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IMPASUG-ONG, Bukidnon --The military unleashed the “elite K-9 team” to track down the New People’s Army (NPA) responsible for the roadblocks along the highways here Sunday morning. Capt. Norman Tagros, the spokesperson of the army’s 8th Infantry Battalion (8IB), said that the special tracking team is backed by the combined forces of the police and the military. Tagros said that about 20 NPA rebels reportedly seized three police officers in a roadblock established along the Sayre Highway in Bukidnon about 6 a.m. Sunday. The police regional command identified the capture police personnel as SPO1 Warren Hansol Coñales, P03 Edwin Panis Castor, SPO4 Rene Rombo, PFC Glenn Austia and PFC Diven Abion Tawide. Capt. Patrick Martinez, the spokesperson of the army’s 4th Infantry Division here, also confirmed the seizure of PFCs Glenn Austia and Diven Abion Tawide, all members of the 23rd Infantry Battalion in Agusan Del Norte. The NPA bandits disguised themselves as soldiers and PNP personnel as they were wearing military and police uniforms while posting an AFP/PNP See HUNTS, page A11
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ON KIDAPAWAN CARNAGE
Wife of policeman in coma calls for fair, peaceful settlement By Antonio L. Colina IV of MindaNews
KIDAPAWAN City––Rosalie Ann Untalan sat in a corner outside the intensive care unit (ICU) of the Kidapawan Doctors, Inc. on Saturday afternoon, waiting for news on the condition of her husband, SPO2 Ricky Untalan of M’lang Police Station. See COMA, page A11
‘Humanitarian crisis’
KIDAPAWAN City––A progressive group on Saturday called the situation of the farmers hit by the dry spell a “humanitarian crisis” that goes beyond the geo-political territory of North Cotabato. Anakpawis Partylist first nominee Ariel Casilao, in an interview on Saturday at the Spottswood Methodist Center here, See Crisis, page A11
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COTABATO City––Farmer leaders who led hundreds of farmers in what police said were illegal assemblies, economic sabotage, obstruction of traffic flow and frustrated murders were charged before KAAMULAN FESTIVAL. Various groups join the float parade of this year’s 102nd Kaamulan the local court in Kidapawan City, said Festival 2016, an ethnic festival featuring the gathering of the seven tribes of the province of BukidNorth Cotabato Gov. Emmylou Mendoza. non. Mindanao Daily News photos by Gerry Lee Gorit Mendoza, speaking over DZRH, said those charged were more than
Farmers, lumads stage ‘die-in’ in B’non FARMERS and Lumads from various communities in the province of Bukidnon yesterday (April 5) staged a “die-in” in Malaybalay City to protest the government’s inutile actions on various problems hounding them.
In a press statement sent via e-mail, Jun Benemerito, chairperson of Kasama Bukidnon (Kahugpungan sa mga Mag-uuma sa Bukidnon), an organization of farmers in the province, said most of the participants came from different communities in
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the province who have experienced threats of “land grabbing” and “militarization.” Benemerito said: “Our fight for our land continues, our situation exacerbated by the extreme drought in the region.”
Interior and Local Government Secretary Mel Senen S. Sarmiento on Monday ordered the creation of two fact-finding panels to investigate the bloody confrontation between farmers and policemen in Kidapawan, North Cotabato Friday.
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Davao Light, Aboitiz Foundation, TESDA sign into an agreement for Project BELT.COM A partnership among Davao Light and Power Co., Aboitiz Foundation Inc. and TESDA XI was sealed through signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for Basic Electrical Lineman’s Training Center of Mindanao or Project BELT.COM last March 18.
MOA Signing. (from left to right) TESDA Davao City/Sur Provincial Director Engr. Nestor Tabada, Davao Light and Power Co. President Jaime Jose Y. Aboitiz, TESDA XI Regional Director Dr. Gaspar Gayona and Davao Light’s EVP and COO Arturo Milan sign the Memorandum Of Agreement to seal partnership for the Basic Electrical Lineman’s Training Center of Mindanao or Project BELT.COM on March 18, 2016 at Davao Light’s Ponciano office. Also in photo are Davao Light’s managers and executives.
