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‘Tiange sa Park’ not ‘Nite Café’

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Fare matrix from CDO to airport up for discussion

CAGAYAN de Oro City--The City Council here would tackle the issue on fare rates of shuttle services from the city to the domestic airport in Laguindingan and vice versa.

Vice Mayor Ian Acenas said that the local legislative body was reacting to an invitation of the regional Land Transportation and Franchising Board (LTFRB) for the city government to make representation in a hearing to determine the fare matrix rates.

He said a shuttle operator petitioned the LTFRB last June 24 to allow them to charge a P 249 per person fare matrix from Cagayan de Oro City to and from the airport.

City Councilor Alden Bacala said that based on a memorandum circular of the LTFRB, the fare should be P2.50 per kilometer, which would mean that the fare from Cagayan de Oro City to and from the airport would only cost P100.

“The City Council should discern to arrive at a fair and just matrix,” Bacal said.

He said the city should come up with its own proposal on fare matrix for submission to the LTFRB. Acenas said he has endorsed the report to the City Council’s Committee on Public Utilities for appropriate action and recommendation. (PNA) CD/CD

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l The city government interposes no objection says Mayor Moreno

By CRIS DIAZ, Executive Editor

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ISAMIS Oriental--Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano on Thursday said he would prefer to a “Tiange Sa Park” (Market in the Park) instead of “Nite Café” at the provincial Capitol ground.

Emano made the statement as residents in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City favorably endorsed the plan to relocate the displaced stallholders and vendors after the weekly “Nite Café” at the Plaza Divisoria in Cagayan de Oro City was suspended.

City Mayor Oscar Moreno said he would object to the transfer of the “Nite Café” to the provincial grounds since it is the prerogative of the provincial government.

However, Moreno said, the activity should not hamper traffic flows since the streets surrounding the provincial Capitol are city streets.

Emano said that he would consult the members of the provincial board on the legislative measures that would be required for the establishment, creation, and operation of the “Tiange Sa Park” at the provincial Capitol ground. tiange | page 11

Misamis Oriental Governor Yevgeny “Bambi” Emano welcomes the transfer of the Night Café at the Plaza Divisoria in Cagayan de Oro to the provincial capitol grounds to form part of the “Tiangge Sa Park.” It will still feature eateries and a dry goods section with one half of the concessionaires coming from Misamis Oriental.

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Solon asks PNOY to act on report of Taiwanese fisherman’s death CAGAYAN de Oro City-Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez, 2nd District, Cagayan de Oro City, urged Pres. Benigno S. Aquino III to act on the NBI Report on the shooting that happened in the Balintang Channel last May 9, 2013 in order to render justice to everyone.

Last June 11, 2013, the National Bureau of Investigation submitted to His Excellency President Benigno S. Aquino III their Incident Report on the unfortunate shooting incident which resulted in the death of Taiwanese fisherman Hung Shih-cheng.

“I petition the President to act on the NBI Report to fully restore our good Bilat-

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eral relations with Taiwan”, Rodriguez, who is also the President of the Centrist Democratic Party, said.

Rodriguez noted that around 100,000 OFWs working in Taiwan, enjoying the same minimum wage protection and national health insurance benefits as local Taiwanese, are remitting over US$650 million to the Philippines annually.

The Taiwan government already accepted, at least, 6,000 Overseas Filipino Workers this year. However, the workers failed to leave the country since the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs ceased the processing of their

Rogue cop faces multiple criminal cases CAGAYAN de Oro City--The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) in Region 10 has filed multiple criminal cases against a police officer allegedly involved in illegal drug trafficking here.

Charged with violation of Republic Act 9165 also known as the “Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act” with the City Prosecutor’s Office here was P03 Bangcola Mama Manangcawal, 40, of Baloi, Lanao Del Norte and a member of the Philippine National Police (PNP) Regional Service Command here.

PDEA officials also charged Manangcawal with illegal possession of firearms and ammunition under Republic Act 8294.

PDEA agents reportedly recovered 50 grams of “Shabu’ (Methamphetamine), an illegal drug, with an estimated street

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First CU Alumni Run 2013, July 14 The Capitol University Alumni Association, Inc. (CUAA) will have its first ever “CU Alumni Run 2013”, July 14, 2013, Sun-

day, 4:30am expecting more than 2,000 runners from its alumni members, friends, faculty and staff, students, sponsors and participants from the general public.

3K route is from Capitol University (CU) to Lapasan

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MisOr Sangguniang Panlalawigan holds first regular session

(from left)-Board Member Boris Actub; Board Member Heckert Emano; Board Member Vincent Pelaez; ABC Representative Arsenio Kho Jr.; PCL Representative Meriam Calam; Board Member Nancy Madjos; Vice-Governor Joey Pelaez; Board Member Mercy Acain; Board Member Virgelia Dumadag; Board Member Benedict Lagbas; Board Member Jabi Bernaldez; SK Federation Representative Geronimo Lagbas; Board Member Emmanuel Mugot; and Board Member Roldan Lagbas.

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Flyover and back to CU; 5K is from CU to Capitol University Medical City (CUMC) and back to CU and; 10K is from CU to Mandaue Foam and back to CU. The primary objective

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MISAMIS Oriental--ViceGovernor Joey Pelaez presided the First Regular Session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan last July 1, 2013. All the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan were present during the session.

The resolutions approved during the session were “Resolution Adopting the 2013 Internal Rules and Procedures of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan” and “Resolution Creating and Approving the 2013 Standing Committees, Chairmanship and Membership of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.”

Another highlight during the session was the resolution confirming the assumption of Hon. Meriam Calam as the Interim Representative of the Philippine Councilors League (PCL). Hon. Meriam E. Calam succeeded former PCL representative Arrish T. Canonigo.

Different committees were given to the members of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Vice-Governor Joey Pelaez held the following committees: Committee on Ways and Means; Committee on Peace and Order, Public Safety, Police and Jail Matters; Committee on Education, Culture and Arts; Committee on Codification; Committee on Boundary Dispute; and Committee on Senior Citizens.

First District Board Members held different committees. Hon. Jabi Bernaldez chaired the Committee on Finance, Appropriation and Budget. Hon. Virgelia Dumadag held the following committees: Committee on Women, Children, and Family Relation (1st District); and Committee on Commerce, Industry and Livelihood. Hon. Benedict Lagbas chaired the following committees: Committee on Indigenous Communities; and Committee on Agriculture. Hon. Roldan Lagbas holds the Committee on Games and Amusement.

Hon. Vincent Pelaez chaired the following committees: the Committee on Rules, Laws, Ordinances, Legal Matters and Privileges; Committee on Provincial Real Property and Development; and the Committee on Human Rights, Public Information, Good Government, Public Ethics and Accountability.

Second District Board Members also chaired different committees. Hon. Mercy Grace Acain held the following committees: the Committee on Health and Sanitation; and the Committee on Women, Children, and Family Relation (2nd District). Hon. Boris Actub held the Committee on Environment.

Hon. Heckert Emano held the following committees: Committee on Tourism; and the Committee on Sangguniang Panlalawigan Renovation/Makeover. Hon. Nancy Madjos chaired the following committees: Committee on Public Works and Infrastructure; Committee on Cooperatives; and the Committee on Social Services and Community.

Hon. Emmanuel Mugot held the following committees: Committee on Labor and Employment; and the Committee on Energy, Transportation and Communication.

Ex-oficio members of the board were also given committee chairmanship.

