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Briefly P2.3-B CDO budget THE Department of Budget and Management (DBM) has approved the P2.3 billion budget of Cagayan de Oro and considers it operative since January 2014.

This is contained in the review letter of DBM-10 regional director Annabelle M. Atillo, which was presented yesterday by Councilor President Elipe, chair of the City Council committee on finance and ways and means, in his special report.

During the regular session presided over by Councilor Ramon Tabor, Councilor Elipe said the City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas, received a letter from the DBM on the annual budgets of the General Fund and Special Accounts: Economic Enterprises (CEED Administration and Cogon market, Agora and IBT Components, Carmen Market Component, Puerto Market Component, Slaughterhouse Component, Westbound Terminal and Public Market, Eastbound Terminal and JR Borja General Hospital) for fiscal year 2014 of the city, involving appropriations of P2,068,691,490 and P236,885,059, respectively, approved by the Sangguniang Panlungsod on February 3, 2014.

Consumer welfare ILIGAN City -- The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Lanao del Norte Provincial Office recently held briefings on Consumer Welfare Desk (CWD) and Frontline Service for newcomer stores at its office in Pala-o, Iligan City.

In attendance were 25 representatives from the different business establishments in Iligan such as Emerald 24/7 Convenience Store, Trade Mart Gen. Merchandise, 777 Marketing, DK Motor Hub, Tri-J Motor Parts, JBR Mercantile, Young’s General Merchandise, DJ Mart, Macapato Mini Hardware, Corona Top & Shop Store Inc., FC Giftshop, Centrica One International Co., Bomenah Selected Goods, LRE Construction Supply, Insana General Merchandise, The Look Boutique, Pinoy Mobile, JC Enterprise, Ched Coco Lumber & Construction Supply, SLY Cellshop, JMC Trading, Raid’s Store, Unicity General Merchandise and Unitop General Merchandise, all from this city.

DTI Provincial Director Ruel B. Paclipan said that CWD and Frontline Service briefings provide valuable lessons to business establishments on the importance of having a consumer welfare desk that ultimately gives impact on sales generation, and augment the level of awareness on consumerism.

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Filinvest tops bids for Mt. Apo supply deal T

By MYRNA M VELASCO, Contributor

HE FDC Misamis Power Corporation of the Filinvest group has won the bid for the selection and appointment of an independent power producer administrator (IPPA) for the 108-megawatt Mt Apo geothermal power plant, the Power Sector Assets and Liabilities Management Corporation (PSALM) said.

CLOUD NINE. Small waves cannot stop this local surfer from having fun in Cloud Nine, General Luna, Siargao Island yesterday. Organizers of the 20th Siargao International Surfing Competition postponed the contest to today due to small swells. mindanews photo by roel n . catoto

PSALM president Emmanuel R. Ledesma Jr. announced that the offer of FDC Misamis was at P128,000,888.88 – and this shall account for the monthly payment it shall remit to PSALM for the Mt. Apo plant’s IPPA arrangement.

FDC edged out the P50million bid of SMC Global Power Holdings Corporation.

“Only FDC met the reserve price set by the PSALM board,” Ledesma said, noting that such shall be subject “to the confirmation and

verification of the accuracy, authenticity and completeness of the documents submitted.”

Of the 7 pre-qualified bidders, two submitted bids before the 12 noon bid submission deadline set by PSALM. Apart from FDC and SMC Global, the other bidders include: • Energy Development Corporation (EDC) Mindanao Geothermal Inc • GDF Suez Energy Philippines Inc • Therma Southern filinvest/PAGE 6

Coco farmers in Davao region want Gold-rush brgy residents go into farming community-based processing hub

By JEANEVIVE D. ABANGAN Contributor

By MINDANEWS

DAVAO City— Coconut farmers in the region are asking for the establishment of a c om mu n it y - b as e d coconut processing hub so that profits from the sales of coconut products and byproducts would reach them, an official of an advocacy group said.

In an interview, Kilos Magniniyog national coordinator Socrates

Banzuela said it was not the farmers who benefited from the sale of the coconut products, but the millers and landowners.

He said the processing hub would handle an average of 5,000 coconuts every day, with a cluster of barangays running it together.

The hub would integrate the processing of the coconuts hub/PAGE 6

COMPOSTELA Valley -- Aside from small-scale mining, residents of gold-rush barangay Mt. Diwata are drawing income from farming and tree planting.

Mt.Diwata Punong Brgy Pedro Samiliano said some residents in his barangay are into banana production particularly Cardava, making use of the rich fertile mountainous areas of the barangay He also revealed that “Sayote” yields high along with other vegetables which he said grow favourably in Mt. Diwata given the cool climate similar with that

INTO FARMING. They leave behind the gold and go into farming.

in Baguio City.

“Walay kalahian ang klima sa Baguio ug sa Mt. Diwata,” he said while also farming/PAGE 6

Gov’t taps mult-sectoral partners for IEC on Bangsamoro Basic Law DAVAO City -- Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Deles said that the government will tap the local government units, academe and the civil society to explain to the people in various fora

the content of the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law while it is deliberated in Congress.

