Mindanao Daily News (October 24-25, 2022)

India’s Festival of Lights

Indian Business Forum to Celebrate

Diwali at Mindanao Food Congress

By MIKE BAÑOS Editor at large

WITH ‘India’ as a Partner Country for the Mindanao Food Congress, the India Business Forum (IBF) is pleased to organize Indian Cultural and Food Night for Guests and Partici pants on the first day of the event on Wednesday, 26 October 2022 to mark the celebration of Diwali, the Festival of Lights.

The event will start at 6:00PM at the Limketkai Center Atrium.

7 Caraga youth farmers vie for nat’l agri tilt top honors

By ALEXANDER LOPEZ

BUTUAN CITY – Seven youth farmers and groups in the Caraga Region will vie for the Young Farmers Challenge at the national level, the regional office of the Department of Ag riculture (DA-13) here said Friday.

In a statement, the DA-13 said the winning individu als and groups topped the competition at the regional level held Thursday.

Each of the winner re ceived a PHP150,000 prize for their Business Model Canvass featuring their re spective agricultural ven tures and farm products.

“The PHP150,000 prize for each of the regional

Oro is PHs 8th Most

Competitive City in 2022

ONCE again, Cagayan de Oro has made it as one of the ‘Top 10 Most Competitive Highly Urbanized Cities’ in the country this year.

This after Cagayan de Oro ranked as the ‘8th Most Competitive Highly Ur banized City’ based on the results of the 10th Cities and Municipalities Competitive ness Index (CMCI) Summit held October 20, 2022 at the Philippine International Convention Center.

Aside from landing in the 8th spot, Cagayan de Oro City grabbed special awards in four (4) out of five (5) CMCI pillars, namely: Government Efficiency, Economic Dynamism, In

MisOr armed encounter, 1 killed, firearms seized

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CLAVERIA, Misamis Ori ental: A combatant of the outlawed New People’s Army (NPA) was killed in a fire fight with state forces in

the hinterlands of Gingoog City in Misamis Oriental on Thursday, October 20, 2022.

A military report reach ing here Friday, said that elements of the army’s 58IB were conducting patrol in

Alagatan, a hinterland vil lage of Gingoog, when they encountered an undeter mined number of armed group, which resulted to a 20-minute firefight. Lt. Col. Christian Uy,

the 58IB commander, said that the military also cap tured one M16 rifles and two backpacks on the site of the encounter as state forces waged hot pursuit

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Diwali, India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year, is a Festival of Lights that celebrates the triumph of light over dark ness, good over evil and the human ability to overcome.

Diwali is a post-har vest festival celebrating the bounty following the arrival of the monsoon in the sub continent. It has become a national Indian festival.

The height of the fiveday festival is celebrated

Marcos to Pinoys: It’s time to return to pre-pandemic life

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – President Ferdi nand R. Marcos on Sunday enjoined Filipinos to get back to their normal lives before the Covid-19 pan demic hit, stressing that it is crucial to show the world that the Philippines is slowly getting back on its feet.

“It is a good thing to remind people that the pan demic may have been dif ficult, the pandemic really put us through the wringer. But we are back,” Marcos said in a speech in Bacolod City during a luncheon just before he graced the culminating activity of the 43rd MassKara Festival.

“The pandemic is fad ing away. We are learning to manage it and now it is time for us to all go back to work, to all go back to our normal lives, to remind ourselves of all the oppor tunities that were before us before the pandemic…It is

time for us to go back to all of those endeavors that we were undertaking before Covid hit,” he added.

Marcos said the Mass Kara Festival signaled not just the opening of Bacolod City to tourists, but also the entire country.

“It is time for us to go back and exercise once again, show once again the Filipino resilience, the Filipino resourcefulness, the Filipino industry, the Filipino talent, ipakita na man natin sa buong mundo dahil nagbubukas ang mun

do, dahil nagbubukas ang Pilipinas, ito ngayon ang MassKara Festival ay isang pagdiriwang hindi lamang sa pagbubukas ng Bacolod kung hindi sa buong Pilipi nas (let us show the world because the Philippines

More solutions to agri woes under Marcos tenure: DA exec

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – More problems in the agriculture sector can be immediately addressed with President Ferdinand R. Marcos at the helm of the Department of Agri culture (DA), an official said Sunday.

DA spokesperson As sistant Secretary Kristine Evangelista backed Marcos’ decision to stay as DA chief amid mounting calls by some lawmakers to appoint a full-time agriculture chief.

In a radio interview, Evangelista said having the President serve as Agricul ture chief allowed for quick er coordination between the DA and other government agencies which ultimately meant more problems were solved.

“Ako po sa tingin ko nakakatulong po na ang mahal na Presidente ang siyang pinuno ng DA dahil

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Harmonize electrification programs to serve all households: solon

MANILA – The coun try must have a unified program to expedite the electrification of all house holds, particularly those in rural communities, Senator Sherwin Gatchal ian said.

Currently, the electri fication of households is undertaken by the Na tional Electrification Administration (NEA) through its Sitio Electri fication Program (SEP) and the Department of Energy (DOE) through its Total Electrification Project (TEP).

However, the DOE still downloads the money to NEA and to the Na tional Power Corporation (NPC).

Despite various elec trification programs un dertaken over the past decades, Gatchalian noted that total electrification of all households in the country continues to be unfulfilled.

Based on DOE data as of March, the household electrification level stands at 95.56 percent.

The electrification rate in Luzon stands at 98.71 percent and 96.97 percent in the Visayas.

Mindanao only has an 86.39-percent rate due to the low electrification level of cooperatives.

Most households with out electricity are located in Basilan, Lanao del Sur and in Sulu.

rate of 0.62 percent in 2021 to 96.62 percent as of August 2022, Gatchal ian said the obligation rate of the electrification budget went down from last year’s 83.56 percent to 0.33 percent as of August, citing DOE data on the TEP fund utilization rate.

“It’s deplorable that in this time and age, over one million rural households in the country are not able to reap the many benefits of electrification,” Gatch alian said. “There has to be a clear policy on which agency is responsible for pursuing rural electri fication and that is why we need to harmonize all existing programs for electrification.”

The lawmaker said these are the reasons whey he pushed for the passage of Republic Act 11646, or the Microgrid Systems Act, signed by former President Rodrigo Duterte in January.

The law aims to accel erate total electrification and ensure the provision of quality, reliable, and secure electricity service at reasonable rates in un served and underserved areas through the installa tion of microgrid systems by accredited Microgrid Service Providers (MG SPs).

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“Napakababa ng utiliza tion ng DOE sa pondo nito para sa (The DOE has a very low utilization of its funds for) electrification,” Gatchalian said in a news release on Sunday.

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The MGSPs will be allowed to operate in any area where there is no electricity access or where the power connection does not provide 24/7 electric ity supply.

The DOE will declare unserved and underserved areas for electrification and service by prospective MGSPs. ( PNA )

Solving urban poor concerns needs stakeholders’ participation

By FERDINAND PATINIO

MANILA – Presidential Commission for the Urban Poor (PCUP) chairperson and chief-executive-officer Undersecretary Elpidio Jordan Jr. called for unity and stronger coordination among government agen cies in properly handling the growing concern over the plight of the country’s urban poor.

Jordan made this call as he recognized the enormity of the problem in solving the issue of informal set tlers living in private or

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Ecoverde, KYC Ltd brings hope to students of Indahag Elementary School

INDAHAG Elementary School will now open their doors to 2,000 students with newly constructed gates. The project was led by Kyushu Yaesu Co. Ltd in partnership with Ecoverde Homes Corporation with the goal of ensuring a safe and secure learning environment for

students.

KYC Ltd and Ecoverde Homes gave a grant of P535,000 for the renovation of the school’s gates and construction of pathways. This is one of the projects that the companies will be executing for the following months.

During her speech,

Ms. Charisse Olivares, VP of Ecoverde Homes Corporation emphasized that the undertaking is part of the company’s goal of uplifting the localities where they build housing communities.

