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By BONG D. FABE of Mindanao Daily News

CAGAYAN de Oro City––Instead of protecting and advancing Mindanao’s competitive advantage by developing more clean hydro power plants, the Department of Energy (DoE) is showing a bias and partiality to dirty coal-fired power plants to address the island’s worsening power problem, a renewable energy advocate claimed.

Mindanao, the Philippines’ second-largest island group, is blessed with so much natural resources, especially water resources, that can be tapped as renewable energy source for cheap electricity in the island.

“But Mindanao’s call for clean hydro power project developments has so far seem to remain unheeded by the Department of Energy, indicating a partiality towards approving fossilfuel based coal plants such YELL FOR THE LAST STRETCH. Twenty-two-year-old Leonard Colonia (left) of Malaybalay Run- as the 300 MW Aboitiz ners lets out a yell as he sprints against a close rival for the finish line of the 10k category of the 36th Milo Marathon on Thermal Plant in Davao, Sunday morning in Cagayan de Oro. Colonia won the race in a time of 35minutes, 49seconds. The Cagayan de Oro leg of the 200 MW of Conal Holdthe marathon drew thousands of runners from different parts of Mindanao. Photo by Gerry Gorit ings in General Santos, and

Bomb explodes in Maguindanao province

By AL JACINTO of Mindanao Daily News

ZAMBOANGA City––A bomb explosion on Monday wounded a Muslim rebel in the restive province of Maguindanao in the southern Philippines, officials said.

Col. Prudencio Asto, a spokesman for the 6th Infantry Division, said the bomb exploded just as members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters were passing near a government irrigation canal in the village of Lower Salvo in Datu Saudi Ampatuan town.

“One BIFF member under Mohaiden Animbang was wounded in the blast, that’s what we have gathered so far.

Reports also said that the BIFF members were on their way to attend a Kanduli,” he said, referring to a peace ceremony among warring Muslim clans.

It was not immediately known who was behind the

other coal power plants from high-profile developers such as San Miguel and Ayala Group, among others,” lamented Greenergy Development, Inc. President Cerael C. Donggay, former National Power Corporation (NPC) vice president for Mindanao.

Donggay’s Greenergy and the First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative (FIBECO) have initiated the P33 billion 300 MW Pulangi 5 Hydro Power Project in 2008. It is located, 40 kilometers downstream from the existing 255 MW Pulangi 4 PLANTS | page 10

NGO opposes United Nations’ call to legalize flesh trade in PH

By JOEY SEM G. DALUMPINES of Philippine Information Agency-Region 11

DAVAO City––A nongovernment organization (NGO) working for the welfare of women and children in prostitution here expressed opposition to the United Nations call to legalize the flesh trade worldwide in order to prevent the spread of humanimmuno virus (HIV).

Jeanette Ampog, executive director of Talikala said BOMB | page 10 the best way to stop the

spread of the disease is to take women and children out of prostitution.

She said women and children are at risk of infectious diseases because they are in prostitution.

“Legalization will not protect prostituted women and children from being abused and manhandled if they insist on using protection like condoms. Legalization of prostitution will

only authorize the abuses and exploitation of women and children and will benefit more the industry and the people behind it,” Ampog said.

She said that governments may rake in revenues for the legalization of prostitution but women and children in the trade will be stripped of their character and health.

Ampog recommended that the government must address the demand side

of prostitution by penalizing men who solicit sexual services.

She also said that government must also offer alternative livelihood activities and availability of all support services to women and children if it sticks on the UN call to legalize prostitution.

Carina Sajonia, spokesperson of Talikala, Incorporated said giving women and children access to medical OPPOSES | page 10

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The K+12 curriculum

By GINA L. MANDAWE

THE administration of President Benigno Aquino III insisted that the implementation of the controversial K+12 basic education program will enable students to be more competitive via reforms and innovation in the curriculum.

This as the House of Representative approved House Bill 6642, otherwise known as the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2012, which aims to augment the current education system by putting into law the K to 12 education program.

The K plus 12 basic education is an extension by two years of the school program. The enhanced K to 12 Basic Education program will be implemented in all public elementary and secondary schools nationwide starting school year 2012-2013.

The new program will remove the Philippines from the group of only three countries in the world still implementing a 10-year basic education curriculum, said President Aquino.

It adds two years of senior high school and makes Kindergarten mandatory for children five years of age.

Grade 11 or the first year of senior high school will be introduced by 2016, while Grade 12 will commence in 2017. The new curriculum also aims to ensure every child is a reader by Grade 1.

“The program aims to give our students 21st century skills,” Education Secretary Armin Luistro.

Pre-schooling for all and use of mother tongue-based multilingual education will be a reality as well as the madaris (Islamic) education as a sub-system across all levels, added Luistro. Twelve mother tongue languages shall be utilized as language of instruction. These are Tagalog, Iloko, Kapampangan, Pangasinense, Bikol, Cebuano, Hiligaynon, Waray, Maguindanaon, Maranaon, Tausog and Chavacano.

Technical and vocational education will also be re- AUTONOMOUS Region in Muslim Mindanao Regional Secretary Pendatun “Penny” Disimban (center, wearing Armm anniversary shirt) and employees of the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) plant trees during the 23rd anniversary introduced by Grade 7. celebration of Armm. By Lisa Española

Entire police command in Zambo ordered relieved

Re-schedule of Public Auction Republic of the Philippines Department of Finance

Republic of the Philippines BUREAUof OFFinance CUSTOMS Department Collection District X BUREAU OF CUSTOMS Collection Districtde X Oro Port of Cagayan Port of Cagayan de Oro

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION

Pursuant the provisions Section 2601 to Tariff 2610and of the TariffCode and of Customs Code of Philippines, as to CAO

Pursuant to the to provisions of Sectionof2601 to 2610 of the Customs the Philippines, as the amended, in relation amended, in November relation to 28, 2007 and other relevant Customs Memorandum 10-2007 dated 28,CAO 200710-2007 and other dated relevantNovember Customs Memorandum Orders, there will be Public Auction Sale through Sealed Orders, there will be Public Auction Sale through Sealed Bidding, to be conducted by this Port on December Bidding, to be conducted by this Port on December 3, 2012 at 2:30 P.M., to be held at the Bureau of Customs Conference Room, Port 3, 2012 at 2:30 P.M., to be held at the Bureau of Customs Conference Room, Port Area, Cagayan De Oro City, Area,herein Cagayan De Oro City, the herein described articles inshall lot. Said articles shall availablefrom for viewing from November 21-23, 2012. the described articles in lot.

Said articles be available for be viewing November 21-23, 2012.

When aafailed bidding is declared, the second auctionauction shall beshall conducted on the third daybusiness followingday the first bidding,the except as When failed bidding is declared, the second be conducted onbusiness the third following first bidding,items/goods, except as to perishable items/goods, be auctioned again on the following business day. to perishable which may be auctioned againwhich on themay following business day.

First Advertisement – “As Is Where Is”

First Advertisement – “As Is Where Is” Lot No.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26

Qty.

1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

10x20’ 1 1 10pcs 10pcs

Description of Articles for Auction

Mercedez Benz SL 320 (1994) Mercedez Benz CLK 320 (2005) Dodge Durango (1998) Ford Explorer ACYL (1996) Hyundai Sarex (Brown) Hyundai Starex (White) Hyundai Starex (Silver) Hyundai Starex (Gray) Hyundai Starex (Green) Hyundai Starex (Green) Tsuchiya Gang Mower Honda Fit (White) Honda Fit (White) Honda Fit (Black) Honda Fit (White) Honda Fit (White) Honda Fit (White) Kia Sorento Hyundai Terracan (2006) Hyundai Galloper (un-assembled, no roof) Used Mitsubishi Pajero Intercooler (Blue) RHD Used Mitsubishi Pajero Intercooler (Red) RHD Used Mitsubishi Pajero (Blue) RHD Used Mitsubishi Wagon (White) RHD Kia Potencia (White) Used Nissan Van (White) Caravan Hyundai Accent (Yellow-white) Hyundai Accent (White) Kia Sportage (Blue) Kia Sportage (Green) Lite Ace Van Caravan (White) Delica Van Nissan Caravan Mercedez Benz (Blue-Green) Refined Sugar (Arrived May 18,2012) Izuzu Truck Fuzo Truck Wood Office Tables Wood Chairs

Condition

Location

used used used used used used used used used used used used used used used used used used used used

MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP MCT-SP

Junk

CDO

Deteriorated Junk Junk used used

MCT-SP CDO CDO CDO CDO

Floor Price (Pesos)

450,000.00 600,000.00 400,000.00 250,000.00 140,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 150,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 130,000.00 200,000.00 200,000.00 60,000.00

450,000.00

7,725,000.00 40,000.00 40,000.00 4,500.00 500.00

Basic Guidelines: Basic Guidelines:

1. Filing of Bidder’s Information Form with name, address, TIN and other relevant circumstances, at least two (2) days prior to the 1. auction; Filingwhich of Bidder’s Form withfor name, address, TIN and other relevant circumstances, at least day of shall be Information indicated in the logbook registered bidders. two (2) days prior to the day of auction; which shall be indicated in the logbook for registered bidders.

