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LTFRB 10 maximizes Libreng Sakay for hospital workers

By MARK FRANCISCO and GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY - THE Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) in Northern Mindanao has now tapped a total LTFRB 10 director Aminoden Guro, Region 10 alone has been allocated P135 of 189 units for its Libreng Sakay million for the program’s second tranche program, prioritizing hospital which started last September 14. photo workers with ten trips per day by gerry lee gorit in each route.

The government’s Libreng Sakay program was launched to especially help frontliners and other essential workers travel to their workplaces during the quarantine implementation.

According to LTFRB 10 director Aminoden Guro, Region 10 alone has been allocated P135 million for the program’s second tranche which started last September 14.

The service contracting program allows drivers to earn based on the number of kilometers traveled, instead of the number of passengers.

“N’a ‘tay gi-install na GPS system kada sakyanan to ensure nga ang driver wala nilapas sa iya ruta,” Guro said.

The government pays P82.50 for every kilometer traveled for buses and P52 for modernized

jeepneys.

Along this line, Guro said they are focusing on hospital-based trips for this second tranche.

Drop-off points here in Cagayan de Oro City include Capitol University Medical Center, Maria Reyna Hospital, Northern Mindanao Medical Center, Sabal Hospital, Cagayan de Oro Medical Center,

Grenade lobbed at Deputy House Speaker’s residence in CdO See MAXIMIZES, page 11

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: Un i d enti fe d susp e c t s lobbed a grenade on the ancestral house of Deputy House Speaker Rufus Rodriguez early Wednesday morning, the police said.

Rodriguez, the representative of Cagayan de Oro’s Second Congressiomal district, was not in the house when the incident took place about 1:15 Wednesday morning.

His younger sister, City Councilor Jocelyn Rodriguez told the Manila Times that the deputy house speaker Rufus Rodriguez returned to Manila Saturday after turning over various A police officer checks the outer area of the Rodriguez residence in Barangay Nazareth See LOB, page 11

after a grenade was thrown into the compound Tuesday dawn. photo by

gerry lee gorit

more Covid variants P13.5 million imported onions 36 detected in Caraga, bringing from China destroyed by BOC-10 to a total of 149 cases

By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – The Bureau of Customs in region 10 has destroyed P13.5 million onions from China which were wrongfully declared as food stuff by the importer.

The shipment was declared as “cream cheese” and “frozen puff pastries” but turned out to be onions upon inspection by the Customs Intelligence

and Investigation Service (CIIS) Oliver Valiente, CIIS head in Northern Mindanao, said they received intelligence report that a shipment will arrive at the Mindanao Container Terminal sub-port in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental on Aug. 10, 2021.

The cargo, Valiente said, was consigned to JDFallar Photo shows the P13.5 million imported onions that Consumer Goods Trading. were destroyed by the Bureau of Customs at a facility in See DESTROYED, page 11

Manolo Fortich recently.

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

PROSPERIDAD, Agusan del Sur -- Thirty six more positive cases for COVID-19 variants of concern were detected in Caraga region, the Department of HealthCenter for Helath Development reported.

Covid Delta variant is still dominant cases with 31, three Alpha variants and two Beta variants bringing a total of 149 variants of

concern in the region.

These were the samples sent to University of the Philippines-Philippine Genome Center last August.

Agusan del Sur have the highest cases of Delta variant with recorded 24 distributed in Loreto with five cases Bayugan City and San Francisco town each with four cases, San Luis and Talacogon town with three cases each and one See DETECTED, page 11

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COVID-19 virus invade communist rebel’s turf

By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY: The Corona virus have invaded the ranks of the insurgents in Northern Mindanao after some captured and surrendered communists rebels were found COVID -19 positive, the military said Tuesday.

Maj. Francisco Garello, Jr., head of the army’s Division of Public Affairs Office in Camp Evangelista here,

said that eight of the 10 captured early September were found positive of COVID-19 virus.

The 10 combatants of the New People’s Army (NPA) were captured during a clashed with state forces in Bukidnon where four NPA rebels killed.

Garello said that one of the slain rebels was found COVID -19 positive prompting the military to immediately bury the dead

rebels in coordination with the local government unit (LGU).

He said that the findings prompted the military to conduct a swab tests on the 10 captured rebels consisting of four women and three kids.

Garello said that the eight rebels who were found positive of the corona virus underwent treatment in an LGU isolation centers secured by the military.

He said that the incident prompted Maj. Gen. Romeo S. Brawner, Jr., 4ID commander, to conduct vaccination services to 40 other captives and surrendered NPA rebels in the custody of the military.

Garello said 336 insurgents were either captured or surrendered apart from the 50 killed in various separate armed encounters within the 4ID area from January 2021until press time.

Military front liners in Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City administer a corona virus vaccine on a captured communist rebel in one of the military camps under the Fourth Infantry Division area of responsibility in Northern Mindanao. contributed photo

2 NPAs killed in clash turned out to be minors

By CHRIS PANGANIBAN Contributing Editor

CARMEN, Surigao del Sur – The two New People’s Army (NPA) guerillas killed in an encounter in a remote village in Cantilan town turned out to be hapless minors, an official of the 36th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army revealed.

Lt. Col. Rey Reuyan, commander of the 36th IB, said after the retrieval of the

victims’ cadaver they found out that they are just young male teenagers aged 18 and 17 who could have been duped to join the armed struggle of the communist rebel movement.

Reuyan told Bombo Radyo in an exclusive interview that he felt pity for the two victims after one of the mother disclosed that her son was just enticed by See CLASH, page 8

NATIONAL SYNCHRONIZED MALL VOTER REGISTRATION DAY COMELEC recently held the National Synchronized Mall Registration Day at 40 SM Malls to accommodate more voter applicants before the voter registration deadline. SM Malls strictly implemented the health and safety protocols and ensured that registration set ups are conveniently accessed by registrants. Photos show registrants at the SM Mall of Asia and Dir. Temie P. Lambino, COMELEC NCR Regional Election Director and SM Supermalls SVP for Operations Bien Mateo.

Town dad dies in broad daylight ambush in Zambo del Norte

By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN News Bureau

LILOY, Zamboanga del Norte - A politician was shot dead yesterday by still unidentified attackers while onboard his vehicle in Liloy town, this province, police authorities said.

Police investigators who immediately responded at the crime scene found the victim bathed in blood, and he expired a few minutes

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after he was rushed to the hospital for treatment. The assassin was only a meter away from his vehicle when the shooting took place, witnesses said.

Major Alexis Bahunsua, police chief of Liloy Municipality, identified the victim as Ernesto Bihag Jr., 46, incumbent councilor of Liloy town.

Investigation disclosed that around 12:50 pm Monday, Bihag was driving his

vehicle from Barangay Causwagan going to Comunal, when the assassin immediately alighted from the road and overtook him, and then shot him to the vital parts, which caused his untimely demise.

After the shooting took place, the suspect immediately sped off, and the victim’s driven vehicle overshoot the shoulder of the and crashed into See AMBUSH, page 8

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Another milestone achieved for thriving ‘Mindanaoan’ green developer WHAT had started as an operation with a naked desk in the offices of Pueblo de Oro Development Corporation in Uptown Cagayan de Oro has now finally reached its milestone of inaugurating its own offices in the newly built Primavera City tower in Phase 1, just beside SM City in Pueblo de Oro Business Park, Uptown CDO. When I was first invited to visit Cagayan de Oro in 2011 I was welcomed in a small container office just next to the long completed Primavera Residences.

There was just a desk, a cabinet, and a decorative plant next to a model unit manned by Ms. Gladys Echano, the most loyal and long-lasting of all employees and currently the Sales and Marketing Director of the company.

Nobody would have imagined Italpinas to grow so fast and list at the PSE after only 6 years into their existence.

Architect Romolo Nati was convinced

about Uptown CdO from the very beginning and had a vision that has been materializing step by step, project after project. The new offices feature a modern and spacious design. The most successful and regarded developer of Cagayan de Oro, many would say, because when there was still no condominium building in town, IDC launched their first project, amidst a mixture of enthusiasm and unmissable critics. As a fierce sustainability and green building advocate, Architect Nati brought his experience of Italian green architecture and design and applied it here in the Philippines.

The office blessing was somehow adapted to the current circumstances where larger gatherings are still not allowed but it was nevertheless a festive occasion with an enthusiastic atmosphere.

Employees, key stakeholders, and some loyal investors gathered accompanied by the priest, who conveniently

spoke Italian due to the 3 years he spent in Italy.

The majestic building, which is apparently soon for turnover to the many buyers, had a greatly decorated and elegant lobby, including the unmissable Christmas tree, a Filipino classic for September. Compared to Primavera Residences, the developer’s a finished project that lays just around the corner, this structure and its interior details seem a level above, lush and luxurious.

Now I understand what Architect Nati means when he asserts at times that “we learned from

the experience of our first project and always try to do better”.

So, talking about the offices on the second floor, they seem to be a sort of call center with its many decks and large spaces. It reveals maybe the developer’s plan and intention to expand their operations and probably add more projects. Just a guess, but probably not too far-fetched. Aside from the large space for the regular employees, I could see also various enclosed office spaces, most likely for the management. Maybe 6 or 7 with furnished

office interiors, a pantry, a conference or board room, and 2 smaller meeting rooms.

All in all a top-ofthe-notch office that could impress many in Northern Mindanao as well as in Makati. This is also evidence that the provinces are growing and more companies are settling out of Metro Manila and Metro Cebu.

Now it’s time for Metro Cagayan de Oro to thrive and conquer the headlines. Italpinas has certainly chosen their location very well as Uptown Cdo is widely considered the BGC of

Cagayan de Oro where in fact the price of the land has more than quintupled over the past 10 years. The sales office for Primavera City Phase 2 is located on the ground floor of the building, clearly visible from P. N. Roa Boulevard, amidst other retail spaces that will soon be populated by shops and restaurants.

