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Senators back PBBM declaration Cha-cha not priority

By WILNARD BACELONIA

MANILA – Senators welcomed on Tuesday President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.’s pronouncement that he does not see Charter Change

Maguindanao Sur election officer killed in ambush

By FERDINANDH B. CABRERA MindaNews

COTABATO CITY—The election officer of the municipality of Sultan sa Barongis in Maguindanao del Sur was killed in an ambush while on his way home Monday afternoon.

Election officer Haviv Macabangen Maindan died after he suffered multiple gunshot wounds, according to lawyer Udtog Tago, provincial director of the Commission on Elections in Maguindanao.

The ambush took place 2:30 p.m. in Purok Libas, Barangay Pinguiaman, Lambayong, Sultan Kudarat province. Lambayong, although in another province, is situated between the municipalities of Sultan sa Barongis and Buluan (where

(Cha-cha) as a priority even as several lawmakers push to amend the Constitution.

Senate Majority leader Joel Villanueva said there are laws already in place to

attract more foreign investors and the Senate itself is doing more work to improve the country’s economy.

Villanueva said the senators need to study the effects

of amendment to the Retail Trade Liberalization Act, Foreign Investments Act, and Public Services Act to encourage more foreign direct investments.

“Tuloy lang po tayo sa trabaho dito sa Senado at kasama po dyan ang mga pagdinig sa (We just continue the work here in the Senate and this includes

hearings on) Committee on Constitutional Amendments,” he said in a statement.

Meanwhile, Senator

IBP National Convention to boost Davao tourism

By RUDOLPH IAN ALAMA

DAVAO CITY (PIA) - The Integrated Bar of the Philippines 19th National Convention which will be held on Feb. 16-18, 2023 at the SMX Convention Center in Davao City will boost tourism in the city and the other localities in Davao region.

“Definitely the national convention is good for domestic tourism kasi lahat ng hotels natin even yung boutique hotels puno na siya (all our hotels, even the boutique hotels are all

See BACK , page 11 See AMBUSH , page 11

See BOOST , page 11

Vloggers of seized wild birds in SoCot yet to be charged with criminal raps

By BONG S. SARMIENTO MindaNews

KORONADAL CITY –

The Department of Environment and Natural Resources – Region 12 (DENR-12) has yet to file criminal charges against several vloggers in South Cotabato who allegedly hunted or trapped wild birds for content creation on social media, an official said Monday.

One of the wild birds allegedly caught by vloggers in Tampakan, South Cotabato.

DHSUD-Davao conducts seminar workshop

DAVAO CITY – The Department of Human Settlements and Urban Development, Region XI (DHSUD XI) conducted the first seminar workshop on risk-sensitive comprehensive land use on February 6-10, 2023, at the Fair Crown Suites, Aguho St., Davao City.

The said activity was also made possible with the support by the Environmental,

Vilma Santos cries when ask about her son’s alleged involvement in investment scam

By JOEL CALAMBA ESCOL Managing Editor

MANILA, PhilippinesActress-turned politician Vilma Santos-Recto went emotional when asked by Boy Abunda on her son’s involvement in the alleged investment scam.

Santos said she knew her son as a generous man and not a scammer. “Ang anak ko tumutulong, hindi nangloloko. Kaya yung mga nagsasalita, naghuhusga sa kanya, dahan-dahan lang kayo. Walang ibang nakakakilala sa anak ko kundi ako.”

The veteran actress re -

vealed her emotion and shed tears during the television episode of “Fast Talk with Boy Abunda” now aired by GMA network.

“Diyos ko. Oh Lord, oh my God… At this point, it’s just asking for guidance not even for myself but for my children. Ako na lang. Huwag ang anak ko, ako na lang,” Vilma Santos said.

SUBPOENA ISSUED

Actor Luis Manzano was issued a subpoena by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in relation to his reported involvement in the alleged Flex Fuel investment scam.

Japan airs ‘serious concerns’ over China’s laser use in Ayungin

By JOYCE ANN L. ROCAMORA

MANILA – The Japanese Embassy in Manila on Tuesday expressed “serious concerns” over the latest developments in the South China Sea, the recent of which involved a Chinese Coast Guard (CCG) vessel harassing a Filipino ship by pointing a military-grade laser at it near Ayungin Shoal.

In a tweet accompanied by the link to the Department of Foreign Affairs’ (DFA) statement condemning the CCG move, Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Kazuhiko Koshikawa called on all states to respect the international law of the sea.

“We express serious

Publication Notice

R.A. 10172

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Republic of the Philippines

OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Province of South Cotabato

Municipality of Polomolok

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

Date: February 7, 2023

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1, Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby serve to the public that RASEL CARNALNA ESNARDO has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of the Child’s sex from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of RASEL CARNALNA ESNARDO born on FEBRUARY 4, 1975 at POLOMOLOK SOUTH COTABATO and whose parents are ALEJANDRO MADRONA ESNARDO and ELPEDIA CARNALNA

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 17, 2023

(Sgd.) JANE F. BARRIENTOS Municipal Civil Registrar

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Province: South Cotabato Municipality: Polomolok

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R. A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that RICARDO VENTURA MORADAS has filed with this office a petition for change of first name from “ RIC ” to “ RICARDO ” in the (first name to be changed) (new first name to be adopted) birth certificate of RIC VENTURA MORADAS who was born on (complete name of document owner)

MAY 3, 1970 at POLOMOLOK SOUTH COTABATO and whose parents are (complete date of birth) (place of birth) DEMETRIO BATIANCILA MORADAS and ERODITA MENDOZA VENTURA (name of father) (name of mother)

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than FEBRUARY 24, 2023

(Sgd.) JANE F. BARRIENTOS Municipal Civil Registrar

It was the Criminal Intelligence Division of the NBI who issued the said subpoena. This after, fifteen overseas Filipino workers (OFW) have formally filed their complaints to the NBI office in Manila. But it was learned that there were 40 complainants in the country.

According to a report aired by GMA News, a complainant named “Leo” invested over a million after they saw the actor act as the speaker and presented the marketing plan of Flex Fuel company.

“Pumasok po sa aming Zoom meeting si Luis Man-

zano at nagpakilalang owner at chairman ng Flex Fuel. Ito raw po ay isang lifetime business, pandemic business kaya po napakaganda po. Ako po ay nagloan sa bangko upang mapadala po sa Flex Fuel para po sa investment. At ng April 22, 2022, makalipas ang anim na buwan, wala pa rin po silang natatayo na gasoline station. Kahit isa,” Leo told the media in an interview.

Earlier, another complainant Jinky Sta. Isabel claimed she invested P3.9 million. But Sta Isabel said they are willing to drop

DA seizes P202.5-M smuggled agri-fishery products in January

By MARITA MOAJE

MDN: Feb 9 & 16, 2023

R.A 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines

Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that DESIREE Y. VILLANUEVA 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 XXX DESIRE XXXXX VELASQUEZ XXXXX YAÑEZ who was born on 14 APRIL 1972 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are ROSALINA T. VELASQUEZ and REYNALDO R. YAÑEZ

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

MDN: Feb 16 & 23, 2023

R.A. 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANALOU E. QUILONGQUILONG 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 ANALOU JADULCO EBASAN who was born on 12 DECEMBER 1991 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are TEOFILA A. JADULCO and NEMESIO B. EBASAN

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than February 2023 (Sgd.)

MANILA

– A total of PHP202.5 million worth of smuggled agri-fishery products were seized by the Department of Agriculture (DA) in separate operations at the Manila International Container Port (MICP) in January alone.

In a press release issued on Tuesday, DA said the seized products were contained in 24 container vans consigned to Asterzenmed Inc. and Seaster Consumer Goods Trading Inc.

It said the confiscated goods were either misdeclared or misclassified.

The multi-million worth of smuggled agricultural products by consignee Asterzenmed Inc. were discov-

ered in several operations while nine of the 24 container vans containing fresh red and white onions with a total estimated market value of PHP77.8 million belonged to Seaster Consumer Goods.

On Jan. 23, three containers found to be carrying fresh yellow onions, red onions, potatoes and roasted sweet potatoes with an estimated market value of PHP24.4 million were seized by authorities.

This was followed by the confiscation of three more containers loaded with red onions, imitation crab stick, and frozen boneless beef, with a total estimated market value of PHP31

R.A Form no. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Lanao del Norte

Municipality: Sultan Naga Dimaporo -oOo-

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that ISNAIRAH AMPASO MUSA , has filed with this office a petition (Complete name of the Petitioner) for Correction of Clerical Error “CHANGE OF FIRST NAME” from “ INTISHAR ” to “ ISNAIRAH ”. In the Certificate of Live Birth of “ INTISHAR AMPASO MUSA ” (Complete name of document owner) who was born on 01 JANUARY 1998 at BAUYAN, SULTAN NAGA DIMAPORO, LANAO DEL NORTE . and whose parents are: GOBER TAGO MUSA and (Name of Father) INSANA TIANA AMPASO (Name of Mother) Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 15 days.

(Sgd.) JOCELYN R. COLORADA Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Feb 16 & 23, 2023

R.A. 10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office City of Iligan

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that MALO B. CANOY 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 MALO BONGAT CANOY who was born on 2 AUGUST 1990 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are LORETA L. BONGAT and MAXIMO P. CANOY

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than MARCH 2023 (Sgd.)

SUMMONED. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. summons Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian to Malacañang on Tuesday (Feb 14, 2023) over a laserpointing incident by the Chinese Coast Guard at the Ayungin Shoal on Feb. 6, 2023. The Department of Foreign Affairs said the “acts of aggression” are both “disturbing and disappointing.” ( P hoto court E sy of th

‘Honesty cart’ boosts values formation at Pampanga school

By ZORAYDA TECSON

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga –

An “honesty cart” was put up in a public high school in Lubao town, this province to boost values formation among students.

The move is in line with the Department of Education’s (DepEd) program dubbed “Project Watch” which aims to restore and strengthen the values of punctuality and honesty among the youth.

Teachers Jazmine Rose Abellana and Roselle Aguilar of Remedios National High School

came up with the idea of putting up the “Honesty Cart or Honing One’s Sense of Truthfulness

Through Buying and Selling in Cart” inside their campus to promote a culture of honesty and integrity among students.

“The advocacy of our project is to teach students the virtue of honesty,” the mentors said during the DepEd’s news program here on Tuesday.

School principal Jeanie Lintag said they are happy to come up with the project.

“Dito sa amin school, masaya kami na pati ang

Significance of EduTech

By: RACHEL D. ABATAYO DepEd – Tangub City

As evolution in technology drive globalization and digital conversion, teachers find ways to improve learners’ engagement using the technology tools and help learners obtain the necessary skills to thrive in the careers of the future.

The present pandemic is signifying why online education should be a vital part of teaching and learning by integrating technology into existing curricula. Schools have become aware of the importance of technology and advanced equipment in revitalizing the educational process.

The effective use of digital learning tools in classrooms can upsurge learners’ engagement which enables them to acquire new skills and knowledge, makes learning and research easy, improves mental and physical health, creates awareness of new advancement in technology and helps them build essential 21st century skills. It also helps teachers improve their lesson plans, provides access to a wide range of teaching and learning materials, facilitate personalized leaning and become innovative in generating new ideas that can make earners

mga magulang ay supportive sa proyektong ito (Here in our school, we are happy that parents are also supportive to this project),” Lintag said.

Patterned after the Honesty Café in the province of Batanes, the cart is left unattended and student-buyers are expected to voluntarily leave their payment for the items they are getting.

Among the available merchandise at the “Honesty Cart” are candies, biscuits, mineral water and school supplies such as pencils, ball pens, crayons and pad paper, among others. ( PNA )

DOH sends doctors-to-the-barrios to Ilocos Region

By HILDA AUSTRIA

excited about learning new concept.

Virtual classrooms, video, and other technology tools can not only make class livelier, they can also create more comprehensive learning environments that foster collaboration. It enables teachers to collect data on learners’ performance.

Therefore, educational technology has a significant role in today’s educational system. Using communication technologies to share and receive information makes an engaging situation that promotes effective teaching and learning. Numerous application that supports internet learning have made teachers’ work more reachable and better than ever because they can easily interact with their learners and share knowledge with the use of digital media.

DepEd should appreciate the significance of education technology in refining teaching and learning process. Therefore, they should provide monetary support and allow teachers to integrate new technologies in the classroom.

Adopting new technology will aid teachers to engage learners in innovative, exceptional, and exciting ways.

