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PALAY production in Northern Mindanao grew by about five percent in the third quarter of 2012, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) said. A total production of 151,278 metric tons was posted during the quarter compared to the 144,805 metric tons produced in the same quarter last year, said Engr. Cecilio Clarete, chief economic development specialist of NEDA in the region in a media forum last Thursday. He said the average yield for the quarter also increased by 0.17 percentage points to 4.30 metric tons per hectare from the 4.13 metric tons recorded last year.
Coco export
EXPORT of coconut commodities has earned for the region US$117.72 million during the third quarter of 2012. Records from the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA) region 10 show that the value of export sales during the period was higher by two percent from the US$115.29 million earned in the same period in 2011. The volume of coconut commodities exported during the quarter, on the other hand, grew remarkably by 56 percent to 113,203 metric tons, totally recovering from a 27 percent reduction in the first quarter of the year.
Corn produce
THE province of Bukidnon is still the biggest corn producer in Northern Mindanao contributing 64 percent to the overall corn production in the region during the third quarter of 2012. Data gathered by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) from the Bureau of Agricultural Statistics (BAS) in the region shows that Bukidnon produced 286,465 metric tons of corn during the quarter lifting the region’s production output by almost six percent to 448,855 metric tons. The province’s output was primarily due to the planting of white corn to some sugarcane areas, as well as, additional planting of yellow corn in hilly and mountainous areas of Malaybalay and Cabanglasan, Engr. Cecilio Clarete, NEDA-10 Chief Economic and Development Specialist said.
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HE Philippine Deposit Insurance Corp. (PDIC) said the Philippine Postal Corp. (PPC) started mailing the payment for valid savings deposit accounts with balances of P15,000 and below maintained with the closed Siam Bank on Friday, 21 days after the bank’s closure on Nov. 23, 2012.
The payments are in the form of postal money orders (PMOs) sent through registered mails which may be encashed either with the local postal office or the nearest branch of the Land Bank of the Philippines. According to the PDIC, postal money order payments were made to 2,510 accounts or 55% of the 4,550 accounts maintained with Siam Bank. Under this automatic payment scheme, depositors who have savings accounts with balances of P15,000 and below, who have no outstanding loans or obligations with Siam Bank; and who have complete and updated addresses in the bank’s records or have updated their addresses using the PDIC Depositor Update Forms are not required to file their deposit insurance claims. The waiver of the requisite filing of claim provided convenience to these small depositors by providing them immediate access to their deposit insurance. Meanwhile, the PDIC announced that it will pdic/PAGE 7
Las Piñas marks 7th Parol Fest • Recycled and indigenous materials used to reflect Christmas spirit
LAS Piñas once again proved that it is ‘the lantern capital of Metro Manila’ as residents of its barangays showed their ingenuity in creating the best Christmas parols (lanterns) using recycled and indigenous materials at the 7th Parol Festival’s lantern-making competition. “We are pleased that the Parol Festival is becoming popular not only here in Metro Manila but in other parts of the country as well. I always promote the festival when I attend festivals in other provinces. This is a big boost to our three-generation parol-making industry,” said Cynthia Villar, Managing Director of the Villar Foundation, which is in charge of the yearly festival. The festival is the brainchild of the Former Congresswoman of Las Piñas. In 2007, she encouraged the city’s magpaparols (lantern-makers) to
Former Las Piñas Rep. Cynthia Villar and husband Sen. Manny Villar giving the award for the winner of the 7th Parol Festival. advertorial
organize themselves into the ‘Samahang Magpaparol ng Las Piñas’. And to support them, the then Congresswoman Villar set up the Las Piñas Parol Center, which serves as a training area for the lantern-makers. “We want this unique tradition of parol-making to be
continued carried on by the younger generations, so we support the industry as much as we can,” said Mrs. Villar. This year, the Parol Festival will be held at its new venue—the Villar Social Institute of Poverty Alleviation parol/PAGE 7
JV surges on top in latest SWS survey By ALLAN MEDIANTE
THE latest Social Weather Stations survey conducted November 29, 2012 to December 3, 2012
showed Rep. JV Ejercito Estrada among the top five winning senatoriables with 49 percent. The SWS reports used facesurvey/PAGE 7
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RDC-10 urges PAL to resume operations in Northern Mindanao By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN, Contributor
THE Regional Development Council (RDC) – Region 10 has asked the management of Philippine AirLines (PAL) to continue its operation in Northern Mindanao. The RDC-10 Executive Committee passed a resolution during its October meeting requesting PAL management to sustain its operation in the region, the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA) revealed in a media forum
held Thursday at the RDC-10 building. NEDA-10 said the same request was reiterated by the RDC-10 Advisory Committee during its meeting last month in Batasan Pambansa, Quezon City. NEDA Regional Director
Leon M. Dacanay Jr. said Northern Mindanao is being promoted as a good investment destination and the pull-out of PAL will have a negative impact on the image of the region. He said there could be doubts relative to the investment friendliness of the region once a major investment is pulling-out. Although its sister company, Airphil Express, took over PAL’s flight, Dacanay
said RDC is keen in urging PAL to resume operations because the Council wants to project that investments in Region 10 should be maintained and added not withdrawing. We honor this private sector decision but at least what we are saying is for them to reconsider coming back to the region especially with the opening of the Laguindingan Airport next year, Dacanay added.
6 strife-torn towns in Caraga to benefit from peace project the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace Process (Opapp) under the Payapa at Masaganang Pamayanan (Pamana) funds. Villamor said that the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) implements the “Pillar 2” of the Pamana program. This may refer to the “micro-level interventions to promote the convergent delivery of services and goods focused on households and communities by both national and local agencies.” The project started in 2011 and may extend until 2015. The peace and development project will cover
the 6 municipalities of San Miguel and its 4 barangays; Tagbina and its 8 barangays and Gigaquit and its 3 barangays, all in the province of Surigao del Sur as well as the municipalities of Esperanza and its 28 barangays; Veruela and its 18 barangays and Lapaz and its 3 barangays, all in the province of Agusan del Sur. The municipalities were identified by the Opapp as conflict-affected areas (CAAs) and their respective barangays sa Conf lict-affected barangays (CABs) because of the sightings, influence or presence of the Maoist guerillas in the area.
mains adequate for the rising demand this holiDAVAO City -- The meat day season and despite supply in Davao City re- the onslaught of typhoon
Pablo in the region. Dr. Cherrie Rayos, acting assistant City Veterinarian said that the meat supply for Davao City has not been affected by the devastating effects of typhoon Pablo which struck Davao Region December 4. R ayos sa id t hat t he typhoon had no damaging effect in the meat, livestock and poultry industry in the city, she cited that it was only in Marilog there was the reported loss of about six heads of goats during the typhoon. Davao Cit y get s it s pork supply from General Santos, beef from Digos City, and livestock from Bukidnon of which the production is still normal as they were not hit by the typhoon. According to Rallos, t he c it y vet i nspec ted 11.7 million kilograms of meat this month; the meat represented pork, beef, carabao and other kinds of meat. It also inspected 22.2 million kilograms of poultry meat. The number alone is more than sufficient to feed the 1.7 million residents of Davao City. She said the meat supply also covers the incoming high demand during the Christmas season. Rayos also added that they monitored no abrupt hikes in the prices of meat in the City.