A great location to attract more curious buyers to avail of the opportunity to enjoy the true condo lifestyle in this green, Edge certified building with an incredible infinity pool and a view from the top.

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WHEN he was campaigning for US Presidency, a popular line stated then by candidate Bill Clinton won him the presidency when he said, “it’s the economy, stupid!” While other candidates zeroed-in on so many issues, candidate Clinton became the winning candidate because he brought to the fore essential issues on the economy.

As our country is facing so much disarray due to Covid-19, but such is only “a tip of the iceberg.” That pandemic which began in China can be traced to the killings of bats or “paniki” to satisfy man’s appetite where the bats’ virus was transferred to the homo sapiens. That was also true to the HIV disease when human beings (Africans) began eating “chimpanzees” or monkeys, thus the monkeys’ virus infected the

homo sapiens.

Thus, in the same breath that we now say, “it is not Covid-19 but the environment, Stupid!” Please reflect that whatever be the form, all life is sacred as creation is a manifestation of the Creator, each one carrying a sense of divinity. Thus, every time you eat meat – be red or white – please reflect for a while that that meat came from a life form that once did breathe, having experienced in its own right pleasures and pains, exposed to the wonders of life, having felt the warmth of the sun, the coolness of the wind, the brightness of the moon and the stars at night, and finally, had to succumb to the pains of shedding blood as its throat had to be cut – all because you must eat and live.

Seen in the context of the oneness and divinity of

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life, it is the contention that the most flawed species of all of God’s creation is the homo sapiens. Don’t you know that in 19th century alone, the homo sapiens had killed its own kind at the tune of more than one hundred fifty-million out of two world wars, the cleansing of Pol Pot and Hitler and the ongoing war in the Middle East and Mindanao.

But the killings were not just limited to its own kind; the homo sapiens had erased from the face of the earth billions of life forms – flora and fauna – that had been created billions of years even prior to creation of the homo sapiens. Climate change See PEOPLE, page 7

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Rest In Peace!

YEARS ago, I was still a freshman, when it came to the Internet and blogging.

When I started my first blog as a German expatriate living in the Philippines, a very special social network came across my path: Facebook! I started chatting with some media friends from all over the Philippines.

Actually I started with “Friendster”. Friends from the whole globe! Facebook was introduced to me as a new site for college kids.

Nowadays, we’re experiencing different headlines, when it comes to social media networks. Despite scandals over fake news and data privacy, one thing is for sure: the social network Facebook is unlikely to disappear any time soon.

Actually, during the first year, I found Facebook’s

evolution and societal function both equally fascinating and disturbing.

The biggest question of all that gnaws at the back of my mind is whether there is any stopping Facebook in the future? It looks increasingly like the answer is no.

“Friendster failed for simple reasons: the time wasn’t right,” says Bernie Hogan, senior research fellow at the Oxford Internet Institute. “Not only is it about the readiness of people to participate in a social networking site, but it’s also just about the nuts and bolts.” Friendster and MySpace helped blaze the trail for Facebook’s global popularity, but they failed to achieve even close to the same success as their successor.

The kind of engineering

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that allows Facebook to function every day simply wasn’t available back in the early days of the new millennium. But by 2004, internet speeds had increased and the coding that underpins websites had become more sophisticated. The technical limitations of earlier social networking sites like Friendster and Friends Reunited cleared the runway for Facebook.

But despite technical barriers, those other sites paved the way for Facebook at a time when people were still a little wary of putting See REST, page 7

Susan’s Notes

Pinoy youth shouldn’t settle for ‘lesser evil’ in 2022 ROCKINGHAM, North Carolina—A few weeks from now, regardless of the pandemic and all the quarantine restrictions imposed by the national government, the filing of candidacies will commence to kick off that political circus we have now come to know as the Philippine elections.

From Oct. 1 to 8, candidates from across the country will file their candidacies and this includes Cagayan de Oro City and Misamis Oriental province.

While the Padayon Pilipino unveiled their lineup for the province they have yet to declare their official bet for Cagayan de Oro City.

But chances are, it will be Rep. Rufus Rodriguez of

the city’s second district after incumbent Misamis Oriental governor Yevgeny Emano decided to run for the province’s second congressional district.

As far as the Team OKKA is concerned, Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno made no secret of his bid for the gubernatorial post with his chosen vice gubernatorial candidate Ariel ‘Ayi’ Hernandez. He’s invited City Information Officer Maricel Casiño-Rivera to run for the Provincial Board (PB) representing the second district but the deal will be sealed once the filing of candidacies kick off.

Moreno also lobbied anew for Rep. Rolando ‘Klarex’ Uy of the city’s 1st district to

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run for mayor and Councilor Edna ‘Inday’ Dahino as vice mayor.

But enough of them for now. Regardless of whom one is rooting for, the elections all boil down to winning the electorate’s support through the ballot. And a substantial chunk of that support will be sourced from the country’s youth who now more than ever are being bombarded with election propaganda the likes of which have never been seen since the electoral process was first instituted

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PCOO EYES TO ATTAIN POPULATION PROTECTION THIS YEAR; 85% OF EMPLOYEES NOW FULLY VACCINATED VS COVID-19 MANILA – The Presidential Communications Operations Office is looking at achieving population protection by year-end, after marking a major breakthrough with the vaccination of 85% of total PCOO personnel and its attached agencies nationwide.

PCOO Sec. Martin A. Andanar emphasized that the “PCOO has made it a departmental goal to inoculate and vaccinate all of its government personnel and their families.”

In June 2021, the PCOO management started the vaccination drive of the general population of the agency together with their dependents with the valuable assistance of the National Vaccine Operations Center and the local government units of the City of Manila and Quezon City, and as well as local government units for the regional offices of PCOO units and agencies nationwide.

“This is to ensure the unhampered delivery of information, communications, and government services

to the Filipino public,” Sec. Andanar added. He also thanked PCOO Legal Affairs ASec. Omar Romero, PCOO Group vaccination coordinator, Admin, and Finance USec. Kris Ablan and the heads of the PCOO attached agencies for making the PCOO Group’s vaccination drive possible and successful.

According to Asec.

Romero, “around 3,364 agency personnel and its attached agencies nationwide have been fully vaccinated as of September 27, 2021.”

The figure translates to 84.93% of its 3,961 total workforces. Data showed that there are still 343 personnel that have yet to receive their second dose, while 69 persons voluntarily opted not to be inoculated.

ASec. Romero emphasized that the vaccination is “to ensure the safety and health of all PCOO employees pursuant to the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Standards for the Public Sector per Joint Memorandum Circular No. 1, s. 2020 issued by the

FAIR DISTRIBUTION OF PROJECTS ACROSS ALL REGIONS PUSHED AND REALIZED UNDER DUTERTE ADMIN MANILA - Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Martin Andanar on Tuesday stressed how the Duterte administration has poured efforts into providing an equitable distribution of projects to other regions across the Philippines.

He noted that through the Build, Build, Build projects, the government was able to aid in shaping the potential of the countryside aside from focusing on further improving areas that are already highly urbanized.

“Nabungkag gyud kay makita man nato sa Build, Build, Build program, kung aha dunay mga projects sa uban Visayas, Mindanao, ug Luzon nga gawas sa Metro Manila [We really disintegrated it [projects and programs centered in Metro Manila]. We can see it through the Build, Build, Build program where we have various projects for Visayas, Mindanao, and other parts of Luzon outside of Metro Manila],” he said in an interview on Brigada News FM Gensan.

He cited other big-ticket projects undertaken and completed in the past five

years including the CebuCordova Link Expressway in Cebu Province, and road connectivity projects in Region 12.

“The government continues to inject or pump prime the economy by giving focus to Build, Build, Build, especially in the last 8 months of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte,” he said.

He also mentioned the series of infrastructure initiatives of the PCOO which included the completed Mindanao Media Hub, and the ongoing construction of buildings for some of the regional offices of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA).

Just this Monday, September 27, the PCOO joined the Department of Public Works and Highways Region 10 (DPWH-10), the local government unit of Manolo Fortich, and the Northern Bukidnon State College for the groundbreaking ceremony of the P79 million Government Communications Academy.

“These are some of the evidence that would prove that we decentralized government communications,” See PROJECTS, page 8

Civil Service Commission on March 4, 2020.”

High Vaccination Rate In PCOO proper, 433 employees (93.12%) are now fully vaccinated while 15 personnel are waiting to resume the inoculation this coming month.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Communications Services is the first PCOO unit to reach population protection this quarter as all of its 119 personnel are now fully vaccinated against the virus.

The Presidential Broad-

cast Staff - Radio Television Malacañang surpassed a high vaccination rate of 98.08% (154 out of 156 personnel). The remaining two are now waiting to receive their second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Central offices of the two government media corporations, People’s Television Network, Inc. and Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, also recorded above the 90-percent mark of their fully vaccinated personnel, reaching 92.13% and 94.81%, respectively.

Other PCOO attached agencies like the Philippine Information Agency, News and Information Bureau, APO Production Unit, Inc., and the National Printing Office also recorded a high vaccination rate of 88% to 90%.

Aside from PCOO personnel and dependents, some members of the Malacañang Press Corps were included in the vaccination drive.

“We have also included in our vaccination campaign the journalists and news and media professionals in the

Malacañang Press Corps,” Andanar said.

“This drive to inoculate and vaccinate our government personnel, their families, and the members of the MPC is part of our whole-of-nation approach in the Duterte administration, knowing how important it is for COVID-19 vaccines to be made accessible for us to succeed in our road to recovery as one nation and to contribute to the global effort in fighting the pandemic,” the PCOO chief emphasized.

