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AS of 4 a.m. yesterday, the center of Tropical Storm “AURING” was estimated based on satellite and surface data in the vicinity of Buliluyan, Palawan or at 210 km Southwest of Puerto Princesa City (8.5°N, 117.3°E) with maximum sustained winds of 65 kph near the center and gustiness of up to 80 kph. It is forecast to move West at 28 kph. source : pagasa

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ENATOR Manny Villar said he has sought the help of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to finally put a stop to the text scam which had been using the name of the Villar Foundation, of which he chairs.

“I asked Director Rojas to prioritize this. We will be turning over to the NBI the reports we have collected so they can properly act on this,” he added. Villar, also the Nacionalista Party president, said Villar said he met with ment that the bureau’s Anti- this scam discredits the NBI Dir. Nonnatus Caesar Fraud Unit will investigate foundation that have been Rojas and got the commit- the matter. villar | page 10

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From miners to forest guards By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur— All their lives, they used to be small-scale miners toiling hard with a little luck of striking small ounces of gold in neighboring gold rush areas until last year when they dramatically turned into forest guards of Mt. Magdiwata watershed here. Called “social fence” of the watershed’s buffer zone around the foot of the mountain, they now led a productive lives working on small parcel of lands developed into organic agro-forestry farms while given the daunting tasks of protecting the more than 1,700-hectare watershed from illegal tree cutters and timber poachers. The “social fence” program was initiated by San Francisco Water District (SFWD) since last year tapping eight former small-scale miners willing to change the perspective of their lives by shifting from environmentally destructive livelihood activities into eco-friendly farming and at the same time guardians of the forest. Since settling their families within the 200-meter buffer zone of Magdiwata, these new farmers now grow organic vegetables, yam, corn and fruit trees that could sustain their daily subsistence and become free from the bondage of day-to-day survival at the gold rush areas in neighboring towns. The onslaught of super typhoon Pablo that devastated neighboring provinces but fortunately spared the town from major damage to lives and miners | page 10

RESILIENT. Nine-year-old Em-Em (right) plays with some of her friends amidst the ruins of the Barangay Covered Court where seven people died when it collapsed on them at the height of Typhoon Pablo last year in Barangay Ban-ao, Baganga, Davao Oriental. (Photo by BONG D. FABE)

Ban-ao folks begin 2013 with renewed hope By BONG D. FABE

BAN-AO, Baganga, Davao Oriental—With the blaring sound of the car stereo playing “Four Strong Winds” as background, the cacophony of the various construction, rehabilitation and recovery activities spearheaded by a

non-government organization spelled the beginning of a new life for the Pablodevastated people in this village. While the song played on largely un-noticed by the volunteers busy with helping the Ban-aowons get back on their feet, one

teacher-volunteer from Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan flashed a very big but sad smile as she sang along with Neil Young. “’Four strong winds that blow lonely, seven seas that run high; all these things that don’t change, come what may. But our good

times are all gone, and I’m bound for moving on…’ I very much like this song. And it is very apt in this situation, knowing from the people’s story that it was really Pablo’s strong winds that destroyed their homes and killed their loved ones,” ban-ao | page 10

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Well-meaning private individuals ‘feed’ Pablo survivors ‘like chickens’ By BONG D. FABE of Mindanao Daily News

BAN-AO, Baganga, Davao Oriental—Sur vivors of deadly Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in this village likened to someone feeding freerange chickens a group of well-meaning individuals’ way of distributing relief goods, mostly food items, to the villagers. The group, led by Ruben Calig-onan, brother of Barangay Kagawad Bobbie “Bobong” Calig-onan, also effectively disrupted the ongoing orderly and peaceful reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery activities conducted by the UK-based Disaster Aid International (DAI) and Cagayan de Oro City-based Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs (BMG), which adopted this village. “It was like they were feeding the chickens. It was not orderly. There was total chaos as people tried to outdo each other in catching the food thrown by the workers on board the truck,” Liezel Ignacio told this reporter in the dialect.

Calig-onan’s group, on board a blue truck with Plate Number SEN478 owned by the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental, threw to the survivors highly perishable items as bread and biscuits. Calig-onan also proudly admitted that the relief goods, worth P300,000 donated by a certain Edna Baril of Tagum City, consisted of boots, nails, tents, rice and others. “I first distributed the goods in my own place in [Sitio] Kadungonan. In fact, all my relatives there, my cousins, were the first to receive the goods heartily donated by Edna Baril worth P300,000,” he proudly said. But what was “distributed” to the villagers here were just bread and biscuits and nothing else. Liezel’s sister Neneng Martinez Ignacio said she was able to catch some of the bread but others snatched them from her hands. “I was not happy with

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FEEDING THE CHICKENS. Private individuals, led by Ruben Calig-onan, threw breads and biscuits to Typhoon Pablo survivors in Barangay Ban-ao, Baganga, Davao Oriental during the group’s distribution of relief goods on board a blue dump truck with Plate Number SEN478 owned by the Provincial Government of Davao Oriental. Photo by Bong D. Fabe the way they distributed the goods,” she said. An elderly woman who gave her name as Lucy said she was hurt when she was elbowed on her breast during the melee. “During the struggle to catch what were thrown our way, somebody pushed me forward while another one in front of me elbowed me out of the way. I was hit in my breast. Luckily I was able to catch some bread,” she said. Lucy, however, said she will never join the melee again if the group comes

back to Ban-ao. These women lamented that chickens and pigs get better treatment because their food are placed in feeding trays and troughs but the Pablo survivors in this village have to struggle against one another to get a piece of bread or biscuit thrown their way. “This is the second time I saw this same group distribute food this way to the survivors in Baganga. This is very sad as this just shows how these group of individuals look at the survivors,” said DAI disaster

and humanitarian response expert Ed Cox said. Cox narrated that he was on his way to the incident command post (ICP) headquartered at the Public Works and Highways department office in the poblacion of Baganga when he saw an orderly distribution of relief goods conducted by another group. “All of a sudden, this truck in front of us stopped right in the middle of another group’s distribution activity and started throwing bread and biscuits to the people. Naturally, the people queuing up to receive the other group’s goods left their line and converged on the truck. They not only disrupted the orderly distribution of the other group but also caused chaos and injuries to some survivors,” he said. Ban-ao Barangay Chairperson Mera Adlawan Ching

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said she permitted Caligonan’s group to conduct their distribution where the BMG and DAI were conducting their activities because most of the villagers where there. “I expressly told them to do it in an orderly manner with people lining up to individually receive the goods,” she said. But Calig-onan said there was nothing wrong in his group’s way of distributing the bread and biscuits. “It was heartily given. We did it that way so that the intended recipient will receive it and so that we will not stay here in Ban-ao long because we are in a hurry to go back to Tagum City,” he told this reporter. Calig-onan also said that they cannot bear to have the people queue up to receive the goods because “the people are very hungry.” “What was he talking about? We are not hungry here. We have enough food items. What we badly and immediately need here in Ban-ao are shelter materials to shield us from the rains, winds and searing heat of the sun,” said Ching. Ching, however, said that despite Calig-onan’s group’s way of “feeding the chicken”, she is still thankful that her constituents received some form of help from the group. (Bong D. Fabe)

