Mindanao Daily News (November 23, 2022)

Rodriguez calls for Charter Change through constitutional convention

CAGAYAN de Oro City

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez has proposed the convening of an elected constitutional convention (con-con) to recommend amendments to or revisions of the 1987 Constitution.

According to Rodriguez, groups have suggested that particular economic provi sions need to be revisited to make the Philippines ‘globally competitive and attuned to the changing time’.

He also said that po litical reforms may also be required to be incorporated in the Constitution.

Rep. Rodriguez intro duced House Joint Reso lution No. 12 in Congress which outlines the details of the proposed constitutional convention.

Read the details below:

1. The constitutional convention would be com posed of delegates elected from legislative districts. Each district would elect

Ampatuan Massacre @13: another long wait for the Court of Appeals’ ruling

By CAROLYN O. ARGUILLAS MindaNews

MASSACRE SITE, Am patuan, Maguindanao –Princess Arianna was only seven months old when her father, John Caniban of Periodico Ini in General Santos City, was killed here on November 23, 2009 along with 57 others in the worst pre-election violence in Philippine history and the world’s worst single-day attack on media workers.

Princess, who dreams of becoming a teacher or a nurse, suffers from rheu matic heart disease and badly needs the 350,000 pesos that the regional trial court ordered the Ampatu ans and other principals to pay the heirs of Caniban.

But it will be a long

wait

amount. The Ampatuans had appealed the case and

DILG to unveil new anti-drug campaign

By RUDOLPH IAN ALAMA

DAVAO CITY - The De partment of Interior and Local Government (DILG) is set to launch the BIDA (Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan) anti-drug advocacy campaign nationwide this Saturday morning (Nov. 26).

“BIDA is an advocacy program of the DILG that is simultaneously launched in Luzon, Visayas and Min danao. This will be on No vember 26, 2022 and will start on 4 a.m.,” says Phillen Larrabaster, chief of the Lo cal Government Monitoring and Evaluation Division.

Larrabaster said the ex pected participants during the Davao City launch is at 1,500. “The event will start with a fun run followed by zumba,” she said afterwards the program will be hooked up with the main launching

ceremony in Quezon City. Cagayan de Oro will also be hosting the BIDA launching in Mindanao.

Among those invited to participate in the launch will be delegates from nearby provinces and regions which will include Region 12 and the Bangsamoro Autono mous Region of Muslim Mindanao (BARMM).

The main launching will be held in Quezon City (Q.C. Memorial Circle) where President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., and DILG Sec. Benjamin Abalos Jr. are expected to lead the launch.

The BIDA program is an intensified and more holistic campaign against illegal drugs to reduce drug demand in the communities.

It emphasizes the Philip pine National Police,

Top Lawmakers meet in support of continued peace and development in BARMM

Electoral Code a priority as BARMM 2025 Elections near

LAWMAKERS from both the Upper and Lower Houses recently met with Bangsam oro Parliament Members to conduct the first or ganizational meeting for the Philippine CongressBangsamoro Parliament Forum (PCBPF) in Pasay City. The key legislators and ministers of the Bangsamoro

Autonomous Region in Mus lim Mindanao (BARMM) discussed priority laws and projects to further develop gains in infrastructure and peace in the region.

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri and House Speaker Martin Romualdez led the discussions, which revolved around important

regional laws such as the Bangsamoro Electoral Code, Bangsamoro Local Govern ment Code, Bangsamoro Revenue Code, and the Bangsamoro Law for In digenous Peoples.

With the first BARMM Elections slated for May 12, 2025, the Bangsamoro

Cagayan De Oro Rep. Rufus Rodriguez

Princess Ariana Caniban was only seven months old when her father John was killed along with 57 others in Ampatuan, Maguindanao on 23 November 2022. Now 13 and suffering from a rheumatic heart disease, Princess says she needs help so she will get well. She dreams of becoming a teacher or a nurse someday. M inda n ews photo

by GR e G o R io C. b U eno

for Caniban’s widow, Argie, and their only child, Princess, to receive that

Marcos lauds top performing LGUs for making positive changes

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday commended top-performing local gov ernment units (LGUs) for introducing “innovative practices” that have made a positive impact in the lives of their constituents.

“Your pursuit of good governance in your commu nities is truly commendable and is necessary. Therefore, I encourage you to continue your programs and advoca cies so that you may inspire your fellow LGUs to also in troduce innovative practices geared towards improving the lives of your constitu ents,” he said during the 2022 Galing Pook Awards held at the Ceremonial Hall of the Malacañan Palace.

Marcos emphasized that

“innovation” is a key ingre dient in solving the common problems of our society.

“Kailangan nag-iisip lagi tayo, ano ba ‘yung puwede pang pagandahin? Ano pa ‘yung hindi natin ginagawa na baka subukan natin baka gumanda, baka maganda ang resulta (We should al ways be thinking, what else can we improve? What else have we yet to try to yield better results)?” he added.

He likewise said he was “deeply encouraged” by the effective leadership among the LGUs.

“We do not mean to cast aspersions on national government officials. But I have always said, some of the best talent in govern ment that I have seen is in the local -- is in the local level,” he said.

US to stand with PH on South China Sea issue

By JOYCE ANN L. ROCAMORA

MANILA – Vice President Kamala Harris, the high est-ranking United States official to visit Palawan, reiterated on Tuesday their commitment to the Philip pines as its longstanding ally.

Harris’ visit to the island is highly symbolic, given its proximity to the contested Spratly Islands.

In a speech delivered onboard the BRP Teresa Magbanua in Puerto Princ esa City, Harris explained that Washington DC, like

the broader international community, has a “profound stake” in the future of the region.

“America’s prosperity relies on the billions of dol lars that flow through these waters every day. And we are proud to work with you in your mission,” she said, addressing the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG). “As an ally, the United States stands with the Philippines in the face of intimidation and coercion in the South China Sea.”

China and other neigh boring states lay competing claims over Spratly Islands, which include the Kalayaan Group of Islands.

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ing, a Hague-based court invalidated China’s ninedash line covering majority of the South China Sea.

Harris repeated that the

Marcos said LGUs did a “sterling job” in their ac tive response and prompt delivery of services in the onset of the pandemic.

“First of all, to take care of our people noong wala pa tayong bakuna (when we did not have vaccines yet). And then when we had the vaccines, to roll them out properly para maiabot (to distribute), to categorize who are the high risk na unahin ‘yung matatanda, with comorbidities, et ce tera, et cetera, down the line (to ensure the elderly, people with comorbidities, et cetera, etcetera go first). LGUs did that,” he said.

He also thanked them for ensuring the public that they are in safe hands despite the health crisis and other

DAR fine-tunes policies to benefit farmers, land beneficiaries

By MARITA MOAJE

MANILA – The Marcos administration’s directive to immediately respond to the needs and uplift the lives of agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) will be more achievable once the Department of Agrar ian Reform fine-tunes its policy guidelines.

In a message sent to the Philippine News Agency on Tuesday, Secretary Conrado Estrella III said DAR is scheduled to finalize the new policy issuances in order to “improve the implementa tion of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP), meet its perfor mance targets and be re sponsive to the needs of the ARBs, landowners and the indigenous peoples (IPs).”

Estrella said the DAR Policy Review and Forma tion Committee (PRFC) makes a yearly revisit and revision of existing policies and guidelines.

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“Ito ay ginagawa upang linawin ang mga probisyon o proseso na nakasaad sa mga sinusunod at pinapatupad ng mga guideline/policy. Maaari ring magpalabas ng mga bagong polisiya bilang pagtupad sa utos ng batas o sa utos ng korte (This is done to clarify the provi sions or processes stated in the guidelines/policies. New policies may also be issued in compliance with statutes or court orders),” he said.

Among the policies be ing polished pertains to the provisions of Republic Act (RA) 3844 or the law to ordain the agricultural land reform code and to institute land reforms, including the abolition of tenancy and the channeling of capital into the industry; RA 6657, an act instituting the CARP to promote social justice and industrialization, provid ing the mechanism for its implementation and for

TOP LGUs. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. commends top-performing local gov ernment units (LGUs) for introducing “innovative practices” that have made a posi tive impact in the lives of their constituents in a speech during the 2022 Galing Pook Awards held at the Ceremonial Hall of the Malacañan Palace on Tuesday (Nov. 22, 2022). Marcos expressed hope that LGUs would continue giving their best as the country moves towards the new normal. ( p hoto C o UR tesy of the o ffi C e of the p R ess s e CR eta Ry )

SPECIAL GUEST. United States Vice President Kamala Harris (3rd from left) gets a briefing on Philippine Coast Guard operations onboard BRP Teresa Magbanua in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan on Tuesday (Nov. 22, 2022). Harris praised the Coast Guard for standing up for international rules and upholding norms that are vital to Filipinos. ( C o UR tesy of pt V V ia p CG )

70K carp fingerlings dispersed in Pampanga River

By ZORAYDA TECSON

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga – The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Central Luzon (BFAR-3) dispersed some 70,000 bighead carp finger lings along the Pampanga River in Apalit town, this province on Monday.

BFAR-3 chief Wilfredo Cruz said on Tuesday the move is under the “Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa” or BASIL program that aims to repopulate freshwater bodies with fish species such as carp and tilapia.

“This is one of the in terventions that could help increase fish supply in the area,” Cruz said in an in terview.

He also said the stocking

Calamity aid now available for Paeng-hit SSS members in Bicol

By CONNIE CALIPAY

LTO personnel undergo forensics training

By LIZA AGOOT

BAGUIO CITY – The Land Transportation Office (LTO)-Cordillera said its personnel enforcing trans portation laws are equipped with forensics skills to make them more effective en forcers.

“Our personnel are slow ly being trained on forensics to expand their capacity to resolve cases,” Francis Rae Almora, LTO-Cordillera director, said in a phone interview on Tuesday.

