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MyPhone backs Miss Earth’s ‘Beautiful Cause’ THERE’S nothing more beautiful than coming together for a special cause—this was what representatives of MyPhone and Miss Earth have to say about their newly-sealed partnership, as contracts were signed at the Carousel Productions, Inc. on Nov. 12, 2012. MyPhone, the country’s first and leading dual SIM phone brand’s affinity with the Miss Earth is a sign of its sup-
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port for the environmental causes which the pageant advocates. “We are proud to be a partner of the Miss Earth which promotes ‘beauty for a cause’, not only to the Philippines where it originated, but also to the world,” explains Richie de Quina, VP for Marketing and Business Development of the MyPhone brand. The Miss Earth beauty pageant was lunched by Carousel Productions, Inc. in Manila in 2001. Now on
its twelfth year, it continues to be the most prestigious and relevant beauty pageant in the world that pushes for the promotion and protection of Mother Earth. MyPhone has been an active supporter of the Miss Philippines-Earth since the early years of the pageant, and according to MyPhone’s president Jaime Alcantara, supporting the pageant’s international counterpart is a much welcomed step-up. Each year, MISS EARTH brings together some 80 to
90 gorgeous environment ambassadress from all over the globe to compete for the prestigious crown. As one of the pageant’s partners, MyPhone will be awarding prizes, as well as a special Miss MyPhone award on prepageant activities of the candidates. Miss Lorraine Schuck, Executive Vice President of Carousel Productions (the organizers of the CAUSE | page 10
By BONG D. FABE of Mindanao Daily News
CAGAYAN de Oro City––In a world of sea-level rise brought about by melting ice caps and climate change, water––which caused the massive flooding that devastated this trading, industrial and educational hub of Northern Mindanao on December 16, 2011––may also be its saving grace. And as this city will commemorate the first anniversary of Tropical Storm Washi (Sendong)—which dumped 250 to 400 mm over a 24-hour period (Dec. 16-17) of rain that caused massive flooding that swept hundreds of homes to sea and killed thousands, it is ironic that the culprit of last year’s murderous rampage may in the future be its savior. “Water may be Cagayan
de Oro’s pot of gold,” according to the Business Risk Assessment and the Management of Climate Change Impacts – 2 Phase study undertaken by WWF Philippines and BPI Foundation. The study, however, pointed out that this will only come true if the city government will use and utilize water “in a socially acceptable, economically viable and environmentally
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‘Rebisco’ man shot Group sues in Zamboanga City mining firm By AL JACINTO of Mindanao Daily News
ZAMBOANGA City––Motorcycle gunmen shot and killed a man in a daring broad daylight attack on Friday here. Police said the man––Burlyn Romulo Justiniani––was riding a motorcycle when shot at noontime by one of two assailants tailing him along Nunez Extension near the Ciudad Medical Hospital. The gunmen took the victim’s shoulder bar before
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BUTUAN City––A public organization has filed criminal and civil cases against a mining company for “environmentally destructive and reckless mining operations” MINING | page 11
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benign manner.” “What is now seen as a risk, may in fact be transformed into an opportunity…Cagayan de Oro controls the faucet. Its challenge is to figure out how to manage the pipes,” the study said. According to a 1998 Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and National Water Resources Board (NWRB) study that was cited in WWF
The motorcycle of Rebisco man Burlyn Romulo Justiniani, who was shot in Zamboanga City in the southern Philippines on Friday, November 16, 2012. Mindanao Examiner Photo by Alvin Lardizabal
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RAC, DOE tackle measures to address Mindanao’s worsening power shortage By MIKE BAÑOS of Mindanao Daily News
THE Regional Development Council-Advisory Committee (RAC) of Northern Mindanao recently met with officials of the Department of Energy to discuss possible measures to address the energy shortage in Mindanao. The RDC-X RAC which includes RDC-X officers and the region’s representatives to the Senate and House of Representative, met November 12, 2012 at the House of Representatives in Quezon City. In her presentation, Energy Undersecretary Josefina Patricia Asirit said Mindanao is currently experiencing a shortage in power supply since the installed capacity in the island’s grid of 2,022 megawatts (MW) has only been delivering a dependable capacity of 1,616 MW forcing electric cooperatives to implement rotating brownouts. Usec. Asirit attributed the shortfall to low water inflow at the Pulangi hydroelectric power plant and the de-rating of the Agus HEP. Latest industry data show this has caused a power curtailment of around 380 MW on the grid. At present, Ms. Asirit said the DOE is coping with the situation by closely monitoring the daily operations of the Mindanao grid, maximizing dispatch from the 200MW available from the power barges of Therma Marine, Inc.; repairing the Pulangi IV HEP; and
RAC meets in the Lower House : (L-R) : NEDA-X Director Leon M. Dacanay, Jr.; Rep. Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr. (Lone District, Iligan City); Sen. Aquilino Martin D. Pimentel II; RDC-X Chair & Iligan Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz; House Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr.; RDC-X Co-Chair & Private Sector Rep. Arsenio L. Sebastian III; and Rep. Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District, Cagayan de Oro) photo supplied
uprating Units 1 and 2 of the Agus 6 HEP. To further relieve the shortage, Ms. Asirit said the DOE is recommending the transfer of two power barges from the Visayas to Mindanao; the soonest operation of the Iligan Diesel Power Plant (IDPP); maximizing the use of embedded generators of electric utilities and private companies through the Interruptible Load Program (ILP) and the creation of a one-stop shop to fast-track the entry of power projects in the island. DOE records show the following projects on the pipeline for Region X: STEAG Coalfired Power Plant Expansion; 35 MW Bukidnon Biomass project 20 MW Tagoloan Hydro
Power; 5 MW Camiguin Wind Power. Industry sources also identified the following other projects now under construction in the region: Culaman River Hydro (15MW) at SumilaoManolo Fortich, Bukidnon; Lower Bubunawan River HEP (23MW); Turbines Resources & Development Corporation (TUREDECO) 9MW HEP at Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro; Mt. Nebo Green Development Corp. 10MW in Valencia City, Bukidnon; and the diesel/bunker fuel units of King Energy Inc. in Gingoog City (10.6MW) and Valencia City (4MW). Also planned are two other coal-fired power plants: the P13-billion, 135MW project of Trans-Asia Oil and Energy
