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Volume XII, No. 025
Pandemic bares need for MSMEs ICT interventions: DTI By NEF LUCZON
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) have brought out some entrepreneurs from micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) who required help with information and communications technology (ICT) skills. This was the observation of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 10 (Northern Mindanao) based on the agency’s two-year experience collaborating with MSMEs in the region. Julie Nieve, DTI-10 spokesperson, said in a media forum Thursday that at the height of Covid-19’s series of community quarantines and the high number of cases, the agency turned to digital platforms to continue its service. “We oriented MSMEs about the importance of having an online presence of their businesses. Some of us may be familiar in using social media, but we have to recognize that some MSME entrepreneurs have yet to learn the online platforms like Facebook,” Nieve said. She said this is true for some farmer-entrepreneurs in rural communities who
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CAMP ALAGAR, Cagayan de Oro City : Multiple murder charges were filed against five suspects in the killing of four victims, including two minors, in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, the regional police command said Friday. Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., police regional director for Northern Mindanao, said that the charges were filed with the
Illegal drug deal behind killing of 4 in MisOr CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Unsettled “illegal drug” transaction was the motive in the killing of four person in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, a senior police officer said Thursday. PCol. Raniel M. Valones, Misamis Oriental Provincial Police Director, said that the four victims that included two minors, were gunned down in the outskirt of Villanueva on July 12, 2022. He said that several witnesses were able to provide information about the killing that actually transpired after one of the victims – the woman – failed to remit the proceeds of the illegal
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provincial prosecutors office in Misamis Oriental on July 12, 2022. Acorda said that the five suspects were reportedly on-board a service utility vehicle (SUV) that happened to be the same vehicle sighted by witnesses at the place of the incident, which were also corroborated by other witnesses. Acorda, who did not disclosed the identities of the suspect, assured the family of the victims to bring the perpetrators to justice. “Our investigation will not stop here until the suspects will be placed behind bars so that justice will be served,” Acorda said Four victims, including two minors, were gunned down in an outskirt in Villanueva on July 10, 2022 in what investigators believed to be drug related pullout. The victims were identified as Noel Bado, 26, taxi driver, of Acmac Iligan, Joey Sumalpong Canoy 36, of Tawan-tawan, Initao, Misamis Oriental, (not a woman as reported earlier), Mark Rounin, 15 and his younger brother Miller Rounin 6, all minors, of Katipunan, Hinaplanon, Iligan City.
Brig. Gen. Benjamin Acorda, Jr., Police Regional Director in Northern Mindanao announces the filing of multiple murder charges against five suspects in the killing of four victims, including two minors in Villanueva, Misamis Oriental on July 10, 2022. Photo By Cris Diaz
Surigao mayor gives away sacks of rice to 8,000 families in his town
drugs. According to Valones, the car driver who was also shot dead and his car torched on the highway in Naawan, Misamis Oriental, was a collateral victim. “The driver was neither part nor engaged in the illegal drug deal. His car was rented by the woman who brought along two minors aged 15 and six while allegedly collecting drug proceeds in Initao, a neighboring town of Naawan, “ Valones said. Valones did not provide the identities of the victims, but said that the woman was listed as among high A father happily carries on his shoulder his share of a sack of rice given by Mayor valued target in the illicit Vicente H. Pimentel III at a warehouse. Photo courtesy of Mayor VJ Hotchkiss Pimentel See BEHIND, page 11
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By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor
SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur- The mayor of Carrascal town in Surigao del Sur gave away 8,000 on Thursday sacks of rice, one for each family to make good on his promise during the campaign period for the May 9 elections. Mayor Vicente H. Pimentel III, son of the late long-time Surigao del Sur Governor Vicente Pimentel Jr., who is in his third term, started distributing thousands of sacks of rice valued at P17 million at the Barangay Poblacion. The distribution of rice See GIVES, page 11
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Isolated rain showers to prevail across PH Friday By MA. CRISTINA ARAYATA
MANILA – Most parts of the country will experience isolated rain showers caused by localized thunderstorms, the weather bureau said Friday. “We are not expecting a low-pressure area or tropical cyclone until the weekend,” weather forecaster Benison Estareja of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in the bureau’s 5 a.m. weather bulletin. Estareja, however, said at least two tropical cyclones are still expected in the country this July. On Friday, PAGASA
forecast the southwest monsoon to cause scattered rain showers and thunderstorms over Western Visayas. Flash floods or landslides are likely during moderate to at times heavy rains, it warned. Sunny weather is expected over Metro Manila, while partly cloudy to cloudy skies with isolated rain showers or thunderstorms will be experienced mostly in the western section of Luzon. The rest of the country will also experience isolated rain showers, likely in the afternoon or evening. A temperature range of up to 35°C is forecast See PREVAIL, page 9
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DENR-EMB to install 268 trash traps in most polluted rivers MANILA – The Department of Environment and Natural Resources - Environmental Management Bureau (DENR-EMB) will install 268 trash traps in tributaries leading to Pasig, Tullahan, Meycauayan, and Pampanga Rivers, determined to be among the most polluted rivers and major contributors to Manila Bay. This project is in support of the National Plan of Action for the Prevention, Reduction, and Management of Marine Litter (NPOA-ML) in accordance with DENR Memorandum Circular No. 2021-10 as the national marine litter framework plan with an overarching goal of “Zero Waste to Philippine Waters by 2040.” EMB Director, Engr. William P. Cuñado, said the project aims to improve (File
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‘Build, Build, Build’ bill filed to continue Duterte projects By WILNARD BACELONIA
MANILA – Former head of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), Sen. Mark Villar, aims to continue to advocate for lasting reforms in the infrastructure sector beyond the term of former president Rodrigo Duterte, as the neophyte lawmaker assumed his seat in the Senate. Villar has filed the “Build, Build, Build” Act that seeks to institutionalize and create a 30-year National Infrastructure Program for the country. This is in line with his campaign promise to ensure the continuity of infrastructure projects from the Duterte administration and improve the lives of Filipinos amid the pandemic and other challenges, he said on Thursday. “I am certain that with the passage of this bill, we will encourage investors, facilitate job creation, boost economic growth, and most importantly, improve the quality of life in both the urban and rural areas of the country,” Villar said in a statement. He assured that the bill would bring much-needed improvement to the country’s roads, bridges, and other structures while giving thousands of jobs to the Filipinos. “In the past six years, the Filipino people have seen and experienced the impact of the Philippines’ Golden Age of Infrastructure. The ‘Build, Build, Build’ program of the government resulted in the creation of hundreds of ports, thousands of roads and bridges, and millions of jobs,” Villar said. “As the country welcomes a new administration, it is important to keep the momentum going by uniting behind this advocacy and bringing it to new heights, not only for us but also for the generations to come.” The “Build, Build, Build” See CONTINUE, page 8
DOLE, DMW define roles, responsibilities By FERDINAND PATINIO
MANILA – The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) and Department of Migrant Workers (DMW) on Thursday defined their roles and responsibilities as several offices under the former will now be part of the newly-created agency. Labor Secretary Bienvenido Laguesma and DMW Secretary Susan Ople signed a joint circular that will ensure the effective and efficient implementation of
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Beware of fake fertilizers, Ilocos Norte farmers warned By LEILANIE ADRIANO
SALT PRODUCTION FACILITY. The Department of Science and Technology Ilocos regional office turns over a salt production facility and salt iodizing machine to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-North La Union campus- Fisheries Research and Training Institute (DMMMSU-NLUC-FRTI) on July 6, 2022. The facility worth PHP400,000 is expected to boost salt production in the school. (Photo courtesy of DOST I locos regional office )
LAOAG CITY – The Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority has alerted farmers in Ilocos Norte to stay vigilant against the presence of fake fertilizers in the market. Noel Tablada, FPA officer in Ilocos Norte, confirmed this on Thursday, saying several samples have already been taken from various agricultural supplies in the province subject to confirmatory analysis. In a July 6 memo addressed to its regional field units, Dr. Myer G. Mula, FPA deputy executive direc-
tor for fertilizer, ordered concerned authorities to stop the use, move, and sale of several locally-manufactured fertilizers being sold by some farm supplies in Pangasinan. These include the Agrimate 9-10-9 granular, Golden Agro Plus, Mula granular fertilizer, Turbo prime multi-elements, and Xian-bee complete 14-14-14 granular that failed in the laboratory analysis. According to Tablada, some of the mentioned fake fertilizer products have reached the province
already. “Eight other locallymanufactured brands which we took samples last week are still awaiting results,” he said. With this, farmers were advised to check every detail including the marking or label of fertilizers they are buying from suppliers. Tablada said the alleged fake fertilizer can be identified through its label as the printing is lighter than the original one. Also, the texture and color of the fertilizer are different from See WARNED, page 8
La Union state U gets salt-making facility By HILDA AUSTRIA
BACNOTAN, La Union – The Department of Science and Technology Ilocos regional office (DOST-1) has awarded a salt production facility and salt iodizing machine to Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-North La Union campus- Fisheries Research and Training Institute (DMMMSU-NLUCFRTI) here. In an inter view on Thursday, DOST-1 project assistant Carla Joyce Cajala said the project worth PHP400,000 was a request from the school and part
of its network and linkage program. “It is a grant to the school. Now, they will be able to produce 180 kilograms (kg) of salt per day and 60 kg iodized salt per batch through the iodizing machine,” she said. Cajala said the project now enables the school to produce iodized salt. “They used to just produce ordinary (table) salt. The salt iodizing machine that infused the salt with iodine along with the other facilities boost the production of salt of the school,” she added.
