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LANDBANK agri loans jump 14.8% to P271.8-B as of Q1 2023

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) continues to firm up its support to the agriculture sector, with outstanding loans reaching P271.8 billion as of 31 March 2023 – a 14.8% year-on-year growth from P236.8 billion in the same period in 2022.

Of the Bank’s agri loans, P42.3 billion directly benefitted small farmers and fishers, including those which were channeled through cooperatives and farmers’ associations, rural financial institutions and other conduits.

“LANDBANK contin -

ues to provide accessible financing for small farmers and fishers, as well as the whole agri-value chain. We are fully committed to supporting the National Government’s efforts to ensure food security towards advancing growth that is sustainable and inclusive,” said LANDBANK President

and CEO Cecilia Cayosa Borromeo.

As support to other agri-value chain players, LANDBANK extended P181.2 billion to finance the requirements of small, medium and large agribusinesses.

The remaining P48.3 billion in loans backed agri-

and aqua-related projects of local government units (LGUs) and governmentowned and controlled corporations (GOCCs).

In terms of economic activities, P64.5 billion of the agri loans were channeled to boost livestock and crop production, while P120 billion accounted for

loans for agri-processing and trading.

Meanwhile, P87.3 billion supported the construction and improvement of essential agri infrastructures such as public markets, farm-tomarket roads, warehouses, cold storages, and irrigation systems, among others.

LGU Magsaysay in MISOR adopts DOST RxBox Telehealth device

The Local Government Unit of Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental adopts the RxBox telehealth device for enhanced healthcare services in the municipality. In partnership with the Department of Science and Technology, the LGU will now make use of the unit at the Municipal Health Office.

RxBox is a multicomponent system (biomedical device, electronic medical record system and telemedicine training) designed to provide better access to lifesaving health care services in isolated and disadvantaged communities nationwide.

The ceremonial turnover held on March 31 was held with the presence of the Municipal Mayor, Charlie Buhisan, alongside with the Municipal Health Officer, Dr. Fortunato M. Ramonal at the town hall. The department heads of the local government unit witnessed the said turn-over.

Dr. Ramonal in his acceptance speech, emphasized the features of the RxBox device and how it will positively impact the people of Magsaysay.

“With its telehealth system function, easy referral of patients to tertiary hospitals will be realized”, Dr. Ramonal explained. Mayor Buhisan expressed his gratitude to the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) for receiving the RxBox device. "Through this device, we can bring the healthcare services closer to the Filipinos”, said Mayor Buhisan. He also signified the interest of the LGU in procuring the device by the time

it will be commercially available.

The RxBox telehealth device is among the Department of Science and Technology’s efforts for a “Smarter Philippines''. It is also an ICT (Information and Communications Technology) innovation designed to support the Department of Health’s call for Kalusugang Pangkalahatan or Universal Health Care. Its major goal is to provide better access to life-saving health care services in isolated and disadvantaged communities nationwide. (Jesther Marlou Orong/ DOST10)

DENR 10 JOINS CLEAN-UP DRIVE

In line with the Earth Day annual celebration, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Region 10 joins with the Cagayan de Oro City Local Environment and Natural Resources Office, various national government agencies, academe, private organizations, youth groups and other volunteers for the clean-up drive on April 22 in Coastal Road, Barangay Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City.

An estimated of 4,000 volunteers participated in the Earth Day activity to demonstrate support for environmental protection and to promote sustainable development to raise awareness on environmental issues and encourage people to protect planet Earth.

The Earth Day 2023 was spearheaded by the KUSGAN VOLUNTEERS

Inc., a non-profit organization registered by the Security Exchange

Commission as part of their advocacy on nature conservancy. (Jesha May

N. Bagtoltol) RSCIG No. 04-120-2023 #TayoAngKalikasan

DOST-X and LGU Magsaysay representatives during the turnover of one RxBox device in Town Hall, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental on March 31, 2023.

DOST-X representatives explaining the contents of the RxBox to LGU representatives, including various parts of the telehealth device needed to perform its features.

By Zaldy De Layola and Leonel Abasola

MANILA – House Speaker

Ferdinand Martin Romualdez on Sunday vowed for the swift passage of 11 additional legislations, bringing to 42 the total number of priority administration measures.

Romualdez said the bills include Amending the AFP (Armed Forces of the Philippines) Fixed Term bill, which has been transmitted to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr.; Ease of Paying Taxes; Maharlika Investment Fund; Local Government Unit Income Classification; Amendment to Universal Health Care Act, which were already sent to

the Senate; Bureau of Immigration Modernization; Infrastructure Development Plan/Build Build Build Program, which is now for committee report preparation; Philippine Salt Industry Development Act; Philippine Ecosystem and Natural Capital Accounting System; National Employment Action Plan; and Amendment to the Anti-Agricultural Smuggling Act, which is under committee/technical working group meeting.

“President Marcos Jr. approved 11 bills designed to address key issues on public health, job creation, and further stimulate economic growth as part of his administration’s priority legislation. These mea -

Imee seeks regulation of artificial intelligence in BPOs, OEMs

MANILA – Senator Imee Marcos on Sunday called for an inquiry into the use of artificial intelligence (AI) that poses a major threat to workers in the Business Process Outsourcing (BPOs) and Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) industries.

“AI is developing faster than most people can comprehend and is threatening to take away jobs and turn employment growth upside down,” Marcos, chairperson

R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

of the Senate Committee on Social Justice, Welfare and Rural Development, said in a news release.

AI, she said, poses a grave danger to the BPO industry and factory workers who helped the country’s economy at the height of the onslaught of the coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic.

In 2020 to 2021 or when the world was critically battling the effects of the pandemic, the BPO indus -

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Malalag

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC May 05, 2023

CCE-21-2023 RA 10172

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that JEZDEL REGIDOR SILAYA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of sex from “ FEMALE ” to “ MALE ” in the Certificate of Live Birth of J EZDEL REGIDOR SILAYA at MALALAG, DAVAO DEL SUR and whose parents are FLARIDEL T. SILAYA JR. and JESSEL V. REGIDOR

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than May 25, 2023.

(SGD) POL P. YURO Municipal Civil Registrar

sures will be the focus of our legislative efforts when Congress resumes session this Monday,” he said in a statement.

Romualdez accompanied Marcos during his five-day official visit to the United States and Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla in Great Britain.

Romualdez said the leadership aims to approve the remaining eight LegislativeExecutive Development Council (LEDAC) priority measures from the original 31 bills before the sine die adjournment of Congress on June 3.

“It will be on a best-effort basis. We will try to pass

Estate tax amnesty extension lifeline for pandemic-hit sectors

By Zaldy De Layola

MDN: May 9 & 16, 2023

MANILA

– The clock is ticking and the Senate needs to pass an important bill seeking to extend the estate tax amnesty period for two more years.

Deputy Speaker and Batangas 6th District Rep. Ralph Recto said in a news release on Sunday that his “former classmates can approve what is a simple bill” without having to wait for President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to certify the measure as urgent.

He said that when session resumes on Monday, both chambers of Congress have 12 session days before it adjourns anew by the end of the month.

Under the current estate tax amnesty law, the period to avail of the benefits expires on June 14.

But Recto expressed hopes of an extension “because in legislation, a

month is an eternity. Kaya kayang-kaya ipasa (It can be passed).”

“Although tax bills originate from the House, the Senate, in anticipation of House action, can start tackling the bill, so that when the House bill arrives, the Senate version is now

FLORPAZ SERINIA who was born on JANUARY 24, 1955 at Iligan City, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are PAZ HALIBAS and JESUS SERIÑA

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

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primed for floor debates,” he said.

After it hurdled the House Ways and Means Committee, the measure seeking to move the deadline of the estate tax amnesty to June 14, 2025 would then be ready for the plenary debates where its passage

is a certainty, he added.

