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Health protocol violations caused Davao City surge: exec to social gatherings during the recent Christmas holiday as the reason behind the surge.

As of January 25, the city has logged 8,817 active cases.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, the city has tallied a total of 64,561 Covid-19 confirmed cases; 53,918 recoveries; and 1,826 virus-related deaths.

“It’s simple. That’s a fact.

By CHE PALICTE

DAVAO CITY – A health official here bared Thursday that social gatherings and other violations of the minimum public health standards (MPHS) were to blame for the surge in the city’s coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) cases.

In a statement, Dr. Michelle Schlosser, spokesperson of the Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, pointed

The reason we have a surge is that we broke the MPHS through social gatherings,” Schlosser said.

She noted that Covid-19 spread faster through social gatherings.

“If we follow social distancing, wearing of face masks all the time, and then hand hygiene, there’s a great chance that Covid-19 cases will not be as high as it is now,” Schlosser said.

Normin addresses increasing demand for medical oxygen

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- Aiming to address the increasing demand of medical oxygen among health facilities due to surge of COVID-19 cases in Region 10, the concerned member agencies of the Regional Oxygen Task Unit (ROTU) convened for its very first meeting, January 26.

Among the roles and responsibilities of the task unit is to ensure the adequate supply and rational distribution of oxygen, especially in times of COVID-19 surge.

Also, it aims to monitor the oxygen consumption of health facilities, vis-à-vis supply, to partner and closely coordinate with oxygen producers and hospitals— hence, ensuring immediate response to shortages in oxygen supply.

Further, local policies shall also be implemented to address and prevent problems identified in the See DEMAND, page 11

In the city’s current Alert Level 3 status, gatherings in residences with individuals not belonging to the same household are strictly not allowed.

Earlier, Mayor Sara Z. Duterte has reminded Dabawenyos anew to be ‘extra careful’ and to strictly follow the MPHS as the city is currently experiencing a surge which she said might See PROTOCOL, page 11

Wife, sister claims Codaste’s cremated remains in Bukidnon

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Family members claimed the cremated body of Pedro Codaste, Mindanao’s number two New People’s Army (NPA) commander , in the municipal town of Impsug-ong, Bukidnon Thursday morning.

His wife Thelma accompanied by his sister Lydia claimed Codaste’s cremated remains in a turnover ceremony in the town hall of lmpasog-ong led by local officials, the military and the police.

In a phone interview with the Manila Times, an unidentified relative said that Thelma and Lydia would bring home Codaste’s remains to Butuan City in Agusan Del Norte where he would be accorded a decent burial.

Codaste, 70, together with his aide identified only as ‘Zandro” were killed in an encounter with government forces in the hinterlands of Kalabugao, Impasug-ong, Provincial Health Office inoculates 3,997 booster jabs for both Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City residents, Bukidnon on Jan. 21, 2022. including provincial capitol employees, to fully protect Misamisnons from the deadly COVID-19 and the various Zandro’s cremated body coronavirus strains. (JAKA/PIA-10)

See CLAIMS, page 11

PHO MisOr opens walk-in vax site, thousands get booster jabs M I S A M I S OR I E N TA L -- The Misamis Oriental Provincial Health Office reported that thousands of Cagayan de Oro and Misamis Oriental residents have received booster shots after a walk-in vaccination site opened in early January.

“We inoculated 3,997 people during the three-day walk-in vaccination. This is in line with the government’s efforts to intensify its campaign in order to achieve mass population protection the soonest time possible,” PHO Dr. Jerie Calingasan said.

Based on the data released by Gina Abang, PHO nurse, vaccinees were given their shots based on their preferred type of booster.

See OPENS, page 11

Monitoring of gasoline prices will continue – Goking any increase will also trigger increases in the prices of basic commodities.

“One of the elements that cause the domino effect of high prices is gasoline and other petroleum products,” he cited.

As he tackles issues and concerns affecting businesses, the councilor said there should be a balance in the move to protect businessmen and the conGOKING suming public as the Covid C I T Y C O U N C I L O R the prices of gasoline in 19 pandemic continues to threaten the city’s health George S. Goking said he the city. will continue to monitor The councilor noted that See CONTINUE, page 11

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‘Unsung heroes’ prepare 2.1M food packs for Covid-19 patients Advantages of technology in the classroom

By CIELO MAR THERESE Q. ARAŃA

It is important to acknowledge that learners are already interested and engaged in using technology, this creates many amazing opportunities for schools and teachers to benefit from integrating some forms of technology in the classroom and to make teaching and learning more effective. Here are some of the main benefits of using technology in the classroom.

When technology is integrated into lessons, learners are expected to be more interested in the subjects they are studying. Technology provides different opportunities to make learning more fun and enjoyable in terms of teaching same things in new ways. For instance, delivering teaching through gamification, taking learners on virtual field trips and using other online learning resources.

What is more, technology can encourage a more active participation in the learning process which can be hard to achieve through a traditional lecture environment.

Moreover, learners who are engaged and interested in things they are studying, are expected to have a better knowledge retention. As mentioned before, technology can help to encourage active participation in the classroom which also is a very important factor for increased knowledge retention.

Different forms of technology can be used to experiment with and decide what works best for learners in terms of retaining their knowledge.

Also, learners can practice collaboration skills by getting involved in different online activities. For instance, working on different projects by collaborating with others on forums or by sharing documents on their virtual learning environments.

Technology can encourage collaboration with learners in the same classroom, same school and even with other classrooms around the world.

By using technology in the classroom, both teachers and learners can develop skills essential for the 21st century.

Learners can gain the skills they will need to be successful in the future. Modern learning is about collaborating with others, solving complex problems, critical thinking, developing different forms of communication and leadership skills, and improving motivation and productivity.

What is more, technology can help develop many practical skills, including creating presentations, learning to differentiate reliable from unreliable sources on the Internet, maintaining proper online etiquette, and writing emails. These are very important skills that can be developed in the classroom.

By NEF LUCZON

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Amid the pandemic, the city hall workers that formed the community kitchen here have prepared more than 2.1 million food packs from June 2020 up to December 2021 for coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) patients.

With this, the local government paid a video tribute to them on Wednesday highlighting their contribution to the city’s Covid-19 response.

In the video, Edwin Ebarat, the community kitchen’s manager, said it has been the routine for everyone to begin work as early as 1 a.m. up to 5 p.m. daily.

“Since the pandemic, we are the ones feeding those who were isolated (both Covid-19 patients, and returning individuals under quarantine), including those staff who took care of them, and the close-contacts (of those who tested positive in isolation),” he said.

Ebarat said from its creation in June until December 2020, they have been able to prepare 762,313 food packs.

Between January 2021 and December 2021, they have prepared 1,384,836 food packs at the time when the Covid-19 cases were high between June and September of that year.

The community kitchen

was created based on the memorandum made by Mayor Oscar Moreno, with the team coming from the different offices of the city hall who were temporarily assigned to buy food supplies and cook them.

Miguela Molawan, community kitchen assistant manager, was tasked to do the inventory of food and the buy of supply as early as 2 a.m. daily.

They would usually prepare food for 100 to 150 people daily, and cook depending on the food preferences of the Covid-19 patients.

“Even if some of us also tested [positive for] Covid, we did not stop and fulfilled

UTMOST DEDICATION. A city hall worker prepares the food bound for front-liners and coronavirus disease 2019 isolation wards in Cagayan de Oro City in this undated photo. In a video feature on Wednesday (Jan. 26, 2022), the local government paid tribute to the “unsung heroes” who have cooked and prepared 2.1 million food packs since June 2020. (Photo courtesy of CDO CIO)

our duties,” Ebarat said in the vernacular.

Increasing bed capacity Meanwhile, the city has recorded another surge with the total Covid-19 active cases now at 1,711 as of Tuesday.

Earlier, Moreno said private hospital owners here met with city health office (CHO) administrative personnel to confirm the latter’s commitment to adjust their bed capacity to admit milder to asymptomatic Covid-19 patients.

“I thank Dr. Jess Jardin, chairperson of city hall’s technical working group for meeting with (acting City Health Officer) Dr. William Bernardo (to secure a commitment from hospital owners to adding their bed capacity),” Moreno said, as he cited the rising number of Covid-19 patients from Misamis Oriental province being admitted to the city’s hospitals.

Dr. Ted Yu Jr., CHO medical officer, confirmed to Moreno that the hospital owners will adjust their bed capacity soon.

“We have their commitment. Probably by Jan. 26 we can see their adjustment in bed capacity and this will reflect in the city’s health care/critical care utilization rate two days after,” he said.

Moreno said he understands that additional bed capacity would mean additional personnel requirements for the hospitals.

See PREPARE, page 9

Boredom Combat

By SUZETTE U. SALATANDRE

Boredom strikes when too little or all work are done. While waiting for the parents to return their modules and after checking all answer sheets on hand, , there’s nothing to do. Watching t.v and other usual chats became boring.. An idea came to mind among DJALMCS teachers to combat boredom during free hours. Vegetable gardening,. flower

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A hobby turns out to have much benefits.