Cajala said the salt processing facility was established through the successful collaboration of the DOST, DMMMSU-NLUC-FRTI, Bestmark Agro-Industrial Manufacturing, the only accredited fabricator of the salt processing equipment, and JM Manufacturing, a DOST Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP) beneficiary. “This endeavor is aligned with the country’s aim to support domestic technology development, research, and innovation, by ensuring FAKE FERTILIZER. Some of the alleged fake fertilizers circulating in Cagayan Valley. Ilocos Norte, several samples were also taken but the result has yet to be released, a conducive policy for the In according to the Fertilizer and Pesticide Authority in Ilocos Norte on Thursday. (Photo See GETS, page 8
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Promoting Agriculture in Harmony with Nature AS the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Agriculture in Region 10 from 1981 to 1990, I firmly believe that agriculture is the liberating path against hunger and poverty, the Philippines being an agricultural country where development can be won or lost through agriculture. I was not surprise to know of His Excellency’s decision to be the one to act as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture (DA). With no less than the President heading the DA, he can trail-blaze the much needed transformation in a department that all these years has been promoting Conventional Agriculture which is tied -up to the heavy and on-stop use of chemicals that benefitted everyone except those who are working under the excruciating heat of the sun – the poor farmers. That kind of agriculture must be debunked and shift to the paradigm of Sustainable Agriculture in consonance and in harmony with nature. Perhaps in His Excellency’s sorties abroad, he had seen that such has been done by poor agricultural countries that has been the liberating
path against hunger and poverty. Indeed, sustainable development has become the imperative call of the times. In today’s world beset with human made crisis, sustainable development is the urgent call of the times. Based on analysis of development experts, poverty is spreading amidst the technological advancement. Climate change is worsening that has pushed the world in the brink of planetary emergency with the doomsday clock already set at one minute before midnight. Conflicts are raging be it in the Middle East, Ukraine and in many countries where the economic and political dominion of the few oligarchs continues with deepening gross social inequities and social injustices amidst morale collapse and religious apathy. The new President must now awaken the peasantry to be the countervailing force against the painful socioeconomic-ecological realities that have put humanity in disarray, let us have some profound analyses which were the bases of the United Nations’ formulation and issuance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs).
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No way can we disregard the UN roadmap on sustainable development otherwise all efforts will just be empty rhetorical languages, illusions dwelling on trivialities. To have a clear understanding on what the United Nations issuance of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals is all about, let us first know the definition of Sustainable Development which is “development that meets the needs of the present generation without compromising the ability of the future generations to meet their own needs.” With the onslaught of climate change, no way can the future generations meet their own needs and the urgent call now is to change course, to debunk “businessas-usual” mindset. Let us understand that amidst the climate change crisis, it isn’t only the people who are affected but hundreds of thousands of species that can’t tell us that they are becoming extinct. These species be flora or fauna cannot anymore adapt to the changing environment See HARMONY, page 11
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Land reform, history, and tsismis
WITH a farmer’s blood in my veins, I still cannot leave the subject of agricultural productivity and what hounds it to date. There is one issue that has not come to the fore simply because it would impact on the political characters that emerged after the government of the late Pres. Ferdinand E. Marcos came to an end. This includes not a few white collar employees who were beneficiaries in the regime change. The political leaders before Marcos were adamant to institute an agrarian reform program. Marcos did. He wrote in his own handwriting Presidential Decree 27 that was to emancipate the tenant-farmers from the bondage of the landlords. The dictum under PD 27 was clear: land for the actual tillers, meaning tenants. When Corazon Aquino took over the reins of government she scrapped PD 27 and replaced this, through a Presidential Proclamation, with Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program or CARP. This was later passed into law by Congress. There is a stark difference between PD 27 and CARP. While the Marcos decree limits the beneficiaries to tenant farmers, Aquino’s
CARP recognizes not only tenants, but any Tom-Dick and Harry who are landless to be beneficiaries of lands. There is a whale of difference between Marcos and Cory’s doctrines of land reform. Thousands of hectares of agricultural lands were awarded to individuals who hate the smell of the earth but know the values of the land. Thus, what used to be rice lands became either idle or were converted into subdivisions. In the so-called Martial Law museum, an article written about the agrarian reform program of the government interestingly excluded the fact that PD 27 ended with the Presidential Proclamation 131 of Cory Aquino under her revolutionary government. The article also cites that corporate farms were excluded under PD 27. On the contrary, operation land transfer then was dynamic. It initially focused on rice and corn lands for these are the areas where tenancy is most prevalent. Later, it considered coconut plantations which were run by laborers. There were a number of antagonisms in this sector but it went on just the same. Corporate farms using leased lands
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from the government were then ordered to allocate portions of the land for rice production. CARP, moreover, mongrelized the essence emancipation of tenant farmers. In a creative move, it allowed a stock option which was in the case of Hacienda Luisita — vast track of lands owned by Corazon Cojuangco Aquino and her kin. It took several years of struggles and protests by the tenant farmers, not a few of whom were mercilessly killed. Chief Justice Renato Corona who decided in favor of the farmers was later impeached by members of Congress and convicted by the centurions in the Senate. Among the first “victims” of PD 27 was Danding Cojuangco, perceived to be a crony of Marcos, and Conrado Estrella, the 1st Secretary of the Department of Agrarian Reform. Their lands were among the first to be placed under operation land transfer (OLT). Cojuangco who has a nose for agriculture swapped his See HISTORY, page 11
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Voters’ registration in Dumaguete malls until July 23 By MARY JUDALINE PARTLOW
DUMAGUETE CIT Y – The C om m iss i on on E l e c t i ons (Comelec) has transferred the registration of voters to shopping malls here to attract more registrants for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) elections in December. Lawyer Ian Macaraya, election officer of this capital, said on Thursday the voters’ registration at the City Mall started Wednesday and end on July 16, and at the local Robinsons Place shopping mall from July 18 until July 23, the deadline for the said activity. “The registration for the SK and barangay elections started on July 4 and at first there was a low turnout of people who signed up due to the location of our office,” he said. The Comelec-Dumaguete office is on the second floor of a building at the city public market complex and does not have enough space to cater to many people. Further, it is not convenient for senior citizens and persons with disabilities, Macaraya added.
SATELLITE REGISTRATION. The Commission on Elections has transferred its registration of voters for the barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections to shopping malls in Dumaguete City. From July 13-16, the activity will be at the City Mall and from July 18-23 at the Robinsons Place shopping mall. (Photo courtesy of Comelec-Dumaguete)
Youth aged 15 to 17 are encouraged to register for the SK polls while others aged 18 and above are also urged to sign up for the barangay elections. Records at the ComelecDumaguete office showed that for the first six days, from July 4 to 9, a total of 686 registrants were recorded. From July 11 to 13, a total of 418 people were registered at the City Mall satellite registration venue. The Comelec here expects the number to continue to rise in the coming days as the mall venues will be able to cater to persons with special needs, such as senior citizens. The total number of registered voters in this capital city in the May 9, 2022 polls is 91,931. Macaraya reminded the people to vote in the barangay and SK polls as this is considered a regular election. A voter’s name will be deleted from the list of registered voters if that person fails to vote in two consecutive regular elections, he said. (PNA)
345 workers in Iloilo City earn from DOLE-TUPAD By LILIBETH FRENCH
ILOILO CITY (PIA) - A total of 345 displaced workers in Iloilo City have already received their salaries for the services rendered under the Tulong Panghanapbuhay sa Ating Disadvantaged/Displaced Workers (TUPAD) of the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE). Each of the beneficiaries received a daily salary of P450 during the pay-out held on July 11 for the work rendered from June 13-27. Beneficiaries helped in the declogging projects and
market clean-up of the City Engineer’s Office. The City Public Employment Service Office is implementing the DOLETUPAD program, a community-based package of assistance that provides emergency employment for displaced workers, underemployed and seasonal workers, for a minimum period of 10 days, but not to exceed a maximum of 30 days, depending on the nature of work to be performed. (IloiloCity PIO/laf/ PIA6-Iloilo/ Photo courtesy of PESO-Iloilo City)
Carpentry in the new normal By JUDEXTER JASON M. APOLE Teacher I Ozamiz City School of Arts and Trades Division of Ozamiz City
CONSTRUCTION industry members including owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors and vendors have experienced varying degrees of impacts as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic based upon the various responses at the local levels. These impacts have resulted in the need for industry members to address both short-term and long-term business challenges as the construction industry is faced with a new national and even international environment. The nature of the impacts and extent of the ramifications are in large part dependent upon the location of both the respective businesses and
underlying projects. Direct impacts have ranged from a slowdown of available goods and labor to suspensions and in some instances terminations of entire projects. Construction activities remain in flux in some localities depending upon whether construction is classified as an essential business. The full breadth and scope of the changes needed to address issues arising from the pandemic area are still unknown and this analysis is likely to continue to evolve. These new realities touch almost every aspect of the construction process and specifically such issues as contract or project notices for default.
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2023 nat’l budget needs efficient balancing act: DBM chief By JOANN VILLANUEVA
MANILA – The current government will “balance everything” despite the small increase in the programmed budget for 2023 at PHP5.27 trillion, Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman said. “A f t e r t h e nu m b e r crunching, it’s really PHP5.2 trillion so we really have to work on that given the assumptions by the DBCC (Development Budget Coordination Committee),” she told journalists Wednesday night. The programmed budget for next year, which accounts for around 22 percent of domestic output, will continue to prioritize education, the 5-percent infrastructure spending, and social protection programs, among others, she added. Wit h t he President concurrently serving as the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture
EFFICIENT BALANCING. Budget and Management Secretary Amenah Pangandaman says the department needs to weigh projects that will be prioritized under the 2023 national budget. She said they have to work around the PHP5.27 trillion set by economic managers but assured that education and 5 percent allocation for infrastructure investments will not be compromised. (PNA file photo)
(DA), Pangandaman said the government. From being among the the agriculture sector will be among the priorities of agencies that usually get
lower budget, she said DA maybe included as among those that will get the top 5 highest funding for next year. However, Pangandaman said nothing is specific yet. “We’re doing the executive review board this week until the weekend,” she said. Pa n g a n d a m a n s a i d among those that will be looked into include agencies’ budget utilization as well as the priority programs. She aims to present the proposed budget to members of the Cabinet by July 28 “and then we’ll give the NEP (National Expenditure Program) to Congress on August 22,” she said. Under the 1987 Constitution, the NEP should be submitted to Congress within 30 days after the opening of the regular session of Congress, which is also the day of the President’s State-of-the-Nation See NEEDS, page 7
PCSO, Metro Paper Inks Agreement for the Procurement of 7,500 reams of bookpaper By: AARON ERWIN E. AUSTRIA Photo by: ERIC DELOS REYES
MANDALUYONG CITY. Philippine Charity Sweepst a ke s O f f i c e ( P C S O ) Chairperson and Ad Interim General Manager Anselmo Simeon P. Pinili and Metro Paper Converter Philippines, Corporation Admin Account Officer Ms. Annaliza Alvarez signed the contract for the procurement of 7,500 reams of book paper that will be used for the printing of the lotto betslip by the PCSO’s Security Printing and Production Department. Also present during the contract signing held on July 8, 2022 at the PCSO Board Room in Sun Plaza Building, Mandaluyong City are Assistant General Manager for Gaming,
Photo shows Chairperson and Ad Interim General Manager Anselmo Simeon P. Pinili (2nd from the right) together with (from L to R) General Services Department Manager and BAC Chairperson Atty. John Derek Porciuncula, OIC - DM Demosthenes Magno of the Security Printing and Production Department, Metro Paper Admin Account Officer Annaliza Alvarez, Admin Staff Arlene Lolos and AGM Arnel N. Casas of the Gaming, Product Development and Marketing Sector.