He said among these skills is the utilization of closed circuit television cameras (CCTVs) and link ing of pieces of evidence.

Almora added that the upskilling is part of the C3 project of the department

that has a component for the utilization and use of CCTV cameras with a radio frequency identification (RFID)-reading capability installed in critical areas.

Also part of the project is an LTO-managed ap plication that will allow the public to report road crashes, road rage incidents and transmit the same to the nearest responders.

Almora said while they are the primary agency en forcing traffic laws, the limited number of personnel hinders its full implementa tion so they have to deputize law enforcers to help assure the public’s safety.

“We are having the train ing in Baguio this week. We

LEGAZPI

CITY

– Social Security System (SSS) mem bers and pensioners in Bicol can now avail of the Ca lamity Assistance Package (CAP) for the victims of Typhoon Paeng which rav aged vast areas of the region last month.

In an interview on Tues day, Jeanette Mapa, SSSLegazpi communication officer, said beneficiaries

of the CAP are those from Naga City, Albay, Camarines Sur, Catanduanes, Masbate, Camarines Norte and Sor sogon.

She said the CAP in cludes calamity loan and three-month advanced pen sion for qualified pension ers.

“For Bicol Region, we have 274,203 active pay ing members that can avail the Calamity Loan Assis

tance Program (CLAP) and 114,217 social security and employees compensation pensioners who can have a three-month advance pen sion,” Mapa said.

The calamity loan and three-month pension may be availed from Nov. 17, 2022 to Feb. 16, 2023.

The CAP is a loan as sistance program that is separate from the regular salary loan.

Mapa said members can borrow up to PHP20,000 in calamity loans depending on the average of their monthly salary credit in the last 12 months. It is payable in two years in equal monthly installments with an annual interest rate of 10 percent and a 1-percent penalty for late payments.

To eliminate additional expenses on the part of

DISPERSAL. A fisherman releases crap fingerlings provided by the Bureau of Fisher ies and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) along the Pampanga River in Apalit, Pampanga on Monday (Nov. 21, 2022). The dispersal of some 70,000 carp fingerlings was made under BFAR’s ‘Balik Sigla sa Ilog at Lawa’ or BASIL program which aims to repopulate freshwater bodies with fish species such as carp and tilapia. (photo CoURtesy of bfaR-3 )

ROAD BLESSING. A Catholic priest splashes Holy wa ter on Marcos Highway, among the major thoroughfare leading to Baguio City to remember the victims of road crashes on Sunday (Nov. 20, 2022). Francis Almora, Land Transportation Authority regional head, said they are upskilling agency personnel in forensic capabilities to help fast-track the resolution of road crash cases. ( p hoto C o UR tesy of R o M y G onzales )

The sense of time as connected to eternity

IF we want to have a truly global picture of our life, we should develop a sense of time that is connected to eternity. We need to remind ourselves of this basic truth about this hu man condition of ours since we tend to ignore it or give it little importance and due concern.

We are somehow re minded of this aspect of our life in that gospel epi sode where Christ talked about how a temple, so lavishly adorned, would be destroyed at the end of time. (cfr. Lk 21,5-11) Considering that we are now ending the liturgical year, this truth about our human condition is truly worthwhile to be given a thorough review.

We need to be keenly aware of this dual dimen sion of our life. In fact, I believe this aspect refers to the ultimate status of our life. We should not be too immersed in the here and now as to forget that time is meant for eternity, and we have a role to play in their connection.

We live both in time and eternity for now, and later, in a definitive state, in eternity with God or separated from him forever,

since time would be com pletely taken up by eternity the moment time runs its course through our death or through the world’s end.

But at any instant, our earthly life spent in time is actually also in eternity. The flow of time is always within the sea of eternity, since eternity is both outside and inside time. Whatever we do now, no matter how transient, always leaves an effect in eternity.

This is because being both material and spiri tual, with body and soul as constituent elements of our nature, we can’t help but live in both time and eternity. Time is when we are tested as to our correspondence, or lack of it, to God’s love. As St. Augustine said, “God created you without you, but he cannot save you without you.”

In short, what would truly connect time with eternity is when whatever we do here on earth is done with faith, hope and char ity with God as the main object and all the others as an unavoidable accom paniment of the exercise of these virtues.

We should not be doing things with purely earthly and temporal goals only.

We need to refer them to our eternal goal with God. That is why, St. Paul said, “Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God.” (1 Cor 10,31)

That is also why we are asked to make everything we do as a form of prayer. St. Paul articulated this truth when he said, “Pray without ceasing.” (1 Thes 5,17) And this is always possible and practicable since all that is needed is the awareness that everything we do is done with God and for God. We need not say anything or do some special thing. We need to make so many pit stops during the day, so to speak, to see if we still have love of God and others as our inspiration, motive and goal in every thing we do, for that is how we connect our earthly time with our heavenly eternity which is our definitive life. Our life here on earth is only transitory, meant to test us if we truly want to be with God as he wants us and designed us to be.*

IT was then the period of Martial Law and I remember writing an article entitled, a Barrio in a Cage, a story about Panalsalan, a barrio in Maramag, Bukidnon, which had been enclosed by a rich, influential Con gressman then from the Visayas with 6-feet barb wire, making the barrio as the Congressman’s ranch. I took pictures showing cows mixing with pupils at the elementary school or even entering a chapel during Sunday mass. The cows were the first to harvest the vegetables and crops, leaving the barrio people, the Higaonons, hungry and poor as ever. In fact, out of desperation, the father of a family mixed poison, Thiodan, in the food of his family at dinnertime and then committed suicide to join the family in the afterlife. Another sad tale was on how a father of a family had gone crazy and burnt his house.

My advocacy to expose such painful societal truth was used against me by influential people, then put me in jail. Inside the prison cell, I wrote a poem, Veritas Liberabit Vos (The Truth Shall Set Us Free) Such bitter experience

turned me into a passionate writer which I carried as a Columnist, writing articles about “Veritas” that intend to motivate the readers to act to be set free out of painful realities which came about because of the people’s apathetic attitude.

When people are in formed and conscienticized, collective actions follow. This had been the case of the ecological people in the uplands of Cagayan de Oro when upon knowing that indeed, there was no such thing as rule of law in environment, they readily took direct actions through human barricades to stop the massive flow of illegallycut logs.

No less than His Emi nence Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, S.J., who was then a priest and the Director of SEARSOLIN in 1991 reported to us that some fifty ten-wheeler trucks carrying illegally cut logs were passing Cagayan de Oro from one o’clock to five o’clock in the morning as he instructed his staff to monitor. When a security guard took pictures of these trucks, an armed escort ran after the guard. Thus, no way can deforestation be stopped but only through

people’s direct actions.

For ten-years, human barricades went on, begin ning first in 1991 with some 300 farmers, Indigenous People and fisherfolk, ly ing in the street and dared logging trucks to run-over them before these 50 log ging trucks at dawn could pass. Then, in 1999, the number of barricades went up to 6,000 and finally, we put in clear categorical term the statement, “The people united can never be defeated.” Finally, the rule of law won. Why? No greater love there is that these passionate ecological people willing to give-up their lives to protect God’s vanishing creation which we believe is the highest form of worship.

This time, the people direct actions are not any more on barricading log ging trucks. This time, the actions are long term on a much broader context but the strategy remains: mo bilize the collective power of the people, especially those in the margins so that they can be drawn into the mainstream of development processes.

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Bacolod traditional jeeps granted more leeway to operate

By NANETTE GUADALQUIVER

BACOLOD CITY – About 2,445 traditional jeepneys in this city with expired franchises have been al lowed to operate under interim service permits from the Land Transportation Franchising and Regula tory Board (LTFRB) until March 2023.

They will be granted such permits for registering their units as private vehicles with the Land Transpor tation Office (LTO) after going through validation of their routes with the city government, Mayor Alfredo Abelardo Benitez told reporters on Tuesday as the two-week morato rium on the apprehension of jeepneys without franchises lapsed on the same day.

The granting of more lee way to traditional jeepneys is the result of the talks initiated by Benitez with the officials of the LTO and the LTFRB, as well as with local transport groups.

“There will be no appre hension yet. They will have to submit to the transfer plan. We set a target of two weeks, but it seems difficult. On our part, we will call on all those with previous franchises to come to City Hall for their validation, and we will forward these to the LTRFB for the issuance of interim service permits,”

the mayor said.

He added that modern jeepney routes that still lack units will be temporar ily filled with traditional jeepneys.

Operators of traditional jeepneys whose franchises have already expired were no longer able to register and operate their vehicles for non-compliance with the requirements of the Public Utility Vehicle Moderniza tion Program (PUVMP).

On November 7 and 8, old jeepneys stopped plying their routes to avoid the risk of apprehension, leaving hundreds of commuters without any means of trans portation, especially during rush hours, and prompting several schools to suspend

face-to-face classes.

As a result, the tradition al jeepneys were given two weeks to continue operating while discussions on how to address their concerns regarding the PUVMP were held.

“This is our short-term solution. We will now for ward to the Department of Transportation the posi tion paper of the (operators of traditional jeepneys), “ Benitez said.

Under the PUVMP, the LTFRB awarded a total of 1,099 units of the modern ized jeepney to Bacolod, and by November 15 this year, about 175 units would have been deployed for nine routes.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT

Kagawaran nang Pananahanang Pantao at Pagpapaunlad ng Kalunsuran Regional Office 10

PILIPINO VERSION OF NOTICE OF FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

NOTICE

lpinauunawa na si Estella Maris S. Aguilar ng Golden MV Holdings, Inc. ay nagharap sa Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development Region 10 ng isang panunumpang nakatala para sa bilihan ng mga loteng pangmemo ryal ng Golden Haven Memorial Park – CDO Phase III na matatagpuan sa Brgy. Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City at titulo ng lupa bilang Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Bldg. 2021000042, Lot 40814-B, CSD-10-025086-D, na pag-aari ng magasawang Bernadette & Generoso Malbas

Sinumang tao na may kapani-paniwalang pagtutol sa pagkatala ng proyekto ay maaring magbigay ng nilagdaang pagtutol sa Department of Human Settle ment and Urban Development Region 10, 2nd Floor, Gateway Tower 2, Limketkai Center, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City , na hindi hihigit ng dalawang (2) lingo mula sa pinakahuling pagkalathala.

