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SISTERSHIP TIES between Cagayan de Oro and Gwangyang, South Korea is now official. This, after Mayor Vicente Y. Emano and Gwangyang City Mayor Lee Sung-Woong of South Korea signed a Friendship City Agreement to formalize the agreement, which took place last October 29 at the Mallberry Suites Hotel. Earlier, the 16th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas last week approved sister | page 10

OBO report THE City Council committee on public works chaired by Councilor Emmanuel Abejuela is slated to tackle the inspection report of the City Building Official relative to the request of Pilgrim Christian College to construct an arch along Akut Street fronting the institution’s main campus and auditorium building. According to Arch. Maria Concepcion Alcantara, Architectural Officer of OBO, Section report | page 10

Request The City Council committee on public utilities chaired by Councilor Alden Bacal will soon tackle the request of Macabalan-Pier (Limketkai) Cagayan de Oro Operators & Drivers Association at Macabalan for the implementation of the authorized order of City Mayor Vicente Emano to allow PUJ units to operate routes as provided in the Phase II of the proposed New Traffic Scheme. The Power, the daily newsletter of the City Council, learned that acting upon the request of the association, the city mayor request | page 10

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Spate of robberies haunt town in Agsur Cagayan de Oro City

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SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur—Fear gripped residents of this town not by the ghosts on All Souls Day but by the spate of robbery incidents that occurred the other day in less than 24 hours. Two business establishments have been the recent targets of robbery suspects amid the recent peace and order council meeting to address the rising cases of criminalities here. Robbers barged into the newly-opened Torque Mobile Phones and Tablets early Tuesday morning and another group said to be armed with .45 caliber pistol held up salesladies of R Kelly Pizza at around 7 p.m. The suspects used children to bore a hole at the store ceiling and carted away new cellphones on display amounting to about P270,000 while the other group who posed as customers held up the victims

at gunpoint and took the P600 from the cash box and the cellphone of one of the salesladies. Unbelievable Last week, an armed group went inside Noli-Fe Store purportedly to rob but failed to get anything in the safely-sealed establishment except for what the police claimed as the AK 47 of the store guard. Many have expressed doubt about the initial police report that the botched robbery incident was the handiwork of New People’s Army rebels. Reports has it that responding policemen engaged in a brief firefight in their hot pursuit operation. Children sell Rambutan fruits at the San Francisco Public Market already at the peak robberies | page 10

harvest season grown by farmers in Agusan del Sur. Photo by Chris V. Panganiban

‘No takers’ P2m reward Caraga’s DENR against ‘Big 5’ fugitives head steps down DESPITE increasing the reward money to P2 million each, information that would lead to the arrest of the country’s ‘Big 5’ fugitives remained elusive, Justice Secretary Leila M. De Lima said last week. De Lima was referring to the ‘Big 5’ as retired Army Maj. Gen. Jovito Palparan, Jr., former Palawan Gov. Joel Reyes, his brother Coron, Palawan Mayor Mario Reyes, parricide convict Dinagat Island Rep. Ruben Ecleo, Jr., and Delfin Lee, of Globe Asiatique Realty Holdings Corporation. Palparan is facing a case for kidnapping and serious illegal detention for the disappearance of UP students Karen Empeno and Sherlyn Cadapan, the Reyes brothers are accused of murdering broadcaster and REWARD | page 10

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BUTUAN City––DENR Assistant Secretary Marlo D. Mendoza relinquished his post in Caraga Region as Regional Executive Director (RED) effective October 30, 2012. Mendoza has asked to be relieved to fulfill his commitment to teach at the University of the Philippines in Los Banos, Laguna. The DENR’s Undersecretary for Field Operations Demetrio L. Ignacio will temporarily act as the officer-in-charge/RED of

the DENR 13 pending an official replacement. Mendoza who told environment workers that he wished to stay longer but was compelled to fulfill his commitment with the UP even before he headed the government’s National Greening Program (NGP). Before he took his assignment in Caraga Region, the DENR’s public image has been soiled owing to illegal logging activities in the face of the CARAGA | page 10

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Filipinos gradually adopt cremation CREMATION is becoming popular among Filipinos, a retired prelate said. Retired Lingayen-Dagupan Archbishop Oscar Cruz said many people are choosing cremation over burying their loved ones in the cemetery is because it is more convenient and less expensive. “It is becoming more convenient to go to a columbarium, where the ashes are deposited, instead of going to the cemetery with the traffic,” he said. In the cemetery, the problem is also space. “There is less and less space that’s why they are now trying to put up this multi-leveled burial sites up to 14 layers, but how do you visit your dead in the 14th floor if there are no stairs?” he added. Cruz noted that cremation is also cheaper and easier. ‘When the body is transferred from one country to the other, instead of the whole body being transferred, it’s easier and much cheaper to transfer ashes,” he said. The popularity of cremation, he said, is also the reason why some churches now have columbariums. However, he said that cremation is not popular especially among Filipino Catholic prelates. Cruz said that a bishop is usually interred in the burial ground of the cathedral of a diocese. “It’s a very established custom that in all cathedral churches there’s a burial ground for bishops at the back of the altar and that is where they are placed,” said the prelate. However, not all bishops are buried in the burial ground of a diocese since some prefer to be buried in the cemetery of the religious order where they belong, he said.

Hair Dressing Livelihood Training Program. Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez poses with the beneficiaries/ trainees of the hair-dressing livelihood project last October 2, 2012 sponsored by the National Livelihood Development Corporation headed by Lina Amata upon the initiative of Cong. Rodriguez. 1,500 trainees received kits containing tools amounting to P700 each or a total of P1,050,000.

Law enforcers, local execs expect peaceful elections DAVAO del Norte––The Davao del Norte Police Provincial Office (DNPPO) and local officials here are confident that election in the province will be peaceful. Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) chair p ers on G over nor Rodolfo del Rosario said the province has always been violence-free during

election and they hope to maintain that status for the 2013 election. “There are no election hotspots in the province as of now although we have some areas of concern,” he said. Police Sr. Supt. Edgardo Wycoco said that a total of 273 polling places have been established out of the

223 total barangays in the province. A total of 160 polling places will be handled by the Philippine National Police (PNP) while the other 113 polling places will be handled by the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP). Provincial Election Supervisor Atty. Gay Asuncion-Enumerables said the

Commission on Elections (Comelec) will officially kick off the campaign season on February 12, 2013 for national candidates and on March 29, 2013 for local candidates. However, this early, she has been receiving reports and complaints about premature campaigning by some candidates.

