Mindanao Daily News (March 30, 2023)

RC CDO, RC East Urban hold Women’s Month outreach

By MARK FRANCISCO

AS culmination of the 2023 National Women’s Month, the Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro, Rotary Anns of RC Cagayan de Oro and Rotary Club of East Urban held an outreach at the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office

(COCPO) headquarters in Barangay Nazareth, this city.

The beneficiaries of the outreach were victims of domestic violence under the care of COCPO who are complainants in violence against women and children (VAWC) cases

under litigation. The Rotarians distributed 100 food packs and 50 packs of rice at five kilograms each courtesy of Rotary Club of Cagayan de Oro and its Rotary Anns. Meanwhile, the contribution of RC East Urban is the kabuhayan showcases

and hygiene kits. RC CDO president Bong Butaslac expressed his thanks to the Rotarians for heeding his call in realizing the outreach.

“Thank you fellow Rotarians and lovely spouses for attending and gracing today’s event. Thank you also

CDA gathers Lanao del Norte coops for industry updates

9520 is the Philippine Cooperative Code which was enacted into law in 2008 while RA 11535 is the Act Making the Position of a Cooperatives Development Officer Mandatory in the Municipal, City and Provincial Levels. The meeting was conducted last March 24 in

the capital town of Tubod, Lanao del Norte. It was jointly spearheaded by the Region 10 office of CDA as well as the provincial cooperative office of the Lanao del Norte provincial Capitol The meeting was in fulfillment of both the mandates of the CDA and the

local government unit of Lanao del Norte to promulgate and update the cooperative sector and establish areas of coordination and collaboration for cooperative development in the province and introduce programs for the strengthening of cooperatives.

to all the sponsors, donors and benefactors of the hygiene kits, kabuhayan packages, food packs, bags of rice and a hearty lunch that definitely touched the lives of our beneficiaries,” Butaslac said.

“My profoundest thanks also to Madam Juliet and

past president Danny Empedrad for investing their time, resources and altruistic efforts without which this eventful activity would not have been an impactful one. Cheers to another milestone in service to others!” he continued.

XU’s TAGBO 3 launches

3 Anthologies of Mindanao Literature

By Mike Baños

Mindanao Literatures got a much needed shot in the arm with the recent launching of 3 anthologies covering over a century of its writings.

TAGBO 3 From Places to Pages: Writing, Publishing, Teaching, and Studying Mindanao Literatures was hosted by the Department of English Language and Literature, and Xavier University Press at the Xavier Ateneo Little Theater on

March 23-24, 2023.

The two-day literary event was highlighted by the launch of Kalandrakas by Ricardo de Ungria, Coming Home to the Island by Arlene Yandug, and Tinubdan: New Voices from Mindanao Kalandrakas Parts I & II: Stories and Storytellers of/on Regions in Mindanao, 1890 – 1990: A Preliminary and Continuing Survey and Literary Mapping compiled and edited by Ricardo de

By MARK FRANCISCO

COOPERATIVES from Lanao del Norte were gathered by the Cooperative Development Authority (CDA) to discuss updates on Philippine laws governing cooperatives. In particular, updates of the following were discussed: mandatory reports, Republic Act (RA) 9520 and RA 11535. RA

Xavier Ateneo Fr Mars P. Tan, SJ welcomes participants to TAGBO 3. (RMB)

Poet Ricky de Ungria stresses a point during his Keynote Address at TAGBO 3 (RMB).

PH Navy test-fires anti-ship missile decoys off Zambales

By Priam Nepomuceno

MANILA – The Philippine Navy (PN) on Tuesday announced that it had testfired its newly acquired "Bullfighter" chaff antimissile decoys in Zambales waters last March 24.

These defensive weaponry were fitted aboard the BRP Jose Rizal (FF-150) and BRP Antonio Luna (FF-151).

"The 'Bullfighter' is a new generation of 130mm decoys for super rapid blooming offboard chaff (SRBOC) and other 130mm launcher systems to protect naval vessels up to the size of frigates against anti-ship missiles," PN spokesperson

Benjo Negranza said in a statement.

He said the chaff were tested and fired by the Offshore Patrol Force aboard the two missile frigates.

"The payload of the chaff is effective against missiles with modern and sophisticated seekers and electronic protection measure(s)," Negranza added.

Observers said chaff works by distracting radar guided missiles from their targets by spreading or dispensing a small cloud of aluminum, metalized glass fiber or plastic which appears as a cluster of targets in radar screens.

466 female NCR cops deployed as ‘customer relations officers’

By Christopher Lloyd Caliwan

MANILA – A total of 466 female police officers of the National Capital Region Police Office (NCRPO) were sent off on Tuesday and turned over to the quality service lane (QSL) of the Philippine National Police (PNP) to serve as customer relations officers.

In a statement, NCRPO director Maj. Gen. Edgar Alan Okubo said these cops underwent a two-day seminar that aims to equip female uniformed personnel assigned in police stations with the quality service desk/lane with the right mindset, attitudes, skills, abilities, morals and indepth knowledge on customer relations prior to their deployment.

He said that they will be assigned to the QSL desks in all NCRPO police stations

Publication Notice

R.A. 10172

Date: 21 March 2023

to address the challenges as well as meet the demands and expectations of the public with regard to the delivery of basic police services.

The police officers will provide the initial point

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Cotabato City/Municipality: Makilala

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

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 LAURENCE NAPIAL MEDALLE has filed with this Office, a correction of Entry in Sex from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth who was born on 22 March 1989 at Makilala, Cotabato and whose parents are Mary Ann Napial and Merzon Medalle

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 05 April 2023.

(SGD) JOSE ISIDRO M. MAINIT OIC- Municipal Civil Registrar

of contact for all citizen's/ public concerns or problems requiring police services; proactively analyze such concerns/problems to assist in the resolution or refer to the appropriate office for action; and ensure timely

feedback.

Okubo encouraged the CROs to maximize their learning and provide the public with the best service they could offer.

"Gamitin ninyo ang inyong mga natutunan at

ibigay sa taumbayan ang serbisyong nararapat para sa kanila dahil marami pa tayong programa at proyekto para sa kapakanan ng ating mga kababayan at pagpapanatili ng kaayusan at katahimikan sa Metro Manila (Use what you have learned and provide the people with the services they deserve because we have many more programs and projects for the welfare of our people and maintaining peace and order in Metro Manila),” said Okubo.

He further guaranteed that NCRPO will intensify programs to the Revitalized Pulis sa Barangay so that the community can see, feel and appreciate police officers through maximum deployment to areas where police assistance is most needed.

He also guaranteed that the regional office will undertake future innovations

The acquisition of the chaff countermeasure capability is part of the PN' 2nd Horizon modernization program to capacitate the country's warships to de -

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF SOLEDAD BACOLCOL AND CEFIRENA BACOLCOL GALENDEZ WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

NOTICE is hereby given that an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT is entered into by and between:

ARTURO GALENDEZ , of legal age, Filipino citizen, widower of Ceferina B.Galendez, a resident of Mambajao, Camiguin; ARCHE B.GALENDEZ , of legal age, Filipino citizen,and resident of Baylao, Mambajao, Camiguin, and ARTHUR B.GALENDEZ,JR. , also of legal age Single/Married, and resident of Lumad, Mambajao, Camiguin.

That the above-mentioned named parties are the only heirs of the late Soledad BACOLCOL and Ceferina Bacolcol Galendez,

That the said parties are the widower and children of the late Ceferina Bacolcol Galendez;

Whereas SOLEDAD BACOLCOL died intestate, and without debt left the following properties which declared under her name described as follows;

“A parcel of land Lot No.64 , with T.D./ ARP No. 04000100331 ,with an area of 26 Sq.Mts. with residential building under T.D./ARP No.04000100332 , located at Lumad, Mambajao, Camiguin.

That the parties hereto mutually and voluntarily agreed to extrajudicially settle the said property equally between themselves as they they do extrajudicially settle the same. Whereas the heirs/parties refered to as the vendors, and That for and in consideration of the sum of EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS (Php.80,000.00) Philippine currency in hand paid by the Vendee to the Vendors with full satisfaction, the VENDORS hereby ABSOLUTELY And IRREVOCABLY SELL,TRANSFER and CONVEY the above-described property to the VENDEE ALBERTO D.GABAYRAN and to his heirs and assigns with all the improvements therein. That the said property is all free from liens and encumbrances, That they will forever protect the rights of the Vendee his heirs and assigns from any claims coming from third persons. Executed under the Notarial Registry of Atty.CARLO C.BORROMEO per Doc. No.349; Page No.70; Book No.XXXVI; Series of 2021.

MDN: Mar 16, 23 & 30, 2023

a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that ELGEN BANGUIS ANTIG has filed with this Office a petition for correction of clerical error of the CHILD’S SEX from “ MALE ” to “ FEMALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ELGEN SAMSON BANGUIS who was born on MARCH 17, 1977 in ILIGAN CITY, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are ROGELIO MAGLENTI BANGUIS and FELISA PAITAN SAMSON Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than MARCH 31, 2023.

(SGD) EVANGELINE C. TAPANGAN City Civil Registrar

MDN: Mar 23 & 30, 2023

MDN: Mar 23 & 30, 2023

Captain (Photo courtesy of Philippine Navy)

(Photo courtesy of NCRPO)

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PH, US troops in Salaknib 2023 join ‘sling load’ drills

By Priam Nepomuceno

MANILA – Philippine Army (PA) and US Army Pacific (USARPAC) troops conducted "sling load exercises" involving helicopters last March 27 as part of this year's "Salaknib" drills.

In a statement Tuesday, PA spokesperson Col. Xerxes Trinidad said these maneuvers involving an assortment of helicopters took place at the Sagana Patrol Base, Fort Magsaysay, Nueva Ecija.

"The highlight of the exercise is the sling load training where soldiers rigged up pieces of artillery, military trucks and crates onto all-weather, mediumlift 'Chinook' and 'Black Hawk' choppers using sling sets, cargo nets, and other specially designed equipment," he added.

Trinidad said sling loading equipment allows units to avoid obstacles that may hinder them from promptly reaching their target destination.

"The technique is also used to reach areas where the use of convoys is impractical or unfeasible," he

On March 25, the PA and the USARPAC also conducted a helocast exercise -- an airborne technique that allows special operation forces (SOF) to insert into an area by jumping directly from a helicopter into water -- as part of the ongoing "Salaknib" exercise.

He added that the helocast exercise is part of the ongoing first phase of Salaknib which will precede the "Balikatan" exercises slated in the second week of April

The second phase of "Salaknib" is scheduled for the third quarter of 2023. "Salaknib" which means shield in Ilocano is an an -

Comelec eyes automation of village, youth polls

By Ferdinand Patinio

MANILA – The Commission on Elections (Comelec) is planning to automate the succeeding Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan Elections (BSKE) after the Oct. 30, 2023 polls.

nual combined exercise between the PA and the USARPAC, is geared at bolstering interoperability between the two land forces.

Around 3,000 Filipino and Americans soldiers are participating in these exercises which started March 13 and will conclude on April 4. (PNA)

"There is no turning back for us anymore. Let us proceed with the automation. We can no longer proceed using the manual elections," Comelec chairman George Garcia said in a press briefing Tuesday.

He noted that they want to use the automated election system (AES) for the welfare of Electoral Board (EBs) members and to help reduce election-related violence incidents.

"If we allow early voting hours for senior citizens, persons with disability, preg-

nant women, indigenous people, it would mean that teachers will need to be in their assigned precincts as early as 4 a.m. They will then need to manually count the votes until early morning the next day. That will be a pitiful situation for them," the poll body chief said.