BUTUAN City -- The Regional Office XIII (Caraga) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will extend its peace and development project to six strife-torn municipalities in the region, a senior regional social welfare official said. The KC-Pamana integrates peace and social framework of the DSWD’s Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan-Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (Kalahi-CIDSS), Ester V. Villamor, regional community development specialist of the Kalahi-CIDSS, said. The project is funded by
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BPI, PNB merger talks end Merger talks between the owners of Philippine National Bank (PNB) and Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) have lapsed, giving BDO Unibank Inc a chance to maintain its top position as the biggest lender in the country. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE), Lucio Tan-owned PNB said it has not received any official communication about its merger deal with BPI, but confirmed that the merger talks have lapsed. “We note that the exclusivity period for the talks between the shareholders of BPI and PNB lapsed December 15, 2012. We will
immediately inform t he exchange should there be any new deals. We would like to inform the exchange that to date, we have not received any official communication on the matter,” PNB said. Ayala-owned BPI refused to comment on the matter, as no further developments were reported on its talks with PNB.
Henry Sy-owned BDO also disclosed that the bank is not in talks with PNB for an acquisition or merger. BDO earlier said it intends to grow its business organically as it expects 2013 to be a challenging year for the industry. Nestor Tan, BDO president, had said the bank ’s grow th plans will be “less dependent” on acquisition, as the lender rolls out 45 branches by the first quarter of 2013. Thirty of those branches came from Rural Bank of San Juan, which BDO purchased last May.
Pag-Ibig Fund eyeing for more branches in M’nao
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DAVAO City – At least seven more branch offices of the Home Development Mutual Fund (Pag-Ibig) in Mindanao are in the shelf for opening next year to reach its members and ensure fast delivery of services. Fermin A. Sta. Teresa Jr., Pag-Ibig vice president for Northern Mindanao Group and officer-in-charge for Southern Mindanao Group said that there will be an additional two branches in Davao Region.
Sta. Teresa said they will put up a branch office in Digos City, Davao del Sur and an office in the southern part of Davao City. With this development, he said the additional office will decongest the Pag-Ibig central office in the city. The present number of members in Davao could reach at least 288,381. Initially, Sta. Teresa said they are planning to put up the extension office within downtown area, preferably in a mall in Toril District. Other branches will be
set up in Cotabato, Dipolog, Surigao, Malaybalay City in Bukidnon and Koronadal City in South Cotabato. Pag-Ibig will also establish service desks, particularly in Cagayan de Oro, Camiguin, Osamis, Bislig, Tandang, Sulu and Basilan. The service desks are eyed to be built near payment centers for easy payment of contributions and loans. At present, some of the payment centers of PagIbig Fund are banks, SM collection desk and Bayad Centers.
MyPhone and PBA To Spread Christmas Cheers through Charity QUEZON CITY, Philippines—MyPhone, in cooperation with the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) and the local city government of Quezon City will be joining hands in sharing the joy of Christmas with indigent Filipino children from Quezon City through the “100, 000 Toys for 100, 000 Kids,” – a mini-concert and toy gift-giving activity which will be held at the Liwasang Aurora, Quezon Memorial Circle on Tuesday, December 18, 2012. According to Mr. Richie de Quina, Vice President for Marketing and Business Development of MyPhone, the initiative is the Filipino mobile phone company’s way of sharing the spirit of Christmas with the less fortunate. “It is MyPhone’s fifth Christmas as the first and leading Filipino mobile phone brand in the country this year. We feel
that we have been blessed so much; we ought to somehow share it. We wanted to take this chance to make Christmas more fun for those who have less in life and I believe the indigent children are the perfect beneficiaries because Christmas is still for the children,” he said. MyPhone paired up with PBA and the Office of Quezon City Vice Mayor Josephine Belmonte to mount the event. Aside from having PBA players hand the 100, 000 toy gifts to children age seven to twelve, former Rivermaya vocalist Jayson Fernandez and MyPhone celebrity endorsers will also perform a mini-concert at the charity event. A history of helping Charity is not a new for MyPhone. Since its establishment in 2007, MyPhone myphone/PAGE 7
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OFFICIALS of barangay Binugao in Davao City held off a late rally by officers of Therma South Inc. to reclaim the AboitizPower Friendship Cup, 44-42. The basketball friendly is held for the second year to commemorate the partnership between the community of Binugao and Therma South – builders of the 300-MW clean coalpower plant in the barangay. The Binugao Volts led as many as 10 several minutes to go in the fourth quarter but a late rally by Therma South Watts narrowed the game. But the Watts wasted
three chances down the stretch including one open put-back in the dying seconds of the game. Leading the Binugao Volts team was barangay captain Antonio Saniel, kagawads Espiridion Algabre, Alfredo Comiso and Medel Duran. The team was joined by baraangay tanods and barangay functionaries. The Therma South Watts team was led by team manager Bobby Orig. He was joined by officers, including expats, from AboitizPower, contractors Black and Veatch, Leighton Philippines and First Balfour.
“This is a great time for us to bond with our host community as we celebrate Araw ng Binugao,” Orig said. “We are happy top officers of our contractors took time off their work to meet our community.” Barangay Captain Saniel for his part said the basketball game highlights the partnership between the community and the project. “We know and we feel we are part of this project and we are happy AboitizPower also feels they are part of the Binugao community,” Saniel said.
Villar helps Iligan Government to build memorial for Typhoon Sendong Victims Second memorial marker, first one in Cagayan de Oro Iligan City – Cynthia Villar, Managing Director of the Villar Foundation, attended the groundbreaking ceremony of a memorial that will be built to honor the memory of those who died and went missing when typhoon Sendong ravaged Iligan on December 17 last year. Villar donates money to the Iligan City government to help build the Sendong Memorial. She was joined in the groundbreaking ceremony at the Serate Property on Hinaplanon Highway by Rep. Vicente Belmonte, Mayor Lawrence Cruz, and other local government officials. “We will build this memorial, not to prolong our sadness for losing our loved ones or our hardships for having lost our homes and livelihood. Rather, we will build this memorial so that we – and the future generations – will always remember those whom we lost and those who risked their own lives to help others survive,” Villar said in her speech during the ceremony. Sendong was one of the worst natural calamities that ever hit Mindanao
and one of the deadliest cyclones to hit the Philippines in the last 12 years. It claimed the lives of more than 1,200 people and hundreds went missing. Nearly 150,000 people were affected and caused P1.3-billion damage to agriculture and property. Villar also emphasized in her speech the urgent need for the people to help in environment protection. “This memorial will also serve to remind us of our important role as stewards of our environment… many lives were lost because of some people’s utter disrespect of the environment,” the former representative of Las Piñas cited. This is the second Sendong Memorial that the Villar Foundation is building for typhoon Sendong’s victims and their family members. The first one now stands at Golden Haven in Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City. It was
recently inaugurated on October 25. To further help the residents of Iligan City, Villar will also donate a coconet decorticating machine and provide technical training to the 40 families. Coconet weaving is among the livelihood enterprises of the Villar Foundation. Coconets, which are cheaper alternative to cement, are
weaved using the fiber produced by decorticating machine from waste coconut husks. The coconets that the families will produce will be used as rip raps or slope protection for roads and highways that will be developed in Northern Mindanao. It can provide them with sustainable income,” cited Villar.
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Use It or Lose It THINK a minute… Have you ever owned something quite valuable and useful, yet you ended up not using it much? There’s a story about a preacher who was talking with the owner of a factory that made soap. The soap maker said to the preacher: “This message about Jesus Christ that you preach cannot be very good, because there are still many bad people around.” The preacher saw a child nearby covered with dirt. So he said to the soap maker: “Your soap cannot be very good, because there are still a lot of dirty people.” The soap maker replied: “Well, my soap can only clean when a person uses it!”