Speaking to reporters here, she cited the need to intensify the information campaign to explain the

measure to the people.

Deles said every week, a member of the peace panel goes down to the communities to explain to the people the BBL. taps/PAGE 6

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By JASPER MARIE OBLINA-RUCAT Contributor

THE ceremonial turn-over of Timbangan ng Bayan and posting of Bantay Presyo billboard of the Department of Trade and Industry Misamis Oriental (DTI-MOR) in Cogon Public Market on

September 19, 2014 upholds not only consumer protection but fair price to all.

During the turn-over, DTI-MOR provincial director Maria Eliza A. Pabillore said that the purpose of putting

at least four “Timbangan Ng Bayan” or DTI calibrated weighing scales in strategic locations in the market is to allow shoppers to check whether they were sold fairly by the vendors. After paying for a good or item, they can go directly to the “Timbangan ng Bayan” to check accuracy.

DTI-MOR also provided test weights from one kilo up to 10 kilos to make sure that the Timbangan Ng Bayan

and weighing scales in the market are correct.

Also, the Bantay Presyo (price watch) Billboard was set up reflecting prevailing price of the basic commodities, grocery items, vegetable, meat, and all other items sold in the market. According to Pabillore, this is renewed thrice a week during Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays by DTI and Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) as guide for

price comparison.

City Economic Enterprise Development (CEED) headed

by Engr. Peter Abejuela a d v i s e d c on s u m e r s t o check prevailing price in the billboard prior to buying.

Raul Balibay, president of the meat section, expressed that this project is indeed to protect consumers. This is to make sure they are not deceived by the items they buy.

A total of 20 sets of the mechanical scales and housings; and, five sets of the test weights will be distributed to five of Cagayan de Oro city’s public markets namely Agora, Bulua, Carmen, Cogon and Puerto. Each shall have four weighing scales and housings and one complete set of the test weights. A Bantay Presyo billboard will also be opened along the unveiling of the Timbangan ng Bayan.

Tourism Week opened, anchors in community development

By JASPER MARIE OBLINA-RUCAT Contributor

THE Department of Tourism (DOT) region 10 opened the National Tourism Week on September 22 in SM City Atrium, Cagayan de Oro City focusing on community development through the tourism industry.

DOT regional director Catalino E. Chan III welcomed guests and participants

from the business sector, academe and government agencies who witnessed the opening. He explained that the theme “Tourism and Community Development” is an international theme for World Tourism Day on September 27, focusing on the ability of tourism to empower people and provide them

with skills to achieve change in their local communities.

As partner in tourism, s e n i o r s u p e r i nt e n d e nt Graciano Mijares, Cagayan de Oro city police office (COCPO) chief also expressed message of peace to the community.

Guest sp eaker Engr.

Elpidio M. Paras, owner of Dahilayan Adventure Park, a famous tourist destination in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon emphasized the importance of tourism to elevate the local economy of the community.

He said that in Dahilayan, he has hired Indigenous People (IP) and even residents in nearby barangays.

He believed that the Adventure Park also contributed in making Manolo Fortich mark its post in the National Competitiveness in the municipal category.

He stressed that if we could make tourists stay one more day in Cagayan de Oro or region 10 then that would make a big difference in boosting the local economy.

DOT will be celebrating the entire week from September 22 to 27 as National Tourism Week and will provide various activities.

There will be an exhibit of local products and services in the entire Nor thern Mindanao throughout weeklong celebration at SM Atrium. Everyone is invited to see and choose products that they want.

Also, DOT will have e x h i b i t s a t Vi n e y a r d Polyte chnic C ol lege, Southern Philippines College and Lourdes College on September 23, 24 and 26 respectively. They have also Tourism/PAGE 6

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hink a minute…A successful man said: “Success is mostly about failing.” What we don’t know about the world’s most successful people is the many times they failed before they finally succeeded.

Successful people know how to keep going and learning from their failures until they finally reach their goal. As a famous entertainer put it: “If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain.”

This is a true story of a man who when he was 22 years old failed at business. The next year he tried for public office in the government and lost; so he tried again at business, but failed at that again. Then, at age 25 he tried for government office again and this time he won. But the next year his wife-to-be died, and at age 27 he had a nervous breakdown.

In the next 7 years he tried for government office 3 more times and lost all 3 times. Then 3 years later, at age 37, he tried again for government office and finally won. But only 2 years later he lost it again. In the next 10 years, he tried 2 more times for the Senate and lost both times. Then he tried for Vice President and lost that also. Finally, 2 years later, at age 51, this man was elected President of the United States.

Primavera Towers Model Eco-Friendly Buildings With the construction of Primavera Residences Tower 2 nearing its completion, developer Italpinas Euroasian Design and Eco-development Corporation (ITPI) has all the reasons to celebrate a milestone for the building construction industry in this city.

Construction of Primavera Residences Tower 2 is said to be 70% completewith the opping off of the rooftop. Accortding to Italpinas, completion is scheduled at the end of the year, and turnover of units is

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editorial set on the first quarter next year.