"In the BSKE, the longer vote counting goes, the more it becomes vulnerable to violence. Once there is a trend on who is winning, the emergence of violence becomes more probable."

On the other hand, Garcia said such a plan is possible if Congress provides them with the necessary budget for new voting machines for the May 2025 national and local polls.

"It is our plan that if Congress allows us to change

(Photo courtesy of Philippine Army)

Comelec chairperson George Erwin Garcia (File photo) added.

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A few months before finishing my 6-yr. term as Chairman of the Cooperative Development Authority, I was going around the hinterlands touching base with different tribes of the Indigenous Peoples in Mindanao to harness their collective potentials through cooperativism. As you know, the Indigenous People are now the poorest of the poor, their ancestral domains are being land-grabbed and when they would resist, they are being erased from the face of the earth. In fact, in the last five years, some 63 IP leaders have been killed shown in three (3) episodes in Ceazar Soriano’s PTV4 Program, “Magandang Gabi Pilipinas!” The most recent killings happened on Dec. 13,2020, 6pm, in Purok 9, Prakatahan, Pualas, Don Carlos, Bukidnon when two brave Datus by the name of Datu Winefredo Sumael and Datu Saway Alim were brutally murdered on their way home. A day before the killing, (Dec.12 at 10am), I received a phone call from the two of them narrating how their planted crops (sugar cane and pine-apple) were being harvested by armed men and when their tribes tried to protect their crops, they were being harassed. I told them to take some pictures to be shown during our National Virtual

Summit entitled, “Lumad Liberation Against Poverty and Oppression Through Cooperativism and Inidgenous Political System.” At 6pm the following day, I got a phone from their tribal leaders reporting to me of the horrible deaths of the two Datus. I was so shocked to know of their deaths. They have become my close allies-advocates, attending every meeting, they were always there, together with hundreds of their colleagues all over Mindanao, narrating how oppressed they are. All of their stories have been documented and published carrying the title, “Agaw Lupa, Agaw Tubig, Agaw Buhay!”

As my tribute to these two brave Datus, please allow me to share a poem as I gave my firm salute and warm embrace to these IP leaders who have given their lives so that others may live a dignified life. I believe there is no greater grandeur site on earth than these leaders who have sacrificed so much to liberate the Indigenous Peoples from so much poverty and oppression, amidst the morale collapse and religious apathy. The poem is entitled, VERITAS LIBERABIT VOS: “My name is Veritas, so simple is my language, Mankind runs after me because I am a previous possession, but to

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the rule of the oppressors, I am a threat, so I have to be killed or be imprisoned in the dungeon to silence me. But there will always be lovers of truth who will seek for me because they cannot live without my presence. Many have marched to their death because of me. These oppressors do not know that in the silence of the dungeon, I gain strength. One day I will burst out into the open and liberate the poor and oppressed to unfetter them from diabolic mindset.”

Yes, let the truth set us all free. Free from so much outpourings of fake news; free from so much advertisements that are burying us in so much consumerism and materialism; free from “big circus” called Philippine elections; free from a wrong development paradigm where only one percent of the population is in control; free from ecological disasters as the environment and the people have been sacrificed to the altar of greed and profit; and free from the statement that our country follows the rule of law. In my four decades of struggle to protect the

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I was most pleasantly surprised last Friday when I walked into the Trade Expo initiated by the Trade and Vocational Education Department of the Muntinlupa Business High School (MBHS). Held in cooperation with Waltermart Mall, Sucat, Muntinlupa City, the one-day activity was held to showcase the best skills, talents and interests of the students. As the promotional banner correctly explained: “My skills, talents and interests matter.”

Muntinlupa Business High School was formerly the Pedro E. Diaz High School Annex or PEDHS Annex, which is located in Barangay Buli at the former site of the Buli Elementary School. The school became operational on June 7, 1999, with Mrs. Dominga Carolina F. Chavez as the first Officer-in-Charge. In March 2, 2004, the Department of Education approved its separation from PEDHS and also its change of name.

In 2006, the school was classified and included in Club 140 of the Strengthened Technical Vocational Education Program

(STVEP), with entrepreneurial courses as add-on subjects. As explained by the current school head, Mrs. Vilma S. Viloria, “this unique curriculum focuses on a comprehensive basic education, technical-vocation and entrepreneurial competencies. Learners are taught not only to develop and improve their skills but also how to use these skills in entrepreneurship.”

The Trade Expo featured 15 booths which showcased the students’ diverse products and services such as beauty care services, computer systems servicing, cookery, dressmaking, electrical installation and maintenance, shielded metal arc welding and technical drafting. There was an actual demo on perfume making. Three outstanding alumni – Sanica Jenine Q. Mayor, an accountant; Carol E. Fabregas, an entrepreneur; and John Dave Paguio, a fashion designer now based in Germany, gave testimonials.

I first met Principal Vilma a few weeks ago when we both guested at an art exhibit participated in by

students at The Birthright School in Tunasan, Muntinlupa City. Birthright is a private non-profit school, managed by Executive Director Miriam del Rosario and her pastor husband Jun del Rosario. It is the first and only school in Muntinlupa dedicated to serve mentally challenged children. The exhibit, accommodated by the SM Mall Tunasan, was called “Hope in Colors 2”. It was meant to feature the acrylic paintings of special children who underwent art therapy from September to December, 2022. As Birthright Executive Director Miriam explained: “The art exhibit is our way of encouraging children with disabilities who have artistic talents and at the same time raise funds to further their art education.”

Now back to Principal Vilma. I first knew her as the mother of Rovi Viloria, former public information officer of the Muntinlupa City government. Rovi had

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US Air Force, PH Army engineers team up for ‘Balikatan' project

By John Rey Saavedra CEBU

CITY – US Air Force and Philippine Army engineers are working together to construct a multi-purpose hall in a village in Antique to mark the start of the Balikatan Exercises in the Visayas.

Negros Oriental posts rise in typhoid fever cases

By Mary Judaline Partlow

DUMAGUETE CITY – The Provincial Health Office (PHO) in Negros Oriental is strengthening its monitoring as it sees rise in typhoid fever cases over the past three months.

BALIKATAN PROJECT. Mayor Gian Carlo Occeña delivers a message during the groundbreaking ceremony of a multi-purpose hall in Barangay Inabasan, Sibalom, Antique on Monday (March 27, 2023), as troopers from the US Air Force and Philippine military officials listen. The Visayas Command said work for the Balikatan-related project is being undertaken by the combined troops of the Philippine Army’s 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion and the US Air Force’s 18th Civil Engineer Group. (Photo courtesy of Viscom PIO)

Stop obssessing about your grades

By: IVY GRACE H. OLIVARES Teacher III

FOCUSING on grades or scoring doesn’t help students learn and retain information and causes pressure and stress. Grading has been central to most education systems for over a century.

During the 1800s, students’ achievement in school was communicated to parents through oral progress reports (typically through a visit from teachers to the student’s parents at home). These oral reports were later transformed into written reports and then into grades, first in secondary school, then in the elementary years.

Grades were initially seen as an efficient way to communicate student achievement in school to parents. Grades are meant to represent, using letters or numbers, the quality (and at times, the quantity) of

student learning in a subject, either on assignments or on report cards.

It’s a common perception that students “earn” grades for their achievement at school; in this way, grades have become the primary currency of learning.

But students’ grades have serious consequences for their lives. Universities and colleges select students and award scholarships based primarily on grades.

Higher grades lead to more post-secondary education opportunities, which can result in higher paying jobs. Having better grades can also open opportunities for studying in new countries.

Given the consequences of grades, it’s no wonder many students and parents are grade obsessed.

Fire Prevention Month

By: Johnrill R. Generoso Teacher III CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL

March is Fire Prevention

Month, a time when people are encouraged to take steps to prevent fires and promote fire safety. According to the Bureau of Fire Protection (BFP), there were a total of 15,717 fire incidents in the Philippines in 2020, resulting in 418 deaths and 1,079 injuries. The majority of these incidents were classified as structural fires, which accounted for 9,648 or 61% of all incidents. The remaining incidents included grass and forest fires, vehicle fires, and other types of fires. Fire safety is an important issue that affects everyone.

Install Smoke Alarms. Smoke alarms are designed to alert you to the presence of smoke or fire, giving you time to evacuate the building and call the fire department. Make sure to install smoke alarms on every level of your home, inside each bedroom, and outside sleeping areas.

Check Smoke Alarms. Test your smoke alarms at least once a month, and replace batteries as needed. It’s also a good idea to replace smoke alarms every 10 years, or ac-

“The construction of the multi-purpose hall in Sibalom, Antique is a welcome endeavor as it contributes to the efforts of the government to address the needs of the people, particularly those from the outskirt communities,” Lt. General Benedict Arevalo, Viscom chief, said in a statement on Tuesday.

PHO chief Dr. Liland Estacion in a virtual press briefer on Monday said that based on the consolidated weekly report up to March 18, the province has logged a total of 87 cases with zero death.

This, however, is 34 percent higher compared to the same period last year at 54 with one mortality.

The official also sounded the alarm as 10 cases were reported in just one cluster at Sitio Lapnol, Barangay

How technology is shaping the future of education

By: SHARON A. REGULAR Teacher III Vicente N. Chavez Memorial Central School

TECHNOLOGY has transformed almost every aspect of our lives and now it seems that education systems around the world are due for an update. Educators are tapping into the digital revolution and adopting new technologies to help students reach their full potential but can they adapt quickly enough to prepare children for the changing future of work?

Educators are foreseeing that interactive video is going to be important to education in the future. They anticipate self-paced curricula and they believe that video will play an important role in the personalization of education. They

are also interested in VR/AR and 360 video. Over nine in ten educators are interested in the benefits of tech.

One in three education professionals see video as a way to reach students who don’t have access to classroom learning. More than ever, students will need the ability to continue learning new skills throughout their lives.

From 1985 to 2014, use of IT more than doubled in OECD countries and it’s still growing. Students need digital skills to succeed. Technology provides a way to show students a wide range of opportunities.

Value of education

By: Julius N. Ubaub Principal I

cording to the manufacturer’s recommendations.

Avoid Cooking Fires. To prevent cooking fires, never leave food unattended on the stove, and keep flammable items, such as towels and oven mitts, away from the stove. If a pan catches fire, put a lid on it to smother the flames, and turn off the heat.

Don’t Overload Electrical Outlets. Make sure you are not overloading your outlets with too many appliances or devices. If you need to use an extension cord, make sure it is rated for the intended use, and don’t plug too many things into it.

Preventing fires is an important responsibility that everyone should take seriously. By following these tips, you can help protect your family and your home from the devastating effects of a fire. Remember to always be aware of fire hazards, and to have a plan in place in case of an emergency. Together, we can work to prevent fires and promote fire safety during Fire Prevention Month and throughout the year.

An essential tool in their lives is human education. The difference between a disciplined person and someone who isn’t is significant. Even though the country’s literacy rate has risen recently, more people need to be made aware of the value of education. Every child must attend school and stay in it, regardless of whether they are boys or girls. Education is good for society as well as for the individual. An educated person adds value to society by fostering its social and economic advancement. Such a person is constantly willing to help the community and the nation. It is true that education serves as a stepping stone to success for both an individual and a country.