Product Development and N. Casas, OIC – Depart- Printing and Production Marketing Sector Arnel ment Manager of Security See INKS, page 7
BDO Unibank’s investment banking arm BDO Capital & Investment Corporation wins the Best Bond House in the Philippines award for the 9th year at the 16th Alpha Southeast Asia’s Best Financial Institution Awards.
BDO Capital Wins Best Bond House in the PH for the 9th Time
BDO Capital & Investment Corporation (BDO Capital) has been recognized by Hong Kong-based institutional investment publication Alpha Southeast Asia as Philippines’ Best Bond House for the 9th time at the 16th Best Financial Institution Awards. Alpha Southeast Asia evaluated the performance of financial institutions considering the dramatic changes such as digital transformation in the industry for the past two years. The judges also assessed the deals and transaction volumes of local and investment banks in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam from June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2022. BDO Capital has remained to be an industry leader in investment banking given its solid capital strength and stability, strong distribution capability and
customer-focused approach offering clients with customized and optimal solutions carried out effectively. The Company has closed several significant corporate and government bond deals and term loan transactions during the coverage period which contributed not only to the development of the capital markets, but to nation building as well. “Our commitment to our clients drives us to explore ways to help them achieve their goals. We continue to put customers at the core of our business thereby making us deliver amid market uncertainties,” said Eduardo V. Francisco, President of BDO Capital. Apart from Alpha Southeast Asia Awards, BDO Capital has received multiple recognitions internationally and locally from various prestigious publications and See WINS, page 7
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Address (SONA). It also mandated the SONA to be held every fourth Monday of July, which falls on July 25 for this year. “I presented the timeline. He (the President) wanted to make sure we stick to the timeline and have it passed before at least December,” Pangandaman added. (PNA)
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Department Demosthenes Magno and General Services Department Manager and Bids and Awards Committee Chairperson Atty. John Derek Porciuncula. “We have forged important commitments to help PCSO move forward. With these, we can assure our lotto agents of adequate supply of betslips. We also would like to thank the gaming public for the continuous support to our lotto games also known as “Larong May Puso” Chairperson and Ad Interim GM Pinili said.
By ROEL OSANO
KORONADAL CIT Y – Senator Jinggoy Estrada renewed calls for unity among Filipinos on Thursday to attain progress and economic prosperity in the country. Estrada issued the call during his speech as guest speaker at the opening program of the weeklong 23rd T’nalak Festival and 56th founding anniversary of South Cotabato in this city. “If we support and encourage one another, if we set aside our differences and focus on what unites us all, I do not doubt in my mind that our collective dreams as a nation will be woven and turn into reality,” the senator said. Estrada believes that just like the T’nalak fabric, the future of the Philippines “will be bright and beautiful if Filipinos will continue to work together under the Bayanihan spirit.” In the same speech, Es-
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Teaching mathematics in the new normal By JUVY P. MUNDO, PhD SHS Teacher III Pagadian City Science High School
termine which ones need more attention, and make decisions that do not exacerbate existing inequalities. The document focuses on three critical areas for planning, namely, structural considerations, teaching practices, and advocacy. These topics challenge district leaders and schools to think about who should be in the conversation, what supports are needed, and what questions should be asked before moving forward. These include support strategies for students to update them after the quarantine period. Institutions and teachers must differentiate the support, think out interventions, and rework school schedules to focus more on mathematics.
CALL FOR UNITY. Senator Jinggoy Estrada, the guest speaker in the opening program of the 23rd T’nalak Festival of South Cotabato in Koronadal City Thursday (July 14, 2022), calls on Filipinos to continue working under the Bayanihan spirit to attain prosperity. The senator also vowed to fully support the programs of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. for the country. (Photo courtesy of South Cotabato LGU)
By: GERALYN A. VELARDE, PhD Teacher II Vicente N. Chavez Memorial Central School Villanueva North, Division of Misamis Oriental
The advancement of technology is rapidly developing. It is no surprise that it is affecting schools and teaching methods significantly. Today, our learners are living in the digital world, so computer literacy for teachers is crucial. It is a situation in which schools should be equipped with computer technology and computer literate teachers to handle and manage the technology in school instructions. Computer literate is having the skills and the knowledge to use computers competently. Comfortable with using computer software and other applications and to know how the computer functions and operates. In addition to teaching pupils how to use computers and other technology, it is now nearly a prerequisite for most teachers to be knowledgeable in that field. Technology and computers are becoming essential employment criteria for teachers, in addition to having sufficient subject-matter expertise and teaching experience. Unfortunately, many teachers currently working have little to no expertise in technology even the technological advancements have occurred within the last twenty years or so. Yet, peer tutoring can be done through school learning action cell sessions to help other teachers improve their technical skills
in computer which brings impact to school instruction. While technological advancements have always had a significant impact on the educational system, the proliferation of new technologies has resulted in seismic changes to how classroom instruction is conducted. Using the computer technology in teaching provides access to an unlimited amount of current information and data from a variety of sources. It also provides a better interactive experience during the learning and teaching process. Regarding the integration of computer technology into the educational system, different people have varying views, particularly if it happens quickly and unexpectedly. Being realistic is still advised because the benefits still outweigh the drawbacks. Constant emphasis on drawbacks should not be interpreted as a call for a return to traditional education, but rather as a warning and an opportunity to identify the flaws more clearly in educational technologies and techniques. The responsibility for analyzing the drawbacks in the upcoming revision and raising the standard of instruction in both physical and virtual classrooms rests on educational institutions and teachers.
Virtual critters evolve bodies that help them learn
By MIGUEL RAFAEL B. MEDIJA III T3/TIC Durias Elementary School
By GRACE C. ABAN Master Teacher I Baliwagan National High School
the imposed health protocols amid a pandemic. The most exciting part is reuniting with classmates and teachers because they have been holding classes online these past two years. Pandemic has stolen their momentum to enjoy college life. Their batch has faced numerous challenges particularly in terms of mental health and they are grateful for the face to face graduation. The development is very much welcome especially that they miss so many events and memories because of the pandemic. Having a face to face graduation makes them feel like they were being in their freshmen year again.
trada reiterated his support for the administration of President Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. as he vowed to help push for laws to improve the living condition of Filipinos. “This occasion proves to us the worst may be already behind us, we can, and we should celebrate,” Estrada said. Estrada said the first 10 bills he filed in the Senate are all labor-related with an emphasis on uplifting the well-being of the Filipino
workers. “I want to ensure that our workforce has productive jobs with fair and decent wages, with their labor rights upheld and not abused nor exploited by their employers,” he said. (PNA)
Basic carpentry skills: its impact amidst the pandemic The impact of computer-literacy instruction in schools
Face to face graduation amidst pandemic GRADUATION this year will be even more exciting as face to face graduation makes a comeback after a two-year pause after the easing of restrictions with Covid cases going down. Students look forward to in their would-be face to face graduation rites this month. As pandemic-induced restrictions have loosened up corresponding to the improving Covid case tally, some schools have already expressed their intention to hold limited face to face graduation rites for their students. Physical graduation along with face to face classes were among the things that were put on hold for the past two years to ensure adherence to
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The teaching of mathematics requires urgent restructuring. The pandemic poses an excellent opportunity to change the way we teach mathematics in schools. Because of the pandemic, education has had to migrate to the online environment. This change has impacted not only schools and their staff but also families by allowing mothers and fathers to be more involved with their children’s education. To advance in the next school year, educators must recognize students’ social, emotional, and academic differences, factors that have an impact on their learning, the report notes. While the future is uncertain, educators need to start planning, consider these aspects, de-
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THESE creatures may inspire new ways to build robots. A virtual creature swings four tentacle-like arms, pushing itself forward. It creeps up a hill, then rushes down the other side. It looks like an octopus waling on land. This strange critter evolved its own body. It also learned its own method of moving. This mix of evolution and learning can help engineers build new kinds of robots. A PhD student studying computer vision at Stanford University, Agrim Gupta is sort of like a grandfather to this octopus-like creature and hundreds of other oddlooking virtual critters. He created the ancestors that
gave rise to these creatures. He calls them unimals. The term reflects the fact that they can evolve into so many different body shapes. Some resemble real animals. Other are quite bizarre. The team discovered that a unimal’s body type affects its ability to learn new things. We tend to think of learning as something that happens in the brain. But your body plays a huge role in what things you can learn. The type of world you live in matters, too. If robots can evolve in a simulation, they may develop their own forms that work even better. Then engineers can build bodies they never would have dreamed up on their own.
By JUDEXTER JASON M. APOLE Teacher I Ozamiz City School of Arts and Trades Division of Ozamiz City
THERE’s so many little details that you’d never think of to make something that’s supposed to be unnoticeable. This is just an example of someone who has lost her job due to the pandemic and embarking on new careers. That has meant ditching days in front of a computer screen for shits swinging a hammer. And it has brought a surge in interest in trade schools like ours, the Ozamiz City School of Arts and Trades. Our school had limited enrollment early in the pandemic for social distanc-
ing. But we are returning to full capacity and have seen inquiries jump 25 percent over the past two years. Most of what you do in math, especially higher level math is approximation and you try and make your approximations better and better and you get more sophisticated methods to do that. Carpentry is just one of the trades that you can study. That’s a generational shift. I think people are not as convinced that they’re going to into one line of work for the rest of their lives.
