Mindanao Daily News Caraga (May 7, 2013 Issue)

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3,000 residents flee homes as Mnlf, Milf fight in N. Cotabato MATALAM, North Cotabato––A member of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) was killed during a clash with the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) fighters on Sunday night in a remote village here, police said.

About 3,000 individuals from three adjoining villages have fled to safer grounds when both sides, each with 200 fighters, traded bullets until Monday morning.

Chief Inspector Elias Dandan of Matalam police said the firefight was between the forces of Datu Dima Ambel, MNLF chair for North Cotabato, and a certain

Commander Manzur of the MILF 108th base command.

Dandan said the MILF was to host a Bangsamoro Framework Agreement information forum in Barangay Marbol, Matalam, North Cotabato, an area also known as the bailiwick of Commander Ambel.

Commander Manzur claimed the MNLF fired the first shot after they took hostage a member of the MILF and disarmed him.

Dandan could not say who fired the RED ALERT. An army soldier manned a 50 caliber machinegun on top an armored first shot between MNLF and MILF vehicle as police and army units rush to the town of Munai, Lanao del Norte Friday,

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Calls to pursue peace talks, gaining ground

By MARILOU AGUIRRE-TUBURAN of DavaoToday.com

DAVAO City––Various groups have raised the alarm after the Aquino government announced the “collapse” of peace talks with the National Democratic Front of the Philippines (NDFP).

Saying the government should not be the first to lose hope, Bishop Felixberto Calang, main convenor of the peace advocacy group Sowing the Seeds of Peace

in Mindanao, called on the GPH peace panel, particularly its chief negotiator Alexander Padilla, to “persevere” in either the regular of special tracks of the negotiations.

Padilla, in a statement posted at the Office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process website, said the Aquino government has considered a “new approach”

Fortun takes lead in latest survey homes | page 11

May 3 to defuse growing tension between local candidates. MindaNews photo

n Fortun was the ‘most preferred candidate’ for Agusan Norte’s first congressional seat

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By PAT SAMONTE Caraga News Bureau

TASK Force Panguil Commander and Deputy Regional Director for Operations Sr. Supt. David Y. Ombao (below right) briefs reporters regarding the arrival of policemen from Camp Alagar in Cagayan de Oro to augment the police forces of the Philippine National Police (PNP) in Misamis Occidental. Upper left, Acting Provincial Director Sr. Supt. Raul Araza Benitez skims Mindanao Daily as members of the 10th Regional Public Safety Battalion listen to the briefing conducted by Deputy Provincial Director for Administration Supt. Paciano Deloso (below left) while the TF Commander (aboe right).

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More cops deployed in Misoc

By PJ TREMEDAL Correspondent

ORO QUIETA City––A company of the Philippine National Police (PNP) scouts, newly trained by the 10th Regional Public Safety Battalion, arrived here on

Saturday to augment the local police as the May 13, 2013 midterm elections draw near.

Police authorities beefed up its security after the Commission on Elections (Comelec) identified Misamis Occidental as among the

15 provinces considered as election hot spots.

Sr. Supt. David Y. Ombao, task force head and deputy regional director for operations of the regional police in Northern Mindanao, told reporters the

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BUTUAN City––Vice Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fortun has asserted his political strength and popularity among the Butuanons with the release yesterday by an independent, non-partisan research and education organization of its latest survey of voters’ preferences in this city days before the May 13, 2013 elections.

Based on Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) Policy Center’s April 24-30, 2013 survey, Fortun was the “most preferred candidate” for Agusan del Norte’s first congressional seat by 48.61 percent of the voters or almost 50 percent more than the 25.51 percent garnered by lawyer Roan Libarios.

The survey was the last of a four-series study which covered respondents from all the city’s 86 barangay chosen using a proportional random sampling method.

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Consumer group hits power deal

A CONSUMER group in General Santos is decrying the recent events where foreign companies are allegedly taking advantage of the Mindanao power crisis to the detriment of the Filipino people.

Roy Sande of the Consumers Against Exploitation (CAE) decried the signing of the Power Sales Contract between SOCOTECO 2 and Peak Power, a subsidiary of an American company, A Brown.

“This US company did ON GUARD. A policeman, in combat uniform, stands not only sign a very expenguard to 55 PCOS machines which the local Commission sive contract. The signing on Elections (Comelec) of San Francisco in Agusan del itself was anomalous as the Sur received yesterday. Photo by Chris V. Panganiban essential provisions of the contract were left blank,” Roy said. “Clearly,” he said, “this is a firm trying to take advantage of us here in General Santos City.”

The group also pointed THE city government of Cagayan de Oro out that this company has will continue to settle its obligations with been singled out by human lot owners whose properties are affected by rights groups in Mindanao city projects. for its participation in the The City Council during its regular ses- harmful expansion of palm sion this afternoon to be presided over by oil plants.

Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas is slated In General Santos, A to appropriate the amount of P667,730 from Brown, through its subsidthe 2013 land acquisition appropriation as full payment for just compensation of the improvements of the claimants on properties affected by the city’s resettlement project in Barangay Pagatpat. The legislation passed through the review of the committee on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor and was favorably endorsed by Mayor Vicente Emano and the Local Finance Committee.

Just payments to lot owners up for approval

n UNQUALIFIED FIRMS ALLOWED TO BID WITH OVER-PRICED CONTRACTS

iary Peak Power, signed a contract with blank pages, the same group claimed.

Pointing out the essential provisions that were left blank, Roy likened it to SOCOTECO 2’s “signing a blank check.”

“Murag nakamenos sila (SOCOTECO 2 officials) sa amo mga consumers, porke wala me suga, bisag unsa na lang puede nila ilabay sa amo-a. Abi nila dili me makakita.” They (SOCOTECO 2 officials) think we are stupid. Just because we have no lights, they think they can throw anything at us because we won’t see anyway), Sande lamented.

“Diha sila nasayop!”

(That’s where they are mistaken), Sande warned. He said that they will not stop until SOCOTECO 2 scraps the Peak Power contract.

He also pointed out that last week, Energy Interna-

tional (EI) participated in and won the bid by SOCOTECO II for a two-year diesel power supply for the EC. EI is not too well known in the local power industry. Their website (http:// www.linkedin.com/company/energy-internationalcorporation) states the EI, based in Michigan, USA, was established in 1979 as a company serving the HVAC Industry. EI is supplying contractors, consultants, municipalities, government agencies, airport & seaport authorities, as well as endusers and OEM manufacturers.

“Unsa ang pagtan-aw nila sa amo, bo-ang?” Roy asked. He said SOCOTECO 2 is not buying mere airconditioners but power plants.

The consumer group pointed out that while EI submitted the lowest bid, it reportedly did not comply

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with the bid’s terms of reference (TOR).

The TOR required the bidders to post a cash performance guarantee in the form a check or remittance to be deposited to the account of SOCOTECO 2. EI, however, only submitted a Letter of Credit.

“Ngano man ipa-lusot nila ning bidder kung wala siya ka-comply? Ing-ana na ba gyud ka babaw ang pag-tan-aw nila sa amo-a?

Ngano pa ipa-agi sa bidding? Ginaliba lang mi!”

(Why did they allow the bidder to submit a noncomplying bid? Is that how low they (SOCOTECO 2 officials) think of us? So why go through a bidding? Just to hoodwink us?),” Sande and his group lamented.

If the TOR were to be followed strictly, since an LC is not eligible as a performance guarantee, EI would have been disqualified from the bid. Only cash bonds were supposedly acceptable to ensure that only qualified bidders would participate.

