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BAYUGAN CIRCLE - A place where people spend time for family bonding and informal group events. From its original face, it has changed a lot as the local government realizes its importance for other events, like sports, cultural presentations and contests. Seen as one travels between the cities of Butuan and Davao, the ‘rotunda’ is located along the national highway, right at the center of Bayugan City, with decorative park lights and a dancing fountain, among others. (Google Image)

Butuan City goes global

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UTUAN CITY goes global, as Mayor Ferdinand M. Amante Jr. gets invited to various international conventions, an honor not just for the recently re-elected city official, but more for the Butuanons.

One of such invitations was from Germany where Amante spoke during the 2013 Eschborn Dialogue on the Comprehensive Land Resource Planning and Development Project (CLRPDP) of the city.

CLRPDP is a co-management undertaking of the City Government of Butuan (BCG) and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), under agreement with the GIZ COSERAM since early 2011.

GIZ COSERAM is a German company expert in conflict sensitive resource

Police arrests ‘shabu dealer’

and asset management that assists diverse programs all over the Philippines, DENR-Caraga Regional Executive Director Nonito Tamayo acknowledges partner agentapped by the BCG for aid cies for actively participating in tree planting activities in support of the reforestation to the said co-management program of government. This, during the Tree Planting and Caring activity, Tuesday, GLOBAL | page 11

in time with the celebration of Arbor Day. (PIA-13/asf) ON Arbor Day, Tuesday, personnel of Philippine Information Agency (PIA-13) and other government agencies in Region-13 participate in tree planting and caring activity, called Balik Tan-aw sa Mayapay, Balik Tan-aw sa Kinaiyahan" at Mt. Mayapay, Butuan City. (PIA-13/asf)

Dengue reaches recordhigh in Surigao City

By Roel Catoto of MindaNews

SURIGAO CITY – The number of dengue cases here has reached a record-high of 147 in the first five months, this year, with two deaths reported- compared to 107 cases for the same period in 2012, with four deaths reported.

Assistant Statistician Evangeline E. Juarez of the Surigao City Health Office showed the fiveyear record indicating a rise in dengue cases.

From January to May this year, 147 cases were

recorded compared to 107 for same period in 2012, 112 in 2011, 111 in 2010 and 75 in 2009.

This year, Barangay Taft topped in cases with 63, followed by Barangay Washington’s 43, and Barangay Luna’s 24.

Last year, Barangay Washington topped with 48 cases, followed by Taft with 22 and Barangay Luna with 21.

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CAMP RAFAEL RODRIGUEZ, Libertad, Butuan City - Personnel of Barobo Municipal Police Station, led by SPO4 Elecito Rivas, under the supervision of Police Inspector Joy Allan O Blasco, apprehended a suspected shabu dealer, evening of June 24, this year.

The suspect, Edelito Alonzo Diada, 26 years old, married, a motorcycle driver, was nabbed during a buy-bust operation right at his residence in Talisay, Barobo Surigao del Sur. Diada is in the illegal drugs target list of the Barobo police. Acting as poseur buyer was PO2 Arnold M. Sarong.

Taken from the suspect were one transparent plastic sachet containing ‘shabu’ and a five PP500 marked money.

The apprehending team continued body search of the suspect, inventoried and marked the evidences at the Barobo Police Station in the presence of Barangay Poblacion Kagawad Lucresio Sanchez and shabu | page 11

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CAAP asked to allow Lumbia porters to serve new airport ACTING upon the report of Councilor Ramon G. Tabor, the 16th City Council during its regular session Monday presided over

by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas adopted a resolution requesting the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines (CAAP) through Area Manager Mohammad Naga Rascal to reconsider its decision and to allow the Cagayan de Oro Skycap Multi-purpose Cooperative to serve at the newly opened Laguindingan Airport.

According to Tabor, members of the association have been giving services at the Lumbia airport for a long time and derived their livelihood from this.

The councilor said upon his return recently from a trip using the Laguindingan Airport, he noticed the ab-

sence of familiar faces that used to meet passengers to assist them.

Tabor said he was surprised that the group was not part of the team at the new airport. He added that news reports regarding the plight of the porters concerned him.

“That is their livelihood.

They had been there since early 70’s,” Councilor Tabor said, adding that the cooperative is making an honest living out of the type of work they and their parents have engaged in for many years. Aside from this, the cooperative is efficiently performing services, paying their taxes and was even awarded by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) for excellent performance, he added.

Councilor Tabor said the city’s request is that the group be allowed to go with the development of the airport and be able to engage in the work they had been doing all their lives. (LCR)

MAJESTIC VIEW. A Cebu Pacific plane arrives in the newly-opened Laguindingan Airport in Laguindingan town, Misamis Orienta amid the majestic view of Camiguin Islanld in the background on Saturday, June 15. MindaNews photo by Froilan Gallardo

Bigger share in nat’l taxes for LGUs urged A lawmaker from Mindanao said he would pursue a bigger “Share in the National Taxes (SNT)” for cities, towns, provinces and barangays to speed up their economic growth, create jobs and deliver comprehensive social services.

Senator Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III, PDP Laban President, pointed out that LGUs have a right to a just share of the national taxes that should be immediately released to them, and are entitled to an equitable share in the proceeds of the utilization of the national resources within their jurisdiction.

Pimentel’s proposed measure, which he calls the “Bigger Pie, Bigger Slice Bill,” will include in the funds to be divided between the national government

and the LGUs all taxes such as Customs duties, LTO collections, and wharfage dues, not just internal revenue taxes.

Pimentel wants the sharing between the national government and the LGUs to be pegged at 50-50 in lieu of the present 60-40 percent provided for under the Local Government Code.

Meanwhile, Pimentel also pledged to make the revitalization of local governments one of his top priorities once he starts a full term in the Senate.

In his remarks during the

commemoration of the 75th signing of the Charter of Bacolod City, Pimentel said that while he is still committed to election reform, he now wants to continue the work of his father, former Senate President Aquilino “Nene” Q. Pimentel, Jr. who was the leading advocate of local autonomy in Congress and principal author of the Local Government Code of the Philippines.