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Your brand and 5 legal issues WHEN you run a business, one of the crucial decisions you will ever have to make is choosing a name or a brand. You conduct brainstorming sessions with both loved ones and business partners. You scour the market for customer’s preferences and your competitors’ names. Some even conduct surveys on what name is best given to a product or service. Eventually, the name of your product or service must be given legal protection. When you move in this direction, keep two things in mind: you must protect your brand aggressively and you must do so at the soonest possible time. Your competition may be just around the corner waiting to pounce on your precious business secrets or your brand’s reputation, so don’t wait and act at once. So, how do you go about protecting your brand? Here are five guidelines to legal issues: 1. File your patents and trademarks. If you are in the business of offering a form of invention or technology, you must secure a patent application at once. Do note that you will need a skilled patent lawyer or a patent paralegal for this to ensure that your claims are patentable. Bear in mind that patent applications take at least twenty months and require drafting of technical documents and drawings. Trademarks refer to brand names and must also be
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filed as soon as possible. Register not only the brand that you will be using but all the variations, taglines and logos that are derived from your brand. 2. Keep trade secrets. Keep quiet about your pending applications. Don’t be in a rush to divulge your research and development just to anyone. You never know who will copy your inventions and innovations which you yourself unwittingly told to a stranger. Intellectual property is normally protected on a first-to-file basis. If one gets ahead of you, filing will be for naught. If you are to make a presentation to investors, be careful that you don’t give away all your secrets. If it can’t be helped, present it to them verbally but do not give them a copy of the formula or secret ingredient of your product. 3. Prepare your licensing or standard contracts. suguitan/PAGE 10
Jesus said that even if we go to church, give money, and pray, but in our heart we’ve not started changing and becoming more like Him in our character, then we don’t really belong to Him and have His new life. For example, if we’re not honest, or we won’t obey Jesus’ command to forgive people who have wronged and hurt us, then we’re proving we do not truly know Him personally and have a relationship with Him. S o i f Je s u s’ w r it t e n Manual for our life is not His living Message in our life, then we’re completely wasting the Bible and making it useless to us. So why not start actually using and
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The preacher said: “Yes, you’re right. It’s the same way with the Bible and Message about Jesus Christ.” You see, just like soap is not worth having if we don’t actually use it, it’s the same with the Message about Jesus Christ and new life He gives us who ask Him. Unless we then live it every day, it’s useless to us. The Bible is our Maker’s manual to show us how to live the right, successful way He designed it to work. So we not only must read and understand Jesus’ Message every day, we must follow it every day to start changing and living the satisfying life He plans for us to enjoy.
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IT is interesting how a word develops and acquires new meaning through time. Take for example, the word bank. Do you know that it actually originated from a very ancient term from a very ancient time? According to sources compiled by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP), the word bank traces its roots to the Ancient Roman term for bench. The word, bancu, referred to a long bench used by the
Roman Empire’s money changers who customarily placed the wooden seat in the middle of an enclosed courtyard. Historians said the money changers sitting on the bancu exchanged foreign money with the currency produced by the imperial mint, which was responsible for the production of the sole legal tender in Rome. An interesting sidelight: Ancient Roman bankers, including those who plied their trade during the time of Jesus Christ, were known to be very notorious. “We know that the banker of Roman antiquity was not so highly respected….. In fact, the ancient financier was a rather highly despised member of the economic community by reason of his usurious practices,” said Benjamin Bromberg, who wrote an article for The Economic History Review entitled “Temple Banking
in Rome.” Bromberg further expla ined t hat usur y was synonymous to the “mean employment of banking” during the Roman times. The Latin bancu later evolved into the Italian word banco, which also meant bench. The revitalized term referred to “the bench, desk, counter, shelf, or table on which moneychangers in Italy conducted business during the Middle Ages.” According to Gregorio Miranda’s “Essentials of Money, Credit, and Banking” and the Encyclopedia Americana, “money changers were needed at that time because of their skill in assessing the metal value of the several currencies churned out by all major lords across Europe who all had the right to mint coins.” These moneychangers of medieval Italy soon ventured into lending and soliciting of deposits with interest. To
Bumps, setbacks, defeats We have to learn how to cope with these situations. They are unavoidable in life. As the Book of Ecclesiastes says: “There is a time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance...a time to get, and a time to lose...All things have their season, and in their times all things pass under heaven.” So, let’s just take it easy, and avoid getting upset or afraid or desperate unnecessarily. God is in control. What we have to do is to carry out what clearly is incumbent on us—our ordinary work, our daily duties that should be done with love for God and others. We shou ld avoid extrapolating things out of a misplaced zeal, or selfrighteousness, or simply out of fear to lose and desire to win and dominate. God’s all-abiding providence is driven solely out of love and mercy. His justice is included there. And while we can not
fully decipher the mystery of God’s ways and providence, we have to see to it that we too are driven by love and mercy in our attitude and reactions to anything that happens in our life. Our sense of just ice should be subordinated to love and mercy. Our plans and strategies, the moves that we have to make, should be animated solely by love and mercy. This is God’s way as shown clearly by Christ and the saints who followed him. Remember that time when the disciples told Christ to rain fire on those who did not receive them? (Lk 9,51ff) Christ rebuked his disciples, saying: “You know not of what spirit you are. The Son of man came not to destroy souls, but to save.” It’s good to meditate on the passion and death of Christ, for from there we can get the clear idea of how to face trials, insults and mockeries, setbacks and apparent defeats and losses in our life.
