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Weather Update INTERTROPICAL Convergence Zone (ITCZ) affecting Visayas and Mindanao. Northeast monsoon affecting Northern Luzon. The Province of South Cotabato and the Regions of Eastern Visayas, Davao and Zamboanga Peninsula will be cloudy with occasional moderate to heavy rainshowers and thunderstorms which may trigger flashfloods and landslides. Palawan, Bicol Region and the rest of Visayas and Mindanao will have occasional light to moderate rainshowers or thunderstorms. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate coming from the northeast and east with slight to moderate seas. source : pagasa
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DAVAO City––Youth and lawmakers who have been rallying against the K+12 program of the Aquino administration lamented on Monday the House of Representatives’ move of approving it for the third and final reading with 198-8 votes. “The railroaded passage did not take enough care of K-12 only shows that the over how it will affect the lawmakers who voted for it HOUSE | page 10
Tubay group: ‘No compromise’ in cases vs mining company By PAT SAMONTE of Mindanao Daily News
BUTUAN City––The Tubay, Agusan del Norte public organization which sued San Roque Metals, Inc. (SMI) assured not to enter into any arrangement or compromise vowing to pursue
until the resolution of the criminal and civil cases it filed against the mining company. The Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic CASES | page 10
SECOND OFW AND FAMILY SUMMIT 2012. Villar Foundation Managing Director Cynthia Villar invites OFWs and their families to join the 2nd OFW & Family Summit 2012 to be held on Nov. 22, 2012 at World Trade Center in Pasay City from 7am to 4pm to learn more about entrepreneurship, and gain business ideas and livelihood opportunities. With Villar are GoNegosyo Founder Joey Concepcion and GoNegosyo Exec. Director Ramon Lopez.
For more details, contact Tel. No.: 309-5276 HERMILINO VILLALON
Two palm plantation workers kidnapped By AL JACINTO of Mindanao Daily News
ZAMBOANGA City––Two Malaysian nationals were seized by 5 gunmen disguised as policemen from a palm oil plantation in Sabah near the Philippine border, reports said. It said the two, who are cousins, were both working WORKERS | page 10
PSF maximizes local govts’ resources for development By BONG D. FABE of Mindanao Daily News
Villar Foundation, GoNegosyo all set for the 2nd OFW, family summit AFTER the successful ‘1st n Annual summit OFW & Family Summit to provide OFWs 2011: Kabuhayan Para sa Kinabukasan’ that attracted and families with over 5,000 participants, business ideas and the Villar Foundation and livelihood opporGoNegosyo will hold the ‘2nd OFW & Family Sum- tunities mit 2012: Hanep Na Ang their families at the World Buhay Dahil May Hanap Trade Center in Pasay City, Buhay’ for overseas Fili- from 7am to 4pm. pino workers (OFWs) and “We have seen how the
first OFW summit has helped many of our OFWs and their relatives, so we will keep on doing this. Many of them have applied what they have learned from the talks they listened to, by putting up small businesses such as food stalls or venturing into franchising and
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CAGWAIT, Surigao del Sur––This municipality’s mayor has expressed his gratefulness to President Aquino for giving the chance to local government units to maximize their meagre resources for programs toward the improvement of the lives of their constituents without fear of budgetary constraints in mitigating/ adapting to climate change. President Aquino signed on August 17 Republic Act 10174 or the Peoples Survival Fund Law, which would help LGUs’ climate change adaptation programs. RESOURCES | page 10
Daniel Padilla joins MyPhone family EXUDING with confidence and the all-too-familiar Padilla charm, Daniel Padilla faced the press yesterday for his launch as the newest endorser of the first and leading Filipino dual-SIM phone brand in the country—MyPhone. Since his debut in the show business through the (Standing) Jaime Alcantara: President, MyPhone, Karla youth-oriented show, GrowEstrada: Acctress, Elena Lim: Chairman Emeritus, Solid Group Incorporated, Daniel Padilla: Actor (newest endorser ing Up, Daniel’s popularity of MyPhone) and Richie De Quina: Vice President, Business continues to rise exponenDevelopment Sales & Marketing, MyPhone. tially. Photo by Albert Legaspi He was already able to
make a name for himself, outside the Padilla’s influence and is currently one of the hottest teen heartthrob and recording artist in the industry. In his launch as Myphone endorser, Daniel was warmly welcomed by no less than the MyPhone owner, Mr. David S. Lim and MyPhone President Jaime R. Alcantara themselves. “It is our pleasure to welcome Daniel Padilla in the MyPhone family. He is
one of the brightest stars of his generation. And since our company has much hope in the Filipino youth, we believe Daniel will be of great help in espousing our campaigns and advocacy among people his age,” says Mr. Alcantara. The Filipino mobile phone company prides itself not only for being a market leader in the local mobile communications landscape, but also for its advocacy of promoting Pinoy pride.
Thus, the decision to pick Daniel as its newest brand ambassador goes beyond strengthening MyPhone’s hold to the youth market in which the young actor and recording artist’s impact is undeniably huge. “We believe that Daniel is the personification of what Pinoys should be; confident, smart, talented and proud to be a pure-blooded Filipino,” says Richie de Quina, MyPhone’s VP for Marketing FAMILY | page 10
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The Division of Lanao del Norte will be hosting the Northern Mindanao Athletic Association (NMRAA) Meet on December 10-14, 2012 at Mindanao Civic Center (Motocross Capital of the Phil.), Sagadan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The above athletic competition will be participated by around 7,000 athletes, coaches and officials of the 14 divisions in the Region X, namely: Bukidnon, Camiguen, Cagayan de Oro City, El Salvador City, Gingoog City, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Malaybalay City, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Oroquieta City, Ozamis City, Tangub City, and Valencia City.
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The five-day sports event will kick off on Dec. 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm. It will be started by a parade and an opening program at the MCC oval and grandstand respectively. And it is expected that the occasion will be graced by DepEd officials, congressmen, governors, mayors and other officials and dignitaries from the different participating divisions.
LN to host 2012 NMRAA meet In preparation of the said regional meet, the Division of Lanao del Norte headed by Mrs. Emmalinda E. Duhaylungsod, Schools Div. Superintendent and the provincial government lead by Hon. Mohammad Khalid Q. Dimaporo, Provincial Governor, made a lot of face lift and innovations of the playing venues and billeting quarters so that the stay of the different delegations in the province will be worth to remember. Below is the Matrix of Billeting Venues prepared for the delegates of the 2012 NMRAA meet (Data given by Mrs. Ma. Carmela T. Ablin, Educ. Prog. Supervisor and PESS Coordinator):
By ARLENE D. MANGINSAY Div. Values Educ. Coordinator, Division of Lanao del Norte
THE Division of Lanao del Norte will be hosting the Northern Mindanao Athletic Association (NMRAA) Meet on December 10-14, 2012 at Mindanao Civic Center (Motocross Capital of the Phil.), Sagadan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The above athletic competition will be participated by around 7,000 athletes, coaches and officials of the 14 divisions in the Region X, namely: Bukidnon, Camiguen, Cagayan de Oro City, El Salvador City, Gingoog City, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, Malaybalay City, Misamis Occidental, Misamis Oriental, Oroquieta City, Ozamis City, Tangub City, and Valencia City. The five-day sports event will kick off on Dec. 10, 2012 at 2:00 pm. It will be started by a parade
and an opening program at the MCC oval and grandstand respectively. And it is expected that the occasion will be graced by DepEd officials, congressmen, governors, mayors and other officials and dignitaries from the different participating divisions. In preparation of the said regional meet, the Division of Lanao del Norte headed by Mrs. Emmalinda E. Duhaylungsod, Schools Div. Superintendent and the provincial government lead by Hon. Mohammad Khalid Q. Dimaporo, Provincial Governor, made a lot of face lift and innovations of the playing venues and billeting quarters so that the stay of the different delegations in the province will be worth to remember. Below is the Matrix of Billeting Venues prepared for the delegates of the 2012 NMRAA meet (Data given by Mrs. Ma. Carmela T. Ablin, Educ. Prog. Supervisor and PESS Coordinator):
Police collared armed suspects in Cotabato
KIDAPAWAN City––Two suspected members of an armed lawless group operating in Sultan Kudarat province were arrested on Friday after police raided their homes and confiscated a cache of firearms. Chief Supt. Alex Paul Monteagudo, regional police director in Soccsksargen (Region 12), identified the suspects as Samson Kauten and Bulayat Gani Mamaluba, both residents of Purok Bougainvilla, Barangay Pimbalayan in Lambayong,
Sultan Kudarat. They were suspected members of the notorious Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF). Their arrest came a day after a grenade went off along the highway in Tacurong City, also in Sultan Kudarat, which led to the arrest of the suspected bomber identified as Abdul Usman, also known as ‘Obing’, 37, of Barangay Kudal in Pagalungan, Maguindanao. Usman, during the investigation, named a cer-
tain Gani who allegedly gave him orders to bomb Tacurong City. The order to search the residential areas of Kauten and Mamaluba were issued on Friday by Judge Ramos of the Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC), which covers the towns of Lutayan, Lambayong, President Quirino, and Columbio; all in Sultan Kudarat. During the raid, Monteagudo said operatives confiscated an M16; two caliber .45 pistols; Uzi-type
homemade sub-machine gun; caliber 5.56 pistol; M-1 Garand rifle; a 9-mm pistol and various types of ammunition. They also recovered 22 spent shells from several guns. Monteagudo said the suspects were brought to the Lambayong municipal police station where they would be charged with violation of Presidential Decree 1866 or the Illegal Possession of Firearms and Ammunition.