While in the Senate, Recto was among the authors of Republic Act (RA) 11213 or the Tax Amnesty Act which erased the penalties and significantly cut the rates for estate tax obligations.

However, the period

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House Speaker Ferdinand Martin Romualdez (left) and Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri flank President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. (PNA photo by Avito C. Dalan)

Senator Imee Marcos (PNA file photo)

Senator shuns NAIA privatization

MANILA – The privatization of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) and other airports would not solve the worsening condition of these facilities, Senator Risa Hontiveros said on Sunday.

Instead of pushing for the airports’ privatization as proposed by fellow legislators, Hontiveros suggested that the government should focus on improving management and greater accountability of local airports.

“Privatization is not the correct prescription to solve the worsening problems of service within our airports," Hontiveros said in a news release.

Operations at NAIA and other local airports will never improve even if the private sector runs them unless management systems are reformed, she said.

Hontiveros issued the statement after some colleagues in the Senate brought up the idea of privatizing the airport.

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri even suggested allowing a foreign firm to run the problematic airport.

But the opposition solon disputed such a claim, adding that allowing international firms to manage the

PROBLEMATIC AIRPORT. The privatization of Ninoy Aquino International Airport is deemed as a solution to the deteriorating condition of the facility. But Senator Risa Hontiveros believed otherwise, adding that improving management and greater accountability could solve airports' woes. (PNA file photo) airport does not guarantee better services. Worse, they could bring additional toll on the traveling public.

She said well-maintained airports around the world like Doha’s Hamad International Airport, Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport, Korea’s Incheon International Airport, Paris’ Charles de Gaulle, and Istanbul Airport are all managed by their respective states.

“The majority of the best airports in the world remain state-owned. There

are plenty of good practices in airport operations for us to emulate if the government is indeed serious about fixing our airports,” Hontiveros said.

The senator echoed the earlier call of House Deputy Speaker Ralph Recto and other officials for an immediate technical system audit of NAIA operations so the government can proactively identify and address its weaknesses.

Manila International Airport Authority officerin-charge Bryan Co said

in a statement Friday that with the assistance of power distributor Manila Electric Company (Meralco), the electrical audit of the NAIA Terminal 3 has started following an outage on May 1 that disrupted flights and affected about 9,300 passengers.

Meralco said the outage was caused either by faulty wiring or short circuit, which resulted in a high amount of power current and fault indicator. (With reports from Leonel Abasola/PNA)

ROYAL RECEPTION. President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. attends the royal reception at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday night (May 5, 2023), a day before the Grand Coronation of King Charles III. Marcos was joined by his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos. (Photo courtesy of the Presidential Communications Office)

PBBM attends royal reception; singles out 'thriving' PH-UK ties

MANILA – President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Friday night graced the royal reception hosted by King Charles III on the eve of the latter’s historic coronation, at Buckingham Palace in London, the United Kingdom.

Donning a barong with a Philippine flag lapel pin, Marcos was seen exchanging pleasantries with King Charles III, based on the photo released by the Presidential Communications Office (PCO) on its official Facebook page on Saturday.

The President was accompanied by his wife, First Lady Liza Araneta-Marcos, clad in an elegant Filipiniana dress.

In a separate Facebook

post, Marcos said he was “deeply honored” to attend the royal reception with his wife at Buckingham Palace.

He also emphasized the importance of the Philippines’ “thriving” relations with the UK.

“We underscore the thriving relationship between the Philippines and the United Kingdom, which has been promising in increasing trade, investment, and cultural exchanges for the Filipino people,” he said.

Marcos flew to London to witness the Grand Coronation of King Charles III on Saturday.

King Charles III, formerly known as The Prince of Wales, was born in 1948

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While common sense is considered conventional wisdom, uncommon sense is a re-examination of that conventional wisdom. In our business life and personal life, following common sense is usually the safe way to go.

Common sense is not so common, Voltaire once wrote. There is always that one bad-mannered person in class who sneezes without covering their mouth. Or the person who takes up two seats on the train just because they like to sit with their legs spread out.

As I ponder the back and forth and up and down in my surroundings and the whole world, a book from my library falls into my hand: Peter Cochrane's Uncommon Sense with the subtitle Out of the box thinking for an in the box world.

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In Uncommon Sense, Peter Cochrane's follow up to the radical 108 Tips for Time Traveller. Peter explains how very simple analysis allows the prediction of such debacles as the 3G auction and the subsequent collapse of an industry, whilst simple-minded thinking is dangerous in the context of a world that is predominantly chaotic and out of control.

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Kim’s Dream Electric Coops Perpetuate Social Injustice

Let Justice Be Done Till Heavens Fall

SOCIAL injustice looms in so many ways in a highly skewed societal order. It is seen in the life of the peasantry telling the land not their own, and if they own the land, they do not control the mode of production and marketing. This is the reason why everyone profits from farming except those who work under the excruciating heat of the sun – the farmers.

It is manifested in the life of the Filipino buyers who are victims of so many marketing layers as everything sold in this country, from needles to tractors, passes at least five marketing layers. A bag of Ammonium Sulfate fertilizer which is just bought in Ukraine at P100 per bag is sold in

Mindanao at P1,500. Lipitor bought in New Delhi at 30 centavos per pill is sold in the Philippine pharmacies at P50.

But the height of social injustice is perpetuated in the life of the 13 million member-consumer- owners (MCOs) of so called Electric Cooperatives who until now are deprived of their fundamental right as shareholders of their respective multi-billion peso ECs.

Every time the MCOs will claim such right, they will just be told that they have only contributed P5 as membership fee. The truth is, in the unbundling of their monthly payment, it is shown that from the very beginning, each MCO has been paying two items as

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We can do the work of God

Yes, we can! Christ said it clearly. “Amen, amen I say to you, he that believeth in me, the works that I do, he also shall do; and greater than these shall he do.”

(Jn 14,12)

Incredible, indeed! But that’s just how it is. If we would just bother to consider who we really are, then it should come as a given that we can do God’s work.

Our life is truly a shared life with God, since we are his image and likeness, sharers of his life and nature.

While all creatures enjoy a certain connaturality with God, the Creator, we of all the creatures enjoy that connaturality to the highest degree. We have been created in such a way that we just don’t belong to

I don't know how you feel nowadays, my dear readers. As christian the bible -and here especially Proverbs help me a lot. As I mentioned in one of my previous write ups, Proverbs is probably the most downto-earth book in the bible. Its education prepares you for the street and the market

God. Rather, we enter into the very life and nature of God himself.

That is why we are made a person, and not just a thing or some living plant or animal. As a person, we have been hard-wired in such a way that we can knowingly, willingly and freely relate ourselves not only with others and with all the other creatures, but also and first of all, with God himself.

Our spiritual faculties of intelligence and will can do that for us. That is why our life cannot help but be a shared life with others and with God himself. This is a basic truth about ourselves that we should try to continually remind ourselves of, if only to uphold it and

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reinforce it, since we also have the tendency to keep to ourselves rather than to continually relate ourselves to God and to the others. Yes, we always have the tendency to fall into self-indulgence and selfabsorption. We have to be wary of this danger that is clearly becoming widespread. Self-indulgence and self-absorption are a constant threat, especially these days when good and evil are so mixed up that we would mostly likely be left

Cebu guv says 200 capitol workers, teachers to get new homes

By John Rey Saavedra

CEBU CITY – Governor

Gwendolyn Garcia on Friday said more than 200 capitol employees and public school teachers will have a new home before the year ends.

This developed as Garcia reported that the first phase of the provincial government’s housing project will be completed in October this year.

The first 210 units will be awarded to qualified workers in the provincial capitol and government school teachers in Minglanilla.

“This is another step forward. It will benefit the public school teachers and capitol’s workers,” she said in Cebuano.

The entire project which has a total land area of 73,836.57 square meters, including phase 1, stands to benefit about 400 employees of Cebu capitol and teachers from Ming -

lanilla.

