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By Jun P. Felicilda, City Editor

AGAYAN de Oro City – The administrators, faculty, staff, students and alumni of Xavier University (XU) have expressed concern over the rising criminalities in the city and their impact on local economic productivity and development.

This was the gist of the special report of Councilor Edgar Cabanlas during Tuesday’s regular session of the City Council.

He said, as a Catholic institution, XU has condemned the killings and attacks that challenged the dignity of Human Life and

violates the basic human right.

Councilor Cabanlas provided Mindanao Star Daily (MinStar) a copy of the XU position paper stating the role of the Academic institution in promoting SUBSTANDARD – A road roller rolls over 179 helmets ‘uncertified’ by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI). This the values of justice, human took place outside Saint Augustine Cathedral, afternoon of March 5, 2013.

(Photo by Jun P. Felicilda, City Editor and MinPressDev Member) crimes /P5

Villar apologizes to nurses

Former congresswoman and senatorial candidate (NP-Team PNoy) Cynthia Villar wrote a letter of apology to the Philippine Nurses Association in light of recent remarks during a senatorial media forum that have earned the ire of nurses here and abroad.

Villar said that lack of time and the complexity of the issue concerning a closure order issued by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) several years ago prevented her from answering the question in a clear and

REENTRY PLANNING - PO3 Darlin C. Migullas and PO1 Ryan C. Cagula of PRO-13 during the 1st Membership Assembly of the Mindanao Press Alliance for Sustainable Development (MinPressDev), February 22, at Pryce Plaza Hotel, Cagayan de Oro City. (photo by Rolando N. Sudaria, MinStar Daily and MinPressDev)

PRO-13 injects SD to programs

By Arjay S. Felicilda, News Editor

CAGAYAN de Oro City – The Police Regional Office (PRO-13) pushes to upgrade and widen the coverage of its Barangay Peace Keeping Action Teams (BPKAT) program, with the inclusion of marginalized sectors of the society, providing them activities relevant to sustainable development (SD).

This is contained in the re-entry plan presented

by PO3 Darlin Cabalinan Migullas and PO1 Ryan

Cumahig Cagula, PRO-13 delegates to the 1st Membership Assembly of the Mindanao Press Alliance for Sustainable Development (MinPressDev), February 22, at Pryce Plaza Hotel, this city.

Along with it, PRO-13 is sustaining the “Plant a Million Trees” project, a PNP-wide advocacy activity that urges every police personnel to plant at least six trees per month.

The re-entry plan also shows the inclusion of topics on ecological waste management, energy conservation and environmental protection to the weekly radio program, “Police at your Service” over RMNDXBC 693 kilohertz, Butuan City.

It also intends to integrate SD issues and concerns in seminars and conferences to create better understandpro-13 /P5

concise manner.

In her letter addressed to the PNA Governing Board, its officers and staff, Villar wrote: “I truly am sorry for having offended the feelings of your members.

It was never my intention to belittle anyone, least of all, the valiant members of the nursing profession.”

The controversy arose when noted economist and broadcaster Winnie Monsod asked former congresswoman Villar about her alleged intervention in favor of nursing school owners that resulted in the

non-closure of substandard nursing schools way back in 2005.

Villar was unable to complete her answer because the alloted time of 1 minute for the first answer and another thirty seconds for a followup reply quickly lapsed.

“What I was trying to say during that media forum was that nursing students affected by a CHED closure order several years ago deserved concrete and better career and academic options other than just an abrupt closure of the institutions that they were currently

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enrolled in,” the head of the Villar Foundation said.

She added that: “At that villar /P5

Walay linglahay

CAGAYAN de Oro City – “Dili nato linglahon ang mga tinun-an ug mga ginikanan,” panawagan ni Konsehal Mark Ian Nacaya.

Kini, human niya nasayran nga ang scholarship program nga gipatuman diha sa ikaduhang distrito sa Cagayan de Oro, financial assistance lamang diay.

“Daghang miduol kanako nga mga ginikanan uban ang pagmahay kay

naka-take man ugaling ang ilahang mga anak sa preliminary exams, apan pagabot sa mid-term giingnan sila nga diha ra kutob ang financial assistance nga gigahin alang kanila,” butyag ni Konsehal Nacaya.

Matud niya, bisan ang mga pastor mipahibalo kaniya mahitungod niini nga situwasyon.

Siya miingon nga “dili linglahay /P5 Mark Ian Nacaya

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Medical waste facility gisubhan Sinulat ni Arjay S. Felicilda, News Editor

GISUBHAN karong bag-o ang modernong kahimanan nga moproseso sa mga basura gikan sa mga ospital.