Hon. Meriam Calam, the representative from the PCL, held the Committee on Franchise and Public Utilities. Hon. Arsenio Kho Jr., the representative from the Association of Barangay Captains (ABC) held the Committee on Barangay Affairs. Lastly, Hon. Geronimo Lagbas, the representative from Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) Federation, chaired the Committee on Youth and Sports.

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VG Joey Pelaez elected as VP for Mindanao in League of Vice Governors of the Philippines

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isamis Orienta lNewly-elected Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez of Misamis Oriental was elected unopposed as Vice President for Mindanao in the just concluded League of Vice Governors of the Philippines (LVGP) election of Officers as provided by Article IX Section 1 of the LVGP Constitution and By-laws during the 58th National Assembly on July 4-6,2013 at Solaire Hotel, Pasay City. VG Pelaez, along with the other newly-elected officers, took his oath before DILG Secretary Manuel A. Roxas on the said venue. At the National Assembly,Vice Governors Joey G. Pelaez of Misamis Oriental and Enrique Coquangco of Tarlac are the only newcomers elected for the position in the league, the latter elected as Vice President for Luzon.

The Leag ue of Vice Governors of the Philippines (LVGP), has been in existence since 1997, is a cohesive national organization of dynamic and pro-active Vice Governors who aim to institute policy reforms and authentic local autonomy nationwide.

Also, the League shall have primary purpose of ventilating, articulating, and crystallizing issues affecting provincial government administration specially those concerning local legislation and securing,

through proper and legal means, solutions thereto.

As the League’s per policy in electing the officers The Chairman, National President, Executive Vice President, Vice President representing Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, Secretary General, Treasurer, Auditor, and Public Relations Officer shall be elected by the members at large. During the 58th National Assembly, there were 79 Vice Governors in attendance who represented their respective provinces.

For t he years 2013 to 2 016 , t he ne w ly- ele c te d officers for the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines are as follows: Chairman of the National Executive BoardHumerlito A. Dolor of Oriental Mindoro; National PresidentLeonides N. Fausto of Cagayan; Executive Vice PresidentVictorio R. Suaybaguio Jr. of Davao del Nor te;Vice President for Luzon- Enrique D. Cojuangco, Jr. of Tarlac; Vice President for VisayasCarlo P. Loreto of Leyte; Vice President for Mindanao – Jose Mari G. Pelaez of Misamis Oriental; Secretary GeneralVicente Homer B. Revil of Masbate; Treasurer – Gabrielle V. Calizo-Quimpo of Aklan; Auditor- Jonah G. Pimentel of Camarines Norte; Public Relations Officer- Antonio S. Leviste, II of Batangas; Regional Directors for Regions

Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez of Misamis Oriental, elected as Vice President for Mindanao of the League of Vice Governors of the Philippines (LVGP), took his oath before DILG Secretary Mar A. Roxas along with other newly elected officers of the said league during the 58th National Assembly on July 4-6, 2013 at Solaire Hotel, Pasay City.

1, 2, 3, 4-A, 4-B, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, CAR, ARMM and Caraga As provided in Section 5 of the league’s constitution, VG Pelaez having elected as Vice President for Mindanao is to directly supervise the implementation of programs, projects and activities of the League in the geographical areas he represents in cases when such representation may

be necessary. He is to represent the National President or the Executive Vice President in any occasion and matter on the geographical areas they represent in cases when such representation may be necessary and perform such other duties as may be assigned by the National Executive Board.

The election of VG Pelaez, a neophyte Vice Governor, is a

welcome development for the said organization. Normally, the said organization composed of re-electionist and last termer officials are more inclined to elect senior members.

His infusion to the national st r uc t u re w i l l cer t a i n ly bring fresh perspectives and vigorous advocacies in the implementation of the League’s various mandates.

VG Pelaez believes that

his election will bring honor not only in Misamis Oriental, where he is the current Vice Governor, but in the island of Mindanao as well. He said that he will responsibly use the opportunity and the trust of being elected to bring the genuine situation of the people in the island to the national perspective and the collective voices of Mindanaoans to be heard by the national board.

“I will be the voice of Mindanao. I can continue my advocacy for education to the League. Apart from my pers ona l advo c ac ie s and programs I relentlessly implemented when I was still the Executive Director of DepED, my position in this league provides me with more ample reasons to further extend, institutionalize, and implement effectively these advocacies and programs through relevant and timely legislations ”, VG Pelaez added.

At present, VG Pelaez is the Chairman of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines Local Executive Board- Misamis Oriental Chapter. Prior to his election as Vice Governor, he held the positions as Executive Director, Center for Students and Co-Curricular Affairs of the Department of Education (DepEd) Central Office and National Executive Board Regular Member of the Boy Scout of the Philippines (BSP).

Helping Build a Brighter Future Today STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI believes that quality education is a fundamental universal right of all children. Their future is defined by the quality of education they get.

SPI’s SEEd (Social Empowerment through Education) Program opens an avenue for children and youth tthat someday their dreams and aspirations will come true.

As an offshoot project to the Alternative Learning System, SPI implemented the Project SKILLS in which qualified Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) passers pursue technical-vocational courses under a scholarship grant in Cagayan de Oro City.

In 2007, SPI launched its Reading and Proficiency Project covering all public schools in Villanueva. The project yield dramatic improvement in the learning performance of school children in the English language and comprehension. Because of this encouraging result, SPI expanded the project in 2011 to include the all public schools in the neighboring town of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental and benefiting about 4,900 grades 1 to 3 pupils of both municipalities.

SPI has also been promoting academic excellence by recognizing and providing both material and financial incentives to top three performing students in five (5) public schools of Villanueva. About 72 Power Student awardees continue to receive educational assistance every year.

Beginning 2011, the award was expanded to include scholarship grants to high school class valedictorians. The first two batches of college scholars are now pursuing engineering and biology courses in reputable universities in Northern Mindanao.

Added to this, SPI has also provided multi-media equipment and educational videos to thirteen public schools in Tagoloan and Villanueva districts. This has enhanced the teaching learning effectiveness particularly in the subjects of science and mathematics.

On an annual basis, SPI assists in addressing the needs of public schools. Aside from participating in beautification and clean-up drives, SPI also helps address the perennial lack of classrooms and school chairs. SPI also forged partnership with national and local government agencies and some private entities in constructing two (2) school buildings in Tagoloan and Villanueva.

SPI continues to support education for all ages. SPI’s support to the Department of Education’s Alternative Learning System (ALS) aims to mainstream school dropouts back to the formal education system.

Hundreds of school dropouts attended the series of ALS classes and so far, 122 passed the Accreditation and Equivalency (A&E) tests and were conferred with a high school diploma.

Aside from providing efficient and reliable source of power in Mindanao, SPI partners with stakeholders to undertake programs designed to help support in improving the quality of public education.

Education is close to the heart of SPI. Through the years, it has supported initiatives geared towards improving access to quality of public education and enhancing opportunities for young people to gain knowledge and skills they will need to become good and productive citizens.

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Travel/ Tourism EDITOR: CHENG ORDOÑEZ, e-mail: cheng.ordonez@gmail.com

C. Valley tourism exec eyes more arrivals with DOT-DPWH pact BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya -- The Department of Tourism (DOT) in Cagayan Valley expects that influx of more tourists in the region with the fast tracking of major roads leading to various tourism spots and attractions by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH).

With the convergence of DOT and DPWH, major tourism-related road systems and networks will be prioritized inorder to boost local and foreign tourist arrivals to the attractions that Cagayan Valley offers, said Blessida Diwa, DOT regional director.

“There is now a convergence with DOT and DPWH to improve major tourism roads in the country so that our other tourism potentials will be discovered and regularly visited by local and foreign tourists,” she said.