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Ban-aowon children’s New Year’s wishes By BONG D. FABE of Mindanao Daily News

BAN-AO, Baganga, Davao Oriental—“Mga salin mi sa bagyo (We are leftovers of the typhoon).” This was how 9-year-old Grade Three pupil Em-Em described herself and the other survivors of Typhoon Pablo (Bopha). “I hope we will have a new house in the New Year because our old house was destroyed by the typhoon,” she said as she showed her drawing to the gathering of children and their mothers inside a big makeshift tent, that served as a church of the Assembly of God, during the psycho-social intervention activity conducted by volunteers from Xavier University here recently. Em-Em also expressed to BusinessMirror her dream of becoming a teacher. Like Em-Em, other children — Nico, Jimboy, Rita, and others — drew colourful houses and trees “vented” their wishes for on paper using crayons and clay. 12-year-old Jimboy also drew a banca and some fishing gear aside the house. “I helped my father in fishing after school before the typhoon. But like our house, our fishing boat and equipment were destroyed by Pablo. I wish we will be able to buy a new fishing boat so that we will have income from the fish we will catch,” he told the BusinessMirror. For 7-year-olds Nico, Rita and Jun-Jun, their singular wish, aside from having a new house, is for their school to be rebuilt so that they can continue their education. “Education is important as it will help me become an engineer,” Jun-Jun said. The Ban-ao Elementary School was destroyed. Two — a father and son — were killed when the ceiling beam of one of the rooms collapsed on a family who took shelter NEW YEAR’S WISHES. Children of Barangay Ban-ao, Baganga, Davao Oriental who survived Typhoon Pablo’s deadly wrath there at the height of Pablo’s wrath. wishes | page 10

vented their wishes by drawing them on bond papers using colorful crayons and clay during the psycho-social intervention activity conducted by Xavier University volunteers. Photo by Bong D. Fabe

Oro sees marked increase in tax revenues this year THE city gover nment headed by Mayor Vicente Emano sees an increase of P109 million in tax revenues this year compared to last year’s figures. This is stipulated in the 2013 executive budget approved by the 16th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas during its last regular session. The budget indicates that permits and licenses are expected to go up by P5.6 million, services income by P9 million and other income by over P75 million.

From its 2012 income of P380 million, the city expects to earn P444,695,600 million in business taxes this year. GENERAL FUND Cagayan de Oro will have an income and expenditure of P1,982,626,000 in its General Fund this year. Legislators enacted Ordinance No. 12482-2012 approving the 2013 annual budgets of the General Fund, and of the Special Account Economic Enterprises with estimated incomes of P112,050,000 for the City Economic Enterprises

and P18,754,000 for the East-Westbound Terminals and Public Market and P129,338,000 for the J.R. Borja General Hospital, to finance estimated various expenditures of the same amounts for 2013. In his budget message, Mayor Emano cited that it has long been recognized that in order to achieve an efficient and effective operation, a local government unit should aim for the improvement of the ratio of its overhead costs to cost of production and service

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

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ELIEBETH L. JAGUIT -Vendee Applicant/s

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ARCHIE ASENTISTA CASE NO; 2013-10-15 Applicant/s 2008-10-201

RD PAWNSHOP, INC. NOTICE OF PUBLIC AUCTION On Jan. 22, 2013 at 10:00 am, this establishment will sell at Public auction all unredeemed pledges up to the month of July 1-31, 2012 Customers are enjoined to verify their receipt. Prosperidad Branch- Public Mkt., Poblacion, Prosperidad, Agusan del Sur Iligan 1 Branch-Badeffes St., Iligan City Managoy 01 Branch- Espiritu St., Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Iligan 2 Branch- Cabili Avenue, Iligan City Mangagoy 02 Branch- Corner P. Catillo St., and Picasales St, Iligan 3 Branch-Gen. Aguinaldo St., Palao, Iligan City Mangagoy, Bislig City, Surigao del Sur Iligan 4 Branch- Aguinaldo cor. Laya St., Palao, Iligan City Butuan 1 Branch-Ester Luna St., Butuan City Iligan 5 Branch-Agtsinaldo St., lligay City Butuan 2 Branch-Langihan Road, Butuan City CM RECTO Branch- CM Recto Ave., CDOC Butuan 3 Branch-Marcos Calo st., Butuan City Velez Branch-Velez St., CDOC, Butuan 5 Branch- J.C. Aquino Avenue Cor. Narra Road, New Rizai Branch-Cor. Rizal St., CDOC Society Vill. Butuan City Carmen 1 Branch- Max Zurtiel St., CDOC Libertad Branch- Purok 3, Libertad, Butuan City Carmen 2 Branch-Vamenta Blvd. Carmen CDOC Gingoog 01 Branch- Sebulino Bldg., Doma Granciana St., Gingoog City Borja Branch -J.R. Borja St., CDOC Gingoog 02 Branch- Brgy 17, National Highway, Gingoog Gity Tiano-Borja Branch- Tiano-J.R. Borja St., Jordan Redoblado Bldg Masipit Branch- Buenavista, Prosperidad, Agusan del Norte Osmeña Branch-Pres. Osmeha St., CDOC Surigao 1 Branch- Cor. San Nicolas & Burgos St., Surigao Gity Lapasan Branch- CM Recto Avenue, Lapasan, CDOC Surigao 2 Branch- Borromeo St., Surigao City Corrales Branch- Corrales Hayes St., Cagavan de Oro City Surigao 3 Branch- Tamaca Bldg., Sarvida, Surigao City Puerto Branch- Jubo Arcade, Puerto, CDOC Surigao 4 Branch- Cor. Vasquez and Rizal St., Surigao City Tagoloan Branch-Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental Cabadbaran 1 Branch- Atega St., Cabadbaran, Agusan del Sur Villanueva Branch- Viiianueva, Misamis Oriental Cabatsbaran 2 Branch - A.D. Curato St., Cabadbaran City Balingasag Branch- Balingasag, Misamis Oriental Bayugan 1 Branch-P1 Narra Avenue, Bayugan, Agusan del Sur Medina Branch - Alaba St., Medina, Mis. Or. Bayugan 2 Branch- Libres St., P3 Brgy. Taglatawan, Bayugan, Mambajao Branch- P. Reyes St., Mabajao, Camiguin Province Agusan del Sur San Francisco 01 Branch-Center Island, Roxas St., San Francisco, Magpayang Branch - Magpayang Mainit, Surigao del Sur Agusan del Sur Barobo Branch- Sanchez Bldg ., Poblacion, Barobo, Surigao del Sur

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APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TAXI Airconditioned service on the line ; within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of three (3)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least TEN(10)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4th day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension and amendment of route of service to operate FILCAB service on the route;Puerto to Balingoan and vice versa with the use of one (1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least TEN(10)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4th day of January , 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate TAXI Airconditioned service along the route;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of one (1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least TEN(10)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4th day of January, 2013..