What is worth celebrating and congratulating Italpinas is the fact that it has provided a model for the trendsetting of eco-friendly buildings in this city and Mindanao. In this age of climate change environment-friendly and ecology-preservation constructions are badly needed.

Primavera Residences is the first eco-friendly building in Mindanao. It is designed with features to reduce energy consumption. It is located in Uptown Cagayan de Oro,near SM, and offers residential, commercial and office spaces for rent and purchase.

S etting the standard of eco-friendly real estate developments in the country is the most valuable asset of

Italpinas which has received recognitions such as Best Mixed-Use Development Award for the Philippines in the Asia Pacific Property Awards. It was a reason too why it was a recent special awardee on Alternative Energy development category of the Mindanao Business Leaders Awards.

Congratulations to the key members of Italpinas, chairman Dr. Jose P. Leviste, Italpinas President Atty. Jojo Leviste, and CEO Arch.

Romolo Nati for a job well done.

Two Issues Binay Must Face Now

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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…For none of us lives for ourselves alone, and none of us dies for ourselves alone…” (Romans 14:7, the Holy Bible).

-ooo TWO ISSUES BINAY MUST CONFRONT NOW: I wish to congratulate Vice President Jejomar Binay for the formation of his own political party, the United Nationalist Alliance Party. I wish him well, as I wish UNA Party’s leaders and members well, too. But, all these efforts may prove useless, unless Binay and his supporters can successfully address two issues that may derail the 2016 presidential elections.

The first issue concerns the projected use once more of the dreaded precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in 2016. It is now clear, based from testimonial and documentary evidence by experts and concerned citizens, that PCOS machines constitute one big instrument of cheating, and cannot be relied upon to determine the

true will of Filipino voters.

Assuming Binay continues to be popular until election time, and assuming people will vote for him to become the next Philippine president, is there any assurance that these PCOS machines will truly count his votes and then accurately report such votes? If we are to go by court records where the truthfulness and accuracy of PCOS results had been debunked, it may happen that the 2016 elections maybe physically held, but the will of the electorate may once again be frustrated.

-ooo “NO-EL” SCENARIO IN 2016 VERY REAL: The second issue that Binay and his supporters must contend with is the possibility---which seems to be a growing reality as the countdown to 2016 continues to tick endlessly--that the electoral exercise for that year will not be held at all, and that the present occupant in Malacanang will continue being president.

My perception is that

events are being made to conspire---in other words, are being manipulated--to prevent the holding of the 2016 elections, and not necessarily by Malacanang alone. The National Transformation Council, formally introduced to Filipinos in Lipa City just a few weeks ago, is actively seeking the suspension of the 2016 elections.

In its “Lipa City Declaration”, the Council said the country and the people must first undergo radical systemic changes and transformation before any further electoral exercises are to be held. It is of the opinion that an election, such as the one scheduled in 2016, will not really yield any substantial benefit to anyone, because the present corrupt system will just be replaced by another corrupt system of governance.

-ooo TA K E - O V E R B Y A R E V O LU T I O N A RY GOV’T: Then, we should not forget the broad hints

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that people very close to the present President have been dropping consistently---from a presidential spokesman’s supposed slip of the tongue, “if elections are to be held in 2016 at all”; to a Cabinet secretary proposing Charter change to enable the President to have a second term; to yet another Cabinet member pushing for “emergency powers” to address the looming power crisis in 2015.

Thes e are not mere coincidental hints, as they are ver y far from being disparate and distinct acts. batas/PAGE 7

The Passing of Tradition

T Today, he is considered by many Americans to be the greatest President in America’s history. This is the true life story of Abraham Lincoln.

Failing should make us better, not bitter. You can tell how strong a person is by how much failure it takes to stop him or her from continuing to try. Jesus Christ wants to give you His inner strength in your heart and character, so you will be able to handle your life’s difficulties and disappointments. In fact, you will actually learn to use them to make you stronger and wiser. Jesus wants to guide and help you reach the real success He created you to enjoy, both personally and professionally. So won’t you ask Him to take full charge and control of your life every day, for the rest of your life?

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raditions are important in our life. They are like structures that help us cope with the different necessities of life. They have been built up from the common experiences of a person and of a society and are passed on from generation to generation.

That’s what tradition means. It’s a matter of handing down certain shared attitudes, practices, lifestyles from one generation to the next. It’s a continuing process that parallels and supports life itself.

Traditions can be personal, family, social, political, historical, cultural, and of course, religious that are in fact the most important. In other words, they correspond to our human needs taken e it h e r i n d i v i du a l l y or collectively, spiritually or materially. In short, they cover all aspects of our life.

Traditions help keep life going, facilitating the performance of certain duties and the attainment of certain

goals and ideals. They give some consistency to our life and a reassuring sense of direction and fulfillment.

Since our identity as a person and as a people is often qualified by the traditions we practice, we need to make sure that we have good and healthy traditions, refining and polishing them along the way, or otherwise starting new ones as circumstances warrant.

New traditions somehow are born spontaneously.

A certain spirit or ethos must be behind its making after a number of factors an d re l e v ant e l e m e nt s come together. There are also those that are quite deliberately engineered. But no new tradition comes about unless it has at least the tacit approval of the majority of the people.