It became a source of food and a source of income. It’s a joy to eat veggies from one own garden and raise money from grown flowers in pots. It’s worth the effort and the wait.

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Friends in times of COVID

AMONG the several waves of change we surfed through the last two years, the one that wiped out many sand castles was a tidal wave that impacted friendships. Many, of course, survived and built endurance. But whether dissolved with distance or evolved and redefined, the impact of COVID on friendships has been undeniable.

While some people may have always found it challenging to make friends, many found the task even more daunting during the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to limited social interaction. Even as the world continues to reopen very slowly, increases in remote work mean that people’s social lives look considerably different.

During times of stress and change, however, it’s still possible to engage with others and build friendships—it just may look a bit different than you’re used to. More importantly should be to keep friendships within these times.

But this seems for many of us to be very difficult even online and especially by social networking.

When making the effort to create new or rebuild older friendships, it’s worth taking the time to think

about what you need out of a friendship. For instance, if you believe that you need shared equity values with others to develop a bond of friendship, then that may be easier to find in an activist space.

If you find that you like to have shared interests and hobbies it might be helpful to meet others who are already involved in the things you enjoy. It is important to note that friendships require consent from all parties and it often takes time to develop trust with new people.

We need the support of our friends, but it can be tough to stay close when you can’t meet up in person.

There are always some ways to nourish your friendships during the era of safer-athome. Sue Scheff is the author of Shame Nation: The Global Epidemic of Online Hate. She recently penned a story on Psychology Today on the unraveling of friendships during this time. “We have seen the unraveling of friendships during Covid-19 when people don’t agree on masks or whether they should be getting a hair-cut or going to restaurants,” she says. “The truth is, everyone has their own comfort level, we need to respect it, and

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if we don’t agree with it, we are witnessing (what was once close relationships) now crumble.” Sad to say but very true...!

There’s also the additional layer of trust (or mistrust) that gets heaped on top of the current situation. According to a study published in the Journal of Health Psychology in August 2021, it turns out more people are lying in the current era. For their own reasons, some friends might conceal that they have been feeling ill or that they have widened their “pandemic pod” to others who are not practicing safe social distancing. While it may seem like it’s not a big deal, the truth is, lying about your behavior or how you feel can endanger the lives of the friends you care the most about.

I never ever talked about myself on social networks if I really felt bad or sick.

But one thing I found out during the last year: more and more “friends” left or remain mute on social networks. Maybe, because I didn’t join the open circle See FRIENDS, page 11

Kim’s Dream Flawed Political System: Colonial & Exclusive

Economically - Who Controls? Who Decides?

Who Benefits?

TO those who have dreamt, advocated, struggled and even died for it, social change has been so elusive all these years despite 14 years of Martial Law and two people power revolutions. The structures and systems that are breeding poverty, gross inequities and social injustices have remained as formidable as ever. This truism is now well understood by the people themselves as they are now conscienticized on the painful socio-economicecological realities besetting the country. Glaringly, the people are articulating the imperative call for social change. But how? They are hoping that the forthcoming political exercise of the right of suffrage will trail-blaze the much needed social transformation. Indeed, there will be “change of guards” after elections but history tells us that the “changing of guards” makes no difference as the problem is rooted on the flawed political and economic systems.

Well known social scientists and nationalists have identified the flawed politi-

cal system as the root cause of the problem, describing it as colonial and exclusive that is producing a highly skewed pyramidal socioeconomic order where only a few hundred families aptly called oligarchs are in control.

On the economy, three questions loom: Who controls? Who decides? Who benefits?

Certainly, not the bulk of the people but a few elite controlling a cartelized economy anchored on the contemporaneous growth-centered development paradigm and where economic power begets political power. This truism mocks the fundamental constitutional declaration that “in a democratic and republican State, sovereignty resides with the people and all governmental powers emanate from them.”

The flawed political system which is both colonial and exclusive has caused the exploitation of the people and the massive plunder of ecological wealth. Philippine society is now characterized as ecologically fragile, rating the country

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as the top four hardest hit in the world by climate change where the occurrence of ecological disasters becoming a new normal. Philippine society has also been described as over-crowded, number twelve in the world in population. In the rural areas, four of five are living in poverty causing them to migrate to the urban centers.

Some 14 million Filipinos are described as unemployed or underemployed, the reason why thousands of Filipinos are going abroad to find jobs in other countries.

To date, there are now 10.5 million who are Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs).

Amidst poverty, inequities, social injustices and ecological degradation looms violent extremism.

The revolution initiated by the National Democratic Front, after five decades, has struggled to make a dent as such revolutionary approach seems to be alien to the culture of the Filipinos whose mind-set has been captured by unbridled materialism and consumerism.

Unknown to many, there See BENEFITS, page 11

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2 Lanao Norte coops receive enterprise from DA-PRDP 10 CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Department of Agriculture Regional Field Office 10 through the Philippine Rural Development Project 10 (DA-PRDP 10) handed over two enterprises under the Investments for Rural Enterprises and Agricultural and Fisheries Productivity (IREAP) on December 7, 2021.

The Simbuco Aqua-Marine MultiPurpose Cooperative (SAMMPC) of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte received the Seaweed Semi-Processing and Marketing Enterprise worth P9.047 million.

Said enterprise includes two units solar dryer with warehouse, two units motorize fiberglass boats, one hauling/ delivery truck, four units heavy-duty tarpaulin, and raw

materials.

On the other hand, the Bualan Agrarian Reform Community Cooperative (BARCOCO) of Tubod, Lanao del Norte received the Banana Cardava Trading and Banana Flour Processing and Marketing Enterprise worth P3.98 million.

The said enterprise comprised of one hauling/delivery truck, weighing scale, mechanical dryer, and raw materials.

Said interventions aim to help increase the monthly production volume, increase the annual income of the cooperatives, increase farmers’ income, and generate additional jobs in the area.

In her message, DA-10 Regional Technical Director and DA-PRDP 10

DA-PRDP 10 hands over enterprises to SAMMPC of Kolambugan and BARCOCO of Tubod, in the province of Lanao del Norte to aid cooperatives in increasing their monthly production volume, annual income, farmers’ income, and in aiding them to generate additional jobs in their respective areas. On behalf of BARCOCO, Chairman Isidro L. Carin and Vice-Chairman Elmer Peñeranda receive the certificates of turnover and acceptance from DA-PRDP 10.

IREAP Component Head Carmelita T. Bajarla said, “With the standards set by the World Bank, it is not easy to have a PRDP subproject.

With your shared sacrifices, these subprojects were realized. I hope that you take care of

these and may your goals and objectives be achieved.”

She also emphasized that the interventions are in support of one of the key strategies under the ‘OneDA reform agenda’ towards transformed Philippine

agriculture, which is the postharvest, processing, logistics, and marketing support, where local production schedules and supply chain activities are being harmonized.

Gracing the activity is Lanao del

Norte Provincial Board Member Reinario B. Bihag, Provincial Agriculturist Letecia G. Ditucalan and staff, officers and members of SAMMPC and BARCOCO, and PRDP staff. # (CRSeraspe)

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436 police personnel tested negative in surprise random drug test CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – A surprise random drug test on at least 436 personnel of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Region 10 office in Camp Alagar here showed they all tested negative for illegal drugs.

Lt. Col. Michelle Olaivar, spokesperson of Police Regional Office-10 (PRO-10), said the surprise random drug test was conducted Monday on the PNP’s commissioned and non-commissioned officers, including non-uniformed personnel, stationed at Camp Alagar in Barangay Lapasan.

Olaivar said the results of the drug test were released on Wednesday.

She said the surprise drug

testing was done during the accounting of personnel and checking of attendance on Monday, which was initiated

by PRO-10 Director Brig.

Gen. Benjamin Acorda Jr. and facilitated by the Regional Crime Laboratory Office-10.

“It was the first surprise random drug test at PRO-10 for this year and the same activity is to be expected in the coming months,” Olaivar said.

The surprise drug test was conducted in accordance with Article 3 Sec. 36 Paragraph (e) of Republic Act No. 9165 or the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 which mandates See TESTED, page 9

Promoting good use of gadgets among learners

By OLIVE D. PUASAN Tingalan Integrated School

The apps that can serve as a huge educational purpose could be used in the learners’ free time. We are sure that the apps are not part of the curriculum. The school provide learners with the information they need to understand and pass the class. Whether the cellphone or tablets has information or not is irrelevant. If the student wishes to use the device as a form of study on their own time is fine, but to manage work at school in unnecessary. Therefore, devices at school are just an increased chance of distraction and fooling around that hold absolutely no benefit to the learners. We know that the cellphones are not all fun and games.

They have education and values to then as well. There are apps that you can get that serve a huge educational pur-

pose to them. Some people did not agree with the banning because they said it can be used for research and learning and emergencies. There are also learning apps in devices.

Well, it’s okay if we bring phones to school as long as we know how to control and how or when to use it. Yes, it’s important. We can really use it for emergencies. We must teach everyone especially students to use their devices for important matters.

Once caught using devices for entertainment, we can let the teachers confiscate it so that the students will learn their lesson.

