MINDANAO TIMES, May 22-23, 2023

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New lease

The security sector, composed of the Davao City Police Office and the 10th Infantry Division under the Eastern Mindanao Command, officially received the former rebels.

In her message, Public Attorney’s Office (PAO) XI regional director Atty. Suseyline M. BakinoAbtarul, pledged to give

legal assistance to the former rebels.

Meanwhile, Mayor Sebastian Duterte said the city government would assist the former rebels with livelihood and their daily needs. He committed to do everything to help them transition to mainstream society.

“We are delighted to celebrate the success of

the Peace 911 presentation and mass surrender event. This initiative demonstrates our strong commitment to fostering peace, unity, and progress in our communities, and it showcases the exceptional collaboration between the military, local government, and the people," Duterte added.

Peace 911 focal person

Atty. Jonah Presto said the surrenderees are given a window of opportunity to become peacebuilders and help sustain the peace and development of the city.

Meanwhile, Agila Division commander Major General Jose Eriel M. Niembra recognized the Peace 911 initiative as one of the most effective tools to make the Davao Region, particularly Davao City, insurgency-free.

“The whole Agila Division shares its victory and accomplishments with the Davao City Peace 911 for benchmarking such innovative and inclusive approach to nation-building through exemplary peace programs and initiatives resonating throughout the region,” Niembra added.

Also present during the event were Eastern Mindanao Command commander Lt Gen Greg T.

Almerol; Joint Task Force Haribon commander BGen Consolito P Yecla; 1003rd Brigade commander Col Marion T Angcao; Peace 911 Legal Cluster Committee member Retired Judge Ridgeway N. Tanjili; Public Safety and Security Office head Angel Sumagaysay; City Social Welfare and Development and Peace 911 adviser Irene Santiago.

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WORKERS put markings on the pavement along Magsaysay Avenue for the second phase underground cabling project, mandating the utility companies, Davao Light, cable, and telcos to transfer overhead wires underground. BING GONZALES

PRO XI gearing up for SK, barangay elections in Oct.

New Zealand supports human resource development projects

BY PRINCESS LACORTE/ADDU INTERN

NEW ZEALAND Ambassador to the Philippines

Peter Kell pledged his country's continued support for human resource development projects in Mindanao.

For instance, the Philippines women’s national

football team’s eligibility to participate in the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup prompted the decision for New Zealand to support more projects for women's sports.

New Zealand is currently working with the

University of the Philippines Mindanao in organizing football training sessions for young female survivors between the ages of 8-12 who were subject to abuse.

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MINDANAO is heading in a positive direction, said United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Philippines Mission Director Ryan Washburn during the Mindanao Development Forum, on May 18.

Since the early 1990s, USAID has consistently invested in Mindanao in many development programs and will continue to move forward.

Washburn highlighted

four USAID-focused areas in Mindanao.

For over $5 million, USAID worked with cooperatives for livelihood and biodiversity, bamboo plantations, and women entrepreneurs in BARMM. Programs are also planned and implemented to combat deforestation. Loan credit guarantees are also accessible for entrepreneurs to credit and invest in their businesses.

USAID also commit-

ted another $5 million to strengthen institutions and enhance Mindanao’s peacebuilding process at the community and institutional levels.

As Mindanao is also vulnerable to natural disasters, USAID invested $4 million to boost disaster preparedness and response of communities and institutions.

Finally, USAID invested over $15 million to make healthcare accessible

PRO XI director Brig Gen Alden Delvo said theyspots in the region. However, they won’t discount any possible violence in case of heated political rivalries in the barangays.

The election period will begin on August 28 and will end in November.

Also, he said they are monitoring some provinces “which have the probability

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of being an election hotspot.”

Meanwhile, Delvo said Camp Crame had handed down a one-strike policy to the police “when there is an election-related violent incident concerning politicians, and there are violent incidents against the politicians."

