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Gunman in ‘Yvonne Plaza murder’ now in military custody

By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor

MDNN NEWS : The alleged gunman in the murder of businesswoman and model Yvonnette Chua Plaza is now

in the custody of the 10th Infantry Division based in Mawab, Davao de Oro, reports obtained by MDNN News said yesterday.

Capt Mark Anthony

Tito, 10th ID spokesman, has confirmed this during an interview with the media. Tito also revealed that two more army personnel who allegedly executed the

murder were also in their custody.

Earlier, a reliable source of GMA-One Mindanao has named three army personnel who executed the killing.

They were PFC Delfin Sialsa, Jr, who was the gunman; CPL Adriano Cashero, who acted as the motorcycle driver; and Staff Sgt Gilbert Plaza, who was the reported

team leader of the group.

“We assure the public that the three army personnel involved in the killing are now in our custody,”

Bangsamoro women want draft laws translated to languages in the BARMM

By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA MindaNews

COTABATO CITY — Women groups across the seven-province, three-city Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao are asking Members of Parliament (MPs) to use the languages in the region through translation of the draft legislative measures and during public consultations

These were some recommendations aired by women’s groups during a series of consultations conducted by the regional government.

“We have to admit there exists a communication gap,” said Faija Taalil, commissioner of the Bangsamoro Women Commission (BWC) in Basilan.

“Sad to say many women could not understand English, the language used during consultations, and because of that, they are not … interested,” Taalil said.

Ranisa Salahuddin, BWC commissioner in Tawi-Tawi, shared Taalil’s observations.

“Legislators use technical terms and ordinary folks in the countryside could not understand,” she said,

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By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor

MANILA, Philippines — In response to the recent killing of fashion model and businesswoman Yvonne Chua Plaza, Senator “Bato” dela Rosa advised men in uniforms not to risk their careers on illicit affairs.

The senator was apparently referring to Brig. General Jesus Durante III, commander of the 101st Infantry Battalion based in Mawab, Davao de Oro.

Durante was recently linked as the alleged mastermind in the killing of fashion model Yvonne Chua outside her house in Green Meadows Subdivision on December 29, 2022 in Davao City. “Nagulat talaga, nagulat,” Dela Rosa told the media on

Marcos admin says no need for ICC to step in on PH’s handling of Duterte’s drug war issue

Rosa

Friday. “Dahil nga, inisip ko, general ka na, one-star general ka isusugal mo ‘yung career mo at saka ‘yung future ng pamilya mo dahil lang sa isang babae. Parang ganun ang tingin ko, huwag mong isugal. Kung totoo ‘yan.”

Durante was facing murder charges along with 9 other army officers and

By PCO

MANILA -- The Marcos administration said the International Criminal Court (ICC) should let the Philippines resolve the Duterte administration’s war on drugs issue under the country’s well-functioning justice system, which enables it to hold the perpetrators accountable, a Department of Justice (DOJ) official said on Saturday.

The ICC has authorized Special Prosecutor Karim Khan to resume the investigation into the reported killings in line with the drug war of former President Rodrigo Duterte.

In a media forum Saturday, Justice Assistant Secretary Mico Clavano said that the DOJ did not welcome the decision to authorize the resumption of

Community conversations conducted by the Bangsamoro Women’s Commission in Basilan province.

“Don’t risk career, future on illicit affair,” says Sen Bato dela Rosa

Senator Ronald “Bato” dela

House bill empowers PBBM to suspend PhilHealth premium hike

By ZALDY DE LAYOLA

MANILA – Five House of Representatives leaders have filed an urgent bill empowering President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to suspend the increase in premiums of “direct contributors” of the Philippine Health Insurance Corp. (PhilHealth), including employees.

In filing House Bill (HB) No. 6772, the authors said the nation has barely re -

covered from losses and difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as many businesses have yet to reopen, and many people remain jobless.

Speaker Martin Romualdez, one of the authors, said the suspension of the adjustment would remove an added financial burden on millions of government and private sector workers, professionals, self-employed

Marcos OKs VAT Refund Program for foreign tourists

By AZER PARROCHA

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has approved the Value-Added Tax (VAT) Refund Program for foreign tourists by 2024 to boost tourist arrivals in the country.

In a news release on Sunday, the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) announced that Marcos approved the VAT Refund Program following the “Quick Wins” recommendations of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Tourism Sector Group.

Marcos also approved the PSAC recommendation to roll out e-visa by 2023, prioritizing China and India; and the removal

Rain

showers continue

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dampen most of PH Monday

By MA. CRISTINA ARAYATA

MANILA – The shear line and the northeast monsoon or amihan will continue to dampen most parts of the country on Monday, the weather bureau said.

Scattered rain showers and thunderstorms caused by the shear line will prevail over the Visayas, Northern Mindanao, Caraga and Davao Region. Rain showers caused by the northeast monsoon

and other PhilHealth contributors who are still reeling from the pandemic.

He said daily wage earners and many employees, who comprise the majority of PhilHealth members, would save at least PHP50 a month or PHP600 a year from their health insurance premium payment if the adjustment will be suspended.

“Those earning more will naturally save more,”

he said.

Under Republic Act No. 11223, otherwise known as the “Universal Health Care Act”, contributions will increase this year from 4 percent to 4.5 percent, or from the minimum monthly premium of PHP400 to PHP450.

The rate will further increase to 5 percent starting in 2025.

Celebrity reservists eyed as ROTC trainers

By LEONEL ABASOLA MANILA –

Celebrity reservists can serve as instructors of the Reserve Officers’ Training Course (ROTC) to augment the lack of personnel.

will be experienced over Cagayan Valley, Cordillera Administrative Region and Bicol regions and the provinces of Aurora, Quezon, Marinduque and Romblon.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) said in its 4 a.m. bulletin that these areas may possibly experience flash floods or landslides due to moderate

Their presence will also inspire students who will take up the proposed mandatory ROTC, according to Senator Ronald Dela Rosa.

In a radio interview over the weekend, he said actors such as 2nd Lt. Matteo Guidicelli can undergo an Instructors Development Course (IDC).

Guidicelli is an Army reservist who trained with the Scout Rangers and the Presidential Security Group.

Beauty pageant titlists Winwyn Marquez and Beatrice Luigi Gomez also

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10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) Days prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general/ local circulation.

Party(ies) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s). WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 26TH day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. (Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

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APPLICANT request for the Issuance of the Certificate of the Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: within CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY and from to ANY POINT IN REGION 10, accessible to motor vehicle traffic and Vice Versa and with the use of One (01) unit/s. This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 15, 2023 at 10:00

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underwent basic military training and received recognitions for exemplary performances.

“Pwedeng i-tap ang mga reservist. Maaari din bigyan ng allowance ‘yung mga celebrity katulad ni Lt. Guidicelli. Sapat na ‘yun. Mag-train pa sila sa IDC (We can tap the reservists. We can give them allowances, celebrities like Lt. Guidicelli. They’re enough. They can undergo IDC),” Dela Rosa said, in reaction to the Department of National Defense’s (DND) fears that it may not have enough personnel for the estimated 2,400 schools nationwide that will need at least four instructors each.

Allaying fears of abuses

Solon taps LGU help to combat illiteracy

MANILA – A recent education summit in Baguio City revealed that only four out of 10 students in Grades 4 to 7 aged 9 to 12 can properly read or write in English, based on the results of tests done from 2021 to 2022.

The same tests showed that less than half of learners from Grades 3 to 7 aged 8 to 9 could read or write in Filipino.

X, this 27th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

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Quezon City in this undated photo. A World Bank study released in June 2022 said learning poverty has increased by a third in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 70 percent of 10-year-olds unable to understand a simple written text. (

In Cagayan province, a survey posted on its official website on Jan. 9 said 12.72 percent or 29,529 out of 231,667 learners enrolled in public schools cannot read.

The literacy rate in the

VAT REFUND PROGRAM. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. meets with members of the Private Sector Advisory Council (PSAC) Tourism Sector Group at Malacañan Palace on Jan. 26, 2023. During their meeting, Marcos approved the Value-Added Tax (VAT) Refund Program for foreign tourists by 2024 to boost tourist arrivals in the country.

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STAR FACTOR. Actor Matteo Guidicelli of the Philippine Army Reserve Command joins the Presidential Security Group’s VIP Protection Course at Malacaňang Park, Manila last year. Senator Ronald Dela Rosa said once the mandatory Reserve Officers’ Training Course program is signed into law, celebrities like Guidicelli may be asked to serve as trainers. ( c ourtesy of P sg )

VS. ILLITERACY. Quezon City Public Library staff Rosalie Teologo reads

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Department of Public Works and Highways paves the 615-lineal meter portion of the 2.88-kilometer Dibalo-Dibut Municipal Road at barangay Dibut in San Luis, Aurora. (DPWH)

Ilocos Norte celebrates life, culture in festival-filled Feb.

By LEILANIE ADRIANO

LAOAG CITY – The month of February will be extra special for residents and visitors in Ilocos Norte province as they will enjoy merrymaking activities with three separate holidays, including in this provincial capital and neighboring Sarrat town.

DPWH completes road concreting project

By CARLO LORENZO DATU

in Aurora

BALER, Aurora (PIA) --

Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) completed a road concreting project in San Luis, Aurora.

Aurora District Engineering Office (DEO) paved the 615-lineal meter portion of the 2.88-kilometer Dibalo-Dibut Municipal Road in barangay Dibut.

DPWH Regional Director Roseller Tolentino said the P19.80-million infrastructure consists of construction of a 6.7-meter portland cement concrete pavement and provision of

paved shoulders with lined canals and catchwalls.

“Aurora DEO implemented the road improvement project along the barangay Dibut section of the municipal road to complement the 1.47-kilometer already paved portion in 2021,” he added.

Upgrading the road leading to the coastal village of Dibut connects locals not just to the town proper but also to the provincial capital of Baler.