Traditions also form some kind of basis or ground on which a person and a society grows and develops. They can be part of the raw material used for growth. Practically

no one and no society can live without some tradition in place in their system. No one starts to develop from absolute zero. He has to begin somewhere.

Yes, traditions can define us as a person and as a people, but we have to make sure that we continue to define our traditions. We have to assert our dominion over tradition, and not the reverse, letting tradition to simply dominate us.

To do this, we have to realize first of all that traditions are a living thing, not something dead and inert. It requires a spirit, and we just have to give it one, making sure the spirit is the right one, and not just any spirit that can also easily come–the spirit of the world, or of the flesh, etcetera.

That spirit should correspond to who we really are–in accord to our dignity as persons created in the image and likeness of God and made children of his.

We are not merely material,

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plant or animal beings. We are rational beings, and more than rational, we are spiritual beings also, inextricably meant for a supernatural end.

It’s when we treat our traditions like this that they become truly helpful. They would become true light and guide toward our ultimate end. We would understand traditions as something that needs to continue evolving.

They are never stagnant nor frozen. They require innovations and renewal, always adjusting to the cimagala/PAGE 7

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Foreign debt remains manageable in 2Q, says BSP THE Philippines’ foreign debt remains mangeable in the second quarter, with key indicators improving from the previous three month period and from a year ago.

“Major external debt indicators remained at comfortable levels at the end of the second quarter,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr. said in a statement issued yesterday.

The external debt ratio -- when measured against the country’s gross national income -- fell to 17.6 percent in the April-June period from 18.3 percent in the same

three months of last year and 17.9 percent in the first three months of this year.

When measured against gross domestic product, this ratio, which compares a country’s foreign debt to its income -- also fell to 21.2 percent this year from 21.8 percent last year.

The external debt service ratio -- which measures foreign debt payments visa-vis the country’s export receipts and income transfers -- also improved to 6.8 percent in the second quarter from 7.2 percent in the first quarter and 8.1 percent a year ago. This ratio measures a

country’s ability to service its foreign debt using its foreign exchange receipts.

The count r y’s g ross international reserves (GIR) of $80.7 billion at end-June would allow repayment of short-term debt 8.4 times over.

The Philippines closed the second quarter with $58.1 billion in foreign debt, slightly lower than the endMarch figure of $58.3 billion, but unchanged from the $58 billion last year.

At least 83 percent of the country’s foreign debt will mature in more than a year, with the average maturity

at 19.9 years. Government debt will mature much later, averaging 22.1 years as against the 9.2 years for private-sector liabilities.

Foreign donor loans, which carry concessional rates and more generous terms, comprise 39 percent of the country’s total amount of foreign loans, roughly the same as the amount of debt in the form of bonds and notes, which pay market interest rates.

More than half of the Philippines’ foreign debt is denominated in US dollars, with less than a fifth in Japanese yen.

BIR amends importers BSP clears Puregold owner’s investment in PBCom accreditation rules THE Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) has amended certain policies and procedures in the issuance of importer and customs broker’s clearance certificate that seeks discourage unscrupulous traders and brokers.

In its revenue memorandum order 33-2014 dated September 11, 2014, the BIR ordered applicants to present certificates of registration issued by the concerned investment promotions agencies (IPAs) should their businesses are located at free ports or special economic zones.

BIR said the IPAs certificates are in addition to the regular requirement of the tax bureau.

Likewise, the BIR requires applicants for importer’s clearance certificate (ICC) and Customs broker’s clearance certificate (BCC) to submit printer’s delivery receipt and proof of filling tax returns. “[It will be submitted] through BIR’s electronic filing and payment system for at least two consecutive months.

Proof of single importation done shall no longer be required from applicants who are considered new importers/ customs brokers,” the BIR said.

Certified true copy of business name registration, meanwhile, will not be required from a customs broker who has no trade name when he or she registered with the BIR. The BIR also amended some of its other policies to allow individual applicants with severe medical condition to be represented by an appointed “attorney-in-fact,” as long as he is supported by a duly notarized “special power of attorney” and a medical certificate.

Meanwhile, all importers and customs brokers which are in the Customs list as of February this year and were able to file their applications on or before July 31, 2014 are qualified to be issued provisional ICC/BCC. Should tax verification compliance has yet been completed, the BIR sets another

criteria that need to be satisfied including certificate registration, absence of delinquent account, any pending criminal case and not tagged as a “cannot be located” taxpayer.

BIR’s ICC/BCC requisite for accreditation at the Bureau of Customs.

Last February, the Department of Finance issued Department Order No. 122014 requiring importers to be cleared by the BIR before they are accredited to import through the Customs.

THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has cleared the entry of businessman Lucio Co into Philippine Bank of Communications (PBCom).

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, PBCom said the Monetary Board approved last week P.G. Holdings Inc’s subscription to 181.08 million newly issued common shares of the lender at P33 apiece.

The subscription enables Co to gain a 37.7 percent

interest in PBCom, making him the bank’s single biggest shareholder.

A f t e r s e c u r i n g B SP approval, PBCom and P.G. Holdings will now execute the necessary agreements for the subscription, the lender said.