And, learners are in the school to learn. Well, they can use their gadgets in a positive way and can integrate it in their learning but teachers also should promote the good advantages of the new technology.

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Gunman in Tablon shooting surrenders to police

By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - A gunman who shot dead a laborer the other day in Baloy, Tablon, this city, has surrendered to police authorities.

COCPO chief Aaron Mandia, based on the report submitted to him, identified the lone gunman as Edwin Molejon, 47, a resident of Purok 2, barangay Tablon, this city.

While the victim was also identified by police probers as Mark Anthony Fernandez y Abadilla, 26 yrs old, single, resident of Purok-6, Tablon, this city.

Abadilla was a labourer at AJ Woods Corporation along Baloy, Tablon, also in this city.

Initial investigation disclosed that prior to the shooting incident, the victim has already received death threats from the suspect.

It was learned that the

suspect’s live-in partner, a certain Geralyn Saquez, allegedly has an affair with the victim, which provoked the killing.

“Dugay nako naghangyo nya sir nga undangan nya akong asawa. Nagsumbong akong asawa nako nga sige daw siya gasunod sunod unya gapamugos nga mag uyab daw sila,” the suspect told a local radio station here.

Based on the workers at AJ Wood, the victim and the girlfriend of the suspect were workmates at AJ Wood which also started their alleged intimate relationship.

The police are now preparing charges of a crime of passion or love triangle as the main motive of the suspect in killing Abadilla.

The police are also tightening their investigation to have a strong case against the suspect who is now languishing at the Maharlika detention cell.

Intensifying technological advancement among learners

By IAVANISSA A. OBEJERO Teacher III

Today’s world is a global village. Everyone is connected to one another in this vast network generated by the Internet. As said by Marshall McLuhan, a philosopher of communication theory, “The new electronic independence re-creates the world in the image of a global village.” This electronic independence is inherently dependent upon the Internet. It illuminates the lives of thousands of people by spreading knowledge internationally, thereby making us global citizens.

Humans are social animals. We always like to remain in some group or another, and we prefer to follow what this group does. All of our traditions and cultures are the product of this group-oriented facet of human nature. A well-known American psychologist, Abraham Maslow, stated in his “Theory of Motivation” that the social need of human beings is the third most important requirement after our physical and safety needs — the third tier in his hierarchy of needs. Even our

self-esteem comes after this social dependence. This is the main reason billions of people use social networking to stay connected, make friends and satisfy their social needs.

Now, the young generation tends to imitate certain scenes from cinemas and from some advertisements. They don’t know such scenes are exaggerated or even created with the help of technological advancement. Thinking that it can be done in real life also, learners nowadays try to imitate it and landed up in danger. Thus, the media has the power of educating people, the good and the bad.

Since it affect the eyes, the ears and the mind, simultaneously nothing can overcome the influence of the media.

And yes, the present life of the learners is controlled by the media alone. From this, as teachers, we should know how deep the influence of media in human life is. We should therefore, educate our pupils on the effect of media if not properly used and abused.

Beyond words and numbers

By CHERYL L. SOLIJON Teacher III

As a public school teacher, one of the challenges that posts a great endeavor is the achievement of every school learner to be able to read and further able to comprehend messages and passages in their own little way. Reading comprehension it is after reading. Well, it requires so much patience, perseverance and confidence. As a teacher, you must be an epitome of it.

Understanding and comprehending beyond words and numbers are such of great works that if it is successful, it brings so much fulfillment to the part of the teacher. Reading comprehension is the ability to read text, process it, and understand its meaning. An individual’s ability to comprehend text is influenced by their traits and skills, one of which is the ability to make inferences. If word recognition is difficult, pupils use too much of their processing activity to read individual words, which interferes with their ability to comprehend what is read.

Research reveals that there are a lot of strategies to better and improve the reading comprehension of the pupils.

One of which is the text factors. Text factors make it easier for the reader to understand the written text. One is the genre like folktales, historical fiction, biographies or poetry.

Each genre has its own characteristics for text structure,

which once understood help the reader comprehend it. A story is composed of a plot, characters, setting, point of view, and theme. When pupils are with genres, organizational patterns, and text features in books they are reading, they are better able to create those text factors in their own writing.

Another strategy is the partner reading. It is a strategy created for pairs. The teacher chooses two appropriate books for the pupils to read. First they must read their own book. Once they have completed this, they are given the opportunity to write down their own comprehensive questions for their partner.

The pupils swap books, read them out loud to one another and ask one another questions about the book they read.

Moreover, there are a lot of tested and proven strategies that might help pupils.

These include among others; visualization, multiple reading strategies, making inferences, planning and monitoring, asking questions, determining importance, visualizing, synthesizing, and making connections.

These strategies may help but it takes a committed teacher to really implement the latter. Reading comprehension is of much significance and importance as they can apply it as well in their daily lives, in their daily endeavors.

Establishing good relationship with the stakeholders

By TIFFANY ROSE S. NALDO Tingalan Integrated School

It is but best to acknowledge that a school is incomplete without the support of our different stakeholders within and outside the community the school belongs.

They have a big role to play in the achievement of these various goals and objectives that is why it is very important and significant that we must create and establish good relationship among our stakeholders. How can we achieve so?

First, we must not forget to invite our stakeholders to any school program and activity that needs and requires their knowledge. They must be updated and informed on the whereabouts of their children and the school so that they can monitor the progress of both. Through this, they will feel that they are important and that they are very much considered as a family.

Second, if possible, provide them handouts on the latest achievements of the

school. Keep them updated as always.

Third, for business and commercial entities, visit them once in a while not because you have to ask assistance or what but because talking and discussing with them the achievements will make them feel achieved too and that letting them feel that you are giving them enough time in a week or month discussing those matters will make them feel as well that you are giving them so much importance. No asking of assistance first so that by the time you will ask for it, they might give it right away because you have been consistent earlier.

And fourth, always carry a smile in your face whether you are inside or outside of the school. This will bring the community an impression that you are an approachable teacher and that you are easy to deal with. For these reasons, the community will not feel terrorized after all.

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Lacson: There’s a right, corruption-free way of inserting items into the national budget SOME politicians insert items into the national budget for their own eventual benefit, but Partido Reporma chairman and standard-bearer Panfilo “Ping” Lacson said there’s a correct, legal way of doing insertions without lining the pockets of the corrupt.

In an interview with Karmina Constantino on ANC’s “Dateline Philippines: In Focus” on Tuesday, Lacson said

lawmakers can add institutional amendments as new items in the budget that would be insulated from misuse and abuse, instead of pouring public funds into “soft” projects that corrupt officials can take advantage of. “‘Yung pork barrel system, you know, it isn’t bad per se.

Sa US nga tawag diyan earmarks e. Pero how can I, you know… Ako, nag-i-insert din

ako e. Naggagawa rin akong amendments pero talagang lahat institutional amendments; meaning, say DOST,” the longtime public servant said.

[The pork barrel system, you know, it isn’t bad per se.

In the US (United States), it’s called ‘earmarks’. But how can I, you know… I also do insertions. I also make amendments, but all of them are institutional

Argumentative Essay: Does God really exist?

Philosophy has long debated the concept of God and divinity. Theologians, people who devoted their time about the nature of God have embarked through analysis of sacred texts, while some have employed rationality to substantiate the existence of God. Through my readings and my analysis with my report, I say that there are several arguments and ideas from Philosophers that would explain the existence of God and its nonexistence. Whether or not He exists, I am a believer of Him. This argumentative essay would just like to put a space for mental activity and discussion that is a product of our being a thinking being.

There are several arguments to explain the existence of God. I will start with the ontological argument of St. Anselm. According to him, “Just by thinking about God we can know He exists. This pertains to his idea that anything we understand by knowledge means to say that, that thing exists.

Since people understand God maybe in many different ways would mean that God exists. Here he recognized faith as knowledge. For St. Anselm, we believe that God is that than which nothing greater can be thought. He thought about God as a perfect being.

For him existence is perfection. To deny God’s existence in his argument is self-contradictory. It would mean that for example that triangles have three sides and insisting that He doesn’t exist is the same when you say that there is a triangle with only two sides. However, Gaunilo, a monk said that we could use the same argument to prove that there exists somewhere a marvelous island, greater than any island that can be thought. In the early 18th century, Immanuel Kant objected that the argument of St. Anselm treats existence as it were an attribute of things.

The cosmological argument takes into account the nature of existence and the universe and recognizes the existence of God as an explanation of how things came to being in our reality.

St. Thomas Aquinas proposed several arguments which point to God as the prime mover, the first cause of existence and the source of being of reality and universe. The German philosopher Leibniz, on the other hand based on the belief on the existence of God on the principle of sufficient reason.

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By MARK JASON DUNGOG For Leibniz, all facts and events must have an explanation. The existence of the universe, therefore, must have an explanation and the only sufficient explanation is the existence of God. Related to these arguments is the view from Islamic Theology – the kalam cosmological argument. This argument proceeds along the following logical statements.

Everything that has a beginning has a cause.

The universe has a beginning.

Therefore, the universe has a cause.