The turnover ceremony was attended by Ms. Jean Loquillano, the

representative of the Department of Education, the school principal Agnes Smith, teachers, selected students, stakeholders and parent representatives.

Ms. Smith, in her statement, highlighted that the structure is of great help especially to teachers and

parents in ensuring the safety of the students.

Ecoverde Homes Corporation was formed to answer the need for affordable housing for the Filipinos. Ecoverde has completed two real estate subdivisions in Cagayan de Oro. These are located in Brgy

Alae and Brgy Indahag. Currently they have two ongoing housing projects located in Barangay IndahagEcoverde Sierra and Barangay Camamanan - Ecoverde Kaiyo . They continue to build homes to help Filipino families realize their dreams and enrich their lives.

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Climate Change Is So Alarming: Counter Climate Change Under the One Percent Regime

AN independent report commissioned by 20 coun tries in 2012 to study the human and economic costs of climate change, the study wrote that it: “linked 400,000 deaths worldwide to climate change each year, projecting deaths to increase to over 600,000 per year by 2030 . . . Heat waves kill many, to be sure, but global warming also devastates food security, nutrition, and water safety. Since mosquitoes and other pests thrive in hot, humid weather, scientists expect diseases like malaria and dengue fever to rise. Floods threaten to contaminate drinking water with bacteria and pollution. When the report looked at the added health consequences from burning fossil fuels – aside from climate change – the number of deaths jumps from 400,000 to almost 5 million per year. Carbonintensive economies see deaths linked to outdoor air pollution, indoor smoke from poor ventilation, oc cupational hazards, and skin cancer.”

In his book, “Age of Sustain ability, Mr. Jeffrey Sachs said that, “Like all living species, humanity depends on nature for food and water, mate rial for survival, and safety

from dire environmental threats, such as epidemics and natural catastrophes. Yet for a species that de pends on the beneficence of nature, or on what the scientists call ‘environmen tal services,’ we are doing a poor job of protecting the physical basis of our very survival! The gigantic world economy is creating a gigantic environmental crisis, one that threatens the lives and wel-lbeing of billions of people and the survival of millions of other species on the planet, if not our own.”

It now must dawn upon all of us that the real culprit and threat to humanity is climate change but such tru ism is being hidden through media collusion in cohort with powerful corporations. Through the use of fossil fuel alone and coal, some 19 fossil corporations are earning some 16 trillion dollars a year or 10 million dollars every minute and part of these raking goes to the media, to the politi cians and religious groups. Let notice be served to one and all that climate change is a crime against Mother Earth, against humanity and against the Creator during these most challeng

On flood mitigation in CDO

ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina—It’s been several days since my hubby Ronnie and I returned to hearth and home for his recovery and small steps aside, it feels great to be back in one’s own humble abode, coughs and colds notwithstanding.

As we continue on our respective roads to recovery, I sift through my Face book feed and what do I see but disturbing news about the successive floods that struck Cagayan de Oro City in the past few days. First in Bugo and Cugman where there were suppos edly three casualties (all seniors) last Sunday (Oct. 16) and then followed by Barangays Tablon, Cugman, FS Catanico and Gusa last Wednesday (Oct. 19).

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ing times of moral collapse and religious. apathy. The pandemic called Covid-19 is indeed a wake-up call! By the Creator to awaken humanity that is still in deep slumber.

Indeed, the word devel opment has been abused and mangled beyond recogni tion. Everything is done in its name and everyone claims to be doing just that, yet, the day to day life of the people speaks that it is not so. The regime of one percent whose total wealth is far greater compared to the combined assets of the ninety-nine percent of the world’s population has wrought havoc whose eco nomic paradigm on corpo rate globalization is putting the earth in the precipice of its 6th extinction. Not only is that horrible re gime killing mother earth through climate change but its dysfunctional control has built military arsenal that can kill the 7.2 billion people 40 times over. That regime has gained so much wealth through massive manufacturing of arma ments and if a US President

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Hundreds of families were displaced of course (a conservative estimate I think based on what I heard from sources) and traffic congestion flared up in the affected areas as the City Disaster Risk Reduction Management (CDRRMD) and other related agencies really worked overtime to rescue families and house them in either classrooms or barangay halls.

As is the case there will always be a lot of finger pointing and blaming but

at its core is the collective impatience and demand by a growing number of Kagay-anons for better flood mitigation measures, some thing which Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Rolando ‘Klarex’ Uy mentioned in his recent ‘100 days’ report at the City Hall quadrangle. The multi-million peso mega-dike (flood control) project being implemented by the national government in Cagayan de Oro City had yet to be completed which is seen to help greatly in controlling the floods that usually hit the city in the later part of the year. I can only hope along with city residents that things won’t get worse in the days to come unless something else is happening that’s affecting the city’s capacity to stem the floodwaters.

In the meantime, ba rangay officials should be vigilant in mapping out their disaster management strategies to avert any ma jor tragedy from befalling their constituents. Sure the demands are heavy but barangay officials are the frontline public servants of local governments and they didn’t sign up for the job solely to enrich themselves in office (right?).

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As a former barangay captain, Mayor Klarex knows how to deal with the barangay officials and should hold them account able should any of them fail in their mandate to protect their constituents from calamities, even when said residents refuse to leave their homes despite the flood risks. Since they have no lots of their own, these indigent families have no choice but continue to live in these flood-risk areas.

Long term view, Cagayan de Oro City should also call on the provincial govern ment of Misamis Oriental and its neighbors in north ern Mindanao to provide housing and jobs for their constituents since a lot of them head to Cagayan de Oro to find employment and housing only to end up in flood-risk and landslide prone areas. Despite being a highly urbanized city, Cagayan de Oro’s resources and land area can only house so many people at any given time.

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Dumaguete named PH ‘most improved’ component city

By MARY JUDALINE PARTLOW

DUMAGUETE CITY – This capital city of Negros Ori ental has been adjudged the “Most Improved” compo nent city in the Philippines under the 2022 Cities and Municipalities Competitive ness Index (CMCI).

The award was given on Thursday during the 10th Cities and Municipalities Competitiveness Summit held at the Philippine Inter national Convention Center in Pasay, the city hall said in a statement Friday.

In an interview with the Philippine News Agency, Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-Negros Oriental provincial direc tor Nimfa Virtucio said the Dumaguete city government topped this “most improved” component city category based on its performance last year.

“Among all the compo nent cities in the country, Dumaguete showed the most significant improve ments based on last year’s standing,” Virtucio said in mixed English and Cebuano.

She said the screening process included the sub mission of documents by the city government and a third-party evaluation, as well as a team of evaluators

coming over.

Virtucio, mayor Felipe Antonio Remollo, acting vice mayor Karissa Tolen tino-Maxino, and councilor Dionie Amores accepted the award on behalf of the city government.

The CMCI is one of the DTI’s Competitiveness Bureau’s programs which enjoins local government units (LGUs) to gather and submit data that serves as the basis for their scores and ranks, the media release said.

Since 2012, the CMCI program culminates with a summit, where the most competitive cities and mu nicipalities are recognized for excelling in the five Competitiveness Pillars -- Economic Dynamism, Government Efficiency, Infrastructure, Resiliency and Innovation.

This year’s summit car ries the theme “A Decade of Excellence: Champion ing Innovation to Sustain Competitiveness.” ( PNA )

Gun ban enforced for Masskara Festival highlights

By NANETTE GUADALQUIVER

BACOLOD CITY – Carry ing firearms outside of resi dence has been prohibited during the weekend high lights of the 43rd Masskara Festival until Sunday, an advisory from the Bacolod City Police Office (BCPO) said.

The BCPO received the approval for the suspension of permits to carry firearms outside of residence on Fri day through a memorandum addressed by the Philippine National Police (PNP) to Col. Thomas Joseph Martir, police city director.

Lt. Ma. Liberty Indiape, deputy public information officer of BCPO, said on Friday night the gun ban took effect immediately in the entire city and will run until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday.

