Mindanao Daily News (December 22, 2022)

BARMM exec killed in Cotabato ambush

By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA

COTABATO CITY (MindaNews ) – An official of the Ministry of Indigenous Peoples Affairs (MIPABARMM) was killed early tonight after assailants followed her car and opened

COWD outlines 2023 projects

BY MARK FRANCISCO

THE Cagayan de Oro City Water District (COWD) led by chairman Dale Mordeno recently revealed its projects for the next year during a gathering with media at Deluxe Hotel, this city.

According to COWD assistant general manager Antonio Young, the following projects will be implemented in 2023: rehabilitation of the water supply system in Sta. Cecilia Village, Gusa; rehabilitation of transmission line in Opol, Misamis Oriental; bulk water supply for Pag-ibig Citihomes and Youngsville Subdivision; septage management program; additional spring source development and construction of ground reservoir and pipeline distribution in Malasag, Cugman; produc-

tion well development in FS Catanico; transmission pipeline along Balubal Road; exploratory well development in upper Agusan; transmission pipeline along Sayre Highway; and production well development in Palalan, Tablon.

In 1973, COWD was formed as the first water district in the country. As of July this year, it already has over 108,566 water connections, serving the city and the adjacent municipality of Opol to the west and barangay Casinglot in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental to the east.

Yellow Bus to file contempt case vs Koronadal officials for closing its private terminal

By BONG S. SARMIENTO

KORONADAL CITY (MindaNews ) – The management of Yellow Bus Line, Inc. has vowed to file contempt charges against Koronadal Mayor Eliordo Ogena and other city hall officials for shutting down the company’s private terminal here.

Cecile Diel, Yellow Bus spokesperson, slammed city hall officials for closing the firm’s private terminal that caused inconvenience to the commuting public.

“Their action reflects a sense of impunity. It is a

blatant disregard of the rule of law,” she said in a press conference late Monday afternoon in mixed English and Ilonggo.

Last Friday, Ogena ordered the shutdown of the private terminal of Yellow Bus along GenSan Drive in Zone 3 due to lack of a business permit.

Ogena said the firm allegedly violated the revenue code and the zoning ordinance of the city, which forced the city government to close its private terminal.

The mayor added that city hall has issued several

cease-and-desist orders and notices of closure to the company to settle the issue, but the firm apparently disregarded them.

There was no public announcement from city hall that the Yellow Bus terminal would be closed last Friday.

The sudden closure of the Yellow Bus terminal caused discomfort to many passengers of the company.

Several of its bus units with passengers were stopped while going out of the city, forcing the commuters to transfer to other rides.

A dump truck owned by the city government of Koronadal blocks

driveway of the private terminal operated by Yellow Bus Line,

2022). MindaNews photo by BONG S.

fire while she was seated at the back part of a minivan before she could reach home.

Major Amil Andungan Jr., chief of Station 2, Co -

Manticao, Misamis Oriental Mayor Stephen Tan (center) chances upon Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Misamis Oriental director Almer Masillones (left) and Misamis Oriental provincial board agriculture committee chair Erik Khu (right) during a recent gathering at Limketkai Mall. Tan used the impromptu opportunity to ask both officials to help bridge the farmers of Manticao to the traders at competitive prices. Tan disclosed that the Dapanas farm in his municipality is already a best practices awardee yet he intends to expand farming in more barangays in Manticao.

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CEEC starts tunnel boring for Kaliwa Dam project

MANILA – The China Energy Engineering Group Ltd. (CEEC) has held an open-day activity as the first hard-rock shield tunnel boring machine (TBM) started the tunneling operation for the Kaliwa Dam project on Dec. 7.

The Kaliwa Dam is a significant infrastructure project under the cooperation framework between China and the Philippines. It is one of the flagship projects under Build, Build, Build program.

With a 21.9-kilometerlong diversion tunnel, the 73-meter-high dam is estimated to supply 600,000 tons of water every day to augment the water needs of Metro Manila and nearby provinces.

Nearly 40 guests, including staff members of the Metropolitan Waterworks and Sewerage Sys -

tem (MWSS) and several residents of Teresa town, Rizal province, where the outlet area of the project is located, have attended the activity.

In the presence of the guests and the Chinese and Filipino employees, the China-developed hardrock TBM, named after the Philippines’ national flower "sampaguita", started to excavate a conveyance tunnel of the project, which highlighted the open-day activity.

Compared with traditional equipment, the drilling equipment is the most advanced TBM imported from China.

“The dimension of the TBM cutter is 4.8 meters, the total length 372 meters and the total weight is about 1,000 tons. It is truly a steel dragon,” Zhang Jie, head of

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. has named lifestyle TV host and entrepreneur Daphne Oseña-Paez as his new “press briefer”.

it is both an “honor” and “challenge” to work with the Marcos administration. (Screengrab from RTVM)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a

public that CLAIRE L. OMONGOS

First Name from “ LILLIBETH ” to “

filed

LILIBETH ”

Undersecretary Cheloy Garafil, officer-in-charge of the Office of the Press Secretary (OPS), formally introduced Oseña-Paez to reporters in a Palace press briefing on Tuesday.

“Simula ngayong araw

R.A 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

ay may bago tayong makakasama sa bawat briefing na gagawin dito sa press working area. Siya ang magiging tagapaghatid ng balita at impormasyon tungkol sa mga gawain at proyekto ni Pangulong Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr. (Starting today, we will have someone new with us at every briefing that will be held here at the press working area. She will be the bearer of news and information

about the activities and projects of President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos Jr.),” Garafil said.

“Ipinakikilala namin sa inyo ang bagong Malacañang Press Briefer, si Binibining Daphne Oseña-Paez (We introduce to you the new Malacañang Press Briefer, Miss Daphne Oseña-Paez),” she added.

Oseña-Paez is better known as a lifestyle TV host, but she also used to cover

R.A.10172(Form No.LCRO)

the Palace beat during the time of the late President Fidel V. Ramos.

In 2019, she was named UNICEF National Goodwill Ambassador for supporting and promoting children’s rights.

She is an advocate for breastfeeding and has been involved in infant and child feeding, maternal health and maternal mortality, universal primary education,

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Petition for Change

of Live Birth of LILLIBETH POLLOZO who was born on 01 JUNE 1956 at Iligan City and whose parents are HERMINIA SABADUQUIA and FEDERICO POLLOSO

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

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

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that RONNEL V. QUIDLAT has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of RONNEL VILLAGONSALLO QUIDLAT who was born on 06 OCTOBER 1989 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ANNALIZA P. VILLAGONZALO and DAMIAN D. QUIDLAT

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

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Camiguin Municipality of Mambajao N O T I C E O F P U B L I C A T I O N

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.No. 10172

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 13 January 2023.

Sgd. EDITHA B. MOOSREINER, MBA Municipal Civil Registrar

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By Azer Parrocha

SAMPAGUITA TBM. The China Energy Engineering Corporation (CEEC) holds an open-day activity as the first hard-rock tunnel boring machine (TBM) begins tunneling operations for the Kaliwa Dam project in Teresa, Rizal on Dec. 7, 2022. With a diameter of 4.8 meters and length of 372 meters, the TBM has been named after the Philippines’ national flower sampaguita. (Photo courtesy of CEEC)

PRESS BRIEFER. TV host and entrepreneur Daphne Oseña-Paez speaks to the Palace reporters on Tuesday (Dec. 20, 2022) after she was designated as the new "press briefer" of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. She said

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A Deeper View

Political partisanship: Boon or bane?

Partisanship in the realm of politics is not uncommon in our country. In fact, it is engaged all year round hence no chance for the wounds it inflicts on society to heal resulting from heated cyclical election seasons.

And without realizing its ill-effects not only on personal relationships but on the life of the larger society itself, political partisanship becomes a boon and a bane to the nation. It hinders development and stagnates national growth.

Expectedly, politicians will forever be partisan in their politics. They can’t be faulted for that since partisan politics is their lifeblood even if it is not always good for the general weal.

But for the majority of the citizenry to engage in havocwreaking partisan politics should be shied away from. Engaging in it all year round until the next election season doesn’t promote anything good and desirable. On the contrary, it is very destructive to the life of the nation.

Ideally, partisan politics should only be engaged during election seasons when voters are presented with choices on whom they will repose their trust and confidence through the ballot. But extending its practice beyond the election season is not normal anymore.

Sadly, that is what is being practiced nowadays not only here in our country but even

in highly developed countries such as the United States.

Partisanship has become the norm rather than the exception.

Normally, after the election and proclamation of the winning candidates in any election the people, voters and non-voters alike, should stop being partisan to the point of being blinded by it thus appear like dumb and stupid politically.

When the winning candidates assume office, the duty of the citizenry is to be vigilant to prevent the elected officials from become abusive, unjust and corrupt because when they do they become incompetent. It is the duty of every citizen to the country for them to be always engaging in the business of governance by holding their elective officials accountable at all times.

More often than not, this social responsibility of ensuring good governance in all levels of government is passed on by the people to the mainstream media. They seem to think it is not theirs to perform. And with the influx of social media public accountability had been obscured by troll farms hired by sitting politicians to purposely muddy the situation.

Nowadays, social media trolls have replaced to a certain extent the role main -

People Disempowerment: Root Cause of Poverty

So much has been said about people power, yet, the day-today life of the Filipinos speak otherwise! The truth is, the people are so powerless and their lack of power is the root cause of their poverty. For having no power to rectify social wrongs, social injustice looms in many ways and continues without let-up that imprisons the marginalized sectors inside the vicious cycle of dire poverty.

This truism is very glaring in the life of the Filipino farmers who are tilling the land not their own; and if they do, are held bondage to a mode of production that they do not control. Even if they are able to increase their productivity, they have yet to reckon with oppressive marketing system that rendered their farming non-viable.

4 young farmers have already left farming and have gone to the urban centers to work as janitors, drivers, waiters or what have you.

stream media used to play specifically in bringing to fore abuses, injustices and corruption in government. All they do is obscure through fallacious argumentation the issues that need to be highlighted for the enlightenment of the general populace.

The transformation of the social media into a tool of disinformation, a vehicle in pushing for lies is a great disservice to the country and its people. While everyone is taking social media trolls to task for their atrocities to good leadership and good governance, many are inclined to take in what they read and see in social media as gospel truth. This is ruining the very moral fabric of Philippine society as the only Christian country in the far East.

Today, we have become just like anyone else. No more distinction can be drawn between us and the others in the region and in the world. And in large measure, this is greatly contributing in pushing partisan politics to a level of implosion if not seriously addressed soon by the people themselves since politicians are not expected to arrest the situation for they are benefitting from it. (Reactions to jelbacon@yahoo.com)

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Thus, everyone is profiting from farming – the fertilizer and chemical dealers, the financiers and usurers, the compradors and what have you – but never those who are breaking their backs to make the land productive, exposed to the excruciating heat of the sun and the lashing of the rains. This truism has been reinforced by the research-study of the United Nations’ Food Agricultural Organization citing that “agriculture in the Philippines has only contributed .02 per cent to the Gross Domestic Products (GDP) in the last decade.” In fact, 3 of

All these years, the Filipino farmers live in poverty, victims of conventional agriculture being promoted by a department that seems subservient to the interest of big agribusiness corporations. When I have known this truism in the nineteen nineties, I resigned as Chief Information Officer of the Department of Agriculture as the DA was headed by no less than Secretary Arturo Tangco who was also the Chair of the Planters’ Product Company. Must not a farmer be in control of their farming, the seeds, the farm inputs? That should go with the profession, isn’t it? If lawyers have law books and carpenters have tools, what do the farmers have under their control?

Where are the indigenous seeds that they once have? Why are they now under the mercy of the fertilizer dealers, of the growers of so-called HYVs (high yielding varieties) that are tied-up to the use of heavy farming chemicals? Pity the poor farmers who pay P1,500 for a bag of Ammonium Sulfate that is bought in Ukraine for only P50 because everything that is sold in this country, from needle to fertilizer, passes at least 5 marketing layers.

That kind of powerlessness is

seen in the life of the Filipino consumers that must dance to the shameless tune of the unbridle consumerism and materialism at their own expense. Why is this so? Look at our malls. We have become a dumping ground of finished products from all over the world, not to mention the fact that our country is the cheap source of raw material and of fruits that have been grown abundantly here at the expense of the environment and health of the people as plantations Trans-National Corporations ooze with the use of heavy chemicals.

There is a law of nature that says, “Everything goes somewhere else.” All these nonbiodegradable toxic chemicals, while vanishing in our sights, find their way in the water table, in the wind and ultimately, in our bodies.

One concrete manifestation not only of people’s lack of power but of social injustice is on the existence of so-called Electric Cooperatives that are giving light to their member consumers yet have put them in the dark with regards to issue of ownership. The Thirteen (13) million member-consumerowners (MCOs) are paying capital member contributions in the form of loan amortization and reinvestment which

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Farmers, Now the Poorest; Oligarchs Masquerading as Coops

MANUEL M. ADLAON of legal age, married and a resident of Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon; -ANDLETECIA ADLAON-GALAS , of legal age, married and a resident of Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon; -ANDSOCORRA ADLAON BALOPIÑOS , of legal age, married and a resident of Paitan, Quezon, Bukidnon; -ANDJIMMY M. ADLAON , of legal age, married, and a resident of Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, herein represented by NORMA ADLAON-CADELIÑA , of legal age, married and a resident of Villarverde, Butong, Quezon, Bukidnon per SPA duly notarized by Notary Public ATTY. JOVINO R. ANGEL with the following Notarial entries: Doc No. 29 Page No. 06 Book No. 09 Series of 2017 ; -AND-

HERMOGENES M. ADLAON of legal age, married, and a resident of Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon, herein represented by LETECIA ADLAON-GALAS , of legal age, married and a resident of Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon per SPA duly notarized by Notary Public Febie Cupida Legita , with the following Notarial entries: Doc No. 68 Pae No. 14 ; Book No. XXII Series of 2019 ; -ANDNORMA ADLAON-CADELIÑA of legal age, married and a resident of Villaverde, Butong, Quezon, Bukidnon; -ANDTERESITA ADLAON-DIGAMON of legal age, married and a resident of Quezon, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH: That the Heirs are the legitimate children of the deceased MARGARITA MACABUDBUD ADLAON , who died on October 16, 2011 at Buyong, Butong, Quezon, Bukidnon. That the deceased died intestate, without Will or Testament, and without any outstanding debts in favor of any person or entity; That, this Extra-judicial Settlement does not involve any personal property; That the deceased left her conjugal share and share from the estate of her deceased husband over certain real property containing an area of THIRTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE POINT SEVENTY-FIVE (13,295.75) square meters more or less, portion of KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO Blg. P-35897 with corresponding Tax Declaration No. G-026317 located at Poblacion, Quezon, Bukidnon. This property is particularly described as follows: LOT 7080, CAD. 895-D Lot 1341-B, Csd-10-010915-D

A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot 7080, Cad. 895-D, Identical to Lot 1341-B, Csd-10-010915-D, situated at the Barangay of Bongbongan, Municipality of Quezon, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao.