This in turn eases access to much-needed social

Malacañang has declared special non-working days in the entire province in celebration of its 205th founding anniversary on Feb. 2; in Laoag City for the Pamulinawen Festival on Feb. 10; and in Sarrat for the Binakol Festival on Feb. 28.

Authorities have prepared a traffic plan to ensure smooth traffic in downtown Laoag during the month-long activities of the Pamulinawen Festival.

Traffic rerouting signages for the civic-military parade on Feb. 1 were installed and traffic advisories have been posted, according to the city government’s official Facebook page.

Based on the public advisory, only light vehicles will be allowed to pass through the city proper during the civic-military parade, grand parade and street dance competitions.

Northbound vehicles,

including buses, truck and other long vehicles, can take the Laoag bypass road.

The Pamulinawen Festival celebrates the feast day of Saint William the Hermit, the patron saint of adopted children, and has grown into a more spectacular celebration of the culture and heritage of the city.

Meanwhile, Tan-ok ni Ilokano (Greatness of the Ilocano) Festival of Festivals on Feb. 24, Ilocos Norte’s most anticipated cultural dance showdown, will be one of the highlights of the foundation anniver-

sary. The event will showcase the greatness of the Ilocanos through unique festival dances from 21 municipalities and the cities of Laoag and Batac while gathering thousands of cultural performers and spectators at the newly refurbished Ferdinand E. Marcos sports stadium here.

Provincial tourism officer Ianree Raquel said Saturday they are expecting more visitors this year as the Tan-ok month is the province’s biggest attempt yet to raise the bar

in cultural performances, boosting the Ilocano’s sense of pride, unity, and greatness.

“The biggest pressure is on the contingents who are now busy preparing for the event,” Raquel said in an interview.

The event also gives an opportunity to informal workers such as event organizers, production staff, make-up artists, and designers, among others, to earn extra income.

Sarrat’s Binakol Festival, now on its 11th year, highlights the town’s loom weaving industry. ( PNA )

Welcome arc in Badoc, Ilocos Norte ( f ile P hoto B y l eilanie a driano )

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Roused to anger?

ANGER . A day rarely goes by without us feeling angry. It is not necessary to cite examples. Sometimes, it’s just a minor reason like we hate the fly at the wall. Sometimes anger has important reasons.

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EDITORIAL MAIN

Some common synonyms of anger are fury, indignation, ire, rage, and wrath. While all these words mean “an intense emotional state induced by displeasure,” anger, the most general term, names the reaction but by itself does not convey cause or intensity.

ever, is simpler to define than to identify. Emotions of antagonism can take a wider variety of faces. Expressions of anger range from the overt, in-your-face brand of open hostility to the cold indifference of a silent individual.

Anger at the workplace is becoming very common nowadays.

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Anger seems to become the main part of our daily life. That’s why it is really important to talk (again?) about this phenomenon. As I said, anger is one of the most basic emotions. Everyone can really get angry. If someone told you, he won’t get angry, better don’t believe him.

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Anger is a terrible feeling of being against something or someone. It can be my neighbor, because he is still (!) burning poisonous plastic and rubber garbage. Many of us get angry observing some politicians during those days worldwide.

Anger is a hostile emotion that sets people against one and another, or even against themselves. By its nature, anger involves opposition, hostility, hatred and dislike. Anger, how -

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One of my good friends works as a stewardess. Imagine yourself 35,000 feet up, pushing a trolley down a narrow aisle surrounded by restless passengers. A toddler is blocking your path, his parents not immediately visible. A passenger is irritated that he can no longer pay cash for an in-flight meal, another is demanding to be allowed past to use the toilet. And your job is to meet all of their needs with the same show of friendly willingness. For a cabin crew member, this is when emotional labor kicks in at work.

A term first coined by sociologist Arlie Hochschild, it’s the work we do to regulate our emotions to create “a publicly visible facial and bodily display within the workplace”.

At times, anger can be felt like an inner fire. It hits you in the gut. You see red and feel hot and maybe sweaty. Your stomach gives you problems, our blood

pressure rises, and breathing rate increases. Not only neighbors or politicians are the reason for anger. The silent withdrawal and lack of understanding and innumerable shortcomings of a partner or in the family are often an indication that one is angrily punishing the other for not doing things his or her way.

Back to the workplace: unhelpful attitudes such as ‘I’m not good enough’ may lead to thinking patterns in the workplace such as ‘No-one else is working as hard as I seem to be’ or ‘I must do a perfect job’, and can initiate and maintain high levels of workplace anxiety.

When research into emotional labor first began, it focused on the service industry with the underlying presumption that the more client or customer interaction you had, the more emotional labor was needed.

However, more recently psychologists have expanded their focus to other professions and found burnout can relate more closely to how

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IT was on that fateful day of March 25, 2016, Good Friday at that at 2:30 in the afternoon in Mt. Pud-ong in Sitio Kibaritan, Brgy. Malinao, a sort of holy place for the people of Kalilangan, Bukidnon where the Christians every holy week gather to commemorate Holy Week. Their commemoration that year seven years ago became even more memorable when three children named Lloyd Pasague, Dhelmar Waminal and Reggie Waminal were horribly killed due to the explosion of an Unidentified Explosive Ordnance (UXO) blasting their different parts of their bodies, scattered in different areas. There is no greater painful sight on earth than a father named Mr. Rodelio Waminal competing among the dogs in gathering the blasted organs of his two children and shouting in tears PANGINOON BAKIT?

In that blasting explosion incident, two more children got wounded named Roldmar Waminal, also son of Rodelio and Mark Lawrence Cadiz who survived but are now living in so much trauma.

It was a Good Friday and the Christians were feeling the sadness of the

crucifixion & death of the Son God whose death commemoration is at 3PM on that very day. But 30 minutes before that, TATLONG BATA NAGBUWIS NG BUHAY! For what? As biblically stated, “for everything, there is a purpose under Heaven.” Glaringly, all of us must now reflect on the sanctity and divinity of all life, especially of these innocent children in the context of Christ’s teaching “to love the children.” Indeed, children are pure consciousness whose emanation is from the Ocean of pure consciousness, the Unseen Being, the Formless called God.

If only the Department of National Defense (DND) has listened to the Certification of then Vice Mayor of Kalilangan now the Hon. Mayor Raymond Charl Gamboa and supported then by different agencies of government, to quote, “ it is so dangerous to declare Sitio Kibaritan as part of military reservation as it is already a community with a chapel, an elementary school and a Day-Care center.”

But such certification was utterly dis-regarded, even disregarding the Sangguniang Panlalawigan’s Resolu-

tion not to fence the area as such will cause damage to the farms and crops of the farmer-occupants. The farming community has been shouting: OUR LAND IS FOR FOOD NOT FOR WAR!

No way has the Mindanao Army Training Group has listened to the outcries and continue tractoring, buck-hoeing, and griddering their crops that all these years have amounted to tens of millions of pesos. The 187 farming-families are now living in extreme poverty and many of their children have to stop schooling for having no financial means anymore. As their crops are continuously destroyed in gross violation of their human right despite resolutions from the Sangguniang Bayan, they will soon live in hunger. They are now

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Orlan R. Ravanera

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Samar farmers, residents

Tulay ng Pangulo project

get P9-M

BALANGIGA, Eastern Samar – Farmers and residents expressed thanked the national government for the completion of the Tulay ng Pangulo Para sa Kaunlarang Pang-Agraryo project in Brgy. Sta. Rosa, Balangiga, Eastern Samar.

Agrarian Reform Secretary Conrado Estrella III, in partnership with the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH), led the inauguration and turnover of the bridge on Jan. 27 to the municipality of Balangiga, led by Mayor Dana Flynch De Lira.

“This is a very historic moment for barangay Santa Rosa, for having the first concrete bridge through the Tulay ng Pangulo project. This event is a symbolism where the town of Balangiga can cross from the state of poverty to progress,” De

Lira said.

Cambukol Bridge will benefit a total of 14,341 residents, including the 823 agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) in the Balangiga agrarian reform communities composed of seven barangays, including Poblacion 1, San Miguel, Cansumangcay, Sta. Rosa, Cag-olango, Guimaayohan and Baciao.

“We are very happy with this project. It will surely promote rural development in the ARCs in this region. Thank you to the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) and DPWH,” Danilo Abigan, Brgy. Chairman of Sta. Rosa said.

Abigan said the bridge will provide the ARBs easier access to bring their farm products to the market as compared to the old bridge made only of wood mate -

rials causing some of the residents to accidentally fall into the river.

Estrella said this is another milestone of the Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) under the administration of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

“Our President is fulfilling his promise to provide support services to the ARBs. Whereas before you had difficulty in transporting your products, now you have the Tulay ng Pangulo project to ease your transportation problems,” he said.

Robert Anthony Yu, DAR Eastern Visayas regional head, said the Cambukol Bridge worth PHP9 million has a 28 linear meter, 2-lanes, 1-span prefabricated modular steel technology supplied by the French government. ( PNA )

Bacolod to launch ride-hailing system for city gov’t offices

By NANETTE GUADALQUIVER

BACOLOD CITY – The city government here conducted a physical inventory of its serviceable vehicles over the weekend in preparation for the launch of a ride-hailing service for efficient use of government-owned vehicles.

Mayor Alfredo Benitez said he introduced the MABB Cab to the city drivers ahead of the system’s operation next week.

“It is like the ride-hailing app (applications). Each city government office can book a service vehicle through the app,” he said in a statement.

Since not all vehicles transport personnel on official business daily, a vehicle not in use can be booked by other offices when needed.

“This is also one way of monitoring the condition of our vehicles and ensuring that all the drivers of the city government are servicing all the offices in need,” he said.

VEHICLE INVENTORY. Some of the serviceable vehicles of the Bacolod City government during the physical inventory at the Government Center grounds on Saturday (Jan. 28, 2023). The inspection was done ahead of the launch of the city’s ride-hailing system for local government employees on official business. ( s creenshot fro

The MABB Cab system is patterned after the Negros Occidental provincial government’s Capitol Cab, a ride-hailing service with a digital booking application that handles the travel demands of provincial government employees on official business.