Nonetheless, SOCOTECO 2 allowed EI to participate, he said.

Sande pointed out that if it were a Filipino company, it would have been disqualified right away.

The group also claimed that this same consortium did not deliver power plants they were supposed to deliver in the past. Cesar Hernandez of the consortium is the President of 3i that failed to deliver in 2007, 30 MW in Marinduque, Tablas, and Romblon. This failure to deliver, according to the group, was in spite of the approval of the Energy regulatory Commission (ERC).

“In spite of this information, SOCOTECO 2 accepted their bid,” according to Sande. “We, the consumers, will stand to lose because if the bidder cannot deliver, they have nothing to lose because they did not deposit any CASH bond,” said Sande.

The group vowed not to stop going against what they believe is a systematic exploitation by foreign companies of the Filipinos. “They might have the money and power now, but we are not going to stop until people, like EI’s and A Brown’s, are stopped by the Filipino people.

The group has called on SOCOTECO 2 to stop entering into contracts with these firms.

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ERC grants P34.25 million final budget for ‘Imem’ THE Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC), in its Decision dated April 1, 2013, granted the Philippine Electricity Market Corporation (PEMC) final authority to use the unutilized portion of Market Transaction Fees collected in 2012 amounting to P34.25 million for the establishment of the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM).

The ERC issued earlier an Order dated February 25, 2013 provisionally authorizing the PEMC the initial amount of P24.26 million to finance the IMEM project pending the ERC’s final evaluation of its application docketed as ERC Case No. 2013-011 RC. ERC’s Decision affirms IMEM’s

budget requirement of P5.98 million for pre-operating expenses and P8.28 million for capital expenditures (CAPEX) granted in the PA. PEMC asked for a P20,000 million consultancy budget and was initially granted half of this amount in the PA pending submission of the supporting documents. Based on the supporting documents submitted by PEMC, the ERC found it prudent to grant only a budget of P19.992 million for technical services consultancy.

The IMEM is an innovative government measure to address the power shortage situation in Mindanao embodied in the Department of Energy’s Department

Circular No. 2013-0001.

Power generators and other entities are given the opportunity to sell their excess generation capacities based on the resulting market prices to optimize the use of available generated power in Mindanao.

The IMEM features day-ahead pricing market wherein the generators or market participants are supposed to submit their bids or offers a day before the actual delivery or curtailment of energy.

The IMEM also mandates generators, directly-connected customers, and distribution customers to offer their excess generation capacities in order to augment and address the supply

deficiency in the Mindanao grid.

The generators’ nominations will help correct energy imbalances through the use of the merit order system, a system that gives dispatch priority to the lowest bidders.

The PEMC is authorized to charge Market Transaction Fees (MTF) from WESM members or participants pursuant to Section 30 of Republic Act No. 9136 otherwise known as the Electric Power Industry Reform Act (EPIRA) of 2001.

MTFs are the costs pertinent to the administering and operating the WESM, and which have passed the ERC’s approval.

The approved amount to estab-

lish the IMEM from the unused 2012 Market Transaction Fees is subject to refund to Luzon and Visayas WESM participants once the IMEM has started commercial operations.

The PEMC will have to eventually file an application with the ERC for the approval of a refund mechanism to the Luzon and Visayas WESM members.

“The ERC is united with the Department of Energy (DOE) in its aim towards solving the Mindanao crisis and, at the same time, putting a balance on financial and price impacts with consumer welfare paramount in mind,” ERC Chairperson Zenaida G. Cruz-Ducut said.

NGCP clarifies issue on Aspa refund

By Mike Baños, Editor-at-large

THE National Grid Corporation of the Philippines maintains it has not been remiss in its obligations with regards to the mandated refund of P392 million ordered refunded by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC).

The NGCP submitted on April 17, 2013 its recalculation of the overcharges for ancillary services, in compliance with an order from the ERC received July 9, 2012. “[NGCP) was tasked to track down the consumption of each of its load customers, then figure out how much of the overcharges per billing period corresponds to each of its Mindanao load customers,” said Atty. Cynthia P. Alabanza, NGCP Spokesperson and Adviser for External Affairs in an email reply to Business World. “It is a not neither a simple nor a minor matter. And NGCP was very careful in making its calculations.”

Ms. Alabanza clarified the refunds calculated do not include interest but only the amounts specified in the ERC order.

Ms. Alabanza said NGCP also had to stress in its official statement how it did not earn any money in the transaction due to consumer’s confusion over the manner with which ancillary services (AS) is lumped with “transmission charges” in power bills issued by many distribution utilities.

“NGCP really does not make any money on the provision of AS. Unlike other transmission services where we have to opportunity to make a return on our

1MW Photovoltaic Power Plant, Barangay Indahag, Cagayan de Oro City. source: www. cepalco.com.ph/solar.php

Mindanao industries turn to solar energy

By Mike Baños Editor-at-large

CAGAYAN de Oro City–– With the primary source of its power mix compromised by climate change, two industries in one of the regions in Mindanao hardest hit by the perennial issue | page 11 energy shortage are turning to solar energy.

Cargill Oil Mills Philippines Inc., one of the top 20 companies operating in General Santos City, recently visited the only grid-connected solar energy plant in the country in this city for a first-hand look at what it hopes would someday soon be its main source of energy.

“We are putting up a 2.3 megawatt (MW) solar power plant for our copra crushing plant in Bgy. Tambler as our first option given the lengthy brownouts we’ve been experiencing through the years as a result of the power shortage,” said Ruther S. Baroy, senior plant manager. “At present, we are sourcing our power from the South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative (Socoteco II) with our back-up diesel generator as a second option.”

However, Mr. Baroy said the extended brownouts in Gensan have forced them to increasingly operate their back-up genset which is prohibitively expensive and greatly degrades the price

competitiveness of their crude coconut oil product.

This, despite the plant’s consistent operations at one of the highest utilization rates in the industry using the mechanical, full press oil extraction technology. Provided its copra raw material is available, Mr. Baroy said Cargill runs the 700,000MT capacity plant 24/7.

Another industrial plant which is considering solar energy as a viable main option for its power needs is the Japanese-owned Nakayama Technology Corporation in nearby Davao del Sur. The plant employs 1,010 workers at its seven hectare plant site in Bgy. Cogon, Digos City,

Its siding board factory and has a capacity of 1,500 granite wall panels daily.

It also manufactures brick tiles made from indigenous materials.

“We are in talks to construct a 1.6MW solar plant for their factory,” said Amado V. Santos, vice president-marketing, Scintillant Corporation, distributor of Enfinity Philippines Renewable Resources Inc. (EPRRI).

EPRRI, the local arm of Belgian renewable energy developer Enfinity, has committed to push through with its planned solar power portfolio in the Philippines despite the low feed-in-tariff (FiT) rate granted for solar energy | page 8

Invest in renewable energy, coops told CAGAYAN de Oro City––In its bid to create new capacities to meet Mindanao’s surging power needs, the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) challenged the region’s cooperatives to explore potential investments in renewable energy to help address the island-region’s lingering power deficit. invest | page 8

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School officials urged to prepare classrooms for May polls

By Robert E. Roperos

BUTUAN CITY – City Election Officer Ernie F. Palanan has urged the Department of Education (DepEd) to prepare the classrooms to be used as polling precincts in the May 13 midterm elections.

This, after the official received reports that there are still some schools in the city that have not made preparations for the conduct of the election.