“We are concerned about the election-related incidents. For all you know,

we had a previous incident that actually happened in Davao del Sur, but we could not determine if it was election-related or not. It happened a long time ago,” he added.

But the director said they are ready to deploy more personnel and assets on the ground to secure volatile areas and allow people to vote peacefully and safely.

Drug suspect nabbed at Lasang checkpoint

to the grassroots.

“Those are the profocused on Mindanao. Then we also have programs that are broader development programs here in the Philippines that touch on Mindanao,” Washburn said.

For decades now, USAID has helped Mindanao through grants and assistance as it believes the island’s potential as

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JOINT operatives of the Task Force Davao and arrested a drug suspect at the checkpoint in Lasang, Bunawan, around 6 a.m. on Saturday, May 20.

the suspect as Usman Catuyo Abubacar, 41, a resident of Purok 12, Barangay Sirawan, Toril, on board a passenger bus heading toward the city.

Seized from his pos -

session was a sachet of suspected shabu weighing more or less 2.03 grams with an estimated street value of P 32,480.

The suspect and confiscated evidence were turned over to the custody of Bunawan Police Stationes for violating Republic Act 9165 (Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002). By Rhoda Grace B.

Saron

PRESIDENTIAL Assistant for Eastern Mindanao Sec. Leo Magno delivers his message at the opening of the 2nd Mindanao Development Forum held at Acacia Hotel last May 18, attended by ambassadors and dignitaries from different embassies and other stakeholders. BING GONZALES

City Economic Enterprise records 27% increase in collections in Q1

BY RHODA GRACE B. SARON

Tokyo Business Forum strengthens Davao and Japan business alliance

BY MA. MIKAELA ALONSO/UM

Marcos Admin determined to sustain the gains of Mindanao peace: OPAPRU

DAVAO CITY – The Marcos administration continues to build on the gains of the comprehensive Philippine peace process by sustaining its momentum and pushing forward with the implementation of all signed peace agreements.

This was the message of acting Presidential Peace Adviser Sec. Isidro L. Purisima’s to participants of the Mindanao Development

Forum 2023 spearheaded by the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) here on Thursday, May 18.

Speaking to repre -

sentatives of national linement assistance (ODA) community and diplomatic corps, Purisima stressed

that peace and development “must always go hand in hand” and should be pursued with the “same level of intensity and vigor.”

He noted that the dividends of peace are now being felt across the island-

region, as evidenced by the decreasing poverty rates in the Bangsamoro and the decision of former rebels to lay down their arms and return to the folds of the law, among others.

“This is the reason why the Office of the Presidential Adviser on Peace, Reconciliation and Unity (OPAPRU) is employing cross-cutting strategies to implement an integrated, transparent, people-centered, and human rightsbased peace and security policy,” he said.

Anchored on PDP 2023-2028

According to Purisima, all of OPAPRU’s peacebuilding interventions, particularly in Mindanao's conflict-vulnerable and conflict-affected areas, dovetailed to the current administration’s Philippine Development Plan 2023 –2028.

In the implementation of the Bangsamoro peace process, he said the agency is focused on ensuring that former Moro Islamic Lib-

Mining equipment at Iponan River passed through 3 upland barangays

CAGAYAN DE ORO

(MindaNews) — Heavy mining equipment like excavators and dump trucks used roads of three upland barangays in Cagayan de Oro to reach the mining sites along the Iponan River in the town of Opol, Misamis Oriental.

Engr. Armen Cuenca, chief of Cagayan de Oro Local Environment and

(CLENRO) said the use of these roads are often done in broad daylight and in full who look the other way.

“We have questioned they have allowed these illegal mining activities and often their answers are that they are powerless to stop the miners,” Cuenca said.

He said Cagayan de Oro Mayor Rolando Uy

three barangays last December to warn them to put a stop to the illegal mining activities along the Iponan River.

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as Tumpagon, Pigsag-an and Tuburan, which share a common border with the municipality of Opol in

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eration Front (MILF) combatants can successfully reintegrate into mainstream society.