One of the arguments/ ideas that would question or disprove the existence of God is the existence of Evil. If God exists, He is all good, all knowing, and all powerful; If He is all good, He is willing to prevent evil; If He is all knowing, He knows how to prevent it; If He is all powerful, He can prevent it; But evil exists. So, God does not exist. The problem of evil and suffering would take into the idea that If God is existing to be having these powers of Omniscience, Omnipotence and Omnipresent, He should have stop evil and suffering which cause much pain to his creatures. Furthermore, Dostoevsky, a philosopher said that God and evil are not reconcilable. Evil is real, so is God and that situation for him is senseless.

Moreover, according to him, suffering (e.g., of children and animals) is never made up and is unforgiveable. It has no purpose or rationale: that is why faith is not rational and does not make sense.

Scientifically, the cosmos is now in a clearer explanation about its beginning or creation. The big bang theory is the most accepted explanation by most scientists today in the creation of cosmos. According to Aristotle, the universe has always existed. According to him, the universe was infinite, as each hour and day is succeeded by another.

Physics and Astronomy in the world of science creates a reality of this mystery that long before the cosmos is there already and that God didn’t perhaps let it be created. Science is facts as it only accepts truth back with the necessary evidences. As the belief of God lacks this, faith counteracts these facts by most of the believers have in an institution of religion.

My say in this mental activity would Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City CESAR ORTEGA

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be that God exists because we exist.

Our intelligence and wisdom into knowing God would never be enough as to answer back our questions in mind. I do believe more in the things I do not see as real and existing. I have learned from our past discussion in Philosophy that if we rely only on our senses about truth and reality we could have end believing only about phantoms. Even Plato in his book the republic, the allegory of the cave would say that people only see mere phantoms if we will not open ourselves into reality beyond what we see and experience. We see only a portion of reality. People tend to be rational as what we always have said and called ourselves but such rationality doesn’t only define our becoming human. The existence of evil is the lack or deficiency of something. According to St. Augustine, Humans are rational beings, in order to be rational, humans have free will. This means they must be able to choose between good or evil.

Humans can therefore act badly or well. Therefore, God is not the parent of evils. Evils exist because it tends to test our free will. Our lack of doing what should be becomes an evil. Evil is not a thing that exists it is the absence of what should be.

Our weaknesses as humans such as the answer to why are we born and die in this world and our common gradual experience of life and its mystery is still unanswered by facts and science.

Whether or not God exists, according to Immanuel Kant, believing on God’s existence is good for our soul and our morality goes with it. We could say that what is the purpose of doing good if there is not God? What’s the reason to laws of humans doing what should be for common good? More than to avoid chaos? We are doing things in good and proper for something beyond what we experience here in this planet. How perfect this planet we live in might have that someone who oversees everything.

If science teaches us about the things we see and experience in facts and Philosophy goes with its inquiry, religion on the other hands holds with faith.

Something science could not support.

These two could not go with each other but it balances the equation. If what we see exists, then what we don’t see also exists, be it faith.

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amendments; meaning, say DOST (Department of Science and Technology)].

“Alam kong kailangan nila ng money, ng additional funding for research and development, or DICT or even…

At other agencies for that matter—DepEd,” the former national police chief added.

[I know these agencies need money, need additional funding for research and development, or DICT (Department of Information and Communication Technology) or even… the other agencies for that matter -- DepEd (Department of Education).]

“Nag-i-insert ako, nag-aamend ako pero institutional.

‘Pag nag-amend ka ng panggawa ng kalsada, ‘pag nagamend ka ng pang-livelihood; meaning soft, ano, na alam naman natin na hihingan lang ng komisyon, ‘yon ang ayoko.

Because there’s misuse and abuse of the national budget,” Lacson added.

[I do insert (items), I do amend (the budget) but for institutional (spending). If you amend for a road project, if you amend for a livelihood (program); meaning soft (spending), that we know that someone will ask a commission from, that’s what I don’t want.

Because there’s misuse and abuse of the national budget.]

This is why the central program of his presidential campaign is budget reform, the Partido Reporma chairman

explained, along with his advocacy for a zero-based budgeting system for the government as is done in the private sector.

“Baguhin natin ‘yung sistema. Instead of imposing a budget ceiling to the agencies, doon nawawala na ang planning kasi bibigyan, halimbawa, okay, DPWH hanggang P600 billion kayo for the following year, succeeding year. So, anong gagawin ng DPWH?” he said.

[Let’s change the system.

Instead of imposing a budget ceiling to the agencies, the planning gets lost there because, for example, the DPWH (Department of Public Works and Highways) will be given, for example, okay, P600 billion

for the following year, (the) succeeding year. So, what will the DPWH do?]

“And for that matter, the other agencies? Lalampasan nila ‘yon kasi… Tawaran ‘yan e pagdating sa DBCC. ‘Yung para i-prepare ‘yung tinatawag na National Expenditure Program or the President’s budget. So, nagkukumahog sa planning, hindi na masyadong napagaralan,” Lacson added.

[And for that matter, the other agencies? They will go past that (budget) because…

It’s bargain-hunting when it gets to the DBCC (Development Budget Coordination Committee), when they are See ITEMS, page 9

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“Parent Empowerment for a Better Home Learning Experience” CECILLE T. UCAB

A typical week mostly consists of time spent by students at home, with a little difference versus the time spent at school—that is, during the pre-pandemic. The scale of at-home learning of students has become a complete deal. In an article by (Hsiao, et. al., 2018), on tackling Parent Empowerment, families are “multidimensional units in which relationships are being defined or redefined according to the changing variables in the home”. To put it simply, all families have different situations, with varying circumstances. And with that, maybe the hopeful effort to empower parents during this state is not an easy feat.

But first and foremost, I think the most essential factor to empowering parents is to have determined and resilient educators. These educators should be the driving personas in terms of putting an effort to reach the proficiency that they require from the students. They’re the ones who set the objectives. But it takes the two sides to realize that in order to provide the best options for the student, they need to cooperate with one another. The effort to construct connectivity to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of each individual must be considered, whilst patching the lacking areas. Moreover, taking turns in making a strategy will result in good competency. However, not all families are capable of providing the support we are defining. Especially in our current situation, some families may find it hard to extend exertion with home-based learning. And this is a hard-shelled reality that in some instances, may really sound not that feasible.

With this, I think that what needs to be done, first of all, is

to constantly educate the families/community members.

The educators cannot do all the effort, let alone, has the capabilities of evading their limitations, whether in an effort, practice, hard work, etc.

But as a part of their proactiveness as educationists, their chief intent is to inform. To guide. To let the parents, understand that their guiding efforts are key to the success of their children.

Of course, to also let them realize that time is needed to gain this accomplishment. With our current new normal setup, they need to be set with clear goals for each semester. The second is to take heed of their needs and circumstances, and set preferable options for each one. As I said, all families have varying degrees of differences. One family may have the resources in which the other family hasn’t. It is then up to the educator to exercise adjustments wherein all students can potentially provide output with no unfavorable substances in between. Lastly, which for me is also the most important, is to practice open communication. To make time to talk, and to show that aside from caring for the students, they also care for the parents, is one of the best things of providing empowerment. And to always, always, show empathy.

The key to empowerment is to balance education’s importance and understand different familial circumstances but needs both sides to cooperate. And to provide a solid foundation to this is the collaboration between educators and parents, and thus, empowering them contributes chiefly. Above and over, it takes two to tango after all.

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS OF A PARCEL OF LAND KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This instrument is made and entered into by: JAIME A. FLORES, of legal age, married, Filipino citizen and a resident of MVC, Mt. Nebo, Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines, now ad hereinafter called as the HEIR-TRANSFEROR. - And SHERLY A. FLORES, likewise of legal age, single, Filipino citizen and a resident of Lilingayon, Valencia City, Bukidnon, Philippines, NOW AND HEREINAFTER CALLED AS THE HEIR-TRANSFEREE WITNESSETH That the HEIR-TRANSFEROR and HEIR-TRANSFEREE are the legitimate children of the deceased spouses PROTACIO L. FLORES, who died on June 24, 2012 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and VICTORIA A. FLORES, who died on March 26, 2009 at Lilingayun, Valencia City, Bukidnon and they died intestate and without any obligations or liabilities whatsoever leaving to the herein heirs a parcels of land, which parcels of land is herein below more particularly described and bounded as follows, to wit: TD# Lot No. Title No. Kind of Prop. Location Area G-041049 5-A-7-B-6T-102202 Res. Lot Bagontaas 108 sqm.

A PSD-10PART

074992 G-041050 5-A-7-B-6T-102202 Res. Lot Bagontaas 90 sqm.

B PSD-10 PART

074992 G-041052 5-A-7-B-6T-102202 Res. Lot Bagontaas 155 sqm.

C PSD-10 PART

074992 G-041052 5-A-7-B-6T-102202 Res. Lot Bagontaas 247 sqm.

D PSD-10 PART

074992 G-041053 5-A-7-B-6T-102202 Res. Lot Bagontaas 231 sqm.

E PSD-10 PART

074992 G-009772 5-A-2-F T-27522 Res. Lot Bagontaas 540 sqm.

PSD-10 R.P.

