a minute . . . Have you ever made a New Year’s resolution to break a bad habit? You determined to finally make that needed change, but after just a few weeks you were back to your same old habits. So you think to yourself: “I know what I should have done, but I did not do it!”

How many times have you felt that way? It’s a struggle we all fight every day. The constant battle between what we know we should do and what we actually do.

Between our conscience and how we really live in our character and conduct. Why can’t we simply do what we know we should? It is even what we want to do deep in our hearts.

Our problem? We have a power shortage in our lives: a shortage of willpower. We are like this couple whom I know. The husband and wife both are professional marriage counselors, but they have now divorced each other. They have counseled many other married couples, yet they themselves cannot work out their own marriage problems! They know all

“Sa bawat henerasyon, may rebolusyon, rebolusyong pagbabago, ngayon na!”

As thousands are sick, hungr y and dying, the onslaught of the pandemic has put the country is so much disarray against the backdrop of puzzling issues that zeroin on the questionable use of gargantuan funds during these most critical times when millions have lost their jobs amidst the cries of the multitude to a decent life. Now let us listen to the clamor of the people for social

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change.

Seven score years or so ago, our forefathers had waged a revolution to dismantle the oppressive colonial rule then. Today, we need another revolution with the same intensity to be unfettered from the state of horrible scenario to urgently respond to the urgent call of the times.

We need a revolution that counts on the strength of the human spirit to prevail against the onslaught not only against the pandemic but that of greed, social injustice, gross inequities and poverty that dehumanizes the dignity of a person. One that reinforces the democratic structure than dismantling them.

Do not be deceived by the forthcoming political exercise, that “big circus” called Philippine Elections that saw politicians doing gimmick of opening-up the “floodgates” of their fund reservoir to finance campaign

shows that would include movie stars and assembling their political machineries for massive propaganda and vote-buying. No problem!

Such outpouring of funds is easily recovered once they are back in power. We must now discard all illusions that such exercise of our right of suffrage will make a difference in effecting the much-needed social transformation.

This is so because after every election in this country and despite 14 years of Martial Law and two-people powered revolutions, the structure that breeds so much poverty, powerlessness and corruption has remained as formidable as ever. Those elected, financed by vested interest groups including cartels, monopolies and conglomerates, always make sure that the status quo continues through transactions as these leaders are transactional and never transformational. Yes,

monopoly is not just in the economy; it is also in politics as concretely manifested by political dynasties. In this country, economic power begets political power and vice versa.

So much outpourings of funds and energy, not to mention the wasted time, yet, the ugly head of poverty continues to roar, engulfing our people as the Philippines has the most prevalent incidence of poverty in East Asia. Yes, there may be “changing of the guards” after elections, yet, the culture of powerlessness continues to create despair and out of hopelessness, many have to leave their families to find jobs in other countries. Like a sinking ship, some 6,000 Filipino workers during the pre-pandemic period were jumping in droves every month to seek greener pastures abroad.

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“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. ..”— Art of War WE are sending this special message to the honorable members of Congress: can we set aside political bickerings, even for a while, and pass with a sense of urgency a bill making the wearing of face masks as national mandate?

And yes, Sen. Richard Gordon, you can continue on the Senate inquiry about the alleged involvement of the President’s men (read: allies in business) particularly the reported overnight transactions of Pharmally’s billion peso deal on mask purchases, but please heed this cry: pass a bill on the mandatory use of face masks.

These days of the pandemic, now with the deadly Delta

variant, the wearing of masks is the new norm, chic and trendy you can’t simply do without.

No doubt about it, masks has become man’s ‘best friend’ next only to mobile phones.

It has gained a ‘vogue’ status as the newest outfit never imagined to become an instant hit, beating the latest fashion in town.

Practically all levels of economic strata, you maybe rich or poor, the wearing of masks has become mandatory, and there are no exemptions whatsoever.

The wearing of masks is such a simple and easy way to demonstrate respect to yourself and more to others.

Those who refuse to wear masks are those who are not willing to lift one finger to help others.

And this could be translated to their political ideology, apathetic, Ignorance, arrogance, and defiance all wrapped up in one ugly package.

The newest chapter of quarantine directive has just been out and as expected, a large portion of the country is still on restrictions — Cagayan de Oro included — had remained GCQ and MGCQ. As part of health protocol, the wearing of face masks amid the coronavirus pandemic must have no stigma when we leave our homes and come near other people.

Wearing simple face coverings is not about protecting ourselves, it is about protecting everyone we encounter,simple as that.

And the wearing of masks is the best option to keep our economy open, keep us

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Reporma’s criteria didn’t spare Miriam

JHAN TIAFAU HURST there is to know about a good marriage relationship, but they cannot do it themselves and follow their own advice.

We all know that honesty is the right, best policy— y e t d i s h o n e s t y, l y i n g , cheating and corruption is everywhere. People know that loving and forgiving others is the happiest, best way to live—yet we still are self-centered, competitive, jealous, hold grudges, and even hurt the people we want to love. Fathers and mothers know they should spend more time with their children and be a better example for them to follow— yet parents still do not do it.

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REP. Pantaleon “Bebot” Alvarez seemed to be careless these days not only about his health but his utterances.

He can be tactless with his off-the-cuff statements and this had brought him some troubles in the past and then …now.

In a recent interview with ANC Christian Esguerra, Congressman Alvarez talked about the criteria which his Partido Reporma had in search for a leader in the 2022 (Presidential) elections. Bebot appeared to have difficulty articulating his points one cannot be certain whether he is weighing in his response carefully or is catching up his breath. But one thing I can say while watching that interview is that I am seeing a different Pantaleon Alvarez. If anyone thinks I am creating an intrigue then watch to believe.

I have heard that set of criteria for the nth time.

Alvarez had bannered in his “In Search of a Leader 2022”

forums early this year. This was abbreviated, however, when he was hospitalized for what looked like a severe case of Covid-19. He survived that one and went on to resurrect Partido Reporma.

How he convinced Senators Ping Lacson and Tito Sotto to join Reporma and be the standard-bearers, meaning its candidates for President and Vice President, respectively, is still perplexing. Did Lacson and Sotto really believed that Partido Reporma is the ruling party in Davao Region?

Oh well, this country is not actually short of strange bedfellows during election season.

Alvarez criteria for a leader, during the launch of “In Search for a Leader 2022” reflected his subconscious detestation of Presodent Rodrigo Duterte and snide remarks on Davao City Mayor Inday Sara. During the interview with Christian Esguerra, Bebot sounded less combative as he evaded

issues against Duterte: 1.

May utak (with brain); 2.

May kakayahan (with the capability); 3. Physically fit; 4. Has experience; and 5.

Mentally and psychologically fit.

Alvarez, however, went b e yond t he b ou nds of moral principles when he expounded on “mentally and psychologically fit”. I was expecting he will cite some cases of perennial c an d i d at e s w it h we i rd platforms who filed their certificates of candidacy but are promptly disqualified by t he C ommission of Elections. But he went on to say “Mahirap naman yong may ‘trililling’ at may sayad ang utak” and went further by recalling the Presidential elections of 1992 which pitted Fidel Ramos of Lakas-NUCD against Miriam Defensor Santiago of People’s Reform Party. “Senator Santiago did not survive that," Alvarez said.