Bill declaring a 200 yr. old tree ‘heritage tree’ filed in Congress
CAGAYAN de oro City––Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro, has filed a bill in Congress declaring a 200-year-old Dao ( Dracontomelon Dao ) in Cugman here as ‘Cagayan de Oro Heritage Tree.’ House Bill No. 6666 directed the city’s Tourism Infrastructure and Enterprise Zone Authority (TIEZA) and other concerned government agencies to prepare development plan of the area where the tree grows. The development plan should involve construction, installation, and
maintenance of appropriate facilities and infrastructure that would ensure protection of the Dao tree and enhance tourism in the area. Rodriguez said that the development should ensure the preservation and historic significance of the area as an identified tourist attraction. The Bill requires the incorporation of the development plan of the area with the Department of ‘Tourism’s overall tourism development program for the ensuing calendar year. It said that the amount necessary for
the implementation of the Bill should be included in the annual budget of the tourism department under the general appropriations act. The ‘Dao tree’ is estimated to be 200 years old in a pocket secondary forest in the Integrated Forest Management Agreement (IFMA) area of the E. Pelaez Ranch in Bayombong, Barangay Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City. The proposed bill aimed to protect, nurture, and preserve the tree as a main tourist destination in Cagayan de Oro City.
DTI eyes last discount sale in Zambo this year
ZAMBOANGA City––The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) office here will hold next month its third and last discount sales for this year. DTI Director Rolando Acuña said the “Discuento Sales” that is tentatively scheduled either in the first or second week of December 2012 will highlight “Noche Buena” items or foodstuffs. The DTI conducted the first discount sales last June that targeted on cheap school supplies and other items. The second discount sales held in October were for standardized helmets that will be required of motorcycle users starting January next year. Acuña said that for the last discount sales, focus will be on prime commodities, particularly food items consumed during Christmas and New Year’s
celebrations. The Noche Buena items will include ham, spaghetti, spaghetti sauce, pasta, mayonnaise, and related food items, Acuña said. Aside from sponsoring and hosting these discount sales, the DTI has allocated thousands of pesos to facilitate the activity. The amount is for incidental expenses as security measures, food for meetings with the participating companies and the like. He said that about 20 different companies will participate in the Noche Buena sales, with an allocated budget of about P20, 000. Acuña said that the DTI appropriated about P100, 000 for the first school opening discount sale that focused on school supplies with 22 participating establishments.
Name of Delegation
School Quarter
1. Bukidnon
Baroy CES
2. Camiguen
F. Alvia MES (Baroy)
3. Cagayan de Oro City
4. El Salvador City
Kapatagan CES Kapatagan NHS
Bagong Dawis ES (Baroy)
5. Gingoog City
LNNCHS (Baroy)
6. Iligan City
Maranding CES (Lala)
7. Lanao del Norte
Lanipao CES (Lala)
8. Malaybalay City
Malingao CES (Tubod)
9. Misamis Occidental
Lala NHS
10. Misamis Occidental
Tubod West CES
11. Oroquita City
Pigcarangan ES (Tubod)
12. Ozamis City
Abaga DLRC (Lala)
13. Tangub City
R. dela Cruz ES (Tubod)
14. Valencia City
LNNCHS (Baroy) MCC
15. Technical Official
Focal Person
Supporting District, Schools & Municipalities
Ma. Martha Jumawan Dr. Raquel dela Pena Wilfredo Sobere Dr. Myrnalyn Marohom Josephine Cadallo Wilfredo Sobere Belen Bastillada Grace Deloria Dr. Arlene Carbonera Letecia Lagura Victoria Caballero Dr. Robin Tabar Wilfredo Sobere Eva Edon Dr. Carol Clarito
Linamon District,MTMMNHS,Salvador NHS, Lanao Nrt. Prov.S&T HS Pantao Ragat District G. Cabrera NHS Maigo NHS Kapatagan West Distirct P. Mequiabas NHS Bansarvil NHS Kapatagan East District Kauswagan District D. Yap NHS S.A. Dimaporo Integrated Sch. Bacolod District Panoloon NHS Nunungan NHS Baloi West District BinDE NHS Lala South District SND District Matungao NHS Poona-Piagapo NHS Lala North District Tubod East District TCQNHS D. Patigayon NHS Magsaysay District Baloi NHS Baloi East Distirct Tubod West District Maigo-Munai District
Anita Eya Lydia Lingolingo Mila Cuamag Ma. Carmela Ablin Carol Balwit Perlita Ballesteros Arlene Manginsay Felda Cuevas Amelita Bagol Teresita Ilago Josenicito Elmedolan Alma Malifer Charita Cabos Dr. Elmira Olavides Tita Tubongbanua Socorro Pegalan Dr. Elmira Olavides Rasmila Cosain Josephine Ignacio Mila Cuamag Lorraine Olavides Fern Ann Barrera Dr. Elmira Olavides Eva Edon Dr. Carolina Clarito Florderick Velarde Macadaub Dansal
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project that will help a lot in generating more jobs and serve as an environmentally sustainable alternative livelihood to the people in Agusan del Sur,” Narisma said. “We a re t r y i n g , a m i d h i n drances, to help relaize the project.” For his part, Manuel Galarse, general manager of Aselco, has also vowed to extend support for the project by just connecting the electricity under gradual equity terms while the loan grant has yet to be released. Based on studies, the global demand for wooden lunch boxes is so high that there has been volumes of orders from the US offering a price of P3 apiece. T h e u s e of wo o d e n lunch boxes to replace plastics and polystyrene or commonly known as s t y r o f o a m i s n ow t h e trend among American consumers and in other first world countries in the wake of growing awareness on the use of biodegradable materials. Styrofoam and plastics are reportedly two of the biggest contributors to global warming. The elder Perez has been urging the provincial government to help in developing the wood industry in the province by instituting programs and policies that will encourage more tree farmers to plant softwood tree species. He said organized tree
Kolambugan District Pantar NHS Munai NHS Tagoloan District Tagoloan NHS Liangan NHS Matungao-Poona Piagapo Dist. AAQNHS Sapad-Nunungan District Tangkal NHS Salvador District A. Bersales NHS Magsaysay NHS Pantar District
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farmers have been urging the government to provide them incentives by liberalizing the cutting, pro c e s s i ng an d t r ans p or t of their pro ducts through the deregulation of planted tree species. Pe r e z s a i d a n o t h e r drawback why the tree farming industr y in the province did not develop is a provincial ordinance that slaps taxes to ever y planted tree harvested by tree farmers. There are 32,596 hectares developed by tree farmers out of the total of 435,970 hectares considered by the provincial government as production forest. The province of Agusan del Sur remains as one of the biggest suppliers of planted tree species in the countr y with more than 500,000 cubic meters going out of the province each month. Perez said the establishment of a wood processing plant that will not only make lunch boxes but ot her wo o d-b as e d products for export will s i g n i f i c a nt l y i n c r e a s e r e v e nu e s o f t h e l o c a l gove r n m e nt c ons i d e ring the potential dollar earnings. Perez said the joint venture will eventually embark on a community-based woodworking and furniture production where they will set up smaller wood processing machines in the villages and transfer the tech nology to the residents themselves so they could cope with the projected demand for their product.
