Two OND sisters profess First Vows ...from P1

in his homily on the theme of the celebration “Not my will but yours be done” (Luke 22:42) shared that in the story of Joseph, it is evident to note his eloquence of silent, decisive and total obedience to God in the three crucial incidents where God intervened on behalf of the Infant Jesus.

Nowhere in the gospels do we find Joseph talk.

In the gospel of St. Matthew, confronted with the possibility of divorce due to the scandalous circumstance government side while the casualties on the enemy side are yet to be determined,” a report from 51st IB said.

Soldiers recovered from the clash site one M-60 7.62mm General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) with 140 rounds of ammunition.

In a statement, Maj. Gen. Antonio Nafarrete, Commander of Joint Task Force (JTF-ZamPeLan), troops are still in pursuit of the fleeing terror group members to prevent them from creating havoc in the peaceful communities. Edwin O. Fernandez of Mary’s pregnancy, Joseph took Mary as his wife upon the advice of an angel who appeared to him in a dream. (Mt. 1:19).

Again, an angel of the Lord appeared to Him in a dream and said “Get up, take the child and his mother and flee to Egypt.” Then Joseph got up, took the child and his mother by night, and went to Egypt. (Mt. 2:13)

In another moment, an angel of the Lord suddenly

A news correspondent of the Manila Standard, Maulana has worked on developing a model of clean energy conversion system (ECS) which has been issued a Certificate of Patent in its name “T-MPG” as a Utility Model (UM) by the Intellectual Property Office of the Philippines (IPOPHL) in May 2022. But he said he would rather delve on social marketing “in the realm of education,” rather than “aim for a boost and financial gains” in capital marketing.

Maulana said he was referring to already existing products like floods emergency floaters, and the Danao gunsmith and production of “homemade” guns that are still deemed “illegal” to this day.

But Maulana said he incidentally has been facing similar difficulties in gaining appropriate academics and technological cooperation for the conduct of R&D on his own energy conversion UM system.

“There are usually stiff requisites on the conduct of

“A note of reality worthy to take up with the President is a general concern, whereby a number of products from innovative small- to medium scale industries are not in the platform of conventional market, because of the absence of R&D,” Maulana stressed.

But Maulana said with the lack of collaboration between academics and the trad-tech workers of the local gun industry, the need for the conduct of R&Ds has been set aside for decades.

He said the still “underground market” of the Danao gun industry has not gained its fair share of the conventional market because “its production in Philippine workmanship is not covered by relevant R&Ds.” So, “both its production and sale are still tagged ‘illegal’ by the media, “yet it defines Filipino ingenuity.”

Nash B. Maulana

appeared in a dream to Joseph telling him to leave Egypt and go to the land of Israel and finally settled down in Nazareth. Thus, doing all these, transform us into true image bearer of God as embodied in the life Jesus and it concretely give flesh to the theme – “Not my will, but Yours be done.

After the Eucharistic celebration, a simple lunch followed at the OND St. Joseph Retreat House, in Tamontaka, DOS, Maguindanao del Norte.

transfer from Cotabato City.

“Strengthening maritime trade routes and intermodal transport systems will open doors for more trade and investment in the region, including in the tourism industry,”

United States Agency for

Republic of the Philippines Supreme Court

5th SHARI’A DISTRICT COURT COTBATO CITY

SDC SPCL PROC. NO 2023-584

IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR JUDICIAL DECLARATION OF HEIRSHIP AND BENEFICIARY OF LATE SPO4 DELIOSO C. SANDAY MAY SAAVEDRA SANDAY, Petitioner, -versus.-

CECILIA M. ANSAO, PNP Retirement and Benefits Administration Service

Philippine Statistic Authority Respondents, x--------------------------------------x ORDER

Filed with this Court is a petition for Judicial Declaration of Heirship and beneficiary of late SPO4 Delioso C. Sanday. The petitioner, May Saavedra Sanday alleged, among others; That she was married to the late Delioso C. Sanday on July 8, 1988 in accordance with Muslim rites at Sagasab, Parang Maguindanao; That said marriage was registered with the Sharia'ah Circuit Court of Maganoy (now Shariff Aguak), Maguindanao under Registry No. 91-768; That the said spouses entered into second solemnization of their marriage in accordance with civil rites in Manila on May 25, 1990;