Based on the list of the General Services Office, the city has around 500 serviceable vehicles but only 378 units have been accounted for so far.

“We are looking for the 122 units so we can conduct a proper inventory of our vehicles,” he said. (PNA)

NEW BRIDGE. The newly built Cambukol Bridge in Brgy. Sta. Rosa, Balangiga, Eastern Samar inaugurated on Jan. 27, 2023. The PHP9-million bridge will benefit 14,341 residents, including 823 agrarian reform beneficiaries. (Inset) The old Kambukol Bridge ( P hoto courtesy of dar )

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MANILA , Philippines, 26 January – AirAsia Philippines closes the first month of 2023 on a high note posting a 90% average load factor, a 10% increase from the same period last year.

Caticlan, Cebu, Tagbilaran, Davao, and Iloilo remain as top domestic destinations while Seoul, Bangkok, Osaka and Tokyo emerge as the most preferred international routes.

AirAsia Philippines Head of Communications and Public Affairs Steve Dailisan shares, “January has set up the pace for AirAsia Philippines. We have seen an uptick in travel demand in the past 25 days and this is due to the reopening of more international destinations

90% load factor in January

World’s Best Low-Cost Airline delights travelers with 20% OFF during 3-day travel fair

during the fourth quarter of 2022. With the reopening of the China market, we are highly optimistic in restoring our international capacity this year. We will continue to excite our guests with best value deals and brand of the world’s best service during their travels.”

To make travel goals more attainable, the World’s Best Low-Cost Airline is mounting a three-day sale. Capitalizing on its stronghold over its Cebu hub, AirAsia is offering from as much as 20% discount or a minimum savings of Php336 on flights from Cebu to Manila, Catilcan,

Puerto Princesa, Davao, and Incheon through the Cebu leg of the BDO Travel Fair happening on 27 to 29 January 2023. Other destinations are also up for sale for travel until 30 September 2023.

AirAsia is also making travel experience more exciting with a-Access promo,

which offers exclusive discounts on AirAsia partner establishments and activities in Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, Dumaguete, and Puerto Princesa. a-Access also entitles guests with raffle tickets for a chance to win a FREE AirAsia flight. Promo period is valid until 6 February 2023

Game-changer for PH job market: Asticom launches Acquiro

IN an effort to help address persistent unemployment and underemployment in the Philippines, the Asticom Group of Companies, a shared services provider under the Globe Group, has launched a new platform that promises to revolutionize job and talent search.

Launched on January 19, Acquiro Solutions and Tech Inc. aims to streamline job hunting among seekers and the search for talents among recruiters and companies.

A spin-off from Asticom’s

staffing solutions business, this new addition to the group aims to assist a diverse range of job seekers including fresh graduates, career shifters, interns, and gigsters to find suitable careers. At the same time, it seeks to help businesses of all sizes adapt to the ever-changing modern workplace.

The unemployment rate in the Philippines remains a concern, with 4.2 percent of the population or about 2.18 million Filipinos

See LAUNCHES , page 10

New DBP President to broaden role in infrastructure financing

Michael O. de Jesus, the new president and chief executive officer of stateowned Development Bank of the Philippines (DBP), said that the Bank will work closely with the National Government in expanding the country’s infrastructure development program to raise the competitiveness

of the local economy.

“As I take the helm of DBP, it is with high hope and confidence that this Bank will continue to boost and sustain our infrastructure push,” de Jesus said.

“Together with our stakeholders, we will ensure that DBP fulfills its mandate of

via the Super App.

The World’s Best LowCost Airline is advising its guests to download the Super App, and regularly visit the airasia fly safe page and airasia Super App social media platforms Facebook and Twitter for flight schedules and other travel advisories.

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) expects wider circulation and public use of the 1000-Piso polymer banknote as it becomes available in more automated teller machines (ATMs) nationwide.

As of end-December 2022, 17,304 ATMs or 92 percent of the total number of ATMs[1] in the country have been recalibrated by banks to dispense the 1000Piso polymer banknotes. Up to 7,274 of these polymerready ATMs are located in the National Capital Region. Thirty-nine million pieces, representing 7.8 percent of the total 1000Piso polymer banknotes to be circulated by the central bank, have been available to the public as of endNovember 2022.

While the BSP continues the phased issuance of 1000Piso polymer banknotes, the central bank reminds the public, retailers, and banks to accept folded banknotes, whether paper or polymer, as they are legal tender and can be used for daily payment transactions.

If doubtful on the value

See BROADEN , page 10 See AVAILABLE , page 10

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A prominent and seasoned banker has formally assumed the position as head of one of the largest government financial institutions in the country, vowing to strengthen and expand the Bank’s role in infrastructure financing to sustain the country’s growth momentum.

(Left Photo) Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin (left) swears in DBP president and chief executive officer Michael O. de Jesus during rites held on January 11, 2023, at the Office of the Press Secretary in Malacañan Palace, Manila. (Right Photo), DBP president and CEO Michael O. de Jesus addresses DBP officers and staff for the first time during the Monday flag-raising ceremony held at the DBP Head office in Makati City.

Polymer banknotes available in more ATMs nationwide

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

12th Judicial Region, Branch 21 Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE: EJF NO. 21-104

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale in accordance with the provision of Republic Act 720, as amended filed by 1st VALLEY BANK, INC. represented by its Branch Manager, NERI B. BLISS, Mortgagee, against MARY ANTONITTE M. CASTILLA married to ZANDER

JOE CASTILLA, Mortgagor of Purok 12, Barangay, Poblacion, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte executed on November 12, 2021 to satisfy the Mortgage Indebtedness, the principal obligation which has been overdue in the amount of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000.00) PESOS excluding, interests, penalties, Sheriff’s expenses, Publication and other related incidental expenses, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at Public Auction on MARCH 22, 2023 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning to 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Session Hall of this Court to the highest bidder, for CASH or MANAGER’S CHECK and in Philippine Currency, the following described real property with all improvements thereon, to wit:

ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE

NO. 2018000034

Register of Deeds of Province of Lanao del Norte

“A parcel of land Lot 1087-75, Csd-10-022317-D situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, Municipality of Kapatagan, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the EAST, along line 1-2 by Lot 1087-425 (Roadlot), Csd-10-022317-D; on the SOUTH, along line 2-3 by Lot 1087-74, Csd-10-022317-D: on the WEST, along line 3-4 by Lot 1087-72, Csd-10-022317-D: and on the NORTH, along line 4-1 by Lot 1087-76, Csd-10022317-D.

Containing an area of SEVENTY-NINE (79) square meters more or less.”

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-mentioned time and date.

In the event the Public Auction should not take place on the said date, it shall be held on March 29, 2023 without further notice.

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.

January 13, 2023.

WARNING: It is absolutely prohibited to remove, deface or destroy this Notice of Sale on or before the date of Sale, under

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

10th Judicial Region Branch 1 Hall of Justice

Libertad, Butuan City

DAISY ANTIPALA PALDO , Petitioner, CIVIL CASE NO. 2020-0079

For: Declaration of Nullity of Marriage -versus-

RONNIE I. PALDO , Respondent. x-------------------------------------/

ORDER

Before the Court is a petition of declaration of nullity of marriage filed by petitioner through counsel.

Records check, the petition prays that order be issued allowing the service of summons to the respondent through publication as an alternative mode and in accordance with Section 14, Rule 14 of the 1997 Rules of Civil Procedure, the petition briefly states the following:

That petitioner is a resident of P-14 Villa Caridad, Brgy. Baan, Km. 3, Butuan City; while respondent is resident of 235 Barsaga Subd., Medicion 1-B, Imus, Cavite; petitioner learned after their marriage that the respondent is psychologically incapacitated to perform his marital obligations is incurable and permanent in character and that such incapacity already existed even before their marriage; respondent’s psychological incapacity is shown by the following facts: respondent immediately after their marriage continuously maltreated the petitioner through tremendous verbal abuse against the latter’s person without justification thereby causing on her great psychological and emotional pains; the respondent openly declared after their marriage that did not love her and he married her just for the sake of marriage; respondent’s unexplained hatred on the petitioner was so intense such that the love the petitioner had for the respondent turned out to be useless; the respondent abandoned his family and has not given any support to his family; the respondent is a drug addict and is addicted to gambling and alcohol; and petitioner discovered that the respondent had illicit affairs with other woman; the parties have been living separately as husband and wife.

Wherefore, finding merit in the motion, leave of Court to serve summons by publication is hereby granted. Petitioner is hereby ordered to cause the publication of this summons once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines at the expense of the petitioner. In addition, a copy of the summons shall be served on the respondent at his last known address by registered mail.

Respondent, Ronnie I. Paldo is hereby ordered to answer herein petition within thirty (30) days from the last date of Publication.

SO ORDERED.

Butuan City, Philippines, September 8, 2021.

Mindanao

First Mindanao Tourism Expo opens in Davao City

By RUDOLPH IAN ALAMA

DAVAO CITY- The first Mindanao Tourism Expo opened on Friday (Jan. 27) at SMX Convention Center in SM Lanang Premiere.

The opening was attended by Department of Tourism officials led by Tourism Secretary Christina Garcia-Frasco.

The Secretary said the expo is part of DOT’s efforts to reopen Mindanao to tourism which she said was one of the first plans she laid out to President

10 held over P7-M smuggled fuel in Tawi-Tawi

By TEOFILO GARCIA, JR

ZAMBOANGA CITY –

Authorities have arrested 10 people and seized some PHP7 million worth of smuggled petroleum prod-

ucts off Tawi-Tawi province, a top police official said Saturday.

Col. Richard Verceles, operations chief of the Area Police Command-Western

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-005 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES CARLO ALAAN GOMEZ AND JADE TUBAT FEROLINO-GOMEZ, CARLO ALAAN GOMEZ AND JADE TUBAT FEROLINO-GOMEZ, Petitioners. x - - - -

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on September 12, 1997 at Isabela, Basilan, both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Brgy. Obrero, Butuan City and Block 17, Lot 18, Camella Subd., Labo, Ozamiz 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 each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than fifteen (15) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on June 6, 1995 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 17, 2023 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 20th of January, 2023.