Development Corp. in the Cagayan-Iligan Are and the P19-billion, 300MW project of FDC Utilities in the Phividec Industrial Estate-Misamis Oriental. RDC-X Chair and Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Ll. Cruz, acknowledged lead convenor Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez (2nd District of Cagayan de Oro City) and co-convenor Congressman Vicente F. Belmonte, Jr. (Lone District, Iligan City) efforts to bring the RAC to the Lower House. Also present during the meeting was Senator Aquilino Martin D. Pimentel II of Cagayan de Oro. House Speaker Feliciano R. Belmonte, Jr. (4th District of Quezon City) was the guest
of honor. He expressed appreciation for Mr. Cruz’s efforts to involve the congressional representatives in the Council’s activities by bringing RDC-X to Congress. Mr. Belmonte noted that RDC-X is one of the very few RDCs to hold its RAC meetings in the House of Representatives. Director Leon M. Dacanay, Jr. of the National Economic and Development Authority of Region X (NEDA-X) and RDC-X Vice Chair presented the status of the RDC-endorsed 2013 budgets of the region’s line agencies citing that only 70% is covered in the National Expenditure Program (NEP). Office of Civil Defense Region X (OCD-X) Director Ana C. Cañeda presented the
status of the Tropical Storm Sendong Post Disaster Needs Assessment (PDNA) particularly the priority Recovery and Rehabilitation programs and projects amounting to P26.0 Billion already considered in the Public Investment Program. The RDC-Advisory Committee also discussed and passed, the following resolutions: requesting the Office of the President to include the Panguil Bay Bridge Project and the Mindanao Railway System in the list of priority projects of the country; including the construction of the Cagayan de Oro river flood control dike from Calacala to Macabalan and a Sabo Dam in Talakag, Bukidnon in the TS Sendong Rehabilitation and Recovery programs and projects; requesting the soonest operation of the Laguindingan Airport when facilities are already complete; requesting Philippine Air Lines (PAL) to restore its operations in Cagayan de Oro City; and thanking President Aquino for the P10 Billion increase in the nationwide budget of all State Universities and Colleges (SUCs). Considering the need to link small scale metal industries in the region, the body also expressed its support for the restoration of the former National Steel Corp. (NSC) steel plant in Iligan City as proposed by Global Steel President Sangram Mohanty.
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Record-high 316 new HIV infections in Sept 42 OFWS AMONG FRESH CASES
NEWLY diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the country hit a new high of 316 in September, a member of Congress said Monday. The fresh infections spotted in September were the highest-ever in a month, and surpassed the previous record of 313 detected in March, according to LPG-MA Rep. Arnel Ty, one of the authors of a bill seeking to overhaul the country’s 14-yearold AIDS Prevention and Control Law. The new cases jacked up to 2,466 the cumulative number of HIV infections discovered from January to September this year, up 48 percent versus the 1,669 reported over the same nine-month period in 2011. Ty renewed his appeal for Malacañang to certify the proposed new AIDS Prevention and Control Law, or House Bill 5312. Together with Representatives Maria Isabelle Climaco (Zamboanga City), Janette Garin (Iloilo), Jorge Banal (Quezon City), and Kaka Bag-ao (Akbayan), Ty introduced the bill more than a year ago, in a bid to revamp the 1998 AIDS Prevention and Control Law. According to them, the law has become out-of-date, amid the sudden surge of the disease that is predominantly spread through sexual contact. HB 5312 bill proposes an incremental funding of up to P400 million to jumpstart a new National HIV and AIDS Control Plan with crystal-clear strategies, operating guidelines, and targets. “The new legislation has become absolutely imperative to effectively suppress
the HIV epidemic,” Ty said. Sen. Miriam Santiago has a counterpart bill pending in the upper house. HIV causes AIDS, or the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The disease that ravages the human body’s immune system does not have any known cure. However, expensive antiretroviral treatments have been known to slow down the ailment. The 316 new cases in September -- 304 males and 12 females – had a median age of 28 years, with those in the 20 to 29 age group comprising 57 percent. Except for four injecting drug users infected due to tainted needle-sharing, all of the new cases acquired the virus as a result of sexual encounters, with males having sex with other males accounting for 82 percent. The September cases included 42 overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) – 38 males and four females -- with the median age of 32 years. They all acquired the virus through sexual contact. The National HIV and AIDS Registry now lists an aggregate of 10,830 cases, with 92 percent of them (or 9,949) infected via sexual contact. The rest acquired the infection through needle-sharing among injecting drug users (424 cases, or four percent); mother-to-child transmission (59 cases, or one percent); blood transfusion (20 cases, or less than one percent); and needle prick injury (three cases, or less than one percent). No information was available as to the mode of transmission for at least 375 cases, or three percent.
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Environment advocates holds Tampakan solidarity mission to mark first month after Capion massacre AROUND a hundred environment, indigenous peoples and human rights advocates set off today for the Peace and Solidarity Mission to Tampakan to mark the first month of the Tampakan massacre of Blaan leader Juvy Capion and her two sons. The mission, led by Justice for Capion and Justice for All movement, Panalipdan Mindanao and Socsksargends AGENDA, seeks to provide psychosocial therapy for children
and women affected by the incident and other relief actions for the community. The group will also seek to probe and hear out stories from the Blaan community regarding their struggle to defend their land from the encroachment of the multinational Xstrata Sagittarius Mines Inc (SMI) The Blaans and Tboli tribes in Socsksargends are locked in a bitter struggle with Xstrata-SMI for the past decade which has seen human rights violations
rise including murders of indigenous peoples and evacuation of communities due to militarization. The mission is joined by 92 delegates from General Santos, Marbel, Sarangani, Digos, Davao and also from Manila particularly from Katribu Partylist, Kalipunan ng mga Katutubo ng Pilipinas (KAMP), Task Force Indigenous Peoples (TFIP) and Marie Hilao-Enriquez of Karapatan Alliance for the Advancement of Human Rights.
A press conference will be held on Monday morning in General Santos City for the initial findings and recommendations. The findings and testimonies will also be presented to the Manilakbayan, a Mindanao campaign to bring the issues of mining plunder and human rights violations to the attention of national government officials and the public leading to the commemoration of the International Human Rights Day.