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NPA clashes with gov’t troops in MisOr, two soldiers wounded By CRIS DIAZ of Mindanao Daily News
MISAMIS ORIENTAL – Two army soldiers were wounded in fresh fighting between communist rebel of the New Peoples Army (NPA) and government troopers in the outskirt village of Bulahan, in Claveria, Misamis Oriental Saturday afternoon. Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio Osias, spokesman of the army’s 4th Infantry Division, confirmed the armed skirmishes which erupted past 12 noon Saturday. Osias refused to divulge details of the firefight which reportedly lasted late Saturday evening in one of latest armed encounters with communist rebels in Misamis Oriental this year. The army spokesman who remained tight-lipped in a follow up Sunday afternoon confirmed Saturday that the two soldiers were wounded in the firefight. He did not disclose the names of the soldiers and could not say whether there were wounded or killed from the rebel side. The renewed fighting between communist rebels of the NPA and government troopers erupted a week after Interior Secretary Mar Roxas updated reward money for the capture of top leaders of the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front-New People’s Army (CPP-NDPNPA) in the country. On Saturday, eight army soldiers in Isabela in North Luzon were killed in a fierce firefight with communist-guerillas there. The government intends to resume talks with CPP-NDF-NPA in a bid to end one of the longest running rebellion in Asia that had killed more than 40,000 for the past four decades. The Government of the Republic of the Philippines (GRP) and the CPP-NDF-NPA would have resumed talks in June this year to discuss vital issues that would have ended the Philippine rebellion. However, the talks did not materialize for failure of the government to acquiesce to the demands of CPP-NDF-NPA to release captured rebel leaders who were earlier declared consultant of the peace talk. cd
ABAMIN (Abante Mindanao) Party List Rep. Maximo Rodriguez, 2nd from R and Cong. Rufus Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro, 3rd from L, accompanied by barangay officials recently ground break the construction of the P5 million overpass that would serve grade schoolers in Barangay Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City. CD PHOTO
Wife of Abu suspect in kidnapping of nurse in 2008 nabbed in Zambo ZAMBOANGA City––Police here arrested the wife of a detained Abu Sayyaf bandit mid-level leader for her involvement in the kidnapping of a nurse in 2008 in this southern port city, an official disclosed on Sunday. Police Station 6 commander Chief Insp. Elmer Acuña said the suspect, Amira Hakim alias Nah, was arrested 10:45 a.m. Saturday on Varela Street, Barangay Zone I.
Acuña said Hakim was visiting her husband, Benzar Indama, at the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) -administered Zamboanga City Reformatory Center (ZCRC) when she was arrested. Hakim’s husband is an Abu Sayyaf mid-level leader and the brother of Basilan-based Abu Sayyaf leader Puruji Indama, Acuña disclosed. Hakim was arrested on the strength
of a warrant for kidnapping and serious illegal detention issued by the Regional Trial Court (RTC) Branch 16 in this city, he said. She was allegedly involved in the kidnapping of Preciosa Feliciano, a nurse at a private hospital in this city, in July 2008, he said. The Abu Sayyaf bandits released Feliciano on November 7, 2008 in Basilan province.
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New van terminal offers better services
BUTUAN City - Fusing together the scattered local van posts around the city to come up with one accessible station, the local government here through the Land Transportation and Management Office (LTTMO) recently opened the Butuan City Integrated Van Terminal in Langihan area. According to LTTMO Chief Alfredo Radaza, this development is being under-
taken not only to integrate van stations, but also to closely monitor local van transport and to keep an eye on private vehicles that are illegally used for public transport. This recent progress is also seen to ensure the safety of all commuters going in and out of the city. It is operating on a 24-hour schedule with a round-theclock security workforce composed of policemen and
Former Diamond Trooper Visits 4ID By: Lt. Col. Eugenio Julio C. Osias IV
CAMP Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City– The President of Philippine Army General Court Marshall Nr 2 visited 4th Infantry “DIAMOND” Division at around 11:00 O’clock in the morning today. BGen Augusto L Tolentino AFP is a former diamond trooper being assigned here at 4ID as Battalion Commander of 9th Infantry Battalion in 1999, as the Chief of Staff of 4ID in 2006 and as the Brigade Commander of 401st “Unity” Brigade in 2009. He is also currently the Commander of the Headquarters Support Group, Philippine Army. He paid courtesy call to Major General Nestor A Añonuevo, Commander, 4ID before proceeding to Iligan City for his mission. His team is composed
of Col Nestor A Mergenio, Commanding Officer, Army Real Estate Office, Col Anastacio C Cabading Jr, Commanding Officer, Finance Center Philippine Army, Col Lenard T Agustin, Deputy Chief, Civil Relations Service, Philippine Army, and Col Felimon Santos. Major General Nestor A Añonuevo, Commander, 4ID said, “I welcome my fellow diamond trooper who had been dear to this Division because of his best remembered assignment here. I hope that the purpose of your visit be fulfilled and yield good results. The 4thInfantry Division will provide you any assistance that you may need in order to perform what you are task for, just like the old days when you are still assigned here.” (EJCO IV/asf )
“La Isla Pangapuyan” By: Jocelyn P. Alvarez
security guards The new van terminal is also ensured to offer comfort to the transporting public. It is completely furnished with modern facilities including an air-conditioned waiting area with benches, baggage lounge, and a toilet with assigned sanitation personnel. The vans are travelling to and from several towns in Agusan and Surigao del Sur and also reach the cities of Davao and Cagayan de Oro
on a daily basis. Chief Radaza said that van operators have been given one week grace period to relocate from their previous van posts and transfer to the new van terminal. Appropriate legal sanctions will be carried out for those that would not follow the new regulation immediately after the grace period ends. (Maria Luisa Dianah Z. Generalao-CMO/PIO/ FMGM PIA-Caraga/asf)
ZAMBOANGA CITY, - Like an incorporation of facets of sceneries, this small island called “Pangapuyan” is a canvas that tells stories of nature “untouched.” I say “untouched” because the place itself has not only shun herself from the sophisticated and almost complicated age of technology, but this beautiful, unexplored island was able to preserved her “virginity” for decades from the harassment of “irresponsible” travellers who cares less for the environment, that
TACURONG City – Newlyhired permanent and casual employees of the City Government of Tacurong undergone an orientationworkshop on November 13-15, 2012 at the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) Hall. Eighteen new entrants from different departments participated in the orientation which was conducted by the City’s Human Resource Management (CHRM) training staff. During the opening ceremony, Mayor Lina O. Montilla addressed the group: “We hope that the positive values you develop in the LGU will be evident anywhere you go. I expect that each of you will be an asset of the city government. Do your job. Do your best.” The participants were briefed of the LGU’s policies and programs geared towards providing clients and employees with a more service-oriented system and environment. Among other topics discussed were Excellence in Public Service; public servants’ Code of Conduct and Ethi-
cal Standards set by R.A. 6713; Grievance Machinery; Career Development Plan; Merit Selection Plan; R.A. 7877 Anti-Sexual Harassment; and Program on Awards and Incentives for Service Excellence. Speakers from the City’s Pool of Trainers also imparted information on monetary and non-monetary benefits and mandatory
salary deductions. During the final day of orientation, the participants learned about the LGU’s performance evaluation system (PES). They were tasked to accomplish sample PES forms according to their job descriptions. Participants were all praises to the speakers and training staff that made the acticity very light yet infor-
mative. “We have learned that public service is really a serious matter to the city government. We are now well aware of our responsibilities and rights; so we feel empowered,” one of the participants said. The new entrants vowed to become excellent public servants in and even out of the office. (Tacurong City Info Office/asf )
opening ceremony will be held on November 26, Monday, with a Parade of Floating Lights and Advocacy Prayers. “After gathering at the Guingona Park, participants will walk towards the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) grounds bearing advocacy slogans on mini-tarps. Program at the PPA will start at 5:30 p.m. where ecumenical advocacy prayers will be offered upon the releasing of lighted floaters in the Agusan River along the PPA riverbank,” said Pintor. As part of the activities for the said campaign, GADCC
will be conducting the Forum on the Localization of United Nations Security Council Resolutions (UNSCRs) 1325 and 1820 on November 27, 2012 at the Ericka’s Pasta Story, this city. Said forum will be participated by the local legislators and local government units in Agusan del Norte and Butuan City. Also, in time with this year’s World AIDS Day celebration, the Department of Health (DOH) Caraga will be initiating the Forum on Male’s Involvement in Reproductive Health on December 1, to be
held in Surigao City. Meanwhile, the 18-Day Campaign to End VAW will culminate on December 13 with the conduct of a Forum on Women Empowerment in Health Development and Gender Equality (WEHDGE), and Full Committee Meeting cum Christmas Party. This will be held at the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) Caraga Training Center, Butuan City. This year’s observance/ campaign is anchored on the theme “VAW-Free Society in Times of Peace, Conflict, and Calamity.” (JPG/PIA-Caraga)
after enjoying and savouring nature, would not even move a muscle to pick up the pieces of trash brought.