The Importance of Sports Activities in Schools

By: MAIDY S. OBAD Teacher- 3 Antero U. Roa Central School District-7 Ozamiz City Division

Sports activities offered at school are an excellent way for students to develop their personalities. Knowing oneself, learning to conform, and even understanding what it takes to be a good sportsperson are just a few of the many goals that the Department of Education wishes to instill in its students. Nonetheless, all of this helps to ensure that every Filipino learner achieves exceptional physical, mental, emotional, and social well-being.

In general, sports activities help students improve their physical fitness. They help to achieve coordination, balance, and flexibility by strengthening the bones and improving the muscles. Sports also improve stamina

and concentration, as well as aid in the treatment of depression and anxiety.

Basically, young ones are more active in dealing with tasks in every undertaking. In sports, pupils can participate in a variety of activities at their levels. These include athletic meets, Physical Education (PE) games, and similar activities in which students participate in ball games, swimming, chess, athletics, board games, and other activities.

Engaging in sports has its relationship towards learning. It has positive impact not only to the physical aspect of one individual; in reality it has more positive effects on mental, emotional and social aspects of one’s life.

MALASIQUI,

Pangasinan –

The Department of Health (DOH) has deployed seven doctors who graduated from the Doctors to the Barrios (DTTB) Program to several provinces of the Ilocos Region to give health care services to depressed, marginalized and underserved communities.

“These medical doctors will be responsible for implementing the national and local health programs. They will conduct regular medical consultations and referral of critical cases to appropriate health facilities,” said DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco in a statement on Tuesday.

Three of the seven

DTTBs were deployed in Ilocos Norte province, two in Ilocos Sur, and two in La Union, based on the list of priority areas without

Sex education in conservative view

By: LORIJANE T. GUMAHIN Teacher III Balingasag Central School Balingasag Central District Division of Misamis Oriental

The goal of sexuality education is to increase and improve young people’s capacity to make thoughtful decisions about their relationships, sexuality, and overall emotional and physical well-being. Children and teenagers are not encouraged to have sex because of sexuality education.

Sexuality education delivered within a safe and enabling learning environment and alongside access to health services has a positive and life-long effect on the health and well-being of young people.

Studies in various European nations have demonstrated that the implementation of comprehensive national programs for sexuality education has decreased the number of adolescent pregnancies and abortions as well as a drop in the prevalence of HIV infection and STIs among young persons aged 15 to 24. Beyond that, sexuality education can enable young people to build deeper and more lasting relationships by boosting confidence and enhancing skills to handle various obstacles.

The expression of sexuality and sexual behavior are influenced by social standards and gender inequalities. Many young women lack sufficient

control or power in their romantic relationships. On the other hand, young males may experience peer pressure to act in ways that conform to male sexual norms and partake in manipulative or dangerous actions. A high-quality sexuality education can help avoid abuse and promote mutual respect and consensual relationships by having a beneficial influence on attitudes and values and by balancing power dynamics in intimate relationships.

In the Philippines, sex education is not totally implemented due to some issues being a conservation nation. However, the Department of Education (DepEd) has rolled out a Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) K to 12 Curriculum Guide starting with Regions 1, 7, and 11 — regions with the supposed highest rate of teen pregnancy. Accompanying the curriculum are DepEd teacher trainings on CSE.

The present government curriculum is still founded on conservative principles, advocates are pointing out. They would prefer to see the positive sexuality framework, a method that promotes sex as a normal and healthy aspect of life rather than something to be embarrassed, used instead.

medical doctors.

“They will fill the gap in communities that are lacking in health services,” she said.

“Through this, they will have deeper roots in public health perspective and hopefully, this will be the opportunity for them to become health advocates eventually benefiting the nation,” she added.

Aside from providing medical services, the DTTBs will develop and implement advocacy projects and strategies and conduct monitoring and evaluation of health programs, she said.

Sydiongco said they will also conduct epidemiology investigations whenever necessary and perform medico-legal cases and conduct regular medical consultations and referral of serious cases to appropriate facilities.

The Doctors to the Barrios program was created in 1993 to address the lack of doctors serving in rural

Sydiongco said through the deployment, they would be able to witness the realities of the healthcare system at the grassroots level. See SENDS , page 7

The Importance of SchoolBased In-Service Training

By: MARILOU D. LICAYAN Teacher 3 Antero U. Roa Central School District-7 Ozamiz City Division

The Department of Education (DepEd) emphasizes that the review of the K to 12 curriculum remains ongoing and the experience with Most Essential Learning Competencies (MELCs) will be used to inform and enrich the curriculum. In this post pandemic situation, there is a need to continue enhancing the professional development of teachers. Teaching strategies also shall be one of the focuses on this INSET that the teachers must acquire as we anticipate challenges in the learning delivery to produce quality learners.

One provisions of R.A No.10533 otherwise known as The Basic Education Act of 2013 is to ensure that the enhanced basic education program meets the demand of quality teachers and school leaders, thus the DepEd in collaboration with the academe and other institutions shall conduct In-Service training. It aims to retain current DepEd teachers to meet the content and performance standards

of the K to 12 Curriculum.

To ensure that learners have acquired necessary competencies, teachers must be rated using the Result-based Performance Monitoring System (RPMS) tool for it reflect the results of their performance. With this IPCRF must also be reviewed during this 5-day training.

This School-based Inservice training helped a lot in acquiring different pedagogical skills necessary in carrying out the job, upgrading teachers on different teaching strategies, working collaboratively with colleagues to review the design, selection, organization and use of effective diagnostic, formative and summative assessment strategies consistent with curriculum requirements, and many more.

Most importantly, the bond, the camaraderie among teachers and the good rapport being experienced continuously inculcated in ones pure heart where friendship never ends.

HONESTY CART. An honesty cart was put up at the Remedios National High School in Lubao town, Pampanga province to promote the value of honesty among students. The initiative is in line with Project Watch, a program of the Department of Education which aims to restore and strengthen the values of punctuality and honesty among the youth. ( P hoto court E sy of D EP E D - r E gio N 3 )

READY TO SERVE. The seven graduates of the Doctors to the Barrios Program of the Department of Health (DOH) pose with DOH Ilocos regional director Paula Paz Sydiongco (middle) in this undated photo. The graduates will be deployed in the provinces of La Union, Ilocos Norte and Ilocos Sur. ( P hoto court E sy of D oh i locos r E gio N )

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AN INTOXICATING LOVE

US musician and author Ted Gioia argues in his excellent book Music: A Subversive History (2019): “At every stage in human history, music has been a catalyst for change, challenging conventions and conveying coded messages – or, not infrequently, delivering blunt, unambiguous ones. It has given voice to individuals and groups denied access to other platforms for expression. Pop music has often been dismissed as “lightweight” given its young audience, simple snappiness and mainstream status, but those elements are really where its strength is concealed. Pop songs don’t originate themes of mental wellbeing, equality, liberty, activism – but they do transmit them to the broadest platforms possible”. Snap the radio on, zip to any station, and what are you likely to hear? Love songs. Songs of new love, songs of disappointed love, songs of grateful love, songs of

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crazy love. I still remember my time as a radio host in Davao City several years ago playing the Hits of the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Nothing has changed. Times change, but through history the flow of love songs is a constant.

Plenty of people are surprised or even shocked to find an explicit love song in the bible - complete with erotic lyrics. But “Song of Songs” is exactly that. It shows no embarrassment about lovers. Consequently, intermittent attempts have been made to rule “Song of Songs” out of the bible. It’s like making it “for adults only”. Imagine, my dear reader, in 16th century Spain for instance, professor Fray Luis de Leon was dragged out of his classroom and taken to jail for four years. His crime? He translated “Song of Songs” into Spanish.

If you start reading “Song of Songs”, you will find out that this book conveys a very different atmosphere from most modern love songs and

pop music. Since love songs are always popular, many people approach “Song of Songs” with great expectations. However, readers often find the book much different from what they had expected. One is the poetic imagery. Second: “Song of Songs” is hard to follow. One part doesn’t seem connected to the next. Try to explore the “Song of Songs”. One thing is for sure. You’ll learn a lot about the love between God and His people. +++

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Some four-score years ago during the height of the people’s struggle against British colonial rule in India, Mahatma Gandi’s “Satyagraha” (Love Force) approach to liberate his people from the clutches of Imperialism had manifested a principle that was not given much attention then but is now reverberating through-out the world. Gandhi’s simple statement was, “If man has to be saved from doom, development must be in harmony with nature and not at its expense.”

In the Philippines, we have a more precise declaration from a Lumad leader foretelling of an impending disaster if we continue on sacrificing nature in the name of so-called progress, “Only when you have cut the last tree, only when you have caught the last fish, only when you have dried the last river, only then will you realize that you cannot eat your money.”

An environmentalist from Canada has even a more horrible prediction, “At the rate we are destroying the ozone layer and the world’s resource base and subjecting to extinction some 100 species of flora and fauna every day, what seems unimaginable may become possible, which is, the end of life on Earth.”

In the light of the present ecological disasters we are now experiencing, we should now do some reflections with reference to the above-mentioned warnings that have not been taken heed-of at all. Have the loggers not decimated our forests? Have industries not treated bays and rivers as their waste pits? Have costly agricultural technologies tied-up to the use of heavy toxic chemicals not continuously promoted and practiced though there are more ecologically sustainable ways? And isn’t it that all of these were done in the name of development?

It behooves upon us now to examine the dominant paradigm, in whose name and for whose cause, advancing the common good has been pursued but has only been successful in inflicting massive destruction to the ecosystems, our very means to life. That kind of “development” is anchored on growth-at-all-cost strategies; it is extractive as it is consumerist, based on the “money-must-grow” principle.

That paradigm is now described as a giant offbalance. So as not to fall, it

must run. And in running, it destroys everything it finds in it path, i.e., rivers, bays, forests, agricultural lands, communities, indigenous cultures, etc. It continues building military arsenals capable of killing mankind forty times over. Because of it, we are now losing Mother Earth, that is, if we have not lost Her already.

That economic system oftentimes follows trickledown approach described, that as if, we allow sparrows to pick on something that has already passed the digestive tracts of cattle.

We cannot continue on pursuing the unsustainable pattern of resource exploitation that only survives by whetting the consumerist appetite that has produced a throw-away materialistic, consumerist society. The message has always been, spend, buy this, buy that, so that you will be happy.

As you spend, the economy will prosper, then, you will have more money. And because you have now money, you can buy more and more. What to buy? All that the modern technologies can offer in efficiently exploiting our

Orlan R. Ravanera

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

REGIONAL TRIAL COURT

12th Judicial Region, Branch 21 Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte Office E-mail Add: rtc21.kapatagan@gmail.com Office Tel. No. 063-227-9091

MARIA MONNETTE R. PANCIPANCI, SPL. CIVIL CASE NO. 21-140

Petitioner, FOR: DECLARATORY RELIEF AND -versus- MANDAMUS

PNP RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS

ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (RBAS , FOR SHORT) and MERLYN D. TENCHAVEZ. Respondents.

TO:

PNP RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS

ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (RBAS , FOR SHORT) Camp Crame, Quezon City

MERLYN D. TENCHAVEZ

Pakilawag, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte

G R E E T I N G S:

You are required to enter your appearance in the above-entitled case within THIRTY DAYS (30) after the service of the summons upon you, exclusive of the day of such service, and to answer the complaint of the plaintiff which is hereto attached and herewith served upon you within the time fixed by the Rules of Court. If you fail to answer within aforesaid time, the hearing will proceed for the relief applied for in said complaint.

WITNESS the HON. ALBERTO P. QUINTO, Acting Presiding Regional Trial Judge of this Court this 6th day of February, 2023 Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

ATTY. BERNARDINO M. BERING Clerk of Court VI

Republic of the Philippines SUPRME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 12th Judicial Region, Branch 21 Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte

MARIA MONNETTE R. PANCIPANCI, SPL. CIVIL CASE NO. 21-140 Petitioner, FOR: DECLARATORY RELIEF AND -versus- MANDAMUS

PNP RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (RBAS FOR SHORT) and MERLYN D. TENCHAVEZ. Respondents.

PETITION

COMES NOW, petitioner through the undersigned counsel and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully avers that:

PARTIES

1. Petitioner is of legal age, Filipino citizen, widow and a resident of Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. She may be served by this Honorable Court’s notices and other processes through the undersigned counsel with Office Address as here-under indicated;

2. Respondent PNP RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (RBAS) is a government entity with office address at ‘ Camp Crame’, Quezon City where it may be served with this Honorable Court’s notices and other processes.