“The meaningful transformation of combatants, their families and communities, lies in its community-driven approach,” Purisima said, adding “all members of the community, particularly local government units and residents are part of the peacebuilding process.”

Under the normalization track of the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro (CAB), the third phase of decommissioning of MILF members will resume this year, as decommissioned combatants and their families are now being provided with socioeconomic assistance.

Purisima said OPAPRU, through the Task Force for Decommissioned Combatants and their Communities is also transforming six government-acknowledged MILF camps and 33 core barangays in the

OPAPRU Presidential Assistant Atty. Wilben M. Mayor highlights the national government’s initiatives to resolve the decades-long communist insurgency in the country. OPAPRU

RESIDENTS board a sunken barge lodged beside a bridge in Barangay Iponan in Cagayan de Oro City on Dec. 5, 2012, to salvage materials. Swept by the waters brought by Typhoon Pablo the day before, the barge is believed to be one of the seven barges used in illegally mining gold at the Iponan River.

HOW FAR has the Special Investigation Task Group (SITG) undertaking the probe on the rape and slay case of architect Vanche Marie Bragas of Durian Village, Calinan, gone? How much of the suspects or suspects and the ownership of the Ombak tricycle?

As of the writing of this column yesterday morning, we have not read or heard any statement published or broadcast from the SITG. Hence, we could not help if a number of Davaoeños, including the victim’s family and us, would entertain the suspicion that, so far, the SITG is still facing a blank wall in its investigation.

owner must be given priority by the agents of the SITG. This is because if the owner is known, it will be easy for the police to know who was driving the vehicle on the night the crime was committed.

Of course, we agree that identifying the tricycle owner may not be easy if indeed it is true that the unit has no plate number color. But it is not a hopeless case for the SITG probers. All they need to do is go to the distributors of the kind of tricycle in Davao City starting with the outlet in Calinan, if it has any. They can look into the names of the newest unit purchasers and which sold units are not yet issued plate numbers.

The police can also ask for the support of Mayor Baste Duterte by convincing him to do what his father did in the case of the hit-and-run driver that smashed to death a lady motorcycle back rider at crossing Tulip and MacArthur Highway in Matina. That is, issue a stern warning to the owner and driver to voluntarily surrender or face the consequences; or by offering of the vehicle owner and driver.

That is what exactly the Mayor’s father did to draw to the surface the vehicle owner and the driver in that Tulip hit-and-run incident. It turned out that the vehicle was owned by the Vice Mayor of Boston, Davao Oriental, and was driven by another

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(?) person when the accident happened. If the mayor feels that he cannot do it, he can ask the help of his father to issue a warning for him. We are a hundred percent certain that by the time the warning is out, or the reward is offered, it will only take hours for both the owner and driver suspect and his companion (if he has any) to surrender.

Or, the SITG agents may have to resort to a more aggressive and drastic strategy in running after the suspects, which may include the owner himself.

We are certain that many will agree with us that the crime of rape and slaying can only be done by people who are beasts and masquerading only as humans so they can freely do their evil intention in the midst of an all-too-trusting society. What the suspect or suspects did to the victim makes them undeserving of entitlement to human rights protection. Letting them invoke their human rights, as many advocates would love to encourage them to do, is most unfair to the victims of such crime, especially the latest one – a hapless woman incapable of protecting herself from the beastly act of the criminals.

Honestly, we feel that the notable increase in rape cases in Davao City is a major affront to the former President of the Philippines, who, in his time as mayor of the city, literally made Davao almost a zero-crime city and drug-free local government.

Although today there are still some drug busts in the city involving people mainly coming from other provinces trying to sneak in their illegal merchandise, relative peace still exists. Thus, the sudden hike in rape cases that now includes the killing Davao City that was painstakingly worked out by the former mayor and the incumbent’s father.

For this reason, we were insinuating in our previous column that it may be time to resurrect the slumbering urban legend of the rabidly anti-crime group the Davao Death Squad (DDS). Its name alone can make criminals tremble in fear.