He said that to avoid disruption of the voting process and tension among

Bayabas police encounter armed group

By PO3 Zena Menioria Panaligan

CAMP RODRIGUEZ, Butuan City – Two members of the Bantay-Kabuhayan Philippines were wounded in a 15-minute encounter with troops from the Bayabas police, Public Safety Company of Surigao Sur PPO and 29th IB, Philippine Army in Sitio Cabigte, Brgy Cabugo, Bayabas, Surigao del Sur, early morning of May 2, this year.

Wounded were Pablo Garido, 39 years old; and Jovito O. Tubat, 44 years old of Purok 3, Brgy Castillo, San Miguel.

Two of their companions, Rodel M. Saavedra, 31years old of Brgy Patong, San Miguel; and Homer Sausal, 66 years old of Brgy Verdu, Bayugan City, were apprehended.

Taken from their possession were three improvised shotguns, two shotgun magazines loaded with eleven 12 gauge cartridges, one fired shotgun cartridge, one hand grenade, one bolo and personal belongings.

Authorities recovered an Ingram MMI caliber 9mm and a magazine with 13 live bullets at the house used as hideout by the suspects, owned by Simeon “Sammy” Llano.

Garido and Tubat were brought to the Adela Serra Ty Memorial Medical Center for medical treatment, while Saavedra and Sausal, with the confiscated items are now under the custody of the Bayabas police.

Two other members of the group, Martiniano D. Hampas Jr. and Wenmark P. Nabiong, able to escape during the incident. (ZMP/ MMG/asf )

members of the Board of Election Inspectors (BEIs) during the election day, s cho ol administ rators whose schools are designated as voting precincts, should do necessary preparations, as early as now.

The Comelec official also enjoined the school officials to designate, within the school premises, an action center where the media, volunteers, members of the National Movement for Free Elections (NAMFREL), Parish Pastoral Council for Responsible Voting (PPCRV) will have to stay while monitoring the election process.

Palanan also said the action center must have

personnel, who will entertain queries from the public to ensure smooth conduct of the election.

With this development, the official advised the BEIs to be in the voting precincts at least one day before the election to prepare everything and to watch over the PCOS machines.

Barangay people are also enjoined to watch over the machines.

He also encouraged the public to visit the Comelec Office to know their cluster precinct and number sequence. “In this case, they can immediately go to their precincts and cast their votes,” Palanan added.

He likewise informed

those who do not know their sequence and were not able to visit the Comelec Office to inquire at the action center of the respective schools where voting precincts are located.

Further, persons with physical disabilities, lactating mothers and senior citizens are advised to bring pertinent documents to

show that they have infants and are feeding them or identification card that they are senior citizens so that they may be given priority in casting their votes.

Palanan also reminded barangay officials, candidates and supporters to stay away from the voting precincts after they have

casted their votes in order not to disrupt the election proceedings.

Political watchers are also warned not to campaign or distribute brochures of their supported candidates because that they will be held liable to any legal measures against them. (RER, PIA-Caraga/ asf )

Surigao Sur hosts VAWC training 54 Agusan Norte farmers get land titles

By Nida Grace B. Tranquilan

CARMEN, Agusan del Norte, - A total of 54 f a r m e r s f r o m B r g y.

M a n o l i g a o, C a r m e n , Agus an d el Nor te received their individual certificates of land ownership award (CLOA) following the handingover ceremony in the barangay multi-purpose building on Thursday.

Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) Regional Director Faisar Mambuay led the distribution with Carmen Vice Mayor Willy Taglocop and DAR Asst. Regional Director Andre Atega, covering 95 hectares of agricultural land.

Mambuay congratulated the recipients emphasizing the confidence it will bring if the name is printed in the title. “I hope this is just the start, as I intend to come back

with more support services for the area,” said Mambuay in his message.

He also encouraged the beneficiaries to stay united in their cooperative as government projects are coursed through organizations.

Atega also emphasized the responsibilities a cloaholder must always bear in mind.

Among the recipients was 88-year old Bernadita Regner, who became teary-eyed looking at her land title, with her daughter Judith who is now 62. The mother-daughter recipient, who have been farmers all their life, expressed thanks to DAR with hope that the land will improve their family’s and children’s lives.

(NCLM/Joie L. Ceballos, DAR-13/PIA-Agusan del Norte)

TANDAG CITY - The Provincial Social Welfare and Development (PSWD) of Surigao del Sur has conducted a two-day training on handling cases of Violence Against Women and Children (VAWC), recently.

PSWD Officer May Navidad Salinas said the training was participated

in by health personnel from different community hospitals and rural health units in the first and second districts of the province.

Speaker from the Regional Inter-Agency Council for Anti-TraffickingVAWC discussed the detailed system on recording, reporting and referral of VAWC victims.

Salinas added the activity was the first in the province, with support from the United Nations Population Fund.

Before the end of this year, members of the Provincial-IACAT will also undergo an orientation on the VAWC referral system.

(RER/NGBT, PIA-Surigao del Sur/asf )

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BPI net income up by Cat@lyst launched for social change 43% in first quarter BANK of the Philippine Islands continued to deliver sustainable growth as it reported a net income of P8.4 billion for the first quarter of 2013. This was 43% higher than last year’s P5.8 billion.

At the end of first quarter, BPI’s total resources were P940 billion, 16% higher year-on-year as deposits grew by the same rate to P748 billion. In addition, the Bank was able to increase its assets under management to P758 billion or 6% more than same period last year.

Net loans hit P514 billion, 19% better year-on-year.

Lending to top corporates was up by 25%, while the middle market and SME segments went up by 17% and 14% respectively. Consumer loans also grew by 15%.

Gross 30 days NPL ratio was down to 2.1% from last year’s 2.5%. Reserve cover was 129%.

The improvement in net income for the period was driven by the 21% growth in total revenues as the Bank took advantage of the favorable market condition to register securities trading gains. Net interest income was slightly up, as average asset base expanded by 15%.

Net yields though, contracted as interest rates continued to decline.

Other non-interest income lines likewise improved, particularly service charges and commissions, trust fees, and corporate finance fees.

Operating costs reached P6.6 billion or 7% more year-on-year due to higher regulatory, technology, manpower, and variable costs. Impairment losses, however was down from last year.

BPI’s market capitalization as of end of March 2013 stood at P391 billion. Its Basel 2 Capital Adequacy Ratio (CAR) was 15.1%.

In its recently held Stockholders’ Meeting, leadership of BPI was turned over to its new President and CEO Mr. Cezar Consing.

Outgoing President and CEO Mr. Aurelio R. Montinola III commented: “With a strong Team BPI, we are confident that BPI will continue to move forward with quality sustainable growth.”

Montinola added: “I firmly believe that my successor, a competent and experienced professional with many years in the international banking arena, will further take the Bank to a new level and position BPI as one of the best Asean banks in the near future.”

Be the start. Lead the change.

This is what Cat@lyst, a Tattoo-branded corporate social responsibility initiative in partnership with the Global Shapers Manila Hub, envisions today’s youth to do – cause a chain reaction of positive action to make a difference in society using modern technology.

Tattoo, the most reliable mobile broadband powered by Globe, takes the advocacy of Global Shapers to bring the Cat@ lyst vision to life.

The Global Shapers Manila Hub is composed of young extraordinary individuals with great potential for future leadership roles in society.

It is part of the Global Shapers community, a global program of the World Economic Forum.

For its first project, Cat@lyst seeks to harness creativity, energy and social media through a youth challenge with the Global Shapers acting as men-

tors. Some of the Global Shapers are Tattoo ambassador Bianca Gonzalez; Save Philippine Seas cofounder Anna Oposa; San Vicente, Palawan Mayor Pie Alvarez; doctor and researcher on neglected tropical diseases, Harvy Liwanag; and Mano Amiga Academy co-founder Lynn Pinugu.