Why did Christ for the most part simply keep quiet during his trial? What is the significance of his reply to Pilate, “My kingdom is not of this world...?” Why did he allow himself to be buffeted, crowned with thorns, crucified, pierced by a spear, and finally to die? Let’s consider the lives of some saints. St. John of the Cross, for example. He was really badly treated even by his own confreres who imprisoned him in a dark dungeon for 6 months. If he was not a man of God, he would have gone crazy and died. But instead, he found light in darkness, and a certain freedom of soul in his forced physical confinement. And from that experience, he produced a very lyrical set of poems that savored exquisitely of the spiritual, mystical and supernatural. Now that we are into the RH Bill debate, and it seems that the pro-RH side is gaining headway, we should learn
attract customers, historians said that the merchants heaped coins on the banco, which was usually covered by a green cloth and set up in a marketplace. “A disgruntled customer, however, may overturn the banco; the term bankruptcy stemmed from this practice,” the Bangko Sentral explained. Interestingly, according to the BSP, even the Filipino word bangkó (with a stress on the second syllable) pertains to a seat. “Remove the accent and the word refers to a financial institution,” the BSP pointed out. *** In an effort to support the ongoing relief operations in areas devastated by typhoon “Pablo,” the Metrobank Foundation, Inc. (MBFI) and GT Foundation have allocated a total of R5 million to address the imbunye/PAGE 10
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how to keep our cool not just out of tactic but rather out of love and complete trust in the providence of God. But it should not be the cool of not doing anything. We need to intensify our prayers and sacrifices, and launch into a more ardent campaign of evangelization about human life and sexuality, marriage and family, etc. The idea is not to defeat opponents to the faith. It is to convert them. For this, we need to study the doctrine of our faith very cimagala/PAGE 10
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start receiving and servicing deposit insurance claims from the rest of the depositors of Siam Bank in the 2nd week of January 2013 in all the bank’s branches. Servicing of claims will be conducted at the bank’s Head Office located at the Ground Floor, Executive Centrum Bldg., J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, and at its four branches in Iligan City (Lanao del Norte), Valencia City (Bukidnon), Lugait and Villanueva (Misamis Oriental), all in Northern Mindanao. Those who are required to file their deposit insurance claims are the following: 1) Depositors whose savings accounts have balances of more than P15,000; 2) All depositors who are holders of Certificates of Time Deposits regardless of the deposit balance; and 3) Depositors who have outstanding obligations with Siam Bank regardless of type of account. Details of the claims settlement operations as well as requirements for the filing of claims may be accessed at the PDIC website, w w w.pdic.gov. ph. For more information, depositors may contact the Public Assistance Department at telephone numbers (02) 841-4630 to 31, or email at pad@pdic.gov.ph. (PNA)
nance (SIPAG) along C-5 Extension in Pulang Lupa Uno. In the last six years, it was held at the St. Joseph Bamboo Organ Church . Meanwhile, the younger Villar—Las Piñas Representative Mark Villar—is pleased with the entries in this year’s parol-making competition. “The residents of our barangays are really looking forward to the contest and eagerly participate every year. The entries are becoming more and more artistic and creative, reflecting Las Piñeros’ skills and craftsmanship in making traditional lanterns,” he cited. The lantern-making competition also highlights environmental protection as participants can only use recycled materials such as shampoo sachets/bottles, cans, bottles, tetra packs, newspapers etc. and natural or indigenous materials such as coconut husk, dried leaves, feathers, shells etc. The frame of the lantern should be made of bamboo. Entries will be judged according to ingenuity and resourcefulness, 30%; creativity, 25%; impact, 30% and technical skills, 15%. The grand prize winner will get P45,000 and the three runners-up will get P20,000; P15,000; and P10,000 respectively. Consolation prizes of P2,000 will be given to all participants. The Villar Foundation extended a
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to-face interviews among respondents in Metro-Manila, Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao. The survey has a a margin of error of plus or minus 3 for national percentage and plus or minus 6 for area percentage. In the 1st slot is reelectionist Loren Legarda followed by Francis Escudero with 68 percent and 61 percent, respectively, 3rd place is Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano with 58 percent and Rep. Cynthia Villar’s 51 percent. Other candidates’ showing in the survey were as follows: (6th – 7th) Senator Aquilino Martin Pimentel III and Cagayan Rep. Juan Ponce Enrile, Jr., 46 percent; (8th) Senator Gregorio Honasan, 43 percent; I n (9 t h-10 t h) Ma r ia Lourdes Nancy Binay, and former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri, 41 percent; (11th) Senator Antonio Trillanes IV, 40 percent; (12th) Former Senator Richard Gordon, 37 percent; (14th) former Senator Maria Ana Consuelo Madrigal, 30 percent; (15th) former Senator Ramon Magsaysay, Jr., 29 percent; At 16th place is former Senator Ernesto Maceda, 25 percent; (17th) Paolo Benigno Aquino IV, 24 percent; (18th) Riza Hontiveros, 21
percent; (19th) Rep. Milagros Magsaysay, 14 percent; and (20th) Mary Grace PoeLlamanzares, 13 percent. The Social Weather Station results were published in several newspapers based in Metro-Manila. (Advertorial)
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has always prided itself as a Filipino company for the Filipinos, committed to providing quality products and services that uplift Filipino pride and way of life. The company’s corporate social responsibility (CSR) arm called MyHeart has been actively mobilizing its networks and resources to support worthy advocacies that are in line with its corporate philosophy. In 2010, the company launched the MyPhone MyLotto campaign—a raff le contest that doubles as a CSR program. The campaign gives MyPhone patrons a chance to win up to Php 1, 000, 000 cash prize while enabling them to make a donation of the same amount to the charity of their choice. A year after, the company launched the “My School House, My Teacher, My Hero” in partnership with the Department of Education (DepEd) through which it pledged to donate one school house every month for the next five years. The campaign aims to help alleviate the quality of education in the country through increasing
the number of schools while recognizing the heroic efforts of local school teachers. To date, MyPhone has already donated schools in Taguig, Iligan, Capiz, Quezon City, Siquijor and Cagayan de Oro through the “My School House, My Teacher, My Hero” project. All CSR efforts of the company are centered on either promoting Filipino pride or alleviating lives of Filipinos. This is because Mr. David Lim, founder and CEO of MySolid Technologies and Devices Corp. which distributes MyPhone is a firm believer of the Philippines and the Filipinos. Partnership with PBA In fact, among the recent endeavors of MyPhone is a partnership with PBA. The mobile phone company showed support to the Filipino athletes of the basketball league by coming up with specially-made PBA phones which contains exclusive statistics, information and various other contents about PBA and its players. The partnership aims to raise pride for our country’s professional basketball playersby promoting them through the MyPhone handsets. It is also through this MyPhone-PBA partnership that the initial agreements regarding the joint charity event were made. Very soon after making MyPhone the “official phone of PBA,” Mr. de Quina of MyPhone and Ms. Rose Montreal of PBA were already scheduling the
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gift-giving activity. “MyPhone, PBA also does charity projects through our ALAGANG PBA and we believe that the best way to stage a project as big as this [100, 000 toys for 100, 000 kids] is to partner with the MyPhone. MyPhone is perhaps the best partner PBA ever had and it shares the same big heart [as PBA],” shares Ms Montreal of PBA. Local government support The search for beneficiaries led MyPhone and PBA to the office of QC Vice Mayor Belmonte who gladly and quickly mobilized her people to search and gather potential beneficiaries for the toys from the different areas in Quezon City. Vice Mayor Belmonte also arranged for logistics and manpower support for the“100, 000 Toys for 100, 000 Kids”. “I truly feel the Christmas spirit ablaze as we –MyPhone, PBA and the Quezon City government –work hard together for this event to happen. And this is why I know we can make this Christmas so much better for the kids,” concludes Mr. de Quina.
Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance Inauguration Mrs Cynthia Villar led the inauguration of the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance (Villar Sipag) December 14 which will serve as a home for Filipinos especially for Las Piñas City residents to raise them out of poverty. It was truly a great day for Sen. Manny Villar who is celebrating his birthday today. Timed with the celebration is the inauguration of the Villar SIPAG Center. According to former Las Pinas Representative (and likely future Senator) Cynthia Villar, who is chair and managing director of the Villar Foundation, the Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance will serve as home of all their efforts and endeavors to help people rise out of poverty. Villar SIPAG Center will feature among others: Poverty Alleviation Museum, SIPAG Poverty Knowledge Management Center, Nacionalista Party Museum, Reception Hall, Mini-Theater, Offices, Archives and Training Rooms. The Villar Foundation, through its various livelihood-generation and skills training initiatives, has played an active role
in poverty alleviation for 20 years already, says Cynthia. Its barangay-based livelihood enterprises now provide income to over 500 families and other parts of the country, where it has established more than 50 pilot projects. Villar said the institution was set up in their effort to reach out to even more people who need guidance, training, information, inspiration and skills to lift them out of poverty. The inauguration was followed with the celebration of the 7th parol festival. CYNTHIA VILLAR MESSAGE Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat! Natutuwa kaming makasama kayong lahat sa inauguration ng ating Villar Social Institute for Poverty Alleviation and Governance o SIPAG. Bakit SIPAG? Kami— si Senador Manny Villar at ang aming pamilya, ay naniniwala na ang kasipagan ay
susi sa pag-ahon ng isang tao mula sa kahirapan. Sipag at tiyaga—iyan ang mga katangian na pinahahalagahan namin at naging malaking bahagi rin ng aming pagangat sa buhay—personal man o publiko. Ang Villar SIPAG ay magsisilbing tahanan ng masipag na pagpupunyagi ng ating mga mahihirap na mga kababayan—ang mga out-of-school youths, ang mga kababaihan, ang mga OFWs, ang mga walang ng trabaho at kahit sino pa man na nangangailangan ng kaalaman, impormasyon, pagsasanay, oportunidad, patnubay at inspirasyon upang makaahon sa kahirapan. Marami sa atin ang nangangarap at umaasa na ang kahirapan, pagdating nga panahon, ay makikita na lamang sa mga museo. At sana ay hindi na makakaranas ang mga darating na henerasyon ng kahirapan. Ngunit hindi tayo pwede maghintay lang na dumating na lang ang pinakaasam na panahon na yan. Kailangan natin kumilos upang makamit iyan. Kung kaya ang Villar SIPAG ay hindi lamang museo ng mga larawan, dokumento, libro at iba pa.