012033 G-018048 9 (LRC) T-20082 Res. Lot Lilingayon 600 sqm

PSD 155668 G-025177 REM. REM. PORT. T- Agri Land Lilingayon 2.1974 has./

PART OF 6302 &

46 PLS Res. Land 634 sqm.

281 G-025245 5-A-2-A-1 REM. PT Res. Lot Bagontaas 270 sqm.

PSD-10T-52536

026326 G-027131 13 (LRC) REM. PT. TRes. Lot Bagontaas 281 sqm.

PSD 33802

10-024958 G-027131 13 (LRC) T-20081 Res. Lot Lilingayon 566 sqm.

PSD-155668

(Portion of Lot 46

PLS 281) G-030698 5-A-6-I PSDT-33800 Res. Lot Bagontaas 227 sqm.

10-024408 REM. PT. G-030705 5-A-8-B PSDT-33802 Res. Lot Bagontaas 276 sqm.

10-024958 REM. PT. G-030706 5-A-8-A PSD T-33802 Res. Lot Bagontaas 350 sqm.

10-024958 REM. PT. G-034455 5-A-12 PSD-10 Agri. Land Bagontaas .4511 ha.

011415 G-034456 5-A-13 PSD-10- Agri. Land Bagontaas 0.4575 ha.

011415 G-040172 52 PART PLS-281 Res. Lot Lilingayon 1,1410 sqm.

G-041486 45 PLS-281 P-274 PART Res. Lot Lilingayon 300 sqm G-050971 10-B PSD-10T-24767 Res. Lot Lilingayon 298 sqm.

079899 PART G-0406053 3 PSD-155668 T-20083 Res. Lot Lilingayon 600 sqm.

(LRC) That ever since the death of PROTACIO L. FLORES and VICTORIA A. FLORES the herein heirs possessed and enjoyed the above-described real property in common being the co-owners thereof.

That NOW by these presents the herein HEIR-TRANSFEROR do hereby, WAIVE, TRANSFER, CEDE and CONVEY in a manner and irrevocable unto the HEIR-TRANSFEREE her heirs, successors, administrators and assigns all the HEIR-TRANSFEROR, rights, interest and participation over the above-described real properties together with all the improvements found therein, free from all liens and encumbrances whatsoever, and the HEIRS-TRANSFERORS hereby warrant unto the HEIR-TRANSFEREE her heirs peaceful possession and full enjoyment over the same.

Is subject for DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF REAL ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS OF A PARCEL OF LAND. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. CECILIO CHITO R. TANCINCO, Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 107; Page No. 23; Book No. CDXVI; Series of 2021.

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BSP: Robust measures in place vs counterfeit banknotes

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) assures the public that robust measures are in place against counterfeit banknotes, including those dispensed by automated teller machines (ATMs) of banks.

ATM services are part of core banking functions, and

banks are bound by law to exercise the highest degree of diligence in protecting their clients’ interest. The BSP will hold the banks accountable should they fail to observe measures to protect their clients.

The banks have a responsibility to guarantee

Strengthening food safety in the school canteen

By CHERYL L. SOLIJON Teacher III

One of the most important areas or places inside the school premises is the school canteen. It is where the pupils, teachers and other school functionaries buy their snacks and other foods.

Thus, the school canteen must be properly managed and foods should be all safe and that should be properly handled. Food safety must be strengthened in the school canteen.

Our school is very conscious on the food safety displayed and sold in the canteen. It has been of utmost concern that foods must be safe and the canteen must be clean, to better avoid contamination and other related incidences.

We conduct meetings and conferences with the canteen vendors duly reminding them on proper food preparation and food safety as we are catering to pupils, to young learners. We also conduct inspection of the goods and items being sold, inspecting if it may cause harm of danger to the pupils.

And yes, teachers should always make it sure that everything is all in place. As my primary concern is the health and well-being of the pupils, inspections and monitoring have been initiated to triple check the quality of foods in the school canteen.

Further, I always remind the canteen vendors to always advocate food safety.

PANAMPAWAN ES BRIDGING ACTIVITY

By GRETCHEN NOVA P. MANOOP

Pandemic is not a hindrance to pursue education. Department of Education always have better ways and means to deliver education to the learners at all cost. Panampawan Elementary School adapts with the changes of our educational system.

Learning delivery might have turn 360 degree from the usual but it does not end there rather veers educator to the real world of technology that made everyone see that learning cannot be hampered by any kind of disaster.

The Department of EducationRegion X released Regional Memorandum No. 74 series 2021 entitled MIDYEAR BRIDGING GAP IN THE NEW LEARNING LANDSCAPE which the school also applied for the school year 2021-2022. This activity not only lasted for two weeks but whole-year round that aims to address teaching-learning gaps of the previous quarter that will prepare the children for the next quarter.

Meeting with the teachers was the first step followed by the orientation with the parents and signing of waivers that parents will allow teachers to home visit learners for the bridging activity whenever phone calls and video calls are not available. Permission from the Barangay Captain was also done with the assurance that proper health protocol are observed Subject area least-learned skills remediation were accomplished via phone call, video call, home visit and putting up television by zone for audio-video lesson based on the least learned/mastered skills from MELC assessed by the teacher and were indicated in the individual monitoring form.

In the conduct of Basta Makabasa SURE NA School Reading Program in Bridging Reading Fluency/Mastery each class adviser has an innovation such as Project DTR (Daily Time in Reading) which track learners progress in TELE Basa Konsulta through recording the learner’s time spent in reading and miscues which will be the baseline in seeing the learner’s improvement for Grade-Six learners by Mrs. Gretchen Nova P. Manoop; Project REALMI (Reading Engagement Activity with Learners through Module Indexing) for Grade-V by Mrs. Irish M. Fabre; Project MOI ( Maximized Online Intervention) for Grade-IV by Mrs. Disire L. Fabela;Project VIDEO (Varied Instructional Materials for

Daily Reading Enhancement Online) for Grade III Learners by Mrs. Annalyn L. Enlawan; Project TARGET (Taking Action in Advancing the Reading Skills of Grade-II Learners Through Engaging Activities with the use of Technology) by Mrs. Laura A. Seno ; Project SERVE (Strengthening Education through Reading Remediation with Varied Strategies in Embracing the New Normal of Learning) for Grade-1 learners) by Mrs. Creszenaid G. Quidet; Utilizing Social Media in Assessing Kindergarten Learners) by Mrs. Rachel An Banticil ; with such programs, it assisted each teachers in providing reading readiness activities to varied learners in view to how developing reading must be heightened now in education.

Reading assessment was successfully conducted by the untiring and committed teachers of the school. Level of learners Dolch Basic Sight Words mastery from Grades 1-3 were assessed so as the reading fluency of Grades 4 to 6. Learners’ unsubmitted activities were complied too. Parent-Teacher understanding of learners progress, survival and completion were also highlighted by the teachers to the parents.

Bridging was not only about the learning gaps but also bridging relationships with the parents, teachers and learners. The teachers were able to have dialogue with parents for encouragement to help their children endure the challenging learning delivery in this new normal set-up.

Diverse challenges at this time to teachers, parents and learners makes the future fuzzy but it teaches everyone the opportunity of positive perception with things and be prepared, resilient and audacious that whatever the future holds, education always have solutions to every difficulty. Change might be dismal but we should always trust the process that in every adversity there is prospect for growth and opportunity to bloom where we are planted.

As educator, dealing todays hardship will taught our learners on how to overcome their forthcoming perplexities in life. Teachers are truly the bridge between gap of the past trials going to future’s success.

Let us never burn the bridge of hope to our learners but the light in the tunnel of circumstances.

that banknotes coming from their ATMs are genuine, consistent with the BSP’s Financial Consumer Protection Framework, which requires financial service providers, such as banks,

to conduct ethical business practices and not to engage in any practice that may cause harm to the consumer.

The country’s ATM system performs soundly under See MEASURES, page 9

Science and Technology to the students’ everyday lives

By CIELO MAR THERESE Q. ARAŃA

Science education is one of the most important subjects in school due to its relevance to students’ lives and the universally applicable problem-solving and critical thinking skills it uses and develops. These are lifelong skills that allow students to generate ideas, weigh decisions intelligently and even understand the evidence behind public policy-making.

Teaching technological literacy, critical thinking and problem-solving through science education gives students the skills and knowledge they need to succeed in school and beyond.

Indeed, Science is everywhere. Almost everything that we see around us is the gift of science and technology. Be it the smart-phones, fan, wheel, vehicles, cloth, paper, toothbrush, electricity, microwave, vehicles, radio, television, laptops, etc., everything is the result of science and technology. The smartphone in the student’s hand is a miracle of modern computer engineering. Outside the window, trees turn sunlight into stored energy and create the oxygen we need to survive. Whether “natural” or human-derived, every aspect of a student’s life is filled with science — from their own internal biology to the flat-screen TV in the living room.

Science and technology are both closely related terms.

Scientific studies and progress result into wonderful technologies. And yes, Sci-

ence and Technology is not only a subject, rather it the mean that provide us with ways and objects that help us live a better life.