Lungsod ng Cagayan de Oro, Pilipinas, ika 16 ng Nobyembre 2022.

Kids learn of smoking’s ill effects via storytelling

By PERLA LENA

ILOILO CITY – The city government here through the Iloilo City Anti-Smok ing Task Force (ICAST) is bringing its campaign to children aged 4 to 10 to raise awareness of the ill effects caused by smoking.

ICAST executive direc tor Iñigo Garingalao, in an interview on Tuesday, said they have resumed their Kids Smoke-Free Storytell ing (KISS) Program after it was temporarily shelved due to the pandemic.

KISS calls for the task force to visit daycare centers

in partnership with the City Social Welfare and Develop ment Office and city schools starting last week.

Garingalao said the story is about a child who got sick from second-hand smoke.

During the activity, the children are taught life skills, mainly what to do if adult smokers surround them.

The storytelling program ends with the learners col oring various anti-smoking images or signage.

“We want to start them young. This program will continue and we have ex perts for this,” Garingalao

added.

He said they also have different lectures for el ementary, secondary, and tertiary students.

This program has been replicated by the Island Garden City of Samal and documented by Bloomberg Philanthropies.

From May to October this year, around 6,000 vio lators of the anti-smoking ordinance have been ap prehended.

Iloilo City’s anti-smok ing campaign served as a benchmark for other local

OF THE PHILIPPINES DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SETTLEMENTS AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT Kagawaran nang Pananahanang Pantao at Pagpapaunlad ng Kalunsuran Regional Office 10

NOTICE OF FILING OF REGISTRATION STATEMENT

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that Estella Maris S. Aguilar of Golden MV Holdings, Inc. has filed with this Office a sworn registration statement for the sale of memorial plots within Golden Haven Memorial Park- CDO Phase III located at Brgy. Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City and covered by land title no. Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Bldg. 2021000042, Lot 40814-B, CSD-10-025086-D, owned by Sps. Bernadette & Generoso Malbas ; that the registration statement and all papers attached thereto are available for inspection during business hours by any person having legal interest thereon and upon proper application and upon payment of the proper fee.

Any person with valid objection to the registration of the project may file his objection in writing with the Department of Human Settlement and Urban Development Region 10, 2nd Floor, Gateway Tower 2, Limketkai Center, Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City not later than two (2) weeks from the last date of publica tion.

Cagayan de Oro City this 16th day of November 2022.

Regional Director

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PUBLIC UTILITY JEEPNEYS. A modernized jeepney picks up passengers alongside traditional jeepneys in front of a major shopping mall in Bacolod City on Nov. 14, 2022. About 175 units of modern jeepneys would have been deployed for nine routes of the city by November 15.

( pna photo by n anette l . G U adalq U i V e R )

STORY TIME. The Kids Smoke-Free Storytelling Program of the Iloilo City Anti-Smoking Task Force (ICAST) at Barangay Villa Anita Daycare Center on Tuesday (Nov. 22, 2022). ICAST is bringing its campaign to children as young as 4 to 10 years old to raise their awareness of the ill effects of smoking. ( p hoto C o UR tesy of a R lene a lVa R ado )

Want JAZA, Anton Huang, Injap Sia as your mentor?

Here’s how a global group can make it happen

By NANCY CARVAJAL

BILYONARYOS Jaime Agusto Zobel De Ayala, Erramon Aboitiz, Edgar “Injap” Sia, Anton Huang, Wilfred Uytengsu and Fed erico Lopez have partnered with over 60 of the coun try’s top businessmen and a global organization to mentor the next generation

of entrepreneurs.

Endeavor Philippines Managing Director Manny Ayala said the businessmen have been tapped to share their time, expertise and network to help fledgling entrepreneurs grow their business.

Raymund Azurin, Senior Vice President & Area Di rector of Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific; BountyFresh CEO Tennyson Chen; Bank of the Philippine Islands President & CEO Jose Teo doro “TG” Limcaoco; BPI

President Mark Yu, and Potato Corner President Joe Magsaysay.

“These mentors have donated 1,200 mentoring hours to entrepreneurs from all over the world over the past years. It’s their way of paying it forward,’’ Ayala said.

Among the companies supported by Endeavor Philippines are tech startups Kumu, Growsari and Great Deals, as well as of Zark’s Burgers, Bo’s Cof fee , Med Grocer , Sprout Solutions, Equilife Medical and furniture manufacturer Kenneth Cobonpue.

Endeavor Philippines selects the businesses that will benefit from the men toring program with the help of an international panel. Shortlisted candidates undergo interviews with Filipino mentors, where they’re assessed based on growth potential.

The selected entrepre neurs will have access to mentors, capital and an extensive network of busi ness leaders.

“You can send e-mails and make calls for appoint ments, but it does not guar antee a meeting with deci sion makers. Endeavor can

facilitate that access and introduce you to the right people,” Ayala said.

Thanks to Endeavor Philippines’ support and guidance from their bilyo naryo mentors, the entre preneurs who joined the mentorship program have generated over P30 billion in revenues and have cre ated about 30,000 jobs in recent years.

Ayala said Endeavor Philippines is hopeful that the entrepreneurs who fin ished the program will pay it forward and help aspiring businessmen in their own way.

BSP commended for anti-money laundering contributions

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pili pinas (BSP) has received an award of appreciation from the Anti-Money Launder ing Council (AMLC) for its “proactive and assiduous efforts” in preventing money laundering (ML) and terror ism financing in the country.

During its 21st anniver sary celebration keynoted by BSP Governor and AMLC Chairman Felipe M. Medalla (left photo), the AMLC rec ognized the BSP for imple menting new requirements for unregistered remittance operators and for applying ML-risk-based supervision of financial institutions.

Receiving the BSP’s award with the Governor (second photo, center) are (from left)

AMLC Secretariat Execu tive Director Matthew M. David, BSP Director Dindo R. Santos, Insurance Com missioner Dennis B. Funa, and BSP Director Florabelle M. Santos-Madrid.

The BSP and the AMLC continue to work together to ensure that BSP-supervised entities are compliant with the Anti-Money Launder ing Act of 2001 (AMLA), as amended. Banks, offshore banking units, quasi-banks,

trust entities, non-stock savings and loan associa tions, pawnshops, foreign exchange dealers, money changers, remittance agents, electronic money issuers, and other financial institu tions are considered covered persons under the AMLA, as amended.

The AMLC annually rec ognizes the contributions of its partner agencies and other stakeholders in implementing and sustaining a whole-ofnation approach to combat ing money laundering and terrorism financing.

Editor: ALLAN M. MEDIANTE

Ayala Corporation employees across the group came together for a break and enjoyed each other’s company at the Ayala Triangle Gardens. Mariana Zobel de Ayala, Jaime Alfonso Zobel de Ayala and Jaime Urquijo hosted the fellowship along with Integrated Micro-Electronics Inc.’s Kayla Sampang. They led the crowd to a welcome cheer for Ayala president and CEO Bong Consing. Our #WeAreAyala community celebrates lasting friendship and camaraderie.

Ayala Land, Inc. BPI Globe Telecom AC Health AC Infrastructure Ac Motors Ayala Foundation, Inc. Ayala Coop Official Account AC Industrials ACEN

Other Filipino mentors tapped by Endeavor include:

Board Director & Executive Committee Member Cezar “Bong” P. Consing; SeaOil

Mindanao

9,183 Examinees Successfully Finish the 2022 BAR Exams

By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor

THE 2022 Bar Examinations has come to a successful conclusion today, with 9,183 of the 10,006 applicants who participated in the venue selection (91.77%) hurdling all four days of the grueling exams for future lawyers.

Based on the Supreme Court Public Informa tion Office stated that all 9,183 examinees took the examinations on Remedial Law I and Remedial Law II (with Basic Tax Remedies) and Legal Ethics. Data re leased by the Office of the Bar Chair showed that only 9,184 of the 9,190 who com pleted the third day of the Bar Examinations showed up for the last day of the Bar Examinations in the morning.

A total of 9,207 candi dates completed the exams on Political Law and Inter

national Law (with related Tax Principles) and Labor Law on the first day of the Examinations last Novem ber 9.

On Day 2, November 13, 2022, 9,196 bar exam inees completed the tests on Criminal Law (and Practical Exercises and Commercial Law while on the third day, November 16, 2022, 9,190 examinees finished the tests on Civil Law I and Civil Law II (and Practical Exercises).

In an earlier Bar bulle tin, Caguioa said the 2022 Bar exams will cover eight subjects and adopt a three examiner policy. The Su preme Court also released its syllabi on Remedial Law and Legal Ethics, Political and International Law; Criminal Law; Labor Law and Social Legislation ; Civil Law and Mercantile Law.

As this developed, Su preme Court Associate

Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, 2022 Bar Ex aminations Chairperson, formally passed the torch to Supreme Court Associate Justice Ramon Paul L. Her nando as the incoming 2023 Bar Examinations Chair person during the Turnover Ceremonies held at the International Residence Hall Cafeteria, Ateneo de Manila University, Loyola Heights, Quezon City.

Justice Caguioa profusely thanked his staff and all Bar personnel who had contributed to the success of the 2022 Bar Examinations.