Co’s initial P5.98-billion capital infusion into the bank culminates the capital-raising activities the bank pursued earlier this year.

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for juice, oil, milk, cheese, and catsup, among other products.

“We want to explore and develop the industries on a pilot basis,” he said. “Sayang ang market.”

He said coconut farmers were getting no immediate incentive from the government despite claims by agencies like the Philippine Coconut Authority and the Department of Agriculture that coconut has a high demand abroad.

He said the coconut industry has a huge demand from countries importing coconut wine, sugar, soy sauce, and lambanog.

“There is no determined action from the government ever since to push for the alternative products,” he said.

Banzuela said the average income of coconut farmers was P12,000 to P18,000. “But that’s only when it is the farmer who owns the land.”

He said tenant-farmers only got one-fourth to onethird of the profit.

In a statement, Kilos Magniniyog said a “copra culture” had prevented the farmers from engaging in other business ventures.

Banzuela said farmers have not maximized the potential for the coconut water market since they did not have direct access to the supply-chain of their harvest.

He added tenants could not even intercrop with crops

such as cacao nor raise hogs because the landowners fear the nuts would be fed to the animals.

“On average, there are 100 trees per hectare for each farmer,” he said, referring to farmers whose average area was was one hectare.

Banzuela spoke at the Kapehan sa SM on behalf of farmers who planned to march to Malacanang for 71 days to demand the release of the P71-billion coco levy fund.

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Mindanao Inc • Tr a n s - A s i a O i l and Energy Development Corporation • Vivant Geo Power Corporation FDC’s bid will still be verified before a notice of award is issued officially declaring the company as the winning bidder, PSALM President Emmanuel R. Ledesma, Jr said.

The auction initially generated interest from 9 prospective bidders which completed PSALM’s initial re qu i re m e nt s . T h e l i s t was narrowed down to 7 after PSALM evaluated the documentary deliverables it had received from the prospective bidders.

The Mt Apo 1 and Mt Apo 2 geothermal power plants have a rated capacity of 54.24 megawatts (MW) each, and are located in Kidapawan City, North Cotabato.

Owned and operated by EDC, the power plants were commissioned on February 15, 1997 (Mt Apo 1), and June 17, 1999 (Mt Apo 2), under a build, operate, and own contract scheme.

The cooperation period for both plants is 25 years, and the same will expire on February 15, 2022 for Mt Apo 1 and June 17, 2024 for Mt Apo 2.

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looking at Baguio City as a model for Mt. Diwata to venture into agricultural production on top of smallscale mining.

Barangay Mt. Diwata lies in a 729-hectare land area within the 8,100-hectare Diwalwal Mineral Reservation Area (DMRA).

Diwata is a comp onent barangay of Monkayo in Compostela Valley Province.

Meanwhile, Samiliano also said that the barangay government is currently tending to a small fishpond of tilapia using the spring water of Lantawan watershed at the upstream of Naboc River and that he made it sure that the fishpond would have no mercury contamination.

O n T h u r s d a y ’s 3 r d quearter meeting of the Program Monitoring C oordination C enter of the National Task Force Diwalwal (PMCC NTFD), Samiliano requested the Department of Agriculture to extend technical assistance to

the new aquaculture venture of the barangay.

On the other hand, about 12,000 seedlings of Narra and Falcatas trees have been planted and grown as part of the reforestation effort of the municipal government of Monkayo after the town was hit by Typhoon Pablo.

Samiliano said the s e e d l i ng s we re pl ante d t hroug h cash-for-work, mobilizing 150 typhoon Pablo residents paid P226 per day with funds coming from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) XI. The barangay government has tasked the purok leaders to see to it that planted tree are nurtured well, he said.

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She said the government will use the partnership with these groups like educational institutions in Mindanao by giving them a copy of the measure, knowing their capacity explain it to the people.

Deles said government alone cannot do the task of explaining the measure to the public.

“We will be putting out more materials to explain the BBL through the efforts of the civil society groups, the academe and the local government units,” she said.

Deles explained the BBL puts into law the commitment under the Comprehensive Bangsamoro Agreement excluding the normalization.

Deles said the BBL has eighteen articles with 120 pages covering the distribution of powers, form of government territory, justice system, public safety and plebiscite.

She banked on the commitment of the leadership both in the Senate and the Lower chamber of congress to pass the law on the first quarter of 2015.

Deles said she expects that the proposed measure will be strongly scrutinized. ”We expect that there will be debates in Congress, because we want it that when the law is passed no one will complain that it is railroaded.

We want the law to have broad ownership, where people feel that they are part in deciding the law” she said.

Deles expressed confidence that the measure is constitutional an observation concurred by the leaders of congress.

Having major investors such as Mr. Lucio & Mrs. Susan Co, who sit at the helm of an expanding, diversified enterprise, provides us with a strong platform upon which to build the next 75 years and beyond,” PBCom president Nina Aguas said in a statement.

Apart from the new shares, Co also acquired an additional 59.34 shares in PBCom from ISM Communications Corp at P33 per share, bringing his holdings in the bank to just under 50 percent.