Republic of the Philippines Province of Zamboanga Sibugay Municipality of Mabuhay Agrarian Reform Communities Project II (ARCP II) ADB Loan No. 2465&OFID Loan No. 1225P
By JOEY SEM G. DALUMPINES
INVITATION TO BID CONSTRUCTION OF 1.412 KM SITIO TUBURAN - MALINAO FARM-TO-MARKET ROAD MUNICIPALITY OF MABUHAY, PROVINCE OF ZAMBOANGA SIBUGAY November 19, 2012 The Republic of the Philippines has received a Loan from the Asian Development Bank and OPEC Fund for International Development (OFID) toward the cost of Agrarian Reform Communities Project II (ARCP II), and it intends to apply part of the proceeds of this loan to payments under the contract for the Construction of 1.412 km. Sitio Tuburan – Malinao Farm to Market Road under the contract no. AIRC-101912-N201-02-PLAZSY-RO09. The Municipal Government of Mabuhay Zamboanga Sibugay now invites bids for Construction of 1.412 km. Sitio Tuburan – Malinao Farm to Market Road under the contract no. AIRC-101912-N201-02-PLA-ZSY-RO09. Completion of the Works is required within 120 calendar days from the date of the official start of the subproject. Bidders should have completed in the last ten (10) years a contract for works that are similar to the works that are to be undertaken under the Contract that is the subject of this bid invitation.” The description of an eligible bidder is contained in the Bidding Documents, particularly, in Section II. Instructions to Bidders. Approved Budget for the Contract (ABC) Project Duration Minimum Bid Security Bid Closing Date
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Davao City welcomes deeper probe on carnapping syndicate
MDN: Nov. 19, 2012
DAVAO City––Davao City Mayor Sara Duterte-Carpio welcomed the need for the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to intensify its probe on the possible participation of people in government on the series of carnapping incidents linked to Ryan Yu alias Baktin. She said that an investigation by another law enforcement agency like the NBI is important to show the extent of the carnapping syndicate operating in Davao City. “An investigation will determine the extent and possible complicity of some people in government to carnapping and for them to be prosecuted if proven that indeed some of them are really involved. They must be removed from office,” Duterte-Carpio said. She said carnapping is a very deep issue in the city. Duterte-Carpio revealed that as early as 2008, it was already a public knowledge that alias Baktin and two other personalities were involved in carnapping. She said it was only recently when hard pieces of evidence were gathered against Baktin and his cohorts. Duterte-Carpio stressed that the finding of pieces of evidence against Baktin was not based on thorough investigation. “Seemingly, there is an in-fighting between Baktin and his minions which led authorities to discover their activities. It is a long story,” she said. Duterte-Carpio said government must move to cancel the passport and the bail posted by Ryan Yu. She said the police must also coordinate with its counterpart in the International Police (InterPol) to ascertain the country where he is seeking refuge. She said there is no case filed yet linking him to the Innova van recovered from one of his alleged drivers in Tandag City, Surigao del Sur and other recovered
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Seemingly, there is an in-fighting between Baktin and his minions which led authorities to discover their activities. It is a long story.’ vehicles in the city. “He is not yet a wanted person by definition of law, except if the judge of his pending cases will say that his bail is cancelled and he has to show up before the court. If he will not present himself, then the court can say he is wanted for jumping bail,” Duterte-Carpio said. Earlier, Chief Superintendent Jaime Morente, director of the Police Regional Office XI ordered to intensify counter-intelligence operations against policemen who might be involved in carnapping activities. He said nefarious activities like carnapping will not prosper without persons in authority involved. “I have instructed the provincial directors down to the intelligence units to intensify counter-intelligence operation focused on policemen who are reported to be deeply involved in all illegal activities including carnapping. Obviously, there are some policemen and members of other government agencies, involved,” Morente said.
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Agricultural stakeholders, especially the farmers and fisherfolks, in the province of Misamis Occidental exulted as Department of Agriculture Secretary Proceso J. Alcala has personally handed-over more than P100 million worth of assistance for their respective farming and fishing ventures during the province’s month-long 83rd anniversary celebration on November 14, 2012 at the Capitol Grounds, Provincial Capitol. During the forum – witnessed by more than 1,000 farmers and fisherfolks, including local executives, officials and other esteemed guests in Misamis Occidental – Sec. Alcala assured that the department will carry on in steering the province’s course towards agricultural development, characterized in achieving food sufficiency while also taking into account in alleviating the conditions of farmers and fisherfolks. In behalf of the province, Honorable Governor Herminia M. Ramiro received the certificates of award and turn-over from the Secretary. On top of this, Sec. Alcala has committed in establishing a corn mill in the two municipalities of the province, namely Concepcion and Bonifacio and a multi-species hatchery in the municipality of Sapang Dalaga.
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Noodles and the Big C. What???
Think A Minute Jhan Tiafau Hurst
Get over it
THINK a minute. A young mother said that she never really appreciated her parents until she had children of her own. Only then did she realize all her parents had gone through in raising her. The sacrifices her parents made, the things they put up with and went without so they could feed and clothe her, pay her school fees, take care of her when she was sick, and the list went on and on. But there are sometimes we can feel hurt or angry about things our parents did to us as children. Maybe you feel they were too hard and strict, or your parents treated you unfairly and differently from your brothers and sisters, or they even physically abused you. You might feel they didn’t really love you, or spend enough time with you when you were young. Friend, it may be true that your parents treated you wrongly, so it is completely understandable that you have feelings of hurt and anger toward them. But now that you’re an adult, it’s not so much your par-
ents but yourself whom you’re hurting by staying angry and bitter, refusing to forgive them. Unforgiveness and bitterness will only hurt yourself, because it poisons your heart and attitude toward life. What’s more, doctors have proven that unforgiveness and anger can cause physical suffering such as migrain headaches, stomach ulcers, high blood pressure, heart disease, and many other sicknesses. Someone said that when we become adults, there comes a time when we have to “get over it.” We have to “let our parents off the hook.” We have to finally stop holding our parents on the hook of our anger, bitterness, and unforgiveness. For your own sake, you must let go of the hurt and forgive your parents, no matter what wrong and painful things they might have done to you in the past. Remember, many times our parents were only doing what had been done to them by their own parents. So God is their fair judge, not you.