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing premises and pursuant to Rule 74, sec. 1 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and being with full capacity to contract, we do hereby adjudicate unto ourselves the following real and personal properties described above, pro indiviso, in accordance with the Rules of Succession, under the Civil Code of the Philippines, subject however to the liabilities imposed by sec. 4, Rule 74 of the Rules of Court for a period of two years in favor of any other possible heirs, creditors or any other person deprived of the lawful participation over the said estate of the deceased and encumbrances;

The parties agree to publish this instrument in a newspaper of general circulation in the City and Province of Bukidnon once a week for three consecutive weeks.

In the remote event that any other property of the decedent should ever be found which is not included herein, the HIERS hereto further agree as they do so agree to settle and distribute the same in like manner and proportion as herein established and disposed.

That the HEIRS hereby covenant and further warrant that should there be preterition or omission of one, some, or all of the compulsory heirs in the direct line, whether living or not at the time of the execution of this Deed, it will not invalidate/nullify the terms and conditions of this Deed.

Instead, the HEIRS shall proportionately oblige themselves to pay to the omitted Heirs or the latter’s heir(s) the share which belongs to him/them, in accordance with the rules of succession under the Civil Code of the Philippines. That pursuant to Rule 74, Sec. 1 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and all being with full capacity to contract, they do hereby adjudicate unto themselves pro indiviso, the share of the deceased MARGARITA MACABUDBUD ADLAON ; That, we heirs hereby affirm that we have executed this instrument out of our own voluntary free will without force, intimidation or violence upon our persons and that we have hereby received our just and proper share and have no claim or demand against each other; WITNESSETH, ALSO; THAT we, HEIRS OF LUZVIMINDA ADLAON-BUHIAN herein represented by MARLON BUHIAN BERNADETTE ADLAON-CAPARIDA herein represented by NORMA ADLAON-CADELIÑA MANUEL M. ADLAON LETECIA ADLAON-GALAS SOCORRA ADLAON BALOPIÑOS JIMMY M. ADLAON herein represented by NORMA ADLAON-CADELIÑA HERMOGENES M. ADLAON herein represented by LETECIA ADLAON-GALAS NORMA ADLAON-CADELIÑA TERESITA ADLAON-DIGAMON hereby offer to sell our respective shares from the estate of our deceased mother equivalent to a total of THIRTEEN THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE POINT SEVENTY FIVE (13,295.75)

Visayas PAGASA raises flood alert in Eastern Visayas due to shear line

By Sarwell Meniano

TACLOBAN CITY – The shear line affecting the eastern section of Southern Luzon may trigger flood-

DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BONIFACIO GUMOP-AS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS :

This DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTELEMNT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BONIFACIO GUMOP-AS WITH DEED OF SALE made and executed in the City of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon, Philippines, on this ______day of _____, by and between:

ARLITA J. GUMOP-AS , of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow and with residence at P-4 Kisolon, Sumilao. Bukidnon. Herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

BEMALYN GUMOP-AS CASCATO , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

HELEN GUMOP-AS, VALDEZ , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

CECELIA GUMOP-AS DIANA , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

FELIX J. GUMOP-AS , of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

IRENE GUMOP-AS SABURNIDO , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

JOUIE GUMOP-AS, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

LOIDA HUNTA GUMOP-AS , of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”;

ANTHONY GUMOP-AS , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ HEIR-SELLER ”; -ANDNOEL A. SEROY , of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to GEMMA C. SEROY and with residence at P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, herein referred to as “ BUYER ”; WITNESSETH; THAT WHEREAS BONIFACIO GUMOP-AS Filipino Citizen and resident of P-4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, Philippines, at the time of his death, died intestate on APRIL 23, 2011 leaving a certain parcel of land located in P4, Kisolon, Sumilao, Bukidnon, Philippines, more particularly described as follows:

KATIBAYAN NA ORIHINAL NA TITULO A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot No. 308-88, Csd-10-011603 IDENT. To Lot 398 IR-397, being a portion of Lot-SI-V-38032-D), situated in the Barangay Kisolon, Municipality of Sumilao, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) SQUARE METERS , more or less.”

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

WHEREAS , there are no known debts or obligations due against the estate of the said decedent; and WHEREAS , it is to the best interest of the parties hereto to settle and partition extrajudicially and adjudicate among themselves the above-described real property;

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

WITNESSETH; FURTHER:

WHEREAS , the BUYER has offered to buy and the HEIRS-SELLERS has agreed to sell the above-described parcel of land, for the consideration and the terms and conditions set forth herein below;

That, for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (P200,000.00) Philippine currency, the “HEIRS-SELLER”, do hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY, unto the “BUYER”, her heirs, assigns and successors-in-interest, free pf all liens and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever.

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

Is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE OF THE LATE BONIFACIO GUMOP-AS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE , under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. WINCERBOGNE L. PESISANO , Notary Public per Doc No. 507 ; Page No. 103 ; Book No. LXXII ; Series of 2022

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ing in major rivers in the Eastern Visayas region, the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) has warned.

In an advisory issued Tuesday, PAGASA identified several rivers in six provinces that would likely be affected by the downpour -- Sangputan, Palo, Solano, Daguitan, Marabong, Cadacan, Bongquirogon, Salug, Pagbanagaran, Pagsangahan, and Binahaan in Leyte; and Catarman, Bugko, Pambujan, Catubig, Palapag, Mano, and Gamay in Northern Samar.

Other rivers include Oras, Dolores, Ulot, Taft, Borongan, Suribao, Llorente, Balangiga, and Sulat in Eastern Samar; Basey, Silaga, Calbiga, and Jibatan in Samar; Bisay, Himbangan, and Pandan in Southern Leyte; and all river systems in Biliran province.

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when consolidated will reach a gargantuan amount of more than one trillion pesos paid in the last 60 years. Are these contributions recognized as their capital shares? No. Isn’t it a great injustice?

Today, we are afraid that their dream to own and manage these multi-billion electric utilities that they rightfully own will vanish in the air. It is now appearing that there is no more chance that these ECs be converted anymore as genuine cooperatives. The lobbying of the much feared energy Cartel has made sure of that. I guess their greed to control these utilities came from a concrete analysis that those who would control electricity, the key industry, will also control big business that they also own.

It is disheartening to note that during these days of political exercises, you always hear the words people power from those who by their acts, are rendering the people powerless.

Beware of these leaders and be conscious to where we put power. You put power in the hands of the loggers, you witnessed the vanishing of the 17 million hectares of dipterocarp forest that we once have. This is because they have been empowered to log the forest by virtue of political patronage. You put power in the hands of the Cartels, then you will experience so much poverty in the land of the plenty. We must therefore PUT POWER WHERE IT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS, THAT IS, WITH THE PEOPLE – AND TO REMAIN THERE!

Kim’s Dream Orlan Ravanera A Disempowered People Of the Country’s Resources: Who Control? Who Profits?

Of the country’s resources, be natural or financial, three questions must now be asked: Who profits? Who decides? Who controls?

People living in lowlying areas near these river systems have been advised to stay alert for possible flash floods.

Those residing near

We can categorically answer that in the Philippines, it is never the people but only a few elite, the ruling class, the landlords, the TNCs, the cartels, the conglomerates, the monopolies and if I may add, the most recent – some legislators. Poverty is rooted, not in the lack of resources but in the powerlessness of the people to have access and control over their resources which are fast slipping through their fingers. That’s what development experts say. That’s what the people perceive now in the light of the pork barrel scams.

Look at Mindanao, so rich yet so poor. While the island oozes with ecological resources, poverty is glaring in the life of the peasants who must till the land not their own. And if they do, they are victims to a mode of production and marketing system that they do not control. The farmers have been “robbed” of farming, using seeds and technologies which are not within their control but by big agri-business corporations.

Feel the pains of our indigenous people. They have lived sustainably in the forest ecosystem for thousands of years but now the 17 million hectares of dipterocarp forest are almost gone and so are their “pharmacies,” their “marketplace,” notwithstanding that the forests are our invisible water dams, soil protector, climate regulator, carbon sink and “homes” to billions of flora and fauna many of which are found only in the Philippines. Now what we have are ecological disasters for massacring the trees and all life forms (the megadiversity) that once dwelt in the forest.

After losing the forest, there is now a tremendous pressure on land as these are now heavily “commercialized” by new entrants TNCs converting the land into massive plantations for bio-fuel, to the detriment of our “lumads” who all these years are rendered powerless.

mountain slopes have been told to watch out for signs of landslides.

Several areas in the region have been experiencing rain showers since

The Philippine environment is a sad tale of ecological tragedy characterized by massive conspiracy perpetuated by interest groups with their cabal of vested interest who profits, who decides and who controls the resources.

Study the sad plight of the member-consumers of socalled Electric Cooperatives which carry “cooperative” as a nomenclature but have never adhered to the time-honored and universally accepted cooperative principles. It is about time to rectify a social flaw, to empower the thirteen million member-consumer-owners whose consolidated capital contributions have reached a gargantuan amount of some one trillion pesos but these capital shares are still to be recognized as such after all these years.

How about our ordinary consumers? How powerless they are as they are consuming what they are not producing! Yes, our country has become a dumping ground of finished products and cheap source of raw materials. It is a pity that everything sold in this country, from needle to tractor, passes at least five marketing layers so that a P.65 pill of Lipitor- bought in India is sold here at P120; a bag of ammonium sulfate bought in Ukraine at P50 is sold in Mindanao at P1,500.

How powerless our people have become, hardly benefitting from so called development, like sparrows picking on what have already passed the digestive system of “sacred cows!”

Today, the people are serving notice to one and all that they have awakened. Enough is enough. They will not allow anymore poverty to reign in this beautiful, resource-rich but poverty-stricken country. They will now give credence to the constitutional mandate that “sovereignty resides in the people and all government authorities emanate from them.” Only then can they be unfettered from the vicious cycle of poverty and craft their own destiny

Tuesday noon due to this weather disturbance.

Shear line is the convergence of northeasterly and easterly winds that forms rain clouds. (PNA)

Marcos...

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nutrition and more recently and child protection.

Oseña-Paez has a degree in Fine Arts History from the University of Toronto in Canada.

She is currently completing her advanced certificate in Environmental Management.

“Isang karangalan na makasama namin sa Office of the Press Secretary ang isa sa mga lumalaban para sa mga karapatan ng mga kababaihan, kabataan at ng kalikasan (It is an honor for us at the Office of the Press Secretary to be joined by someone who fights for the rights of women, youth and nature),” Garafil said.

‘Press Briefer’

Oseña-Paez said she will hold Palace press briefings every Tuesday after Marcos presides over Cabinet meetings.

Asked to elaborate on her role as press briefer, she clarified that her role was different from that of a presidential spokesperson.

“The President will speak for himself. I’m just here to support the Office of the Press Secretary for now and I look forward to learning a lot about the programs,” she said.

“My role here is to amplify and to communicate the message of President Marcos and the Cabinet and the government and you are my partners in this,” she added.

Oseña-Paez said during her lifestyle hosting stint, public service was already close to her heart.

“Since I will be the one who will be regularly your source for updates from the Palace, I look forward to working with all of you of course in a harmonious and collegial manner kasi (because) I am also one of you,” she said.

She said it is both an “honor” and “challenge” to work with the Marcos administration.

“I am very honored to be communicating the message and programs of this administration of course in an accurate and effective way and I will do my best,” she added. (PNA)

RAINFALL WARNING. The graphic rainfal advisory from the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) for Eastern Visayas provinces. (PAGASA image)

Editor: ALLAN M. MEDIANTE

Local economy of Davao City estimated at P454.7-B in 2021

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV

DAVAO CITY (MindaNews ) –

The local economy of Davao City was estimated at P454.7 billion in 2021 despite the pandemic, the highest in the Davao Region composed of five provinces and one highly urbanized city, according to data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

Based on the Provincial Product Accounts (PPA) of Davao Region, the agency said in a report dated December 19 that the city’s output accounted for 51.6 percent of the total economic output of the region that also include Davao de Oro, Davao del Norte, Davao del Sur, Davao Occidental, and Davao Oriental. It said the PPA is a “mechanism to compile the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at the subregional level,” providing a suitable measure of economic performance at the provincial or city level. The PPA, considered as a source

of indicators that monitor economic development at the local level, is viewed “as a means to strengthen the planning and decision-making of provincial policymakers and stakeholders in crafting more informed economic policies.”

Davao del Norte came in second with 17.9 percent, Davao del Sur with 11.1 percent, Davao de Oro with 9.9 percent, Davao Oriental with 5.6 percent, and Davao Occidental with 3.9 percent.

It also reported that the local economy bounced back, growing by 6 percent last year from a negative growth of 9.6 percent in 2020 amid the implementation of strict community quarantine. The agency reported that the services contributed 3.5 percentage points, followed by industry with 2.1 percentage points, and agriculture, forestry and fishing with 0.4 percentage point. (Antonio L. Colina IV / MindaNews)

PBBM vows to fulfill plan to build 1M housing units yearly

By Ruth Abbey Gita-Carlos

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday assured the public that he will exhaust all efforts to live up to his promise of building at least 1 million low-cost housing units every year.

Marcos made the commitment during the groundbreaking of the Palayan City Township Housing Project in Nueva Ecija, as he pledged to help the homeless and the minimum wage earners whose dream is to own a home.

"I am glad that we are continuing. This is not the first groundbreaking that I have attended. I know that it will not be the last, and that we will continue to break ground in different parts around the country para naman 'yung ating pina -

R. A 9048Form No 10.1 (LCRO)

pangarap na (to achieve our goal of building) 1 million homes a year," he said.

"'Pagka naabot natin, at least napakalaking bagay na 'yan na nabigyan natin ng solusyon ang problema ng pabahay ng ating mga kababayan (That would be a big help if we are able to fulfill our goal of providing a solution to the housing problem faced by our fellow countrymen)," Marcos added.

Marcos thanked the Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development (DHSUD), as well as the local government units (LGUs), for their role in the implementation of the Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program. He also expressed confidence in the success of the housing projects.

Republic of the Philippine’s

Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan city

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048 , a notice is hereby served to the public that VIRGINA C. DELA TORRE has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from VEVIAN to VIRGINIA in the Certificate live birth of VEVIAN CAMPUGAN who was born on December 22,1954 at, Iligan City and whose parents are Vicenta Papas and Teofilo Campugan

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

RA 10172 Form no.10.1 (LRCO)

REPUBLIC OF THE Philippines

Local Registrar office City of Iigan

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 7 RA 10172 a notice is hereby served to the public that RISHFEL N.EMBORONG has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the certificate of live birth of RISHFEL NADORRA EMBORONG who was born on 13 January 2003 at Iligan City,Lanao del norte and whose parents are Irish N.Nadorra and Felix N.Emborong

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

MARTIL City Civil Registrar

RA 10172 Form no.10.1 (LRCO)

"All of these things have to come together. It is not a question. Marami na tayong experience (We already have an experience)," Marcos said. "I hope that we’ll continue at this rate, at kailangan na kailangan nating gawin ito (and we have to do this). This is one of the many actually that we are going to break ground and I hope soon."

