Mindanao Daily (September 21, 2021)

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Sara confirms re-election bid as Davao City Mayor

By SONY SUDARIA

by OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN News Bureau

FINAL DECISION. Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte confirms to the media she is seeking re-election as Mayor of the city. She says she would give in to his father, President Rodrigo Duterte, who is now officially running for the second highest post in the country. PNA photo

DAVAO CITY – To stop the continuing rumors of her running for president of the country in next year’s elections, Mayor Sara Z. Duterte confirmed on Friday she will seek re-election as

mayor of this city.

The presidential daughter confirmed the announcement following an interview with Mayor Christina Frasco, the mayor of Liloan, and her spokesperson.

“What I am sure of is that, whatever Mayor Frasco said, I can confirm that,”

Duterte told reporters.

Sara also revealed to the media that her brother, VM Sebastian Duterte, is also seeking re-election in the upcoming national and local elections next year.

“As agreed between party members, Vice-Mayor Baste will be the overall organiz-

ing person for the joint campaign of Hugpong ng Pagbabago (HNP) and Hugpong sa Tawong Lungsod (HTL),” the mayor said.

On Wednesday, Mayor Sara also called on the people to extend their “strongest support” to her father’s vice

By LADE JEAN KABAGANI

80 percent complete and all the rest will be completed by next year,” he said in a statement on Sunday.

Marawi’s master development plan will be finished within the term of President Rodrigo Duterte, del Rosario assured.

“All projects will be completed by June 30 of 2022 within the term of the President as promised,” said del Rosario.

The newly inaugurated two mosques and four village complexes in Marawi City are “solid testament(s) that the TFBM’s efforts are

Marawi infra projects 80% complete THE government-led rehabilitation efforts in Marawi City is already 80-percent complete, Task Force Bangon Marawi (TFBM) chairperson and housing czar Secretary Eduardo Del Rosario said on Sunday.

Despite the challenges posed by the health crisis and inclement weather, del Rosario assured all infrastructure projects will be done according to the timeline of completion.

“For all the public infrastructures na ginagawa natin (that we are doing), we are now 75 percent to RC West CDO President Cliff Roa delivered the first bottle of safe water to a member of the People’s Sustainable Consumer Cooperative using the tricycle which was newly turned over to the Coop. With this tricycle members who are residing far from the location of the Skyhydrant Unit and the vending machine can now avail of the safe water. Pres. Cliff was assisted by his supportive wife, Ann Tai Jean.

RCWESTCDO Turns Over Livelihood Project THE Rotary Club of West Cagayan de Oro turned over to People’s Sustainable Consumer Cooperative (PSCC) a livelihood project, its additional support on August 25, 2021 at Coopville, Mambuaya, Cagayan de Oro City. PSCC is one of the beneficiaries of the RC West CDO Skyhydrant (water filtration) project, funded by a Global Grant from The Rotary Foundation. This project aims to provide safe water to underserved communities, especially for the children.

The additional support includes one tricycle unit with carrier and several dozens of empty water bottles that were donated by generous members of RC West CDO. These will be used by the PSCC to bring safe water to members who are residing far from the location of the Syhydrant unit and the vending machine that dispense the safe water as well as to non-Coop members who are residing in the neighboring communities. The objective of this support facilities is to economically empower the

PSCC members by helping them generate more income through selling of safe water at a reasonable cost.

The turn-over was led by its Club President Clifford Jose Roa. With him were: Atty. Maria Gloria Tango, Service Project-A Director; Past Assistant Governor Almarco Brito, Service Project-B Director; Dr. Dures Tagayuna, Vice President/Club Administration Director; Past Assistant Governor Ferdinand Espiritu, The Rotary Foundation Director; Past President Alain Pacatan;

Past Assistant Secretary Dahly Garcia; Rotarian JC Tangara and Rotarian Marlo Areola, Water Distribution Project Chair.

The donated items were received by Ms. Cora Catalan, PSCC Vice-President.

She thanked the RC West CDO for this additional support and in behalf of the PSCC she committed to take care of these items and assured that these will be used for its intended purpose.

It should be recalled that on January 13, 2021, See PROJECT, page 11

See CONFIRMS, page 11

See COMPLETE, page 11

Bulua dad promises to give justice to residents affected by ‘hazardous smoke’

By JOEL ESCOL and ERCEL MAANDIG MDNN CDO News Bureau

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - Bulua Barangay Chairman Arjay “Al” Legaspi, Jr yesterday vowed to give justice to his constituents affected by the alleged “hazardous chemicals” coming from the thick-dark smoke of a crematorium here.

Legaspi said he had already met twice the residents of zone 7 in Barangay Bulua, including representatives from DENR, Clenro, and the crematorium.

“Ato na silang gipatawag sa ikaduhang higayon ug gihisgutan ang solusyon niining reklamo sa mga

Photo shows Bulua Barangay Chairman Arjay “Al” Legaspi answers queries from the media during a short media briefing at City Hall.

residente nga lage lain ug baho ang ibuga nga itom nga aso gikan sa crematorium,” Barangay Chair Legaspi told MDNN. See GIVE, page 11

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MSU Marawi distributes 15K brand new laptops to students

By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor

MSU-Marawi City- 15,000 thousand brand new laptops received by the Mindanao State University System (MSUs) was distributed to the students, faculty and employees as part of the Information and Communication Technology Modernization enhancement project in the whole campus. MSU officials said MSU System President Habib W. Macaayong said “we went through regorous lobbying in the Congress and finally to Malacanang to help our students in ensuring effective learning process, amid this coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic with the use of this modern equipment laptops” This project is under (R-L)Executive Vice Pres. Dr. Rasid Paca & MSU System Pres Habib W. Macaayong with OIPP Director S. Limgas led the distribution of the 2nd phase 2 which is the first batch brand new laptops to MSU main students.(Right photo) English dept students display their laptops they received.(Small photo in the corner See DISTRIBUTES, page 10

left shows where the 15,000 brand new laptops is being stored.(Contributed

Regional Drug Unit arrested another “big-time” shabu dealer

By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN News Bureau

ZAMBOANGA CITY - The government is hell-bent on eradicating the drug menace in the country, as series of arrests were made in Central Mindanao, police authorities reported.

Brig. Gen. Ronaldo Genaro Ylagan, Police Regional Office-9 chief identified the suspect as Junjun Ismael, 33, of Indanan town, Sulu.

Ismael was nabbed by

police operatives around 9:30 p.m. Thursday morning in Sitio Asinan, barangay Kasanyagan.

The raiding team seized from Ismael 50 grams of suspected shabu valued at PHP340,000, boodle money, a sling bag, and a genuine PHP1,000 as marked money.

According to police records, Ismael violated Republic Act 9165, otherwise known as the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act See ARRESTED, page 10

photo by

OIPP Director S. Odin Limgas)

Cash-strapped students benefit under CDO SK program

By NEF LUCZON

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The challenges of online learning are more bearable for the youth sector in a village here under a cash assistance program of the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK).

Since the “Ang Ganda ng Iyong Kinabukasan, Ganda ng Barangay Camamanan Academic Assistance” started in 2014, a total of 120 students have already received PHP7,000 cash

assistance per semester.

“The SK council is working hard to add more beneficiaries of the program since a lot of youth in the barangay wanted to get a scholarship. Many are having financial difficulties in their online class, particularly on having a gadget,” shared Camaman-an SK Chair Dennis Tero in the vernacular during Saturday’s CORDS 10 (Cabinet Officer for Regional Development and Security-10) podcast hosted by Presidential Communications Operations Office Secretary Martin See BENEFIT, page 10

SUPPORT. Barangay Camaman-an Sangguniang Kabataan Chair Dennis Tero (right) of Cagayan de Oro City shares update on their programs during the CORDS 10 podcast with Communications Secretary Martin Andanar on Saturday (Sept. 18, 2021). Tero said the SK council provides financial assistance to students and implements programs for those with disabilities. (Screengrab)

8 injured in volleyball game grenade blast in Maguindanao

By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN News Bureau

MAGUINDANAO - Eight spectators witnessing a volleyball game were hurt in Datu Piang, this province when still unidentified suspects reportedly lobbed a grenade in the middle of people, the military report said.

The photo shows the actual site of the bombing incident in Datu Piang town in Maguindanao. At least 8 persons The explosive immediwere hurt according to police investigators, who imme- ately went off and people diately responded to the blast area.