“Your hard work made pos sible the nationwide conduct of the Bar Exams. I hope that you know that each one of you has been vital in the success of this year’s Bar Examinations,” he stressed.

“To my hardworking staff, I cannot thank you enough. Each of you stepped up.” He

also expressed his gratitude to the Members of the Court and the law schools deans for their support.

For his part, Justice Her nando said that the next Bar Examinations will be held in September 2023 and condensed into a three-day examinations spread across a week. He commended Jus tice Caguioa and his team. “I wish to extend my congratu lations to Justice Caguioa and his hardworking staff for steering to success the 2022 Bar Examinations. He stressed that the Court has already “set the gold standard for professional licensure examinations” with the digitalized and regionalized Bar Examina tions.

Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo also extended his congratulations and said that the digitalized and

2.9K DavOr rice farmers get P5K cash aid from DA

By CHE PALICTE

DAVAO CITY – Some 2,951 qualified rice farmers in Cateel, Davao Oriental, re ceived cash assistance from the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund-Rice Farmers Financial Assis tance (RCEF-RFFA3) pro gram of the Department of Agriculture in Davao Region (DA-11), an official said Tuesday.

In a press briefing, Evelyn Basa, DA-11 regional rice program coordinator, said they are targeting some 29,281 rice farmers in Davao Region for the program.

On its third phase, Basa said aid program has ben efited some 81 percent of the targeted recipients who received PHP5,000 each in unconditional cash as sistance, or about PHP120

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

11th Judicial Region Branch 29, Bislig City SURIGAO DEL SUR Tel No. (086) 853-0673, CP No. 09811457629 Email Add: rtc2bis029@judiciary.gov.ph

KING MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE, EJF Case No.: 2022-10-04-3 Mangagoy Branch, Mortgagee, FOR: -versus- Petition for Extra-Judicial Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage Under Act 3135, SPS. JOSE O. GORDONAS & as Amended Act 4118 LUDELYN M. GORDONAS, Mortgagors, x-------------------------------------/

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE

Upon Extra-Judicial Application for Sale Under Act No. 3135 as amended filed on October 17, 2022 by Pinky M. Silades, Branch Manager of King Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Mangagoy Branch, a Multi-Purpose Cooperative created and existing by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, with office address at Espiritu St., Mangagoy, Bislig City, herein referred to as the Mortgagee, pursuant to the terms of the Deed of Real Estate Mortgage executed on June 30, 2020, by Jose O. Gordonas and Ludelyn Gordonas, residents of P-3, Panaghiusa District, Mangagoy, Bislig City, in favor of the King Multi-Purpose Cooperative, to satisfy their indebtedness which, as of October 6, 2022, amounted to TWO HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHT THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY NINE AND 93/100 (Php 238,459.93), inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at the public auction on November 25, 2022 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning up to 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the main entrance of Hall of Justice, Poblacion, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur to highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with its improvements, to wit:

Description of Property: Transfer Certificate of Title No. 161-2018001484

million total disbursement from the agency.

“We hope to finish the distribution in December this year,“ Basa said.

The RFFA aims to sustain its support to rice farmers tilling two hectares or fewer, and are affected by the epi sodes of a significant drop in palay farm gate prices in time with the implementa tion of the Rice Tarrification

TIE POINT: BLLM NO. 1, PLS 480-D, BISLIG PUBLIC LAND SUBDIVISION

EJF Case No.: 2022-10-04-3

LINE BEARING DISTANCE TO CORNER 1 S. 49 04 E 6527.84 M. 1-2 N. 64 47 E 4.26 M. 2-3 N. 28 04 E 15.98 M. 3-4 S. 30 47 E 18.00 M. 4-5 S. 30 47 E 8.00 M. 5-6 S. 56 02 W 9.79 M. 6-7 S. 60 47 W 9.28 M. 7-8 N. 27 47 W 3.00 M 8-9 N. 27 47 W 9.52 M. 9-1 N. 23 32 W 2.21 M.

AREA: THREE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE (325) SQUARE METERS, MORE OR LESS DESCRIPTION OF CORNERS: ALL POINTS REFERRED ON THE PLAN, ALL CORNER BY PS. 15X40 CM.

BEARING: TRUE

ORIGINAL SURVEY:

Law (RTL). Under the RFFA, she said rice farmers who are duly registered with the Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) will receive the intervention.

“They are those who were affected by the low buying of rice production during the pandemic,” Basa said.

Apart from the cash assistance, she said regular

programs of the agency will continue such as the distribution of hybrid seeds, certified inbred seeds, farm inputs and technical assis tance.

“As part of the regular programs of DA, we are now preparing a special fund for fertilizer vouchers which the rice farmers can avail of,” Basa said.

She assured the PHP87

million budget will be made available as soon as they have complied with all the needed requirements.

“Farmers eligible for this are those who are planting for November to December regardless of the area, but a maximum of two hectares per farmer. The DA will give a fertilizer voucher worth PHP6,600 per hectare,” she explained. ( PNA )

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, Br. 14 – FAMILY COURT 11th Judicial Region Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Fc1bis0014@judiciary.gov.ph/09460458881

RENEBOY OLBIDA CABRERA

SPEC. PROC. NO. 02-FC-B & JESUS DOMINGUITO VILLARUZ, Petitioner/s

FOR: CANCELLATION OF LEGITIMATION -versus-

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BISLIG CITY, SDS., Public Respondent/s

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NOTICE OF HEARING

City Pros. Ma. Janice T. Millan – City Prosecution Office, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur

Atty. Daisy Jane L. Labao-Asencion – PAO, Poblacion, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur

Philippine Statistic Agency – 2/F PSA TAM Bldg., East Ave., Quezon City

The City Civil Registrar of Bislig City – LCR Bislig City, Surigao del Sur

Reneboy O. Cabrera (Petitioner) – P-3, Saint Paul District, Mangagoy, Bislig City, SDS

Jesus D. Villaluz (Petitioner) – P-3, Saint Paul District, Mangagoy, Bislig City, SDS

Greetings:

You are hereby notified that the above-entitled case will be heard before this Court on 21 FEB 2023 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning

If you desire to subpoena witnesses, notify this office forty eight (48) hours in advance of the time of their appearance with note of the name/s and addresses, otherwise the sheriff’s Office will not be able to serve subpoena on time.

Should you desire a trial by Assessors pursuant to the Rules of Court, application in writing is hereby desired twenty (20) days before the trial (Rule 2, rules of Court).

Application for continuance should be made at least three (3) affidavit of merit on the ground of absence of the wit ness and what to expect of them to prove.

WITNESS the HON. KIM E. ORTIZ-LIQUIDO, Presiding Judge of this Court, this 22nd day of November 2022 at Bislig City, Surigao del Sur.

M. Gordonas P-3, Panaghiusa District Mangagoy, Bislig City

Congratulations to the 9,183 bar examinees who finished the 2022 Philippine Bar Examinations! (C ontR ib U ted photo )

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Electoral Code, as well as other tangential laws and initiatives relating to infra structure and security, were prioritized. “We have made significant progress, partic ularly in terms of peace and order, since the BARMM was established in 2019. We want to maintain, or even improve, that momentum, so we can look forward to a clean and honest election in 2025,” said Bangsamoro Parliament Member Atty. Sha Elijah Dumama-Alba, who is also the Bangsamoro Transition Authority’s (BTA) Floor Leader.

According to docu ments provided by the BTA, The Bangamoro Electoral Code (BEC) will enable the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) to establish the Bangsamoro Electoral Office (BEO). As an autono mous region, the BARMM has its own parliamentary system of legislation, which

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assigns seats to parties with the most votes. The BEC also empowers the COME LEC to define the powers and responsibilities of the BEO, specifically on how it will handle processes and challenges that are unique to the region’s political system.

Zubiri, who is a principal author of the Bangsamoro Organic Law (BOL) that officially established the BARMM, thanked all the lawmakers and ministers who attended in a Facebook post: “Maraming salamat po kina Speaker Martin Ro mualdez, Speaker Pangalian Balindong, at lahat ng mga kasama nating mambabatas mula sa Senado, Kamara, at Bangsamoro Parliament!

At salamat din kina Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, Sec. Amenah Panganda man, Sec. Carlito Galvez, at Minister Mohagher Iqbal na nakasama rin natin sa forum. Tuloy-tuloy po ang ating pagtutulungan, para sa tuloy-tuloy na pag-asenso ng BARMM,” Zubiri wrote.

Also in attendance were Bangsamoro Chief Minister Ahod Ebrahim, BTA Speak er Pangalian Balindong; MPs Jose Lorena, Raissa Jajurie, Eduard Guerra, Ubaida Pacasem, Omar Yasser Sema, Abdulkarim Misuari, Lanang Ali Jr., and Marjanie Macasalong; Senators Loren Legarda and Robinhood Padilla; House Majority Leader Manuel Jose Dalipe; Representa tives Rex Gatchalian, Yasser Alonto Balindong, Joey Salceda, and Maximo Dalog, Jr.; Department of Budget and Management (DBM) Secretary Amenah Pan gandaman and BARMM Minister Mohagher Iqbal, who are co-chairs of the Inter-governmental Rela tions Body ( IGRB ).

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regionalized Bar Examina tions had given a fair and equal chance for everyone.

“Let me congratulate As sociate Justice Benjamin Caguioa and his team for taking our big leap towards bar reform another step forward. Indeed, through our new modality, we have significantly given our ex aminees a more level play ing field, and as the Ateneo prayer goes, “a chance equal with those in the strife,” he said.

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Alubijid

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CFN-00013-2022

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that EVELYN SUMILE LAMDAGAN has filed with this office a petition for Change of First Name from “ BELEN ” to “ EVELYN ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of BELEN SUMILI who was born on FEBRUARY 22, 1954 at Mauswagon, Alubijid, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are MELECIO SUMILI and ANACORITA OCO

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than December 2, 2022

(Sgd) ESTELA N. SALDIA Municipal Civil Registrar

Senior Associate Jus tice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, 2020/21 Bar Examinations, also gave a message. He con gratulated Justice Caguioa and his entire team for this year’s very successful Bar Examinations.