Both Tattoo and the Global Shapers are working hand-in-hand to encourage the youth to make concrete and feasible solutions to the problems of their communities such as air pollution, traffic enforcement, crime prevention, among others.

“We are looking for a realistic solution that has an ICT component and has the potential to be replicated in other communities. We need young people who have a genuine desire to help,” said Dong Ronquillo, Head of Tattoo Nomadic Broadband Business.

Bianca Gonzalez, one of the most active members of Global Shapers Manila Hub and a Tattoo ambassador, said: “We have a lot of exceptional young people who can act as a catalyst toward social and economic change. So together with Globe, we want to harness their capabilities

with the help of ICT and social media to come up with realistic solutions to real community problems.”

Filipino citizens, aged 18-30, can submit a proposal via a one-minute video entry from May 2 to 31 which meets the following criteria: 1. Innovation – demonstrates creativity and originality 2. Implementation Feasibility – proposal should be executable in the given timeline and proponents should demonstrate capability to mobilize stakeholders involved 3. Impact – provides a long-lasting solution to an existing social problem Application forms may be downloaded from the Globe Cat@lyst website www.catalyst.com.ph and from the entries, 15 will be shortlisted. Five winners will then be chosen in June and will be awarded a P200,000 cash grant for program development, mentorship, and ICT support.

Online reservation of Gabii sa Kabilin tickets FOR the seventh run of Gabii sa Kabilin of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI) on May 31, the public can now reserve their tickets through online.

With a single pass for only Php 150, the holder can have access to all destinations, as well as rides in

designated buses and one tartanilla (horse-drawn carriage).

Participating museums and heritage sites will simultaneously open from 6 p.m. to midnight for public viewing. Admission is free for children aged seven and below.

Tickets can already be purchased

and reserved in advance starting May 3 at any of the 34 participating destinations in the cities of Cebu, Lapu-Lapu, Mandaue, and Talisay.

For ticket reservation, interested individuals can fill out the form through this link: www.rafi.org.ph/ event/2013-gsk-reserve.

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SEVEN days remaining. The adrenaline is pumping high as judgment day nears. Everyone talks about the May 13, 2013 elections as, probably, one of the worst that may take place in history. However, everyone is confident that the elections would turn out peaceful and orderly.

The military tagged Gingoog City, a component city of Misamis Oriental, as one of the areas of concern in Cris Diaz Northern Mindanao. The situation was precipitated with the ambuscade of Gingoog City Mayor Ruthie Guingona’s convoy last month. Guingona survived the ambush.

A few days after the ambuscade, some 500 battle-clad marines swooped down Gingoog City’s hinterlands in search of the New People’s Army (NPA) rebels responsible for Guingona’s ambushed. The North Central Mindanao Revolutionary Committee owned the shooting of Guingona’s convoy but denied their group fired first.

Anyway, the incident took place sending an alarm to Gingoog residents and voters of a possible trouble come May 13 elections. The government believes that sending the marines would appease the residents of their anxieties.

Something has to be clarified ‘though since war is nowhere in Gingoog or elsewhere in Misamis Oriental.

Nothing is abnormal in Gingoog to this day. Nowhere are the suspicious looking Marines that patrol the nook

and cranny of Gingoog. There are no Marine checkpoints on the highways of Misamis Oriental and in the vicinity of Gingoog City.

What makes a thing disgusting is the painstaking inconvenience as one hurdles the more than 50-kilometer one lane road from Barangay Consuelo to the Artadi, Magsaysay. A major road repair is undergoing that slows down economic activity, especially the transport of cross border goods and commodities.

One wonders why the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) always let the public suffer during repairs and maintenance of national roads. For instance, the Cagayan de Oro – Iligan road repair remains unfinished to this day. It was almost two years ago that the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan road repair started.

Until now, the riding public suffers since the contractor that the DPWH contracted to do the repair has not completed the job. The taxpayers do not deserve the DPWH maltreatment.

Well, one should not be afraid of the Marines in Misamis Oriental. On the contrary, one should be worried the way the DPWH is handling the projects in the province. There are fears that the sorry state of Misamis Oriental’s national roads and highways would become an acceptable alibi in delaying the transport of election results next week.

People know that a delay in the transmittal of election results would cast a thousand suspicion with unpredictable outcomes. If that happens, especially in Misamis Oriental, ask the Marines. React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

Legarda’s inexplicable behavior

THE personal denial made

by Sen. Loren Legarda that she does not know the PR man who she accused of being behind the propaganda to discredit her days before the midterm elections on Monday came as a big surprise to me since I personally know that both know each other pretty well.

In fact, I knew for a fact that for a long time Legarda and the PR man who she identified as Willie F. were professionally related with each other for a long time in the past. Twice I was invited to two celebrations of Legarda that at this point I could not remember anymore if they were her election victory parties held at Manila Polo Club clubhouse and at the Century Park Sheraton Seafood restaurant.

The invite was sent me by the office of Willie F.

A deeper view Jesse E.L. Bacon II Everyone in the media in Manila knows that the Willie F. referred to by Legarda who is behind this smear campaign against her is the same Willie F. who served as her PR man for quite a time. Why would she lie about her having known and having engaged Willie F’s professional services in the past is a real puzzle to so many. In this regard, Legarda should cut herself clean from this lie.

Perhaps Legarda just

wanted to establish that the expose’ she said Willie F. was circulating should not be believed because the guy does not know her.

And here lies the problem.

Willie F. used to be her PR man thus knows her from the tip of her hair to the tip of her toes. Anything about Legarda, in all likelihood, Willie F. knows. Could this be the reason Legarda had to lie because their past professional relationship established the fact that

Willie F. knows her pretty well?

Why would Legarda tremble that the smear campaign against her is being orchestrated by Willie F. if these are mere fabrications without any basis in truth and in fact?

Legarda, by the way, had already denied any sinister intentions in her alleged failure to include in her Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Net Worth a luxurious apartment unit in New York. She brandished before media practitioners during a press conference she called a certification issued by a private law and auditing firm purporting that she had included such property in all her SALNs. Whether she had in fact included such property which she said was behavior | page 8

Why did Brillantes chicken out?

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The Nephilim were on the earth in those days---and also afterward---when the children of God went to the daughters of humans and had children by them. They were the heroes of old, men of renown…” (Genesis 6:4, the Holy Bible).

-oooARE BRILLANTES AND COMELEC AFRAID OF SOMETHING? Why is Chairman Sixto Brillantes Jr. of the Commission on Elections and his fellow commissioners at the poll body refusing to satisfactorily answer, while there is still ample time before the May 13, 2013 elections, accusations that the use of Precinct Count Optical Scan (PCOS) machines will not yield honest, credible and valid results? Are they

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio hiding something? Or, are they afraid of something?

By and large, the accusations are no longer just coming from political opponents or critics of President Aquino and the Comelec, but from well-meaning and long-standing political allies as well, in the likes of Sen. T.G. Guingona III’s father, former Vice President Teofisto Guingona Jr. As it is, these accusations have now reached the level of being incapable of being ignored, or simply brushed

under the rug, or swept away by the popularity of President Aquino, as they have become both a national and international concern, what with the cases pending before the Supreme Court, the United Nations, and the Comelec itself. The Comelec must clarify the air now, before the people themselves will feel compelled to do something to let the truth come out.