According to Diwa, tourist arrivals in the region last year reached 89,655 with more than 86,000 domestic and

more than 3,000 foreign tourists, sustaining the region’s place as one of the top 10 choice for foreign arrivals in the country.

Promoted as the caving capital of the country, Cagayan Valley hosts the Callao Caves in Penablanca, Cagayan and the Capissaan Caves system in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya.

At present, Diwa said that construction works are going on with the approved Sta. Clara, Aritao–Carranglan, Nueva Ecija alternate road with its corresponding bridges to provide more comfortable and accessible entry of tourists in the region.

She also added that road improvement projects are now being done near the Capissaan Cave system in Kasibu, Nueva Vizcaya, including other tourism-related road networks in Cagayan Valley.

“Since 2001, the Capissaan Caves has attracted 4,895 local and foreign

tourists. Improving the roads leading to the place will further boost its tourism potentials,” Diwa said.

Blessida also said that there is a proposal to improve further the Bagabag Airport in Barangay Lantap in Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya inorder to maximize its use for foreign and local tourism transportation programs and services.

She also bared that prospects for tourism development in the region are the following: the implementation of the Philippine Development and Investment Plan for 2014 to 2019, the Bagabag Airport Development, the proposed Provincial Tourism Masterplan for Nueva Vizcaya, the establishment of the proposed convention center in Nueva Vizcaya, Provincial Tourism Council(PTC) organization in Nueva Vizcaya and Aggressive promotion of the government and private sector. (PNA)

CEB supports TravelXchange in Bacolod The Philippine’s leading low-cost carrier, C ebu Pacific (PSE:CEB), once again with the Province of Negros Occidental, the City of Bacolod and the Department of Tourism Region 6 to present the 7th TravelXchange at the Robinsons Place Bacolod from July 19 to 21, 2013.

Now i n it s s e ve nt h year, the three-day travel fair will showcase of the best tourist destinations and att rac t ions in t he Philippines.

CEB has been the official airline partner of the TravelXchange since its inception in Bacolod City in 2007. The airline was instrumental in open-

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ing up Western Visayas to various domestic and international markets.

Today, CEB f lies from Bacolo to Manila, Cebu and Cagayan de Oro. It a l s o f l i e s f r o m nearby Iloilo to Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Cebu, Davao, Puerto Princesa, General Santos, Tacloban and Cagayan de Oro. CEB also serves other airports in Western Visayas, namely Kalibo, Roxas and Caticlan.

“Through events like the TravelXchange Cebu Pacific continues to actively promote Bacolod and the Province of Negros Occidental as a tourism and trade center. We

hope everyone can take advantage of our direct f lig hts and t rademark lowest fares at the CEB TravelXchange booth for their leisure and business travel,” said CEB VP for Marketing and Distribution Candice Iyog.

The organizers of TravelXchange, Selrahco management acknowledges the continuing support of Cebu Pacific in the travel fair series. “We are extremely grateful for the support CEB has given us as organizers and also to the region for initiating flights to promote intra-regional travel connections,” said Charles Lim, Founder of

the TravelXchange.

“Also with CEB’s yearround low fares, our participants and sellers are confident of promoting their respective hotels and destinations,” he added.

Aside from the CEB both, other TravelXchange exhibitors include Resorts World Manila, TIEZA, PAG C O R , E n c h a n t e d K i n g d om , G o Ho t e l s , Microtel by Wyndham, Department of Tourism Region 6, 9 and 13 and Sun Cellular.

The 7th TravelXchange is open to the public for free. Other activities include daily travel product presentations and topclass entertainment acts.

Flights in and out of Cebu rise by 9.01% in 2012: NEDA 7 CEBU CITY -- Domestic and foreign flights in and out of the Mactan-Cebu International Airport (MCIA), the busiest airport outside Manila, rose by 9.01 percent to 69,836 in 2012 from 64,065 in 2011, an economic situationer said.

The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA)-Region 7 economic situationer said domestic flights grew by 10.33 percent in 2012, while international flights went up by 1.44 percent.

Passenger traffic grew by 7.02 percent from 7.4 million to 7.9 million last year.

Domestic passengers increased by 7.99 percent or 6.4 million in 2012, while international passengers grew by 3.12 percent or 1.5 million.

New flights by local carriers spurred growth in the aviation industry, the NEDA 7 said.

Budget airline Cebu Pacific added flights to its Cebu hub to seven destinations, namely, Manila, Boracay, Dipolog, Kalibo, Legazpi, Pagadian and Siargao.

It also increased its seat capacity for its flights from Cebu to Bacolod, Cagayan de Oro, Iloilo and General Santos.

Aside from increasing its domestic flights, Cebu Pacific added international flights last year, the twice weekly flights from Cebu to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok.

New players like Mid-Sea Express and Eagle TransAsia Airways, started serving Cebu-Guiuan, Samar and the Cebu-Catarman-Tacloban routes, respectively, last year. (PNA)

Dagupan to build a river transport ferry DAGUPAN CITY -- The city government will build a new pier for a proposed transport ferry that will ply the Pantal River and other major rivers in Dagupan.

City Planning and Development Officer Romeo Rosario said the ferry will be offered not only for tourists taking leisurely rides in major rivers of Dagupan but also to city residents as a mode of transport.

Rosario led Mayor Belen Fernandez and City Engineer Virginia Rosario to the proposed site of river ferry pier just down below the new Pantal Bridge and in front of the district office of the National Bureau of Investigation.

The ferry is expected to replace the Dawel River Cruise put up by the past city administration for the pier called Daongan ed Dawel alone.

The Dawel River Cruise was discontinued while Mayor Fernandez was acting Dagupan mayor as its three thatched- roofed boats were suddenly pulled out June 1 by men of the former mayor telling these were owned by Mayor Benjamin Lim. While asking the auditor’s office to verify the ownership of the boats, Fernandez said she might as well put up a river ferry to serve as a mode of inter-barangay transport which is badly needed in Dagupan due to daily vehicular traffic congestion.

Thus, the river ferry will not just be a tourist facility but also an alternative transport system, the mayor said. (PNA)

3 luxury liners to visit Boracay in latter part of 2013: Maquirang ILOILO CIT Y -- Since the visit of high-prolife cruise ships in Boracay Island last ye ar, t hre e more luxur y liners are to visit the island resort during the latter part of this year.

C at i c l a n j e tt y p or t a d m i n i s t r at or Ni e v e n Maquirang said the MS Super Star Gemini will arrive on Oct 17 followed by another cruise ship MS Super Star Aquarius, both under the international

cruise line Star Cruises.

Maquirang said both s h ip s h ave m ore t h an 1,500 aboard with a complement of more t han 1,000 crew members.

Apart from the two s h ip s , an ot h e r lu x u r y liner is expected to visit Boracay Island on Dec 31 for the tourists to witness the yearly fireworks display which is one of the attractions in the island resort in welcoming the New Year.

A team from the Star Cruises is also scheduled to meet with the Dept. of Tourism-Boracay, local government unit of Malay, Maritime Indust r y Aut hor it y, Ph i l ip pine Tourism Authority, stakeholders and other concerned agencies in

preparation for the arrival of the these cruise ships in Boracay Island.

Maquirang said they would like to strengthen cruise ship activities in the island particularly now that the trend in tourism industry throughout the world had its shift on the so-called cruise ship tourism.

He added the provincial government of Aklan are also expecting around eight cruise ship liners to be visiting Boracay Island until year 2015.