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DA-NorMin inspects delivery of cacao seedlings for MisOcc

R-10’s agri dept inks MOA with DBP for the SLF to provide salary loans to its qualified employees.

ON September 9, 2021, a member from the inspectorate team of the Department of Agriculture - Northern Mindanao inspected the delivery of certified cacao seedlings with a total worth of P600,000.00 for Misamis Occidental province.

Funded by the High Value Crops Development and Special Area for Agricultural Development programs, said activity was undertaken to ensure that the right quantity of planting materials was delivered and have met the technical standards set forth by the agency, which includes among others, being produced

thru asexual propagation, and tagged and certified by the Bureau of Plant and Industry – National Seed Quality Control Services.

Cited planting materials which came in UF18 and BR25 varieties are set to be turned over to the recipients by third week of September, with the following allocation: 10,000 pieces to Oroquieta City, Concepcion (5,000), and Plaridel with 10,000 pieces.

Such provision which can cover 50 hectares of land to be planted, is also intended to help the province’s target of becoming the cacao capital in Northern Mindanao. # (JLO/Photo supplied)

DA-NorMin signs MOA with DBP for loans assistance for employees CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - On September 14, the Department of Agriculture - 10 Regional Executive Director Carlene C. Collado signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Development

Bank of the Philippines (DBP) represented

by Branch Manager Arvin C. Simbajon of DBP Capistrano for the Salary Loan Facility (SLF) aimed at providing financial assistance thru salary loans to qualified

employees of the agency.

An orientation for the employees will be later set and be administered by the Personnel Section of DA-10 with the loans in-charge of DBP. Present in the

MOA signing is OICAdministrative and Finance Division Patrick Ian F. Pedarse, in the presence of Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division Chief, Larry E. Paraluman. # (JCAnito)

DA-10 inspects the delivery of cacao seedlings for MisOcc to ensure they are of quality planting materials to be provided to its intended recipients to Oroquieta City, Concepcion and Plaridel.

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Sleepless nights and unfulfilled dreams

VERY often - sometimes too often! - the thought is back! If we wake up in the morning (or even many times in the middle of the night), the thought is back.

Sometimes, the thought will not let us sleep. The “act of thinking”. the “reflection”, the “opinion” or the “serious consideration”, no matter how we describe it - our memory and conscience is always with us as a permanent companion.

Especially in times of this pandemic, some people struggle to get to sleep no matter how tired they are. Others wake up in the middle of the night and lie awake for hours, anxiously watching the clock.

Yes, we brood over unsettled problems. Sometimes we bear unfair treatments, arrogance, ignorance, incompetent know-it-allbetters, and unbearable oddballs, who inexorable love to make our life a hell while living themselves a disorderly life.

We would not like to be distracted, but we’re toying with some good ideas how we could throw overboard all that “human garbage”.

What will come next is a matter of conjecture.

Of course, we’ve got my ideas, but we’re not mind

readers. Too many trains of thought make us thoughtless and absent-minded especially in difficult and important daily life situations.

Does waiting and/or sleeping solve our problems?

Or is it just again in time?

Our life’s central idea should not be that while waiting, time solves all our problems.

Thoughts should intensify, condense and deepen plans followed by actions.

It’s good and helpful to carry thoughts in us all the time. Incomprehensible, or better unfinished and un-matured thoughts, no matter whether positive or negative, should be slept on, before tiredness outstrips us with supersonic speed.

Sometimes we feel that our thoughts and ideas can’t be fulfilled with life. Where the heart is willing, it will find a thousand ways; but where the heart is weak, it will find a thousand excuses. If doubts begin to take roots, we should rouse from pink-tinted idealism or wear down and annihilate nightmares and erase and wipe out such thoughts and ideas.

If our thoughts are good and have the chance to be fulfilled in action, especially if “the other side” is

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prepared and willing to step on to such a bridge of life, we might get support and words of encouragement.

And, if not? No action?

Maybe it is God’s will to keep and protect us from a careless, rash, disadvantageous and uneasy action.

Every new day gives us new inexhaustible possibilities to survive, to bear trials and to start a new beginning.

We overlook and fail to notice many chances to lie through our sluggishness and laziness while thinking and dreaming of unequaled and unfulfilled ideas.

Long time ago,Pope John XXIII said, “ Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do”. +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook, LinkedIn or Twitter or visit www.germanexpatinthephilippines.blogspot. com or www.klausdoringsclassicalmusic.blogspot.com.

Kim’s Dream Choosing Pharmally Speaks of Horrible Social Injustice

So Nauseatic, Worthy of Our “Freedom of Spit!”

THE outpourings of information on the use of billions of pesos to buy personnel protective equipment (PPEs) i.e., masks, shields, etc. have zeroed-in on the issues of overpricing and alleged corruption through pre-meditated plunder and is now causing so much alarm nation-wide. Well, at the height of the pandemic that has caused so much joblessness reaching millions, hunger and poverty that saw more than two million Filipinos pitifully afflicted and more than 36,000 of our countrymen dead many of whom did not get the much needed assistance as the country’s health centers and hospitals do not have adequate medicine, equipment and space for the increasing number of day-to-day patients, it is so outrageous even to contemplate how the much needed funds reaching billions of pesos may have been pocketed to enrich corrupt officials who cannot moderate their greed at the expense of the poor and vulnerable.

What bothers the Filipinos so much is not only on the issue of alleged corruption but on the choice

of Pharmally, a very young Chinese corporation just registered a year or so ago, that has only P625,000 capital. Such choice has put in clear categorical term the truism that our county is just a “dumping ground” of finished products from foreign countries and just source of cheap raw materials following an extractive economy. Look at our malls – more than 90% sold there are coming from other countries. Indeed, when you buy products from other countries, you are supporting the economy and job-generation of those countries where the products are coming from. Don’t you know that during the pre-pandemic period, some 6,000 Filipinos are going abroad every day, leaving their respective families behind to work in foreign lands? Don’t you know that the owner of these malls is one of the wealthiest families in the world, just for selling foreign products, i.e. selling a Lipitor pill at P85 pesos which is only bought in New Delhi, India at 35 centavos per pill or selling a bag of fertilizer i.e. Ammonium Sulfate at P1,000 per bag here in Mindanao

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which was only bought at Ukraine at P50 per bag? Pity the poor farmers who bear the brunt of such an unfair marketing system as many of these foreign products pass at least five marketing layer before reaching the Filipino consumers.

Please remember that buying is like casting a vote.

If your vote is for a wrong leader whose vision of the future is only up to the next election, then you are voting to put a society in disarray. But voting is not just done during elections or in choosing who should lead us; in fact, you cast your vote every time you buy as you choose from different economic alternatives, i.e. local vs. foreign.

Buying between local or foreign products, the latter is winning in all fronts as exemplified by the choosing of Pharmally. The truth is, when you buy products from other countries, you are supporting the labor force and the economy of those countries where the products are coming from.

Buying Filipino products means job generation and See PHARMALLY, page 11

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Aboitiz, Hedcor commit P7.8M-worth of projects in Mindanao

By CHE PALICTE

DAVAO CITY – The Aboitiz Foundation Inc., together with Hedcor, committed PHP7.8 million worth of projects in its host communities in Mindanao as they inked a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with its partners from this city,

Davao del Sur, and Bukidnon, a statement said Friday.

Among the listed projects are on education and health care which comprised almost 60 percent of this year’s linedup projects.

These include high school financial assistance and college scholarships, assistance

to module reproduction, as well as improvement of health care facilities and procurement of medicines and equipment for local health care centers.

Other community projects also include capacitybuilding training, enterprise development, and livelihood

assistance.

“Hedcor holds a very ambitious purpose of driving change for a better world, and little by little it is rewarding and fulfilling to see how partner communities grow and develop with Hedcor.

We will remain to be good and responsible neighbors of

these communities through our programs and many other initiatives,” Hedcor’s President and COO Rolando Pacquiao said.

Datu Carolino Ruiz, Municipal Tribal Chieftain of Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur said the agreement has shown the good relationship between

Hedcor and the BagoboTagabawa tribe.

“I hope this relationship between the Indigenous People (IP), the local government, and Hedcor will continue for many years,” he added.