“Just as the family is the basic unit of society, the local government, starting with the barangay, is the basic political unit of the

Philippine government and territory. The autonomy and development of local governments is a basic test of democracy without which regional and national development will suffer,” Pimentel said.

The increase in the funding of local government units and the change in sharing percentage, he said, would greatly increase the capacity of cities and municipalities as well as the barangays to deliver vital social services to their constituents,.

CDO disaster risk reduction team makes it to national finals of Kalasag award THE Cagayan de Oro City Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council chaired

by Mayor Vicente Y. Emano

with Vice Mayor Caesar Ian ner in the Highly-Urbanized E. Acenas as vice chair was City category in the Search adjudged as the regional win- for Excellence in Disaster Risk Reduction Management and Humanitarian Assistance.

This was announced

by CDRRM Officer Engr.

Armen Cuenca during the flag raising ceremony last Monday.

The Gawad Kalasag (Kalamidad at Sakuna Labanan Sariling Galing ang Kaligtasan) Award is conferred to Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Councils (LDRRMC) and Civil Society Organizations (CSO) that excel in disaster risk reduction and management and humanitarian assistance during calamities, it was learned.

According to Engr. Cuenca, as the regional winner, the CDRRMC is a finalist for the Best Performing LGU in the national level.

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Why there are ‘no tribes’ in the Philippines

By Jesus T. Peralta

Put simply, a tribe is a corporate descent group below the state in integration.

Its first idea is the manner by which people explain their social and political organization where leadership is neither formalized nor permanent. It changes with history and political context.

However, it is based on a concept of political identity through patrilineal descent.

It is then associated with unilineal descent systems, usually patriarchal.

Membership in a tribe is, therefore, well defined due to unilineal kinship.

In the Philippines, technically, there are no tribes since the kinship system among Philippine groups is bilateral, although at times there is a matriarchal bias especially with reference to post-marital residences.

This is the reason there are also no ancestors in the Philippine system since it is ego focused and not ancestor focused as in unilineal systems. It is for the same reason that terms clans or moieties cannot be used to describe Philippine societies since these refer to unilineal kinship forms.

Originally, it is the third part of the Roman people.

Generally it is a collection of people descending from

one ancestor (e.g. the 12 tribes of Israel were the 12 collections of families that descended from the sons of Jacob).

Generally, these are groups with linguistic and cultural resemblances. Etymology – up until the 18th19 century, it was used to denote the original European societies in general, but mostly the first Roman settlements. The first use to denote non-western people was in the 18th-19th century when the established Western view was of the superiority of the Western peoples and societies over the rest of the world.

Tribe is an organizational concept between the band and the state. Contemporary tribes did not originate from pre-state tribes, rather in pre-state bands. This came about as a modern practice of state expansion.

Such pre-state bands comprise small, mobile, fluid social formations with weak leadership. These developed when states set them up as a means to extend administrative and economic influence in the hinterlands, where direct political control would cost too much.

Thus their boundaries became clearer with a more centralized authority that would be more responsive to the state.

In the United States the

word was applied to the indigenous peoples because the Americans of European descent could not accept the indigenous peoples as nations.

The word was also universally applied to all the peoples of Africa for the same reason. The view persists even today. The reason is that the term is used in Western languages which were taught to locals peoples

by Western teachers with their Western viewpoints.

Why is it then so misunderstood and commonly misused even by Philippine officialdom?

The practice has created confusion especially with reference to ethnic identity and definition. The notion is based on its use as an administrative devise in various concepts prior to, during and colonial rule.

To some degree, this concerns maintained conceptions modified for political purposes.

The administrative concepts of “tribe” take on a corporate identity with fixed territorial boundaries that many “tribes” do not possess, and give privileges and authority to” tribal” leaders that are dependent on the

state organization, and not derived from leadership as understood by the people themselves – for instance the organization of “tribal councils” where previously there were only councils of elders; or the concept of “ancestral domain”, where no ascendant ancestor can be identified in the Philippines for any ethnic group.

The problem with the word tribe is that it is not general enough in application since its meaning is not precise except in the fact that it always implies primitiveness.

The term “ethnic group”

is generally sufficient in comprehension to accommodate the meaning of groups of people or societies that are pre-state or subnational - which is closer to the nature of groups of people in the Philippines. Anthropologists in the Philippines prefer the use of the term, “ethnolinguistic group”, because the implication of language includes specific culture.

About the Author: Jesus T. Peralta is a Bachelor of Philosophy graduate from the University of Sto. Tomas, with a Master of Arts in Anthropology from the University of the Philippines, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology from the University of California. He was Director III of the National Museum until he retired in 1997. Most interestingly, he is also a ten-time winner in the Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature in the field of playwriting. He has more than 120 scientific papers and publications on anthropology, archaeology, and general culture to his name. He is the author of The Tinge of Red, Glimpses: Peoples of the Philippines and Insights into Philippine Culture: Festschrift in Honor of William Henry Scott. He now works as a Consultant for The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA)-MIS. ncca.gov

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Cebu business leader urges focus on heritage tourism CEBU City--Cebu Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) president Lito Maderazo has urged tourism players in the province to put more emphasis on culture and heritage when developing tourism products.

Maderazo also asked the government to do something about infrastructure, citing problems like traffic

congestion and flooding in Cebu as becoming frequent problems.

Maderazo said it is culture and heritage that makes a destination unique for tourists.

He urged the tourism industry to “sell the Cebu experience” and do away with the usual tours and conventional establishments and stores.

Tourists, he said, should be immersed in the daily life of Cebuanos.

“They need to experience what we ourselves enjoy in Cebu,” he said.

He said tourists should be introduced to street food, markets, jeepney rides and the creative things that are being made here.

Along with this, he said local and national govern-

ment units should work to improve cleanliness and peace and order, bringing the message down to vendors and jeepney drivers.