We bet our balls the rapists and would-be rapists will be cowering in fear.

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SOMEONE ELSE’S WINDOWS

BY H. MARCOS C. MORDENO

MALAYBALAY CITY (MindaNews) — Heavy equipment used for mining operations in Iponan River, a water body between Cagayan de Oro City and Opol town in Misamis Oriental, passed through three barangays of the city (Tumpagon, Pigsag-an and Tuburan) in full view of report by Froilan Gallardo (MindaNews, 20 May 2023). have allowed these illegal mining activities and often their answers are that they are powerless to stop the miners,” the report quoted Engr. Armen Cuenca, chief of Cagayan as saying.

Based on Gallardo’s report, Cuenca did not elaborate against the miners. Did the miners bring along armed thugs? Or did they drop names the mere mention of which to the imagination.

The disgusting part is that as early as 2013, the Court of Appeals had issued a Writ of Kalikasan and a Writ of Continuing Mandamus to protect the Iponan River from further destruction. It’s been ten years — repeat, ten years — and it’s business as usual for the rapacious miners and whoever is protecting them in the halls of power. protection of powers that be. Accountability goes beyond illegal mining activities.

Aside from the concerned local government units, the writs ordered the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), National Bureau of Investigation, Philippine National Police, Armed Forces of the Philippines, and Bureau of Immigration to submit monthly reports of their enforcement activities.

The court’s requirement for these agencies to submit reports means they should also perform site inspections — and seizures and arrests if need be — on a monthly basis or whenever the need arises. Were these being done? If yes, what did their reports say? If no inspections were done and no reports were submitted, these agencies owe the public an explanation.

Since this concerns environmental protection, I be-ing the writs falls on either the local government units or the DENR.

It’s improbable that after the issuance of the writs, it’s only now that the concerned authorities got wind of illegal mining activities in Iponan River. Ten years is too long to cite ignorance as an excuse. This could be a case of nonfeasance.

(MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. H. Marcos C. Mordeno can be reached at hmcmordeno@ gmail.com.)

SURIGAO CITY (MindaNews) -- The relics, those one-peso coin, those school names, the province name, and the street names across the country, among others, all serve as memories of our national hero, José Protasio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda.

In memory of Rizal

BATANG MINDANAW

JHON STEVEN C. ESPENIDO

confessed.

of his life. Throughout his life, he faced many ups and trials in life during the times that the country was under Spanish rule, which made him a prominent national hero -

a tool that could improve the Philippines, whether it was government policies, education, and so on. Thus, this is -

tures, and I want to engage with new people aside from my own ethnicity. I want to live the way they live, I want

having another perspective from another country could what dreams are. And this dream of mine is not only continued.

understanding of Rizal’s destinations and dreams, as well as how those rippled on him, thus one percipient student.

of consciousness and of utmost appreciation for our national hero.

ute to their spectrum of ideas, providing an opportunity to hold on, at the same time, instilling in them the spirit of

in their present lives as the pag-asa ng bayan.

(Batang Mindanaw is the youth section of MindaNews. Jhon Steven C. Espenido, 22, is from Surigao City. He is an AB English Language student at Surigao del Norte State University)

Senate’s push for an anti-smuggling court

ing for the creation of special courts to try smugglingtions have consistently suffered from goods smuggling. economy. Aside from the loss of revenue for the government due to uncollected tariffs and duties, smuggling also destroys the livelihood of farmers since smuggled agricultural products are much cheaper than those locally collapse of several Philippine industries, and smuggling

The proposal to create special courts stems from the fact that while authorities could apprehend smuggled goods worth hundreds of millions of pesos over the years, not one was convicted of the crime. In March this year, goods in several warehouses and cold storage facilities in Navotas. The operatives discovered poultry products conducted various investigations into the rampant smugsmuggling activities.

smuggling and technical smuggling. Direct or outright goods or products without the corresponding documents,tions. On the other hand, technical smuggling refers to theagriculture and not outright smuggling. Technical smugincorrectly, often undervalued, as to their nature, quality, or value.