That they were blessed with four (4) Children; That their first marriage on July 8, 1988 in Parang, Maguindanao is reflected in the Certificate of Live Birth of their son Julkifle Saavedra Sanday; That the late Delioso C. Sanday optionally retired from the PNP Service on September 30, 2010 with the rank of SPO4 and enjoyed his retirement benefits until his death on May 9, 2020;

That he died intestate on May 9,2020; That the decedent left properties including life Insurance proceeds and other death benefits/claims due from the government; That Petitioner discovered that her husband had contracted subsequent marriage with private respondent Cecilia M. Ansao on October 23,1989 in Cotabato City and sad to note only their marriage with the petitioner under civil rites on May 25,1990 in Manila was reflected in their CENOMAR; That their marriage under Muslim rites on July 8, 1988 in Parang, Maguindao was not registered with the PSA despite its submission to the National Statistics Office, Manila; That to the dismay of Petitioner, the PRBS rendered Investigation Report that the marriage of the late Police Officer with Cecilla M. Ansao is still subsisting and binding. Therefore May P. Saavedra marriage with the decedent is bigamous marriage; and That Mrs. May S. Sanday is disqualified as legal beneficiary of the late Officer; and That the petitioner is the legitimate legal beneficiary of his late husband Deliosa C. Sanday, together with their four (4) Children as appearing in their valid marriage, being beneficiaries in all the official files of the decedent.

The Court after reading the case in hand finds the petition sufficient in form and substance.

WHEREFORE, premises considered, the case is set for hearing on May 15, 2023 at 1:30 in the afternoon. The petitioner is directed to cause the publication of this Order once a week for three consecutive weeks in a Newspaper of general circulation. Send Summons and copy of the Petition to Cecilia M. Ansao in her given address. Anybody who may be prejudiced by this petition may file his/her opposition to this petition or appear on May 15, 2023 and show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Send Copy of this Order to the Hon. Solicitor General's Office for his information and representation.

SO ORDERED. Marawi City for Cotabato City, Philippines March 8, 2023.

(Sgd.)HON. RASD S. LAGUINAB Acting

International Development (USAID) Philippines

Mission Director Ryan Washburn said in a recorded message at the launch ceremony.

“Additionally, this route will bring down transport cost of businesses by as much as 20 to 30 percent and reduce wastage of agricultural products that are inevitable if transported by land due to poor road conditions and connectivity,” he said.

USAID backed the RORO project through its Regulatory Reform Support Program for National Development that is being implemented by the University of the Philippines Public Administration Research and Extension Services Foundation.

Bangsamoro Business

Council Chair Ronald Halid D. Torres said the new shipping route “will provide significant benefits to the business sectors in Cotabato City, in Maguindanao del Norte and in Lamitan City and other municipalities in Basilan.”

“It can also create new trading avenues for the business communities in these areas,” Torres said in an interview.

Lamitan City Mayor Roderick H. Furigay said the direct sea link to the Bangsamoro center cuts travel time by half a day.

“Imagine the exhaustion you get from travelling first by boat from Basilan to Zamboanga City from where the long overland travel to Cotabato City begins,” Mr. Furigay said.

namely, Municipalities of Parang, Matanog, Barira, Buldon and Sultan Mastura.

The program is also assisted by International Alert Philippines, a nongovernment whose main focus is on peace-building and development initiatives in the Bangsamoro Region (BARMM).

A unification council was established after a focus group discussion. The council focuses on three important points such as issues in violence caused by land-related issues and shadow economy, the continuing threat of natural disasters that have brought damages, displacement and loss of human lives and in promoting economic development that will help improve the quality of life of the people.

The Iranun town leaders believe that the unification will bring economic benefits in the region including increase in trade, investment and employment opportunities.

Parang Mayor Cahar Ibay believed that the peace and order issue must be resolve first so economic development can take place.

“We have so many security issues, among them ‘rido’ (clan wars), we need to address this before we can talk about economic development,” Mayor Ibay said in a radio interview.

This will also pave way for a comprehensive environmental management plan that ensures the protection of the regions natural resources and with its public safety as a top concern, they believe that a shared comprehensive plan will enhance the quality of life for the people living in the province.

The leaders call the support of the BARMM Government, security sector, international humanitarian agencies, academe, religious sector to come together in collaboration and partnership in achieving the goal of a united region.

In his message, BARMM Chief Minister Ahod Balawag Ibrahim stressed that aside from peace and order, his

is a broad mangrove area that is now being cultivated for the biblical palm dates.