Allowed to carry fire arms are the members of the PNP, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and other law enforcement agencies performing official duties and in agency-prescribed uniforms.

“This is to ensure that the activity will be free from firearm-related incidents and for the safety of the community, as well as local and foreign tourists,” the BCPO said in a statement.

It added that the police and the city government aim for a safe and crimefree celebration.

The BCPO also sought the cooperation of the public

to do their share in mak ing the festival a success by following the rules and regulations set by the local government unit.

A total of 2,174 police personnel of the BCPO, Negros Occidental Police Provincial Office, Police Regional Office 6 (Western Visayas), and other police units across the region have been deployed during the final three days of the fes tival until Sunday.

Festival highlights in clude the Electric Masskara float parade and dance-off competition at the Mega world’s The Upper East and Government Center grounds on Saturday night, and the Masskara street and

arena dance competition at the Paglaum Sports Com

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Pres. Marcos affirms partnership with private sector to improve business sector, affirmed for leadership of Agri portfolio

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITYOrganizers of the forthcom ing Mindanao Food Con gress received encouraging news from the President ahead of the tri-event to be hosted by the city on October 26-30 at the Lim ketkai Center.

Besides the three-day Mindanao Food Congress to be held at the Limketkai Luxe Hotel, the tri-event also features the Oro BEST Expo 2022 and the Na tional Science and Tech nology Week (NSTW) sa Amihanang Mindanao to be hosted by the Dept. of Science and Technology Region X at the Limketkai Atrium.

“We recognize the fact that our businesses cannot thrive alone. Thus, it is my commitment to foster a sound environment where businesses can flourish and continue to be a driver of our economic growth,” President Ferdinand R. Marcos, Jr. said during the closing rites of the 48th Philippine Business Conference and Exposi tion at the Manila Hotel organized by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI).

The 48th Philippine

Business Conference and Exposition (PBCE), orga nized by the PCCI, seeks to jumpstart dialogue on key policy measures and programs concerning busi ness and the economy that are vital in navigating the Philippines toward full re covery and growth.

During the event, con ference chairperson Ferdi nand Ferrer submitted 10 conference resolutions to the President which “reflect the private sector’s commit ment to provide meaningful solutions to priority pressing issues and concerns that will help us deal with the significant challenges and opportunities in the years ahead.”

“These resolutions will help us achieve food secu rity; move towards a sci ence-based and transparent health system; support new investments and generate more employment; establish and maintain qualification standards in all levels of our educational system; deepen cooperation and expand participation in the inter national fronts; implement a nation-wide reliable and competitive digitalization program; address climate

change; assure reliable and affordable power supply to sustain the economy; provide world-class inte grated transport systems, and minimize barriers to the free flow of goods and services,” Ferrer stressed.

The PBCE was attended by Oro Chamber execu tives headed by Past Presi dent and Mindanao Food Congress Director Ruben A. Vegafria and President Raymundo Talimio, Jr. and PCCI-affiliate chambers of commerce from Mindanao.

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visory Council (PSAC) to tackle the Philippines’ ag ricultural priorities in the next 6 years, and “received recommendations from the PSAC on digital farming methods and supply chain improvement strategies to ensure food security,” the Office of the Press Secretary said in a statement.

The PSAC also proposed the review of the policies and structure of the National Food Authority (NFA) to enable the agency to operate as a logistics hub and reduce losses for the government.

The President mentioned

a plan to institutionalize the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) digital platform Sarai to empower agricultural stakeholders with site-specific crop advisories based on data gathered from the Diwata micro-satellite.

“Through the DOST program, farmers and fish ermen will be able to access real-time and updated infor mation on farm conditions, including weather outlook, drought and flooding fore casting, disease detection and infestation,” the OPS said.

The President also or dered the accelerated re planting of coconut trees, distribution of seedlings, and intercropping for better land use to improve coconut farmers’ incomes; a review on the Act for Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN) law to revive salt farming as an additional livelihood for the fisherfolk to augment their income.

Food security is a key program of the current administration, with the President saying during the campaign that it would be possible to reduce the price of rice to P20 per kilo.

Meantime, the President has received high marks for his handling of the Depart ment of Agriculture (DA), a recent PUBLiCUS Asia survey shows.

PUBLiCUS Asia’s Pa hayag 2022 Quarterly Sur vey shows 63 percent of respondents agree with the President’s move to take the agriculture portfolio.

Fifteen percent of Fili pinos disagreed with the President’s decision, while 22 percent were undecided.

The survey was con ducted on Sept. 16-20, 2022,

PAVI eyes 1,000 MW of renewable energy in next 3 to 5 years

MANILA – Prime As set Ventures, Inc (PAVI), through its renewable en ergy arm PAVI Green, is set to achieve up to 1000MW within the next three to five years to solidify the group’s commitment to provid ing clean and sustainable energy.

This as PAVI strength ened its energy assets after recently adding Premier eREIT (real estate invest ment trust) among its list of subsidiaries.

“PAVI aspires to continu ously diversify our portfolio to achieve our objectives of becoming a key player in the infrastructure and

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PBBM appoints gov Mendoza as new Chairperson of RDC-12

COTABATO (October 22, 2022) --- Officials are grate ful to Malacañang for ap pointing a new chairperson for the Regional Develop ment Council-12 who is supportive of the Southern Philippine peace process.

In a press release posted by Mindanao Voces Media outfits here and nearby provinces received on Friday copies of the ap pointment of Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza as chairperson of RDC-12 ,dated October 19 signed by President Marcos Jr. Top Officials said.

Bangsamoro Labor Min ister Muslim Sema, chair man of the Moro National Front (MNLF) told the Manila Times in an inter view as well as reporters saying “We want to tell the President Marcos Jr. that putting Cotabato Gov. Mendoza at the helm of RDC-12 will benefit the Mindanao peace process”. adding the MNLF and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, (MILF) , which have separate peace compacts with the national govern ment have enclaves in Region 12 that are now bet ter known as “peace zone” There are 63 barangays in

By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor different towns in Cotabato province grouped as the “Special Geographic Area of “ or SGA ,that are under the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mind anao. Kadil Sinolinding Jr a physician in the 80-member of the Bangsamoro Transi tion Authority said that the appointment of Mendoza was for him ,an “answered for his prayer .

Mendoza had also served as congressional represen tative of Cotabato province before she was elected as governor in 2007, and sub sequently, as vice governor, for one term prior to her election as provincial chief executive during the May 9, 2022 elections.

Sema and Sinolinding have long been cooperating with the peace and security programs of Mendoza in Moro, Christian and in digenous communities in her province, which has 17 towns and covers more than 40 barangays in its capital, Kidapawan City.

Mendoza, while Cotabato vice governor, helped cam paign for the ratification, via a plebiscite in early 2019, of the proposed Bangsamoro Organic Law, that was to become the regional charter of BARMM, meant to put closure to the “Moro issue” hounding the country since the 1970s.

President Marcos also

Mountain marathon showcases DavSur town’s tourism potential

MATANAO, Davao del Sur – There were no cash prizes for the winners but the 1st Matanao Mountain Mara thon on Saturday success fully showcased the richness of the mountainous areas, caves, and waterfalls here.

The first-ever Mindanaowide mountain running event lured 18 participants in the 42-kilometer (km) distance and 41 in the 21km.

By CHE PALICTE seven hours and 14 minutes.

Romualdo Calbes, race director and founder of Vertical To Sky Mountain Races & Climbs in Philip pines, said in an interview that Matanao holds potential in hosting similar races with foreign participants.

“Foreigners will love to conduct extreme sports here due to the high terrains and mountains,” said Calbes, a seasoned mountaineer and mountain runner in and outside the Philippines.

The race that started at the Matanao tourism building passed by Su’bon Cave, Mount Lamabal, Seven Waterfalls, Fetam Waterfalls, Underground River, Soliman Cave and Waterfalls, Bantong Falls, Skyfall Peak, and Dats Cave, among others.