Information, Communication and Technology in the New Normal By: CHRISTINE FAITH G. TABLANDO Teacher II Consuelo National High School
Let’s face it, ICTs have become our exoskeleton to function in this new normal we have been experiencing (or yet to establish). More than ever before, we now see that the internet and the infrastructure that enable us to access its content shape how we go through continued social interaction and even learning. But a key role of ICTs in everyday life that defines our independence to it is how it has created an environment for us to develop the skillset as a user and provider of ICTs. These competencies are, reading comprehension (i.e., How I am able to go beyond the headlines and fully digest articles), using of keywords to search specific information (i.e., Being able to identify phrases and words to input on search engines to be able to access the information needed), and the dexterity to believe the information (i.e., Having the ability to understand and apply the information I have read and to sift through fake news). Although these are easier said than done, the need to be informed on the current developments of the situation can create the environment for us to become more suitable users of ICTs and not mere brainless consumers. Although access to ICT do not guarantee access to relevant information and knowledge, in the longer run, these will give us more experience to be able to maximize the benefits of ICTs, while not entirely dependent on it. But it still does not define the distinction, does it? Although the ICT gap between age, sex and race is still existent, the ability to comprehend information and knowledge becomes the sensible and more potent sieve. This determines the degree to which individual responses on information and then their participation on what has been instructed of them. News in developed countries where they don’t really believe on the risks posed by the pandemic shows that even in demographics where internet access is highly available, the level of awareness and
understanding is limited or worse, skewed to their entitled lives. Going back to local experiences, those who rely simply on radio headlines and one-minute narratives end up revising the information based on what others have heard as well, thus losing so much information along the way. Worse cases ensue when confusion rises due to the inconsistency of information say, between politicians vs experts. Thus, regardless of an active ICT system, the information being communicated is lost in translation as politicians may not appreciate the jargon while the scientist may lose some of the vital details of data science due to the ‘dumbing down’ and laymanizing of scientific findings. Even the policy for our response in the COVID-19 Pandemic lacks specific protocols on ICT. These issues on ICT dependency, as eminent from the current Science-Politics Dichotomy we are struggling in, create novel conditions for us to understand and view the world around us, with our cognitive abilities as our greatest weapon. These conditions require that we consider questions such as where am I in the spectrum of digital accessibility and how does the digital data and information I can access become entangled with my personal bias and prejudices while I establish my thoughts and stand on what I believe as true before I could even like, share or comment? Beyond the ubiquitous one-click detonation of our thoughts and opinions that we want to present in social media, the urge to let the internet dictate our thoughts and take over our actions should remind us to go back to the competencies we need to maneuver the world of ICTs before we are overcome by its pervasive nature. To be open and malleable to the infinite interpretation of opinions while keeping a strong grip on what are facts is the only way we can reverse the atrophy of our minds and the involuntary movements of our thumbs on our touch-screens.
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government in identifying the initial core infrastructure projects that will be given priority. Villar said it determines the role of implementing agencies in
R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
developing essential transport, energy, water resources, information and communications technology, social infrastructure systems, and other basic overhead
facilities in the country. (PNA)
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R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: COTABATO City/Municipality: CARMEN
Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: COTABATO City/Municipality: CARMEN
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATiON
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that RONA MIMA BERJA RAFAL has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “MIMA” to “RONA MIMA” in the birth certificate of MIMA TAOB BERJA who was born on November 11, 1962 at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parents are Miguel J. Berja and Mamerta C. Taob. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later 26 July 2022.
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that BERNARDO CONCEPCION JUANILLO has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “ARMANDO” to “BERNARDO” in the birth certificate of ARMANDO CONCEPCION JUANILLO who was born on May 21, 1964 at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parents are Avelino Juanillo and Erlinda N. Concepcion. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later 26 July 2022.
(Sgd) ROSIE A. TOMELDEN Municipal Civil Registrar
MDN: Jul 16 & 23, 2022
IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JOHN M. SUNLAYAN AND JEANIE N. PADOJELAGA,
(Sgd) ROSIE A. TOMELDEN Municipal Civil Registrar
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2022-06
JOHN M. SUNLAYAN AND JEANIE N. PADOJELAGA,
Petitioners. x----------------------------/
ORDER
HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge
MDN: Jul 16, 23 & 30, 2022
IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES RIZALDO D. RAMIRO AND MARJORY T. DACIO-RAMIRO, RIZALDO D. RAMIRO AND MARJORY T. DACIO-RAMIRO, 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 August 12, 1995 at Quezon, 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 San Roque, Floridablanca, Pampanga and San Nicolas, Floridablanca, Pampanga, 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 twenty (20) years 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 August 12, 1995 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 August 12, 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 14th of July, 2022.
IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN SPOUSES AMARDEEP SINGH BANSAL AND DIANA APRIL BANSAL,
CIVIL CASE NO.2022-084
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 February 12, 2000 at Olongapo City, Zambales, 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 Olongapo City, Zambales and San Roque, Floridablanca, Pampanga, 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 almost thirteen (13) years 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 February 12, 2000 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 August 12, 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 14th of July, 2022. HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: Jul 16, 23 & 30, 2022
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City
AMARDEEP SINGH BANSAL AND DIANA APRIL BANSAL, Petitioners. x----------------------------/
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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This DEED, made and entered into in the City of Malaybalay, Philippines, by and between: 1. LUZMINDA ZABALLERO COSROJAS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow, residing in West Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon; 2. RODOLFO ZABALLERO COSROJAS, JR., of legal age, Filipino, married, residing in West Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH: THATWHEREAS, RODOLFO COMAINGKING COSROJAS died intestate estate on 24 December 2013 at West Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon without leaving any will. WHEREAS, at the time of the demise of said RODOLFO C. COSROJAS, he left as his intestate estate (as co-owner) a parcel of land described as follows; TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. AT-29872 Lot : 6042, Pls-112 Being a Portion of : Location : LABUAGON, Kibawe, Bukidnon Area : SEVENTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED SEVENTY SIX (71,476) sq. m. more or less WHEREAS, the parties hereto are the sole and only heirs of the decedent entitled to succeed to his estate, they being their surviving wife and son; WHEREAS, there are no known debts or obligations due against the estate of said decedent; and WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the parties hereto to divide, partition and adjudicate among themselves the entire estate particularly the real property above-described extrajudicially in the manner and form hereinafter set forth; NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises, and invoking the provision of Section 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, the parties hereunto have agreed as they hereby do so agree to divide, partition and adjudicate the above estate among themselves in pro indiviso equal shares subject however, to contingent liabilities to creditors, heirs or other persons who might have been deprived of lawful participation of the estate of decedents for a period of () years from and other the settlement and distribution thereof. That in the remote event that any other property of the decedent should ever be found which is not included hereinabove, the parties hereto further agree as they do they so agree to settle and distribute the same in like manner and proportion as herein established and disposed and by way ofABSOLUTE DEED OF SALE 1. LUZMINDA ZABALLERO COSROJAS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow, residing in West Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon; 2. RODOLFO ZABALLERO COSROJAS, JR., of legal age, Filipino, married, residing in West Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon; 3. RACELL D. COSROJAS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, Filipino citizen, single, residing in Labuagan, Kibawe, Bukidnon; 4. MAE COSROJAS PAGLINAWAN, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to FELMAR PAGLINAWAN, resident of Labuagan, Kibawe, Bukidnon; 5. LADY GODISH COSROJAS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, resident of Labuagan, Kibawe, Bukidnon; 6. GILBERT S. COSROJAS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, resident of Labuagan, Kibawe, Bukidnon; For and in consideration of the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php500,000.00) PESOS, Philippine currency, paid to us by DAISY MAMBANTAYAO-SCHOLTEN, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to Michael Ronald Scholten, residing in West Kibawe, Kibawe, Bukidnon, do hereby sell and convey unto said DAISY MAMBANTAYAO-SCHOLTEN the above-mentioned parcel of land, in a manner that is absolute and irrevocable, free from all liens and encumbrances. Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. MARK ANTHONY L. HELLO, Notary Public per Doc No. 147; Page No. 60; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2022.
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City CIVIL CASE NO.2022-080
IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ROBERT M. DABU AND LENY P. DIZON-DABU,
MDN: Jul 9, 16 & 23, 2022
Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS
CIVIL CASE NO.2022-085
OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR
ROBERT M. DABU AND LENY P. DIZON-DABU,
Petitioners. x----------------------------/
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 December 21, 2011 at Caloocan City, both petitioners 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 29 Don Cepriano St. New Frontier Court, Brgy. Santiago, Iligan City and 68 Violeta St., Happy Site Subdivision, Brgy. Marula, Valenzuela 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 two (2) years, 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 December 21, 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 August 8, 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 6th of July, 2022. HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge
MDN: Jul 9, 16 & 23, 2022
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION 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 May 28, 2000 at Floridablanca, Pampanga, 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 San Roque, Floridablanca, Pampanga and San Nicolas, Floridablanca, Pampanga, 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 ten (10) years 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 28, 2000 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 August 12, 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 14th of July, 2022.
MDN: Jul 16, 23 & 30, 2022
In Compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public the ROSALINA L. NALUMEN has filed with this Office, a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “ROSILINA” to “ROSALINA” in the Birth Certificate of ROSILINA VILLANUEVA LOPEZ who was born on SEPT. 21, 1967 at Digos, Davao and whose parents are Luciano S. Lopez and Erlinda O. Villanueva. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than July 26, 2022.
(Sgd) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar
MDN: Jul 9 & 16, 2022
Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City
HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge
IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JEROME GERALE MASILANG AND JANE LOUIE MARIE D. SANTIANO,
Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT Regional Office No. 10 5F and 6F Trinidad Building, Corner Capistrano-Yacapin Streets, Cagayan de Oro City
JEROME GERALE MASILANG AND JANE LOUIE MARIE D. SANTIANO, Petitioners. x----------------------------/
NOTICE OF FILING OF APPLICATION FOR ALIEN EMPLOYMENT PERMIT (AEP) Notice is hereby given that the following employers have filed with this Regional Office application/s for AEPs.