Local officials warned using tribal word ‘pangayao’ DAVAO del Norte––The National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) and the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) here have cautioned people from using the term “pangayao,” or tribal war. General Lysandro A. Suerte, Commander of the 1003rd Brigade, said people are quick to label even the simplest conflicts involving indigenous people as a “pangayao. “People should be very careful when using this term because it is very seldom for pangayao to happen among

the lumads,” he said. Suerte said quarrels or misunderstandings between two families are not the same as “pangayao” or tribal war. He said a “pangayao” is declared when two tribes are at war which very seldom happens in the area because they have ways to settle their misunderstandings. Section 15 of Republic Act 8371 or the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act recognizes the right of the Indigenous Peoples to use their own justice system in resolving conflicts among themselves.

Japan mulls grant to conserve, protect Tarsiers in SoCot

GENERAL Santos City––The government of Japan plans to expand its assistance program in nearby Tupi town in South Cotabato to further build up local conservation and protection initiatives for the area’s famed tarsiers. Tupi Mayor Reynaldo Tamayo said on Tuesday a team from the Japanese embassy in Manila visited the town earlier this month to evaluate possible grants for the area’s eco-cultural tourism and tarsier conservation programs. He said the embassy specifically made an area appraisal for a proposed eco-cultural tourism development project submitted by the United States-based conservation group Endangered Species International (ESI). ESI, through its president Dr. Pierre Fidenci, has been working with the municipal government and other local stakeholders for the conservation and protection of the Ata-Manobo chieftains display their Kalasag, a native shield made of hardwood and decorated with elaborate carvings during tarsiers and other wildlife species within the the recent 15th Kalibulungan Festival in the municipality of Talaingod, Davao del Norte. Photo by Ben D. Arche

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NPA rebel surrenders in Misamis Occidental ZAMBOANGA City––A New People’s Army (NPA) rebel surrendered to the military in Misamis Occidental, an army official said. Capt. Alberto Caber, spokesperson of the Army’s 1st Infantry Division, identified the NPA rebel as Talas Sayas a.k.a ‘Ka Toring’ and ‘Ka Bimbo.’ Caber said that Sayas surrendered Monday to the Army’s 55th Infantry Battalion in Barangay Gala, Tudela, Misamis Occidental. Sayas has been operating in Misamis Occidental for the past two years until he decided to give up allegedly due to ‘hardship’ while waging a ‘useless war,’ Caber said. Sayas is now under custodial debriefing.

Media treats Halloween with ‘Scarevenger Haunt’ A flower vendor at the San Francisco Public Market is having brisk sales a before All Souls Day. Photo by Chris V. Panganiban

100 houses gutted down 2 days prior to ‘All Souls Day’ COTABATO City––A fire of still unknown origin gutted down close to 100 houses in a thickly populated residential district here Tuesday afternoon. Fire Marshall Supt. Guia-

mad Adam, city fire chief, said fire fighters were yet to determine what triggered the fire that started at 3:30 p.m. in Purok Sampaloc, Barangay Bagua Mother, Cotabato City.

While the fire was raging, a series of explosions occurred, prompting firefighters to move away. Firearms and bullets kept inside houses on fire could be sources of explosions,

observers said. Adam said no one was hurt in the hour-long fire, the second to hit Barangay Bagua this year. Fire officials initially placed the damage at more than 10 million.

DAVAO City––Winners and awarding of prizes in the ‘Scarevenger Haunt’ would be known today at the regular Kapehan sa Dabaw at SM City. ‘Scarevenger Haunt’ was organized by local media community here as a back-to-back event of a game challenge and a photo contest to celebrate Halloween. Organized by a core of media practitioners, the fun game involved teams from the print, television, and broadcast media. The members of the press drew lots on the day of the activity to group themselves by teams as the objective of the fun event was to foster camaraderie and strengthen the bond among media practitioners in Davao City. The media contestants were in costumes when they competed in the challenge. Subject of the photo contest was media practitioners participating in the amazing race as they captured the scariest, unique, and best in costume contestants. The photo entries were judged based on the following criteria: relevance - 40 percent, creativity - 30 percent, technical - 20 percent, impact - 10 percent.

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

APIPA G. GURO (TAYYIBA TAXI) Case No; 2012-10-1880 Applicant/s

EDDIE D. DE GUZMAN - Vendor Case No;2012-10-1864 RICHARD BINAOHAN - Vendee 2007-10-1971

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience for appropriation of Droped/Expired and Abondoned taxi to operate on the line ;Within Cagayan de Oro City and fromsaid place to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October , 2012..

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of validity to operate PUJ service along the route;Cogon Market to Lapasan and vice versa with the use of (1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October , 2012..

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate PUJ service on the line;Cogon Market to Lapasan and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate taxi airconditioned Service on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012..

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate TH FRIEGHT TRUCK service on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in the Island of Mindanao accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of four (4)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for issuance of certificate of public convenience to operate TH FREIGHT along the route ;Cagayan de Oro to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 30th day of October, 2012..

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

EDDIE P. DE GUZMAN Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1865 2007-10-1971

MDN: Nov 3, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

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CASE NO; 2012-10-1878 2006-10-1667

MDN: Nov 3, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City JOSELITO BORLONGAN Applicant

CASE NO; 2012-10-1870 2007-10-0978

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

FERNANDEZ, JOSIE D Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1874

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Nov 3, 2012

MDN: Nov 3, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

FERNANDO F. EDUSMA CASE NO; 2012-10-1879 Applicant/s 2007-10-1811

CRESENCIO ABENOSA Case No; 2012-10-1871 Applicant/s

LANTRASCO Case No; 2012-10-1872 Applicant/s 2007-10-1882

NOTICE OF HEARING

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;Camp Philips to Manolo Fortich via Alae (all in Bukidnon) and vice and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of certificate of public convenience and amendment of line to operate FILCAB SERVICE on the line ;Balingoan to Magsaysay (all in Misamis Oriental )and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to Extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service along the route;City Proper to Ubaldo Laya –Green Fields (all in Iligan City) and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October , 2012.

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ service on the line;Bulua to Gaisano –Limketkai Center –B3(All in Cagayan de Oro City)and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate Taxi Airconditioned Service on the line;within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with e use of ONE (1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of August, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for extension of validity to operate TH FRIEGHT TRUCK service on the line;Within Cagayan de Oro City to any point in Region X with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012.