Ang kahimanan nga gipahimutang sa Basura Bai Atbp, pinangulohan ni Roland Ramos, gitawag og Medical Waste Processing

Facility.

Alang kang Mayor Vicente Emano, ang pag-angkon labing unang medical waste facility sa dakbayan, “usa ka timaan sa atong paglambo.”

Siya nagpasalamat ngadto sa mga nagpasiugda sa nahisgotang kahimanan.

“Makalaum kamo nga anaa ang suporta sa dakbayan alang sa pagsiguro sa maayong panglawas sa katawhan, matud ni Mayor Emano.

Ang Medical Waste Processing Facility anaa gipahimutang sa landfill sa

Barangay Carmen, kansang proseso mao ang pagsunog ug pagtunawsa sa mga basura gikan sa mga ospital.

“Sa ingon nga paagi, dili maapektohan ang katawhan ug kinaiyahan,” nagkanayon ang mayor. (basi sa report sa The Power)

More multi-million investments for CdeO CAGAYAN de Oro City continues to experience economic boom.

Mayor Vicente Y. Emano said multi-million investments are soon to be poured into the city.

It was learned that

the would-be investors concerned have already informed the mayor of their intention to start businesses here this year.

Megaworld Corporation, Kenny Rogers, Rustans Supermarket,

Inc. and others are entering the city’s market.

But that is not all. Other developments will take place, he said.

“Gawas niini, adunay pagatukurong tulo ka high rise buildings

diha dapit sa Vacation Hotel, Ramon Chavez Streeet ning dakbayan, apan mihangyo kanako ang imbestor nga dili una ibutyag ang mga detalye niini,” he added. (The Power/asf )

K+12: Meeting the global challenge

By GILTRHOD L. DINGDING

ON the education front, the Aquino administration has put its stake on a bold and major policy initiative that will have, arguably, long-lasting and farreaching impacts for the millions of Filipino youth finding their place in the world.

The Kindergarten plus 12 initiative or K+12 seeks to add two more years to the basic education curriculum. The central rationale to this thrust is to ensure that Filipino graduates become “globally-competitive and acceptable,” considering the fact that the Philippines remains one of the last two countries in the world that have a ten-year education cycle.

The present system is said to have resulted in poor performance by the students, compounded by the poor quality and lack of teachers, classrooms, textbooks, and other facilities.

International scores in science and mathematics put the Philippines at the bottom of the heap, exposing the sad state of basic comprehension and analytical skills amongst the great majority of our students in the public school system.

The rationale for this centerpiece program of the Department of Education seems therefore earnest and straightforward.

Who could be possibly against setting higher standards for basic education, and for our graduates to stand a better chance at having gainful employment and greater opportunities for professional advancement by being better-equipped with more learning and life-skills after 12 years of study?

The problem, however, is that the K+12 initiative has become a source of acrimonious debate, eliciting some downright accusations of this being patently elitist and biased for big-business requirements for a more qualified and skilled labor force.

Many teachers groups, parents and various education advocacy organizations claim that K+12 is “anti-poor” because it supposedly forces upon the poor the additional burdens of spending for two more years of schooling.

And the largely impoverished state of public education— with the perennial problem of inadequate or ever-constricting annual budgets in real terms— makes the additional two years seem like too ambitious a pipedream.

“Where will government get the money for two more years of educating at least 20 million students at the basic education level, when it can hardly meet the most basic needs and minimum conditions for quality education in a 10-year period?” some organizations like the Alliance of Concerned Teachers ask.

The estimated cost of a five-year period to transition to a 12-year system is around P150 billion, or P30 billion a year.

The question nags: If there is already great difficulty in hiring 10,000 new teachers a year, how could we possibly hire the required 100,000 new teachers

for better student-teacher ratios in a 12-year cycle?

Or—if we cannot even bridge the 40,000 classrooms-a-year shortage, how can we accommodate the burgeoning population of pre and post-high school students in a 12-year system in the medium term?

The reality of a high drop-out rate also exacerbates the very issue of K+12. If out of every 100 students who enter first grade, only 43 complete high school, the pressing challenge then, many will say, relates to how we can first keep students learning in school in 10 years—rather than making it even more difficult for them to finish a longer basic education cycle.

The drop-out rate will arguably, as a matter of concern by such groups, increase because of the extra two years.

Both sides of the debate have sound and fairly reasoned arguments, but the contention boils down to the tension between short-term needs of affordability and employment, and the longer-term imperative for quality education and global competitiveness with better skills and enhanced training and productivity.