CIVIL CASE NO.2022-079
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 April 18, 2007 at Linamon, Lanao del Norte, 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 Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte and Purok 32, Behind Village, Maria Cristina, Iligan City, Lanao del Norte, 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 almost fifteen (15) years 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 April 18, 2007 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 August 5, 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 30th of June, 2022.
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to commodities,” she said. Dr. Angelina Gonzales, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Vice President for Research and Extension at DMMMSU, said the organization’s initiative in producing iodized salt is commendable because it can aid in tackling malnutrition. “The innovations should be relevant, resizable according to the needs of the users, and reproducible for different uses,” she said. (PNA)
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from page 2 waste collection and disposal within the tributaries which can help reduce flooding during rainy season. “We are working closely with the local government units, seeking their suggestions from procurement to installation, to ensure that these trash traps are installed in strategic locations and maximized for the benefit of the LGU and the communities residing in these waterbodies,” Cuñado said. Cuñado added that the entire activities and strategies provided in the NPOA-ML are included in the top priorities of the DENR-EMB. NPOA-ML was developed to provide a blueprint to enhance the current efforts of the country in resource and waste management. “We need to control the additional leakage of waste into our water bodies. For this year, EMB will augment the existing activities of the DENR related to the implementation of NPOA-ML,” Cuñado added. A Memorandum of Agreement and a Deed of Donation (DOD) will be entered between the EMB Regional Office and the recipient LGUs. Under the MOA, procurement items such as brand-new trash traps, manually operated waste lifter, plastic boat, and tools/ materials for operation will be distributed to the four identified rivers between the bureau and the local government units (LGUs) concerned. “The LGUs will be monitoring the trash traps installed in their jurisdiction. Also, they will handle the collection, hauling and proper disposal of wastes from the trash traps, and the maintenance and operation of the equipment. And there will be Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for operators. Engagement of collection and disposal services through the LGUs will also be included to ensure that the collected waste will be properly disposed,” Cuñado said. For the beneficiaries, a survey will be conducted by the contractor and to be approved by the EMB Regional Office for suitable sites to install the trash traps. The beneficiaries/ recipients for this project are selected LGUs that have jurisdiction of area where the trash traps are installed. Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City FEDERICO S. DY,
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NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT/ PETITIONER request for the Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: WITHIN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO ANY POINT IN THE ISLAND OF MINDANAO, 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 August 10, 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 15th day of July 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.
(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER
MDN: Jul 16, 2022
Saturday, July 16, 2022
The components of this project include: site survey and assessment; trash trap per linear meter; manually operated waste lifter; plastic boat; tools/materials for operation, and hauling/disposal. For this project, over PHP100 million will be allocated for EMB-National Capital Region, and PHP152.4 million will be allotted for Region 3 (Central Luzon). For more information, you may visit www.emb.gov.ph. (PR)
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from page 2 of the DMW Secretary as the President’s chief adviser and principal implementer of all his orders regarding overseas workers. At least six labor agencies will be under the DMW -- the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration (POEA), Philippine Overseas Labor Offices (POLOs), International Labor Affairs Bureau (ILAB), National Reintegration Center for OFWs (NRCO), Overseas Workers Welfare Administration (OWWA, as an attached agency) and National Maritime Polytechnic (NMP, as an attached agency). Ople shall have the power to exercise primary administrative control and supervision over the POEA, POLO, ILAB, and NRCO as well as administrative control over the OWWA and NMP as attached agencies. The DMW shall assume the functions of the ILAB with regard to overseas labor migration to ensure that the Philippines complies with its obligations to migrationrelated international organizations and agreements. It shall work with the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) in the negotiation of treaties and agreements related to overseas labor migration. On the other hand, the DOLE and POEA shall temporarily retain authority over the following matters -- quasijudicial functions and issuance
of licenses to recruitment and staffing agencies. The DOLE chief also remains the chair of the POEA’s Governing Board, and the Board of Trustees of the OWWA and NMP. Funds for the operations of all six agencies shall be sourced from their respective budget allocations in the 2022 national budget. The circular also mandates that all officials and employees of the affected agencies shall continue to perform their regular duties and functions on a holdover capacity. Both secretaries are empowered by the joint circular to temporarily reassign personnel to ensure the continued delivery of services to the public. A Joi nt Manage me nt Committee (JMC) will also be formed to address matters regarding the management and operations of the affected agencies. It is also tasked with the financial management, governance, and compliance responsibilities in the disbursement of funds. Before being named as DMW chief, Ople was head of the Blas F. Ople Policy Center and Training Institute, a nonNOTICE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late JESUSA C. AMOR, who died intestate on March 15, 2019 at Fernandez Subdivision, Brgy. Cannery Site, Polomolok, South Cotabato, left certain parcel of land, described as Lot No. 20, Blk. No. 4 situated in Fernandez Subdivision, Brgy. Cannery Site, Polomolok, South Cotabato, containing an area of THREE HUNDRED NINETY-SEVEN (397) SQUARE METERS, more or less, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE JESUSA C. AMOR, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JORDAN H. REYES, per Doc. No. 308; Page No. 62; Book No. V; Series of 2022. MDN: Jul 16, 23 & 30, 2022
AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY SOLE HEIR OF THE INTESTATE OF A DECEASED PERSON WITH SALE OF A PORTION
This Agreement made and entered by and between: the HEIRS OF SPOUSES GABRIEL P. JUNTILLA and CRESENCIA D. JUNTILLA namely: VIVIAN J. MELGO, married and ROEL D. JUNTILLA, single, both of legal ages, Filipino, with residence and postal address at Sto. Niño, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH THAT: WHEREAS, we are the surviving heirs of Spouses GABRIEL P. JUNTILLA and CRESENCIA D. JUNTILLA who died on July 12, 2009 and June 18, 2021 respectively at Sto. Niño, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; WHEREAS, the deceased at the time of their death left a parcel of land situated in Sto. Niño, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. AT-12664, containing an area of TEN THOUSAND (10,000.00) square meters, and more particularly described as follows: LOT 1-J Psd-10-031029 (AR) A parcel of land (Lot 1-J Psd-10-031029 (AR), being a portion of Lot 1, Psu-142600 Adm.) situated in the Barangay of Sto. Niño, Municipality of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TEN THOUSAND (10,000.00) Square meters, more or less. WHEREAS, no personal properties are involved in this extrajudicial settlement, and that to the best knowledge and information of the parties, the deceased left no debts; That pursuant to Section 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and the parties herein being all of age and with full capacity to contract, have agreed and adjudicate into themselves the above-described real property. We hereby affirm that we have executed this instrument out of our own will without force, intimidation or violence upon our persons, and we have no claim or demand against each other in connection with the adjudication of the above-described real property; Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FARRAH L. YONGCO-INIHAO, Notary Public per Doc No. 489; Page No. 98; Book No. LXIII; Series of 2022.
That I, ERLINDA PASAJE-GESTA, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Balangay 7, Libertad, Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines, after having been duly sworn in accordance with law, do hereby depose and say that: 1. I am the daughter and only surviving heir of the late spouses GENEROSO E. PASAJE who died on January 2, 1990 and FEDILA JAYME-PASAJE who died on July 13, 1995 both at Libertad, Quezon Bukidnon; 2. That the said deceased, at the time of their death, left an estate consisting of a parcel of land with an area SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED (17,700) Square Meters, more or less, located at Libertad, Quezon Bukidnon, Philippines; 3. That the said parcel of land is more particularly described as follows, to wit: “A PARCEL OF LAND, known as Lot No. 1858, Pls-1005, situated at the barrio of Libertad, Municipality of Quezon, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED (17,700) Square meters, more or less. Covered by Original Certificate of Title NO. P-11176.” 4. That no personal properties are involve in this affidavit of adjudication; 5. That to the best of my knowledge and information of the parties hereto the said deceased left no debts; 6. That pursuant to Rule 74, Sec. 1 of the Rules of Court, I hereby adjudicate unto myself the above-described real estate by means of this affidavit and hereby files the same with the Register of Deeds of Bukidnon with the request the said adjudication be made effective without judicial proceedings as prescribed by the aforementioned Rules of Court. 7. That herein affiant, for and in consideration of ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND (P100,000.00) Pesos, Philippine Currency, hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY in a manner of absolute and irrevocable the portion of the aforedescribed property with an area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-FOUR (284) Square Meters, more or less including the house constructed thereon unto SUSAN CAPOL ASILAN, Filipino, of legal age, married to RONILO DIZON ASILAN and a resident of P-11, Butong Quezon Bukidnon, her heirs, assigns and successors-in-interest, thereby making the said SUSANA CAPOL ASILAN, the absolute owner of the subject matter of this instrument. 8. That I am executing this affidavit to attest to the foregoing facts and for whatever legal purpose/s this may serve best. Is the subject of AFFIDAVIT OF ADJUDICATION BY SOLE HEIROF THE INTESTATE OF A DECEASED PERSON WITH SALE OF A PORTION, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. POLICARPO I. CATALAN, JR., Notary Public per Doc No. 82; Page No. 17; Book NO. CXCVIII; Series of 2022.