Likened to a middleend subdivision as the site development, including a road network, drainage system, and other amenities, costs PHP111 million, the Tunghaan Minglanilla Subdivision Project will be undertaken by a private contractor, SeventySeven Living Spaces,

in a lot occupied by the Gawad Kalinga community.

Each unit will have a floor area ranging from 100 to 212 square meters.

According to John Galo, the developer’s assistant manager, they cannot yet determine the price per unit as of this writing, as they

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But Paulino Talacay, business development manager of Pag-IBIG Fund here, said they will participate in the service caravan of the capitol this month to answer questions related to the Minglanilla housing project. (PNA)

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WORKER'S HOUSING. Aerial photo of the Tunghaan Minglanilla Subdivision Project, a socialized housing project of the Cebu provincial government. More than 200 capitol employees and public school teachers will have their new homes before the year ends, as Phase 1 of the project will end soon. (Photo courtesy of Cebu Capitol PIO)

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5.4 Billion sale and leaseback deal of 447 towwers with unity Digital Infrastructure; overall towers sold now at 7,506

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May 7, 2023, MANILA, PHILIPPINES – Globe (PSE:GLO), a leading digital platform in the Philippines with major interests in telecommunications, financial technology, virtual healthcare, digital marketing solutions, corporate venture building, and most recently, climate technology, announced today the signing of the sale and leaseback agreement with Unity Digital Infrastructure (Unity), a partnership between Aboitiz InfraCapital (AIC) and Partners Group for the sale of 447 towers.

The tower assets consist of 84% ground-based towers and 16% rooftop towers. The sale comes with a commitment to build over 200 towers across Visayas and/ or Mindanao. Globe expects to raise total proceeds of 5.4 billion from executing this transaction.

The towers, which are all located in Luzon, will be leased back to Globe for an initial period of 15

years. The first close for this portfolio is targeted to occur in the third quarter of 2023, with subsequent closings happening as and when closing conditions are met. Globe estimates the pre-tax net transaction gain from this transaction to be 1.8 billion, reporting and recognition of which will be according to the timing of the transaction closings.

“Signing this agreement with Unity is consistent with our endeavor to promote capital efficiency and prudence in our transactions. We keep our shareholders and customers' welfare in mind by finding the right balance of funding sources and transformational projects designed to steer the company towards the digital forefront,” said Rizza Maniego-Eala, Globe’s Chief Finance Officer.

The sale to Unity brings Globe’s total tower sold from 7,059 towers to 7,506 towers and the expected proceeds will be used to

finance capital expenditures and maturing debts. This tower deal will strengthen Globe’s balance sheet, thus providing sufficient flexibility to compete in this dynamic market as well as propel Globe’s shift into becoming the Philippines’ leading digital solutions platform.

"Positioning ourselves as leaders in digital infrastructure brings us a step closer to our vision of becoming the Philippines’ first Techglomerate. Through the digital portfolio expansion of Aboitiz InfraCapital, we are empowering the country to stay connected and adapt to the ever-evolving digital landscape, driving progress and advancement for all," said Sabin M. Aboitiz, Aboitiz Group President and Chief Executive Officer.

Robin Sarmiento, Unity Digital Infrastructure Chief Executive Officer commented, "At Unity, our commitment is focused on supporting the country's

digital infrastructure initiative. We partner with all mobile network operators to address the growing demand for expanded coverage and improved connectivity, with the goal of reaching unserved and underserved areas."

Ernest L. Cu, Globe’s President and Chief Executive Officer added, “We are confident that our partnership with Unity will enable us to further streamline our operations and promote technology as a tool to upgrade the standard of living across the nation especially in Visayas and Mindanao, consistent DocuSign Envelope ID: 710EC0E2-AF95-447AA6F1-EBA895A66D54 with our vision of digital inclusivity. Reliable infrastructure cannot be stressed enough for a digital company like Globe especially now that

UBS AG acted as exclusive financial advisor to Globe on the transaction

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on May 25, 2015 at Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, both petitioners had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their resident at Purok 7, Migcuya, Dangcagan, Bukidnon and 15 Sky Lark St., Isabel Village , Palao, Iligan 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 years, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on May 25, 2015 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 May 26, 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 28th of April, 2023.

MDN: May 2, 9 & 16, 2023

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

To those who are struggling, s-l-o-w learners, and to those who are handling them at school daily, my salute to you all! This story is for you.

Leo The Late Bloomer

BY : ALMA LACOSTALES CALIBO, EDD Teacher III Lanao del Norte National Comprehensive High School

Once upon a time, a little lion named Leo lived in the jungle with his family. Leo was a late bloomer - while all his siblings were already walking and roaring, Leo was still stumbling and making feeble noises. His parents worried about him but didn’t give up hope that he would catch up with his siblings soon.

Despite their encouragement, Leo felt discouraged and frustrated. He didn’t like feeling left behind, and he longed to be able to do the things his siblings could do. One day, he decided to try extra hard to learn how to walk and roar.

Leo practiced and prac

ticed, but he just couldn’t seem to get it right. He became more and more discouraged, and his parents didn’t know what to do to help him. They watched as Leo’s siblings played and explored, while Leo sat on the sidelines.

One day, as Leo was sitting alone, he noticed a butterfly fluttering by. He watched in awe as it gracefully flitted from flower to flower, and he realized that the butterfly was once a caterpillar, just like him. The caterpillar had to go through a metamorphosis to become a butterfly, and Leo realized that he too would go through a metamorphosis of sorts.

Leo’s parents watched in surprise as Leo suddenly stood up and took his first wobbly steps. He let out a small roar, and his parents cheered him on. Leo continued to practice and try new things, and before long, he was walking and roaring just like his siblings.

Leo had bloomed late, but he had bloomed in his own time. He realized that everyone has their own path and their own timeline, and it’s important to never give up and keep trying. From that day forward, Leo felt more confident and more happy, and he knew that he could achieve anything he set his mind to.

Glitterati models pose with designer Gil Macaibay III backstage after their successful yearly summer fashion show at Lifestyle District in Cagayan de Oro City last May 6. ROGER LACTAO JR PHOTOGRAPHY

our deliberate shift from telco to techco is robustly underway.”

Pag-IBIG FUND

CDO Housing Business Center

4th Floor Pag-IBIG Fund Bldg., JR Borja St., CDOC INVITATION TO BID

June 5, 2023

The Pag-IBIG Fund Committee on Disposition of Acquired Assets hereby invites interested bidders who would like to purchase Pag-IBIG Fund acquired assets through Sealed Public Auction:

LIVELIHOOD SUPPORT. DSWD-13 Regional Director Mari-Flor Dollaga (2nd from left), together with Assistant Director for Operations Jean Paul Parajes (right), hands over the motorcycle spare parts livelihood project amounting to PHP488,727 to the Tanawan Consumers Sustainable Livelihood Program Association in Socorro, Surigao del Norte, on Thursday (May 4, 2023). A separate project worth PHP488,728 was also handed over to the Nueva Estrella Women’s Sustainable Livelihood Program Association in the same town. (Photo courtesy of DSWD-13)

2 Siargao people’s orgs get P977-K livelihood projects from DSWD

By Alexander Lopez

BUTUAN CITY – Two people’s organizations (POs) from the town of Socorro in Siargao Island, Surigao del Norte, received livelihood projects from the Department of Social Welfare and Development in the Caraga Region (DSWD-13) in separate turnover ceremonies held Thursday.

In a statement Friday, the DSWD-13 said the projects were released through the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the agency.

The Tanawan Consum-

ers Sustainable Livelihood Program Association received motorcycle spare parts livelihood project amounting to PHP488,727.

The other group, the Nueva Estrella Women’s Sustainable Livelihood Program Association, was also awarded with a general merchandise amounting to PHP488,728.