All told, the debate should rage; we must refer to or increase the number of research and pedagogical studies on the issue, the better to make us understand what the best policy paths to education reform are.

The strength of a country, after all, lies in the capacity of a vast majority of its people to think critically and creatively— and contribute significantly to its commerce and wealth-creating possibilities. A society is only as strong as its citizens who are able to innovatively tap into their potentials because of a liberating, equitable, forward-looking, rigor-driven and technologyanchored education system.

In a world of dizzying change and breakneck technological advancements, it is not enough that future generations of Filipinos have the requisite skills for functional literacy. They need the more critical faculties of comprehension, analysis and conceptual thinking—not simply to be part of a pool of competitive job-seekers in the domestic or global labor market, but to be a part of a much-needed and much-wider field of talent, knowledge and skill from whence our own scientists, engineers, teachers, doctors, entrepreneurs, technicians and artists, will arise to rebuild and redefine larger national aspirations for greatness.

It is the state’s mandate to provide basic education and ensure that parents are enabled to help all children finish school.

As it is the duty of the state—and every Filipino parent—to be unflinching in the pursuit not just of “employable, competitive skills” but of the inherent value of human excellence, ingenuity and merit. That, in the end, should be the ultimate measure of country’s educational system. A real, lifelong learning process—far more than an arbitrary period of 10 or 12 years.

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AN OPEN LETTER TO MAYOR VICENTE Y. EMANO & THE CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY COUNCIL Dear Mayor Emano and Honorable Members of the Sangguniang Panlungsod of Cagayan de Oro: Greetings from the water consumers of Cagayan de Oro! Most residents of the city are acutely aware of the growing shortage in potable water supply in many of the barangays where some have running water only from 9 to 12 hours a day.

What is ironic is that this shortage is happening not because water supply is insufficient to meet water demand but because the COA (Commission on Audit) has disallowed Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) from issuing purchase orders for additional volume of treated water which are readily available from its bulk water supplier, Rio Verde Water Consortium, Inc. We are aware that Rio Verde can easily provide an additional volume of at least 40,000 cubic meters of treated water a day to COWD which would instantly resolve the water crisis but is prevented from doing so because of the COA disallowance.

However, we, the long-suffering consumers of the affected water-short areas, believe that the Local Government Code of 1991 has empowered the City Chief Executive and City Council with sufficient authority to resolve the legal impasse without need of going through a protracted legal process.

We appeal to the City’s Chief Executive and the City Council to take the necessary measures provided under the Local Government Code to allow the consumers to access this available water without prejudice to whatever future judgment the courts may render on the legal constraints imposed on COWD by COA. Water is a human right and not a privilege. We, the water consumers of Cagayan de Oro, need our leaders to come together to find a way around the legal obstacle preventing the water from flowing to our households, and deliver a free flowing supply 24/7 that the system is technically capable of doing right away despite the COA disallowance.

We trust this matter merits your soonest and immediate attention. Water is life. Give us today what’s rightfully ours.

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Dili pike Special Gospel of the day:Juan1:43-51(March7, 2013-Thursday)Juan1:45Ug gikahibalag ni Felipe si Natanael, ug siya miingon kaniya, “Among gikahibalag siya nga mahitungod gani kaniya si Moises diha sa kasugoan ug usab ang mga profeta nanagsulat, mahitungod kang Jesus nga Nazaretnon, nga anak ni Jose:Sa Exequiel33:7-9-kun makakabig kag tawong daotan ug magbag-o sa iyang kagawi-an, luwason ka sa Dios, apan sa laing bahin, kun imong pasagdan, ikaw iyang paninglan.

Mao kini ang gibuhat ni Felipe nga iyang gidapit si Natanael sa pag-ila kang Jesus ug gani sa pagsunod kaniya.Kita kaha, may pakialam ba kita sa atong mga silingan ug pamilya nga makaila sa iyang naghingaping gugma.Sa Lukas6:39-no blind can carry another blind.Kini ang rason nga si Felipe human “nakonbinsi”

Biblical Reflection

KINSA KANA? – Sa tinindugan ug bayhon, walay mosipyat pag-ila nianang anaa sa tunga sa dalan… nagtrapikkkk. Dili ingnon nga wala siyay salig sa RTA, apan gipakita lamang niya nga ang trabaho sa RTA, mahimo usab niya. Siya si Mayor Vicente Emano samtang nagpahapsay sa dagan sa mga sakyanan kaniadtong Domingo diha sa junction sa Capistrano ug Gaerlan Streets, dakbayan sa Cagayan de Oro City. Pangutana : Mahimo kaha kini sa chair sa city council committee on public utilities nga si Konsehal Alden Bacal? Dili kaha siya ma-ulaw? (photo by Jun Felicilda, City Editor and MinPressDev Member)

Likay-disgrasya, dawat grasya

PASAYLO-A mga higala kung panagsa ra gyud ako makasulat sa akong opinyon para sa Mindanao Star Daily kay unsaon wala man gyud ako sukad ma-presidente sige man lang ko og “bisi.”