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DTI-10 bolsters biz interventions amid COVID-19 pandemic

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- In accordance with the government’s We Heal As One initiative, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI)-10 intensifies its assistance to various affected business establishments and owners in northern Mindanao to help counter the economic disruption wrought by the coronavirus disease (COVID)-19 pandemic, which has vastly changed the consumer landscape.

“Pagsulod sa pandemic, nag-adjust ta, ang atong gihimo, naghimo nalang ta og virtual regional trade fair.

Didto nato gi-exhibit atong mga products gikan sa atong micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) sa region. Nakaabot lang gihapon ilang produkto didto sa ilang mamalitay,” shared DTI-10 OIC Regional Director Ermedio Abang during the CORDS-X podcast with Communications Secretary Martin Andanar, September 25.

(When the pandemic arrived, we adjusted, we held a virtual regional trade fair, wherein we exhibited our products from our micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the region. So their products can still reach their market) Based on the data from

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), around 37,212 businesses have been affected due to the global health crisis here in the region, with 135 establishments closing, affecting 1,743 employees with the bulk of establishments coming from Cagayan de Oro City (101), followed by Misamis Occidental (14), Bukidnon (7), Misamis Oriental (7) Iligan City (5) and Camiguin (1).

In response, the DTI10 OIC Regional Director disclosed that they are focusing on aiding MSMEs transition to the digital marketplace or e-commerce through training, webinars, and virtual trade fairs, citing that they have already successfully assisted 1,858 MSMEs move to the digital Commerce in the New Normal. DTI-10 OIC Regional Director Ermedio Abang shares their various consumer and space as of June 2021. commerce interventions amid the COVID-19 pandemic during the CORDS-X podcast with Communications Secretary Brick and mortar busi- Martin Andanar, September 25. (CORDS X) ness establishments that successfully implemented health safety protocols for COVID illustrates the need the mitigation of COVID-19 for systematic investment in were also given Safety Seal innovation and digitalizaCertifications to ensure tion to address challenges consumers of their safety faced by our healthcare and as another tool for easier system.” contact tracing.

According to Zobel, “Ang idea ani kay among while the Philippines progintanaw katong mga esduces the best healthcare tablishments kung gasunod workers in the world, the ba sila sa minimum health country’s physical and digiSee BOLSTERS, page 8 tal healthcare infrastructure requires substantial stimulus, which can be provided by a collaborative effort between the private and public sectors.

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and the annihilation of billions of life forms is called as Anthropocene, with the Greek roots meaning “human-made” (anthropo) and “new” (cene). The Anthropocene is our current, unprecedented epoch of the Earth in which the Earth’s physical change – climate, biodiversity, chemistry – is mainly driven by human activity. Mother Earth (GAIA) has been sacrificed to the altar of greed and profit by the contemporaneous development paradigm called corporate globalization. In fact, humanity is now “two minutes before midnight” as we are now facing the 6th extinction but nothing is being done to counter climate change which is a crime against God, against humanity and against the Earth. Why? The 19 Fossil Companies mostly Americans cannot moderate their greed.

Out of the use of fossil fuels and coals, these companies are earning 19 trillion dollars annually or 10 million dollars every minute.

A part of these massive raking goes to the mainstream media to continue their gospel of lies and disinformation, burying humanity deeply into consumerism and materialism. Wala pong nagigising!

If you are the Creator, how will you awaken mankind? No other way but through this on-going pandemic! My contention is that unless man is awakened, the virus will continue.

All the dear animals, plants, fish and what have you, have lived and giving their lives so that human beings may live to fulfill God’s mandate as God’s stewards, such truism has made life so meaningful, dramatic and worth living – All for God’s glory.

Oh my God, that wasn’t the case. All of them have been sacrificed to the altar of greed and profit for self-aggrandizement of a few powerful oligarchs to dominate the world making human beings just brutes and beasts in a world that has been characterized with so much unbridled materialism and consumerism. Life has ceased to be sacred but diabolical!

Let the awakening process now begins. To quote Rabindranath Tagore: “Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high; where knowledge is free; where the world is not broken down by narrow domestic walls. In that Heaven of Freedom my Father, Let my people awake!”

The awakening process has now begun because of the pandemic. The truth is, the time of the homo sapiens is now over.

The homo sapiens created in the image and likeness of God must now realize that he/she is not just form but connected to the Formless Being, the Unmanifested, the Eternal Being and must realize that he/she is more than form but CONCIOUSNESS, the awareness presence and must realize the

oneness and sacredness of life.

By doing so, he/she becomes SPIRITUS LUMINUS (enlightened spirit) or HOMO PACEM (men and women for peace). Yes, we are not just ripples of the ocean but the ocean itself. When you know and feel that, you have awakened.

A pure consciousness has loomed.

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much of themselves out on the internet. In the 1990s, internet users were warned against even sharing their first name online, but now words like “oversharing” and “selfie” are so common they are recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary.

Facebook - bone or ban? Fact is, Facebook is becoming that de facto, online identity provider. I am on Twitter and LinkedIn. But bear with me, most of the time, I spend being online on Facebook.

Once the mid-2000s rolled around, Facebook was also able to hire a lot of talented engineers from Silicon Valley, which helped it put together the kind of website infrastructure that could scale-up with an exponentially growing user base. Your Newsfeed doesn’t curate and customise itself – its launch needed engineers to cook up algorithms that picked the most valuable updates from your friends’ updates.

But Hwang points to another serendipitous factor in Facebook’s global rise: mobile phones. In a lot of developing countries, people only have cheap mobiles to access the internet. In fact, a lot of these users think Facebook is the internet.

“We can’t discount the power of mobile,” says Hwang. It’s made “social networks much, much more pervasive. You have social media at all times in your pocket, which makes it this powerful platform for news and conversation that operated in a slower way in the desktop-only era.”

For starters, it has become so ingrained and intertwined in the digital ecosystem of the 21st Century that it is hard to now untangle it. Oxford’s Hogan points to a concept he calls “interoperability.” This is where a Facebook login is often required to use and operate other online services.

“Just today I went out to buy concert tickets,” Hogan says. “I had to log into Facebook. I don’t use Facebook, but I had to dust off my login. Facebook is becoming that de facto, online identity provider.”

I am sure you experienced the same, my dear readers.

Facebook also taps into basic human needs, according to psychologists. Even with social media movements like #DeleteFacebook, mass privacy concerns or even just calls to leave the site on the back of pedestrian design tweaks, people just can’t stay away.

“Almost everybody comes back,” says Catalina Toma, associate professor of communication

Face to face classes

By IRENE P. GARCIA, Teacher III East City Central School Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City

THE Department of Education (DepEd) and the Department of Health (DOH) on Monday signed a joint memorandum circular outlining the guidelines for the pilot implementation of face-to-face classes for basic education in areas identified as “low risk” for the coronavirus.

Our utmost priority is the health and safety of our learners and teachers while ensuring that learning happens and learning gaps are addressed. We have been proactive in planning for safe return to schools.

The DepEd also consulted with various stakeholders -- child health experts, local government units (LGUs) and learners’ families.

The pilot implementation, a combination of physical classes and distance learning,

is applicable for the schools that passed the two departments’ strict vetting process and have the support of their respective LGUs. Pilot implementation would be done among a maximum of 120 schools across the country, prioritizing Key Stage 1 learners (Kinder to Grade 3), after passing the School Readiness Assessment by DepEd and their local governments.

Face-to-face classes, even in limited form, can mitigate the challenges of distance learning. It can address the needs of learners with no adult in the family qualified to perform the role of learning facilitator and ease the negative mental health and child development impact of the lack of face-to-face interaction and socialization among learners.

Thursday, September 30, 2021 science at the University of Wisconsin. “Social networking sites tap into what makes us human: we like to connect with others.” Yes, we don’t go out and meet friends somewhere for a chat or a beer or coffee. We are connected with them via Facebook. Especially since the pandemic didn’t allow us to go out and meet people personally.

But there are tangible benefits beyond those that keep people hooked.

“Lots of studies show the more people use Facebook, the more social capital they derive – resources that we get from just being connected to other people,” says Toma. “There’s emotional support, asking for advice, asking for recommendations.”

For many Facebook users, the pros outweigh the cons: tracking down long-lost friends, getting leads to a job, expanding their business. They can deal with the glamorized glimpses. All this keeps people coming back for more, despite the onslaught of what Toma calls “glamorized glimpses”. These are the carefully curated peeks into the lives of everyone else, who all seem to be doing better than you. “They feel worse, but they cannot stop,” Toma says. I strongly have to agree!

Facebook is bound to have a grip on our lives. “Social media companies seek to exploit one’s attention for profit,” Hogan says.

“It’s not even ambiguous. It’s exactly what Zuckerberg said in Congress: ‘Where do you get your money?’ ‘We get it from ads.’”

Right place, right time: the rise of internet-connected mobile devices in turn fueled the rise of Facebook.

“Facebook’s business is still going to accelerate,” says Scott Galloway, a professor of marketing at New York University who wrote The Big Four, a book about how powerful a tiny handful of technology companies are becoming. “Consumers talk a big game but where is the first place they go to express their rage? Facebook and Instagram. And with 2.2 billion monthly active users, advertisers have no choice but to be on Facebook.” That could change, though, as advertising dollars follow young users who abandon the platform.

Still, there’s plenty of stability with older people – even among senior citizens. The site’s true future could boil down to what world governments decide to do, if anything, about Facebook’s growing influence.

“I don’t think the question is [what is] ‘killing Facebook’,” says Sherry Turkle, professor of the social studies of science and

technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. “I think the question is what would get people to an appropriate use of Facebook. To the extent that we ‘knew’ about it before, we found ways to put it out of mind. Now, we can no longer do this.” We’re now all too familiar with the dangers of data leaks and fake news.