Cebu Governor-elect Hilario Davide III acknowledged the importance of tourism for Cebu’s development and assured that his administration will support local government units in developing their

own tourism programs.

He urged local leaders to highlight heritage in their own towns and support sustainable local economic enterprises.

As an example, he said owners of historical homes can be encouraged to turn their houses into home-stay accommodations or cafes.

He urged Cebuanos to work hard to get the cov-

eted chance to host the principal event of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in 2015.

With the APEC, “Summit meetings and the World Eucharistic Congress to be held in Cebu in 2016,” Davide said Cebuanos should grab the chance to take Cebu tourism to a new level. (PNA)

Mudpack fest now on its 17th year BACOLOD CITY -The two-day “Mudpack Festival” which kicked off Saturday in Mambukal Mountain Resort in Barangay Minoyan, Murcia town in Negros Occidental is now on its 17th year.

The symbolic celebration of man’s return to primitive time revolved on the theme “Our Climate, Our Actions, Our Future.”

A poster-making and mixed media contests, all aimed at promoting environmental conservation and proTravelers take pleasure in feeding Ostrich in Mantianak Botanical Garden and Zoological Park in Sugbongcogon, tection, marked the Misamis Oriental. Ostrich is one of the hundreds of bird species and animals in the park. Local and foreign tourists enjoy sightseeing the natural wonders in the park. Mantianak Botanical Garden and Zoological Park is the manage- opening of the festival. ment and care of the local government of Sugbongcogon. (photo by rolando n. Sudaria) The tribal dance and drum-beating competitions were also held to showcase Mambukal’s natural During a recent tourism ment of customs, immigra- adjustment in 2015” because wealth.

BACOLOD CIT Y– The number of tourists who forum held at the Bacolod tion and quarantine (CIQ) of the reduction in the tariff Other highlights visited this city in 2012 is City Government Center, system at the airport for the of imported sugar.(PNA) such as solo dance imhandling and operations of

More tourists visit Bacolod in 2012 higher by almost 18 percent compared to the previous year, figures of the Bacolod City Tourism Office show.

The increase can be attributed to the influx of domestic tourists, reaching 366,720 in 2012 from only 273,131 in the previous year.

In 2012, 69,792 foreign tourists visited Bacolod, lower than the 78,737 in 2011. Overseas Filipino wor ke rs ar r iv a l s a l s o dropped to 12,943 in 2012 from 29,076 in the prior year.

Most of the foreign visitors were Koreans while Americans are second on the list, followed by Russians, Japanese, Australians, Chinese, Germans, and Canadians.

Bacolod, the capital of Negros Occidental known as the “City of Smiles,” celebrates the world-renowned MassKara Festival every October.

Regional Director Helen Catalbas of the Department of Tourism 6 said based on tourist arrivals, Bacolod is one of the tourism front runners in Western Visayas.

In terms of tourist arrivals, Bacolod follows Boracay Island and Iloilo City, she added.

Catalbas said Bacolod even has more tourism potentials because it has a modern airport and a sea port that caters to international vessels.

She added that the BREDCO Port can also be tapped for the visits of medium-sized cruise ships.

To boost tourist arrivals in Bacolod and Negros Occidental, local tourism stakeholders had earlier called on national and local officials to declare the Bacolod-Silay Airport an international airport.

The group had also pushed for the establish-

international flights.

Immigration Commissioner Ricardo David Jr. had earlier denied the request of outgoing Bacolod Mayor Evelio Leonardia to set up immigration desks at the local airport because the agency’s “prevailing manpower and equipment restrictions limit their available resources.”

But Bacolod-Silay Airport has later been included in the Tourism Development Plan for the setting up of CIQ processing centers to facilitate the arrivals of new and incoming tourists.

The tourism stakeholders here are positioning the city and the province as a tourist destination and haven.

They said the tourism industry will also “complement the province’s main sugar industry which is facing a painful, restructural

provisation and body painting competition are set to start at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Mambukal Resort celebrates the annual Mudpack Festival every third week of June.

The festival centers on the harmony of man and nature. It also features the resort’s multi-colored clay.

It also gathers visual artists from all over the province to exhibit their artistry through ethnic music, dance and crafts.

Mambukal Resort, on the other hand, is considered as one of the premier tourism destinations in Negros Occidental.

It serves as gateway to Mt. Kanlaon Natural Park and it boasts a number of hot sulfur springs. (PNA)

Students from the Caraga State University (CSU) play the lyre while being blindfolded during the Drum and Lyre competition in Cabadbaran City in Agusan del Norte early this year.

MindaNews photo by Erwin Mascarinas

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CdeO dad assails ordinance on medical wastes processing CAGAYAN DE ORO City-An opposition city councilor has assailed the approval of a City Ordinance for the establishment and operation of a Medical Waster Processing Facility and Septage Treatment at the dumpsite in Barangay Carmen here.

City Councilor Edgar Cabanlas said that the city council should have left the approval of the ordinance to the incoming administration out of “propriety.”

“If we have some sense of propriety, we should have

given the task of approving the Ordinance to the new set of city council,” Cabanlas added.

The majority members of the City Council approved the City Ordinance No. 2013-142 via 15-2 votes during the division of the house on Monday’s regular and last session of the 15th City Council here. The next City Council regular session would be in July paving a new administration for the 16th City Council.

The ordinance authorized City Mayor Vicente

Malacanang: Review family disaster preparedness plans MANILA -- As the Philippines braces for the rainy season, Malacanang is reiterating its call for Filipinos to review their respective families’ disaster preparedness plans in order to prevent any mishap or casualty befalling them.

Deputy Presidential Spokesperson Abigail Valte made the call in a press briefing aired over government-run radio station dzRB Radyo ng Bayan on Sunday.

“We encourage everybody since nasa rainy season na po tayo, to review your family’s own disaster preparedness,” Valte said.

She said Filipino families should heed the call of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management

Council to stock up on essential goods and regularly conduct family disaster drills in order to prepare and protect ourselves for any eventuality that may happen.