Education makes a person productive, allowing him or her to positively contribute to society. It teaches us how to face and overcome a variety of challenges. A well-educated person understands how to be polite and non-offensive. It demonstrates how to live a disciplined life while earning a decent living. Education is the foundation of our future. Education is also the only weapon that can be used to combat a variety

SAFE DRINKING WATER. The Negros Oriental Provincial Health Office is reminding the public to boil their drinking water if unsure of its source. This comes as typhoid fever cases increased this year compared to last year, the PHO said. (PNA file photo)

Technology bridges education

By: Elmer A. Llubia Teacher I Gitagum Central School

Education has become more equitable through the use of technology. With a cable, a computer, and the Internet, anyone in the world can access online courses. Online education is being used to address the issue of educational inequality between rural and urban areas as well as between different economic groups, but technology or applications by themselves are by no means sufficient.

Equal distribution of educational resources and teacher preparation is the key to the solution. In fact, the Philippines is home to many excellent teachers and a wealth of educational resources. However, the dis -

tribution of these resources is not yet evenly distributed, and the most in needy people frequently find it difficult to access them. Technology improves the efficiency and adaptability of teaching and learning. The Internet allows people to study whenever and wherever they want. Students of all ages and academic backgrounds can take online courses. All around, everyone’s access to education is growing, and lifelong learning is becoming a reality. Additionally, the Internet, which facilitates learning and growth online, has increased access to more equitable education on a broad scale for more people.

Sports program of Canitoan National High School

By: LEVI A. DEL PUERTO Teacher I Canitoan National High School

of issues such as illiteracy, poverty, and unemployment. Education makes a person more sensitive to the plight of their fellow beings. A well-educated person not only understands the issues, but also possesses the necessary skills to address them.

An educated individual possesses competent skills and is more capable than someone who is uneducated. However, it is incorrect to think that education alone ensures success. Indeed, success necessitates a solid education, as well as devotion, attention, and hard effort. An educated individual is more sensible and capable of rational thought.

Education enables people to become self-sufficient. A well-educated person does not rely on others and is capable of meeting his or her own needs. Education benefits not only the individual, but also society and the nation. Indeed, education has a significant impact on our outlook, increasing our optimism about life and its goals.

THE Division of Cagayan de Oro conducted the Division Sports Meet 2023 last March 24 to 25. Canitoan National High School tracksters won eight gold medals for female with qualifying standard and one gold medal for male with qualifying standard and ready to participate for the upcoming Northern Mindanao regional qualifying round 2023 this coming April 21 to 28, 2023 with the full support of Vicente dela Puerto, training staff. And Lerio del Puerto, the school principal.

Meet” is usually for events that have more than two competing teams but are not tournaments. However, sports such as track and field that can have multi-team meets can also have a match between just two teams called a “meet”.

Student-athletes from private and non-private schools from elementary and secondary levels are legitimately can joined the national event as long as they are qualified and they are regional champions.

Started in 1948, the Palarong Pambansa Program is an annual multi-level national scholastic athletic

competition conducted by the DepEd and participated in by elementary and secondary students from both public and private schools. It is the culmination of sports activities in Philippines schools, which start with local school intramurals, followed by the district, division, and regional athletic meets.

The objectives of the Palaro are: (1)to promote Physical Education and sports as an integral part of the Basic Education curriculum for holistic development of the youth; (2) inculcate the spirit of discipline, teamwork, excellence, fair play, solidarity, sportsmanship, and other values inherent in sports; (3) promote and achieve peace by means of sports; (4) widen the base for talent identification, selection, recruitment, training and exposure of elementary pupils and secondary students to serve as a feeder to the National Sports Association (NSA) for international competitions; and provide a database for a valid and universal basis to further improve the school sports development programs.

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MINDANAO DAILY BUSINESS

Thursday, March 30, 2023

Editor: ALLAN M. MEDIANTE

Globe Business and Snowflake deepen partnership to help customers in the Philippines unlock the true value of data

Globe Business announced last February 21 the expansion of its partnership with Snowflake, the Data Cloud company, to help customers in the Philippines maximize their data and future-proof their operations.

Organizations can use the Snowflake Data Cloud to unite siloed data, discover and securely share data, and execute diverse analytic workloads. Wherever data or users live, Snowflake delivers a single data experience that spans multiple clouds and geographies.

“In today's fast-paced technological landscape, managing data has become a crucial business process that requires constant innovation so companies can instantly access information that helps them make better decisions,”

Francisco “Cocoy” Claravall, Vice President for Partner Ecosystem for Globe Business, Enterprise Group, shared. “By bringing the Snowflake Data Cloud to future-proof organizations in the Philippines, we can contribute to redefining our nation's greatness in this field.”

Customers throughout Southeast Asia are increasingly turning to Snowflake’s Data Cloud platform as they realize that data is the biggest value driver for their business.

Snowflake Data Cloud helps customers unlock the true value of their data by breaking down data silos, making it easy to access and use data within an organization, and enabling innovation through Data Collaboration.

Sanjay Deshmukh, Senior Vice President ASEAN and India, Snowflake added, “Globe is a customer and a strategic partner of Snowflake. We are deepening our relationship with Globe to bring the power of the Snowflake Data Cloud to more organizations in the Philippines and help them unlock the true value of data.”

“Data is a powerful tool that can significantly impact organizations,” Claravall add-

ed. “Through effective use of data, businesses can generate valuable insights to optimize customer experience, increase operational/cost efficiency, and improve risk management. Looking further ahead, you can even build new business models with partners as you extract value coming from these insights.

The partnership between Globe Business and Snowflake leverages Globe’s extensive network and expertise and the innovation of Snowflake’s Data Cloud to provide solutions that will help customers embrace digital transformation. This aligns with Globe’s

dedication to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, specifically UN SDG No. 9, which emphasizes the importance of innovation as a driver of economic growth and development.

To learn how you can access a free trial of Snowflake Data Cloud, and begin to transform how your business uses data, reach out to a Globe Business Account Manager today.

Learn more about how your company can benefit from Globe Business solutions: https://www.globe.com. ph/business/enterprise.html

Learning to know as a 21st Century Teacher

Change is inevitable, specifically in the sector of Education in the 21st century. And with this radical and rapid change, as a teacher, I should be professionally and personally ready to hone holistically the 21st century learners. In this regard, I’m thankful to be one of the learners of GURO21 course.

Education in the 21st Century has been changing drastically. The change is brought by five categories which are the social, technological, economic, ecological, and political (STEEP). All these changes have brought a big impact in education. It also changes the way students learn because of all the technological advances that have occurred. Today, students are actively engaged in the teaching-learning process to understand how things work and why. Being in this technology-based life era, we can still be a good steward of the environment. And the ecoliteracy is one of the vital skills that the learners should develop.

The eight attributes of 21st century education which are (1) integrated and interdisciplinary, (2) global classrooms, (3) 21st

By: Junily B. Superales

century skills, (4) relevant, rigorous, and real world, (5) creating/ adapting to Constant Personal and social change, (6) projectbased and research-driven, (7) student-centeredness, and (8) technologies and multimedia imply that teachers should be well-informed on the current trends of education. The different attributes are reminders for all teachers to be not reluctant and doubtful in learning the educational trends so that they can effectively integrate it into the learning process and cascade it to the learners. As an educator of young minds, one should ensure that the students actually possess all the skills needed to face the challenges and demands of the 21st century.

The changes and development in the 21st century are categorized into new environments of learning, new content of learning, new process of learning, new types of learners and new spaces/dimension of learning. These changes require a great adjustment for teachers, especially in the way of teaching. Gone are those days when teachers considered themselves as the sole source of knowledge and information. In learning,

everything should be collaboratively done by the teachers and learners. Teachers should also consider that learners learn differently, which means additional preparations in instruction for teachers. Never the less, teachers should be innovative and creative enough to deliver the lesson effectively and to cater the needs of the learners. And with the aid of information and communication technologies (ICTs), the delivery of instruction would be easier and better. Additionally, given the different processes of learning, it gives the teachers a wider means and more options on how to teach the learners in the most effective way.

As what John C. Maxwell said, “Change is inevitable but progress is optional.” And as a teacher, one should choose to be developed and look forward to progress despite the inevitable changes and challenges it entails. One must be ready to embrace 21st century education and to learn what it takes to be a 21st century teacher in order to guide the students to succeed in all aspects of life and to be productive citizens of the 21st century society.

DepEd: Division Festival of Talents

The DepEd, Cagayan de Oro City have begun the 2023 Division Festival of Talents, an annual event that promotes the importance of co-curricular activities on the total development of learners’ talent and reaching their full potential. This year’s theme is “Providing Learner’s Resilience through showcasing Skills and Talents in Culture Arts, and Technology”. The District DFOT competition was held yesterday March 24 Friday and the Division competition will be on April 1 this year.

The 2023 DFOT showcase

By: Johnrill R. Generoso Teacher III CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL

talents in Invitation Card Making for Information and Technology; Story Telling and Oral Reading in English; Muling Pagkukwento and Interpretasyong Pagbabasa in Filipino; Philippine Folk Dance; Fruit and Vegetable Carving for Home and Economics; Sign Language Interpretation and Braille Reading for Special Education.

The Central District competition was conducted at City Central School on the afternoon of March 24. Corrales ES and City Central School compete in the selection of district winners for

the DFOT on April 1.

Conducting the festival of talents provides opportunities for all types of learners to express themselves and showcase their talents and skills, especially after the pandemic. Activities like these will inspire our learners to dream, persevere in their studies, enhance their talents, adapt, hope, increase productivity in their lives, and become resilient. Let us continue to inspire and appreciate the diversity of talents of our learners in promoting Filipino Culture Arts, and Technology.

NIA-10 welcomes new regional manager

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (PIA)--The National Irrigation Administration (NIA)-10 is under new management after its ceremonial turnover ceremony for the Regional Manager took place, March 17.

Engineer Leonila E. Tenestrante, who is the regional manager, will retire in April.

Engineer Armando E. Arizala, who is the division manager for the Bukidnon Irrigation Management Office, will take over as the agency's acting regional manager.

Arizala started their journey in the agency as an engineering assistant. He slowly rose through the ranks, and after 37 years of service in 2018, he became the acting division manager of Lanao del Norte, Misamis Oriental, Misamis Occidental, and Camiguin Irrigation Management Offices and was later promoted as the Division Manager of Bukidnon Irrigation Management Office.

"We will strengthen the synergy and collaboration of the irrigation management offices (IMOs) in implementing and fast-tracking ongoing irrigation development and continually be dedicated to the core values of commitment, integrity, and professionalism," Arizala said.

He said he will keep do-

ing what was asked of him by developing, building, running, and maintaining irrigation systems all over the region.

Meanwhile, outgoing Regional Manager Tenestrante, who had served the agency for 39 years, expressed her gratitude and well-wishes as she parted ways with the agency

Republic of the Philippines

Province of Misamis Oriental MUNICIPALITY OF CLAVERIA

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

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Scientific jargon turns readers off

By: BRENT RAULLY A. OLACO Teacher III Luz Banzon Integrated School

DISCHARGE petition. Laparoscopy. Vigilance decrement. Neuroplasticity. Political and scientific jargon like these are often quite hard to understand in articles and discussions.

An Ohio State University study finds that not only is specialized terminology difficult to understand, it makes people lose interest in science.

In the study, researchers had participants read one of two versions of a science article – one full of jargon and the other using more colloquial language. People who read the jargon-filled version reported feeling less

informed about the topic and less qualified to discuss it. Even if the difficult lingo was defined in the article, readers ultimately felt less interested in science.

The authors suggests confusing terms jump right off the page for some readers and push them to quit before really giving the article a chance. The use of difficult, specialized words are a signal that tells people that they don’t belong. You can tell them what the terms mean but it doesn’t matter. They already feel like that this message isn’t for them. It had no effect on how difficult they thought the reading was.