Let’s face it: there’s also the simple fact that Facebook has a monopoly. “Facebook’s sheer size and cash on hand means that they can either acquire or effectively shut down any competition,” says Galloway, pointing to examples like WhatsApp and Instagram, which were eventually absorbed into the Facebook behemoth.

For now, Facebook is still so entrenched in our daily lives, there’s not going to be an immediate escape.“What’s more likely to happen is that people start to realize the markets and economy might be better off – by stimulating innovation, creating new jobs – if we were to break it up and have multiple firms instead of just one,” Galloway says. That’s the more likely outcome than Facebook just crashing, burning and disappearing altogether, according to the experts.

Rest in peace, Facebook?

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in the country.

The 2022 elections will be known as the pandemic election and whether or not there will be physical campaigning depends on when the Philippines will achieve the so-called herd immunity. The latest I’ve heard is that President Rodrigo Duterte gave the gosignal to expand the vaccination program to the general population. This means that regardless of category, walk-in vaccinations may be allowed but as to when it will kick off—the official announcement is October—has yet to be implemented. ************** Still, this is good news for every Filipino who had been burdened with the quarantine restrictions for nearly two years. This COVID-19 pandemic hit everyone really hard across the globe including the youth, who have been shuttered in their homes attending online classes and submitting modules in lieu of the actual classroom experience. And the Philippines

Brigada Eskwela 2021

By JAMAICA SCARLET T. NABONG TEACHER -III PATROCINIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

EDUCATORS believe that environment plays a big part in students learning and so if school are not conducive to learning because of poor condition and some defective school facilities, education is hindered. The Department of Education conducted this years Brigada Eskwela also known as to National Schools Maintenance Week.

As a way of meeting the pupils positive learning environment in the school, the Patrocinio Elementary School spearheaded by Mr. Noel D. Abao the school head and 16 teachers started the Brigada Eskwela 2021 with a recorida with in the different purok and zone of Baranggay Patrocinio Claveria Misamis Oriental. With the new normal situation, the school strictly followed health and safety protocols to assure safety among teacher, parents and other stakeholders in the implementing the Brigade Eskwela. It is putting a premium on cooperation and volunteerism, without expecting rewards. It is a way

of helping the school provide quality education through a healthy and safe environment for the good of the learners.

The school also coordinates with the alumni and other people to raise fund so that school beautification and restoration can be achieve.

Indeed, generous people shared their blessing to the school and with that the school was able to implement various restoration namely: 1. School Gate Pathway, 2.

School Gate Signage, 3. Repainting of flower box, 4.

Repainting of School Perimeter Fence, 5. Restoration of Gulayan sa Paaralan, and 6.

Putting up of School Flower Nursery.

This partnership with the private and government sector made a big difference in our school. The shared vision and mission that we had was attained through the support of partnership.

With this, the Patrocinio Elementary School greatly recognized the initiative that are beneficial to every learners.

being a Third World country, its WiFi connection had dislocated even more students than before as they can hardly afford laptops, let alone mobile devices.

So they turn to social media which had been deluged with troll farms and propaganda operators only too willing to mislead the youth to their patrons in exchange for a few thousand pesos. The quarantine also affected their mental health as the months of isolation caused depression and tragically for some, suicidal tendencies.

I asked my 14-year-old grandson Christian ‘Sam’ Mejorada, a student of St. Mary’s Academy In Tagoloan town, what he thought about the 2022 elections and this is what he messaged me: ‘It’s a do or die game. We could not afford to have another lesser evil choice this 2022.’

He also messaged me that he is aware that many are registering but it’s no assurance that they would vote wisely. For someone who still has to wait three more years to vote, Christian showed a level-headed maturity that any parent or grandparent would be proud of.

Previous generations showed interest or participated in the electoral process in varying capacities but today’s generation has the advantage of technology that ironically kept them both connected and disconnected at the same time. That is, they’re connected largely with their families and friends and to a vast, bottomless sea of online information at their fingertips.

But depending on who you’re talking to, the Filipino youth is also disconnected to the world at large no thanks to the pandemic and their growing dependence on social media to make connections in their efforts to expand their social circle and cure their feelings of loneliness. And as it is, there are more than enough predators willing to exploit them for their benefit including the political operators.

With these thoughts in mind, I messaged Christian and we had a good exchange on what he thinks should be done by the next set of elected public officials. He told me that, aside from substantial upgrades in the country’s health care system, the voters shouldn’t settle for the ‘lesser evil’ choice in 2022.

For a 14-year-old I was amazed at Christian’s sharp observations, however simplistic it may be to the learned and supposedly mature adults now occupying top

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tier posts in government and the private sector. His words inspires people like me into being eternal optimists and I hope the country’s youth reflect this mindset as well.

It’s up to them to turn things around in our beloved Philippines.

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construction by the end of the year.],” Mayor Cajes added.

According to Mayor Cajes, the health department assigned a medical doctor who will head the health unit and deployed eight nurses to the town. The local government hired an on-call doctor and three permanent nurses that will supervise the COVID-19 situation in the town.

Pero nagsusumikap tayo na sa [kabila] ng kakulangan ng staff.

Patuloy ang pagseserbisyo natin sa mga taga-Trinidad. [But we are working hard already [despite] the lack of staff. We continue to serve the people of Trinidad.],” she shared.

Vaccination Rollout The town chief lauded the Department of Health for the vaccines and deployment of additional medical force to vaccinate the people of Trinidad.

“Ang munisipalidad ng Trinidad ay nagsusumikap upang mas mabigyan pa ang ating mga kababayan ng mga bakuna. [The municipality of Trinidad is working hard to provide more vaccines to our people.],” she said.

As of September 23, the Municipal Vaccination Team inoculated 8,696 individuals which is 30% of the total population of Trinidad.

She added that volunteer doctors and all the frontliners have been a great help since the start of the vaccination rollout to protect them from the virus, citing the efficient vaccination efforts of the LGU that vaccines were given within three to five days.

“Sa katunayan, bukod sa arawaraw na [vaccination] sa Cultural Center ng Trinidad, mayroon din tayo na naka-schedule na clustered vaccination para sa mga malalayong barangay ng munisipalidad. [In fact, apart from the daily [vaccination] at the Cultural Center of Trinidad, we also have a scheduled clustered vaccination for the remote barangays of the municipality.],” she added.

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Kahalagahan ng Wikang Filipino sa lipunan

By CHARINA A. CUIZON Head Teacher 1 Diwat National High School

Napakahalaga ng wika sa ating lipunan dahil ito ang daan sa pagkakaintindihan ng bawat mamamayan. Dahil sa pagkakaintindihan napaguusapan ang mga bagay tungo sa pagkakaisa at pag-unlad ng lipunan.

Ang ating bansa ay mayaman sa wika. May Iba-ibang wika ang ginagamit ng mga Pilipino depende sa lugar O kinagisnan. Dahil sa pagkakaiba ng wika sa ating bansa, minabuti ng Saligang batas na magkaroon ng Pambansang Wika.

Ang Wikang Pambansa ay sagot sa hindi ganong pagkakaintindihan ng mga mamamayan dahil sa pagkakaiba ng wikang ginagamit. Dahil sa pagkakaiba ng wikang ginagamit, hindi masyodong nabibigyang pansin ang mga saluobin ng mamamayan sa ibat-ibang panig ng bansa.

Kaya minabuting magkaroon ng Pambansang Wika na ang tawag ay Wikang Filipino.

Ang Wikang Filipino ay pinagsama-samang wika mula sa iba’t ibang rehiyon sa Pilipinas na may pagsasaalang-

alang din sa mga dayong wika na naging bahagi na ng pang-araw-araw na talastasan Naging dahilan ang Wikang Filpino para sa mas pagkakaintindihan ng mga mamayan at mga lider sa bawat panig ng bansa tungo sa pagkakaisa at pag-unlad.

Dahil sa Wikang Filipino, mas maipahahayag at mabibigyang pansin ang mga saluobin para soluyson sa bawat problema.

Bukod dito, sinisalamin din ng Wikang Filipino ang Kultura, kasaysayan ng ating bansa. Mas nalilinang ang kaisipan ng mga kabataan sa pagpapayaman ng ating kultura at mas maintindihan ang kasaysayan ng wika.

Sa kasalukoyan, isinama sa kurikulum ng edukasyon para mas mapag-aralan ng mga estudyante ang kahalagahan ng Wikang Filipino. Kung susuriing mabuti, napakaraming hiyas ang wika na naghahatid sa atin ng pagkakaisa, pagkakaintindihan at pagpapalitan ng magagandang kaisipan tungo sa pag-unlad ng bawat mamamayan.

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his elder brother to become a young NPA fighter and never came back alive.

Reuyan identified the young slain rebels as Angelo Dumenos, 17, resident of Sitio Nasipit, Barangay Adlaw in Carrascal town and Juliemar Delicuna, 18, a resident of Barangay Maitom in Tandag City.

The NPA rebels were killed encounter with the Army’s 36th Infantry (Valor) Battalion at the hinterland’s vicinity of Sitio Agsam, Brgy Cabas-an, Cantilan, Surigao del Sur on September 21 at around 5:15 pm.