2. Payment of a non-refundable registration fee of PhP2,000.00.

2.

Payment of a non-refundable registration fee of PhP2,000.00.

3. Posting of duly receipted bond in cashinor cash manager’s check in ancheck amount to 20% of the floor price of sale lot. The 3.

Posting of duly receipted bond or manager’s in equivalent an amount equivalent to 20% of each the floor of eachtosale lot. The bond be refunded to the losing bidder after the closing of the auction. bond shallprice be refunded the losing bidder aftershall the closing of the auction.

4.

Registration with the Chief, ACDD to be filed one (1) day before the date of actual bidding until an hour

4. Registration with the Chief, ACDD to be filed one (1) day before the date of actual bidding until an hour immediately preceding preceding the time of actual bidding; thereafter, registration is closed. the time ofimmediately actual bidding; thereafter, registration is closed.

5.

Submission of all participants, whether natural or juridical, (must submit together with the Bidder’s

5. Submission of allofparticipants, whether natural juridical, (must submit together with Bidder’sduly Information) their latest Information) their latest certified trueorcopy of Income and Business Taxthe Returns stampedofand received the Bureau of Internal Revenue with a and validated payment thereon andwith other certified true copy ofby Income and Business Tax Returns duly stamped receivedtax by the Bureau made of Internal Revenue a validated documents such as ID, Community Tax Certificate, Business permits or Certificate of Registration of tax payment made thereon and other documents such as ID, Community Tax Certificate, Business permits or Certificate of Registration Business Name issued by the Department of Trade and Industry. of Business Name issued by the Department of Trade and Industry.

6.

Clustering occurs when the difference between the highest and the second highest bid is within ten

6. Clustering occursofwhen difference highest thebidding second shall highest is within ten (10) percent of the highest (10) percent the the highest bid. between In suchthe case, an and open bebid conducted among the bidders of the sale lot who present with the the bidders highestofbid thelotnew price. with Only bid. In such case,particular an open bidding shall beare conducted among the serving particularassale whofloor are present thebids highest bid raised by three (3) percent more than the new floor price shall be considered and the highest bid in serving asopen the new floor price. Only bids raised by three (3) percent more than the new floor price shall be considered and the the highest bidding shall be declared as the winner. Otherwise, the highest sealed bid shall be declared bid in the open bidding shall be declared as the winner.

Otherwise, the highest sealed bid shall be declared winner winner

7. At the end of each bidding, the highest bidder shall be required to pay in Cash or Manager’s Check 50% of the bid price “on the the end of each bidding, highest shall be required to and paythe in CoA Cash or Manager’s Check 50% balance spot”7.uponAtannouncement of winning bid asthe duly certifiedbidder to by the Auction Committee representative.

The remaining of the bid price “on the spot” upon announcement of winning bid as duly certified to by the Auction shall be paid on the succeeding business day.

Committee and the CoA representative. The remaining balance shall be paid on the succeeding

8. Payment with Manager’s Check to the Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro, shall bear the following: business day.

a. Pay to the order of Land Bank of the Philippines – Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro

b. For credit of the Bureau of Customs 8.

Payment with Manager’s Check to the Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro, shall bear the

c. For the account of: ______________________. following:

(Bidder) a.

Pay to the order of Land Bank of the Philippines – Bureau of Customs, Port of Cagayan De Oro

For furtherb.details, pleaseofcontact DeputyofCollector for Administration Marvin B. Mison, Chairman, Auction and Cargo Disposal For credit the Bureau Customs c.

For the account of: ______________________.

Committee or Ms. Jennifer L. Legario, Port of Cagayan De Oro, Tel. No. (088) 856-8782.

(Bidder)

ATTY. ANJU NEREO For further details, please contact Deputy Collector for Administration MarvinC.B.CASTIGADOR Mison, Chairman, Auction and Cargo Disposal Committee or Ms. Jennifer L. Legario, Port of Cagayan De Oro, No. (088) 856

District Collector of Tel. Customs

8782.

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THE entire members of the Labuan, Zamboanga City police will undergo re-training after they failed to thwart the abduction of a school teacher last Tuesday in Labuan.

Police Regional Office 9 (PRO9) director Chief Supt.

Napoleon Estilles ordered the entire Labuan police to undergo re-training at the Regional Support Training Unit (RSTU9) in Camp Abendan, Mercedes in Zamboanga.

During investigation, it was found out that the policemen assigned in the area could have confronted

n The police force failed to preempt kidnapping of school teacher

the abductors of Flordeliza Ongchua had their responses were not delayed.

Estilles sent the entire members of the Labuan police station, including their station commander Chief Insp. Roberto Marcos, to the training camp and undergo the back-to basic training to remind them of

their vital responsibilities as law enforcers and protectors of the civilian populace.

“Sending them on retraining is not a punishment, but a strong message of reminding them to perform their given mandate as law enforcers properly,” Estilles said.

Labuan Police Station members will follow the group of Siocon Police Station and Pagadian Police Station who are now having re-training in Camp Abendan after some of them were proven to be involved in the use of drugs while in the police service.

C O TA BAT O C i t y – – A magnitude 5.2 earthquake rocked coastal towns in Sultan Kudarat province Sunday morning, the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) today said.

A magnitude 4.9 earthquake also jolted parts of Davao Del Sur on Sunday afternoon, Phivolcs said.

In it s bu l l e t i n , t h e agenc y said the quake with magnitude 4.9 occurred at 3:14 p.m. with its epicenter located at 124 kilometer (km) northeast of Saranggani town in Davao Del Sur. The tremor recorded at 4:28 dawn has a depth of 612 kilometers and its epicenter was traced 49

kilometers southwest of coastal town of Kalamansig, Sultan Kudarat.

No casualty or damage to property was reported.

Phivolcs said the tremor was slightly felt in the coastal towns of Lebak, Kalamansig and Palimbang because its epicenter was traced in the Moro Gulf.

Phivolcs said the earthquake was tectonic in origin or movement of tectonic plate in the Moro Gulf.

5.2 magnitude tremor rocks Kudarat, Davao

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NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH

It is preposterous to say that the discoloration of the Iponan River in Opol, Misamis Oriental was due to tolerance of the city government against rampant illegal mining in the outskirts of Cagayan de Oro City.

Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez of the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City pushes for the approval of House Bill 3284 which he authored and filed during a recent Committee Hearing in the House of Representatives. HB 3284 calls for the addition of one representative each from the Local Government Units of the Municipalities of Villanueva and Tagoloan in Misamis Oriental as members of the Board of Directors of Phividec. House Bill 3284 was subsequently approved on third reading and was transmitted to the Senate. Also in the photo are Rep Pedro Romualdo and Rep. Rodolfo Albano. (K. DiCHAVEZ)

Suspects in Ma’danao massacre tagged in killing of 2 army officers CAMP SIONGCO, Maguindanao––Two armed men suspected to be involved in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre shot and seriously wounded two intelligence operatives of the military conducting surveillance operations in Sultan Kudarat Sunday, the Army here said.

The victims, who are members of the 46th Infantry Battalion, were traveling on a highway along the border of Isulan and Ezperanza, both in Sultan Kudarat, aboard a motorbike, when shot by two men riding in separate motorbike at about 9 a.m, according to Colonel Prudencio Asto.

Asto, speaking for the 6th Infantry Division, said Pfc. Sammy Ali and Pfc. Nickerson Susaya, both in civilian clothes, were shot while tailing a vehicle where a suspect in the Maguindanao massacre was believed to be riding.

Although armed, the Army intelligence opera-

tives failed to return fire as their vehicle crashed on the roadside.