MDN: Jan 24, 31& Feb 7, 2023

Mindanao, said the shipment was seized around 3:30 a.m. Saturday near the island town of Tandubas.

Police Maritime Group personnel based in TawiTawi were conducting seaborne patrol when they spotted ML Shaira, a woodenhulled vessel in the seawater of Tandubas.

During the inspection,

R.A. 10172

Publication Notice

the maritime police found there were 10 people onboard and the vessel loaded with 590 drums of undocumented petroleum product with a value amounting to PHP7 million.

Verceles identified the 10 arrested persons as Kashmeer Abao, 41, the skipper; Sajid Hassan, 51, owner of

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR Provincial Government of Davao Occidental Municipality of Sta. Maria

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that DARIO DELOS REYES MORASTIL has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of Entry in Sex from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of DARIO DELOS REYES MORASTIL who was born on October 18, 1961 at Sta. Maria, Davao del Sur and whose parents are MIGUEL MORASTIL and MATILDE DELOS REYES

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 30, 2023

Ferdinand Marcos Jr. shortly after her appointment as tourism chief.

“Since then, the efforts have been not only to concentrate on what the Department of Tourism has been doing in the past few years which it has done well… but also to expand the reach of the traditional mandate of the Department to look into the necessary pillars of true tourism development to take a long hard and honest look at what needs to change, what needs to be improved,

to ensure that when we get back post-pandemic, from everything that has ravaged through our beloved country, from all the losses suffered by the tourism industry that we come back stronger than ever before,” Sec. Frasco said.

She said the directive of President Marcos is not just to continue to develop and promote the key destinations but also to allow the benefits of tourism to reach as far as possible

SMUGGLED FUEL. The Maritime Police Group arrest 10 people and seize PHP7 million worth of smuggled fuel near Tandubas, Tawi-Tawi on Saturday (Jan. 28, 2023). The policemen were on conducting sea patrol when they spotted a wooden-hulled vessel transporting the smuggled petroleum product. ( P hoto courtesy of a rea P olice c o MM and - w estern M indanao )

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

January 17, 2023

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that BARME O. REDOBLE has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in child’s sex from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of BARME ORILLO REDOBLE at Mc Arthur Highway, Digos, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Bartolome B. Redoble and Pacita G. Orillo Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than February 06, 2023

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

(SGD) OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-014 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES EDWIN B. PASCUAL AND LADYLANE FAITH R. QUEBEC, EDWIN B. PASCUAL AND LADYLANE FAITH R. QUEBEC, Petitioners.

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on January 20, 2016 at Navotas City, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at 479F Dulalia St., Linguan, Valenzuela City and Block 10 Lot B, San Nicolas, Balagtas St., San Fernando, Pampanga 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 each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for five (5) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on January 20, 2016 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 20, 2023 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 27th of January 2023.

MDN: Jan 31, Feb 7 & 14, 2023

R.A 10172

Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

(Sgd) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that VENGIE D. NACA has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of VENGIE DUMAOG NACA who was born on JANUARY 2, 1980 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ROSARIO T. DUMAOG and MARCELITO M. NACA

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 2022

MDN: Jan 24 & 31, 2023

(Sgd.) NEREIL Z. SAMORO Municipal Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th Shari’a Circuit Court

4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF CIVIL CASE NO.2023-013 SPOUSES ACE DIAMOND TORRES SICAT AND AILEEN DAVID SOLIMAN-SICAT, ACE DIAMOND TORRES SICAT AND AILEEN DAVID SOLIMAN-SICAT, Petitioners.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on July 26, 2003 at San Ramon, Dinalupihan, Bataan, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at San Fernando Pampanga and Luacan, Dinalupihan, Bataan, 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 each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for eighteen (18) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on July 26, 2003 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 20, 2023 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 27th of January 2023.

MDN: Jan 31, Feb 7 & 14, 2023

R.A 9048 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

(Sgd) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ADILAIDA R. MACADATO has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “ AL-MATEEN ” to “ ABDUL MATEEN ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of AL-MATEEN MACADATO COSAIN who was born on OCTOBER 27, 2020 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ADILAIDA R. MACADATO and SADICK S. COSAIN

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 2023

(Sgd.) ATTY. YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL City Civil Registrar

MDN: Jan 24 & 31, 2023

(Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-012 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES PAUL KEVIN P. YUMUL AND DIANA VENUS L. GABUT-YUMUL, PAUL KEVIN P. YUMUL AND DIANA VENUS L. GABUT-YUMUL, Petitioners.

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on May 8, 2013 at Bato, Camarines Sur, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Brgy. Santiago, Bato, Camarines Sur and Brgy. Macabalan, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental 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 each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than four (4) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of 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 affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on May 8, 2013 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 20, 2023 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 newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDERED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 27th of January 2023.

MDN: Jan 31, Feb 7 & 14, 2023

R.A 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

(Sgd) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that LAICA B. RAGO has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly DATE OF BIRTH from “ SEPTEMBER 15, 1954 ” to “ NOVEMBER 15, 1954 ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JULIUS CEASAR CABARAL RAGO who was born on NOVEMBER 15, 1954 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are GREGORIA CABARAL and LEONARDO RAGO

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than FEBRUARY 2022 (Sgd.)

MDN: Jan 24 & 31, 2023

See HELD , page 10

Opens...

from page 8 countrywide.

“Aron mabati sa atong igsoon na Filipino ang tinood ug tinuay na benepisyo sa paglambo sa turismo (So that our Filipino brothers will feel the true benefits of the tourism development),” the Secretary said in her speech.

The expo which will run until January 29, has 200 participants with 34 exhibitors of which 18 exhibitors are the different DOT regional offices across the country and 16 private sector tourism establishments.

The expo will have four main proponents mainly the expo itself, the B2B or the Business-to-Business meetings, Business-to-Customer meetings and the gala show to culminate the event.

The expo is a project realized by the partnership with the Davao Visitors Destination Hub, Inc, DOT Mindanao Regional Offices, DOT - Of -

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Transportation

LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD

Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City

GOLDEN FRIENDSHIP ECO CASE NO. R10-EV-CC-TAXI-2021-09-2575

FRIENDLY TRANSPORT COOPERATIVE (GOFETCO)

Rep.by: WENIFREDO C. YANCHA, JR. Applicant/ Petitioner.

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT/ PETITIONER requests the authority to amend his/her/its application/petition and to add THREE (03) unit/s in their previous Petition for Consolidation of Cases to operate TAXI SERVICE on the route: CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY TO ANY POINT IN REGION 10 AND VICE VERSA and with the total use of TWENTY SIX (26) unit/s.

This amended application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 15, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date

Applicant/Petitioner shall formally submit his/ her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) DAYS prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of local circulation.

Party(s) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 30th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

MDN: Jan 31, 2023

NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SPS. SINON DALAM AND TIBON PANDITADALAMA who both died intestate on March 26, 1984 and May 11, 1995, respectively, both at their home at Sitio Kalyong, Brgy. Landan, Polomolok South Cotabato left;

“Lot No. 69-Part, PLS-683, (Tax Declaration No. N-1000042), an agricultural lot situated in Sitio Kalyong, Brgy. Landan, Municipality of Polomolok, South Cotabato containing an area of FOUR (4.0) HECTARES, more or less, and covered by Tax Declaration

No. N-1000042 declared in the name of Dalama, Sinon;

“Lot No. 68-Part, PLS-683, (Tax Declaration No. M-1000040), an agricultural lot situated in Sitio Kalyong, Brgy. Landan, Municipality of Polomolok, South Cotabato containing an area of FOUR (4.0) HECTARES, more or less, and covered by Tax Declaration No. M-1000040 declared in the name of Dalama, Tibon;

“Lot No. 68-Part, PLS-683, (Tax Declaration No. M-1000041), an agricultural lot situated in Sitio Kalyong, Brgy. Landan, Municipality of Polomolok, South Cotabato containing an area of EIGHT (8.0) HECTARES, more or less, and covered by Tax Declaration No. M-1000041 declared in the name of Pablo Sinon but is acknowledged by declared owner during his lifetime and by his heirs now to be owned by Dalama, Tibon Pandita; is the subject of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate of Spouses

SINON DALAMA AND TIBON PANDITA

DALAMA under the Notarial Registry of Atty. Levy T. Saligumba, Per Doc. No. 1357, Page No. 272, Book No. XCVII, Series of 2022. MDN: Jan

fice of Product and Market Development, DOT - Office of the Undersecretary for Tourism Regulation Coordination and Resource Generation.

Impact to Davao City

Tourism

Davao City Tourism Operations Office OIC Jennifer Romero said the reopening of Mindanao’s tourism will have a positive impact to Davao City as it is the gateway and the center of the region.

“Dako kaayo sya na impact sa Davao City (this will have a big impact to Davao City) because this is the center of Davao Region and the melting pot of Mindanao the expo is a testament that Mindanao is ready, Davao City is ready,” Romero said.