“These kids could be just vicEXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE OF A SEGREGATED PORTION OF LOT KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late PORFERIO TABASAN, who died on September 29, 1973 and his wife LOURDES C. TABASAN who died on November 22, 1997 at Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City, COSMENCITO TABASAN, who died on September 5, 2004 at Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City, and PABLO TABASAN who died on September 19, 1993 at Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City, that the said deceased left the following properties with Tax Declaration No. G-025258 Situated at Agusan, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 225 square meters, more or less, and Tax Declaration No. G-028511 situated at Purok 2, Balubal, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 6.2000 hectares, more or less, that the parties herein agree to divide and settle the abovementioned properties in the following manner, to wit, for a parcel of land covered by Tax Declaration No. G-025258 a. One half (1/2) portion of which shall be adjudicated in favor of and divided equally by the heirs of the late COSMENCITO TABASAN while the remaining One half (1/2) portion of which shall be adjudicated in favor of and divided equally by the heirs of the late PABLO TABASAN, For a parcel of land covered by Tax Declaration No. G-028511 b. that Lot 62-E in the subdivision Plan of Land (Lot 62, PLSM-1098) containing an area of Twenty-two Thousand Two Hundred Thirty- One (22,231) square meters, more or less shall be adjudicated in favor of JOSEPH TABASAN AND JOEL TABASAN. C. That Lot 62-C in the Subdivision Plan (Lot 62, PLSM-1098) containing an area of Nineteen Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Seven (19,177) square meters, more or less shall be adjudicated in favor of MENILIO TABASAN; and that we hereby give our conformity as to the designation or partition of estate above-mentioned that further, MENILIO TABASAN, VENDOR has agreed to sell and the VENDEE SEGUNDINA B. BOCILLO, of legal age, Filipino, widow, and a resident of Purok 1A Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, has agreed to buy the above-described property adjudicated in favor of the VENDOR in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php200,000.00), Philippine Currency. And has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE OF A SEGREGATED PORTION OF LOT, filed by the heirs of PORFERIO TABASAN, LOURDES C. TABASAN, COSMENCITO TABASAN, PABLO TABASAN , per DOC #143; PAGE #29; BOOK #56; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JUNALD J. RUBINO MDN: Sept 30, Oct 7 & 14, 2021

tims of deception from the NPA hierarchy as they were recruited even as they were just minors,’ Reuyan said.

A report tipped off by concerned villagers about the NPA’s extortion activities in the community prompted the 36IB soldiers to immediately responded to the said reports and conducted combat operation in the said area.

A 10-minute gun battle ensued between the soldiers and more or less 10-armed group believed to be members of the Platoon 2, Guerilla Front 30 (GF30) under Noel Tumarlas Alacre @Megan.

Afterward, the enemy scampered and withdrew to different directions leaving their comrades behind.

The gun battle resulted in the recovery of two cadavers of unidentified NPA fighters and seized one M16A1 rifle, one (1) AR18 rifle, one carbine, one bandolier loaded with two long magazines and one short magazine of M16, four backpacks, two Nokia Cell phones, medical paraphernalia, personal belongings, and other subversive documents.

“With the support of the locals and communities, we could easily track down the enemy. It is a manifestation that the growing support of the communities is a response that they don’t want the CPP-NPA in their area,” Reuyan said.

He further added that the 36IB unit grieves with the slain NPAs as they are also victims of futile arm struggle and failed ideology.

“I call on the remaining CPPNPA terrorist to surrender now and return to the folds of the law.

Lay down your arms and return to your families. Avail the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (E-CLIP), the government intervention package for former rebels” he added.

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Mahogany tree, it was learned.

Major Bahunsua said the victim sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was rushed to the nearest hospital by attending physicians who pronounced him dead on arrival (DOA).

Meanwhile, police investigators are now conducting investigations as to the motive of the killing, but they have yet to establish the identities of the suspects. - PNA

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protocols, para ang atong mga consumers kampante nga musulod aning mga business establishments nga naa’y safety seal certification,” he said.

(The idea for this is so that we can inspect our establishments to see if they follow the minimum health protocols, so our consumers are ensured of their safety when they enter these business establishments) Under the Bayanihan Act, the DTI-10 also aided businesses in barangays affected by the pandemic by distributing livelihood starter kits to various types of businesses through their Livelihood Seeding program and provided business loans to 535 approved business owners amounting to P124,486,000 under their Bayanihan COVID Assistance to Restart Enterprises (Cares) program.

Further, in collaboration with Oro Chamber of Commerce, USAID, Ateneo De Manila, MSU-IIT, Iligan Chamber, and Xavier University, the DTI-10 also strengthened public and private partnership through their Innovation Bussiness Recovery Plan.

Despite the challenges wrought

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by the pandemic, Abang reaffirmed its department’s commitment to assisting consumers and businesses alike in transitioning to the new normal and aid in the region’s economic recovery.

“Ang DTI Region-10 padayon nga gahatag og mga programa ug serbisyo para sa pagpalambo sa mga negosyante ug pagprotekta sa mga konsumante diri sa Region 10,” he said.

(DTI Region-10 will continue to provide programs and services for the development of entrepreneurs and the protection of consumers here in Region-10).

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BPI saw its transactions swing to digital. With 92% of transactions now done online, the platform recorded over 4 million digital enrollments, with over 2.5 million digitally active users. Meanwhile, GCash has experienced over 280% growth in daily active transactions year-on-year, and nearly +1,000% growth from pre-pandemic levels.

The GCash App now has 46 million downloads.

Green Energy Shift Finally, Zobel echoed the global call for a shift to green energy development, which the Ayala Group is addressing through AC Energy.

With Japan being recognized for designing and building infrastructure resilient to natural disasters, Zobel said the Philippines can borrow technologies and practices from Japan to build a more resilient and adaptive grid.

Zobel also touched on Japan’s pioneering efforts in the liquefied hydrogen space, which has tremendous implications for accelerating green energy transitions in the automotive space, and for the scalability of clean energy generation and storage vis-à-vis fuel cell technology.

“Japan is certainly well on its way with its Green Growth Strategy by investing in these technologies, with hopes to achieve 40% of its national mix generated by renewable sources by 2030. There is much we can continue to learn from Japanese leadership in this field— disaster-resilient energy infrastructure and cutting-edge carbon-free fuels being just the tip of the iceberg,” he said.

AC Energy aims to be the largest listed renewable platform in Southeast Asia, with a goal of producing 5GW of attributable renewable capacity by 2025.

According to Zobel, Ayala’s longstanding partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation—which

MODERN RICE PROCESSING CENTER. Officials of the MAFAR-BARMM lead the groundbreaking ceremony for the PHP8-million rice-processing complex in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao on Sept. 23, 2021. The ongoing construction of the complex is expected to be completed in February next year. (Photo courtesy of MAFAR-BARMM)

P8-M rice processing complex to rise in Maguindanao

By NOEL PUNZALAN

ers from the town and its neighboring areas increase their income by reducing post-harvest losses and produce high-quality milled rice.

Only recently, officials of the MAFAR conducted a groundbreaking ceremony for the project on government land near the town center of Datu Paglas town.

“Upon completion, the MAFAR-BARMM will turnover the RPC to the Datu Paglas Farmers Irrigators Multi-Purpose Cooperative in the area,” Guiamel said.

The Barrist Builders, the contractor of the project, is expected to complete the construction according to its programs and specifications within the next 150 days. (PNA)

has supported Ayala at the holding company level as well as in Manila Water, AC Energy, and Ayala Land—is a testament on how Philippine firms can work with Japanese firms to scale up and innovate.

“I believe there is much room for further cooperation and investment in innovation and digitalization between the Philippines and Japan,” he said. “Combining our resources and experiences will surely yield innovative ways of addressing the challenges posed

by a more volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world that demands more digital and inclusive means of serving our stakeholders,” he added.

COTABATO CITY – The construction of an PHP8million rice processing complex (RPC) is expected to be completed in Datu Paglas, Maguindanao early next year.

“Our target date of the project completion is on February 2022,” Engr. Ismael Guiamel, agriculture division director of the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Natural ResourcesBangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (MAFAR-BARMM), said in an interview by reporters here Wednesday.

He said the RPC, as funded by MAFAR-BARMM, will be equipped with newly introduced technologies targeting to help farm-

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he said.

He also said that the administration has supported the implementation of the Supreme Court’s Mandanas ruling through the issuance of Executive Order No. 138 which will ensure that the policy of decentralization will be carried out systematically.

Republic of the Philippines CITY CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE 1F South Wing Administrative Bldg. City Hall, Capistrano-Hayes Sts Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

REYNALDO D. BAGUIO Affiant ID No.______________________ SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this SEP 24, 2021 at Davao City Philippines, by affiant who is personally known to me and/ or exhibited to me his/her competent evidence of identity first written above below his/her name.

Doc. No. 301; Book No. 62; Page No. 107; Series of 2021.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that NICKE CARL IGNACIO PAYCA has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error of the CHILD’S DATE OF BIRTH from “12 July 2001” to “12 June 2001” in the Certificate of Live Birth of NICKIE CARL IGNACIO PAYLAO who was born on July 12, 2021 (as per PSA file) at J.R Borja Memorial City Hosp. Carmen Cagayan de Oro Mis. Or. and whose parents are ANNA KNICKERS PALMA IGNACIO and CARLOS CAMITO PAYCA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than October 7, 2001.

(Sgd.) EVANGELINE C. TAPANGAN City Civil Registrar

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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 Norte Municipality of iligan city

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that IAN E. MABASA has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate live of birth IAN BURGOS ERMAC who was born 13, February 1988 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte whose parents are analie C. Burgos and Isidro H. Ermac.

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 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that CORDING B. DINALO has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate live of birth BRAYN XYCAN MONCEDA DINALO who was born 18, DECEMBER 2004 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte whose parents are MARIA BLESILA A. MONCEDA and CORDING B. DINALO.

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. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that CHERRY LYNN ARANAS CAHANAP has filed with this Office PETITION FOR CHANGE OF FIRST NAME in her mother’s Certificate of Live Birth, GRACE ARRO ARANAS from “GRACIA” to “GRACE”. She was born on 21 MARCH 1966 at CAMIGUIN EMERGENCY HOSPITAL, MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN SUBPROVINCE, PHILIPPINES from parents: AGAPITO BOLLOZOS ARANAS and FELICIDAD RAMOGA ARRO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 11 OCTOBER 2021.