Ali sustained injury in his back while Susaya was hit in the abdomen. The gunmen fled after the shooting.

Asto said Ali and Susaya had been actively helping the police in hunting down suspects in the Maguindanao Massacre that are still unaccounted for.

Among those who are still unaccounted for are two grandsons of former Maguindanao Gov. Andal Ampatuan and members of the defunct Maguindanao Civilian Volunteer Organization who allegedly participated in the carnage in Ampatuan town.

Asto said the wounded Army intelligence agents were also helping the Isulan PNP in identifying those behind the planting of an improvised explosive device left a the Isulan welcome rotunda intended for Maguindanao Gov. Esmael

MILF tracks down remaining suspects in Maguindanao massacre SULTAN Kudarat, Maguindanao– Even without the police asking the Moro Islamic Liberation Front to help tracking down the remaining suspects in the Maguindanao massacre, the MILF said it has been sending information to government agencies that led to several arrests.

Von Al Haq, military spokesperson of the MILF, denied reports that the MILF allows wanted per-

sons for the 2009 carnage in its controlled areas in Maguindanao.

“We condemn the massacre and those behind it, we will never allow them to make our areas as their haven, or haven of lawless elements,” Al Haq said, reacting to reports that some of the 92 remaining suspects were seen in MILF camps near the Liguasan marshland.

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Toto Mangudadatu who was to attend the 3rd year anniversary of the massacre last Friday.

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE “ISIDRO GINGOYON” AND “JUANITA GINGOYON” Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late “ISIDRO GINGOYON” and “JUANITA GINGOYON” who died in Baroy, Lanao del Norte on May 19 1973 and November 13, 2005; that the deceased “JUANITA GINGOYON” at the time of her death left certain real properties, situated in Baroy, Lanao del Norte and which properties are more particularly described as follows, to wit; “Pin No.: 057-03-007-01-030, TD No. G-0700063, Location of Property: Dalama, CAD No. 3261, LAND 1 AREA: 9.1271” “Pin No. 057-03-018-01-008(B057), TD No. G-1800080, Location of Property: Sagadan Lower, CAD No.: 1869-P, Land 1 Area: 0.0000” “Pin No.: 057-03-018-01-008, TD No. G-18000368, Location of Property: Sagadan Lower, CAD No. 1869, Land1 Area: 15.1548” “Pin No.: 057-03-018-01-006, Area: G-1800370, Location of Property: Sagadan Lower, CAD No. 3211, Land1 Area: 0.9514” While deceased “ISIDRO GINGOYON” at the time of his death, left certain real properties, also situated in Baroy, Lanao del Norte and which properties are more particularly described as follows to wit; “TD No. 3334, Area: 9.3300, Location: Andil, Baroy” “TD No. 462, Area: 600 sqm., Location: Pob. Baroy” “TD No. 4034, Area: Copra Drier, Location: Dalama Baroy” “TD No. 02-00265, Area: Drier, Location: Andil, Baroy” Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE ISIDRO GINGOYON AND JUANITA GINGOYON, made and entered into by and between: ROMEO A. GINGOYON, of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident of Lower Sagadan, Baroy, Lanao del Norte; ENRICO A. GINGOYON, of legal age, married, Filipino, and a resident of Lower Sagadan,Baroy Lanao del Norte; ARTEMIO A. GINGOYON, of legal age, married, Filipino, and a resident of Lower Sagadan, Baroy, Lanao del Norte; PRINCIPIO A. GINGOYON (DECEASED) and HONESTO A. GINGOYON (DECEASED), that the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the legal heirs of the late “ISIDRO AND JUANITA GINGOYON” as per Doc. No. 16; Page No. 04; Book No. XXIII; Series of 2012, under Notary Public of ATTY. DOROTHEA SALI GAN-BASALO. MDN: NOV. 13, 20 & 27, 2012

The desperate and hypocrite politicians are concocting this absurdity. What is more appealing than fabricating lies in an effort to arouse public outcry?

Finding the lack of valid issues, these despicable groups accused local city officials as culprits of Iponan River’s discoloration. Definitely, the local political oppositions are inventing this issue to sway facts away from the truth The truth is the discoloration of the Iponan River took place because of illegal mining in the province of Misamis Oriental. Cagayan de Oro and its residents are not parties to the environmental destruction of the Iponan River and its watershed. Otherwise, the Cagayan de Oro River itself would have suffered discoloration long time ago.

In some instance, the city government might have allowed small-scale mining in controlled areas in the city’s outskirt. Nevertheless, the city government is careful that these mining activities are adopting measures that would protect the area’s environment.

Allowing small-scale mining to operate is one way of providing jobs to the unemployed. In exchange, the city government strictly enforces environmental policies to make these areas safe against environmental destruction.

This is the primary reason why the city government is running after illegal mining. Cagayan de Oro City residents and native Cagayanons are glad of the city’s initiatives. It is in this context that politicians opposed to the incumbent administration are resorting to various forms of ‘lies.’ The idea is to make it appear that local officials are doing nothing against illegal mining.

The political opposition should not jump into baseless and unfounded conclusion that, in the end, would be disadvantageous to them. Cagayanons had earlier pledged to support groups who would fight for environment protection. However, city residents had withdrawn this support when it turned out that these environment groups are ‘fronts’ in pursuing political interests.

It is sad, that aside from Sulog, individuals masquerading as environmentalists have used other groups like Save CDO Movement, Bangon CDO, Mata na CDO, to pursue political caprices. We, Cagayanons should not believe their accusations least we would fall prey to pitfalls they have purposely laid down to mislead us!

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Road safety advocacy Narcotics Drug Education Program-NDEP

By KRISTIN PAMELA V. UMAHAG

Department of Education responded to the call of the Regional Development Council ( RDC) XII passed RDC Resolution No.42 entitled: A Resolution Supporting the conduct of Advocacy Activity on Road Safety. RDC Resolution No. 129 was passed during the 35th RDC Meeting on September 13, 2011 Declaring October 21 as Road Safety Day in Region XII. Supported by the Presidential Proclamation No.159 as Philippine Decade of Action for Road Safety.

Road Accidents! Nothing new right?...It has been a part of daily news as we say. Whenever we talk about or see vehicular or road clothes, it may be major or minor, we simply say that they got into an accident. Upon closer analysis, we come to realize that an accident is a chance event commonly involving catastrophe, suffering or damage.

Almost all vehicular road crashes are not chance events but the result of a series of events that led to the crash.

Base from studies more than 90% of all vehicular crashes are caused by HUMAN ERROR or SERIES OF HUMAN ERRORS. Most people look at accidents as ACTS OF GOD and such cannot be avoided are NOT AS MISTAKES OF MAN which are avoidable.

Maria Z. Bayya Elementary Elementary School teachers October 22,2012 our Mid-Year Performance Assessment and Evaluation, it has been one of our discussions to be a part of the lessons of every teacher.

Orientation and sharing has been conducted. There was a great participation among teachers. Integration among in all academic subjects has been agreed by the group.

Recommendations were also raised by the group that this must be applied during class discussion and there must be continuity of the said advocacy in Road Safety.

Information Drive for the intermediate pupils was also conducted to Grade IV,V and VI. Active participation and cooperation and observed among the pupils. They appreciated so much the value of Road Safety advocacy. Sustainability of the advocacy was recommended by the group.

By KRISTIN PAMELA V. UMAHAG

DRUG addiction is the one of the social ills that challenged the Philippine society. It is because illegal drugs through a prohibited substance. Teenagers are among the users. Some teenagers had not finished their studies and lives gone to waste through the continuous utilization of this outlawed commodity.

To address this sad reality, this school through the cooperation of the Local Government Unit

(LGU) of Barangay Carmen, Tacurong City had sponsored a Drug Symposium last September 14, 2012.

The Barangay Council headed by the Barangay Chairman Welson U. Ferrer were very active in conducting a symposium against drugs in the BFerrer were very active in conducting a symposium against drugs in the Barangay as well as in the school every year.

They also serve snacks and lunch for all the participants. Among the resource persons who were invited to talk about matters per-

tinent to this topic where the representatives from the Philippine National Police (PNP), the Department of Social Works and Development including some ex drug-addicts who had reformed from being a menace in the society. The Grade Five and Grade Six pupils attended the said symposium along with their parents and class advisers.

The symposium lasted for only one day.