Tour agency owner and private sector Davao Tourism Association sectoral vicepresident for Travel and Tours said the expo will give them the chance to open the different

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATES OF FILOMENO F. BAUTISTA, ROLANDO F. BAUTISTA, JR. AND SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA

Notice is hereby given that FILOMENO F. BAUTISTA died intestate on December 29, 2020, ROLANDO F. BAUTISTA, JR. died intestate on November 4, 2013 and SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA died intestate on August 10, 2016. At the time of the demise of the DECEDENTS’ father, ROLANDO A. BAUTISTA , who died intestate on May 8, 1975, the DECEDENTS inherited their respective shares in the share of their late father in the following real property covered by Tax

Declaration No. G-064996 : A parcel of land (Cadastral Lot No. 2136 C-3)

Assessor’s Lot No. 048, Block 5, Lot 2136-A-1 & A-2 of the subd. plan, situated at Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of One Thousand Forty Six (1,046) sq.m. more or less.” Also, at the time of the demise of the DECEDENTS’ mother NELITA F. BAUTISTA , who died intestate on July 21, 2006, the DECEDENTS also inherited their respective shares in their mother’s Thirty Nine (39) shares of stock of Cagayan De Oro College, Inc. (“COC”) with a par value of One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) per share including a 0.355 fractional share. A copy of COC Stock Certificate No. 25127 and the Corporate Secretary’s Certificate dated April 5, 2022. The HEIRS, in consonance with the provisions of the Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of the Estates of the DECEDENTS’ parents Rolando A. Bautista and Nelita

F. Bautista dated December 16, 2022, have agreed to extrajudicially adjudicate unto themselves the respective estates of the DECEDENTS arising from the latter’s inheritance from their late parents. Are the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATES OF FILOMENO F. BAUTISTA, ROLANDO F. BAUTISTA, JR. AND SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA , made and executed by and among:

The legal heirs of the late Filomeno F. Bautista, namely, his surviving spouse

ARLENE C. BAUTISTA ; and their legitimate children APRIL MARIE C. BAUTISTA, single, and JOHN PAOLO

C. BAUTISTA , married; all of legal age, Filipinos and residents of Block

8, Lot 1, Xavier Heights Subdivision, Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City;

The legal heirs of the late Rolando F. Bautista, Jr. , namely, his surviving spouse ESTRELLA S. BAUTISTA; and their legitimate child APRIL JUSELLE

B. YSULAT , married; both Filipinos and residents of Block 1, Lot 11, Peter Street, San Agustin Valley Homes, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City; and

The legal heirs of the late Samuel F. Bautista, namely, his surviving spouse

LEONOR G. BAUTISTA , and their legitimate children ANGELIKA MARIE

G. BAUTISTA and MICHAEL RENZO

G. BAUTISTA , both of legal age and single; all Filipinos with address at 30 Sembawang Road, Sun Plaza #19-01, Singapore 757713. The above-named HEIRS are the respective sole legal heirs of FILOMENO F. BAUTISTA, ROLANDO F. BAUTISTA, JR. and SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA (hereinafter referred to as the DECEDENTS). Under Notary public of ATTY. CHRISTINA MALFERRARI JUGADOR; As per Doc. No. 499;

101;

destinations in the region.

“We will be able to promote our place not only to the Philippine market but also to the world, to have an event such as this, it is a good opportunity to showcase the different cities and provinces around Mindanao,” Montano said. ( PIA/RG Alama )

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But Durante has denied any involvement in the murder of Plaza, saying he also demands justice for Plaza’s untimely demise.

“Yvonne was a friend,” Durante told the Philippine Daily Inquirer in an interview dated January 3, a few days after the model was shot dead by motorcycle-riding-in-tandem

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATES OF ROLANDO A. BAUTISTA AND NELITA F. BAUTISTA

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of Rolando A. Bautista died intestate on May 8, 1975 while Nelita F. Bautista died intestate on July 21, 2006, both in Cagayan de Oro City. The following children of the DECEDENTS are also deceased, namely, Filomeno F. Bautista, Rolando F. Bautista, Jr. and Samuel F. Bautista. At the time of his demise, ROLANDO A. BAUTISTA left the following real property covered by Tax Declaration No. G-064996 “A parcel of land (Cadastral Lot No. 2136 C-3) Assessor’s Lot No. 048, Block 5, Lot 2136-A-1 & A-2 of the subd. Plan, situated at Camamanan, Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of One Thousand Forty Six (1,046) sq.m. more or less.” at the time of her demise, NELITA F. BAUTISTA left Thirty Nine (39) shares of stock of Cagayan de Oro College, Inc. (“COC”) with a par value of One Hundred Pesos (P100.00) per share including a 0.355 fractional share. A copy of COC Stock Certificate No. 25127 and the Corporate Secretary’s Certificate dated April 5, 2022. Are the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATES OF ROLANDO A. BAUTISTA AND NELITA F. BAUTISTA . made and executed by and among; The legal heirs of the late Filomeno F. Bautista , namely, his surviving spouse ARLENE C. BAUTISTA ; and their legitimate children APRIL MARIE C. BAUTISTA, single, and JOHN PAOLO

C. BAUTISTA , married, all of legal age, Filipinos and residents of Block 8, Lot 1, Xavier Heights Subdivision, Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City; JEANNETTE B. EMATA , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Block 9, Lot 7, Quail Street, Morning Mist Subdivision, Upper Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City; MARIE LOU B. FIRESTONE , of legal age, US Citizen, a natural-born Filipino, married, and a resident of 3987 Flintridge Drive, Stone Mountain, Georgia 30083 USA; The legal heirs of the late Rolando F. Bautista, Jr. , namely, his surviving spouse ESTRELLA S. BAUTISTA ; and their legitimate child APRIL JUSELLE B. YSULAT , married, both Filipinos and residents of Block 1, Lot 11, Peter Street, San Agustin Valley Homes, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City; The legal heirs of the late Samuel F. Bautista, namely, his surviving spouse LEONOR G. BAUTISTA ; and their legitimate children ANGELIKA MARIE

G. BAUTISTA and MICHAEL RENZO

G. BAUTISTA , both of legal age and single; all Filipinos with address at 30 Sembawang Road, Sun Plaza #19-01, Singapore 757713; RUTH B. YAÑEZ , of legal age, Filipino, married, and with address at Block 11, Lot 45 & 47, La Buena Vida Subdivision, Gran Europa, Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental; and LAWRENCE F. BAUTISTA , of legal age, Filipino, married, with address at 4-2 Teachers BLISS, Pilipino Street, Barangay Balon Bato, Balintawak, Quezon City. The parties are collectively referred hereto as the “HEIRS”. The above-named HEIRS are the sole legal heirs of the late spouses

ROLANDO A. BAUTISTA and NELITA

F.BAUTISTA (hereinafter referred to as the “DECEDENTS”). The HEIRS are the children, grandchildren and in-laws of the DECEDENTS. Under Notary Public of ATTY. CHRISTINA MALFERRARI JUGADOR; As Per Doc.

469; Page No. 95; Book No. 61;

7, 2023

assassins.

Gunman in military custody Meanwhile, the alleged gunman in the murder of businesswoman and model Yvonne Chua Plaza is now in the custody of the 10th Infantry Division based in Mawab, Davao de Oro, reports obtained by MDNN News said yesterday.

Capt Mark Anthony Tito has confirmed this during an interview with the media. Tito also revealed that two more army personnel who allegedly executed the murder were also in their custody.

Earlier, a reliable source of GMA-One Mindanao has named three army personnel who executed the killing. They were PFC Delfin Sialsa

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT , made and executed in the City of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines, on this_________, by and between:

EDILBERTA B. ENDRINA , of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow and with the residence at Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR ”; ERMITA E. DIAZ, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR YOLANDO B. ENDRINA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR EDGARDO B. ENDRINA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR

EDISON B. ENDRINA , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR

GRACELYN E. TUMILAP, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR ” BEBYLEN E. LAGUMBAY , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR ” FLORDELITA E. DELA PEÑA , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR ”

ULIPIANO B. ENDRINA, I. , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR ”; HEIR OF THE LATE ULIPIANO B. ENDRINA, JR.: SARAH JEAN D. ENDRINA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow and a resident of Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, hereto referred as “ HEIR ” WITNESSETH; THAT

WHEREAS ULIPIANO V. ENDRINA

Filipino Citizen, died intestate on December 26, 2013, at Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, leaving a certain parcel of land located in Poblacion, Lantapan, Bukidnon, Philippines, covered by KOT/OCT/TCT No. EO-1102 more particularly described as follows: ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE No. EO-1102 Lot 6416, CAD653 Lantapan Cadastre A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 6416, CAD 653, Lantapan Cadastre, being a portion of Lot 2243, CAD653 Lantapan Cadastre), situated in the barrio of Poblacion, Municipality of Lantapan, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TEN THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE (10, 985) square meters , more or less.

WHEREAS, the parties hereto, are the sole and only heirs of the decedents they being the legitimate heirs, of the deceased;

WHEREAS, there are no known debts or obligations due against the estate of the said decedent; and

WHEREAS , it is to the best interest of the parties hereto to settle and partition extra-judicially and adjudicate among themselves the above-described real property in the form and manner herein set forth;

NOW THEREFORE , for and in consideration of the premises, and invoking the provisions of Section 1, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court of the Philippine Supreme Court, the parties hereto do, by these presents, agree to settle and partition extra-judicially the above-described property and adjudicate the same among themselves in pro indiviso equal shares subject however, to the liabilities imposed by Section 4, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, in favor of any other possible heirs, creditors and other persons who might be deprived of their lawful participation in the estate of the decedent, for a period of two years.

That we hereby affirm that we have executed the foregoing instrument out of our own voluntary free will without force, intimidation or violence upon our person and have no claim or demand against each other.

Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT , under the Notarial Registry of

who was the gunman; CPL Adriano Cashero, who acted as the motorcycle driver; and Staff Sgt Gilbert Plaza, who was the reported team leader of the group.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That we:

1. VIOLETA B. CRUZ , of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of 01-96 Springside, Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

2. VIOLA ANN CRUZ-BACUS, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Phase 3, NHA, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

3. MEA ANN CRUZ-NOCUM , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Fortich St., Barangay 3, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

4. JO ANN CRUZ-GUDITO , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Carmenville Subd., Casisang, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

5. RYAN B. CRUZ , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of 01-96 Springside, Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

6. ADRIAN B. CRUZ , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of 01-96 Springside, Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

7. KRISTIAN B. CRUZ , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of 01-96 Springside, Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

8. CYRELLE ANN CRUZ-LOZANO , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Block 20, Lot 5 & 6, Carmenville Subd., Casisang, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

9. IMARIE ANN B. CRUZ , of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of 01-96 Springside, Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

10. KRISTINE ANN B. CRUZ , of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of 01-96 Springside, Barangay 1, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

WITNESSETH :

WHEREAS, late MANALO CRUZ died intestate without living a Will or Testament on March 7, 2005 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

WHEREAS , at the time of the demise of the said late MANALO CRUZ , he left conjugal estate parcel of land described as follows;

“A parcel of land identified as Lot 2469-E, Psd-10-030819 , being a portion of Lot 2469, Pls-800, situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SIXTY-SIX (266) square meters, more or less. Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No.