“DSWD-13 Regional Director Mari-Flor Dollaga and Asst. Regional Director for Operations Jean Paul Parajes led the handing over of the projects to the beneficiaries,” the DSWD13 said.

It said some 60 members of the two associations will directly benefit from the livelihood projects.

Rolando Erong and Jheia Guy-ab who lead the two groups expressed gratitude to the government and vowed to work hard to sustain their respective projects.

The SLP is a capabilitybuilding program of the DSWD for the poor, vulnerable, and marginalized households and communities by helping them improve their socio-economic conditions. (PNA)

Abalos cites need to beef up coastal patrol in Zamboanga City

By Teofilo Garcia, Jr.

ZAMBOANGA CITY – De-

partment of the Interior and Local Government (DILG)

Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. on Saturday called on local authorities in Zamboanga City to beef up efforts to protect its coastlines from the entry of illegal drugs.

Abalos made the call as he led the launch of the “Buhay Ingatan, Droga’y Ayawan” (BIDA) program here, bringing together all sectors in the fight against illegal drugs.

“Mayor (John) Dalipe told me the problem here in Zamboanga City is its large coastline. So, there is a need to strengthen seaborne and coastal patrol here,” he said.

“We must check on our borders because the worst part of it is we might become the dumping ground of illegal drugs.”

Abalos said he would coordinate with the Philippine Coast Guard to assist local authorities in guarding the coastline and prevent the entry of drugs and smuggling other contraband.

He urged the local police to strengthen also its intelligence operation against illegal drugs and criminalities

as he underscored the goal of the BIDA program that promotes a holistic campaign against illegal drugs.

The program involves the participation of partner national government agencies, local government units, private sectors, faith-based organizations, and civil society organizations in the campaign against illegal drugs.

BIDA, which began in October 2022, is a response to the order of President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. to strengthen the government’s

anti-drug campaign by focusing on arresting drug lords, rehabilitating users, and reducing demand.

Meanwhile, Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency 9 (Zamboanga Peninsula) Director Laurefel Gabales reported during the launch of the BIDA program that 1,334 of the 1,904 barangays in the region have been drug-cleared.

Gabales said 455 barangays remain drug-affected, while 115 are certified unaffected barangays in the region. (PNA)

1. Interested parties are required to secure copies of OFFER TO BID (HQP-AAF-103 if individual bidder orHQP-AAF-238 if juridical entity) from the Acquired Asset frontline counter servicing, Pag-IBIG Fund Building-Jose Calo Aquino Avenue, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte or may download the form at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph.

2. Properties shall be sold on an “AS IS, WHERE IS” basis which means that the bidder accepts whatever the physical status of the property/ies (including whether it is occupied or not) including whatever fees and dues pertaining to the property/ies shall be for the account of the bidder.

3. All interested bidders are encouraged to inspect the property/ies before tendering their offer/s. The list of the properties for public auction may be viewed at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph/aa/aa.aspx.

4. Discounts are not applicable during First Sealed Public Auction.

5. Bidders are encouraged to visit our website, www.pagibigfund.gov.ph/aa/aa.aspx five (5) working days prior the actual opening of bid offers, to check whether there is any erratum posted on the list of properties posted under the sealed public auction.

6. Bidders shall be required to register at the Acquired Asset frontline counter servicing Pag-IBIG Fund Building-Jose Calo Aquino Avenue, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, prior to dropping of sealed bid offer/s. Only bid offers from registered bidders shall be accepted and a registration stub will be issued as proof of registration.

7. Acceptance of sealed bid offer/s shall be from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM starting May 29, 2023 until June 2, 2023. Bidders are advised to submit their proposals together with a photocopy of their valid Identification (ID) card and latest proof of income only on the scheduled date of batch. No proposals shall be accepted earlier or later than the scheduled date.

8. Bidders may designate their Authorized Representatives, provided they shall issue the following documents:

a. Notarized Special Power of Attorney (SPA) for individual-bidder. The SPA for bidding may be downloaded at www. pagibigfund.gov.ph (Other properties for sale-Disposition of Acquired Assets for Public Auction). Also, if the bidder is based or is currently working abroad, SPA must be notarized at the Philippine Consular Office.

b. Secretary’s Certificate for company-bidder.

NOTE: The suggested template of the said documents may be downloaded at www.pagibigfund.gov.ph.

9. The bidder shall state in words and in figures the amount of his/her bid offer and his/her chosen mode of payment in the Offer to Bid form. The BID OFFER shall not be lower than the minimum bid set by the Fund.

10. In the absence of a chosen mode of payment, the default mode of payment shall be long-term installment. Likewise, change on the winning bidder’s mode of payment shall not be allowed.

11. The determination of winning bidders shall be on the following dates and details:

Tranche Date of Opening of Bid Offer/s Location

12th Tranche June 5, 2023

4th Flr.Pag-IBIG Fund Bldg. J.R. Borja St.,Cagayan de Oro City

12. The determination of winning bidders shall be monitored by a representative from Commission on Audit (COA). Attendance of the bidder/s in the venue is not required.

13. The bidder who offers the highest bid shall be declared as the winner.

14. In case there are identical offers constituting the highest bids, the tie shall be resolved by considering the Mode of Payment. The priority in terms of mode of payment shall be as follows:

a. Cash;

b. Short-Term Installment;

c. Long-Term Installment.

15. If there is still a tie after considering the mode of payment, it shall be resolved through toss coin. However, in case there are more than two (2) highest bidders, the tie shall be resolved through draw lots.

16. The result of the sealed public auction shall be released and posted in the Pag-IBIG Fund official website at www. pagibigfund.gov.ph. Bidders are encourage to check the result on the said website.

17. Any notification sent by Pag-IBIG Fund through email or SMS shall be sufficient compliance to the notification requirements and presumed to be deemed received by the buyer. In this regard, the Bidder shall ensure that the contact number and email address indicated on the Offer to Bid are active. The bidder shall inform Pag-IBIG Fund immediately on any changes on his/ her contact number.

18. The winning bidder shall be required to pay his/ her BID BOND equivalent to five percent (5%) of the BID OFFER and shall be paid within 3 working days after the publication of the winning bidders. It shall be in Philippine Currency and may be in the form of cash or manager’s check payable to Pag-IBIG Fund. It shall likewise serve as the down payment of the winning bidder.

19. For bidders whose bid bond is in the form of a MANAGER’S CHECK, they are advised to adhere to the current Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’ (BSP) memorandum relative to the proper handling of checks: Do not staple, crumple, fold, bind or pin checks.

20. Payment of the remaining ninety five percent (95%) bid offer balance may either be thru any of the following modes:

a. Cash Payment – the balance on the net selling price shall be paid not later than thirty (30) calendar days from date of signing of Deed of Conditional Sale (DCS).

b. Short-Term Installment – the balance on the net selling price shall be paid in equal monthly instalment and provided the chosen payment term shall not exceed twelve (12) months subject to an interest based on the Full Risk-Based Pricing Framework for three-year fixing period.

c.. Long-Term Installment – payment shall be in the form of monthly amortization based on the approved term, which may be up to a maximum of thirty (30) years with the following considerations:

c.1. Approval and term shall be subject to eligibility requirements stipulated under the Circular 428 Omnibus Guidelines on Sale of Pag-IBIG Fund Real and Other Properties Acquired;

c.2. The amount shall be the bidder’s bid offer, net of 5% down payment;

c.3. The bidder shall be required to file his/her Long-Term Installment application and pay the processing fee within thirty (30) calendar days upon receipt of Notice of Award:

- Processing fee of Two Thousand Pesos (P2,000.00);

- Equity, if applicable;

c.4. In case the Bid Offer, net of the five percent (5%) bid bond and additional discount, is still higher than the approved amount for Long Term Installment, the amount in excess shall be treated as equity. It shall be paid by the buyer within thirty (30) calendar days from receipt of Notice of Conditional Approval of Sale (NCAS).

c.5. Original Borrowers who wish to participate on the Sealed Public Auction sale shall not be allowed to avail long term installment as mode of payment. They may only submit offer thru cash or short-term installment basis.

c.6. In case the application has been disapproved due to buyer’s fault, the 5% bidder’s bond shall be forfeited in favor of the Fund.