That one was a real

LETTERS FROM DAVAO

JUN LEDESMA sho cke r. What I k now of is that Sen. Miriam is among the intelligent and courageous lawmakers we ever had. Her unblemished career in public service, which spanned the three branches of government, can stand scrutiny. Schooled in the most prestigious universities she brought honors to the country and was once named one of the most influential persons in the world. She was on her way to cap her legal career with a prestigious seat in the International Court of Justice but cancer came in the way.

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PH current account surplus eyed until at least 2022

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N analyst of S&P Global Ratings forecasts the surplus in the country’s current account to continue at least until 2023, which will back the country’s external setting.

Andrew Wood, director for Asia Pacific Sovereign Ratings and S&P Global Ratings lead analyst for the Philippines, said the country registered a current account surplus even during the pandemic, a turn-around from posting deficit in recent years.

“We do believe that’s going to remain the case for at least one

or two more years, which will continue to support the external settings. And we expect this to remain strong over the next few years,” he said during the virtual economic briefing by Philippine economic officials for Japanese investors on Tuesday.

The country registered CA deficits in recent years due to stronger growth in imports amid the continued increase in demand in line with the economic expansion.

Wood said S&P analysts forecast that the country’s external settings will continue

Robust demand pushes TDF rates up

STRONG demand for the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) term deposit facility (TDF) resulted in the rise of its interest rates on Wednesday.

Data released by the central bank showed that the weighted average rate of the seven-day facility, which is among the BSP’s tools used to mop up excess liquidity in the

economy, rose to 1.7143 percent from 1.7121 percent during the auction last Sept. 1.

The rate of the 14-day TDF also jumped to 1.7517 percent from week-ago’s 1.7381 percent.

The BSP hiked the offer volume for the one-week facility by P10 billion to P160 billion but slashed the offer volume for the DEMAND/PAGE 10

to support the economy’s credit ratings, which to date stood at BBB+ with stable outlook.

He said economic recovery of the domestic economy “is somewhat delayed”, adding “we do expect for the pace of the recovery and momentum to pick-up steam beginning next year.”

S&P forecasts a below 5-percent growth, as measured by gross domestic product (GDP), for the Philippine economy this year.

But it expects a 7.7-percent domestic economic expansion

for 2022 as the government achieves vaccination goals.

Wood said the credit rater expects the Philippine economy, once it regains its strength, to be among the fastest growing economy in the region starting 2022 on expectations of stronger pick-up of domestic investments, consumption, and exports.

“We expect GDP per capita to come back to roughly where it had been by the end of 2019 at the end of this year. And then to continue to achieve new highs beyond that,” he said.

He added the pace and scale of economic recovery will be significant on the trajectory of its credit ratings.

Wood said the credit rater considers domestic economic growth to be supportive of the country’s credit ratings.

“We expect faster nominal GDP growth to be supportive of fiscal consolidation over that same period of time, which will entail much lower fiscal deficits and a stabilization in the government’s debt stock over the next three years,” he added.

(PNA)

Possible direct settlement framework for peso, yen eyed BANGKO Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Benjamin Diokno has raised the possibility of establishing a direct settlement framework for the Philippine peso and the Japanese yen.

“BSP is keen on pursuing other areas of cooperation with Japan such as the establishment of the Philippine peso-Japanese yen direct settlement framework,” Diokno said Tuesday in his speech during the virtual Philippine

economic briefing for Japanese investors.

A local currency settlement framework for trade transactions, among others, aims to reduce transaction costs and foreign exchange risks.

Diokno highlighted the idea for the direct settlement framework since Japan has been among the Philippines’ major trading and development partners for a long time now.

In 2019, the BSP signed bilateral

letters of intent (LOIs) on local currency settlement framework with the Bank Indonesia, Bank Negara Malaysia, and Bank of Thailand.

The BSP earlier said “the wider use of local currencies in the Asean Economic Community enhances economic and financial integration, as well as spurs further development of the foreign exchange and financial markets in the region.” (PNA)

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Cindy pays courtesy call on Egyptian ambassador “We have more commonalities than differences,” expressed His Excellency Ahmed Shehabeldin, Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Philippines, during the courtesy call paid on him by #TeamPhilippines led by Binibining Pilipinas Intercontinental 2021 Cinderella Faye Obeñita.

Cindy, as she is fondly called, was Miss Cagayan de Oro 2019 before she joined

Binibining Pilipinas, where she eventually won the right to represent the Philippines in Miss Intercontinental 2021 in Sharm El Shiekh, Egypt, this coming October 29.

Along with her is a team that is set to fly on October 13.

Cindy talked about how she finds the coastal resort city of Sharm El Shiekh, host city of this year’s Miss Intercontinental, a place with resemblance to her home province of Misamis Oriental,

where tourism thrives for local and foreign explorers alike. Check: Explore MisOr Facebook page.

In one of the light moments in the twohour visit, the respectable ambassador shared his personal narratives about having tried manok inasal and pandesal, which are two of the many Filipino food that have identical equals in Egyptian cuisine.

Amb. Shehabeldin also

How making payrolls work in public schools

By MARY GRACE B. MACAS Administrative Assistant II

A payroll is a public school’s list of its employees but the term is commonly used to refer to the total amount of money that the schools division pays to its employees and records of its employees’ salarie sand wages, bonuses and withhold taxes.

From an accounting perspective, payroll is crucial because they are subject to COA regulations. That is why each school division has its own internal auditor aside from a COA resident auditor which scrutinizes and rechecks matters according to protocol.l From an HR viewpoint, the payroll department is critical because both teachers and non-teaching employees are sensitive to payroll error sand irregularities. Good

employee morale requires payroll to be paid timely and accurately. The primary mission of the payroll department is to ensure that all employees are paid accurately and timely with the correct withholdings and deductions and that the withholdings and deductions are remitted in a timely manner. This includes salary payments, tax withholdings and deductions from paychecks.

DepEd usually schedules making payrolls every other week so public school teachers can claim their salaries every fortnight. In essence, the payroll management process refers to the administration of a teacher’s financial records.

Information literacy as a 21st century skill

By CARLA JOY P. MAGLANGIT Tingalan Integrated School

Many learners today are over-reliant on search engines such as Google to find information when researching topics. They often overlook quality academic resources available from libraries.

This situation creates a new challenge for reference librarians, who must now play a more important teaching role: directing learners to high-quality print and electronic sources and educating them on the need to evaluate web resources. Reference librarians need to shift their focus from providing technical assistance on using library resources to user education, thus assisting learners in developing information literacy skills to identify when information is needed, and to locate, evaluate and use the needed information effectively.

Essentially, we must

prepare learners to become information literate in the twenty-first century.

Observations over a period of time show that learners' use of the librar y and its resources have gone down. This may be due to difficulties they face in accessing the library's resources especially the electronic databases.

Information literacy is t he abi lity to f ind, evaluate, organize, use, and communicate information in all its various formats, most notably in situations requiring decision making, problem solving, or the acquisition of knowledge. It is a combination of research skills, critical thinking skills, computer technology skills, and communication skills. Information literacy is essential for ac ademic success, effective functioning in the workplace, and

participation in society as knowledgeable citizens.

Significantly, outside of school, most of us also feel it’s important to be informed about current issues and ideas. Knowing what’s going on in the world is, arguably, a citizen’s responsibility.