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"As I leave the portals of this agency and bestow the responsibility to RM Arizala, may the legacy of delivering quality service to our clientele endure and be highlighted in every program and project implementation for the improvement of the farmers' quality of life," she said.

NIA’s Deputy Administrator for Engineering and Operations Engineer C’zar M. Sulaik, who graced the ceremony virtually, stressed that one key to successful leadership is continuous per-

sonal change as it would be a reflection of one's inner growth and empowerment, adding that being empowered will have a great impact on the delivery of and extending the services NIA could offer.

With the new management in place, NIA-10 assures the public that it will continue its commitment to providing better and quality service to its farmer clientele and to supporting the priorities of President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. in agriculture and food security. (NIA-10/PIA-10/ Misamis Oriental)

What Happened to Cryptocurrency

By: KENT LEVI A. BONIFACIO IT Faculty College of Information Sciences and Computing Central Mindanao University

WHAT is cryptocurrency?

A cryptocurrency is a digital currency, which is an alternative form of payment created using encryption algorithms. The use of encryption technologies means that cryptocurrencies function both as a currency and as a virtual accounting system. Cryptocurrency comes under many names. You have probably read about some of the most popular types of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Ethereum. Cryptocurrencies are increasingly popular alternatives for online payments. Before converting real dollars, euros, pounds, or other traditional currencies into (the symbol for Bitcoin, the most popular cryptocurrency), you should understand what cryptocurrencies are, what the risks are in using cryptocurrencies, and how to protect your investment.

To use cryptocurrencies, you need a cryptocurrency

wallet. These wallets can be software that is a cloud-based service or is stored on your computer or on your mobile device. The wallets are the tool through which you store your encryption keys that confirm your identity and link to your cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrencies are still relatively new, and the market for these digital currencies is very volatile. Since cryptocurrencies don’t need banks or any other third party to regulate them; they tend to be uninsured and are hard to convert into a form of tangible currency (such as US dollars or euros.) In addition, since cryptocurrencies are technology-based intangible assets, they can be hacked like any other intangible technology asset. Finally, since you store your cryptocurrencies in a digital wallet, if you lose your wallet (or access to it or to wallet backups), you have lost your entire cryptocurrency investment.

Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th Judicial Region Hall of Justice, Marawi City

Office of the Executive Judge

IN THE MATTER OF THE APPLICATION FOR NOT. COM. No. 497-23 APPOINTMENT AS NOTARY PUBLIC

ATTY. SHARIFA SITTIE ZEHADA M. JALI, Petitioner.

NOTICE OF SUMMARY HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the Petition for Notarial Commission in the City of Marawi and Province of Lanao del Sur, of Atty. SHARIFA SITTIE ZEHADA M. JALI, shall be held on May 09, 2023, 8:30 A.M., at RTC-Branch 10, Marawi City. Any person who has cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a verified written opposition thereto, received by the undersigned Executive Judge, before the scheduled date of the summary hearing.

Marawi City, Philippines, this 28th day of March, 2023.

(SGD) Hon. WENIDA B. M. PAPANDAYAN Executive Judge

Outgoing Regional Manager Engineer Leonila Tenestrante turns over the NIA flag to incoming Acting Regional Manager Engineer Armando Arizala as part of the turnover ceremony rites, March 17, 2023. (NIA-10)

ORDINANCE NO. 1011 Series of 2023 (26th Regular Session)

Authored by: Hon. Niko P. Aldeguer

Sponsored by: Hon. Brian Nelson T. Flores

Co-Sponsored by: Hon. Kathleen Cecille C. Pagaling Hon. Bonifacio G. Valiente

AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING STRATEGIC FOCUS ON NUTRITION FOR THE FIRST 1,000 DAYS OF LIFE THROUGH A STRENGTHENED AND INTEGRATED PROGRAM FOR MATERNAL/NEWBORN AND CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION FOR THE CITY OF MALAYBALAY AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Whereas, Art. 11 Sec. 15 of the 1987 Constitution mandates the State to protect and promote the right to health of the people and to instill health consciousness among them;

Whereas, Sec. 17 of R.A. 7160 otherwise known as the Local Government Code of the Philippines, further mandates local government units to exercise their powers and discharge their functions as are necessary and appropriate for the effective provision of basic services including child welfare and nutrition services;

Whereas, the first 1,000 days of child’s life is a critical window that sets the stage for a person’s intellectual, and lifelong health and productivity;

Whereas, the right nutrition during these first 1,000 days window not only has a profound impact on a child’s ability to grow, learn and thrive but also a lasting effect on a country’s health, development and prosperity;

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Whereas, studies have shown that poor nutrition in the first 1,000 days of a child results in stunting, wasting, low birth weight, micronutrient deficiency and weakens the immune system against diarrhea, pneumonia, and malaria;

Whereas, the City of Malaybalay recognizes that nutrition is not only fundamental to a child’s cognitive and physical growth, but is also fundamental for the City’s development efforts, and as such, deems it urgent to scale up nutrition during the first 1,000 days of the life of a child;

NOW, THEREFORE, be it ORDAINED as it is ORDAINED by the 9th Sangguniang Panlungsod of Malaybalay that:

SECTION 1. Title. – This Ordinance shall be known as the “ First 1,000 Days of Life Ordinance ” in the City of Malaybalay;

SECTION 2. Declaration of Policy . It is hereby declared the policy of the City of Malaybalay to uphold the right of every citizen of the City and to provide quality health interventions most particularly the first 1,000 days of life and direct all the barangays to focus and commit in ensuring the delivery of basic services to all the residents of the City of Malaybalay and providing a whole City approach in combating malnutrition.

SECTION 3. Coverage. The Malaybalay First 1,000 Days of Life Ordinance shall be adopted in all barangays of the City of Malaybalay.

SECTION 4. OBJECTIVE . Malaybalay City First 1,000 Days of Life Program aims to invest on the First 1,000 days of life of an individual commencing from conception until the 2nd year of life by comprehensively addressing the necessary health, nutrition and psychological interventions from pregnancy, birth and until the baby reaches the second year of life.

SECTION 5. DEFINITION OF TERMS

a. MC1K program – Malaybalay City First 1000 day of life program

b. Pre-natal Period – is the first 270 days from conception and through out pregnancy

c. First 1,000 days of life – refers to the period of a child’s life spanning the nine months in the womb starting from conception to the first 24 months (or 2 years) of his/her life which is considered to be the critical window of opportunity to prevent malnutrition especially stunting and its lifelong consequences.

d. Geographically isolated and disadvantage areas (GIDA) – refer to areas that are isolated due to distance or geographical isolation, weather conditions and lack of modes of transportation and communication and other areas identified to have limited access to and utilization of health services, high incidence of poverty, presence of vulnerable sectors, communities in or recovering from situation of crisis or armed conflict and those recognized as such by a government body.

e. Breast milk substitute (BMS) – refers to the type of milk in either liquid or powdered form, including soy milk and follow-on formula, that are specifically marketed for feeding infants and young children up to the age of 3 years;

f. Early Stimulation and Learning- refers to the process where infants and young children receive external stimuli to interact with others and their environment. It provides different City Ordinance No. 1011, Series of 2023: opportunities for the child to explore and develop skills and abilities in a natural way and understand what is happening around them. Examples of early stimulation are language, motor and sensory stimulation with the aim of optimizing their cognitive, physical, emotional, and social skills to avoid undesired states in development.

g. Low birth weight – refers to the weight of a child at birth of less than 2500 grams;

h. Malnutrition – refers to deficiencies, excesses or imbalances in a person’s intake of protein, energy (carbohydrates and fats) and/or nutrients covering both under nutrition which includes sub optimal breastfeeding, stunting, wasting or thinness. Underweight and micronutrient deficiencies or insufficiencies, as well as over-nutrition, which includes overweight and obesity.

i. Micronutrient deficiency – refers to a deficiency of substances required by the body in small amounts for vital physiological functions which include vitamin A, iron, folic acid, iodine and zinc, deficiency which may result in vitamin A Deficiency (VAD), iron deficiency anemia (IDA), and iodine deficiency disorders (IDD).

j. Moderate Acute Malnutrition (MAM) – refers to low weight for length/height defined as between 2 and 3 SD below the median (<-2 up to -3SD) of the WHO Child Growth Standards or a mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC) measurement of between 110 mm (11.0cm) and 125 mm or 12.5 or red color in the 3-color tape; orange color in the 4-colors tape.

k. Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) – refers to a physical human condition characterized by a very low weight-or height index (below negative 3 SD of the median WHO Child Growth Standards), visible severe wasting, or by the presence of the nutritional edema.

l. Stunting – reflects chronic under nutrition during the most critical periods of growth and development in early life. It refers to a condition characterized by a height/length-for-age index which is less than negative 2 SD of the WHO Child Growth Standard median and which is considered an indicator of long standing or chronic malnutrition.

m. Underweight- is a composite form of under nutrition which refers to a condition characterized by low weight-for-age index which is less than negative two (2) SD of the WHO Child Growth Standard median; and,

n. Wasting or thinness – reflects acute malnutrition and refers to a physical condition characterized by low weight for height index which is less than negative 2 SD of the WHO Child Growth Standard median, indicating in most cases a recent and severe process of weight loss often associated with acute starvation or severe disease which in some cases may also be the result of a chronic unfavorable condition.

SECTION 6. PROGRAM COMPONENTS The program shall include health and nutrition services and interventions provided at the different life stages. The LGU, NGO’s, NGA’s and other stakeholders shall work together to ensure the delivery of these services and interventions.

1. Prenatal Period (First 270 days)

a. Pregnancy-tracking and enrolment to prenatal care services;

b. Regular follow up to complete minimum of four prenatal care visit;

c. Provision of maternal immunizations including tetanus toxoid vaccine for the prevention of neonatal tetanus;

d. Provision of oral health services, including oral health assessment;

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e. Provision of nutritional counseling, smoking cessation, and adoption of healthy lifestyle practices;

f. Identification of nutritionally at-risk pregnant women;

g. Dietary supplementation of pregnant women

h. Provision of micronutrient supplement with ferrous sulphate folic acid and calcium carbonate;

i. Provision of iodized oil capsules in areas with low utilization of iodized salt and high incidence of iodine deficiency disorders;

j. Promotion of the use of iodized salt fortified rich foods;

k. Provision of anti-helminthic drugs for deworming and assessment of risk for parasitism;

l. Counseling on hand washing, environmental sanitation and hygiene;

m. Empowering women on the preparation of birth, breastfeeding and rooming in plans;

n. PhilHealth enrollment and linkage to community health workers and volunteers;

o. Social welfare support for access to nutritious and healthy food products and commodities for nutritionally at-risk pregnant women belonging to the poorest families.

p. Counseling on breastfeeding on and other delivery of the baby.