21. If the winning bidder fails or refuses to push through with the purchase of the property, or fails to pay in full the remaining balance within 30 calendar days from receipt of the Notice of Award (NOA), he shall lose his right as winning bidder and the 5% bidder’s bond shall be forfeited in favor of the Fund.

22. The Fund shall declare the next highest bidder as the winning bidder in case the sale to the original winning bidder is cancelled. He shall be required to pay a down payment of 5% of the offer price within 15 calendar days from notification and the remaining ninety five percent (95%) of his/her bid offer within the approved payment period. In the event there are two (2) or more complying bidders, the same rule on resolving ties shall be applied.

23. Interested parties may visit the Acquired Asset Unit and contact Mr. Don Dino D. Gonzalez, Mr. Sam Elijah T. Velez, and Ms. Kristel Bernados or you may contact tel. no. (08822) 722800, 09503530644. You may also email your inquiries for further details at cdohbc.lrrd2@pagibigfund.gov.ph.

PAG-IBIG FUND RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY OR ALL BIDS, TO WAIVE ANY FORMALITY THEREIN OR ACCEPT SUCH BIDS AS MAY BE CONSIDERED MOST ADVANTAGEOUS TO THE FUND. THE DECISION OF THE FUND IS FINAL AND BINDING.

ENGR. NOLI D. ARMADA

Chairman, Committee on Disposition of Acquired Assets

BIDA PROGRAM. Interior Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. signs the visitors' logbook while Zamboanga City Mayor John Dalipe (right) looks on. Abalos led the launch of the "Buhay Ingatan, Droga'y Ayawan" (BIDA) program in Zamboanga City on Saturday (May 6, 2023).

(PNA photo by Teofilo P. Garcia Jr.)

MINDANAO DAILY FEATURE

TRUTH. JUSTICE. PROGRESS.

Mon-Tue, May 8-9, 2023

RI 3870 DGE Go appoints assistant governor for Zone 2

ROTARY Club of Iligan Maria Cristina president Anna Maria Castillo-Leopoldo has been appointed as Rotary International District 3870 assistant governor for Zone 2.

The appointmnent was signed by RI 3870 District Governor-Elect Gilda “Gigi” Go who will begin her term this July for RY 2023-2024.

With this appointment, AG Anna will be part of the district leadership team.

AG Anna has earlier exhibited her leadership skills most recently during Discon 2023 when she received the distinguished service award as club president.

This impressed Go and made Rotarian Anna as her choice for assistant governor of Zone 2.

For their respective zones, assistant governors serve as the district governor’s official representa -

tive among the designated Rotary clubs; support club effectiveness by assisting the governor with the administration of designated clubs including the timely submission of semi-annual reports, payment of Rotary International and district dues and monthly membership and attendance statistics.

They shall visit each club at least quarterly to meet with the club president and other club leaders to discuss the business of the club and resources available to them.

They will assist club leaders in planning and preparing for the governor’s official visit, keep the governor informed about clubs and suggest ways to enhance Rotary development and resolve difficulties, ensure appropriate financial stewardship of club funds by club leaders, serve as a two-way communication link between clubs and district committees,

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-061 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES MARK ANTHONY B. ANTOLIN AND JOSETH D. MANANGAT-ANTOLIN, MARK ANTHONY B. ANTOLIN AND JOSETH D. MANANGAT-ANTOLIN, Petitioners.

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on September 10, 2008 at Floridablanca, Pampanga, 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 with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at San Nicolas, Floridablanca, Pampanga, respectively;

That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than eight (8) years now, 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’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on September 10, 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 May 31, 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 a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for

Sense...

from page 4 place - somehow out of the box thinking for an in the box world, too.

Proverbs offers the warm advice you get by growing up in a good family and for successfully making your way in the world. It covers small questions as well as large ones: talking too much, visiting friends and neighbors too often or

being unbearably cheerful too early in the morning.

Proverbs simply tell how life works most of the time.

People, and count me in, I love to quote Proverbs, which often express the truth about life in an elegant, witty kernel. You'll find more humor in Proverbs than anywhere else in the bible. And humor often seems to have passed in this day and age.

promote the implementation of the club leadership plan, encourage clubs to implement the governor’s requests and recommendations, prepare at least one article for publication in the district newsletter that showcases their designated clubs and their projects, share best practices from

their designated clubs with each other and with other Rotary clubs, monitor and motivate clubs to achieve club goals relating to membership development and retention and support for The Rotary Foundation, assist clubs in researching and implementing effective community and interna -

tional service projects, assist clubs in completing the activities which will lead to the presidential citation for the club and the submission of the certification form to the governor by April 1 of each year, identify and develop leaders capable of serving Rotary beyond

the club level and promote attendance at Discon and the international convention.

Assistant governors are the connection between the clubs and the district. The relationships built by the assistant governor with club leaders will make the district stronger.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on May 22, 2002 at Cagayan de Oro City, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Pobalcion, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental and Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental, respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to lack of love and affection until the relationship manifested incompatibility and sustained misunderstanding between petitioners and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than sixteen (16) years now, 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’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on May 22, 2002 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 May 31, 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 a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDRED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 2nd day of May, 2023.

MDN: May 9, 16 & 23, 2023

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confused and easily taken by the sweet poisons that today’s new things readily offer.

The slippery slope to self-indulgence and selfabsorption that takes us out of our road to our ultimate and proper goal happens practically everywhere. For example, we can start going to the

(SGD) Hon. OSOP MANGOTARA ALI

Presiding Judge

internet for the legitimate purpose of getting some information that we need. But along the way, we get distracted by something else that can appear interesting to us also.

So, we take a bite, and then another, until we fail to realize that we are already getting entangled and hooked. It is like being hijacked. We lose our sense of direction, and before we know it, we

and reached the point of irreconcilability and they separated for more than two (2) years now, 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’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on March 25, 2017 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 May 31, 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 a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDRED.

Iligan City, Philippines, this 2nd day of May, 2023. (SGD)

would already have forgotten why we went to the internet in the first place. We should always do things with God and for God. That would convert everything that we do, no matter how small and insignificant, into God’s work also. Obviously, doing things with God and for God presumes that what we do is in accord with God’s moral laws

and is done as a way to glorify him and to help the others.

For this, we have to see to it that we do things always with Christ who clearly said that “whoever is not with me is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters,” (Lk 11,23) and “I am the vine, you are the branches.” (Jn 15,5)

This is how we can do the work of God!

District Governor Elect “Gigi” Go

Mindanawon marathon runners bag silver and bronze in 32nd SEA Games

By H. MARCOS C. MORDENO

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews / 06 May)

— Mindanawon marathon runners from Tupi, South Cotabato and Malaybalay City bagged the silver and bronze medals Saturday in the men’s and women’s marathon in the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games) in Cambodia.

Arlan Arbois Jr. of Tupi, South Cotabato bagged the silver medal in the men’s marathon in his first appearance in the games while Malaybalay City’s Christine OrganizaHallasgo, who won the gold medal in the 2019 SEA Games and silver in the 2022 edition of the games in Vietnam, settled for a bronze medal in the women’s marathon.

The marathon races for both the men and women categories took place on Saturday morning in Siem Reap with the Angkor Wat serving as background along the 42-kilometer route.

Hallasgo clocked

02:50:27, tailing Indonesia’s Odekta Elvina Naibaho (02:48:14), and Vietnam’s Thi Tuyet Le (02:49:21).

Arbois clocked 02:33:27 behind Indonesia’s Agus Prayogo (02:32:59). Vietnam’s Nguyen Thanh Hoang placed third with a time of 02:35:49.