The top finishers, includ ing 42-km winner Roberto Cain, will be endorsed to the 5th Mt. Apo Sky & Vertical Race slated December 16 to 18 in Sta Cruz town.

Cain finished the race in

“The trail was very dif ficult. Some routes you needed to crawl, then run, and slide on slopes. But all in all, Matanao mountain ranges are very beautiful,” he said.

Cain urged the youth to get into running as it is both healthy and beneficial for their total well-being.

“You can start by training two times a day and have a good diet. But continue to focus on your studies as well,” he said.

Clover Jane Sabornido, Matanao tourism office head, said they are relying on sports tourism to promote their sites.

“This one will really boost our tourism indus try. We indulge in extreme sports because the Matanao topography is very ideal for

trail mountain marathons,” she added “We are planning international competitions, hopefully in the next two to three years.”

The event was accredited an an official American Trail Running Association race member. ( PNA )

Write Ups of Names and Places Derived from the Community

1. Kiokong- the original native word is “Kiuhong” its symbolizes hill that forms like mushroom and presently known as Quezon.

2. Melosok- this place source of top water for drinking of the people of kiokong (Quezon). In Cebuano term “Melosok” means itchy fishes will come out from their hideout because they feel itchy. Melosok fall into the spring.

3. Buayan- during the early period there were plenty of crocodiles that were called by the natives as “Buayahan”, a native word that was later on named by the Cebuano’s as “Buaya”

4. Kalaw- during the ancient era there were plenty of birds that were named by the natives as “Kalyawa” and named by the Cebuano’s as “Bangitngiton” or “Kalaw”.

5. Lagayan- during the early period, there were plenty of molave trees in this area so that’s why it was named as “tehas” in native term, and there was a tree named lagayan in that place whose fruit will fail to the ground and served as the food of the wild boars. The Dragnay family that was hunters met on this place and they also gathered herbal plants from this place.

6. Bagalbal hill- during the early period, in native term the “bagalbalan” means to drive away the people, because there was a story of our ancestors that there was a giant living in this place. If this giant will come out from his hideout the people around will get sick so that’s why the people were just like driven away due to their fear of any illness. So that is why it is currently named Bagalbal, according.

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT NATIONAL COMMISSION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 6TH/7TH Flr. Sunnymed IT Center Building 1614 Quezon Aves., Quezon City Tel Nos. 373-9534/ 373-9578/ Tel. Fax 373-9765

TECHNICAL DESCRITION HEIRS OF DRAGNAY CLAN ALs-1001-0009 Gni

An Ancestral Land of DRAGNAY CLAN represented by Datu Rodolfo Dragnay Gullas situated at Sto. Lagayan San Jose Quezon Bukidnon.

Bounded on the NE along lines 48-49-50-51-51-1-2 by the Municipality of Quezon Bukidnon, bounded on the SE along corner 3 by the Municipality of Quezon Bukidnon, Bounded on the SW along lines 4-5-6-7-8-9-10 by the Municipality og Quezon Bukidnon and along lines 11-12-13-14-15-16-17-18-19-20-21-22-23-24-25-26-27-28-29 along Pulangi River of the Municipality of Quezon Bukidnon. Bounded on the NW along lines 30-31-32-33-34-35-36-37-38-39-40-41-42-4344-45-46-47 along Pulangi river in the Municipality of Quezon Bukidnon.

Beginning at point Marked “1” on plan being N 83 deg. 29 min. W, 3144.66 m from BKN-487 Namria Poblacion Quezon Bukidnon.

BOUNDARY

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(In photo President Ferdinand Bongbong Marcos ap points Cotabato Governor Emmylou as Chairperson of RDC-12 .Officials are glad with Pres. Marcos Jr choice of RDC-12 head.( C o N t R ibute D P hoto )

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PH Hosts 27th ASEAN Labor Ministers’ meet

THE Philippines is host ing the 27th ASEAN La bor Ministers’ Meeting (ALMM) and Related Meetings in Manila this week, Labor Secretary Bienvenido E. Laguesma announced on Sunday.

Expected to attend the meetings from October 25 to 29 are labor minis ters and senior labor offi cials from the 10-member states of ASEAN: Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malay

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with a base of 1,500 adult respondents.

In an interview with reporters on Thursday, Marcos stood firm in his decision to stay as DA chief amid critics’ calls to appoint a full-time secre tary to head the depart ment.

He said other DA of ficials agree with his deci sion, adding that he was

sia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, and the Philippines.

The labor officials will also hold meetings with ASEAN Plus Three dialogue partners China, Japan and South Korea.

The DOLE Secretary, who will chair the ALMM, said that the biennial meetings serve as a ma jor venue to identify and advance areas of regional cooperation on matters affecting labor and em

willing to step down if he was no longer needed.

Marcos earlier said that he would only step down as head of the Department of Agriculture once the agency’s “functions are properly institutionalized and the structural changes that we need to make in the DA have been made.”

“When we are able to say that the DA’s functions are properly institutional ized, and the structural changes that we need to

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

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE N0.2022-126 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ROSENO P. RUBANTE, JR. AND MARIA FE R. BEBIANO-RUBANTE, ROSENO P. RUBANTE, JR. AND MARIA FE R. BEBIANO-RUBANTE, Petitioners. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on January 25, 2004 at Calbayog City, Samar, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Purok 3, Magoong, Linamon, Lanao del Norte and Purok 3, Brgy. Basud, Calbayog City, Samar respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for eight (8) years 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 January 25, 2004 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 November 25, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 17th day of October, 2022.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: Oct 18, 25 & Nov 1, 2022

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR Province of Davao del Sur MUNICIPALITY OF MALALAG NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FEDILITACAGAMPANG-TINGSON has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “ FIDELA ” to “ FEDILITA ” in the birth certificate of FIDELA CASEÑAS CAGAMPANG who was born on April 24, 1960 at JAGNA, BOHOL and whose parents are DANIEL CAGAMPANG and JUSTINA CASEÑAS

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than__________________

(Sgd.) POL P. YURO

Municipal Civil Registrar

ployment.

This year’s meetings mark a return to the faceto-face format, and will focus on the theme of moving beyond the pan demic and further promot ing digitalized, inclusive and sustainable recovery and growth for workers.

Included in the agenda of the meetings is the review of the progress of various regional programs on skills development, digitalization, climate

make in the DA have been made, and the appoint ments in the DA have already been made, then saka ako bibitaw (that’s when I’ll step down). Be cause then, they don’t need me anymore, they don’t need the President heading the department,” he added.

Because the problems of the DA were “very deeply embedded”, Marcos said his role as president is necessary to “change and

change and green jobs, industrial relations and the changing world of work, migration and social protection.

Laguesma said the meetings will also high light the need for more ef fective regional responses to unemployment espe cially in rural communi ties, rising food prices, and inflation, which are now among the biggest threats to workers’ welfare and well-being in the region.

turn it around.”

Last June, Marcos an nounced that he will head the DA to show Filipinos that he puts “high priority” on the agriculture sector.

As DA chief, he vowed to prioritize increasing rice production and reorganizing the agriculture department. ( PNA )

Appoints... from page 7 appointed, along with Mendoza, Richlie Lyndon

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

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE

CIVIL CASE N0.2022-127 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ANDREW HIPOLITO RIVERA AND JUANITA LORETA A. LIBUT-RIVERA, ANDREW HIPOLITO RIVERA AND JUANITA LORETA A. LIBUT-RIVERA, Petitioners. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on June 1, 2004 at Floridablanca, Pampanga, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Sto. Niño, Guagua, Pampanga and Valdez, Floridablanca, Pampanga respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for six (6) years 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 1, 2004 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 November 25, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 17th day of October, 2022.

MDN: Oct 18, 25 & Nov 1, 2022

R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Cotabato City/Municipality: Makilala

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FE GAVIOLA MORATA has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “ PANCRACIA ” to “ FE ” in the birth certificate of PANCRACIA GAVIOLA who was born on APRIL 3, 1957 at Makilala, Cotabato and whose parents are GAUDENCIO GAVIOLA and FELIPA PAMILAR

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written op position with this Office.