NOODLES have become a way of life, particularly for the busy people. Who among us mortals has not embraced noodles and made them part of our meals? But, how safe are our noodles? Recently, the Department of Health through its Food and Drugs Administration ( FDA ), recalled noodles that are Korean made, as these were discovered to contain Benzopyrene. Benzopyrenes are polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, considered to be a carcinogen. A carcinogen is a substance, a chemical or any factor that can cause mutations or alterations in the cells, through its DNA ( which contains the genetic materials ), the effect of which is the UNCONTROLLED GROWTH of defective cells. Of course,
Health In Focus Dr. Mary Jean Loreche there are other factors like exposure to radiation, certain infectious agents like Hepatitis B, Papillomavirus and genetic reasons for having the Big C. For now, our focus is on Benzopyrene, as related to our favourite noodles. Benzopyrene is found in coal tar ( after volcanic eruptions ), exhaust fumes , in cigarette smoke, wood smoke and from burnt, over cooked foods. Imagine the fumes that one gets to inhale
War… what is it good for? Absolutely nothing!
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(Eric Burdon with the Animals combo of the 60’s/ Mercy Beat)
Isn’t this the truth? And yet today some 50 years later we are still seeing tensions rising almost everywhere in the world. What is most worrisome is the escalation of the Jews versus the Arabs in Israel and all its foes in the Arab world. Then there is the Chinese aggression with its assertions towards territorial rights all over Asia be it for Japan, South Korea and the Philippines. There is a need to Harry Tambuatco OVER | page 10 change all leaders of countries that promote war be it for their countries alleged integrity towards property rights, religion, economic disdain or what-have-you! In this world where communication has taken the lead with the innovations in the digital world and the internet, it has www.mindanaodailybalita.com to be foolish to engage in destruction. It takes minutes to ruin centuries of building blocks and for what; the The MINDANAO DAILY NEWS (MDN) ego and righteousness of country leaders? To hell with newspaper is published daily at Door 2, them! Let us have them spar it out in the back yard. It Tanleh Building, Abellanosa St., Brgy. Conis so easy to command an army of headless chickens to solacion, Cagayan de Oro City. It is regattack, it is another to lead the attack with you in the istered with the Department of Trade and front lines. Human life was given by the almighty, who Industry (DTI), Region 10 with Certififcate are you to take this away regardless of your religion or
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while barbecuing with all that fat dripping on blistering charcoal! The exposure is multiplied as the chemical becomes condensed and form part of that barbecued or char broiled food, that you so love ( oops, am not against BBQ- am a fan of it too ). Accordingly, the level of Benzopyrene in a pack of Korean noodles is 0.4- 1.6 parts per billion, which is almost similar to the amount seen in a smoked fish ( another favourite of
mine ). And, for the level to become significant, one must consume 60 cups/ packs of noodles for the Benzopyrene level to approximate that of having smoked 10 sticks of cigarette ( Hmmmm.... ). This is associated with Big C’s of the lungs, gastric or skin. It is worth noting that, Big C’s in 90-95% of cases are attributed to lifestyle and environmental factors, with only 5-10% caused by genetic factors. If the cause is genetic, there isn’t much we can do, but, the bigger number is PREVENTABLE. This, we can surely do something to minimize if not totally get away from having the Big C, an opportunity to determine our future. It is a matter of choice: a diet that is balanced and highly
whatever. It is 2012 in case these leaders didn’t know which century they are in. The people of the world need to unite to stop at all cost, military engagement and war… what is it good for? Absolutely nothing! Some two decades ago we were treated to a film that depicted deadly sparing between countries in a rink titled Rollerball. We could learn from this fiction that depicted realities and have the hot head leaders do the fighting instead after all, most rule saying for love of country and people. If it is true they love country and its people then let them prove this on a rink with their lives at stake for country and for the people. In sport with the birth of the Olympics in the early 20th century, it allowed for competition of the best amongst the best to settle scores if need be to pit the best amongst countries against each other as spectators ogle over the competition with blood necessarily drawn. Can’t we revert to the practices that have taken place in lieu of millions of lives lost? A drawdown or confrontation met at the battlefields will only escalate the loss of human life and property so what the heck? Let us shed the modern day wizards such like politicians, bankers, financial brokers, and alleged world leaders who are mere megalomaniacs that cause the destruction to mother earth.
Deadly poll clashes loom in Mindanao
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Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio No, it is not allowed. According to the Family Code, only a male and a female can marry each other. The Code does not allow what is now known worldwide as “same sex marriages”---or a marriage between man and man, or between woman and another woman. Any marriage between people of the same sexes or genders will not only be invalid, but can even be
considered an illegal marriage which can be punished with imprisonment. -oooDEADLY POLL CLASHES LOOM IN MINDANAO: This early, politics has reached boiling point in many parts of the country, especially in some areas in Mindanao. An example of this is the on-going propaganda war between the camps of former Dapitan
City Mayor Dominador Jalosjos Jr., and incumbent Zamboanga Del Sur Gov. Antonio Cerilles, which can erupt into deadly violent clashes anytime. One camp is accusing the other of putting up posters in the province, saying that a candidate can no longer run for any public office after the Supreme Court allegedly issued a decision prohibiting that candidate from ever running for any public office again, allegedly because there is a decision finding him guilty of a serious crime and for which he could be arrested sooner than later. If the Department of the Interior and Local Government and the POLL | page 10
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Jabonga OSYs empowered By: 1st Lt. Joe Patrick A. Martinez
JABONGA, Agusan del Norte – The 3rd Special Forces Battalion, Philippine Army, has started on November 12 a threeweek “Kasanayan para sa Kapayapaan at Kaunlaran Skills Training to 100 outof-school youth (OSYs) of this town. This, in coordination with the Rotary Club of Butuan City, TESDA and the local government unit. The activity is aimed at Said training is similar teaching the participants skills in welding, driving to what was conducted in and body massaging, under Kitcharao town, July of this year, benefiting more than the TESDA program.