3. Respondent MERLYN D. TENCHAVEZ is of legal age, Filipino citizen, single and a resident of ‘ Pakilawag, Sultan Naga Dimaporo, Lanao del Norte’ , where she may be served with summons, notices and other processes of this Honorable Court; CAUSE OF ACTION

4. Petitioner was legally married to Ret. SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ. Their marriage ceremony was celebrated sometime 12 September 2007 by the ‘Presiding Judge’, Hon. Salome P. Dungog, of RTC, Branch 35, Ozamis City. The couple, however, were not blessed with any children. Copy of their ‘ Certificate of Marriage ’ is hereto attached and marked as Annex “A” hereof;

5. Petitioner’s husband, (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ, was an officer of the ‘ Philippine National Police ’ until he retired from service sometime 08 August 2014. (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ died sometime 03 June 2021. Upon his death, the latter’s legal beneficiary is entitled for the transfer of the pensioner’s pension to him/her upon application before the PNP RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (‘RBAS’, for short), ‘ Camp Crame’, Quezon City. Petitioner applied for the said ‘ transfer of pension ’ before the afore-mentioned office.

6. Upon application, however, petitioner learned that another woman, herein respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVEZ, claiming to be the lawful wife of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ, had also applied for the said “ transfer of pension ’. Apparently, said respondent presented to the RVAS a ‘ Certificate of Marriage ’ indicating that (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and her were married to each other as early as 08 June 1982, or about 25 years prior to the marriage of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and herein petitioner. Despite said certificate being an UNSIGNED DOCUMENT, either by (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ or respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVES, RBAS admitted the same and duly considered said document in arriving at its decision respecting petitioner’s application. Said “ Certificate of Marriage ’ is hereto attached and marked as Annex “B” hereof;

7. As can be gleaned from Annex “B” also, it is indicated therein that respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVES, was only 16 years ild at the time of her alleged marriage with (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ. Consequently, her marriage with SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ was void ab initio, which was what RBAS also arrived at in its decision. Finally, respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVES is shown to have birth a child from another man which, apparently, is a ground for disqualification by a surviving spouse/wife for the ‘ transfer of pension ’ of pensioner. Accordingly, the application of said respondent was denied;

8. Unfortunately, by reason of the certificate (Annex “B”) submitted to by respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVES, the application of herein petitioner was also denied by the RBAS ratiocinating that her marriage with (ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ was also null and void for failure to secure a judicial declaration of nullity respecting the first marriage of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVEZ, as required by Article 40 of the Family Code. The “ Letter of Denial ” of RBAS, dated 10 November 2021, is attached as Annex “C” hereof;

9. Petitioner was, then, advised to secure a court order declaring her as the legal beneficiary of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ reiterating their mandate respecting claims of death benefits, which is “ Memorandum Circular No. 2014-044 ” entitled “ Guidelines and Procedures in the Issuance of Decree of Entitlement and Distribution ”, excerpt thereof is hereby quoted, to wit:

“If they discover that it is a case of “ delayed registration” or contracting parties has “ no signature ”, kindly advise the concerned claimant to secure court order

declaring that they are the legal beneficiary prior receiving and processing of their claims” Copy of the said ‘ Memorandum’ is attached in this petition as Annex “D” hereof.

10. It is the opinion of herein petitioner, however, the committed an error when it considered the UNSIGNED certificate of marriage between respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVES, and (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ, in concluding that a marriage between the latter parties subsists;

11. For all intents and purposes, such document (Annex “B”) is no more than a mere scrap of paper. It has no legal or official value whatsoever. A marriage does not suddenly exist just because an incomplete and irregular ‘ certificate of marriage ’ is submitted to the civil registrar without any participation thereto by one, in fact, even both, of the contracting parties. Notice also some other discrepancies in the said certificate which are as follows:

a) The marriage between respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVEZ, and (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ was supposedly celebrated sometime 08 June 1982 yet the ‘ Certificate of Marriage ’ (Annex “B”) form used and submitted to the civil registrar is the ‘ January 1993 Revised Form’ . It is clear that said document was belatedly submitted and registered before the civil registrar;

b) Cleverly, it was not indicated in the said document does as to when it was received by the local civil registrar concerned. It’s not even sure if it was actually received by the latter office as nothing was indicated in Annex “B” of such fact;

c) Sometime 31 July 2007, (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ applied for a CENOMAR (‘ Certificate of No Marriag e’) before the ‘ National Statistics Office ’. Said office confirmed, in a certificate, that he does not appear in the ‘ National Indices of Marriage ’ as of 31 may 2007 database. Copy of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ CENOMAR is hereto attached and marked as Annex “E” hereof. Thus, clearly, the questioned certificate of marriage (Annex “B”) was registered not earlier than 31 May 2007 notwithstanding that (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVEZ, were supposed to have been married to each other 25 years prior (1982). To reiterate, petitioner and (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ’ marriage was celebrated sometime 12 September 2007 ;

d) Finally, the marriage of (ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TANCHAVEZ, supposed to be solemnized by an RTC Judge. Considering that the respondent was still a minor at that time (16 years old), it is safe to conclude that they were not issued, and did not have, the corresponding ‘ Marriage License ’ at the time their supposed marriage. It’s appalling to think that an RTC Judge solemnized their marriage despite this absence of a mandatory requirement. Mostly likely, no marriage transpired between (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVEZ, sometime 08 June 1982, or at any time for that matter. The date/ information respecting the circumstances of the celebration of marriage filled up in the certificate of marriage (Annex “B”) of respondent, MERLYN GONZAGA TENCHAVEZ, and submitted before the civil registrar for registration, is, mostly likely, a fabricated event just so she could claim for the ‘ transfer of pension ’ of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ;

12. That unless and until the other claimant can secure a judicial declaration of the existence of marriage, if that be the case, respondent’s alleged marriage with (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ cannot be considered existing. Thus, there was no need for the latter to secure a judicial declaration of nullity of a previous marriage before his marriage with the petitioner. Obviously, you don’t have a non-existing marriage declared void as there is nothing to declare, to begin with. Thus, the grievous error committed by RBAS in denying petitioner’s application for ‘ Transfer of Pension ’;

13. The only group of heirs that may be prejudiced by this petition, and a favorable judgment thereof, are the decedent’s siblings as they are the only remaining compulsory legal heirs of the latter. Thus, they are also furnished copies of this petition; PRAYER

WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is respectfully prayed, after DUE NOTICE, POSTING, PUBLICATION and HEARING, that an ORDER be issued declaring petition, MARIA MONETTE R. PANCIPANCI, as the legal wife of (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ. Consequently, it is hereby prayed that respondent, PNP RETIREMENT AND BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION SERVICE (RBAS), be ORDERED to grant the application of herein petitioner for the ‘ transfer of pension ’ of her husband, (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ, upon compliance with the other requirements of the said office. Consequently, it is also prayed that the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority and all other pertinent government offices be ORDERED to delete in their ‘ National Indices of Marriage s’ the supposed marriage between (Ret.) SPO2 MARCOS B. RAMIREZ and respondent, MERLYN D. TENCHAVEZ.

Other reliefs just and equitable under the premises are also prayed for.

Respectfully Submitted. 26th July 2022. Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte.

SGD.

Atty. Anwar Khalid U. Maliawao

Counsel for Petitioner Roll No. 55206

PTR No. 5205832/01-31-2022/LDN

IBP NO. 206273/03-31-2022/LDN

MCLE Compliance No. VII-0014121/03-31-2022

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte/0917-633-7552/Akumaliawao2@gmail.com

Republic of the Philippines } Province of Lanao del Norte}s.s

VERIFICATION

I, MARIA MONNETE R. PANCIPANCI, Filipino, of legal age, widow, and a resident of Curvada, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, after having been sworn to in accordance with law hereby depose and state that:

1. I am the Petitioner in the above-entitled case;

2. I caused the preparation of the foregoing Petition and that all the allegations therein contained are true and correct to my own personal knowledge and based on authentic records;

3. This petition is not filled to harass, cause unnecessary delay, or needlessly increase the cost of litigation;

4. The factual allegations therein have evidentiary support or, if specifically, so identified, will likewise have evidentiary support after a reasonable opportunity for discovery;

5. That I have not commenced any other action or proceeding involving the same issues in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, Regional Trial Court or any other tribunal or agency. To the best of our knowledge, no such action or proceeding is pending in the Supreme Court. The Court of Appeals or any tribunal agency. If there is such action or proceeding that is either pending or may have been terminated, I will state the status thereof. If I should thereafter learn that a similar action or proceeding has been filed or is pending before the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals or any tribunal or agency, I will undertake to report that fact within five (5) days from said notice.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF , I have hereunto affixed my signature on this 26th July 2022 at Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte. MARIA MONNETTE R. PANCIPANCI

Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 26th July 2022 at Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte, Philippines.

SGD.

Atty. Anwar Khalid U. Maliawao

Doc No. 320; Counsel for Petitioner

Page No. 64; Roll No. 55206

Book No. LXXXIII; PTR No. 5205832/01-31-2022/LDN

Series of 2022.

IBP NO. 206273/03-31-2022/LDN

MCLE Compliance No. VII-0014121/03-31-2022

Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte/0917-633

7552/Akumaliawao2@gmail.com

Kidapawan City LGU partners with KonsultaMD to enhance healthcare access for employees and community

THE City Government of Kidapawan has tapped leading telemedicine provider KonsultaMD to make healthcare more accessible and convenient for its employees and residents.

The free KonsultaMD services will be initially available to city government employees but will eventually be expanded to include the city’s 40 barangays. The health plan offers voice and video consults, e-prescrip-

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tions, e-laboratory requests, e-medical certificates and access to partner benefits.

Kidapawan City Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista, who initiated the partnership, cited the importance of accessibility for all in providing health services– one that KonsultaMD is able to deliver.

“For healthcare to be quality, it is not enough that it’s free, it should also be accessible to everyone. It is ironic that sometimes we

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give the public healthcare but forget our employees. That is why we prioritized healthcare for our employees. So that when employees fall ill, they no longer need to go physically to the city hospital or barangay health center, they can just avail of free healthcare at the tip of their fingers by accessing their mobile phones,” Evangelista said.

KonsultaMD CEO Cholo Tagaysay, meanwhile, stressed: “At the end of the day, our goal is for every City

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Let’s talk about Internet Side Hustles

The advancement of technology elevated the way of mankind, like in Education. The introduction of personal computers, mobile phones, tablets and Internet caused a faster pace of learning and opened a chapter where both students and educators could unravel information. This expands even beyond what could be discussed inside the classroom, which are of so much help in two-way learning.

Individuals in academe can observe that the method of Education has been centralized and connection to the Internet is already a necessity. This was called all the more during pandemic that one efficient way of delivering lessons is through online, when teacher meets her learners in an application such as Zoom, Google Meet and Ring Central.

The Internet even introduced new jobs. We can

see that in the jobs applied for mostly fresh graduates. Online job hustles such as Amazon Product Reviewer, audio transcriber and even layout artists are rampant in this generation. Several international companies open branches among different countries online. The method is instructions must be clear and delivered systematically in an online workspace and activities are calendared. Needless to say, the Inter-

net introduced a new way to make a living. It can be observed that as the time passes by, the method of life is advancing. For us, it is either we play with the game and educate our selves in a new method or we get stuck and be left behind. This is how technology shaped the world: may be comfortable, beneficial and easier than before but that comes with a responsibility and that is to never stop learning.

NOTICE

Kirk Duaine Bagas Anor , from Naawan Mis. Or. March 18, 1973 date of birth has been missing since 2017 his siblings namely: Kirsten Anor, James Fulton Anor and adopted sister Janice Anor all residents in America never heard from him up to the present date. His Father Atty .Pedro Anor also told us he never heard from him even texts or call which they never even bothered to look for him. So, as his very own legal wife and first and only legal son we urged this concern to publicise this matter all over the world and be able to put this into a closure and consider him as Dead. Nonetheless, if anyone who know his whereabouts, which he was last seen in Saskatchewan,Canada with his mistresses and children from his respective other women 1 from Naawan named Jeanie Maito bore 2 children and another Canadian Indian bore a child but sadly, have kept his death secretly my husband supported my son for his studies until he finishes but failed his promises. The long time of waiting from his father and siblings to come out is too much for us to bear. I have all the rights to know the whole truth as his legal wife. And for my son as his first and legal child to know and live in peace.

pls do contact us directly in these details below Aurea Deloso- Anor and son Kirk Joshua Anor aureagodel@gmail.com

09166487222

09503637004

MDN: Feb 14 & 16, 2023

Kidapawan City Mayor Jose Paolo Evangelista in between KonsultaMD CEO Cholo Tagaysay (right) and Christopher Maitem (left) on August 22, 2022, when they signed the agreement on providing healthcare to city government employees and residents.