-oooWHY DID BRILLANTES CHICKEN OUT? What

many cannot understand likewise is the refusal of Brillantes and his cohorts at the Commission to allow computer experts it earlier challenged to prove that PCOS machines can indeed be hacked and be made to manufacture pre-designed election results. Brillantes made the challenge, and so it was incumbent upon him to take on the experts who were willing to prove the unreliability of the PCOS machines.

But why did Brillantes chicken out? Was he afraid that the experts whom he had challenged would be able to show that PCOS machines can really be hacked, and its results manipulated and cheated, and are thus unreliable and totally unacceptable? Was he afraid that chicken | page 8

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Nancy Binay, a nobody who wants to be senator

By Archie Fernandez of Davao City

Here we go again on our observations with these “senatoriabales” who are plain and simple nobodies who want to be catapulted to the senate.

Presenting, Nancy Binay , the 39-year-old daughter of VP Jejomar Binay who has all guts to run as senator but no experience at all or whatsoever in public service.

Poor Nancy. All she can ever boast of as far as her credentials for being a senator is her job as “personal assistant” to her father Jojo Binay. Why does she have to rely on Papa Jojo to have a good job considering that she is already 39 years old and has a good educational background.

This is a reflection of how Nanc y cannot do things on her own. And who knows, maybe Papa Jojo would even intercede once she makes it to the senate (hopefully not!).

If Nancy cannot get a

good job, she should have started her own business especially that it is an open secret that the Binay family is extermely well-off and has the right connects ! But Nancy still opted to be her father’s “alalay” all those years. Tsktsktsk...

One more thing about this Nancy Binay is that she has the temerity to seek a seat in the senate because it was the political party’s decision to run.

One does not need to

be a political analyst or a graduate of a reputable unversity or college to understand that being a senator requires having a good public service record and not just being a personal assistant to the second highest official of the land.

Nancy, sad to say, did not even have the experience of being a barangay chairman, or a barangay kagawad, or even a barangay tanod and yet she is

seeking a seat in the senate.

Nancy must be reminded that being senator is not a simple job and please do not deceive the Filipino voters, who are getting wiser, to help you win a seat in the senate.

All Nancy can ever present to us Filipino people is her being a Binay, jut like Grace Poe and Bam Aquino who rely solely on their clan’s popularity.

Please Filipino voters... be wise!

7 Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst

Just a minute THINK a minute.

Not long ago there was an intelligent, highly educated young man who was given a very good position in his country’s government.

Many people admired and respected this young man because he had done well for himself.

In fact, everybody was saying he was going to be extremely successful and rise to the highest levels of government.

Sadly, after this man had been working for a few years, in just one moment of weakness, he stole several thousand dollars from the government.

He was caught and immediately fired from his job.

Naturally, the whole island heard about his stealing.

You see, it takes years to build a good name and reputation, but in just a minute, we can destroy it by doing one wrong thing.

Now that man will always be remembered for being a dishonest thief, and not the successful, promising young man he had been.

We may think that just a minute of doing something wrong won’t hurt us. But then those minutes become hours, and then days, and soon we can’t stop doing it.

We become almost addicted to it, until it ruins our life. It might be telling lies, cheating in business or school, having sex with someone who’s not your wife or husband, doing drugs or getting drunk.

It could also be gossiping, being lazy, over-eating, or beating your wife and kids. These and other wrong things that we first started doing for just a minute. minute | page 11

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bought while her marriage to the former Batangas Gov. Antonio Leviste was still subsisting is of no moment to me. It is up to her political foes and the proper government agency, the Ombudsman particularly, to look into the veracity of the alleged smear campaign that projected her as having violated the law.

My concern is focused on her lying about Willie F. If she lied to her teeth that she did not know Willie F., could she not be lying also when she linked Willie F. to be working for Sen. Alan Peter Cayetano now thus her allegations that this smear campaign against her is the handiwork of Cayetano?

Because she lied about Willie F., people are now inclined to believe Legarda must be lying also about Cayetano’s hand in the accusations hurled against her. And this is not farfetched.

Apparently, Legarda’s thoughts were derailed when her integrity was put to question. Remember that Legarda’s ability to stir away from any controversies lies solely on her success in projecting an image of having an impeccable character as far as integrity is concerned. She is apparently rattled because her integrity whether real or imagined is now being subjected to scrutiny and she is appearing in reality to be lacking in it.

It is for the above reason that all her claims or defense, implied or not, about the issue that the purchase was above board since she was still married to a man whose financial capacity to purchase such property in New York is beyond doubt thus no reason for her not to include the same in her SALN have been shattered no less by her. It was shattered because of a simple lie.

If she could prevaricate to her teeth her professional relationship with Willie F. in the past, lying about anything is not farfetched. It was Legarda herself who proved to all and sundry that lying is something that she could easily and readily do if only to maintain such image of having an impeccable integrity.

But can a person of impeccable integrity lie to her teeth?

I do not know if at this stage of the campaign her lying will have a perceptible impact on her being number one in the senatorial race, but as for me, my family and close

Election Watch friends especially those from the church have already made up our mind to reject Legarda for having lied. A liar publicly caught with her lies doesn’t deserve the people’s trust much more their mandate.

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Chicken... from page 6

proving the “cheatability” and unreliability of the PCOS machines could backfire and even reach back to the results of the 2010 elections?

As it is, Brillantes’ refusal to allow the group of Vice President Guingona, and even of senatorial candidates Dick Gordon and his nephew JC Delos Reyes, to access the source code for the PCOS machines has already rendered those machines unreliable and untrustworthy, and incapable of being believed and accepted by the electorate, both for 2010 and 2013, and even for 2016.

-oooUP COMPUTER EXPERT ACCEPTS COMELEC CHALLENGE: Along this line, here is a repost from a previous column: “One computer expert from the University of the Philippines who has chalked up quite a record as a government official who dealt with computer and information technology for a long time said he has actually sent a registered mail to top Comelec officials about their challenge for IT experts to show that the existing PCOS machines, especially those which were used in 2010, could be easily tampered with.

“Then, the same expert said, he also emailed the Comelec about his willingness to show that the machines can really be hacked and manipulated, and could not therefore be expected to reflect the true will of the Filipino electorate in the coming elections. “`I accepted the challenge of the Comelec to hack the PCOS machines. However, this should be in the context of authorized hacking, meaning that it should not be under hostile conditions… My purpose in accepting this challenge is to help the Comelec, and not to put them down.

I would like to help the government in solving this problem that could affect all of us,’ the expert said. Any reply from the Comelec?”

-oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com, mmauriciojr111@ gmail.com

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Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late BENNIE G. CARATING, who died intestate on August 9, 2012, in Davao City, Philippines, leaving real property, more particularly described as follows; REGISTERED PARCEL OF LAND Lot No. 6030-B-4-A-1, PSD-10-047941 TCT NO. 137-2010000742 Located at Caballero Street, Bulua Lot : 6030-B-4-A-1, PSD10-04794, Portion of Lot : 6030-B-4-A, PSD-10-022467, Surveyed for; RAFAEL CABANEROS, Land Use: RESIDENTIAL, Location: Bulua, Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental, Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY ONE (121) Square Meters more or less, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF BENNIE G. CARATING WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, made and entered into by and between the sole and Compulsory Legal Heirs of BENNIE G. CARATING, namely; RITA P. CARATING, of legal age, widow, Filipino, a resident of Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City; BEATRIZ DANICA P. CARATING, of legal age, minor, Filipino, and a resident of Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City; RIBEN P. CARATING, of legal age, minor, Filipino, and a resident of Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City; IZABEL DANICA P. CARATING, of legal age, minor, Filipino, and a resident of Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City; that the above named parties, are the wife and legitimate children, and the sole and compulsory legal Heirs. The abovedescribed property is hereby sold in favor to Roel L. Jumao-as, married to Geraldine N. Jumao-as, all of legal age, all Filipinos, and all are residents of Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, for an amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (PHP 200,00); as per Doc. No. 332; Page No. 67; Book No. XII; Series of 2013; under Notary Public of Atty.