In 2 0 1 2 , t wo R oy a l Carribean cruise ships made a stop-over in Boracay and in early part of 2013, the MS Europa which earned the monicker as the best cruise ship in the world also.

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EDITOR: CHENG ORDOÑEZ, e-mail: cheng.ordonez@gmail.com

Proper garbage management becomes source of income

JAKARTA, July 8 (PNA/ Antara) -- Garbage which is sorted and managed properly and then saved in a trash bank can become a source of public income.

The Indonesian Environment Ministry’s program of trash banks in the beginning was to overcome trash problem and to increase public awareness of waste management, but now it also provides great economic benefits to the society.

“Trash management does not only make a city clean and beautiful but it also improves the economy of the people as has been expected by the government,” Environment Ministry’s Waste Management Deputy Assistant Sudirman said in Probolinggo, East Java, on Sunday.

Initiated by the Ministry of Environment, the trash bank program was considered an effective concept to overcome trash problems and create a cleaner, healthier and more comfortable environment.

The presence of the trash bank is part of the Ministry of Environment’s target to develop at least 25 trash banks in each of 250 cities across Indonesia by 2014.

Sudirman said the Ministry has recorded a turnover of Rp15.7 billion per month from all existing trash banks in the country.

As of December 2012, there were 1,136 trash banks in 55 districts and cities, involving around 29,203 workers but now the number has increased significantly.

“Now there are a total of 1,195 trash banks in 58 districts and cities with 106,000 workers that produce Rp15.7 billion per month,” Sudirman noted.

“Therefore, he called on the people to save the trash in the trash banks to produce money to pay their electricity and telephone bills,” he added.

Sudirman said a trash bank was a garbage management technique by adopting a banking management, but the instrument of transaction was garbage, not money.

Due to a lucrative additional income from trash management, Sudirman invited all people to actively manage the trash problem properly in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

He said the presence of trash banks was first initiated by the people of Bantul district in Yogyakarta and now it has been developed and applied in various parts of the country.

The trash bank initiator in Yogyakarta was Bambang Suwerda who had said the garbage bank existence could also change the social status of scavengers who roamed the garbage heaps to pick out inorganic waste.

Bambang said the scavengers who brave the heat to comb through the mountains of trash for anything salable virtually contributed to solve the waste problem.

He also said that through the trash bank development program, the scavengers would have clear access to work with waste collectors and waste receptacles in a number of factories.

Following his initiative to introduce the trash bank to the people of Bantul District, Bambang was granted a Greenovation Award by the Agency for Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) in November 2011.

He said the granting of the Greenovation Award

2011 was for the success of “Gemah Ripah Trash Bank” to civilize and propagate the spirit of environmentallyfriendly trash management among the local community.

Trash bank as part of efforts to overcome ubiquitous problem in Indonesia is also able to empower the people’s economy at grassroots level.

Trash is actually a ubiquitous problem in Indonesia as the people either burn their garbage in front of their houses or simply throw it into the rivers, for they have lack of methodical way to deal with it.

Consequently, riverbanks in urban as well as rural areas are plagued with massive pile-ups of plastic bottles, empty bags of chips and various types of large and small trash.

Therefore, the Ministry of Environment has launched a trash bank development program in a bid to raise the circulation of people’s economic value and to reduce the trash problem.

But the Environmental Affairs Minister Balthasar Kambuaya said in Surabaya, East Java, in March 2013 that trash bank has not yet spread evenly in the country.

Therefore, he has encouraged all regional administrations to establish trash banks to overcome garbage problems besides increasing the people’s additional income.

“If the trash is properly managed, the volume could be reduced up to 50 percent.

Besides, it could also increase the income of local people,” the minister said.

The environmental affairs minister has noted that one person could produce two kilograms of garbage per day, and if he or she managed it

properly, it could turn into a source of income.

He said trash banks held great potential for both city and provincial governments and therefore, all cities and districts in every province should have them.

The minister pointed out that the presence of a trash banks would help improve the local people’s economy because those who have the capability to value trash and sort it according to type and sell it to the banks would have an additional income.

According to Bremenbased Overseas Research and Development Association (BORDA) in Germany, more than 22.5 million tons of garbage are generated in Indonesia every year, and by 2020, Indonesians are

expected to throw away 53.7 million tons of waste.

BORDA, a close observer of local government capacity in solid waste management, sees basic problems in Indonesian cities, such as a lack of logistics and

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Case No; 2013-10-1189 2008-10-360

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APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line ;R-A; Bonbon-Carmen –Cogon Market (all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 18, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least TEN(10)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11st day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;RBC; Macabalan –Pier-Agora- Limketkai Center –Velez(all in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1) unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 18, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least TEN(10)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11st day of July, 2013.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: July 12, 2013

JARREQUE VON JAMIRO Applicant/s

MDN: July 12, 2013

CASE NO; 2013-10-1141

equipment to get garbage out of neighborhoods.

But the trash bank development program is expected to reduce the problem and raise the circulation of people’s economic value.

(PNA/Antara)

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City EDNA MARBAN-Appropriation Case No; 2013-10-1185 Applicant/s

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City FIVE J. BRO. TRANSPORT SERVICE CASE NO; 2013-10-1193

By; CAIRONEZA M. MOCSIN

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate Shuttle service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to Kalilangan, Bukidnon and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 18, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least TEN(10)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11st day of July, 2013.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: July 12, 2013

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

Case No; 2013-10-1169 2009-10-1207

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK service on the line; Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of two (2)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 10th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of validity and amendment of route of service to operate PUJ service on the line;ROUTE2;LOOP SERVICE and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11st day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate FILCAB service on the line; Puerto –Tagoloan –Balingasag, Mis. Or. and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority For issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK service on the line ;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate Taxi Airconditioned service on the line ;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity with amendment of route service to operate FILCAB Service on the line;RBC; Pier –Macabalan –LKKS Center –Cogon Market –Velez and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11st day of July, 2013.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MDN: July 12, 2013

MDN: July 12, 2013

MDN: July 12, 2013

MDN: July 12, 2013

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: July 12, 2013

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: July 12, 2013

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Very dangerous indeed THE move of House Speaker Feliciano “Sonny” Belmonte to amend the Constitution through constituent assembly is indeed very dangerous.

It could be likened to a boy tinkering with a time bomb to prevent it from exploding.

For one, the people did not elect their national legislators, senators and congressional representatives, so they can tinker with the Constitution. The primary reason for their election is for them to enact laws that will provide the legislative framework by which the Aquino administration could achieve its program of extricating the poor from economic suffering and misery.

Convening itself as a constituent assembly to propose amendments to the Constitution to serve the interest of foreign capitalists is downright treason.

It is selling the country to these foreign capitalists lock, stock and barrel. In fact, Belmonte and those who share with him his

A deeper view Jesse E.L. Bacon II treasonous idea should be locked up in jail not sent to the hallowed halls of the Philippine Congress.

Belmonte and like minded solons want to remove from the Constitution those provisions protecting the interest of the Filipino people.

They want foreign capitalists who are also known as foreign investors to have access to every resource in this country, human and natural, like any ordinary Filipino citizen.

If Filipino citizens are afforded by the Philippine Constitution the sole right to own real estate properties and the privilege of extracting any mineral re-

sources found beneath it, Belmonte and company want that this same right and privilege be given to foreigners. Something must be wrong with that grey matter in between the ears of Belmonte and company why they have thought of giving this same right and privileges to non-Filipinos.

It is just like giving somebody the right to enjoy the body of your wife. If this is not outright foolish, pray tell what is.

Let us remember this naked truth at all times that when a foreign capitalist comes to our country to do business here, the motive is to rake in more profits for

Decide your destiny

THINK a minute.