100 OSYs, most of them are now employed in various parts of the province. (JPAM/asf )
Former NPA member Alfredo Magadan Asuncion @ Jack (second from left), squad leader, 1st Squad Primera, GF-3, SMRC, turns-over his caliber 5.56mm M16 rifle to Agusan del Sur Vice Gov. Santiago B. Cane during the awarding ceremony of the Reintegration Assistance to Former Rebels at the Sangguniang Panlalawigan Session Hall, November 13, 2012. Looking on are Major General Nestor A. Añonuevo, 4th Infantry Division commander (right) and Colonel Romeo G. Gan, 401st Brigade commander (left). (4th ID photo/asf)
GENERAL Santos City - With a total of 155 participants, the second of the three Mindanao–Cotabato River Basin Investment Program Formulation Workshops was successfully conducted, November 1213, here in the city. Hosted by the Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG12), the two-dayh activity was attended by provincial, city and municipal planning and development coordinators; environment and natural resources officers, disaster risk reduction and
management officers, social works and development officers, health officers, DILG provincial and city directors and municipal local government operations officers. They come from the provinces of South Cotabato and Sultan Kudarat and the city of Tacurong. Said activity was set to assist LGUs in the river basin area to determine strategic steps and harmonize their efforts in the management and development of the MindanaoCotabato River Basin and
the Buayan-Malungon River Basin systems. Moreover, the activity was designed to generate program, projects and activities that are to form part of the Integrated Mindanao Cotabato River Basin Plan. The inputs, included the Mindanao River Basin Situationer, Mindanao River Basin Integrated Management and Development Plan and MindaNOW, presented by the Mindanao Development Authority. Also taken up were updates on Geo-Hazard Assessment in Region 12,
presented by DENR-MGB XII; and Contextualizing to the NDRRM Plan, presented by OCD 12. There also workshops on River Basin Planning at the City/Municipal Level and Provincial Consolidation of City/Municipal Plans. NEDA-12 Assistant Director Phlorita Ridao served as facilitator during the presentation of the provincial consolidated output. The third Workshop will be conducted for ARMM and Davao del Sur on November 27-28, this year. (RIO, DILG XII/asf )
CAGAYAN de Oro City - Bishops of the Iglesia Filipina Independiente (IFI) have strongly deplored the sorry state of human rights in the country during the three-day 2012 Mindanao Plenary Assembly (MPA) at the DCENT Center, Bulua, this city, November 14-16. In said occasion attended by hundreds of priests and sectoral lay officers from the 12 dioceses in Mindanao, they cited the unabated cases of extra-judicial killings (EJKs), to date 118 under Pnoy, enforced disappearances and forced evacuations, which
evidently shadows the culture of impunity akin to the past administration of Gloria Arroyo. In a press statement jointly issued by Bishop Delfin Callao, Mindanao Bishop’s Conference (MINBISCON) chair; and Bishop Felixberto Calang of the dioceses of Cagayan de Oro and Bukidnon, they bishops said “the statistics of such unrelenting abuses and disregard to human dignity is not a mere propaganda.” They called on President Benigno Aquino III not to be annoyed with reports
accounted by right’s group, but should take it as a wakeup call for his ascendency, speaking to his offensive answer to an interview during a recent visit to European Communities. The New York-based Hu m a n R i g h t s Wa t c h (HRwatch), as well as the Amnesty International (AI), have expressed similar concern on the Philippines.
The sounding of alarm came to prompt after a number of IFI clergy in the region were recently subjected to different forms of harassments and persecutions in the exercise of their pastoral and prophetic ministry, advocating for community issues in dissent to the entry of environmentally-dreadful large scale mining and corporate plantation expansions.
2nd Cotabato river basin workshop held
Dipolog City is country’s 7th top performing city
DIPOLO G City - The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) has confirmed that the city ranks 7th among top p erforming cities, throughout the country. According to the DILG report, since August 12, 2012 the country’s 143 cities already included the 16 controversial cities, as among the regular cities created under former Supreme Court Chief Justice Renato Corona. The ranking was based
on the Local Governance Performing Management System (LGPMS) of DILG. Und e r t he LG P M S , Dipolog City registered a performance rating of 4.83 under the component city category. Among the top performing cities are Laoag (4.99); Naga (4.93); Vigan (4.921); Ligao (4.917); Tagaytay (4.87); Cabanatuan City (4.86), and Dipolog City (4.83). (ALT/ ATR/PIA9-Zambo Norte/ asf )
“Providing sanctuary to the destitute, a ‘crime for the wicked’, this was the testimony of Fr. Redeemer Yaňez of Opol town, Misamis Oriental on how he and his altar boys have seen suspicious looking men lurking on his church convent several times. Fr. Yaňez have been opening his church, as sanctuary to meetings and activities of Pangalasag (meaning “shield”), a local indigenous people’s group claiming rights over the contested 520 hectare land now being occupied and planted with oil palm by a certain company in barangay
Tingalan, Opol. The leader of the IP group, also an IFI member, Gilbert Paborada, was gunned down October 3 by motorcycleriding men wearing helmets. Other officers of the group continue to receive threats, while being slapped with fabricated cases in court. “Providing food to the hungry, a “sin for the spiteful”, said Fr. Villare Pailagao of IFI Malaybalay, who was active in relief and feeding operations for the evacuees from San Fernando town camping-out at the provincial
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Zambo Sur pupils become “hygiene educators” at home By: Imee Alonzo
ZAMBOANGA DEL SUR, - -To many parents’ surprise, schoolchildren in New Village Elementary School in Zamboanga del Sur have transformed to become “hygiene educators” at home. This was disclosed by PTCA President Raul Ponce who gave his testimony about the impact of Essential Health Care Program (EHCP) during the Global Hand washing Day held recently at the Village school. Ponce said when the EHCP was fully implemented in their school over a year ago, and they noticed schoolchildren have been reminding their parents and siblings at home to brush their teeth and wash their hands daily after meal and before sleeping. “This is the impact of EHCP and our children have been consistently reminding us parents to brush our teeth and wash our hands every night to prevent diseases,” Ponce said. Addressing hundreds of guests and participants in the first ever global
handwashing day event in Zamboanga del Sur, Ponce also said that the PTCA noticed that absenteeism was significantly reduced in the school. EHCP promotes three interventions to prevent child diseases. These daily tooth brushing, daily hand washing with soap and twice a year deworming. This testimony was also shared by school head Eleadora Macala that aside from less absenteeism, teachers no longer remind their pupils to brush their teeth because children are the ones announcing in class when “it’s tooth brushing