(Sgd.) JOSE ISIDRO M. MAINIT OIC-Municipal Civil Registrar

The labor ministers are expected to come up with priorities for regional ac tions on improving skills for employment, upgrad ing competency and pro fessional qualifications standards and the delivery of technical and vocational education and training (TVET); making ICT and digitalization accessible to all, and modernizing agriculture to improve agricultural productivity, enhance food security and

Luza Magtulis, as RDC-12 chairperson.

The RDCs in all re gions function under the auspices of the National Economic Development Authority.

The president of the league of mayors in Co tabato, Mayor Jonathan Mahimpit of President Roxas, said he supported the candidacy of Mendoza for governor during the May 9 electoral exercise partly for her attachment

create new jobs.

Laguesma noted that this is the first time that agricultural moderniza tion and food security will be among the top priorities in the ALMM agenda.

This is a good develop ment for the Philippines as it is fully aligned with the strategic priorities of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s socio-eco nomic agenda, Laguesma added. ### CPSD

with the non-Moro in digenous communities in the province. “Now the Moro, the Christian and the indigenous com munities in Region 12 will have a voice in the RDC-12,” Mahimpit said.

Region 12 covers the provinces of Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, South Co tabato, and Sarangani, and the cities of Kidapawan, Tacurong, Koronadal and General Santos.( ASA T. MADALE )

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

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO. 2022-132 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES AIDAN NOVELA SULAPAS AND MARICRIS DALDE OREJANA, AIDAN NOVELA SULAPAS AND MARICRIS DALDE OREJANA, Petitioners. x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on February 22, 2022 at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at B6, L18, Henaville Subd., Brgy. Estaca, Compostela, Cebu and House # 1097 P-2 Sosohon St., Pob., Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for many years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on February 22, 2022 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 November 28, 2022 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 24th of October, 2022.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge MDN: Oct 25, Nov 1 & 8, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City / Municipality: Butuan City

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that JERSON RAMIO CEBUAN has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “ JOAN ” to “ JERSON ”; and the child’s sex from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOAN RAMEO CEBUAN , who was born on 27 February 1999 at Basag, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines and whose parents are ROBERTO CALE CEBUAN SR. and LOLITA BONGCALES RAMEO

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written op position with this Office not later than 8 November 2022

(Sgd.) AMALIA T. QUE Acting City Civil Registrar

MDN: Oct 25 & Nov 1, 2022

R.A.

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Cotabato City/Municipality: CARMEN

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that REBECCA TAN NIPAL has filed with this Office, a petition for Change of First Name from “ ALICE ” to “ REBECCA ” in the birth certificate of ALICE ANDRES TAN who was born on November 14, 1960 at Zamboanga City and whose parents are Tan S. Lee and Dolores Andres

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later 13 October 2022

(Sgd.) ROSIE A. TOMELDEN Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Oct 25 & Nov 1, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

October 14, 2022

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Ad ministrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that CHRISTOPHER F. LEUTERIO has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in child’s date of birth from AUGUST 28, 1975 to “ JULY 10, 1975 ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHRISTOPHER FLORES ELUTERIO at Makilala, North Cotabato and whose parents are Danilo T. Leuterio and Victoria R. Flores

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than November 03, 2022 (Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar MDN: Oct 18 & 25, 2022

MDN: Oct 25 & Nov 1, 2022

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

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that MADILYN M. DENURA has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “ M ” to “ FEMALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MADILYN BASTASA MALDO who was born on 09 OCTOBER 1962 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are CARMITA P. BASTASA and ADREANO C. MALDO

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

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

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is now open, this is the MassKara festival which is a celebration of the opening of Bacolod but of the entire Philippines),” he said.

Despite the festival be ing borne out of “a very sad period in the history of Bacolod”, the President said it also symbolizes Filipinos’ “reemergence from a crisis.”

“..That is what we cel ebrate today and that is what we see that people are feeling and that is the feeling that we want to con tinue to encourage within our people because that is what’s going to lead us to

success,” he said.

Marcos also congratu lated Bacolod City Mayor Albee Benitez and event organizers for a successful holding of the festival.

Founded in October 1980 by the late Bacolod City Mayor Jose “Digoy” Montalvo Jr., the MassKara Festival was first held fol lowing two major tragedies that befell Negrenses– the collapse of sugar prices in the international market and the sinking of the Negros Navigation ship M/V Don Juan.

During the sugar crisis, artists thought of promoting mask-making as an alterna tive source of income for

Principles of management

By Ma. CARMELA DELA PEÑA

THE principles of man agement are the essential, underlying factors that form the foundations of successful management. These prin ciples are division of work, authority and responsibility, discipline, unity of com mand, unity of direction, subordination of individual interest, remuneration, degree of centralization, scalar chain, order, equity, stability of ten ure of personnel, initiative and esprit de corps. These principles of management serve as a guideline for deci sion making and management actions.

In practice, employees are specialized in different areas and they have differ ent skills. Different levels of expertise can be distinguished within the knowledge areas

(from generalist to specialist).

Personal and professional developments support this. Specialization promotes ef ficiency of the workforce and increases their accuracy and speed.

In order to get things done in an organization, manage ment has the authority to give orders to the employees. Of course with this authority comes responsibility. The accompanying power or au thority gives the management the right to give orders to the subordinates. The respon sibility can be traced back from performance and it is therefore necessary to make agreements about this. In other words, authority and responsibility go together and and they are two sides of the same coin.

Reaction Paper on the Article: Reshaping education amidst COVID19 by Sara Soliven De Guzman

CHARLYN S. BAYLON Principal II Gusa Regional Science High School

Article: Why did you choose the article? In what ways does the article reflect your own experience and situ ation during the pandemic?

I chose this article because it was published in June 15, 2020 where Covid 19 was still something new, unknown and it was a trial and error to so many countries worldwide in terms of its management, precautions and even possible treatment. This was also the time when the United States of America and some parts of Europe have been the most affected with almost 1 million deaths and counting. Everyone was basically in the dark, some were in shock that suddenly their lives have changed forever. The world is reset.

The Philippines which is a third world country cannot afford to be placed in a similar situation with those of the first world countries. Those affluent countries have the most capacity in terms of providing technical support and infrastructures to their people and definitely have sufficient funds to keep their country afloat for several months in spite of lockdown.

That is why, I applaud the brave decision of Pres. Duterte who tried all means to deliver education sans face to face instruction. There are so many reasons why DepEd decided in suspending physical teaching-learning processes, i.e., very congested class rooms, poor hygiene practices by most of our learners, and the extremely “social” being of our learners where social distancing is something foreign, the face to face instruction is not viable.

Aside from that, our public hospitals have limited bed capacity just in case there is a spike of covid cases due to the 27 M Filipino students still normalizing education as what the author insisted (which unfortunately what is happening now), I think her idea is outlandish!

1. What are the three most important things that you have learned about the external factors affecting schools?

This pandemic really caught DepEd by surprise. But with due diligence and proactive planning particularly of the DepEd Sec. Briones, Basic Education Learning Continuity Plan (BE-LCP) where education framework in times of covid was introduced is laudable. The BE-LCP is now the bible or reference of all public and private schools specifi cally in Assessment and recognition, Academic ease, Self-directed Learning

Modules (SLM), MELCs and the likes have been given light.

DepEd is a complex organization where they not only consider one aspect--- the learners but as well as the financial capacity of their parents in terms of providing for stable internet connections and devices for online classes, the skills of the teachers in managing education during the pan demic, the quarantine restrictions by the IATF, and the availability of internet infrastructures in the community where the school is, etc. Without considering some of these factors would certainly imperil everyone and may cost them their lives if face to face classes will be enforced. Making critical decisions would always consider a lot of things on whether the good outweighs the bad. Of course, the president thinks about the learners’ welfare, we thought about their welfare, everyone thinks about their welfare.