In November this year, Marcos pledged to build at least 1 million houses every year, as part of his administration's effort to address the housing backlog in the country.

The Pambansang Pabahay Para sa Pilipino Program is a flagship housing project of the Marcos administration which aims to provide around 6 million Filipino

REPUBLIC OF THE Philippines

Local Registrar office City of Iigan

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 7 RA 10172 a notice is hereby served to the public that DARYL S. OROT has filed with Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly SEX from MALE to FEMALE in the certificate of live birth of DARYL SALUBOD OROT who was born on 17 October 1995 at Iligan City,Lanao del norte and whose parents Letecia J.Salubod and Agustin M.Orot

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

YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL City Civil Registrar

MDN: Dec 22 & 29, 2022

MDN: Dec 22 & 29, 2022

YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL CIVIL REGISTRAR

YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F.

Davao City’s Chinatown. MindaNews file photo by BOBBY TIMONERA

1 MILLION HOUSING UNITS. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Wednesday (Dec. 21, 2022) vows to fulfill his promise of building around 1 million housing units every year. Marcos made the promise during the groundbreaking of the Palayan City Township Housing Project in Nueva Ecija. (Screenshot from PTV4)

tabato City police, identified the victim as Jocelyn Samar Palao, 52, a resident of South Upi, Maguindanao del Sur. She was chief of the Ancestral Domain Division of MIPA.

The incident took place along LR Sebastian St., Rosary Heights 11 here around 5:45 p.m.

Investigations revealed that the victim, together with two male companions, was about to reach San Pablo Village where they reside when a gunman aboard a motorcycle opened fire using a caliber .45 pistol.

The shooter and the driver immediately fled to unknown direction, police said.

The police’s SOCO team found seven combined empty shells and slugs at the crime scene.

Andungan said they are now requesting CCTV footages from a hotel establishment and other business stalls to get better visuals of the identity of the suspects. (Ferdinandh Cabrera / MindaNews)

the zoning requirement of the city.

Diel decried the closure of Yellow Bus terminal as a form of harassment from the city government. With the closure of its private terminal, Yellow Bus is now operating from its garage also along the national highway and some one kilometer away from the former.

The city government welcomed the right of the company to seek legal action.

Diel said that indirect contempt imposes a fine of not more than P30,000 or imprisonment of not more than six months, or both, at the discretion of the court.

(Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews)

Awardees...

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In a statement Wednesday, DILG 13 (Caraga) said each of the awardees received a financial grant of PHP5 million on Tuesday through the SGLG Incentive Fund (SGLGIF).

17 SGLG awardees in Caraga get financial grant

By Alexander Lopez

BUTUAN CITY – The 17 local government units (LGUs) in the Caraga region conferred with the Seal of Good Local Governance Award (SGLG) have received their financial grants through the Department of the Interior and Local

Government (DILG).

In a statement Wednesday, DILG 13 (Caraga) said each of the awardees received a financial grant of PHP5 million on Tuesday through the SGLG Incentive Fund (SGLGIF).

DILG-13 Director Lilibeth Famacion led the awarding ceremony, attended by officials

of the 17 LGU awardees – one province, two cities, and 14 municipalities.

Agusan del Norte was the only provincial SGLG awardee in Caraga for this year, while the two cities were Surigao City in Surigao del Norte and Tandag City in Surigao del Sur.

The 14 towns are Santiago in Agusan del Norte; Talacogon, Trento, and Veruela in Agusan del Sur; Basilisa, Cagdianao, San Jose, and Tubajon in the province of Dinagat Islands; Claver, Del Carmen, and Sison in Surigao del Norte; and Cagwait, Carmen, and Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur.

“Following the downloading of the financial subsidy, LGUs were also oriented with the guidelines on the implementation of the SGLGIF,” DILG-13 said.

The orientation aims to ensure that the program-funded projects chosen by the LGUs will be effectively and efficiently implemented in their respective localities.

Famacion lauded the 17 LGU awardees and encouraged the other LGUs in the region to improve their performance in all governance areas to pass next year’s SGLG assessment.

Ogena issued an apology to the inconvenience caused to the riding public by the sudden closure of the Yellow Bus terminal on Friday.

In December 2019, the bus company obtained a favorable ruling from a local court, which issued a writ of execution against the implementation of City Ordinance No. 9 Series of 2018.

The ordinance required all buses and passenger vans operating here to utilize the city public integrated terminal in the interior Robredo Avenue, which is a bit far from the city’s commercial districts compared to the Yellow Bus terminal.

In its ruling, the court ordered the city mayor and concerned offices to refrain from implementing the ordinance on Yellow Bus, which for decades operated from its private terminal near the city’s commercial center. The ruling has been elevated to the Court of Appeals.

Ogena, a lawyer, said the city government “respects” the decision of the local court, reiterating they closed the Yellow Bus terminal because it lacks a business permit for two years.

Diel, also a lawyer and member of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of South Cotabato, said that Yellow Bus “is not obliged” to get a business permit for its private terminal from the local government since common carriers are governed by the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board.

Diel also took exception to the claim of city hall that Yellow Bus violated the zoning ordinance.

She showed reporters a copy certified by the local government that the Yellow Bus terminal conforms to

DILG-13 Director Lilibeth Famacion led the awarding ceremony, attended by officials of the 17 LGU awardees – one province, two cities, and 14 municipalities.

Agusan del Norte was the only provincial SGLG awardee in Caraga for this year, while the two cities were Surigao City in Surigao del Norte and Tandag City in Surigao del Sur.

The 14 towns are Santiago in Agusan del Norte; Talacogon, Trento, and Veruela in Agusan del Sur; Basilisa, Cagdianao, San Jose, and Tubajon in the province of Dinagat Islands; Claver, Del Carmen, and Sison in Surigao del Norte; and Cagwait, Carmen, and Hinatuan in Surigao del Sur.

“Following the downloading of the financial subsidy, LGUs were also oriented with the guidelines on the implementation of the SGLGIF,” DILG-13 said.

The orientation aims to ensure that the program-funded projects chosen by the LGUs will be effectively and efficiently implemented in their respective localities.

Famacion lauded the 17 LGU awardees and encouraged the other LGUs in the region to improve their performance in all governance areas to pass next year’s SGLG assessment.

“The financial grant that you have received is an attestation that all your hard work and perseverance throughout the overwhelming year(s) 2020 and 2021 have not been all for naught,” she said. (PNA)

beneficiaries safe, affordable and comfortable homes.

A memorandum of agreement was signed between the DHSUD and government financial institutions to fund the department's housing projects.

Once completed, the community township in Palayan City, Nueva Ecija will give rise to 44 towers that can accommodate 11,000 housing units.

The housing project will also feature several amenities and infrastructures, including a market area, livelihood center, health center and elementary school.

The project is expected to generate around 1.7 million jobs every year from 2023 to 2028.

(PNA)

cooked as it can easily evaporate.

It is recommended that iodized salt should be placed in a non-transparent, dark container, and away from the heat so that the iodine will not dissolve.

Iodine deficiency has been studied to be the cause of stunted growth and mental retardation among children; miscarriage or birth of babies with abnormalities in pregnant women, deaf mutism, and goiter. (PNA)

CEEC...

from page 2 the diversion tunnel team of the dam, said in a news release on Tuesday.

Participants lauded the open-day activity with one guest saying, “choosing CEEC as the builder of the Kaliwa Dam is a wise and good decision as it deals with water shortage, improves water safety, and participates in ecological conservation.”

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“The financial grant that you have received is an attestation that all your hard work and perseverance throughout the overwhelming year(s) 2020 and 2021 have not been all for naught,” she said. (PNA)

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 MELCHOR B. PIN has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in child’s sex from “ MALE ” to “ FEMALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of SHEENA MARIZ UGAL PIN at DSPH, Digos City, Davao del Sur and whose parents are Melchor B. Pin and Maricel L. Ugal.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than January 08, 2023.

(SGD) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar

According to nutrition experts, the effectiveness of the salt iodization program lies in the iodine mixed with the salt given that it is the simplest, cheapest, and most effective ingredient being used and consumed daily by people.

To maximize its effectivity, iodized salt is suggested for use in dipping and not much in cooking because the food’s iodine content is lessened when

Earlier, MWSS administrator Leonor Cleofas said the project is pushing through after securing all the necessary permits to build the PHP12.2-billion Kaliwa Dam.

“It’s a go because we have already acquired all the permits. In fact, we have signed a memorandum of agreement with the indigenous peoples (IPs) of Rizal and Quezon. These are separate because they are separate ancestral domains,” Cleofas said. (PNA)

MDN: Dec 22 & 29, 2022

AFFIDAVIT OF CLOSURE

I, DONNABELLE L. VILIRAN , Filipino, of legal age, and married with residence at INDAHAG ALEGRIA HILLS LOT 14 BLOCK 2, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Misamis Oriental, Philippines, after being duly sworn to in accordance with law, hereby depose and state that:

1. I am the President of the TSTP OPC, located in DOOR 3, HILLSIDE HUB, 69 PORFIRIO CHAVEZ ST., MACASANDIG, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY

2. TSTP OPC, has not been operational due to its closure since 3rd day of December 2022

For further details please refer to the attached clipping of publication. That I execute this affidavit to attest the truth of my foregoing statement.

Subscribe and sworn before this 05 day of DEC 2022 at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. The affiant exhibiting to me her (TIN) 453-574-162-000 issued at Cagayan de Oro City on February 18, 2020.

MDN: DEC. 8, 15, & 22, 2022

SGLG AWARDEES. Department of the Interior and Local Government 13 (Caraga) Director Lilibeth Famacion (2nd from left) leads the release of financial grants to 17 local government units (LGUs) recently conferred with the Seal of Good Local Governance, during a ceremony in a hotel in Butuan City on Dec. 20, 2022. Each of the 17 LGUs received PHP5 million in financial grant. (Photo courtesy of DILG-13)

Mindanao

Ex-President Duterte gifts to kids ill with cancer

By Che Palicte

DAVAO CITY – Former President Duterte has distributed Christmas gifts to children with cancer at the Southern Philippines Medical Center-Children Cancer Institute (SPMC-CCI) and the House of Hope on Tuesday evening.

A personal advocacy and long-held tradition, Duterte distributed toys and cash to the 32 kids admitted at the SPMCCCI and 20 children at the House of Hope.

Duterte also pledged PHP3 million from his pension to the House of Hope as support for the facility’s operations.

The former President also thanked the staff who continue to help children with cancer.

“I am just a worker of God,” Duterte said,

adding that his advocacy is being supported by a number of friends.

Meanwhile, Senator Christopher Lawrence Go noted that children with cancer are close to the former President’s heart.

“Our hearts are breaking for the hardships they are going through. Despite this, we also admire the courage and determination of these children as well as their families,” he said.

In 2019, Duterte donated his house in Margarita Village along J.P. Laurel Avenue here to the cancer-stricken kids.

Before making the donation, Duterte had already allowed the House of Hope to use his three-bedroom house to host sickly children. (PNA)

No need to attend separate Masses on Christmas, New Year: prelate

By Ferdinand Patinio

MANILA – Churchgoers who would attend Christmas Day and New Year's Day Masses need not attend separate Eucharistic celebrations on the same day for their Sunday Masses.

In Circular No. 2022-95 issued on Tuesday, Manila Archbishop Cardinal Jose Advincula said the attendance for Christmas Day and New Year's Day Masses already count as Sunday Masses.

"The Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Dec. 25) and the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Jan. 1) fall on a Sunday this year. Both are holy days of obligation in the Philippines. Those who par-

ticipate in the Masses during these celebrations fulfill both obligations of Sunday and of the holy day of obligation," the circular added.

Also, the head of the Archdiocese of Manila said the attendees of Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve the anticipated evening Masses shall also meet both religious obligations.

"We decree that those who participate in the evening

Masses of the eve of the Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Dec. 24) and the eve of the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God (Dec. 31) likewise fulfill both obligations of Sunday and of the holy day of obligation," Advincula added.

The Catholic Church has declared several holy days of obligation, which include Christmas and New Year's Day. (PNA)

STAKEHOLDERS’ EXPECTED OUPUTS

Stakeholders are individuals or groups with an interest in the success of an organization in fulfilling its mission—delivering intended results and maintaining the viability of its products, services and outcomes over time.

Before

others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on March 28, 2015 at Talakag, Bukidnon, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at San Isidro, Talakag, Bukidnon and Purok 5, Poblacion, Linamon, Lanao del Norte respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustainedmisunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than four (4) years 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 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 January 6 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 2 nd of December, 2022.

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Brgy. Ane I, Claveria, Misamis Oriental respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for years, 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 December 24, 2013 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile.

WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on December 30, 2022 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 5th of December, 2022.

To come up with an ideal learning environment, school stakeholders should work hand-in-hand to achieve a common goal.

The school should provide the learners with safe and conducive learning environment in order for them to exercise their inherent potentials to the fullest even those learners with disabilities. Those learners who are left behind could catch up with their educational level.

For the teachers, the school should provide them with all the necessary schools

supplies, trainings, incentives and awards for their accomplishments and even shall enact policies that would give the teachers the assurance that their rights as teachers be given the upmost priority. In this way, the teachers could feel that they are given significant importance so that they could fully exercise their role in providing quality education to the learners.

As to the parents, the school should give them the right feedback on the school performance of the children. The school would partner with them in raising their children. If parents are treated this way, they would strongly and consistently support the school’s programs, projects and activities which would lead to the achievement of the school vision, mission and objectives.

Bobby R. Batutay, Master Teacher I Cogon Elementary School, Gitagum District Division of Misamis Oriental

GIFT-GIVING. Former President Rodrigo Duterte and Senator Christopher Lawrence Go (right) give a Christmas present to a cancer patient at the Southern Philippines Medical Center -Children Cancer Institute in Davao City on Tuesday night (Dec. 20, 2022). The annual visitation to kids with cancer is a long-held personal tradition of Duterte since he was still the mayor of the city. (PNA photo by Robinson Niñal Jr.)

Luzon

LTO opens temporary Abra office with wider area for clients

By Liza Agoot

BANGUED, Abra –

The Land Transportation Office (LTO) has opened a new office that has a wider and bigger area for the clients.

Francis Rae Almora, regional director of the Department of Transportation in the Cordillera Administrative Region (DOTr-CAR) on Tuesday said "this will better serve the clients of Abra with more effective service."

Almora said the transfer of the LTO district office to the compound of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) is an interagency effort.

"We thank the DPWH for allowing us in their compound although temporary," Almora said.

The LTO district office which was at the compound of the provincial government adjacent to the capitol building would be demolished to give way to a modern and bigger building of the provincial capital, which will also allow the local government to provide a more efficient service.