Like Hallsgo, Arbois Jr. is being trained by Eduardo Buenavista, the national

record holder in marathon.

The 31st SEA Games, a biennial event, was supposed to be held in 2021 but was rescheduled to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Hallasgo’s third place finish frustrated her bid to reclaim the championship, which she won before her compatriots in 2019. The Philippines hosted the SEA Games in 2019.

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on April 7, 2006 at Iligan City, both petitioner’s had been converted to Muslim and thereby embraced Islam Religion as their new found faith, by virtue of their respective intellectual choices which were duly registered with this Court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at their residents at Steel Town, Iligan City and Zone Roadside, Suarez, Iligan 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 more than five (5) years now, 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’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on April 7, 2006 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 May 31, 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 a newspaper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners.

SO ORDRED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 2nd day of May, 2023.

MDN: May 9, 16 & 23, 2023

(SGD) Hon. OSOP MANGOTARA ALI Presiding Judge

Nonetheless, she received congratulatory messages from fellow members of Malaybalay Runners. (H. Marcos C. Mordeno / MindaNews)

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.2023-052 AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES DANILO C. NARVAEZ AND VIRDENIA S. DANTE-NARVAEZ DANILO C. NARVAEZ AND VIRDENIA S. DANTE-NARVAEZ, Petitioners.

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on October 18, 2012 at Alitagtag, Batangas, 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 Block 5 Lot 8 Bryg. Sampaguita West, Lipa City, Batangas, and Purok 2, Palao, Iligan 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 years, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on October 18, 2012 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 May 24, 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 28th of April, 2023.

MDN: May 2, 9 & 16, 2023

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and became heir apparent on the accession of Queen Elizabeth II in 1952.

The coronation ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, according to the website of the British Royal Family.

Before he arrived in London, Marcos expressed his intent to further boost the economic relations and trade partnership between the Philippines and the UK.

In a recent interview in Washington DC, Marcos said he would meet with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to discuss new developments regarding the partnerships

NOTICE

4th Shari’a Circuit Court 4th Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City

IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE CIVIL CASE NO.2023-053

AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES ARNIE SALVO ROMERO AND RIZA A. MATAQUIL ARNIE SALVO ROMERO AND RIZA A. MATAQUIL Petitioners. x

ORDER

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on December 8, 1997 at 7th Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Malaybalay, 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 El Salvador, Misamis Oriental and Santiago, Iligan 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 years, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on December 8, 1997 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 May 26, 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 28th of April, 2023.

between the two countries. (PNA)

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE ERNESTO P. SALAMANCA WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

This Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate of the late ERNESTO P. SALAMANCA with Deed of Absolute Sale is made and executed by and between: RUEL P. SALAMANCA , widow and KUNJA BIHARI P. SALAMANCA, single, all of legal age, Filipinos, residents of Zone 3, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City, herein-called the HEIRSVENDORS;

-in favors of-

1. The HEIRS-VENDORS are the surviving wife and child, respectively and SOLE HEIR of the late ERNESTO P. SALAMANCA who died intestate on February 23, 2015 in Cagayan de Oro City, copy of his Death Certificate is hereto attached as Annex A;

2. The deceased ERNESTO P. SALAMANC owned and left behind a parcel of land, identified as Lot No. 184, Pls-854, situated in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon, consisting an area of TWENTY-FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY-FIVE (24,275) SQUARE METERS, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-134362, certified true copy of Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-134362 is hereto attached as Annex B;

AND

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rite on April 15,2011 at Valencia 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 Palao, Iligan City and Valencia 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 years, they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other, neither minding each other affair’s; petitioner seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, severing their marriage bond on April 15, 2011 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 May 26, 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 28th of April, 2023.

NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late SPS. BUENAVENTURA VILLANUEVA and DESIDERIA RIGOR who both died intestate on May 21, 1971 at Brgy. Badtasan, Kiamba, Sarangani Province and February 14, 1977 at Brgy. Poblacion, Kiamba, Sarangani Province, left a parcel of land, Lot No. 513-F, Psd-62977 (Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-8694) A parcel of land (Lot No. 513-F of the subdivision plan Psd-62977, being a portion of Lot 513 of the cadastral survey of Tuguis, L.R.C. Cad. Record No. ), situated in the Poblacion, Municipality of Kiamba, Province of Cotabato (now Province of Sarangani Province), bounded on the N.E., and S. along lines 1-2-3-4-5 by Lot 513-I of the subdivision plan; and on the W. along line 4-1, by Lot 514 of the Tuguis Cadastre; containing an area of EIGHT HUNDRED AND EIGHT (808) Square Meters, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-8694 (T-401) registered in the name of Buenaventura Villanueva.” is the subject of Extra-Judicial Partition of Estate Deceased Spouses with Waiver of Rights, under the notarial registry of Atty. Lelanie T. Apitong, per Doc. No. 424, Page No. 86, Book No. 1, Series of 2023 and Angelita A. Alfonso-Tumanda, per Doc. No. 28, Page No. 7, Book No. 1,

of 2023.

(SGD) HON. OSOP M. ALI Presiding Judge

3. The deceased left no will and no unpaid financial obligation to anyone, public or private;

4. Pursuant to Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, the HEIRS-VENDORS have hereunto settle and adjudicate among themselves the ownership and possession of aforecited parcel of land, and by these same presents, the HEIRS-VENDORS hereby SELL, CEDE, CONVEY AND TRANSFER the ownership and possession of the same unto BJORN HOMAR B. AMBE, EILYNOR B. AMBE and MINERVA B. AMBE , all of legal age, Filipinos, all single, with residence and postal address at Lapasan, Cagayan de Oro City, their heirs and assigns for the sum of FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (500,000.00), receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge to the full satisfaction of the HEIRS-VENDORS , in a manner absolute and unconditional, free from liens and encumbrances of whatever nature including real estate taxes as of the date of this sale and the written notices had been sent to all adjoining owners pursuant to Article 1621 and 1623 of the New Civil Code of the Philippines.

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE OF THE LATE ERNESTO P. SALAMANCA WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE , under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. FELIX D. LACUBTAN . Notary Public per Doc No. 393; Page No. 79; Book No. 130; Series of 2022.

Arlan Arbois Jr. of Tupi, South Cotabato bagged the silver medal in the men’s marathon in the ongoing 32nd Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia on Saturday, 06 May 2023. It is Arbois’ first appearance in the games. Photo courtesy of PATAFA

Marathon runner Christine Organiza-Hallasgo of Malaybalay City wins the bronze in the 2023 Southeast Asian Games in Cambodia on Saturday, 06 May 2023. Photo courtesy of PATAFA

Guindulungan celebrates 20th founding day, holds 1st “Linigil Festival”

By Analisa P. Espanola

GUINDULUNGAN, Maguindanao

del

sur --- This local government successfully celebrated on Friday, May 05 its 20th foundation anniversary.

Mayor Midpantao

Midtimbang Jr. said in line with the celebration, the municipal government held its first-ever "Linigil Festival". "Linigil is a popular chicken dish from the Maguindanaon culture. The Talayanen, who are the people of Talayan, are said to be the best cook

for Linigil. Today, it includes those with Talayanen roots from Guindulungan, Datu Anggal, Talitay and other nearby areas ," Mayor Midtimbang said. In making "linigil", chicken is cooked in fresh coconut milk with "palapa" as the key seasoning and turmeric,

onions, lemon grass, ginger, and garlic. Palapa is made of grated coconut, sundried, fried with chillies, onions, garlic and other herbs then pounded. "Linigil is more likely being served during kanduli or thanksgiving ceremony of Talayanen people," Mayor Midtim -

bang said. As part of the festival, the local chief executive said various Barangay local government units (BLGUs) also participated during demonstration of cooking "linigil". "The objective of this activity is to really showcase the different ways of cooking

linigil," the mayor emphasized. Meanwhile, the Bangsamoro Ministry of Health (MOH) also gave vaccines to children against polio, rubella and "tigdas". Those who availed the vaccination were also provided with rice assistance from the BARMM Readi.