Fast forward today, after RA 11480, the school year started in October 13, 2021. Education must continue regardless of the circumstances and we should thank our leaders for competently managing it without compromising the health and lives of the students and the teachers.

At present, my school which is Gusa Regional Science High School is offering one-hundred percent bichronous modality which is a combination of synchronous and asynchronous ap proach. As a school, we see the need to incorporate online teaching-learning in order to strengthen teacher-learner and learner-learner inter-actions, enrich digital citizenships, enhance competence and performance of the learners among others which seemed to be wanting in the previous school year.

We are striving at our own capacity to provide for the necessary support to our teachers in terms of stronger internet connections at school, provide for elec tronic devices to aid teaching-learning process, provide technical support in the use of various platforms and applica tions, and contextualize assessment to make teaching-learning experience more meaningful and enduring.

References:

Soliven De Guzman, Sara, 2020. Re shaping education amidst COVID19. The Philippine Star, article. https://www.phil star.com/opinion/2020/06/15/2020937/ reshaping-education-amidst-covid-19

the locals.

Montalvo likewise sug gested holding a mask fes tival to lift the spirits of the locals after the maritime accident that killed his wife, two daughters, and hun dreds of Bacolod residents.

MassKara is derived from the words “mass” meaning “many” and “kara” meaning “faces,” thus calling it the Festival of Many Faces.

This year’s festival will be the first face-to-face event after two years of being suspended due to the pandemic.

Before gracing the cul minating activities of the MassKara Festival, Marcos attended the inauguration of The Upper East and the unveiling of the township marker in Bacolod City. ( PNA )

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Secretary because there are matters that only the President can do, especially over years-long problems in the department.

“There are things that a President can do that a Secretary cannot. The problems are so difficult that it will take a Presi dent to change and turn it around,” he said at the 48th Philippine Business Conference and Exposition of the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry at The Manila Hotel.

He said the problems in the agriculture sector are so “deeply embedded” so it would take some time before these are addressed.

“Hindi ganun kabilis,

Importance of School LAC Sessions

by: LOTIS P. BUOT

Teacher III-Dumingag Central Elementary School Dumingag I District-Division of Zamboanga del Sur

Changes in learning deliv ery, learners’ reading status, and the emergence of novel teaching strategies are some of the issues that teachers in the school are concerned about. These and other topics were covered by the teachers during their LAC sessions.

What exactly is LAC? Or der No. 25 of the Department of Education 2016 sees the establishment of the Learn ing Action Cell (LAC). As defined, it is a session led by a group of teachers who engage in collaborative learning ses sions to solve shared school challenges.

LAC is viewed by the De partment as a school-based continuing professional devel opment strategy for improving teaching and learning. The conduct of LAC as a profes sional learning community will assist teachers in the con struction of new knowledge about instruction as well as in revising traditional beliefs and assumptions about edu cation, community, teach ing, and learning to meet the current needs of the learners. Furthermore, LAC hoped to

foster successful teachers and a professional collaborative spirit among school leaders, teachers, and the community as a whole.

The Department has already implemented a significant amount of teacher professional development. The majority of these are top-down processes in which top management cascades relevant informa tion to teachers via lectures, workshops, or training.

The approach of this LAC session, on the other hand, is unique in that it begins at the grassroots level, where teachers at their level discuss challenges in the school. It is also regarded as a cost-effective continuing professional de velopment process because teachers are not required to leave their stations. They only meet in their school.

Given this, the Depart ment is optimistic that LAC sessions will improve teachers’ educational practices. As a result, it will produce positive results among the students. Quality education is hoped to be achieved through LAC sessions.

Teachers’ Resilience in the New Normal

by: BERYL P. MIRABELES

Teacher II - Guitran Central Elementary School Dumingag II District - Division of Zamboanga del Sur

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every aspect of life. It had an impact on various sectors of society, including education. Changes in instruction delivery and the learners’ current situa tion have put the teachers’ resilience to the test.

Resilience is the ability to quickly recover from or adjust to adversity or change (Merriam-Webster, 2022). It implies that a resilient person can withstand and adapt to adversity. That is precisely what a teacher is.

Changes in instruction delivery have put teachers’ resilience to the test. As a re sult of the pandemic, regular classes have been disrupted and replaced with modular distance learning. Concern ing the change, teachers’ responsibilities have been expanded to include printing and reprinting additional copies of modules, assorting and placing them in envelopes ready for pick-up by parents. Teachers also created and use Learning Activity Sheets (LAS) to supplement their

students’ learning. Some have also gone on to become radio and television broadcasters after creating lessons for radio and television-based instruction. All of these are new tasks, but the teachers’ perseverance has allowed them to be completed.

The limited face-to-face instruction revealed the true scenario of the pupils’ situa tion. Many demonstrate read ing difficulties and a lack of mastery of the learning com petencies appropriate to their level. Teachers never gave up and instead demonstrated their tenacity. They created interventions to meet the students’ immediate needs. They prepared various read ing materials, tracing sheets, worksheets, and the like.

Despite the numerous challenges, we see teachers doing their best and doing everything that is expected of them. Although we occa sionally hear them complain, their dedication and pas sion for teaching has never wavered. Their fortitude is truly unrivaled.

hindi ganun kadali na ibalik sa ating magandang sistema dati. Kaya’t (It’s not that fast, it’s not that easy to bring it back to the good system it was before. So) I think I am still needed there,” he added during a chance interview.

However, he expressed a willingness to find someone to replace him once “DA’s functions are properly insti tutionalized” and “structural changes have been made.”

Based on the results of PUBLiCUS Asia’s Pahayag 2022 Quarterly Survey on September 16 to 20, around 63 percent of 1,500 adult Filipinos approved of Mar cos’ decision to take on the DA portfolio.

Modernization

Meanwhile, Senator Cyn thia Villar said agricultural modernization is the key food security and will play a major role in President Marcos’ programs on eco

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nomic recovery.

She said the country has all the ingredients for a successful food program but the lack of mechanized farming and proper training hamper growth.

The chairperson of the Committee on Agriculture and Food said the proposed PHP163.8 billion budget of the DA for 2023 will be enough to fulfill the ad ministration’s objectives, lessen the dependence on importation, and modern ize the sector by buying equipment and conducting training.

“They can use the fund to buy seedlings and mod ern agricultural equipment, the reason why we are not competitive compared to other nations is because we lack those),” Villar said in a radio interview. ( With a report from Leonel Abasola/ PNA )

Motivational Teaching Strategies for Kindergarten Learners

by: MIRIAM C. TAC-AN Teacher I-Guitran Central Elementary School Dumingag II District-Division of Zamboanga del Sur

Teaching Kindergarten learners has always been dif ficult for teachers for a variety of reasons. They have short attention spans because they are young. At this stage, they also go through the transition of being separated from their parents or guardians for the first time. These are some of the reasons why teach ing them can be difficult. However, using motivational strategies is a sure way to address this.

Motivational strategies are techniques that encour age individuals to engage in goal-related behavior (Suc uoglu, 2017). These are the strategies used by teachers in the classroom to capture and sustain learners’ attention to the lesson.

What are some motiva tional teaching strategies that can be used with Kinder garten learners? Some of the most common motivational teaching strategies are games, simulations, and the use of pictures or real objects.

Kindergarten pupils are kinaesthetic learners. They benefit greatly from physical activities as opposed to listen ing to a lecture or watching a demonstration. As a result, learners participate and learn

from instruction.

The use of simulations benefits the learners as well. They are exploratory in nature and they tend to investigate various situations where they can engage themselves. Simu lations such as buying in a canteen to stimulate their numeracy skills are beneficial for their learning. Simulations of attending a party may also aid in the development of their social skills.

Most students are vi sual learners and the use of pictures has always been thought to be beneficial to their learning. They benefit greatly from instruction in volving pictures, graphs, or anything that appeals to their visual sense. They understand more when they see these concepts because they are in the concrete operational stage at this point.