MDN: Jul 9, 16 & 23, 2022
MDN: Jul 2, 9 & 16, 2022
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
government agency looking after distressed Filipino workers abroad. The DMW was formed in December 2021 to oversee the welfare of millions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), considered the country’s modernday heroes, spread all over the world. Laguesma, who first served as DOLE secretary under the Estrada administration, said he was fully supportive of Ople. “All-out support for Toots (Ople) and the DMW from my end. Toots and I have a long professional and personal relationship together, and she has my full support as she nurtures the development of the DMW as a department,” he said in a statement. Ople also thanked Laguesma for his gesture of support. “The DMW is the youngest child in the cabinet, we are very appreciative of all the help, guidance, and support Secretary Laguesma has been giving us. I am sure he
will continue to help us, the DMW, until such time that we can stand on our own,” she said. (PNA) from page 2 in Tuguegarao and up to 33°C is expected in Metro Manila and Legazpi. The temperature could reach 33°C in Davao and Zamboanga; 32°C in Tacloban and Cebu; and 31°C in Iloilo and Cagayan de Oro. Moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough seas will continue to prevail over the western section of Luzon. Elsewhere, winds will be light to moderate with slight DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE OF PORTION KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:
KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: This EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT made and executed in the City of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines, by and between: MERCY M. JAIME (married), CHONA M. BACULINA (married), ALICIA M. MANDAWE (married), MARY ANN M. LODEVICE (married), MARY JOY M. NACUA (married), YONETSIE M. NACUA (married), SHEILA MARIE M. ALLETO (married), and HEIRS OF ELIZER Q. MAHISTRADO represented by ADELFA M. ESPELLARGA, all of legal ages, Filipino citizens and with common residence at Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, Philippines. WITNESSETH; THAT WHEREAS, ELMINDA Q. MAHISTRADO, Filipino Citizen and a resident of Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, Philippines at the time of his death, died intestate on October 6, 2020 leaving parcels of land, located at Dicklum, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, particularly described to wit: TCT No. T-133-2020002434 “A PARCEL OF LAND described as Lot No. 339-B-8, Psd-10-061289. Situated at Barangay Dicklum, Municipality of Manolo Fortich, Province of Bukidnon, and Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of FIVE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED THIRTY (5,630) sqm. More or less.” WHEREAS, the parties hereto, who are all of legal age, are the sole and only heirs of the decedent they being the surviving spouse and legitimate children, respectively, of the deceased; WHEREAS, there are no known debts or obligations due against the estate of the said decedent; and WHEREAS, it is to the best interest of the parties hereto to settle and partition extra-judicially and adjudicate among themselves the above-described real property in the form and manner herein set forth; NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises, and invoking the provisions of Section 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court of the Philippine, the parties hereto do, by these presents, agree to settle and partition extra-judicially the above-described property and adjudicate the same among themselves the above-described property. Subject however, to the liabilities imposed by Section 4, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, in favor of any other possible heirs, creditors and other persons who might be deprived of their lawful participation in the estate of the decedent, for a period of two years. That we hereby affirm that we have executed the foregoing instrument out of our own voluntary free will without force, intimidation or violence upon our person and have no claim or demand against each other. Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. WINCERBOGNE L. PESISANO, Notary Public per Doc No. 344; Page No. 70; Book No. LXVI; Series of 2022. MDN: Jul 9, 16 & 23, 2022
MDN: Jul 16, 23 & 30, 2022
EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT
Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Province: South Cotabato Municipality: Polomolok NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MIN RI BENEDICTO SUH has filed with this office a petition (complete name of petitioner)
“SUH MIN RI”
to
“MIN RI”
in the birth
(first name to be changed) (new first name to be adopted)
certificate of SUH MIN RI BENEDICTO SUH who was born on (complete name of document owner)
NOVEMBER 12, 2022 at POLOMOLOK, SOUTH COTABATO and whose (complete date of birth)
(place of birth)
parents are YUNG-BAE SUH and RHODA VILLARUEL BENEDICTO. (name of father)
(name of mother)
Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with the Office not later than JULY 21, 2022. (SGD) JANE F. BARRIENTOS Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Jul 16 & 23, 2022
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This Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate executed by and among: HEIRS-VENDORS: ELVIRA P. MABANAG, of legal age, Filipino, married and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; AMADO N. PANGANURON, of legal age, Filipino, married and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; ELISA P. RAMIREZ, of legal age, Filipino, married and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; CAMILO N. PANGANURON, of legal age, Filipino, married and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; ARLENE PANGANURON RUPENTA, of legal age, Filipino, married and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; LUISITO N. PANGANURON, of legal age, Filipino, married and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; MILAGROS PANGANURON DE FIESTA, of legal age, Filipino, widow and presently residing at 79 Sitio Tuyuan, Brgy. Merville, Parañaque City, represented by ELVIRA P. MABANAG, by virtue of a Special Power of Attorney executed and acknowledged before Notary Public Ariel O. Labra as per Doc No. 437; Page No. 89; Book NO. 19; Series of 2022. VENDEE: ALFREDO E. BENDANILLO, of legal age, Filipino, married to JOSITA C. BENDANILLO and presently residing at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH: 1. That HEIRS-VENDORS are the nearest of kin being the surviving legitimate children of the late CHRISTINA NAYAWAN PANGANURON who died on August 13, 1979 at Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon and PONCIANO PANGANURON who died on November 5, 2017 at Maramag, Bukidnon; 2. That said deceased died intestate, without Testament and without leaving any debts whatsoever; 3. That said deceased left the following real property covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-103737, more particularly described as follows: Lot : Lot 517-B-4, Psd10-042476 Portion of Lot : Lot 517-B, Psd-10040176 Location : Dologon, Maramag, Bukidnon Area : FIFTEENTHOUSAND THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY ONE (15,381) sq. m. more or less. 4. That pursuant to Sec. 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, herein HEIRS-VENDORS being of age hereby declare to adjudicate unto themselves the property described above share and share alike; 5. That FURTHER, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of SIXTY THOUSAND PESOS (P60,000.00), Philippine Currency, in hand pad to HEIRS-VENDORS’ satisfaction by VENDEE, EIRS-VENDORS do hereby SELL, CONVEY and TRANSFER by way of ABSOLUTE SALE unto ALFREDO E. BENDANILLO, his heirs and assigns, all their rights and interest over a PORTION OF THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED LOT TO THE EXTENT OF SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT (628) square meters only; 6. That HEIRS-VENDORS hereby warrant title unto the said VENDEE and that henceforth, he shall have exclusive rights of ownership and possession over said property sold, free from all liens or encumbrances; Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE OF PORTION, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ROLANDO B. LOPEZ. Notary Public per Doc No. 419; Page No. 85; Book No. LXV; Series of 2022.
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DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE ARTEMIA V. MORGA KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, JOGELON V. MORGA, 47 years old, Filipino, married, resident and with postal address at Purok 1-B, Camp 1, Maramag, Bukidnon, Bukidnon; JONERY V. MORGA (deceased), represented by his surviving heirs, namely CHRISTY BONITE MORGA, 45 years old, Filipino, widow; children CHARIEL JANE B. MORGA, 19 years old and CHARMIE GRACE B. MORGA, 18 years old, residents and with postal address at North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon; JOEVY MORGA LLOREN, 43 years old, Filipino, married, resident and with postal address at Purok 10, San Nicolas, Don Carlos, Bukidnon; CRESTINE MORGA LUTA, 39 years old, Filipino, married, resident and with postal address at Purok 1-B, Camp I, Maramag, Bukidnon; JOEL V. MORGA (deceased), represented by his surviving heirs, namely; JUDITH SOMBILON MORGA, 42 years old, widow, MATT LOUIS S, MORGA, 12 years old; DANICA S. MORGA, 10 years old; and KIMBERLY S. MORGA, 7 years old, being minors are represented by their mother, JUDITH S. MORGA; TEMOTEO V. MORGA, JR., 35 years old, Filipino, married; JONARD V. MORGA, 32 years old, Filipino, single; MARY JANE V. MORGA, 30 years old, Filipino, single; and EMELY V. MORGA, 28 years old, Filipino, single, all residents and with postal address at Purok 1-B, Camp 1, Maramag, Bukidnon, respectively, hereby freely and spontaneously: DECLARE AND MAKE MANIFEST: 1. That we are the only legitimate heirs of late ARTEMIA VILLAGANAS MORGA, widow, who died on May 12, 2020 at BHP, Maramag, Bukidnon; that she died intestate and who at the time of her death left no unpaid debt; 2. That we, CHRISTY BONITE MORGA, CHARIEL JANE B. MORGA and CHARMIE GRACE B. MORGA are the only exclusive heirs of the late JONERY V. MORGA, who died on Nov. 21, 2011 at DMC, Davao City; but his last place of residence at the time of his death is Purok 1-B, Camp 1, Maramag, Bukidnon; that he died intestate and who at the time of his death left no unpaid debts; 3. That we, JUDITH S. MORGA, MATT LOUIS S. MORGA, DANICA S. MORGA and KIMBERLY S. MORGA are the only exclusive heirs of the late JOEL V. MORGA, who died on Dec. 21, 2011 at BPH, Maramag, Bukidnon; but his last place of residence at the time of his death is Purok 1-B, Camp 1, Maramag, Bukidnon; that he died intestate and who at the time of his death left no unpaid debt; “A parcel of land (residential lot), identified as Lot No. 1296, PLs-98 Ext., situated at Barangay Camp 1, Municipality of Maramag, Province of Bukidnon. Containing an area of SIX HUNDRED TWENTY-FOUR (624) Square meters, covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-69206 and Tax Dec No. 16-006-00619, registered in the name of late ARTEMIA V. MORGA (widow). 4. That the above-named heirs, being the only heirs of the deceased, agree as they hereby agreed that the aforesaid parcel of land left by the deceased will be divided by them as follows: SHARE OF JOGELON V. MORGA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on western part of the land. SHARE OF JONERY V. MORGA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 (56.5) square meters, more or less, situated on the northern part of the land. SHARE OF JOEVY M. LLOREN A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated in the middle part of the land. SHARE OF CRESTINE M. LUTA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on the middle part of the land. SHARE OF JOEL V. MORGA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on the southern part of the land. SHARE OF TEMOTEO V. MORGA, JR. A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on the southern part of the land. SHARE OF JONARD V. MORGA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on the middle part of the land. SHARE OF MARY JANE V. MORGA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on the southern part of the land. SHARE OF EMELY V. MORGA A portion of the above-described parcel of land, containing an area of 56.5 square meters, more or less, situated on the southern part of the land. 5. That the area of 70 square meters, share of the late ARTEMIA V. MORGA, has been already sold to JIMBO MONTERA and therefore not included in the portion; that the heirs likewise allocated an area of 1.5 meters wide and 30 meters long (45 square meters) for their road, situated in the middle of the land, which is also not included in the partition; 6. That the herein HEIRS are the absolute owners of the afore-described property which is free from all liens, charges and encumbrances; that the same is neither leased nor tenanted by anybody, but is exclusively owned and possessed by the above-named heirs. Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF THE LATE ARTEMIA V. MORGA, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. LORETO G. TUMAMPOS, Notary Public per Doc No. 160; Page No. 32; Book No. XXIV; Series of 2021. MDN: Jul 2, 9 & 16, 2022
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4-month organic farming school opens in Agusan del Norte town By ALEXANDER LOPEZ
BUTUAN CITY – Twentyfive rice farmers in the town of Las Nieves in Agusan del Norte have started a four-month organic rice production training course under the locality’s Farming Field School program. In an interview Thursday, Las Nieves Mayor Karen Rosales said the first batch of rice farmers to undergo the training are from Sitio Bokbokon, Barangay Lawan-Lawan. The training, which began Wednesday, aims to hone the knowledge and skills of the town’s rice farmers in producing quality organic rice. “Our first objective in See OPENS, page 11
Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon. (P hoto courtesy of D avao O riental PIO)
DavOr exec urges LGUs to enforce strict mining rules By CHE PALICTE
TRAINING FOR RICE FARMERS. Las Nieves Mayor Karen Rosales (seated, 3rd from right) leads the opening of the four-month organic rice farming training for 25 local rice farmers in the town on Wednesday (July 13, 2022). The training program aims to ensure food security and sufficiency and increase the income of the town’s farmers. (Photo courtesy of Las Nieves LGU)
DENR Region X joins in Philippine Environment Month nationwide simultaneous tree planting activity THE Department of Environment and Natural Res ources joined t he Philippine Environment Month Celebration nationwide simultaneous tree planting on June 8, 2022 and Arbor Day on June 25, to help restore the region’s forest cover. Anchored on this year’s global theme “Only One Earth”; the country ob-
serves the month-long event with the local theme “Aksyon Para sa Natatanging Mundo.” This highlights the call for action to celebrate, protect and restore our planet. June was declared as Philippine Environment Month by virtue of Proclamation No. 237 signed by then President Corazon C. Aquino on April 4, 1988.