Almora said they hope to have a permanent home soon at the provincial government center that is currently being

established.

Abra League of Municipalities president and former congressman Joseph Sto. Niño Bernos in a follow-up interview said "it is my moral responsibility to look for a temporary office because of the very important existence of an LTO office in Abra."

"I funded the building that caused their displacement and I cannot just leave them without a place in Abra," he added.

“18-Day Campaign to End VAW

By: RACHILE ANN P. BAUTIZADO , T-I Mambuaya Elementary School

“If we are to fight discrimination and injustice against women we must start from the home for if a woman cannot be safe in her own house then she cannot be expected to feel safe anywhere, a quote from Aysha Taryam” Therefore, to End VAW is to start with in ourselves.

Mambuaya Elementary School was very happy to joined the celebration of the National 18-Day Campaign to End VAW. The Activity started last November 25, 2022 and lasted on December 12, 2022. The aim is to highlight the collective impact that can be achieved by combining individual efforts and initiatives to end VAW with a theme, United for a VAW-free Philippines.

As an evidence of participation, the school prints and displays the 2022 18-Day Campaign to End VAW official banner in the entrance gate, reproduce information Education and communication materials to raise social awareness, wears orange color shirts or dress during the

kick-off program and even change the profile frame of the school personnel via Twibbonize application. Further, to ensure the “no disruption of the classes” even if there were National celebration, the activities for the pupils with regards to the 18-Day Campaign to End VAW was incorporated in the teacher’s lesson on Edukasyon sa Pagpapakatao (ESP) and in their ART subject. Furthermore, the pupils were making posters to end VAW and was posted in their Anti-Violence Corner. Lastly, to ensure that the pupils understand what violence is, the School Gender and Development Coordinator oriented the Grades IV to VI pupils after their last subject in the afternoon class.

The School force were praying and hoping that the good values taught to them will be instilled in their hearts and minds so that they will become a good person in the future and the start to End the Violence Against Women and Children.

Bernos said that without an Abra office, the nearest LTO office is located in Candon, Ilocos Sur -- about an hour's drive and about two hours from the capital town in Abra if the client will commute via public transportation.

Abra has 27 municipalities most of which are far-flung and takes several hours to reach Bangued.

"LTO is a very important office of the national

government, our people will be the ones to suffer if they move out because of the absence of a space for them," he added.

Bernos said that aside from hospitals, the LTO is the next government office frequented daily by clients.

The official also requested the DPWH to temporarily move their standby equipment to a depot in La Paz to free spaces for the LTO clients. (PNA)

Developing Mindful Leadership

By: Floryn T. Libodlibod HT-II Pangayawan Elementary School

Proactive leaders have a greater impact on the school community. When leaders are approachable, communication is open, and teachers and students can be open, share ideas, and participate in decision-making. Being organized is critical for a leader because it establishes systems and interventions. Teacher collaboration and collective efficacy mediate the impact of leadership. The leader is aware of curriculum development and changes and makes sound. Not everything will go as planned as a principal; however, school leaders must make the right decisions and adapt to obstacles. School leaders will make mistakes and may fail at times, but providing support to teachers throughout is critical. There may be times when school leaders are unable to pinpoint the source of a problem. In these times, you must rely on your reflective practitioner skills. It implies that being a reflective practitioner entails pausing to reflect when issues arise and you feel perplexed or uncertain

of yourself. You can develop a variety of appropriate responses by critically thinking about a situation or issue while you’re reflecting on it. After that, you carry out your plan of action and are relieved by the outcomes.

True heroes exist, and they don’t even wear capes! We frequently overlook the significance and complexities of the role of school leaders. The truth is that it has a cascading effect that begins with school leaders and extends to all stakeholders. School leaders have many responsibilities. They are expected to maintain high educational standards in schools, develop communication and interpersonal skills in teachers and students, maintain a positive classroom climate, and ensure a positive classroom environment in terms of modern infrastructure. It promotes academic achievement and social-emotional development when school leaders can create welcoming environments in which both teachers and students feel a sense of belonging and value.

Ilocos Norte strengthens compliance to salt iodization law

By Leilanie Adriano

LAOAG CITY – The Ilocos Norte government through its provincial nutrition office is urging local salt producers to comply with the national salt iodization program to control iodine deficiency disorders (IDD).

Provincial nutritionist Elma Irapta said Tuesday that some salt makers in the province, particularly in Pasuquin town, were found to be not fully complying with Republic Act 8172 or the so-called Act on Salt Iodization Nationwide (ASIN).

Irapta said they have requested funding for the purchase of an iodine testing machine to regularly monitor if the prescribed iodine content being sold to consumers is properly observed.

“Based on the latest survey conducted by the Bureau of Foods and Drugs Administration, it showed that the iodine content is lacking in salt products distributed to

local consumers,” she said in a phone interview.

Reports said the salt products only contained 0.5 ppm of iodine content which is lower than the prescribed 30 ppm and above iodine content.

According to Irapta, intensified salt testing and monitoring activities in sample households, markets, sari-sari stores, and groceries will secure the nutritional well-being of consumers, particularly among children, pregnant, and lactating women.

In the salt-producing town of Pasuquin, for example, several salt manufacturers in the area admitted to customers that they were not mixing iodine into their salt products.

“We don’t mix iodine because some of our loyal buyers, particularly those who are producing bagoong (fish sauce) request for it,” said one salt manufacturer from Davila village who requested anonymity.

THE MOST IMPORTANT STAKEHOLDERS IN SCHOOLS

By: Bobby R. Batutay, Master Teacher I Cogon Elementary School, Gitagum District Division of Misamis Oriental

Stakeholders play an important role in managing schools. They are the partners of the school leaders in making the school conducive to teaching and learning.

Our most important stakeholders are basically the teachers, the learners and the parents. The teachers are the front liners and implementers of teaching-learning activities indicated in the learning competencies of the curriculum. They are the experts in carrying out the learning objectives of the lessons and be responsive to the needs of the learners.

The learners are also considered as the most important stakeholders because without them teachinglearning activities would not occur in educational process. They are the main purpose of education.

The parents or the guardians of the learners are

equally important because they are the main motivator of their children. Without their support and willingness to partner with the school personnel, their children won’t be motivated to go to school and learn new things.

To achieve the vision and mission of the school, there is a need for a strong partnership among the stakeholders. Partnership with the stakeholders is very essential in establishing the firm foundation of education as the African proverbs says, “it takes a whole village to educate a child.” If parents are supportive to the school’s programs, projects and activities as they perceive the sincerity of the school in offering meaningful and fruitful opportunities for all the learners, surely quality education would occur in a very conducive learning environment.

NEW OFFICE. The Land Transportation Office opens a new temporary office for its Abra district office at the compound of the Department of Public Works and Highways - Abra engineering office on Monday (Dec. 19, 2022). Abra residents no longer have to travel all the way to Candon City, Ilocos Sur to avail of LTO services after the current office at the capitol compound got affected by the development of offices at the provincial capital. (PNA photo by Liza T. Agoot)

IODINE SALT. A salt farm in Pasuquin town, Ilocos Norte province in this undated photo. To prevent iodine deficiency, the Ilocos Norte government on Tuesday (Dec. 20, 2022) reminded salt manufacturers to mix iodine in their salt products. (Photo by Leilanie Adriano)

XUHS Batch 1972 Starts an Endowment Program for XU Scholars

On December 2, 2022, a Memorandum of Agreement was formally signed between the school, headed by University President Fr Mars P Tan, SJ, and XUHS Batch 1972, headed by Mr Edward Binanay. Many representatives of the batch joined the simple but meaningful program, and shared some stories of their time as students in Xavier University, and the successful and fulfilling lives they’ve led after their graduation. Some of them also shared how grateful they were for receiving scholarships that helped them receive quality education.

RA 9048 Form no.10.1 (LRCO)

REPUBLIC OF THE Philippines Local Registrar office City of Iigan

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In Compliance with Section 5 RA 9048 a notice is hereby served to the public that MAHID JR.B.ACMAD has filed with Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME from ABDUL HAMID EMRAN to MAHID JR . certificate of live birth of ABDUL HAMID EMRAN BATARA ACMAD who was born on 04 JUNE 1986 at Iligan City,Lanao del norte and whose parents MOMINAH K.BATARA and MAHED S. ACMAD

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

MDN: Dec 22 & 29, 2022

Civil Registrar

This AGREEMENT made and entered into this ___ day of July ___ in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon by and between:

1. OSCAR D. MACASA (HEIR-VENDOR) of legal age, Filipino, widower of the decedent Elena c. Macasa and residing at Poblacion, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon;

2. TERESA C. MACASA, (HEIRVENDOR) , of legal age, Filipino, single and residing at Poblacion, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon;

3. VIRGINIA M. ESTOPA, (HEIRVENDOR) , of legal age, Filipino, married and residing at Poblacion, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon;

4. MARIETTA M. QUEJADA (HEIRVENDOR) , of legal age, Filipino, married and residing at Poblacion, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon; and

5. DARYL GRACE D. HERNANDEZ (VENDEE) , of legal age, Filipino, married to Robin L. Hernandez and residing at Poblacion, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon.

WITNESSETH, that: WHEREAS, we, the HEIRS-VENDORS are the sole heirs of the deceased ELENA C. MACASA who died on _______________ at _______________________________;

WHEREAS, the decedent is the absolute and registered owner in fee simple of a parcel of land located at Poblacion, Cabanglasan, Bukidnon covered by KATIBAYAN NF ORIHINAL NA TITULO Blg. P-28377 of the Registry of Deeds of Bukidnon dated May 23 1997 and more particularly described as follows, viz: KATIBAYAN NG ORIHINAL NA TITULO Blg. P-28377

Lot No. 631, Cad-982-D, Case-1 (Identical to Lot 2336, Pls-10)

A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot No. 631, Cad-982-D, Case-1, Identical to Lot 2336, Pls-10) situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, Municipality of Cabanglasan, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED NINETY-NINE (1,299) Square Meters, mo re or l ess

WHEREAS, PURSUANT TO Rule 74 sec 1 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and being with full capacity to contract, we do hereby adjudicate unto ourselves the parcel of land described above, in equal shares. FURTHER, FOR AND IN CONSIDERATION of the sum of THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php 300,000.00) , Philippine Currency, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged in full sum from the above-named VENDEE, we do hereby SELL, TRANSFER, CONVEY and DELIVER, by way of ABSOLUTE SALE, unto said DARYL GRACE D. HERNANDEZ, her heirs, assigns and successors in interest the property above-described with all the improvements existing thereon; That we hereby warrant our valid title to and peaceful possession of the property herein sold and conveyed and further declares that the same is free and clear of all liens and encumbrances of any kind whatsoever.

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH ABSOLUTE SALE , under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. APOLLO A. MAGUALE , Notary Public per Doc No. 786 ; Page No. 775 ; Book No. XIX ; Series of 2022

MDN: Dec 15, 22 & 29, 2022

Making school eco friendly

Floryn T. Libodlibod HT-II Pangayawan Elementary School

Our generation is referred to as the starter generation when it comes to sustainability. Only recently have we started to change our habits and become more aware of the economy and the environment. That might mean we are becoming more environmentally conscious about how we travel or that we are trying harder to recycle. In any case, we’re reducing our carbon footprint and making progress. While it is wonderful that our generation is taking action, it is crucial that we adults foster in the next generation an even greater desire to protect the environment. As a result, I think schools should embrace the idea of “going green” and incorporate eco-friendly procedures into their regular operations.

School children’s awareness can be critical as the need to create a more environmentally friendly world becomes more

pressing. Influencing children when they are impressionable can have a transformative effect.

It is critical to instill a sense of care in an environmentally conscious society by cultivating a precautionary mindset.

Consider a world in which we and our children would struggle to live a normal, healthy life in 10 or 20 years. It would be significantly more difficult than it is now. We’d have to fight for our lives. Only we, as contributors to the dangerously polluted environment, would be to blame. Given how climate change is affecting seasonal change, something must be done. After all, it’s not prudent to stand by and watch things deteriorate around us as we die as a result of an increasingly polluted environment. Schools hold the key to enacting longterm, widespread change.

Eco-school is an initiative that allows children to actively work

to protect their environment in order to encourage them to engage with it. When students have a say in their schools’ environmental management policies, they feel a sense of accomplishment. For kids, the last bell means rushing home with their belongings. Instead, at the end of the day, teachers can devote a small class to cleaning the classroom and the school grounds. It is intended not only to raise environmental awareness, but also to be a fun bonding activity. Create a recycling system in your classroom and teach your students how to use it and recycle their items. Indeed, having an Eco-School program will set the school and the neighborhood on a meaningful road toward environmental betterment. Additionally, it has a long-term beneficial effect on young people’s lives, as well as those of their families, schools, and local governments.

Republic of the Phillipines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judical Region Branch 1 Hall of Justice Libertad, Butuan City

YUSSIF DON JUSTIN F. MARTIL City

Republic of the Philippines

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION SPL. CIVIL ACTION NO. 156-07-2021 OF THE PHILIPPINES, Plaintiff, - for –- versus –

Expropriation

fected area sought to be expropriated consisting of 165 square meters, as shown in the attached Sketch Plan and Technical Description , as follows:

WHEREFORE, premises considered, plaintiff most respectfully prays of this Honorable Court to:

EDITH CUAJAO; AND ROSALINA D. ORDANIZA Defendants.

x - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - /

TO:

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

EDITH CUAJAO

Brgy. Caromatan, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte

HEIRS OF EDITH CUAJAO

Unknown Address

G R E E T I N G S!

WHEREAS, on June 9, 2022, the Court issued an order granting the plaintiff’s Motion to Serve Summons by Publication, which reads as follows:

“On record is a Motion for Leave of Court to Effect Summons by Publication filed by the plaintiff and it appears from the Sheriff’s Return of Summons that defendants Edith Cuajao and/or Heirs of Edith Cuajao whereabouts, cannot by diligent inquiry be ascertained, as prayed for in the Plaintiff’s aforesaid motion, let summons by publication be served upon defendants Edith Cuajao and/or Heirs of Edith Cuajao in a newspaper of general circulation, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a local newspaper and plaintiff is directed likewise to send copy of this order, summons, and complaint to the defendants to their last known addresses.

XXX SO ORDERED.”

WHEREAS, Complaint reads:

C O M P L A I N T

(With Urgent Prayer for Issuance of Writ of Possession)

Plaintiff, National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP), by counsel, respectfully states that:

1. Plaintiff is a private corporation created and existing under Philippine laws, -with principal office address at NGCP Building, Quezon Avenue corner BIR Road, Diliman, Quezon City. It may be served with notices and other court processes through its Right-of-Way Department (ROWD) – Mindanao Division, Maria Cristina, Iligan City, copy furnished the afore-mentioned principal office.