Teachers should also use locally available objects to allow students to touch, see, feel, or taste the actual object. It is also said that students understand and learn more when all of their senses are engaged.

Indeed, the use of games, simulations, pictures, or real objects is beneficial to Kin dergarten pupils’ learning.

Human resources management

By HONEY SWEET M. BATOY

Administrative Assistant III of Personnel Section DepEd Division of Oroquieta City

HUMAN resources is the set of people who make up the work force of an organiza tion, business sector, indus try or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals com mand. Similar terms include manpower, labor, personnel, associates or simply people.

The human resources de partment of an organization performs human resource management, overseeing vari ous aspects of employment such as compliance with labor law and employment stan dards, interviewing, adminis tration of employee benefits, organizing of employee files with the required documents for future reference and some aspects of recruitment (also known as talent acquisition)

and employee offboarding. It is the strategic and coherent approach to the effective and efficient management of people in a company or organization such that they help their business gain a competitive advantage. It is designed to maximize em ployee performance in service of an employer’s strategic objectives. Human resource management is primarily concerned with the man agement of people within organizations, focusing on policies and systems. HR de partments are responsible for overseeing employee-benefits design, employee recruitment, training and development, performance appraisal and reward management such as managing pay and employee benefits systems.

would stop a war like what the late President John F. Kennedy did in the sixties in stopping the Vietnam War, he was assas sinated. A US Congressional hearing two years ago disclosed that it was not Lee Harvey Os wald who assassinated Kennedy but the assassination was done through the secret conspiracy of the FBI and CIA in conniv ance with big corporations manufacturing armaments as these corporations were earning then more 500 billion dollars annually through the Vietnam War.

That heavy money-making continued during the Iraqi War as these corporations were the ones supplying the armaments of the two warring factions. When the ISIS brothers who were then taking PhD in the Us knew of this horrible tru ism, they did not finish their scholarship but instead went back to Iraq and formed the ISI combatants against the US whom they described as an “evil empire.”.

The kind of development being pursued by the one per cent regime is so dysfunctional which is accelerating and inten sifying, not only against human beings but against nature. It can be likened to the workings of an auto-immune disease syndrome (AIDS), where no less than the body’s defense mechanisms are attacking vital organs. We decimate our forests, we pollute our rivers and bays, we produce food yet contaminate our water table following costly agricultural technologies tied up to the heavy use of toxic chemicals, modern living means adopting lifestyle that what makes of a throw-away society – all done in the name of development.

That kind of development can only be described as ruth less and futureless which has made the impossible now pos sible, which is the end of life on earth. Biodiversity embrac ing billions of life forms has tremendously decreased as these life forms which have evolved on earth for billions of years are now extinct. As the earth warms and the oceans rise, we are now confronted on how to feed, clothe and house the exponentially growing earthlings that will reach the 9.3 billion mark by 2050.

Mahatma Gandhi had put it more succinctly when he said, “If man has to be saved from doom, development must be in harmony with nature and not as its own expense.” A Lumad leader was even more precise when he said, “only when you have cut the last tree, only when you have caught the last fish, only when you have dried the last river, only then will you realize that you cannot eat your money!”

Oscar Moreno said about one of the biggest, if not the big gest challenge facing local and national governments alike in the coming years? Resource allocation, if I recall correctly in one of his farewell speeches. This challenge es pecially rings true in light of the looming implementation of the Mandanas ruling by the Supreme Court.

So how does resource al location, the continued move ment of people from neighbor ing areas to Cagayan de Oro City and the Mandanas ruling have to do with the recent flooding in the city? Under

the Mandanas ruling, local governments like Cagayan de Oro City will have a greater share of the national wealth, only for this share to be offset by greater public demand for services, like say social welfare.

I’d like to talk more about the Mandanas ruling in some future time and how it cor relates to the City of Golden Friendship but let’s sidetrack a bit and talk about that in sipid proposal by Sen. Jinggoy Estrada to ban Korean drama (K-drama) from Philippine TV screens.

It was probably two or three years ago when I wrote about my fascination with the Korean drama ‘Crash Landing On You’ and how it made me a fan of Korean drama just like the rest of the avid Pinoy viewers. Flash forward to today and what’s this I hear about Senator Estrada wanting to ban K-dramas supposedly to give more room for the Pinoy film and TV industry to thrive and grow.

Two words cross my mind on learning about this devel opment and these are CEN SORSHIP and MONOPOLY.

Censorship since, like the ban on Voltes V and other anime shows in the 70s for suppos edly violent content, it restricts Pinoy viewers of their choices in entertainment in favor of the local industry, who may or may not level up because they have a captive audience in their hold.

Monopoly since, again, the local film and TV indus try can churn out films and movies without any concern for quality and dictate their output on the audience—a sick and blatant ‘take it or leave it’ scenario which I find repulsive.

Senator Estrada may find some support from fellow actor turned politician Sen. Robin Padilla who had long been antagonistic towards foreign movies and entertainment.

I hope Senator Estrada’s call to ban K-dramas won’t prosper at all beyond mere bluster because at a time when more pressing issues need to be resolved—fuel and sugar crisis anyone—politicians like him sidetrack Pinoy voters with non-issues.

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The inflatable mobile plan etarium is a replica of the fixed planetarium at the PAGASA Science Garden Complex, BIR Road, Brgy. Central, Quezon City, Metro Manila.

For more updates and in quiries on the 2022 NSTW activities, follow the official DOST-10 Facebook page and

DOST-10 website or call at telephone number 088-8583931. (with reports from Kristel Alvarico/DOST-10 )

the Mindanao Food Congress Tri-Event, Limketkai Center Atrium at Cagayan de Oro City.

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on the third day coinciding with the darkest night of the lunar month.

Depending on the region, celebrations include prayers before one or more Hindu deities, the most common being Lakshmi.

According to David Kinsley, an Indologist and scholar of Indian religious traditions par ticularly in relation to goddess worship, Lakshmi symbolizes three virtues: wealth and pros perity, fertility and abundant crops, as well as good fortune.

Merchants seek Lakshmi’s blessings in their ventures and will ritually close their accounting year during Diwali.

Fertility motifs appear in agricultural offerings brought before Lakshmi by farming families, who give thanks for the recent harvests and seek her blessings for prosperous future crops.

A symbolic piece of tradi tional fertilizer, a dried piece of cow dung, is included in the ensemble in Odisha and Deccan region villages, an agricultural motif according to Kinsley. Another aspect of the festival is remembering the ancestors.

Rituals and preparations for Diwali begin days or weeks in advance, typically after the festival of Dusshera that precedes Diwali by about 20 days. The festival formally begins two days before the night of Diwali, and ends two days thereafter. Each day has the following rituals and significance:

During the festival, Hindus, Jains and Sikhs illuminate their homes, temples and work spaces with diyas, candles and lanterns

Hindus, in particular, have a ritual oil bath at dawn on each day of the festival.

Diwali is also marked with fireworks and the decoration of floors with rangoli designs, and other parts of the house with jhalars.

Food is a major focus with families partaking in feasts and sharing mithai.

The festival is an annual homecoming and bonding period not only for families, but also for communities and associations, particularly those in urban areas, which will organize activities, events and gatherings. Some Hindus, Jains and Sikhs will send Diwali greeting cards to families near and far during the festive sea son, occasionally with boxes of Indian confectionery.

Many towns organize com munity parades and fairs with parades or music and dance performances in parks.

Get a glimpse of India through the Diwali Festival of Lights on Wednesday, 26 Oc tober 2022, starting at 6PM at

LGU-CDO is Top 4 in Resil iency, Top 6 in Innovation, Top 7 in Government Efficiency, and Top 8 in Infrastructure against competing highly ur banized cities in the country.

Rounding up the Top 10 list is 1) Quezon, 2) Manila, 3) Pasay, 4) Davao, 5) Muntin lupa, 6) Makati, 7) Iloilo, 8) Cagayan de Oro, 9) Bacolod, and 10) Valenzuela.