••• Gahapon miabot ang laing duha ka mga kandidato sa Team PNoy nga sila si Grace ug Chiz.

Malipay gyud ko kung maka-anhi dinhi sa dakbayan kining mga politiko ng kandidato kay kanunay ako man gyud nga isingit kining pangutana kung ngano nga inutil man ang gobyerno batok sa sigeg pagtaas sa balayronon sa matrikula ug uban pang balayronon sa eskwelahan ug nganong inutil sab ang gobyerno batok sa pagsigeg taas sa lana.

Nagkalain-laing tubag ang atong madunggan, sama ni Chiz nga matod niya asa man diay kuno kuhaon sa eskwelahan ang ilang galamiton aron mas

Aw diay!

Ruel V. Pelone mamaayo ang eskwelahan ug paghatag sa edukasyon sa mga magtutungha.

Buot ipasabot nga antus na lang gud kita nga mga ginikanan kay para man sab sa kaayuhan sa atong mga anak ang sigeg pagpataas og twisyon.

Wala may problema kung magsigeg taas ang twisyon batas ang suhulan magsige pud og taas.

Para ni Chiz nga sige nila ga-ipares kang Inday Heart Evangelista, angayan lang nga adunay tuition hike o pagtaas sa twisyon kay aha man kuno kuhaon sa eskwelahan ang ilang igasto aron sa ekipo ug uban pa. Insakto pud. Antus na

lang kitang mga ginikanan .

••• Hinoon gahapon, halos dili na ko kalakaw tungod sa kabusog.

Maayo gyud diay nga moanhi kining mga kandidatong politiko kay makakaon gyud kita og lamitang putahe.

Unsaon kanunay man magbalikbalik ang among sud-an sa balay nga “fish fillet de el niño” [bulad] ug saulted seafoods [ginamos].

Daghan-daghan mi nga nangaon gahapon busa halos ga ilog sa sud-an kay paunahay ug paisogay man ang estilo. Inig masingkahan nimo ang “waiter” ikaw

gyud ang unang maserbisyohan. Aw diay!

Siyempre, inig human og kaon, adto dayon sa gawas sa restaurant kay “yosi time.” As in pawala daw sa lood.

Lood gud, nga pinapilit man nga Bulalo ang giserved, paresan sa panga sa isda ug pusit nga sinugba ug inubanan sa pakbet nga gisulod sa kalabasa, haskang loora oy!

••• Unya kay busog na man, go back to work na kay nalibre sa paniudto.

Pag-abot sa opisina.

Oy, nagpadala og “text message” ang matod pa bagman ni Chiz ug Grace nga pabalikon sa restaurant ang mga “media.”

Ngano kaha! Karatil gud ug balik ang mitambong.

Ngano kaha nga pabalikon?

Aw diay, naghatag man og sobre ang tigdumala ni Chiz ug Grace. Maayo man og disgrasya kay likayan, grasya gud di dawaton.

“Passion Brings Prosperity” BRO. EDCEL L. CLOSAS

ni Kristo, nanakod sa laing tawo tungod kay siya dili buta nga pagkadisipulo.

So therefore, ang barometro diay sa alagad nga “dili pike”makakabig ug kalag isip iyang bunga.

Pila namay imong nakabig balik sa sabakan sa Dios?

Juan1:46-Ug si Natanael nangutana kaniya, “Aduna ba guy maayong butang gikan sa Nazaret?” Si Felipe mitubag kaniya, “Umari ka ug tan-awa: Mao kini ang katarongan pike /P5

Think a minute…

There’s a best-selling book entitled, Do What You Love And The Money Will Follow.

It explains that if you’re passionate and good at your job, then you will be happy and successful at your job. Passion is loving and believing something no matter how hard it is to get there. It’s like a powerful river that will make its way through no matter what.

But first, you and I must choose work that we enjoy and are good at. And that’s not always easy. In fact, sometimes it takes a lot of courage to change jobs! Especially for those of us who were taught we should choose work that’s secure and pays well even if

you hate it! After all, it’s only a job, right? The problem is you spend so much of your life at work, so if you hate your job you’re going to hate much of your life!