Plus, it feels good to join in a conversation and know the facts, or to be sure we’re sharing a meme, social media post, or news article that’s accurate and trustworthy.

Definitely, information l i t e r a c y i s i mp o r t a nt for today’s learners, it promotes problem solving approaches and thinking skills – asking questions and seeking answers, finding i n f o r m at i o n , f o r m i n g opinions, evaluating sources and ma k ing de cisions fostering successful learners, ef fective contributors, confident individuals and responsible citizens.

emphasized his thoughts on how physical beauty can be translated into helping the community and promoting good relations, like the 75-year old bilateral friendship of the Philippines and Egypt, coincidentally being celebrated this year.

He handed Cindy a crystal souvenir that is a memento of this year’s jubillee celebration.

In the middle of the conversations, the ambassador made a call to his counterpart, incoming Ambassador of the Philippines to Cairo, HE Ezzedin Hamdi Tago, interestingly, half-Filipino, half-Egyptian — and endorsed the Team’s future visit to Egypt.

In photos, Cindy also poses with Embassy Consul Dr. Amin Shaaban, other consular officers, and some of the members of Team Philippines.

Other members of #TeamPhilippines include: Atty. Jeffrey Caudor Saclot | team legal counsel Jim Ryan Ros | head of

hair and makeup Odelon Simpao | stylist Ian Mendajar | pasarela coach Gil Macaibay III | casual wears Ronald Caron | choreographer

Val Amiel Vestil | assistant speech trainer/writer Aico Aljas | assistant hair and makeup artist Binibining Pilipinas Charities Inc. Aces & Queens The House

Adopting bichronous online learning in the new normal

By CELSA Q. JAGUALING Teacher III East City Central School Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

THE onslaught of Covid-19 pandemic virtually shifted educational paradigms accross countries which invariably changed the teaching and learning processes.

Since corona virus afflict people via close contact, health protocols which require social distancing were strictly imposed, thus necessitate new modality called distance learning.

As this becomes the mode in all levels, schools and teachers should investigate the benefits of including both synchronous and asynchronous elements in online learning to maximize the benefits of both these environments The arrival of COVID-19 has made online learning a common mode of instructional delivery in both higher education and K–12 institutions like ours in the Philippines.

Scholars emphasize that online learning involves "the use of the Internet to access learning materials; to interact with the content, instructor, and other learners; and to obtain support during the learning process, in order to acquire knowledge, to construct personal meaning, and to grow from the learning experience."

While this method has become the new normal, we may as well explore a particular

aspect of online learning—the blending of synchronous and asynchronous online learning into what we label bichronous online learning.

We c ont e n d t h at t h e bl e n d of synchronous and asynchronous online learning potentially reduces some of the challenges of asynchronous online learning alone, including a lack of immediacy, community, interaction, and audiovisual communication.

Although the blending of face-to-face and online learning has been researched in many studies, the blending of synchronous and asynchronous online has not been researched to the same extent. Grounding on the term "chronous," which means personification in time, we refer to this blend as bichronous online learning.

Bichronous online learning is defined as the blending of both asynchronous and synchronous on line le ar ning, w here students can par ticipate in anytime, anywhere learning during the asynchronous parts of the course but then participate in real-time activities for the synchronous sessions. The amount of the online learning blend varies by the course and the activities included in the course.

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USTP launches Gulayan sa Kabalayan THE Gardens for Sustainable Kitchen or Gulayan sa Kabalayan is a movement by the Center for Human Development of the University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines (USTP) Cagayan de Oro campus that addresses food security and sustainability through gardening in backyards and community spaces in the city.

This is a movement that is very important especially in the context of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

USTP through its Claveria campus has recently approved Php277, 090 as thebudget for the activities of GSK this year.

The Urban Community Microfarms is a recent project of GSK that is being implemented specifically in barangays Pagatpat and Tablon, Cagayan de Oro. Prior to its implementation, GSKconducted an Agriskwela webinarseries from June 1 to 4, 2021 which included lectures on topics such as soil preparation, fertilization, seed growing, among others.

The Department of Science and Technology

Region X gave assurance to supply water and to set up hydroponics in the gardens of these adopted barangays.

At the onset of COVID-19, GSK has actively distributed more than 2,500 seed packs to residents in Cagayan de Oro and even to members of the Talaandig indigenous community in Talakag, Bukidnon.

Looking back, GSK started with a group of volunteers who shared a common vision of enabling households to have a steady suPply of healthy food from their garden.

These volunteers who founded GSK are Angelie Azcuna Collera, who is now the head of CHD in USTP; Reynaldo Collera of Lumbia National High School; Owen Jaen of JCI Kagayhaan Gold; lan Guttierez of the Department of Agriculture (DA) Regional Field Office X; EnP Jun Mhark Lloren of the City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office (CLENRO) in CDO. The co-leaders of GSK include Agropolis Science and Technology Park, College of Agriculturè of USTP Claveria Campus, and Departments in USTP/PAGE 10

LANDBANK and Converge sign a P3-billion loan agreement to provide fast and reliable internet connectivity to more subscribers nationwide. The virtual signing ceremony on August 27, 2021, was led by (upper row from left) Converge CEO Dennis Anthony H. Uy, Converge President Maria Grace Y. Uy, and LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo. They were joined by (lower row from left) Converge Deputy Chief Finance Officer Christine Renee R. Blabagno and LANDBANK officials, namely Agricultural and Development Lending Sector, Officer-in-Charge Senior Vice President Filipina B. Monje and Corporate Banking Group Head, Senior Vice President Ma. Celeste A. Burgos.

LANDBANK, Converge sign P3-B loan to boost internet coverage State-run Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) signed a P3-billion loan agreement with Converge Information and Communications Technology Solutions, Inc. (Converge) to help provide fast and reliable internet service to more subscribers nationwide.

LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo alongside Converge CEO Dennis Anthony H. Uy and President Maria Grace Y. Uy led the virtual loan signing

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT,BRANCH 21 12th Judicial Region Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF BIRTH YEAR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF

SPL PROC. NO. 21-573

RATNA MACABATO DIMAPORO, Petitioner.

-Versus THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, LANAO DEL NORTE AND/OR CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS OFFICE, Respondents. x---------------------------------------/ ORDER

A verified petition for FOR PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF BIRTH YEAR IN THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RATNA MACABATO DIMAPORO, The petition alleges, viz; 1 THE PARTIES 1.1 Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino, and resident of Barangay Poblacion, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte. She may be served with the processes of this Honorable Court thru the undersigned Public Attorney's Office address at 2nd Floor, Municipal Building, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte; 1.2 Respondent on the other hand are governmental agencies with official address at Office of the Local Civil Registrar, Municipal Hall Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte, and Philippine Statistics Authority at East Avenue, Quezon City, respectively where they maybe served with summonses and other legal processes of this Honorable Court II STATEMENT OF THE FACTS 2.1 This is a petition to correct the entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of RATNA MACABATO DIMAPORO, specifically her birth YEAR from 1976 to 1970. Petitioner was born on 31 May 1970 to spouses Fatima Macabato and Mohammad Naga Dimaporo of Barangay Poblacion Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte; 2.2 Just like many other Maranaos, her birth was likewise not immediately registered. It was only on July of 1999 when her sister Indira Dimaporo cause it to be registered thru “LATE REGISTRATION”.Due to confusion, her sister, as the informant thereof, thought that petitioner was born on 1976 instead of his correct birth year as 1970 thereby committing an obvious error. Copy of the Certificate of Live Birth of the petitioner is hereto attached as ANNEX “A”; 2.3 Although his Certificate of Live Birth shows the 1976 as her birth year, however, petitioner has never used the 1976 in any of her government records. What she has consistently used is 1970 as shown by her school record, passport, and driver's license, it is for this reason that petitioner was compelled to seek this judicial recourse to correct the erroneous entry. To support her prayer in this instant petition, petitioner belabors to produce the folowing pieces of evidence reflecting her correct birth year as 1970:

a.