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Business Mirror smuggling is done through the connivance of importers, of Customs. -

in their activities, which is why smuggling continues to proliferate nationwide.

Aside from the anti-smuggling courts, the Senate is pushing for the inclusion of hoarding, price manipulation, welcome development since the recent onion crisis is a result of hoarding, price manipulation, and cartels. It is

hoarding, price manipulation, and cartels may hopefully put an end to, if not dampen, such activities.

all countries in the world are addressing food security as a principal concern due to climate change, the Philippines smuggling of agricultural products. The Philippines is

imported agricultural products are in direct competition with locally produced goods and are much cheaper.

Many rice farmers have converted to planting onions

country’s rice production. Since the Arroyo administraThe program may have hit a snag since the country confrom our dependency on imported agricultural products of farmers to produce food for the population.

ers no longer want their children to till their farms since earn an income. They send their children to the cities or The Philippine Statistics Authority places the poverty percent of the poor.

A sound agricultural program that alleviates the plight felt in rural areas. This will also positively impact foodother provinces.

Editor’s note: The opinions expressed in the foregoopinions and beliefs of the Philippine News Agency (PNA) -

EDITORS’ NOTE:

since the Philippines is an agricultural country, and rice

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465 ex-rebels in Caraga get P39-M aid from ECLIP in ‘22

BUTUAN CITY – At least 465 former New People’s Army (NPA) rebels received aid in 2022 through the Enhanced Comprehensive Local Integration Program (ECLIP).

Based on the 2022 Annual Report by the Department of the Interior and Local Government in the Caraga Region (DILG-13), obtained by the Philippine News Agency on Friday, the agency released PHP12.1 million in livelihood funding for 242 former rebels at PHP50,000; 460 received PHP21,000 each in reintegration assistance, or a total of PHP9,660,000; and PHP15,000 each to 461 surrenderers totaling PHP6,915,000 as immediate assistance.

“Of the 465 former rebels eight were from Butuan City, 118 from Agusan del Norte,

169 from Agusan del Sur, 25 from Surigao del Norte, and 145 from Surigao del Sur,” the report indicated.

Over PHP10.4 million payments were disbursed to 135 former NPA combatants

“The amount of the remuneration depended on the appraised value of surrendered firearms,” the report said.

The E-CLIP helps surrendered NPA combatants rebuild their lives and their families as they return to their communities.

Reintegration

Meanwhile, 50 former NPA rebels completed a twoday deradicalization activity on Friday, the Police Regional (PRO-13) said.

In a statement, PRO-13 said the activity forms part of the mainstreaming process that surrenderers need to

undergo in preparation for their reintegration into their communities.

The participants are former NPA combatants who turned themselves in to the different units and stations of PRO-13 late last year and dur-

Most of the surrenderers are from the weakened NPA Guerrilla Front (GF) 16 of the North Eastern Mindanao Regional Committee and the dismantled GF 4A and GF 88 under the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee.

Salient points included inputs on psychosocial and mental health; lectures oncial literacy; and measures in countering terrorism and the into different sectors.

The ex-rebels were also trained in peacebuilding and in improving their livelihoods.

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Agusan Norte, UNDP ink MOU on disaster response programs

BUTUAN CITY – Agusan del Norte’s provincial government and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) Thursday to build institutional and community resilience programs and services in the province.

The MOU signing, held in this city, was led by Governor Maria Angelica Rosedell Amante and UNDP deputy resident representative Edwine Carrie as witnessed by Vice Governor Enrico Corvera and municipal mayors of the province.

The agreement aims to enhance the capacities of the local government units (LGUs) in disaster response and climate change and will be implemented through the SHIELD program spearheaded by the UNDP, its

partners, and the Australian government. SHIELD, which stands for Strengthening Institutions and Empowering Localities Against Disasters and Climate Change, currently covers 11 provinces that are considered most vulnerable to disasters and climate change.