MDN: Nov 24 & Dec 1, 2022

PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JUDYMAR IMPERIAL ACOSTA has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “ ARISTUTO ” to “ JUDYMAR ” in the Birth Certificate of ARISTUTO IMPERIAL ACOSTA who was born on May 25, 1958 at Carmen, COTABATO and whose parents are Sofronio D. Acosta and Felicitacion B. Imperial

NOTICE FOR

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later 28, November 2022

(Sgd) JOSIE A. TOMELDEN

Municipal Civil Registrar

Also present were As sociate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Associate Justice Rodil V. Zalameda, Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez, Associate Justice Ricardo R. Rosario, As sociate Justice Jhosep Y. Lopez, Associate Justice Jose Midas P. Marquez, and Associate Justice Maria Filomena D. Singh. Assistant Court Administrator and Public Information Office Chief Atty. Brian Keith F. Hosaka hosted the hybrid turnover ceremonies, which was also attended by law school deans.

MDN: Nov 24 & Dec 1, 2022

R.A 9048 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NORJAHAN S. MALIK has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “ ALAISA ” to “ NORJAHAN ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ALAISA SALBO TOCALO who was born on 01 DECEMBER 1999 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are SAIMAH M. SALBO and MALIK L. TOCALO

Any person

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

The 2022 Bar Exami nations were held in 14 local testing centers in the National Capital Region (1. San Beda University; 2. De La Salle University; 3. Manila Adventist Col lege; 4. Ateneo de Manila University; 5. University of the Philippines - Bonifacio Global City); Luzon (6. Saint Louis University; 7. De La Salle Lipa; 8. University of Nueva Caceres); the Visayas (9. University of Cebu; 10. University of San Carlos; 11. Dr. Vicente Orestes Ro mualdez Educational Foun dation); and Mindanao (12 .Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan; 13. Ateneo de Davao University; and 14. Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

All announcements re garding the 2022 Bar Ex aminations may be viewed at https://sc.judiciary.gov. ph/bar-20221.

Publication Notice

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purposes; and RA 9700, which strengthens the CARP, extending the acqui sition and distribution of all agricultural lands, institut ing necessary reforms, and amending certain provisions of RA 6657.

The PRFC, Estrella said, will finalize, among oth ers, the guidelines that will determine the just com pensation of home lots of Hacienda Luisita Inc. in Tarlac distributed to farmerworkers.

Guidelines on the distri bution and titling of landed estates, turned over to DAR by the Land Bank of the Philippines, will also be finalized.

Administrative Orders will be issued on the forfei ture of awarded landhold ings, and the determination of the amount of the appli cation bond to guarantee against premature conver sion.

“To look into the case of the IPs nationwide, the DAR and the National Commis sion on Indigenous People will issue a joint Adminis trative Order on the par celization of landholdings with Certificates of Land Ownership Award found to have overlapped within

ancestral domains and an cestral lands,” Estrella said.

He emphasized that as committed by President Fer dinand R. Marcos Jr., DAR will look after the welfare of the farmers, improve their lives through support services, and address social justice through land reform. ( PNA )

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activity would augment the livelihood of the fisherfolk.

“Ito yung direktang su porta sa ating mga margin alized na mangingisda para mayroon silang sustanab leng huli (This is a direct support to our marganized fisherfolk to have sustain able catch of fish),” Cruz said.

Meanwhile, he asked the fishers to observe safe, proper, and environmentfriendly fishing practices to ensure that the benefits of water resources are maxi mized.

Cruz said he discussed with the local officials of Apalit some alternative ways of propagating fish along the Pampanga river.

Pampanga River is among the major bodies of freshwater in the country placed under the BASIL program.

Launched in 2017, the

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

IN THE MATTER OF JOINT PETITION

CIVIL CASE NO. 2022-136 TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES AMANOLLAH M. METMUG and FARAH C. PANTARAN, AMANOLLAH M. METMUG and FARAH C. PANTARAN , Petitioners.

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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 Muslim rite on June 15, 2008 at Pagadian City, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Iponan, Cagayan de Oro and Villaverde, Iligan City respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond and they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on June 15, 2008 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 December 16, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the peti tion 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 8th day of November, 2022.

HON.

OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

BASIL is a five-year project that aims to rehabilitate major inland bodies of water in the country. ( PNA )

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member-borrowers, SSS waived the 1-percent ser vice fee.

“Members who would like to avail of the Calam ity Assistance Package are required to be registered in the My.SSS application to facilitate their billing requirements in the future,” she added.

They must also have at least 36 monthly contribu tions, six of which must be posted within the last 12 months before the month of applying.

Mapa said the release of the approved loan amount will be deposited to the member borrower’s account submitted in My.SSS ac count.

pensation) disability and survivor pensioners may apply the advance pension not exceeding three months.

“For documentary re quirements, the pensioner shall submit a properly ac complished application for assistance due to calamity duly certified by the Baran gay Chairman. ‘File any where’ policy shall also be implemented which means all branches shall receive applications for the threemonth advance pension,” she said.

Mapa added that the generated benefit checks shall be sent to the SSS branch where the pensioner applied.

“The resumption of the monthly pension shall be automatically done by our system after the three months,” she said. ( PNA )

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For the retiree, disability and survivor pensioners and EC (Employees’ Com are already done in the other provinces in the Cordillera,” he said.

He also reminded motor ists to always follow traffic rules and regulations to prevent road crashes. (PNA)

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A total of 25 routes have been identified in the city’s Local Public Transport Route Plan. ( PNA )

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government units in the country.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we:

1. JUDY M. BAYOC , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 1, Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

2. LORNA M. BAYOC , of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Purok 1, Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

3. RONALD M. BAYOC, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 1, Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

4. BOYET M. BAYOC , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 1, Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

5. RAQUEL M. BAYOC, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 1, Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

6. ARDEL M. BAYOC , of legal age, Filipino single and a resident of Purok 1, Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, Spouses RODRIGO BAYOC and ARCITA M. BAYOC died intestate without living a Will or Testament on September 9, 2020 and September 17, 2019, respectively, at Dahilayan, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

“What is being bench marked is how we respond and how we have sustained (the campaign). Our aware ness is very high,” Garin galao said. ( PNA )

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late ANECI TAS EDROTE ROSAL, who died on December 10, 2009 at Cagayan de Oro City; That the decedent left a parcel of land covered by 192881 situated in Barrio of Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described and bounded as follows: Lot 2964-A, Psd-10-056636 Portion of Lot 2964-A, (LRC) Psd-14323, Area: One Thousand One Hundred Seventy Two (1,172) square meters, more or less. Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY, That we, RHEMEDIOS R. ALLENA, JULIETA R. SAMBAAN, GEAROME E. ROSAL and JOFFREY E. SABUERO, all of legal age, Filipinos, married and residents of Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, hereby declare and state; that we are the only surviving heirs.

R.A 9048 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that AL-HIZAM S. MALIK has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “ ABDUL MALIK ” to “ AL-HIZAM ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ABDUL MALIK SALBO TOCALO who was born on 20 OCTOBER 1997 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are SAIMA M. SALBO and MALIK L. TOCALO

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

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

Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVERIA LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANGELA SALVO EJEM - TORRES has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the entry of DATE OF BIRTH from “ NOV. 5, 1971 ” to “ OCTOBER 28, 1971 ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ANICITA SALVO EJEM who was born on OCTOBER 28, 1971 at CLAVERIA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are QUILIO EJEM and ESTELA SALVO

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than NOVEMBER 25, 2022

(Sgd) ANNA VICTORIA A. EVANGELISTA Municipal Civil Registrar

WHEREAS, at the time of the demise of the said Spouses RODRIGO BAYOC and ARCITA M. BAYOC , they left as their intestate estate parcels of land, described as follows:

“A parcel of land identified as Lot No. 414-M-1, Psd-10-086336 , being a portion of Lot 414-M, Bsd-10-001635 (AR), situated at Lindaban, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Containing an area of THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTYEIGHT (3,968) square meters , more or less. Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 133-2022007572 .” And

“A parcel of land identified as Lot No. 414-M-2, Psd-10-086336 , being a portion of Lot 414-M, Bsd-10-001635 (AR), situated at Lindaban, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon. Containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND (4,000) square meters, more or less. Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 133-2022007573 .”

WHEREAS, no known debt of deceased Spouses RODRIGO BAYOC and ARCITA M. BAYOC have not been settled to date;

PROVIDED that by these presents, we the above heirs have named, constituted and appointed as we hereby name, constitute and appoint RHEMEDIOS R. ALLENA, of legal age, Filipino citizen and resident of Biasong, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, to be our true and lawful Attorney-In-Fact to act in our name and in our behalf to do and execute all of any of the following acts, deeds and things, to wit: 1. To collect and receive any and all amount of money and checks including their encashment that may be due and/ or issued in relation to the forgoing transaction/proceeding involving the subject property; 2. To sign and execute, deliver and acknowledge any and all documents, warranties, quitclaims, and deeds necessary to complete the transactions/ proceedings including but not limited to contracts, addenda, releases, commitment letter, warran ties, affidavits and settlement. 3. To do all that is necessary or incidental.

As per Doc. No. 352; Page No. 71; Book No. XLVII; Series of 2018; under Notary Public of ATTY. TEOFREDO C. ROJAS.