Hall employee to have access to medical consultation which is readily available See PARTNERS , page 9

GLADYS S. AYUNAR IT Faculty, College of Information Sciences and Computing Central Mindanao University

Over 32K PWDs in C. Visayas get PHP128.6-M cash for work

By JOHN REY SAAVEDRA

CEBU CITY – More than 32,000 people from 129 localities in Central Visayas region have benefited from the cash-for-work program for persons with disabilities (PWD), with the release of PHP128.6 million, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) in Central Visayas (Region 7) reported on Tuesday.

DSWD-7 regional director Shalaine Marie Lucero said the cash assistance given to the 32,336 PWDs was taken from the Kapangyarihan at Kaunlaran sa Barangay (KKB) modality financial assistance and implemented through the poverty alleviation initiative, Kapit-Bisig Laban sa Kahirapan Comprehensive and Integrated Delivery of Social Services (KALAHI-CIDSS).

She said the PWDs were given the minimum regional wage of PHP435 per day in exchange for services or tasks to be accomplished for six to 10 days in their respective communities.

“Their disability is not a problem for the delivery of services in their community.

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from page 3 areas. There are currently 34 batches of doctors deployed in various geographically isolated and disadvantaged areas (GIDA) of the country from Batanes to Taw-Tawi provinces.

These are made up of 215 doctors serving under the program nationwide, and 15 doctors serving under the program deployed in the region.

Bonafide Filipino citizens, physically and mentally fit, of good moral character, and willing to work and be deployed in depressed and hard-to-reach areas for three years may apply for the program at the DOH.

Only 50 qualified applicants per year are accepted into the program. ( PNA )

ON THE JOB. Felipe Espinosa (left photo), a person with a disability from San Miguel town, Bohol province is seen receiving his pay of PHP4,350 from the cash-forwork program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) while a beneficiary (right photo) is seen helping his community’s clean and green activities. DSWD Central Visayas Regional Director Shalaine Marie Lucero on Tuesday (Feb. 14, 2023) said 32,336 individuals from 129 localities in Central Visayas have benefited from the cash-for-work program for PWDs. ( Photo courtE sy of D sw D-7 )

Their mobility is favorable for them, and they can move around to perform the work assigned to them,” Lucero told the Philippine News Agency.

The beneficiaries, she said, can perform cleaning and disinfection of public facilities or perform tree planting, gardening, carpentry works, street sweeping, or clerical tasks such as assisting offices in local government units.

Lucero recalled that the

agency conducted 11 payouts in different locations in the past two months.

The regional social welfare field office also participated in the national simultaneous payout in time with the International Day of PWDs last December.

Among the more than 32,000 workers who participated in the program, Felipe Espinosa, a PWD from San Miguel, Bohol, thanked the

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th Shari’a Circuit Court

4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-024 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES JOHNNY WILL VICENTE MAMALES AND JONEVEIVE C. ESCOBAL-MAMALES, JOHNNY WILL VICENTE MAMALES AND JONEVEIVE C. ESCOBAL-MAMALES, Petitioners.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on August 31, 2007 at Palompon, Leyte, both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Sitio Buaya, Brgy. Sabang, Palompon, Leyte, respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than four (4) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on August 31, 2007 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 March 3, 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 14th of February 2023.

MDN: Feb 16, 23 & Mar 2, 2023

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-022

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES CALMER MAGNO BALMOCENA AND LEALOU BENIGA BALMOCENA, CALMER MAGNO BALMOCENA AND LEALOU BENIGA BALMOCENA, Petitioners.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on March 28, 2009 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Cayawan, Lantapan, Bukidnon and Block 15, Lot 20, Pinewood Phase II, San Jose, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than ten (10) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on March 28, 2009so 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 March 3, 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 13th of February 2023. (SGD)

DSWD after he received a total of PHP4,350 for working at his agricultural town’s clean and green efforts.

DSWD-7 record showed that among the local government units in the region, the highest number of PWD beneficiaries are in the cities of Cebu, Mandaue, and Bayawan in Negros Oriental province, as well as the municipalities of Daanbantayan

in Cebu and Ayungon in Negros Oriental.

Of the four provinces in Central Visayas, Cebu has fielded most of the PWDs participating in the program with a total of 16,143 receiving PHP68.3 million; Negros Oriental -- 8,281 (PHP30.,4 million); Bohol -- 7,333 (PHP27.5 million); and Siquijor -- 579 (PHP1.9 million). (PNA)

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

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-2023-023

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES FILIPPO TONEATTI AND MARICEL A. LINDO, FILIPPO TONEATTI AND MARICEL A. LINDO, Petitioners.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on August 26, 2008 at Davao City, Davao del Sur, both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Davao City, Davao del Sur, 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 twelve years (12) years, they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on August 26, 2008 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 March 3, 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 14th of February 2023.

MDN: Feb 16, 23 & Mar 2, 2023

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th Shari’a Circuit Court

4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-021 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ARTURO RAGAY TAMAYO SR. AND ELVIRA ANTOLO RAMIREZ, ARTURO RAGAY TAMAYO SR. AND ELVIRA ANTOLO RAMIREZ, Petitioners.

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on September 10, 1978 at Cagayan de Oro City, both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Zone 5, Kalye Apike, Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for thirty-seven (37), they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on September 10, 1978 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 March 3, 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 13th of February 2023.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND DECLARATION OF THE HEIRS OF THE DECEASED OF SPOUSES FLORENCIA CONDE VILLA & CAMILO RUBEN VILLA

Notice is hereby given that SPOUSES CAMILO RUBEN VILLA, died on June 15, 1992 and FLORENCIA D. CONDE VILLA died on August 12, 2000. Both died intestate in Cebu City, without leaving any will nor testament but left certain property, which is more particularly described as follows; TAX DECLARATION NO. 20-11-000105262 “A parcel of land, situated in the Barangay of Amamaylan, Baan Km 3/11, City of Butuan, Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of NINETEEN THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED TWENTY FOUR (19,824) square meters, more or less.” TAX DECLARATION NO. 20-11-000105263 “A parcel of land, situated in the Barangay of Amamaylan, Baan Km 3/11, City of Butuan, Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,000) square meters, more or less.”

TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. RT-181199 “A parcel of land (Lot 133-D Psd-10-008042, being a portion of Lot 133-Ta-65, Butuan Town site) situated in the Poblacion, City of Butuan, island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED SIXTY (160) square meters, more or less.” TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-86703 “A parcel of land (323-F1-D, Psd-07-01-008276, being a portion of Lot 323-F-1, Psd-07—007108,) situated in the city of Cebu, Island of cebu, containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SIX (206) square meters, more or less” TAX DECLARATION NO. 20-05-0003-00803 “A parcel of land, situated in the Barangay of Bading 105, City of Butuan, Province of Agusan, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of FIFTEEN THOUSAND (15,000) square meters, more or less.” are the Subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AND DECLARATION OF THE HEIRS OF THE DECEASED OF SOUSES FLORENCIA CONDE VILLA & CAMILO RUBEN VILLA , made and entered into by and among: HEIRS OF SPS. CAMILO RUBEN VILLA and FLORENCIA CONDE VILLA : 1. RUBEN RAY C. VILLA single, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident 872 F.M.J. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City, Philippines;

2. SHARON LEI C. VILLA , single, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident 872 F.M.J. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City, Philippines; 3. CHRISTIAN C. VILLA , died on July 22, 2016 at Cebu City; HEIRS OF CHRISTIAN C. VILLA : 1. CHARLENE B. VILLA , single, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident 872 F.M.J. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City, Philippines;

2. DANICA B. VILLA , single, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident 872 F.M.J. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City, Philippines;

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI

Presiding Judge MDN: Feb 16, 23 & Mar 2, 2023

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

HYGINE P. SUARING-PECOLERA, Petitioner, CIVIL CASE No. 2023-008

- Versus - FOR: Judicial Decree of Divorce (Faskh)

ROMEO “SAMI” P. PECOLERA, Petitioners.

/ S U M M O

3. KIETH BRIAH B. VILLA , single, of legal age, Filipino, and a resident 872 F.M.J. Cuenco Ave., Cebu City, Philippines. Under Notary Public of ATTY. CERFRANZ A. BONIEL; As per Doc. No. 413; Page No. 84; Book No. 1; Series of 2023. MDN: Feb 9, 16 & 23, 2023

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT

4th Shari’a Circuit Court

4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-017 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE BETWEEN RONALD E. NAZARENO AND CHONA R. NAZARENO, RONALD E. NAZARENO AND CHONA R. NAZARENO, Petitioners. x - - - - -

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alledging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on May 31, 2000 at Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at P-3, Pob., Linamon, Lanao del Norte and Sto. Niño, Hinatuan, Surigao del Sur, respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for each other for some reason of which both petitioner finally decided to legally break or severe their marriage bond for more than three (3), they decided to separate live physically in bed and board, thereby, executed Memorandum of Agreement in order to formalize their separation. Since their separation, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on May 31, 2000 so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on February 27, 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 7th of February 2023.

Republic of the Philippines

PHIVIDEC INDUSTRIAL AUTHORITY

PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate – Special Economic Zone Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental

PHIVIDEC-IA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR

NO. OAPIA-2022-035__

T O : Harbor Pilots Port/Terminal Operators Shipping Line Companies Others Concerned

SUBJECT : PHIVIDEC-IA POLICY ON PILOTAGE

Pursuant to Board Resolution No. 3251 s. 2022, the PHIVIDEC-IA Board has approved the Policy on Pilotage. Henceforth, this Policy is hereby in effect :

POLICY ON PILOTAGE IN THE PORTS OF PHIVIDEC INDUSTRIAL ESTATE IN MISAMIS ORIENTAL (PIE-MO)

Pursuant to the Provisions of Sections 4(e) and 4(l) of the P.D No. 538, otherwise known as the Charter of the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority , as amended, promulgated on 13 August 1974; PHIVIDEC IA Policy No. 001-2017, Creation of Pilotage District at the PHIVIDEC Industrial Estate in Misamis Oriental (PIE-MO) ; Executive Order No. 1088, Providing for Uniform and Modified Rates for Pilotage Services Rendered to Foreign and Coastwise Vessels in All Private or Public Philippine Ports , and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) Resolution A.159(ES. IV), Recommendation on Pilotage adopted on 27 November 1968, the following rules and regulations on pilotage are hereby prescribed for the compliance by all concerned:

Article I

Preliminary Provisions

SECTION 1. Definition of Terms — The following terms are used in this Order shall be understood to mean:

a. Anchoring — Dropping or heaving anchor at a place designated by the Authority with sufficient depth of water vessels anchor or may ride at anchor within the harbor.

b. Apprentice Pilot — A Master who is an applicant for accreditation as Harbor Pilot in the PIEMO Pilotage District and where he has to undergo an apprenticeship training for three (3) months under the Accredited Harbor Pilots Association before he becomes a regular harbor pilot and confirmed by the Authority.

c. Authority — The PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority (PHIVIDEC IA)

d. Chief Pilot — A regular harbor pilot who is elected as such by the members of a Pilots’ Organization.

e. Docking — The service of conducting a vessel to a designated berth. For purposes of assessment of pilotage charges, docking shall include the following:

• Transit of pilot from shore to pilots’ boarding station

• Dropping of anchor

• Conduction of vessel to berth

• Carrying of lines to shore

• Securing of vessel at berth

f. Entering A Harbor — Coming into a protected part of a sea, lake or other body of water used by vessels as a place of safety.

g. Harbor Pilot — A master mariner who is a duly licensed harbor pilot by MARINA or PCG and who is a member of a pilot organization duly accredited by the Authority to act as a regular pilot on any vessel, engaged in foreign or coastwise trade, within limits of the PIEMO Pilotage District. This may also refer to a ship captain or master of a vessel who is duly accredited as a harbor pilot by the Authority for purposes of piloting a vessel under such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Authority.

h. Mooring — The typing up of a ship’s bow onto a floating buoy which is secured to the sea bed/anchorage.

i. Pilotage District — The water(s) and harbor(s) which comprise the territory of the PHIVIDEC Industrial Authority as defined in its Charter, the P.D. No. 538.

j. Pilots’ Organization — A single proprietorship, partnership, or corporation duly accredited and authorized by the Authority to render pilotage services in the PIEMO Pilotage District.

k. Qualified Pilot — A harbor pilot who has been accredited by the Authority in accordance with rules and regulations.

l. Shifting — A special service rendered by pilots, upon the Master’s/Agent’s request, wherein the vessel is transferred from one berth to another berth, or from an anchorage to another anchorage area, or from berth to anchorage or vice-versa.

m. Undocking — The service of moving out a vessel from a designated berth, and shall include the following:

• Pilot command to let go of lines

• Heaving of anchor

• Services of removing the vessel from berth and piloting it to the pilots’ boarding station

• Transit of pilot from pilots’ boarding station to shore

n. Unmooring — To let loose from or take in the principal mooring lines preparatory to leaving anchorage.

o. Untwisting — The service of unwinding the twisted or tangled parts of the anchor chain.

p. Vessel — Every sort of boat, craft, or other contrivance used or capable of being used as means of transportation on water, the tonnage limitation of which shall be specified in the prescription of pilotage rates, taking into consideration the conditions of the port.