Her Secondary Student's Permanent Record issued by St. Cyr Academy of Parañaque City, herein marked as ANNEX “B”;

b.

Photocopy of her passport, herein marked as ANNEX 'C'; and

c.

Photocopy of her driver's license, herein marked as ANNEX “D”.

Finding the verified petition sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing to November 16, 2021 at 8:30 o'clock in the morning. Let this order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

The LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, LANAO DEL NORTE, and any person who has an interest in the petition may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this order.

Further, let this Order be posted for Fifteen (15) consecutive days prior to the date of hearing on the bulletin board of the Municipal Hall of Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte, and on the bulletin board of Barangay Poblacion, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte where the petitioner was alleged being born and on the bulletin board of this Court.

The petitioner is directed to notify this court of the publication of this order three (3) days before the scheduled hearing date.

Furnish copy of this Order to the Solicitor General, Makati City; the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor of Lanao del Norte; The Administrator and Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, East Avenue, Quezon City, Metro Manila; Atty. Mumar T. Daligcon, counsel for the Petitioner and the petitioner Ratna Macabato Dimaporo.

SO ORDERED. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

September 7, 2021.

(SGD) ALBERTO P. QUINTO Acting Presiding Judge

ceremony to support the fiber broadband service provider’s continuing terrestrial and subsea domestic network expansion and finance working capital requirements.

They were joined by Converge Deputy Chief Finance Officer Christine Renee R. Blabagno and LANDBANK officials, namely Agricultural and Development Lending Sector Officerin-Charge, Senior Vice President Filipina B. Monje and Corporate

Banking Group Head, Senior Vice President Ma. Celeste A. Burgos.

Also present during the signing ceremony was Converge Chief Financial Office Advisor Matthias Vukovich.

During the virtual ceremony, LANDBANK emphasized the importance of investing in technology as more Filipinos adapt to a digital lifestyle due to the ongoing pandemic.

“We are hopeful on this new partnership between LANDBANK

and Converge to ensure the delivery of fast and consistent internet services across the country. It is with urgency that we must support more users in adapting to home set-ups for work and education in the new normal. This is also aligned with LANDBANK’s thrust of leveraging on digital innovations to provide uninterrupted, safe, and timely financial solutions to our clients, especially the unbanked and underserved,” said BOOST/PAGE 9

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URC marks 65th year with hope amid challenges Universal Robina Corp.

(URC) is marking its 65th year in business, still focused on its customers while taking stock of new challenges and opportunities ahead.

“As we celebrate our 65th anniversary, we are also acutely aware that millions of people have had to navigate a very difficult period shadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

This strengthens our commitment to marshal on, so that we can help our nation, as well as our other markets across the globe, come out of this darkness better and stronger,” said URC president and CEO Irwin Lee. Built from a humble trading business that John Gokongwei ran on his bicycle, URC has grown into one of the largest food and beverage companies today, with market-leading shares in the Philippines in snacks, candies, chocolates, and readyto-drink tea. It also has a strong market position in instant noodles and powdered coffee.

It now has presence in Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Myanmar, China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Laos and Cambodia.

URC traces its roots to 1956, when Universal Corn Products, a company Gokongwei put up through a loan from China Bank chairman Albino Sycip, introduced Panda Corn

Consumers can find some of Universal Robina Corporation’s (URC) products outside of the Philippines as the company exports to areas in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, North Asia, Oceania and the Pacific Islands

Syrup.

With his eyes always on the future, Gokongwei quickly expanded to other segments of the food business to ensure his company would flourish and later have a presence abroad.

In 1961, he and his brothers put up Consolidated Food Corp.

(CFC). Two years later, CFC introduced Blend 45, which became the bestselling coffee brand at the time.

After Blend 45, CFC diversified into candies, wafers and other food products.

URC was officially born in 1966. It quickly dominated the snack

food business, rolling out products that have become staples to this day – Chiz Curls, Chippy, Nips, Jack ‘n Jill Potato Chips, among others. Later best-sellers were Nova, Pretzels, Piattos, Maxx and Payless.

In the 1970s, URC entered the agro-industrial and commodities business, with its foray into hog farming and flour milling, as well as sugar milling in the 1980s. These were vertically integrated with existing businesses and allowed URC to weather volatility in the commodities market.

URC expanded its beverage lineup with its C2 ready-to-drink tea in 2004, a pivot that happened after

Gokongwei saw brewed tea being sold widely in China and Japan in PET bottles.

URC sold 100,000 bottles a month after it introduced C2. Three years later, it was selling over 30 million bottles a month.

URC’s first foray abroad was via a small factory it set up in Hong Kong to produce Jack ‘n Jill Potato Chips. The company eventually set up operations in six countries, with presence in 10 markets in the region. It’s Fun-O and Tivoli brands are currently the market leaders in Thailand’s biscuit and wafer categories, while C2 is a strong player in the URC/PAGE 9

SCHOOLOGY: LEARNING BEYOND CLASSROOM JOHN MICHAEL A. CUYAG Teacher I Cugman National High School

With the advent of the breakthroughs in the field of technology, many of a person's vital processes are greatly enhanced. Such processes range from simple systems in economics up to upgrades in teaching and learning.

With the integration of technology in teaching and learning, many various form of improvements to such process are developed. Certain traditional barriers are removed such as problems in logistics, time requirement and manpower necessities. Schoology, according to its website, is a learning management system that allows user to access and share content and resources in the web. It is a course management system wherein teachers or facilitators can perform basic teaching tasks such as recording, checking and giving of notes and assignments. More importantly, Schoology is a virtual learning environment. This means that hindrances among student or teacher locations will be removed. Additionally, it can be accessed anywhere or anytime as long as stable internet connection is present.

Schoology operates very much like other CMEs (course management systems). Schoology offers easy facilitation of manuals and other learning resources. The manuals and learning resources posted are not

confined within the library of the school or the teachers themselves for online resources can be attached and used.

It is convenient for most of the time, course and assignment requirements are paperless and compliance to such is really accessible anytime. For the students, self-progress monitoring can be easily done while for the teachers, recording and checking is done swiftly.

Though Schoology is a virtual learning environment, it did not remove basic interactions among the students and the teachers likewise. Students in this virtual classroom can still have personal or group communications with their fellow students or to their teachers. Moreover, Schoology can be used without charges yet it already offers many processes vital to teaching and learning.

With Schoology's beneficial, timely and easy to access processes, it is highly recommended to be used and studied to fully explore its capabilities.

As Schoology is one of the results of technological integration to daily interactions in acquisition of knowledge, such system must not be left idle. Since it is free and easy to use with its GUIs (Graphic User Interfaces) that are user friendly, it must really be integrated with the daily teaching and learning processes

in traditional classroom. Yet, it must only be integrated, not solely used for the essence of the traditional studentteacher classrooms cannot change its vitality. Even though such system can be accessed anytime anywhere, it is still dependent upon internet connection which traditional classroom is entirely independent upon.