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(Sgd.) ATTY. YUSSIP DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL Acting city Civil Registrar

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(Sgd.) ATTY. YUSSIP DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL Acting city Civil Registrar

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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Traffic enforcers in Davao receive sacks of rice and cash assistance

By SONY SUDARIA and OSCAR LEDESMA MDNN News Bureau

DAVAO CITY - A total of 948 sacks of 10 kilograms of rice and cash assistance were distributed to traffic enforcers in the city.

This was announced by the Office of Rep. Paolo Z. Duterte, the presidential son and representative of the First District in Davao City.

In a statement, Rep Duterte said the traffic enforcers who are also considered front liners, also deserve help and assistance from the local government in this trying time of the pandemic.

Pulong Duterte said that aside from the ass ist anc e e x te nd e d to city residents affected by this current dilemma on the coronavirus disease, the members of the City Transport and Traffic Management Office (CTTMO), should also receive assistance.

“We assure that not a DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, made and entered into by and among: 1.

ANITA B. CANDOLE, of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of Purok 7, Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, now and hereinafter referred to as the HEIR-WAIVOR; 2.

KAREN C. BALDO, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 7, Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, now and hereinafter referred to as the HEIR-WAIVOR; 3.

CONDARADO B. CANDOLE, JR., of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Purok 7, Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, HEIRWAIVEE; 4.

CHERYL CANDOLE FLORIDO, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 7, Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, HEIRWAIVEE; 5.

BERNIE B. CANDOLE, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Purok 7, Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, HEIR-WAIVEE; 6.

KRIZIA ANGEL M. CANDOLE, likewise of age, Filipino, single and a resident of Purok 7, Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, WIAVEE; WITNESSETH:

That the above-named HEIRS-WAIVORS and HEIRS-WAIVEE such as ANITA B. CANDOLE are the surviving spouse and the rest are the legitimate children, and the only heirs of the deceased CONDRADO T. CANDOLE, SR., who died on November 30, 2015 at P-7 Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon; That the deceased at the time of his death, left those certain properties, more particularly described as follows, to wit;

1. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT (14,378) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 3588, Cad 542-D, Case-5 covered by OCT No. P-14861.

2. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of TWENTYTWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY (22,670) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 3589-B, Psd-10-009751, covered

by TCT No. T-27533.

3. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Candelaria, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR (9,354) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 3347, Cad 542-D, Case-4 covered

by OCT No. P-5596.

4. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (246) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 1694, Cad 542-D.

5. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTYONE (1,671) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 1437-A-10, Psd-10-059447, covered by TCT No. T-135125.

single policy of the InterAgency Task Force (IATF) has been violated during the distribution of the rice and cash assistance,” the presidential son claimed.

POSITIVE Meanwhile, Rep Paolo Duterte, the presidential son, was the latest victim of the “killer” coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19).

Rep Duterte confirmed that the result of his recent reverse transcriptionpolymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) test, found him positive of the coronavirus.

To protect his immediate family, the congressman was put in isolation at an undisclosed hospital in the city.

Duterte said his family was also under a 14-day quarantine period but only at their residence.

The presidential son assured his constituents that he is not manifesting severe symptoms. “I thank ever yone who showed their concern to me and

my family,” Rep Duterte pointed out.

“Rest assured that I will comply with the quarantine and will continue to serve the people of Davao even in isolation,” he concluded. (PNA) NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late PATROCENIA GUELOT SALGADO, died intestate on January 3, 2009 at Purok 5, Tablon, Cagayan de Oro City, leaving a parcel of land, more particularly described, to wit:

“A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot 123, Pls-854, Beginning at a point marked “1” of Lot 123, Pls-854; being N. 6-56 W., 2612.76 m; from B.L.L.M. No 1, Pls-854, THENCE S.1-54 E., 214.86 m., to point 2; S. 89-10 W.,235.27 m., to point 3; N. 72-05.,W., 165.30 m., to point 4; N.32-58 E., 132.14 m., to point 5; N. 33-44 E., 97.13 m., to point 6; S. 84-39 E., 260.71 m., to point of beginning. Containing an area of SEVENTY FOUR THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND NINETEEN (74,719) SQUARE METERS, more or less. Embraced and further described in Original Certificate of Title No. P-3472.”

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF DECEASED PERSON, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. ROWELL B. VALLEDOR, Notary Public, per Doc. No 366; Pagr No. 74; Book No 34; Series of 2021.

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6. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE (9,429) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 5008-87, CSD-10-017903, covered by KOT Blg. 2015000140.

That no personal properties are involved in this extrajudicial settlement;

That to the best knowledge and information of the parties HEIRS-WAIVORS and JEIRS-WAIVEES hereto, the said deceased left no known debts;

That the parties HEIRS-WAIVORS and HEIRS-WAIVEES hereto being all legal age and with full civil capacity to contract, hereby by these presents agree to divide, settle and adjudicate, as they hereby divide, settle and adjudicate among themselves, the above-described properties by the way of WAIVER OF RIGHTS;

That the herein HEIRS-WAIVORS, ANITA B. CANDOLE, and KAREN C. BALDO, do hereby WAIVE, RELINGUISH, QUITCLAIM AND EXTINGUISH all their rights, participations and interests unto the herein HEIRS-WAIVEES in the manner as follows; TO: KRIZIA ANGEL M. CANDOLE:

a. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of FOURTEEN THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-EIGHT (14,378) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 3588, Cad 542-D, Case-5 covered by OCT No. P-14861.

TO: BERNIE B. CANDOLE:

b. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of TWENTYTWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY (22,670) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 3589-B, Psd-10-009751, covered

by TCT No. T-27533.

TO: CONDRADO B. CANDOLE, JR.:

c. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of NINE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED FIFTY-FOUR (9,354) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 3347, Cad 542-D, Case-4 covered

by OCT No. P-5596.

d. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (246) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 1694, Cad 542-D. TO: CHERYL CANDOLE FLORIDO

e. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVENTYONE (1,671) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 1437-A-10, Psd-10-059447, covered by TCT No. T-135125.

f. “A PARCEL OF LAND, situated at Halapitan, San Fernando, Bukidnon, containing an area of NINE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-NINE (9,429) Square Meters more or less, known as Lot No. 5008-87, CSD-10-017903, covered by KOT Blg. 2015000140.

Is subject for DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS. Under the Notarial Registry of FRANCISCO L. VASIG, JR., Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 168; Page No. 35; Book No. 339; Series of 2021.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This deed of extrajudicial partition is entered by and between NANCY ESTINEZA R. VASIG and ELIZABETH VASIG CUBAYAN:

NANCY ESTINEZA R. VASIG, of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of Adoracion Dela Cerna St. Sumpong, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon; -AND ELIZABETH VASIG CUBAYAN, likewise of age, Filipino, married and a resident of same address, do hereby declare; WITNESSETH: That the herein declare that during the lifetime of HOMER L. VASIG, real property was acquired by herein NANCY ESTINEZA VASIG and hereunder describe as follows: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-46435 IT IS HEREBYCERTIFIED that certain land situated in the Mun. of Malaybalay Prov. of Bukidnon, more particularly described as follows: Lot B-27-B-4-B, Psd-10-020705 A parcel of land (Lot B-27-B-4-B, Psd-10-020705, being a portion of Lot B-27-B-4, Psd-10-012538) Situated in the Barrio of Sumpong, Mun. of Malaybalay, Prov. Of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT (288) square meters more or less.

That HOMER L. VASIG died at Oslob, Cebu on May 3, 2018 leaving without will or any unsettled debts and survived by herein widow and their only issue ELIZABETH VASIG CUBAYAN.

That herein heirs have decided to partition the above-described property equally and herein widow hereby SELL, TRANSFER, CEDE and CONVEY her share over the same property consisting of 3/4th of the property by way of deed of sale for in consideration TEN THOUSAND PESOS (10,000.00) hereby transfer and waive all her right over the above-described property by way of deed of sale, in favor of ELIZABETH VASIG CUBAYAN

That for and in consideration of the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (300,000.00) is hereby received and acknowledged to have full satisfaction and the virtue hereof do hereby SELL, TRANSFER, CEDE and CONVEY the above-described property, absolutely and irrevocable to her heirs and assigned.

Is subject for DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH SALE. Under the Notarial Registry of SIDRO L. CARACOL, Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 8; Page No. 2; Book No. XXIX; Series of 2021.

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DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL PARTITION WITH SALE

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE DECEASED SPOUSES TEODORO BAS AND NICOLAZA TANGOB KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That we, FRANCISCO T. BAS, TEODORO T. BAS JR., ROMEO T. BAS, DANILO T. BAS, LILIBETH BAS PASCO, MARILYN BAS MADALLA, all of legal ages. Filipino and residents of Magsaysay, Kitaotao, Bukidnon, Philippines, MARIO T. BAS, of legal ages, Filipino and a resident of Sinangguyan, Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Philippines, and SUSANA BAS DIHAN, of legal ages, Filipino and a resident of Danggawan Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines, do hereby, DECLARE AND MAKE MANIFEST That we are the legitimate surviving heirs of late TEODORO BAS who died on January 13, 2018 at Don Carlos Hospital, Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Philippines and NICOLAZA TANGOB who died on May 1, 2012 at Maramag, Bukidnon, Philippines;

That the deceased died without any will and the surviving heirs are as follows: FRANCISCO T. BAS JR., ROMEO T. BAS, DANILO T. BAS LILIBETH BAS PASCO, MARILYN BAS MADALLA, MARIO T. BAS and SUSANA BAS DIHAN, all legitimate heirs;

That the deceased left no debts;

That the deceased left a parcel of land located at Magsaysay, Kitaotao, Bukidnon, Philippines;

“A parcel of land containing an area of FOURTEEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO (14,572) square meters. Identified as Lot No. 109-I, Psd-10-021434 (AR).

Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. AT-2551.”