LGU’s new entrants undergo orientation
GADCC gears up preparations for this year’s 18-Day Campaign to End VAW
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RDC-X Meets NorMin Reps in Congress - The Regional Development Council-Advisory Committee (RAC) of Northern Mindanao, consisting of officers of the Regional Development Council 10 (RDC) and the region’s congressional representatives together with senators, meet on November 12, 2012 at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. In photo from L-R: NEDA-X Director Leon M. Dacanay, Jr.; Congressman Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr. of the Lone District of Iligan City; Senator Aquilino Martin D. Pimentel II; RDCX Chair & Iligan Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz; House Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.; RDC-X Co-Chair & Private Sector Representative, Arsenio L. Sebastian III; and Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez of the 2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City. (NEDA/RDC 10/asf)
BUTUAN CITY, – The member-agencies of the Gender and Development Coordinating Committee (GADCC) stepped up preparations for this year’s 18-Day Campaign to End Violence Against Women (VAW) on November 25 to December 12, this city. The GADCC under the Regional Development Council (RDC) is chaired by Commission on Human Rights (CHR) Caraga Regional Director Atty. Marylin Pintor. Atty. Pintor bared that the
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Dipolog Council of Women, “Most Outstanding Council of women for 2011” By: Alfonso T. Ruda
DIPOLOG CITY, — Dipolog City continues to garner regional and national awards as the City Government through the leadership of Mayor Evelyn T. Uy persistently implement various sustainable programs and projects beneficial to its people, particularly those belonging to the marginalized sector. Recently, the Dipol o g L o c a l C ou nc i l of Women was adjudged as the Most Outstanding Local Council of Women for 2011 throughout the country. The award was received by Mayor Uy during the 10th National Assembly of the Philippine Federation of the Council of Women (PFCLW), held in Batangas C it y f rom Nove mb e r
13-15, 2012. Mayor Uy, who heads the Dipolog Local Council of Women received a P100,000 cash prize and a plaque. City Information Officer Robert Pinsoy said the award was based on the various sustainable
programs and projects for the women spearheaded by the LCW. T he s e proj e c t s i n clude sardines making, T-shirt making, cassava chips, b a ker y no o d le making, sewing crafts, me at pro c e ss i ng , e n t repreneurship, b asic management and others. The City Chief Executive urged the women in Dipolog City to continue supporting these projects for t heir sust ainabi l ity as she called upon those who have not yet availed of the program to see City Government personnel in charge for their availment. R e c e nt l y, D i p o l o g City was also recognized as the 7th Top Performing City throughout the country.(JPA/ATR/ PIA9-Zambo Norte)
18 kilometers of Davao watershed perimeter delineated By: Rudolf Ian G. Alama DAVAO CITY - A total of 18.4 kilometers of watershed perimeter in Davao City's watershed areas were delineated this November in a five-day survey which covered four barangays. According to Edgar Barquin of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources Region XI (DENR-XI) and team leader of the 11-man delineation team, the survey covered the barangays of Tambobong,Tamugan, Gumalang and Wines in Davao City's Calinan District. He said that the 18.4 kilometers of delineated perimeter (72 corner monuments) are geo-tagged, which meant that the monuments are photographed and tagged via Global Positioning System or GPS. The total areas to be delineated still amounts to 507 kilometers. Barquin estimates the actual survey of the whole length of the watershed to take 100 days. The delineation team
is led by some personnel from the DENR and the Watershed Management Council and based on the Watershed Code of Davao City requires the demarcation of the city’s watershed areas. Barquin said they prioritized the delineation of the Tamugan River since it is a sensitive and critical area. Areas within the perimeter will be subject for conservation purposes and any private development should submit a comprehensive development plan and mostly which are proenvironmental projects like tree planting activities. Baquin said that these areas are considered by the Mines and Geosciences
Bureau (MGB) as critical geo-hazard areas, he said that there are no considerable population within the identified perimeter as residents living near the area said that the path of the Tamugan River is changing. At present most of the area are corn fields and coffee farms. However, Barquin said that the delineation team must properly explain to the residents and to the farmers of the area the nature of the survey particularly the placement of monuments as many of these farmers have not yet attended or were reached by their IEC (Information Education Communication) campaigns. (RG Alama/FMGM PIA-XI)
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In case of cyber scams CRIMES IN THE PHILIPPINES By: Ben Emata I was watching a Television news program coming from the Philippines and was shocked to see the first five major stories were about killings, robbery with murder. rape with murder and other assault against person and property. When I opened via the internet, some newspapers from Manila and the provinces, they carried the same crime news stories. Every page carries the story of bank robbery with murders, rape and all kinds of crimes ordinarily happening in the country. My heart was trembling as I read more similar stories. The worst thing is the police are far behind these crimes. Offenders are far away when they reach the scene of the crimes. It is rare that suspects are arrested in a short time. And such crimes are taking place in Metro Manila and nearby provinces. It is just terrible to think that crimes seem to rule in the country and criminals are enjoying scotch free in society. I would not mind so much if these crimes are committed once in a while. The trouble is they prevail in the pages of newspapers and all kinds of media outlets everyday. I cannot imagine how many are not published because they happened in remote areas. There are incidents also that are beyond the knowledge of media and remain silent forever. Some reports also do not reach the police station thus it would not come out in the press. I figure out the reasons why so many people in various countries who wanted to visit the Philippines cancel their plan because of the terrible news stories they got. Many of the tourists are retired people, old, weak and just need enjoyment in sightseeing. Reading the stories about big crimes in the country necessarily stops their plan of visiting the Philippines. Many of our public officials never mentioned about
THINK a minute. Have you at one time been sick, but you knew that doctors and medicine could not help you? What did you do? Who did you go to? The village medicine man or woman for traditional medicine? Recently I read about a medical doctor who was very sick. But instead of treating himself or going to another medical doctor, even a traditional medicine man, he called a preacher. This doctor told the preacher that he was desperately sick, not in his body, but in his soul and conscience. The doctor said: “All my life I’ve carried this guilt and memories of all the wrong
Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst things I’ve done. My guilt has become like a disease or cancer that’s killing me inside, and I’m not able to find a cure for it!” The doctor asked the preacher to pray for him, and sure enough, the doctor was healed and free from his guilt. That doctor was right. You and I can never get free from the guilt of our
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tent city there. Until today, Iligan City’s typhoo victims remained homeless despite the P200-million financial assistance extended by Pres. Aquino. The additional housing fund came as the city and Pilipinas Shell turned over 122 houses and lots in Calaanan for the internally displaced persons affected by the typhoon. Notwithstanding, political opposition continues to hammer on the city government’s inadequacy in attending to the needs of the calamity victims. Administration candidates of the Liberal Party is pulling ‘heaven and earth’ in working to suspend City Mayor Vicente Emano. They accused Emano of negligence, which resulted in the death of some 1,000 people. This, apart from destroying properties worth millions of pesos, they said. City residents and beneficiaries of the relocation projects laughed off the accusation. A barangay official who was among typhoon victims described the charges against the city mayor as ‘the ugly head of politics.’ However, candidates of the unpopular Liberal Party believed that with the DILG on their side, their political actions would gain favorable result. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com
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past wrongs. The cheap sex we had with that person who’s not our wife or husband. Our lying and stealing in business or at our job. Our getting drunk and beating up our own wife and children. Aborting our baby. These and many other memories of our wrongs continue to hurt and shame us wherever we go, so we
cannot escape. They’re inside our mind and conscience like a disease or cancer. It’s true: there is no medical doctor or traditional medicine that can cure our guilty conscience. Humans have no cure for it. Only God the Son can make you free and healthy. If you and I will simply admit we are guilty of all our sins and ask Jesus to give us His gift of forgiveness and new life, then our sick soul and conscience can finally be free from all our guilt! For your own health and happiness, why don’t you ask Jesus for His gift of forgiveness and new life today? Just Think a Minute.