In the symposium, reading materials containing information about this topic had been distributed among

those who were present.

It is hoped that in the future another symposium will be held so as to enlighten the students of this school on the evils and had been brought about by the use of this substance.

In this school, lessons in Character Education, Science & Health and Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) were integrated with lessons in drug addiction. This move is expected to give awareness on pupils on the negative effects on the use of this substances.

the basic needs that a clinic should have. Putting into consideration, we never give medicines without any reasonable medical prescription if really needed. The purchased medicines are enough to cater and give relief to the identified pupils.

The usual case of illness reported to the clinic are headache, stomachache, toothache and small open wounds. In the conduct of weighing and height measuring, first was last August 2012 and the second conduct was last September 2012 this was spearheaded by Mrs.Jocelyn A. Antonio together with the different class advisers to record the nutritional status of the pupils as part also of the requirements mandated by the Department of Education to monitor and do appropriate action to foster good health among children.

Concerning Nutritional status of each pupil, teachers of the said school, as we all know prepared a year plan to answer the said concern one of it is the close monitoring of the weight and height of the said pupils, implementation of feeding program the whole year round, meeting the parents to give update regarding their child condition.

With the joint effort of the school, teachers, parents and our school canteen we can assure that the food and services rendered in our school was truly safe and good for the health of everybody. Close monitoring of the food being sold in the canteen can be guaranteed.

Two Doctors and other nurses visited our school to have free medical and dental check-up for two days dated July 2012. The whole community was very thankful for that benevolent help.

Together with the Department , and city health office every school in the Division was given free multivitamins and “purga” medicines for the deworming to increase good appetite among children. Brought by the limited medicines, multivitamins was only given to grades1-4 each pupil w/ 5tabs.in a week good until March. “Purga” medicines was given to all grade levels but of course with the consent from the parents before letting the a pupil toke the medicine.

The continuous implementation of toothbrushing and handwashing program was observed in our school.

With regards to the feeding program of the school every class is sincerely

implementing this initiative both by the teacher adviser and the parents of the said class. School monitoring scheme of headed

by Mrs. Aileen F. Enrique.

This coming March,2012 is the awarding of the best of Feeding Program implementor. During the celebration of the “ World Teachers Day”, City government of Tacurong sponsored services together with Educational Institutions that offers beauty care and cosmetology courses to implement the mentioned services to our beloved teachers. Services like facial care , haircut, pedicure, manicure,and body massage. With our city health free medical consultations and advise are also offered.

Last July 22, 2012 five nurses connected to Tamundong Clinic and hospital visited the school to render services to teachers like getting blood pressures, body massage, interviews regarding health status of teachers to give information about harmful body acids. There are suggested medicines to be taken by teachers together of course with the doctors prescriptions. The said activity was greatly appreciated by the teachers.

School clinic joins feeding program

By KRISTIN PAMELA V. UMAHAG

IN pursuant to DepEd Memo. That requiring every school to have functional clinic offices to facilitate health & nutrition among the school community the said school is continuously implementing services that caters particularly pupils needs.

As the school year starts MBES Clinic see to it that the office is equipped with

Quality education in K to12 system

By RELITA P. DECINA, ESP-1, South District, Tangub Division

THE Department of Education (DepEd) are gearing towards capacitating public school teachers for the introduction of K to 12 to the country’s educational system.

In a radio program in Cebu City, Dr. Carmensita Dinampo, head of the Curriculum and Learning Management Division of Department of Education (DepEd) VII, said there are speculations on the readiness of teachers for this new format and that the department will ensure that everything will be put in place..

“We are trying our best to capacitate teachers for them to become effective, efficient, and excellent in the delivery of their lessons,” Dr. Dinampo said.

Dinampo said that some teachers have already joined divisional, regional, and national trainings. She stressed that most of the teacher-participants have showed strong commitment in facing the challenge posed by the newly-adapted education system.

According to her, these trainings for the elementary and secondary teachers aimed to maximize their

skills in handling the Kto12 system.

Kto12 is the new curricula of DepEd for the primary and secondary education public schools.

With K to 12, an additional two more years is added before students can proceed to college.

“Those school administrators who have undergone trainings will train those untrained teachers in their division. There is a need to retool and re-engineer particular areas of instruction,” she added.

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Phil-AHIS team members’ meet in R10 CAGAYAN de Oro City – DISEASES are seen as the ultimate threat of the animal industry, thus, the Department of Agriculture - Regional Field Office 10 (DA-10) through the Livestock Sector Division in collaboration with the Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), recently spearheaded a Regional Philippine Animal Health Information System (Phil-AHIS) Conference at the Harbor Lights Hotel, in this city.

Phil-AHIS is a computer-based and centralized databank system that can generate standard, fast and site-specific reports for animal health information. In which, all these are directed towards crafting wise decisions among stakeholders, including field workers, researchers, farmers, policy makers and animal health experts in strengthening the animal industry.

Significant reports that can be generated from the

system include, but not limited to in disclosing the number of farmers and animals served by the agency along with its partners. These can also show the common diseases, afflicting animals throughout Northern Mindanao, in which they are further categorized into types and species.

As the agriculture department seeks to have an enhanced animal disease information management, the meeting particularly aimed to warrant an abiding education among field and report officers on animal diseases detection, control and prevention as well as to cater to animal health emergencies, especially during disease outbreaks.

Likewise, it intended to guarantee the proper course in data submission, characterized by timely and accurate reports from the grassroots level to the municipal, city or provincial veterinary offices to the

Reg’l. Phil-AHIS Conference. Nearly a hundred animal experts, field and report officers have convened in the hopes of maximizing the benefits of using a computer-based and centralized databank system on animal health information such as the Phil-AHIS. This gesture is an essential undertaking for managing disease problems and conveying a favorable stance in the animal industry. Experts in attendance were Marites Gealone, Phil-AHIS overall coordinator (left) and Ma. Gracia D. Flores, DVM of the BAI.

regional level and finally to the BAI national office.

Salient points raised during the conference include the body’s request for the focal personnel in the writing of comprehensive symptoms in animal cases, so as to make appropriate diagnosis in the treatment of animals. Moreso, the issue in committing errors in the input of data was also discussed.

As response, the body has agreed that such instances should be rightly done as the Phil-AHIS would not only address the possible multiplicity of animal diseases, but also create a positive or even worse, negative outlook for the animal industry.

Recognizing the availability and accessibility of Phil-AHIS as a centralized animal information

management system, the body has likewise underscored that it is only fitting to avoid making the abovementioned mistakes in order to avert market downfall, especially among small-scale animal raisers.

Consequently, the body has likewise appealed to undergo re-tooling trainings relevant to the use and management of the Phil-AHIS as they deem

that this will minimize the margins of inaccuracies in the reports.

With the improvement in employing the system throughout the region, it is anticipated that there will be immediate and suitable disease detection, control and prevention leading to the reduction or ideally, the elimination of animal diseases. # (Joanne L. Olson, DA-10)

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Stem cell treatment at Villa Medica A special report-day 1

DAY ONE (Thursday) --- It was still early in the morning about 6 a.m. when Cathay Pacific (CX) Flight 0289 docked at the Frankfurt International Airport Bay no.

2. Beth was still nursing some stiff neck and the usual neck pains when we unbuckled to disembark. It was an 11-hour flight from Hongkong and like in all previous foreign trips, Beth never had some good sleep -- despite the comfortable and totally reclinable CX modernized seats in the Business Class section.

From the glass windows at the tube, we saw the heavy fog outside. After gathering our luggages, Villa Medica (VM) representative (named Sammy, an Iranian) was flashing the VM sign at the arrival gate for us. We were the only 2 passengers in his van for the 140 km. trip to Edenkoben. Sammy said there were about 8 guests from Thailand and Vietnam in our batch but they were arriving later in the day.

(An interesting fact for President Willie Torres and my colleagues at the Davao Sports and Classics Cars Club: there’s NO SPEED limit in their highways throughout Germany, according to Sammy. A good spot for a fun drive!)

Sammy, while driving was a good source of information. I was curious and I could not wait for the briefing by the VM doctors. He said the fresh cells are taken from “Black Mountain” sheeps, specially raised in a farm and transported to VM laboratories for tests and procedures before they are slaughtered while 18- week pregnant. The mother sheep is slaughtered on the day of the injection on the “client” (they don’t use the word “patients”.) The unborn fetus, about 18 weeks old is still alive when the fresh cells are taken and within 2 hours, the cells harvested must be injected on the guest. He

What’s good enough?