Hedcor has started the project implementation this month. (PNA)

BSP cuts BOP surplus projection for 2021, 2022

By JOANN VILLANUEVA

Cebu Pacific implements Test Before Boarding for MNL-HKG route Free Antigen testing for Hong Kong bound passengers

THE Philippines’ leading carrier, Cebu Pacific (PSE: CEB), implements starting today, September 17, its Test Before Boarding (TBB) program for passengers

bound for Hong Kong as part of the airline’s multilayered approach to ensure everyJuan will fly safely.

CEB will shoulder the cost of the Antigen test or

TBB until September 30.

Passengers are advised to directly proceed to the Philippine Airport Diagnostic Laboratory (PADLAB) located at the second

floor, NAIA Terminal 3 pre-departure area (near Gate 6), four hours before the scheduled time of departure. Testing for Hong Kong-bound passengers is

open from 1:30AM-3:30AM six times weekly.

Antigen Test results will be released within 30 minutes, and only passengers

vide the local government unit (LGU) with guidance based on empirical data on what support is needed in the City.

During the event, Secretary Ramon M. Lopez of the Department of Trade and Industry said that “DTI remains committed to supporting the micro-SME sector, especially now that we

still face challenges brought about by the pandemic.”

Aristotle Alip from CARD Mutually Reinforcing Institutions emphasized the significance of listening to MSMEs to understand their needs and develop policies and programs that will address this need.

“Due to the pandemic, we gather virtually in this

See IMPLEMENTS, page 8

MANILA – The Philippines’ balance of payments (BOP) is projected to remain in surplus for this year and next year but monetary authorities slashed the target for both years given the impact of global economic developments.

In a briefing streamed through the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) Facebook Page on Friday, BSP Department of Economic Research (DER) Managing Director Zeno Ronald R. Abenoja said the BOP projection for this year was cut to USD4.1 billion, which is about 1.1 percent of gross domestic product (GDP), from USD7.1 billion earlier.

The surplus is seen to further moderate to USD1.7 billion next year, which accounts for around 0.4 percent of GDP. This is lower than the earlier projection of USD2.7 billion.

Abenoja attributed the lower BOP surplus outlook See CUTS, page 10

MSMEs in Iligan seen to be strengthened thru digital democracy

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ILIGAN CITY -- Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in this City will now be strengthened through digital democracy as the multi-stakeholders convened virtually to share insights for improving the business sector.

The Makati Business Club and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung spearheaded an online citizen assembly to introduce technological tools to enable the city government to better consult with their constituencies in forming policies particularly in strengthening the MSMEs. The participants were asked what support is needed in Iligan to set businesses up for success. Also, citizens will be able to vote and contribute to an online conversation about improving businesses in Iligan.

The sentiment gathered from this assembly will pro-

Citizen’s Assembly as Iliganons who are embracing twenty-first century communications and information technology as an opportunity to re-invent our old ways and improve our political and governance processes to promote democracy,” said Iligan City Vice Mayor Vera Cruz.

See SEEN, page 8

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SECRETARY ANDANAR: SIMPLIFIED AVAILMENT OF GOVT SERVICES SAVING FILIPINOS FROM MUCH STRESS MANILA - Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretar y Martin Andanar on Wednesday said that simplifying processes to avail government services is making the lives of Filipinos much easier.

In an interview, Secretary Martin Andanar cited policies of the Duterte administration which led to more accessible services. These include the expansion of the validity of local driver’s license and passports.

“Malaking tulong ito sa ating mga kababayan nabawasan po yung sakit ng ulo, yung perwisyo ng mahabang pila doon sa LTO [This is really a big help to our fellow men because they will no longer be in-

convenienced by long lines at the LTO],” he said.

“Sa pag-apply ng pasaporte ng OFWs may one stop-shop. Hindi niyo na kailangan umikot po ng POEA at kung saan saan pa. Hindi na po binibigyan ng pasakit pa ang ating mga kababayan dahil wala naman silang ibang hangad kundi magtrabaho para sa kanilang pamilya [In terms of renewing passports for our OFWs, we have a one-stop-shop for that. They no longer need to go somewhere else other than the POEA. We are no longer giving them that inconvenience because we all know that their intention is to provide and work for their families],” he added.

Secretary Martin An-

danar is referring to the Department of Labor and Employment’s (D OLE) one-stop-shop for OFWs wherein all government frontline services are made accessible to Filipinos who are currently working or planning to work overseas.

He also mentioned the passage of Republic Act 11032 or the Ease of Doing Business and Efficient Government Service Delivery Act of 2018, amending the Anti-Red Tape Act of 2007.

In a recent report, the 2020 World Bank – Doing Business Report showed the Philippines ranked 95th out of 190 economies, as delivery of public services were significantly improved.

“Pasalamat tayo si Pangulong Duterte ang naging

presidente dahil siya ay may political will at may karanasan sa pamumuno for more than 20 years. Dahil na rin sa kanyang tapang at malasakit ay na manage ng husto itong pandemya

MORE JABS COMING. National Task Force chief Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. and Russian Ambassador to the Philippines Marat Pavlov (2nd and 3rd from left) lead the welcome committee for the 190,000 doses of Sputnik V vaccine at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 3 in Pasay City on Saturday night (Sept. 18, 2021). In the coming weeks, 1 million doses of Sputnik Light are also slated for delivery. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)

PRES. DUTERTE’S POLITICAL WILL LED TO SUCCESSFUL BORACAY REHAB – AKLAN GOVERNOR MANILA – President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s political will is the key factor why the national government has successfully rehabilitated Boracay island in 2018 within six months, Aklan Governor Florencio Miraflores said on Thursday, September 16.

The veteran Aklanon politician emphasized that the administration of Pres.

Duterte led the historic rehabilitation of the island and created the first Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force (BIATF) to maintain the picturesque beauty of the island as the country’s top tourist destination.

“Matagal na ako rito sa serbisyo Secretary Martin sa probinsya ng Aklan, marami na ring administrasyon ang dumaan pero ito lang ang masasabi ko - it was only President Duterte nagkaroon ng political will na

ayusin ang isla ng Boracay.

[I have been here for a long time in the service, Secretary Martin, in the province of Aklan, many administrations have passed but this is all I can say - it was only President Duterte who had the political will to fix the island of Boracay.],” he said.

During the interview with Presidential Communications Secretary Martin M. Andanar on Network Briefing News, Gov. Miraflores also shared that the President extended the validity of BIATF until June 2022 which is a good move to help tourism in the island to recover from the challenges brought by the pandemic.

“Ma la k i ang aming pasasalamat kay President Rodrigo Roa Duterte na kung saan ay inextend niya iyong term ng Boracay InterAgency Task Force. Ito ay

at na-minimize ang casualties ng COVID-19 [We are thankful that it is Presidente Duterte, who won for the presidency because he has political will and experience in leadership for more than

20 years. And also because of his courage and genuine concern for all, we are able to manage the pandemic and minimize the casualties of COVID-19],” Secretary Andanar said.

MANILA – The City Government of Gingoog recognized the swift action of the Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF-EID) in giving enough vaccines to boost the city’s vaccination drive.

During the Network Briefing News today, September 15, Presidential Communications Secretary Martin M. Andanar asked Mayor Erick Cañosa about their vaccination efforts as the city is under the General Community Quarantine with heightened restrictions from September 16 to 30, 2021 as approved by the IATF. “We are ver y much thankful po sa IATF na binigyan po tayo ng maraming bakuna dito sa Gingoog City. [We are very much thankful to the IATF for giving us many vaccines here in Gingoog City],” he said.

This comes after the city faced a surge in COVID-19 cases in June following a community transmission of the virus, but the city government strengthened its vaccination information campaign emphasizing its importance in preventing

any severe complications caused by the virus.

Increased Vaccination Rate In accordance with their information dissemination campaign, the City Council along with the City Health Office and vaccination team joined forces to educate and inform the people as they went to different barangays in the city.

According to him, the vaccination rate of the city has increased a bit with the help of their medical frontliners.

“We set ourselves as role models po kasama si Vice Mayor at members of the City Council, nagpabakuna na po tayo noong inapprove po ng IATF na puwede na pong magpabakuna ang local chief executives para makita po nung iba. [We set ourselves as role models along with the Vice Mayor and the members of the City Council as we were vaccinated when the IATF approved the vaccination of local chief executives for others to see],” he said.