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the remaining eight bills from the original priority list. If we could do that, we would have approved all the urgent measures identified by President Marcos in less than a year,” he said.

Senate President Juan Miguel Zubiri, on the other hand, said among their priorities are bills on the proposed PHP150 daily wage hike, Virology Institute, E-Commerce, Salt Industry Development and Revitalization, Maharlika Fund and Medical Reserve Corps.

In a radio interview on Sunday, Zubiri said he expects to end all deliberations during the last week of May and ratification before the adjournment.

On the wage hike, Zubiri said majority of senators expressed support for the bill.

He said top companies can afford the hike while gradual increase may be implemented by micro, small and medium enterprises.

“Kumikita naman sila ng PHP500 million pataas bawat taon at may mga tax incentive na sila (They are earning at least PHP500 million and have tax incentives),” Zubiri said of top-tier corporations.

On the Maharlika Fund, Zubiri said it will be passed by the first week of June and assured amendments to safeguard the investments.

President’s agenda Romualdez said the proposed pieces of legislation support the President’s Agenda for Prosperity and his eight-point socioeconomic roadmap.

“They are intended to sustain our economic growth, hasten the country’s digital transformation and speed up the delivery of public services to our people, among other objectives,” he added.

The original eight remaining State of the Nation Address (SONA) - LEDAC priority measures the House is aiming to approve in the homestretch of the first regular session of the 19th Congress are the bills establishing regional specialty hospitals; enabling law for the natural gas industry; National Land Use Act; Department of Water Resources and Services and creation of Water Regulatory Commission; Budget Modernization Act; National Defense Act; amendments to the Electric Power Industry Reform Act; and the bill on a unified system of separation, retirement, and pension for uniformed personnel.

New laws

A total of 31 proposed laws have been originally listed by the President in his first SONA in July last year and later adopted by the LEDAC.

Two of the 31 are now laws -- the SIM (subscriber identity module) Registration Act and the postponement of the Barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan

elections from Dec. 2022 to Oct. 30 this year.

The House also approved 20 on final reading.

Another bill, the proposed Agrarian Reform Debts Condonation of unpaid loans, interest, and penalties of thousands of agrarian reform beneficiaries, may soon become law.

Congress had ratified the conference committee report containing the condonation bill before the Holy Week adjournment in March. (PNA)

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try grew by 10 percent to US$29.5 billion.

"Will call center agents and factory workers soon be treated as dispensable after propping up our economy during a global health crisis?" she said.

Marcos, in her Senate Resolution No. 591, cited the study conducted by Oxford Economics and US-based digital technology company Cisco, that at least 1.1 million jobs in the Philippines will disappear in 2028.

Some 50 percent of worldwide organizations are seen adopting AI and automated machines this year, and investments in such technology are projected to increase in the next three years by 50 percent to 100 percent.

Amid these projections, Marcos said “upskilling and training of workers in special services that AI cannot easily replace must be asserted in the corporate social responsibility (CSR) of every company.”

She also stressed the urgency of educating lawmakers about global developments in AI technology through Senate inquiry, and the need for both the legislative and executive branches of government to deal squarely with “an inevitable technological tsunami.”

Marcos added that Congress must formulate regulatory measures against severe unemployment and make the necessary amendments to the Intellectual Property Code, Revised Penal Code and Cybercrime Prevention Act. (With a report from Leonel Abasola/PNA)

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to avail of the one-time tax relief coincided with the pandemic, prompting Congress to pass what would become RA 11569 which extended the amnesty period by two years or until June 14 this year.

By extending the window of opportunity again by two years, “families will save billions (of pesos) while the government will earn billions,” he said.

Recto said the extension is a “lifeline to a government scrounging for revenues and an act of kindness” to seniors whose vulnerability during the 30 months the pandemic raged prevented them from availing of the amnesty.

“Marami sa ating mga kababayang nasa ibang bansa na nais sanang ayusin ang namanang ari-arian ang hindi makauwi dahil sa matagal at mahigpit na lockdown (Many of our folks abroad wanted to process inherited properties but failed to return home because of extended and strict lockdown),” he said.

Recto hailed the House bill as an improved version of the estate tax amnesty law, as it covers deaths which occurred on or before Dec. 31, 2021, amending the cut off period of Dec. 31, 2017 in RA 11213.

As society opens and restrictions are lifted, people are now free to move around in completing the complex legal requirements in putting a deceased loved one’s estate in order so these can be used for productive purposes, he added.

Recto said if the government had extended “lifelines, bailouts in the billions” to distressed commercial firms during the pandemic, “then why should not the same compassion be extended to families, more so that it won’t cost the government anything?”

(PNA)

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Intensified support to rice, coconut industries

In support of the National Government’s thrust to boost palay production and ensure sufficient rice supply in the country, the Bank continues to ramp up its lending activities to rice farmers and other rice industry stakeholders.

As of end-March 2023, LANDBANK’s outstanding loans to the local rice industry has reached P9.7 billion to finance requirements for palay production and processing, such as farm inputs, machineries, equipment, and facilities, among others.

Apart from loans, the Bank has also distributed cash grants amounting to P1.5 billion to 291,241 farmer-beneficiaries nationwide under the Rice Competitiveness Enhancement Fund - Rice Farmers Financial Assistance (RCEF-RFFA) Program, in partnership with the Department of Agriculture (DA).

LANDBANK likewise continues to provide responsive credit assistance to the coconut sector with outstanding loans amounting to P643 million, benefitting coconut farmers and other stakeholders engaged in the production and processing of coconut-based products.

Earlier this year, LANDBANK launched its new Coconut Farmers and Industry Development (CFID) Lending Program, in support of the Coconut Farmers and Industry Development Plan (CFIDP) spearheaded by the DA and the Philippine Coconut Authority (PCA).

Under the Program, eligible coconut farmers, cooperatives and associations can access financing

for various projects, including the establishment of intercrops and poultry or livestock integration in coconut farms.

Individual coconut farmers can use the loan to increase production and working capital, to acquire machines and equipment, and establish necessary facilities. Coconut cooperatives and associations can also utilize the financing for relending and rediscounting to their members.

LANDBANK will provide short-term and longterm loans with a fixed affordable interest rate of 2% per annum.

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age capital contribution of about P90,000. This is very categorically stated in the EC’s By-Laws under Sec. 1, Article 2, “the members are the joint owners of the Cooperative with their individual equity in its assets determined on the basis of their patronage.”

I was informed that the MCOs are not even notified of their respective patronage capital contribution which is contrary to the provision of the By-Laws under 2(b) Article VII, “. . . within a reasonable time after the close of the fiscal year notify each patron of the amount of capital so credited to his account.”

There are about 119 ECs in the country and in region 10 alone, we have about eight, namely: Fibeco, Buseco, Moresco 1 and 2, Camelco, Moelci 1 and 2, Moresco 1 and 2, and Laneco and all these years, these so-called ECs have not recognized the MCOs’ patronage capital contribution. Such is the height of social injustice. This is a contributing factor to why the people are still in the quagmire of poverty.

There are some 13 million Member-Consumer-Owners (MCOs) in the country who until now their capital contributions have not been recognized. In a family of 5, some 65 million Filipinos are deprived of their monthly patronage refund of about P3,000 to P5,000 per month per family. Indeed, these socalled Electric Cooperatives are cooperatives in name only as they are not practicing the essence and values of cooperativism. Such truism was glaringly stated in a landmark decision penned by the Supreme Court thru Justice Mariano del Castillo in 2003 that these so-called ECs are not genuine cooperatives and were mandated to follow the universally-accepted cooperative principles and values. Until now, the oligarchs-controlled cooperatives are masquerading as cooperatives. Such social wrong must be rectified. If you were the CDA Chairman and would follow the Supreme Court order, you will be harassed, even charged in court administratively and even criminally which happened to yours truly.