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate PUJ DUAL service on the line; Cagayan de Oro City to Claveria ,Mis. Or. And as for cargoes from said place to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4th day of January , 2013.

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CASE NO; 2013-10-02 2008-10-206 2008-10-112

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity with consolidations of cases to operate TAXI Airconditioned service on the line; within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of TWO (2)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4th day of January, 2013. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ANGELINE/PERCY GUARIN Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FRIEGHT along the route;Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of THREE (3)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9 , 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 21st day of December, 2012. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Jan 5, 2013

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Some Health News to Watch For In 2013

s the year closes, many are looking back at the top stories of 2012. But what are the top stories that will continue to make news in 2013? In environmental health, we can expect to see continuing news stories that will impact all of our children and families, from toxic flame-retardant chemicals, to food safety threats, to the health impacts from energy production and more. Below, some of 2012's top stories to keep an eye on in 2013.

1. Protecting Kids From to restore funding for lead rush and continued failure of regulator y agencies, poisoning prevention. Lead expect more fracking and health problems to come In May, pediatricians 2. Arsenic in Rice to light in 2013. welcomed the Centers for Testing by Consumer Disease Control update of its guidance for preventive Reports exposed problems 4. Pink Slime measures against lead poi- from arsenic in many rice We first looked at the soning in children, cutting products, including rice the level of concern in half cereals for babies and other pink slime burger controversy in 2010; this year, -- meaning hundreds of products for children. The findings renewed a school lunch petition thousands more children would be followed for early calls for FDA to establish renewed calls to end the strict limits on arsenic in use of the nasty burger preventive measures. Unfortunately, the news food. Look for increased additive and ultimately came in the face of severe pressure on the agency forced the maker of the meat slime to close three budget cuts for CD C's in 2013. plants. lead prevention programs, The news spurred defrom $29 million to just 3. Fracking and Health fenders of feces burgers $2 million annually. The Fracking for natural gas to go on the offensive, so next month, CEH findings of high lead levels that raised numerous health look for ongoing battles remain in some purses concerns in 2012, includ- over fecal-tainted meat made national news, and ing water pollution threats, in 2013. prompted action by purse air quality concerns, inretailers and producers. fant health issues, and 5. BPA Bans I believe reports like many other serious health R e g u l at o r y a c t i o n s this will spur continuing concerns. With the ongoing gas against the hormone-alcalls in 2013 for Congress

tering chemical bisphenol A made news in 2012: In July, the FDA announced a ban on the chemical in products for young children; later France became the first country to ban BPA in canned foods and all other food packaging; and Suffolk County, N.Y. became the first in the nation to ban BPA from paper cash register receipts. But few news reports looked into the chemicals that would be used to replace BPA in these products, or whether such chemicals might pose similar or new health concerns. Look for more on this potential "toxic shell game" in 2013. 6. Flame Retardants Under Fire A series by the Chicago Tribune kicked off a nationwide alert on the dangers of flame-retardant chemicals. These harmful chemicals are used in furniture and other products sold across the country largely due to outdated California fire safety standards, but in June, Governor Brown ordered a revision of the state's standard. In December, CEH found high levels of a cancer-causing flame-retardant chemical in crib mattresses, day care nap mats, and other products for young children, prompting nationwide concern. Look for an end to these and other flame-retardant health threats in 2013. 7. Environmental Justice

In 2012, Environmental Health News reported a groundbreaking series of articles on environmental justice battles across the country. More than 20 years after the first national conference on environmental justice, today African Americans continue to be 79 percent more likely than whites to live in neighborhoods where industrial pollution is suspected of posing the greatest health danger. As Robert Bullard, a titan of the environmental justice movement, noted in his new essay, "The effect is a society divided, literally and psychologically, by freeways, railroad tracks, landfills and hazardouswaste dumps." Expect more environmental injustice stories and victories in the fight for justice in 2013. 8. Food Safety Ongoing food safety problems repeatedly made news in 2012, with numerous food recalls, including the multi-state recall of peanut butter and other nut butters, from Trader Joe's and other major outlets. In August, CEH joined the Center for Food Safety in suing the FDA for its failure to implement new food safety authority granted by Congress. Expect further action on our lawsuit in 2013. 9. Apple and EPEAT In 2012, CEH raised concerns about watering

down of the most important environmental standard for electronics, called EPEAT. Days after we alerted the Wall Street Journal that Apple intended to pull out of EPEAT, the company recanted and announced its mistake in dropping out. But EPEAT followed Apple's move by certifying the company's MacBook Pro, despite obvious design problems we identified that should have disqualified the machines from receiving EPEAT approval. Given the widespread criticism of EPEAT for caving in to Apple, expect more pressure on EPEAT to live up to its standard in 2013. 10. Hormone-Altering Chemicals and Low-Dose Effects In March, a team of researchers released their three-year study showing that the long-believed idea that "the dose makes the poison" may be inadequate, especially when it comes to chemicals that can mimic and alter our bodies' natural hormones. In December, the EPA announced it would begin a new effort on health threats from low-doses of hormone-altering chemicals and the need for new methods of safety assessment. I'll be writing more on low-dose impacts and hormone disrupting chemicals in my next post, so look for more in early 2013. (Michael Green, Tw i t t e r : w w w. t w i t t e r. com/4envirohealth)

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POINTY-Bukidnon gift-giving a success By Capt. Eduardo I. Meclat

Malaybalay City - Some 500 residents of Barangay Dalwangan, this city, have received gifts of toys, school supplies and used clothes from the Propelling Our Inherited Nation Through our Youth, Inc. (POINTY). The activity, which was simultaneously held by POINTY in the provinces of Bukidnon and Misamis Oriental, as well as in Caraga Region, was in cooperation with the office of Barangay Chair Rolando Linuay and members of his council. During the occasion, over 200 children were also treated to snacks of arrozcaldo and spaghetti, while the Peacemaker Band of the 403rd Brigade played on the stage. Since its conception after the National Youth Summit held in Toril, Davao City on October 1 last year, POINTY has been actively coordinating with the local government agencies and various civic organizations in delivering basic services to the people in their

respective provinces. Its members are students, out-of-school youths and indigenous peoples (IPs), abounding themselves together for youth empowerment. President Grant Mejorada Amoncio of POINTY – Bukidnon averred that community outreach programs, such as the giftgiving last Christmas have somehow helped in moulding the youth into becoming responsible, politically-matured and well-informed members of the society. Witnessing the need for a more extensive socio-economic intervention in this mainly rural community, Amoncio and members of POINTYBukidnon vowed to return with more services for the barangay con-

stituents. Personnel of the 403rd Brigade (Peacemaker), PA headed by this writer, and the 43rd CMO Coy, led by 2nd Lt. Leah G. Pura, provided security and order during the activity. (EIMJr./asf)