2. Women about to give birth and immediate postpartum period. – Health and nutrition services at the facility and community level shall include but not limited to the following:

a. Provision of respectful care at the time of admission at the health facility. b. Ensure delivery at the health facility which may include Maternity Waiting area for mothers who live in far-flung areas who stay temporary in anticipation for the expected date of confinement, labor and for post-partum and newborn observation and care.

c. Compliance of health facility to Republic Act 10028 otherwise known as the “Expanded Breastfeeding

Promotion Act of 2009” and the Executive Order 31, the Milk Code and other related administrative issuance issued by the Department of Health on maternal and newborn care.

d. Provision of mother friendly practices during labor and delivery in time with in compliance to the Mother and Baby Friendly Health Facility Initiative and current essential maternal and newborn care protocols of the Department of Health.

e. Monitoring of the progress of labor and the well-being of both the mother and the fetus and provision of interventions to any health issue that may arise.

f. Identification of high-risk newborns that will be delivered, the premature, small for gestational age and/or low birth weight infants, and the provision of preventive interventions to reduce complications of pre-maturity or low birth weights.

g. Coverage and utilization of Philhealth benefit packages for maternal care.

h. Nutrition counselling and provision of nutritious food and meals at the facility most especially for women who gave birth to babies who are pre-term, small for gestational age, or low birth weight until discharge.

i. Counseling on proper hand-washing, environmental sanitation, and personal hygiene.

j. Counseling on and utilization of responsible parenthood and family health services;

k. Maintenance of non-separation of the mother and her newborn and rooming-in for early breastfeeding initiation;

l. Assurance of women and child-friendly spaces during calamities, disasters, or other emergencies where health and nutrition services for women and children shall be provided and expectant mothers will be able to give birth following prescribed maternal and intra partum protocol;

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m. Provision of support to fathers to ensure their commitment to support the mothers and child on proper health and nutrition care and provide necessary counselling and positive parenting support interventions.

n. Counseling and support to parents/caregivers on parents/caregiver, infant/child interaction for responsive care and early stimulation for early childhood development, and;

o. Others as may be determined based on international and national guidelines and evidence generated locally.

3. Post-partum and lactating women. – Health and nutrition services at the facility and community level shall include but not limited to the following:

a. Follow-up visit to health facilities where they gave birth;

b. Home visits for newborn in difficult to reach communities.

c. Lactation support and counseling from birth up to two years and beyond, including those women who will return to work and for women in informal economies.

d. Nutrition assessment and counselling to meet the demands of lactation in Health Facilities and work-places.

e. Identification and management of malnutrition of chronically energy deficient and nutritionally at risk postpartum and lactating women including adolescent mothers and provision of ready -to-use supplementary food in addition to dietary supplementation as appropriate.

f. Organization of community-breast feeding support groups and peer counselors for breastfeeding in cooperation with other health and nutrition workers.

g. Lactation breaks for women in the workplaces including micro, small and medium enterprises;

h. Availability of lactation stations in the workplaces both in government and private sector informal economy workplaces and in public places and public means of transportation as stipulated in Republic Act 10028, otherwise known as the Expanded Breast-Feeding Promotion Act of 2009 and its implementing rules and regulations.

i. Organization of breastfeeding support groups in workplaces in cooperation with occupational health workers and human resources managers trained in lactation management for the workplace.

j. Provision of micronutrient supplements including iron, folic acid, vitamin A, and other micronutrients deemed necessary based on recent evidence.

k. Promotion of the consumption of iodized salt and foods fortified with micronutrients including folic acid, iron, vitamin A, and other micronutrients deemed necessary based on recent evidence.

l. Provision of health services.

m. Counseling on and utilization of responsible parenthood and family health services.

n. Social welfare support to improve access to health and nutrition services such as but not limited to dietary supplementation, health food products and commodities for chronically energy deficient postpartum and/or lactating women belonging to poorest of the poor families.

o. Assurance of women-friendly and child-friendly spaces where mothers and their infants will be able to continue breastfeeding during calamities, disasters, or other emergencies.

p. Provision of support to fathers to ensure their commitment to support the mother and child on proper health and nutrition care and provide necessary counselling and positive parenting support interventions.

City Ordinance No. 1011, Series of 2023:

q. Counselling and support to parents, caregivers on parents, caregivers of infant/child interactions for responsive care and early stimulation for each childhood development and

r. Others as may be determined based on international and national guidelines and evidence generated locally.

4. Birth and Newborn period (first 28 days or 1st month)

a. The provision of baby-friendly practices during delivery in compliance with the Mother and Baby Friendly Health Facility (MBFHI) and current newborn protocols of the Department of Health in all birthing facilities including the provision of essential newborn care and Kangaroo Mother Care for small babies born pre-term and who have low birth weight at birth;

b. Maintenance of non-separation and observance of direct rooming-in of the mother and her newborn for early breastfeeding initiation and completion of exclusive breastfeeding initiation and completion of exclusive breastfeeding;

c. Provision of routine newborn care services such as eyes prophylaxis and vitamin K, birth doses of Hepatitis B and BCG vaccines after completion of the first breastfeeding;

d. Administration of newborn screening and newborn hearing screening after 24 hours birth;

e. Provision of continuous skin-to-skin contact and Kangaroo Mother Care for small babies born pre-term or with low birth weight;

f. Availability of human milk pasteurizer for tertiary level facilities with neonatal intensive care units to ensure breast milk supply for the small babies born pre term and low birth weight.

g. Provision of the Philhealth Newborn Care Package and Benefit Package for premature and small babies.

h. Provisions of early referral to higher level facilities to manage newborn illness and or prematurity or low birth weight;

i. Facilitated and prompt birth registration and;

j. Provision of social welfare services to the poorest families of newborn infants in need of support to avail of access to health and nutrition services, social protection and other interventions.

5. Next 2-6 months

a. Ensuring exclusive breastfeeding and assistance to women with breastfeeding difficulties.

b. Completion of infant immunizations required for the child’s age

c. Regular growth monitoring.

6. Next 550 days-infants 6 months up to 2 years of age Health and Nutrition services at the Community level shall include:

a. Timely introduction of safe appropriate and nutrient dense quality complementary food with continued and sustained breastfeeding for all infants from six months up to 2 years of age or beyond;

b. Provision of nutrition counseling on complementary feeding to mothers and caregivers;

c. De worming treatment at the start of 1 year old.

City Ordinance No. 1011, Series of 2023:

d. Dietary supplementation of age-appropriate, nutrient-dense and quality complementary food;

e. Regular assessment of development and developmental milestones delay, growth monitoring and promotion;

f. Screening for disabilities (mental, sensorial and physical)

g. Micronutrient supplementation with vitamins A, iron sulfate, or multiple micronutrient powder;

h. Counseling on parent-infant/child interaction for child stimulation and early learning including interaction and play;

i. Provision of locally available grown crops, vegetables and fruits in addition to other agricultural products to be used in complementary feeding and dietary supplementation;

j. Compliance to the integrated Management of Childhood illness protocols for pneumonia and diarrhea;

k. Treatment of moderate and severe acute malnutrition or Community-based Management of Acute Malnutrition.

l. Provision of deworming tablets for children AT 1-2 years of age;

m. Availability of potable source of water including counselling of household members on hand washing, environmental sanitation and hygiene;

n. Local government support for sanitation needs of household to reduce food and water borne diseases;

o. Social welfare support for access to nutritious and health food products and commodities for the poorest families;

p. Support for home kitchen gardens or community kitchens;

q. Livelihood assistance and other social protection mechanisms for parents belonging to the poorest families;

r. Support for home kitchen gardens or community kitchens;

s. Livelihood assistance and other social protection mechanisms for parents belonging to the poorest families;

t. Protection against child abuse, injuries and accidents including the provision of safe play spaces and toys, first aid, counselling and properly facilitated referrals;

u. Completion of childhood immunization according to the National immunization program.

7. First 6 months of infancy-

a. Provision of continuous support to mother and her infant for exclusive breastfeeding including referral to trained health and nutrition workers on lactation management and treatment breast condition.

b. Provision of appropriate and timely immunization services integrated with assessment of breastfeeding, growth and development promotion and Infant and Young Child (IYCF) counselling;

c. Provision of early referral to higher level facilities to manage childhood illness or acute malnutrition;

d. Counseling on parent-infant interaction for child simulation and early childhood illness or acute malnutrition;

e. Provision of social welfare services to the poorest of the poor families of infants in need of support to avail access to health and nutrition services and interventions; and

f. Assurance of a child friendly space where exclusively breasts fed infants will be able to continue breastfeeding during calamities, disasters or other emergencies.

SECTION

a.

adolescent girls, as well as provision of ready to use supplementary food or ready to use therapeutic food for nutritionally at risks adolescent girls, as appropriate;

b. Provision of age-appropriate immunizations based on the latest DOH guidelines;

c. Provision of oral health services including oral health assessment;

d. Provision of anti-helminthic drugs or deworming;

e. Counseling on proper hand-washing, environmental sanitation, and personal hygiene;

f. Provision of micronutrients supplements including iron, folic acid, iodine, and other micronutrients according to guidelines of the Department of Health in partnership with the Department of Education;

g. Promotion of the consumption of iodized salt and foods fortified with micronutrients such as iron, folic acid, vitamin A, and other micronutrients that may be deemed necessary based on recent evidence;

h. Referral to higher health facilities to manage complicated illnesses including moderate and severe acute malnutrition; i. Counseling on proper nutrition, smoking cessation, adoption of healthy lifestyle practices, and family health; and

j. Others as maybe determined based on international guidelines and evidenced generated locally.

SECTION 8. NUTRITION IN THE AFTERMATH OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND CALAMITIES – Areas that are struck by disasters must be prioritized in the delivery of health and nutrition services and interventions. As such, the City of Malaybalay shall immediately provide emergency services, food supplies, for proper nourishment of pregnant, lactating mothers and children, especially those from zero to two (2) years old. Women, infant and child friendly spaces shall be prepared and ready to accommodate women and their children, provide their daily necessities such as food, clothing, clean water and shelter; readily available breastfeeding support and counseling to those with children up to two (2) years or beyond, as well as provision and guidance on the appropriate complementary food for children over six months old.

No milk formula donations or products covered by Executive Order No. 51, National Code of Marketing of Breast Milk substitutes and Breast Milk Supplement or better known as the Milk Code shall be allowed to protect the health and nutrition of pregnant, lactating women, infants and young children. Donation and assistance of the private sector, with no conflict of interest or those not covered by the Milk Code in emergency situations shall be allowed immediately in the aftermath of natural disasters and calamities.

The Disaster Risk and Calamity Office, with Guidance from Department of Health, is mandated to formulate guidelines in the pursuit of this Section. The CDRRMO (City Risk Reduction Management Office) is enjoined to include women in the decision-making process allowing them to take part in implementing disaster preparedness, recovery and rehabilitation programs.

City Ordinance No. 1011, Series of 2023:

SECTION 9. MALAYBALAY CITY FIRST 1,000 DAYS COUNCIL

The City of Malaybalay will create an MC1K Council and Technical Working Group.

The MC1K Council and TWG (Technical Working Group) shall be composed of persons included in the City of Malaybalay GAD (Gender and Development Council) as well as with the City Nutrition Committee.

SECTION 10. MC1K COORDINATORS – There shall be MC1K Coordinators assigned in all barangays of Malaybalay City. The existing Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS) shall be appointed as MC1K Coordinators.

SECTION 11. FUNCTIONS OF MC1K COORDINATORS

The MC1K Coordinators shall identify and monitor the MC1K beneficiaries. They shall ensure the provisions of all services under the MC1K Program. They shall provide reports and other data needed in the implementation of the said program.

SECTION 12. RESPONSIBILITIES OF PARTIES -- The responsibilities of parties are:

1. The City Mayor shall

a. Create MC1K Council, as Technical Working Group headed by the City Nutrition Officer.

b. Provide adequate for office work and its support staff technical and field operations.

c. Spearhead the implementation of MC1K program and issue appropriate guidelines and manual operations.

d. Provide for annual budgetary appropriations for personal services, maintenance and other operating services, and capital outlay.

e. Appoint MC1K Barangay Coordinators with provisions for their functions/responsibilities.

f. Monitor MC1K project implementation in all barangays as well develop/design monitoring tools and guidelines.