2. Pursuant to Republic Act (R.A.) No. 9511, plaintiff was granted a franchise to operate, manage and maintain, and in connection therewith, to engage in the business of conveying or transmitting electricity through a high-voltage back-bone system of interconnected transmission lines, substations and related facilities, systems operations, and other activities that are necessary to support the safe and reliable operation of a transmission system and to construct, install, finance, manage, improve, expand, operate, maintain, rehabilitate, repair and refurbish the present nationwide transmission system of the Republic of the Philippines.

3. Under Section 4 of the same law, plaintiff was granted the power of eminent domain, subject to the requirements of the Constitution and existing laws.

4. Plaintiff is engaged in the business of transmitting electric power from the generating plants of power producers to distributors. As such, plaintiff’s business is imbued with public interest.

5. To address the country’s growing power demand and ensure continuous, reliable and efficient power supply, there is a need to interconnect the three (3) major power grids of Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao into a single national grid. Aside from the sharing of systems reserve, the interconnection will also help optimize utilization of indigenous energy resources such as natural gas in Luzon, geothermal in the Visayas and hydro in Mindanao. Owing to this necessity, plaintiff must immediately construct the transmission lines that will transmit power to distributors of electricity not only in Mindanao but also in Luzon and Visayas. This undertaking is for the use and benefit of the public and part of it is known as the MINDANAO-VISAYAS INTERCONNECTION PROJECT (MVIP) , integral part of which is the KOLAMBUGAN-LALA 20kV TRANSMISSION LINE PROJECT (Project).

6. The said MVIP of NGCP is the first project certified by the Department of Energy (DOE) as an Energy Project of National Significance (EPNS) pursuant to R.A. 7638 of DOE Act of 1992, as amended, entitled to all the rights and privileges provided under Executive Order No. 30, series of 2017, as evidenced by the Certification dated 8 May 2018 issued by the Energy Investment Coordinating Council. Hence, the immediate completion and energization of the said project is critically important.

7. Defendant Edith Cuajao is of legal age, Filipino and a resident of Brgy. Caromatan, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, where she may be served with notices, summons and other processes of this Honorable Court.

8. Defendant Rosalina D. Ordaniza is of legal age, Filipino and a resident of Brgy. Caromatan, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, where she may be served with notices, summons and other processes of this Honorable Court. She is impleaded herein in accordance with Section 1, Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, being the alleged claimant of the improvements found on the subject property.

9. Plaintiff intends to expropriate portion of a parcel of registered land identified as Lot No. 6, PSD-13508-017487 , situated in Brgy. Caromatan, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte . The said property is registered and declared in the name of Edith Cuajao, per Transfer Certificate of Title (TCT) No. T-17,348 and Tax Declaration (TD) No. H-050436 (07) , respectively. It is more particularly described below together with the af -

Machine copies of the BIR Zonal Valuation applicable to the subject property, Report on the Counts of Improvement, and Sworn Statement of Ownership/Undertaking with Waiver of Rights/Quitclaim are attached and made integral parts of this complaint.

10. To enable plaintiff to construct and maintain the Project, it is both necessary and urgent to acquire, upon payment of just compensation, the portion of the defendants’ property, to ensure stability and reliability of the power supply in Mindanao and other regions of the country.

11. Plaintiff negotiated with defendants for the acquisition of the affected portion of the subject property and to pay the cost of improvements therein that may be damaged by the construction of the transmission line project. Defendant Rosalina D. Ordaniza already accepted the payment for the cost of affected improvements found in the subject property. However, no agreement was reached between the parties as to the compensation of the affected lot.

12. Considering the urgent need for plaintiff to enter the subject property to implement and commence the necessary construction activities therein for its Project, plaintiff has no other recourse but to file the instant complaint.

13. Section 13 of R.A. 11361, provides that Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure governs plaintiff’s expropriation cases. Under Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure, plaintiff may already enter and possess the portion of the subject property during the pendency of the expropriation case.

14. Section 2 of Rule 67 of the Revised Rules of Civil Procedure states that:

“SEC. 2. Entry of plaintiff upon depositing value with authorized government depositary. – Upon the filing of the complaint or at any time thereafter and after due notice to the defendant, the plaintiff shall have the right to take or enter upon the possession of the real property involved if he deposits with the authorized government depositary an amount equivalent to the assessed value of the property for purposes of taxation to be held by such bank subject to the orders of the court. Such deposit shall be in money, unless in lieu thereof the court authorizes the deposit of a certificate of deposit of a government bank of the Republic of the Philippines payable on demand to the authorized government depositary.” [Emphasis supplied]

15. In compliance with the notice requirement, plaintiff notified defendants through a Letter Offer of its intention to file an expropriation case if the possession over the subject property cannot be timely secured and/or issues regarding compensation for the subject property cannot be resolved except through judicial intervention. Plaintiff further serves, simultaneous with the filing of the instant Complaint, a Notice to Take Possession (attached as Annex “A”) upon the defendants.

16. To comply with the deposit requirement, plaintiff, notwithstanding that R.A. 10752 does not specifically apply to it, shall deposit with the Honorable Court an amount equivalent to the 100% of the BIR zonal value of the land sought to be expropriated in the total amount of SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE PESOS (Php7,425.00) consistent with the purpose of the said law and OCA Circular No. 113-2019 to simplify the deposit requirement in expropriation cases for the benefit of the defendants and in the interest of immediate implementation of projects intended to benefit the public.

17. Upon deposit of the provisional amount, plaintiff would have fully complied with the requirements for the issuance of a writ of possession as mandated by law.

18. In a long line of cases and pursuant to OCA Circular No. 1132019, once the above requirements are complied with it, it becomes the ministerial duty of the trial court to issue the writ of possession in favor of the plaintiff, without need of any further hearing. Thus:

“Municipality of Cordova v. Pathfinder Development Corporation emphasizes the mandatory issuance of the writ of possession upon the receipt of the required deposit. “No hearing is actually required for the issuance of a writ of possession, which demands only two (2) requirements: (a) the sufficiency in form and substance of the complaint; and, (b) the required provisional deposit x x x x Upon compliance with these requirements, the petitioner in an expropriation case is entitled to a writ of possession as a matter of right and the issuance of the writ becomes ministerial.” (Emphasis supplied)

19. Moreover, it must be emphasized that an expropriation proceeding is an action quasi in rem, wherein the fact that the owners of the property are made parties is not essentially indispensable insofar as it concerns the immediate taking of possession of the property and the preliminary determination of its value, including the amount to be deposited.

20. An action quasi in rem names a person as defendant, but its object is to subject that person’s interest in a property to a corresponding lien or obligation. In a proceeding quasi in rem, jurisdiction over the person of the defendant is not a prerequisite to confer jurisdiction on the court, provided that the latter has jurisdiction over the res.

21. The purpose of summons in actions quasi in rem is not the acquisition of jurisdiction over the defendant but mainly to satisfy the constitutional requirement of due process. Since the issuance of writ of possession is ex-parte, ministerial, and non-litigious in nature, the issuance thereof, even prior to the service of summons, will not violate defendants’ right to due process as the same can be done even without defendants’ participation. Besides, the issuance of a writ of possession does not prevent defendants from raising objections to and defenses against the expropriation of their property.

22. Plaintiff intends to present three (3) witnesses, namely: a) Engr. Licinio B. Capili, b) Mr. Nolito L. Notar, and c) Mr. Michael E. Encarnado to establish, among others, NGCP’s authority to exercise the power of eminent domain, the propriety of its exercise in this case, and the bases for the determination of the just compensation. Copies of their Judicial Affidavits (with attached Exhibits “A” to “L”) are attached as Annexes B, C, and D and made an integral part hereof. Plaintiff intends to present additional witnesses if necessary.

1. ISSUE a Writ of Possession in plaintiff’s favor; authorizing plaintiff to enter and take possession of the property subject of this complaint that will be affected by the construction and implementation of the Project, consisting of a total area of 165 square meters, more or less, as described in paragraph 9 hereof; order all defendants to vacate the portion of the subject property; and direct the Philippine National Police (PNP) to assist plaintiff in the implementation of the said writ of possession so that project construction can immediately commence even during the pendency of the case and/or for the conduct of the counting of affected improvements, if necessary; direct the Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to enter the writ of Possession in the Primary Entry Book and annotate the same in the Registration Book pursuant to Section 69 of Presidential Decree No. 1529;

2. ISSUE an Order of Expropriation declaring that plaintiff has a lawful right to take possession and acquire the affected portion of the property specified in paragraph 9 hereof;

3. After the determination of just compensation, to authorize the payment thereof by plaintiff to the defendants after deducting the capital gains and documentary stamp taxes for the transfer of the affected portion of Lot No. 6, PSD-123508-017487, in the name of plaintiff, all other outstanding taxes under the National Internal Revenue Code, and all outstanding realty taxes and dues under the Local Government Code, which plaintiff shall remit to the Government;

4. ISSUE a judgment after determination of just compensation, declaring plaintiff as the lawful owner of the affected portion of Lot No. 6, PSD123508-017487 consisting of a total area of 165 square meters, more or less, described in paragraph 9 hereof;

5. DIRECT:

a. The Registry of Deeds for the Province of Lanao del Norte to register and annotate the Order of Expropriation and Judgment on the TCT No. T-17,348 or any certificate of title that may hereafter be issued covering the portion of the property subject of this case pursuant to Section 85 of Presidential Decree No. 1529;

b. The Municipal Assessor of Kolambugan and/or Provincial Assessor of Lanao del Norte to cancel Tax Declaration No. H-050436 (07) and/or issue new and separate tax declaration in the name of plaintiff covering the portion of the subject property sought to be expropriated herein.

Plaintiff prays for other relief as just and equitable under the premises.

Quezon City for Tubod, Lanao del Norte. June 25, 2021.

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Power Center, Quezon Avenue cor. BIR Road Diliman, Quezon City

By:

LUIS MANUEL U. BUGAYONG

PTR No. 0599223 – 01/04/2021 – Quezon City

IBP Lifetime No. 010191/Rizal Chapter MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012003 Roll of Attorneys No. 38002

GORDON S. MONTOJO

PTR No. 0599215 – 01/04/2021 – Quezon City IBP Lifetime No. 010193/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012024 Roll of Attorneys No. 44910

JULES BOY R. VALDEZ

PTR No. 0599221 – 01/04/2021 - Quezon City

IBP Lifetime No. 012616/Quezon City MCLE Compliance No. VI-0012045 Roll of Attorney’s No. 63350

RIGHT-OF-WAY DEPARTMENT – MINDANAO DIVISION

NATIONAL GRID CORPORATION OF THE PHILIPPINES Maria Cristina, Iligan City

By:

KERTH JOSSEF M. ABLANQUE

PTR No. 9890045 – 01/06/2021 – Iligan City

IBP Lifetime No. 012019

MCLE Compliance No. VI-0011641

Roll of Attorneys No. 60170

JUNELLA G. LIMPANGOG-ABARQUEZ

PTR No. 9890044 – 01/06/2021 – Iligan City

IBP No. 128123 – 01/04/21 – Iligan City MCLE Compliance No. V-0022527

Roll of Attorneys No. 58980

NOW THEREFORE , the abovementioned Defendants are hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, their ANSWER to the above-quoted petition within sixty (60) days from publication of the summons and to serve copy of the said answer upon plaintiff’s counsel at his given address indicated in the complaint. Defendants are further reminded of the provision in the IBP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a Motion to Dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer. Tubod, Lanao del Norte, June 21, 2022.

(SGD) ATTY. AISA B. MUSA-BARRAT Clerk of Court VI

December 22, 2022

Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental MUNICIPALITY OF OPOL -o0o-

OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN

EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 21st REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF OPOL FOR THE TERM 2022- 2025 HELD ON DECEMBER 5, 2022 AT THE SB SESSION HALL, OPOL, MISAMIS ORIENTAL

PRESENT: Hon. Danilo E. Daroy, Jr. - Municipal Vice-Mayor/Presiding Officer

Hon. Glee A. Jacalan - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Danilo O. Daroy - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Eliezer A. Vacalares, Jr. - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Dante D. Roble, Sr. - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Chizarina M. Ortigoza - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Roland B. Alfeche - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Palmero F. Ebonia - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Rhally Mae G. Piit - Municipal Kagawad

Hon. Celestine Richie C. Caayupan - SK Federation President

Hon. Jeffrey P. Puasan - IPMR

Municipal Ordinance No. 2022-18

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE NO. 2016-14, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “REVISED REVENUE CODE OF OPOL, MISAMIS ORIENTAL 2016”

WHEREAS , the lifeblood doctrine emphasizes that taxation is indispensable to the existence of government such that the government needs the contribution of its citizens in order to function and operate;

WHEREAS , a principle deeply embedded in Philippine jurisprudence is that taxes being the lifeblood of the government should be collected promptly, without unnecessary hindrance or delay;

WHEREAS , Section 5 of Rule X of the 1987 Philippine Constitution expressly provides that each local government unit shall have the power to create its own sources of revenues and to levy taxes, fees and charges subject to such guidelines and limitations as the Congress may provide, consistent with the basic policy of local autonomy. Such taxes, fees, and charges shall accrue exclusively to the local governments;

WHEREAS , Section 129 of the Local Government Code likewise states that each local government unit shall exercise its power to create its own sources of revenue and to levy taxes, fees, and charges subject to the provisions in the Code, consistent with the basic policy of local autonomy. Such taxes, fees, and charges shall accrue exclusively to the local government units;

WHEREAS , Section 191 of the Code provides that local government units shall have the authority to adjust the tax rates as prescribed herein not oftener than once every five (5) years, but in no case shall such adjustment exceed ten percent (10%) of the rates fixed under the Code;

WHEREAS , pursuant to Section 186 of the Code, local government units may exercise the power to levy taxes, fees or charges on any base or subject not otherwise specifically enumerated in the Code or taxed under the provisions of the National Internal Revenue Code, as amended, or other applicable laws: Provided, That the taxes, fees, or charges shall not be unjust, excessive, oppressive, confiscatory or contrary to declared national policy: Provided, further, That the ordinance levying such taxes, fees or charges shall not be enacted without any prior public hearing conducted for the purpose;

WHEREAS , the Committee on Finance, Budget and Appropriation has recommended the amendment of the “Revenue Code of Opol, Misamis Oriental 2016” to adjust tax rates and levy additional taxes, fees or charges not specifically enumerated therein; 1 Angeles City vs. Angeles City Electric Corp. and RTC Br. 57, Angeles City, G.R. No. 166134, June 29, 2010

WHEREFORE , on the motion of Hon. Danilo O. Daroy, Sr. and duly seconded by Hon. Roland B. Alfeche, it was RESOLVED , as the body hereby resolves, to enact:

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE ORDINANCE NO. 2016-14, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE “REVISED REVENUE CODE OF OPOL, MISAMIS ORIENTAL 2016”

Section 1 . Section 2E.01. Imposition of Tax under Article E. Tax on the Transfer of Business or Trade Activity of Chapter II – Municipal Taxes in Ordinance No. 2016-14, otherwise known as the “Revised Revenue Code of Opol, Misamis Oriental 2016”, is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 2E.01. Imposition of Tax . There is hereby levied a tax on the change of name and trade name, transfer of business or trade activity by sale donation, barber, or any other form or more of conveyance at the rate of One Percent (1%) of the preceding calendar year on file at the municipal treasurer’s office, or fixed amount of Five Hundred Pesos, whichever is lower.