DSWD-XI needs more volunteers for repacking By Joey Sem G. Dalumpines

DAVAO CIT Y, - The Department of Social Welfare and Development Office in Davao Region has called for more volunteers to help in the repacking of relief goods for the survivors of typhoon Pablo in the provinces of Davao Oriental and Compostela at the Interagency Relief Operations Center within the compound of the Department and Highways XI in Panacan. Evangeline Grandeza, integrated-gender development officer of the Pantawid-Pamilyang Pilipino Program of DSWD XI said the number of volunteers involved in the packing of food packs intended for the survivors dwindled since Christmas Day as warm bodies took a break for the holidays. She said that workers from the DSWD, police and soldiers are leading t he ef for t of p ack ing and loading the relief goods to cargo trucks which bring the assistance to the relief hubs in Trento, Agusan del Sur and Nabunturan,

Compostela Valley. “We laud the effort of the police and the soldiers under the Eastern Mi n d an a o C om m an d for muster ing volunteers to help us repack the relief goods, but we need to sustain the effort as more residents in towns hardest hit by the typhoon still need help,” Grandeza said. S h e s a i d c a mp u s b a s e d or g a n i z at i on s , fraternities, civic organizations and motorcycle clubs offered assistance on the first two weeks of the disaster relief operation but they were also gone for the holidays. Grandeza appealed to the city residents to help in the repacking and include it in their routine for the sake of the survivors of the typhoon. “Let’s continue our volunteer work for the sake of the typhoon victims,” she said. Grandeza cited the need to organize the entry of volunteers since there are days that their number is overwhelming but oftentimes, only

few come to help in the repacking of goods. She emphasized that the relief operation must keep up with the needs of the families in hardest hit areas. “We have to help. We cannot postpone the hunger of t he p eople who need our assistance everyday,” Grandeza said. She said workers from the DSWD, Police Region Office XI and the Eastern Mindanao Command are the current backbone in the repacking efforts. Grandeza said that despite the presence of government personnel, the repacking effort ne e ds t he supp or t of 150 volunteers for an eight-hour a day work. She said lunch and dinner are free for volunteers, but they are also encouraged to bring their own food. Grandeza also discouraged families especially those with children to volunteer since there are danger zones within the repacking area like stacks of sacks of rice and canned goods. (RGA/ JSD/PIA-XI)

GIFTS FOR ‘PABLO’ SURVIVORS - The Comval Provincial Council of Women (CVPCOW), led by Madam Eunese Uy, shares gifts to the typhoon survivors in Brgys. Naboc, Macopa, Inambatan, Babag and Olaycon in Monkayo town, December 23, 2012. Every household head receives a family food pack containing rice, noodles, bread, canned goods, used clothes, biscuits, eggs, blanket, hygiene kits, water, slippers and toys. (Rudielyn manugas/ids comval/asf)

New Year celebration in ZamboSur generally peaceful By Gideon C. Corgue

PAGADIAN CITY, – The recent celebration of New Year was generally peaceful, this was disclosed by Zamboanga del Sur Police Provincial Office (ZSPPO) Assistant Provincial Director for Operations Supt. Jalilul Bandahala. Bandahala said the successful celebration was attributed to the intensified nationwide campaign against prohibited firecrackers and indiscriminate gun-firing following the orders of the PNP chief Director General Alan Purisima. Bandahala said 33 boxes of banned firecrackers were confiscated by the joint team of Firearms, Explosives, Security Agencies and Guard Section (FESAGS), Provincial Public Safety Company (PPSC), and personnel of Pagadian

City PNP a day before the celebration of New Year. The successful minimizing of Yuletide casualties and injuries this year was also due to the cooperation of civilians. “Without civilians’ cooperation, the PNP cannot fulfill its mandate of reducing the fire-crackers related-incidence and indiscriminate gun firing,”

he added. Bandahala said he did not receive any reports or complaints about policemen firing their guns unnecessarily during the holiday season. “These shows that our men are professionals in terms of discipline and loyalty of their ser vice,” he concluded. ( JPA/GCC/ PIA,Pagadian City)

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THINK a minute. A few years ago Mike Tyson fought Evander Holyfied for the world heavyweight championship title. During the fight, Tyson got so angry he actually bit off a part of Holyfield’s ear! Most of us know that it takes a much stronger man to control his own anger than to let it control him. Many homes are not happy because the husband and wife haven’t learned to control their anger and fight by the rules. Of course, I don’t mean fist fighting, but rather arguing with words. There are 5 simple guidelines for fighting that would make a big difference in many marriages and homes. The 1st one is smart timing. If you are still angry,

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Resolving to start or stop doing a certain activity has no value unless you have the proper motivation for stopping or starting that activity. For example, why do you want to read the Bible every day? Is it to honor God and grow spiritually, or is it because you have just heard that it is a good thing to do? Why do you want to lose weight? Is it to honor God

with your body, or is it for vanity, to honor yourself? So, whatever sort of New Year’s resolution should a Christian make, we should consider to pray first for the Lord’s wisdom as to how are we going to set the goals about the resolutions we make. For sure, occasional failures will come our way but we need not be discouraged ; instead, allow them to motivate us further. As we encounter the many changes that will come our way in this New Year, Psalm 37:5-6 says, “Commit your way to the LORD; trust in him and he will do this: He will make your righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your cause like the noonday sun.”

Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst then it’s usually better to wait until both of you are in a better mood. “Take time out before you take it out on each other!” As one lady who‘d been married over 35 years said: “I’ve learned never to tell my husband bad news on an empty stomach!” The 2nd guideline is to allow the other person the right to say, “I’m angry.” Let them tell you how they feel. If we don’t let others

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express their anger in a healthy way, then it will continue to build up until we finally blow up! Then we can deeply hurt each other with the angry, even hateful, things we say and do. Remember, our feelings are not right or wrong, but they’re still real; so we need to allow each other the freedom to say how we feel. Number 3: Know exactly why you’re angry. Sometimes the thing that

started us feeling so angry was only a small even silly thing. But behind it is the real problem which we need to talk about it. The 4th guideline to fighting in marriage is to realize that your anger is the enemy, not your wife or husband. So stay on the same side and fight together against the anger that’s hurting your family. The final guideline is you have to invite God to the fight. You need to ask Jesus Christ to take control of your heart and marriage. Only He can give you the willpower, love and selfcontrol you need to start winning your fight against your uncontrolled anger that will hurt, even destroy, your marriage and family. Just Think a Minute.

year that gives us the feeling of a fresh start and a new beginning, thus many people practice making New Year’s resolution. But what kind of resolution should a person make? To Quit smoking, to stop drinking, to manage money more wisely, to lose weight, eating more healthily and to spend more time with family are the common commitments desired in facing a new year. These are all good goals to set. However, 1 Timothy 4:8 instructs us to keep exercise in perspective: “For physical training is of some value, but godliness has value for all things, holding promise for both the present life and the life to come.”