PBCom is leveraging on Co’s retail operations to build up its small and medium enterprises (SME) business to roughly 30 percent of loan book in the next 3-4 years.

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Given all these, it wouldn’t be farfetched if, before the current President’s term ends in 2016, a revolutionary government, led by no other than the current President, will take over. The current President, after all, in his present European and US trips, have been thanking, out of the blue, the governments there for the support and recognition they supposedly gave to the revolutionary government of a housewife named Corazon Aquino. Are you listening, Mr. Binay?

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10TH Judicial Region Branch 28 Mambajao, Camiguin

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MIAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION OF 1ST CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY AND CORRECTION OF 2ND CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH AS TO DATE OF MARRIAGE OF PARENTS

SPEC. PROC. NO. 2014-1225

MARITONI ROSE TAGOTONGONGAN (Minor) Represented by her biological mother, ROSIE TAGOTONGAN BRISCOE, Petitioner, -versus-

CAROLINE G. BONDAUG Petitioner, -versusTHE CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MANTICAO, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, Respondent. x------------------------------------------------/ ORDER

Finding the petitioner for Cancellation of First Certificate of Live Birth in the Civil Registry and Correction of Second Certificate of Live Birth as to the date of marriage of parents of Caroline G. Bondaug, sufficient in form and substance, the same is set for hearing on October 01, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, at this court sitting at the Hall of Justice, Poblacion, Initao, Misamis Oriental. The Civil Registrar concerned and any person having or claiming any interest under the certificate of marriage wherein cancellation/correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition, file his or her opposition thereto.

At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this Order be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental.

Further, let a copy of this Order and the petition be posted at the bulletin boards of the entrance door of this of this court, Hall of Justice, Initao, Misamis Oriental and Municipality Hall, Manticao, Misamis Oriental.

Finally, let a copy of the petition and this Order be furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General and the Office of the Civil Registrar concerned.

SO ORDERED. Initao, Misamis Oriental, August 19, 2014.

BWM: Sept. 12, 19 & 26, 2014

IN THE MATTER OF CANCELLATION FOR SPL. PROC. NO. 2014-486 OF CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF MARITONI ROSE TAGOTONGAN REGISTERED AS MARIETHONI O. TAGOTONGAN UNDER REGISTRY NO. 2004-903;

MELTON O. TAGOTONGAN and MARILYN O. TAGOTONGAN, and LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MAMBAJAO, CAMIGUIN, Respondent. x-----------------------------------------/ AMENDED ORDER

Let this case be heard on October 6, 2014 at 2:00 o’clock in the afternoon, at this court. The Local Civil Registrar concerned and any person having or claiming any interest under the certificate of Live birth whose name is sought to be changed may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition, file his or her opposition thereto.

At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Camiguin and in Cagayan de Oro City.

SO ORDERED.

Mambajao, Camiguin, September 8, 2014.

MARISSA P. ESTABAYA Presiding Judge

(Sgd.) JEOFFRE W. ACEBIDO Acting Presiding Judge BWM: Sept. 12, 19 & 26, 2014

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF MINOR HANNAH FAITH CATUBIG

SPEC. PROC. CASE NO. 2014-1257

SPOUSES REYNALDO B. CATUBIG And MAY JUNE I. CATUBIG

Petitioners.

X----------------------------------------/ ORDER This petition seeks for the adoption of minor child, Hannah Faith Catubig, by the petitioners Spouses Reynaldo B. Catubig and May June I. Catubig.

Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby given due course. Let the hearing be set on December 10, 2014 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, at this Court sitting at the Hall of Justice, Poblacion, Initao, Misamis Oriental.

At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this Order be published once a week, for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental.

The Office of the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Regional Field Office X, Cagayan de Oro City is hereby directed to conduct a home and child study on the adopting parents, the natural parents and the child to be adopted. He or she is also directed to conduct counseling session with the biological parents of the child to be adopted. The reports thereof shall be submitted to this Court within sixty (60) days from the receipt of this order.

Petitioner is directed to make arrangement with the Court Social Worker for the scheduling and incidental expenses in conducting the case study.

Let copy of the Order and the Petition be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General , the Office of the Provincial Prosecutor , the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Manticao, Misamis Oriental and the Department of Social Welfare and Development, Regional Field Office X, Cagayan de Oro City.

SO ORDERED. Initao, Misamis Oriental, September 15, 2014.

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(Sgd.) MARISSA P. ESTABAYA Presiding Judge

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Ten Little Indians’ Director’s Note

By Hobart Savior

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ll I knew was ‘One Little Two, Little Three, Little Indians…’ and the rest of course is a mystery I need to solve. But this was not the poem.

The poem is something more than just the enumerated Indian boys.

The poem’s rhyme rhythm from ten to none is a mystery one asks why such series of murder and who did it. So then I realize I too have to be in the poem to see how this poetic riddling effect sewn with flawless lining connecting life and death in mazes and puzzles. A point that

realizes my conjectures that life is really a stream whether out of a prophetic consciousness or something plotted and created as planned by others or something claimed for the crimes you have committed and escaped – Ten Little Indians rhymed my deep reflection on how shall I pay my debts, how shall I face those who are not pleased, and how shall I answer the accusations despite the good deeds I extended to others. Now then I validate a certain careless principle that rings in my head that my actions, whether good or bad, affect others, and there will always be people who will not be happy no matter how sincere I am to them.