The City Council is also eyeing the opening of the Gingoog City Diagnostic Laboratories in November

GINGOOG CITY THANKS IATF FOR MORE VACCINES

ginawa o binuo ng ating rin. Ni-require ang lahat mahal na Presidente para ng mga establishment sa lang ma-rehabilitate ang front beach na magkaroon See THANKS, page 8 isla ng Boracay. [We are See LED, page 8 very grateful to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for extending his term of the Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force. It was made or built by our dear President just Location: Talakag,Bukidnon to rehabilitate the island of Price: 800,000/hectare only Boracay.],” he added.

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DOST-10 provides STARBOOKS to IP School in Bukidnon BRINGING Science and Technology to Indigenous People (IP) youths, the Department of Science and Technology -X provided one (1) complete set and held an orientation and training on the installation of Science and Technology Academic and Research-Based Openly Operated Kiosk Stations (STARBOOKS), a digital library in a box, to Luyungan High School through Community Empowerment thru Science and Technology (CEST) Program of Provincial S&T Center in Bukidnon.

STARBOOKS is the first stand-alone Philippine digital science library that can be accessed by students and teachers without using an internet connection. It is

a user friendly standalone repositories for thousands of digitized science and technology resources and livelihood information placed in specially designed pods that can be operated without internet connection. As of August 2021, DOST-X has installed 58 STARBOOKS in Bukidnon and 220 STARBOOKS in Northern Mindanao.

Luyungan High School, the center for Indigenous People’s Learning and Sustainable Development, has thirteen (13) teachers serving two hundred fifty-nine (259) students coming from the seven (7) different Indigenous Cultural Communities of Bukidnon. The school is offering Grade 7 to 11 since

2016 and to have their 1st batch of Grade 12 this SY 2021-2022, aiming to produce quality and competitive IP completers.

Students and teachers expressed gratitude to DOST as it will escalate the interest in the field of S&T, encourage individuals to develop innovative ideas, and motivate one’s capacity for entrepreneurship and research.

For more information about CEST and DOST programs, visit DOST-Bukidnon office at Vicente Neri St., Malaybalay City (with StaySafe.ph app R code), or email bukidnon@region10. dost.gov.ph, or call 088-8135463, 09564068669. (Jenifer Starbooks Luyungan: Provincial S&T Director, Ms. Ritchie Mae L. Guno, discussing Pancho/DOST Bukidnon) to students the content of STARBOOKS during its Turnover Ceremony June 30, 2021.

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Before going to the airport, passengers are advised to check the travel requirements, safety protocols, and frequently asked questions (FAQs) on the CEB website: (bit.ly/CEBFaqs] For other questions or concerns, passengers may send a message via Charlie the chatbot on the Cebu Pacific website, or through CEB’s official Facebook and Twitter accounts.

CEB has been rated 7/7 stars by airlineratings.com for its COVID-19 compliance as it continues to implement a multi-layered approach to safety, in accordance with global aviation standards. These include daily extensive cleaning and disinfection protocols for all aircraft and facilities,

antigen testing before duty for all frontliners and crew members, and contactless flight procedures. Its jet aircraft are equipped with hospital grade HEPA air filters, keeping viruses at bay.

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Guests who will be unable to take the Antigen Test or receive a positive test result will not be accepted for check-in. They may select their preferred option through the Manage Booking portal on the Cebu Pacific website (http://bit.ly/ CEBmanageflight) until 30 days from date of departure: 1. Rebook Rebook for travel within 60 days no additional cost, following CEB’s permanent removal of change fees. Fare difference waived.

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3. Refund The process may take up to two (2) months from the

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With this event, registered MSMEs and the informal sector will be asked what they need to grow and contribute to economic recovery. The insights from the survey will inform the policy decisions the government makes to promote enterprises in the City.

Visit this link to vote on this issue: https://pol. is/33shmh9arf.

Pol.is is an online survey platform that uses artificial intelligence to interpret data from the participants’ answers in real-time providing freedom to share thoughts without being unduly influenced by others’ opinions.

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ng sariling sewerage treatment plant. [Back then we were still having floods here on an island, so our drainage system was fixed, our sewerage treatment plant was built as well. All front beach establishments are required to have their own sewerage treatment plant.],” Gov. Miraflores said.

For now, the island of Boracay is compliant with water quality assessed by the Department of Environment and Natural Resource. The 70-year-old governor also said that there are more floods in the island and roads were widened as part of its rehabilitation program in 2018.

“Boracay is now open for business iyong ating probinsya ay nagkaroon na ng general community quarantine status so we are allowed to receive visitors already. [Boracay is now open for business as our

province is currently under general community quarantine status so we are allowed to receive visitors.],” he shared.

Assistance to Tourism Workers Aside from the rehabilitation efforts, the Department of Labor and Employment and the Department of Social Welfare and Development also extended their assistance to tourism workers of Boracay as the sector is one of the most hard-hit by the pandemic since last year.

Meanwhile, the provincial government is regularly distributing food packs to affected workers in the island.

“Malaki talaga ang epekto ng nangyayaring pandemic na ito sa aming main industry [which is] tourism. [This pandemic is really having a big impact on our main industry [which is] tourism.],” he admitted.

When Sec. Andanar asked about his personal message to President Duterte, Governor Miraflores expressed his gratitude once more for the continued support of the national government to the Province of Aklan and to the revival of the tour

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Regional Franchising and Regulatory Office No. 11 Balusong Ave., McArthur Highway, Matina, Davao City

Petition for Extension of Validity of a Certificate of Public Convenience to operate A PUJ Ordinary Regular Service.

NARCISO S. CARNABLE, Case No: R11-EV-PJ-2021-8-344

Petitioner. (2015-XI-00344)

NOTICE OF HEARING

Petitioner is a grantee of a Certificate of Public Convenience issued in this case authorizing the operation of a PUJ Ordinary Regular service on the route: CIRCULATION ROUTE NO. 10 with the use of ONE (1) unit, which Certificate will expire on November 15, 2021. In the petition filed on August 23, 2021, petitioner requests authority to extend the validity of said certificate to operate along the same route with the use of the same unit previously authorized.

NOTICE is hereby given that this petition will be heard by this Board on OCTOBER 19, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at this office at the above address.

At least TEN (10) days prior to the above date petitioner shall publish this Notice once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Parties opposed to the granting of the petition must file their written opposition supported by documentary evidence on or before the above date furnishing a copy of the same to the petitioner, and may if they so, desire appear on said date and time.

This petition will be acted upon by this Board on the basis of its records and the documentary evidence submitted by the parties, unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence.

Davao City, Philippines, August 25, 2021.

(Sgd.) Dir. NONITO A. LLANOS III Regional Director

MDN: Sept 21, 2021

ism industry in the island through the extension of the validity of BIATF until next year.

“Buo ang aking pasasalamat kay President Rodrigo Roa Duterte sa kanyang pag-extend ng termino ng ating Boracay Inter-Agency Task Force, malaking bagay po ito sa ating probinsya at turismo na maayos natin at ma-protect natin ang ating environment ng isla ng Boracay. [I am fully grateful to President Rodrigo Roa Duterte for extending the term of our Boracay InterAgency Task Force, it is a big thing for our province and tourism that we can fix and protect our environment on the island of Boracay.],” he said.

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2021 which will offer health care services like X-ray, ECG, ultrasound, and other laboratory services for the public.

As of September 14, 2021, the City Health Office reported that there are 233 active cases in Gingoog City while 1,578 have recovered out of the total 1,889 COVID-19 cases since June 2020.

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City PHILIP G. INIHAO CASE NO. R10-NC-PA-TH Applicant/Petitioner 2021-09-2448

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT(s)/PETITIONER(s) request/s for the Issuance of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate TRUCK-FOR-HIRE service on the route: within PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON AND FROM SAID PLACE TO ANY POINT IN REGION 10 accessible to motor vehicle traffic AND VICE VERSA and with the use of FOUR (4) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by the Board on October 4, 2021 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on whice date Applicant(s)/ Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/their evidence.

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

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

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 15th day of September 2021 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER MDN: Sept 21, 2021

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LANDBANK-funded oxygen-generating plants breathe hope to provincial hospitals THE Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has approved a P94.5-million term loan for the construction of the first governmentowned oxygen-generating plant in the Province of Sorsogon.

In partnership with the Provincial Government of Sorsogon under the leadership of Gov. Francis Joseph G. Escudero, LANDBANK will finance the purchase and installation of the oxygen-generating facility to be stationed at the Sorsogon Provincial Hospital.