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Nov 3, 2012

MDN: Nov 3, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ERNESTO JANIOSO Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1876 2007-10-1774

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for Extension of Validity to operate RAC service on the line ;Bukidnon to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of TWO (2)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Nov 3, 2012

MDN: Nov 3, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City LUZVIMINDA TIPON, Petitioner/Vendor ERNIE INFIESTO, Applicant/Vendee

CASE NO; 2012-10-1875

NOTICE OF HEARING APPLICANT request authority for Approval of sale and transfer with extension of validity of certificate of public convenience and with amendment of line to operate PUJ service on the line;Kisolon –Impasug-ong –Malaybalay City-Don Carlos via Lantapan (Bukidnon)and vice and vice versa with the use of one (1) unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 31st day of October, 2012.. MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Nov 3, 2012

ELPEDIO ADORABLE Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1853 2007-10-1931

MDN: Nov 3, 2012

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ELMOR J. CABUNLAY Applicant/s

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

Case No; 2012-10-1863 2007-10-1743

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ADANI DATU IMAM HADJI ALI Case No; 2012-10-1862 Applicant/s 2007-10-2078

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City DEOGRACIAS M. JUNIO Applicant/s

CASE NO; 2012-10-1873 2007-10-1874

FERNANDO NOOL Applicant

CASE NO; 2012-10-1877 2007-10-2090

MARIANNE C. ULEP Records Officer/Acting Docket Officer MDN: Nov 3, 2012

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City PRIMO D. OMAROL Applicant/s

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City

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Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation and Communications LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING AND REGULATORY BOARD Region X, Cagayan de Oro City ERWIN P. CABUCOS -VENDEE CASENO;2012-10-1866 Applicant/s

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APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ SERVICE on the line ;Cagayan de Oro City to Iligan City and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 30th day of October , 2012..

APPLICANT request authority to Extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate TAXI service along the route;within Cagayan de Oro City and from said place to any point in Region X and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 30th day of October , 2012..

APPLICANT request authority to extend the validity of certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ dual service on the line;Cagayan de Oro City to Kibawe –Malaybalay City-Valencia City-via Lantapan and as for cargoes from said place to any point in Region X accessible to motor vehicle traffic and vice versa with the use of one (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 29th day of October, 2012.

APPLICANT request authority for approval of sale and transfer with extension of validity and amendment of line of certificate of public convenience to operate FILCAB Service on the line;Kisolon to Kibawe –Malaybalay City -Valencia City –Maramag via Lantapan and vice versa with e use of ONE (1)unit/s. This application will be considered by this Board on November 7, 2012, 10;00 A.M. at its Office, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, on which date applicant shall formally submit his/her evidence. At least FIVE(5)days prior to the date of hearing applicant shall publish its notice once in one(1) DAILY newspaper of general circulation in Mindanao Island. Parties opposed to the granting of the application must file their written opposition with documentary evidence submitted by the parties; unless the Board deems it necessary to receive additional documentary and/or oral evidence to be submitted by the parties. N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION. WITNESS THE HONORABLE MANDANGAN P. DARIMBANG, CESO V, Regional Director, this 29th day of October, 2012.

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Panasonic Scholarship: a continuing commitment to nation building THE Panasonic Scholarship Co. Ltd. of Japan, together with the Panasonic Group of companies in the Philippines continues to contribute to nation building through quality education as another batch of deserving Filipino professionals were nominated to receive scholarship grants during the 2013 Panasonic Scholarship awarding ceremony held recently. During the event, the certificates were presented to the nominees by the Commission on Higher Education executive director IV Atty. Julito D. Vitriolo, Japan Information and Cultural Center of the Embassy of Japan director Kiyoshi Takeuchi, Panasonic Scholarship Co. Ltd. of Japan president Kazuhiro Kawano, and Panasonic Scholarship (Philippines) chairman and Panasonic Manu-

facturing Philippines Corporation president Naoya Nishiwaki. The nominees, who were chosen after passing series of tests, interviews, and assessment of their over-all performance as students or professionals in their respective schools or work are: Aliya Mari D. Adefuin from Laguna; Fatima Joy C. Cruz from Cavite; and John Jewish A. Dominguez from Pangasinan. The three will have the chance to do research and complete master’s degrees in top universities in Japan. Miss Adefuin, who graduated Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines-Los Baños with a bachelor’s degree in Biology will focus her study on biomedical research, stem cell biology, and neurobiology. Miss Cruz, on the

other hand, graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry from the University of the Philippines-Manila. She is top 6 in the 2010 Chemists Licensure Exam. She intends to enroll in a master’s program focusing on Applied Chemistry and Biochemistry. Mr. Dominguez, who graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of the Philippines-Diliman with a bachelor’s degree in Molecular Biology and Biotechnology intends to study on Applied Molecular Microbiology in Japan. The three candidates are expected not only to pursue master’s course in Japan, but also to help promote friendship among countries, and contribute to industrial development. Panasonic Corpora-

Panasonic scholars all set for Japan Another batch of deserving Filipino professionals were nominated to receive scholarship grants for research and master’s course in Japan during the 2013 Panasonic Scholarship awarding ceremony held recently. The nominees, who were chosen after passing series of tests, interviews and assessment of their over-all performance are (seated from left to right): Mr. John Jewish A. Dominguez from Pangasinan; Miss Fatima Joy C. Cruz from Cavite; and Miss Aliya Mari D. Adefuin from

tion (Japan) established the scholarship program in 1998 to commemorate the Company’s 80th founding anniversary. It is based on the business philosophy of the late Panasonic Cor-

Laguna. Gracing the event are (standing from left to right): FDTU national president Cesar D. Ayo, Panasonic Manufacturing Philippines Corporation (PMPC) Worker’s Union president Nelson B. Aspera; PMPC group manager Noemie Gerlie G. Rio; Panasonic Precision Devices Philippines Corporation (PPRDPH) general manager Mary Ann A. Diaz; PMPC assistant director Marlon M. Molano; PMPC traeasurer and executive director Hiroyoshi Fukutomi; PPRDPH president Muneyuki Oimatsu; PMPC vice president Waichi Tamiya; and PMPC director Miguel P. Castro.

poration founder, Konosuke Matsushita, who said that the Company’s factories and centers all over the world must gain the right to exist, grow and prosper only if they continue to contribute towards the

betterment of society. The program came to the Philippines in 2000. Starting with the first batch of Panasonic scholars in 2001, more than 30 Filipino students have benefited from the program.

SERVICE STAR AWARD: IOLANI MAE AVES-OCTOBER 2012

Congratulations to Iolani (Lani) Aves! Lani joined St. Catherine in 2006. She has worked as a RN in the Med Surg department for most of her time with us. She has also assisted with Post Partum, the Emergency Room and Telemetry when needed. Her experience has been at the Staff Nurse and the Charge Nursed positions. Recently, Lani joined the Emergency Department Team. Lani consistently demonstrates honest teamwork, a positive attitude, professionalism and making a difference in the care given to our patients. She has been highlighted in many patient satisfaction reports as a truly compassionate and professional Nurse. Her co-workers have noted how she always shows the CHRISTUS Mission, to extend the healing ministry of Jesus Christ, especially by enforcing teamwork and going the extra mile for her team. If there is a need for help, Lani is there. Lani inspires others. It drives us to be the BEST! Our sincere thanks and appreciation! SOURCE: St. Catherine Gazette ,Friday,October 26,2012 Christus St. Catherine Hospital Katy,Texas USA N.B. Iolani Mae Aves is a graduate of Capitol University and awarded the CU Florence Nightingale Award batch 2003.