SECTION 2. Statement of Policy on Pilotage — The conduct of pilotage service is a vital function of maritime travel that directly affects the efficient operations of the port, the over all cost of transport and distribution of goods, safety of the vessel crew and even the protection of the maritime environment. It is hereby declared and recognized that the responsibility to undertake pilotage service is inherently vested in the Authority who is hereby authorizing the discharge of such responsibility to accredited Harbor Pilot s Organization and/or accredited individual pilots.

SECTION 3. Coverage — This Order shall cover all foreign and domestic vessels and all government ports within the territorial jurisdiction of the Authority.

SECTION 4. Accreditation of Pilots/Pilots’ Organization — Unless a law has been passed on “Open Harbor Pilotage Services ” in the country, and a Pilotage Board has been created, there shall be one (1) Harbor Pilots’ Organization to be accredited by the Authority through the Office of the Administrator upon recommendation of an Evaluation Committee composed of the Manager of the Port Management and Development Department (PMDD) as Chairperson; Division Manager, Port Management Division, Harbor Master, Representatives from Legal Services Division, Human Resource Division, and Safety and Security Division as members, respectively.

In the exercise of Authority’s supervisory power and to safeguard life and property, the Authority may permanently or temporarily prevent a pilot organization and/or individual pilot from piloting a vessel, if after due investigation, such pilot organization or individual pilot is found to be incapable of discharging its/his duties.

SECTION 5. No Employer-Employee Relationship — The Harbor Pilot Organization and/or individual pilot, though accredited by the Authority, is not its employee. As such, the selection and hiring of the accredited pilots shall be the prerogative of the accredited pilot organization. The Authority therefore shall not be liable in any manner for the acts or omissions of a Harbor Pilot Organization and/or individual pilot in the performance of their duties. However, the accreditation extended to them shall constitute the authority or permit to render pilotage service within the PIEMO Pilotage District.

There being no employer-employee relationship between PHIVIDEC IA and the Harbor Pilots’ Organization, all pilots and/or Pilots’ Organization, in the performance of their duties shall be under the direct control and supervision of the Accredited Harbor Pilots’ Organization for the efficient and orderly administration of the PIEMO Pilotage District.

SECTION 6. Applicable Pilotage Rate — The Authority shall prescribe the pilotage charges which can be imposed and collected by pilots or pilots’ organization. The Authority shall be entitled to collect ten percent (10%) share of its gross income from pilotage fees, in consideration of the grant of such privilege and for the use of the port facilities.

SECTION 7. Charging of Hazard Fees — Risk or hazard is inherent in pilotage services. Accordingly, pilotage rates already take into account the element of risk involved in the performance of such service. The charging of hazard fee is therefore prohibited.

SECTION 8. Special Services — Special services rendered by pilots shall be as follows:

a. Shifting — However, there shall be no charge where a vessel is shifted from one berth to another within the same side of the pier or wharf, and there is no need to undock the vessel.

b. Ship to Ship Docking/Undocking

c. Dead Ship Docking/Undocking or Mooring/Unmooring

d. Meeting Vessel at a Point Other than the Pilots’ Boarding Station/Quarantine Anchorage

e. Untwisting

f. Channeling In or Channeling Out

SECTION 1. Compulsory Pilotage Service — For entering a harbor and anchoring thereat, or passing through

navigable rivers, straits or channels within a pilotage district, as well shifting, docking and undocking every vessel with 500 GRT and above, engaged in coastwise or foreign trade shall be under compulsory pilotage. However, ship captains or masters may be allowed to pilot their own vessels, provided they are duly accredited by the Authority under such terms and conditions it may impose consistent with existing government regulations.

SECTION 2. Exemption — In the following cases, pilotage service is not compulsory;

a. Government vessels not engaged in commercial trade;

b. Vessels of foreign government entitled to courtesy; and,

c. Vessels calling at private ports not located within a designated channel whose owners have formally waived the requirements of compulsory pilotage.

SECTION 3. Control of the Vessel and Liability for Damage — The Harbor Pilot Organization to which a pilot belongs and/or the individual harbor pilot, as the case may be, shall be solidarily responsible for any damage caused to a vessel, life, or property due to its/his negligence or fault without prejudice to the Organization’s recourse against the erring pilot.

Except when the Master of the vessel is constrained to retain overall command of the vessel even on pilotage grounds whereby he can countermand or overrule the order or command of the Harbor Pilot on board, any damage caused to a vessel, life, or property by reason of the fault or negligence of the Master shall be the liability of the registered owner of the vessel concerned without prejudice to recourse by said owner against the Master.

SECTION 4. Pilotage Equipment and Facilities — To safely and efficiently render the service, the pilots organization shall make available such equipment as required by the Authority, all serviceable and ready-line condition, including reserved and standby equipment. The equipment and facilities shall include but not limited to pilot launches, communication equipment, pilot stations, land transport and office equipment.

SECTION 5. Availability of Pilots — The organization shall have in readiness at all times sufficient manpower necessary to undertake pilotage services within one (1) hour from receipt of notice in writing or by signals as provided under paragraph [ l ] of Section 4 of Article IV of this Policy.

SECTION 6. Pilotage Service Fees — Any vessel which employs a Pilot Organization/Harbor Pilot shall pay the pilotage fees at the rate prescribed by the Authority, with the following conditions:

a. If the service of a pilot organization is refused by the vessel without any justifiable reason after its pilot has reported on board, said pilot organization shall nevertheless be entitled to payment of fees.

b. When upon written request of the Master, a pilot is kept on standby on board a vessel in excess of three (3) hours and the delay is attributable to the vessel, said pilot shall be entitled to an allowance in accordance with the rate prescribed by the Authority.

c. If for any justifiable reason, a pilot is not yet on board upon the arrival or departure of a vessel where pilotage is compulsory after prescribed signals are displayed, such vessel shall anchor and keep the signals displayed for at least one (1) hour.

Article III Pilots’ Organization

SECTION 1. Capitalization — A Pilots’ Organization, if a corporation, shall have a minimum paid-up capital of Fifty Million Pesos (P 50 Million). If a sole proprietorship or partnership, it shall have a minimum capitalization of Fifty Million Pesos (P 50 Million).

SECTION 2. Privilege Fee — For and in consideration of the grant of privilege to undertake pilotage service and/or the use of port facilities, a privilege fee equivalent to 10% of the gross income derived from pilotage services shall be paid by the Pilot Organization/Harbor Pilot.

SECTION 3. Posting of Indemnity Bond —

a. The Pilot Organization shall post an indemnity bond of Five Million Pesos (₱ 5 Million) to cover in whole or in part any liability arising from any accident resulting in damage to vessel(s), port facilities and other properties and/or injury to persons or death which any member may have caused in the course of his performance of pilotage duties. The bond herein required must always be current.

b. Liability of Pilots’ Organization/Individual Pilot — Nothing in these regulations shall relieve the Pilots’ Organization or members thereof, individually or collectively, or any accredited pilot from any civil, administrative and/or criminal responsibility for damage to life or property resulting from the individual acts of its members as well as those of the Organization’s employees and crew in the performance of their duties.

Article IV

Evaluation Committee, Criteria for Evaluating Qualifications of Pilot Organization/Pilots

SECTION 1. Creation of Evaluation Committee — Though the hiring and firing of accredited pilots is not the prerogative of the Authority, it shall exercise its regulatory power to confirm and authorize the pilots in the employ of the accredited organization to render pilotage service in the harbor of PIEMO. Anent thereto, an Evaluation Committee is hereby created which shall be composed as follows:

a. Manager, Port Management and Development Department who shall act as Chairperson;

b. Division Manager, Port Management Division

c. Harbor Master;

d. Legal Services Division;

e. Human Resource Division; and

f. Safety and Security Division

The overall functions of the Committee shall be:

1. To receive, verify and process all applications pilot organization/pilots for accreditation and their supporting documents;

2. To evaluate the qualification of all applicants and recommend those qualified in accordance with the criteria established by the Authority.

SECTION 2. Qualifications and Requirements —

A. An applicant for accreditation shall submit proofs/documents that the members of the organization and/or the individual pilot, possesses the following qualifications:

1. A Filipino Citizen;

2. Not more than 60 years old; Provided, that incumbent pilots who are presently more than 60 years old shall not be covered by this limitation and they shall be allowed to continue as pilots for a period of two (2) years or until they reach Seventy (70) years of age, whichever comes first, unless otherwise disqualified for other reasons.

3. Of sound physical and mental condition and of good moral character;

4. Holder of Maritime Industry Authority (MARINA) license as harbor pilot .

B. The applicant shall also submit the following documentary requirements, which, in the case of an applicant pilot organization, it shall submit the requirements for each of its individual members;

1. Application letter together with duly sworn Information Sheet/Biodata;

2. Master Mariner with a valid Certificate of Competency (CoC) and Certificate of Endorsement (CoE) from MARINA;

3. Copy of Pilot’s examination rating and License/Certificate issued by MARINA to practice as harbor pilot in the Pilotage District of PIEMO;

4. Employer’s Certification of Services rendered as Shipmaster or Seafarer’s Identification and Record Book;

5. Copies of Certificates of Training Courses attended, Positions/ Qualifications and Commendations/ Awards in the maritime/port service;

6. Current Physical and Mental Fitness Certificates from a government physician, and current Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) clearance to the effect that no case has been filed, pending and/or decided against the applicant organizations;

7. Clearance from the Safety and Security Division (SSD) of the PHIVIDEC-IA which shall conduct background check on the pilots/pilots’ organization for accreditation;

8. Document showing not in the MARINA watch list.

SECTION 3. Accreditation — The accreditation of pilot organization/pilot shall be issued by the Administrator upon recommendation by the Evaluation Committee on the Accreditation of Pilots/Pilots’ Organization of the Authority. Payment of accreditation fee shall be Five Thousand Pesos (P5,000.00).

SECTION 4. Duties and Responsibilities of the Pilot or Pilots’ Organization — The duties and responsibilities of a Pilot Organization/Harbor Pilot shall be as follows:

a. It/he shall respect and follow the schedules of duty agreed upon with the shipping lines/ship agents. In case the pilot on duty unjustifiably refuses or fails to answer vessel’s call for pilotage service, the pilot organization shall be responsible to the Master of the Vessel to immediately provide a substitute pilot.

b. The pilot organization shall ensure that at all times there shall be pilot(s) on duty and available at the pilot station in such number as may be necessary to properly service the normal requirement of vessels calling at the district. It shall likewise, make available such equipment and facilities in serviceable condition, which are necessary for the efficient rendition of pilotage services.

c. A pilot on duty shall report alongside the vessel within one (1) hour from the raising of signals in accordance with paragraph (1) of this Section, unless the Authority, in consultation with the pilot organization, deems the water and weather conditions are not favorable for piloting subject vessel. If it is determined that the vessel cannot be serviced immediately, the pilot organization/pilot shall inform the vessel’s master by any

Mindanao

PH PCW Commissioner attends 1st International Women Congress in Tehran

By ASANGAN T. MADALE Contributor

PHILIPPINE Commission on Women Commissioner on Culture Bai Amielyn M. Limbona attended the Ist International Women Congress on “WOMEN INFLUENCE

2023” held in Tehran representing Philippines after an invitation from Ambassador Aliriza Tootoochin, Deputy Awon Jamodi and Honorable Consult of Cultural Affairs Dr. Sabouri Morteza from the Embassy of Iran. has been approved , Top officials said.