This will help increase the supply of medical oxygen to all nine (9) government hospitals in the province and benefit its more than 800,000 residents, as well as those from other neighboring provinces.

The establishment of this

facility is part of the local government’s COVID-19 mitigation efforts, particularly now with the rising demand for medical oxygen caused by the recent surge in infections. The plant will also help lower the costs for tank refilling from P490 per tank to only P157. At present, the province sources medical oxygen from only one supplier in Camarines Sur. The P94.5-million financing for the oxygen plant—which is expected to be completed in early 2022—forms part of LANDBANK’s intensified support to LGUs nationwide in providing basic health services, especially amid the ongoing pandemic.

“LANDBANK remains committed to serving the nation at the frontlines

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public health institutions Hospital in Silay City. and COVID-isolation faciliEXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT ties, namely the Cadiz City District Hospital, Valladolid OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE District Hospital, Provin- KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PREScial Healing Center in E.B. ENTS: Magalona, and the Teresita That the late MAGDALINO SINLopez Jalandoni Provincial ANDAY AND PACITA SALENTO DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE ELVIRA SILDA ROQUE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

of our battle against the pandemic. Alongside our LGU partners, we stand ready to service growth and recovery requirements, which include boosting local healthcare services and providing support to medical frontliners and their constituents,” said LANDBANK President and CEO Cecilia C. Borromeo.

LANDBANK also financed a P29-million oxy-

gen plant for the Provincial Government of Negros Occidental in 2010. Located in the City of Silay, the LANDBANK-funded facility has been supplying medical-grade oxygen to almost all district hospitals in the province for the past 10 years.

Since the onset of the pandemic last year, the oxygen plant has been providing free medical oxygen to local

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Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del Norte Municipality of iligan city

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao Del SUR City/ Municipality of Marawi City

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that NURJANNAH B. SULTAN has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “JANAH” to “NURJANNAH” in the Certificate live of birth JANAH BASHIR AMANOLLAH who was born on JUNE 4, 1982 at, Iligan Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are SAMENAH A. BASHER and SULTAN O. AMANOLLAH.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than OCTOBER 2021.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that EDILBERTO B. BATARA has filed with this Office a petition for Change of First Name from “RASAD JR.” to “EDILBERTO” in the Certificate live of birth RASAD JR. BILAN BATARA who was born on SEPTEMBER 2, 1959 at, Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur and whose parents are ZENAIDA I. BILAN and RASAD P. BATARA. Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than OCTOBER 2021.

(Sgd.) ATTY. YUSSIP BON JUSTINE F. MARTIL ACTING City Civil Registrar

MDN: Sept 21 & 28, 2021

(Sgd.) RAWIA N. PANGADAPUN City Civil Registrar

MDN: Sept 14 & 21, 2021 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.2021-096 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ARIEL B. LOPEZ, JR. AND LAARNI R. NALDO-LOPEZ,

ARIEL B. LOPEZ, JR. AND LAARNI R. NALDO-LOPEZ,

Petitioners.

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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.2021-094 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES HONORIO D. ROJO AND ROSANA M. CELO-ROJO,

HONORIO D. ROJO AND ROSANA M. CELO-ROJO,

Petitioners.

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ORDER

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on July 21, 2012 at Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, 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 7, Tominobo, Iligan City and Bonbon, Opol, Misamis Oriental, 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 seven (7) 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’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on July 21, 2012 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 October 8, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 13th day of September, 2021.

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 April 10, 2004 at Cebu City, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Purok 1, Merila, Ubaldo Laya, Iligan City and Abuno Pajac, lapu-Lapu, 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 almost five (5) 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’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on April 10, 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 September 30, 2021 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 6th day of September, 2021.

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

MDN: Sept 14, 21 & 28, 2021

MDN: Sept 7, 14 & 21, 2021

R.A. 10172/R.A.9048 (Form No. LCRO)

RA Form 10.1(LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Camiguin Municipality of Mambajao

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of: Misamis Oriental City/Municipality: Magsaysay

N O T I C E OF PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that REMAR DAIGDIGAN BUTALID has filed with this Office PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF CLERICAL ERROR in his Certificate of Live Birth particularly SEX OF THE CHILD from “FEMALE” to “MALE”. He was born on 25 NOVEMBER 1996 at MERCY VILLAGE, CABUAAN, MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN, PHILIPPINES and whose parents are; ENRIQUE TAGAYLO BUTALID and ELVIRA GALERA DAIGDIGAN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 27 SEPTEMBER 2021.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No.9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Sofronio Roy Salvo Pilapil has filed with this Office a petition for change of First Name from “Roy” to “Sofronio Roy” in the birth Certificate of Roy Salvo Pilapil who was born on July 25, 1968 at Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are Rolando Samson Pilapil and Anastacia Salvo.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 28, 2021.

MDN: Sept 14 & 21, 2021

(Sgd.) EDITHA B. MOOSREINER, MBA MU Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Sept 14 & 21, 2021

(Sgd.) SHIRLEY FE S. RATILLA Municipal Civil Registrar

This DEED, made and entered into by and among:

MARIO Y. ROQUE, SR., being the surviving heirs, MARIBETH R. PAHAYAC, DON SILDA ROQUE, MARIE JULIE R. PARAZO, MARIO SILDA ROQUE, JR., MARIEL R. FLORES, all of residents of Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon.

MARISSA R. MOLINA, a resident of 7030 FAIR OAKS AVE. APT. 106 Dallas, Texas 75231, and MARITA R. DELA CRUZ, a resident of 833 Sta. Rosa St., Barangay Santa Rosa 1, Noveleta, Cavite, all of legal ages, all Filipino, and being the legitimate children; WITNESSETH:

That the above-named parties are the surviving heirs of the Late Elvira S. Roque who died on September 7, 2020 at Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Philippines;

That at the time of the decedent’s death, she have no other properties of considerable value except a share on the property described as follows; “A parcel of land covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-67536, Lot 872 Pls 98 Ext Case 3, containing an area of Six Hundred Forty Six (646) Square meter. Situated in Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon” “A parcel of land covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-67533, Lot 866 Pls 98 Ext Case 3, containing an area of Nine Hundred Twenty Three (923) Square meter. Situated in Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon” “A parcel of land covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-60925, Lot 883 Pls 98 Extension situated at Barangay Norte, Municipality of Don Carlos, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of Five Hundred Seventy (570) Square meter.”

“A parcel of land covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-67532, Lot 822 Pls 98 Ext Case 3, containing an area of Seven Hundred Forty Two (742) Square meter. Situated in Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon” “A parcel of land covered by Transfer Certification of Title No. T-10192, Lot 911, Pls-561, situated in the Municipality of Don Carlos, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area Fifty Nine Thousand Five Hundred Fifty One (59,551) Square meter.”

“A parcel of land covered by Transfer of Certificate Title No. T-10703, (Lot 226-E of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-207375, being a portion of Lot 226, Gss-370, (LRC) Rec. No. F Pat), situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of Valencia, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of SIX HUNDRED (600) SQUARE METER.” “A parcel of land covered by Katibayan ng Orihinal na Titulo Blg. P-67535, Lot 871 Pls 98 Ext Case 3, containing an area of Six Hundred Fifteen (615) Square meter.”

“A parcel of land covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. ET-622 (Lot No. 207-C, Psd-10-006594 (OLT) being a portion of Lot 207, Pls-98, Maramag Public Land Subdivision) situated the Barangay of Sinangguyan, Municipality of Don Carlos, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TWENTY ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED FIFTEEN (21,415) square meter.”

“A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, covered

by Tax Declaration No. 05-007-01267 Property Identification No. 059-05-007-26(029)-2001, known as Lot No. 822 Pls-98 Ext, situated in Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon.”

“A COMMERCIAL BUILDING, covered

by Tax Declaration No. 05-007-01265 Property Identification No. 059-05-007-26(029)-1001, known as Lot No. 822 Pls-98 Ext, situated in Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. Containing an area of 246.74 commercial building.”

That the deceased died without the Last Will and Testament;

That I, MARIO Y. ROQUE, SR., henceforth and on the future time I am waiving my rights and interest in my share of the estate of my wife Elvira Silda Roque in favor of MARIBETH R. PAHAYAC, DON SILDA ROQUE, MARIE JULIE R. PARAZO, MARIO SILDA ROQUE, JR., MARIEL R. FLORES, all of residents of Don Carlos Norte, Don Carlos, Bukidnon. MARISSA R. MOLINA, a resident of 7030 FAIR OAKS AVE. APT. 106 Dallas, Texas 75231, and MARITA R. DELA CRUZ, a resident of 833 Sta. Rosa St., Barangay Santa Rosa 1, Noveleta, Cavite.