Ribbon Cutting - Senator Manny Villar and Cynthia Villar, chairman and managing director of the Villar Foundation, together with Imelda Aguilar, Bishop Jessie Mercado, Senator Antonio Trillanes, Ariel Querubin and Congressman Mark Villar led the ribbon cutting ceremony to formally open to public the Villar Sipag (Social Institute for poverty Alleviation and Governance).
Ngunit meron din naman ng mga iyan dito—sa ating Poverty Alleviation Museum dahil ito ay magiging sentro rin ng pananaliksik tungkol sa iba’t ibang aspeto ng kahirapan. Dahil ang ating kaalaman ukol sa kahirapan ang magiging gabay natin sa paghanap ng solusyon. Ang Villar SIPAG ay magiging sentro ng mga aksyon at aktibidad na konektado sa pagsugpo sa kahirapan.
Katulad ng binanggit ko kanina, magiging tahanan ito ng ating pagpupunyagi laban sa kahirapan. Bukas ang pinto ng gusaling ito sa lahat ng ating mga masisipag na kababayan na gustong magpursigi na iangat ang antas ng kanilang pamumuhay. Tutulungan namin sila dito. Ang lahat ng bahagi ng gusaling ito ay pinag-isipan at itinayo upang maging
kapakina-pakinabang sa ating layunin na labanan ang kahirapan. Ang SIPAG Poverty Knowledge Management Center ay magsisilbing library kung saan iipunin ang mga reference at reading materials na maaaring gamitin ng publiko, lalong lalo na ng mga estudyante, iskolar, mamamahayag (press people) at iba pang villar/PAGE 10
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PAVING their way through opening Experience Corner by Desmark- the second exclusive store in the City of Golden Friendship on December 15 at Ayala’s Centrio Mall, Sony never fails in inspiring people and enabling them to turn dreams into reality with a unique combination of technology and entertainment with a call “Make Believe- believe that anything you can imagine, you can make real”. Experience Corner by Desmark, the exclusive distributor of new generation entertainment showcase by Sony, opens its store at Ayala Centrio Mall on December 15.
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quality entertainment at home with an assurance to quality products as well. Sony is pillared on major home appliances. High Definition Televisions are the biggest portion of Sony product parameters that has yielded home spree with a comfy ambiance which is as best as watching movies in cinemas (even better) plus
flux on LED televisions with high-end features. According to Yashushi Asaoka, President and Managing Director of Sony Philippines, they continue to innovate new techs that suites the taste not only of the Japanese but the Filipinos also. When Sony was established in Japan on 1946, it reached the Philippines after 50 years in which durability checks on products is of security. Sony has 25 exclusive stores and 5 VAIO stores nationwide with its new branch in Iligan and Butuan which attests of Sony’s mark on the hearts of the Filipino people. “People who bought our products increases self-confidence through words of mouth”, Fe Socorro Rosales Du, Corporate Treasurer of
Sony Philippines said. According to her, they don’t have marketing representatives to sell their products but it is just through words of the people having bought Sony signatures. “That’s how we value our customers, we do keep in touch with each other and that we guarantee an eye-to-eye contact with the employees to see their loyalty plus personal communication so that our valued customers can realize and see it also from the staff ”, she added. They pioneer for Desmark also securing value for their customers. “We do have skilled engineers worldwide also to ensure very good quality on products and we do have two years warranty for it”, sony/PAGE 10
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VILLAR donates decorticating machine to Sendong survivors in Iligan -provides livelihood training to 40 families By Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy of The Cagayan de Oro TIMES
Sta. Elena, Iligan City – Cynthia Villar, Managing Director of the Villar Foundation donates a coconet decorticating machine and will provide technical training to 40 families affected by last year’s typhoon Sendong who are now relocated to Sta. Elena. Coconet weaving is a mong t he liveli hood enterprises of the Villar Foundation. Coconets are a cheaper alternative to cement; these are weaved using the fiber produced by decorticating machine from waste coconut husks. According to Mrs. Villar, “ako po ay nagagalak na finally maibibuild natin itong coconet weaving factory dito sa iligan city... sa amin po sa Las Piñas, nagsimula po itong livelihood projects 10 years ago dahil nagsimula pong bumaha sa lugar namin... sabi po nang aking kakabayan sa Las Piñas, [ako po’y Congresswoman noon] na we should take care of our river, kailangang palalimin ang ilog para di umapaw ang tubig...” I am very happy that
we can finally build the coconet weaving factory here in Iligan City… in Las Piñas, we started our livelihood projects 10 years ago because it started flooding in our area… people from Las Piñas [I was congresswoman then] told me that we should take care of our river, we need to make it deeper so that it will not overf low… Villar further states that the problem was deeper than expected, as they began to dig on the river – they found that residents throw their garbage on the river. Villar said “kung pagbawalan kaya sila, sumunod kaya sila? I don’t think so, kaya nagiba kami nang strategy, sabi ko, kailangan itong mga basura na ‘to, ipaprocess na pagkabuhayan nang tao... nagsimula kami sa journey namin sa pag-gawa nang livelihood projects na galing sa basura...” If we tell them not to [throw garbage], would they listen? I don’t think so, we changed our strategy, I told them that we should process these garbage and turn them into a source of livelihood… we started our
journey in giving livelihood projects with garbage. This venture lead into several more livelihood projects over the years, and the most recent is coconet weaving. Villar enthused that “isa pong inventor, dating propesor sa bicol university ang nakaimbento nyang decorticating machine, pa g ipi na s ok mo dy a n yung waste coconut husks, naghihiwalay po yung fiber, yun ay ma-weweave niyo into coconet” The inventor of the decorticating machine is a former professor of Bicol University, when you put waste coconut husks; it separates the fiber [from the husk] and that’s what you weave into coconet. “The coconets that the families will produce will be used as rip raps or slope protection for roads and highways that will be developed in Northern Mindanao. It can provide them with sustainable income,” Villar further states. Coconet is an alternative for use in rip raps instead of cement and is 80% cheaper than cement. One decorticating machine can employ 40 fami-
CYNTHIA VILLAR, Managing Director of the Villar Foundation joins in the ceremonial groundbreaking for the construction of the Coconet Weaving Factory in Sta. Elena, Iligan City, December 17. Iligan city government is represented by several local & barangay officials lead by the project head City Councilor Marlene Young. Villar also donates a decorticating machine for use in the said factory.