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Fortun takes lead in latest survey Fortun was the ‘most preferred candidate’ for Agusan Norte’s first congressional seat

By PAT SAMONTE Caraga News Bureau

BUTUAN City––Vice Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fortun has asserted his political strength and popularity among the Butuanons with the release yesterday by an independent, non-partisan research and education organization of its latest survey of voters’ preferences in this city days before the May 13, 2013 elections.

Based on Father Saturnino Urios University (FSUU) Policy Center’s April 24-30, 2013 survey, Fortun was the “most preferred candidate” for Agusan del Norte’s first congressional seat by 48.61 percent of the voters or almost 50 percent more than the 25.51 percent garnered by lawyer Roan Libarios.

The survey was the last of a four-series study which covered respondents from all the city’s 86 barangay chosen using a proportional random sampling method.

It involved 1,831 voter-respondents using face-to-face interviews.

In an executive summary, development mainly in the National Power Corporation’s Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG) in various islands in Mindanao.

Data from the Department of Energy show the 11 projects total 53MW with four small (1-2MW) projects in Luzon, 21MW in Cebu City and the nearby Mactan Export Processing Zone, and five small projects in Zamboanga City, Sultan Kudarat, Tawi-Tawi and Surigao del Norte.

“The other Mindanao projects are for SPUG areas.

We are awaiting DOE/NPC

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FACE-OFF. Fortun (right) and Amante in a huddle before their face-off with their rivals at the FSUU Gymnasium in Butuan City recently. Photo by Obet Samonte the FSUU Policy Center headed by its director, Atty.

Josefe Sorrera-Ty, said “the youth express (ed) voting preference for Fortun” while “the adult and the seniors also gave him a close approval.”

Political observers said the result of the FSUU Policy Center’s latest study indicated “the people’s overwhelming support will catapult the young Fortun to the House of Representatives. His late father’s dreams will soon be realized.”

In the mayoral contest, 38.94 percent of voter-respondents preferred re-electionist Ferdinand Amante Jr. or 1.53 percent higher than rival Rep. Jose Aquino II’s 37.41 percent. The survey takers said the ratings of the Amante and Aquino are “statistically tied”.

Councilor Josephine Marticion-Salise was ahead with 29.27 percent over second placer Councilor Angelo Calo’s 23.87 percent in the vice-mayoralty post. Councilor Randolph Plaza was

third with 17.09 percent.

For the position of city councilor, the survey showed the following top 11 candidates according to voters preferences: Erwin Dano (38.77 percent); Ramon Carampatana (31.38%); Sammy Amante (28.15%); Ryan Anthony Culima (27.54%); Derrick Plaza (23.92%); Jaime Cembrano, Jr. (22.92%); Virgilio Nery, Jr. (21.23%); Odie Bernabe (21.08%); Salvador Calo (20.15%); Ferdinand Nalcot (20.15%) Rema Burdeos (19.69%).

circular as to how we are going to be paid, and then we can begin the projects,” Mr. Navarro said. “We are going to all areas approved for us by DOE including faraway regardless of perceived security concerns.”

Enfinity has two service contracts, 50-MW Clark Freeport Zone solar power project in Mabalacat, Pampanga; and the 30-MW Cavite Export Zone solar power project in Rosario, Cavite.

“A third DOE service contract has been awarded to us: 20 MW in Digos,

Davao del Sur,” he said.

“It’s in same category as Clark (50MW) and Cavite Peza (30MW). These were predevelopment contracts awarded to us by DOE in pursuit of the FiT projects.

As you know, DOE has now “converted” these to first come- first serve, but we are still continuing with our efforts.”

tion, specifically small hydro and biomass generation,” said Romeo Montenegro, MinDA’s Director for Investment Promotion and Public Affairs Office (IPPAO).

“Mindanao is facing power issues, but if you look at it in a different p e rsp e c t ive, t he re are also opportunities. You can take advantage of the increasing demand for power by exploring investments in renewable energy,” Montenegro told the 500-strong delegation of the 44th Mindanao Coop Leaders Forum.

The forum dovetailed with the 39th General Assembly of the Mindanao Alliance Self-Help Society – Southern Philippines Educational Cooperative Center (MASS-SPECC) held recently in Cagayan de Oro City.

MASS-SPECC is a secondary cooperative federation with a membership of 300 primary cooperatives across Mindanao, some of which are considered billionaire coops that have the capacity to invest in power generation projects.

Invest... from page 3

“We are challenging MASS-SPECC to look at the viability of investments in power genera-

RA10172 Form No. 10.1(LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Tubod OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Tubod OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Rule 7 of Republic Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that QUEVHEN ESPAÑOL APAO has filed in this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Child’s Gender under the entry of “SEX” from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of QUEVHEN DAGATAN APAO bearing LCR No. 92-935 who was born on 19 September 1992 at Dalsan, Municipality ofTubod, Province of Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Teresita Espanol and Concordio Apao.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than May 10, 2013.

In compliance with Rule 7 of Republic Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ALEN TIMO BASALIO has filed in this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in the Child’s Gender under the entry of “SEX” from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ALEN TIMO BASALIO bearing LCR No. 93-1219 who was born on 09 December 1993 at Barangay Malingao, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Fe Timo and Alexander Basalio.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this office not later than May 11, 2013.

(Sgd.) JULIET BALURAN GALAMBAO, CE

Municipal Civil Registrar

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PISCES (February 19 – March 20) - You need to treat yourself like a monarch today -- even if it feels slightly egotistical or weird. Just make sure that you’re recharging your spiritual batteries in some way, or the rest of the month could be weird.

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era with LED flash. Connectivity wise, it includes options like Wi-Fi and 3G. Indian market is currently overflowing with Android tablets, but it is quite hectic to find a quality tablet.

However, there are certain computing devices, which come up with extraordinary specifications in a good price tag for competing with highend devices.

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Fill in completely every rows, columns and diagonals of each puzzle without repitition

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of the same digit.

VIRGO (August 23 – September 22) - This is one of those slow-moving days that could be really frustrating if you let it get that way. Try not to worry too much about how it all looks to others -- just focus on your own projects and needs.

LIBRA (September 23 – October 22) - Things may not move very quickly today, but that just means you’ve got to work twice as hard (or, maybe, care half as much). Just let things move at the pace they want and save your ire for another day.

SCORPIO (October 23 – November 21) - People don’t know everything about you, and today you prove that you’ve got hidden depth. It could be a pithy statement, or a hidden talent that you’ve never bothered showing off before.

CROSSWORD puzzle across 1. Feed (7) 4. Irish writer, Joyce (5) 7. Abdomen (7) 8. Loud (5) 9. Ship’s kitchen (6) 12. Go to live abroad (8) 15. Bliss (8) 17. Healing liquid (6) 18. Love on the, Neil Diamond hit (5) 21. Royal attendant (7)

SAGITTARIUS (November 22 – December 21) -You’ve got some serious thinking to do, so make sure you’ve got the time and space to take care of yourself. Things are looking good, as long as you can clear your head for a while.