MDN: Nov 24, Dec 1 & 8, 2022

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

MDN: Nov 17 & 24, 2022

Republic

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ALFE BRIAN NABONG JANOYOG has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “ ALJEAN ” to “ AJ IVLER ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ALJEAN LLUMPERA JANOYOG who was born on JANUARY 16, 2012 at CLAVERIA, MISAMIS ORIENTAL and whose parents are ALFE BRIAN NABONG JANOYOG and JENIFFER PADERAN LLUMPERA

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than NOVEMBER 24, 2022 (Sgd) ANNA VICTORIA A. EVANGELISTA Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Nov 17 & 24, 2022

R.A. 10172 Form No. ( LCRO )

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that EMERITA ORQUILLAS CARTAGENA-CELESTE has filed this Office Correction of Clerical Error in the Certificate of Live Birth, From “ MARITA ” To “ EMERITA ” who was born on February 20, 1962 at Gitagum, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are SATURNINO N. CARTAJINA and JULIANA M. ORQUILLAS

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than ________________.

(Sgd) FRANCIS Y. MIGALBIO Municipal Civil Registrar

WHEREAS, no person have filed any claims, whether formal or informal, against the above-described intestate estate;

WHEREAS, the above-named persons are the sole and only heirs of deceased Spouses RODRIGO BAYOC and ARCITA M. BAYOC ;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Sec. 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and the parties herein being all of age, they have agreed to divide and adjudicate the real proper ties above-described, in EQUAL SHARE among the herein heirs;

That we, JUDY M. BAYOC, LORNA M. BAYOC, RONALD M. BAYOC, BOYET M. BAYOC, RAQUEL M. BAYOC and AR DEL M. BAYOC , for and in consideration of the sum of for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (200,000.00) Philippine currency, to us in hand paid as full satisfaction by the VENDEE MARIA MERCEDITAS A. SERIÑA , of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of 27 Alco Compound, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, we DO HEREBY SELL CEDE TRANSFER AND CONVEY in a manner absolute and irrevocable, unto said MARIA MERCEDI TAS A. SARIÑA , her heirs, assigns and successor’s-in-interest, of the property covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 133-2022007572, containing an area of THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT (3,968) square meters, more or less ;

That we hereby warrant our title unto the said VENDEE and that henceforth, she shall have exclusive right of owner ship and possession over the property covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 133-2022007572 , free from all liens and encumbrances.

That the parties hereby affirmed that they have executed the foregoing instrument out of their own voluntary free will without force, intimidation or violence upon their persons; Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH DEED OF SALE , under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FLAVIANO T. GAPOL JR. , Notary Public per Doc No. 504 ; Page No. 102 ; Book No. CCXXXVIII ; Series of 2022 MDN: Nov 24, Dec 1 & 8, 2022

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late PETER P. EDROTE, who died on March 4, 2017 at NMMC, Cagayan de Oro; That the decedent left a parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-192879 situated in Barrio of Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described and bounded as follows: Lot 2964-A-14, Psd-10-056636 Portion of Lot 2964-A, (LRC) Psd-14323, Area: One Thousand One Hundred Seventy Two (1,172) square meters, more or less. Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY, That we, LIZA G. EDROTE, VICKY E. ESTOPIN, PE TER G. EDROTE JR., HAROLD G. EDROTE, GRACE E. MAGALLANES and SOLIDAD E. MAESTRE, all of legal age, Filipinos, married and residents of Biasong, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, hereby declare and state; that we are the only surviving heirs. PROVIDED that by these presents, we the above heirs have named, constituted and appointed as we hereby name, constitute and appoint GRACE E. MAGALLANES, of legal age, Filipino citizen and resident of Biasong, Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, to be our true and lawful AttorneyIn-Fact to act in our name and in our behalf to do and execute all of any of the following acts, deeds and things, to wit: 1. To collect and receive any and all amount of money and checks including their encashment that may be due and/or issued in relation to the forgoing transaction/proceeding involving the subject property; 2. To sign and execute, deliver and acknowledge any and all documents, warranties, quitclaims, and deeds necessary to complete the transactions/ proceedings including but not limited to contracts, addenda, releases, commitment letter, warranties, affidavits and settlement. To alienate, sell, transfer, convey, claim and receive payments. 3. To do all that is necessary or incidental. As per Doc. No. 317; Page No. 64; Book No. XLVII; Series of 2018; under Notary Public of ATTY. TEOFREDO C. ROJAS.

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succeeding challenges.

“Without you, we would not have known the real situation and the needs of those at the grassroots level,” he added.

‘Consistent and persevering’

Marcos expressed hope that LGUs would continue giving their best as the country moves towards the new normal.

“As we move forward, let this occasion remind us that it is the track record that speaks for performance. It also reflects why our constituents continue to choose you as their leaders,” he

said.

“May you, therefore, remain consistent and persevering in your endeavors so that you may reach even greater heights,” he added.

He said he is optimistic that their pursuit of “inclusive, sustain able, and participative” governance would also inspire Filipinos to also cooperate in his administration’s unification efforts.

“Together, let us build a coun try where efficient, competent, and effective leadership is the hallmark of Philippine governance,” he said.

Marcos assured that his ad ministration will support our LGUs, citing their “significant” role in the national government’s

Conference to unify efforts for learning recovery

KIMBERLY A. TISARA

Teacher-1 G.Pelaez Integrated School Department of Educa tion (DepEd) has conducted the 2022 National Planning Conference (NPC) to prepare the entire Department for the implementation of the learn ing recovery plan. “Learning Recovery, Resiliency, and Unity” are the core values which aimed to inform the field offices on implementing the Basic Education Develop ment Plan 2030 (BEDP 2030) to achieve its commitments and goals.

Vice President and Educa tion Chief Sara Z. Duterte in her video message said: “To day’s National Planning Con ference will act as a sounding board in our learning recovery strategy for the upcoming school year. Support to the present administration’s goal of improving the country’s education quality through the use of evidence in plan ning, research programming, and policy development,” is vital in realization of DepEd Goals.

Focus on innovative re sponses and initiatives from all DepEd strands and units to address educational impera tives in the Basic Education sector is needed. BEDP 2030 will be used to be able to project the administration’s priority programs for the next six years until 2028,” this will help us realize the learning recovery of our learners and

improve learners learning achievement.

It highlighted the im portance of using the grass roots approach VP-Secretary Duterte is doing in addressing perennial issues in the educa tion sector. The need to ac celerate efforts in addressing the enormous challenge of education quality and that everyone must be involved. Deped also started lessening teachers’ administrative work, in this way, teachers can focus in teaching and be relived from non-teaching related work.

To address problems in management, operations, and curriculum in each regional office, DepEd Regional Di rectors also presented their respective Regional Education Development Plan (REDP) to the Executive Committee members and selected Cen tral Office directors through breakout sessions.

In the Division level, PS DSs, CID and SGOD and other sections in the Division crafted the DEDP for Misamis Oriental Division headed by the Planning Section. School concerns were delivered by the Public Schools District Supervisors. (https://www. deped.gov.ph/2022/11/21/ deped-holds-2022-nation al-planning-conference-tounify-efforts-for-learningrecovery/)

Positive Education for the 21st Century

By: MARICY K. ALQUIZAR Teacher III Taguanao Elementary School

Today’s students are in credibly talented, autono mous, and intelligent. They are adept at using technology and in communicating across national and cultural bound aries. Future generations will likely have even greater expertise in these areas, so we can anticipate that. Giving students the knowledge and abilities they need to thrive in the modern world while also fostering their confidence in their ability to use those abili ties is the goal of education in the twenty-first century. With so much information at their fingertips, 21st century skills are more focused on making sense of it, sharing it, and using it wisely.

Instead of acting as the all-knowing sage who gives their students all of their information, teachers in the twenty-first century must act as a mentor or guide for them. Children are inevitably going to know more than teachers on certain topics and be a step ahead of the technolo gies in use since they have such easy access to materials

of all types. To enable them to empower their students, teachers must be given the tools they need to motivate and facilitate learning.

Learning and teaching in the twenty-first century foster abilities beyond only paying attention, watching, and remembering. Modern education involves cuttingedge learning resources, skill development, and ac tive participation in one’s own learning and environ ment. Additionally, modern education inspires, inspires, and prepares pupils for the world of today. For the rapidly changing world of tomorrow, students acquire the capacity to adjust when necessary. Un derstanding how pupils learn in the twenty-first century involves a more hands-on approach while develop ing abilities. This calls for educators to be adaptable, inquisitive, and forwardthinking. Teachers need to constantly be learning new techniques for instructing as well as learning alongside their students.

nation-building initiatives.

He also lauded the Galing Pook Foundation for promoting excellence and innovations in local governance by recognizing and incentivizing the top-performing LGUs.

“The recognition that you give to cities and municipalities inspires them to accelerate their drive towards improvement and it encourages LGUs to adopt practices that make us paragons of excellence in public service,” he said.

The Galing Pook Foundation is the leading resource institution that provides support, tools, and resources to LGUs to enable them in building adaptive solutions to challenges in their respective communities.

Through its programs, local

chief executives and their units can enhance their knowledge and exchange best practices in fostering development in their localities.

Launched on Oct. 21, 1993, the Galing Pook Awards serve as a pioneering program in recognizing innovative practices by the LGUs.

Through a multilevel screen ing process, local governance programs are evaluated based on positive results and impact, pro motion of people empowerment and participation, innovation, transferability and sustainability, and efficiency of program service delivery. ( PNA)

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the decision is “legally binding and must be respected.”

Possible way to prepare for the effects of technological disruption to education in the next 5 years.

NIMFA E. MAGSAYO , ESP- I

A coin has two faces. Each face is distinct. Naturally, each side has the positive and negative characteristics but each of these has its purpose. It means to see an issue or challenges from all per spectives involved or the chances that will lead to another promising possibilities of growth.

The new trend nowadays, commonly points out to the use of technology. Human continues to seek new advancement of tech nology in seeking the comforts in life as the mean goal. However, as the technology grows it has a corresponding risk also to humanity. Unfortunately, the world focusses its lenses only to the possible positive effects and take for granted the other side of this new invention.