THINK a minute.

Is your voice go o d enough to sing a solo on T.V. or radio? If you’re like me, you’ll stick to singing in the shower only! So what are you good at? And compared to whom?

If golf is your sport and you can beat your buddies in a round, how good are you compared to Tiger Woods, Ernie Els, or Veejay Singh?

You and I cannot begin to measure up their worldclass standard of golf !

Years ago I had to learn a new language. After 3 months of study and practice, I felt quite good about my progress.

Compared to the tourists, I was a whiz and very fluent. But compared to the locals, I talked like a

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst 5-year-old little boy.

In the same way, we may look at some really bad people and feel quite good about ourselves.

Compared to them, we almost look like saints! But compared to God, how good do we look?

Well, who doesn’t look like dirt compared to our perfect Creator! Even if we locked ourselves away from all temptation and prayed all day for the rest of our

2Mindanao has no ‘command votes’

A FORMER Representative of the Lone District of Las Pinas, Cynthia Villar, wife of Sen. Manny Villar has been working hard to capture the fancy of the country’s electorate. Cynthia is running for the Senate next year and she has been barnstorming the country’s nook and cranny to present herself as a candidate. Cynthia is definitely a material Senatorial candidate.

Cris Diaz In contrast, people with minuscule political outlooks surround Cynthia.

She maintains conceited staff who pride themselves as ‘jet setters’ – it is not known whether these staffs are campaigning or simply enjoying the ride as self-anointed political officers.

By the way, about two months ago, the Villar couple STEM | page 10 was in Cagayan de Oro City. Cynthia and husband Manny came during the grand blessing of a memorial for the missing Sendong victims, probably dead, almost a year ago.

Many considered the ‘Sendong’ memorial as nothwww.mindanaodailybalita.com ing but a high-profile marketing strategy. Villar’s marketing people are disposing expensive burial lots in a manicured memorial park – almost half of it could be The MINDANAO DAILY NEWS (MDN) flooded ‘though. newspaper is published daily at Door 2,

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lives, we still could not come even close to being as pure and perfectly good as God is. So because we want to feel we’re still OK and good enough, we choose to compare ourselves to those really bad people.

But there is only one way that God can accept you and me so we can live in a right relationship with Him. God has to give us the gift of His own perfect

goodness. That’s why God the Son became a human being to pay the penalty of death for all our wrongs and sins. Not His, since he has no wrongs to die for.

Jesus wants to give you His perfect goodness free, so you can be good enough to become God’s child and enjoy His life with Him— both now and in heaven after you die.

But it’s up to you to ask Jesus for His free gift of forgiveness and new life.

Just ask Him to forgive you for all your wrongs and living your own way.

Then ask Him to take full charge of your life and start changing your character with His kind of goodness inside every day, for the rest of your life.

Just Think a Minute.

Perhaps, constructing a ‘Sendong’ memorial in that park would boost the sale. What is on that memorial wall? It has nothing but carved names of missing typhoon victims. Will survivors visit there frequently to light a candle and pay homage to their departed? Will the memorial served the best interest of the poor people of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental? That sounds ridiculous, is it not?

It is equally ridiculous thinking of business as a way of serving the poor. The Villars might not be thinking that way. However, being businessmen and considered one of the country’s top realtors, Villar’s motive in joining politics is questionable. Is it not that businessmen joining politics to protect business interests? We could cite many examples of this case. Villar is just one.

When asked of her agenda for Mindanao, Cynthia simply said that her foundation has already extended livelihood assistance to about 2,000 people in Luzon.

That is right! However, Mindanao is different, madam.

Well, ‘I would support the Senate on all programs for Mindanao,’ Villar said.

Certainly, Cynthia Villar has no concrete platform of government. Is Cynthia Villar among businessmen who want elective post to make sure their businesses are secured? One of Cynthia Villar’s staff later said, ‘We don’t really need votes from Mindanao. Mindanao has no command votes.’ React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

Aquino govt urged to help Christian schools

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Train the child in the way that he should go, and he will never depart from it even if he grows old… Parents, teach your children in the training and instruction of the Lord…” (Proverbs 22:6 and Ephesians 6:4, the Holy MINDANAO DAILY NEWS Bible).

Publisher -oooMER M. SUDARIA Manager AQUINO GOV’ T ROSE MARY D. SUDARIA URGED TO HELP CHRISFinance Manager TIAN SCHOOLS: The AquiRUEL V. PELONE ALLAN M. MEDIANTE no government should help Editor-in-Chief Executive Editor educational institutions JOE DEL PEURTO FELICILDA MELANIE RIVERA Managing Editor which are run by Christian Advertising churches and organizations CRIS DIAZ Associate Editor so they could pursue and ALBERT MOLIT SHAUN ALEJANDRAE UY achieve their mission to Circulation Sports & Lifestyle Editor educate Filipino children BEN ARCHE JUN ESCUADRO according to the training Regional Editor-DAVAO RIZA O. ARES and instruction of God. PAT SAMONTE LIEZL A. DELOSO Regional Editor-Caraga This, in a nutshell, is JOE PALABAO AL JACINTO going to be the theme that RENE MICHAEL BAÑOS Regional Editor-Zamboanga owners, administrators and Marketing Consultants GERRY LEE GORIT teachers of schools which are Photo Journalists ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI URIEL C. QUILINGUING atty. roberto a. cantago jr. run by Christian churches Editorial Consultant will tackle, when they meet Legal Counsels

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio on November 29, 2012 at the Grand Menseng Hotel in Davao City for the “16th Foundation and Recognition of the United Association of Christian Educators of the Philippines” (United ASCEP).

Dr. Felix Saligon Jr., the president and chief executive officer of the United ASCEP, disclosed that Christian educators from all over the country will attend the event. Although Dr. Saligon did not expressly say so, it is understood that the meeting will focus on bringing to the attention of President

Aquino concerns of Christian schools against certain policies of the Department of Education which tend to discriminate against them, disabling them from their succeeding in their avowed mission.

-oooFILIPINO KIDS NEED SPIRITUAL INSTRUCTION: The fact is that we need to instill spiritual instruction among our children, so that they will grow up with the Word of God in their hearts, minds and souls. If they will grow up with the Word of God, they

will be growing up with God, because, as John 1:1 says, “… the Word is God.” And this is precisely what our current Christian schools are doing, and doing best. Since they are private institutions run by spiritually-inspired owners, administrators and teachers, there is no prohibition against them teaching the Bible among their school children.

Clearly, therefore, Christian schools are actually very important partners of the government in instilling fear and love of God among our children, so that they will grow up to be useful and productive members of society.

-oooPRAYER IS THE ANSWER TO EVERY PROBLEM IN LIFE: Here is a reminder to everyone about SCHOOLS | page 10

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Overseas worker jumps from building in Taiwan to escape rape, murder attempt

By INA ALLECO R. SILVERIO of Bulatlat.com

MANILA––It was a choice between breaking her bones or being raped and murdered.

A Filipina caregiver in Taiwan was forced to jump from the window of a second floor apartment to escape her employer who attempted to rape her. Eden Abarientos, a 43-year-old caregiver working in Taiwan, suffered broken bones and severe injuries after she jumped from her employer’s window sometime past midnight last September 9.

Abarientos first arrived in Taiwan the previous August 31. Soon after she began working for her employer Chang Chiung-Liang, she was sexually harassed by the latter. In her sworn affidavit submitted to Migrante International, Abarientos said her employer touched her breasts and private parts while she worked in the kitchen.

“He would do this to me everyday, almost every hour. He told me to go to his room, but I refused. He offered me money, but I still didn’t go,” she said.

Abarientos had been with her tormentor for a week before she made her attempt to escape. She said she heard her employer talking to someone about killing her.

“I heard that they would kill me and then place me inside a plastic bag,” she said.

On the evening of September 8, she cooked dinner. She was the last in the household to eat, but when she finally ate she sensed that drugs were added and mixed to her food.

“I felt my mouth dry up, I had no saliva. I immediately drank a glass of water which I mixed with a lot of sugar. Then I jumped from the apartment,” she said.

The police found her the following morning at 6:00 a.m. and took her to the hospital. The rescuing officers also called her agency in Taiwan.