Section 2. Section 3A.03. Mayor’s Permit Fee on the Operation of Business under Article A. Mayor’s Permit Fee in Business of Chapter III – Permit and Regulatory Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3A.03. Mayor’s Permit Fee on the Operation of Business -Xxx-

14. On operators of boarding houses

20 beds and above

PhP3,000.00 10 beds and above 10 beds PhP2,000.00 Below 10 beds PhP1,000.00 -Xxx-

24. Warehouse [No amendment]

25. Feria or Peryahan (Fair) Operation of Feria for: 15 days

PhP30,000.00 30 days PhP60,000.00 More than 30 days PhP100,000.00

26. On all other similar businesses, trades, PhP2,000.00 commercial undertakings not herein expressly provided

Section 3 . Section 3A.06. Administrative Provisions under Article A. Mayor’s Permit Fee in Business of Chapter III – Permit and Regulatory Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3A.06. Administrative Provisions -Xxx(d) Posting of Permit. Every permittee shall keep his permit conspicuously posted at all times in his place of business or office or if has no place of business or office, he shall keep the permit in his person. The permit shall be immediately produced upon demand by the Municipal Mayor, the Municipal Treasurer or any of their duly authorized representatives. Failure to present such permit upon inspection shall be subject to a penalty of not less than Five Hundred Pesos (PhP500.00). -Xxx-

Section 4. Article P. Building Permit of Chapter III – Permit and Regulatory Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

ARTICLE P. BUILDING AND OCCUPANCY PERMIT

Section 3P.01. Issuance of Permit. No person, firm or corporation, including any agency or instrumentality of the government shall erect, construct, alter, repair, move, convert or demolish any building or structure or cause the same to be done without first obtaining a building permit therefore from the Building Official of this municipality.

The Building Official shall enforce the provisions of PD 1096 (National Building Code) in this municipality.

Section 3P.02. Imposition of Fee . There shall be collected from each client or applicant for a building permit and occupancy permit fees pursuant to the provisions of PD 1096 (National Building Code) and its Implementing Rules and regulations.

In addition to the foregoing, the following fees shall be paid by the client or applicant:

Fees

Filing Fee PhP200.00

Processing Fee PhP300.00

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and sealed by a duly licensed architect or civil engineer in case of architectural and structural plants, by a registered mechanical engineer in case of mechanical plans, by a registered electrical engineer in case of electrical plans and by a licensed sanitary engineer or master plumber in case of plumbing or sanitary installation plants except in those cases exempted or not required by the Building Official under the Building Code.

Section 3P.06. Penalty. [No amendment]

Section 5 . Section 3S.03. Administrative Provision under Article S. Permit Fees on Real Estate Development of Chapter III – Permit and Regulatory Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 3S.03. Administrative Provision . It shall be the duty of the Office of the MPDC to secure annually from HLURB pertinent rules and regulations required to implement this Article and to obtain the revised schedule of fees assoon as they are promulgated and become effective.

1. ZONING/LOCATIONAL CLEARANCE [No amendment]

2. SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS [No amendment] 3. SUBDIVISION AND CONDOMINIUM PROJECTS [No amendment] 4. INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL SUBDIVISION [No amendment]

5. FARM LOT SUBDIVISION [No amendment]

6. MEMORIAL PARK/CEMETERY PROJECT/COLUMBARIUM [No amendment]

7. OTHER TRANSACTIONS/CERTIFICATIONS

Application/Request for: [No amendment]

Other, to include Availability of records/public interest [No amendment]

Certificate of no record on file [No amendment]

Certificate of with or without CRLS [No amendment]

Certified true copy of documents (report size) [No amendment]

Document of five (5) pages or less [No amendment]

Every additional page [No amendment]

Photocopy of documents [No amendment] Other listed above [No amendment]

Other Certificates and Documentary Request PhP150.00

Section 6. Section 4B.01. Imposition of Fees under Article B. Local Civil Registry Fees of Chapter IV – Service Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4B.01. Imposition of Fees. There shall be collected for services rendered by the Municipal Local Civil Registrar of this municipality the following fees:

Amount of Fee

(a) Marriage Related Fees: 1. Application for marriage license [No amendment] 2. Marriage License Fee [No amendment] 3. Marriage Solemnization Fee (Local Chief Executive) [No amendment] 4. Family Planning/ Pre-Marriage Counseling Certificate

Local PhP300.00 Foreigner PhP1,200.00

5. Out of town parental advice/consent [No amendment] (b) Birth Related Fees: (Pursuant to R.A. 9048/10175) [No amendment] (c) Death Related Fees: [No amendment] (d) Service of Charge for SECPA request [No amendment] (e) For registration fee of the following: 1. Legitimation [No amendment] 2. Court Orders [No amendment] 3. Vital Events

a. Registration

PhP50.00 for lying in clinics within the municipality PhP25.00 for hilot or traditional birth attendant (TBA)

b. Late Registration PhP100.00 for a period of 1 year and exceeding 1year PhP50.00 for a period exceeding 1 month but less than 1 year -Xxx-

(f) For certified copies of any document in the register

Certified true copy for local use/certification fee [No amendment]

Certification of No Records Available [No amendment]

Certification of presumptive death based on Court Order [No amendment]

Certified Photocopy of document [No amendment]

Certified Machine Copy of Civil Registry Documents PhP50.00 per copy

Section 7 . Section 4E.01. Imposition of Fee under Article E. Sanitary Inspection Fee of Chapter IV – Service Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4E.01. Imposition of Fee . Every owner or operator of business, industrial, commercial or agricultural establishment, accessorial, building or house for rent shall secure sanitary certificate or permit for the purpose of supervision and endorsement of existing rules and regulations on sanitation and safety of the public, upon payment to the Office of the Municipal Treasurer of an annual fee in accordance with the following schedule: Amount of Fee -Xxx-

All other businesses, industrial, commercial, agricultural establishment not specifically mentioned above [No amendment]

Transfer of Cadaver Permit PhP200.00

Health Certificates PhP200.00

Exhumation Permit PhP400.00

Health Card

For Food Handlers PhP200.00 For Non-Food Handlers PhP200.00 Certificate of Water Potability PhP300.00 -Xxx-

Section 8 . Section 4G.01. Imposition Fee under Article G. Dog Registration Fee of Chapter IV – Service Fees is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 4G.01. Imposition Fee . Every dog owner shall pay an amount of One Hundred Fifty Pesos (PhP150.00) as Registration Fee for the rabies vaccination of his or her dog that is brought to the Municipal Agriculture Office.

For home service, an amount of Two Hundred Pesos (PhP200.00)

(a)

Amount

Section 3P.03. Time and Manner of Payment. The fees specified under this Article shall be paid to the Municipal Treasurer upon application for a building permit and occupancy permit from the Building Official.

Section 3P.04. Accrual of Proceeds. The proceeds from building permit fees shall accrue to the general fund of this municipality.

Section 3P.05. Administrative Provisions. The application for a building permit and occupancy permit must be in writing and in the form prescribed by the Office of the Building Official. Every application shall provide at least the following information:

1. Description of the work to be covered by the permit applied for;

2. Description and ownership of the lot on which the proposed work is to be done as evidenced by TCT and/or copy of the contract of lease over the lot if applicant is not the registered owner;

3. The use or occupancy for which the proposed work is intended;

4. Estimated cost of the proposed work.

To be submitted together with such application are at least four (4) sets of corresponding plans and specification prepared, signed

in Commercial/Industrial Area 1-5 yrs. PhP300.00 per sq.m per month 6-10 yrs. PhP400.00 per sq.m per month 11-15 yrs. PhP500.00 per sq.m per month 16-20 yrs. PhP700.00 per sq.m per month 21-25 yrs. PhP800.00 per sq.m per month

(b) Local in Residential Area 1-5 yrs. PhP100.00 per sq.m per month 6-10 yrs. PhP200.00 per sq.m per month 11-15 yrs. PhP300.00 per sq.m per month 16-20 yrs. PhP400.00 per sq.m per month 21-25 yrs. PhP500.00 per sq.m per month

(c) Building PhP300.00 per sq.m per month

For Special Contracts/Projects, the rental fees for the use of real and/or personal properties owned by the Municipality of Opol shall be approved by the Sangguniang Bayan of Opol, subject to the appropriate amount or rate that the Local Economic and Investment Promotions Office/Business Permit and Licensing Office (LEIPO/BPLO) may recommend.

Special Contracts/Projects are those contracts or projects which involve special or other conditions that are not ordinarily covered in this Code and/or embody the development and improvement of real and/or personal properties of the Municipality of Opol as well as the use thereof for a certain period of time, such as, but not limited to those contracts or projects requiring the securement of other contracts or agreement with other government agencies, such as Foreshore Lease Agreement (FLA), Forest Land Grazing Management Agreement (FLGMA), Community Based Forest Management Agreement (CBFMA) and the like, prior to the operation for the occupation, development, utilization, and management of foreshore and forest lands, including those that involve in commercial restaurant, gasoline station, supermarket and grocery store, and commercial banking corporation, trust corporation, savings and mortgage bank, loan association or cooperative, commercial building and other similar businesses or establishments.

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Section 10 . Section 5F.01. Ground Floor Stall Rental under Article F. Stall Rental, and Stall Right Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5F.01. Ground Floor Stall Rental. Stall rental shall be as follows at PhP25.00 per square meter: -Xxx-

Section 11. Section 5F.02. Annual Stall Right Fees under Article F. Stall Rental, and Stall Right Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5F.02. Annual Stall Right Fees . Annual stall right shall be at PhP1,000.00 per year.

Section 12. Section 5F.03. Ground Floor Closed Concession Rental under Article F. Stall Rental, and Stall Right Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5F.03. Ground Floor Closed Concession Rental. Ground floor closed concession rental shall be at PhP4,500.00 per month.

Section 13 . Section 5F.04. Ground Floor Closed Concession Annual Stall Rights under Article F. Stall Rental, and Stall Right Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5F.04. Ground Floor Closed Concession Annual Stall Rights. Annual Stall rights shall be at PhP1,500.00 per year on all ground floor closed concessions.

Section 14 . Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows: -Xxx-

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ARTICLE F. STALL RENTAL, AND STALL RIGHTS FEES

ARTICLE F1. BOARDWALK, ANCHORAGE, BALSA BOAT, FISH CAGE/PENS AND FEES AND CHARGES

Section 5F1.01. Definition of Terms:

a.) Anchorage – means a place where the boat, sailboat ship yacht craft watercraft barque keel or the other similar vessel anchors.

b.) Balsa –a very lightweight wood used chiefly for making float, ferry or raft.

c.) Boardwalk – refers to the promenade along the beach of the Municipality of Opol, Misamis Oriental.

d.) Concessionaire – refers to the holder of a concession or grant given by the LGU of Opol, especially for the use of land or commercial premises.

e.) Fish Cage - a stationary or floating fish enclosure made of synthetic net wire/bamboo screen or other materials set in the form of inverted mosquito net (hapa type) with or without cover with all sides either tied to poles staked to the bottom of the water or with anchored floats for aquaculture purposes.

f.) Fish Pen – a fish enclosure made of closely-woven bamboo screens, nylon screens or nets or other materials attached to poles staked at the bottom up to the surface of the lake, river or other shallow bodies of water for the purpose of growing and/or culturing of fish to various sizes in fresh, brackish and marine waters.

g.) Mussel Farm - a form of aquaculture that involves raising and harvesting these mollusks in either natural or man-made environments.

h.) Seaweed Farm - is the practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed or algae.

Section 5F1.02. Anchorage Fee . The following are the Anchorage Fees for registered with the Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) and non-registered vessels in the Municipality of Opol:

MARINA- Registered Vessels Anchorage Fees

Above Three (3) Tons PhP5,000.00 for the first 24 hours

Below Three (3) Tons PhP500.00 for the first 24 hours

Non-Registered Vessels PhP1,000.00 for the first 24 hours PhP100.00 per hour after 24 hours

Section 5F1.03. Fish Cages/Pens, and Mussel and Seaweed Farms Fee. A fee of PhP500.00 per day shall be paid by the owners or proprietors of commercial fish cages/pens, and mussel and seaweed farms.

Section 5F1.04. Balsa Boat Fee . A fee of PhP1000.00 per month shall be paid by the owners or proprietors of balsa boats.

Section 5F1.05. Penalty Clause . Any person, natural or juridical, who violates any of the provisions of this Article shall be penalized with a fine of not less than PhP1,500.00 but not exceeding PhP2,500.00 or an imprisonment for a period not less than four (4) months but not exceeding six (6) months, or both in the discretion of the court.

Section 15 . Section 5K.01. Definition of Terms under Article K. Slaughter Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5K.01. Definition of Terms -Xxx-

6. Butcher - refers to a person who is responsible for slaughtering of food animals and duly registered and accredited by the Municipal Veterinary Office and or Municipal Agriculture Office or Municipal Meat Inspection Service excluding meat chopper. -Xxx-

20. Meat handlers and other meat workers - refer to persons who are directly involved in the preparation, transport and sale of meat and meat products and duly registered and accredited by the Municipal Veterinary Office and or Municipal Agriculture Office. The definition shall also include meat traders, meat vendors, meat dealers, meat processors, meat stall/shop operators or helpers, meat choppers and the like.

Section 16 . Article K. Slaughter Fees under Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows: -XxxSection 5K.02. – Creation of Local Meat Inspection Service. - [No amendment] -Xxx-

Section 5K.02A. – Municipal Slaughterhouse Franchising and Regulatory Board (MSFRB)

1. There is hereby created a Municipal Slaughterhouse Franchising and Regulatory Board (MSFRB) to be composed of the following members:

a. Municipal Vice Mayor as Chairman

b. Municipal Councilor/s, Chairman on Economic Enterprise, Trade and Industry, and Agriculture as Vice Chairmen

c. Municipal Veterinarian as Secretariat

d. Municipal Agriculture as Member

e. Municipal Economic Enterprise Officer as Member

f. Municipal Sanitary Officer as Member

g. Municipal Licensing Officer as Member

h. Municipal Legal Officer as Member

i. Municipal Engineer as Member

j. Municipal Environment and Natural Resources Officer as Member

k. Municipal Planning and Development Coordinator

2. The MSFRB shall perform the following powers, duties and functions:

a. Serve as the Technical Working Group (TWG) that is responsible in the formulation of policies and guidelines in all matters pertaining to full implementation of the Municipal Meat Inspection and Regulation Code;

b. Accept and process applications for lease of slaughterhouse owned by the Local Government Unit of Opol to a private individual or person, juridical or natural; and

c. Perform such other duties and functions as may hereafter be authorized by the Sangguniang Bayan of Opol.