lies and Mrs. Villar says that when the families start producing income, that income can also lead to the buying of yet another decor t icat i ng machi ne thus employing another 40 families. Mrs. Villar also mused to the housewives that: “maraming nagtatanong sa ak in, bak it daw a ko mahal na mahal ni Senator Manny Villar, wala naman
hindi naman ako beauty queen, tuwang-tuwa siya sa akin... kasi tinutulungan ko siyang maghanapbuhay... kaya kayo tulungan niyo ang mga asawa niyong maghanapbuhay para lalo kayong mahalin nang inyong mga asawa...” Many are asking why Senator Manny Villar loves me very much, I’m not even a beauty queen, and yet he’s very happy with me…
that’s because I help him make a living... that’s why you should help your husbands in making a living so that they will love you even more. According to Villar, coconet weaving is the easiest source of income in Las Piñas and that she finds no reason that the beneficiaries of Sta. Elena in Iligan will not succeed in this venture.
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ing your technology to somebody else entitles you to payment of royalties. However, you must be strict to enforce your intellectual property rights against all those who will come in contact with your product or service. That includes employees and sales agents who may have a tendency to steal your techniques and set up shop as your competition. 4. Do a brand or trademark search. Trademarks are protected on a first-tofile basis. Make sure that your trademark has not yet been registered for the same product by another person or company. Hire an IP lawyer or agent to conduct a trademark search for you or do it yourself through the Bureau of Trademarks. 5. Stake out your claim. If you wrote articles, operations manuals, advertisements, posters and other printed material for your brand, put the © sign on them. Stake out your claim and write “All rights reserved. © 2012 by Your Company” in your company’s written materials. Write to me and send it to sara.suguitan@gmail.com
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mediate needs of victims of the recent calamity. The donation was coursed through the Department of Social Welfare and Development; Federation of Chinese Chambers of Commerce and Industry (to be distributed through the affected local chapters in Mindanao); Op-
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eration: Damayan of the Philippine Star; ABS-CBN Foundation; GMA Kapuso Foundation; TV5 Kapatid Foundation; and to the Philippine Red Cross. Metrobank Foundation Chairman and GT Foundation Chairman Emeritus, Dr. George S. K. Ty, said the donation “is the Metrobank Group and our family’s way of showing solidarity with our fellow Filipinos who were badly affected by ‘Pablo’s’ onslaught.” For more than 30 years, the Metrobank Foundation has been continuously giving financial support to calamity victims — both locally and internationally — as part of its humanitarian initiatives. On the other hand, GT Foundation (the Ty family foundation), recently announced an allocation for its Calamity Assistance Fund in response to the continuing need for humanitarian assistance for victims of natural calamities. *** My book, Central Banking for Every Juan and Maria is now available at Fully Booked, Bonifacio High Street, Bonifacio Global City. To reserve your copy, please contact 858-7000 or 858-7036. You may e-mail us at totingbunye2000@gmail. com.
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Sony... Asaoka added. “As you can see, Sony is everywhere”, he stressed. As to Sony’s market in the Philippines, according to Asaoka, it’s growing and even growing so far having catered not only the upper class of the society but those who belong in the middle class as well. Not only focusing on home appliance business like televisions, Sony has indirectly hit the digital camera industry also by reengineering eminent cameras plus the advent of laptops and mobile phones alike. “We have planned to launch Sony tablet next month”, he revealed. Their latest innovation is
the 84-inch 4K TV with a 3840 vertical resolution and 2140 horizontal resolution. It has eight million (8M) pixels and full high-definition. It shows off details of the movie you are watching at any distance with 3D glasses. This so called “immersive experience” you can really grip. It is as if you are part of the movie. “Wow!” That was the first word that came out from my mouth. Honestly, I don’t want to leave the couch. That amazing homey 84-inch 4K TV experience made my day complete! To complement their store opening and the coming yuletide season, they do offer promos and packages for patrons, just visit any Sony store in the city and turn your dreams into reality. Make believe!
well, assimilating them to the extent of making it the flesh of our flesh, and then quietly and continuously going into a personal apostolate of friendship and confidence where from heart to heart,
and not through the noise of the world, we transmit the saving truths of our faith relevant to the RH Bill. Let’s not waste time judging the motives of those who are pro-RH. That’s not our task. And in the gospel, we already know the possible motives of those who killed Christ. There was pride, hatred, env y, articulated in a variety of ways that ultimately led to Christ’s crucifixion. But in the end, Christ asked his Father to forgive
them—for they know not what they were doing. This is the extreme of charity to which we are also called. But for all that, we have to realize also that we need to defend our faith, the truth in charity. And so, we can also go through the human means available for this purpose without losing the spirit proper of a child of God. Yes, we can enter into debates, join rallies, do all sorts of political maneuvers, but in charity.
ences, conventions, performances o symposium) na tumatalakay pa rin sa isyu ng kahirapan. Maaari tayo magkaroon diyan ng mga film-showing at iba pang events o gatherings. Samantala, may itinayo rin tayo na Nacionalista Party Museum na magpapakita ng mga memorabilia, dokumento, larawan at iba pa ng itinuturing na ‘oldest political party’ ng ating bansa. Napakagandang pagbabalik-tanaw iyan sa mga naging lider ng partido—ang kanilang mga accomplishments—at syempre ang mga naging pagpupunyagi rin ng mga miyembro nito. “Ang Bayan Higit sa Lahat’ ang popular na motto ng
Nacionalista Party, naayon sa paninindigan na ipaglaban ang kapakanan ng bayan, higit sa ano pa man na interest, ay ang pagnanais din na palayain mula sa kahirapan ang ating kapwa Pilipino. Iyang kalayaan na yan ang kinakailangan natin sa panahon na ito at matagal ng minimithi ng marami sa atin. Ang Villar SIPAG ay tahanan nating lahat—ang mga mahihirap na gustong makalaya mula sa kahirapan; ang mga indibidwal at mga organisasyon na gusto tulungan ang mga mahihirap; ang mga public servants na layunin at tungkulin na iahon sa kahirapan ang ating mga naghihikahos na mga kababayan. Lahat kayo ay
welcome dito… Hangad namin na ang Villar SIPAG magiging saksi rin sa tagumpay ng lahat ng ating mga pagpupursigi at pagpupunyagi upang labanan at tapusin ang kahirapan, pagdating ng panahon. At ang mga nagsipagtagumpay na sa buhay dahil sa Villar SIPAG ay sila naman ang aakay at gagabay sa iba na makaahon din sa hirap. Kapag mas maraming tao ang nagtutulungan, ang tanikala ng kahirapan na pumapatay sa pangarap ng marami nating mga kababayan ay magiging tanikala ng pagtutulungan na muling magbibigay sa kanila ng pag-asa. Magandang umaga sa inyong lahat!