Even with the ups and downs of Schoolog y, it is still highly recommended to be used for both teachers and students everywhere. In places wherein logistics and location are problems for both the learner and the teacher, Virtual Learning Environments such as Schoology will be of great help.

Also, time-management in learning will be more efficient if Schoology is applied. Lastly, Schoology is neededin terms of application to the modern world for it is a step on using the benefits of technology to each of our common lives.With the integration of technology to teaching and learning, many various form of improvements to such process are developed. Certain traditional barriers are removed such as problems in logistics, time requirement and manpower necessities. Schoology is one of these integrations, which amidst its ups and downs, can still be beneficial both to the teacher and the students.

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LANDBANK President and CEO Borromeo.

C onverge CE O Uy expressed his gratitude to LANDBANK for providing an accessible financial channel to expand their fiber footprint nationwide. “ This loan financing brings us one step closer to our goal of connecting the unserved and underserved areas in the country. The available funds will help us reach into untapped markets and really ‘Go Deep’ into existing ones,” said CEO Uy during the virtual loan signing.

Converge will utilize the credit support from LANDBANK for its continued network expansion across the country, broadening its distribution reach, and b o o s t i ng i nt e r n at i on a l connectivity.

The total loan package f rom L ANDBANK wi l l also include an additional short term loan line as well as a facility for its trade transactions amounting to up to P2 billion.

In line with servicing the emerging needs of its clients in the new normal, LANDBANK successfully facilitated 73.5 million transactions amounting to

P1.307 trillion through its five major e-banking channels from January to July 2021.

This represented comparative year-on-year increases of 12% and 65%, respectively.

As of July 2021, the Bank has also facilitated the opening of more than 1.7 million online accounts through its Digital On-boarding System or DOBS which digitizes the submission of account applications.

LANDBANK also launched recently the DOBS Mobile which facilitates online savings account opening in as fast as 10 to 15 minutes. The LANDBANK DOBS Mobile eliminates the need to line up in branches to open an account, in support of the National Government’s Ease of Doing Business (EODB) initiative, as well as safety protocols imposed to limit COVID-19 infections.

LANDBANK also continues to waive fees for inter-bank fund transfers via InstaPay and PESONet for retail clients until September 30, 2021.

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Asia, Oceania and the Pacific Islands.

URC remains a cornerstone of the Gokongwei group of companies, with a market capitalization of over P300 billion.

“Thanks to Mr John’s constant innovation, entrepreneurial zeal and strong desire to please the customer, URC has risen to become one of the largest branded consumer food and beverage companies in the Philippines, with a significant and growing presence in the ASEAN markets,” said Lee. U R C ’s p e o p l e - f i r s t approach has helped the company weather the difficult period shadowed by the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the past year, the company has pushed boundaries to ensure the well-being of employees, customers and communities.

It has kept its factories and mills up and running despite the rolling lockdowns and quarantine restrictions to make sure millions of Filipinos can stock their pantries with essential food items they need while working or sheltering at home.

ready-to-drink segment in Vietnam.

It also exports to areas in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Indian Ocean Islands, North

Opol SK continues youth initiatives despite COVID-19 pandemic

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POL, Misamis Oriental --As support to the national government’s initaitives in combating the social disruption wrought by the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, Barangay Malanang Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) of Opol bolsters its information campaign and initatives to engange and empower the youth in their community.

SK Chair Valdexter Salomon said during the CORDS-X podcast with Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, September 4, they are currently focusing on developing programs that would enable the youth to exercise their skills in survival and resiliency, such their as clean up drives and zonal youth community-building gardening project.

“Among gihimong contest nga ang mga batan-on tudluan unsaon ug pag-garden kay among nakita nga kung naa'y

EDUCATIONAL CHANGE MANAGEMENT JAYSAMAE M. AWITIN Lumbia Central School, T-I

Driving and inspiring change is a challenge that most organizations are facing today. These efforts often require changing the current business processes, job roles, and organizational structures as well as updating the technologies used in the organization.

Even though different groups within organizations may look at change management differently, it is extremely important to always address the human side of change in organizational contexts.

Change management defined by Moran and Brightman (2001) as ‘the process of continually renewing an organization’s direction, structure, and capabilities to serve the everchanging needs of external and internal customers. Changing does not depend on size and age but occurs thoroughly in all businesses. It is then stated in the study of Alvesson& Sveningsson (2008) that world changes very fast, so the organizations must have to be changed quickly for the development and surviving of the organization. As to this, Van Ossten (2006) identified in his study that the models and theories have been pro-posed for driving changes in organization for managers and leaders to monitor, evaluate and plan changes using structure for quick response to the internal or external environment and foresee the pattern of change by individuals, products, technology and market.

Change management in education is the process of adequately preparing an organization for the upcoming change, creating an implementation plan for leading change in schools, and implementing the change. Change management in schools requires knowledge of the basics of change management, including change models that can provide a framework for change management in primar y and change management in higher education. Implementing change in schools can easily go “off the rails”

and cause a change to fail or not produce the desired results. People can be confused about what to do, resist the change altogether, or have inadequate training on the new process.

Organizational change in education is easier when people leading and managing change are using change management best practices. This includes an outline of procedures for leading change in education that takes the stakeholders (student, teachers, staff, parents) into consideration.

Successful change management in educational institutions uses change tools and methodologies to implement and sustain a change.

Before implementing change management in elementary school levels, the leader should understand how the change will impact the stakeholders. This allows to head off any potential resistance and ensure that the training process will be adequate.

When implementing change in schools, processes in information gathering & preparation stage includes impact assessment, readiness assessment, project assessment, stakeholder analysis, creating a change champion network, preparing for resistance management and creating a change management roadmap are expected.

Kurt Lewin, the leader in change management in the early 20th century developed the 3 Stage Model of Change in order to evaluate the change process in organizational environments and manner of status-quo could be challenged to realize effective changes. Lewin proposed that the behavior of any individual in response to a proposed change is a function of group behavior. Any interaction or force affecting the group structure also affects the individual’s behavior and capacity to change. Therefore, the group environment must be considered in the change process. Lewin’s threestep model describes the 1. nature of change which is the mindset, a mental

and physical capacity that can be almost absolutely reached, but it is initially situated so that the mind can evolve without actually attaining that capacity.;2.its implementation which is the beginning to implement your change, and 3. common challenges which clearly about the sustainment of the change being enacted.

Executing change management in schools is the “doing” part of a change management process. This is when you’ll be implementing change in schools’ procedures or processes according to your roadmap. This requires excellent communication, awareness of how the change is being received, and the ability to adjust your organizational change in education according to the circumstances.

When you’re leading a change in education, it’s easy for people to fall back into old habits and not sustain the new procedures if you haven’t gone through the reinforcement stage of leading and managing change in education. Too often, people think that after the “go-live” date, their job is done as far as change management in educational institutions goes. But people that have gone through the change need to have continued support to help “freeze” those new behaviors.

No matter how often someone is leading change in educational institutions, it can cause resentment, anxiety, and feelings of resistance. That’s why it’s important to follow proper change management in education models. Change management models and methodologies offer a roadmap to navigating both the process and people side of change.