Most successful people have had to face this same fear of changing jobs. They just did it anyway. So ask yourself: “Do I want to spend the rest of my life at a job I’m not that good at? Or a job I don’t enjoy?” If you don’t, do you have the courage to change jobs so you can start doing something you are good at and enjoy? Think… if you improve your skill and go all the way in training for that new job or career, could you become successful? Of course, if you have

a family to take care of and provide for, then you must be very careful and responsible before you make this kind of big change. You should probably start slowly and carefully by first trying your new work a little on the side or just part-time. Then if it goes well, you’ll have more experience and confidence to know you can support your family with this new kind of work.

However, there’s one person who can help you know what you yourself are good at, and that’s the One Who made you. No one knows you better than your own Creator. He knows what He designed you to do well! So why not ask Jesus right now

to forgive you for living your own way? Then ask Him to take full charge of your life and career. It’s not until you start living for Jesus His way that you will finally find your place in life, so you can start enjoying the satisfaction of real success. Just Think a Minute…

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Absentee voting application now accepted

By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat

C A G AYA N d e O r o City - The Commission on Elections Region 10 (Comelec-10) is calling all government officials and members, AFP and PNP to submit application for local absentee voting not later than March 15 as well as members of media not beyond March 31.

In the resolution no.

9637, early voting for members of the Mass Media in the May 2013 is allowed.

They are entitled to such early voting since they will not be able to vote due to the performance of their functions in covering and reporting the conduct of elections.

Acting regional election director of Region 10 Noli R. Pipo said duly registered voters of government officials and employees including the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), and the Philippine National

Police (PNP) are allowed to vote for the national positions such Senators and Party-List Representatives in places where they are not registered but where they are temporarily assigned to perform election duties on election day as provided under Executive Order No. 157 and Republic Act No. 7166.

As such, government officials and employees, members of the AFP and PNP can submit their applications to their heads

of offices/ supervisors and commanders. Meanwhile the media can submit to either the office of the Provincial Election Supervisor (OPES) where they are registered as a voter, or the Office of the City Election Officer (OCEO) in case of highly urbanized or independent cities such as Iligan and Cagayan de Oro City in region 10 if they are registered in the two cities.

Local absentee voters shall vote any day from

Reconnection fee sa COWD gikwestiyon GIHANGYO NI KONSEHAL Juan Sia ang Cagayan de Oro Water District (COWD) pagpatin-aw kung unsa kanang gipatuman nga reconnection fee.

Kini, isip reaksiyon ngadto sa reklamo sa mga

konsumedor sa tubig batok sa dakong bayrunon sa pagpa-reconnect sa metrosan.

Unang mihatud niini nga reklamo sa katawhan nganha sa konseho si Konsehal Alvin Calingin.

Si Konsehal Sia, kinsa

maoy chair sa city council committee on trade and industry, miingon nga kinahanglang hatagan kini og pagtagad sa COWD, ilabi na kay ang kasagarang maputlan sa tubig mao kadtong mga kabus nga konsumedor.

Villar......

kasyahin sa loob ng isang minuto at kalahati ang lahat ng gusto kong sabihin tungkol sa mga naging problema ng mga mag-aaral ng nursing noon at hanggang ngayon. Napakalaki ng aking paghanga sa mga nars, saan man sila naglilingkod kaya’t nalulungkot ako dahil nagkulang ang aking pagpapaliwanag.” (“It was really difficult to say everything I wanted to say about the problems confronting our nurses then and now within one minute and thirty seconds. I have such a high regard for nurses wherever they are assigned to serve, which is why I felt sad for not being able to offer a more comprehensive and complete answer.”)

At the end of her two-page letter, the former congresswoman from Las Pinas City said that the controversy arising from her remarks made her even more zealous about promoting the rights and welfare of Filipino nurses.

“I sincerely want to learn more about the challenges confronting Filipino nurses here and abroad. Perhaps, at the appropriate time and with the help of the PNA and your chapters worldwide, we could start a dialogue on a common agenda to help our nurses and improve services and facilities for public health care,” she said.

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time, I was part of a legislative oversight committee that had to intervene to make sure that the welfare and rights of these students, their parents, and teachers were given sufficient thought and consideration by CHED and the school owners.”

Villar also noted that as early as May 2012, she was already advocating for a ladderized system of curriculum that would give academic credits and the appropriate skills certificates for nursing students who due to financial constraints were unable to complete their nursing degree and pass the board examinations.

The candidate also known as “Misis Hanepbuhay” underscored her commitment to fight for better wages for government nurses based on a law passed in 2002 that was principally authored by her husband, Senator Manny Villar.