T-66588 and Tax Declaration No.

F-001292 and Tax Declaration No. F-001293 for the building/improvement.”

WHEREAS, no known debt of deceased MANALO CRUZ have not been settled to date;

WHEREAS, no person have filed any claims, whether formal or informal, against the above described intestate estate;

WHEREAS, the above-named heirs are the sole and only heirs of deceased MANALO CRUZ ;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Sec. 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and adjudicate the real property above-described, in EQUAL SHARE

That the parties hereby affirm that they have executed the foregoing instrument out of their own voluntary free will without force, intimidation or violence upon their person and have no claim or demand against each other; Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FLAVIANO

T. GAPOL, JR. , Notary Public per

Doc No. 479 ; Page No. 97 ; Book No. CCXLI ; Series of 2022

MDN: Jan 31, Feb 7 & 14, 2023

“We assure the public that the three army personnel involved in the killing are now in our custody,” says 10th ID spokesperson Capt Mark Anthony Tito.

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA (the “DECEDENT”) who died intestate on August 10, 2016 in Singapore. At the time of his demise, the DECEDENT left the following real property; “Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-95173 “A parcel of land (Lot No. 19, Block 53, of the Cons. Subd, plan. PCS-10001207, being a portion of Lot 1 & 3, Pcs-104305-001147. Situated in the Barangay of Carmen, City of Cagayan de Oro, Islands of Mindanao. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED THIRTY SQ.M. (130) . Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA , made and executed by and among: LEONOR G. BAUTISTA, of legal age, widow, Filipino, with address at 30 Sembawang Road, Sun Plaza #19-01, Singapore 757713, herein represented by her Attorney-in-Fact Ruth B. Yañez; ANGELIKA MARIE G. BAUTISTA, of legal age, Filipino, single and with address at 30 Sembawang Road, Sun Plaza #19-01, Singapore 757713, herein represented by her Attorney-in-Fact Ruth B. Yañez; and MICHAEL RENZO G. BAUTISTA, of legal age, Filipino, single and with address at 30 Sembawang Road, Sun Plaza #19-01, Singapore 757713, herein represented by his Attorney-in-Fact Ruth B. Yañez; the parties are the sole legal heirs of the late SAMUEL F. BAUTISTA. Under Notary Public of ATTY. CHRISTINA MALFERRARI JUGADOR; As Per Doc. No. 470; Page No. 95; Book No. 61; Series of 2022

MDN: Jan 24, 31 & Feb 7, 2023

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Agreement made and entered by and between: the HEIRS OF SPOUSES EUGENIO B. MELGO and FLORITA S. MELGO namely:

FIDEL S. MELGO , married, LORENZA M. LADICA , married, JUVY M. EGOT , married, ROSEPELER S. MELGO , married, JEREMIAS S. MELGO, married, HERMIE M. SAUSAL, married, both of legal ages, Filipinos, with residence and postal address at Municipality of Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH THAT:

WHEREAS , we are the surviving heirs of SPOUSES EUGENIO B. MELGO and FLORITA S. MELGO who died on February 14, 1984 and December 1, 2020 respectively:

WHEREAS , the deceased at the time of their death left a parcel of land situated in Sto. Niño, Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, covered by Original Certificate of Title No. P-3401 identified as Lot No. 415, Gss-549 containing an area of FIFTY-THREE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED EIGTHY (53,580) SQUARE METERS : WHEREAS, no personal properties are involved in this extrajudicial settlement, and that to the best knowledge and information of the parties, the deceased left no debts;

That pursuant to Section 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and the parties herein being all of age and with full civil capacity to contract, have agreed and adjudicate into themselves the above-described real property.

We hereby affirm that we have executed this instrument out of our own will without forced, intimidation or violence upon our persons, and we have no claim or demand against each other in connection with the adjudication of the above-described real properties;

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE, under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FARRAH L.YONGCO-ONIHAO , Notary Public per Doc No; 433 ; Page No. 87 ; Book No. LXI ; Series of 2023

MDN: Jan 24, 31 & Feb 7, 2023

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RA 11223, which was enacted in 2018, is sought to be amended by the proposed bill.

Other authors of the bill are Majority Leader Manuel Jose “Mannix” Dalipe, Senior Majority Leader and Ilocos Norte Rep. Ferdinand Alexander Marcos, and Tingog Party-list Reps. Yedda Marie Romualdez and Jude Acidre.

Their proposed amendment, which was filed on last Jan. 13, states: “The President of the Philippines may, upon recommendation of the PhilHealth board, suspend and adjust the period of implementation of the scheduled increase of premium rates during national emergencies or calamities, or when public interest so requires.”

It would be a new paragraph under Section 10 of the law.

In filing the amendatory bill, the authors cited the objective of the Universal Health Care Act itself, which is to “ensure that all Filipinos are guaranteed equitable access to quality and affordable health care goods and services and protected against financial risk.”

“The intent of the law is clear and cannot be overemphasized. Filipinos need and deserve a comprehensive set of health services that are cost effective, high quality and responsive to the requirements of all citizens,” they said.

“While PhilHealth only aims to fulfill and remain faithful to its mandate, imposing a higher premium on Filipinos in these current conditions where most of them are grappling with the pandemic will definitely enforce a new round of financial burden to its members,” they added.

Marcos has supported calls to defer this year’s increase in PhilHealth premiums, they said.

They noted that upon the President’s orders, Executive Secretary Lucas Bersamin has issued a memorandum suspending the adjustment and income ceiling for this year.

“Suspending the imposition of the new PhilHealth premium rates will provide a muchneeded relief during national emergencies or calamities and will assure Filipinos that the government is sensitive to their sentiments in this difficult time,” the authors said.

RA 11223 defines direct contributors as “those who have the capacity to pay premiums,

are gainfully employed and are bound by an employeremployee relationship, or are self-earning, professional practitioners, migrant workers, including their qualified dependents, and lifetime members.”

The term “indirect contributors” refers to “all others not included as direct contributors, as well as their qualified dependents, whose premium shall be subsidized by the national government including those who are subsidized as a result of special laws.”

In July last year, Senator Grace Poe filed a bill seeking power for Marcos to suspend the PhilHealth premium hike. ( PNA )

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of One Health Pass (OHP) or requirement of one form only for health, immigration and customs.

PSAC had also recommended the revocation of outdated advisories and loudspeaker announcements in the country’s airports and the automatic inclusion of travel tax in all airline tickets.

Palace officials earlier said Marcos will issue an executive order to implement the tax refund program, which is also being carried out in other countries.

The Quick Wins proposals, which were presented by PSAC to the chief executive during a meeting in Malacañang last Thursday, are aimed at further boosting the country’s tourism industry, including improving airport infrastructure and operations, managing the national brand and image, as well as promoting tourism investments, among others.

PSAC officials also told Marcos that they are working on a mobile app called e-Travel, which integrates all of the information on immigration, customs, health and quarantine.

They said the app, which could be used within this month or in February, is being modified to allow groups or families to easily input data, adding the database will also include tourist destinations, transport and hotel information, as well as traffic condition.

Tourists can complete the form through the app before boarding or while onboard the plane as long as they have internet connection.

Marcos has been vocal about his push for digitalization in government which, he said, could allow tourists

Education and modern technology

By CHERRY LYN A. PON-AN Teacher II Bongabong National High School Division of Tangub City

TECHNOLOGY can be beneficial when talking about students with special needs or requirements. For example, for children with poor coordination, lack of focus, and public anxiety, a laptop or tablet combined with a distant learning will allow them to be up with their peers.

Also, since many modern technology options give students the ability to see how well they are doing compared to the average level of all other students, it can motivate them to push harder for their education and future.

Many of the programs and grants that have been created to encourage learning to give

to easily fill out those forms while traveling and at the same time, enable authorities to ensure security at the borders.

The PSAC is composed of business leaders and industry experts providing technical advice to the President in achieving the government’s economic objectives in six key sectors — agriculture, digital infrastructure, healthcare, infrastructure, jobs generation and tourism.

A total of 2.65 million tourists visited the country from February to December last year, of which 2.02 million were foreign tourists while 628,445 Filipinos were overseas or balikbayans.

This figure is higher than the 2021 tourist arrivals of 163,879 but still significantly lower than the pre-pandemic level of 8.26 million.

This year, the Department of Tourism (DOT) targets to welcome 4.8 million visitors, which could generate PHP2.58 trillion in revenue. ( PNA )

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to heavy rains.

Meanwhile, the northeast monsoon will also cause light rains over the rest of Luzon.

The rest of Mindanao, on the other hand, will experience isolated rain showers caused by localized thunderstorms.

Moderate to strong winds and moderate to rough seas will prevail over Luzon, the Visayas, and the eastern section of Mindanao.

Rough to very rough seas are forecast over the northern, eastern, western and southern seaboards of Luzon, the eastern and western seaboards of the Visayas, and the eastern seaboard of Mindanao.

PAGASA advised fishing boats and other small sea vessels not to venture into the sea, and larger sea vessels are also alerted against big waves.

The rest of Mindanao will have light to moderate winds with slight to moderate seas, PAGASA said. ( PNA )

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such as hazing, Dela Rosa assured there are enough safeguards in his Senate Bill No. 1349, or the Reserve Officers Training Corps for Tertiary Education Act of 2022, and the five other ROTC measures by his colleagues.

There will be a committee in every school composed of representatives of the DND, school administrations and Commission on Higher Edu -

cation that will handle complaints.

The mandatory ROTC training, Dela Rosa said, is not confined to guns and combat familiarization alone as the students will also be taught environmental care, disaster response and moral values.

He is optimistic that the measure will pass the Senate, noting that it is a priority measure of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.