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Cepalco should emulate DLPC to mobilize civil society to help ease power shortage

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Live your list THINK a minute. If you made a list of your most important priorities, all the people and things that mean the most to you, what would be on your list? You would probably have things like your family, job, schooling, friends and fun. Now look at your life. Are you living your list? How are you spending most of your time? Do you really practice your priorities? Someone said: “If we don’t actually practice our priorities, then they’re not really our priorities.” Our actions and lifestyle speak much louder than our words. If we don’t live it, we don’t believe it. How we spend our time shows what we love and care about. We almost always find the time to do the things we really want to. Unfortunately, our jobs, personal hobbies and pleasures can become more important to us than they should. Soon these pleasures and our profession can replace our most important

priorities. They end up controlling how we live and what we do in our free time during the evenings and weekends. Maybe you realize today that you’re not really living your list. You’re not spending most of your time on your most important priorities in life. You’re not spending enough time on your marriage and children, other people, as well as your own personal character growth. Most importantly, you’re not spending enough time on the most important person and priority in life: your own Creator Who has a great plan for your life. But you can start changing that today by asking Jesus Christ to forgive you for not putting Him first in your life. Jesus promises that if you will put Him first in every relationship and area of your life, He will give you everything you need for the successful, satisfying life He created you to enjoy. So it’s actually quite simple: Jesus IS your list. Just Think a Minute.

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SIMPLY because it can afford to be sitting pretty while the rest of Mindanao suffers from rotating brownouts is not reason enough for the Cagayan Electric Power and Light Company (CEPALCO) to take it easy. Take the Davao Light and Power Co. (DLPC), for instance. Even if it has 87MW of standby power within its franchise area, nevertheless, DLPC is a responsible corporate citizen, and goes the extra mile to try to mobilize civil society involvement in helping conserve energy and use what’s available wisely. Due to unplanned and unscheduled shutdowns of various power plants, the shortage of supply compared to demand daily has been varying between 200400MW, or up to a third of the Mindanao Grid’s peak demand or time when energy use is greatest. Through its Interruptible Load Program, DLPC

Editorial was able to persuade its big power users like shopping malls and heavy and light industries to use their own generator and save the grid around 17MW when the grid curtailment was high, like last Oct. 22 when the grid shortage hit 480MW. Besides the 17MW saved through the ILP, DLPC also contracted an additional 30MW from sister company Therma Marine, Inc. so its “virtual reserves” want up to over 134MW, or that amount saved for the Mindanao Grid for use by the less fortunate power cooperatives who couldn’t afford to own and operate their own embedded power generators. In contrast, CEPALCO has been running its 42MW Minergy diesel plant in Tablon full time in tandem with its 8MW mini hydroelectric power plant in Claveria ostensibly to

prevent Cagayan de Oro from suffering from rotating brownouts. But in so doing, it has also been crying all the way to the bank because while it’s true CEPALCO buys the power from Minergy, it’s the consumers who must pay for the extra charges of running the more expensive diesel fuel generated electricity, and isn’t it just sweet how Minergy is also owned by the same people who own Cepalco? Why can’t CEPALCO follow the example of DLPC and implement its own voluntary ILP within its franchise area? For sure it does not lack big time consumers who have their own generators and can easily save even more than 17MW DLPC is saving with its program. Even Iligan Light and Power Co. (ILPI) whose 15MW standby generator still has to operate is not suffering brownouts at the

moment because it has negotiated with the industries within its area which are not currently operating to “borrow” their allocations and prevent rotating brownouts within the city sans the extra charge of running diesel power plants at the expense of the consumers. We hope CEPALCO pays more than lip service to its call to consumers within its area to conserve electricity because it’s not even coming out with public advisories to make consumers aware of the situation. Mind you, even if it pays for those advisories, consumers would still be paying for them but we’d rather pay less for media advisories and play an active part in lessening our power bill without resorting to brownouts rather than let CEPALCO volunteer our pockets in paying higher electric bills in behalf of Minergy. Sweetheart deals indeed!

The electorates create ‘political dynasty’ SENATOR Meriam Defensor Santiago has filed a bill prohibiting ‘political dynasty’ in the country. The bill intends to deter political dynasty to take place in the national level. Moves had also snowballed to apply the measure in the local political fronts. This, after the debate on the prohibition of political dynasty shimmered. Will Congress approve it? Ambitious politicians, who could Cris Diaz not level up with strong political adversaries, are rearing for the immediate passage of the bill. Perhaps, the passage of the bill would give them a chance to win against established political opponents. Is this the reason why some local politicians are pushing the inclusion of the localities in the coverage of the bill? At any rate, this corner has gut feelings that the proposed ‘anti-dynasty bill’ would simply ends up in the dustbin. It is because political dynasty is non-existent in the country. The fact that the sons and daughters of politicians are into politics does not mean political dynasty. Dynasty means ‘a succession of rulers related to the same family.’ To put it simply, under a dynasty, the ruling family appoints their successor without the election. This means that there is no instant where the link of a

family, governing a country or province, is broken along the way. In other words, dynasty is broken once another ruler, apart from being a member of the same family, governs the state. Obviously, electing the same official in the Philippines for three consecutive terms does not constitute dynasty. Besides, candidates win an election because people believed that they could deliver what the common good expect of them. More often, elected officials passed on their integrity to their siblings and other members of the family. The electorates are keen observers of records of elected officials. An iota of doubt in the manner an elected official exercise his powers would be costly. The electorates would simply shun any member of the family who would run in subsequent polls. Congresswoman Cynthia Villar was right in saying that if a dynasty is present in any part of the country; it means that the people there trust the members of the family as their leaders. The people have the right to choose their leaders. Being a member of the same family is not a primary criterion in electing rightful leaders. In the Philippines, the people create a semblance of political dynasty because they believed in members of same family with untrammeled political leadership. It was ‘frown,’ not ‘prawn.’ The Catholics ‘prawn’…. ( ‘When death comes, say ‘NO,’ Oct. 31, 2012, Wed. issue). React: crisguardian@yahoo.com