Going through change management processes when implementing change in schools can help ensure a change project is successful and produces the desired results. It can also help those impacted by the change get through it feeling excited about the change rather than resisting it.

kalit-kalit na parehos atong mga lockdown sauna, naa ta'y shortage sa pagkaon. Dapat kabalo ta maningkamot kung unsaon nato pag-supply ug pagkaon sa atong kaugalingon pinaagi sa mga gulay,” Salomon said.

(We made a contest to teach young people how to grow food because we saw the need for it after we experienced sudden lockdowns, like a few months ago when we had food shortages. We should make it a point that all of us should know to survive through vegetable growing) By teaching the youth in their community on growing food on their own, Salomon said they have observed a surge of engagement and responsibility towards their community from children and teens.

Further, in preparation for the upcoming 2022 national elections, the SK chair said they are utilizing social media to drum up interest and share DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

relevant information on the registration process and remind them of the importance of suffrage especially among the youth.

“Unta tabangan nato atong barangay council, SK council, ug atong gobyerno para sa pagpatuman sa health and safety protocols aron masulbad nato ning pandemya. Didto na ta maglipay-lipay after.

Maskin batan-on pa ta, daghan ta ma-contribute, kay nagtuo mi nga ang mga batan-on ang kaugmaon,” he said.

(I hope we can help our barangay council, SK council, and our government in adhering to health and safety protocols so we can finally end this pandemic, we can celebrate when it’s over, despite our youth we can always contribute more because we believe the youth is the key for a better tomorrow).

(VPSB/PIA-10/Misamis Oriental) EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS OF THE ESTATE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late ARMANDO S. REJAS died intestate in Cagayan de Oro City City, Misamis Oriental, leaving a certain property with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-98332 situated at Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-NINE (169) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of ARMANDO S. REJAS, in favor of RICHARD S. REJAS and AMORELE A. REJAS, per DOC #500; BOOK #101; BOOK #58; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. LOMA LIMA AGUINOT-SAY.

That the late ORLANDO L. NAZARENO who died intestate on November 15, 2015, to the best of our knowledge and information of the parties hereto the deceased left no known which remain unpaid; the deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-180766 Tax Declaration No. G-274861 situated in the Barangay of Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro, island of Mindanao, containing an area of Eighty Seven (87) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS OF THE ESTATE, filed by the heirs of ORLANDO L. NAZARENO, per DOC #311; PAGE #63; BOOK #17; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ISIDRO Q. LICO.

BWM: Sept. 10, 17 & 24, 2021

BWM: Sept. 10, 17 & 24, 2021

The importance of mathematics in the Philippines

By LOURDES C. LAURETE SST III CDONHS-JH

DESPITE the many changes to the curriculum, the go a ls of mat hemat ics education at the Basic Education level remain more or less the same: to provide opportunities for individuals to develop skills and attitudes needed for effective participation in everyday living and prepare them for further education and the world of work so that they make worthwhile contributions to the society at large.

Mathematics as we see it has the following roles in Philippine education: facilitating participation in productive life activities, providing a way of making sense of the world, serving as a means of communication and operating as a gateway to national progress.

Everyone needs mathematics. Regardless of sex, culture, socioeconomic status, religion or educational background, all people have one way or another, needed to apply some for m of mat hemat ica l k now l e d ge i n d e a l i ng w it h t heir d ay to d ay activities. One cannot deny the practical uses of mathematics in making wise purchases, measuring distances, finding l o c at i o n s , e s t i m at i n g expenses and anticipating future problems to find solutions early enough to name a few. More than just a set of isolated facts and concepts, mathematics provides us with ways of knowing, thinking and understanding.

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Alterpower Specialist Inc., a company affiliated with businessman Alberto Espiritu; and Hanwha Global Asset Corporation of the Hanwha Group of South Korea.

The current installed capacity of the utilitys c a l e s o l ar f ar m i s at 28.59-megawatts; and buyer Fort Pilar is eyeing to scale that up to 40 megawatts.

“Fort Pilar plans to expand the plant to 40MW to reach its full capacity under its solar service contract,” the company said.

The targeted investment for the facility expansion is P500 million; and it shall include upgrade of the plant’s electrical systems; as well as for the procurement of additional solar PV modules.

The site of the Digos plant is considered a prime location for solar irradiation – which has been estimated at the scale of 1,872.4 kilowatt hours per square meter. The plant’s output reaches 43 million kWhs on a yearly basis.

Shei la B. Romero,

chairperson of Fort Pilar Energy, stated that “our acquisition of ADSI signals our pivot to the power industry.”

She qualified “while we remain committed to our legacy businesses in infrastructure and transportation, we believe that our company’s shift to the energy industry is a logical transition given our track record in building successful enterprises in challenging industries.”

Apart from this solar facility acquisition, Fort Pilar started pursuing its investment niche in the energy sector via its recent purchase of the 650-megawatt Ma l aya t her ma l p ower plant that was privatized this year by state-run Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation.

The company is similarly injecting P5.0 billion worth of capital spend for the deployment of battery energy storage system (BESS), a technology reinforcement to improve power supply in Zamboanga.

Romero further noted

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This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on September 15, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this board on which date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

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This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on September 21, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

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“our investment in a solar power plant in Mindanao reflects our firm belief that the growth of the Philippines lies in the development of our rural areas.”

The Digos solar project officially kicked off commercial operations in 2016, following construction completion by its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor Sterling and Wilson, complemented by a sub-contract deal with Meralco Industrial Engineering Services Corporation (MIESCOR), its local contractor.

Prior to the facility’s divestment to Fort Pilar Energy, Alterpower Specialist had 65-percent equity in the Digos solar project; while the other 35-percent was owned

by Hanwa Q Cells Korea Corporation, which has also been the plant’s supplier of solar panels.

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Specifically, the activity aims to capture new building structures which were not yet geo-tagged; identify and mark demolished buildings found during the conduct of the 2020 Census of Population and Housing (2020 CPH); and establish geo-spatial frame for group or cluster of establishments.

The results of this geotagging activity will be used to enhance the agency’s efforts in adopting geo-spatial technologies in its products and services.

Field personnel deployed for this activity are provided with PSA identification cards, and necessar y personal protective equipment (PPE) materials such as face masks,

face shields, and alcohol. They are also instructed to strictly adhere to health and safety protocols against COVID-19 such as physical distancing, wearing of PPEs, and frequent washing of hands or use of alcohol.

E s t a b l i s h m e nt s a n d building owners in the aforementioned economic areas, as well as concerned local government units (LGUs), are enjoined to support the conduct of the 2021 Updating of Geo-tagged Building Structures and Geotagging of Economic Areas.

(PSA-10/PIA-10)

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in 2017 with P350 million, 2018 (P100 million), 2020 (P214 million).

"The completion of the Cagayan de Oro Convention Center, which stands two decades, demonstrates our resolve and commitment to pursue into fruition our de velopment goals and aspirations. Amid a pandemic, we are able to offer the region a landmark that can host regional, national, and even international gatherings," National Economic and Development Authority Regional Director Mylah Faye Cariño said in a statement.

(PNA)

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is also in support of President Rodrigo Duterte’s Executive Order No. 70 institutionalizing the wholeof-nation approach to end local communist armed conflict.

Early in May this year, the community also received banana cardava planting

materials through the HighValue Crops Development Program.