The House of Representatives approved in December last year the measure that would establish a two-year mandatory National Citizens Service Training program and an optional four-year ROTC program.

In a statement on Saturday, DND Secretary Carlito Galvez Jr. said they “commit to take an active part in the legislative process through our full cooperation and inputs, whenever and wherever they are needed.”

“It is the duty of every citizen to protect this country. If needed, the state can order them to defend. This is included in our constitution,” Dela Rosa said. ( PNA )

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province is 49.52 percent, bared the 2017-2018 Early Language, Literacy and Numeracy Assessment .

According to a World Bank study in 2022, prolonged school closures worsened learning inequality among children.

“Evidence is mounting that children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds and other disadvantaged groups are suffering larger learning losses. Children with the most fragile grasp of foundational literacy before the closures are most likely to have suffered larger learning losses,” the study said.

Alarmed over the reports, Senator Sherwin Gatchalian said in a news release on Sunday that he wants local government units (LGUs) to play a major role under his Senate Bill No. 473 or the National Literacy Council Act which will assign Local School Boards (LSBs) as de facto local literacy councils.

The measure seeks to strengthen the Literacy Coordinating Council (LCC), which will continue to serve as the lead inter-agency coordinating and advisory body on the formulation and implementation of measures to accelerate the universalization of literacy.

The bill will task the LCC

Education on track to recover from Covid-19

By JERALD L. BINAL Teacher I Tangub City National High School

rewards or certificates also help make the overall learning process more enjoyable.

Using technology in education is good for the environment. Have you ever imagined the amount of paper and the number of trees that can be saved if every school integrated digital textbooks into the learning process?

The primary goal is quite realistic in 2021 because current technology use in education makes a huge step in saving the ecosystem. For instance, now, teachers often submit their homework and assignments through email. Students get opportunities to learn vital skills through technology.

VICE President and concurrent Education Secretary Sara Duterte said the government is on track to recover learning losses and rebuild the education system.

Speaking at the International Day of Education Event, Duterte highlighted the commitments made by President Marcos during the United Nations Transforming Education Summit last year.

Duterte also urged stakeholders to ensure that the education system would empower young people to navigate livers, challenges with 21st century skills, resilience, leadership and strength of character as they join us in reshaping and rebuilding a better and stronger Philip-

to formulate a three-year roadmap on achieving illiteracy in communities and LSBs a local roadmap based on the Council’s three-year roadmap.

As a result of the studies, Baguio City Mayor Benjamin Magalong emphasized the community’s role to help the children who have difficulty reading and writing in English while Cagayan Governor Manuel Mamba issued Executive Order No. 1 directing local executives to support the Department of Education’s learning recovery plans.

“Ang isang batang hindi marunong bumasa ay problema ng buong bansa. Sa pagsugpo natin ng illiteracy, mahalaga ang papel ng ating mga lokal na mga komunidad (A child who can’t read and write is a nation’s problem. To fight literacy, the local community should play a big part),” Gatchalian said. ( PNA )

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unemployed in November 2022. Additionally, the number of underemployed persons in the country is staggering, with 7.16 million people, translating to an underemployment rate of 14.4 percent.

Acquiro’s launch in the market will help connect employers and talents through a technology-driven platform, creating a seamless one-stop shop for job seekers and organizations. The company will bridge recruitment, onboarding and training processes, providing sustainable solutions for people and business needs.

On top of the more traditional workforce services and solutions, Acquiro specializes in providing a range of role options from director level to project-based talents, including gig-workers, independent contractors, freelancers, fractional workers, seasonal talents, and interns, offering flexibility for job seekers and hunters alike.

“As part of the Asticom group, Acquiro shares our purpose of improving people’s lives. With its launch, we hope to continue to help our fellow Filipinos by opening up opportunities and removing the barriers that separate talents from potential employers,” said Mharicar Castillo-Reyes, Asticom Group of Companies President and CEO.

underemployment situation in the Philippines, visit https:// www.acquiro.com.ph/.. To know more about Asticom, visit https://asticom.com.ph.

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developmental financing especially infrastructure development, as this is a top priority of President Marcos Jr.”

De Jesus is a US-educated and trained banker and has extensive experience in corporate banking and finance.

Prior to his appointment as the ninth DBP President and CEO, he was a senior executive of several top-tier universal banks in the country.

DBP is the eighth largest bank in the country in terms of assets and provides credit support to four strategic sectors of the economy – infrastructure and logistics; micro, small and medium enterprises; the environment; and social services and community development. It has a network of 146 branches and branch-lite units, many of which are located in far-flung and underserved communities.

De Jesus said DBP would remain active in financing high-growth sectors such as telecommunications and public infrastructure, as well as those that promote food security, agriculture modernization, sustainable energy, and economic inclusivity.

He said DBP would also pursue digitalization to increase customer touchpoints and enhance client engagement, adding that “… the Bank will be more customer-centric to address the needs of its niche markets like local government units by leveraging on partnerships with established information technology (IT) providers and harnessing available and emerging IT applications…”

DBP is designated as the country’s Infrastructure Bank since 2017.

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and/or authenticity of a banknote, the public is encouraged to go to any bank for assistance. The bank will then submit the banknote to the BSP for examination. For more information on the 1000-Piso polymer banknotes, visit https://www. bsp.gov.ph/SitePages/CoinsAndNotes/PolymerBanknote. aspx

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pines.

She said that education will become a driving force behind the country’s growth and development. With more than 30 million young people – the largest in our country’s history – we are poised to benefit from this demographic dividend.

The increased budget of DepEd from P631 billion in 2022 to P719 billion in 2023 will support more learning programs and boost the capacities of the teaching force. I am confident that this is only the beginning of our renewed commitment to investing more in education and prioritizing the development of a future-ready workforce.

Ged Gutierrez, Deputy General Manager of Acquiro said: “The shift brought about by the pandemic required us to innovate and solve realworld problems, especially unemployment and lost opportunities. Acquiro helps the community adapt to these changes. We do this by modernizing workforce solutions and helping businesses meet current industry needs. More than this, Acquiro aims to create a purposeful future that has a long-lasting impact on everyone.”

Acquiro, under Asticom, is committed to supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goal No. 8, which promotes sustainable, inclusive, and productive employment opportunities for all.

To learn more about Acquiro and how it is helping to address the unemployment and

the wooden-hulled vessel; Jimmy Pulahan, 48, vessel machinist or mechanic; Hadji Caesar Utuali, 65; Hadji Manuel Kesun, 64; Te Teteng Meran, 32; Gurano Japar, 42; Jamala Hussin, 18; Kolongan Nasilin, 52; and, Raymond Abdul, 23.

The seized fuel reportedly came from Malaysia and was bound for Zamboanga City, Verceles said.

The official said the suspects were taken to the headquarters of Police Maritime Group in Bongao, Tawi-tawi, while the seized contraband will be turned over to the Bureau of Customs for proper disposition. ( PNA )

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employees manage their emotions during interactions, rather than the volume of interactions themselves. Perhaps just only today you turned to a colleague to convey interest in what they said, or had to work hard not to rise to criticism. It may have been that biting your lip rather than expressing feeling hurt was particularly demanding of your inner resource.

But in some cases maintaining the façade can become too much, and the toll is cumulative.

As I stated earlier: Minor things could become the start of anger. Over the years, handling the stress caused by suppressing one’s emotions became much harder. Small things seemed huge, we easily dreaded going to work and anxiety escalated.

Across the globe, employees in many professions are expected to embrace a work culture that requires the outward display of particular emotions – these can include ambition, aggression and a hunger for success.

The way we handle emotional labor can be categorized in two ways – surface acting and deep acting.

“How we cope with high levels of emotional labour likely has its origins in childhood experience, which shapes the attitudes we develop about ourselves, others and the world,” says clinical and occupational psychologist Lucy Leonard.

Workers are often expected to provide good service to people expressing anger or anxiety – and may have to do this while feeling frustrated, worried or offended themselves.

Take the example of a particularly tough phone call. If you are surface acting you respond to the caller by altering your outward expression, saying the appropriate things, listening while keeping your actual feelings entirely intact. With deep acting you make a deliberate effort to change your real feelings to tap in to what the person is saying – you may not agree with the manner of it but appreciate the aim.

Both could be thought of as just being polite but the latter approach – trying to emotionally connect with another person’s point of view – is associated with a lower risk of burnout. Good thing: many offices over the last decade have created recreational or rest spaces in a bid to mitigate employee stress.

When things get tough, you might be very lucky talking to colleagues to unload. “It’s the saying it out loud that allows me to test and validate my own reaction. I can then go back to the person concerned,” one of my former officemates in Germany explained many years ago.

Those who report regularly having to display emotions at work that conflict with their own feelings are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion

Remaining true to your feelings appears to be key –numerous studies show those who report regularly having to display emotions at work that conflict with their own feelings are more likely to experience emotional exhaustion.

Of course, everybody needs to be professional at work and handling difficult clients and colleagues is often just part of the job. But what’s clear is that

putting yourself in their shoes and trying to understand their position is ultimately of greater benefit to your own well-being than voicing sentiments that, deep down, you don’t believe. Where it is possible, workers should be truly empathetic, be aware of the impact the interaction is having on them and try to communicate in an authentic way. Easy to say, yes, I know. But let’s give it a try!

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are now standing for their right as they shout, “ANDAM KAMI MAGPAKAMATAY

NGA ADUNAY BARUGANAN

KAYSA MAMATAY KAMI SA

GUTOM!”

HUWAG NAMAN SANA!

TATLONG BATA NA ANG

NAGBUWIS NG BUHAY

PARA MAKITA NG SAM -

BAYANAN ANG KAMALIAN NG MILITARIZATION.

ANG LAKI NG BUDGET

SA ELCAC BY THE TENS OF BILLIONS OF PESOS. FOR WHAT? STOPPING

REBELLION AND INSUR-

GENCY IS BY UPROOTING THE CAUSE OF WAR AND VIOLENT EXTREMISM NOT THROUGH THE POWER OF

GUNS. HALOS WALA NG

LIBRO ANG MGA MAG-

AARAL. WALA NG GAMOT

ANG MGA HEALTH CEN -

TERS AT ANG DSWD WALA

NG BUDGET PARA SA MGA

MAHIHIRAP AT MGA TA-

ONG MAY KAPANSANAN.