“I-replenish na po natin ‘yung mga emergency supplies na kailangan natin, na dapat nasa ating bahay, at magkaroon na rin tayo ng ating mga family drill para masanay ang ating mga kapamilya at mga kasama kung ano ang dapat nating gawin in cases of typhoon, of floods, of an earthquake, and any other calamities that we may come across this coming year,” Valte said.

“So we encourage everybody to do just that,” she added.

(PNA)

C A G AYA N D E O R O City--Members of the city council had started to study the parameters of the proposed incentives for environment friendly buildings here.

Councilor Prexy Elipe, chair of the city council’s committee on environment and natural resources, said that a technical working group is now studying the proposal to grant incentives for the construction of green buildings here.

The committee initiated the proposed legislation to encourage the construction of eco-friendly buildings. Green buildings will reportedly encourage natural ventilation and reduce energy consumption, Elipe said.

He said that the move is also in line with the city’s continuing environmental drive.

R omu lo Velent iono Nati, architect and chairman of Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-Development Corp. expressed his willingness to help the city government as

“pro bono” consultant in the construction of green buildings here.

The Italpinas Euroasian Design company was the first to design and build Cagayan de Oro City’s first real green buildings, the Primavera Residences, that won the first international recognition in the country.

Elipe said city council’s move to grant incentives was In line with the city government’s continuing drive to foster a healthy environment here. (PNA)

City dads studying proposed incentives for green buildings

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the late AMBROCIO IGOT SR., who died longtine ago left a several parcel of land. Identified as Lot No. 3642, Cad. 473, Case-5, under T.D. No. 4590, still declared in the name of the said late AMBROCIO IGOT SR., with an area of 2,037 sg. m. (subdevided by ten (10) portions) located at Anito, Mambajao, Camiguin, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION AMONG HEIRS, under notarial registry of ATTY. ANIANO S. PADERANGA, per Doc. No. 313; Page No. 67; Book No. 28; Series of 2012.

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Emano to sign the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the “Basura ATBP, Inc. for the next three years of the 15-year contract to establish and operate a Medical Waster Processing Facility at the city’s dumpsite.

Under the MOA, the Basura ATBP would rent the area at the dumpsite where the medical waste processing would operate at P15,000 per month for the first three years of the contract.(PNA)

DOST Assistant Sec.Raymond Liboro discusses measures to take during this rainy season during the press briefing of the”Oplan Tag-Ulan 2013”. With them on the foreground Mr.Vicente Malaro OIC of PAG-ASA;Lt Col.Edwin C.Sadang OIC,Operation Division of NDRRMC;Usec Eduardo D. Del Rosario, Executive Director of the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (both in barong);Ms Lenie D.Alegre, Chief,NDRRMS and Head Secretariat;Director Edgar Allan Tabell, DILG and some other officials, on Friday, June 21,2013 at the NDRRMC Headquarters in Camp Aquinaldo.

(PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)

Main Office : Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon Branch Office: Malaybalay City, Bukidnon

June 21, 2013

NOTICE 31ST ANNUAL GENERAL MEMBERSHIP ASSEMBLY (AGMA) OF BUKIDNON II ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. TO ALL MEMBER-CONSUMER-OWNERS: You are hereby informed of the 31st Annual General Membership Assembly (AGMA) of the Bukidnon II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (BUSECO) this coming July 27, 2012, Saturday, at the Fr. Francisco G. Silva and Partners and Associates RQIM Hall, BUSECO Main Office, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon and simultaneously at Malaybalay Branch Office Hall, Casisang, Malaybalay City which will commence at 8:00 A.M. and will end at 12:00 o’clock (8:00 – 12:00) noon with the theme: “BUSECO Towards a World Class Organization: Through Exceptional Leadership, Management and Community Empowerment.”.

It will be a Synchronized Barangay Member Consumer Owners (M-C-O) Assembly which will be conducted simultaneously in the 172 barangays covering the Districts of Baungon, Libona, Malitbog, Manolo Fortich, Sumilao, Impasug-ong, Malaybalay, Cabanglasan, Lantapan, and portions of Talakag and Valencia. It will be facilitated and hosted by the Barangay Member Consumers Electrification Committee (BMCEC) organized in every barangay through synchronized activities via electronic media communication technology from the central AGMA venue at Fr. Francisco G. Silva and Partners and Associates RQIM Hall, BUSECO Main Office, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon to where the central hub is located and simultaneously at Malaybalay Branch Office Hall for the member consumerowners in the nearby barangays as well as those coming from the Poblacion and down to the 172 barangays.

Hence, with this big and significant event, the Member Consumer Owners-(MCOs) of BUSECO are therefore encouraged to participate and get involved in the said assembly in order to be updated of the accomplishments and latest developments of the electric cooperative, its plans and programs for 2013 and beyond.

Thank you.

Cooperatively yours,

(SGD.) EDWIN B. GALICIA BOD Secretary

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Mindanao’s resources Mindanao is undeniably endowed with rich natural resources on the surface and mineral resources in its bosom but ironically several provinces in the country’s second biggest island are ranked as one of the poorest in the entire nation.

The situation in Mindanao is a good case study on why poverty is rampant in an island teeming with natural, mineral and even aquatic resources. In fact, large portions of Mindanao’s forest cover had been left bald by both legal and illegal loggers. But the people living near the old logging concessions and those forests stripped of its tree cover by illegal loggers remained poor then and now.

Surigao, Davao, Agusan and Bukidnon provinces used to have thick forest cover with their respective economies booming at that point. But the logging

A deeper view Jesse E.L. Bacon II industry was unfortunately concentrated in the hands of a few holders of logging concessions. In the old Agusan province alone and even up to its division into two provinces, the logging business there was basically in the hands of just three families.

The same set-up was replicated in the other provinces until there were no more trees to be felled.

When the then Davao province was divided into three provinces, a large portion of Davao Oriental’s forest

cover was spared. But over the years, illegal loggers clandestinely kept on felling trees until its discovery when super typhoon Pablo struck December of last year. The logs of illegally cut trees cascaded with the flood waters from the mountains down to low lying areas.