Also present during the turnover was Iligan City Agriculturist Jose Desiderio D. Oyo-a. (DA RFO 10)

Invest... from page 3

s e c t or, w it h t r a n s p or t infrastructure requiring investments amounting to $100 billion for the next decade.

Wit h t h e g row i ng economy, demand for power is also expected to increase.

The local supply chain indust r y, on t he ot her hand, requires investment amounting to P14.07 billion in the next 10 years, particularly investments for warehouses, cold storage facilities, container yards, and integrated logistics depots.

Wit h t h e ongoi ng coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic, Lopez said there is an urgency to build more healthcare facilities in the country.

“The Philippine health system is limited to cope with the growing number of confirmed and suspected cases. The current hospital bed-to-population ratio is at 1:984,” the top trade official said.

In the first quarter of the year, Japan was the top source of investment pledges in investment promotion agencies amount ing to $215.36 million. (PNA)

Demand... from page 5

two-week facility to P400 billion from last week’s P420 billion.

Both tenors were oversubscribed and fully

awarded.

Tenders for the sevenday TDF reached P191.356 billion, resulting in a bid coverage ratio of 1.1960.

Bids for the 14-day facility amounted to P422.712 billion.

Bid coverage ratio stood at 1.0568.

In a statement, BSP Deputy Governor Francisco Dakila Jr. said bids submitted during the auction are “well within the BSP’s expected volume range.”

Dakila said this week’s “auction results show the continued preference of market participants toward the shorter tenor.”

“Nevertheless, market conditions remain normal a m i d s u s t a i n e d a mp l e liquidity in the financial system. Looking ahead, the BSP’s monetary operations will continue to be based on its assessment of the latest liquidity conditions and market developments,” he added. (PNA)

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USTP CDO Campus, namely Technology Communication Management, Technician Teacher Education, and Teaching Languages.

GSK's partners, on the other hand, are CDO City Agriculture Productivity Operations Office, CLENRO, DA Agriculture Training Institute Region X, Green Minds Inc., Junior C hamb e r Inte r nat i ona l Kagayhaan Gold, and Kids Who Farm.

Individual benefactors include Ms. Philline Marie Donggay and Yul Batiller.

You c an c h e c k G SK through its official Facebook Page GSK CDO. PR

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NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION FOR ALIEN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT If you have any information / objection to mentioned applications, Please communicate with the Regional Director.

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So is this just the way we humans are? Will we ever have the willpower to do what we know we should?

This is why God came: to connect us to His power—so we can finally have all the power we need to live up to our potential, and live the way we know we should and were created to enjoy.

Jesus came to forgive us so we could live in a right, close relationship with our powerful Creator.

Knowledge is not your problem. You know what you should do. It’s power that you need. And Jesus has all the power you will ever need, for whatever you face. His empty grave shouts it loud and clear: He has all the power, even over death!

And His power is yours—if you will ask Him to forgive you for living your own wrong way, and to take full charge of every area of your life. Just think a minute.

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The youths love and adore her. Her witticism and crisp delivery of searing criticisms have yet to be equaled. She ran for President again in 2016. In a final debate among the contenders, it was the turn of candidate Rodrigo R. Duterte to ask Sen. Miriam D. Santiago a question: “I am facing a woman who could become the President of this country. What can I ask of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late ELISEO CANOY ABRIGOSO, who died intestate on June 21, 2017 at Poblacion, Tagoloan Misamis Oriental, died intestate, without Will or Testament and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; that the deceased left a certain parcel of land with KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO BLG. P-22710 situated at Poblacion, Municipality of Tagoloan, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED THIRTEEN (313) square meters, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, filed by the heirs of ELISEO CANOY ABRIGOSO, per DOC #453; PAGE #91; BOOK #20; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ALMIRA B. VALDEZ. BWM: Sept. 3, 10 & 17, 2021

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HEIRS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late LILIA L. TABIGNE, who died on October 30, 2020 at Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC), Capitol Compound, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, that the said deceased, death intestate, without leaving any known debt which has remained unpaid or unsettled up to the present, and all the obligations incurred during her death were all paid and/or settled; that the said deceased at the time of her death, left a real property with Transfer Certificate of Title No. 137-2018001495 situated in Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED (200) SQUARE METERS, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT BETWEEN HEIRS, filed by the heirs of LILIA L. TABIGNE, per DOC #224; PAGE #45; BOOK #CXXXVI; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JORGE B. MAGDAONG, JR. BWM: Sept. 3, 10 & 17, 2021

you? It is an insult to ask a question of such a learned woman. My question, Ma’am, is how are you today?” That’s how the man who became President looked up to and addressed Lady Miriam.

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The culture of corruption has impoverished our people, perpetuated by politicians who cannot moderate their greed, portraying themselves as full of integrity and decency but behind their masks are nothing but vultures who suck the country dry of resources.

The oppressive structures that spawn these negative culture must now be countervailed upon by the collective power of the people not through bloody revolution but through an awakening processes through c on s c i e nt i z at i on . T h at collectivist counter culture must be the people’s response to break monopolies and cartels in a country where only 50 families control the economy. This collectivist counter culture is the one to rectify social wrongs and legal flaws in a country that portrays itself as following the rule of law, yet, we have lost our ecological integrity and are now facing ecological disasters simply because the loggers and miners have been allowed to exploit our natural resources with utter disregard to the rule of law.

Elections seem to center on personalities rather than on issues, thus, social injustices and inequities go on without let-up.

Where the farmers do not own they land they till, or if they do, they do not control the mode of production and marketing; where the Filipino consumers are tied-up to the oppressive marketing system that makes the country just dumping ground of finished products and source of cheap EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late MARLYN A. RUDENAS died on October 18, 2019 in Cagayan de Oro City, that the deceased MARLYN A. RUDENAS left a certain real property which is a house and lot with TCT No. 137-2015002801 situated in Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, with an area of 67 square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE, filed by the heirs of MARLYN A. RUDENAS, in favor of BRIAN R. BAUTISTA and CORAZON ROAN R. BAUTISTA, per DOC #137; PAGE #28; BOOK #XIV; Series of 2020 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. PERFECTO JUSTINO A. MENDOZA. BWM: Aug. 27, Sept. 3 & 10, 2021

raw materials following an extractive economy; where a country is not producing what it is consuming that is why it is always poor; where everything sold in this country passes at least five marketing layers that a pill of Lipitor bought in New Delhi at 35 centavos is sold in Philippine pharmacies at fifty pesos, a bag of fertilizer (Ammonium Sulfate) bought in Ukraine at fifty pesos is being sold in Mindanao at One Thousand pesos at the expense of the poor farmers; where a few cartels and oligarchs perpetuate their stranglehold of multibillion utilities like the socalled electric cooperatives which should be rightfully owned and managed by the 13 million MCO (memberconsumer-owners); and where the Indigenous Peoples have been deprived of the access and control over their ancestral domains and if they resisted, they are being killed as what happened to some 63 IP leaders who were killed in the last five years. Corporate globalization in cohort with these politicians seem to be the culprit!

Indeed, corporate globalization continue their gargantuan raking at the expense of our resources and cheap labor, bombarding our ecosystems and water-tables of toxic chemicals. In fact, seven out of eight herbicides and pesticides being used by these Trans-National Corporation in in the 200,000 thousand hectares plantations in Mindanao are already banned in other countries.