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ELEVEN months after Typhoon Sendong lashed its fury over Cagayan de Oro City, the more than 4,000 registered victims are now back on their feet. The support of non-government institutions and the private sectors lightened the burdens as the city government recouped pieces of shattered homes and families back on track. International and domestic organi- Cris Diaz zations like the Habitat for Humanity, Gawad Kalinga, Pilipinas Shell, and San Miguel Corporation, were among those who lend their hands in building homes for calamity victims. Last week, the Department of Social Welfare and Development has earmarked P105 million for the construction of additional houses for Sendong victims in Cagayan de Oro. It is heartening that 278 house renters and sharers SCAMS | page 10 in the city have already acquired free house and lots. In contrast, more than 5,000 typhoon victims in the neighboring city of Iligan continue to live in a squalid
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Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio familiarity and camaraderie between the officials and the prisoners and detainees, and even between officials and the people they are supposed to serve. -oooIN AID OF RE-ELECTION ONCE AGAIN: Pardon me for saying this but the projected inquiries by the House of Representatives and the Senate over the Aman Futures Group P15 billion pyramiding scam will not solve the problem. The inquiries will not really be “in aid of legislation” but will be more in “aid of re-election”---set up by politicians who have not done anything good for the country and the people
during their terms, but who would want to grandstand once again. -oooRP HAS MORE THAN 200K FOREIGNERS: I don’t agree with the report of the National Statistics Office that there are only about 200,000 foreigners now living in the Philippines. If you go around the country, you will not fail to notice that more and more foreigners are taking up residences among our people, with no indication that they still want to return to their countries of origin. They have adopted the Philippines as their new country. This is to be expected, not only because the Philip-
pines is a good place to live in. Foreigners are coming in droves here because it is a phenomenon warned about in the Bible, particularly in Deuteronomy 28:49-52. Here is what these verses say: “The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand, a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young. -oooF OR E IG N E R S A R E RICHER, AND ARE NOW POLITICAL LEADERS IN RP: “They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined. They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. HAVEN | page 10
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The toxic tale behind your clothing pushing this hard enough, we can change things globally, and forever. Just consider what we have achieved already: Seven major international brands (Puma, Nike, Adidas, H&M, M&S, C&A and Li-Ning) have committed to change – because you told them to. But so far brands such as Zara remain silent. If you share our vision for the fu-
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WHAT are you wearing today? Touch it. Go on. What does it feel like? Yes, you’re touching a piece of clothing. You’re touching a t y pe of fabr ic. You’re touching a fashion choice. And yet, there’s more to it: You’re also touching a story. Because every piece of clothing – in your wardrobe, in my wardrobe, in everyone’s wardrobe – has a story. R i g h t n o w, f a s h i o n bra nds a re w r it i ng t h is stor y for us. It features public waterways that are being treated like private sewers. It feat u res poisoned rivers. It features hazardous, persistent and hormone-disrupting chemicals that can cause serious damage to ecosystems and livelihoods. I don’t know about you, but we here at Greenpeace don’t like that whole story. We love our clothes; we really do. We use our clothes to express ourselves and present ourselves to t he world . But we a re pa ssionately united behind the belief that our fashion shouldn’t literally cost the earth. No – our clothes don’t have to be laced with toxic chemicals. They don’t have to be manufactured without t ra nspa renc y a nd cause toxic water pollution. They
ture, join us in calling on Zara to Detox our fashion! Tell Zara we don’t want hazardous chemical in our clothing or our waterways. Toget her, we c a n t a ke control of the story our clothes tell – and make it a better one for all of us. --Yifang Li is a Detox campaigner at Greenpeace East Asia.
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don’t have to be designed to wear out faster than we can buy them. There is another way – and it’s people like you who’ll bring it about. Because here’s the thing: The bra nd s t hat ma ke what we wear are listening to us. Why? Because without us they’re nothing. That’s right: NOTHING. And they know this. We’re not cogs in their machine. We have a n a ma zing power over them – individually, but even more so, when we come together. We call it #PeoplePower – and it just keeps growing: We’re people who love our
clothes – and we’re ready to push things forward. That’s why this year, Greenpeace’s Detox Campaign is delving even further into the hazardous chemicals used in the production of our high street fashion. Today, we are exposing the links between textile manufacturing facilities using toxic chemicals and water pollution. Our investigation includes 20 global fashion brands, and testing on 141 products sold by the lead ing fashion bra nds, such as Zara, Chinese fashion label Metersbonwe, Calvin Klein, Levi’s, Mango, Tommy Hilfiger and Vero Moda.