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Be joyful in hope, paMER M. SUDARIA tient in affliction, faithful Manager in prayer…” (Romans 12:12, ROSE MARY D. SUDARIA Finance Manager the Holy Bible). RUEL V. PELONE -oooALLAN M. MEDIANTE Editor-in-Chief Executive Editor HURRICANE SANDY, JOE DEL PEURTO FELICILDA DEATH & DESTRUCTION melanie rivera Managing Editor Advertising IN THE US: There was CRIS DIAZ no doubt about it: what Associate Editor albert molit hit New York and most of SHAUN ALEJANDRAE UY Circulation Sports & Lifestyle Editor the US East Coast Monday night (Tuesday morning, BEN ARCHE jun escuadro Regional Editor-DAVAO RIZA O. ARES Philippine time) was not pat samonte LIEZL A. DELOSO simply Hurricane (and, after Regional Editor-Caraga JOE PALABAO it was downgraded later, AL JACINTO Rene Michael BaÑos Regional Editor-Zamboanga Superstorm) Sandy. Marketing Consultants It was gruesome death gerry lee gorit Photo Journalists and widespread devastaATTY. MARIO T. JUNI Uriel C. Quilinguing atty. roberto a. cantago jr. tion, as Jesus Christ, our Editorial Consultant Legal Counsels MINDANAO DAILY NEWS Publisher

Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio God and Savior, foretold in Matthew 7:24-27 of the Bible. To those who don’t know yet, Jesus in Matthew 7:26-27, in words that the ordinary American will understand, says that rains, floods, and wind will surely come, and they can either be destructive and deadly,

or simply uneventful. In Matthew 7:24-25, Jesus says: “…`Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew

and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock’…” In Matthew 7:26-27, Jesus says: “…`everyone who hears these words of mine and does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell with a great crash’...” -oooMORE HURRICANE SANDYs COMING: The good news is that Sandy sandys | page 10

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Filipinos researchers, the top of the top I was amazed by the presence of the Philippines researchers in IAMURE conference, in Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, on October 24-26, 2012 last week. Mostly the participants or presenters were dominated by the researchers from Philippines. Like in Singapore, five months ago, the same conference was also dominated by the Philippines, exactly in Kuala Lumpur, on May 26-29 this year too. For the Singapore IAMURE conference, most of the awardees were also dominated by the Philippines researchers, even though it was held overseas for them. In that event, I was so lucky because I was awarded by the IAMURE as the outstanding global diamond award and the outstanding global diamond research book authorship. The awards given to the presenters were so varied. It can be the outstanding researcher of the participants’ country, such as Philippines, Indonesia and Malaysia when it was held in Malaysia. Besides that, the awards were also based on the global consideration so that the participant who deserved to get it was awarded as the outstanding global researcher and research book authorship. Some of my colleagues

Saint Pedro Calungsod beyond the ‘miracles’

From the left: Dr. Genaro V. Japos, President of IAMURE, Dr. Djuwari, (Indonesia); Dr. Cristeta F. Gapuz; Annsharina Del Pero; Jezreel S. Lopes, dan Jazel C. Dulay; Dr. Gilbert R. Arce (Philippines), receiving awards, in Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Center, Singapore, on 24-26 October 2012.

Dr. Soni Harsono, Mrs. Nurul Hasanah, and Mr. Nanang Shonhaji, were awarded as Indonesian outstanding researchers in that event. However, it was still dominated by the great leading and young researchers from Philippines. Dr. Gilbert R. Arce, the president of University of Northern, Vigan City, Philippines was awarded as the outstanding global research leader and global diamond award for best university

research and development program. Prof. Isidro T. Savillo, ISCOF, Philippines, was awarded as global diamond award for Scientific Discovery. Dr. Roel Palo Anicas, Saudi Electronics and Homes Appliances Institute, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was awarded as Global Diamond award for book authorship. Still many other researchers were awarded

as the Outstanding Filipino Researchers such as Dr. Ernesto O. Golosino, Dr. Lforida U. Ursulom, and Mr. Brian Gil S. Sarinas. The most fascinating one is the student researchers from Philippines. These young, cute, and beautiful researchers were also warded as the global diamond award for student researchers 2012. In general, mostly the awardees were dominated by the Filipinos both the

global and national outstanding researchers. This shows the Philippines’ enthusiasm in doing research and it can be inferred that such endeavors reflect the whole nation of Filipinos. They are the top of the top. --About the writer: Dr. Djuwari is one of the presenters awarded as outstanding global diamond researcher and outstanding global research book authorship 2012.

THE canonization of Pedro Calungsod last Oct. 21, was a very special day to all Filipinos especially to young Pinoys, who welcomed the new Filipino saint. Along with six other saints from other countries canonized in Rome on that day, devotees of Saint Pedro Calungsod looked back at the miracles the young saint has bestowed to them. “I started to be a devotee of Saint Pedro Calungsod when he was still a beato. I believe that my faith in him cured my illness. He also cured my brother who had a nervous breakdown. Truly, he is miraculous,” Divina Cantalejo, a Calungsod devotee, shared during the Oct. 27 episode of “Pagtuki”, the official radio program of Ramon Aboitiz Foundation Inc. (RAFI). Cantalejo added that the canonization of the new saint has paved the way to a mass-based support of their barangay. “ T he yout h shou l d anchor on the values and principles of Saint Pedro Calungsod. Youth should devote their time serving the community and the church as what Calungsod did,” she said, adding that community services will help the youth not to be involved in vices. MIRACLES | page 10

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Butuan SP okays Brgy Food Terminal project BY PAT SAMONTE

BUTUAN CITY – The city council has passed a resolution to pave the way for the establishment of a Barangay Food Terminal to serve as distribution system for agricultural and marine products. City council spokesperson Eldie David announced that the measure gave Mayor Ferdinand Amante, Jr. authority to sign a memorandum of agreement with the

Caraga Regional Field Office of the Department of Agriculture and the Butuan City New Villages Cooperative for the implementation of the project. Vice-Mayor Lawrence Lemuel Fortun said the barangay-based food depot will enable farmers to establish direct and effective means to offer their produce straight to consumers at low prices and encourage other barangays to engage in the same venture.

The project is expected to generate more income on the part of the farmers and raise their standards of living, he said. “Surely, consumers will flock to the Barangay Food Terminal because of the freshness, quality and low prices of the farm products. In return, the farmers will be encouraged to produce more, knowing their products will be safe at the terminal where buyers or consumers converge,” Fortun added.

D’ ASIAN HILLS BANK INC. (D’ AHB), a fast growing rural bank in Mindanao and Visayas was awarded by the Land Bank of the Philippines as the Best in Profitability, Most Outstanding Rural Bank – Region X and Most Outstanding Rural Bank - National level besting some 500 other rural banks in the country.