The conference was participated by 98 female guests from friendly countries which was attended by 300 participants accross from the friendly countries. mostly of the participants are women scientist , cultural figures and high-ranking political figures to celebrate the efforts and achievement of woman world wide.

It was learned that the conference was initiated by the First Lady of Iran Madame Jamieleh Alamolhoda showing her deep appreciation for women of influence while offering support and helping them to grow and promote their ideas as Enseeh khazali . irans Vice President for Women and Family Affairs.

Commissioner Limbona attendance to attend the Ist International Congress on women influence 2023 was facilitated and materialized upon the strong recommendation of Undersecretary Sandra Montano of the Philippine Women Commission considering that she is most qualified to represent our country. Commissioner Limbona known as Women of advocate for empowerment who lead the Maranapo artisan after the Marawi siege for resiliency.

Carta for Women should be localized to promote women nation building, which is a very important legacy to nurture for a long lasting women 6 community.

The said event where attended with women scientist, cultural figures and high-ranking political figures in effort to celebrate the efforts and achievement of women worldwide.This initiative of Iran’s First Lady Jamileh Alamolhoda. This conference was showing appreciation for women of influence while offering support and helping them to grow and promote their ideas as Ensieh Khaz’ali, Iran’s Vice President for Women and Family affairs.

According to Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi as the keynote speaker wishes success to the first participants in the FIRST INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR WOMEN OF INFLUENCE 2023 with unity can achieve successful steps to realize the rights of women in the world.

Niger,Nigeria,Sri Lanka, Syria, Turkmenistan and Armenia. This was a gathering where Women of Influence showcase achievements where 900 female CEOs of knowledgebased companies have been identified. 100 of them were selected as the best in the field of science, technology, educators and inventors. This year’s celebration highlighted both national and international level held January 17 -22, 2023.

According to Commissioner Limbona her valuable experience from her recent trip from Tehran Iran’s “real reflections of women’s rights” in iran had happens after Islamic Republic of Iran gained after their islamic revolution in the field of women’s right where ladies are allowed to drive their own cars, decide their professional career and education. Every women plays an important role for the transformation of a society.

reasonable means of its/his inability to render service and the reason therefor.

d. The master agent of an outgoing vessel under compulsory pilotage shall give the pilot(s) on duty advance written notice of the time of sailing thereof at least one (1) hour before the vessel actually departs. If the vessel cannot depart within said time, the master/agent shall notify the pilot organization concerned thirty (30) minutes before the expiration of one (1) hour.

e. A pilot and/or pilot organization shall be held responsible for the direction of a vessel from the time he/it assumes his/its work as a pilot thereof until he/it leaves it anchored or berthed safely; Provided, however, that his/its responsibility shall cease at the moment the Master neglects or refuses to carry out his/its order.

f. The lawful order/command of a pilot in charge of a vessel shall be promptly obeyed by the officer-in-charge of any vessel which the pilot may consider as an impediment to the safe maneuvering of the vessel under his control.

g. All pilot boats shall be painted white above the waterline and black below, with the letter “p” in black, not less than 30 centimeters in length, on both bows above the waterline.

h. During the day, pilot boats in use shall carry at the foremast visible all around the horizon, an international, code flag “H” 30 meters in length.

i. During the night, the pilot boat shall carry on its masthead, a red light at a distance of 8 feet below the white light and of similar construction and character to the white light, at a height of not less than 20 feet above the hull and visible all around the horizon at a distance of at least 3 miles.

j. Pilot stations shall be established at strategic places as may be designated by the Authority in consultation with all parties concerned. Pilots on duty shall be sufficient in number and available at any time as necessary to effectively perform their duties.

k. The following signals from vessel shall be recognized by all pilots:

1) To ask for a pilot by day;

a. The International Code Flag “G” above the bridge visible all around the horizon.

2) To ask for a pilot by night;

a. Two long and one short blasts on the ship’s whistle or any other means of communication.

l. Advice to Pilots’ Organization which will originate from the shipping agents or operators shall be done in the following manner: For docking:

a. 12 hours for domestic vessels

b. 24 hours for foreign vessels For undocking:

a. 1 hour after clearance to depart has been granted for domestic vessels

b. 1 hour clearance to depart has been granted for foreign vessels at the baseports and 24 hours after clearance for such vessels in outports.

m. The Pilot’s Organization/pilot shall report to the Manager, Port Department or Harbor Master, illegal acts or unusual occurrences that may have come to their knowledge and shall, if requested in case of emergency, assist the Authority’s officials and Customs or Coast Guard Officer in the performance of their duties, and the enforcement of pertinent laws and government regulations.

SECTION 5. Marine Accident/Vessel Clearance — In case of a marine accident causing damage to government pier/wharf/facility, involving a vessel, whether or not under a Harbor Pilot, clearance of said vessel shall be held in abeyance by the Manager, Port Department/Division Manager or his authorized representative, in co-ordination with the Collector of Customs in case of vessels engaged in foreign trade, until liabilities are determined unless a cash or surety bond in an amount sufficient to answer for the estimated cost of the damage is posted by the vessel. Where it is established that the vessel is liable, the owner/agent thereof, shall pay the full amount of the damage. If the decision is contested by the shipping line through an appeal to higher authorities, then a cash surety bond, in an amount equal to the estimated cost of repair of the damage shall be posted by the appellant.

SECTION 6. Disciplinary Action and Dismissal — The Manager of the Port Department of the Authority shall, either at his own initiative or upon complaint under oath of misconduct, negligence, inefficiency, incapacity or violation of the pilotage rules and regulations or refusal to comply with lawful orders of the orders of the Authority, order the investigation of an erring pilot, by the Legal Services Division of the Authority.

The record of the proceedings of the Legal Services Division, together with the report/recommendations, shall be forwarded to the Manager, Port Department who may thereby reprimand, suspend or cancel the accreditation of the respondent pilot or organization/pilot or impose such fines as the circumstances of the case may warrant. The decision of the Manager, Port Department shall be final unless, within thirty (30) days after its promulgation, an appeal is perfected and filed with the Office of the Administrator/CEO of the Authority, which the latter may modify, confirm or reverse.

Article V Final Provisions

SECTION 1. Penalty Clause — Any servicing pilot organization and/or individual pilot who is found to have violated or neglected to perform his/its duties/responsibilities under any of the provisions of this Order shall be subject to punishment by suspension and/or cancellation of his/its accreditation as pilot/pilot organization and to imposition of fines. After due notice and hearing, the following administrative offenses shall be meted out the hereunder prescribed fines:

She was the founder of ARKAT LAWANEN WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PRODUCERS COOPERATIVE., Undersecretary Montanao, added, despite that “PCW sectoral representatives are still loaded with different community engagement and commitment that never leaves them an idle day of service while waiting for “hopefully for their reappointment”.

As former public servants entrusted with President Rodrigo Roa Duterte, the Magna

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In his speech during the formal opening of the congress, Ebrahim Raisi said “I hope that all women present will be able to think together, converge and like-minded people can take step towards realizing the rights of women in the world. He also emphasized that men and women have no difference in reaching human hieghts and who ever tries narder in this dierction will reach the hieghts of morality, spiritually and humanity

The wives of heads of state, minister, vice presidents and parliamentarians from Burkina Faso, Kyrgyzstan,Serbia,Guinea,

Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. summoned Chinese Ambassador to the Philippines Huang Xilian.

China continues to lay claim on the Ayungin Shoal, also called the Second Thomas Shoal, which is located 105 nautical miles off Palawan.

Last week, Marcos and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also expressed concerns about the situation in the East and South China Sea and reaffirmed the need to “reinforce maritime domain awareness and maritime law enforcement” in the region.

In a Feb. 9 joint statement after their summit meeting, both leaders “strongly opposed the actions including force or coercion that may increase tensions.”

READ: DFA, US, Australia protest ‘provocative’ China laser-pointing

The latest incident prompted the DFA to file a diplomatic protest against China on Feb. 14, with the United States and Australia joining in to express concern.

On the same day, President

In 2016, Manila’s rights over the Ayungin were affirmed by no less than the Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration, which declared the feature as “within the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) and continental shelf of the Philippines.”

Under the UNCLOS, a coastal state has the “sovereign rights” to explore and exploit, as well as conserve and manage both living and non-living resources within its 200-nautical mile EEZ. (PNA)

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It is about time not to use our cultural belief to hamper the growth of a rising young muslim girl in all the countries. When she was privileged to make a speech, according to Limbona One of the strong legacy of Law signed by President RODRIGO ROA DUTERTE “Republic Act No. 11596 Prohibiting the practice of child Marriage and imposing penlties for the violations” She call unity in support for this law to allow young girls to follow thier dreams and make thier own future of empowerment. This chance has opened doors and awareness that every woman can influence each other in our future generations. concerns about dangerous behavior against (Philippines) vessels,” he said. “All states should respect maritime order based on international law, in particular UNCLOS (United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea), and recall that 2016 Arbitral Award is final and legally binding. We firmly oppose any action that increase tensions.”

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These fines shall be the solidary liability of the erring person or individual pilot and the organization to which the pilot belongs and shall be without prejudice to claims of vessels or third parties against the erring person or pilot or pilot organization.

Nothing herein provided shall preclude the Authority from pursuing other legal measures to protect its interests against the Pilots’ Organization and/or any individual pilot.

SECTION 2. Visitorial Powers — The Organization shall make available at all times during office hours for inspection, examination and audit by the Authority, all books of accounts, properties, inventories, payroll, and financial records of the Organization, and all other records, concerning its operations.

SECTION 3. Power of the Manager , Port Department — Nothing herein prescribed shall preclude the Manager, Port Department from taking emergency measures in the public interest and/or promulgating specific regulations/ guidelines which are necessary to effectively and reasonably carry out the provisions of this Order.

SECTION 4. Appeal — Decisions of the Manager, Port Department issued pursuant to this order may be appealed within fifteen (15) days from receipt thereof to the Office of the Administrator by the parties who are adversely affected by said decision, otherwise, the same shall become final.

SECTION 5. Repealing Clause — All orders, rules and regulations, circulars, and memoranda previously issued and/or adopted by the Authority which are inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed or modified accordingly.

SECTION 6. Separability Clause — If for any reason any section or part of these Regulations is declared unconstitutional or invalid by competent judicial authority, the declared or invalid section or part thereof shall not affect other sections or parts which shall remain valid and effective.

SECTION 7. Effectivity Clause — This Order shall take effect fifteen (15) days after its publication in a newspaper of general circulation.

Commissioner Bai Amielyn M. Limbona pose for a souvenir photo inside the conference hall during break time infront is the Philippine flag for identity representing our country held in Tehran. ( c o N tribut ED P hoto )

Thursday, February 16, 2023

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN Province of Camiguin Provincial Capitol, Mambajao, Camiguin

EXCERPT FROM THE MINUTES OF THE REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG PANLALAWIGAN OF CAMIGUIN HELD

ON DECEMBER 28, 2022 AT THE SP SESSION HALL, NEW PROVINCIAL CAPITOL, MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN.

PRESENT:

Hon. Rodin M. Romualdo - Provincial Vice Governor; Presiding

Hon. Ma. Victoria Japuz Jansol - Provincial Board Member

Hon. Louis Sagrado Bollozos - Provincial Board Member

Hon. Stanley Kalaw Planco - Provincial Board Member

Hon. Christina Tadlas Loquias - Provincial Board Member

Hon. Webb Itum Bajenio - Provincial Board Member

Hon. Jose Rufino Babael Ladao - Provincial Board Member; PCL President

Hon. Jaime Abrea Maestrado - Provincial Board Member; LnB President

Hon. Lucile Dagondon Salvani - Provincial Board Member; SKPP President

ON OFFICIAL BUSINESS:

Hon. Shella Galope Babanto - Provincial Board Member

ABSENT: None

Author: Hon. Jose Rufino B. Ladao

PROVINCIAL ORDINANCE NO. 2022-72

“AN ORDINANCE CREATING THE CAMIGUIN PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE AND ITS FUNCTIONS, PROVIDING FUNDS THEREOF, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Be it ordained by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Camiguin, in Regular Session:

SECTION 1. TITLE. This Ordinance shall be known as the “ CAMIGUIN PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE (PENRO) CREATION ORDINANCE ”.