A man was cleaning his car with a special brush when a little girl who had been watching him said, “My daddy has a brush like that to clean his car too.” “Really!” said the man.

“What kind of car does your daddy have?” The little girl answered: “Oh, he hasn’t got the car yet, but he’s got the brush to clean it.”

Well, I suppose you have to start somewhere! The important thing is that you do get started. And to do that, we first have to decide what kind of life we want.

It’s strange how many of us want to live forever, when we can’t even decide what to do with our life now! Like the guy who said: “I’m going

to stop putting things off, starting tomorrow.”

You see, even if others have made decisions for you, you can still decide how you’ll respond and handle the life that’s been handed to you. You still have control of your own attitudes. Happiness is an attitude and choice, no matter what situation you’re in. Remember, you can always find someone worse off than you whom you can help. It’s only when we stop looking at our own problems and reach out to make others happy, that we ourselves can be truly happy. But if you choose not to make a decision, that also is your decision you’ll live with. There are

many smart, talented people who have never enjoyed the success they could have, simply because they could not make a decision and discipline themselves to follow through with it.

Remember, if your life doesn’t change, it’s going stay the same! It’s that simple. So to move on from where you are, you must first decide where you’d rather be. If you can’t change your mind, you can’t change your life. “The moment you’re through changing, you’re through!”

The great writer Tolstoy said: “Everyone wants to change the world, but no one wants to change himself.”

So ask yourself right now: What’s the one decision I need to make to change

him. This is so because the primary reason for being of every capitalist undertaking is to earn huge profits. This point is proved beyond any doubt by the behavior and actuation of the telecommunications monopoly in the country.

While the government through the National Telecommunications Commission, the regulatory body of the industry, wants the telecommunications providers such as Smart, Globe and Sun to reduce their short messaging service or text message charge to .80 centavos per message to any network, the monopoly up to this day still has to comply with such order. Up to this day, they continue to refuse to heed the order with the national agency inutile in implementing its own order.

We should never delude ourselves to imagine that when a foreign capitalist comes to our shores, they come to help develop the local economy. When they, INDEED | page 7

Think A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst my life? The smartest one you can make is to ask your own Maker to take control of your life every day. Then with Jesus’ power, you can start making the best choices that will change you and give you the new life you want.

In fact, you can decide your destiny today.

Just Think a Minute.

RH law to decimate Christianity in PH LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them. God blessed them and said to them, `Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it’…” (Genesis 1:27-28, the Holy Bible).

-ooo“RH LAW TO DECIMATE CHRISTIANITY IN RP”: Here is a question by one of our readers here about the Reproductive Health Law, which is being debated on at the Supreme Court: are the proponents of this law aware that it will have the ultimate effect of reducing the number of Christians and increasing the population of other religious groups which even encourage polygamy, or the practice of having two to four wives simultaneously?

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio The reader argues: since the RH Law would enable men and women from the Christian religions to limit the number of their children using family planning or any anti-fertility drugs and instruments that are given away for free under its provisions, that would reduce all the more the already dwindling Christian population.

-oooRH LAW FAVORING NON-CHRISTIANS? On the other hand, the same reader told me, the members of other spiritual groups

who are not Christians but who are privileged enough to have more than one wife can still manage to have more children, even if they practice (assuming they will indeed practice) family planning and use antifertility drugs and gadgets under the RH Law. These non-Christians will still have more children simply because they have more families, thereby enabling them to become more numerically dominant in the very near future, having the capacity to alter the Filipino nation’s religious affiliation

and to decimate Christianity in the Philippines, our reader is saying. I wonder what RH Law proponents will say to this? Any comment, Sen. Pia Cayetano?

-oooNOT BY PRESIDENT AQUINO ALONE: Yes, Presidential Spokesman Edwin Lacierda, there are now more Filipinos who believe that corruption in the Philippines has gone down under President Aquino, but then, it is not really what the people believe in that matters on issues of corruption, but the continuing actuality and presence of graft in government, even now that the President is on his way out.

What is totally dismaying here is the fact that the present Aquino presidency was told, in more ways than one, that despite its sincere decimate | page 7

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Editor: RUEL PELONE Email: ruel_pelone2002@yahoo.com

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for example, locate in the numerous Economic Zones in the country, they are there intentionally to avail of the numerous tax holidays given them and because of the exemption from the coverage of the Philippine labor laws and, above all, to avail of our cheap labor.

Yes it’s true that they are able to provide employment to our jobless compatriots in the process.

But providing jobs to the jobless is not their primary concern why they are locating in these Economic Zones.

Their ability to provide jobs to the thousands of jobless Filipinos is merely incidental. If they can operate without having to hire workers so they can maximize their profit, they’ll readily do so.

Besides, these locators in the various Economic Zones are very discriminating as to who they will hire.

Only those with technical skills and other academic professionals that get themselves employed in these locator companies.

But the bigger problem is that the government takes pride in claiming that because of these foreign capitalists in Economic Zones, jobs were created.

Realistically, however, the jobs these foreign capitalists are able to provide Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ELVIRA BUCAG Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10-1174 2008-10-1331

are temporary only.

They are available only as long as the government is able to feed on the insatiable greed of these foreign capitalists for tax incentives, noncoverage of our labor laws the government’s ability to maintain low wages for their employees.

Objectively speaking, the vision, mission, goal of these foreign capitalists in coming here is anathema to the vision, mission, goal of the Filipinos to have prosperous, full and abundant life that is lasting and not just temporary.

We’ll continue this column Wednesday next week for more elaboration of our point why as a people we should vehemently and strongly oppose the treasonous move of Belmonte and company.

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Decimate...

COMICALLY we remember this instruction when in school dating back Gods knows when and remember our strict adherence to a time period.

Not a second more for some teachers who will disqualify our papers should we pursue to continue writing regardless of any reason.

Put simply, when told, the test commences and absolutely with no extension. This is an absolute rule! Harry Tambuatco We submit to the very same phrase when God calls us ending our stay on earth, and not for a second more.

Not to sound too churchy but this happens to be the truth especially in cases of sudden death be it an unforeseeable accident or an incurable disease.

No matter the science be it for the future centuries, there is not much we can do to extend life as we know it unless you believe in the fountain of youth and stem cells but that would be another story. When God calls – it’s simple; you leave, period.

Which now brings us to this article; with direct reference to rules, regulations and the law?

How and why is it that we have become accustomed to bending them, if not breaking the laws knowing they were made with our participation (for the body-politic of course) to avoid tyranny and chaos. And yet for the many who are educated and worst with authority, there is the culture of impunity amongst us. Not even the courts can make the citizenry toe the line.

and honest intentions to eliminate graft and c o r r u p t i o n , r e m ov i n g or reducing it will not be achieved by the sole spectacle of the President being honest or sincere.

There must first be a corresponding transformation among the bureaucracy and among the people, which cannot be effected by mere slogans like “daang matuwid” (or “righteous path”).

-oooBIGGEST CHAL-

LENGE TO ANY PRESIDENT: In fact, the biggest challenge of any president who will serve the countr y for only a ver y brief period of six years is to discard grandiose illusions that he, by himself, can do something that w i l l re a l ly b enef it t he nation as a whole, even i f he happ e ns to have come from so-called democracy icons, or from parents who are revered worldwide.

Even if he is the presi-

dent who has the vast powers of the government at his beck and call, he cannot do anything that w i l l push t he c ou nt r y and its people towards success and progress, as President Aquino maybe painfully finding out now.