3. Upon due notice to the members of the MSFRB, the majority members thereof constituting a quorum shall conduct meetings on the following instances:

a. Regular meeting once every quarter;

b. Special meeting discussing findings and violations of slaughter houses; and

c. Special meeting may be called whenever necessary.

4. The MSFRB shall formulate and adopt its own internal rules of procedure including its regular meeting.

Section 5K.03. – Slaughterhouse Operation and Management. - [No amendment]

Section 5K.03A. Meat Butchers and Meat Handlers

1. All butchers, meat handlers and other meat workers shall be appointed by the Municipal Mayor upon recommendation of the Municipal Veterinarian, Municipal Agriculture Office, Municipal Meat Inspection Service or Municipal Slaughterhouse Office.

2. To qualify as butchers and meat handlers, the applicants must possess the following qualifications, to wit: a. Must be at least eighteen (18) years old; b. Must be physically and mentally fit and not suffering from any contagious or communicable diseases, and must secure a Health Card or Certificate from the Municipal Health Office prior to the filling of application; c. Must be of good moral character and without any pending case in a court of law; d. Must have undergone a Basic Training for Butchers or Meat Handlers conducted by the Municipal Veterinary Office or any accredited training provider; and e. Must be willing to conform to all relating laws, ordinances, and other existing rules and regulations.

3. All meat handlers and other meat workers who are involved in the orderly, safe and hygienic handling of meat products shall be required to register and apply for licensing/accreditation annually.

However, all meat handlers and other meat workers who are working outside the Municipal Slaughterhouse shall pay an annual fee for the registration and licensing/accreditation as prescribed below:

CLASSICATION REGISTRATION LICENSING/ACCREDITATION

Meat Handlers PhP250.00 PhP250.00

Other Meat Workers PhP150.00 PhP150.00

4. It shall be unlawful for any person to slaughter or handle food animals without the necessary registration and accreditation.

Section 17 . Section 5K.09. Transport of Carcasses and Other parts under Article K. Slaughter Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5K.09. Transport of Carcasses and Other parts

1. Government meat delivery van, as part of the basic abattoir services, shall be provided to transport carcasses and other parts of abattoir to the different market outlets under strict sanitary condition.

2. [No amendment]

3. [No amendment]

4. [No amendment]

5. All permits, licenses and certificates such as, but not limited to, Meat Inspection Certificate (MIC) and Shipping Permit, shall be required and carried by the driver or representative at all times whenever there is a transport of livestock, meat and meat products, by-products, animals’ products and animal effects within the territorial jurisdiction of Opol, Misamis Oriental. Such permits, licenses, certificates and others necessary documents shall be presented to authorities whenever required by them.

No person shall be permitted to transport and trade meat and meat products, by products and animal effects without securing first the necessary permits, licenses and certificates from the proper authorities.

6. Only those private meat transport vehicles that are accredited by the Municipal Veterinarian shall be allowed to trans port or deliver meat and meat products within the municipality. Private establishments like hotels, malls, supermarkets, meat shops and the other establishments of any kind, with supply requirements of ten (10) heads or more in case of hogs or two (2) heads or more in case of cattle, may provide their own delivery vehicles provided that the specifications of these vehicles shall pass government standards for strict meat hygiene.

7. Private meat delivery vehicles, namely, trucks, vans, jeepneys, tricycles and other vehicles of similar type, intended for transport or commerce of meat and meat products within the municipality shall be closed-type and made of stainlesssteel material. No person shall be allowed to hitch a ride on government wagons or private meat delivery vehicles while transporting dressed carcasses and offal’s from the Municipal Slaughterhouse, except government employed “Cargadores” and meat dispatchers who shall inspect whether the meat and offals are properly handled and delivered at the point of destination. All private meat delivery vans shall be annually registered and accredited by their owners. Below are the rates prescribed for the annual registration and accreditation fee of all private meat delivery vehicles: CLASSIFICATION REGISTRATION ACCREDITATION

Tricycle or Other vehicle of Similar Type P300.00 P500.00 Van, Jeep or Other vehicle of Similar Type P500.00 P1,000.00 Truck P1,000.00 P2,000.00

Section 18. Section 5K.10. Registration, Licensing and Accreditation under Article K. Slaughter Fees of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby deleted.

Section 5K.10. Registration, Licensing and Accreditation [Deleted]

Section 19. Article K. Slaughter Fees under Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5K.09. Transport of Carcasses and Other Parts -XxxSection 5K.10.A. Veterinary Inspection Certificate (VIC)

1. All meat markets and establishments engaged in the business of selling meat and meat products shall secure the annual Veterinary Inspection Certificate (VIC) Fee from the Municipal Veterinary Office through the Municipal Meat Inspection Service (MMIS) before applying and/or renewal of their Business License or Mayor’s Permit. 2. Meat markets and establishments shall pay the following fees:

FEE

ESTABLISHMENT

Wet Markets PhP500.00

Flea/Satellite Markets (Talipapa) PhP500.00

PhP500.00

D. Boarding Fees

a. Cattle PhP200.00 per head per day

b. Carabao/Ostrich PhP200.00 per head per day

c. Hog PhP100.00 per head per day

d. Goat/Sheep PhP100.00 per head per day

e. Chicken [No amendment]

E. Meat Delivery Fees

Small Animals

Fees Area of Delivery Distance

PhP100.00 per head at Opol Public Market, Luyong 1 to 3 minimum of PhP200.00 Bonbon, Bonbon, Poblacion, Kilometers per delivery per owner Taboc

PhP150.00 per head at Igpit, Barra, Iponan and 4 to 6 minimum of PhP300.00 per Molugan El Salvador City Kilometers delivery per owner

PhP250.00 per head at Canitoan, Bulua and Pagatpat 7 to 10 minimum of PhP750.00 CDOC, and El Salvador City Kilometers per delivery per owner Public Market

PhP250.00 per head at Kauswagan, Carmen and 11 to 15 minimum of PhP1,000.00 per Cogon Market CDOC Kilometers delivery per owner

Large Animals

PhP150.00 per head at Opol Public Market, Luyong 1 to 3 minimum of PhP300.00 per Bonbon, Bonbon, Poblacion, Kilometers delivery per owner Taboc

PhP200.00 per head at Igpit, Barra, Iponan and 4 to 6 minimum of PhP400.00 Molugan El Salvador City Kilometers per delivery per owner

PhP300.00 per head at Canitoan, Bulua and Pagatpat, 7 to 10 minimum of PhP750.00 CDOC and El Salvador City Kilometers per delivery per owner Public Market

PhP300.00 per head at Kauswagan, Carmen and 11 to 15 minimum of PhP1,000.00 Cogon Market CDOC Kilometers per delivery per owner

All deliveries shall be exclusively made for meat shops, supermarkets, talipapas, wet markets and grocery stores. Any person, natural or juridical, may provide their own deliver vans.

a. Cattle

F. Permit to slaughter

PhP10.00 per head b. Carabao/Ostrich PhP10.00 per head c. Hog PhP5.00 per head d. Goat/Sheep PhP5.00 per head e. Chicken PhP1.00 per head

G. Veterinary Health Certificate (VHC)

Type of Animal

Large Animals a. Cattle b.Carabao/Ostrich PhP120.00 per head per request PhP120.00 per head per request

Small Animals a. Hogs PhP100.00 per head per request b. Goats PhP100.00 per head per request

Poultry 1-100 Heads PhP100.00 per request 101-250 Heads PhP250.00 per request 201-500 Heads PhP500.00 per request

Game Cocks PhP100.00 per head per request

H. Stockyard Fee/Coral Fee

Large animals a. Cattle PhP20.00 per head per day b. Carabao/Ostrich PhP20.00 per head per day

Small animals a. Hogs PhP10.00 per head per day b. Goats PhP10.00 per head per day c. Chicken PhP10.00 per head per day

I. Emergency Slaughtering Fee

a. Cattle PhP1000.00 per head b. Carabao/Ostrich PhP1000.00 per head c. Hog PhP500.00 per head d. Goat/Sheep PhP500.00 per head Section 21 . Article K. Slaughter Fees under Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows: -Xxx-

Section 5K.12. Prohibited Acts – [No amendment] -Xxx-

Section 5K.12.A. Additional Prohibited Acts and Penalties It shall be unlawful for any person, natural or juridical, corporation or cooperative or any similar institution to commit the following prohibited acts: Prohibited Acts Administrative Fines 1ST Offense 2nd Offense 3rd Offense and succeeding offense(s)

1. Slaughters any food animal or PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00 prepares meat in any place other than and confiscation and confiscation the Municipal Slaughterhouse, except of meat products of meat products when there is compliance with the provisions of this Ordinance.

2. Slaughters food animals which have PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00 not been submitted for ante-mortem and confiscation and confiscation inspection, or stores, transports or sells of meat products. of meat products. carcasses or any part thereof, including organs or parts thereof, which have not been previously inspected and passed or have been found upon inspection to be unsafe, unwholesome and unfit for human consumption.

3. Violates of any hygienic rules and PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00 regulations in the slaughterhouse as prescribed in Section 5K.12 Prohibited Acts under Article K. Slaughter Fees of Ordinance No. 2016-14 and in this Ordinance.

4. Handles and prepares food animals PhP1,500.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00 without securing the necessary registration and 15 days and 1 month and revocation of and accreditation. suspension of suspension of the Accreditation of the Accreditation the Accreditation Meat Handlers of Meat Handlers of Meat Handlers Handlers and Other and Other Meat and Other Meat Meat Workers Workers Workers

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confiscation of confiscation of meat products and meat products and suspension of closure of business business operation establishment and for 15 days revocation of business permit

9. Alters or modifies of any meat and meat products PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00, to defraud the customers confiscation of , confiscation of confiscation of meat products meat products and meat products suspension of and closure of business operation business establishment for 15 days and revocation of business permit

10. Operates without securing Veterinary Inspection PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00, Certificate (VIC) and suspension confiscation of meat of business operation products and for 15 days closure of business establishment and revocation of business permit

Section 5K.12.B. Meat Inspection Service Development Trust Fund

1. A Meat Inspection Service Development Trust Fund shall be created and shall derive its source of funds from fifteen (15%) percent of the total amount of ante-mortem fees, stockyard fees, post mortem fees, and charges from administrative fines. Such funds shall be used for the improvement and development of the Municipal Slaughterhouse and its facilities, and shall cover all veterinary and other forms of assistance and support to the livestock sector.

The Meat Inspection Service Development Trust Fund shall be broken down as follows:

a. 50% - Improvement/upgrading of slaughterhouse facilities

b. 50% - Strengthening of the Municipal Meat Inspection Services, including capability buildings and payment of legal fees, such as the following:

i. Establishment of laboratory facilities for the Municipal Veterinary Services; and ii. Additional emergency funds for animal disease outbreak; All unexpected sum of money shall accrue as savings of Meat Inspection Service Development Trust Fund.

2. The Meat Inspection Service Development Trust Fund shall be implemented after the Municipal Slaughterhouse is categorized and accredited by the National Meat Inspection Service (NMIS) as double “A”.

Section 22. Section 5K.14. Penalty of Article K. Slaughter Fees under Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows: -XxxSection 5K.14. Penalty . Violation of any provision of this Article is punishable by imprisonment for a period of six months or a fine of Five Thousand Pesos (PhP5,000.00) or both in the discretion of the court of competent jurisdiction.

-XxxSection 23 . Article K. Slaughter Fees under Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows: -XxxSection 5K.14. Penalty. -XxxSection 5K.14.A. Judicial Action

1. If the person who was issued a citation ticket for violating of any provision of this Ordinance fails to pay or settle his or her the administrative fine(s) imposed in the citation ticket within seven (7) working days from issuance thereof, the appropriate case shall be filed against the such person in proper courts.

Section 24 . Section 5L.01. Imposition of Fee under Article L. Environment Protection Fee of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5L.01 Imposition of Fee . The following fees for environmental protection shall be imposed and collected by the Municipal Treasurer to all residential, non-commercial, business establishments operating in the Municipality of Opol through proper recommendation of the MENRO:

Special Request: Large quantities of garbage from private entities made requested to be disposed by the MENRO at the rate of: 8 tons and below a. 10kms. below b. in excess of 10km additional P 200 per kilometer PhP 1,100.00 per haul

Upon Special request for reasons acceptable to the MENRO, the Municipal garbage vehicles may enter within the compound premises of an industrial or commercial establishment to collect the garbage thereat: Provided, that the concerned party shall pay an additional P 200.00 per month over and above the fees schedule in the Regular Garbage Fees of this Code and provided further that such garbage or refuse shall be placed in appropriate containers.

Market Garbage Fee: Stallholders and temporary vendors of the public market shall be levied a garbage fee equivalent to ten percent (10%) of the stall rentals or cash tickets, as the case may be.

Bulky Lumber and Weeds: The cutting of plants, foliage, lumber wastes and similar bulky refuse or any solid waste considered extraordinary may be disposed of by the MENRO provided that a special garbage fee shall be levied, thus:

8 tons and below a. 10kms. below b. in excess of 10km additional P 200 per kilometer PhP 1,100.00 per haul

Regular Garbage Fees:

Commercial and Industrial Garbage Fees shall be levied and collected during the renewal of Business Permit and shall accrue to the Municipality of Opol not later than 20th of January of each year according to the schedule provided below: Amount of Fee

Amusement Places: PhP

Amusement Centers and Establishments per contrivance 110.00 Mahjong, per table 220.00

Billiard and pool ball per table 220.00

Circuses, carnivals & the like (Pakyaw/Season) 3,300.00

Cockpits 4,400.00

Gymnasium/physical fitness 1,100.00

Membership clubs, Association/Organization

Servicing foods, with lodging facilities 2,700.00

Servicing foods, without lodging facilities 2,200.00

Cocktail Lounge/Beer Gardens/KTV Bars/Sing-Along 2,200.00 Beauty parlors & barbershops 660.00

Beach Resorts or other similar establishments: PhP

2,700.00

1,760.00

Financial Institutions: PhP

5. Transports or delivers meat and meat

PhP1,500.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00 products without the necessary permits, and confiscation and confiscation licenses and certificates from the proper of meat products Of meat products authorities.

6. Uses of Private meat delivery vehicles

PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.0 without securing the necessary registration and accreditation or uses of any private vehicles other than trucks, vans, jeepneys, tricycles and other vehicles of similar type which are considered as Private meat delivery vehicles.

7. Violates of the provisions on proper and PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 PhP5,000.00 hygienic meat handling and suspension and closure of of business businesse operation for 15 stablishment days and automatic revocation of business permit.