We d e m a n d b r a n d s eliminate releases of hazardous chemicals into the environment and products. The best way to do this is to replace t hem w it h safer alternatives. And to show t hat t hey mean it, they must be transparent and disclose what each of their suppliers are releasing into our environment from their facilities. If the brands that have t he re a l power a nd i nf luence work w it h t heir suppliers to pioneer safe alternatives to hazardous chemicals, and bring them to market quickly, others will follow. If #PeoplePower keeps
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R-10 coops paid up capital grows to P1.25B in 2nd qrtr By Rutchie C. Aguhob, Contributing the biggest capitalization was the provcontributor ince of Misamis Oriental TANGUB CITY, Misamis with P847.95 million, folOccidental – Cooperatives lowed by Bukidnon, P217.95 in Northern Mindanao have million, Misamis Occidenaccumulated a paid-up capi- tal, P93.02 million, Lanao tal of P1.25 billion had been del Norte, P82.44 million accumulated, as of the sec- and Camiguin, P12.67 million. ond quarter of 2012. This capitalization grew In terms of growth of by 3.15 percent compared capitalization, however, to P1.22 billion, in the same Lanao del Norte posted period, last year, Orlando the highest increase of 6.64 Ravanera, regional director percent, followed by Misaof the Cooperatives Devel- mis Oriental, 3.87 percent, opment Authority (CDA), Camiguin, 1.20 percent, Misamis Occidental, 0.47 region 10 said. The CDA data revealed percent and Bukidnon, 0.44 that the number of coopera- percent. tives in the region, during The CDA data also show the period, grew from 1,405 that in terms of the number to 1,494 or a 6.33 percent of cooperatives Lanao del increase, while the mem- Norte posted the highest bers grew from 266,341 to growth of 9.77 percent, 267,407 or by 1.15 percent. followed by Misamis Ori-
ental, 7.31 percent, Misamis Occidental, 4.94 percent, Bukidnon, 2.92 percent and Camiguin by 1.89 percent. However, in terms of membership, Misamis Occidental posted the highest growth of 1.05 percent, followed by Misamis Oriental, 0.95 percent, Bukidnon, 0.85 percent, Lanao del Norte, 0.04 percent and Camiguin, 0.18 percent. For the second quarter of 2012 alone, a paid-up capital of P38.22 million was posted by the cooperatives of the region, an increase of 2,353.99 percent over P1.44 million, in the same period, last year. The number of newlyregistered cooperatives, also increased during the period from 32 to 38 or 11.01 percent, and the members
from 1,199 to 1,331 or 11.01 percent. Likewise, contributing the biggest capitalization, in the second quarter, was the province of Misamis Oriental with P30.47 million, followed by Lanao del Norte, P3.99 million, Bukidnon, P505,151.64, Camiguin, P150,000 and Misamis Occidental, P101,000. Again, in terms in growth of capitalization, Misamis Oriental posted the biggest growth of 2,943 percent, followed by Lanao del Norte, 1,177.12 percent, Misamis Occidental, 475.34 percent and Bukidnon, 388.54 percent. No growth was noted in Camiguin, as no capitalization came in, during the second quarter of 2011. (RCAguhob/PIA10-)
THE city government of Cagayan de Oro is one of the finalists in the Best in eGov Business Empowerment Award. Engr. Marilyn Legaspi, OIC of the City Treasurer’s Office informed Mayor Vicente Emano that the city presented its entry during the eGov awards for Local Government Units National Judging held last November 8, 2012 at Oxford Hotel, Clark Freeport Zone in Pampanga. She said evaluation of the entry will be announced later. It was learned that the first eGov Awards for local government units was launched by the National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), in partnership
with the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) and the Cyber City Teleservices Philippines Inc. (CCTP). The aim of the award is to encourage the use of information and communications technology in the delivery of services among LGUs in the country. The LGU awards will also document and highlight best practices of LGUs for benchmarking purposes. Awarding of winners will be on November 23, according to Engr. Legaspi. In another development, budgets of five brgys will soon be approved. Ordinances covering the supplemental budgets of
five barangays for 2012 will be acted upon by the 16th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas during its regular session on Thursday, Nov. 15. The supplemental budgets of Barangay Nos. 7, 16, Balubal, Macasandig and Tignapoloan were reviewed and favorably endorsed by the committees on barangay affairs and on laws and rules chaired by Councilors Dometilo Acenas Jr. and Ramon Tabor, respectively and were found to be in order. Meanwhile, city mayor Vicente Emano has sanctioned erring City Hall employees “Bisan pa man og magadangat na ang eleksyon, pahamtangan og silot-disiplina
A lawmaker has sought an inquiry into the alleged unreasonable exclusion and other illegal activities directed against Chinese tourists committed by some officers of the Bureau of Immigration. In filing Senate Resolution No. 897, Senator Koko Pimentel cited the letter of the Philippine-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (PCCCI) to Vice President Jejomar C. Binay dated December 08, 2011. In said letter, the business group conveyed their strong and genuine concern over the “indiscriminate and arbitrary exclusions of Chinese nationals in our international airports thereby creating issues and anxieties among Chinese nationals visiting our country as tourists and as investors.” In a letter addressed to the Department of Foreign Affairs dated 05 January 2012, the Embassy of the People’s Republic of China also called the attention of the DFA to the numerous exclusions of Chinese nationals entering
the Philippines and to other complaints against some immigration officials. The PRC Embassy has recorded more than 200 exclusion cases involving Chinese nationals with valid visas in 2011, far more than those cases relating to the citizens of other countries, raising concerns for Chinese travelers who choose the Philippines as a tourist destination. Pimentel said Chinese tourists were reported to have been excluded and disallowed entry to the Philippines without due process using Section 29 (a) (5) of Commonwealth Act 613, otherwise known as the Philippine Immigration Act of 1940, referring to persons likely to become public charge. There were also reports, the senator said, that some Bureau of Immigration officers would give the “excluded Chinese tourists”’ a telephone number to call in case they intend to come back so that they could be escorted through immigration for a fee of $1,000 or Php 50,000 per tourist.
Chinese tourists who allegedly avail of the escort services become undocumented aliens and allegedly receive fake Immigration cards that each costs from P20,000 to P30,000 and an additional cost of P200,000 to P300,000 to be delisted or removed from the Bureau’s blacklist. These allegations of extortion and corrupt practices, Pimentel said, are flagrant violations of Republic Act 3019, otherwise known as the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act that merit serious attention. Of nearly four million tourists who visited the Philippines in 2011, Chinese tourists accounted for 243,137 arrivals in the country, representing 6.21 percent of the market share. “There is an urgent need to investigate these serious allegations of violations of the law committed by some officers of the Bureau of Immigration and to propose legislative measures to curb or totally rid the government of corruption,” Pimentel said
ang si kinsa man nga makalapas sa mga palisiya sa pagalagad sa katawhan,” warns Mayor Vicente Emano as he called on employees to provide real service to the public, as they should. The mayor’s warning came as he slapped sanctions against 19 more City Hall employees for various offenses. He said he will continue to impose sanctions on those who are lax in their duties and responsibilities as public servants. “Dili gayud angay nga mahikawan ang katawhan sa mga serbisyong gisangon kanato, opisyal ka man o’ ubos nga kawani sa gobyerno. Busa, dili gayud mausab ang akong baruganan,” he said in a press statement. In another development, the City Council committee on environment and natural resources chaired by Councilor President D. Elipe during its recent meeting adopted a resolution earnestly requesting the Department of Energy-Mindanao to inquire, for and in behalf of the city government, on any and all national guidelines and regulations in the operation of e-jeepneys in the city. The committee likewise sought the assistance of the DOE on possible programs the city could avail in relation
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DAVAO CITY - Rolly Rulete, a batch 2001 scholar of the Science Education Institute of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-SEI) graduated BS Computer Science at the University of Southeastern Philippines, developed the Project NOAH (Nationwide Operational Assessment of Hazards) app for Android devices. Rulete, together with his teammates, used data from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration of the DOST (DOST-PAGASA) to come up with the mobile version of the Project NOAH website (noah.dost.gov. ph) minus the flood map features. Project NOAH app was jointly launched last October 17, 2012 by DOST together with Smart Communications, Inc. through the Smart Development Network (SMARTDevNet) to provide the general public with an on-time weather information wherever you are in the country anytime through your Android mobile phones. So what are you waiting? Download your Project NOAH app now and experience on-time weather information right at your fingertips. (DOST XI S&T Promotions Section) to the proposed project. It may be recalled that the committee invited representatives of the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) different transport organizations and stakeholders to discuss the operation of commercial ejeepneys, which will be run by a cooperative. Elipe said this will not only boost the city’s environmental campaign but provide an alternative source of power. The committee also sought guidelines from the LTFRB so that operators can comply with requirements and be granted the needed franchise to operate here. On the city housing concerns. the City Council committee on subdivision and landed estate chaired by Councilor Jose Pepe Abbu
will soon tackle the request for the reclassification of a property at Sitio Pahiron, Lumbia from agricultural to residential area. According to the legal representative of the lot owner, the said property contains an area of 108,472 sq. m. In other development, the committee will also look into the request for assistance and intercession for the Carmenville Project located in Barangay Lumbia, where the main beneficiaries are Typhoon Sendong calamity victims. The Power learned that the development of the project is currently on-going but its pace is allegedly being slowed down by the road blocking of the access/subdivision road by the Cool Breeze Village Homeowners Association.