CAPRICORN (December 22 – January 19) - New music is coming your way that may open your ears and mind to something new. Now and then you go through your own personal renaissance, and this one is almost surely musical in nature.

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22. Divide (5) 23. Noblewoman (7) DOWN 1. Steer a course (8) 2. Clatter (6) 3. Deception (4) 4. Actor, Hurt (4) 5. Negligible (7) 6. Influence (4) 10. Pine for (5) 11. Ultimate (5) 13. Income (8) 14. Usual, distinctive (7)

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Kim Chiu makes peace with estranged father Natuwa ang marami ng makita na magkasama sa isang larawan si Kim Chiu at ang kanyang ama na ipinost ng aktres sa kanyang Instagram account.

“Finally a photo with my Papa after 5 years. So happy for today. Thank you Lord,” ang caption na nilagay ni Kim sa picture nilang mag-ama. Kasama nito ang mga hashtags na “#bloodisthickerthanwater” and “#timeheals.”

Ilang taon din nabuhay si Kim na malayo sa piling nito. Matatandaang noon pa mang panahon ng

unang teen edition ng Pinoy Big Brother, kung saan itinanghal si Kim na winner, ay di maayos ang relasyon ng aktres sa kanyang mga magulang. Hanggang itong nakaraang linggo ay muli silang nagkita ng kanyang

daddy at nagkaharap.

April 29 nagkita ang dalawa sa Mindoro kung saan may show si Kim at doon nakabase at nakatira ang ama.

Kasama sa birthday wish list ni Kim na magkaayos sila ng kanyang ama kaya’t pinuntahan agad ni Kim ang kanyang tatay matapos ang kanyang commitment. Pagbaba pa lang ng sasakyan agad daw nagyakap ang dalawa, nagkamustahan at nagusap.

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Thunder, Grizzlies set to square off again OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma City Thunder and Memphis Grizzlies are ready to rumble again.

Two years after slugging it out in a Western Conference semifinal series that went the full seven games, the two rough-andtumble rivals will square off again starting in Game 1 in Oklahoma City on Sunday.

The Thunder prevailed against Memphis in the last playoff series, which featured a triple-overtime game and another with just one overtime. There’s been no love lost since then between the teams, who

combined for nine technical fouls in three meetings this season. Grizzlies star Zach Randolph and Oklahoma City enforcer Kendrick Perkins were ejected in one of the games, with a confrontation that

continued off the court and into the hallway outside both teams’ locker rooms.

With even more on the line, the tension should only increase.

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forces.

Armed MILF and MNLF forces could see each other but did not fire when policemen, led by Inspector Dandan and backed by police provincial safety company, entered the conflict area to separate the warring groups.

“We serve as peacekeepers here,” Dandan told reporters. “Both the MNLF and MILF have agreed to a temporary cessation of hostilities,” he added.

Commander Manzur said the MILF, office of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, GPH-MILF peace panels were to conduct Bangsamoro Framework Agreement information drive on Sunday in Barangay Marbol, a known area of Commander Dima Ambel, chair of the MNLF in North Cotabato.

Ambel agreed to the holding of the forum provided the MILF would not bring in firearms.

“However, the MILF brought firearms and many of them are not from the area, that is a violation to our earlier agreement,” he said.

But according to Commander Mansur, the armed MILF are native residents of Barangay Marbol and they did not violate any agreement.

At about 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Commander Mansur said the MNLF fired two M-79 grenades, one of which hit the rooftop of his home while the other in the newly paved Marbol highway. Sporadic firefights ensured between MNLF and MILF forces as evidence by dozens of empty shells found at the approach of Marbol Bridge.

No casualty was reported on the MNLF side.

As a result of the firefight, the Bangsamoro Framework Agreement information drive did not push through.

Dandan said the Matalam policemen and provincial police safety company have remained in the middle of MNLF and MILF forces.

B ot h Moro g roup s agreed to an informal ceasefire until the International Monitoring Team arrived and arranged a permanent ceasefire.

A source said the MILF wanted to put up a satellite camp in Barangay Marbol which is a known bailiwick of the MNLF. Ambel allegedly did not like the idea of MILF putting up a camp in his territory. philippine news agency

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augmentation was planned since the start of the election period on January 13 this year.

Ombao said the additional elite forces will serve as “reactionary forces” during the holding of the elections in 14 towns and three cities in Misamis Occidental.

He, however, reminded the local police who will

provide the security during the conduct of elections to properly wear uniforms.

He said an area is considered hot spots if it falls in any of the seven criteria such as intense political rivalry, presence of private armed groups, presence of Red group, loose firearms, among others.

But Ombao said that with the region’s best in the implementation of a Peace Covenant Signing, the PNP assured that the upcoming election will be safer and freer in conducting the election compared to those previous years.

He said the Comelec identified the cities of Ozamiz and Tangub as election hot spots that include the towns of Sincaban, Plaridel, Don Victoriano, Baliangao, and now Lopez Jaena.

“We will be implementing the rules and regulations of the Commission on Elections especially its gun ban and we will also secure all voting places during the ‘D-Day’ and assured Misamisnons that the police are non-partisan,” said Ombao.

For his part, Benitez urged all candidates to support the local police in its campaign for honest and peaceful by imposing discipline among their supporters who are often the sources of troubles.

“Yes, we will ask those candidates to help us in maintaining peace and order with the assurance that they will also discipline their supports,” he said.

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We build our life and character minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day.

We may think it’s “only just a minute, but our eternity is in it.”

Your life can completely change in just a minute— for good or for bad. So each minute you and I must choose either to live Jesus Christ’s way and enjoy His peace, success and satisfaction; or we can choose to live our own way and suffer for it both now and forever after we die.

So this minute you can choose to change your life for the best—once and for all. You can finally start enjoying real happiness and peace of mind.

Why not ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for living your own, wrong way? Then ask Him to take full charge of your life.

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from page 1 to resolve the armed conflict with the Communist Party of the Philippines-NDFP-New People’s Army (NPA) after a 22-month impasse and “the mounting violence” allegedly inflicted by the NPA “on soft civilian targets.”

The GPH peace panel chair was mainly referring to the armed confrontation between the NPA

and the armed bodyguards of Gingoog City mayor last April 20. The incident led to the death of Guingona’s driver and bodyguard and the wounding of Ruthie, wife of former Senator Teofisto Guingona.

The NPA claimed responsibility on the attack as it issued an apology to the Guingonas. While the Guingonas condemned the incident, they have called for the resumption of peace talks to prevent similar incidents in the future.

Padilla, however, said they can’t “wait forever” for the other party that’s why they are embarking on a new approach for the peace talks. He claimed the NDFP continually refuse to go back to the negotiating table without preconditions, referring mainly to the release of the NDFP consultants detained by the GPH. But the GPH Panel has agreed to “work for the expeditious release of detained NDFP consultants and other Jasig-protected persons,” as noted by a joint communiqué dated 18 January 2011, by the end of the exploratory talks of the two parties.

The Joint Agreement on Safety and Immunity Guarantees, signed by both parties in 1998, aims to provide guarantees to the negotiators and consultants of both parties against persecution by either side, thereby creating necessary conditions for peace negotiations.

In a previous interview with lawyer Edre Olalia, NDFP’s legal consultant, without compliance with Jasig, he said, the panelists and consultants cannot function.

Padilla also said the discussion on the Special Track, which has been proposed by NDFP consultant Jose Maria Sison, was closed because the NDFP came up with new demands.

The Special Track or the Proposal for Alliance and Truce as proposed by the NDFP was meant to “speed up and complement the regular track.” It does not, however, aim to replace or supplant the latter.