The combined fury of flood and floating illegally cut logs literally transformed the towns of Baganga and Cateel into ghost towns.

Lives were lost and damage to properties and farm crops

was inestimable. Until now, the two towns are still reeling from the damage and destruction the flood that brought down the illegally cut logs had caused.

The poverty of the people in these previously forestrich provinces is the result not of anything else but the concentration of wealth in the hands of few logging concessionaires who became the political lords in the provinces where they had their concessions even up to this time. With wealth and political power in the hands of a few families, expectedly the majority of the populace remained mired in abject poverty.

Ironically, the situation when logging had its heyday in Mindanao is now being resurrected by the mining industry that is now exploiting Mindanao’s rich mineral resources.

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‘Sex-for-fly:’ we are to blame

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand… You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity…”

(Deuteronomy 28:32 & 41, the Holy Bible).

-ooo“SEX-FOR-FLY”: WE ARE ALL TO BLAME: On Wednesday, June 26, 2013, I talked to some former and current top-ranking officials of governmental agencies whose work deals with overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) and Filipinos who have gone abroad to look for opportunities to earn even if they are not duly-accredited to become OFWs, and they have a shocking perception of the so-called “sex-for-fly”

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio accusations against labor and foreign affairs officials based abroad.

I was told that the blame over this scandal, where OFWs are reported as being required to have sex with Filipino bureaucrats or with rich foreigners so they can be brought back home or otherwise earn a few more dollars on the side, could not just be laid at the door of the labor and foreign affairs officials who are being accused of the crime.

“Blame must also be

given to the OFWs themselves, to the other Filipino migrants who are not OFWs, and even to the government itself, because of its inability to provide decent jobs for millions of our countrymen whose only ultimate option is going abroad,” I was further informed. I was told likewise that this sex-for-fly scheme, where OFWs are forced to become prostitutes, is bound to happen, as it has in fact been happening silently for quite some time now.

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OFWs AND FILIPINO MIGRANTS MUST SHARE THE BLAME, TOO: Why must the OFWs themselves be blamed? There appears to be a host of reasons. I was told that the primary one is that, on top of the work they have been engaged in, many OFWs themselves have been seeking other opportunities for additional earnings, so they can send more dollars to their relatives here in the Philippines. Selling their bodies seems to be the easiest way of doing it.

Then, another reason given to me is that, our OFWs themselves are aware of the limitations of their contracts, and yet many of them commit violations of these contracts anyway, which have the effect of forcing them into a corner.

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We must abide the teachings of God F resh G ospel of the day: Matthew7:1520(June26, 2013-Wednesday) Matthew 7:15-20-Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know them by their fruits.

Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither [can] a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them: in our gospel we can see that Jesus warns his audience to the false teachings that can

Biblical reflection Bro. Edcel L. Closas depart us from salvation.

This is also emphasized

by St. Peter in his epistle.

In 2 Peter 3:16-As also in all [his] epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as [they do] also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Take note, “Jesus set his own standard of his teachings” for our salvation. In fact, we are called a “bank of faith, doctrine and dogma.”

Ephesians 3:10-11-To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly [places] might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, According to the “eternal purpose” which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord.

This means that “we must abide the teachings of God” because this can save us.

In Matthew 28:19-20Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father,

and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, [even] unto the end of the world. Amen.

This “is proven” in the gospel of Matthew, when “Jesus commanded his disciples to preach the gospel” to all nations for them to be saved. So meaning, “remain faithful to our church,” the “Roman catholic Church” because everything is deposited in this Holy Church: SPONSORED: Neneth Bobong Balino- Dr. Edith, PhD- Tony Jordan - CDO. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us!

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EDITOR: CHENG ORDOÑEZ

OPUS DEI

I have a story to tell.

It’s about a heartwarming story of a person who had to forego of things he loved most so another could live. It’s about a friend who decided to give one of his kidneys to an ailing brother who hopefully may live a longer and fruitful life.

My f r iend, RENNE SUBIDO, had been doing Mindanao development work in various fields in the private sector for years.

I knew him when he was at a USAID project doing Mindanao during my stint with government . He later on became a top executive at a big international fishing company owned by General Santos City-based businessman RUDY RIVERA (father of the new Gensan Mayor RONNEL). I also worked closely with Renne at TVIRD, an affiliate of a Canadian mining company where he is presently one of its top executives.

Months before the organ donation, Renne talked to me about the need to forego of many things if he would donate his kidney to brother NANDY. There would be health risks, change of lifestyle, even some shifts in work loads and schedules.

Even change of residence.

Although there were obvi-

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Advocacy Mindanao Jess Dureza ous concerns, it was clear to me that there was not a single sign of hesitation to proceed. We all know that brothers’ organs normally match and minimize organ rejection in a transplant.

Last Friday, just the following day after a successful operation, I visited RENNE at a Davao hospital with TVIRD President CLIFF JAMES (who flew from Manila) and it was re-assuring that both brothers were doing fine.

I decided to mention Renne’s story on the occasion of the feast of SAINT JOSEMARIA ESCRIVA, the founder of OPUS DEI. I attended last Friday a concelebrated mass presided over by Davao Archbishop Romulo Valles at the Sacred Heart Parish Church in marking the feast of the Spanish priest who founded in 1928 OPUS DEI, now a world-wide organization that does work simply in the way ‘OPUS DEI” literally means: WORK OF GOD. Its members, both religious and lay, “sanctify” themselves through their ordinary and daily work in their workplaces. June 26 is actually the feast day.

I had been reading lately Msgr. Escriva’s book entitled “THE WAY -- FURROW THE FORGE” given to me by a friend, a Dabawenyo BOYET QUINTO. Very inspiring!

Indeed, even laymen who are non-religious, by doing their day to day activities or acts in the service of God or fellowman is a work of God. An ordinary worker or a high executive, in the farm or in hi-tech plush offices, in the barangays or in the cities, can sanctify themselves with their own acts of selflessness, charity, sacrifice -- just simply doing good. Period!.