CDO Ayala mall opening Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Vicente Y. Emano (centermost) and Don Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala (2nd from L-R) together with three other top officials of Ayala Land ceremonially unlocked, today, the gates of Centrio Ayala Mall here in the city. (CIO Photo
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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF EUFRONIA A. SORIANO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased EUFRONIA A. SORIANO, who died in July 1988, left a certain real property which is registered in her name, situated in Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described as follows, to wit; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-117556 “A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 1, Pcs-3843 Amd.), situated in the Barrio of Bugo, City of Cagayan de Oro. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE (265) SQUARE METERS, more or less, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF EUFRONIA A. SORIANO WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE made and entered into by and among the following compulsory heirs; ROGELIO A. SORIANO, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Greymar Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, son of the deceased; PURITA S. CHARLON, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Reyes Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, daughter of the deceased; FE S. AQUINO, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of Greymar Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, daughter of the deceased; FREVISMINDA S. BUGAS, of legal age, Filipino, married and resident Oroquieta City, daughter of the deceased; HEIRS OF ALUDIO N. SORIANO, herein represented by his wife, MERLITA N. SORIANO, of legal age, Filipino, widow and resident of Greymar Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, son of the deceased; that the above-named parties all of legal age are the legitimate children and the compulsory/surviving heirs of the deceased. For and in consideration of the sum of EIGHTY THOUSAND (P80,000.00) jointly SELL, TRANSFER, and CONVEY, absolutely and unconditionally, unto RAFFY SALVACION, as per Doc. No. 53; Page No. 11; Book No. 166; Series of 2012; under Notary Public of ATTY. MARIO T. JUNI. MDN: NOV. 14, 21 & 28, 2012
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Filipinos especially parents and students,” said Neil Brene Lopez, coordinator of Kabataan Partylist in Southern Mindanao. House Bill 6643 or the Enhanced Basic Education Act of 2012 seeks to institutionalize a new curriculum in education which adds two more years to the country’s current 10-year basic education. However, even before it was approved and legislated, the Aquino government already implemented the program this school year. Only eight lawmakers registered their opposition to the bill, namely: Representatives Teddy Casiño and Neri Colmenares of Bayan Muna, Emi de Jesus and Luz Ilagan of Gabriela, Rafael Mariano of Anakpawis, Antonio Tinio of ACT-Teacher, Raymond Palatino of Kabataan and Thelma Almario of Davao Oriental. Palatino, in a statement posted on his group’s website, said the country’s education crisis would further escalate with the passage of the bill. “The additional years in basic education would translate to additional burdens to thousands of Filipino families in the coming years,” he said. While recognizing the need to reform the basic education curriculum in the country, Palatino pointed out that “legislating a bill that adds two years without the proper preparations is a turn for the worse.” He said, such is “is tantamount to two more years of torture.” Sponsors of the bill, according to Palatino, failed to answer several key issues including the budgetary requirements, inadequate preparation of teachers, and the lack of proper facilities to implement the program. Even Davao Oriental Representative Thelma Almario, in a television interview, raised howl on the education sector’s capacity in implementing the program including the availability of required resources. She said, the government should observe “extreme caution” in implementing the K+12. At least six percent of any country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) is recommended to be allocated in education by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the International Commission on Education. But the Philippine’s GDP allotment for its education sector only ranges from 2.5 to 3 percent compared to Brunei’s 9.1 percent, Malaysia’s 8.1 percent and Thailand’s 5.2 percent. “Our national budget is insufficient to sustain a ‘full blown’ program such as K+12 and the additional two years in high school. These are not the answers if (President) Aquino is truly interested in fixing the education system,”
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said First District Councilor Leah Librado Yap. Labor export policy Meanwhile, Palatino debunked the claim that adding two more years to education will improve the quality of basic education and improve the employment statistics of the country. “We lack the figures, we lack data,” he said, adding that, “employment is not wholly a function dependent on the number of years of schooling.” Librado-Yap, who also heads Davao City Council’s Committee on Education, cited the WorldBank study which said that the country has the largest number of unemployed youth in the East Asia and in the Pacific region. “Almost 45 percent of the Filipino jobless youth are either college level or graduates,” she said. Young Filipino workers are said to be “twice as likely” to be unemployed than those in older age groups as they figure in the annual average of at least 300,000 new graduates that add up to the labor force. “The plan for K+12 is not to provide higher education opportunities to the youth, but merely to create an army of semi-skilled labor for immediate employment abroad,” she said adding that, “it’s being designed to develop immediately employable youth locally for them to become underpaid, or worse, abused workers in a foreign land.” The local lawmaker said that K+12 equates to reinforcing the country’s labor export policy. “The (Aquino) government continues to follow prescriptions from its foreign creditors to systematically reduce support for education,” Librado-Yap said. She added that the government is doing this to “reduce the government’s budget deficit while ensuring continued debt servicing.” Debt servicing eats about 50 percent of the government’s annual budget. Under the K+12, Kindergarten becomes mandatory for all five-year olds in public schools. There will still be six years in elementary school and four years in regular or junior high school while there will be an additional two years of senior high school where students will be given various career tracks. (Alex D. Lopez/davaotoday.com) Print Friendly Version of this pagePrint Get a PDF version of this webpagePDF
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It amended certain provisions of R.A. 9729 or the Climate Change Act of 2009. The PSF has an initial budget of P1 billion which LGUs can access to fund their adaptation activities (Section 20a) in the areas of land and water resources management, agriculture and fisheries, health, infrastructure development, and natural ecosystems.
Other uses of the Fund, as specified in Section 20, are (b) improvement of the monitoring of vector-borne diseases triggered by climate change, and in this context improving disease control and prevention; (c) forecasting and early warning systems as part of preparedness for climate-related hazards; (d) supporting institutional development, for local governments, in partnership with local communities and civil society groups, for preventive measures, planning, preparedness and management of impacts relating to climate change, including contingency planning, in particular, for droughts and floods in areas prone to extreme climate events; (e) strengthening existing; and where needed, establish regional centers and information networks to support climate change adaptation initiatives and projects; (f ) serving as a guarantee for risk insurance needs for farmers, agricultural workers and other stakeholders; and (g) community adaptation support programs by local organizations accredited by the [Climate Change] Commission. Mayor Bonifacio Ondona, a Galing Pook awardee for his efforts to connect environment al issues to the improvement of the living conditions of his constituents, said all these provisions in the use of the PSF allow LGUs to maximize the use of its budget to fund other programs and projects not related to climate change. “Since climate change is a new issue, as far as LGUs are concerned, local chief executives and other elected officials do not really give it much thought since we just depend on the national government to address it. But with the enactment of the PSF we are now realizing that LGUs have duties and responsibilities in addressing climate change right in our own backyards,” he told this reporter. The PSF is critical to communities as it will enable them to access funds to cope with the anticipated impacts of climate change without waiting for the occurrence of climateinduced calamities. Most funds of the LGUs, which have already been earmarked for programs and projects for the improvement of the lives of the people, are often diverted to respond to disasters and calamities, thus leaving their plans and programs unimplemented and consequently retarding the community’s development, Ondona explained. But with the PSF, communities can already address climate change issues in their locality without spending their own resources. According to Oxfam, coastal communities in Surigao del Sur like this municipality are in danger of rising sea and tidal levels.
Oxfam is among those that pushed for the enactment of the PSF Law to ensure that sustainable livelihoods of small rural producers are protected and resilient from natural and human-induced disasters Surigao del Sur is facing the Pacific Ocean. And according to the Natural Disaster Risk Profile created by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA), the province is prone to earthquakes, storm surges, floods, and tsunami. Meanwhile, Senator Loren Legarda urged for the inclusion of the P1 billion PSF budget in the 2013 National Budget as it will help ensure significant improvements in the disaster resilience of communities in the country. “We must immediately implement the People’s Survival Fund Act as it will help local governments’ adaptation activities,” she said in a statement. (Bong F. Fabe)
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and Business Development. Upon becoming a MyPhone brand ambassador, Daniel Padilla now joins his loveteam partner Kathryn Bernardo, and fellow Princess and I actor, Enrique Gil. Also among MyPhone endorsers are Kapamilya stars Julia Montes, Martin del Rosario, Sam Conception; Kapuso celebrities Janine Gutierrez, Derrick Monasterio, Bea Binene, Barbie Forteza, and many more.