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A total of 24,145 seedlings of various forest and fruit- bearing tree species, such as Narra, Molave, Bamboo, Lanzones, Mangosteen, Rambutan and other indigenous tree species were planted during the tree growing activity on June 8 at Malasag Reforestation Project, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City.
Also, there are 5,159 participants who planted 29,061 seedlings of indigenous tree species namely Narra, Molave and fruit trees like Lanzones, Mangosteen, Rambutan and Bamboo in Camarahan, Barangay Pagatpat, Cagayan de Oro City during the Arbor Day. (Rizza Bebs Alpas) #TayoAngKalikasan
DAVAO CITY – Davao Oriental Governor Corazon Malanyaon has urged local government units (LGUs) Thursday to strictly enforce regulations in all mining activities in the province. In a statement, Malanyaon asserted the provincial government’s authority as an independent LGU over the mining operations in the province. In a meeting with the Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) Wednesday, the governor examined the inventory of all existing mining tenements in the province and the status of mining operations and permits granted by the MGB. “Davao Oriental has never made mining a priority,” Malanyaon said. However, she clarified that as sustainable mining is part of the national policy,
the provincial government is compelled to pursue its rights over mining taxes and other revenues some mining companies have failed to comply with. “I am just here to protect the interest of my people and my province,” Malanyaon said. Aside from the implementation of strict mining laws, Malanyaon also emphasized her stand not to allow mining operations within the vicinity of the Mount Hamiguitan Range Wildlife Sanctuary. The sanctuary is Mindanao’s only United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site. “This early, they (mining operators) should be warned that there should be no encroachment in the See URGES, page 11
Iligan LGU employees’ coop gets hauling truck from DA NorMin
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - The Iligan City Government Employees MultiPurpose Cooperative (ICGEMPC) received P1 million financial grant from the DARegional Field Office 10 (DA-10), through the Enhanced KADIWA ni Ani at Kita program with the coop’s equity of around P500K. DA-10 Regional Executive Director, Carlene C. Collado turned over the hauling truck amounting to P1.5 million to Aida R. Abarquez, ICGEMPC Kadiwa Coordinator on Wednesday, July 6 at the DA-RFO 10 Compound in Cagayan de Oro City. The project is expected to capacitate the ICGEMPC in linking farm and fishery producers, and consolidators
Iligan LGU receives a hauling truck from DA-10 to capacitate ICGEMPC in linking farm and fishery producers, and consolidators to the consumers.
to the consumers by operating a “rolling store” employing the farm and fishery
consolidation approach. The vehicle will be utilized in transporting
the products of at least 412 farmers and fishers from nine farming and coastal
barangay in Iligan City to the storage areas, and finally to identified market
locations within the city particularly subdivisions and relocation sites. As part of their service expansion, four other barangays in Iligan will be included as target beneficiaries of the project. The cooperative sells fruits and vegetables, fish and basic grocery supplies with their rolling stores. The KADIWA ni Ani at Kita Program is a strategic marketing scheme initiated by the DA to link farmers and fisherfolk to the consuming public. Such a cause primarily aims to make food readily available at a reasonable price for the consumers through the roll out of mobile retail stores in key urban locations.#(ATalib)
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from page 12 Player of the Cagayan de Oro Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Prof. Bäcker. He describes his music as anachronistic, eccentric, eclectic, and outright melodic. Heralded as a “composer born in the wrong time,” his music is described as “Neo-Classical and Neo-Romantic with a dash of the modern idiom.” In 2004, his band’s song was a radio hit and was #1 for eight weeks on the local airwaves. He also worked as an OFW in Guam as The Life Teen Music Director of Santa Barbara Catholic Church. Three of his works (Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in D minor, Soundtrack for the Lucid Dreamer, Sonata for Clarinet and Piano) are now part of eScholarship Contemporary Music Score Collection, which is an open access publishing platform backed by the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). In 2021, he co-wrote the soundtrack with Italian Violinist Tullio Vidmar for the restored 1911 Italian Silent film Pinocchio. In 2022, his works were accepted for publication by the music publisher Universal Edition (UE) whose catalogue encompasses over 30,000 items ranging from the symphonies of Gustav Mahler, through the Second Viennese School and onto the post-war modern music composers such as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Luciano Berio and Pierre Boulez and today’s contemporary music composers Wolfgang Rihm, Georg Friedrich Haas, Friedrich Cerha, to name a few. UE is inseparably linked with the great composers and musical developments of the 20th and 21st centuries and has evolved into a future-oriented publishing house serving many of contemporary musical life’s most creative talents. Classical music lovers can hear more of Tiro’s music in his social media accounts on Facebook (https://m.facebook.com/ninotirocomposer/); Spotify: https://open.spotify. com/playlist/5hVveogwPM MeSPqsfreTNv?si=e5bfbd25 a28243e2 , YouTube: (https:// youtube.com/c/NinoTiro) and Universal Edition: https:// www.universaledition.com/ nino-cesar-tiro-8221. Tiro currently teaches Piano/Composition Music at the Liceo Conservatory of Music, Theatre and Dance, where he also serves as the Academic Chair of the Conservatory. “Niño Cesar Tiro is not just a composer par excellence but a well-respected, team-player and professional colleague,” said Cipriano “Zip” de Guzman, Tiro’s multi-awarded colleague at the Conservatory more famously known as The Filipino Baritone. “ He is generous in sharing his artistry to his students as well as his ideas to his colleagues. His selflessness makes him a good team-player and academic chairman.”
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from page 4 and so are just simply disappearing from the face of the earth. Protecting God’s vanishing creation should be the highest form of worshiping the Creator but all the religions in the world that are buried in so much dogmas failed to protect God’s vanishing creation. Based on an Oxfam Study, the homo sapiens is the
most flawed species because its collective insane mindset even caused the deaths of more than 200 million human beings out of two world wars and the on-going protracted war and violent extremism. The regime of one percent of corporate globalization has profited so much from manufacturing weapons even inventing the so-called “yellow rain” spraying forest to denude the forest to defeat the Vietcong guerillas during the Vietnam War. The same corporation called Monsanto was the one that trailblazed the massive usage of geneticallymodified-organisms (GMOs) which requires the heavy use of chemicals. The homo-sapiens’ collective insane mindset has caused so much suffering not only to its own kind but to the other species as well. Such fatal mindset that has diminished life in the face of the earth is termed by biodiversity experts as ANTHROPOCENIC. Leading geo-scientists have coined the term Anthropocene with genetic roots meaning “human-made” (anthropo) and “new” (cene), The earth’s physical change is driven by human activity that is killing the earth that is now facing its 6th extinction. The 5th extinction happened 65 million years ago when huge asteroids hit the earth. This time, the earth’s extinction is caused by no less the homo-sapiens themselves. Such truism belies the biblical statement that God made man in His own image. The opposite is true, man has reduced the Creator to his own image - diabolic at that! Let notice be served to one and all not to dwell on trivialities but to the very essence of sustainable development based on the objectives of the UN-SDGs socio-economic and ecological goals, i.e. stop hunger and poverty, promote social equity, social justice, protect the environment and the health of the people, among others. But such goals cannot be achieved without good governance, devoid of corruption and the influences and maneuverings of the ruling class. This I guess is the raizon d’ etre (reason for being) why no less than His Excellency should indeed head the DA to provide good governance. Without good governance, no social change can be achieved. Indeed, social change has been so illusive all these years despite two-people poweredrevolutions as the systems and structures breeding poverty are still as formidable as ever. To have a clear analysis, let us study our economy. Who profits? Who decides? Who controls? Well, glaringly, not the Filipino people but a few elites because economic power begets political power! Let the essence of sustainable development for social inclusion and environmental protection be advanced. Many immediate questions stare us
Saturday, July 16, 2022 on our faces because poverty is worsening during these most turbulent times. Wake-up all victims of the fallacies of life. The rise of right-wing extremism and religious fundamentalism has not only resulted in the death of democracy but the democracy of death. Mr. President please be the transformative leader for people, planet, prosperity and peace - all for God’s greater glory!