NASAAN? NASA ELCAC!

MAY DAHILAN ANG

PAGKAMATAY NG TAT-

LONG BATA. MERON NA

RING MAGSASAKA NA NAGPAKAMAY SA KIBARITAN

DAHIL SA KAHIRAPAN.

TAMA NA ANG MILITARIZATION SA BAYANG

NAGHIHIRAP. ANG TU -

LONG PO NA PARA SA MGA

MAGSASAKA AY NAIBIGAY

SA MATG AT ANG SIGAW PA

NI COL. CERIACO LUMAS-E NA DATING MATG COM -

MANDER: KUNG AYAW

NINYO ANG AMING GI -

NAGAWA SA PAGSIRA ANG

INYONG PANANIM AT PA-

NANAKIT. MABUTI PANG

MAG REBELDE NA LANG

KAYO. BAKIT? PARA TU -

MAAS ANG BUDGET NG

ELCAC? HUWAG PO NINYO

KAMING PARATANGAN

NA MGA FR (former rebels).

KAMI PO AY MGA ANAK AT

APO NG MGA SUNDALO NA PUMANAW NA. MGA

KABABAYAN, TAYO PO AY

GUMISING NA. HUWAG

NATING HAYAAN NA ANG

PABUWIS NG BUHAY NG

TATLONG BATA NOONG

GOOD FRIDAY NA PITONG

TAON NA ANG NAKALIPAS

AY MAWALAN NG SAYSAY AT KATARUNGAN.

WE NOW SEEK JUSTICE FOR THE DEATH OF OUR BELOVED CHIILDREN. PLEASE BE REMINDED OF THE CONSTITUTION DECLARATION: “NO PERSON SHALL BE DEPRIVED OF LIFE, LIBERTY AND PROPERTY WITHOUT DUE PROCESS OF LAW.” Three children were killed, apparently due to the gross negligence of men in uniform and after seven years. NO ONE HAS BEEN MADE ACCOUNTABLE.

WALA NGANG TULONG DUMATING SA MGA MAGULANG. ANO BA KAMI DITO SA SITIO KIBARITAN, TAO O BASURA?

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the investigation because the Philippines has a working justice system and has the ability to prosecute those who are accountable.

Under international law, Clavano said, complementarity principle is observed, which means that the ICC, or any international court can only come in if a particular country doesn’t have the capability to investigate or unwilling to do an investigation.

“What we’re trying to say is we are doing a genuine investigation on the killings from 2016 up to 2019 or even up to the end, 2022. If there’s a working justice system then the ICC cannot come in, and supplant or substitute our working justice system with their own; dahil gumagana naman,” Clavano explained.

“So in international law, when that happens, they can only complement iyong ating investigation, and they cannot substitute,” Clavano added.

The Philippines has been cooperating with the ICC and on September 8, 2022, it reported the progress of its investigation on the Duterte administration’s war on drugs and submitted documents, case records, and investigative files, Clavano said, adding, however, that the ICC found it inadequate.

The reason why the Philippines has to resist ICC’s coming in to the country and substituting its judgment with theirs is because it has to protect its sovereignty, Clavano stressed as he pointed out that in international law it’s all about consent.

The DOJ official said that based on the history of the ICC, all of the countries it investigated, so far, are African countries like Uganda, Congo, Sudan – countries that do not have a well-functioning justice system and have experienced a breakdown in civil order.

“Kaya po if we accept the decision of the ICC, it is as if we are admitting that we are on the same level as those countries – wala talagang gobyerno, nagkakagulo talaga doon,” Clavano said.

“But here (Philippines), we’re saying that we have an

organized – although we have limitations, we have some challenges that we have to overcome – we have a working justice system. Kaya po iyon iyong naging stand ng gobyerno ngayon,” Clavano said.

It is also in line with President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s policy that the Philippines is no longer a member-state of the Rome Statute, and already outside the ICC jurisdiction.

The DOJ will conduct a full-blown investigation on the past administration’s war on drugs, Clavano said, adding it will collect the right evidence, obtain the witnesses and properly screen all the facts of the cases.

The DOJ spokesman pointed out however, that carrying out these processes will take time, and conviction is not immediate although it’s the administration’s ultimate goal.

“So, we want to express to the ICC and to the Special Prosecutor, Mr. Khan, na just to give us time to conduct our own investigation, and on the basis of the complementarity principle to respect our sovereignty, and to respect our judicial system here in the Philippines,” Clavano said.

The Philippine National Police (PNP) acknowledged more than 6,000 individuals linked to illegal drug activities were killed during the Duterte government’s war on drugs. ( PND )

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says 10th ID spokesperson Capt Mark Anthony Tito.

FORMAL CHARGES

A top-ranking official of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) was formally charged with murder in connection with the death of a model and businesswoman in this city.

During a press conference held at PRO11 headquarters, the Special Investigation and Task Group (SITG) Plaza announced that Brig. Gen. Jesus Durante, commander of the Philippine Army’s 1001st Infantry Brigade (1001IB) based in Maco, Davao de Oro, was charged with murder in the killing of Ms Yvonnette Chua Plaza.

Also charged with murder was Durante’s deputy brigade commander Colonel Michael Licyayo. Aside from murder, Licyayo was also slapped with obstruction of justice.

Six other personnel of the 1001 Infantry Brigade, report said, were also facing murder charges and two John Does.

Police Regional Office (PRO) 11 chief BGen. Benjamin Silo Jr also said during the press conference that those personnel charged with murder were SSg. Gilbert Plaza, Sgt. Delfin Sialsa Jr., Cpl. Adrian Cachero, Pfc. Rolly Cabal, Pfc. Romart Longakit, and Noel Japitan, a civilian who allegedly served as the “striker.”

The SITG revealed during the press briefing that it was Gen Durante who allegedly ordered his deputy to kill the model.

The businesswoman and model, Yvonnette Plaza, 38 was murdered around 7:30 PM on December 28, 2022, by an unidentified riding-intandem outside her house located in Green Meadows Subdivision, Barangay Sto. Niño, Mintal, Davao City.

Earlier, DILG Secretary Benjamin Abalos vowed to bring justice to the immediate families of the victim, in relation to the killing of the model.

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adding that if these are translated to the languages in the region, “people will surely show interest and will actively participate in moral governance.” She said MP and Deputy Speaker Omar Yasser Sema noted that the draft legislations are in English and this has been the normal procedure from national level to the regional and local legislative bodies.

“This is the norm and typical in the country’s legislative process so we also seek the help of local government executives in the smallest local government units to help in bridging the gap,” he said.

Sema said local chief executives have lawyer-advisers who can review the materials provided them before the public consultations.

Knowing fully well how important communication is legislation, the Mindanao Organization for Social and Economic Progress, Inc. (MOSEP) and The Asia Foundation (TAF) worked together with the BWC.

MOSEP and TAF noted that among the challenges in engaging the public on how the Bangsamoro Parliament operates is the absence of strategic communication and advocacy mechanism for public information on the legislative agenda, issues on where and how to access information and a feedback mechanism for laws and resolutions enacted, the status of codes and bills lodged, and other information about the Parliament that should have been made accessible through the different online platforms –social media accounts, websites and radio programs.

The two organizations partnered to help the BWC come up with a communication plan so women in remote communities will easily understand and get involved in legislation of important laws. It is also to ensure that women are not excluded and their voices are heard.

They organized community conversations and workshops on gender rights awareness and other unattended issues confronting the women sector.

“With the support from TAF, the main objective is to support the BWC communication plan that contains women’s rights,

their political aspirations and participation, how BARMM operates and how they can support peace and development programs. They can also use this in their advocacy at the grassroots level,” Mariam Ali, MOSEP executive director, said.

Rahima Silongan, BWC executive assistant, said included in the commission’s programs are community gender awareness, giving Bangsamoro women a platform where they can express their views and take on issues that will, in the end, affect them.

“Letting them know their roles … is empowering them and giving them roles to play in achieving genuine peace and development in their communities,” she said.

Hadja Samaona Una of BWC-Lanao del Sur, said this program “gives awareness to our people in the grassroots level especially the former wives and family of former combatants and its communities.”

“This is inclusive, we let peoples organizations participate, the disabled sectors, and many more. It is the mandate of the Bangsamoro women to mainstream this sector, the former combatants and their families are included here, including the Bangsamoro Women Auxiliary Brigade (BWAB).

Silongan said “basically we are empowering them to participate actively in crafting policies, giving them workshops as to their roles, their issues and how they want to address these in the legislative processes.”

“We believe in the power of women, they have major roles to play, they not just mothers taking care of their babies but they are major players in policy making and legislation and BWC knows it fully well,” she added. (Ferdinandh B. Cabrera / MindaNews)

Republic of the Philippines

Department of Transportation

LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City WINEFREDO N. YU CASE NO. R10-EV-TH-2023-01-100

Applicant

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request for the Issuance of the Certificate of the Public Convenience to operate TRUCK FOR HIRE (TH) SERVICE on the route: within CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY and from the said place to ANY POINT IN MINDANAO accessible to motor vehicle traffic and Vice Versa and with the use of Seven (07) unit/s.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 15, 2023 at 10:00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant shall formally submit his/her/its evidence.

The Applicant(s)/Petitioner(s) shall publish said notice at least Ten (10) Days prior to the date of hearing once in a newspaper of general/ local circulation.

Party(ies) opposed to the approval/granting of the application/petition must file his/her/its written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to require additional documentary evidence and/or his/her/ its oral testimony(s).

WITNESS, AMINODEN D. GURO, Regional Director, LTFRB-Region X, this 30th day of January 2023 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ATTY. MOHAMAD FAHDEL S. PIMPING HEARING OFFICER

MDN: Jan 31, 2023