SECTION 2. POLICY. In line with the national policy as provided for under Section 17 (3), Paragraph (iii) of Republic Act 7160 subject to supervision, control and review of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, it is the policy of the Provincial Government of Camiguin to adopt measures and guidelines for the protection and conservation of the environment, proper waste management and introduction of technologies ideal and beneficial to its constituents, and the proper utilization of mineral resources applying a well-balanced approach and mechanism without detriment to the ecosystem.

SECTION 3. OBJECTIVES. This Ordinance is enacted to create an office which the primary function is for the implementation of existing laws on environmental protection and conservation, and regulation with regard to the proper utilization of mineral resources in the province.

SECTION 4. SCOPE. This Ordinance shall cover the functions of the office created, its organizational structures, and the corresponding duties and responsibilities of all personnel under therein.

SECTION 5. DEFINITION OF TERMS. For purposes of this Ordinance, the following terms/words used are defined as follows:

The Province. The Provincial Government of Camiguin.

The Governor. The Provincial Governor of Camiguin.

PENRO. The Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office.

CEC. The Camiguin Environmental Code of 2011. An environmental ordinance of the province which was enacted by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Camiguin aiming to conserve, protect the environment and natural resources of the province.

DENR. The Department of Environment and Natural Resources which is a national government agency tasked under the law to monitor, regulate, and implement environmental laws and regulate the utilization of natural resources and minerals in the country.

PDS. Preliminary Disinfection Storage. A disinfection storage owned and possessed by the Provincial Government of Camiguin intended primarily for infectious and hazardous waste generated by health care facilities in the province.

PMRB. The Provincial Mining Regulatory Board.

SECTION 6. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF THE PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICE (PENRO).

To carry out its mandate, the Office shall:

a. Formulate and adopt an effective measure in the protection of the environment and the conservation of lands within the territorial jurisdiction of the province;

b. Enforce national laws, provincial ordinances, national issuances and regulations, and issuances from the Governor on environment and natural resources;

c. Implement the Camiguin Environmental Code (CEC) of 2011 and all existing environment-related laws, ordinances, resolutions, agreement and issuances relative thereto;

d. Implement the environmental programs and projects as mandated by the national government and the Office of the Provincial Governor;

e. Make some recommendations to the Office of the Governor, through the Provincial Legal Office, to revisit/ amend existing environmental ordinances or draft an environmental ordinance to address the current environmental issues in the province and outside, that would tend to affect the island in general;

f. Make recommendation to the Office of the Governor to reactivate and reconstitute the Provincial Solid Waste Management Board;

g. Serve as Secretariat and Member of the Solid Waste Management Board;

h. Manage, supervise, and oversee the over-all operation and maintenance of the sanitary landfills, Preliminary Disinfection Storage, and waste facilities possessed or owned by the province;

i. Conduct research and studies in coordination with the Provincial Planning and Development Office of the emerging local and global environmental issues like solid waste management, water treatment and the like, and provide mechanism to anticipate the same that would be beneficial to the constituents in general;

j. Collaborate with other local government units, non-government environmental organizations, civic groups, national agencies, foreign entities, local communities on conservation of the environment and effective implementation of all related laws;

k. Formulate and assist in the planning of a long-term, sustainable, and well-balanced utilization of natural resources and minerals;

l. Investigate and make recommendations to the Governor for the approval/disapproval of the renewal of existing quarry permits;

m. Investigate and make appropriate recommendations to the Governor for the regulations and suspension of quarry operations to any or all of permit holders due to; alleged violations of existing national laws, ordinances, national environmental guidelines, environmental issuances by the Governor, violation of terms and conditions of any permits which are integral to its operation, actual/immediate threat to lives and limbs of the residents, or to impose revocation of the same, if the grounds so warrant, within the bounds of the law.

n. Prepare and submit monthly reports to the Governor and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan as to the status, developments, and implementation of the existing local or national environmental programs;

o. Prepare and submit monthly reports to the Provincial Governor a comprehensive itemized monthly report of the actual volume of extraction of quarry materials regardless of its classification made by every quarry permit holder/operator including its outstanding balance of allowable volume to extract as provided in the quarry permit;

p. Perform such other duties and responsibilities that any statute, ordinance, or directive from the Governor that may give, vest, or assign.

SECTION 7. COMPOSITION. The Office shall consist of the Office Proper to be headed by the Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Officer or Provincial ENRO which has an equivalent to a department head of the province. The next lower in rank is the Supervising Environmental Management Specialist that would assist the Provincial ENRO with the functions of the office and coordinate with the Office of the Governor. The Office shall have 2 divisions under.

1. Environmental Services Division

2. Natural Resource Management Services Division

1. Environmental Services Division which shall be headed by a Senior Environmental Management Specialist. Under the same are:

a. Ecological Solid Waste Management Unit which shall be headed by an Environmental Management Specialist Il, Environmental Management Specialist I, and Administrative Assistant II personnel;

b. Camiguin Sanitary Landfill and PDS Operation Management Unit which shall be headed by an Environmental Management Specialist Il, Environmental Management Specialist I, and Administrative Assistant II personnel;

c. Pollution Control Management Unit which shall be headed by an Environmental Management Specialist II, Environmental Management Specialist I, and Administrative Assistant II personnel;

2. Natural Resource Management Services Division which shall be headed by a Senior Environmental Management Specialist. Under the same are:

a. Forestry Management Unit which shall be headed by an Environmental Management

Specialist Il, Environmental Specialist I, and Administrative Assistant II personnel;

b. Small Scale Mining Management Unit which shall be headed by an Environmental Management Specialist Il, Environmental Management Specialist I, and Administrative Assistant II personnel; and

c. Coastal Management Unit shall be headed by an Environmental Management Specialist Il, Environmental Management Specialist I, and Administrative Assistant II personnel.

The aforementioned positions shall have the corresponding salary grades

The Provincial ENRO shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to the confirmation by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Likewise, all the Civil Service qualifications and requirements including all pertinent documents relative thereto must be fully complied with and accomplished prior to its confirmation.

For this purpose, the PENRO shall have the following Organizational Structure and Staffing Pattern:

SECTION 8. QUALIFICATIONS, POWERS AND DUTIES OF PROVINCIAL ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES OFFICER (PENRO). As provided for under Section 484, Article XIV of Republic Act 7160, no person shall be appointed as provincial environment and natural resources officer unless:

a. He/She is a citizen of the Philippines;

b. A resident of the local government unit concerned, and of good moral character;

c. A holder of a college degree preferably in environment, forestry, agriculture or any related course from a recognized college or university;

d. A first grade civil service eligible or its equivalents;

e. He/She must have acquired experience in environmental and natural resources management, conservation and utilization of at least (5) years.

The Provincial ENRO shall take charge of the office in coordination with the Office of the Provincial Governor and perform the following duties and responsibilities:

1. Formulate measures for the consideration of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and provide technical assistance and support to the Governor in carrying out measures to ensure delivery of basic services and provision of adequate facilities relative to environment and natural resources services;

2. Develop plans and upon approval of the Governor implement the same, particularly those which have to do with environment and natural resources programs and projects which the Governor is empowered to implement and which the Sangguniang Panlalawigan is empowered to provide for under the law;

3. Establish, maintain, protect and preserve communal forests, watersheds, tree parks, mangroves, greenbelts, and similar forest projects and commercial forest, like industrial tree farms and agro-forestry projects;

4. Provide extension services to beneficiaries of forest development projects and technical, financial and infrastructure assistance;

5. Manage and maintain seed banks and produce seedlings for forest and tree parks;

6. Provide extension services to beneficiaries of forest development projects and render assistance for natural resources-related conservation and utilization activities consistent with ecological balance;

7. Promote the small-scale mining and utilization of mineral resources;

8. Coordinate with government agencies and non-governmental organizations in the implementation of measures to prevent and control land, air, noise, and water pollution with the assistance of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources;

9. Be in the frontline of the delivery of services concerning the environment and natural resources, particularly in the renewal and rehabilitation of the environment during and in the aftermath of man-made and natural calamities and disasters;

10. Recommend to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and advise the Governor on all matters relative to the protection, conservation, maximum utilization, application of appropriate technology and other matters related to environment and natural resources; and

11. Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties and responsibilities as may be prescribed by statutes, this ordinance, issuances from the national government, and directives from the Governor.

SECTION 9. THE HUMAN RESOURCE DEPARTMENT. Within 30 days from the passage of this Ordinance, the Human Resource Department (HRD) of the province shall provide for a definite qualifications, duties and responsibilities of each position as abovementioned except the position of Provincial ENRO. The said qualifications, duties and responsibilities shall be in accordance to the existing applicable statutes like the Administrative Code of the Philippines, Civil Service Law in relation to Qualification Standards (as Amended 2017), Department of Budget and Management Circulars, and Commission on Audit regulations. The Office of the Provincial Governor and the Sangguniang Panlalawigan shall be furnished with the said documents in compliance of this Section.

SECTION 10. APPROPRIATION. The amount necessary to implement the provisions of this Ordinance shall be included in the province’ annual budget.

SECTION 11. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE. If, for any reason or reasons, any part or provisions of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional or invalid, other parts or provisions not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force and effect.

SECTION 12. REPEALING CLAUSE. All existing Provincial Ordinances, Executive Orders and issuances made by the Provincial Governor, or portions thereof which are inconsistent are hereby repealed and modified accordingly.

SECTION 13. EFFECTIVITY. This Ordinance shall take effect fifteen (15) days after the publication in a newspaper of local circulation or posting in a conspicuous place in 5 municipal halls of all the municipalities under the territorial jurisdiction of the Provincial Government of Camiguin.

ENACTED: DECEMBER 28, 2022.”

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I HEREBY CERTIFY TO THE CORRECTNESS OF THE FOREGOING:

CAROLYN L. LAGUMBAY, MPA

ATTESTED: Secretary to the Sanggunian

RODIN M. ROMUALDO Provincial Vice Governor Presiding Officer

APPROVED:

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non-renewable resources from the bosom of Mother Earth. That is the meaning of extractive and consumerist. That is the meaning of the money-must-grow principle. It is “pacman-like” diabolical monster gulping-up everything it sees --the forest, mega-diversity, the ozone layer and even all life-forms on Earth.

And because we have allowed that at the expense of our spirituality and that of the Earth, nature’s fury is upon us now! That love-force of Gandhi, that pure spirituality of our Indigenous People that gives high adherence to the Laws of Nature, that ecological warning from a Canadian Environmentalist, must now change our mindset. Only then can we be saved from doom!

That kind of reflection of change not only on dates but on paradigm has indeed come of age. The urgent call of the times now is sustainability, justice and peace through social transformation for people, planet prosperity and peace. In a world under the regime of One Percent whose total wealth is far greater compared to the combined assets of the ninety-nine percent of the world’s population, there is so much veneration to the profitmotive that has already captured the mindset of all governments, all institutions, all universities and even of religious groups.

As unbridled consumerism and materialism is the order of the day, mother earth has been sacrificed to the altar of greed and profit, the reason why humanity is now facing its 6th extinction. As thousands of concerned scientists and environmentalist categorically warned, “the earth is now one minute before midnight.”

Mother Earth (GAIA) is now very sick as its lungs (the forests with all the life forms) are now gone; its veins (the rivers) have dried-up or polluted; its hair (the ozone layer) is now bald; its stomach (oceans and bays) are now very acidic (polluted) and she is now trembling (earthquakes) as manifested in the deaths of 26,000 people, mostly children during the recent earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. With one voice, let us shout together, WE LOVE YOU GAIA! Let us feel the oneness and inter-connectedness of all of God’s creation, be flowers, forest, birds, fish and with the stars which is indeed true love..

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Grace Poe said the pronouncement of President Marcos will definitely affect the consensus on the need for charter change.

“Kung hindi susuporta ang Pangulo, mas uunahin ng kongreso ang mga nasa priority list tulad ng (If the President will not support, the Congress will deal with priority list first like the) Internet Transactions Act or CDC bill,” Poe said in another statement.

Poe suggested that new laws intended for foreign investments like amendments on the Public Service Act, Retail Trade Liberalization Act, and Foreign Investments Act should also be discussed by lawmakers in charter change public consultations.

“Kung foreign investments lang din ang usapin (If it is about foreign investments), it might not be relevant to go around the public asking if they agree to term extensions or other non-economic provisions,” she said.