A certain Mrs. Chiu, a representative of the recruitment agency, went to the hospital and promised to pay for her hospital bills. The woman, however, warned her that she should sign a statement stating that she would not file charges against her employer when she returns to the Philippines or else she would be killed the following day.

A Chinese citizen, a Filipina and the son of Abarientos’ employer spoke about her to the representatives of

the Manila Economic and Cultural Office (Meco), which is the de facto Philippine embassy in Taiwan.

Abarientos said she got no help from the embassy or from the Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA) officials in Taiwan. Her week’s worth of work was unpaid.

“I received not the slightest assistance from the OWWA or the Department of Foreign Affairs. It was the recruitment agency that paid for my ticket home.

My husband met me at the airport. Throughout my ordeal and immediately after, the government did not help me,” she said.

Abarientos was repatriated last October 5.

Escaping cruel and abusive employers Abarientos is not the first OFW who chose to risk falling to her death rather than suffer rape or physical abuse. Last year on September 5, Hadeah Macalpang, 33, jumped from the second floor of her employer’s apartment and landed on the pavement.

She sustained a broken left leg and fractured hip from her fall.

Earlier this year in August, an OFW working as a household service worker in Kuwait also jumped from her employer’s house to escape the cruelty of her employer . Margie Pontillas in a report on Abs-Cbn Interactive was quoted as saying that her female employer was vicious and refused to feed her for days on end.

Pontillas suffered a fractured right foot and broken toe nail, but when examined by doctors, it was discovered that she also had bite marks on her left arm and right forefinger.

“She bit me on the hand and on the arm. I thought it was better to jump from the building because at the time she was throwing so many things at me,” she said.

The mother of five arrived in Kuwait from Davao in February 2, 2011. Her first employer was kinder than the first, but she left when the former did not allow her to make a cash advance on her salary: she needed money for her mother’s hospital bills.

She returned to her recruitment agency, and it sent to a second employer, the one who physically abused her.

“My employers, husband and wife, would often fight, and the woman directed her

FROM left. MILF Chairman Al Hadj Murad, Shariff Aguak Maguindanao Mayor Hadia Zahara Upam Ampatuan and Major Gen. Rey C. Ardo of the Western Mindanao Command during the Joint Grand Kanduli of Framework Agreement of Bangsamoro Government. Mayor Ampatuan is expected to lead the launching of the “Peace Tayo, Love Kita” at the municipal ground in Maguindanao today (November 27). Mayor Amapatuan initiated the peace gathering between the Philippine Army (PA) and the Moro Islamic Leberation Front (MILF) which was materialized with the support of MILF Chair Al Hadj Murad and some military official. Photo by Sonny Sudaria

anger at me. I called the Philippine embassy and the OWWA, and they told me to escape if I had any chance of doing so. They said I had at least made my complaints known already. I also called the police emergency numbers but they did not do anything because they said they might be charged with trespassing if they attempted to interfere. I had no choice but to escape by jumping out the window, I couldn’t let them kill me,” she said.

Pontillas saw her chance to escape on July 16. She jumped and lay on the pavement with her fractured foot. Fortunately for her, a taxi came. She got in and directed it to take her to the OWWA office in Kuwait.

She spent two weeks at the Al-Razi Orthopedic Hospital before she was assisted by the Abs-Cbn Middle East News Bureau in contacting the embassy.

One year death anniversary of Terril Atienza In a separate but related development, on November 20, Migrante International marked the first death anniversary of OFW Terril Atienza who was killed in Mongolia, a victim of human trafficking. Circumstances surrounding her death pointed to foul play and organ trafficking.

When Atienza’s remains were flown back to the country on December 9, 2011 her heart was missing. Her whole body was bruised, beaten and burnt.

Autopsy conducted by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) Medico-Legal Division further revealed that her other internal organs were ‘sectioned with missing portions’. A rag was extracted from inside

her body.

With a tourist visa, Atienza left to work in Singapore in 2010. After one and a half years, under threat of imprisonment, she was sent to Mongolia by her foreign agency, purport-

edly to complete a twoyear contract. She worked as a domestic worker for Sergelen Davaakhu, Austria’s Honorary Consul to Mongolia and President of the International Federation of Business and

Professional in Mongolia.

In her four month service for Davaakhu, she was only able to send US$184 to her family.

On November 20, 2011, she was found dead in her JUMPS | page 11

Republic of the Philippines AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO Province of Maguindanao Municipal of SALIBO OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR MESSAGE

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATOHO..

I wish to sincerely congratulate the Honourable Mayor Datu Genuine Kamaong and his constituents in the grand celebration of the 76th founding anniversary of Datu Piang, Maguindanao.

Personally known to me as an LGU which thrives in various problems and concerns, Mayor Kamaong hurdled a gigantic task of maintaining peace and order, and furthers the socio-economic improvement of Datu Piang.

I therefore urged the people of Datu Piang to continue the noble deeds of your Chief Executive by fully supporting Mayor Kamaong’s programs, projects and activities.

Thank you and Wassalam!

HON. RAHIEMA S. ADZIS

Municipal Mayor

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CIVIL CASE N0. 2012-096

VICTORIANO L. CANOY AND MARY JOY HERMIT A-CANOY

Petitioner. x----------------------------------------------------------------------------------/ Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES BRYAN MOFAN TAGUDIN AND MARIA JESSICA CENTILLAS ZAIDE,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2012-094

BRYAN MOFAN TAGUDIN AND MARIA JESSICA CENTELLAS ZAIDE-TAGUDIN, Petitioners. x---------------------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on October 28, 2000 at Tudela, Misamis Occidental, they converted to Islam faith of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can he served with summons and notices at c/o Zaide Law Office. 2/f Pafs Mejia Bldg., Roxas, Avenue, Iligan City; 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 three (3) years now , they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; since their separation, they will 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 but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient inform and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on December 14, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be grained. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week tor three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City , Philippines, this 20th day of November 2012.

ORDER Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce tiled by their counsel and alleging among others: That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rites on April 18, 1984 at Buru-un, Iligan City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and notices at c/o GANDAMRA & GANDAMRA ASSOCIATES, Rm. 209, 2/f Deocesan Centrum Bldg., Iligan City; That said marriage did not lost 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 tor more than seven (7) years now , 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 April 18, 1984, 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 these case on December 14, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the 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 petitioner.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City , Philippines, this 21st day of November 2012.

HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge MDN: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge MDN: Nov. 27, Dec. 4 & 11, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City/Municipality: Butuan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CLARK G. MONTEZA has filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from “DOMINGO JR.” to “CLARK” in the birth certificate of DOMINGO GALON MONTEZA JR. who was born on October 30, 1989 at Molave, Zamboanga del Sur and whose parents are DOMINGO PAO MONTEZA SR. and REYNALDA ELGUINTO GALON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 04 December 2012.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA

City Civil Registrar MDN: Nov. 27 & Dec. 4, 2012

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NOTICE is hereby given that JUDITH Q. DELOS SANTOS, owner of a parcel of land (Lot No. 905-A, Psd-13-009622, being a portion of Lot No. 905, Pls-1024) situated in Barangay Marcelina, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, containing an area of 10,000 square meters, more or less, which she inherited from her parents, has sold, ceded, transferred, and conveyed, by way of absolute sale, unto ELVIRA GAMBA JESSUP, married to RANDALL JESSUP, above-described parcel of land together with all improvements thereon, for and in consideration of P200,000.00 under a DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, per Doc. No. 906; Page No. 61; Book No. LXXII; Series of 2009 of the Notarial Registry of Rafael V. Ybañez, Notary Public.

NOTICE is hereby given that JUDITH Q. DELOS SANTOS, owner of a parcel of land (Lot No. 905-A, Pls-1024) situated in Barangay Marcelina, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur, covered by Original Certificate of Title No. P-12559 issued by the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Agusan del Sur, containing an area of 57,846 square meters, more or less, has sold, ceded, transferred, and conveyed, by way of absolute sale, unto ELVIRA GAMBA, 3,309 square meters, more or less, portion of above-described parcel of land under a DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF PORTION OF LAND, per Doc. No. 967; Page No. 86; Book No. LXXVII; Series of 2011 of the Notarial Registry of Rafael V. Ybañez, Notary Public.

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the power of prayer: “Prayer is the answer to every problem in life. It puts us in tune with Divine Wisdom, which knows how to adjust everything perfectly.