“During the First Davao del Sur Congress of the Philippine Nurses Association- Davao del Sur Chapter in November of last year, I spoke in favor of the immediate implementation of Republic Act No. 9173 also known as the Nursing Act of 2002 that increases the minimum salary of government nurses to around Php 24,000 or Salary Grade 15 instead of the present Php 18,000 equivalent to only Salary Grade 11.”

“That this law passed way back in 2002 remains unimplemented speaks volumes about the sad plight of your sector.

No wonder so many Filipino nurses are compelled to leave the country for economic reasons,” Villar said in her letter to the PNA, adding that prices of basic commodities have risen sharply since 2002 thus making the Php24,000 minimum wage threshhold obsolete.

The lady legislator also appealed to Filipino nurses and nursing students not to judge her based on a comment made under extreme time pressure.

“Mahirap po talagang pag-

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ing and awareness, among PNP personnel.

POI Cagula was elected member of the 15-man board of directors during the assembly, with Tess S. Baluyos (DOST10); Mike Baños (Kagay-anon. com/Online News); Armando Benabaye (MBC-DXIQ FM Love Radio – Malaybalay); Justino E. Carbonilla (DARDinagat); Lt. Col. Rolly C. Dumawa (G7, 4ID, PA); Arjay S. Felicilda (Mindanao Star Daily); Ruffy Magbanua (A Brown Company, Inc.); Allan Mediante (Mindanao

Sa iyahang bahin, si Engr.

Bienvinido Batar sa COWD miingon nga ang reconnection fee kabahin sa ilahang palisiya, apan mipasalig nga iya kining ipaabot ngadto sa board sa COWD board.

(JRG/asf)

issue of public safety and security.

Councilor Cabanlas have joined in calling on the city police offices and units to intensify their operations against lawlessness and quickly resolve the reported cases of criminalities and violence in the City.

They also expect the other line agencies to strictly monitor and consistently implement the election gun ban and sustain public vigilance, “as vigilance from page 1 leads to our own security and survival in the face of dignity, integrity and peace growing apprehension and among the Kagayanons. fear.” (Jun P. Felicilda, City The paper described Editor and MinPressDev Cagayan de Oro City be- Member) ing home to peace-loving and hospitable Kagayanons, known for its tranquility and considered as one of the from page 1 safest cities in the country.

“Investments and busi- nganong si Natanael gaduda ness developments have con- kang Jesus sanglit siya usa tributed to the increase of man ka Judio, kay silang job opportunities and eco- mga Judio gaabuso man nomic productivity, while gud ug gapataas sa ilang accessibility to some of the panghunahuna nga sila lacountry’s famous tourist mang ang maayo nga sa ato destinations has attracted pa, hasta si Jesus na “mis foreign visitors to experi- interpreted” ni Natanael ence the city’s simple and nga may pagkamaldito. laid back atmosphere,” it Dinhi atong makita nga si Felipe gahimo ug “actual further stated.

It went further that catechism” pinaagi sa pagCagayan de Oro City, as dala ni Natanael ngadto the Melting Pot of Mind- kang Jesus, para siya misanao”, is tainted with issues mo maoy makasinati isip iyang“personal experience.” of peace and order.

“Innocent Kagayanons SPONSORED:Neneth-Bohave become victims of a bongBalino-Dr.Edith,PhDseries of holdups where not TonyJordan-CDO.San Pedro only are they robbed, but Calungsod, iampo mo kami! viciously killed. A number Listen: Radio Ultra AMof violent attacks and mur- 1188-3:00 PM-Sunday! der associated to personal interest or conflicts have been recorded during the from page 1 first quarter of 2013.” kana angay sundugon The movants called on the local government to kay sayop kana nga modtake necessary measures elo sa paghatag og serbisyo that would guarantee public sa gobyerno.”

Isip principal author safety and security even as they requested City Peace s a l o c a l s ch o ol b o ard and Order Council to im- scholarship program sa mediately respond to the dakbayan, siya namulong

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April 28, 29, and 30 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. under the direct supervision and presence of the municipal, city, district EO or his representative; or the PES or his representative.

On the other hand, voting of government officials and employees, the AFP and PNP, head of office/supervisor/commander shall not be later than April 15 provided there is a written notice upon the municipal/ city/district EO. Further, media voters

shall vote in the Comelec office where they filed their applications to avail the local absentee voting.

Specifically, local absentee voters shall vote not earlier than 15 days before the elections nor later than 12 days before the elections.