Thus, education adopt tech nology as the new trend in teach ing -learning process inside the classroom. It is believed that it has impact in education. It increased interactivity and class engage ment. Technology gives a wider learning platform, where learners can interacts freely using gadgets that usually gives them enjoyment.

However, the other side of the coin is present, the so-called technological disruption to educa tion. In the same manner, it has an impact to education in all forms of resources that will lead to change. This must be understood by all leaders in education, in order for them to prepare the necessary and appropriate actions in the field. It may sound odd but disruptive technology eventually leads to new innovations.

I believed it will be a grand leap of education that needs universal and systematic strategy in order to reach the envisioned goal. A collaborative approach or strategy can be at help in the preparation. All education stakeholders which include leaders; teachers, faculty, and other educators; researchers; policymakers; funders; technology developers; community members and organizations; learners and their families must rally to commit into working together to realize fully the benefits of technology in

our education system and provide authentic learning experiences to all learners, to support them to thrive in the new trend of education. It means that technology must be used effectively in the learning practices inside the classroom and other learning platforms.

For this systematic transfor mation, all concerns in the field of education must create shared vision and carefully design a plan that would fit and translate into a concrete action that can amplify and expand the impact of effective teaching – learning practices using the new innovations. These must be the work of the distinguish Plan ning Team which will be compose of the leaders in authorities in the field of education.

Assessment must be done by all Project Teams, in all aspects to provide an actual picture where and how to start reinvention or readjust ments in all areas. It would be the bases for financial plan to provide enough action and to establish link ages to all stakeholders to achieve the desired goal. All Project Team must carefully follow the designed plan of transformation laid by the Planning Team in working to the realization of the desired modifica tion.

Monitoring Team must be cre ated to carefully cater the feedbacks, recommendations and record of improvements, solutions for pos sible gaps of the plan. A Support Team must be necessarily created as a work force to plan ahead for the sustainability of the system and oversee of the needs to fully reach all objectives of the desired developments.

As a leader in the field, I am fully convinced that the key to the desired improvement will always have an equal paramount of chal lenges and bottlenecks. But these will serve as the stairways that leads to achieve it. But the right attitude towards any endeavors will make the work light and enjoyable. Building connections and sharing responsibilities to all stakeholders can guarantee the best possible outcomes to any action.

Teaching Meditation to Help Lower Stress

By DERTIREZA B. SAMBAAN Teacher III Gusa Elementary School

MEDITATION can wipe away the stress of the day, bringing with it inner peace. If stress has you anxious, tense and worried, consider trying meditation. Spending even a few minutes in meditation can help restore you calm and inner peace.

Anyone can practice meditation. It’s simple and inexpensive. And it doesn’t require any special equip ment. And you can practice meditation wherever you are – whether you’re out for a walk, riding the bus, waiting at the doctor’s office or even in the middle of a difficult business meeting.

Meditation has been practiced for thousands of

years. Meditation originally was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life.

These days, meditation is commonly used for relaxation and stress reduction. Medita tion is considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine. It can produce a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind.

During meditation, you focus your attention and elim inate the stream of jumbled thoughts that may be crowd ing your mind and causing stress. This process may result in enhanced physical and emotional well-being. Medita tion can give you a sense of calm, peace and balance.

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“We will continue to rally our allies and partners against unlawful and irresponsible be havior. When the international rules-based order is threatened somewhere, it is threatened ev erywhere,” she added.

Chinese Communist Partyaffiliated Global Times, mean while, accused Harris of “fanning conflicts surrounding the South China Sea.”

In a separate statement, Chi nese Foreign Ministry spokesper son Mao Ning said Beijing sees nothing wrong with American interaction with states as long as it is “not damaging to other countries’ interests.”

On the eve of Harris’ Palawan stop, the Western Command ac cused the Chinese Coast Guard of “forcefully” retrieving a debris fished out by Philippine Navy personnel off Pag-asa Island.

The Chinese belied the ac cusation, saying the Filipino side returned the object “after friendly consultation”.

Synergy

Tokyo, for its part, sees Harris’ remarks as a reflection of synergy between Japan, the US and the Philippines.

“US Vice President Kamala Harris’ visit to Japan-made BRP Teresa Magbanua stationed in Palawan is a milestone for USPhilippines-Japan cooperation,”

Japanese Ambassador Kazuhiko Koshikawa said in a statement Tuesday. “May we witness more maritime collaborations like this as we navigate for a free and open Indo-Pacific.”

In explaining why the vessel was chosen to host part of Harris’ visit, the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) cited Washington DC’s expanded cooperation with the PCG, particularly through capacity-building programs.

“The BRP Teresa Magbanua is one of the two flagship MultiRole Response Vessels that are part of the PCG’s modernization program,” the DFA said.

“It stands as a concrete example of the commitment of the previous administration and our Japanese partners to transform the PCG into a capable and reliable service that can enforce all applicable laws within Philippine waters, conduct maritime security opera tions, safeguard life and property at sea, and protect the maritime environment and resources,” it added.

Harris also announced a fresh USD7.5 million funding to boost the capacity of Philippine maritime law enforcement agencies; a new initiative to upgrade PCG’s vessel traffic management system; and the Quad’s Indo-Pacific Maritime Domain Awareness initiative. ( PNA )

What does administrative work mean?

By KERLEE H. ESPEDOSA

MOST commonly, ad ministrative work includes filing information, managing an office and its supplies, an swering and directing phone calls, writing and answering emails and scheduling ap pointments. Administrative work can be extremely broad in nature consisting of many roles and duties.

Usually, the main task of administrative work involves maintaining an office setting and the employees within.

Understanding the different types of administrative work can give you a better idea of whether it’s a career you’d like to pursue.

Due to administration being such a comprehensive category of work, there are many different job titles.

Some may refer to jobs with similar duties such as ad ministration assistant. An administrative assistant is a professional who supports more senior employees in an organization. They help to improve productivity and complete essential tasks such as scheduling meetings and ordering supplies. Admin istration assistants tend to screen and route phone calls and emails and often have a wide range of other duties.

A data entry job entails handling different types of electronic or raw data by editing and entering it into a database or platform. Data clerks do this on a computer for professionals, often using a keyboard and processing programs.

Maximizing Instructional Time in the Classroom

By: OLIVE SYCHELLE G. PARA-ON Teacher III

Time is a valuable resource for instructors. The majority of educators would contend that they never have enough time to interact with every student, especially those who are performing below grade level. Every minute a teacher spends with their students should be purposeful and fruitful. Successful teachers set up policies and guidelines that cut down on unnecessary downtime and increase inter esting learning chances. Time wasted does add up. Every kid would certainly benefit greatly from the additional time, but those who struggle with learning in particular. The following tactics can be used by teachers to increase class time for students and decrease downtime.

You must set high stan dards for yourself and your behavior in order to set high standards for your kids. Make the most of your time with students to ensure that they

learn as much as possible. Make the most of the time you have with your students by be ing prepared with important and pertinent assignments, resources, and work, and by demonstrating your value for their time. Less likely are pupils to become bored, distracted, or disruptive when they are actively engaged in learning.

Time management skills are crucial for teachers be cause it might be difficult to meet all of your teaching objectives and the demands of each student in a single day. The amount of time lost in the classroom can add up to several minutes that could have been used for meaning ful and productive routines and effective learning time. By streamlining procedures and putting a few other clever life hacks into practice in the classroom, you may make the most of your time spent with your pupils.

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The urgent call of the times now is to effect social transformation for People, Planet, Prosperity and Peace to unfetter the people from extreme poverty, hunger, massive oppressive, climate change and violent extrem ism.

Yes, for those who have dreamt, advocated, sacri ficed, and even died for it, social change has been so elusive all these years, de spite 14 years of Martial Law and two people-powered revolutions. The systems and structures that per petuate oppression, social injustice and poverty are still as formidable as ever.

Three questions should now be asked: Who Con trols? Who Decides? Who Profits?

Yes, only a few oligarchs. How do we then democra tize wealth and power in a highly skewed societal order? Only by putting power where it rightfully belongs – to the people. But first the people must be awakened from their deep slumber4 through VERITAS LIBERABIT VOS (the truth shall set us free.)

But, when Veritas is spo ken or written, there will always be corresponding countermeasure from those who cannot moderate their greed. This is true in the 70’s in Panalsalan, Mara mag, Bukidnon where the Higaonons, who were once masters of the land became the slaves of a powerful rancher. This is even truer now in the life of some 13 million member-consumerowners (MCOs) of so-called Electric Cooperatives who until now are deprived of ownership of their respec tive ECs. Such is the height of social injustice, a Trojan Horse perpetuating a his torical deception to some 13 million MCOs with a critical mass of 65 million people in a family of five.

Such social wrong can only be done thru coopera tivism but any attempt to do this will merit a correspond ing countermeasure from the Cartel and its strong cabal of vested interest. If such will be championed by an office that has been mandated to promote the viability of the cooperatives as instrument of social jus tice, equity and economic development, the head of that office will surely be subjected to endless ha rassments and even three attempts to his life. In fact the Ombudsman has found him administratively guilty for doing his ministerial duty of signing the Certifi cate of Registration of an Electric Cooperative which has passed the scrutiny and approval of all concerned CDA offices under him. Enough is enough of oli garchs masquerading as cooperatives. Just like in the Panalsalan case, he may go to prison for just doing his job.

But, no problem! At the end, Veritas Liberabit Vos!

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one delegate.

2. The candidates would have the same qualifications as members of the House of Representatives.

3. Election would be con ducted on the last Monday of October 2023, simulta neously with the barangay elections.

4. The convening of the convention is set for January 8, 2024. It fixes a deadline of six months, up to June 30, 2024, for the body to finish its job and submit a report to the President, Congress and the Commission on Elections (COMELEC).