Is subject for DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE ELVIRA SILDA ROQUE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS. Under the Notaria Registry of ATTY. ELIZABETH ANNE Y. AGANAP, NOTARY PUBLIC. Per Doc. No. 336; Page No. 69; Book No. LXIX; Series of 2021.

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SINANDAY who lived together as husband and wife without the benefit of marriage and who died on 20 July 1989 and 06 October 2008 at Sumilao, Bukidnon, That the said deceased left a certain parcel of land with Original Certificate of Title No. P-5140 ug Tax Declaration No. 20-004-00186 situated in the Barangay of Licoan, Municipality of Sumilao, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVEN (54,707) SQUARE METERS, more or less and has been the subject of an EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of MAGDALINO SINANDAY AND PACITA SALENTO SINANDAY, in favor of JOJI E. YAP, per DOC #178; PAGE #36; BOOK #XXXIX; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. APRIL JOY P. BALANO. MDN: Sept 21, 28 & Oct 5, 2021

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late TIMOTHY CHAOANGAN LINGCAYO, who died on July 20, 2021 in Northern Mindanao Medical Center, Capitol Compound, Cagayan de Oro City. That during his lifetime he is a deposit and account holder of Philippine National Bank (PNB) under Savings account no.

313836100031, is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT made and executed by and between the following: AGNES A. LINGCAYO (widow), NESTHY A. LINGCAYO (single), REBECCA L. JABUTAY (married) and ROCKY A. LINGCAYO (married), all of legal age, Filipino Citizen, and a residents of Cagayan de Oro City, that we are the sole and only surviving. As Per Doc. No. 315; Page No. 63; Book No. 92; Series of 2021; under Notary Public of ATTY. QUINTILIANITO S. BABARIN JR. MDN: Sept 7, 14 & 21, 2021

NO T I C E Notice is hereby given that LAURETA TOLEDO- CHAN, SILVERIO T.CHAN AND NERIO T.CHAN, are the surviving wife and children of the deceased TIMOTEO D.CHAN who died without leaving a will nor incurred indebtedness during his lifetime and who remains the declared owner of a parcel of land known as Lot No.2214; with T.D.No. 05000504096; with an Area of 5,962 Sq.M.; Located at Bonbon, Maranding, Poblacion, Sagay, Camiguin,

That the surviving wife and children all of legal age, and a resident of Agoho, Mambajao, Camiguin, in full capacity adjudicate themselves in common ownership the above described property by hereditary succession;

That for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED FIFTY-ONE THOUSAND and NINE HUNDRED PESOS (Php.251,900.00) Philippine currency,in hand paid by ROSAN QUERY IN CAMPION MUAÑA, of legal age, married, Filipino citizen and a resident of Maranding,Poblacion, Dagat, Camiguin, receipt is hereby acknowledged to their full satisfaction, by these presents, hereby absolutely SELL,CEDE,TRANSFER and CONVEY portion of the said property with an area of Nine Hundred Sixteen (916) Square Meters known as Lot No.2214-B unto herein Vendee Rosan Querubin Campion Muaña, her heirs and assigns, free from all liens and encumbrances, The Subject of Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estate of Timoteo D.Chan with Adjudication of Ownership and Absolute Sale of a Portion of Land.

Under the Notarial Registry of Atty.EDUARDO E.CHAN, Per Doc. No. 238; Page No.48; Book No.VIII; Series of 2021.

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from page 2 program implemented under my administration, Macaayong said The first day of distribution is for undergraduate students in the main campus and those students who are residing outside Lanao del Sur , a separate mode of distribution and schedule will be posted for their guidance. Macaayong said.

Meantime, MSU Executive Vice President Rasid M. Paca stressed that the university is the first among state universities and colleges to have been given a fund for such program, other universities have requested but ,we are the first university to received fund for this ICT Modernization project.

Our distribution scheduled of these laptops has been slowdown due the health protocols imposed by the National InterAgency Task Force were strictly observed and imposed to our students by requiring them

wear face mask, face shield and observe social distancing, Paca stressed.

In fact students are required to come to the distribution venue only during the date and time indicated in their respective cluster, Paca added.

Earlier, Dir Ronald Silvosa, the Executive Director of MSU Modernization Plan, with MSU System President Habib W. Macaayong introduced the Php 5 billion-worth ICT Modernization Program covering four phases which will give advantages to the institutions facilities, staff and students, and some other neighboring municipalities in the same region, Paca stressed.

Silvosa said earlier phase 1 kicked off is worth Php 1 billion which comprises the installation of fiber optics and CCTV cameras around campus, upgrade of the wif access point, establishment of data center , and procurement of laptops for faculty and staff and other network equipment.

Covered by the Phase 2 and Phase 3 which sum up

COVID-19 Pandemic: Its Impact to Some of the Traditional Filipino Values

By ZENAIDA S. CAŃOSA Teacher I Manolo Fortich NHS

Filipino people are bonded together by common values being applied in our daily lives that are first taught at home, but what happened now during the emergence of the pandemic? Are we still practicing those values?

The pandemic brings both positive and negative impact during the strict implementation of the health protocols, lockdown and social distancing just to slow the spread of the disease. This social distancing greatly affects the practice of these values like “pagmano” often referred to as “bless” in English is sometimes observed due to physical distancing as well as pakikisama” since everyone is encourage/d to stay at home and avoid gatherings

together with neighbors and even relatives.

On the other hand, the spirit of “bayanihan” remains intact even if they face their own personal challenges.

Many people turned to social media to find ways to help like donation drives. Strong family ties also strengthened during this time where family members have more quality time together. They share spiritual faith that provides opportunity for building relationships and for dealing with difficult situations.

The role of parents in molding their children’s values and character is very crucial, thus in order to preserve these traditional values, they should start and continue to teach them at home.

SCHOOL-BASED FEEDING PROGRAM CONTINUES IN THE TIME OF PANDEMIC

By JEANINA L. NADUMA Teacher III Balingasag Central School

The School-based Feeding Program showed tremendous effect of the learners’ learning performance for the past years during face-to-face classes. It enabled the learners increased nutritional health status and become normal.

The attendance rate of the learners also increased with the implementation of the SBFP. It also helped poor families provide food for the children in school. The lunch of the recipients were cooked in the school and served hot and nutritious.

However, during this pandemic the Department of Education did not stop of providing nutritious food for the learners, but in the form of nutripacks. Unlike before that lunch were cooked and served hot and nutritious to the children, this time the parents would cook the food nutripack for their children at home. The food nutripacks have several flavors cooked as porridge that would surely attract the appetite of the

children.

The parents got their food nutripack provision in school so with the self-learning modules of the children. For those who failed to get their provision, the School-based Feeding Program incharge personally delivered at home of the recipients to ensure their continuity of the program.

The SBFP is a six-month feeding program that would ensure to improve the health status of the learners who belong to wasted and severely wasted nutritional condition. It is proven that health condition of the learners will really affect the academic performance. It will also influence their attitude towards schooling.

During the School Year 2020-2021, the implementation of School-based Feeding Program was apparently successful. In fact, Balingasag Central School was awarded the the Best Implementer in the Division of Misamis Oriental.

to Php 2.5 billion are the distance learning equipment and procurement of additional laptops and additional laptops for some of the faculty as the Phase 4 costing Php 1.5 billion and will have the foundation of ICT hub and construction of the ICT building in the campus, Silvosa stress

Arrested...

from page 2 of 2002.

Ismael was also known as the third “big-time” suspect arrested by police authorities during anti-drug operations this week in the city.

It was learned that the first arrested suspect was identified as Daniel Rajal, 24, and the second was Ajid Abdulah. Both the suspects were arrested this week, the report said.

Over a million worth of illegal drugs were confiscated from the suspects in two separate operations, according to the PNP organization.

Benefit...

from page 2 Andanar Young persons with disabilities, according to Tero, are assisted by the Youth with Specific Needs program which are organized by sitio (zone) so they can create their own projects and activities.

“Another program that we have given time and priority to are the organizations of the

LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender). They can celebrate and conduct activities in the barangay so we can achieve gender equality,” Tero said.