City Mayor Bruce Matabalao said the city is expanding fast southwest toward that section of the Diversion Road’s polygonal paths.

Heavenly palm

Former government servant Engineer Avila Abobakar is investing into this first-ever attempt at growing the heavenly palm fruit tree in Mindanao.

Though the risks rates are high on dates from his gratuities and separation pays, Abobakar, a former human resource management officer of the then Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), is serious at pushing through with his vision of a distinct agriaquaculture hybrid land development.

Across the road from the mosque, the Bangsamoro Autonomous

Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM) and the city government have constructed parking spaces and a building for an array of revenue-generating selling stalls for souvenir items and seafoods.

Road networks are being paved fast on a worthy development collaboration between the city government and the BARMM’s Ministry of Public Works (MPW), under Minister Architect

Eduard Guerra.

In many parts of China, productive agricultural lands are transformed into tourism spots and are opened for booking by local and foreign tourists.

Palm dates varieties

Abobakar says nurserygrown palm dates seedlings of the Medjool and Ajwa (Black Tamer) varieties are being planted nine meters apart of each other on the cubic earth-fills where they are projected to bear fruits in four to five years—and will remain productive for the succeeding 30 years, according to agricultural experts.

The Abobakars have also planted Peruvian Apple Cactus on a landscaped

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT 1st SHARI'A CIRCUIT COURT 5th Shari'a District Cotabato City 9600

SCC CIVIL CASE NO. 2018-1577 -for-

PETITION FOR DIVORCE BY FASKH

ARNEDA SAILILA MOHAMAD, Petitioner, -versusABDALLA MOHAMMED TOURE and The Local Civil Registry of Ampatuan, Maguindanao, Philippines. Respondents. x-----------------------------------x

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION

TO: ABDALLA MOHAMMED TOURE

Pursuant to the March 10, 2023 Order of this Court authorizing service of summons by publication, you are hereby required within sixty [60] days from publication of the summons and petition to file with this court and serve on the petitioner your answer to the petition or any such responsive pleading. If you fail to appear and answer within the time aforesaid, this Court will motu proprio hear the case ex-parte, upon which judgment may be rendered.

WITNESS the HONORABLE CASIM S. BAILAN, SR., Alhaj, Acting Presiding Judge of this Court, this 13th day of March 2023, at Cotabato City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) FARLENE D. DILANGALEN Clerk of Court II MC: May 6,13 administration roadmap also focuses on the development among farflung communities and boosts their economic status. ground around a gazebo house built on stilt on a still inundated mangrove site about half a kilometer to Timako Reef Hills.

Basilan is mainly known for its rubber and coconut plantations, but it also produces fisheries and other agricultural commodities such as rice and coffee.

The provincial government is also pursuing new farm income sources such as vegetable production using hydroponics with drip irrigation.

He also recognized the support of non-government organizations in the region in moving toward a better and peaceful community in BARMM.

Local officials have inked the manifestation of support and memorandum of understanding as a sign of their full support and commitment for these shared initiatives.

Once the palm seedlings are transplanted and are grown, the floodgates will be opened regularly to inundate the area again to double for a fishpond development, Abobakar says.

Prophets’ fruit Palm dates are locally known as “Kurma” and are known as the fruits of the prophets of God, grown in countries in the Middle East from the ancient Hijaz, now Saudi Arabia and the Emirates, to Damascus, Syria.

Food to survive sans water Lourdes VelosoMastura, a retired college professor, would often tell her classes that a person could survive with only palm dates for intake in six months without water, and other solid foods.

Muslims fasting on Ramadan would crave for the palm dates fruits usually served for evening snacks after breaking the day’s fast at dusk.

It has been said that Saudi Arabia used to ship in huge volume of preserved dates for fasting Philippine Muslims, and to other countries during Ramadan.

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that EVA CARDINES AFRICANO has filed with this Office a petition for change of First Name from "FE" to "MARIA FE" in the certificate of Live Birth of FE BLANCA CARDINES who was born on July 28, 1959 at Poblacion 2, Midsayap, Cotabato and whose parents are ALEJANDRO E. CARDINES and ANTONIA M. BLANCA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office of Municipal Civil Registrar, Midsayap, Cotabato.

(Sgd.) NORAH B. CABUGWASON

Municipal Civil Registrar