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Tony Marahan (David John Lañas), Willie Fiel (Rosell Velez), Clara Amorata (Rhea Arroyo) and Lieutenant Bong Clamor (Kenneth Sabijon) in one of the scenes in The Xavier Stage’s adaptation of Agatha Christie’s Ten little Indians which premiered September 20 at the Xavier University Little Theater. Photo courtesy of Bob Castillo

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MisOcc LGUs join ‘TreeVolution:

Greening MindaNOW’ today

by Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob

OROQUIETA CITY – The City of Oroquieta and the local government unit (LGU) of Calamba, this province, are set to take part in the “TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW” project, today, September 26.

The said project will try to break the Guinness World Record for Most Trees Planted Simultaneously in Multiple Locations, in one (1) hour, currently held by India with 1.9 million planted trees within one hour in 2011, Lordille Enjambre, Development Management

Officer (DMO) of the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA), said.

She said “TreeVolution: Greening MindaNOW,” is a “Mindanaowide campaign that aims to plant 4.6 million trees in multiple locations, in a total area of 9,200 hectares in the entire island, in just

Davao region residents urged to participate in TreeVolution DAVAO CITY -- A top official of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources in Davao Region has urged residents to participate in the simultaneous tree planting today dubbed as the “TreeVolution: greening MindaNow an initiative of the agency and the Mindanao Development Authority.

Joselin Marcus Fragada, director of the DENR 11 said the activity is slated from 8:30 to 9:30 in the morning and aims to target 2.5 Million seedlings covering 4,906 hectares of land in Region 11 alone.

In Davao City, the tree planting activity is slated in Marilog District.

He said the attempt also aims to achieve the National Greening Program (NGP) target of Mindanao for 2014.

“We urge the residents of the five provinces and five cities in the region to participate in this tree growing activity,” Fragada said.

National Greening Program is one of the priority programs of the government that aims to plant 1.5 billion trees within 1.5 million hectares from 2011

to 2016.

The NGP in 2014 for Davao Region a target to plant 8.8 million trees covering a total of 16,223 hectares.

Fragada said the true aim of the Treevolution is to create awareness and entice people to join in this tree planting activity for this is also showing to everybody that this is what Mindanao is doing to increase its forest cover and to mitigate the effects of Climate Change.

He said that attempting to break the Guinness Book of World Records is just an added motivation.

India is the current record holder where a total number of 1,945,535 trees were planted by 340,200 participants in 408 locations.

The Treevolution aims to plant 4.6 million trees covering 9,200 hectares from 8:30 to 9:30 in the morning from Region 9 to Caraga Region including the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

(PIA 11-Joey Sem G. Dalumpines)

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Ten Little Indians gives me a three dimensional view on justice. Justice doesn’t always appear the way we want it to be. Who holds justice, and who also seeks for it? Isn’t justice a lens or a vantage point that could somehow be defined in favor to those who view it in their own terms? Or is justice something singular in a sense that one will tell you

one hour on Sept. 26.”

“This initiative supports the National Greening Program (NGP) that targets to reforest 1.5 million hectares of the country by 2016,” of which 456,000 hectares is contributed by Mindanao,” Enjambre said.

Meanwhile, she said Oroquieta City targets to plant 7,500 trees in an area of 15 hectares by 375 planters, to be undertaken jointly by the Provincial Government of Misamis Occidental (PGMO), Oroquieta City Government and the 55th Infantry Battalion, 1st Infantry Divi-

sion, Philippine Army (55IB, PA).

Calamba, on the other hand, targets to plant 3,000 trees in an area of six hectares by 150 planters to be undertaken by the LGU. Organized by MinDA and the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), in cooperation with the LGU’s of Mindanao and other key line government agencies, the project also serves to improve environmental awareness among all the people of Mindanao, Enjambre also said.

Aquino calls for more aggressive global effort to address climate change NEW YORK, New York -- President Benigno S. Aquino III called for a global coordinated effort to address climate change noting that with the changing climate, both big and small nations become vulnerable to its ill effects.

"The choice before us, then, is clear: Together we must face these challenges and surmount them, or together we will suffer the consequences of inaction," the President said in his speech at the United Nations Climate Change Summit on Tuesday at the UN headquarters here.

Nations should not engage in another protracted debate over the individual commitments of countries, he said adding it would be a wrong framework to address the issue.

"Inste ad, e ver yone here has to do ever ything they can to address climate change, without first waiting for their neighbors to engage in action," he said. "Doing

that our world operates by the mores established or dictated?

Maybe it is nice to consider how others appear to be self righteous whose corrupt deeds and lust for power and money are concealed by hierarchy that is expected to be honorable, dignified and revered. In my life, I have had received many unjust vexations, accusations, misconceptions – and I kept these all to myself for I know how justice seems to be am-

anything less leaves the problem unattended, too, thereby increasing the problem we all face."