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EMPLOYEES from various offices of the Province of Bukidnon participated the Publication Production seminar held at D Garden, Malaybalay City, October 23-24. Journalism topics were given by the invited lecturer, Mr. Allan Mediante. - (Al Jundano)

Child Alert Mindanao successfully celebrates Children’s Month DAVAO CITY -As the month of October draws to a close, the non-government organization, Child Alert Mindanao concludes its Children’s Month celebration. Billed as “Bata Atimanon Para sa Maayong Kaugmaon”, Child Alert once again affirms their advocacy to help develop the community mechanisms for child protection. Through the celebration of Children’s Month, the organization aims to raise awareness on child protection and showcase children’s skills and talents. The tripartite celebration comprising of the Art Showcase, Sports Strife, and the Culmination Festival accomplished the objectives of this year’s celebration. During the Art Showcase, the children participated in collage, slogan and poster making contests. The Sports Strife on the other hand consisted of vol-

leyball, basketball and Pinoy games such as jumping rope, Chinese garter, sack race, egg relay, flour-blowing and straw relay. This particular component of the Children’s Month celebration aims to develop camaraderie among the children, give them an opportunity to play, and enhance their potential in sports. The Culmination Festival was held last October 29 at the Toril District Hall grounds. The line up of activities included the parade, quizbowl, yell dance competition and theatrical presentation . More than 150 children coming from Child Alert’s five organized communities - Talomo, Dumoy, Crossing Bayabas, Toril Pobacion and Daliao, participated in the activities. The children from Toril Poblacion came in first with a total of 715 points, followed

by Daliao with 665 points. Dumoy bagged the third place with 615 points, while Crossing Bayabas took the fourth place with 550 points and Talomo took the fifth with 165 points. “The children clearly had fun and they worked hard to make the celebration successful. We hope that through this celebration and our efforts, the government offices would be ‘alerted’ on the plight of most children in our country and they could immediately act on it,” said Bernardo Mondragon, executive director of Child Alert. According to update s of the International Labor Organization, there are over 5 million child laborers in the country including victims of trafficking and prostitution. Officials and other service providers from the five barangays also joined the event.

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -Despite the devastations brought by Typhoon Sendong, this City’s business climate remains strong. According to a city government bulletin issued yesterday, collections derived from business tax and fees this year, significantly increased compared to collections last year. Based on the comparative report submitted by Acting Assistant City Treasurer Melchie D. Malazarte to Mayor Vicente Emano, collections from business taxes and fees from the first quarter to the fourth quarter (as of October 23, 2012) went higher by 17.24 percent as compared to figures during the same period last year. The report indicates that the city was able to collect a hefty P608,906,827.25, which is higher by P89.5 million than last year’s collection of P519,350,809.13. For the first quarter of 2012, collections reached P284,770,609.34, P38.1 million more than last year’s figure which was only P246,575,645.30. During the second quarter, P132,770,076.34 was added to the city’s coffers, and on the third quarter the city earned P116,094,952.49. Two months to go before the fourth quarter ends but the City Treasurers Office was already able to collect P75,264,189.08. This is higher by P15.4 million

than the collections during the fourth quarter of 2011 which was P59,786,410.09. REAL PROPERTY TAXES Collections from Real Property Taxes (RPT) from the first to the third quarter of this year was marked by a 17.08 percent increase compared to figures during the same period last year, the report showed. From total RPT collections of P266,739,474.54 in 2011, the figure soared to P312,299,290.84 as of October 23, exceeding the city’s projected RPT collection for this year. Out of the amount, P139,933,503.98 was collected during the first quarter, P90,065,067.27 during the second quarter and P82,300,719.59 on the third quarter. Financial czars are optimistic that figures will significantly increase next year, as the city continues to rise as one of the prime business districts in the country. The East and Westbound Terminal and Public Market (EWBTPM) also, was able to collect an income of P339,872.24. The actual weekly report submitted by Dr. Perla Asis to the City Council committee on economic enterprises chaired by Councilor Emmanuel Abejuela indicates that the bulk of the amount came from the terminal operations, which totaled P134,729. Meanwhile, space rentals at the Westbound Terminal

earned P9,246, the market yielded an income of P90,930.63 while the fish landing area earned P32,937. Based on the report, the income of Eastbound Terminal during the period was P11,245. BUDGET DELIBERATIONS Meanwhile, councilor Simeon V. Licayan, chair of the City Council committee on finance and ways and means, will be leading and preparing the schedule of marathon hearing on the 2013 executive budget. Through Resolution No. 11169-2012, the 16th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas constituted the legislative body as a Committee of the Whole to deliberate on the city’s General Fund and Special Account-Economic Enterprises and granted the committee on finance the full authority to schedule deliberations by department or office. Based on the executive budget submitted by Mayor Vicente Emano, the city’s General Fund for 2013 is estimated at P1.98 billion. Meanwhile, the City Economic Enterprises, composed of four public markets has a proposed budget for operations in the amount of P112,050,000 from market fees and other miscellaneous income and the East and WestBound Terminal and Public Market in the amount of P18,754,000 and the J.R. Borja General Hospital amounting to P129,338,000, totaling P260,142,000.

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Mario Joel Baylosis, a devotee and Parish Pastoral Council member, said that the canonization of Saint Pedro Calungsod opened doors to thousands of devotees coming into their parish. “The growing number of devotees coming from different places is one of the miracles that he showed to us. It is a miracle to see people who have strong faith in him,” he shared. He disclosed that Saint Pedro Calungsod serves as a role model to Filipinos, especially to young Pinoys. “Let us emulate the values and goodness Calungsod had. He has sacrificed everything for his Christian faith,” he said. Saint Pedro Calungsod is a young Roman Catholic Filipino saint, a sacristan, and missionary catechist who suffered religious persecution and martyrdom in Guam for a missionary work in 1672. He was killed at the age of 17. Calungsod is the second Filipino declared a saint by the Roman Catholic Church after Saint Lorenzo Ruiz. “Pagtuki” is aired over dyLA every Saturday at 10-11 a.m. The program, which is one of the Knowledge Sharing & Advocacy capabilities of RAFI, tackles timely and relevant issues affecting the Cebuano community. For more information about RAFI’s radio program, please contact Fatrick Tabada at 418-7234 loc. 542, or visit www.rafi.org. ph or www.facebook.com. ph/rafi.org.ph

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and environmentalist Gerry Ortega, Ecleo was convicted for the death of his wife in 2002 and Lee is facing a warrant of arrest in connection with the P7-billion housing loan scam. “What the tracker teams are doing is pursue a lead but so far, all operations were negative,” De Lima said after a meeting with the Philippine National Police-Criminal Investigation and Detection Group, National Bureau of Investigation tracking teams. The NBI is the Philippines’ premier investigating body and is an attached agency of the DOJ. ‘There was a proposal to increase the reward. Bakit walang takers, yung P2 million (reward) maliit pa ba ‘yon,’ De Lima asked. De Lima said Malacanang instructed them to maximize the dissemination of the posters on the Big 5. “We should encourage public cooperation to locate these people,” De Lima said. Of the five fugitives from justice, De Lima

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said that only the Reyes brothers have been confirmed to have left the country. De Lima said that information they have received showed that from Vietnam, the two moved to Thailand and then to Malaysia. De Lima said that they are still verifying if the two managed to sneak into the United States. But so far, De Lima said, “they have not been issued US visas and their passports had been cancelled.”