Cagayan de Oro City’s participation to this year’s Cities and Municipalities Com petitiveness Index was made possible under the leadership of City Mayor Rolando ‘Klarex’ Uy thru the Cagayan de Oro – Trade and Investments Pro motion Center (Oro-TIPC) headed by Local Economic Development and Investment Promotion Officer John W. Asuncion.

CMCI encourages all local government units to measure their performance by submit ting their data and be ranked among the participating cities and municipalities through the Department of Trade and Industry and the Regional Competitiveness Commit tees with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

This year’s theme of the CMCI Summit is “A Decade of Excellence: Championing Innovation to Sustain Com petitiveness”, where the lead agency introduced its newly added pillar – the Innovation Pillar – that highlights the ca pacity of LGUs to expand their local economies, strengthen innovation policies, and ex ploring on new technologies.

Since 2013, Cagayan de Oro City has consistently ranked among the country’s ‘Top 10 Most Competitive High Ur banized Cities’.

In 2021, CDO ranked sev enth as it bagged three special awards: Top 2 in Resiliency, Top 6 Most Improved City, and Top 7 in Infrastructure. ( SPPalen/Infographic by Jhon Carl Balanza )

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winners will be used as ad ditional working capital,” the DA-13 said.

The working capital, it added, may be utilized to improve or acquire additional equipment, machinery, or materials for their farm ven tures.

The regional winners from Butuan City are Versandear Abuzo for his RV Strawberry Farm in Barangay Anticala, and the group of Joseph Ca tillon, Vanessa Elandag and Kathleen Ecoban for their Upcorn Tea in Kilometer 3, Barangay Baan.

Other winners included

Only 1 of 5 B’non landslide victims still missing

By NEF LUCZON yet to be found.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

– Only one of five landslide victims in Malitbog, Bukid non remains missing as two more bodies were retrieved on Saturday, five days after the incident.

In a radio interview, rescuer Jerel dela Cruz of the Malitbog Municipal Di saster Risk Reduction and Management Office, said Lucresio Lauronal, 54, and Nerio Talines, 50, a backhoe operator, were recovered from the landslide site in Sitio Mabuhay, Barangay San Luis.

The first body found on October 18 was of Jor dan Achas, 30, followed by 52-year-old Angelita, wife of Lauronal, the following day.

Raffy Simprota, 34, has

Vidmae Jusay for Heaven’s Dew Farm Product in Lanuza, Surigao del Sur; John Glaizelle Siman and Cindy Decierdo for their Tsalach Aquacul ture Park in Tago, Surigao del Sur; Charlene Mae Bico and Jaspher Angelo Telewik for their Free Range Chicken Day Old Chick Production in Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur.

Also declared winners were Jerry Salino Jr. for his Botchoy’s Rabbitry & Ver micompost Production in Del Carmen, Siargao Islands, Surigao del Norte; and the group of Joshua Gamboa Alaba and Louie Jeb Alaba for their Alaba Tilapia Farm in Bayugan City, Agusan del Sur.

“No final dates yet are set as to the conduct of the national level competition as the other regions are still completing their respective regional level contests,” Em mylou Presilda, the DA-13 information chief, said. (PNA)

They were buried when a portion of the mountain slope in Barangay San Luis eroded on Monday after a heavy downpour.

Except for the couple, all three were workers of the municipal engineering of fice, which was conducting clearing operations at the time of the incident.

“As instructed by the Mayor (Gary Casiño), we will not stop the search and retrieval operations until the remaining victim is found,” dela Cruz said.

Northern Mindanao’s Regional Disaster Risk Re duction and Management Council said 14,471 individu als, or 4,166 families, were affected by the inclement weather here and in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. (PNA)

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operations until Friday.

He said that the military turned over the casualty to the local government of Gingoog for proper disposal. No casualty on the government side.

According to Uy, the armed group could be remnants of the NPA’s Platoon Falcon, Sub Regional Command-1 (SRC-1), North Central Mindanao Re gional Command (NCMRC).

As a result of the encounter, Uy reiterated calls to the rem nants of the communist rebels still hiding in the hinterlands to lay down their arms and return to the folds of the law while they still have the op portunity.

“We (government) appeal to the NPA rebels to surrender voluntarily to be able to avail of the government’s various programs to allow them (NPAs) to live a peaceful and normal lives, “ Uy said.

CONTINUED SEARCH. Backhoe operators dig through Sitio Mabuhay in Barangay San Luis, Malitbog, Bukidnon in search of five landslide victims on Oct. 17, 2022. Two more bodies were retrieved on Saturday (Oct. 22, 2022), leaving just one missing. (CouRtesy of the bukiDNoN PDRRMo)

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Innovative Techs showcased in DOST’s NSTW sa Amihanang Mindanao

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

– The Department of Sci ence and Technology-10 will showcase innovative technologies during the National Science and Tech nology Week (NSTW) sa Amihanang Mindanao to be held from October 26-30, 2022 at the Atrium Limket kai Center.

The NSTW sa Ami hanang Mindanao is one of the tri-events to be held with the Mindanao Food Congress on October 2630 at the Limketkai Luxe Hotel, and the Oro BEST Expo 2022, also to be held at the Atrium.

Among the groundbreaking techs to be featured during the week long exhibit with the theme Agham at Teknolohiya: Kabalikat sa Maunlad na Kinabukasan are the Smart and Sustain able Cities and Commu nities (SSCC) Program,

a mobile app to identify potential hazards, and a mobile planetarium.

SSCC Program

The Smart and Sustain able Cities and Communi ties (SSCC) Program kicks off the week-long tech fest

with the signing of a Memo randum of Understanding (MOU) on October 25, 2022 at Limketkai Luxe Hotel with the local government units (LGUs) of Oroquieta City, Misamis Occidental; Iligan City, Lanao del Norte;

Malaybalay City, Bukidnon; and Municipality of Mag saysay, Misamis Oriental.

Usec. for Regional Oper ations Engr. Sancho Mabbo rang, concurrently DOST-10 Officer-in-Charge will lead the MOU signing between the local chief executives.

The MOA signing aims to strengthen the vibrant partnership of DOST-10 with the LGUs in outlining projects that will address challenges of the urban and regional life of communities through maximum use of science, technology, and innovation.

The DOST Smarter City Framework in Northern Mindanao seeks to turn communities into smarter, sustainable cities that are resilient to the impact of climate change and thus uplift the living conditions of its residents.

HazardHunterPH Meantime, the Hazard HunterPh Mobile developed

by the DOST-Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) is a one-stop shop application that generates a hazard as sessment report of a user’s selected location in terms of his or her susceptibility to seismic, volcanic, or hydrometeorological dangers. Through the app, users will also be able to evaluate which areas are more prone to various hazards and allow them the flexibility to apply mitigation and adaptation measures to minimize the impacts of possible disasters arising from these.

The HazardHunterPh app’s core features will be featured for interested us ers for the duration of the NSTW.

Mobile Planetarium

Not the least, the NSTW will exhibit the first mobile planetarium in Cagayan de Oro City in collabora

tion with Philippine At mospheric, Geophysical, and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA).

The PAGASA Mobile Planetarium interior is projected with the use of sophisticated audio and video technology inside the dome, providing a 360-de gree educational experience which includes stargazing sessions, image projection, and formal lectures open for free to the public.

Expert lecturers from the PAGASA-DOST cen tral office will handle the planetarium projections and presentations. How ever, only twenty-five (25) participants per session will be allowed in deference to minimum health norms and the observance of social distancing.

The Planetarium is open to all for free, from ages 2

Then-Regional Director, Usec. Sancho A. Mabborang during the Smarter City Belt project virtual launch at DOST Region II in 2021.

The PAGASA mobile planetarium will be brought to CDO for the first time during the National Science and Technology Week sa Amihanang Mindanao.

Through HazardHunnterPH app, users can evaluate areas more prone to hazards and allow them the flexibility to apply mitigation and adaptation measures.