Tero said they are motivated to implement more programs as they see the willingness of the youth to serve the village, like when they help in the distribution of cash aid or assistance. (PNA)

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from page 2 scampered for safety around 3:00 pm at the town’s covered court.

Lt. Colonel John Paul Baldomar, 6th Infantry Division spokesperson said that initial investigation revealed that a grenade was lobbed while people are focused on the game.

The police official said a phone-triggered device may have been used by the terrorist group, who want to sow terror in Mindanao.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack but police investigators are still “facing a blank wall” as to the motive of blasting the municipal covered court, where many people were watching the game.

Meanwhile, investigators are still trying to identify the names of the suspects at press time. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the cowardly attack perpetrated by lawless elements. - PNA

Current pandemic effect in education

By RUSTY D. BARTOLATA Teacher III

IF the enrollment figures of last year are a basis, the Philippine education system will be expecting around 27 million students to enroll in the basic education system in the coming school year. With the community quarantines in effect and the still unclear future that the COVID-19 pandemic will bring, DepEd and our millions of learners are facing enormous challenges.

Some do not even have computers or phones at all.

As this is a reality that many schools, students and communities will face, DepEd proposes a combination of different learning modalities and will be using the blended learning approach.

In-classroom study and individual study/online classroom work or Blended

Learning will allow students to learn at their own pace under guided modules. DepEd has launched on an online study platform called DepEd Commons (accessible to both private and public schools) to help students continue their lessons. It has also developed an ALS platform in partnership with Unicef and online tutorials for ALS teachers and students.

However, the challenge of technology access still remains for public school students.

Other factors such as home environment (conduciveness to learning), learner attitudes toward home learning and technology competence can affect learner outcomes and the effective use of Blended Learning. Learning at home also requires parent participation and support.

Administering a school

By JULIE B. UNGAB Administrative Assistant III

SCHOOL administrative assistants with higher rank oversee the daily operations of schools. Their specific responsibilities differ between divisions but often, these administrators are an important link between students and the barangays where they are located.

School administrative assistants advocate for the students within their communities and set goals and objectives to further children’s education. They usually have degrees in educational leadership or administration.

Public and private school administration professionals supervise teachers, counselors, coaches, librarians and support staff. He or she can also be responsible for setting goals and objectives,

communicating with parents, students and residents of the barangay where they are located and preparing budgets.

Some of their activities include survey of the school system, improvement of classroom teaching, in-service education of teachers, selecting and organizing materials for instruction, researching the problems of teaching, determining the desirable physical condition of teaching and performing semiadministrative duties.

School-based management aims to enable schools to manage their operation and resources in an effective and accountable manner so as to raise the standards of learning and teaching and thus improve the students’ learning outcomes.

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from page 6 to expectations for a lower current account (CA) surplus expectations of USD3.5 billion, down from USD10 billion earlier.

He said the expected widening of trade in goods deficit is also a factor for the revision of the BOP outlook for both years.

He said monetary authorities expect strong growth in goods exports at around 14 percent this year from 10 percent earlier.

Relatively, goods imports are also seen to post faster growth of 20 percent from the 12 percent projection in the second quarter.

“Both of which reflected stronger trade activities in the first half of 2021,” Abenoja said.

However, both the services exports and imports are seen to post contractions this year at -2 percent and -4 percent, respectively.

Projections for services exports were at 6 percent in the second quarter round of the BOP outlook review while it is 7 percent for services imports.

Meanwhile, inflows from Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) are seen to post a stronger growth of 6 percent this year from the earlier projection of 4 percent.

This change was primarily boosted by the 6.4 percent

growth of remittances in the first half of the year, which was, in turn, traced partly to sustained recovery of inflows from OFWs and the renewed demand for these workers as more countries recover from the pandemic.

“The enhanced access to digital financial services could also facilitate remittances transfers and that could be reflected in our formal BOP numbers,” Abenoja said.

The reduction in the BOP surplus outlook for this year was mirrored by that of the gross international reserves, which is now seen to be around USD114 billion from USD115 billion earlier.

For next year, the GIR projection was also cut to USD115 billion from the earlier forecast of USD117 billion.

CA is seen to post a USD1.4 billion deficit, a reversal from an earlier projection of USD6.7 billion surplus given the brighter prospects for trade.

“Overall, we think that the 2021 BOP assessment takes on a more guarded view of global and domestic economic developments going into the remaining months of the year.

While global growth prospects have been relatively been unchanged from earlier estimates we see that domestic growth prospects have been scaled down, with risks elevated in both the global and domestic economic spheres,” Abenoja added. (PNA)

Bichronous learning modality

By THELMA DUMANGAS MAGSINO Master Teacher I Tablon Elementary School

AS online learning becomes a more common model for education, schools and teachers must investigate the benefits of including both synchronous and asynchronous elements in online learning to maximize the benefits of both these environments.

The arrival of Covid-19 has made online learning a common mode of instructional delivery in K-12 institutions in several countries across the world. Online learning involves the use of the Internet to access learning materials, to interact with the content, instruction and other students and to obtain support during the learning process in order to acquire knowledge, to construct per-

sonal meaning and to grow from the learning experience.

While research into and adoption of online learing have increased, the blend of synchronous and asynchronous online learning potentially reduces some of the challenges of asynchronous online learning alone including a lack of immediacy, community, interaction and audiovisual communication.

It is a phenomenon where students can participate in anytime, anywhere learning during the asynchronous parts of the lessons but then participate in real-time activities for the synchronous sessions. The time of the online learning blend varies by the course and the activities included in the course.

A FULFILLING TASK for BEING a TEACHER By: ELVIRA R. EDULAN Teacher 3 Jacinto Nemeño Integrated School Division of Ozamiz City

A teacher is not just merely teaching lessons in the four walls of the classroom, A teacher is also a nurse who cures wounded individuals when learners got a fight.

A teacher as a police officer, who scolds naughty boys and girls.

But what is the most fulfilling task?

A teacher who is a mother of 40 individuals or above.

Have you ever imagine how difficult to handle diverse individuals?

Coming from different tribes, race, Having learners with different family backgrounds?

How hard to figure it out, Handling people with varied likes and dislikes.

But, of course! Only teacher can do the task with a smile.

What a fulfilling task for being a teacher, When learners know how to read and write.

Comprehension is a bonus and a plus To what a teacher is expecting, a little one does.

Never forget to say “Thank You” to your teachers, Who really care as your real mothers.

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supporting the livelihood of the poor and the oppressed At the time of pandemic when millions have become jobless as four million are unemployed and seven million under-employed, , the masses are now living in so much hunger and extreme poverty, tens of billions of pesos were used to buy PPEs and test kits from China.

Sayang! Dapat pinili nila ang Filipino manufacturers – mura pa. Thousands of jobless Filipinos could have been re-employed.

Indeed, buying foreign products is a great social injustice as these products are passing at least five marketing layers, benefitting rich middlemen at the expense of the poor Filipino consumers. Look at our poor farmers. They buy seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides from the compradors at a high price but their products are just bought at a low price.

Imagine a corn farmer in Kibawe, Bukidnon, committing suicide last year DAHIL BAON NA SA UTANG. While he was producing a kilo of corn at P11.50 per kilo, yet corn last year was just being bought at P9 per kilo. Because cheap corn substitutes were allowed to enter our country as some legislators are in cohort with the oligarchs. That is so evident in so called Rice Tariffication when cheaply produced rice from other countries was allowed to enter at the expense of our rice farmers who are tied-up to conventional agriculture producing rice at P15 per kilo when other countries are just producing rice at P5 per kilo because they follow sustainable agriculture. Our study has shown that for every one peso decrease in the buying price, billions of pesos are lost from the farming communities. That’s the reason why 3 of 4 young farmers have already left farming, going to the urban centers to work as janitors, waiters or drivers, PAGMAGANDA – as dancers.

Yes, our country is poor because we are consuming what we are not producing.

That speaks well of a captive mind, an offshoot of the bombardment of the gospel of lies, wrong information and advertisements by the mainstream media that have become beholden to global corporations, i.e. “You want to look macho, smoke Marlboro;” “Add life? Drink Coca-Cola.” Yes, all lies!