Under the MOU, both parties will pursue cooperation in the implementation of informed and inclusive resilience actions, including risk-based land use and development planning, budgeting, and investment

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH WAIVER AND DONATION

programming.

The parties will also develop bankable project proposals for climate and disaster-relevant activities, and establish multi-stakeholder partnerships in the planning, implementation, and monitoring of resilience actions.

For the next six years, the partnership is also expected to establish data ecosystems to support risk-informed planning, resource allocation, and decision-making processes, as well as the establishment of monitoring, evaluation,

and learning systems.

“The expertise and guidance of the UNDP, through the SHIELD under this MOU, will help us in our disaster response efforts, especially in the formulation and implementation of climate-resilience

programs and services,”

Amante said in her message during the signing activity.

She also urged the municipal mayors to study the content of the MOU and appoint a focal person who would focus on the implementation of the

SHIELD program in their localities.

Amante thanked the UNDP, the Australian government, and partner agencies for making Agusan del Norte one of the provinces (PNA)

REVOCATION OF POWER OF ATTORNEY

Notice is hereby given that BRIAN P. CARINGAL, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of VJ Subd., Matina, City of Davao, do hereby of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Jose Abad Santos St., Barangay 7-A, Población, City of Davao or to any person, over all parcels

EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF CEFERINO BERNARDINO DOMINGO

NOTICE is hereby given that the intestate estate of the late CEFERINO BERNARDINO DOMINGO who died intestate on February 25, 2016 in Davao City;

That the deceased Ceferino Bernardino Domingo at the time of his death left the following property and interest which we henceforth, agree to settle and adjudicate as follows, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE (TCT) NO. T-373962, Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan. Being N. 19 deg. 17’E., 1380.71 m. from BLLM No. 38, Davao Cadastre, containing an area of Three Hundred Eight (308) Square Meters more or less;

That pursuant to Sec. 1 Rule s74 of the Revised Rules on Court of the Philippines, the above-mentioned described property has been the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE INTESTATE ESTATE OF CEFERINO BERNARDINO DOMINGO made and executed by and among his heirs per Doc. No. 90; Page No. 19; Book No. III Series of 2021 of the Notary Public ATTY. ELIZABETH F. QUITAIN-SALVO of Davao City.

Balay Kulayan coloring book explores the architectural diversity of Mindanao

EXPLORE the wonders of Mindanao architecture with Balay Kulayan's fantastic coloring book! With every sketch, discover more about cultural differences with a close eye on color schemes and material swatches. This 70-page interactive book brings the life and offers the perfect opportunity for creative expression.

"Color your way to learning and exploration by Balay Kulayan!" says Architect Gloryrose Dy Metilla, co-writer of Balay Kulayan and president of Mindanao Architecture Advocacy Network 2023. "This amazing coloring book is perfect for all ages - from budding architects and creative interior designers and artists to imaginative adults and young children."

The coloring book includes detailed sketches of traditional houses from the Ata Manobo, Bagobo Tagabawa, Bagobo Klata, Matigsalug, and Obo Manuvu. Each page is smudge-free, so users can experiment with mediums like watercolor, markers, colored pencils, crayons, or pastel colors to bring these vivid designs to life.

"We are excited to offer this

unique way of exploring our rich culture," says interior designer and Engineer Rose Faith Necesito-Brondial, co-writer of Balay Kulayan and vice president of Mindanao Architecture Advocacy Network. "Our goal is for everyone to enjoy learning about our architectural heritage through this one-of-a-kind coloring book."

Balay Kulayan is a coloring book published through the Mindanao Architecture Advocacy Network or MAAN. MAAN is an organization that works towards safeguarding heritage resources in Mindanao through advocacy campaigns and projects such as this coloring book. Their mission is to create awareness among Filipinos on preserving their cultural heritage while celebrating regional diversity.