Only God can do something, and the best legacy that any president can ever leave is to bring h is p e opl e to a b e tte r understanding and familiarity of God so they can start being righteous

and spiritually revived.

-oooFOLLOWING SOLOMON’S EXAMPLE: Any president of this country who is aware of the sixy e ar l i m it at i on of h i s term must strive to follow the example of the greatest human king of all, King Solomon, to enable him to rule effectively and successfully.

When asked by God as to what he wanted after h av i n g b e e n i n s t a l l e d as king of the Israelites

e ven w hen he was yet a minor, S olomon did not ask for wealth and riches, nor for the death of his enemies, but for knowledge to rule.

God gave it to him, allowing him to become a king like no other.

-oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasm au r i c i o @ y a h o o. c om , mmauriciojr111@gmail. com

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

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

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

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

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

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JANITO ROA -Vendee Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10-1172

VICTORIA OLACO - Vendor CASE NO; 2013-10-1171 ISIDRO ACERA -Vendee 2008-10-1470

ERLINDA DUALAN - Vendor RONIE ACERA –Vendee

As for the rich and powerful, the law is not carved in stone and made by man; meaning man can change these laws to suit them.

The all-resourceful Pilipino or should we use the proper term, Filipino is above the law in cases where the law is disadvantageous. To my understanding the laws of the land pertain to all and not a few (as per Mayor Fred Lim, who having lost this past election) just maybe no longer applies.

The President and the authorities are obviously above the law and the economy is dictated by the oligarchs who dictate to the judiciary and the legislative. Or maybe it is also the legislative that is the law by way of their dictatorial powers and financial authorities. We already know there is no such thing as a good dynasty and yet we are told by the law (pun intended) that there are good dynasts.

We are either too stupid to realize this or too scared to throw them out. We have already had our people powers to no gain and are left to fend for ourselves. The media has become inutile serving the law (people/ authorities) and there is no longer public opinion. Alternatives no longer present themselves only to court disaster with adventurism.

As for the incompetence, the ineffective authorities and department heads of government, the lawless and corrupt – we settle for a chaotic democracy where our streets no longer can accommodate our traffic, our rivers deluding communities, our farms no longer producing and infrastructure that is eroding. Should we be the ones to pass your paper or our leaders?

CASE NO; 2013-10-1170 2008-10-1419

PAUL PADAYHAG Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2013-10-999

EDUARDO ALVAREZ Case No; 2013-10-1192 Applicant/s 2008-10-1567

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APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate PUJ service on the line;Cogon Market to Iponan and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11st day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension and amendment of route of service to operate PUJ Service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to Iligan City and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension and amendment of route of service to operate FILCAB service on the line;Puerto to Balingasag, Mis. Or. And vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013..

APPLICANT request authority For approval of sale and transfer with extension of validity to operate FILCAB service on the line;Puerto –Tagoloan –Mohon and vice versa with the use of One (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of the certificate of public convenience to operate SHUTTLE service on the line;Laguindingan Highway to Laguindingan Airport and vice versa with the use of one (1)additional unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate TH FREIGHT TRUCK SERVICE on the line ;Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s.

This application will be considered by this Board on July 17, 2013, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence.

At least FIVE (5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island.

Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties.

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION.

WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 11th day of July, 2013..

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Rufus urges Cha-Cha to address unemployment

By BONG FABE of BusinessDaily

ON E of t he most voc a l proponent of Constitutional Change (Cha-cha) in the House of Representatives, Rep. Rufus Rodriguez, yesterday urged Malacanang to be open to proposals to amend the Constitution in order to address the high unemployment rate and very low foreign direct investments (FDI) in the country.

Rodriguez, president of 7.5 percent unemployment the Centrist Democratic rate and the measly US$2.8 Party (CDP), said that the billion FDI in 2012 “are very clear and compelling Republic of the Philippines rea sons to a mend t he DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS Constitution, especially MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY MARINA R.O. X and XIII its economic restrictions.”

2/F SEJOLIM Bldg., Gemilina St. Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY MARINA R.O. X and XIII 2/F SEJOLIM Bldg., Gemilina St. Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE is hereby given that LITOP A. DUHAYLUNGSOD, has applied with MARINA Cagayan de Oro City for the Approval of Sale and Transfer of the vessel FB SAINT PETER A in favor of AMOR P. TARIGA. MDN: July 12, 2013

DEED OF PARTITION

Notice is hereby given that Party of the First Part including the Party of Second Part, are the owners of a Parcel of land located at Yumbing, Mambajao, Camiguin, embraced with Original Certificate of Title No. P-14958, Lot No. 6232, covered under Tax Declaration No. 20303.

Containing an area of 6,798 sq.m., which they acquired from Miguela Madarieta, in favor of Renato G. Oclarit married to Henrietta is the subject of DEED OF PARTITION made and executed by and between RENATO C. OCLARIT, HENRIETTA C. OCLARIT, IRENE OCLARIT MADELO, LYNNIE C. OCLARIT and MARY ROSE G. OCLARIT, all of legal ages, Filipino citizens, Renato, Henrietta and Irene, are married; while Lynnie & Mary Rose are still single, all are residing at Yumbing, Mambajao, Camiguin, Philippines, herein referred to as Party of the First Part; that we, PARTIES OF THE FIRST PART hereby WAIVE, RENOUNCE & TRANSFER our rights as owners of the aforementioned parcel of land in favor of the PARTY OF SECOND PART, HEIDE OCLARIT PAMMER, as her ADJUDICATED SHARE/ADVANCE LEGITIME; and to transfer OCT No. P-14958 in her favor, including the Tax declaration No. 20303; as per Doc. No. 19; Page No. 5; Book No. 77; Series of 2013; under Notary Public of ATTY. VITO M. CARRILLO.

NOTICE is hereby given that DANIELA A. DUHAYLUNGSOD, has applied with MARINA Cagayan de Oro City for the Approval Sale and Transfer of the vessel FB SAINT PETER – 5 in favor of Amor P. Tariga.

MDN: July 12, 2013

DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

Notice is hereby given that we, ANTONIO ELAGO DUGENIO and TERESITA ELAGO DUGENIO, all Filipinos, of legal age, residents of Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, hereinafter called the VENDORS and SHIRLEY R. DAL, Filipino, of legal age, with residence and postal address at Lilo-an, Catarman, Camiguin, hereinafter called the VENDEE; that for and in consideration of the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P500,000.00) PESOS Philippine Currency in hand paid by the herein VENDEE unto in favor of the VENDORS, the herein Vendors hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER AND CONVEY, unto the VENDEE, her heirs successors and assigns the approximately ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED (1,400) SQUARE METERS more or less, which parcel of land is a PORTION to the following described property, situated at Centro, Poblacion Catarman Camiguin and more particularly described as follows to wit; Lot No. 4595 part under TCT No. 792 is the subject of DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE. As per Doc. No. 331; Page No. 68; Book No. XLIV; Series of 2000; under Notary Public of ATTY. EMMANUEL A. AKUT. MDN: JULY 5, 12 & 19, 2013

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The 7.5% unemployment rate as of April casted a cloud of doubt on the robustness a nd i nclusiveness of t he c ou nt r y ’s g row t h rate of 7.8% in the first quarter, which made the Philippines the fastestgrowing economy in Asia, surpassing China’s robust 7.7% growth rate in the same quarter.

The Philippines’ FDI in 2012 was a measly US$2.8 billion, the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas said, which is abysmal compared to other Asian nations, which had from US$10 billion to US$50 billion. China alone had a 2012 FDI of US$254 billion.