time!” “We also noticed that children are more active and participative in class since we started EHCP in our school,” Macala said. New Village Elementary School is one of the EHCP model schools in Zamboanga del Sur where UNICEF provided the kick start EHCP materials that includes toothbrush, bottled toothpaste and soap. The Fit for School, a partner organization of DepED provided the capacity building of the school nurse and teachers on how the program will be implemented and sustained. (JPA/IA, DepEd/PIA9)
GAWAD KALINGA-SHELL HOUSING TURNOVER - Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas shows enthusiasm and joy with the beneficiaries, as he turns over the Certificate of Award to one of the 122 homeowners of the Gawad Kalinga-Pilipinas Shell permanent housing project at Calaanan, Canitoan, November 14, 2012. Assisting him are Gawad Kalinga Project Manager Tootsie Besinga and Pilipinas Shell Representative Melchor Abina. (CIO Photo/asf)
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plaza of Malaybalay. The IP group of Matigsalog tribe, whom Fr. Pailagao have helped, evacuated in fear after their village chief, Jimmy Liguyon, was ‘killed’ by a certain leader of the New Indigenous Peoples Army Reform (NIPAR). Fr. Pailagao, the convenor of Save Mt. Pantaron Alliance, along with two other leaders from church-based NGO helping the evacuees, were visited several times by men
introducing themselves as state agents, insinuating selfincriminating discussions. True to the IFI nationalist tradition, the bishops called on its faithful to remain steadfast and, on no occasion, waver in preaching the gospel of truth, justice and peace. They resoundingly called for justice for Bishop Alberto Ramento and Fr. William Tadena of Tarlac, who were killed while helping the farmers of Hacienda Luisita, as well as Benjamin Bayles, a lay leader helping the sugarcane workers in Negros and
all those who offered their lives to the altar of peoples struggle for land and life. “The IFI has no land to give, no wealth to offer, but has ourselves to share”, noted the prelates enjoining the act to defend the human rights defenders. C ar r y i ng t he t he me ”Nourish the faith to sustain the unity, pursue justice to celebrate God’s peace” (ef. Luke 24:36), assembly was held in Bulua, this city, participated in by delegates from the 12 dioceses of IFI in the island. (PR)
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97 government schools in Sulu and signed several memorandum of agreement with Tan for the construction of a two-storey school building in the capital town of Jolo and P60 million more in stimulus fund for farm-to-market roads in 7 towns in the province. The money for the projects is part of the Aquino administration’s P8.5 billion stimulus fund for the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao which is composed of Basilan, Sulu, Tawi-Tawi, Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur, including Marawi and Lamitan cities. He released at least 13,000 reference books for elementary and high school as part of the government’s literacy program; and vegetable seeds for the military in Sulu to support its greening program. Tan said there is a shortage of school classroom and teachers in Sulu and asked Hataman and the Aquino government to address the problems. “We do admit that the shortage of teachers and classrooms is a perennial national problem; but coming to terms with the situation does not mean that we will remain in stagnant acceptance of the state of education which is far below the national standard not only in terms of passing rates but also in educational facilities both for the educators, the pupils and students,” he said. He asked Hataman, whose term is to end in June next year, to help the province. “We call on the Regional Government to work doubly hard that the shortage ofClass rooms in Sulu be addressed as soon as possible for we don’t have the luxury of time.” Tan also appealed to the ARMM to hire more teachers for Sulu. “As we call for the provision of ample classrooms for the students, we likewise call for better working facilities and, when possible, amenities for teachers. Conditions which are conducive to the rudiment of teaching and learning must be made available or else there will be a disruption or decline in the result of any educational exercises,” he said. Hataman said they are working on the problems on the shortage of teachers and schools in the ARMM. “We are working on it and we assure that the government is addressing all these problems we are facing in the ARMM,” he said. He also announced that teachers may soon be able to get a livelihood loan as much as P500,000 from the Land Bank of the Philippines. “We are doing all these progress step by step and little by little as part of the government’s reform agenda in the ARMM,” Hataman said. Mindanao Examiner with reports from Mark Navales and Al Salinas
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Philippine National Police do not firmly step in right now and calm down the parties, a bloodbath is not too far-fetched, considering the heated temperaments of the protagonists, and considering their much vaunted respective capabilities to strike at their enemies at will. -oooFISH PENS MUSHROOM AT LAGUNA BAY: Maybe the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) has gone blind even at daytime. Maybe it is silent due to some other reasons. But what it cannot deny now is the re-mushrooming of hundreds of fish pens at the Laguna Bay once again, all of which can be easily seen by anyone traveling along the South Luzon Expressway. I thought there is a ban against fish pens at the Bay, DENR? What gives? Or, what takes? Why is the DENR not even complaining about them? -oooLTFRB MUST WATCH OUT FOR DAREDEVIL DRIVERS AGAIN: I strongly urge the Land Transportation Franchising and Regulatory Board (LTFRB) to deploy once more and right away its operatives in Metro Manila’s busiest thoroughfares, especially the stretch of Commonwealth Avenue between the Quezon Memorial Circle in Diliman,, and Regalado Avenue along Quirino Avenue in Fairview and Lagro, also in Quezon City. Again, bus drivers plying these routes have resumed being daredevils running at deadly speeds almost anytime of the day, endangering not only their passengers but other motorists as well. -oooONE MORE BAD EXPERIENCE AT NLEX: Here is another bad experience with the North Luzon Expressway (NLEX): for two times now, I have been literally robbed of some P1,000 which I paid at P500 each for my car’s electronic pass. For reasons that NLEX tellers cannot explain, the electronic pass seemed to have been hit by a glitz such that the P1,000 I paid to the tellers, though registered by their computers as having been paid, seemed to have been consumed just right after they were paid. Now, I am
no longer using this pass, so I will not lose more money. -oooREACTIONS? Please call me at 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0922 833 43 96. Email: batasmauricio@ yahoo.com
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All need God’s forgiveness for our many wrongs and hurts we’ve caused others. Jesus Christ said that we can never make our peace with Him and be forgiven, until we’ve made our peace and forgiven those people who have hurt and wronged us. This includes our parents! So why don’t you ask Jesus to give you His mercy and love, so you can finally reach out to your parents to forgive them, care for them, and honor them for all the good things they did do for you—before they’re gone and it’s too late. Just Think a Minute.