Robberies... from page 1

“It’s unbelievable. The NPA will not be that desperate to engage in criminal activities,” said a concerned citizen in his comment posted on the Facebook account of Agusanon Ako. The spate of robbery incidents has drawn many businessmen to question the capability of the police to curb crimes that has haunted this progressive town for several months now. Authorities are still facing a blank wall on the progress of their investigation and have yet to come up with any lead if ever those involved in the series of incidents are part of a known criminal syndicate groups. Downplay Local officials on their part downplayed it as just normal incidents that usually occur to the town’s inevitable progress especially that it had rekindled its hopes of becoming a second component city of the province. Their optimism was fueled by the commitment of second district congressional candidate Rodolfo “Ompong” Plaza to work for San Francisco cityhood if elected in Congress. Plaza was the author of the Cityhood of Bayugan in the province’s first district during his second term. Mayor Jenny de Asis said the crime incidents are just part of the continuing development of San Francisco adding that similar cases in other towns are far more serious. Talking to the local media during the recent peace and order council meeting, de Asis has called on local residents to be more vigilant and report to the authorities at once if they observe some suspecting transients roaming around the town. “If the cat is away, the mouse can play,” de Asis said matter-of-factly.

Caraga... from page 1

implementation of Executive Order 23 issued by President Benigno S. Aquino. It was at the time when DENR Secreary Ramon JP Paje relieved 31 regional and provincial officials for failing to curb illegal logging in eastern and southern Mindanao. It was a brief tour-of-

duty for ASec Mendoza who assumed the top DENR post in Caraga on July 2012. Mendoza gradually refurbished the tarnished image of the DENR in four months since he assumed his post. Ignacio said Sec. Paje do not want Mendoza to leave. However, the DENR also wanted Mendoza to succeed in his teaching career at the country’s premier institution of learning. E. GALLEGO

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authorized the existing 25 PUJ units as specified in the list submitted by the president of the association to operate along the AC and BC routes as provided to be implemented on experimental basis. Based on the inflow of the proposed routes, from Macabalan-Pier PUJs will pass Puntod-Licoan, left turn CM Recto St., passing Gaisano-Centrio (Ayala), right turn Capt.Vicente Roa to Cogon Market, to Hayes Street. The outflow of the said routes will be: from Hayes St. left turn Osmeña St., right turn Limketkai drive, left turn LKKS premises, and left turn CM Recto, passing Gaisano City, free right turn to Licoan then proceed to destination. (JBD)

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5 of Administrative Order No. 160 and Section 203 of National Building Code of the Philippines, promulgates rules and regulations on signs or signboard structures. She said the law provides that signs or signboard structures may be constructed only in areas where zoning regulations permit them. The OBO official cited that no sign or signboard structure shall be placed nor erected on parks and playgrounds and on residential, institutional and recreational zones according to the law. (JBD)

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has by now weakened or entirely left. The bad news though is that, there will be more Sandys to come, not only in the United States, but in many parts of the world as well, including here in the Philippines. And this is not only because of global warming, climate change, or environmental destruction. To us who believe, there will be more rains and floods and wind, and more deaths and destruction coming from them, because Jesus Christ said so, in Matthew 7:24-27 of the Bible. Since to us Jesus is God and Savior, His warnings must be taken seriously because they are the very Word of God. And since He says rains, floods and winds will come, they will. No man can stop them from coming. But, in His great mercy

and love for all of mankind, Jesus nevertheless gave a way out of the death and destruction arising from those calamities. He said that those who listen to His Word and obey them will not be destroyed (see Matthew 7:24-25 once again). Only those who listen to Him (and, by parity of reasoning, even those who do not listen to Him at all) and who do not obey Him in any way, will fall with a great crash---meaning, they will be destroyed, they will die a violent and harsh death from the coming rains, floods and winds (see Matthew 7:26-27). -oooLISTENING & OBEYING: What then must we do if we do not wish that this kind of a grim future will happen to us and our children? The answer, based on what Jesus said in Matthew 7:24-27, is simple. Let us listen to His Word, and then obey His Word. Translated in layman’s language, what this means is that, let us read the Bible, listen to those who truly preach the Word, and then obey. Let us stop our disobedience, let us renew our minds. As Romans 12:2 tells us: “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will…” -oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@ yahoo.com

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a resolution adopting the City of Gwangyang, Korea as a Sister City. Legislators authorized Mayor Vicente Emano to enter into and sign the City Friendship Agreement by and between the two cities. The signing of the agreement signals the beginning of economic exchanges and cooperation in trade, investment, port logistics and business and explore new areas of cooperation in education, culture, tourism and sports through supporting friendly exchanges between the two cities. As sister cities, both Cagayan de Oro and Gwangyang will make strong effort to ensure that the mutual exchanges will bring sustainable and substantial benefits to each other through active cooperation from both governments and private sector participants. (LCR)

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Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape. “The Japanese embassy is looking at providing possible livelihood grants and the establishment of a center that would pave the way for sustainable tarsier conservation,” Tamayo said. Tamayo said the pro-

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Voters try to beat the October 31 deadline of the Commission on Elections f[or registration to be eligible in the May 2013 elections. Some of these people were accompanied by politicians to the Tourism Hall where the Comelec set up tables. About 30,000 have registered in Cagayan de Oro. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

Commission on Elections personnel accommodate voters who registered at the Tourism Hall on the last day of registration for the 2013 elections. Observers say some of the registrants were brought along by politicians running for office in Cagayan de Oro. Photo by Gerry L. Gorit

posed projects would undergo validation processes and the embassy has set further meetings with ESI officials to shed more light on the other details of their project.