2. The Barangay shall:

a. Enter into a Memorandum of Agreement with the City Government.

b. Inclusion of the MC1K program in the Barangay Annual Budget Expenditures.

c. Uphold the mandates of the MC1K Manual of Operations.

d. Mobilize the concerned Barangay to coordinate with their designated MC1K Coordinators.

e. Monitor and ensure the MC1K Program implementation in their respective barangays.

f. The Punong Barangays of each barangay will serve as the head of the program operations at the Barangay level. He/she will be in conformity with the City government through Memorandum of Agreement for the implementation of the MC1K program. He/she is expected to supervise and take appropriate action to the key person under his/her authority.

g. The Barangay Health Officers are composed of physicians (under RA 1148 which includes nurses and midwives) who are responsible for the administration of the health services. They are the primary assessors of the community health status. Also, it is their responsibility to ensure that health programs are implemented in City Ordinance No. 1011, Series of 2023:

accordance to the guidelines set by the Department of Health. They see to it that all required records and reports are properly accomplished.

h. The Public Health Nurse and Midwives act as the direct care provider throughout the implementation period. They are responsible in ensuring that the target beneficiaries receive appropriate health services and are monitored accordingly. They serve as liaisons with other health agencies in case of referrals and a health educator at the time of pregnancy up to the second year of the child’s life.

i. The Punong Barangays, as supervised by the City Mayor has its authority among the Barangay Nutrition Scholars, Health Workers and GAD Focal persons. He is responsible in tapping these groups of health personnel to abide responsibly to their duties in order to give the necessary health care needs of his people (beneficiaries).

j. The Barangay Nutrition Scholars, Health Worker and GAD (Gender and Development) Focal Personnel are consisting of individuals who undergone basic training programs in order to render primary care service to the community. They are under the direct supervision of the PHN/midwife. They are responsible for doing master listing of residents of each barangay. Furthermore, they conduct regular family visits to monitor the health condition of each beneficiary and communicate it to the PHN/midwife.

k. The Barangay Councils will provide assistance to the MC1K Program Management in the execution of various activities. They will spearhead classes, trainings and workshops respectively and is responsible for the conduct of regular evaluation and monitoring. In addition, they will ensure that submission of reports and program status are done on time.

SECTION 13. MC1K MANUAL OF OPERATIONS.

The Manual of Operations developed by the City Nutrition Officer and MC1K Technical Working Group embodying its goal and obligations of all concerned parties shall serve as a guide in the implementation of the program.

SECTION 14. CAPABILITY BUILDING OF BARANGAY HEALTH AND NUTRITION VOLUNTEERS –

In coordination with the Department of Health and Malaybalay Nutrition Committee, the City of Malaybalay shall provide practical and effective training courses to the Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS), Barangay Health Workers (BHWs), and other appropriate human resources to upgrade their skills and competence in the implementation of the services and interventions during the first 1,000 days of life for the health and nutrition of women and children.

SECTION 15. STRATEGY/PROGRAM COMPONENTS - The strategy on Health and Nutrition shall include the following components:

a. National and local health and nutrition investment planning and financing.

b. Health promotion and education, social mobilization and community participation including advocacy c. Service delivery d. Health and nutrition human resources capacity development e. Sectoral collaboration and partnerships

f. Logistics and supply management

g. Knowledge management and information technology; and

h. Monitoring, Evaluation, Accountability and Learning

i. Research and Development

City Ordinance No. 1011, Series of 2023:

SECTION 16. IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITY. –

The City Health Office shall spearhead in implementing the provisions of this ordinance in coordination with other offices concerned. The City Mayor through the implementing authority may issue Implementing Rules and Regulation for its proper implementation.

SECTION 17. APPROPRIATION . Budgetary requirements for the implementation of this ordinance for the Barangays shall be from the Annual Budget of every Barangay in Malaybalay City. An amount shall also be appropriated to cover the various expenditures from the City Health Office for the said program.

SECTION 18. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE . If any provision of this Ordinance is held invalid or unconstitutional for any reason the remainder of this Ordinance shall remain valid and enforceable.

SECTION 19. REPEALING CLAUSE . All ordinances, executive orders, administrative orders or parts thereof inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinance are hereby repealed, amended, or modified accordingly.

SECTION 20. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE . This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

ENACTED.

HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing ordinance which was duly adopted by the Sangguniang Panlungsod during its 26th Regular Session held at the Old Municipal Building People’s Hall on January 17, 2023.

Editor: Allan Mediante

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voting machines (for 2025), the one we will be leasing will be good for two years, or including the BSKE 2026. We will proceed with the automation unless we won't be given the necessary budget," he added.

Since 2010, the national and local elections have used the AES, while the manual system of voting has been used in all BSKEs.

In the October 2023 polls, the Comelec will pilot test the AES in three barangays in Luzon – the villages of Zone II Poblacion and Paliparan III in Dasmariñas City, Cavite, and Barangay Pasong Tamo in the sixth district of Quezon City. (PNA)

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Tanglad in Manjuyod town as of March 24.

Some of them were admitted to the Bais City District Hospital and the Manjuyod Rural Health Unit.

Two patients have been admitted to the Negros Oriental Provincial Hospital (NOPH) in this capital city, she said.

“We have recommended to the local government unit (LGU) to conduct a case investigation and have sent a sanitary inspection team there to determine the source of the cases,” she said.

Jerry cans and chlorine were distributed to make their water potable, she added.

The PHO and LGU conducted health education on how to prepare stock solutions as well as information materials were also given to the residents on the disease.

She reminded residents to always boil their water

Importance of CPD for Teachers

By: Johnrill R. Generoso Teacher III CITY CENTRAL SCHOOL

Continuous Professional Development (CPD) for teachers is essential for improving the quality of education and ensuring that teachers remain upto-date with the latest teaching methodologies and techniques.

CPD refers to the process of acquiring new knowledge, skills, and expertise to improve one’s teaching abilities.

The goal of CPD is to provide teachers with the tools and knowledge they need to become more effective educators, improve student outcomes, and advance their own careers.

Research shows that CPD is essential for teachers to improve their practice and maintain their professional competence. Effective CPD should be relevant, engaging, and based on teachers’ needs and interests. It should also be tailored to the specific needs of different teachers, considering their experience, expertise, and level of development.

There are various models of CPD that teachers can engage in, including collaborative learning, coaching and mentoring, action research, and reflective practice. Collaborative learning involves teachers working together to share

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The Philippine Army’s 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion and the US Air Force's 18th Civil Engineer Group are joining hands for the Balikatan construction project in Barangay Inabasan in the said town.

Maj. Israel Galorio, Viscom’s public information officer, said the 80-square meter fully-furnished multi-purpose hall will stand in the vicinity of Inabasan Elementary School.

The project broke ground on Monday in the presence of Sibalom Mayor Gian Carlo Occeña, and other government and military officials including Lt. Col. Michael Asuncion, commander of the 552nd Engineer Construction Battalion and 1Lt. Natalie

Smalley of the US Air Force’s 18th Civil Engineer Group.

“Both Armed Forces do not only learn to work for the betterment of each other’s capability but also learn to work with the community whom we have sworn to serve and protect" Arevalo added, underscoring the benefits of the Balikatan Exercises for the troops in the Visayas.

The Balikatan Exercises to be carried out in April will simulate airfield seizure, combined command and control, and sensing expeditionary advance base which will be held in Antique and the tactical airlift/airdrop of personnel and logistics operations will be done in Mactan-Benito Ebuen Air Base on Mactan Island in Cebu. (PNA)

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The BRP Jose Rizal

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.2023-039

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES CESAR J. PAREDES AND SUZETTE T. COMAYAS-PAREDES, CESAR J. PAREDES AND SUZETTE T. COMAYAS-PAREDES, Petitioner.

knowledge and expertise and develop their skills. Coaching and mentoring involve more experienced teachers providing guidance and support to less experienced colleagues. Action research involves teachers investigating their own practice and reflecting on their experiences, while reflective practice involves regular self-reflection and evaluation of one’s own teaching.

One of the main benefits of CPD for teachers is that it enhances their knowledge and skills, which in turn improves their teaching and student outcomes. CPD also helps teachers to remain motivated, engaged, and satisfied with their work, which can have a positive impact on their well-being and retention.

CPD for teachers is essential for improving the quality of education and ensuring that teachers remain up-todate with the latest teaching methodologies and techniques. Effective CPD should be relevant, engaging, and based on teachers’ needs and interests. By investing in CPD, schools and educational organizations can support their teachers’ professional growth and improve student outcomes.

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 February 7, 1998 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, 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 Purok 1, San Jose, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for 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 February 7, 1998 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 April 14, 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 March 2023.

MDN: Mar 23, 30 & Apr 6, 2023

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The BRP Jose Rizal was delivered to the Philippines in May 2020 and commissioned in July of the same year while the BRP Antonio Luna was commissioned on March 19, 2021.

The contract for the two ships was placed at PHP16 billion with another PHP2 billion for weapon systems and munitions. (PNA)

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EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE OF REGISTERED LAND

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES -

ENTS:

THAT THIS EXTRA JUDICIAL PARTITION IS MADE BY AND AMONG:

1. HELEN PARI-AN VDA. DE DUHAYLUNGSOD , of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of Kiburiao, Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines;

2. GENELYN P. DUHAYLUNGSOD , of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Z-4, Tibasak Macasadig, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines;

3. JOSEPHINE D. BARANOVITCH , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Z-4, Tibasak, Macasadig, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, Philippines;

4. JAME BOY P. DUHAYLUNGSOD, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Kiburiao, Quezon, Bukidnon, Philippines;

"Align with our intention to weed out rogue police officers among our ranks and to recognize those good police officers, we will come up with a faster, more reliable, and more responsive system to get from the community both positive and negative feedback. We will generate more real-time feedback toward our vision of well-disciplined, accommodating, and wellmannered NCRPO police," Okubo stressed. (PNA)

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF INTESTATE ESTATE AMONG HEIRS OF DECEASED PERSON, ARTEMIO S. SANTIA-ON AND SALE OF A REISIDENTIAL LAND AND BUILDING THEREIN

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRES -

ENTS:

This Extrajudicial Settlement of Intestate Estate among Heirs of deceased Person, ARTEMIO S. SANTIA-ON and sale of a house and Lot, made executed by and among PAQUITA R. SANTIA-ON , of legal age, widow of the late Artemio S. Santia-on , Filipino, a resident of Purok 3, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the HEIR-VENDOR;

Children:

FELICIDAD S. TILLO, ALICIA R. SANTIA-ON, ANACLITO R. SANTIA-ON and EMMANUEL R. SANTIA-ON, all of legal age, all married except ALICIA R. SANTIA-ON, who is single, Filipinos, a resident of Purok 3, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon, hereinafter known as the HEIR-VENDOR ; and ANITA C. BAUTUSTA , of legal age, widow, Filipino, a resident of Purok 3, North Poblacion, Maramag, hereinafter known as the VENDEE WITNESSETH:

That the above-named parties, all of legal age, are the only legitimate children and surviving spouse of the late, ARTEMIO S, SANTIA-ON , who died on October 11, 2016 at Maramag, Bukidnon, who died without any will;

That the above-deceased at the time of his death left a parcel of Residential Land together with the residential building therein and particularly described to wit:

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 February 26, 1988 at Margosatubig, Zamboanga del Sur, 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 at P-6, Sitio Buco, Banlag, Valencia City and Block 12, H 21, Habitat, Pagatpat, Cagayan de Oro 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 twenty-five (25) 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 February 26, 1988 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 April 10, 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 17th of March 2023.