According to Atty. Pipo, the May 13 synchronized national, local and ARMM regional elections, absentee voters can only vote for the positions of senators and Party-List representative.

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PIA News Bits Director Abner M. Caga PIA, R10 & 13 Cluster

Usefulness of Laguindingan Airport explained CAGAYAN de Oro City - The Laguindingan Airport Development Project aims to establish an international-standard airport in Misamis Oriental to replace the two airports in the Cagayan de Oro – Iligan Corridor (CIC), namely the existing Cagayan De Oro (Lumbia) Airport and the Iligan (Balo-i) Airport. Both airports have terrain and weather restrictions limiting the safe operation of wide-body commercial aircrafts.

Coffee coop signs MOA with DAR SURIGAO del Sur - The DAR-Surigao del Sur and the Mabuhay Kahayagan Coffee Growers Cooperative have signed a MOA for the implementation of the P2.9M Agrarian Community Connectivity & Economic Support Services. The signing was held recently at Barangay Kahayagan, Tagbina. The service facilities include 4WD tractor, huller, grass cutter, power sprayer and flat bed dryer.

List of voters posted MISAMIS Occidental - The COMELEC has now posted the Certified List of Voters (CLV) for purposes of the May automated elections. The posting of the CLV was set for February 12, but moved to February 28, this year.

Gender and development council spearheads women activities SURIGAO del Norte - The Provincial Gender and Development Coordinating Council (GADCC) spearheaded the Hanging of Tarpaulin, Fun Walk and Hataw Exercise, 5:30 in the morning yesterday.

The activity was in line with this year’s celebration of Women’s Month, along the theme “Kababaihan: Gabay sa Pagtahak sa Tuwid na Daan.” nga angay gayod subayon ang hustong pamaagi.

“Scholarship ang angay map a himuslan s a mga tinun-an, dili kay financial assistance lamang,” pulong niya.

Si Konsehal Nacaya, kinsa modagan pagkakongresista sa ikaduhang distrito sa Cagayan de Oro sa piliay sa Mayo, miingon nga “maghimo kita og scholarship package sa mga estudyante, nga qualified gayud. Ikaduha, para sa out-of-school youths nga dili makasulo d sa

qualifying category para sa university ug college nato dinhi.”

Matud niya, maghimo siya og O ut-of-S cho ol Youth Center nga mamahimo nilang tunghaan.

“Dili nato awaton kanang gabuhaton karon sa incumbent nga kong re s i s t a s a i k a du h ang distrito nga ga-ipublikar ang kunohay scholarship program, apan layo ra sa tinood kay financial assistance ra diay,” panapos ni Konsehal Nacaya.

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Search for Mrs. FLMIS 2013 Iligan sponsors Water Conservation Month 2013

By Melvin T. Anggot and Virgilio C. Garcia

By LUCY TUMALA REUYAN

The Francisco Laya Memorial Integrated School Celebrated its 41st Foundation Day last February 22, 2013, in which the school was created since 1972. The highlight of the celebration was the Search for Mrs. FLMIS and it was a fabulous affair since that was the very first time that the school involves the parents to be the center of the celebration.

Mrs. Melona Labasano Quimno was crowned as Mrs. FLMIS 2013. It was a memorable event wherein the children enjoyed performing their field demonstrations with their colorful costumes and props. We the teaching staff, the principal, and the entire community were very happy and thankful that the affair was successfully done. Congrats to all!

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Nadala sa mga tulisan ang PhP57,798.00 human nila giilog ang 38 kalibreng

armas sa guwardiya’ng si Renante Fernandez Astillero.

Sa imbestigasyon sa kapulisan, ang guwardiya misugilon nga ang mga tulisan nagsul-ob og bonnet.

Kini nga kaso padayon pang giiimbistigar sa kapulisan, ubos sa pagpangulo ni P/Supt. Marcial Rey T. Fronteras.

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present. The purpose of the survey was to find out what are the existing and potential ecotourism attractions in the different barangays of the city. “ Tr u e p ar t ne rsh ip s between our communities, the tourism sector and the environment can only happen if all sides will come together for one common cause and that is to drive in inclusive economic growth”, Director Bugante added.

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Provincial Director of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) – Zamboanga City, who discussed his agency’s “One Barangay, One Product” advocacy.

In order to be enlightened on the ecotourism potentials of the city, Dr. Marilou Elago, Dean of CSM-WMSU, distributed survey questionnaires to the Barangay Chairmen

ILIGAN City - As in previous years, the city government will observe and celebrate the Water Conservation Month, this month.

In consonance with the executive order of Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz, the

activities will include a pulong-pulong in the barangays, tree planting and trekking in the watersheds and photo contest, among others.