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in the southern part of Bukidnon covering the municipalities of Kitaotao, Dangcagan, Kibawe and Damulog. Its dam will be located in the municipality of President Roxas, North Cotabato.

Pulangi 5 was originally proposed by the NPC in 1991 but had to repeatedly defer implementation of the project due to the power crisis and the 1997 Asian financial crisis.

NPC eventually gave up on the project in 2001 with the passage of the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA).

In June of 2011, the Infrastructure and Utilities Development Committee of the Regional Development Council-X (RDC10) has favorably endorsed the Pulangi 5. RDC-10’s Infrastructure Committee found the project financially viable.

Gre e ne rg y and t he Northern Mindanao Electric Cooperatives Association (NORMECA), which has as members eight electric cooperatives in the region, have initiated the 132 MW Bulanog-Batang Hydro Power Project initiated in 2005, also in Bukidnon.

These two projects are “moves to localize and make independent Mindanao’s generation of power,” said Donggay.

Donggay said that based on the definition of renewable energy, hydroelectric power is a renewable energy along with biomass, solar, wind and tidal because they are “naturally occurring inexhaustible sources of energy.”

But instead of developing clean renewable energy sources, the DoE instead has

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prioritized the development of coal-fired power plants as solution to the Mindanao power crisis.

In its Philippine Energy Plan (PEP) 2009-2030, the DoE gives priority to fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal.

Number one in the PEP 2009-2030’s Policy Thrust of ensuring energy security is to “accelerate the exploration and development of oil, gas and coal resources,” while the “development and utilization of renewable and environment-friendly alternative energy resources/ technologies” is only number two.

Many are strongly opposing coal as source of energy because it is dirty and its fall ash is toxic to the environment and human health. The opposition becomes more pronounced in light of recent calamities spawned by global warming and climate change, to which coal is a contributor.

Energy/power sector experts are unanimous that Mindanao really do need new power generation plants not only because of its aging workhorses—the Agus and Pulangi hydropower complexes in Lanao del Sur and Bukidnon provinces, respectively—but also because energy demand is increasing.

But clean renewable energy advocates pointed out that despite this fact, Mindanao does not need expensive and dirty fossil fuel-based power plants like coal-fired power plants because the island has vast renewable energy reserves with over a thousand MWs from hydro, 400 MWs from wind and the still unexplored potential of solar power.

They demand that DoE and the government help Mindanao protect its competitive advantage by tapping these vast reserves of renewable energy especially hydro.

“Cheap hydropower remains key to Mindanao’s development strategy as this remains our competitive advantage,” said Secretary Luwalhati R. Antonino, chairperson of Mindanao Development Authority (MINDA), during the Mindanao Power Summit in Davao City on April 13, 2012.

However, present and future scenarios, point to a balanced energy mix in Mindanao inorder for the island to remain competitive as well as ensure reliability of supply and build a sustainable solution to its power crisis, said Manuel M. Orig, Aboitiz Power Company first vice president for Mindanao Affairs, during his presentation to the Davao Investment Conference on November 17.

“We should pursue as much renewable energy sources as possible as long as it will not prohibitively expensive to consumers,” Orig said. “At the same time, we must realize that renewable energy will not

be enough to fill the present shortfall. So we must also utilize non-renewable power sources that use modern technology to ensure there are no adverse effects to the environment.”

Aboitiz Power Company (APC), which is building a coal-fired power plant in Davao, said that coal is not its only solution to the Mindanao power.

Aside from coal-fired power plants, APC, through its unit Hydro Electric Development Corporation (HEDCOR), is presently building the P1.8 bullion 7-MW Tudaya Hydropower Plant 2 in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur. It is located downstream of HEDCOR’s existing Sibulan Hydro Power Plant B. HEDCOR is also waiting the go-signal for the construction of the 13-MW Tamugan Hydro Power plant. It also has in the pipeline the construction of the 28.2-MW run-of-river hydroelectric projects that will harness the powers of the Sita and Simod Rivers in Kitaotao, Bukidnon “Aboitiz Power believes in hydro. That is why HEDCOR is building left and right. But Mindanao needs a balanced source of energy sources. We cannot be dependent to just one source.

If we go all coal, we are dependent on world coal prices. If we go all diesel, it may be too expensive.

If we go all hydro, we will be dependent on weather conditions. By balancing our sources, we get the security/reliability of coal and the pricing advantage of hydro. We get the best of both worlds,” said an AP official who asked not to be named as he/she was not authorized to speak on such matter.

“We have said over and over again that coal will never replace hydro. Hydro will still be the bread and butter power source of Mindanao…We just need to widen our fossil-based baseload portfolio so Mindanao will not be in the dark during summer months when power consumption goes up,” the AP source added.

Orig said only nonrenewable energy sources like coal power can fill the bug supply shortfall in Mindanao as of the present while keeping the prices competitive for consumers and businesses.

As of Monday (November 19), Mindanao is short of 420 MW. The shortage is projected to increase to 484MW by 2014, enough to cut power entirely form the cities of Davao, Gen. Santos, Butuan, Zamboanga and Cagayan de Oro. Orig said AboitizPower hopes the early completion of its coal and hydro power plants by early 2015 will help solve the power crisis in Mindanao. (Bong D. Fabe)

the bomb was fashioned out from a 81mm mortar.

On Friday, troops also recovered four mortar bombs rigged to a motorcycle parked in downtown Isulan in the neighboring province of Sultan Kudarat.

Officials said the explosives were discovered after residents noticed a cell phone and a battery hanging from the motorcycle. (Mindanao Examiner)

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care alone does not stop the spread of HIV, since men who cater to prostitution are excluded.

She said it is an exercise in futility to promote public health in the situation where only prostituted women and children undergo medical check-up but not the male buyers.

“Women and children remain vulnerable to sexually-transmitted diseases because of this situation,” Sajonia said.

The Global Commission on HIV and Law which is backed by the United Nat i ons D e ve l opm e nt Programme and the UN programme on HIV/Aids proposed to rid all penal laws against prostitution worldwide and to decriminalize the use of illegal injection drugs in order to combat the spread of HIV. The commission stressed that in law and practice, sexual trafficking must be clearly be differentiated from prostitution.

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\gave a few prominent names in the Philippines who have come to VM. And many kept coming back, he said.

We arrived at Villa Medica facilities after about one hour and a half of travel passing through grape vineyards that have started to wilt and darken with the onset of winter. Grapes were usually harvested in October, except for the special variety that they used to make “ice wine”, a blackcolored wine, so heavily sweet and fruity.

VILLA MEDICA looked like a mansion house in the middle of the forest.

It stands on its lonesome self after the van ascended towards the forest past the center of EDENKOBEN, a quaint, quiet town, with very narrow two-way streets, with a population of about 7,000. Houses were in bricks and mortar.

When we disembarked, although properly wrapped as instructed, the 4-degree temperature gnawed at our face even with some sun rays filtering through gold colored autumn leaves overhead. It was 8 a.m. at Edenkoben although it was already 3 in the afternoon back home by my watch, Philippine time (a 7 hour difference). We were met from page 1 at the door by VM Head blast or if the attack was Staff named Joyce, a Maconnected to the peace cer- laysian who turned out to emony or not, but Asto said be Sammy’s wife. We were

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conducted to the dining area for breakfast where a few guests were eating, talking in hushed tones. In one table nearby I spotted an old graying German couple, must be in their nineties.

Before being conducted to our room upstairs, we were told: “Please proceed to PRAXIS (name of the room) on the ground floor for the first infusion.”

We entered a room with about 12 reclined seats facing a drape-less window looking out into the forests.

The first infusion meant being hatched to an oxygen aerator attached to your nose and getting an intravenous flow of some pinkishlooking fluid containing concentrates of Vitamin C, B12 and Glutathione combined. The procedure was over in about 45 minutes.

When I asked the German lady nurse what was the infusion for, she explained that it was to loosen up the body in preparation for the next day’s fresh cell injections.

Next to Beth lined up in the infusion chairs were young Thais. I could not miss their nationality as they spoke. The young petite lady beside her looked so young, maybe no more than 25 years old. She was tweaking her IPAD continuously and when I peeped, she was in a “casino playing” mode. Later during the day, VM’s Joyce told me she was one of the youngest casino owners in Thailand.

No wonder she had a battery of assistants tending to her needs and keeping her engaged. At the other end was a husband and wife couple from Vietnam. I was told this was their 3rd visit to VM for the treatment.