L ast Ma rch, Fitch R at i ngs a nd St a nd a rd & Poor’s upgraded t he Philippines’ investment rat ing to “BBB-” f rom “ BB +”, w i t h a s t a b l e out look because of the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals.

But all these good news, Rodriguez said, is being pulled down by no less than the country’s basic law, which restricted foreign ownership of property to 40%.

“We have good growth, low inf lation, good credit ratings. But we have 7.5 percent unemployment, and among t he lowest, if not the lowest foreign

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IN THE notice dated May 28 and June 4 of RUSSEL ABAO GEBILAGUIN for the correction of his gender of Birth Certificate from female to male, the term “CCE-004-21013” placed in the left uppermost part of the ad should not be included . We regret the error.

The Notice of Hearing of PAUL PADAYHAG,Under Case No. 2013-10-999, The exact route to operate SHUTTLE service on the line;Laguindingan Highway to Laguindingan Airport and vice versa with the use of two (2)units.

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTFR THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES MICHAEL G. SUANO AND ROCEL S. ALAR-SUANO,

EDWIN F. PONCE AND SIMONETTE J. BACAYO-PONCE, Petitioners. x--------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

Before this court is a verified petition for issuance of decree of divorce and alleging among others:

That petitioners are husband and wife, respectively, in a marriage performed under Civil rite on December 28, 1999 at Iligan City. Petitioners, were converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam was registered with this Court, residents of Iligan City and Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte, respectively but can be serve with summons and other legal processes relative to this case c/o Zaide Law Office, 2nd Flr., Pafs Mejia Bldg., cor. Rosas Avenue, Iligan City;

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between the herein petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated since early part of 2003 or more than test [10] years already, thereby decided to live physically in bed and board, that reconciliation between petitioners is no longer possible or a remedy, thus, divorce is sought by them in order to free themselves from the marital burden;

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on July 24, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for the three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioner.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 3rd day of July, 2013.

HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge MDN: July 5, 12 & 19, 2013

CIVIL CASE N0. 2013-082

MICHAEL G. SUANO AND ROCEL S. ALAR-SUANO Petitioners. x---------------------------------------------------------------------/

HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

MDN: July 5, 12 & 19, 2013

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to QCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 (IRR on RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that DARYL MARANIAG WASQUIN has filed this office a petition for a change of Gender from Female to Male.

In the Birth Certificate , the Gender was wrongly written. Instead of MALE, it was registered as FEMALE. DARYL MARANIAG WASQUIN who was born on February 14, 1991 in Trento, Agusan del Sur and whose mother is MARGIE G.MARANIAG is MALE IN GENDER.

Any person adversely affected by this petition may file his written opposition with the Office of the Municipal Registrar of Trento, Agusan del Sur. (SGD.) ELISEO G. MIGUEL

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: July 12 & 19, 2013

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JED RICKLAND DE JUAN MAGSAYO AND CHRISTIAN APRIL A. MONSATO-MAGSAYO,

CIVIL, CASE N0.2013-083

JED RICKLAND DE JUAN MAGSAYO AND CHRISTIAN APRIL A. MONSANTO-MAGSAYO, Petitioners. x---------------------------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others:

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage perfomed under civil rite June 16, 2005 at Cebu City, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Iligan City and Upper Muhon, Talisay City, respectively:

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for over one (1) year already, since early part of 2012, they decided to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; Petitioners seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on June 16, 2005 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing of this case on July 24, 2013 at 9:00 am. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 3rd day of July, 2013.

(Sgd.) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

MDN: July 5, 12 & 19, 2013

proposing is just to amend the economic provisions in our Constitution and nothing else,” he stressed.

Rodrig uez said t hat now is the good time to amend Article XII of the Constitution because of the good economic growth of the countr y and the good investment ratings it garnered from Fitch and S&P’s.

“Removing the protectionist clause and improving access of foreign businesses will ultimately leapfrog the Philippines’ economic growth as it will hasten in FDIs,” he said.

He also stressed that this is the only way to go to prepare the Philippines for t he Associat ion of Southeast Asian Nations Economic Com mu nit y (AEC) in 2015. By that year, Southeast Asia will have one ma rket , l i ke t he E u rop e a n Un ion .

And FDIs will sure pour in, especially since the Philippines have so much investment opportunities in manufacturing, rea l estate, agriculture, infrastructure, retail, and tourism, among others.

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Agusan del Sur Municipality of Trento

ORDER

Before this court is verified Joint Petition for the approval and Registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others:

That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on April 8, 2006 at Malaybalay City, Bukidtion, they convened to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were Registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Balbacua St., Purok 4, Sinamon, Lanao del Norte and Brgy. 11, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon respectively:

That said marriage did not last long, due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for over three (3) years already, since early part of 2010, they decide to live physically in bed and board thereby executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation; Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other’s affairs; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce thereby surviving their marriage bond on April 8, 2006 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burden; Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this joint petition to be sufficient Inform and substance set the initial hearing on this case on July 24, 2013 at 9:00 a.m. at which time, date and place, any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan one week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City Philippines, this 3rd day of July, 2013.

Republic of the Philippines FOURTH SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-084 DIVORCE OF SPOUSES EDWIN F. PONCE AND SIMONETTE J. BACAYO-PONCE,

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d i re c t i nve s t ment s i n Southeast Asia. We could be overtaken by Cambodia a nd Mya n ma r i f we do not act and remain paralyzed by unfounded fears on amending t he Constitution,” he said told Business Mirror. “We need an investment revolution if we want true and inclusive growth.”

Rodrig uez said t hat amending this particular “protectionist clause” – Article XII—in the 1987 Constitution will leapfrog the Philippines into the league of developed nations never before seen in the country’s recent economic history.

“The way to do it is through Constitutional C onvent ion,” he s a id , explaining t hat t his Con-Con will only have a l i fespa n of one yea r with which to amend the economic prov ision in Charter.

“President Aquino need not fear a mending t he Constitution because he has the power to stop or rein in other amendments out side t he e c onom ic provisions. What we are

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR APPROVAL AND REGISTRATION OF THE DIVORCE BY TALAQ.

CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-075

JESSIELINDO A. TAPINIT.

Petitioner,

-Versus – CHARLVN C. MATIGAS.

Respondent. x----------------------------------------------------/ SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO:

CHARLYN C. MATIGAS C/O THELMA DANDASAN Phase II, Purok Kalayaan Ros., Hghts Tubod, Iligan City

GREETINGS:

You are hereby required to appear or file with the court within ten (10) days from date of publication of this summons/notice, either personally, through counsel or with this Court at 2nd Floor, Nancy Ali Bldg., Camgue Hi-way, Tomas Cabili, lligan City (in front of Shell station), your answer/comment to the petition filed by your husband JESSIELINDO A. TAPINIT which substance he prays for a grant to Divorce by Talaq.

You are hereby required to serve a copy of your answer/comment upon petitioner’s address at c/o Thelma Dandasan, Phase II Rosario Heights, Tubod, lligan City. You are reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a motion to dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the answers.

Should you fail to come personally or through a representatives, or file your answer to the petition within the aforesaid period the Court shall proceed to receive the evidence ex-parte upon which judgment shall be rendered.

lligan City, July 1, 2013.

NASRODING A. ALI

Clerk of Court MDN: July 5, 12 & 19, 2013

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DOLE-10 upholds Batas Kasambahay person, working children or domestic workers 15 years and above but below 18 years of age, or any person who regularly performs domestic work in one household on an occupational basis (live-out arrangement).