There are many other such stories that may not be known to others. Like treating one’s househelp or family driver like family.

Or adopting an employee’s child to school. Or giving extra beyond earned wages or salaries. A million and one similar acts or works of God. It need not be to the extent which RENNE did to brother NANDY. Remember Christ’s words: : “What you do unto others, you do unto me.”

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of Cagayan de Oro City, left, bats for the conferment of Civil Service Eligibility to elected government officials pending qualifications as determined by the Civil Service Commission.

Law granting CS eligibility to elected public officials signed House Bill 4357, co-authored by Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, Second District, Cagayan de Oro City. was recently signed into Republic Act 10156 (An Act Conferring Upon Members Of The Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Panlungsod And Sangguniang Panlalawigan, The Appropriate Civil Service Eligibility Under Certain Circumstances, And For Other Purposes)

by President Benigno S. Aquino III. Rep. Rodriguez co-authored this bill in order to provide an opportunity for the covered officials to remain in government service even after their terms. The law gives a member of the Sangguniang

Bayan, the Sangguniang Panlungsod and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan who has served for an aggregate period of nine (9) years in office an eligibility equivalent to a Career Service Professional Eligibility provided that such member must be a holder of a bachelor’s degree.

For a member who has served for an aggregate period of six (6) years, he will be granted an eligibility equivalent to a Career Service Sub-Professional Eligibility subject to certain qualifications.

This will ensure that qualified and deserving public servants will continue serving the Filipino people.

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Nickel firm prepares for full-blast operations

By ROEL CATOTO of MindaNews

S U R I G AO C i t y - - A s a prelude to their commercial operations which will begin in September, the Taganito HighPressured Acid Leach Plant (TPHAL) Nickel Corporation has started commissioning its hydrometallurgical processing plant in Barangay Taganito in Claver town, Surigao del Norte.

Engr. Ar turo Ma nto, Vice President for Environment and Ex terna l Af fairs of THPAL Nickel Corporation told the crowd during the 18th Caraga

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and easy prey to overtures for sexual favors, in exchange for help during trouble.

On the other hand, there are thousands of Filipino migrants who have not been given the permission to work and who traveled and are staying abroad using only tour-

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A few families from the island and from outside provinces in partnership with foreign investors are now engaged in mining operations in Mindanao.

These mining companies with mixed local and foreign investors are now claiming huge areas totaling thousands of hectares of land as their mining concessions.

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Business Conference on June 13 that their company was all set to start operations this year and is spending two billion pesos per year as part of the operations cost of all the pollution control facilities.

“The company will spend that much per year to mitigate the environmental impact,” he said.

He said this includes the maintenance and operation of their tailings storage and scrubber facilities.

Manto said the Taganito project is the biggest mining investment in the country so far at 1.5 billion dollars.

of its failure or inability to provide decent and satisfactory jobs to our countrymen right here in our own country. As of now, latest government data shows that unemployment rate stands at 7.4 % of the total labor force, which means there are about 3 million or so Filipinos who have no jobs, despite the trumpeted economic turn-around.

What, then, must we do?

There is no easy answer, and any administrative or political solution will require a strong determination and steel-hard will on the part of government.

Especially so if we consider that this kind of a fate for our countrymen---being sent to other nations and suffering or even dying without anyone of us being able to do anything to help

them---was predicted to happen in the Bible.

This is what the Bible s aid, in D euteronomy 28:15 and 32: If you no longer listen to God, and no longer obey His commands, He will send you curses to destroy you; one of these curses will be, your sons and daughters will be given to other nations, and you will wear out your eyes waiting for

them day by day, powerless to lift a hand. Perhaps, if we start listening to God once more, and obeying His commands all over again, this curse against our children will stop?

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But I personally doubt if mining undertaken by these companies will bring about inclusive economic boom to both investors and the populace where they are operating. If we were to consider the experience the City of Toledo in Cebu had with Atlas Consolidated Mining Corp. we’ll see from that experience that it’ll not bring any inclusive economic boom.

Atlas mines during its

heyday were considered Asia’s biggest copper mines.

But when it ceased operation it left a mining concession site that has no economic value since even farming could not be undertaken in the old mining site anymore. And it did not leave an economically well-off populace but a povertystricken one because the business was concentrated in the hands of practically just one family.

Sadly, the mining industry in Mindanao now is showing a very similar pattern to the logging industry in the 60’s and 70’s. It is concentrated in the hands of a few families. And it is certain that its operation will leave its mining site valueless once stripped of its mineral resources but with the people literally left holding the proverbial empty bag.

Even the law govern-

ing mining in the country does not ensure that such industry will not be monopolized by a few families and that when it ceases operation its mining site will still be productive for other purposes especially agriculture. In fact, at the rate mining operations are being carried out in some places such as Surigao, glaringly it is as destructive to the environment as logging was in the past. Imagine the mountains in Surigao being leveled down with the raw soil being directly loaded to ocean going vessels to be processed in the country of destination.

Worst of all is the move

by the local mining industry chamber to oppose moves in the Supreme Court to retain the protective provisions of the mining law such as the one limiting the participation of foreign companies in the exploitation of our mineral resources. The chamber wants the industry opened with nary a limit to foreign investors.

Mindanao folks should be wary with all these developments if they don’t want a repeat of what happened to the logging industry in the past.

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City/Municipality: Butuan City

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City/Municipality: Butuan City Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC June 19, 2013

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), a notice is hereby served to the public that JUSTIN RIEL LOQUITE CABEROS has filed with this office a petition for correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of JUSTIN RIEL LOQUITE CABEROS, born at City General Hospital and Medical Center, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are ROSARIO TINIO LOQUITE and JOEL LIGTAS CABEROS. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 8 July 2013.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0106-2013 (R.A. 10172)

June 18, 2013

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), a notice is hereby served to the public that ABEL ABEJUELA LUIB has filed with this office a petition for correction of Entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of ABEL ABEJUELA LUIB at CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER, BUTUAN CITY, AGUSAN DEL NORTE and whose parents are DAISY ELERAN ABEJUELA and ESMAEL MABAGA LUIB.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 08 July 2013.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar MDN: June 20 & 27, 2013

MDN: June 20 & 27, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City ROBELLE FEGIDERO ANDUTAN.