In fact, many of thes e corporations operating in Mindanao are already banned to enter Puerto Rico and other developing countries.

Why are they here? Because they said that the Philippine is a nation of coward people!

Not anymore as the Filipinos are now in the awakening stage, now undergoing the conscientization process to wage a peaceful revolution for social change!

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Anak Mindanao (AMIN) Party-list, Leyte 4th District Rep. Lucy Torres-Gomez, B a s i l an R e p. Muj i v S .

Hataman, Lanao del Norte 1st District Representatives Mo h am a d K h a l i d Q. Dimaporo and Ansarrudin Abdul Malik A. Adiong, and Lanao del Sur 2nd District Rep. Yasser Alonto Balindong "for consistently championing the plight of the people of

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Marawi."

"And being a strong ally in our collective clamor for the passage of this important legislation to help heal and rebuild the lives of the Marawi siege victims," it added.

The MRCW said it would remain vigilant and steadfast in lobbying and ensuring that HB 9925 will have its Senate counterpart and see its eventual passage.

"We call on the support of the Senate, especially Senators Juan Miguel F. Zubiri, Francis N. Tolentino, Ronald M. dela Rosa, Christopher Lawrence T. Go, and Imee R. Marcos, who filed the draft Marawi Compensation Bill submitted

by MRCW in December 2019 as Senate Bill 1395 in March 2020. We also look forward to working closely with Senator Risa Hontiveros, who will file a similar Marawi compensation bill in the Senate," it said.

Cash-for-work IDP recipients Meanwhile, about 100 internally displaced persons (IDPs) who benefitted from the cash-for-work program of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Philippines conveyed their gratitude for the significant aid the international organization and its project have contributed to their dwelling in Bahay Pag-asa I in Barangay Bito Buadi Itowa in Marawi City.

Engineer Ismael Ali, the camp manager of the temporar y shelter, said seeing the situation of their houses deteriorate over time by the weather condition in the city, he asked the ICRC for tarpaulins that would at least cover the holes for them to be habitable even during rainy moments, but the organization went beyond their request as much more were provided to them.

"The help they gave was big because what I asked for was just tarpaulins. They did not just give tarpaulin.

They also gave nipa, bamboo, hammer, bolo, and nails.

They also paid those who live in the house," he said in the vernacular.

Ali said two of their representatives per household were compensated by the ICRC for repairing their own homes within 10 days with the rate of P4,000 for the skilled worker or main carpenter and P3,000 for the unskilled worker or the

helper.

He thanked the ICRC for establishing the water supply in the area.

Ali said since October 2017, the ICRC has already reached out to the IDPs. "They already gave help through water supply and until now, they are still here.

The ICRC is helping us. Of all that helped us, only ICRC did not leave us… I cannot pay (what they have done).

Thank you so much to the ICRC. That is really the NGO that I am (most thankful for)," he said.

Maimona Ali, a resident of Bahay Pag-asa I, cited the longtime help of the ICRC. Another resident, Ashira Palawan, expressed her satisfaction with the assist ance provide d by the ICRC, considering the hardship they went through after the siege and the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic. (PNA)

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those affected during quarantine and encourage them to do urban farming by giving them seeds to grow," she said.

With the coming of partners, such as KWF and JCI, the project expanded to become a full-blown e x te ns i on proj e c t t h at would capacitate partner communities.

Under the MOU, the USTP, KWF, and JCI KG will take the lead in the oversight and facilitation to ensure the continuity of processes and inclusivity in terms of reaching out to project partners, and will conduct due diligence and know-yourfuture-farmers baseline data gathering activities to validate and confirm the viability of the urban community micro-farms in identified urban communities.

The three groups will facilitate the conduct of capacity development interventions related to urban farming, agro-enterprise development, and financial literacy with the support of project partners in identified urban communities where the urban community microfarms will be established, including volunte er ing opportunities for interested youth and youth-led organizations.

Roel Gabo, the chairperson of Barangay Pagatpat, said the

community looks forward to being one of the pilot barangays.

"This is a good help for the farmer sector, despite the pandemic, and for this to become a continuing program," Gabo said. (PNA)

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processing facilities.

“Mindanao was known for its quality plywood produced by such companies as Sta. Clara and others. Later, the tree industry shifted to growing Falcata for the country’s largest paper mill, the Paper Industries Corp. of the Philippines (PICOP) in Bislig City, Surigao del Sur,” Mr. Piñol said.

“PICOP shut down its operations several years ago due to mismanagement,” he added.

Mr. Piñol said Falcata is a fast-growing tree species planted in mountainous terrain, particularly in the Caraga region, with the potential to generate income for rural families.

However, he said tree farmers are disorganized, while the majority of the logs are purchased by private processors or exported to China.

“The logs exported to China are processed into plywood and veneer and sold back to the Philippines depriving the farmers of added value for their trees,” Mr. Piñol said.

Mr. Herbosa said: “This is the approach that we should take in undertaking development projects to provide jobs and boost the economy at the same time.”

MinDA is planning a virtual convention of tree farmers by the end of August to organize the Mindanao Industrial Tree Farming Development Council. — Revin Mikhael D. Ochave

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Buy all you can and fly when you can to any PH destination for only PHP99 each

EBU Pacific’s 25th year celebration is far from over as the Philippines’ leading airline once again offers its innovative, first-of-its-kind CEB Super Pass from September 9, until the 16th!

Because CEB remains committed to enable everyJuan to fly, it is determined to welcome ‘Ber’ months in a SUPER way with this limited time offer! Made especially for Juans who value flexibility, convenience, and affordability, this 99-peso (one-way base fare) is perfect for you! Whether you want to go on a vacation, or travel to visit family and friends, or even for work – CEB has

you covered with the CEB Super Pass which you may use for ANY of the airline’s over 30 domestic destinations!

What’s more – you can buy all you can and fly when you can – perfect as gifts to our loved ones this Christmas season! Travel period for these passes is September 16, 2021 all the way up to September 30, 2022.

Passengers who have existing Travel Funds may also make use of their virtual wallets to stock up on these vouchers.

“We want to keep inspiring everyJuan to look forward to traveling no matter what their reason may be – be it for immediate travel, or for the

coming months. Because the situation continues to be fluid, we know the CEB Super Pass is a timely option for guests who know they want and need to travel, but are unsure of destinations and dates. With this voucher, everyJuan is guaranteed a very affordable fare,” said Candice Iyog, Cebu Pacific Vice President for Marketing and Customer Experience.

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Once successful, your CEB Super Pass will be sent via email, for keeping until you are ready to redeem with a final place and date in mind.

How to redeem the CEB Super Pass Booking the CEB Super Pass can be done via the “Redeem CEB Super Pass” tab on the website as early as thirty (30) days before the flight’s departure or until seven (7) days before intended flight date, as long as seats are still available. Vouchers may be redeemed from September 9, 2021 to September 23, 2022.

Guests may redeem CEB Super Pass by clicking the ‘CEB Super

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"You can count on us to ensure we continue fulfilling our commitment to provide seamless connectivity and value-for-money deals so we keep enabling everyJuan to fly,” added Iyog.

CEB currently flies to 32 domestic destinations, mainly from its hubs in Manila and Cebu. For more information on CEB Super Pass, visit www.cebupacificair.com