The New Generation Alex A. Podador Most resolutions are however related to physical things. This should not be. Some others make New Year’s resolutions to pray more, to read the Bible every day, and to attend church more regularly. These are fantastic goals. However, these New Year’s resolutions fail just as often as the non-spiritual resolutions, because there is no power in a New Year’s resolution.

New Year’s resolutions, 2013

LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… `Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all things will be given to you’…” (Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, in Matthew 6:33, the Holy Bible). -oooNEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS, 2013: Do you have any resolutions about what you want to change or to do (or stop doing) for 2013? I do, and I would like to share them with you today, so please read on (our readers here can send their own resolutions and we promise to publish them here, too). Insofar as the things I will want to change, these are: to avoid eating meats and to eat more vegetables, fruits, chicken and fish. For most people who are past fifty years of age, the medical diagnosis is that meats, whether beef or pork, are much harder to digest already, and are therefore more likely to cause a variety of ailments. Then, I will try to avoid being lethargic---that is, sitting or lying, without

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio doing anything for lengthy hours, or even when one is wrapped in paperwork or other desk-bound jobs. Experts are now telling us that sitting or lying for long number of hours can cause heart-related illnesses, and so there is a need to move about regularly even while working inside an office. -oooREADING MORE, REVIVING INTERNET TV: Insofar s the things I will try to do---or do more---in 2013, I would like to read more. Read more of what? Anything and everything, but more of the Bible, and the written work of longtime spiritual leaders about the Christian faith, whether these leaders are already dead or still alive.

The intention is to imbibe more spiritual wisdom from the Bible and from the written interpretations of its passages and its verses, for purposes of sharing the Word of God more and more through our columns, our radio and TV programs and Internet groups. I am under the inspiration that real peace and progress and genuine good life could be achieved only by a people who listen to the Word of God and obey His commands. Then, I will try to revive the Internet TV operation which my friends and I started three and half years ago, and then try to beam its programs to Philippine cable TV companies from Aparri, Cagayan Province

in the North to Jolo, Sulu in the South, with the end in view of utilizing much of its broadcast time for discussing and propagating the Word of God. -oooSECRET OF FULFILLING RESOLUTIONS AND PLANS: Of course, I have been saying “I will try” to fulfill these resolutions for 2013. But then, the truth is that, there is really nothing that I myself or my friends can do that would allow these resolutions to be achieved and to be successful. As the Bible itself is saying, in its many verses and passages, we must commit whatever we are doing to God, and He will allow us to succeed. And that is to me the secret not only of making our resolutions for every new year succeed, but of achieving victory in whatever we do. We must seek God first and discern what His righteousness is in the things that we want to pursue, whatever they maybe, YEAR | page 2

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

VOSOSTROS FERMIN -Vendor Case No; 2009-10- 2263 CEFIRENO C. ENAD -Vendee

VERGIE S. BATHCHINICHA -Vendee CaseNo;2013-10-011 Applicant/s

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APPLICANT request authority For issuance of certificate of public convenience (CPC) to operate TH FRIEGHT along the route;Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 21st day of December , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer of ownership including the certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ Jitney SERVICE on the line ;Iligan Proper Sta. Felomena –Acmac and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority For approval of sale and transfer of ownership with extension of validity and amendment of line to operate FILCAB service on the line;Puerto –Balingoan and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 9, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority For approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience and amendment of line to operate PUJ service on the line;City Proper to Abigail (All in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013..

APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ Service on the line;C2;Camp Evangelista to Cogon Market via Liceo –Maharlika Bridge –Gaisano-Limketkai Center (all in Cagayan de Oro City )and vice versa with e use of ONE (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 11, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4rth day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUB service on the line;Claveria, Misamis Oriental to Cagayan de Oro City and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 11, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4rth day of January, 2013.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

JUDITH IGNACIO Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-2079

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City BRENDA MORADO – Vendor CASE NO; 2013-10-018 RHONELIE P. TERIC MACALINTAL – Vendee 2007-10-2016

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of Certificate of Public Convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;C2;Camp Evangelista to Cogon Market via Liceo –Maharlika Bridge –Gaisano –Limketkai Center (all in Cagayan de Oro City) and vice versa with the use of One (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 11, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4rth day of January, 2013. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ABELARDO J. GARCIA Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2032-10-012 2008-10-418

AFREQUETA/NNFSGI GULIMAN Case No; 2013-10-013 Applicant/s 2007-10-2224

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APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;Cogon Market to Bayabas (all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB SERVICE on the line ;westbound terminal tpo Agora Terminal (all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE (5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

ALFREDO AMELIER - Vendor Case No; 2013-10-09 UBALDO DELFINO YANEZ – Vendee 2008-10-0084 Applicant/s

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APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line ;City Proper to Ditucalan (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE (5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Jan 5, 2013

2008-10-170

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City JOCELYN W. GOMEZ - Vendor ELADIO P. GAMUTIN- Vendee

CASE NO; 2013-10- 05 2008-10-342

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City CASIANO ABRAGAN - Vendor EMMA LU – Vendee Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10-11 2008-10-532

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APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB SERVICE on the line;Cogon Market to Balulang (all in Cagayan de Oro City )and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;City Proper to Villa Celeste (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City JENALYN L. CONSOLACION Applicant/s

CASENO;2013-10-04 2009-10-2210

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City HADJI NUR ISMAEL Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10- 01

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service along the route;City Proper to Barinaut –Brgy. San Roque (all in Iligan City)and vice versa with the use of One(1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013..

APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;Cogon Market to Xavier Heigths (all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line; Cogon Market to Zayas-Landfill –Silvercreek (all in Cagayan De Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 2nd day of January, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK service on the line;within Lanao del Norte and from said place to any point in Region X accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 2nd day of January, 2013..