Precisely, Science is duly involve in the everyday life of people, of the students, from all walks of life. As a teacher, aside from teaching Science and Technology to the students, it is better off complemented with how to make them understand, comprehend and appreciate the value of Science to the human kind. And while we duly enjoy and take advantage of the products of Science, it is best to also teach them how to take care, to preserve and to nurture everything on their hands so that their generation and their children’s children can benefit from it also.

Science and Technology have made significant contribution in the education field as well. Science has given us immense knowledge and therefore, we have got important matter to study.

Technology has made education itself easier. It has provided us options like smart classes, multimedia devices, e-libraries, e-books, among others.

For me as a public school teacher, it marks a great challenge and commitment to develop the holistic character of these students, not only in the field of teaching Science and Technology but also in communicating its advantages, importance and significance to our young learners, our learners.

Bringing hope in the post-pandemic education

By RAFFY ALBIOS

Our view of education before the pandemic has changed during and after it struck the world. Over the past several months, we’ve seen numerous news stories about how the coronavirus pandemic has harmed our children’s education. Yes, school closures, online learning and hybrid models caused disruptions in our students’ lives. But as an educator, I remain optimistic about the future of New Mexico education in the long run.

The pandemic experience has accelerated change, causing incredible professional growth for teachers, and proving that our educational system can adapt to meet our children’s needs.

These changes led to adaptation in acquiring knowledge using the technology in providing distance learning in different modalities to learners and parents, who became the teachers at home.

Countless teachers throughout the world made similar shifts, knowing that students needed to continue learning.

But despite the struggle, families are adapting, and together we’re moving toward

a new educational future. As just one example, the surge of learning pods and neardoubling of homeschooling across the Philippines during the pandemic reflects parents’ willingness to invest in their children’s learning more deeply and openness to embracing non-traditional learning methods.

The pandemic has amplified awareness of all learning opportunities, not just homeschooling. Thankfully, Oroquieta City Division and Misamis Occidental National High School provides several forms of school choice, so families can explore the learning that works best for them.

Coming out of the pandemic, educators and families have an opportunity to reset as we look toward next school year. We’ll face many challenges in the post-pandemic world, but, if we help each student and parent find a school and choose a learning modality that fits them, it is in every confidence that our next generation will continue to adapt to their new environment, learn and thrive.

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“I hope they realize the impact once the city is placed under Alert Level 4 like other local governments. Misamis Oriental doesn’t have that problem because their Covid-19 patients are admitted to Cagayan de Oro City’s hospitals,” Moreno said.

He pointed out that the city does not have anyone to rely on in cases of a surge in Covid-19 cases.

“So when the city is affected, everyone in Northern Mindanao is affected,” he said. (PNA)

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officers and employees of public offices to undergo random drug testing to ensure that the government agencies remain drug-free.

Last year, Olaivar said four police personnel in the region tested positive for illegal drug use, whom she said had faced administrative cases and were dismissed from service.

She claimed that in-

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tensive anti-illegal drug operation has been one of the top priorities of PRO10 not only to eradicate the problems caused by illegal drugs but also to maintain peace and order in the community.

“We have to be transparent about our activities, one way of which is by giving you the right information.

We need to continue the random drug test to make sure that there are no bad tomatoes in our organization,” Olaivar said.

Acorda said drug testing is needed to monitor every police personnel and maintain the trust of the public.

“We took this opportunity to conduct drug testing to show and ensure that personnel of PRO-10 are drug-free,” Acorda said.

He claimed that the government’s anti-illegal drugs campaign is not only limited to the people in the community but also includes the ver y same personnel who execute and implement the laws. (jce)

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Measures...

to strictly enforce exist- to defend every project, ing rules and regulations program and activity needfrom page 8 to maintain a sound and ing funding in the budget recognized risk management stable financial system for they propose to their local guidelines, and the BSP’s consumers. development councils, and comprehensive approach later the DBCC for the nato safeguarding the Philtional budget. This would ippine currency includes from page 7 then avoid last-minute inwell-defined mechanisms set to prepare what’s called sertions and prevent graft for reporting doubtful cur- the National Expenditure from seeping in. rencies, for examination by Program or the President’s “Tapos pagdating pa sa the BSP. Thus, the public is budget. So, the planning is Congress, kanya-kanya pang encouraged to report any rushed, but the (budget) insertions again, without untoward incident to their isn’t studied carefully.] any consultation with the The DBCC’s primary implementing agencies. respective banks or the BSP, role is to review and ap- So, merong disconnect. for appropriate action.

To better protect the prove the macroeconomic The agencies would not banking public, the BSP targets, revenue projections, know how to implement the submitted to Congress the borrowing level, aggregate projects introduced by legFinancial Products and Ser- budget level and expenditure islators kasi wala man lang vices Protection Act, or the priorities, and recommend consultation na ito ipapasok Financial Consumer Protec- to the Cabinet and the Presi- namin dito,” Lacson said. tion Act. The said legislative dent the consolidated public [Then when (the budmeasure, if enacted, will sector financial position and get) gets to Congress, each address the gaps in our ex- the national government (lawmaker) will have their isting laws and better equip fiscal program. own insertions, without With a zero-based bud- any consultation with the financial regulators, such as the BSP, with adequate get system, the three-term implementing agencies. legal authority to respond senator said the implement- So there’s a disconnect. to complaints and enforce ing agencies would have The agencies would not prudent, responsible, and Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT customer-centric standards 4th Shari’a Circuit Court of business conduct. Said 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City bill is currently pending in IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2022-008 Congress.

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF AARON ROBERT CORDOVEZ The BSP will continue SPOUSES AND JOVELYN S. ABATAYO-CORDOVEZ,

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AARON ROBERT CORDOVEZ AND JOVELYN S. ABATAYO-CORDOVEZ, Petitioners. x------------------------------/

PRA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines CITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE 1F South Wing Administrative Bldg. City Hall, Capistrano-Hayes Sts Cagayan de Oro City

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SEVERINO B. FLORES died on June 29, 2001 at General Santos Doctors Hospital, General Santos City left “A parcel of land known and identified as Lot No. 10, Block 10, PSD-11 043296 SITUATED IN THE Brgy. Of Makar, City of General Santos, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of One Hundred Twenty (120) square meters, more or less, described in and covered

by TCT No. T-91597.” Is the subject of Extrajudicial Settlement of estate with Deed of Absolute Sale, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Habari I. Balt per Doc No. 491; Page No. 99; Book No. XIV; Series of 2021.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JESSIE CALAPAN LUMBRES has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name form “JESUS” to “JESSIE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JESUS CALAPAN LUMBRES who was born on DECEMBER 22, 1966 in PATAG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are UBALDO LUMBRES and ADELINA CALAPAN. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 06, 2022.

(Sgd) EVANGELINE C. TAPANGAN City Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 29 & Feb 5, 2022

R.A. 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

ORDER

MDN: Jan 29, Feb 5 & 12, 2022

MDN: Jan 29, Feb 5 & 12, 2022

R.A. 9048 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that DARYL G. MACALISANG has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of DARYL GALLETO MACALISANG who was born on 11 April 1989 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Jewel B. Galleto and Eduardo E. Macalisang.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 2022.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Vicky P. Acut has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “MATILDE” to “VICKY” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MATILDE PAGARA who was born on 04 April 1955 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Francisca Alivio and Roberto Pagara.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 2022.

(Sgd) ATTY. YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL Acting City Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 29 & Feb 5, 2022

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES MARK AUGUSTIN D. TORRES AND KATHY BRANDIA AMANTE,

CIVIL CASE N0.2022-007

ORDER

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that VIVIAN M. TRESFUENTES-ESBERTO has filed with this office a (Complete name of petitioner)

petition For change of first name from

IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES JERRY L. ORTEGA AND DEBONNE GRACE S. MACABUGTO,

CIVIL CASE NO. 2022-004

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on June 11, 2014 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and Cabanglasan, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than six (6) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on June 11, 2014 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 4, 2022 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 11th of January, 2022.

“VIVIAN”

(New first name to be adopted)

in

(Complete name of document owner)

(Complete date of birth)

(Place of birth)

CONRADO TRESFUENTES and NATIVIDAD MORANDANTE (Name of the father)

(Name of the mother)

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 4, 2022 (Sgd.) JANE F. BARRIENTOS Municipal Civil Register

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ALNEDO BAUTISTA RUSIANA AND HAZEL DAHAN MARABE-RUSIANA,

ALNEDO BAUTISTA RUSIANA AND HAZEL DAHAN MARABE-RUSIANA, Petitioners. x------------------------------/

CIVIL CASE NO.2022-005

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on January 9, 2010 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Purok 15, Kubayan Phase 1, Casisang, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon and Purok 6, Casisang, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than six (6) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on January 9, 2010 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 11, 2022 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 13th of January, 2022.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: Jan 15, 22 & 29, 2022

to

NOVEMBER 22, 1974 at POLOMOLOK, SOUTH COTABATO and whose parents are

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

“MAE”

(First name to be changed)

The birth certificate of MAE MORANDANTE TRESFUENTES who was born on

MDN: Jan 29 & Feb 5, 2022

JERRY L. ORTEGA AND DEBONNE GRACE S. MACABUGTO, Petitioners. x------------------------------/

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on November 27, 2011 at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon and Pala-o, Iligan City, respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for five (5) years now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on November 27, 2011 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 25, 2022 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 26th of January, 2022.