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Philippines and BPI Foundation’s report, “a wealth of water will continue to flow down into this coastal development corridor”—meaning the Cagayan de Oro-Iligan Investment Corridor (CIIC)—until 2025. Public-Private Partnership The boom of Iligan City in the 1950s was due to several large investors lured by Maria Cristina Falls and the consequent cheap electric power. The JICA and NWRB study showed that Cagayan de Oro City’s Exploitable Groundwater as of 1998 was 34 million cubic meters (MCM) as against the 98 MCM Projected Water Demand by 2025. And by 2025, “all major cities in the Philippines will experience water shortages,” said the Policy Brief of the Senate Economic Planning Office entitled Turning the Tide: Improving Resources Management in the Philippines released on August 2011. So while there is still time for the city to reverse the projected water
shortages, WWF Philippines and BPI Foundation recommended that “the city must look beyond its boundaries and forge alliances with the towns located above the city.” “In order to work, these river management alliances must be fair, equitable and founded on the synergies that can arise from public-private participation. They should be driven by scientific fact and management reality, rather than political expediency. The scope and structure of these alliances will be defined by the shape and size of the two major river basins that funnel water through the city,” they said. Cagayan de Oro is bounded in the east and west by the drainage systems of the Tagoloan River and Cagayan de Oro River, respectively. “Boxing in the city, like a parenthesis, these two major river basins of Northern Mindanao are fed by rainfall emanating from the high plateau of Bukidnon,” the WWF Philippines and BPI Foundation study said. The city’s uplands receive an annual rainfall of 2800 mm, which is 60 percent higher than the city’s lowlands. The study also said that making the upper, middle and lower catchments of the Tagoloan River and Cagayan de Oro River healthy through proper management will ultimately “define the climate vulnerability of Cagayan de Oro.” And making this into reality requires a working public-private partnership, in which the government will act as catalyst “to get the ball rolling” while the private sector will make sure that the plans and programs continue or “stick to the plan and keep that ball in play.” But the reality in the city as present events showed, it is the churchled private sector that initiated everything — from forming structures, forging alliances, planning and implementing — to save the city from the so-called “waterworld” by proper forest management in all catchment areas of the city, especially in Bukidnon province through the Cagayan de Oro River Basin Management Council (CDORBMC). The CDORBMC, headed by Cagayan de Oro Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, SJ, was formed in November 2010 to protect and rehabilitate the Cagayan de Oro River’s watershed in light of the rampant illegal activities going within the watershed area. Development Gauge The headwaters of the
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Cagayan de Oro River are in the Kalatungan and Kitanglad mountain ranges in Bukidnon. The whole watershed area of Cagayan de Oro is 177,000 hectares that include parts of the mountain ranges of Bukidnon, while the whole area of the city is only 48,000 hectares. Mt. Kalatungan (2,824 meters above sea level) and Mt. Kitanglad (2,900 meters ASL) are considered as the second and third tallest mountains in the Philippines. Due to high elevation and lack of vegetation, excess water from an overflowing catchbasin that is Bukidnon naturally run down the slopes into the drainage area that is Cagayan de Oro. According to the JICA and NWRB study, Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) will show the “highest levels of water available in the country from 2005 to 2025” after computing available rainfall data in the area. “Water availability is computed, primarily, using rainfall data. As a rapidly expanding urban heat island, facing the Bohol Sea, Cagayan de Oro City’s temperatures fuel further enhancement of evaporation, thereby aggravating the build up of moisture in the hills above the city. This phenomenon creates even more rain. More than typhoon hits, it is the floodwater from extreme rainfall, flowing down the rivers and running off the slopes, from the uplands of Misamis Oriental and Bukidnon, that Cagayan de Oro will have to learn how to cope with. The floods of 2009 and 2011 have already provided a tragic illustration of what can happen,” the WWF Philippines and BPI Foundation study said. This phenomenon has been identified by experts as Cagayan de Oro’s primary climate challenge, thus the need for the city “to figure out how to steer itself out of harm’s way toward meaningful flood neutral re-development.” WWF Philippines and BPI Foundation suggested to city planners to use Cagayan de Oro’s exposure to climate impacts as its re-development gauge including upstream recharge zones, mid-catchment initiatives as well as downstream drainage.” “In a climate defined future, poorly managed urbanization translates to the concentration of risk. Recognizing the relatively high climate exposure that the city will have to face, Cagayan de Oro should be considering development that will strategically diffuse population
concentrations while allowing easy, all-weather movement. Aside from the flood-neutral interventions mentioned earlier, this multi-year process should involve new and appropriate policies, better planned and enforced zoning, new climate smart infrastructure, as well as an efficient system for mass transit and the movement of freight,” the study said. It added: “Like Baguio, rainfall and water— too much of it—has been a millstone around the city’s neck. With the appropriate mix of enlightened political leadership, fueled by public sector catalysts and private sector investments, that are sustained and supported by the people of the city, a bad situation could be turned around into something good. You could never have too much of a good thing. Water could very well become Cagayan de Oro’s saving grace.” (Bong D. Fabe)
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escaping. Justiniani was rushed to the hospital, but security guards said the victim, who worked as a collector for Rebisco (Republic Biscuit Corporation), succumbed to his wounds. Police said it recovered the motorcycle used by the gunmen in their escape in the village of Upper Calarian, but there were no reports about the assailants. The motive of the attack is still unknown, but police said it is investigating the shooting. Gun attacks are not uncommon in Zamboanga City where killings have reached more than 150 since early this year. Hired killers are known to actively operate in Zamboanga. (Mindanao Examiner. Alvin Lardizabal)
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include a street dancing competition, a tournament on traditional Moro games dubbed the Morolympics and a cultural and fashion show. In addition to the usual showcase of the unique and vibrant culture of the Moro people, celebration activities will focus on promoting the framework agreement and the continuing reforms in the autonomous government. OIC-Governor Mujiv S. Hataman lauded regional officials and employees who, through the years, witnessed and played integral part in the evolution of ARMM since its inception in 1989. “I urge the entire ARMM constituency to take part in the festivity intended not only for the employees but to the general public as well. We will ensure a meaningful commemoration without necessarily incurring lavish spending,” he said.