After the first infusion we were conducted to our Room No 19 on the 2nd floor. It was a functional room, with a heater (of course!) With two beds on each side of the wall, a toilet and an opening to a balcony facing the trees and the forests outside. This was to be our home for the next four days.

Then, we were called back downstairs to meet with two VM Resident medical doctors Dr. Andre Morato, a Filipino who’s been in Germany almost all his lifetime and Dr. Hurtgen for an interview and dialogue.

They explained the whole process. They had been familiar with Beth’s kidney problems as her medical records had been sent to them way ahead of the trip by our friend and attending physician in Manila, Dr. Rose Liquete who helped set up the VM treatment.

After lunch was free time until evening. We were assigned a car and a driver that brought us to a nearby center of town where we strolled and bought a few necessities. Beth attempted to shop but she forgot to get some EUROS at the airport bank, so she had to settle for just a few items for some Euros I saved from my previous trips.

Before retiring that night and during dinner, I was able to meet the German couple, seated in the next table. The husband was 93 years old while the wife, who spoke good English, was 10 years younger. They had been coming to VM for fresh cell treatment for several years. “You come here every year?” I managed to ask. The lady answered: “No, more often than 12 months now. When we have time, he drives about 200 kilometers from here and takes the treatment. Our family had been regulars here since my mother discovered the place starting in 1984.”

When I asked her how he could manage to drive alone for several hours to come to VM at 93 years old, she explained with a wink: “He used to fly jets as a pilot. So driving cars is not a problem!” I was amazed and stared at him. I noticed his face was pinkish, without the vestiges and ravages of age. Although he had a cane, it was to steady him when walking on uneven surface.

No wonder they keep coming to VM. But that’s something Beth and I will have to find out for ourselves.

Tomorrow: DAY 2, THE STEM CELL INJECTIONS.

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Al Haq said the signing of the Framework Agreement on Bangsamoro between the government and the MILF has strengthened the necessar y cooperation between the Philippine Army and the MILF in arresting lawless elements in Mindanao.

He said an agreement on cessation of hostilities defines GPH-MILF cooperation in neutralizing terrorists and wanted persons sighted or seen in MILF identified areas.

Earlier, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group (CIDG) sought the help of the MILF as well as local government officials and the media to facilitate the speedy arrest of 92 suspects in the 2009 Maguindanao massacre who are still at large.

The Special Investigation Task Group Maguind anao, he ade d by Senior Supt. Keith Ernald Singian, has already coordinated with the MILF for them to take custody of the massacre suspects hiding in their areas.

Considered to be the country’s worst political violence and the world’s worst single attack against media persons, the Maguindanao massacre claimed the lives of 58 people, 30 of whom were community journalists who accompanied the relatives of former town Vice Mayor and now Maguindanao Gov. Ismael Mangudadatu in filing his certificate of candidacy in the gubernatorial race in 2010.

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room. Initial autopsy reports from the National Institute for Forensic Science of Mongolia indicated that Atienza died of “severe intoxication from an unknown source.” When her body was repatriated and examined by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI), it was discovered that her heart was missing and a rag was found inside her body. The NBI autopsy report stated that her death was “probably secondary to hypertensive cardiovascular disease” due to a stabbing incident.

On Atienza’s first death anniversary, her family, led by 17-year-old daughter Nyrriel and husband Nilo, went to the offices of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA) and the DFA to follow-up their appeal that justice be found for Atienza.

They left the offices disappointed.

Violence against women OFWs According to Gina Esguerra, Migrante International secretary-general, the case of Atienza, Abarientos, Macalpang and Pontillas are only a few of the many cases of violence against women migrant workers. She said that on November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and Children, Migrante International will demand that the Aquino administration push for justice for the OFWs. “OFWs like Abarientos were victimized not only by their cruel employers but also by the government in its neglect. It is precisely the government’s lack of efficiency and immediate response to the needs of OFWs that make OFWs vulnerable to abuse and injustice,” Esguerra said.

Migrante’s Esguerra said the violence against women migrant workers and children will be one of the highlights in the witness testimonies for the upcoming International Migrants’ Tribunal which will be held on November 28-29 at the University of the Philippines in Diliman. It is organized

by the International League of Peoples’ Struggles (ILPS), International Migrants’ Alliance (IMA) and the International Women’s Alliance (IWA).

The Tribunal will put on trial the Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) as it is being facilitated by sending and receiving countries, including the Philippines. It is expected to be attended by judges and witnesses from different parts of the world.

Migrante International and other migrants’ groups and advocate organizations will be witnesses to talk about the intensification of labor export in migrantsending and receiving countries and its adverse effects on migrant workers. (http:// bulatlat.com)

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excess money from the Kto12 budget allocated for Central Visayas is being cascaded to its provinces for the provision of instructional materials.

“In the K to12 program, we provide teachers lesson guides aligned to the new system. The new design of instruction, the spiral progression approach, is arranged in a way that teachers can easily follow through. Teachers can also modify this guide in order to fit the needs of their students,” she said.

Dinampo acknowledges that there are still those who are doubtful towards the Kto12 system. Believing that the system had the best intentions for Philippine education, DepEd reaches out to other stakeholders and institutions.

“We also check our relationship with our local government units and nongovernment organizations.

Providing quality education cannot be done by schools alone. We need partners,” she said.

“The goal of the Kto12 system is communicative competence. However, we need further researches and studies on the new program in order to address certain problems in the education system,” she stressed.

The Kto12 program has also introduced the use of mother tongue as medium of instruction. The Mother Tongue-based Multi-lingual

education (MTB-MLE) shall be applied from kindergarten to Grade 3 in both public and private schools.

Under the program, kindergarten and from Grades 1-3, the regional or native language of the learners shall be used for instruction, teaching materials and testing.

From Grades 4-6, there shall be a language transition plan so that Filipino and English are gradually introduced until these languages can become the primary modes of instruction in high school.

The transition plan addresses a critical flaw in DepEd Order No. 16, which limits L1 use up to Grade 3 only. Research has shown that “short exit” schemes lead to the same

disastrous academic results as complete immersion in a second language (L2) that learners cannot speak.

The other laudable provisions of the new law include: 1. The science subject will now be introduced in Grade 1, instead of in Grade 3. This subject will also be taught in the L1 of the learners, and not in English. In the past, some people had this silly notion that by integrating science into the language subject, pupils will learn English. A legacy of the old bilingual policy, this idea has been repeatedly disproven by the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study that found students had higher achievement when

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primers and other teaching aids in the local languages are continuously being developed by teachers, but production is hampered by the long and tedious process of evaluation and approval from imperial Manila.

4. Finally, Filipino Sign Language (FSL) is now recognized as the learning medium in educating the deaf. This proposal actually reiterates a DepEd Special Education (SPED) policy way back in 1997. If finally carried out in practice, this will make education in our country inclusive to a sizable community whose learning rights have long been trampled upon by the dominant hearing population.

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Republic of the Philippines AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH Cotabato City MESSAGE

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATOHO..

My warmest greetings of the people of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao on the occasion of its 23rd anniversary celebration.

As it is, the Department of Health-ARMM continues to serve our people with the theme “Mahalagang Hamon Tungo sa Malusog at Mapayapang Bangsamoro”.

Dubbed as “Peacetivities 2012” DOH-ARMM promotes “Health Lifestyle, Prevention of Maternal Child Health” program.

Again, my congratulation to all.

Thank you and MABUHAY.

Wassalam.

DR. KADIL “Jojo” P. SINOLINDING Health Secretary

Republic of the Philippines AUTONOMOUS REGION IN MUSLIM MINDANAO Province of Maguindanao Municipality of Datu Piang OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL MAYOR

ASSALAMU ALAIKUM WARAHMATULLAHI WABARAKATOHO..

At the outset my family and I would like to greet warmest felicitation to my beloved people of Datu Piang in the celebration of the town’s 76th founding anniversary on November 25, 2012.

History will tell us that since time immemorial, Datu Piang then known as Dulawan is a very peaceful and nice place where a mixture of Muslims, Lumads, Christians, and Chinese merchants harmoniously live together.

I wish to call on you to continue such brotherhood and together we will relive the glory days I our beloved town of Datu Piang.

Again, my warmest congratulations.

MABUHAY and DATU PIANG!!!

Wassalam.

HON. GENUINE KAMAONG

Municipal Mayor