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Misor Health Office scores Awards Grand Slam with TOFP By MIKE BANOS, Correspondent
MISAMIS Oriental’s Provincial Health Office does it again. For the third straight year, the PHO under the stewardship of Dr. Ignacio Moreno has been cited with a national award for excellence in health services. For its third straight award in as many years, the Misamis Oriental Provincial Government cited Provincial Health Officer Dr. Ignacio B. Moreno for his selection as one of The Outstanding Filipino Physicians (TOFP) awardees for 2012. TOFP is organized by the Junior Chamber Internationa l (JCI) Senate Philippines and San Miguel Corporation. “I am very happy for Dr. Sonny a nd for our PHO! Proud of him too!” said Gov. Oscar S. Moreno. “This special award, coming as it does after a string of awards to the province and Dr. Nery, our hospital operations head, reinforces our resolve to upgrade both our hospital services and our public health initiatives.” TOFP aims to instill patriotism among medical professionals by recognizing those who chose to serve their fellow Filipinos and offer their expertise to the needy. The search is anchored on the Jaycee tenet: “Serving and caring for our countrymen is the best works of life.” TOFP 2012 Executive Director and TOFP 2008 Chairman Melandrew T. Velasco said that the major thrust for this year’s sea rch wa s to st r i ke a mix among outstanding physicians from Metro Manila and the rural or community doctors who are sacrificing and serving our countrymen who have been neglected in terms of proper hea lt h care due to the lack of medical practitioners. Vice Gov. Norris C. B abier a pre s ente d Dr. Moreno w it h a n Orl ina-designed trophy for his selection as “Health Guardian of Mindanao”. “Son ny Moreno has long served as the man behind and prime mover on hea lt h i n novat ions program that earned the prestigious 2010 Galing Pook Awa rd for Misor and choosing to serve his countr y f irst, as a true rural doctor,” Mr. Babiera noted. “He rightfully deser ves t his prest ig ious award.” T he 2 012 aw a rd i ng ceremony for TOFP was held December 5 at the Centennial Ballroom of t he Ma ni la Hotel w it h Vice-President Jejomar Binay as keynote speaker and Health Secretary Enrique Ona (himself a 2007 TOFP awardee), JCI Senate President Antonio H. Cerilles, San Miguel
C or porat ion President and CEO Ramon S. Ang, and TOFP 2012 National C ha i r ma n G on z a lo T. Duque were also present. Leading the 2012 TOFP awardees is former Health Secretar y Jaime Galvez Tan who was recognized as an “eminent Filipino physician” along with nonagenarian physician, Dr. Thelma N. Clemente of the Capitol Medical Hospital. Tan is being recognized for his unselfish efforts and dedication to serve and improve the lives of his countrymen with his personal tenet: “Country first. Self later.” Ot her awardees and their citations included Dr. Julius Lecciones (Childhood Cancer Warrior), Dr. Edmyr M. Macabulos( Hall of Famer Service Doctor from Pampanga), Dr. Rosendo Roque (Prenatal Birth Care Advocate from Quezon City), Dr. Romulo Lacson (Champion Doctor of Indigenous People in Pampanga), Dr. Erlinda de los Reyes (Heroine Anesthesiologist of Negrenses), Dr. Josephine Jabonillo (gender-inclusive Boholanos Fighter for Sustainable Reproductive Health), Dr.Yul Raquintan (Urban Rural Doctor of Quezon Cit y who established a community clinic in Rizal province), Dr. Astom A. Fernando (general surgeon from San Fernando City, La Union) and Dr.
Mary Ann Yasay Luis (ophthalmologist from Laoag City). A common thread that binds this year’s awardees is the fact that they have chosen to practice their medical profession in the country, despite great and very promising possibilities of attaining wealth and stature overseas. A number of this year’s TOFP awardees have even shared their expertise and medical services for free. The Board of Judges for this year’s TOFP awards wa s headed by Hea lt h Secretary Enrique T. Ona as chairman, Dr. Rommel Cariño (the country’s miracle heart surgeon and 2008 TOFP awardee), Philippine Medical Association Secretar y Genera l Dr. Ma r ia n ne Doble s , SMC Advocacy Manager Cha rles Owen a nd JCI Senate Philippines Immediate Past President Nelson Tan. Dr. Moreno also extended this thanks and g rat itude to t he ent ire work force of the Provincial Government for their cooperation and support to the Provincial Health Office. Misamis Oriental was awarded its first Galing Pook Award last March 17, 2011 by President Aquino in Malacañang in recognition of its outstanding health services program dubbed “Strategic Innovations for Government Hospitals”. The LGU came up with Provincial and Municipal Investment Plans for Hea lt h t h roug h wh ich surgeons are detailed to provincial-managed hos-
Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12THJudicial Region OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF Tubod, Lanao del Norte NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF No.: 173-07-2012 Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale Under Act 3135/1508, as amended, filed by the 1st Valley Bank Inc., Baroy, Lanao del Norte against LEMUEL L. YAP, Maranding , Lala, Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of February 24, 2011 amounting to ONE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FIVE THOUSAND ( Php 1,155,000.00) excluding penalties , changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at public auction on 5th day of February 2013 at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: LIST OF MORTGAGED PROPERTIES A parcel of Commercial land, situated in the Barrio of Maranding, Municipality of Lala, Province of LANAO DEL NORTE, containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY FIVE (525) SQM., more or less. Including all improvements found hereon and more particularly described and bounded as follows: LOT NO. 22-B-8, PsD-10-060959 Bounded on the NE., E., and S., along lines 6-7-1-2-3 by Lot 22-B09 of the subdivision plan Psd-10-060959; on the NW., along line 3-4 by National (30.00m wide); along line 4-5-6 by Lot 24. Pcs-123509-00688 Under the TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-26,484 in the name of LEMUEL YAP. “All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this December 4,2012. For the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff
pitals. A Memorandum of Agreement w it h t he Minda nao Consor tium on Su rg ic a l Residenc y Training Program tapped the expertise of 31 multispecialist staff from hospitals in Cagayan de Oro. The program substantially addressed the problems on hospital services and facilities faced by the province. Among the innovative strategies the province adopted under the program were the outsourcing of supplemental funds from public and private sources for facility development, established network connectivity to improve referrals and communications, tapped medical societies, i nt roduced a consig nment scheme for medical supplies, established a pharmacy enterprise and logical work f lows. The Galing Pook Award is con fer red to a prescreened local government unit (LGU) as recognition of innovative practices in loca l governa nce. This was followed in 2011 by the selection of Dr. Ramon M. Nery, M.D., Chief of Hospital of the Misamis Oriental Provincial Hospital-Balingasag and Executive Director of the Misamis Oriental Hospital Operations & Management
were the Surgicare Project which provided the services of trained surgeons and medical specialists; the Telehealth Project which enabled real-time online consultation and referrals through the internet; the Reagent Tie-Up Project which made laborator y services available 24/7 and generated much needed revenues for the hospitals; the Pharmacy Enterprise Project which augmented the provincial hospitals budgets and made quality drugs and medicines more accessible and affordable through consignment; and the OWWA MisOrPH-Alubijid Provincial Hospital, a pioneering endeavor which a ims to prov ide hospital services not only to patients from the western part of the province but also to OFWs from all over Mindanao. T he t wo prov i nc ia l hospitals in Gingoog City and Balingasag directly managed by Dr. Nery since 20 08 were consistent ly the top performing hospitals among the seven hospitals in the province in terms of services rendered and revenue generated. In recognition of his administrative savvy he was designated Head of Hospital Operations for the province in 2011.