That the parties herein have agreed as they hereby agree to divide and settle among themselves the above0describes property;

That the same is free from all liens and encumbrances whatsoever;

That the above-described property is not tenanted or leased to anybody;

Is subject for EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE DECEASED SPOUSES TEODORO BAS AND NICOLAZA TANGOB. Under the Notarial Registry of LORDINO P. SALVAÑA, Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 269; Page No. 58; Book No. CXXIII; Series of 2021.

MDN: Sept 16, 23 & 30, 2021

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES ) PROVINCE OF BUKIDNON ) S.S. MUNICIPALITY OF MANOLO FORTICH)

AFFICAVIT OF HEIRSHIP WE, CHARLES L. CARLOS, SR., married and a resident of Mantibugao, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

LEONARD L. CARLOS, married, a resident of California, USA and represented by MARIA LOURDES C. BONGCARON, Atty.-in-Fact;

MARIA LOURDES C. BONGVARON, married, a resident of Alae, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon;

ANNABEL L. CARLOS-DACANAY, married, a resident of Alae, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; and

FLORANTE L. CARLOS, married, a resident of Alae, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, all Filipino, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and say;

1. That we are the children and sole heirs of the late CANDIDO CARLOS who died last March 20, 2014 in Cagayan de Oro City;

2. That our said parent is one of the registered owner, possessor and occupant of a certain parcel of land situated at Mantibugao, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon with an area of 41,065 square meters, more or less, known as Lot 467-L, Psd-10-068914 and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. 133-2017002345 of the Registry of Deeds Bukidnon;

3. That the inheritance and other related taxes over his estate had already been paid; Refer to ANNEX A (eCR201500394736) under the Entry No. 2017080941

4. That undersigned affiants execute this affidavit of Heirship to establish the truth and attest to the veracity of the foregoing facts and that our said father is already deceased.

Is subject for AFFIDAVIT OFHEIRSHIP. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. JERSON S. LEYSON, Notary Public. Per Doc. No. 1502; Page No. 1; Book No. IV: Series of 2020.

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG THE HEIRS OF EMELIO MAXIMO REYES GUERRERO KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE is made and entered into by and among:

PRIMITIVA VILLEGAS GUERRERO, of legal age, widowed, and a resident of Osmena St. Cagayan de Oro City;

KATRINA VILLEGAS GUERRERO, of legal age, married, with Philippine address at Osmena St. Cagayan de Oro City, and a current resident of Florida, USA, represented in this instance by PRIMITIVA VILLEGAS GUERRERO by virtue of a General Power of Attorney executed before Maria Gascon, a Notary Public in the State of Florida, U.S.A., last October 21, 2020, with Apostille Certificate Number 2020-108293;

MARI KAREN VILLEGAS GUERRERO, of legal age, married, with Philippine address at Osmena St. Cagayan de Oro City, and a current resident of Los Angeles, California, USA, represented in this instance

by PRIMITIVA VILLEGAS GUERRERO by virtue of a Special Power of Attorney executed before N. Perez, a Notary Public in the State of California, U.S.A., last September 17, 2020, with Apostille Certificate Number 71928; WITNESSETH:

That the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the wife and legitimate children, and sole heirs of EMELIO MAXIMO REYES GUERRERO, who died on August 19, 2020 at Cagayan de Oro City, without any will; That the said deceased, at the time of his death, left real properties, more particularly descried as follows: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-89962

A parcel of land in the name of SPOUSES EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO and PRIMITIVA GUERRERO (Lot No. 4, Block 2 of the subdivision plan Psd-29602, being a portion of Lot 845-A-2, described on plan Psd-28336, G.L.R.O. Cad Record No. 1562) situated in the City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of Two Hundred Ninety-Eight (298) square meters, more or less. Covered by Tax Declaration No. G-007279 with property Index No. 164-05-024-02-030 under the name of GUERRERO, EMILIO MAXIMO & GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA (SPS.) TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO T-50423

A parcel of land in the name EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, married to PRIMITIVA GUERRERO, (Lot No. 9-A, Block 5 of the Subdivision plan Psd-29602 situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of One Hundred Seventy-Seven (177) square meters more or less. Covered by Tax Declaration No. G-007381 with property Index No. 164-05-024-05-071 under the name of GUERRERO, EMELIO MAXIMO & GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA (SPS.) TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-1372019006086

A parcel of land in the name of SPOUSES EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO and PRIMITIVA GUERRERO (Lot No. 2992-A-2-K, Psd-10-006401, being a portion of Lot 2992-A-2, Psd-10-006394) situated in the Barrio of Macasandig, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of Two Hundred Seventy-Seven (277) square meters, more or less. Covered by Tax Declaration No. G-359947 with property Index No. 164-03-050-12-089 under the name of GUERRERO, EMELIO MAXIMO & GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA (SPS.) TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-1372019006059

A parcel of land in the name of SPOUSES EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO and PRIMITIVA GUERRERO (Lot No. 2992-A-2-B, Psd-10-006401, being a portion of Lot 2992-A-2, Psd-10-006394) situated in the Barrio of Macasandig, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of Two Hundred SIXTY-FIVE (265) square meters, more or less. Covered by Tax Declaration No. G-359948 with property Index No. 164-03-050-12-072 under the name of GUERRERO, EMELIO MAXIMO & GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA (SPS.) TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128860

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-A, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Twelve Thousand Seven Hundred Seven (12,707) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059252 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-044 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128861

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-B, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Eleven Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty (11,760) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059253 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-045 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128862

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-C, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Eleven Thousand Three Hundred FortyFive (11,345) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059254 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-046 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128863

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-D, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Twelve Thousand Two Hundred FortyFour (12,244) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059255 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-047 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128864

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-E, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Ten Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Nine (10,949) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059256 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-048 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128865

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-F, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Nine Thousand Six Hundred Thirty-Nine

9

(9,639) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059257 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-049 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128866

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-G, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Eight Thousand Three Hundred ThirtySeven (8,337) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059258 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-050 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128867

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-H, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Six Thousand Nine Hundred Forty-Seven (6,947) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059259 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-051 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128868

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-I, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Five Thousand Seven Hundred Thirty (5,730) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059260 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-052 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128869

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-J, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Four Thousand Three Hundred EightyOne (4,381) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059261 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-053 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128870

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-K, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Three Thousand Thirty-Four (3,034) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059262 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-054 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-128871

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 139-L, Psd-10-066332

Portion of Lot: 139- PLS-800, Malaybalay Public Land Subdivision

Location: Patpat, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Thirty-Two Thousand Two Hundred Fifty-Two (32,252) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-059263 with property Index No. 215-01-0036-007-055 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-43655

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, married to PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 6, Blk 1 of Psd-31546

Portion of Lot: Plan H-146129

Location: Poblacion, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao

Area: Three Thousand Thirty-Five (335) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. F-008147 with property Index No. 215-02-0044-004-154 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, married to PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-34444

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 13585-J-1 Psd-10-039433

Portion of Lot: 13585-J Psd-1031356

Location: Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental

Area: FIVE HUNDRED (500) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. 0819000104668 with property Index No. 0.52.19.0001.51 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-34445

A parcel of land in the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, more particularly bounded ad described as follows:

Lot: Lot 13585-J-2 Psd-10-039433

Portion of Lot: 13585-J Psd-1031356

Location: Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental

Area: FIVE HUNDRED (500) square meters more or less

Covered by Tax Declaration No. 0819000104669 with property Index No. 0.52.19.0001.001.51 under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIVA V. GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO. Tax Declaration No. 0819000104537 A FIVE HUNDRED (500) square meter property situated in Poblacion, Gitagum, Misamis Oriental covered by Tax Declaration No. 081900104537, under the name of EMELIO MAXIMO GUERRERO, PRIMITIA GUERRERO, KATRINA V. GUERRERO and MARI KAREN V. GUERRERO, with PIN 05219-0001-001-048, dominated as Lot No. 13586-A bounded by:

North: Lot 02 South: Lot 49

East: Lot 01 West: Lot 02

That no other personal properties are involved in this extrajudicial settlement;

That to the best knowledge and information of the parties hereto, the said deceased left no debts.

That the parties hereto, being all of legal age and with full civil capacity to contract, hereby by these presents agree to divide and adjudicate, as they hereby divide and adjudicate, among themselves, the above real properties with each heir getting one EQUAL share.

Is subject for EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG THE HEIRS OF EMELIO MAXIMO REYES GUERRERO. Under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FELIXBERTO U. ROXAS IV. Per Doc. No. 422; Page No. 85; Book No. 1; Series of 2020.

MDN: Sept 16, 23 & 30, 2021

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Celebrate chocolate around the world with SM Snack Exchange CHOCOLATE was long considered as “Food of the gods”, a delicacy of the elite and believed in both mythical and medicinal as an aphrodisiac and energy booster around the world.

The world’s love affair for chocolates started 5,000 years ago and has evolved from being a chocolate drink to chocolate bar.

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• Switzerland is known for its cheese, mountains and its smooth and creamy milk chocolate. In 1887, after many attempts. Swiss chocolatier Daniel Peter created the original formula of what was to become the first successful milk chocolate.

Before this, chocolate was not considered a delicacy, but was more of a nourishing a medicinal food.

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• Italy is passionate about its cuisine as it is for its art and culture. What makes Italian chocolate so good is that Italians care so much

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• Britain has been a nation of chocoholics since the 19th century, considered the golden-age for cocoa-based creativity in the UK. It was during this time that Fry & Sons produced the first solid chocolate bar in 1847, and Cream Sticks, the first filled chocolate sweet in See CELEBRATE, page 11

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in 1853; and Cadbury introduced Dairy Milk in 1905 using a higher proportion of milk. Soon, other brands like the Mars bar in 1933; Milky Way and KitKat in 1935, Maltesers in 1936, and Aero and Smarties in 1937, made the UK a chocolate lover’s haven.