Project BELT.COM aims to build a lineman’s training and assessment facility at the regional training center of TESDA in Tibungco, Davao City. Once operational, this will be the first lineman facility in Mindanao. “With Project BELT. COM, we hope to increase the pool of qualified linemen that will help address the shortage of qualified and certified linemen in the power industry. In Davao City alone, the demand for skilled linemen is very high with the increasing demand for power that would entail construction of new transmission and distribution lines.” said Jaime Jose “Jim” Aboitiz, Davao Light Presi-
dent in his message during the event. Also present during the MOA Signing are Davao Light EVP and COO Arturo Milan, TESDA Regional Director Dr. Gaspar Gayona and the Provincial Director Engr. Nestor Tabada. Moreover, in Project BELT.COM, a training module will also be developed and be appropriately registered under TESDA’s Unified Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Program Registration and Accreditation System. With this, once a trainee passes the training and assessment, he will get an NC II or National Certificate II from TESDA. Mindanao Daily
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40 farmers from at least four towns of North Cotabato who were arrested following a dispersal on April 1 that turned violent when farmers hurled stones toward law enforcers. DX N D R a dyo Bi d a Kidapawan reported that Senior Supt. Alexander Tagum, North Cotabato police provincial director, led the filing of charges on Monday morning against 43 farmers. Those charged were from Arakan, Antipas, President Roxas, and Magpet, all in North Cotabato who were earlier promised by rally organizers of sacks of rice. The charges were filed before Regional Trial Court Branch 17 in Kidapawan City. Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista told DXND-Radyo Bida that he allowed the holding of protest rally last Monday by issuing one day permit. Mendoza said the assembly was illegal and it became worst when the protesters barricaded portions of Cotabato-Davao highway, paralyzing commuters for several days. “Not all protesting farmers were from Kidapawan, there were farmers from Bukidnon, Davao region and even Compostela Valley,” Mendoza said. “We advised the farmers to return to their respective communities because the local government units, as front liners, were distributing rice to drought victims,” she said. Obviously, the farmers did not heed Mendoza’s appeal and remained in the highway until Friday. The dispersal turned violent when farmers and police clashed, stones were lobbed, guns were fired. When the smoke was cleared, two farmers were killed, more than 100 others were hurt, 90 of whom were police officers. Two of the wounded police officers were in critical condition. Mendoza said there were infiltrators from the left. Rally organizers are preparing separate charges against Mendoza, Senior Supt. Tagum and other local executives for their alleged roles in the bloody dispersal. The farmers charged Mendoza and others for multiple murder for the death of two farmers, serious physical injuries to protesters and human rights violations. Organizers claimed rally participants rose to about 6,000 but police estimated the crowd at about 2,000 or less. The highway has been cleared and motorists are now freely using the road network but farmers remained inside the Spottswood compound of the United Methodist Church where they sought shelter following the bloody dispersal.
The compound is still surrounded by police dispersal teams and armed police personnel to prevent “infiltrators” from further instigating the hungry farmers. (PNA)
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Nothing to eat “The farmers are the backbone of the society because we produce the food we eat. But now, we are just bones. The farmers have nothing to eat,” said Crispin Sinugkit of the agri-workers’ group Ogyon based in Impasugong town. “The government says it could not release the calamity funds because of the election ban. Does it follow that we have to stop eating because of the elections?” “The government has budget for bullets and its wars against its peoples,” said Benemerito. “But it doesn’t have enough funds to provide farmers with proper irrigation facilities to weather this kind of extreme condition. The story is familiar. The government has never provided any genuine support for us poor farmers. Instead of providing the structures we need to survive, the government encourages farmers to lease our lands to corporations.” Send off The protest action also serves as a send off to the indigenous families––from sitios Balaudo, Kinuaw, Mapulo, Malaybalay City, and Cabanglasan--who have been holding camp in front of the provincial capitol grounds since January this year. “ They have decided to go home despite the continued presence of the criminals who killed their relatives and neighbors,” said Didin Landasan, chairperson of Pigyayungaan, the lumad organization in Malaybalay. “The weather is taxing on their health. Although we try to look for ways the evacuees could eat three times a day, the food we are able to find here is not nutritious unlike the food they gather in their communities. Most if not all had already been hospitalized in the almost three months they had camped here.” On one hand, the Lumad leaders held a ritual in the morning, offering a pig and two chickens, to seek guidance and help from the spirits for a safe journey home. “The government officials mouth its care for their Lumad constituents but holds a gun in their hands,” s aid Jomor ito Goaynon, chairperson of Kalumbay Regional Lumad Organization. “The way they treat our communities is horrible, only aiding us if they see that they could gain from it. The Lumad families here will go home disappointing of this government which they could never call theirs. It kills
them – if not with bullets then with their neglect and lack of support.” More coordinated actions ahead Benemerito said that the die-in protest on April 5 also signifies the start of the series of protest actions of farmers and indigenous communities of Bukidnon to press the local government in assisting the drought-affected communities “Thousands of Bukidnon farmers will troop to the streets on the coming days to push for government’s action. Poor farmers and Lumad communities cannot withstand now the hunger caused by El Nino,” Benemerito said.