Also agreeing with President Marcos, Senator Alan Peter Cayetano said he will focus instead on pursuing measures pertinent to values, prices, jobs and income.

Cayetano admitted that a lot needs to be changed in the Constitution but noted that some of it are “very political.”

“Ngayon galing sa (Coming from the) pandemic, additional distraction talaga (really). Madidistract lang tayo (We will just be distracted),” the lawmaker said.

Undeterred by the President’s pronouncement, Senator Robinhood Padilla urged Filipinos to support his call for a Constitutional Assembly that aims to

amend some of the Constitution’s economic provisions.

“Sana mga kababayan, itong mga economic provision na ito maisagawa natin dahil ito ginawa ng mga kapitbahay natin sa Asya at sila masigabo na (Hopefully my countrymen, we can work on these economic provisions because our progressive Asian neighbors have already done these),” Padilla said in a radio interview also on Tuesday.

Padilla clarified he harbors no ill feelings toward Marcos.

“’Pag titingnan po natin ang dati niyang interview noong siya po ay mambabatas, naniniwala siya noon na kailangan ng economic provisions sa Saligang Batas. Kailangan magbukas tayo sa foreign investment. Pero siyempre presidente siya, wala na ‘yan sa mandato niya, tama lang po ‘yan (The President, when he was a lawmaker, believed in amending economic provisions in the Constitution to bring in more foreign investments. Now that he is the President, this is not his mandate anymore so there’s nothing wrong with it),” he said.

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri told reporters that he sees no problem with what Padilla is doing.

“Trabaho niya yan bilang (It is his job as the) chairman of the Constitutional Amendments. Hayaan natin siya sa trabaho niya. Pero pagdating sa plenaryo, pagdating ng Rules Committee, pagbibigyan po natin ang priorities, ang nakabinbin pang (Let him do his job. But when it comes to the plenary, in the Rules Committee, we will prioritize the pending) 19 LEDAC [Legislative-Executive Development Advisory Council] priority measures,” Zubiri said.

Senator Imee Marcos said changing the Consitution might be a good idea but noted that it is not timely given the country’s current situation.

“Everybody has agreed naman kasi na ‘yung (because the) economic provisions kailangan palitan (needed to be changed). Wala namang ibang tututol. Ang problema pag binuksan mo yung Saligang Batas, talagang kakalkalin lahat. Hindi maiiwasan ‘yun. Kaya’t (No one will disagree, The problem is when you open the Constitution, everything will be scrutinized. It can’t be avoided. That’s why) given the state of our economy and health threats that face us today, ‘yung kapatid ko matagal nang sinasabi talaga na huwag muna yung constitutional issues kasi mahabang usapin yan. Baka cannot afford tayo ngayon (my brother have long been saying not to discuss constitutional issues because it will be a long discussion. We could not afford it right now),” Marcos told reporters.

In an interview after arriving from his Japan state visit, President Marcos expressed confidence that the country can achieve its goals within the present constitutional framework.

“There’s so many other things that we need to do first, that we can still do, we can achieve,” the President said. ( With a report from Leonel Abasola/PNA )

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Maindan’s home is), both of Maguindanao del Sur.

His security escort, Rolly Dilangalen, who is also his uncle, reportedly managed to survive as he was seated in the back part of the car.

Tago said six armed suspects

with long firearms positioned themselves in a bridge and fired upon Maindan’s vehicle. The latter’s vehicle was thrown off the highway and settled in a muddy grassy area.

Tago said he was able to attend the short wake period of his municipal officer before the body was sent to Maindan’s final resting place in his hometown of Pikit, Cotabato Monday evening for a Muslim burial ceremony. He added that Maindan was a generous person and he could not believe somebody wanted him dead.

Maindan was originally assigned as election officer of Pandag, Maguindanao del Sur.

At the time of election in May 2022, he was reassigned to Mangudadatu, also in the same province, before his latest assignment in Sultan sa Barongis.

The COMELEC office in Maguindanao condemned the attack and sought a thorough investigation.

Asked if the motive could have been related to work, Tago said “it could be possible.”

Election officials in the region are prone to danger usually after elections, especially when assigned to hot spot areas.

In May last year, a female election officer of Datu Salibo town also in Maguindanao del Sur survived a broad daylight ambush. Her aide was slightly injured when gunmen, aboard a vehicle on the opposite side of the road, fired at them while traversing the national highway. (Ferdinandh Cabrera / MindaNews)

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Khadija Benpolok, DENR12 information officer, said the suspects from Barangay Danlag in Tampakan town will be facing charges for violation of Republic Act (RA) 9147 or the “Wildlife Resources Conservation and Protection Act,” which prohibits the collection, hunting or possession of wildlife species.

“The last time I checked, our enforcement unit was still preparing the necessary charges against the vloggers,” she said in a phone interview.

On February 1, the DENR-12 Enforcement Division, Conservation and Development Division (CDD), Provincial Environment and Natural Resources Office –South Cotabato and the City Environment and Natural Resources Office – General Santos, together with the local police, raided Barangay Danlag after receiving information from concerned residents about the vloggers’ activity.

Felix Alicer, DENR-12 executive director, earlier created a composite team to investigate the information that the vloggers allegedly hunted or trapped wild birds for content production shown on social media.

He lauded the tipsters for their information that led to the seizure of least 21 wildlife species from the residence of the vloggers and some of their neighbors.

Among those confiscated were a crested goshawk and several short-billed brown doves, which were turned over to the DENR-12 Regional Wildlife Rescue Center in Lutayan, Sultan Kudarat for proper care.

The seized wild birds have been released to their habitat in Tampakan town, Benpolok said. DENR-12 officials did not identify the vloggers but the agency

said in an earlier statement that the suspects’ social media channel has at least 22,000 subscribers.

MindaNews tracked Facebook page Dj Maru tv Official, which contains videos showing trapped or caged birds apparently caught in the mountains of Tampakan, host of the largest untapped copper and gold minefield in Southeast Asia.

Dj Maru tv Official’s linked YouTube account has 22,500 subscribers. The YouTube videos, however, have been taken down.

Benpolok said authorities have not caught any of the vloggers and other residents allegedly involved in the illegal wildlife hunting and trapping in the mountains of Tampakan.

“The vloggers and their cohorts may have been tipped by their neighbors before the raiding team could have arrived,” she added.

Engr. Mama Samaon , DENR12 assistant regional director for technical services, earlier said that collection, hunting or possession of wildlife species is a criminal offense under RA 9147.

A violator faces an imprisonment of at least one month to four years and a fine of P5,000 to P300,000, depending on the classification of the wildlife species, the law stated.

Dirie Macabaning, DENR-12 enforcement division chief forester, urged the public to refrain from capturing any wildlife species.

“Let them live in their natural habitats,” he said. ( Bong S. Sarmiento / MindaNews )

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full),” says Atty. Maceste Uy, president of the IBP Davao City Chapter who will be hosting the national convention.

The convention which is also the 50th founding anniversary of the IBP will have 3,500 delegates, members of the IBP who will be coming from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao.

“Let’s say from Davao City mga 200 to 300 sasali (participating), the rest of the delegates will be from out-of-town they will be staying in Davao for two to three nights we would expect our restaurants our hotels to be patronized, this will really benefit our domestic tourism,” Uy said.

The IBP Davao City chapter president said there could have been more lawyers coming but limitations in space they could only accommodate at the most 3,500 delegates.

“Inasmuch as we like to accommodate a bigger number of registrants but there is a constraint in space initially 3,000 is the maximum number of registrants we can accept because yun lang ma-accommodate ng SMX but due to request ng mga lawyers na ma-accommodate pa sila we have to extend the number of participants from 3,000 to 3,500 and we are utilizing SM Cinema 6,” Atty Uy said.

The tickets for the national convention were immediately sold-out as this is the first faceto-face IBP national convention after the pandemic.

He said they have invited Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo along with 14 Associate Justices of the Supreme Court to the convention. Also invited were House of Representatives Speaker Martin Romualdez and Senator Francis Tolentino. Meanwhile, Vice-President Sara Z. Duterte

has confirmed that she will attend the fellowship dinner.

This is the third time that Davao City hosted the IBP National Convention, the first was in 1999, and the second in 2013.

Atty. Uy said that one of their objectives in hosting the IBP national convention is to promote the city and the Davao Region.

He said that aside from lawyers coming, some would be bringing their families. “We have digital fliers that we post on our chat groups where if the lawyers have spare time or their family members who accompanied them, they can avail of tours within Davao Region, not just Davao City but adjoining cities and provinces,” Atty. Uy said.

The IBP National Convention in Davao City is also expected to showcase the MICE (Meetings, Incentives, Conventions, Exhibits) tourism potentials of the city. After the IBP convention, the City will also be hosting MICECon 2023 this March 1-3. Another big sporting event the Alveo Ironman 70.3 will be hosted by Davao City this March 26. (PIA/RG Alama)

Conducts...

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ronmental, Land Use and Urban Planning and Development Division (ELUPDD) of the local government unit (LGU) of Santa Cruz in Davao del Sur.

It was learned that the 5-day seminar workshop was conducted in preparation for the LGU’s RiskSensitive Comprehensive Land Use Plan (CLUP) and Zoning Ordinance.

The activity was also focused on providing inputs pertinent to sectoral and ecosystem analysis, as well as capacitating the concerned stakeholders about Climate and Disaster Risk Assessment (AR5) and Mapping activity for the preparation of the Existing Land Use Maps per Barangay and hazard areas.

Ryan Anthony A. Paran, ELUPD Division Chief HHRO VI EnP, headed the workshop activities, together with the ELUPDD Technical Team, and with the guidance of DHSUD XI Regional Director RM Miguel R. Palma Gil. (JCE)

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million.

Meanwhile, another inspection of three Asterzenmed Inc. containers resulted in the confiscation of PHP24 million worth of red onions and assorted meat products, while PHP21.5 million worth of smuggled assorted meat products were also confiscated after an inspection of three other container vans.

The latest operation reported on Jan. 27 led to the discovery of two container vans loaded with potatoes and fresh yellow onions with an estimated value of PHP23.6 million.

The DA said the confiscated agricultural products originated from Hong Kong, China and have no Sanitary and Phytosanitary Import Clearance.

The operations that lead to the confiscation of multi-million smuggled agri-fishery products were done through the combined efforts of the DA Inspectorate and Enforcement, together with partner agencies including the Philippine ERRATUM

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Coast Guard (PCG), Bureau of Customs (BOC), Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI), Bureau of Animal Industry (BAI), and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR).

The DA said the campaign against agricultural smuggling is consistent with the directive given by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to “safeguard the welfare of Filipino farmers and fishers and make locally grown agricultural produce more competitive.”

Anti-smuggling law

In an earlier interview, DA Assistant Secretary James Layug said the anti-agricultural smuggling law should be revisited to protect farmers, fishers, and consumers.

“Akin pong sinusuportahan ang amyenda sa anti-agricultural smuggling law upang ma-include ang price manipulation, which ang composition po niyan ay hoarding, profiteering, and cartel (I support the amendment of the anti-agricultural smuggling so we could include price manipulation, which covers hoarding, profiteering, and cartel),” he said.

Layug said this form of economic sabotage should be addressed by fortifying regulations, digitization in the DA, pushing for the establishment of cold examination facilities for agriculture, as well as continuous collaboration with the local authorities.

“Mapapadali ang commodity monitoring at document tracking para maging mas mapabilis ang pagtawid ng produkto at maprotektahan natin ang borders laban sa smuggling (Commodity monitoring and document tracking could be made easier so we could deliver the products faster and protect our borders against smuggling),” he said.

Meanwhile, the DA said it has confiscated about PHP1.5 billion worth of smuggled agricultural products since October last year.

The amount includes more than 8 million kg. of smuggled agricultural products.

To date, the DA has filed 25 cases for violation of the AntiAgricultural Smuggling Act of 2016. (with reports from Stephanie Sevillano, PNA)

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their case if Flex Fuel pays them back their supposed investments. “Ibalik niya ang pera namin. Kahit principal, ‘yung buong pera lang namin na dineposit sa account niya. Kahit wala na ‘yung kinita, wala na ‘yung interes. Hindi na kami magsasampa ng kaso,” Sta. Isabel stressed.

The management of Flex Fuel has already denied the scam allegations from the complainants but explained the company was hit and affected by the Covid-19 pandemic which they have no control over.

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