• American chocolates are sweet and delectable, and in the US, are a way of saying “I Love You”. Chocolates were even considered comfort food for the masses, when Milton Hershey produced large-masses of chocolate milk bars known as Hershey’s Milk Chocolate or “The Great American Chocolate Bar” at an affordable price. during the World War, chocolates were being rationed with the soldiers.

• The Philippines was the landing point for cacao in Asia, making consummate Filipinos chocolate lovers. For generations, they enjoyed a piping hot chocolate drink with the tableya is a small chocolate tablet. Through the years, the government’s initiative to rehabilitate the cacao industry started in the emergence of small-scale chocolate makers like Auro Chocolate who created world-class bean to bar chocolate rooted in Filipino Heritage and traditions, and can be found at SM Snack Exchange.

Other Asian countries have since developed their own chocolate treats Japan has Meiji, with its bean to bar and organic chocolates for the health conscious; while Korea has Lotte’s Pepero, a thin cookie stick dipped in chocolate.

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infrastructure projects in the city.

She said that Rep. Rodriguez stays in the ancestral house in Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City whenever he is in Cagayan de Oro City.

The City Councilor said that they have no idea on who lobbed the grenade and the possible motive, but were relieved when the ordinance did not explode.

“The grenade threat was the first we engaged in politics. However, we are not discounting the possibility that the incident was politically motivated,” Rodriguez said.

Police investigators are examining the closed circuit television cameras (cctv) that recorded two riding in tandem suspects on a motorcycle.

Police were hoping that the cctv footage could lead to the identity of the ownership of the motorcycle and the iddntities of the riding suspects.

Maj. Ivan Viñas, of the Cagayan de Oro City Police, said that the grenade, an Mk-2 type, was a very powerful explosive.

An alert security guard reported the incident to the police after he noticed that the object thrown toward the Rodriguez residence turned out to be a hand grenade.

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He said the onions was burned at a facility in Barangay Mantibugao, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon on Sept. 18.

Valiente said the onions were condemned due to health reasons as the shipment has no sanitary permit.

Upon issuance of an alert order by lawyer Elvira Cruz, BOC-10 district collector, the shipment was then subjected to a physical examination resulting to the discovery of onions, a violation

under Section 1400 of Republic Act 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) for misdeclaration.

Misdeclaration of goods defrauds the government of its rightful revenues, Cruz said.

A case for violation of the CMTA will be filed against the consignee of the smuggled goods, the collector said.

In a separate interview, Elizabeth delas Llagas, BOC-10 deputy district collector for operations, said they are always on alert for smuggled good that enter the local ports.

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each in the municipalities of Esperanza, Prosperidad, Rosario, Sta. Josefa and Trento.

The province of Surigao del Norte have five from Surigao City with four cases and Claver town with one case.

The town of Cantilan in Surigao del Sur have two cases.

For Alpha variant cases Agusan del Sur have two from the towns of Prosperidad and Rosario while Tandag City has one.

For Beta variant, Prosperidad in Agusan del Sur and Tandag City in Surigao del Sur have one case each.

As to the case profile, the age range is 9-79 years old with 36 as the median age; 64% (23) are females while 36% (13) are males, and 25% (9) have known comorbidities. The majority, 50% (18 ) neither have a travel history nor, close contact of a positive case, 28% (10) are close contacts of confirmed RT-PCR COVID-19 cases, and 14% (5) are exposed in the workplace.

Meanwhile, 5% (2) are postpartum mothers. As to vaccine status, 64% (23) of the cases are unvaccinated individuals.

Most of the cases or 92% (33) have recovered, while 8% (3) cases have died. The two Delta variant deaths were female senior citizens, of whom one was diabetic. The Alpha variant death was a middleaged bedridden female with spinal cord injury for 11 months. All were unvaccinated with neither travel history nor exposure to a confirmed case. One died at home and two were hospitalized due to severe symptoms.

The D OH CHD-C araga through the Regional Epidemiology and Surveillance Unit (RESU) is actively coordinating with the local health authorities to continuously monitor the situation in the region.

“With the increasing trend of cases, our hospitals are at risk of being congested with COVID-19 admissions, slowly consuming our oxygen supply and other medical logistics. We are continuously joining our efforts with other agencies and through the One Caraga Shield to provide immediate action to areas declared to be high risk or has a continuous rise of cases.

Still, we remind the public that our actions, whether big or small, can be the determining factors in surviving these perilous times.

Follow the health protocols and get your vaccines as soon as it is available,” Regional Director Cesar Cassion said.

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Opol mayoral hopeful to support Uy

By MARK FRANCISCO

THE chairman of the most densely populated barangay in Opol, Misamis Oriental will support the expected gubernatorial candidacy of outgoing Rep. Juliette Uy even though he cannot enter in the congressswoman’s municipal lineup of candidates.

Barra barangay chairman Clementino Otacan Jr. - who is expected to run as mayor in the elections next year - is a supporter of Uy but the latter’s Team Unity is already expected to field Councilor Jann Actub as its mayoral bet.

Despite this, Otacan said he will campaign for Uy’s impending gubernatorial candidacy as he believes the outgoing congresswoman is the best option to lead the province in the next three years among the other would-be candidates.

“Grabe ka service-oriented si Cong, diri lang sa among barangay sa Barra kung unsay akong ihangyo nga mga projects iya dayon kini i-approve diretso,” Otacan said.

Otacan claimed that he was initially approached

by Team Unity to lead the municipal ticket in the 2022 elections in lieu of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late BENJAMIN O. DULA, who died intestate on September 13, 2021 at MHARS General Hospital in Ozamiz City; that during the lifetime of the Late BENJAMIN O. DULA, he maintained Savings Account with the Land Bank, Ozamiz City Branch and Tangub City Branch, under Current Account No. 0815 0052 28 and Savings Account No. 4475 0011 47, is the Subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS, made and entered namely; MARISSA D. DULA, Filipino, of legal age, widow; ECCLESIASTES D. DULA, Filipino, of legal age, married and HALLEL D. DULA, Filipino, of legal age, single and all residents of Barangay Isidro D. Tan, Tangub City, Misamis Occidental, hereby freely and voluntarily declare and state: That we are the widow and legitimate children, respectively and the sole heirs. That we MARISSA D. DULA and HALLEL D. DULA, whose circumstances are already mentioned above, have agreed to waive, transfer, assign and/or renounce our respective hereditary rights, title, interest and participation over the herein Current Account and Savings Account of our husband and father, respectively, with the Land Bank, Ozamiz City Branch and Tangub City Branch, in favor of, ECCLESIASTES D. DULA. As Per Doc. No. 55; Page No. 12; Book No. 99; Series of 2021; Under Notary Public of ATTY. JOEL A. ALIMA. MDN: Sept 30, Oct 7 & 14, 2021

OTACAN

accommodating outgoing Mayor Maximino Seno as his running mate. Seno has already utilized all his three terms as mayor and is automatically barred per law to seek another consecutive one.

But Otacan has been at political odds with Seno

these past few years and declined the congresswoman’s invitation, leaving Team Unity to expectedly field Actub instead.

“But despite ana, ako s iy a s up or t a h an i s ip gobernador,” Otacan said.

This makes the Opol mayorship a three-way fight in May with two of the candidates to support Uy while PaDayon Pilipino bet Councilor Jay Bago to support gubernatorial hopeful Gingoog City Vice Mayor Peter Unabia.

Members of the nineperson municipal council are also divided politically with incumbent Vice Mayor Louie Mark Neri expected as Otacan’s running mate.

Councilor Clessa Monique Otacan-Garces will seek to reelect under her

father while Councilor Danilo Daroy Sr. is expected to run under Bago together with his son, vice mayoral hopeful Danilo Daroy Jr. - the incumbent barangay chairman of Poblacion.

The rest of the councilors are expected to remain intact under the ActubSeno team.

The filing of candidacies will be this October 1 to 8.

Local candidates have not yet signified which presidential hopefuls to support in the coming elections. Team Unity will support whomever its umbrella National Unity Party endorses while PaDayon Pilipino will campaign for the presidential bet allied with the Nacionalista Party. Otacan remains an independent.

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IDC’s CEO to discuss opportunities in Central Visayas Business Conference ARCHITECT Romolo Nati has been asked to join a panel at the Central Visayas Business Conference 2021 to discuss about “Opportunities in the Region and the Philippines”.

The event is a digital conference that will be held of Thursday September 30th and is presented by Olacon Events, co-presented by FedEx and Opascor, in partnership

with Cebu Chamber, the Italian Chamber of Commerce in the Philippines, the German Chamber of Commerce, the Spanish Chamber of Commerce, the French Chamber of Commerce and Advantage Austria. Speakers include, among others, Cebu City Acting Mayor Mike Rama, Bohol Governor Arthur Yap, European Delegation Head

for Trade Maurizio Cellini and Cebu Chamber President Felix Taguiam. Cebu City, the Philippine’s first capital and definitely the country’s creative hub with it’s various manufacturing facilities for furniture, home accessories and jewelery, has been feeling the pinch of the pandemic, and is preparing for it’s bounce back to the

limelight where it belongs.

The speakers will speak about the current situation, examine existing scenarios and especially highlight potential opportunities. The panel discussion will shed the light on some sectors like tourism and real estate which hold the biggest potential for the post covid era. Together with other enlightened business leaders,

Architect Nati, Chairman and CEO of Italpinas Development Corporation, will share his experience about how he was able to set up his company in the Philippines and how he invested in the provinces to build sustainable green developments and how this phylosophy has now played out very well in light of the past 18 months and the trends

that developed and accelerated as a consequence of the economic and personal restrictions of the lockdowns.

The event will be held on zoom and registrations can be made through Cebu Chamber of Commerce, the Italian Chamber of Commerce as well as through the links on the “Focus Philippines” Facebook page.