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They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the Lord your God is giving you…” In Deuteronomy 28:32, we are also warned that foreigners who live in our midst will become richer and richer while we become poorer and poorer, lending to us what we need, and leading us right in our own country. Why is this foreign domination happening, right in our very soils? Deuteronomy 28:15 has the answer. It says: “However, if you do not obey the Lord your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you…” -oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@ yahoo.com
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direct selling among others,” said Cynthia Villar, Managing Director of the Villar Foundation. The summit is focused on OFWs and their families, thus every aspect of the event—from the program to
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the exhibitors, is customized to cater to their interests, requirements and concerns. Various speakers and Villar herself (as keynote speaker) will provide OFWs and other attendees with insights and tips on entrepreneurship, from the basics of starting a business and to financing. Topics include: spotting business opportunities, financial literacy and presentation on other opportunities such as in franchising, direct selling, real estate salesmanship, product consignments, distributorship etc. Exhibit stalls and booths would feature different businesses, companies and organizations which will showcase their products, services, business offerings among others, that can give OFWs and their families ideas or examples on where to invest their hard-earned money. According to Villar, providing OFWs and families with needed business know-how can help them better handle their money. “We want OFWs and their families to have an entrepreneurial mindset, so they can invest their earnings or the remittances they get into profitable endeavors. We want them to have success stories, not sob stories that we often hear from distressed OFWs.” OFWs-turned-entrepreneurs are also invited to inspire the audience with their testimonials. Like last year, one of the main highlights of the event is the raffle prizes. The Villar Foundation will again raffle off a Camella house and lot. GoNegosyo will give away food cart business packages. Livelihood or ‘kabuhayan’ packages such as Aling Puring sari-sari store items of Puregold, motorcycles from Motortrade, Kettle Korn franchises, among many more. The Villar Foundation, through its Sagip OFW program, has been extending various forms of support and assistance to OFWs and their families including repatriation, livelihood packages, medical/burial assistance, scholarships and skills-up trainings. “We in the foundation through Sagip OFW wants to be there for OFWs, from rescuing them to abusive employers, repatriating them and reintegrating them as productive members of the society. We have a soft spot for OFWs because our first client in our housing business was an OFW family. This will be a life-long advocacy for us,” cited Villar. Corporate sponsors of the 2nd OFW and Family Summit include Vista Land, Camella Homes, Smart, Isuzu Motors, Motortrade, Kettle Food Corp., Avon and PLDT SME Nation. Institutional partners are Department of Labor and E mpl oy me nt ( D OL E ) , Overseas Workers’ Welfare Administration (OWWA), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), National
Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO) and Blas Ople Policy Center. Media partners of the event are GMA, T V 5, Philippine Star, Manila Bulletin, Business Mirror, People’s Journal, Abante, 96.3 EasyRock, Crossover 105.1, Tiger 22 Media Corp. (103.5 Wow FM, Magic 89.9, 99.5RT, Killer Bee, Wave 89.1, Jam 88.3), Love Radio, and DZRH.
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for the plantation in Lahad Datu, and had been taken at gunpoint last week. Their companions said the gunmen spoke in Malayu and Tausug, a dialect commonly used in the southern provinces of Tawi-Tawi and Sulu. There were no immediate reports whether the foreigners are being held in either of the two provinces. Malaysian media reported that the gunmen and their hostages fled on a speed boat painted blue and white and headed out to international waters. It also quoted Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib as saying the captives had been taken out of Malaysia. “We have identified the victims’ whereabouts. We have a rough idea where they are. They may be out of Malaysian waters,” Hamza said. Hamza said the kidnappers have not contacted any of the victims’ families or relatives. In 2010, suspected Abu Sayyaf rebels kidnapped Malaysian seaweed farmers Vui Chung, 42, and Lai Wing Chau, 33, in Sabah’s Semporna town near Lahad Datu and ransomed them off for 2 million ringgits. Rebels also kidnapped 21 Western tourists from Sabah’s island resort of Sipadan in 2001 and were freed months later after Libya and Malaysia paid huge ransoms to the Abu Sayyaf. (Mindanao Examiner)
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Resources Management Council (MFARMC) lodged last week criminal and civil complaints at the Agusan del Norte Provincial Prosecutor’s Office here and the Regional Trial Court in Cabadbaran City, respectively, against SRMI for “environmentally destructive and reckless mining operations” in Tubay town. In a statement before local journalists here, MFARMC president Alicio Apos said “We have been suffering since SRMI started mining operations in our town. Because of dumping by SRMI of heavy metals and debris into our municipal waters and the putting up of docking areas for loading of mining ores which virtually erased our officially-declared fish sanctuaries, our livelihood has been greatly affected. Even our source of drinking CASES | page 11
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water has been contaminated.” Apos said “We have to seek help from the courts. SRMI has no interest in the welfare of our community and Tubay as a whole. Its interest primarily lies in the profits generated from its mining operations regardless of the destruction it will render to our town and its people.” “We will proceed with these cases. We have suffered and we see no end to this suffering while irresponsible mining is still here,” he said. Apos made clear that “We shall not accept compromises nor arrangements. They have to answer for the damage and destruction to our environment, our community, our town and our people.” MFARMC counsel, Atty. John Gil Unay, Sr., said the organization whose officers and members are Tubay residents “are exercising their rights to seek redress for they feel they had been unjustly denied their livelihood and their right to enjoy a clean environment they had been used to. The courts are the proper venues in expressing my clients’ rights.” In the civil complaint, MFARMC has sought the issuance by the court of a Temporary Environmental Protection Order and the temporary closure of SRMI’s mining operation. After hearing, MFARMC also sought for the issuance of an Environmental Protection Order directing the permanent closure of the mining operation, the rehabilitation of the coral reefs and marine habitats in Tubay’s municipal waters and the payment of damages corresponding to the value of the resources destroyed by SRMI’s mining operation. The MFARMC officers who filed the complaints were Apos, Enie Perang, Constantino Obos, Berly Padonia, Danny Garcia, Alicia Guday, Cesar Quita, Fresco Regala and Edgar Capon. Respondents in the criminal case included
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Agusan del Sur will soon become major global exporter of wooden lunch boxes By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN of Mindanao Daily News
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—After five years of anxiously waiting, the wood processing plant here that will mainly produce environment-friendly wooden lunch boxes will operate anytime soon. This came after the Caraga Woodworks Enterprise formally switched on yesterday its electricity lines from Agusan del Sur Electric Cooperative (Aselco), a move that would pave the way for the full operation
said the plant operation finally came into reality after several years of hiatus brought about by fund lack and unfulfilled government support being promised during its groundbreaking in August 2007. The plant was initially joint venture by Caraga Woodworkers Cooperative and Taisun Furniture Industry Corp which provided modern equipment for the wood processing production of wooden lunchboxes or more known as “bento boxes”. The plant now under the management of Caraga Woodworkers Enterprise will process planted softwood species like Falcatta which are abundant in this timber-rich province which is expected to sustain the ever increasing global demand for “bento boxes”, an emerging alternative to environmentally destructive Styrofoam lunch boxes. Romy Perez Jr. leds the ribbon cutting for the energization Wu Shion Chin, presiof wood processing plant.
of the plant. With electricity now in place, the Development Bank of the Philippines is expected to grant the P10-milliom loan to subsidize the much-needed completion of facilities of the one-hectare processing plant located in Barangay San Isidro and the cost of the imported machineries from Taiwan. A teary-eyed Romeo Perez Jr., president of Caraga Woodworks Enterprise,
The bento boxes that will be produced by the wood processing plant.
dent of Taisun, has earlier committed to train at least 100 workers on the technology to produce export quality lunch boxes. He and other Taiwanese investors will visit the plant next week. Rome Perez II, Chief Operating Officer of the plant,
said aside from bento boxes , they will also produce furniture and wood panels and other by-products that will help alleviate the still impoverished condition of tree farmers in the province. Sisinio Narisma, regional manager of DBP based in
Romy Perez, president of Caraga Woodworkers Enterprise, speaks about the bright prospects of the project with the bento boxes presented on the table.
Butuan City, has committed to work out for the early release of the loan grant to realize the much anticipated dream project which he said is the first and only in Caraga region. “I believe in the BOXES | page 2
SULTAN KUDARAT – Municipality of Ampatuan, Maguindanao headed by Hon. Mayor Razul M. Sangki turnover four (4) units of Multicab to 4 barangays namely: Brgy. Poblacion - Hon. Datu Abdulkarim S. Sangki, Brgy. Kauran - Hon. Reynaldo A. Huesca, Brgy. Tamicor Hon. Pacita A. Colina and Brgy. Salman Hon. Bai Najma Hassana S. Birvar as part of their program “PAGLILINGKOD NG BAYAN” and rescue mobile services, and witness by Hon. Rahima S. Adzis the Municipal Mayor of Datu Salibo, Maguindanao and employees of this Municipality… photo by sonny sudaria