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Jan 5, 2013

VILMA EBONIA Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10-017 2007-10-2177

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ROMENA, ESTER – Vendor LEONIDES BUTANAS – Vendee Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10-010 2008-10-129

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ Service on the line; City Proper to Tambo –Carona (all in Iligan City) And vice versa with the use of ONE (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 10, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 3rd day of January, 2013 MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE OF HEARING

Case No; 2013-10-06

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

CASENO;2013-10-019 2007-10-2016

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ISAGANI EPINO, et al – Vendor NASRODING DEBERATAN SALIC – Vendee

BRENDA S. MORADO - Vendor REYMONDO P. TERIC – Vendee

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

MDN: Jan 5, 2013

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

RICHARD AKUT Applicant/s

CASENO;2013-10-020 2008-10-107

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line; Cogon Market to Xavier Hieghts (all in Cagayan de Oro City) and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on January 11, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 4rth day of January, 2013. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Jan 5, 2013

ERRATUM

Vendor-MARIA MAGLANGIT Vendee-ANTONIO ABARQUEZ Case NO;2012-10-1901 Route Claveria -Cagayan

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10 Miners... from page 1

obviously because of natural shield from Mt. Magdiwata’s still thick forest have even pose a more challenging tasks for these “social fence” beneficiaries. Under SFWD’s “ Imo Yuta Ugmara kay Bayaran Ka (Toil your land and we’ll pay)”, each of the farmer beneficiaries would be given P8,000 free financial support that will be divided into three farming development stages and all the farm yield will be totally earned by them. “Lahi na gayud ang kahimtang namo karon kay di na kami magoul unsay kaonon sa matag adlaw kay naa may madali-dali nga makuhang lagutmon diha lang sa among nataran ( The situation is so different now since we longer have to worry what to eat in our daily lives since we can easily pick vegetables and other staples in our backyard),” said 60-yearold father of eight siblings Godofredo Singson. Singson have been an abantero (gold extractor) in the mining tunnels of gold-rich mining village of Tambis in neighboring province of Surigao del Sur for more than two decades but have been impoverishly dealing with the precarious daily living survival while his family had constantly grown. Some others like Rodolfo Maguinda, 57; Wilfredo Alabado, 55 and Teodoro Maratas, 59 who all also raised big families were tapped as beneficiaries after a tedious screening since they are either lumads and old-timers of the town who already know pretty well the terrains of the majestic mountain situated just two kilometers away from the Poblacion. Mt. Magdiwata which is part of Diwata mountain ranges that traverses the neighboring provinces of Surigao del Sur and Compostela Valley has been endangered over a decade ago with a receding water source until SFWD came into the rescue of regenerating its forest cover that it had already more than enough supply of potable water to the ever growing population of this progressive town. Elmer Luzon, SFWD general manager, could proudly say that it is only in Mt.Magdiwata among the ranges that has about 90 percent of forest cover which is good enough to protect residents to any typhoon that normally visits the country every year. SFWD initiated a major rehabilitation program to at least 928 hectares of denuded and open grasslands of Magdiwata in 1997 after it was declared as a permanent watershed forest reserve by Presidential Proclamation No. 282. The program had brought more than just a sufficient

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Editorial. : mindanaodailynews@gmail.com Advertising : mindanaodaily.ads@gmail.com supply of water for its more than 5,000 household-consumers. “In one source alone, we can already tap at least 17 liters per second, a significant increase from five liters per second in 2004,” Luzon said. This year, Luzon said SFWD is planning to tap more “social fence” farmers in other areas of the buffer zone still threatened by incursion of illegal logging, small-scale mining and sand and gravel quarrying activities. The threat is still always there at the foot of Magdiwata because of its rich mineral resources that illegal mining had even heightened last year prompting interdenominational churches led concerned group to spearhead a rally to stop and padlock the sprouting mining tunnels. This was also fueled by the mining activities using big equipment and trucks reportedly operated by local businessmen in partnership with Chinese traders in the guise of sand and gravel quarrying activities. Such protest has driven local and provincial governments to issue directives stopping all forms of mining activities but not for long since many small-scale mining still thrive along Manag-as creek. The still unabated smallscale mining activities have already sent a strong warning signal just two weeks before typhoon Pablo swept many areas in Mindanao when two abanteros were killed after the tunnel cavedin due to a landslide brought about by continuous rains.

Villar... from page 1

in the forefront of programs to benefit the marginalized sectors of society. Earlier, the foundation Managing Director, Cynthia Villar, denied that the foundation is sponsoring an ongoing raffle promo. One text message, coming from a certain Rodel Enriquez states: “Congratulations, your SIM no. won P580,000 from the Villar Foundation for its 20th anniversary, per DTI-NCR permit no. 0328 Series 2012.” “The scammers even included in the message a DTI permit number and the name of a person, who is misrepresenting himself as my secretary, to make it appear legitimate. However, we would like to inform the public that the Villar foundation has no ongoing raffle promos or contests," said Cynthia Villar. Another version of the text says there is a Pamaskong Handog by the Villar Foundation. She also urged all those who will receive the bogus text message to immediately report to their office, contact details of which can be found on its website http:// www.villarfoundation.org/. “The only thing true or factual about the text scam is that Villar Foundation is

celebrating its 20th year anniversary,” said the former Las Piñas Representative, who added that this is not the first time that text scams were circulated to malign the Villar name. In 2010, text messages claiming to be from Senator Manny Villar’s alleged housing foundation ‘HandogPabahay sa OFW’ and promising cash rewards for overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), also circulated.

Ban-ao... from page 1

she said as she prepared her materials for the psychosocial activities she and her co-volunteers from XU will be conducting for the children in this village. Thanks in part to the children, whose resiliency shone to the fore to teach the adults to take everything in stride, Ban-ao is little-bylittle getting back on its feet after Pablo almost totally erased it from the map of Davao Oriental. “We lost everything. Our houses, our livelihood and our friends; some even lost their relatives. Nothing is left here,” Ban-ao Barangay Chairperson Mera Adlawan Ching told the BusinessMirror. One resident said that she will never fully recover from the traumatic experience of losing her two small children to Pablo’s winds. “We took cover under a bridge. I was holding tightly my infant son while my two small children were holding my skirt. A few seconds later, I no longer saw my other two children as the strong winds literally flew them away,” she narrated. A 10-year-old girl said she saw how the strong winds literally swept her grandmother a few feet up in the air and smashed her on the concrete road, instantly killing her. Laurencio Batang, 59, told the BusinessMirror that villagers out in the open have to literally “hugged” the earth to counter the pull of Pablo’s strong winds. “We have no recourse but to cling to the earth, just grasping the grass, so that we will not be carried by the strong winds,” he said. He, along with Lilita Cabrera (52), Armando Escamillian (53), Renato Dacuycuy (55), Nenen Go (63) and other older resident said that in all their lives, Pablo was the first typhoon to leave so much destruction and deaths behind in a hundred years in Ban-ao. “I re me mb e re d my grandfather told of a story of a very strong typhoon to hit the barangay in 1912. It was much stronger than Pablo,” Escamillian said. While all of Baganga and other municipalities of Davao Oriental facing the mighty Pacific Ocean were flattened to the ground by Pablo’s strong winds, Barangay Ban-ao is the hardest-hit with 17 people dead and more than 90 percent of its 520 families rendered