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

January 11, 2023

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS

OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

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 JILMER A. BAQUIANO 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 JILMER ABRENILLA BAQUIANO at Balabag, Digos, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Jimmy D. Baquiano and Wilma S. Abrenilla. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 31, 2023

(SGD) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar

5. BALDONADO P. DUHAYLUNGSOD, JR. , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of P-3, upper Lahi, Zone 12, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, duly represented by his mother HELEN P. DUHAYLUNGSOD per Special Power of Attorney acknowledge before Atty. Mario T. Juni and entered into his notarial book as Doc No. 3; Page No. 1; Book No. 214; and Series of 2019;

That the above-named parties are the legitimate spouses and children and only heirs of the late BALDONADO DUHAYLUNGSOD who died on April 20, 2019 at Cagayan de Oro Polymedic General Hospital A Veles St., Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, without any will;

That the said deceased, at the time of his death, he left a certain real property situated in P-1, Kiburiao, Quezon, Bukidnon and more particularly described as follows, to wit;

MDN: Mar 30 & Apr 6, 2023

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.2023-038 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ROBERT V. CHU AND SARAH JANE L. SINA-ON-CHU, ROBERT V. CHU AND SARAH JANE L. SINA-ON-CHU, Petitioner.

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 November 23, 1996 at Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, 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 Purok 7, Curvada, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and Bagong Silang, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte 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 seven (7) 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 November 23, 1996 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 April 14, 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 March 2023.

“A PARCEL OF LAND, known as Lot 2937 PLS-444 (Identical to Lot 1296-B, Csd-10-020786), situated in the Sitio of P-1, Barrio of Kiburiao, Municipality of Quezon, Province of Bukidnon. Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-EIGHT (168) square meters, more or less. Covered by TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-72704.”

That no personal properties are involved in this extra-judicial settlement;

That to the best knowledge and information of the parties hereto, the said deceased left no debts;

That WITNESSETH FURTHER for and in consideration of the sum of FIFTY THOUSAND (P50,000.00) PESOS, Philippine Currency, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledge, in hand paid by LIBERTY A. TACKETT , of legal age, Filipino, married to Claude C. Tackett and residents of B26 L14

Phase 4-B Gantian St., El Rio Vista Bacaca, Bajada, Davao City, to our full satisfaction, by these presents, do hereby sold, transferred and conveyed and in manner that is absolute and irrevocable unto said LIBERTY A TACKETT , her heirs and assigns, over a parcel of residential lot including the house constructed thereon;

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH SALE OF REGISTERED LAND , under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. POLICARPO

“A parcel of Residential land, covered by ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. P-69932 and under Tax Declaration No. 16-001-00930, known as Lot 9303, Pls-98 Ext. (Identical to Lot 8932-F, Csd-10-018841), situated at Purok 3, North Poblacion, Maramag, Bukidnon. Containing an area of SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUSAND PESOS (77,000) SQUARE METERS, together with the residential building therein (made of concrete and light materials).”

That at the time of his death, the deceased left no last will and testament and had no debts left unpaid.

That no personal properties are involved in this extrajudicial settlement;

That by virtue of the provisions of Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, we, the heirs of the late ARTEMIO S. SANTIAON hereby extra judicially adjudicates unto ourselves the above-described residential land together with residential building, therein in equal shares.

That FURTHER, for and in consideration of the sum of TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND PESOS (P25,000.00) Philippine Currency, to us in hand paid to our great satisfaction by the HEIR-VENDOR , we do hereby SELL, CONVEY, and TRANSFER by way of Absolute Sale unto the said VENDEE her heirs ad assigns and successor’sin-interest over the above-described Residential land together with the residential building therein.

That we hereby warrant our title/ declaration unto the said HEIR-VENDEE and that henceforth, she shall have exclusive right of ownership and possession over said house and lot and residential building thereon and free from all liens or encumbrances of any kind, whatsoever;

That the provisions of Art. 16211623 of Civil Code have been duly complied with;

That the parties agreed as they agree to register this instrument with the Register of Deeds in accordance with law.

Is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF INTESTATE ESTATE AMONG HEIRS OF DE

EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE 16TH SANGGUNIANG PANLUNGSOD OF TANGUB CITY HELD ON JANUARY 10, 2023 AT 8:55 A.M. AT THE NEW BUILDING (SP SESSION HALL), TANGUB CITY.

HON. TITO B. DECINA-P City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

HON. ANTONIO S. CAYLAN, JR.-P

HON. RUBIN R. ROMA -P City Councilor City Councilor Presiding Pro Tempore

HON. LOWIDA L. ALCALDE, Ph. D. –P

HON. LEONIDO C. TALA-P City Councilor City Councilor

HON. FRANCISCO I. CHIONG, JR. -P

HON. MARISSA V. AMAMIO -P City Councilor City Councilor Majority Floor Leader

HON. ROSE N. BUENAFE -P

HON. ROMULO L. DEL SOCORRO -P City Councilor City Councilor

HON. HIPOLITO G. ROXAS, JR. –P

HON. ALEXANDER M. RETUERTO-P City Councilor City Councilor

HON. MARY GRACE D. TABALBA –P ABC President

AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE PROCEDURES IN CASES OF VIOLATIONS OF LOCAL ORDINANCES IMPOSING FINES AND PENALTIES IN THE CITY OF TANGUB

Sponsored by: Hon. Francisco I. Chiong Jr.

Be it enacted by the Sangguninag Panlungsod of the City of Tangub, that;

Section 1. Purposes. This ordinance was enacted in order to achieve a systematic and orderly apprehension of violators of the local ordinances in the City of Tangub and to provide the procedures in cases of violations of local ordinances imposing fines and penalties in the City of Tangub.

Section 2. Definition of Terms. The following words are defines for purposes of understanding.

a.) Citation Ticket.- is a form issued to person/s violating any city ordinance of the city in lieu of arrest and/or prosecution among other things, it notifies the offender/s on the particular infraction of the ordinance he /she violated and also advises him/her to appear before the City Mayor for appropriate disposition of the case. This ticket shall be issued by a person authorized to issue a citation ticket.

b.) Citation Officer- a person duly authorized by the City to issue a citation ticket to person/s violating any city ordinance. This officer can be a personnel from the Tangub City Police Station, Barangay officials or Tanod, Sanitary Inspector, Market Personnel or anyone who is authorized by the City Mayor.

c.) Violator- any person/s who committed a prohibited act and/or fails to comply with any requirement provided in existing city ordinance.

Section 3. Issuance of Ordinance Violation Receipt (OVR) . Any person who is cited for violation of any provision of a City Ordinance shall be issued a Citation Ticket.

Exempted in a child, who is referred to as a person under the age of eighteen (18) years.

If the offender is a corporation or a partnership, organization or any similar entity, the Citation Ticket shall be issued to its President and/or General Manager or Managing Partner and/or General Manager, or such other Officerin-Charge with the management of the business.

Section 4. Procedure in the Issuance of Citation Ticket. The following procedures shall be observed by any law enforcer or person authorized by the City Mayor to issue a Citation Ticket in the apprehension of any person who violates any provision of a City Ordinance:

a) Inform the violator of his/her violation;

b) Issue the Citation Ticket indicating therein the name, address (should be verified) and other pertinent data of the person apprehend as may be required in the Citation Ticket, including the violation;

c) Inform the violator of his/her right to avail of No Contest Provision as provided in Section 5, hereof;

d) The citation ticket should be accomplished in three copies. The original shall be given to the offender/s; the second copy will be given to the City Treasurer and the third copy will be utilized by the citation officer.

e) The citation officer shall advise the violator to report to the Office of the City Mayor and to pay the cor responding fine or penalty to the City Treasurer within three (3) days after which he shall affix his signature for confirmation.

f) If after three (3) days from the receipt of the citation ticket the violator fails to appear or refuses to pay the fine of penalty imposed by the city ordinance, the Chief of Police shall initiate prosecution proceedings against the violator or respondent.

g) The City government shall appropriate funds for the printing expenses of the citation ticket.

Section 5. No Contest Provision. Any person apprehend for violation of a City Ordinance, who does not wish to contest the violation and is willing to pay voluntary the fine imposed upon him/her prior to the filing of formal complaint with the Office of the City Prosecutor shall be allowed to pay said fine with the City Treasurer to avoid being criminally prosecuted.

Section 6. Procedure in the Availment of the No Contest Provision.

a. The violator shall be given three (3) working days from issuance of the Citation Ticket within which to pay the fine.

a.1. The fine shall be minimum imposable by the Ordinance violated;

a.2. Where there are fines imposed in the first, second and third offenses, the minimum fine in the second and third offenses shall be charged.

a.3. If the violator has already availed of the No Contest Provision three (3) times, he/she can no longer avail of the same and the corresponding complaint for the violation of the Ordinance, with the maximum penalty imposed should be filed against the violator.

b. The violator, who avails of the No Contest Provision before making the payment to the City Treasurer, shall secure an Order of Payment from the City Legal Office;

c. After payment of the fine, the violator shall present the Official Receipt to the Tangub City Police Station, which shall attach a Certified True Copy of the receipt to the documents of the case and the case shall be

considered closed.

d. If after the lapse of three (3) days, the violator has failed to present the Official Receipt of the payment of the fine, the apprehending officer who issued the citation ticket shall have the case filed with the City Procecutor’s Office, attaching a Judicial Affidavit providing the basic information about the facts and cir cumstances surrounding the issuance of the Citation Ticket, the original copy of the Citation Ticket and a Certification from City Treasurer’s Office that the violator failed to pay or did not avail of the Contest Provision.

Section 7. Community Service.

a. In case of inability to pay the fine, the violator may opt to render community service as follows:

1 For a penalty of P 1,000 and below

2 For a penalty of more than P 1,000 but not more than P 3,000

3 For a penalty of more than P 3,000 but not more than P 5,000

Eight (8) hours

Sixteen (16) hours

Twenty (20) hours

b. The violator who alleged inability to pay the fine must secure a Certification to that effect from the City Social Welfare and Development Office which shall conduct a capability assessment of the same.

c. The Punong Barangay shall determine the kind of community service that will required of the violator and shall administer the same;

d. After the completion of the community service, the Punong Barangay shall render a report to the City Legal Office, which shall consider the case closed;

None completion of the community service as certified by the Punong Barangay shall be deemed as a waiver on the part of the violator to still avail of the same and the case shall proceed accordingly.

e. The provision on community service can be availed of only for three (3) times by any violator:

Section 8. Violation of City Ordinance by a Child (Under the age of Eighteen (18) years).

a. A child, who is cited for violation of a City Ordinance shall be recorded as a “child at risk” and not a “child in conflict with the law”. He/She shall be brought to any Barangay Official at the Barangay Hall to be referred to the City Social Welfare and Development Office, which shall with the assistance of the Barangay Official, release the custody of the child to his/her parents or guardian, or in the absence thereof, the child’s nearest relative.

If the parents, guardian or nearest relatives cannot be located, or if they refuse to take custody, the child may be released to any of the following:

1. A duly registered non-governmental or religious organization;

2. A Barangay official or a member of the Barangay Council for the Protection of Children (BCPC)

3. A City Social Welfare and Development Officer (CSWDO) or when and where appropriate, the DSWD.

b. The City Social Welfare Development Officer (CSWDO) shall determine and design the intervention pro gram for the child. The intervention program shall consist of counselling, attendance of group of parents, attendance in parenting education seminars (Republic Act 10630).

c. If the child has been found by the CSWDO to be dependent, abandoned, neglected or abused by his/her parent and the best interest of the child requires that he/she be placed in the Youth Care Facility or “Bahay -asa”, the child’s parents or guardians shall execute a written authorization for the voluntary commitment of the child. Provided, that if the child has no parents or guardians of if they refuse or fail to execute the written authorization for voluntary commitment, the proper petition for involuntary commitment shall be immediately filed by the CSWDO.(Section 6, Republic Act 10630, amending Section 20, Republic Act 9344);

d. Section 21, Republic Act 9344, pertaining to the “Procedure for asking the child into custody shall at all times be observed by any law enforcer who takes a child into custody”.