Petitioner,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-065

- VERSUS -

ERWIN BARANGAN BIRONDO,

Respondent x----------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

Before this court is verified Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by petitioner and alleging among others:

That petitioner and respondent are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under civil rites on October 28, 2000 at San Carlos City, petitioner-wife converted to Islam faith, of which conversion to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Poblacion, Iligan City and Teacher’s Village, Brgy., 11, San Carlos City, Negros Occidental respectively:

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between them and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than six (6) years already, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs: Petitioner’s seek, judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on October 28, 2000 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden: Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed hut all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this ease on July 4, 2013 at 9:00 am. at which time date, and place, any interested party may appear and show why this petitioner should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED

Iligan City, Philippines, this 18th day of June, 2013.

HON OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

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waste ore per year.

Manto said these nickel and cobalt sulfides will be sent to Japan for another refinery process.

The mine waste which is composed of limonite ore from Taganito Mining Corporation in Claver will be used by THPAL, Manto explained.

“This mine waste from the nickel mining operation which has no value, will be bought for 15 to 20 US dollars per metric ton,” he said adding this would translate into additional jobs.

Aside from mine waste, low grade ore will also be used for the production, he said.

ist visas, but who insist on working there just the same. Because of this illegal status, many of them end up engaging in prostitution, for lack of something better to do, or to earn from.

-oooWHAT MUST WE DO? On the part of the government, it cannot escape being blamed for this problem, too, largely because

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from Coral Bay Nickel Corporation, a sister compa ny of THPA L based in Palawan are conducting the training of lo c a l ly- s ou rc e d workers for them learn the skill needed once the company will start its full operation.

Manto said the The Taganito nickel project is the single biggest mining investment in the lifespan of THPAL is 30 country. It is set to start commercial operations this year. years.

He said at least 2,350 workers He added that the company will be employed once the company will produce at least 30,000 metric starts commercial production in tons of nickel sulfide and 2600 September. metric tons of cobalt sulfide from He sa id, sk i l led workers 4.8 million weight metric tons of

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUTT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE SPOUSES RICHARD E. GALLO AND AGRIPINA OCHO-GALLO,

CIVIL CASE N0. 2013-076

RICHARD E. GALLO AND AGRIPINA D. OCHO-GALL0.

Petitioners. x---------------------------------------------------/

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CFN-0107-2013 CCE-0108-2013 (R.A. 10172)

June 19, 2013

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), a notice is hereby served to the public that has filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from “ROSALIA” to “CARMELITA” and correction of entry in the date of birth from “MAR. 8, 1950” to “JANUARY 25, 1950” in the certificate of live birth of ROSALIA MAKALIT, born at Maon, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are FRANCES MAKALIT and REMEDIOS PLAZA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 8 July 2013.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar MDN: June 20 & 27, 2013

RA10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others.

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under civil rites on May 27, 1999 at Dimiao Bohol, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents Dimiao, Bohol and Del Carmen, Iligan City respectively;

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than ten (10) years already, since early part of 2003, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on May 27, 1999 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on July 4, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why this petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED

Iligan City, Philippines, this 18th day of June, 2013.

HON OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

MDN: June 21, 27 & July 3, 2013

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City/Municipality: Butuan City

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Tubod OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Rule 7 of Republic Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that EDUNYL SUICO MAGLANQUE has filed with this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Child’s Gender under the entry of “SEX” from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of EDUNYL SUICO MAGLANQUE bearing LCR No. 89-262 who was born on 11 March 1989 at Crossing, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Marlyn Suico and Eduardo Maglanque.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than July 2, 2013.

(Sgd.) JULIET BALURAN GALAMBAO, CE Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: June 20 & 27, 2013

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thursday | june 27, 2013 Editor: JOE DEL PUERTO FELICILDA Asst editor: ARJAY S. FELICILDA • Email: mindanaodailycaraga@gmail.com jayfels30@yahoo.com.ph

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PESO managers undergo performance assessment

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U R IG AO C I T Y – Eighty-one Public Employment Service Office managers from all over Caraga Region had a twoday mid-year performance assessment here in the city, June 11 – 12, 2013.

It was facilitated by the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), with OIC-Regional Director Joel M. Gonzales underscoring the importance of the activity in finding gaps between targets and accomplishments from January to June, this year.

He further stressed, the value of finding ones’ purpose in the society as key motivator in becoming a true and proficient public servant.

Provincial Administrator Premolito Plaza, who represented Governor Sol Matugas during the occasion,

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program.

Along said agreement, the co-management area in Barangay Nongnong has gained numerous accomplishments, bringing it back to the jurisdiction of rightful agencies.

Mechanisms and instruments needed in approaching the conflict-sensitive environment had already been installed and participatory planning is implemented at the barangay level.

With these positive results, GIZ COSERAM has decided to showcase the city project to this year’s international convention in Germany, amongst hundreds of other projects implemented all over the country.

In said occasion, Amante is slated to speak about such projects before an audience from all over the world.

The city mayor is also flying to Spain end of this month to participate in an another international gathering. His foreign travels are financed by the inviting parties.

Amante takes this chance not just to showcase Butuan, but also to attract more foreign investments toward uplifting the life of his constituents.

Now dubbed as the “Global Mayor” and the

assured DOLE of the city their duties and responsi- “there are no shortcuts to government’s full support bilities and comply with re- the circuitous road called to its programs. quirements and deadlines as success.” (ica/jdelpf) The PESO managers were re-oriented on their roles and responsibilities driving them to assist and become competent partners in the implementation of DOLE-funded projects, such as Phil-Jobnet, SPES, SRS, livelihood and job Director Abner M. Caga fairs to alleviate poverty in PIA, R10 & 13 Cluster the community.