homeless. Left with nothing — no food, no water, no houses, etc. — Ban-aowons were saved by Barangay Councilor Ignacio Cabrera, who gave the residents one hour to “loot” his store for food items and whatever they can get. Led by Ching, the residents started organizing themselves and salvaged still useful housing materials to repair what they can of their destroyed dwellings to shelter them from the constant rains and winds due to the Amihan (North wind) and the searing heat of the sun. Exactly five days after Pablo’s wrath was unleashed in Ban-ao, the first semblance of Ban-ao’s reconstruction, rehabilitation and recovery operations arrived in the form of the Cagayan de Oro City-based Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs (BMG) and the UK-based Disaster Aid International (DAI). Less than three weeks in the area, BMG leaders decided to adopt Ban-ao and pour whatever resources the group can gather into its effort to bring back the village from the clutches of death. “We are bringing not just tents and water here but the complete package. Our strategy, helping rebuild resilient communities through barangay-based and barangay-focused disaster response work in Davao Oriental,” said Charlito “Kaloy” Manlupig, BMG head. Manlupig said that the first key intervention is helping the survivors set up a tent community as temporary emergency shelter while they reconstruct or repair their damaged houses. “This community will be the focus of our delivery of relief, rehabilitation, psycho-social and other assistance,” he said. He explained the reason why BMG adopted Ban-ao. “The main idea is to focus our resources on one barangay at a time instead of spreading them all to the 42 barangays of the three hardest-hit municipalities at the same time. After all, barangay-based and barangay-focused development, disaster response and peacebuilding work is one of our key strengths. Instead of treating the survivors as mere recipients of aid, they are considered as the key stakeholders in the difficult task of community re-building. The intervention will try to cover the whole range of community needs, from organizing to provision of basic needs of food, water, medicines, etc." As of Dec. 30,2012, BMG and DAI had set-up hundred of tents here, with DAI’s expert disaster response leader Ed Cox leading the residents in pitching the tents. The ground on which the tents were pitched were cleared of debris by a payloader lent for free by Ch-

ing’s businessman-relative, who was itching for a way to help his cousin’s constituents get back on their feet. And like the song, the people in this village bounding the municipalities of Baganga and Cateel, Davao Oriental are really “moving on” in the New Year 2013. Thanks in part to BMG and DAI, and the other “unknown” hundreds of well-meaning groups and individuals who donated time, effort, resources and even their hearts, souls, minds, and strength for the people of Ban-ao. (Bong D. Fabe)

Wishes... from page 3

The adjacent DayCare Center-cum-barangay gym (covered court), in front of the Barangay Hall, collapsed with its steel trusses crumpled by the giant hands of Pablo killing 5 on the early morning of November 4, when Pablo returned to Ban-ao and unleashed its deadly wrath on the hapless villagers. “This is where we hid with my sister, under the sink,” she told the BusinessMirror, pointing to a corner of the destroyed covered court. “We then ran to the Barangay Hall, but its roof collapsed on us. I was hit on the back with a big chunk of concrete. After that, we ran to the nearby hills and flatten ourselves on the ground on the other side of the hill so that we will not be swept by the strong winds,” she added. Fortunately for Em-Em, she was not injured by the concrete chunk that fell on her back. She also doggedly followed this reporter with her chatter and ever ready smile, unlike the other children who were shy in talking with strangers, especially one with a camera and a videocam. “Before you leave, give me one of that,” she said, pointing to my digital camera, a very big smile lighting her innocent face amidst the ruins of her former school. Her innocent ways and childish chatter showed her happy disposition. But more than that, it showed her resiliency, a key factor that will help her bounce back from the tragedy very quickly, said Monalisa Pangan of XU’s Chapel Ministries. Pangan, who led the psycho-social intervention activity, said that while EmEm is different because she is naturally talkative, the other non-talkative children also showed resilience in drawing houses, school, church, trees, sea, hills during the activity. “Their drawings indicated their sincere wish of getting their normal lives back,” she said during the post-activity processing on board one of Balay Mindanaw’s vehicles from a visit to the incident command post (ICP) in Cateel, Davao Oriental. Ban-ao, one of Baganga’s 17 villages, is the hardest-

hit barangay in the whole municipality with 17 dead and more than 90 percent of its 520 families homeless with literally no source of income in sight as Pablo also “illegally cut” 99 percent of all coconuts. “The sea cannot also be depended on during this time of the year, starting from October to May, because of the waves and strong current due to the Amihan,” said 55-year-old Florgardo Pontillas. With nothing left, Armando Escamillian, 53, expressed his and the other villagers’ wish of investors to come and transform Ban-ao into a resort given that the barangay has white sandy beaches waiting to be developed. “There are also several caves here just a few minutes walk away. The biggest of these caves is so cavernous it is like entering a cathedral. Its attraction is a crystal clear cold pool of water fed by natural springs,” he told the BusinessMirror. A day before Pablo struck, Ban-ao Barangay Chairperson Mera Adlawan Ching, 41, signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with the Environment department to develop its mangrove areas into an eco-tourism spot. “I our mangroves recover so we can continue with its development,” she said, adding: “I often wondered if we could ever see the fulfilment of all our hopes and dreams, especially our wishes for 2013.” But with the presence of the UK-based Disaster Aid International (DAI) and the Cagayan de Oro City-based Balay Mindanaw Group of NGOs (BMG), which has adopted Ban-ao, the villagers’ hopes, dreams and wishes for the New Year 2013 are on track for fulfilment. (Bong D. Fabe)

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delivery. The distribution of the city’s general fund budget by functional activity shows that P837.56 million is earmarked for front line services; P569.30 million for general policy, P450.19 million for projects and P116.57 million for other purposes. GOALS The goals of the city government this year are: to increase income per capita, provide accessibility to all basic needs and services requirement to target beneficiaries; provide expanding employment opportunities among the urban poor residents through increased economic activities that will enhance local opportunities and to increase agricultural productivity with the intensive promotion of high value crops. Mayor Emano also intends to enhance the delivery of preventive health care and hospital services, to complete the J.R. Borja General Hospital; sustain a responsive governance and effective and efficient public service and to maintain sustainable peace and order in Cagayan de Oro. (LCR)

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A GREEN RESOLUTION by OWEN JAEN

very year, most of us are busy listing down the things we want to achieve once another 12-month cycle runs, but have we considered making that New Year’s list of resolutions greener? I really do hope so. Visualizing and putting our thoughts in writing is a good way to set the pace and check our progress and a greater way to do this annual checklist is to make it environmentconscious. This way, we are making our lives even more fruitful and in tune with nature. It’s really quite easy. All we have to do is try to weigh things and see if they can harm us, other people and the environment. Let’s take some examples and you might want to consider them as part of your own list of things to achieve!

planning and implementing these upcycling projects. This will make the task lighter and more fun for everyone.

1. Less junk, more organic. Try to avoid as many junk foods as possible. As much as you can, snob beverages that is harmful for your body. Besides these drinks are sold in plastic bottles, tin cans or foil packs that may be recycled but usually ends up mixed with the rest of the garbage pile and are left there for good. They eat up space in the landfill and add increases possibility of unwanted weight gain. Both are never good. What’s worse, eating junk food in fast food chains more often contributes to more disposable food packs and utensils ending up in the garbage can.