May I thank the Sandigan

Bayan for finding me NOT GUILTY criminally without civil liability.

In the past Mindanaowide Cooperative Congress, the participants have the following Declaration: “We have witnessed hunger and poverty in an island oozing with ecological wealth. We are well aware that the cause of economic deprivation if rooted in the powerlessness of the people to have access and control over their resources and over their utilities which are fast slipping through their fingers.

Even the millions of MCOs of electricity are being deprived to exercise their rights as owners because those running the affairs of the so called electric cooperatives (ECs), who through all these years have formed powerful cabal of vested interest, are stubbornly insisting that these ECs are cooperatives despite the fact that they do not adhere to time honored and universally-accepted cooperative principles and practices and not withstanding the fact that Supreme Court has ruled resoundingly on the EC’s non tax exemption for not being genuine cooperatives.

However, instead of registering with CDA, what the ECs did was to “unleash formidable arsenal of lies, deceit, fear-mongering and cashbacked lobbying to ensure the continued proliferation and hold of private interest over electric cooperatives. Member-consumers were enticed with bags of grocery items and other goodies to sway their mindset. Lies and deceits were employed to cast doubt on the economic viability of electric cooperative if it would be registered with CDA.”

Let us serve notice to one and all that the only countervailing force against social injustice which is legal and peaceful is COOPERATIVISM. This is well stated in the 1987 Constitution which is “to promote the viability and growth of cooperatives as instruments of equity, social justice and economic development.” Indeed, let justice be done till heavens fall.

To the so-called Electric Cooperatives, here’s a poem for you:

My name is Veritas, so simple is my language

Mankind runs after me because I am a precious possession,

But to the rule of the socalled electric cooperatives, I am a threat

So, I have to be imprisoned in the dungeon to silence me

But there will always be lovers of truth who will seek for me

Because they cannot live without my presence

Many have marched to their death because of me

These ECs do not know that in the silence of the dungeon I gain strength

One day I will burst out into the open and Liberate the oppressed to unfetter them from diabolic mindset.

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That we:

1. CRISTETA G. BOLIVA of legal age, Filipino, widow and a resident of Barangay 3, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

2. TEODOR PHILIP G. BOLIVA, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Sta. Cruz Ext., Sumpong, Malaybalay City Bukidnon;

3. NESTOR DOMINIC G. BOLIVA , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of Barangay 3, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon;

4. MARIVIC BOLIVA-LAZAR, of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident

5. JAIME G. BOLIVA JR. , of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of 03-267, Fortich St., Barangay

3, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon; and

6. REX RAMON G. BOLIVA of legal age, Filipino, married and a resident of 03-267, Fortich St., Barangay

3, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon; WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, late JAIME BOLIVA SR. , died intestate without living a Will or Testament on March 16, 2008 at Malaybalay City Bukidnon;

WHEREAS, at the time of the demise of the said late JAIME BOLIVA SR. , he left conjugal estate parcels of land described as follows:

“

A parcel of land identified as LOT 2, Pcs-10-002504, being a portion of Lot 1-C-15-G, (LRC) Pcd-80980 & Lot 3-A-8-H, (LRC) Psd-110686, situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, Malaybalay, Bukidnon. Containing an area of EIGHTY-TWO (82) square meters, more or less. Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-84430 with Tax Declaration No. F-005374.”

“

A parcel of land identified as Lot 1, Pcs-10-002504, being a portion of Lot 1-C-15-G, (LRC) Psd-80980 & Lot 3-A-8-H, (LRC) Psd-110686 , situated in the Barrio of Poblacion, Malaybalay, Bukidnon. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED NINETY (390) square meters, more or less. Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-84429 with Tax Declaration No. F-005382 and Tax Declaration No. F-005383 for the improvements/ building.” “A parcel of land identified as Lot 3-A-8-I, LRC Psd-110686, being a portion of Lot 3-A-8, LRC Psd-42305, LRC Rec. No. Free Pat., situated in the Poblacion, Malaybalay, Bukidnon. Containing an are of THREE HUNDRED EIGHTEEN (318) square meters, more or less. Covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-85042 with Tax Declaration No. F-005388 and Tax Declaration No. F-005389 for the improvements/building.”

“An improvement/building situated at Fortich St., Barangay 3, Malaybalay City, Bukidnon, covered by Tax Declaration No. F-005381.”

WHEREAS, no known debt of deceased JAIME BOLIVA SR. have not been settled to date;

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

WHEREAS, the above-named heirs are the sole and only heirs of deceased JAIME BOLIVA SR.;

NOW THEREFORE, pursuant to Sec 1, Rule 74 of the Revised Rules of Court of the Philippines, and the parties herein being all of age, they have agreed to divide as they do hereby divide and adjudicate the share of the late J AIME BOLIVA SR. in the real properties described-above, in EQUAL SHARE among the herein heirs;

That I, CRESTITA G. BOLIVA , as an act of liberality and generosity, I hereby voluntarily WAIVE, TRANSFER and RELINQUISH all my rights, shares and interest over the abovedescribed properties including all the improvements thereof, in favor to my children, namely TEODORO PHILIP G. BOLIVA, NESTOR DOMINIC G. BOLIVA, MARIVIC BOLIVA-LAZAR, JAIME G. BOLIVA JR. and REX RAMON G. BOLIVA, in EQAUL SHARE;

That the TRANSFEREES hereby accept and receive this waiver made in their favor, and they hereby express their appreciation and gratefulness for the kindness and generosity of the TRANSFEROR ;

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

Is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER OF RIGHTS , under the Notarial Registry of ATTY.

Datu Salibo holds barangay assembly day

DATU SALIBO, Maguindanao del Sur --- Municipal Local Government Operations Officer (MLGOO) Esh -

nayra D. Ayob reminded the barangays of this town to continue to fulfill their mandate and discuss their plans for their communities during barangay assembly day on Saturday, May 06 held at Ferdausah's Royal Castle Convention Management Services.

"Barangay officials have the responsibility to inform

and discuss their plans with their constituents," Ayob stressed.

As part of the program, the lady MLGOO read the 6-page statement of Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Benjamin Abalos Jr. to the present barangay officials, which aims to utilize "barangay assemblies" to garner support for the government’s various campaigns.

Abalos said in a statement BLGUs must take advantage of barangay assemblies to comprehensively explain government's programs to their constituents.

Mayor Solaiman Sandigan together with his supportive First Lady Ferdausah Sandigan repeatedly called for cooperation and strong coordination among the barangays.

"Let us continue to strengthen our collective efforts because after all, what we all do is for the welfare of our beloved Datu Salibo," Mayor Sandigan said.

Under the Local Government Code, barangays are required to hold a barangay assembly every semester to keep their constituents abreast in the undertakings of the barangay government,

especially on its spending. Through the assembly, residents are also given a venue to air their concerns on the problems in their community.

For this semester, the national synchronized barangay assembly carries the theme “B-BIDA KA! Barangay BIDA Ka sa Pagpapatupad ng Kapayapaan, Pangangalaga ng Kalikasan, at Pagpapaigting ng Pagkakaisa Tungo sa Isang Ligtas, Mapayapa, Maunlad at Masaganang Pamayanan (Implementation of peace, environmental protection, and strengthening unity towards a safe, peaceful, prosperous community).

The barangay assembly aims to discuss the semestral report of the sangguniang barangay, discuss issues affecting the barangay, and provide an opportunity for community members to participate in the decisionmaking process of their barangay.

Meanwhile, also in attendance during the activity included Vice-Mayor Khominie B. Sandigan, 6IB Bravo Company Commanding Officer 1Lt. Joenel V. Panao (OS) PA, and PMaj. Roldan A Kuntong of Datu Salibo MPS. (Analisa P. Espanola)