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Province: South Cotabato Municipality: Polomolok

(Sgd) ATTY. YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL Acting City Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 29 & Feb 5, 2022 Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

MDN: Jan 29, Feb 5 & 12, 2022

Notice is hereby given That we Gregorio Ducao Penoria,Jr., Niño Ducao Penoria, Marlone Ducao Penoria, Nimfa Penoria Guibelondo, Jonathan Ducao Penoria, Jennifer Ducao Penoria and Nancy Penoria Odarve of legal ages, Filipino Citizens and residents of Anito, Mambajao,Camiguin Province; WITNESSETH That the above named persons are the only legitimate children of FE DUCAO PENORIA who died on August 08, 2021 and GREGORIO BOLOTAOLO PENORIA,SR. who died on March 13, 2015, who left no will and testaments and debts to any persons and left several parcels described as follows; Lot No. 3430-A, with TD No. 04000306185, Lot No. 3430-C, with TD No. 04000306184, Lot No. 3431-A, with TD No. 04000322671 all located at Anito, Mambajao, Camiguin and Lot No. (Inside Forestall Zone) with TD. No. 04000913299 located at Magting, Mambajao Camiguin are the subject of EXTRA - JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT among the above-mentioned Heirs, That the above-mentioned parcels of land are free from all liens and encumbrances and not tenanted by whomsoever persons; That parties agree to publish this instrument in a newspaper of general circulation for Three (3) consecutive weeks.

That this instrument is not registered under Act 496, nor under Spanish Mortgage Law, however,this instrument be registered under Act 344,as amended by PD 1529; Executed by heirs, under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Eduardo E. Chan, Per Doc.No.144; Page No. 29; Book No.XII ; Series of 2022.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: Jan 29, Feb 5 & 12, 2022

MARK AUGUSTIN D. TORRES AND KATHY BRANDIA AMANTE Petitioners. x------------------------------/

NOTICE

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on May 10, 2011 at Cebu City, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Aqua Plunge in front of Hall of Justice Carbide Village, Iligan City and Zone Aries I, Suarez, Iligan City, respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for almost eight (8) months now, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on May 10, 2011so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 25, 2022 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 26th of January, 2022.

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

know how to implement the projects introduced by legislators because there’s not even any consultation before they put those items in.]

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Free limited-edition, acrylic bottle with your next FamilyMart purchase

THE local franchise of Japanese convenience store brand, FamilyMart, is giving away free acrylic bottles for a minimum of Php 2,000 worth of products purchased at its Metro Manila stores.

Featuring Kohi-san, an original FamilyMart brand character, the limited edition bottle is available for redemption

until January 31 at any of the 48 FamilyMart stores in the metro. It can be filled with water, milk, and other beverages, hot or cold.

“For the past years, FamilyMart has been actively improving its offerings, and building better customer experience to be able to delight them beyond the typical convenience store

transactions. Hence, in line with our goal of providing products and services at the best value, we are gifting our loyal customers with branded, limitededition FamilyMart merchandise,” FamilyMart General Manager Celina Matias said.

Last year, FamilyMart offered limited-edition

merchandise such as umbrellas and face masks featuring all the brands’ characters. The initiative was part of the company’s strategy to build a stronger relationship with its customers through a value-added brand experience.

True to its Japanese roots, the brand also started its own comics

FamilyMart is giving away this limited-edition Kohi-san acrylic bottle for free until the end of January.

series regularly published of-life and daily routine depictions of FamilyMart on its official Facebook characters. page, showcasing slice-

Teachers as surrogate parents among learners

By NOLIE G. MANGALOS Tingalan Integrated School

The vanishing of the traditional family is breeding a generation of children who are increasingly relying on teachers to become surrogate parents. Sometimes, there are children who are products of broken families who want to find shelter away from their troubled families in schools.

For too many young people, school was the “only solid bedrock in their lives” where they experienced clear moral boundaries. Likewise, parents who are so engaged on their jobs find no time in dealing with their children and most often entrust the tasks to the teachers. Many pupils suffer from lack of parental contact at home. In fact, there are pupils whose parents leave for work before they wake up for school, and who return from work after they have gone to bed. Parents may be either working many hours and unable to be with their children or they are absent from their children’s lives.

In relation to the family, one of the most important factors has been the loss of the family meal, which has reduced family conversation so that schools have more to do in teaching children to communicate. In terms of good manners and appropri-

ate behavior, the schools have to teach children the right way. Moreover, the teachers are oftentimes the outlet of the children of their pains and grudges at home.

Society recognizes that teachers are in a powerful position to reach beyond the needs of their pupils even outside of the classroom.

The emotional needs of the children count more in the development of the children in school. Children who are emotionally disturbed at home would eventually lead to poor learning performance in school. Sometimes these children become trouble makers in school if their feelings and emotions will not be dealt by the teachers accordingly.

Character education, antibullying campaigns, roots of empathy, snack programs and daily physical activity are worthwhile projects designed to reach beyond the student’s emotional needs.

As a teacher, certain pupils will lean on you for support and come for an advice or to share their good news and pains. Positive adult contact is crucial to raising well-balanced children, and teachers are often given the charge of being surrogate parents for their pupils.

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is now looming a countervailing force to rectify social wrongs by harnessing the collective power of the people, where those in the margins are now drawn into the mainstream of development processes.

It is the empowering and liberating path, addressing the root cause of poverty which is the powerlessness of the people to have access and control over their resources and utilities. This is well provided for by the 1987 Constitution that “the State shall advance cooperativism as New instrument of social justice, equity and economic development.”

Yes, Cooperativism is the re-structuring tool because its DNA is one that is members-owned, value-based and sustainable. It is the one to dismantle the control of the oligarchs of the economy through legal and peaceful means. Its time-honored and universally-accepted cooperative principles zeroed-in on being democratic and inclusive to replace what is colonial and exclusive.

The 18,000 cooperatives in the Philippines with some 14 million members are now front-lining social transformation for people, planet, prosperity and peace.

This is in consonance with the United Nations’ 17 Sustainable Development Goals to stop poverty, hunger, social injustice, gross inequities, advance gender and development, protect the environment and the health of the people, among others.

Cooperativism is the offshoot of people power revolutions to empower those in margins. As narrated to me by no less than one of the framers of the 1987 Constitution, the late Senator Nene Pimentel, he said that the only way that social re-structuring can be made possible is

when the people themselves especially the poor and the oppressed harness their collective potentials to effect social transformation and to rectify social wrongs, gross inequities and social injustices. He underscored that social injustice looms in so many ways in this country. The many marketing layers is a great social injustice committed against the Filipino consumers as every thing sold in the country passes at least five marketing layers.

A pill of Lipitor bought in New Delhi, India at only P0.35 is being sold in our pharmacies at P50; a bag of fertilizer (Ammonium Sulfate) bought in Ukraine at only P50 is sold in Mindanao at P1,000 at the expense of our poor farmers. This is the reason why everyone is profiting from farming except the farmers.

Sometime in 2013, then Sen. Nene Pimentel invited me for a breakfast in his residence and told me to really advocate to have the so-called Electric Cooperatives (ECs) be registered with the Cooperative Development Authority as these ECs are cooperative in name only and not practicing the essence and values of cooperativism which is members-owned, valuebased and sustainable, the reason why the members are called Members-Consumers-Owners (MCOs).

He was telling me that all these years, these ECs have not recognized the capital shares of the MCOs which they have been paying monthly in the items of amortization of loans and reinvestment. In fact, each MCO could already have paid some P70,000 in the last 6 decades, that is, if an MCO is consuming about 200 kilowatts of electricity every month.

The non-recognition of the capital contribution of the MCOs is a great social injustice committed against the Filipino people and must be rectified. Our very own great Constitutionalist and Senator told me that should be the mandate of the Cooperative Development Authority that I was then heading, as provided for in Article 12, Chapter 15 of the 1987 Constitution, that is, “to promote viability and growth of cooperatives as instrument of social justice, equity and economic development. He also underscored that the raizon d’ etre of choosing cooperativising rural electrification

Fri-Sat, January 28-29, 2022 of “Other Medical Supplies” in the resolution will be further raised to the RIATFMEID for proper guidance as to the approval of the resolution.

The creation of this task unit is pursuant to the NTF against COVID-19 Memorandum Circular No. 7 (s.2022), having the following agencies as its members: Department of Health (DOH), Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Office of Civil Defense (OCD), Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG). Additional members of the task unit are the medical oxygen suppliers in Region 10.

The ROTU will serve as a platform for collaboration and coordination between and among the from page 1 Regional Task Force (RTF), reach until the middle of concerned NGAs, and Private and Public Hospitals.

March.