25 families flee as grass, forest fires continue in Mt. Matutum GENERAL Santos City--At least 25 families in an upland village in Polomolok town in South Cotabato have evacuated due to the grass and forest fires in parts of Mt. Matutum. Engr. Jonathan Pabulare, head of the Polomolok Municipal Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Office (MDRRMO), said Tuesday residents in portions of Barangay Kinilis were forced to leave their homes as the raging fires continued to spread in the last several days. He said the evacuees, who came from Puroks 7 and 8, are currently taking temporary shelter at the barangay hall grounds of Kinilis. “They decided to evacuate mainly for safety reasons and most of them could
no longer stand the thick smoke and haze coming from the fires,” he said in a radio interview. Pabulare said the local government has initially provided food and other relief items to the evacuees. He said the provincial government has also delivered food packs through personnel from the Philippine Red Cross. As of Tuesday morning, Pabulare said the fires already destroyed around 100 hectares of grass and forest areas in Barangay Kinilis, which is part of the 14,000-hectare Mt. Matutum Protected Landscape. The first major fire in the area started last March 23 in Purok 7 and destroyed around 10 hectares of grass lands. mindanews.com
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L ast Fr i d ay ’s c ar n a g e i n now?, Duterte asked. The government should answer Kidapawan City, was most unfortunate. The drought-stricken the farmers why it is not liable Cotabato farmers were only asking for the deaths of the barricaders. Drought is hapfor the government to pening not just in release rice to them. Editorial Cotabato, but all The Department over the country. El of Agriculture (DA) in October last year assured the Niño is really hitting the farmSenate there are enough funds ers hard. It’s not just they have for the country to cope with El nothing to sell; they actually have Niño, which now triggers drought nothing to eat,” Duterte said, and on the western side of the Pacific he is right. Meanwhile, Duterte said Davao Ocean. There didn’t even have to be a City is willing to extend humanireason for the farmers to conduct tarian help in the form of food. a barricade. If only they had food “I have not been to Kidapawan. and the government had listened I was tempted to go there but I to them vice presidentiable Al- did not want to mess with the lan Cayetano said. He said the affairs of the local government,” farmers had no choice but to he said. “I asked the City Council to block the road because no one appropriate an amount (for the was listening to their pleas. The government has guaran- farmers), and we have been doing teed that there was P40 million it ever since. We did it in Tacloban for El Niño. Where is that money (during supertyphoon Yolanda)
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and in Ormoc many years ago,” he added. “We Mindanaoans are always ready to help our countrymen,” Duterte said. As of today scores of volunteers pitched in to donate rice to the farmers. By Saturday afternoon, more than 150 sacks of rice were dropped off at City Hall and brought to Kidapawan to help the farmers cope with the drought. More donations are set to be delivered on Sunday as volunteers continued to express their intention to help the farmers. This is the reason why there is a need for change in governance. Corrupt officials have been raiding the country’s coffers, leaving nothing when emergencies come. We do not want another carnage of hungry farmers who are forced to troop to the street in human barricades because they have nothing to eat.
story (that Mar topped the choice of candidates who won’t be voted upon) “killed” and not published by almost all newspapers around the Philippines? Why was it reported only on radio? What could have been the possible reason?
LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, in accordance with the riches of God’s grace 8 that he lavished on us. …” (Ephesians 1:7, the Holy Bible). -oooSCANDAL: ROX AS, TOP CHOICE FOR THOSE WHO WON’T BE VOTED UPON: It was a scandal of epic proportions, alright. I am referring to the news that says Mar Roxas, the standard bearer of President Aquino, of the Liberal Party, and of the so-called “Righteous Path Coalition” in the forthcoming May elections, is the top candidate who won’t be voted upon by voters, according to the survey of the Social Weather Station (SWS) and Businessworld. Why, big money had already been spent (and is continuing to be spent at present) for the campaign of Mar by Mar himself and his supporters, including Aquino and other big businessmen, and yet, it is earthshaking to know that he is still the most disliked candidate at this point that the May 9 elections is just a few days away. This has brought great shame, most especially to President Aquino, in the
light of his hardcore endorsement of Mar which nevertheless appears to have been ignominiously set side by many voters. Well, this should put to waste and would even give a lie to survey results claiming that Aquino allegedly continues to enjoy high approval and popularity ratings at this point. -oooNEWS ON ROXAS SURVEY: NEWSPAPERS HID IT? That notwithstanding, the bigger scandal here appears to be the outright “murder”, as it were, of the news about the results of the Roxas survey that was commissioned by SWS and by Businessworld, perpetrated by almost newspapers around the country. The truth is that, the news was hardly carried by newspapers, even if it already went viral among radio programs the day before. The question is: why was this news story (that Mar topped the choice of candidates who won’t be voted upon) “killed” and not published by almost all newspapers around the Philippines? Why was it reported only on radio? What could have been the possible reason? The problem of most See SURVEY, page A11
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Doing the damage THINK a Minute. This is a true story about a young Jewish boy named Karl who grew up in Germany. Karl’s father was very religious and made sure his family went to the Jewish synagogue and studied the Torah or Jewish bible every day. When Karl was a teenager his family moved to another German town where all the important people were Christians not Jews. Suddenly, Karl’s father changed religions—not because he learned the truth that Jesus Christ is the only true God, but because he wanted to be popular and liked by the important people in the community. Karl’s family was so surprised and confused. Young Karl especially See damage, page A11
What’s you personal struggle with sin? Everyone has their own personal struggles with sin. One person may handle a slice of cake and be satisfied while another is consumed with eating the entire cake. For some its managing alcohol consumption, for others it’s gambling. While each of these activities in themselves are not a sin, they can easily lead to sin if you turn away from God. What is your personal struggle with sin?
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OFW family circles undergo financial literacy training, values reorientation BUTUAN City -- Some 57 members of Labnig OFW and Dependents Association and Talacogon OFW and Dependents Association participated in the Financial Literacy and Values Reorientation training in Talacogon, Agusan del Sur on March 30, 2015. The recently conducted two-day activity was made in partnership with the local government of Talacagon, Agusan del Sur through their Municipal Public Employment Service Officer Remigio I. Remedio and ATIKHA
Overseas Workers and Communities Initiative, Inc., a partner non-government organization. Acknowledging the difficult life treaded by workers overseas, the seminar aims to re-instill the essential Filipino values especially towards family and relationships. “Unlike what our society thinks, earning money overseas is not easy. Their hard work abroad should be repaid by taking care of what they send us here. We are very lucky that OWWA has constantly been giving
our municipality trainings that could help our OFW families build better lives,” shared PESO Manager Remedio during the opening program. Cristy Mae Espejon, Community Organizer of ATIKHA, Inc. discussed Family and Income Management on the first day of the activity. Espejon emphasized the efficient management of family finances and practices on minimizing expenses through wise use of resources and the importance of saving and investment.