As to the issues and concerns raised by the PESO managers, COA and DOLE PNP Caraga accomplishments presented promptly suggested solutions, like accreditation with SURIGAO DEL NORTE - PS/Supt. Julito Diray, cities and municipal govprovincial police director, presented during the 75th ernments, strengthening of RDC meeting the PNP accomplishments in Caraga PESO managers through Region and the PNP preparations for the upcominstitutionalization ensuring ing barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections, the sustainability of DOLE as well as the regional disaster preparednes and programs. operations plans.

Placa exhorted to level up individual and collective performance by mastering AFP reveals peace situation in Caraga

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only mayor recognized by President Aquino in his most recent State of the Nation Address, Amante continues to receive numerous invitations to speak about Butuan in the international scene.

It can be recalled that in his Inaugural address after taking his oath of office on Freedom Day, Amante declared amidst tears, “In the last three years, we have tirelessly prepared this City for global competitiveness.

Today, I am proud to say that Butuan is ready to soar into even greater heights.”

(CMO-PIO/jdelpf )

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She said this may be the outcome of their aggressive campaign in different villages.

Nepomuceno said that apart from radio plugging, the office reproduced the handouts they got from the Department of Health 13 on the “4 o’clock habit” and shared this with the different villages as part of their information drive.

Health workers also visited the victims’ houses, checked the surroundings and found portions where mosquitoes could breed. (Roel Catoto/MindaNews/jdelpf )

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to December was 314. In 2010, it went up to 362, dropped to 282 in 2011 and went up to 318 in 2012.

Juare z s aid most of those stricken were from age brackets 1-4, 5-9, 1014 and 15-19 years old.

She added, dengue normally shoots up bet w e e n S e pt e mb e r a n d January.

Jessica I. Nepomuceno, communicable dis e as e cluster coordinator, said the City Health Office is aiming to bring down the cases of dengue.

For the month of June, the office has recorded only two cases as of June

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Representative Ernie Dagasuhan.

Said operation resulted in the recovery of four transparent plastic sachet of ‘shabu’, one cigarette silver foil, one white small plastic container, one cellphone model and P1,100 cash.

The suspect, together with the confiscated items, are now in the custody of Barobo Police Station for proper disposition. (PO3 Darlin Cabalinan-Migullas, PRO-13 Information Office Duty PNCO, and member of MinPressDev)

BUTUAN CITY - Colonel Gregory M. Cayetano of the 4th Infantry Division, PA presented to RDC Caraga the peace and security situationer of Caraga Region.

RDC chair thanks military SURIGAO DEL NORTE - Provincial Governor Sol Matugas, who chairs the Regional Development Council of Caraga, thanked the military for its visible presence during the midterm elections in May, this year.

RDC okays geotagging program BUTUAN CITY - Caraga RDC has approved the adoption of Geotagging Technology as a Project Monitoring Tool - a web-based/internet application compiled by Mindanao Rural Development Program to further promote transparency and total public disclosure; identification; verification; approval; progress supervision and operations and maintenance activities.

Caraga observes seafarers day BUTUAN CITY - In line with this year’s celebration of the Day of the Filipino Seafarers, June 25, the egional office of Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA), conducte a one-day activity that started with a motorcade around the city followed by a simultaneous blowing-up of ship’s horn, then a mass & boodle-fight lunch. This year’s celebration carries the theme, “Marinong Pilipino Karangalan ng Mundo.”

BALAANG PULONG Problema sa kinabuhi? Kantahi lang kana: “Life not at all dat bad my friend. Oh, f u believe ang urself, f a believe ders some1 ho walks w/u . . . (Ramon 8: 31-39)

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Misamis Oriental Governor-elect Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano (third from left, front row) poses with newly elected Vice Governor Joey Pelaez (fourth from left), provincial board members Nancy Madjos, Mercy Grace Acain, Hernando Emano, Roldan Lagbas, and officiating priests (second row) led by Msgr. Elmer Abacahin (third from left) at the Tagoloan Catholic church during the oathtaking ceremonies June 25, 2013.

Newly elected officials of Misamis Oriental, Governor Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano and Vice Governor Joey Pelaez (center) join hands in solidarity with provincial board members Roldan P. Lagbas, Mercy Grace “Gagay” Acain, Nancy S. Madjos and Heckert Jude Hernando Enan “Manok” Emano during the oathtaking ceremonies June 25, 2013 at the Catholic church in Tagoloan.

Newly elected Misamis Oriental provincial board member Roldan P. Lagbas (right), of the first district, takes his oath of office before Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano during formal ceremonies held June 25, 2013 at the Catholic church in Tagoloan. Looking on are members of the Lagbas family.

Newly elected Misamis Oriental provincial board member Heckert Jude Hernando Enan “Manok” Emano (right), of the second district, takes his oath of office on June 25, 2013 at the Catholic church in Tagoloan. Administering the oath during the formal ceremonies is Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano.

Newly elected Misamis Oriental provincial board member Mercy Grace “Gagay” Acain, of the second district, is sworn into office by Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano during oathtaking ceremonies held on June 25, 2013 at the Catholic church in Tagoloan.

Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente “Dongkoy” Emano swears into office newly elected Misamis Oriental provincial board member Nancy S. Madjos, of the second district, during oathtaking ceremonies at the Catholic church in Tagoloan on June 25, 2013.

Society of Active Leaders for Transformation Misamis Oriental chairman PTR. Enrique S. Guevarra and other religious leaders pray over newly elected Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano at the Tagoloan Balay Nenosthica office of Bambi on June 25, 2013, after the oathtaking ceremonies held at the Catholic church.

New Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano administers the oath of office to newly elected Vice Mayor Stephen Tan of Manticao, Vice Mayor Shirly D. Taroy of Gitagum and Vice Mayor Chizarina M. Ortigoza of Opol on June 25, 2013 at the Catholic church in Tagoloan.