The mayor pointed out (DILG-10/PIA-10) that the transmission among households is evident in the new cases saying most from page 1 were asymptomatic and was still in Impasug-ong mild cases. waiting to be claimed at “That’s the anticipated the municipal town hall, length or period of our surge a police officer said. (until mid-March) but that Brig. Gen. Oliver T can still change depending Vesliño, Ac t ing C omon our behavior,” Schlosser mander of 4ID, said that said.

Codaste was considered She reiterated the impor- as the acting KOMMID tance of contact tracing and Chairman after the death testing with those manifest- of Cabanatan alias Kuba, ing Covid-19 symptoms, Madlos alias Ka Oris and as well as the isolation of Villanueva alias Ka Bok. Covid-19 positive patients Vesliño said that Coand quarantining of close daste was a member of the contacts.

Communist Party of thw “If we want the surge to Phillipnes (CPP) Central end early then we have to Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation follow these strategies and LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING guidelines,” Schlosser said. & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, (PNA) is that electricity, just like water and air, is a means to life and must not be under the control of the oligarchs for massive money making.

Those words from Sen. Nene whom I considered as the Father of Cooperativism in the country manifest the truest essence of cooperativism. Thus, I had followed that Constitutional mandate as Chairman of CDA. But the oligarchs will not allow that! Thus, for doing my job, I was administratively charged by the Ombudsman with a guilty ruling to be dismissed from CDA as UnderSecretary/Chairman.

Ganoon po ka makapangyarihan ang mga Oligarchs sa ating bayan. Pero hindi po ako natatakot mawalan ng trabaho at makulong.

Tuloy po ang laban!

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oxygen supply chain.

Discussions during the meeting includes the presentation of the approved Regional Inter Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (RIATF-MEID) Resolution No. 11 (s.2022) entitled “A Resolution Creating the Northern Mindanao Regional Oxygen and Other COVID-19 Related Emergency Essential and Medical Devices Task Unit.”

Also, practices done by the respective member agencies and medical oxygen suppliers addressing the concerns on oxygen supply and consumption within the region were also tackled.

On the other hand, manifestation on the inclusion

Cagayan de Oro City

MEGA TRUCKING & LOGISTICS CORPORATION CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH-2022-01-155 Rep.by: JAIME JOYOHOY Applicant/Petitioner.

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT/ PETITIONER request for the Issuance of the Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: WITHIN ILIGAN CITY TO ANY POINT IN THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, accessible to motor vehicle traffic and Vice Versa and with the use of Five (05) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant/Petitioner shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) Days prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general/ local circulation.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 28th day of January 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

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Committee and Consultant of the National Democratic Front (NDF).

He said that Codaste was also the former Secretary of Guerilla Front 4A (GF4A) in Agusan del Sur during the early ‘90s before becoming the Secretary of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee in 2009.

He was elected to the Central Committee during the CPP 2nd Congress in 2016,” Vesliño said.

Facing multiple cases with warrants of arrest, Codaste is one of the most wanted fugitives for the crime of murder, double frustrated murder and attempted murder, Vesliño said.

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Of the 3,997 booster doses administered, Pfizer provided 2,681, Moderna 973, Sinovac 203, and AstraZeneca 140.

Meanwhile, Governor Yevgeny ‘Bambi’ Emano asserted that the Misamis Oriental provincial government is constantly expanding its vaccination campaign in order to fully protect Misamisnons from the deadly COVID-19 and the various coronavirus strains. (MisOr PIO/PIA-10/ Misamis Oriental)

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and economy.

This time we need the cooperation of the people for us to survive, he stressed.

(SP/APDelgra/File photo) Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City GRA ECO CORPORATION CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH-2022-01-156 Rep.by: ZYRA MONTOYA Applicant/Petitioner.

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT/ PETITIONER request for the Issuance of the Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: WITHIN ILIGAN CITY TO ANY POINT IN REGION 10, accessible to motor vehicle traffic and Vice Versa and with the use of One (01) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 16, 2022 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant/Petitioner shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) Days prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general/ local circulation.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 28th day of January 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF A DECEASED, NACIANCINO H. ZAYAS WITH DEED OF DONATION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This extrajudicial settlement of the Estate of a deceased, Naciancino H. Zayas with Deed of Donation, made and executed by and among: LEONORA G. ZAYAS, of legal age, widow of the late Naciancino H. Zayas, Filipino, a resident of Balangay 3, Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, hereinafter knwn as the HEIR-DONOR; Children: ARTEMIO VENANCIO G. ZAYAS, of legal age married to Elsie C. Zayas, Filipino, a resident of Poblacion, Monkayo, Compostela Valley Province, hereinafter known as the HEIR-DONEE; PILAR Z. GUNHURAN, of legal age, married to Lecerio B. Gunhuran, Filipino, a resident of Balangay 3, Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the HEIRDONEE; WITNESSETH: That the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the legitimate children and surviving spouse of the late, NACIANCINO H. ZAYAS, who died on June 04, 2011 at Balangay 3, Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, who died without any will; That the said deceased, at the time of his death laft a certain real/personal property/ ies and more particularly described to wit: “A Residential building, covered by Tax Declaration No. G-001812, known as Assessor’s Lot No. 018; Block 46, situated at Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon.”

- And “A commercial building with light and concrete materials, covered by Tax Declaration No. G-001813, known as Assessor’s Lot No. 018, Block 46, situated at Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, with ten (10) stalls.”

That at the time of his death, the deceased left no last will and testament and had no debts left unpaid.

That by virtue of the Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, we, the heirs of the late, NACIANCINO H. ZAYAS hereby extrajudicially adjudicates unto themselves the above-described personal properties, being the surviving heirs of the deceased.

DEED OF DONATION OF PERSONAL PROPERTIES (EXTRA JUDICIALLY ADJUDICATED) That for and in consideration of the love and affection which the HEIR-DONOR has for the DONEE, the said HEIR-DONOR by these presents TRANSFER and CONVEY by way of Donation, unto the said DONEE, ARTEMIO VENANCIO G. ZAYAS and PILAR Z. GUNHURAN, their heirs and assigns, the personally properties to wit: To: ARTEMIO VENANCIO G. ZAYAS: “A Residential building above-described, covered by Tax Declaration No. G-001812, known as Assessor’s Lot No. 018; Block 46, situated at Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon.”

- And “A portion of the above-described commercial building with light and concrete materials, covered by Tax Declaration No. G-001813, known as B, portion of Assessor’s Lot No. 018, Block 46, situated at Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, with five (5) stalls.”

To: PILAR Z. GUNHURAN: “A portion of the above-described commercial building with light and concrete materials, covered by Tax Declaration No. G-001813, known as A, portion of Assessor’s Lot No. 018, Block 46, situated at Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, with five (5) stalls.”

That the HEIR-DONOR does hereby state for the purpose of giving effect to this Donation, that she has reserved for herself full ownership sufficient property to support her in a manner appropriate to her in a manner appropriate to her needs.

That the HEIR-DONEE hereby accepts this Dination of the above personal properties and does hereby express their gratitude for the kindness and liberality of the HEIR-DONOR. Is subject for EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE WITH DEED OF DONATION. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ABUNDIO UR. GAITERA, Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 4001; Page No. 200; Book No. VIII; Series of 2019.

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Children’s book by Kagay-anons is child-approved, earns praise from American pediatrician, and Filipino teacher Well-written for children said the pediatrician, and a heartwarming story about patience, love, and charity according to the teacher. “I like how Oozy did tricks [for] the children,” said a child.

A children’s book written by a Kagayanon doctor in Delaware, USA, and her sister in Cagayan de Oro, has earned praise from an American pediatrician, a Filipino elementary school teacher, and a child who has read the book.

Dr. Jona Gorra, a successful medical internist based in Sussex County, Delaware, and her sister, Annie Gorra, the author of The Mystery on 17th Street, wrote the book.

The book is called Dr. Oozy, about a cat who wants to become a doctor but faced the challenge of having no

hands and arms like humans.

“I cannot hold children with my paws,” he thought sadly. He persevered with his dream, and his perseverance gave him an opportunity that he never expected.

Janina Bianca G. Veron, a teacher at Everest International Academy in Metro Manila lauded the book for its “heartwarming story about patience, love, and charity.”

“A reminder that everyone is vital to their community,” she said.

Dr. Vibha Sanwal, a pediatrician in Delaware, USA, said

that Dr Oozy is an “excellent book and is well-written for children.” “It will bring a smile to their faces,” she said.

She added that the book “conveys a very important message about the need for personal interaction between children and animals, which is easy to be overlooked in today’s world of virtual interactions.”

The child, who read the book, loved the characters, Oozy, his sister, Buki, and their human companions, Dr Joy and Dr Ryan.

“I love how Oozy almost gave up [but] he didn’t and Oozy got his dream come true,” said

the child.

The book is beautifully done and the drawings are very attractive and colourful and will appeal to children between the ages of 2 and 6. It was illustrated by Jennifer Pacuma, a local artist.

The book is published by Two Bamboos Publishing OPC, a self-publishing company based in Cagayan de Oro, with the email address of bamboos.publishing@ gmail.com.

The book is available on print or ebook on Amazon at https://www. amazon.com/DrOozy-Jona-Gorra/dp/ B09P8KJTJM.