The said track has six elements, namely: Declaration of Unity and Peace; Strengthen national independence and promote industrial development; Creation of new political instruments to realize and promote the alliance; Identification of at least 20 key Philippine-controlled industrial projects in cooperation with other countries to complement other peace-building projects with assistance from various countries; and Carry out land reform program allowing big landowners to sell their land and invest in the industrial projects and truce leading to a just and lasting peace.

Padilla said the Special Track “imposed no preconditions” and would “skirt the protracted process of the regular track.” He added it would lead to an immediate ceasefire and creation of a Committee for National Unity, Peace and Development.

But he alleged that in February 25-26 this year, the NDFP, instead of discussing the Special Track, has proposed three new documents which “backtracked from their original position on a Draft Declaration, particularly on ceasefire.” He also said the NDFP wants to go back to the Regular Track.

The GPH, he said, doesn’t want to return to the regular track or formal talks “because it has been going nowhere for the last 27 years.”

But Calang said the GPH should not be disheartened that the talks had persisted for this long since 1986. He said adding up the actual time spent on the talks, it only transpired for less than a year. “For the rest of the time, there was a hiatus,”

he said.

He also said the government should not expect “more peace” since there was clearly “less talk” in the peace negotiations through the years.

“We should work for ‘more talk towards more peace,’” he urged, adding that amid the ongoing civil war, the more important thing to do is to “not lose hope, especially from the part of the government.”

Gabriela Women’s Party (GWP) also said that Malacanang’s announcement of the supposed collapse of the talks “despite the absence of active efforts to actually initiate dialogue” only displayed GPH’s “antagonistic stance” in the negotiations.

GWP Representative Luz Ilagan said the GPH should be forthcoming in pursuing peace negotiations and “should not be the first to drop the gauntlet.”

“If the Philippine government’s intent is to genuinely seek avenues for peace then it must pursue further negotiations so that it can find ways to address the roots of the armed conflict.

Unfortunately the Philippine government’s attitude has been the exact opposite,” she lamented.

Padilla said the GPH remains open to renewed talks but with under a new framework.

While Calang was hopeful with his announcement, he also cautioned that such should “be within the bounds” of The Hague Joint Declaration which was signed by both parties in 1992.

“If the ‘new approach’ is unacceptable to either party and dissolves ‘The Hague,’ then it becomes counterproductive,” Calang pointed out.

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process, Teresita Deles, said they have undertaken discussions and consultations with civil society groups and various sectors initially in Bacolod, Davao, Naga and Manila to develop the new approach.

“This (approach) will seek to address concerns both on the peace table and on the ground, especially among the communities most affected by the conflict. We are not ready to give details at this time,” she said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Calang said his group remains hopeful as the peace talks already produced agreements “beneficial” to the people whom, he said, are the real stakeholders in resolving the roots of the armed conflict.

He noted the Comprehensive Agreement on Respect for Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law signed in 1998 by both parties.

He said solving the roots of the armed conflict should not be limited by a 2016 deadline, as it is impractical. Since the peace talks is a strategic engagement for all stakeholders, Calang said, both parties to the conflict should look far ahead.

NDFP’s Negotiating Panel Chair Luis Jalandoni has already announced they are willing to move towards the resumption of formal peace talks, based on the previously signed binding agreements.

“The peace negotiations should address the roots of the armed conflict through fundamental economic, social and political reforms which will pave the way to a just and lasting peace,” he said. (Marilou AguirreTuburan/davaotoday.com)

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investment, there is no such opportunity with AS. We can only bill what we pay,” she added.

During the time of the 2010 power crisis in Min-

danao, Ms. Alabanza said Therma Marine Inc. (TMI) was the only private power producer which was offering AS. “It is NGCP’s mandate to procure AS. So we contracted with TMI. It is the ERC’s job to review the contract and ensure that it is “just.” Which is why there is a refund in the first place.

The refund is proof positive that the system works.”

The ERC granted the provisional authority for the ASPA with TMI so that the contract could immediately take effect, and NGCP would be able to immediately procure the AS the Mindanao grid badly needed. At the same time, the nature of the authority to collect AS charges was provisional in nature, so that after thoroughly reviewing the application, the ERC could decide to uphold the provisional authority, or make the necessary adjustments (which, in this case, it did), she noted further.

Engr. David A. Tauli, engineering consultant at the Office of Rep. Florencio Flores, Jr. (2nd District Bukidnon) initiated the filing of the intervention with the ERC in behalf of the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Co. (CEPALCO) questioning the computation of rates for AS during his tenure as Senior Vice President for Engineering.

“The determination of rates for ancillary services is not rocket science, and it would have taken just a modicum of intelligence on the part of the NGCP to detect the error in the proposed rates of TMI,” Mr. Tauli noted. “The error in the ASPA was the attempt

by TMI to collect Capital Recovery Fees for money that they did not infuse into the power barges, in the amount of 60 million US dollars. Such large amount could not just be overlooked

by NGCP in its review of the proposed Ancillary Services Procurement Agreement (ASPA) with TMI? “NGCP does not have oversight powers over any energy industry player. It needed only ensure that the technical requirements for the AS were met, and that the proposed supplier was tested and accredited by it,” Ms. Alabanza said.

“Whether the capital recovery fee alleged by TMI was correct or not is none of our business. We haggled best we could in a market

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where supply was low, and demand was high.”

Despite its contract with TMI, Ms. Alabanza said NGCP launched a campaign as early as 2011 to procure cheaper AS especially in areas where other suppliers were present and still continues to do so all over its franchise area.

“Even if we don’t make money off AS, [NGCP CEO] Mr. Henry Sy, Jr. personally directed the management to exert effort to negotiate for better AS contracts and to broaden the base of accredited suppliers.”

However, Mr. Tauli insists NGCP could have undertaken due diligence with its AS contract with TMI if it chose.

“At any time during the lengthy hearings at the ERC on the ASPA, the NGCP could have stepped in and testified that they made a mistake in entering into the contract with TMI. If they did, the error could have been corrected sooner than the two years that it took the ERC to finally decide that, yes, the ASPA will result in overcharging for ancillary services from the TMI power barges. The NGCP did not intervene, but supported TMI all throughout the hearings at the ERC,” he added.

Although it is part of NGCP’s mandate to procure AS, Ms. Alabanza said it does not have the authority to “detect the error in the proposed rates of TMI. That would mean investigating the books of TMI for this purpose,” she said.

“NGCP is a private company. We do not have the authority to look into the books of another company even if we have cause to do so. Our power is limited to contracting for goods and services, and deciding whether to accept goods or services at the price it was offered. At that time, in a situation where the grid is in dire need of AS, we procured what we could. If we had not procured the AS as we did, the grid would have been vulnerable to collapse, and we would have failed in our mandate,” she added.

She further clarified that the process for provisional/ final approvals and refunds was created by the ERC, not NGCP. “We just follow the rules. Mr. Tauli should take this up with the ERC, and we will gladly comply with any revision the ERC may make on it rules.” she said.

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

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC OCE-0069-2013(R.A. 10172)

May 06, 2013

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1, Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), a notice is hereby served to the public that JOCELYN VISTA PANIAMOGAN has filed with this office a petition for correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of JOREN VISTA PANIAMOGAN at EROM-MGH, Butuan City, and whose parents are JOCELYN PALOMA VISTA and RENIE DUMPAS PANIAMOGAN.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 27 May 2013.

MDN: May 7 & 14, 2013

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA

City Civil Registrar

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