8. Sells meat and meat products without the PhP2,000.00 PhP3,000.00 and PhP5,000.00 and

Electric Power Companies: PhP

Main Office 9,000.00 Branch Offices 6,600.00 Each Substation 2,200.00

Gasoline Service Filling Station: PhP

1) Area More than 500 sq. m. or more 1,760.00 400 sq. m. or more but less than 500 sq. m. 1,540.00 300 sq. m. or more but less than 400 sq. m. 1,320.00 Less than 300 sq. m. 1,100.00

2) Refilling, Curbs Pumps & Filling Station PhP660.00

Private Hospitals and Medical Clinics with Bed capacity of: PhP

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More than 300

2,500.00 per quarter

151 to 300 2,000.00 per quarter 101 to 150 1,500.00 per quarter 100 below but above 25 1,000.00 per quarter Less than 25 500.00 per quarter

Animal hospitals and others 500.00 per quarter

Hotels, Motels, Apartments, Pension Inns, Drive Inns, Boarding Houses, Lodging Houses, Dormitories, Dwellings & Other Spaces for Lease or Rent Per room

Single Bed PhP200.00

Double Bed PhP300.00 Suite PhP400.00 Dorm Type PhP500.00

Institutions of Learning

Private Universities, Colleges, Schools, education or vocational institutions based on the total semestral enrollment as follows: PhP

3,001 students or more 7,000.00 2,001 to 3,000 students 6,000.00 1,001 to 2,000 students 5,000.00 301 to 1,000 students 4,000.00 100 to 300 students 3,000.00 100 students below 1,500.00

Liquefied Petroleum:

Gas dealers: PhP

Marketer

2,200.00 Dealer 1,100.00 Retailer 450.00

Market Stall holders:

Public Market Stall: (each stall) PhP

Fruit/vegetable 300.00 Sari-sari 300.00 Fish/Meat 300.00

Cooked Food, Carenderia & Take Out Counters 450.00

Transient Vendors PhP300.00 Private Market (each stall) PhP300.00

Media Facilities: PhP

Newspapers, books or magazine publication 2,200.00

Radio Station 2,200.00

Radio Transmitter 500.00

TV Station 2,200.00

TV Transmitter 500.00

Telegram Facilities, Cable & Wireless Communication Companies, etc.

Main Office PhP4,400.00

Every branch/station thereof PhP2,200.00

Telephone Company: Every branch/station thereof PhP6,600.00

Terminal Garage for Bus, Taxi and other Public Utility Vehicles except those used for home garage PhP

1,000 sq. meters or more 3,300.00 700 sq. meter or more but less than 1,000 sq. meters 2,700.00 500 sq. meters or more but less than 700 sq. meters 2,200.00 300 sq. meters or more but less than 500 sq. meters 1,800.00 Less than 300 sq. meters 1,400.00

Peddlers, ambulant vendors without however recognizing their legal status except Delivery Van or Truck PhP20.00 per sukay

Administration Offices, Display Office and/or Offices of Profession PhP500.00

Private Warehouse or Bodega: PhP

1,000 sq. meter or more 4,000.00 per quarter 500 sq. meters or more but less than 1,000 sq. meters 3,000.00 per quarter 300 sq. meters or more but less than 500 sq. meters 2,000.00 per quarter

Less than 300 sq. meters 1,500.00 per quarter

All others business and services, agencies not specifically mentioned above:

Manufacturers, Producers, Processors and Growers:

Factory with an aggregate area of PhP

10,000.00 per quarter

More than 1000 sq. meters

500 sq. meters or more but less than 1000 sq. meters 9,000.00 per quarter 400 sq. meters or more but less than 500 sq. meters 8,000.00 per quarter 300 sq. meters or more but less than 400 sq. meters 7,000.00 per quarter 200 sq. meters or more but less than 300 sq. meters 6,000.00 per quarter 100 sq. meters or more but less than 200 sq. meters 3,000.00 per quarter 50 sq. meters or more but less than 100 sq. meters 2,000.00 per quarter

Less than 50 sq. meters 1,000.00 per quarter

2. Exporters/Importers

PhP 4,500.00

3. Brewers, Distillers, Compounders and Rectifiers with an aggregate area of: PhP

10,000.00 per quarter

More than 500 sq. meters

400 sq. meters or more but less than 500 sq. meters 9,000.00 per quarter 300 sq. meters or more but less than 400 sq. meters 8,000.00 per quarter

200 sq. meters or more but less than 300 sq. meters 7,000.00 per quarter

100 sq. meters or more but less than 200 sq. meters 6,000.00 per quarter

50 sq. meters or more but less than 100 sq. meters 3,000.00 per quarter 25 sq. meters or more but less than 50 sq. meters 2,000.00 per quarter

Less than 25 sq. meters 1,000.00 per quarter

4. Owners or Operators of Business Establishments Rendering Services as mentioned in Section 2A.02 (G) under Article A. Business Tax of the Revised Revenue Code of Opol, Misamis Oriental 2016, with an aggregate area of: PhP

More than 500 sq. meters

4,500.00

400 sq. meters or more but less than 500 sq. meters 4,000.00

300 sq. meter or more but less than 400 sq. meters 3,500.00

200 sq. meters or more but less than 300 sq. meters 3,000.00 100 sq. meters or more but less than 200 sq. meters 2,500.00 50 sq. meters or more but less than 100 sq. meters 2,000.00 25 sq. meters or more but less than 50 sq. meters 1,500.00

Less than 25 sq. meters 1000.00

5. Other Contractor/Business Establishments engaged in rendering services, printers and publishers with an aggregate area of:

More than 500 sq. meters

100 sq. meters or more but less than 200 sq. meters 2,500.00

50 sq. meters or more but less than 100 sq. meters 2,000.00

25 sq. meters or more but less than 50 sq. meters 1,500.00 Less than 25 sq. meters 1000.00

Other Businesses:

Persons or firms engaged in any kind of business not enumerated herein shall pay the following environment protection fee on the combined gross sales or receipts for the preceding calendar year covering all kinds of taxable business or trade conducted within each establishment in a single location thus:

PhP

P 5,001.00 to P 10,000.00 300.00 10,001.00 to 20,000.00 400.00 20,001.00 to 50,000.00 700.00 50,001.00 to 250,000.00 1,500.00 250,001.00 to 500,000.00 3,000.00 500,001.00 to 1,000,000.00 4,000.00 1,000,001.00 to 2,000,000.00 5,000.00

For every P 500,000.00 or fraction thereof in excess of P 2,000,000.00 (plus) 1,500.00

6. Retailers: 1000 square meter or more

PhP

4,500.00

400 sq. meters or more but less than 500 sq. meters 4,000.00 300 sq. meter or more but less than 400 sq. meters 3,500.00 200 sq. meters or more but less than 300 sq. meters 3,000.00

PhP3,000.00

500 square meter but less than 1000 square meter PhP2,500.00

200 square meter but less than 500 square meter PhP2,000.00

100 square meter but less than 200 square meter PhP1,500.00

50 square meter but less than 100 square meter PhP1000.00

25 square meter but less than 50 square meter PhP500.00 less than 25 square meter PhP300.00

Water Craft Company : Main / Branch Office PhP10,000.00

Residential and Non-Commercial Buildings: Owners of all types of houses having assessed valuations as enumerated hereunder shall be levied the corresponding garbage fees during payment of real property taxes as hereunder enumerated: PhP

Below P 175,000.00 but less than P 250,000.00 150.00

P 250,000.00 or more but less than P 500,000.00 300.00

P 500,000.00 or more but less than P 750,000.00 500.00

P 1,000,000.00 or more but less than P 2,500,000.00 1000.00

P 2,500,000.00 and above (P1M or fraction thereof) plus 1500.00

A monthly fee of PhP50.00 shall be collected from every household whose dwelling place does not fall under the above-mentioned category.

For those fees required to be paid quarterly, the applicants may opt to pay the total amount of annual fee during the renewal of Business Permit and they shall be entitled to a ten percent (10%) discount on the annual fee paid.

Section 25 . Section 5O.02. Imposition of Rental Fees under Article O. Rentals Charges for the Use of LGU Heavy Equipment of Chapter V – Municipal Charges is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5O.02. Imposition of Rental Fees . There shall be collected of the following rental fees for the use of the heavy equipment owned by the Local Government Unit of Opol to persons, natural or juridical, other agencies of the government and/or private. There shall be collected the following rental fees from persona, natural or juridical, leasing per equipment. Amount of Rent

Bulldozer/hour PhP2,500.00 Road Roller/hour [No amendment] Road Grader/hour [No amendment] Pay Loader/hour [No amendment] Backhoe/hour [No amendment] Dump Truck/Load

Limestone PhP250.00 per cu.m with minimum load of 6 cu.m Ordinary Soil PhP200.00 per cu.m with minimum load of 6 cu.m Fuel shall be included in the leased dump truck/load provided that the dump truck/load shall traverse exclusively within midland barangays of Opol, specifically in Barangay Patag to NGCP Sub-Station and Barangay Malanang to New Opol Government Center and vice versa, and including the coastal barangays of Opol, specifically in Barangay Luyong Bonbon to Barangay Barra boundaries and vice versa.

An additional fuel expense shall be charged to the client depending on the distance outside midland and coastal barangays of Opol.

The rental fee for 12 to 14 cubic meter dump truck shall be amounting to PhP1,500.00 per hour exclusive of fuel which shall be shouldered by the client. For mini dump truck, an amount of PhP1,000.00 per hour shall be paid as rental fee by the client exclusive of fuel. Prime Mover with Low Bed Trailer

A minimum rental rate of PhP5,000.00 shall be paid for one-way mobilization exclusively within the coastal barangays of Opol, specifically on the highway, provincial roads and diversion roads in Barangays Barra and Luyong Bonbon and vice versa, and including midland barangays of Opol, specifically on provincial road in Barangay Patag to NGCP Sub-Station and Barangay Malanang to New Opol Government Center and vice versa.

An additional fee of PhP500 per kilometer shall apply for the first 50 kilometers and PhP400 per kilometer shall be paid to the succeeding kilometers traversed thereafter.

Farm Tractor

Disc Plow PhP5,500.00 per hectare inclusive of fuel Disc Harrow PhP3,500.00 per hectare inclusive of fuel

The leased farm tractor with disc plow or disc harrow shall be used only within the areas of coastal barangays, and midland barangays of Opol, specifically in areas of Barangay Patag to NGCP Sub-Station and Barangay Malanang to New Opol Government Center and vice versa. Otherwise, additional charges shall be imposed upon the lessor depending in the areas outside coastal and midland barangays of Opol.

Self-Loading Boom Truck

Self-loading Truck:

A minimum rental rate of PhP5,000.00 shall be paid for one-way mobilization exclusively within the coastal barangays of Opol, specifically on the highway, provincial roads and diversion roads in Barangays Barra and Luyong Bonbon and vice versa, and including midland barangays of Opol, specifically on provincial road in Barangay Patag to NGCP Sub-Station and Barangay Malanang to New Opol Government Center and vice versa.

An additional fee of PhP500 per kilometer shall apply for the first 50 kilometers and PhP400 per kilometer shall be paid to the succeeding kilometers traversed thereafter.

Boom Truck:

A rental rate of PhP12,000.00 per day shall be charged for the lease of boom truck.

The leased farm tractor with disc plow or disc harrow shall be used only within the areas of coastal barangays, and midland barangays of Opol, specifically in areas of Barangay Patag to NGCP Sub-Station and Barangay Malanang to New Opol Government Center and vice versa. Otherwise, additional charges shall be imposed upon the lessor depending in the areas outside coastal and midland barangays of Opol.

Section 26 . Separability Clause. – If any section of this Ordinance is declared unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity and effectivity of the other sections thereof.

Section 26. Effectivity – This Ordinance shall take effect immediately after its publication.

-Approved –

I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance. This is to certify further that this Ordinance remains effective and has not been amended, revoked, or suspended.

Invitation to Bid for the Sale thru Public Auction

The City Government of Cagayan de Oro, through the Committee on Disposal, intends to dispose various unserviceable equipment and vehicles by selling thru public auction on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis.

The City Government of Cagayan de Oro now invites bids for:

Bidding will be conducted through open competitive bidding procedures to determine the highest tender or offer.

Interested bidders may obtain further information from the Committee on Disposal thru its Secretariat at the City General Services Office, City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City and inspect the unserviceable equipment and vehicles at the above said locations from December 26-29, 2022 during official working hours.

Bid Forms may be acquired by interested Bidders from the Committee on Disposal thru its Secretariat not later than 5:00 PM of December 29, 2022.

Submission and opening of Bids shall be on January 11, 2023 at 2:00 PM at the Office of the Bids and Awards Committee, 3rd Floor, Administrative Bldg., City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City. Bids will be opened in the presence of the bidder’s representatives who choose to attend. Late bids shall not be accepted. Bid tender or offer must be accompanied by bidder’s bond in cash or cashier’s check in an amount equivalent to at least ten percent (10%) of the Total Minimum Selling Price or Floor Price.

The City Government of Cagayan de Oro reserves the right to accept or reject any bid, to annul the bidding process, and to reject all bids at any time prior to award, without thereby incurring any liability to the affected bidder or bidders.

(SGD) ROXANNE MAE A. RAVIDAS Acting City General Services Officer

0917-712-1424 • 0947-893-5776

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RTWPB-X WELCOMES NEW SECTORAL REPRESENTATIVES AND CONDUCTS A YEAR-END FELLOWSHIP AND STAKEHOLDERS’ RECOGNITION PROGRAM

The RTWPB-X welcomes two new sectoral representatives with the appointment of Ms. Vivien M. Lawansa as Management Representative and Mr. Limuel R. Oliverio as Labor Representative. The representation of the Board is now complete, together with the re-appointment of Mr. Arsenio L. Sebastian III as Management Representative and Mr. Milbert M. Macarambon as Labor Representative.

The four Board Members’ appointment letter was signed by the President of the Philippines, Hon. Ferdinand R. Marcos last 11 November 2022. They were inducted and took their oath of office before DOLE Secretary Hon. Bienvenido E. Laguesma last 1 December 2022 at the DOLE Central Office, Manila.

This is pursuant to RA 6727 or the Wage Rationalization Act, that the Board is composed of the Regional Director of DOLE as Chairperson, the Regional Directors of NEDA and DTI as Vice Chairpersons and two members each from workers and employers sector representative appointed by the President of the Philippines for a term of five years.

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The RTWPB-X also successfully conducted their Year-End Fellowship and Stakeholders Recognition Program: a Handog Pasasalamat Christmas Gathering last December 15, 2022 at Cucina Higala, Cagayan de Oro City.

It was a momentous and joyous occasion for the Board to convene and celebrate the achievements of the office and recognize the support and contribution of our valued partners and stakeholders.

It was graced by former Board Members, namely Atty. Alan Macaraya (former Chairperson, DOLEX), Atty. Johnson Canete (former Chairperson, DOLE-X), Ms. Casimira Balandra (former Vice Chairperson, NEDA-X), and Rev. Prudencio Plaza Jr (former Employer Representative); and stakeholders and partners from the DOLE-X Provincial Heads, NCMB, PSA, PIA PESO –LGUs and Iligan Chamber.