This will be led by the Iligan City Waterworks

Systems Office.

The activities are aimed to draw people’s awareness of the importance of clean water in the life of humans.

The city of Iligan is one in the objective, through the directive of Mayor Law-

rence Ll. Cruz to adapt the United Nations theme, Water Conservation Awareness: Importance of Water, Sustainability and the Role of Every Mankind, Organizations and Stakeholders.

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Junior accountants convene

By Niña Beatriz H. Castro

Iligan City - The Accountancy-offering schools of Iligan City and Naawan, Misamis oriental had organized themselves into the Greater Iligan Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (GIJPIA).

Schools involved are the MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology, St. Michael’s College, MSU-Naawan and Master’s Technological Institute of Mindanao.

GIJPIA was organized through the vision and effort of Ma. Cecilia P. Lagaras, CPA, MBM, president of the Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Iligan-Lanao Chapter.

The individual JPIAs were unified to establish a more sustainable governing body that will promote

mutual understanding and cooperation among them.

According to Presidentelect Gay S. Malolot, GIJPIA was organized “to promote unity and camaraderie among these schools not only in conducting Accountancy-related endeavours but also in upholding corporate social responsibility; to encourage active participation among members, and to dwindle biases as the case had been for the past years where only one school leads and the rest follow.”

The recent activities organized by GIJPIA, namely, Islamic Accounting Seminar, Shoebox Gift-giving Project and Variety Show: A Tribute to Teachers, provided an opportunity for the Accountancy students of Iligan City and Naawan

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DOT-R9 Supports the 1st Zamboanga City Ecotourism Awareness Summit one of the interesting activities in the city”. He made mention that tourism has been one of the priority projects of the City Government in the past (6) six years. In addition, the City Government has a Php16 million budget allotted for the First Phase Development of Sta. Cruz Island, one of the tourist spots of the city. Other tourist sites that will be developed are the Merloquette

DOT Regional Director Mary June Bugante delivering the Keynote Address on behalf of Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr

The Zamboanga City Government conducted its first Ecotourism Awareness Summit last February 27, 2013 at the Centro Latino Multi-purpose Building, Paseo del Mar, this city. The Department of Tourism (DOT) – Region IX and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) – Region IX worked together with the College of Science and Mathematics of the Western Mindanao State University (CSM-WMSU), Zamboanga City Tourism Office and the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) in gathering all Barangay Chairmen of the city and various concerned government agencies to the event.

“We, in the Department of Tourism, see ourselves playing the lead role in leapfrogging responsible tourism,” said DOT-R9 Regional Director Mary June G. Bugante in the Keynote Address she delivered on behalf of DOT Secretary Ramon Jimenez, Jr. She emphasized that “Tourism is about shared responsibility between the government and tourism stakeholders.” She remarked that there is a need for the city to focus on ecotourism since most of its tourist attractions are natural. Moreover, she requested the Barangay Chairmen to help in this endeavor since they are its direct stakeholders.

The summit’s Master of Ceremonies was Councilor Rogelio “Gerky” Valesco, Jr., who chairs the Tourism Committee in the Sangguniang Panlungsod. He revealed that the summit was primarily organized by the city in order to make tourism stakeholders, particularly the barangays and government agencies, aware of environmental policies. He underscored the need for “tourism enhancement and promotions in Zamboanga City”.

City Administrator, Antonio Orendain, Jr., who delivered the Welcome Message on behalf of Mayor Celso Lobregat, stressed the need to “push ecotourism as

Falls, Bolong Beach, and Salaan Cave, to mention a few. He added that through this initiative, Zamboanga City hopes to jumpstart, develop and strengthen its tourism industry since more tourist arrivals would mean more jobs.

This development will also aid the city’s economic growth.

Regional Executive Director of DENR-R9, Arleigh Adorable, briefed the participants on the

ecotourism situation of Zamboanga City. He cited the different ecotourism areas in the city, particularly Pasonanca Natural Park, Sta. Cruz Island, and the Victoria and Quiniput Caves.

Furthermore, DENR-R9 Regional Technical Director Dioscoro Melana, talked about the policies for ecotourism development.

Ms. Marilou Silorio, Senior Tourism Operations Officer of

DOT-R9, spoke on communitybased ecotourism programs and products while Dr. Jihan HashimAdil of the Environmental Engineering Department of WMSU talked about eco-waste management. Other speakers were Mr. Charlie Villanueva, Executive Producer and Director of VEZ TV, a local magazine show in the city and Engr. Rolando Acuña, zamboanga /P7