5. Greenlight is right Buying energy saving light bulbs and replacing the old incandescent and fluorescent light is a right move. These bulbs are more energy efficient and cooler. Also, turning the lights on areas that are only needed also saves up electricity and lowers your monthly bills. Minimizing the use of gadgets and appliances that are less important also helps in easing your budgetary woes and the environment too.

2. Walk, run, hike or bike If you are only going to the next two blocks or maybe a few floors up, why not walk instead of taking the public vehicles and walk up the flight of stairs instead of the elevator. The extra effort you make helps burn calories and you are helping lower carbon emission and consumption of energy as well. Wa l k i n g , h i k i n g a n d biking especially if done in the company of good friends or your life partner are an enjoyable bonding moment. 3. Upcycle stuff Who says upcycling is just for science projects? Upcycling is using a disposed or pre-used material for another purpose. Make hydroponic vegetable gardens from used 1liter soda bottles or other creative ways to bring to life other useless items in the house. Ask your family members to help out in segregating,

4. No way, sachet Have you noticed that we have sachets for almost anything? These fascinations for sachets are becoming reasons for more trash piling up. Just think of it, if one person buys a sachet of shampoo, another sachet for a conditioner, a sachet of cooking oil, hair gel, toothpaste, soy sauce, vinegar, ketchup, lotion and countless others, he has accumulated quite a number of garbage by his lonesome. Multiply it to how many more sachet users out there then we are indeed in big trouble.

6. Bag to basics The lowly “bayong” is now a “sosy” must-have. Join this green fashion revolution and ditch the plastic shoppings for an earth-friendly organic bag. If the bayong is too bulky for your taste, foldable canvas bags being sold by major shopping centers and souvenir shops can be your alternative. Going green is really in, so don’t feel ashamed. Head to the market with a groovy eco-bag and you help save the world in return. I am also quite busy drafting and finalizing my achievable, person and earth-friendly New Year’s resolution. I hope you make yours more sensitive to the times as well. As we start 2013, we will take a look back on our checklist and see what we have accomplished and what needs to be improved. A resolution is not just a chore but a commitment to one’s self and to the world as well. Make yours count! Happy New Year readers, may your 2013 be as fruitful as ever. Cheers!

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Sun Cellular makes it even easier for PLDT subscribers to get a Sun Postpaid line

obile phone operator Sun Cellular continues to intensify the accessibility of its best-value services as it recently partnered with parent company PLDT to make it even easier for PLDT subscribers to apply for a Sun Cellular Mobile subscription. “Now that we are part of the group, we embark on this program with PLDT to proactively reach out to more value-seeking users and particularly, make it even easier for PLDT subscribers to avail of our smartphone plans and unlimited services,” says Ricky

Peña, Senior Vice President of Sun Cellular for Postpaid, Broadband, New Business and Marketing Services. Pe ñ a s a y s t h a t t h i s partnership program assures PLDT subscribers an enhanced overall experience of Sun Postpaid, from the further simplified application process down to the boosting of offerings with value-added and promo-exclusive features. “To apply for a Sun Postpaid line, PLDT subscribers would simply need to visit The Sun Shop and present a valid ID with signature, along with their most recent PLDT billing

statement,” Peña explains. “We’ve also made it easier for them to avail of our best-selling plans like the SunDroid Rush, which offers an Android tablet and smartphone at Plan 600, as well as the HTC Explorer smartphone package under the Sun Plan 450.” Under t his prog ram, availing PLDT subscribers also get extra 15 minutes of calls to all networks and landline numbers for the first six (6) months of their Sun Postpaid subscription. “Further to having a reliable landline service and a stronger wireless internet connection

in their homes, we encourage PLDT subscribers to make the good choice of completing their connectivity experience with the best-value mobile services of Sun Postpaid,” Peña adds. Apart from this joint initiative, Sun Cellular has also been working with PLDT to implement key network synergies and strengthen further its infrastructure support for its continuously growing line of services and subscriber base nationwide. Sun Cellular is a member of the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company Group.

NGCP completes Typhoon Pablo restoration efforts

he National Grid C or p or at i on of t h e Phi lippines (NGCP) ended 2012 on a positive note with the completion of the restoration activities of its transmission facilities damaged by Typhoon Pablo early December last year. On December 29, 2012 (Saturday) at 9:24 PM, NGCP fully restored and energized the last of the Pablodamaged transmission facilities: the Cateel-Baganga 69kV line servicing Surigao Del Sur I and Davao Oriental Electric Cooperatives. Said transmission line was hardest hit NGCP facility with 256 toppled

and 7 leaning electric poles on this line alone. In total, Pablo caused 551 NGCP structures to topple while 57 others were left leaning. For 22 consecutive days, 328 of NGCP’s line personnel of from all over the country worked full-time to restore the damaged transmission lines in order to meet the December 25 target energization date set by President Aquino. However, despite round the clock efforts by NGCP’s linemen, continuous rains in Mindanao delayed restoration. Many of NGCP’s equipment, including its helicopters used for hauling materials and stringing cables,

were grounded by the heavy rains. Typhoon Pablo left seven (7) NGCP transmission lines paralyzed, affecting the Northern and Southern parts of Eastern Mindanao. At present, all Pablo-hit NGCP facilities connecting power customers are fully energized. NGCP assures the public that it is ready to conduct similar expedited restoration activities to ensure reliable power transmission services. The corporation is also continuously taking necessar y preparations and precautions to minimize the impact of succeeding typhoons on NGCP operations and facilities.

CLLA with NCCA CONDUCTS TRAINING WORKSHOP for Mindanao cluster By Alma C. Cornelio, correspondent

The CARAGA Librarians & Libraries Association(CLLA) Inc.in cooperation WITH the National C omission for Culture &the Arts conducted a 2 day training-workshop on Resource Description and access(RDA)last Oct29 – 30, 2012 with the theme ”looking to the future with RDA, RDA’s implication to the 21st Century librarians and Libraries in the Philippines” held at the exotic Balanghai Hotel in Butuan City. The said training-workshop has 65 participants from all over Mindanao. With keynote speaker Dr. Isabel L. Mahler CHEDRO CARAGA DIRECTOR and lecturers Prof. Corazon M. Nera chairperson, PRC BOARD FOR LIBRARIANSPRC, Prof. Rodolfo Y. Tarlit UP Diliman Li-

brarian, Ms.. Ana Maria B. Fresnido, Director DLSU libraries and Prof. Yhna Theresa Santos, Librarian UPLIS, DILIMAN. Everyone was welcomed to the activity by Mrs. Violeta Q. Grefalde, CLLA INC.. Vice president, program Coordinator. The participant’s enthusiasm and eagerness to learn inspired the speakers and the facilitators alike,. As they sense no resentment and resistance to change from traditional card catalog to the online public access catalog .In which distance is not a hindrance for them to attend the training. The training was a sure success as participants requested for a 3 day training-workshop on 2013. A continuation of the project funded by the NCCA.

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