Audit... from page 11

good governance through knowledge sharing and innovation. “This Knowledge Management Audit is a tool to assess and at the same time measure the level of knowledge of your organization so that we will know what we already have, what we need, what we do not have yet and consequently addressing those gaps so that we will be guided with where we are in our knowledge management readiness”, said DILG Regional Director Lilibeth A. Famacion. “Good governance is not a monopoly of DILG. It is now high time to move from being a provider to an enabler because we believe other institutions or agencies can also capacitate Local Government Units (LGUs)”, remarked DILG Asst. Regional Director Donald A. Seronay. He said that the formation of a community of practice or network with other sectors in the region will collaborate their efforts towards a common direction for good governance. (Florian Faith Jr. P. Bayawa, LGOO II, DILG 13)

Areas... from page 11

He also disclosed that the current water supply of the city comes from the Talomo-Lipadas watershed. “We have to define the

expanse of the watershed areas to protect the water sources of the city amid possible erosion and expansion of commercial banana plantations,” Asibal said. He said the survey will be conducted initially on river banks and buffer zones and areas classified as prone to landslides and soil erosion or highlycritical and hazardous by the Mines and Geosciences Bureau. Asibal said the deline ation ac tivity will b e hand le d by t wo te ams and will run for 64 days with a total budget at P1.6 Million with P800,000 c om i ng f rom t h e c it y government and another P800,000 coming from the Davao City Water District, respectively. He said the teams will c ompr i s e of m e mb e r s from the city government, DCWD, City-ENRO and a non-government organization. Asibal said that during the survey, identified boundaries will be marked accordingly so that the p e op l e m ay k n ow t h e extent of the watershed areas. “ T he i mpl e me nt i ng rules and regulations of the Watershed Code clearly state that if an entity is given three years to vacate if it is situated within the highly critical area. Banana firms if found to be within the watershed area must follow the modes of protecting the environment as stipulated on their respective environment compliance certificate ,” he said. (PIA 11- Joey Sem G. Dalumpines/FMGM)

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LGRRC-DILG 13 initiates regl knowledge management audit By Florian Faith Jr. P. Bayawa

THE Local Governance Regional Resource Center (LGRRC) through the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Region 13 (CARAGA) in partnership with the Local Government Academy (LGA) conducted a Knowledge Management Audit for External Stakeholders in the

region on October 23-24, 2012 at Goat2geder Hotel and Restaurant, Butuan City. The Knowledge Management (KM) Audit has determined the level of organizational KM readiness of the different sectors in the region through the KM Mapping Assessment Tool. Result showed that Caraga region has already achieved a refinement of the implementation of knowl-

Davao City govt to define watershed areas

DAVAO City––The city government will conduct a survey to define clearly the expanse of watershed areas in the city, according to Christoper Asibal, forester and deputy chief of the City Environment and Natural Resources. He told reporters that the survey is part of the implementation of the Watershed Code, a policy that protects the drinking water source of the city. The Watershed Protection, Conservation and Management Ordinance No. 0310-07of Davao City covers eight watersheds namely, Lasang, Sibulan-Sirawan, PanacanBunawan, Talomo-Lipadas, Davao River, Matina-Pangi, Tamugan-Panigan and Malagos. Asibal said a survey has been set on November 5 in the Tamugan-Panigan watershed area where Barangay Tambobong will be the reference point. He said similar survey will be conducted in the Talomo-Lipadas watershed area. Asibal explained that based on previous studies, the Tamugan-Panigan watershed has the most sustainable water source for the city.

edge management, which has continually evaluated for improvement. This means that the region has already a good to excellent organizational performance results and has achieved sustained trends over time. This result was generated through the answers of participating institutions such as the regional line agencies, civil society organizations,

academe and other private sectors in the region. The KM Audit was also aimed at reactivating the Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committee (MSAC), the governing body of the LGRRC which was organized last November 12, 2007. The MSAC is a network of institutions collaborating together to leverage and share internal and external

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knowledge for local governance capacity building and performance excellence. With MSAC, there will be a convergence of agencies and institutions in the region with different programs that could be useful in the sharing of knowledge and expertise towards the road of more responsive local governance. The LGRRC established at the DILG Regional Of-

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he Philippine Press In s t itut e ( P P I ) i n c o op e r at i on with Philippine Ai rl i ne s Fou nd at i on and the BusinessWeek Mindanao Advertising and Promotions holds a seminar on excellence and ethics in journalism with the theme “Making S e ns e of Jou r na l is m To d ay ”, O c tob e r 2 5 , Cagayan de Oro City at the BWM Media Center. The seminar is part o f P P I ’s S c h o l a s t i c Outreach Program. Participating students from the region enjoy a whole-day of learning as key speakers from Manila gave them s e vera l s essions and workshops. Allan Mediante, Executive Editor o f B u s i n e s s We e k Mi nd ana o wel c ome s t he p ar t icip ants and guests, while Ariel C. Sebellino, PPI Executive D i r e c t o r, g a v e t h e participants an overview

of the Philippine Press Institute. The participants are journalism and communications stu d e nt s f rom L i c e o de Cagayan University – Mass Communications Department, Bukidnon S t a t e Un i v e r s i t y, St. Mar y’s S cho ol in Cagayan de Oro, Central Mindanao University, and MSU-Iligan Institute of Technology. The morning sessions included talks by national personalities in the media industry. Session 1: Excellence is the Key is handled by G M A- 7 P ro g r a m Manager Joseph Alwyn T. Alburo and Session 2: Going the Way of Ethics by Rowena C. Paraan, Secretar yGeneral, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP). This is followed by an open forum and a workshop, a chance for the student journalists

to participate and share their thoughts. A special visit b y C y n t h i a Vi l l a r, Chairman & Managing Director of the Villar Foundation also gave the participants her insights on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship. Villar is in the city for t he unvei ling of t he Sendong Memorial at Golden Haven Memorial Park, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro. A lunch forum on C or p orate S o ci a l Responsibility (CSR) is then facilitated by Mi g u el Vi l l are a l, P h i l i p p i n e Ve t e r a n s B an k Vice President on Corporate Communications. The afternoon session tackled on visual communications. The talk on Photography vs Photojournalism is delivered by Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-inChief, Shaun Alejandrae Yap Uy.

PARTICIPANTS COMING FROM DIFFERENT UNIVERSITIES IN NORTHERN MINDANAO SHOWING THEIR SEMINAR CERTIFICATES.

ARIEL C. SEBELLINO PPI Executive Director

JOSEPH ALWYN T. ALBURO GMA-7 Program Manager

ROWENA C. PARAAN Secretary-General, National Union of Journalists of the Philippines (NUJP).

MIGUEL VILLA-REAL Phil. Veterans Bank Vice President on Corporate Communications

SHAUN ALEJANDRAE YAP UY Cagayan de Oro TIMES Editor-in-Chief

We grow minds!

CYNTHIA VILLAR inspires the student journalists to practice on journalism ethics and entrepreneurship

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Photos by ARJAY FELICILDA, RONALD MASTAIL & SHAUN UY

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