Although not a major emitter, the Philippines is not waiting for other nations to act first, he said.

The countr y has been addressing climate change to the maximum with its limited resources.

Legislation has been enacted to lessen the impact of disasters by adopting a comprehensive approach to disaster response, the President said.

The government has also improved its weather forecasting so that it could send timely warnings to vulnerable communities.

For national and local authorities and residents, the government has undertaken multi-hazard and geohazard mapping, which is integral to the effective assessment of risks, according to the President.

It is also carrying out a massive national regreening program and intensified the crackdown

bivalent. And more often than not, wrong judgments and distrusts, as trivialized by those who are not pleased by me and my guts, have the proclivity in pinning me down. On one side I say where is justice when in fact I am telling the truth and I am doing the right thing; but on the other side, I am the injustice that caused disadvantage to others. Then where is my vantage point in a consciousness called justice?

on anti-illegal logging activities.

At the same time, the government also started tagging public expenditure on climate change to ensure that the appropriate prioritization and allocation of funds is achieved, he said.

To reduce the impact of disasters on the poorest and most vulnerable Filipinos, the government engaged other stakeholders in developing a disaster risk financing and insurance policy framework.

"Perhaps the international community may see the value of such an instrument, and look at it as a model to increase the financial resiliency of other nations in a similar situation to ours," the President said.

The Philippines also has to continue to take steps to maintain and even improve the country's low-emission development strategy and the trajectory of its energy mix, the President noted.

"And we are hopeful

My answer is I remain honest and true, like one adage would complete to say, even others will not be…

I was asked, ‘so was it you Hobart who chose your season?’ My answer is yes of course! I wish to show the world the ordered chaos of justice so we learn what it really means in this hopeful world.

Theatre is just for it gives you the option to like it or embrace it or dispense it. It

that our fellow developing nations, especially those who have been gaining the economic wherewithal to pursue similar strategies, will tread a path akin to ours," he added.

Although less industrialized, the Philippines never lacked the resolve with regards to transitioning towards less traditional sources of energy, the President said.

What is lacking is the country's access to technology, financing, and investment that would allow it to accelerate its strategy, the President noted, believing however that the real challenge is to innovate in the transfer of useful technology and the building of climatesmart infrastructure.

Climate change does not recognize national boundaries, or political or economic affiliations, according to the President.

The chief executive cited the devastation caused by Typhoon Yolanda that hit the country last year.

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is my purpose together with The Xavier Stage to show the plural faces of justice which we conventionally consider, as always, singular…

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Teaching Philippine literature workshop in Cagayan de Oro The Philippine Center of International PEN (Poets, Playwrights, Essayists, Novelists), in partnership with Capitol University, will hold “For Love of the Word: Workshops on Teaching Philippine Literature in High School and College” on 27 October 2014 (Monday), from 8:30am to 5:00 pm, at Capitol University, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental.

As a component of PEN International’s 2014 Beacon Centre Programme, this project is part of the series of teacher-training workshops

and writers’ fora organized by the Philippine Center across the country since 2011. It seeks to enhance the skills of literature teachers in both secondary and tertiary levels, especially on the teaching of poetry, fiction, and drama

by Filipino authors. Previous workshops were held in Manila, Iloilo, Cebu, Baguio, Bohol, and Naga.

Metrobank Outstanding Teacher awardee and prizewinning writer Jaime An Lim will deliver the master lecture. The facilitators will be Ferdinand Lopez of the University of Santo

Tomas and Steven Patrick Fernandez of Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology. “Teaching the National Artists” will be the foci of their lecture-presentation.

The workshop will be supplemented by a forum on the “Literature of Peace in Mindanao,” with writers Raul Moldez, Marcelo Geocallo, and Fernandez as members of the panel.

This program is supported

by PEN International in UK and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA).

There is no registration fee for the workshop and forum. For inquiries and pre-registration, please contact Philippine PEN at Solidaridad Bookstore, 531 Padre Faura St., Ermita, Manila; email philippinepen@yahoo.com; mobile: +639175287491.

NEXT MOVES @ 5

Text & Photos by GLENN PALACIO

The Liceo de Cagayan University Next Moves Dance Company celebrated their 5th year anniversary by showcasing their talents in a half day concert, Tuesday, September 23.

The concert was totally packed at the Rodelsa Hall making it a huge success.

Both schedules for the concert (2pm and 6pm) were full of “oohs” and “ahhhs” and great “wows” from the crowd. Taking their performances to another level, the dance company gave the viewers a testimony of why they are the city’s most sought out group.

Special guest performers during the event were the Miss Cagayan de Oro triumvirate of 2012, 2013 and 2014, with Greanne Mendoza, Amadea Lucia Piatti and Beatrice Alvarez.

Next Moves jived their way with the pride and beauty queens of Cagayan de Oro. From dancing to jaw-dropping performances, charismatic interpretative dances and to the high flying stunts, the spectacular choreography was brought to the stage

by Mr. Owen Jaen and Mr. Roger Odron. Next Moves has, for the last 5 years, raised not only the university’s standards but also of the city’s in artistic dance performances.