5. The Comelec shall conduct a plebiscite for the ratification of the proposed amendments within 60 days to 90 days after the submis sion of the con-con report.

6. Con-con delegates would not receive a salary. However, they would be given a P10,000 per diem for every day of actual at tendance in the convention or any of its committees. Additionally, they would be entitled to traveling ex penses.

7. Delegates would enjoy parliamentary immunity like lawmakers.

8. All government agen cies, including the Senate and the House, would be mandated to extend ad ministrative and technical assistance to the convention.

9. The Senate president and the Speaker would pre side in the con-con’s initial session until it elects its officers.

Meanwhile, the following are prohibited acts under the Joint Resolution:

1. Political parties or groups would be prohib ited from supporting any con-con candidate. No can didate shall allow himself to represent any political party or organization.

2. Public officers, wheth er elective or appointive, would be considered auto matically resigned if they run for the convention.

3. A convention delegate would not be allowed to run in the first local and national election to be held after the ratification of the proposed Charter changes.

Rep. Rufus Rodriguez is the current Chairper son of the House Com mittee on Constitutional Amendments. He strongly believes that a constitu tional convention is the most democratic and least divisive mode of proposing Charter changes.

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according to Nena Santos, lawyer for the Canibans and other families of the slain media workers, the case is still pending at the Court of Appeals. If the CA affirms the decision of the lower court, the Ampatuans are likely to appeal to the Supreme Court.

The 155.5 million pe sos the court ordered the principals to pay the heirs of the victims can only be given to them when the ruling becomes final.

In her 761-page decision, Judge Jocelyn Solis-Reyes of Regional Trial Court Branch 221 in Quezon City found Datu Andal “Unsay” Am patuan, his brothers Zaldy and Anwar and 25 other principals guilty beyond reasonable doubt for the November 23, 2009 mas sacre and ordered them to pay the heirs of 57 victims a total of 155.5 million pesos for civil indemnity; moral, exemplary, temperate and actual damages; and loss of earning capacity.

The 58th victim, Reynal do Momay, was not included in the ruling because accord ing to the court, “whether Momay died or was missing” after November 23, 2009 “could not be ascertained as no evidence of his actual death was adduced.”

“He has no cadaver and neither was his death certifi cate presented on record,” the court said.

All 57, according to the ruling, will receive 350,000 pesos each for civil indem nity (100,000 pesos), moral damages (100,000), exem plary (100,000). Most were given temperate damages of 50,000 as their claimed actual damages were not accepted for lack of receipts and other evidence. The to tal amounts for each victim vary – with 300,000 pesos as the lowest and 23.56 million pesos as the highest – due to actual damages and loss of earning capacity.

Every 21 days

Now in Grade 8 in Koronadal City, Princess needs injection every 21 days, quarterly check-up and tests, and maintenance medicines which her mother could hardly afford. Argie worked in a fastfood chain but resigned last week to prepare to work overseas to be able to send money home for Princess’ medical needs and education.

Argie had worked abroad when Princess was three years old but returned home

due to a traumatic experi ence.

At the gathering here of families of massacre victims last Sunday, November 20, for a mass and short pro gram to commemorate the 13th death anniversary of the victims, Princess spoke of her medical condition and her need for help to ensure “maayo gid ko” (I will be well).. She was not able to complete her narration as she broke down in quiet sobs.

The families of 19 of the 32 slain media workers gathered here last Sunday for a mass and candlelighting to commemorate the 13th death anniversary of the victims. It was the first face-to-face gathering here since the verdict was handed down in December 2019.

The last gathering here was in November 2019.

Emily Lopez, chair of Justice Now, the association of relatives of the massacre victims, thanked the families for holding on their prin ciples in their now 13-year quest for justice.

The December 2019 ruling, she said, “gave us partial justice.” She urged everyone to continue the fight to ensure they get “absolute justice.”

“Forgetting is not an option,” Lopez said.

She called on the media to help check on the lifestyle of the detained Ampatuans “baka nagbuhay mayaman sa loob” (they might still be living luxuriously inside).

She appealed to the ju diciary to act swiftly on the appeals.

Jonathan de Santos, chair of the National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP) said the fight is not over. “Di pa tapos itong kasong ito” (this case is not over), he said. ( Carolyn O. Arguillas / MindaNews )

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Philippine Drug Enforce ment Agency, National Bu reau of Investigation and other agencies of govern ment’s continued intensity in the war against drugs within the framework of the law, with respect for human rights, and complemented by rehabilitation and so cioeconomic development.

“This time around the advocacy program is to promote the rule of law, protect human rights and rehabilitate the drug de pendents,” says DILG-XI Assistant Regional Director Abdullah Matalam during

their guesting at the Kape han sa Dabaw held Nov. 21 at SM City Davao Annex.

Matalam said the focus of the government in their anti-drug strategy is on demand-reduction. “It is one of the salient points in our campaign against illegal drugs,” he said.

The BIDA is expected to sustain the gains of the DILG particularly the lo cal governments who have made strides in eradicating drugs in their communities.

KNOW

On November 17 the Regional Oversight Com mittee on Barangay Drug Clearing declared seven municipalities as the first drug-cleared towns in the Davao Region.

These seven towns in clude Talaingod and San Isidro in Davao del Norte; Malita and Sta. Maria, Davao Occidental; Malalag, Davao del Sur; Mawab, Davao de Oro; and Boston, Davao Oriental. ( PIA/RG Alama )

SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That we, SHIEN GALAMGAN EDROTE, PETER GALAMGAM EDROTE JR. and HAROLD GALAMGAM EDROTE, all of legal ages, married, Filipinos and a resident of Biasong Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, do hereby name, constitute and appoint as by these presents have NAMED, CONSTITUTED and APPOINTED, our sister, GRACE EDROTE MAGALLANES, likewise of legal age, married, Filipino and a resident of Biasong Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, to be our true and lawful attorney-in-fact, for us and in our name, place and stead, to do and perform any or all of the following acts and things, to wit:

1. To process, transact and follow-up the petition for cancellation of section 4 Rule 74 in the TCT No. T-57520 at the Registry of Deeds of Cagayan de Oro City;

2. To sign and/or execute such papers or documents relative to the aforementioned authority.

HEREBY GIVING AND GRANTING unto said Attorney-in-fact full power and authority to the and perform all acts and things whatsoever proper and requisite, as fully to all intents and purpose as may be lawfully done or cause to be done if personally present, with power of substitution, and hereby ratifying and confirming all acts that our said Attorney-in-fact may do and perform by virtue of these presents.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto affixed our signatures this 07 day of September 2020 at Cagayan de Oro City.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO ) S.S.

BEFORE ME, Notary Public for and in the said City, this 07 day of September 2020 at Cagayan de Oro City, personally appeared: all known to me to be the same person who executed the foregoing instrument and acknowledged the same to be their own free and voluntary act and deed.

WITNESS MY HAND AND SEAL on the date and at the place first written above. Doc. No. 96 Page No. 19 Book No. 30 Series of 2020.

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A NOVEMBER TO REMEMBER AS RTWPB-X JOINS THE 2022 NATIONAL PRODUCTIVITY CONFERENCE AND CONDUCTS THEIR ANNUAL TEAMBUILDING

The National Wages and Productivity Commission successfully conducted the 2022 National Productivity Conference with a theme “Inclusive Rebound: Leveraging Worker engagement towards Productivity Growth and Rewards” on November 10, 2022 at Sheraton Manila Bay Hotel.

The conference which was launched in 2009 and held every two years thereafter, is a platform for information of new and emerging events affecting the country’s productiv ity and competitiveness. This year, it features topics that respond to the changes in the world of work in the post-pandemic era with four major topics: (1) Boosting productivity and worker engagement in the thriving gig economy; (2) Steering worker engagement in accelerating digital transformation; (3) Optimizing worker engagement practices us ing productivity rewards; and (4) transforming labor relations by encouraring higher worker engagement.

The whole day hybrid affair was attended by the officers and representatives from the Department of Labor and Employment, NWPC and its 17 RTWPBs, labor organizations, employer groups, academe, MSME beneficiaries and winners of the Productivity Olympics.

In Region 10, Dir. Albert Gutib (Regional Director of DOLE-X); Mr. Arsenio Sebastian III (Management Representative); and Atty. Ma. Vergel B. Walag (Board Secretary VI RTWPBX) attended on site while the rest of the Board Members and Secretariat joined virtually.

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Lights Sounds and Effects. Fatima appears in a Charles Montenegro gown with hair and makeup by Alain Adeva. The program is even made livelier with host Jherald Ebao, DJ RB Banaag, saxophonist Ren Magallon and the Higalaay Dance Company performers. Serving desserts at Limketkai Luxe Hotel as well as providing the huge 18th birthday cake for the celebrant is Mae Lee’s Poetry in a Pastry (scented candles provided by Citta) with drinks courtesy of Stow and Sip Mobile Bar. Guests were treated with ref magnet souvenirs by Pics ‘n Prints Photobooth CDO and perfume giveaways from Kiss & Tell Perfume Bar. The whole memorable event is being docu mented by Amavi Studios and Hugbig Photography.

The teambuilding was a timely fellowship as the RTWPB-X transcends and conquer new boundaries as the world adopts to a new normal after the pandemic.

The RTWPB-X also conducted their 3rd Quarter Performance Assessment for the team to evaluate their accomplishment and their plans of action for 2023.

It was an opportunity for the team to build camaraderie and recalibrate their individual strengths through games that bolster the team’s capability and competence. It was held on November 14-15, 2022 at Civoleg Hilltop Garden Hub, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental.

The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board – X conducted their annual team building activity with a theme “The RTWPB-X Team, Transcending New Boundaries, Together!”

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