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from page 4 his landholdings in Tarlac with a chunk of land in Bugsuk Island off the coast of Palawan. There he put up a nursery for what was a prolific coconut breed that can produce 5 tons of copra meat compared to the over-aged endemic Philippine variety that could only yield barely one ton. Marcos wanted to help coconut farmers to be productive and he came to know of the new breed that was a cross of African tall from the Ivory Coast of Africa and Malaysian dwarf called Mawa. The Catigan “bilaka” of Davao City is just like Mawa. The seedlings were given free to farmers. In Davao del Sur, Cojuangco himself bought 1,000 hectares of what was then known as the Christensen Estate. He planted this with coconuts intercropped with cacao. The prolific dwarf coconuts started bearing fruits in less than five years but not in Visayas as it cannot withstand typhoons. The fruits of cacao were something I have never seen before as they were so big like four times in size compared to the native variety. The plantation employed more than 200 farm laborers. Sadly, the plantation was ordered sequestered by the Cory government. In less than a year, what used to be a successful agricultural venture deteriorated by utter neglect. PCGG successfully annihilated the 1,000 hectares of coconut and cacao plantations and left more than 200 breadwinners without jobs. Indeed what happened in the land reform program of the government had impacted on the food security of the country and even in our history. Ella Cruz, an actress, stumbled on a sensitive issue when she referred to history as “tsismis” or gossip. Truly, historical facts are either stonewalled or buried in oblivion people merely indulge in gossips because much of the truths cannot be confirmed for so much had been twisted, revised and passed on as facts.
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from page 1 is part of the highlights of this year’s Pahinungod Festival on July 14-15. Pimentel said the funds used to purchase sacks of rice derived from local revenues “ that were paid back to residents of Carrascal.” The mayor earlier com-
Members of the minority bloc at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental Provincial which include Board Members Princess Emano (2nd dist, send from left), Jabi Bernaldez (1st dist, third from left) and Pangky Acain (2nd dist, extreme right) discuss the proposed committee chairmanship offered to them by the majority members of the Provincial Board headed by Vice Governor and Presiding Officer Jigjag Pelaez (seated) and Board Member Boboy Sabal (right). photo by gerry lee gorit
mitted on the campaign trail in the May 9 elections to give a sack of rice to each of the families of his supporters but decided last week to cover all families in Carrascal regardless of their political color. He said he saw many people have experienced economic hardships caused by the inflation felt in the country, that he needed to show more support to the residents. “Above all, the money bought for the rice assistance are funds of the people not my personal funds,” Pimentel said in an interview via social media private message. “It’s deserving to reciprocate all the services to the people this is not mine but government fund that belongs to the people.” He dismissed the political undertones of the massive rice provision to the residents saying he had been doing this initiative even from his first term and during the height pandemic period when people were coping with the difficulties in their livelihood. “We have more programs and projects lined up in my last three years in office because I want to leave a legacy that my administration is service and people oriented,” he said. In his Facebook post, Pimentel said in local vernacular, “Kuman ako tumanon an ako saad sa ila ( I will now fulfill my promised to them),’ he said, “pero malisod sab na ‘Hugpong’ da an tagaan kay taga-Carrascal man gihapon sila, (but is not fair that supporters of Hugpong Surigaonon will be only given since we are all residents of Carrascal, referring to voters who did not vote for them during the last election. ‘Tanan tagaan walay pili,’ (All will be given , no selection,” he added. Over 8,000 families in the 14 barangays in Carrascal will benefit from the rice gift.
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from page 1 have microscale business
models. Melvin Fabello, the proprietor of MC Coffee, said the pandemic forced their businesses to go on a “hiatus”, prompting them to focus on online marketing. With the help of DTI, Fabello and his team underwent a series of training courses on packaging development and improving the coffee they produced. “Now that the market is open again, DTI gave us the technical know-how on how to package (our products) right,” he said. Fabello also noted that the “word of mouth” by their friends helped increase the interest in pure arabica coffee. Meanwhile, Nieve said despite the pandemic, the number of new business registrations in Northern Mindanao in 2021 remained high at 24,239. This is only 637 less than the 24,876 business registrations in 2020, both new registrations and renewals. “Even with the restrictions, we still have received many business name registrations because many of our businesspeople found an opportunity where they could sell their products and services online,” she said in the vernacular. (With a report from Franck Dick Rosete/PNA)
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from page 1 drug trade here. “There is an existing illegal drug syndicate that operates in Misamis Oriental, Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City, “ Valones said without elaborating. Valones said that with the collaboration of various witnesses and town police of Naawan, Initao and Villanueva, the Villanueva shooting was considered closed. He said that the filing of cases against the suspects would be the next step to bring justice to the victims.
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from page 10 this endeavor is to ensure food security and sufficiency in our town,” Rosales said. The program, she said, will also help rice farmers in the town to augment their income through increased farm productivity. The 25 farmers will also be trained in making organic fertilizer as a major component in organic rice production. “All expenses, including the support for food for the 25 rice farmers for four months, will be shouldered by the local government,” Rosales said. After four months, another batch of rice farmers from the other barangays in the town will also undergo the same training, she said. (PNA)
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from page 10 protected areas of Mount Hamiguitan,” Malanyaon said. Last month, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR11) and MGB clarified that not a single open-pit mining exists within Davao Oriental’s protected areas. The agencies issued the clarification after an environmental advocacy group called on local authorities to move toward the full closure of an open-pit mining project in Davao Oriental located near Mt. Hamiguitan and Pujada Bay. Both the DENR and MGB, however, said the Austral-Asia Link Mining Corporation and Hallmark Mining Corporation (ALMC/HMC), both in Barangays Cabuaya and Macambol in Mati City, are nickel mines with valid and existing mineral production sharing agreements. According to the two agencies, the firms do not employ the open-pit mining method and only follow the “strip or contour mining” system. (PNA)
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Kagay-anon Composer parlays NCCA grant into Chamber and Orchestral Works Album By MIKE BAÑOS
CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Acclaimed Kagay-anon classical music composer Niño Cesar Borromeo Tiro has parlayed an NCCA grant into the first album of his chamber and classical works. Tiro is a grantee of the NCCA’s 2022 Competitive Grants Program from the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) by virtue of his Ani ng Dangal Award given during the 13th Philippine Arts Festival for his piano composition Phantasie für Ludwig which was performed by concert pianist Susanne Kessel for Volume 9 of her global composition project 250 Piano Pieces for Beethoven and which quickly became a crowd favorite during Kessel’s concerts and promotional tours in 2019. Ani ng Dangal (Harvest of Honors) is an organiza-
June 1st NCCA recording session at the Sounds Kradle recital room with (L-R) Gina Medina, Nenen Espina, Niño Tiro and Mary Anne Espina (photo: Reginald Tan/Sounds Kradle Inc.)
tional award given by the NCCA to a natural-born Filipino artist who reaped top honors in international events in any of seven art disciplines (Architecture and Allied Arts, Cinema, Dance, Dramatic Arts, Lit-
erary Arts, Music, Visual Arts including Multi-Disciplinary Arts). First Oeuvre Tiro parlayed his grant under the Creative Performances and Publication of Existing or Original Music
category and performances into his project: NIÑO TIRO: A COMPILATION OF CHAMBER AND ORCHESTRAL WORKS which was approved in November 2021 by the National Committee on Music (NCMusic), under the Subcommission on the Arts (SCA), one of the 19 national committees of the NCCA. “The National Committee on Music, en banc, chooses those who will be given grants depending on their proposals. The fact that a Kagay-anon won in an international composition competition, amongst so many entries, is a testament that he is good in what he does,” said Maria Austregelina E. Alfornon, NCM Secretary. “Unfortunately, not too many people know of this competition, nor have come across Tiro’s works. We, in the committee, always encourage people outside of Manila to be part of NCCA’s competitive grants. We are more than happy to award Tiro this grant, and we are looking forward to the publication of his works,” she added. The recording sessions were done at the Sounds Kradle, Quezon City, Manila, om June 1 and 2, 2022, through CEO Reginald Tan and audio and video recording by classical specialist Holland Lou Buela. The eminent musicians who participated in the recordings included Gina Medina Perez (violin), Nenen Espina (soprano), Anjo Inacay (cello), and Mary Anne Espina (piano). Produced by TWT (TiroWright-Tiro) with himself, Emil Wright, and Ena Tiro, the team aims to have its premier presentation by
the end of October 2022. “My project aims to promote and preserve local art forms and cultural expressions through my music,”Tiro said. “ It will be an art rendezvous that allows new generations to appreciate the value of original Filipino Classical music to sustain cultural identity and expand knowledge of our musical lineage.” “I aim to create awareness to help rouse budding composers in the Philippines that through their music, they can express and inspire our society,” he added. The Artist A true-blue Kagay-anon,
Tiro was born and raised in Cagayan de Oro and started piano lessons when he was five. Among his mentors were the late concert pianists and composer Lino Abrio and Anita Nita Velez AbrogarQuinto. Tiro was already flexing his musical chops even in school, graduating with High Honors in Bachelor of Music, Major in Music Education, Piano Principal at Lourdes College, and Magna Cum Laude at the Liceo de Cagayan University Conservatory of Music, Theater and Dance where he was mentored by worldrenowned Composer/Conductor Prof. Horst-Hans Bäcker for his Bachelor of Music in Composition. “In my decades of teaching Niño is my best composition student. I am therefore not surprised at his excellent compositions and I am very proud of the successes he has already achieved,” Prof. Bäcker notes. Not confining himself to classical music, Tiro has indulged in an eclectic mix of music genres such as rock, blues, and jazz. He plays electric bass as a professional session player in various local bands, and as the Principal Double Bass See GRANT, page 11
End of Recording (Day 1) at Sounds Kradle Recital Room (L-R) Gina Medina, Nenen Espina, Niño Tiro, Mary Anne Espina (Photo: Ena Tiro)
End of Recording (Day 2) at Sounds Kradle Recital Room (L-R) Emil Wright, Ena Tiro, Mary Anne Espina, Niño Tiro, Anjo Inacay, Nico Echague, Holland Lou Buela (Photo: Ena Tiro)