By choosing Pharmally, a great social injustice has been committed against the Filipino people – with or without corruption! With corruption? And billions at that?!!! If that be the case, that is so outrageous that should be the concern of every Filipino. If the sacred act of living a decent life by us Filipinos has been trampled upon, replaced by diabolic and horrible greed, then such dastardly act should be a subject of

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our freedom of speech to decry or more appropriately, “FREEDOM OF SPIT” upon the faces of these corrupt officials. Many I heard would opt for the second option as such corruption is so an outrageous misdeed oozing with nausea.

Let us serve notice to one and all what the 1987 Constitution has declared: “The State shall advance Social Justice in all phases of Philippine life.” Choosing Pharmally is a great social injustice as such has deprived Filipinos of jobs and if the alleged corruption is true, that has deprived a struggling country of so much funds at the height of the pandemic where millions are hungry, sick and living in extreme poverty! A tricycle and several dozens of water bottles were do- Ms. Cora Catalan, Vice President of People’s Sustainable nated by RC West CDO to People’s Sustainable Consumer Consumer Cooperative received from RC West CDO the Hoy Gising!!!

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RC West CDO, in partnership with Balay Mindanaw Foundation, Inc., Disaster Aid Australia and Rotary Club of CDO Premier, installed one Skyhydrant unit at the PSCC compound.

This project is funded under Global Grant No. 1753140 from The Rotary Foundation and is supported by Rotary Club of Berwick and Rotary Club of Endeavor Hills of Australia.

Immediately after the installation of the Skyhydrant unit, PSCC members started to enjoy safe water which they sold at P10.00 only per 10-liter container. Outside suppliers sold it at P25.00 per container.

This RC West CDO initiative is aligned with the Rotary International recommendation that all Rotary Clubs shall engage in community projects that are sustainable and will improve the lives of the recipient communities. (Contributed

by Atty. Maria Gloria Tango, Service Project-A Director and Architect Maria Linda Escaba, Public Image Director)

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presidential bid.

Sara said she has decided not to run for presidency, after her father formally proclaimed his willingness to seek the VP position, as standard bearer of the ruling party, the Partido Demokratiko Pilipino-Lakas ng Bayan (PDP-Laban) “We have a good agreement with President Duterte in our respective political careers. Let us give him our strongest support for

Coop of Coopville, Mambuaya, CDO, for their Safe Water Distribution Project.

donated additional support for their Safe Water Distribution Project in Coopville, Mambuaya, Cagayan de Oro City.

his decision to run for Vice President,” Mayor Sara said in a video message posted on social media.

But a grand alliance supporting Sara for president has appealed to the PPRD not to run for presidency to give his daughter a chance to become the leader of the nation.

“At this critical juncture in our country’s history, we need to choose the next generation of leaders. And we just want your daughter, Mayor Sara, to become our national leader like you.

We admire and appreciate both of you saying only one Duterte can run in the forthcoming elections,” the grand alliance said.

on the solution of the complaints of Zone 7 residents that the crematorium located in their area, has been emitting a thick-dark smoke and bad odor) The barangay chairman said the DENR has already gotten air sample and would announced the result of their investigation into the matter.

“We are only waiting for the result of the investigation made by the DENR and we will recommend whatever we can recommend based on the results of the investigations by proper authorities,” Chairman Legaspi said in vernacular.

The crematorium, it was learned, was cremating an average of 10 dead bodies of covid-19 victims everyday.

The reported issue has reached the television show of Raffy Tulfo, who immediately acted on the complaint filed by a certain Jane Saligumba, who only lives 15 meters away from the crematorium.

Saligumba claimed the residents were already alarmed after the children have started experiencing

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Fire Station Phase 1; fullyequipped Rorogagus Health Station; and improvement of road networks in PantarMarawi and Maul, Maranto.

The government also sustained its livelihood programs for residents and continues to provide other related assistance.

The TFBM has also completed some projects in the MAA such as the Disomangcop Mosque, Masjid Darussalam, and the Tolali Barangay Complex with health station and madrasah (Islamic school).

Del Rosario said the ongoing construction of permanent shelters in various resettlement sites, as well as the establishment of road networks inside MAA with underground utilities, solar lamps, and traffic lights, are now in the final stages of completion.

The building of threestory 20-classroom school buildings, the mall-like Grand Padian Market, School of Living Tradition, Peace Memorial Park, Marawi Museum, Marawi Convention Center, and the Sarimanok Stadium are likewise nearly finished.

The TFBM was created under Administrative Order 3 issued by Duterte on June 28, 2017, following the declaration of the government’s triumph against the terrorist groups.

The task force facilitates the rehabilitation, recovery and reconstruction efforts and helps displaced families recover. (PNA)

moving forward,” he said.

Del Rosario noted that the TFBM is prioritizing the rebuilding of mosques, which could help the siege-affected residents heal and recover from the “distressing effect of the war”.

He also announced that some 2,800 permanent housing units being constructed by the 56 implementing agencies and TFBM’s partner organizations are slated to be done by year-end.

More than 600 permanent shelters have been completed, 300 of which are now occupied by residents displaced by the 2017 siege between government forces and terrorists affiliated with ISIS. Among the completed infrastructure projects outside Marawi’s most affected areas (MAA) are the 19-kilometer Transcentral Roads; from page 1 Lilod Guimba, Banggolo, and (“We’ve already called the Mapandi bridges; Central parties twice and discussed

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illnesses due to the alleged “foul smell” coming from the thick, black smoke of the crematory.

Meanwhile, City Information Officer Maricel Casiño-Rivera told the media the concerns of the residents in Barangay Bulua has already reached the City Mayor.

Rivera said the City Government has already spent more than 30 million pesos in cremation alone since August 10. It was also learned that of the over a thousand people who have died of the deadly coronavirus disease, 790 of them were cremated.

MIXED URN The cremation of a Covid-19 victim who has died, and all the belongings of the dead, including a cellphone, shoes, bracelets, ring, body bags, laptop, PVC, and all other belongings would be burned, the reason that during the process, a thick, black smoke coming from the crematory.

Engr Armen Cuenca, in an earlier interview, said the thick smoke may contain “hazardous chemicals” so that an inspection from the DENR is necessary.

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FEATURE

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PROPERTY DEVELOPER A BROWN BULLISH

Tanay property presents a majestic view of Laguna Lake and the Sierra Mt Range.

PROPERT Y developer A Brown Company, Inc. (ABCI) targets P12 Billion in sales in the next five years. The firm rolls out its upcoming projects

in Cagayan de Oro, Bukidnon and now introduces its first real estate venture in the cool hills of Tanay, Rizal.

“ABCI targets the full

spectrum of the real estate market in its plans for the next five years offering products for the middle-middle, upper-middle and premium

markets. Our real estate products promotes healthy, environment-friendly and low dense communities”, ABCI President Robertino Pizarro declares.

“Our future plans include city-, mountainside-, agrotourism, and lifestyle developments fit for our market”, he adds.

A nature-themed master planned integrated community is coming up at the 300+ hectare property located in Tanay, Rizal. The expanse will host a mixed-use development of premium and midcost residential, commercial and farm-lot estates.

For the Cagayan de Oro market, the Uptown Metropolis crossroads the east and west side of Uptown Cagayan de Oro which is set to offer a Central Business District and commercial spaces, an Information Technology (IT) Block, The Shoppe Houses and Townhouses. The Shoppe Houses shall offer the first commercial-home development in the region with a 3-storey commercial and home development in one building.

For the premium mar-

ket, in the drawing board in Mountain Pines in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, is a master planned community of agricultural, retirement and fairway farm-lot residential estates with an 18-HOLE GOLF COURSE, HELIPAD, C OM M E RC IA L A R E A , MARKET PLACE WHERE THE LOCAL PRODUCE SHALL BE SOLD, AND INSTITUTIONAL RETIREMENT AMENITIES SUCH AS CLINICS, HORSE- BIKEAND JOGGING TRAILS, and CAMPING GROUNDS. This vast track of land is situated 1,200 meters above sea level in the cool pine tree-bordered

confines at the foothills of Mt. Kitanglad.

Plans are on the way for a mid-rise condominium and cluster of townhouses facing the beachfront of Coral Resort Estates in Initao, Misamis Oriental.

“With all these future offerings, ABCI continues to deliver excellent products and services while creating enlightened, happier, and of course healthier communities”, Pizarro concludes.

ABCI is the developer of Xavier Estates in Cagayan de Oro and several lifestyle residential projects in Mindanao.

Gushing falls in the Mountain Pines property.

Coral Resort Estates is the first residential resort estates in the region.