Mindanao Star Daily (April 19, 2013 Issue)

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YO U R C O M M U N I T Y N E W S PA P E R

2nd VOL. I

No.220

Cagayan de Oro City

Friday

April 19, 2013

P10.00

8th Palm Oil Congress gathers 500 stakeholders

‘Roadmap to Palm Oil industry now inevitable’

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By Cheng Ordonez, Editor-At-Large

OME 500 delegates huddle with their prospective partners and investors in the industry, which produces oil palm by growing what is said to be “the best crop to overcome poverty,” during the successful opening yesterday, April 18, 2013, of the two-day 8th Palm Oil Congress, being held at the posh Xavier Sports and Country Club, Xavier Estates, Cagayan de Oro City. Agriculture Secretary Alcala be relevant to the times. PCA did not make it due to equally (Philippine Coconut Authority) important undertaking, but Ag- Administrator Euclides G. Forbes riculture Assistant Secretary Ed- has told me that in 2004, an Oil ilberberto de Luna delivered his Palm Roadmap was made and, message at the opening program, in fact, was presented during which cited the need to have an one of your National Palm Oil “Oil Palm Industry Roadmap.” Congresses. If it did not take “The need to have an updated off the ground, there must be Oil Palm Industry Roadmap a problem or problems. And in is now inevitable since situa- my term, I cannot allow that to tions have changed and we must roadmap /P5

DTI urges consumers to be smart on online shopping By Lorry V. Gabule

ILIGAN CITY - The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has urged shoppers who also do online shopping to be careful with their purchases. Although online shopping is not prohibited, but this might not be totally safe for the consumers. Unlike at shopping malls, addressing problems in online purchase may be more difficult, the DTI said. Products bought at shopping malls are still easier to replace

when found defective unlike in online shopping, that is why it is still risky even when it is under the Philippine Consumer Act. The Consumer Act protects consumers against deceptive sales practices. A deceptive sales act or practice is defined as an act on the part of the seller that induces a consumer to enter into a sales or lease transaction of any consumer product or service through concealment, false representation or fraudulent manipulation. What does concealment, false dti /P5

Giyera dili malikayan - NPA Sinulat ni Arjay S. Felicilda, News Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Dili kalikayan ang panaggubat tali sa mga sundalo sa gobyerno ug New People’s Army (NPA) “samtang ang katawhan subsob usab nga nakigggubat batok sa mapahimuslanong gobyerno nga nagaalagad sa langyaw ug lokal nga nagharing hut-ong.” Kini ang unod sa sulat nga

nadawat sa Mindanao Star gikan sa nagpa-ilang tigpamaba sa NPA North Central Mindanao Regional Command nga si Allan Juanito. Sa maong sulat iyang gikompirmar usab ang engkwentro tali sa gitawag niya’g usa ka gerilya yunit ubos sa Mt. Kitanglad Sub-regional Command ug Regional Police npa /P5

Agriculture Assistant Secretary Edilberto de Luna (center) receives a plaque of appreciation from Philippine Palm Oil Development Council, Inc. President Robertino Pizarro (left), also president of A Brown Company, assisted by PPCDI Vice President Erwin Garcia. Asec. Luna represented Agriculture Sec. Proceso J. Alcala, yesterday, at the opening of the two-day 8th Palm Oil Congress, being held at the posh Xavier Estates, Cagayan de Oro City. (Photo by Karen Mae Eduave Liñan, MassCom Intern, Liceo University)

Anti-hospital privatization nagkakusog Sinulat ni Arjay S. Felicilda, News Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Nagkakusog ang kawsa batok sa pagpribado sa mga tambalanan sa kagamhanan sa Pilipinas. Gawas sa mga militanting grupo, mitumaw usab ang uban pang mga hugpong sa katawhang nabalaka sa maong lakang sa mga magbabalaud sa nasud. Usa sa mga milihok karong panahona ang grupong gitawag og network opposed to privatiza-

tion (NOP). Gisang-at nila ang ilahang yangungo nganha sa city council committee on health aron masuportahan ang ilahang kawsa. Ang NOP gilangkob sa nagpakabanang mga lungsuranon nga supak sa privatization scheme sa mga pampublikong hospital. Gipangusgan sa mga magbabalaud ang pagpribado sa Northern Mindanao Medical Center ning dakbayan, Mayor Hilarion A. Ramiro Sr. Regional Training and Teaching Hospital sa dakbayan sa

Ozamis ug uban pang government hospitals sa nasod. Nasang-at na sa kongreso ang House Bill No. 6699 ug Senate Bill 3130 mahitungod niini nga lakang. Ang maong mga sugyot-balaod naghisgot usab sa pagpribado sa government owned and controlled corporations (GOCCs). Ang NOP miingon nga kung mapribado na ang mga tambalanan, wala nay kadangpan ang mga kabus alang sa baratong tambal ug serbisyo sa panglawas. (uban sa report ni JRG/The Power)

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