Supreme Court of the Philippines Judicial and Bar Council Manila ANNOUNCEMENT The Judicial and Bar Council (JBC) makes it known to the public that the following are applicants for judicial positions in Judicial Regions IX to XII: REGIONAL TRIAL COURT: IPIL, ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY (BR.24): DIPOLOG CITY,ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE (BR.10): ZAMBOANGA CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR (BR.16): PAGADIAN CITY, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE (BR.18), BONGAO, TAWITAWI.(BR.5): DAPA, SURIGAO DEL NORTE(BR.31): ALABEL, SARANGANI (BR.38): CANTILAN, SURIGAO DEL SUR (BR.41): DIGOS CITY, DAVAO DEL SUR (BR.20); and/or BAGANGA, DAVAO OREINTAL (BR.7): ALABA, Jude Erwin U.; ALCONCELDAYANGHIRANG, Melinda; ANDRES, Mario D.; BAJAN, Julieto N.; BASTASA, Ric S.; BERMEJO, Renato D.; BORDALBA, Cesar P.; CABERTE, Jaime B.; CONCHA-AGEAS, Cherry Joy C.; DALMAN, Vittorbio D.; DAMAYO, Ivy F.; DIABO, Arnold M.;DONDOYANO, Jose Rene G.; FABIAN, Catherine C.; FILOTEO, Roncesvalles B.; GONZAGA,Victoriano B.; GORGOLAN-LICUAN, Leonila P.; ISAW, Anthony D.; JOCSON, Jocam Joseph C.; MACARAMBON, Mosleme T.; PAKAM, Abdulmoin M.; PALMONES, Francis Jr. E.; QUIANZON, Emilio Jr. O.; REYES, Jordan H.; RODRIGUEZ, Felix Jr.; SALADAGA, Ruelo A.; SANTIAGO, Lorna B.; TRIMOR, Pastor Jr.; VELEZ, Magnolia C.; YARRA, Alexander B.; YBARLEY, Bill L. MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT: LAAK, COMPOSTELA VALLEY: GIL-TORREJOS, Maria Sophia P.; LABTIC, Alona T.; MAGLANA, Maria Eloisa A.; NEMENZO-AGNO, Joynalyn A.; VILLANUEVA, Ferdinand R.; CALANOGAS, LANAO DEL SUR: ABBAS, Osop MP.; MACADATO, Macacuna B.; SARIP, Tago R. MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT: KATIPUNAN-SERGIO OSMEÑA (5TH); DUMALINAO-SAN PABLO TIGBAO, ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR (8TH); MCTC KUMALARANGLUKEWOOD-BAYOG, ZAMBOANG DEL SUR (13TH); MAGALLANES-LAS NIEVES, AGUSAN DEL NORTE (1ST); JABONGA-KITCHARO,AGUSAN DEL NORTE (3RD); CALAMBA-BALIANGAO, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL (1ST); ALORAN-PANAOAN, MISAMIS OCCIDENTAL (3RD): IMPASUGONG-SUMILAO, BUKIDNON (3RD); KIBAWE-DAMULOGKADINGILAN, BUKIDNON (6TH); LANTAPAN- CABANGLASAN, BUKIDNON (7TH); INITAO- LIBERTAD, MISAMIS ORIENTAL (8TH); GLAN-MALAPATAN, , SARANGGANI; MALITA-STA, MARIA-DON MARCELINO, DAVAO DEL SUR (5TH); and/or WAOBUMBARAN, LANAO DEL SUR (9TH): ABBAS, Osop MP.; ADAZA, Eileen D.; AMANTEDESCALLAR, Norlinda R.; AQUINO, Rainier Eusebio D.; CAÑEDA, Antonio G.; CARDINOSAMSON, Cathy D.; CARREON-PADAO,Nimfa B.; CASIÑO-BALURAN, Anabel Carmen S.; CIMAFRANCA, Pacifico Jr.; CONCHA-AGEAS, Cherry Joy C.; CORDERO, Fracisco Jr. J.; GILTORREJOS, Maria Sophia P.; GOZAGA, Victoriano B.; GONZAGA-MORONG, Jihan Gift C.; HASSIMAN, Alnaiza T.; JULIANO, Ma. Lourdes R.; LAGAMON, Sabrina B.; LEGASPI, Marisol D.; LIMJOCO, Carlo Franco Thomas C.; LOPENA, Alvyn R.; LUIS-LEQUERME, Jerlie P.; MACADATO, Macacuna B.; MACARAYA, Rakimah B.; MAGLANA, Maria Eloisa A.; MAGTULIS-ARIÑO, Renie G.; MORALES-AVILA, Maria C.; NEMENZO-AGNO, Jonalyn A.; PAJARILLO-SALCEDO, Nelison U.; PEREZ, Hazel O.; PORE, QUIANZON, Emilio Jr. O.; ROSAL, Benneth P.; SABIO, Jeane Marie A.; SAJULGA-CAÑA, Leah M.;SALADAGA, Ruelo A.; SARIP, TAgo R.; TANCINCO, Eugene David R.; TENEBRO,Tristram C.; TORIBIO, Carluo Mae; TRIBACO, Karyn Lee A.; TRIMOR, Pastor Jr.; VELASCO, Felipe Vicente A.; VITOR, Anthony P.; YBARLEY, Bill L.; ZAPATOS, Arnel A. MUNICIPAL TRIAL COURT IN CITIES: SURIGAO CITY DEL NORTE (BR.2): DAVAO CITY, DAVAO DEL SUR (BR.6); and/or MTCC. GEN. SANTOS CITY, SOUTH COTABATO (BR.2): ADAZA, Eileen D.; ALAS-ESMERO, Joan Francis S.; AMOR, Dolores Ll.; BAJAN, Julieto N.; COVARRUBIAS, Jose III V.; GIL-TORREJOS, Maria Sophia P.; LABTIC, Alona T.; LEMANA, Nanette G.; MAGLANA, Maria Eloisa A.; PLATIL, Rosalie D.; PORE, Nathaniel C.; QUIAZON, Emilio Jr. O.; SAJULGA-CAÑA, Leah M.; TRIBACO, Karyn Lee A.; TRIMOR, Pastor Jr.; VELASCO, Felipe Vicente A.; VILLANUEVA, Ferdinand R.; YARRA, Alexander B. The public may submit to the JBC sworn complaint, report, or opposition (in ten legible copies) against any of the aforementioned applicants for judgeship not later than 19, November 2012 (Monday). APPLICANTS WITH INCOMPLETE OR OUT OF DATE DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS WILL NOT BE INTERVIEWED OR CONSIDERED FOR NOMINATION.
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ENRIQUETA E. VIDAL Clerk of Court & JBC Ex Officio Secretary
CONRADO V. HINGCO, JR Sheriff IV
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Service (HOMS), Misamis Oriental Provincial Health Office as the TOFIL 2011 Awardee for Government and Public Service. The Outstanding Filipino (TOFIL) Award is also a project of Junior Chamber Internationa l (JCI) Senate Philippines with the Insular Life Assurance Co., Limited. which aims to recognize outstanding men and women 41 years of age a nd over whose exemplary achievements are worthy of emulation and whose self less dedication to their profession or vocation has resulted in significant contribut ions to t he welfa re of t hei r cou nt r y men a nd t he countr y, as well as to t he adva ncement of their respective fields of endeavor. Dr. Nery heeded Gov. Moreno’s call to help the ailing healthcare system of Misamis Oriental in 2008. In 2010, the province won a Galing Pook Award for ‘Strategic Innovations’ instituted in its provincia l hospita ls including innovations to address the chronic lack of funds, medical specialists, medicines, and ancillary services in the province’s seven LGU-managed hospitals. Foremost among these
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