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in Tubay, Agusan del Norte. In the criminal case lodged against SR Metals, Inc. corporate officers and members of its board of directors at the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office here, the Municipal Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Management Council (MFARMC) in Tubay complained that the impacts of SRMI’s mining operation to the town’s marine environment started to be felt in April, 2008. MFARMC said results of separate underwater resource assessments established that the “living ecosystem in the area relatively dwindled.” It also said that portions of the marine fish sanctuary including the initial sampling site in Barangay La Fraternidad “were dumped with rocks, debris, and soil in order to be used as docking areas for the loading of mining ores. SRMI subsequently established a docking area, dubbed as Pier 4 in the area, and another, dubbed as Pier 3 within the nearby marine fish sanctuary. All of these were done without securing ECC as required by law. Consequently, the officially-declared protective fish sanctuaries vanished; instead the areas were converted and utilized as causeways or docking areas for SRMI, indicative of their relentless drive for optimal operation to maximize profit without due regard to environment and preservation of sea resources for local residents”, it said. MFARMC, a group composed of Tubay farmers and fishers, said studies of the
2011 Reef Assessment of the La Fraternidad Marine Fish Sanctuary conducted by a group of experts from the University of the Philippines-Marine Science Institute showed that “Very high levels of heavy metals, specifically nickel, chromium, and cadmium were found in the brown algae Sargassum spp taken from the two sample sites affected by the mining operation (Study 1); the comparison of terrestrial and marine sediment samples in terms of color and composition indicates gradual introduction of stockpile of materials into the sea floor. This phenomenon led to the alteration in the skeletal composition of the nearby head corals (Study 2); The high density of cynobacteria could be indicative of a stressful environmental condition brought about by mining. The presence of seven species of Ceratium is an indicator of the presence of oil and industrial waste pollution (Study 3).” MFARMC said in its complaint that Tubay residents are directly affected by SRMI’s mining operation as indicated by dwindling fish catch since the start of respondents’ operation. Heavy metals contamination of fish and other marine resources has made them not advisable for food consumption aside from the fact that the coastal water of Tubay has been apparently rendered unfit for human activity, recreational or otherwise, it said. Moreover, it said that due to SRMI’s operation, floodwaters “usually inundate Tubay’s different barangays near the mining site and covered by thick dust emitted from the min-
ing operation.” The source of drinking water ‘had been contaminated as can be gleaned from the color of water flowing from the faucets,” it said. In the civil complaint filed with Cabadbaran City, Agusan del Norte Regional Trial Court, MFARMC cited San Roque Metals, Inc. and its president, Alberto V. Gutierrez, for violating Sec. 102 of Republic Act No. 8550, the rights of petitioners to a balanced ecology and Section 108 of Republic Act No. 7942 and sought the issuance of a Temporary Environmental Protection Order directing the temporary closure of SRMI’s mining operation.
According to the complaint signed by Atty. John Gil S. Unay, Sr., counsel for plaintiffs MFARMC officers, “there has been a relative decrease in live coral cover from 16% down to 9.88% and an increase in dead corals from 5% to 44.44%” per Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources-Caraga reef assessment in the coastal waters facing La Fraternidad. It said that a Special Order No. 2012-12 dated February 16, 2012 by the Mines and GeoScience Bureau noted that SRMI “is practicing unsystematic mining method” and observed that “mine pit areas are being utilized
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is situated in what used to be part of the Municipal Fish Sanctuary.” In seeking the issuance by the Court of a Temporary Environmental Protection Order, MFARMC has prayed for the temporary closure of SRMI’s mining operation and after hearing, an Environmental Protection Order be issued directing the permanent closure of the mining operation, the rehabilitation of the coral reefs and marine habitats in Tubay’s municipal waters and the payment of damages corresponding to the value of the resources destroyed due to the adverse effects of the respondents’ mining operation.
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as stockpile areas for the mined out materials” and that SRMI “has employed ineffective implementation of progressive rehabilitation programs. Since the time of its operations, an estimated area of 104 hectares had been disturbed by SRMI; however, three (3) hectares only have been mined-out and rehabilitated.” Aside from what the complainants said that “the source of potable water of La Fraternidad was contaminated, apparently due to and or worsened by the mining operation” as shown by the MGB report, MFARMC said that Tubay LGU disclosed that SRMI’s “current causeway operation
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Governors Mujiv Hataman, of the Muslim autonomous region, and Sakur Tan, of Sulu province, flash the L sign – which stands for Laban, former political party of President Benigno Aquino’s mother, Corazon Aquino – as they pose with some athletes in Sulu province. Photo by Mark Navales
Thousands attend opening of much-awaited Sulu sports fest By AL JACINTO of Mindanao Daily News
Z AMB OANGA City–– Thousands of students and teachers gathered in Patikul town for the opening of the five-day Sulu Provincial Athletic Association Meet 2012. Provincial Governor Sakur Tan led the opening ceremony at the Sulu Sports Complex also attended by local residents. The annual sports festival is one of the most awaited events in the province because it opens the opportunities for local athletes to
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compete with each other and for the champions to battle the best in the regional meet and eventually to national competitions. “Our athletes are capable champions and this sports festival brings together the best of the best. The event also promotes camaraderie and professionalism among all athletes and those behind them,” Tan said. Regional Governor Mujiv Hataman and Education Secretary Jamar Kulayan also flew on a private jet from Cotabato City to attend the ceremony. Hataman praised Tan for
the successful opening of the sports competition and also took the opportunity to reward outstanding teachers for their dedication and professionalism. “We are proud of our teachers who devote their time to provide quality education to our students and I am sure these young men and women will be a responsible citizen and our partner in nation building and in peace and progress,” Hataman said. Hataman also released P47,000 for building maintenance for each of FEST | page 10