Section 9. Deputization of Enforcement Agents. Barangay Officials, including Barangay Tanods are hereby deputized as agents in the enforcement of all City Ordinances.

To assist City law enforcers, the City Mayor may deputize the members of the Philippine National Police (PNP) assigned at Tangub City Police Station and members of the City Peacekeepers Asenso Team (CPAT) of Tangub City as additional agents in the enforcement of this City Ordinance.

Section 10. Printing and Custodian of Citation Tickets.

A. The City General Services Office is hereby authorized to secure the printing of sufficient copies of Citation Ticket, the specification of which shall be prepared by the City Legal office.

B. The City Treasurer’s Office shall take custody of and be accountable for all the Citation Tickets printed for use in the enforcement of City Ordinances.

Section 11. Repealing Clause. All Ordinances and rules inconsistent with the provisions of this Ordinances are hereby modified or repealed accordingly.

Section 12. Effectivity. This Ordinance shall take effect after fifteen (15) days following it publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Occidental.

ENACTED

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the above-quoted excerpt.

JANUARY 10, 2023

ATTESTED:

(SGD) ELISEA A. LORENTON College Department Head Acting SP Secretary

(SGD) TITO B. DECINA City Vice Mayor Presiding Officer

environment, I found out that we have lost the 17 million hectares of dipterocarp forest, all in violations of existing laws be on logging or in mining. When we were implementing the Writ of Kalikasan since 2013, I, as chairman of Task Force Kinaiyahan found out that those doing illegal mining in the uplands of Cagayan de Oro were Chinese carrying only tourist visas and when they were arrested, no less than a high official accompanied them back to China instead of being imprisoned. Thus, I always feel nausea every time I hear the pronouncement that “in this country, no one is above the law, all must bow down to the majesty of the law because we follow the rule of law and not of men.” Why are we allowing commercial fishing boats and trawlers to rake our bays in the municipal waters? All of these have been reported to the concerned agencies, but until now, nothing has been done! Rule of law? Why are we allowing the West Philippine Sea to serve the interest of powerful China? Ah, might is right?

“Agaw Lupa, Agaw Tubig, Agaw Buhay,” speaks well on how oppressed our Indigenous Peoples are. What happened to the Indigenous People’s Right Act (IPRA Law) that was enacted in 1997 to protect the rights of the Indigenous Peoples? Why are some one thousand families of the Manobo Pulangiyon Tribe still living under shattered tents beside the highway in Butong, Quezon, eating only once a day and all the children are malnourished and sickly in the last five years because a powerful corporation illegally transformed their ancestral domain into massive plantations? Why have we Filipinos allowed the massive poverty oppression of the 15 million Indigenous Peoples in the socalled Christian and civilized society with all eyes always on the never-ending pursuit of wealth, fame and power which no les than King Solo9mon in Ecclesiastes described as “meaningless, utterly meaningless.” It is so painful to note that there is so much veneration to the profit motive that has already captured the mindset of all governments, all institutions, all universities and even of religious groups whose main focus seems to be on “collection, collection, collection.” We are so much buried in the fallacies of life and religions. HOY GISING!!!!

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been most helpful in providing me accurate and up-to-date information on city affairs about which I write from time to time. When I learned later that she was also the principal of the Muntinlupa Business High School, l thought she and her faculty might be interested to get hold of copies of my book “Central Banking for Every Juan and Maria.” The book is a primer, written for the lay man, on the mandate

and operations of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and also touches on the BSP’s advocacies of financial literacy, financial inclusion, consumer education and protection.

She said ‘yes’ and the turnover of the books fortuitously coincided with MBHS’s Trade Expo.

Ayala supports Obiena’s Olympic bid

World No. 3 pole vaulter Ernest John “EJ” Obiena will now use the Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub in Imus, Cavite, as his official training ground in the Philippines in preparation for the Paris Olympics in 2024.

Last month, Obiena was given a two-year sponsorship by Ayala Land, represented at the contract signing by Chairman Jaime Augusto Zobel de Ayala and President/CEO Bernard Vincent Dy. Also in support of his training , Obiena may use The CityFlats as his home in Metro Manila.

Under the Ayala Center for Excellence in Sports Program and in partnership with ALI, the Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub is the first sports facility in the country to combine a FINA-standard Olympic-size swimming pool, an IAAAFstandard 400 m track oval, and a complete indoor training facility equipped with a sports science laboratory.

The Ayala Vermosa Sports Hub is also the official training ground of Jasmine Alkhadi (swimming), Andrea Robles (archery), Prince Alejo (karate), Pia and Abby Bidaure (archery), Xiandi Chua (swimming), Nat Perez (fencing) and Noel Jose (fencing).

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Ungria is published by Ateneo de Manila University Press (2022).

In his keynote address, de Ungria said the compilation was meant to hurry along decoloniality, or the process of shunning or eliminating the vestiges of colonial ideologies of the superiority, universality, hegemony, and privileges of Western imperial thought, values, and methodologies.

“This means, in terms of the Philippines and, especially Mindanao, a restoration of the people’s belief and self-pride in their own names, languages, wisdom traditions, & literatures and arts; equal opportunity for regional languages to be used and intellectualized in their respective regions as basic means of communication, especially in education and public discourse; encouraging the regions to read, write, and/or rewrite their local histories from their own points of view; motivating the regions to discover their own ways of appreciating, discussing, evaluating, publishing, and teaching their own arts and crafts; and tapping the wisdom of their elders for whatever use they may find for it.”

He posits how Kalandrakas is his idea as a way for the regions to develop their own archives and start publishing books about things distinctive to their culture and the like.

“This is my advocacy. It will be a revaluation of, and taking pride in, things and

thoughts local that we have been taught by colonialism to devalue and forget.”

De Ungria is a multiawarded poet and recipient of fellowships from Fulbright, Hawthornden Castle International Retreat for Writers, Bellagio Study & Conference Center, and Washington University; and awards from the Academy of American Poets Prize, the Saint Louis Poetry Annual Contest, Florida State University's State Street Poetry Contest, Manila Critics' Circle, Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature, CCP Verse-Writing Contest, and the Philippine Free Press.

For his achievements in literature and writing, he has been awarded the Gawad Balagtas by the UMPIL in 1999, and the Patnubay ng Sining at Kalinangan (Literature) by the City of Manila in 2007. He was also UP Artist 1 from 2009 to 2011 and 2012 to the present time and the recipient of seven National Book Awards. He teaches creative writing and literature in the Humanities Department of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences of U.P. Mindanao.

Coming Home To The Island: Poems by Arlene Yandug, PhD recollects experience of the self in connection to place.

In fifty poems, Yandug weaves strands of past and present, space and time, as she shows how the self is grasped in the larger narrative of Mindanao, her home island. Speculating not just on personal history, but also on the island’s distant past, Yan-

dug magnifies for the reader details that re-present the invisible, remote layers of the self. In this meaning-making process of remembering, the poet is re-contextualizing conversations, interpolating facts, rearranging events, turning them into meaningful pieces that hopefully bring readers to a sense of home.

Yandug teaches literature and writing at Xavier Ateneo. She earned her PhD in Creative Writing at the University of the Philippines Diliman. A poet writing in English and Cebuano, her poems have appeared in Bisaya Magasin, Mindanao Harvest 4, Under the Storm, Kitaab, Red River Review, Future Lovecraft, The Philippine Free Press, Philippine Graphic, Kinaadman, and Cha: An Asian Literary Journal where her poem about Camiguin won a prize.

Aside from writing, her interests include Mindanaoorientated literatures, translation, the creative process, and mobilities—topics of interests she explored in papers, some of which were presented in international conferences in Manila, Indonesia and Korea.

In 2021, she co-edited Tinubdan, a literary anthology, where she proposes the ‘region’ as a paradigm in viewing emerging voices from Northern Mindanao. She currently serves as the editor-in-chief of the 44 yearold Kinaadman Journal. Her first poetry collection, Coming Home to the Island: Poems, has been awarded a publication grant from the National Book Development Board (NBDB).

Multi-awarded writer and scholar Merlie Alunan says of Yandug’s anthology: “Diachrony, is not an accident of language, Yandug shows us. It is the poet’s choice—we live the past in our living blood. It is the only way to come home to our Islands. Never losing our way, always self-possessed, knowing our sources of comfort and strength—the way we find in our kitchen the cup of comfort, the way a lover whistles a love song “for no—or for all reasons.”

Notes author Shane Carreon : “In these poems that are “deeply awake,” Yandug discerns and writes the actual world, seeing and feeling through the vantage of a certain distance, taking us into the island that is our selves, and making us remember the archipelago that is our relation to one another across the waters of time. A most quietly stunning book."

Carreon is the author of travelbook (2013) and Then, Beast (2017). He received an Academy of American Poets College Prize, Allen Ginsberg Poetry Awards Honorable Mention, as well as the Carlos Palanca Memorial Award for Literature, and the Nick Joaquin Literary Award.

Tinubdan: New Voices From Northern Mindanao (XU Press 2021), edited by Arlene Yandug, Maria Elena Paulma , and Lilia Cotejar , is a literary anthology featuring emerging and established writers in Northern Mindanao, which comes with a critical survey and groundbreaking perspec -

tive in anthology studies in its introduction. It was recently declared a Finalist for Best Book in Anthology at the 40th National Book Awards. The book was funded through the CHED Center of Development Grant to the literature program of Xavier University.

Besides the book launches, the participants were also treated to sharings on The Craft of Fiction by Maria Elena L. Paulma, PhD, author of Southern Stories and Strays (2017, University of the Philippines Press); The Craft of Poetry by Dr. Yandug; The Craft of Non-Fiction by Elio F. Garcia, PhD, XU Press Director, who also taught nonfiction at Johns Hopkins University; and, The Craft of Drama by Hobart Savior, PhD, Founding Artistic Director of The Xavier Stage, and Former Director, Xavier Center for Culture & the Arts (XCCA).

Other featured topics included Academic Research and Writing as Conversation by Gabriel Jose Gonzalez, SJ, PhD; Vexation in Telesforo Sungkit’s and Gratian Tidor’s Poetry by Carthelyn Adajar , PhD; Teaching 21st Century Literature in Senior High School by April Jade Ramayan , MA; Interlink of Socio-Political and Environmental Justice in Indra Sinha’s Animal’s People by Allen Blessie Tedlos; and, The Joys and Challenges in Producing an Academic Paper by Alessandro Kenz Nioda, among others.

Over 120 guests and participants from 17 universities, schools, LGUs and other institutions coming from as far as Balingasag, Misamis Oriental; Don Carlos and Maramag in Bukidnon; Iligan City, Marawi City, Davao City, and Tacloban City joined the two-day TAGBO 3. TAGBO 3 was funded by a grant for Xavier Ateneo’s Literature Program by the Commission on Higher Education (CHEd) Center for Development in Literature.

Roundtable Discussion with (L-R) Ricky de Ungria, Ma. Elena Paulma, Lilia Cotejar, Arlene Yandug & Elio Garcia (RMB).