Cañete added that the law is a landmark piece of labor and social legislation that recognizes for the first time domestic workers as similar to those in the formal sector. “It strengthens respect, protection and promotion of the rights and welfare of domestic workers or kasambahay,” he said.

Among the mandatory benefits of the Kasambahay cited by DOLE are the monthly minimum wage, five days annual service incentive leave with pay, 13th month pay, SSS, PhilHealth and Pag-IBIG benefits, daily rest period of eight hours and weekly rest period of 24 (uninterrupted) hours.

In the said law, DOLE stressed that the monthly minimum wage of a kasambahay in cities and firstclass municipalities should be P2,000 while domestic workers from other municipalities must receive P1,500.

Furthermore, a kasambahay will be covered by SSS, PhilHealth, and Pag-IBIG

after one month from employment.

Saniel said the Pag-IBIG contribution of the domestic worker must be shouldered by the employer if the wage of the kasambahay is less than P5,000. If the wage of the kasambahay is P5,000 or more, the kasambahay will pay his/her share in the premiums or contributions.

The same rule applies for SSS and PhilHealth.

Alo, on the other hand, expressed that with the conditions given for the employer, they will also try to coordinate with Pag-IBIG and PhilHealth to make the registration easy for the employer like coming up with a unified registration of accounts.

Castañares also cited the efforts of DILG to help in the implementation of Batas Kasambahay especially in the barangay level.

He said that the employer is required to register the kasambahay in the Registry of Domestic Workers in the barangay where the employer resides.

To date, DILG has already produced the employment contract but they are still in the process of creating a system for the registration proper.

The employment con-

tract of the kasambahay must specify the duties and responsibilities of the kasambahay, period of employment, compensation, authorized deductions and hours of work and proportionate additional payment, rest days, board, lodging and medical attention, agreements on deployment expenses, loan agreement, termination of employment and any other lawful condition agreed upon by both parties.

DOLE also said that unlawful acts are punishable with an administrative fine ranging from P10,000 to P40,000 to be imposed

by DOLE regional offices.

For the kasambahay who leaves his/her employer without justifiable reason, employers can impose forfeiture of wage equivalent to 15 days work and reimburse the deployment expenses, if the employment contract is terminated within six months from deployment.

At the end of the day, Cañete reminded everyone especially those in the government service to abide by the Batas Kasambahay and become a model to other employers so as to protect the interest of the domestic workers. (RTP/PIA10)

RCBC (A YGC Member), Safevue Glass, RBJ Comfrom page 2 modities, and Bok and Beth Building Activities and vari- Pineda. ous assistance activities to alumni members. from page 1 “Apart from raising Police (PNP) were presfunds, we believed that run ent during the session. Vice activities like this promotes – Governor Pelaez requested health, fitness and cama- these personnel to serve as raderie among runners”, Sergeant – at – Arms inside alumni board member and the Session Hall during the race director Lulani Grace session. He also emphasized “Lani” Deleste said. on applying strictly the The run, first of its kind internal rules during the since the Alumni Associa- session. “This is an august tion was established 1982 is body, so everybody must fully supported by Capitol treat this body with respect University and Capitol Uni- and one way of respecting versity Medical City. it is to follow the rules we Exclusive media partners implemented” he said. are the 5-paper publications of Business Week Mindanao; Business Daily, Min- from page 1 danao Daily, BusinessWeek Mindanao, Mindanao Star, “It is also important and Cagayan de Oro Times, to determine whether the GMA Channel 12/35 for streets especially portion the broadcast media and of the Gen. Luna Street Bombo Radyo Philippines belonged to the city,” he said. for the AM radio outfit.

The “Tiange Sa Park” Major sponsors are would become a showcase Freshe Bioscience, Unilab, of agro-industrial products Concentrix and Ms. Gilda coming from various mu“Gigi” Go. nicipal towns in the proCo-sponsors includes vincial Capitol ground of St. Louis Review Center, Misamis Oriental.

PMMA Alumni Association, “Each participating muFBC Business Solutions, nicipality will have their

own booth in one of the corners at the provincial capitol ground,” Emano added.

He said the “Tiange Sa Park” would definitely be a major attraction for both visiting domestic and foreign tourists in Misamis Oriental and Cagayan de Oro City.

There is a suggestion to allow the displaced stallholders and vendors at the Plaza Divisoria in Cagayan de Oro City to display their wares and foodstuffs at the “Tiange Park,” Emano said.

About 300 stallholders and vendors lost their stalls at the Plaza Divisoria in Cagayan de Oro City after City Mayor Oscar Moreno ordered its suspension the first day he (Moreno) reported as the city’s newly elected mayor.

The “Nite Café” became the center of attraction for both domestic and foreign visitors for the last 10 years since former City Mayor Vicente Emano conceptualized it in 2003.

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Aside from the suspected illegal drug substance, PDEA agents also seized from Manangcawal one .45 caliber pistol without serial number.

The City Prosecutor Office has set the preliminary hearing of Manangcawal’s case on July 19, PDEA officials said.

PDEA officials had taken custody of Manangcawal at the PDEA’s regional headquarters in Cagayan de Oro City. CD

By Recthie T. Paculba

CAGAYAN de Oro City--To enforce the implementation of Republic Act 10361 otherwise known as the Domestic Workers Act or Batas Kasambahay, the Department of Labor and Employment in Region 10 (DOLE-10) held a press briefing highlighting the roles of key partner agencies in the pursuance of the Law on July 8.

The event was graced by Ferdinand Saniel, Pag-IBIG Fund manager; Atty. Edwin Alo, Social Security System manager; Assistant Regional Director Nilo Castañares, Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) 10; and Marlon Niño Arrabaca, PhilHealth Chief of Local Health Insurance Office.

According to Johnson Cañete, DOLE 10 regional director, Batas Kasambahay is an act instituting policies for the protection and welfare of domestic workers signed by President Aquino on January 18, 2013.

It covers all kasambahay engaged in domestic work within an employment relationship such as, but not limited to general house help, nursemaid or yaya, cook, gardener, laundry

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Further delays would result in the stalled job orders for the Philippines would mean getting other labor market requirements from competitors like Vietnam and Indonesia.

Spiritual growth is proven by persecutions and sufferings Biblical reflection

Fresh Gospel of the day: Matthew 10:16-23-Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues; And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against [their] parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all [men] for my name’s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come: This gospel is talking about in the persecutions of His disciples for the sake of God. According to St. Augustine of Hippo, “spiritual growth is proven by persecutions and sufferings, due

to God whom we serve.”In Matthew 5:10-12-Blessed [are] they which are persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are ye, when [men] shall revile you, and persecute [you], and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great [is] your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.

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The resumption of the Philippine-Taiwan relations for the sake of Filipino OFWs in Taiwan and thousands of displaced workers will be of great help, not only for their families but for the Philippine economy as well.

“Taiwan is currently the Philippines’ 6th trading partner which resulted in trade of around US$ 10.9 billion in 2012, 17.04% higher than in 2011. Taiwan is also the 7th largest foreign investor in the Philippines with cumulative substantive investment in the Philippines amounting to US$ 2.5 billion”, Rodriguez added.

Taiwan always assisted the Philippines during calamities

resulting in humanitarian assistance amounting to US$ 700,000. The donation was in cash and in kind to assist the Philippines in relief operations including a 7,300-ton of rice, he said.

Taiwan has also donated fire trucks, city buses and ambulances to several local governments in the Philippines. Taiwan also donates wheelchairs for the disabled and computers for various public schools all over the Philippines.

The Taiwanese are also consistent tourists in our country with around 178,000 Taiwanese tourists visiting the Philippines in 2011.

Bro. Edcel L. Closas

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