Meanwhile, Values Reorientation Seminar speaker Rosemarie R. Abadejos of the Municipal Social Welfare and Development Office addressed the individual characteristics and capabilities of each family member and their potential contribution in maintaining stronger family ties. OWWA Caraga regional director Samuel S. Madrid reminded the participants to actively participate in the activity to gain deeper understanding of the topics which are very vital to
their income management. Madrid also encouraged the members to continually intensify their organization and eventually be provided with more organizational trainings. Moreover, a campaign on
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Republic of the Philippines 4th SHARI’A CIRCUIT COURT Fourth Shari’a Judicial District Iligan City IN RE: JOINT PETITION TO APPROVE AND REGISTER THE DIVORCE OF SPOUSES GARRY BACHO ABONITALLA AND MAESYL VILLANUEVA SOLEDAD,
CIVIL CASE NO.2016-031
GARRY BACHO ABONITALLA AND MAESYL VILLANUEVA SOLEDAD, Petitioners. X- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - / ORDER Before this Court verified joint petition for the approval and registration of the Divorce filed by the petitioners and alleging among others. That petitioners are husband and wife respectively in a marriage performed under Civil rites on September 27, 2000 at Maramag, Bukidnon, they converted to Islam faith, of which conversions to Islam were duly registered with this court, both of them can be served with summons and other legal processes relative to this case at thei residents at Imbatog, Baungon, Bukidnon and Dalipuga, Iligan City respectively; That said marriage did not last long due to inability of petitioners to perform their respective essential marital obligations such as mutual fidelity, love, respect, support for each other, and irreconcilable differences, the petitioners only lived together for eleven (11) years now and they decided to part ways and still separated at the present, thereby, they executed Divorce Agreement in order to formalize their separation.Since their separation they had never been communicating or supporting either financially or emotionally to each other,neither minding each other affair’s; Petitioner’s seek judicial decree of divorce, thereby, surviving their marriage bond on September 27, 2000 , so that they will have free hand to do what a single man or woman could do without marital burdens. Reconciliation between them had already been diligently employed but all proved futile. WHEREFORE, finding this petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of this case on April 15, 2016 at 9:00 a.m at which time, date and place. Any interested party may appear and show why the petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a news paper of General Circulation in the City of Iligan once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks at the expense of the petitioners. SO ORDERED. Iligan City, Philippines, this 22nd day of March, 2016.
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R.A. 9048 Form No.10.1 (LCR O) Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province; Lanao del Norte City/Municipality: Iligan City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 7 of R.A.10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that GABRIELLE MYAN S. CAGALAWAN has filed with this Office a petition for Correction of Clerical Error particularly sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of GABRIELLE MYAN SALVADOR who was born on 16 October 1994 at Iligan City, Lanao Del Norte and whose parents are Mary Ann M. Salvador and Gil S. Cagalawan. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than April 2016.
BPI @Masterson’s Ave. The Officers and Staff of the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) pose before the new branch’s building along Masterson’s Avenue in Upper Balulang, in uptown Cagayan de Oro shortly after its inaugural in December 2015. The BPI-Masterson’s Branch is uptown’s first bank outside of a mall, a response to leapfrogging growth in the area and its need for accessible and essential banking services. Photo by Lina Sagaral Reyes RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with the publication requirement of OCRG Memorandum Circular 2003-1 No. 1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that HANIMA Z. LUMASAG has filed with this Office a petition for correction in the entry of sex from “Male” to “Female” in the Certificate of Live Birth of HANIMA DUMALAGAN ZACARIA who was born on March 10, 1985 at Magpet, Cotabato and whose parents are Ali D. Zacaria and Nellie P. Dumalagan. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 26, 2016. (Sgd.) CHONA M. PROVIDA, MPA Municipal Civil Registrar
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In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Susan Cabana Najial has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “SOSTIDONA” to “SUSAN” in the birth certificate of SOSTIDONA CABANA who was born on Feb. 15, 1956 at Medina, Misamis Oriental and whose parents are ODON CABANA and SOSTINESA ALMONIA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than April 15, 2016.
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A.9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that Praxedes D. Odermatt has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “FRANCSEDES” to “PRAXEDES” in the Certificate of Live Birth of FRANCSEDES DALIDIG who was born on 21 July 1954 at Kauswagan, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are Leoncio Daligdig and Jesusa Reyes. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than April 15, 2016.
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In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that SHEILOU AMOR B. UBAGAN has filed with this office a petition for the change of first name from “CHELO AMOR” to “SHEILOU AMOR” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHELO AMOR BAYOC UBAGAN who was born on September 3, 1995 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are DARNEL HOKMAYON UBAGAN and RIFERINA SAJONLAG BAYOC. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than ______________.
In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JOEFEL T. MAGLUNOB has filed with this office a petition for the correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOEFEL TACBOBO MAGLUNOB who was born on January 21, 1998 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are EFREN BENECARIO MAGLUNOB and ELSIE DALA TACBOBO. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than ______________.
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RA Form No. 10.1 (MCRO) Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Santa Cruz OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICATION In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that AMELIA LOPEZ-ONIOLA has filed with this Office , a petition for correction of entry in the child’s date of birth from “JUNE 10, 1956” to “june 27, 1956” in the Certificate of Live Birth of AMELIA PILARION LOPEZ at Tuban Santa Cruz, Davao del Sur and whose parents are AMANDO LOPEZ and LEONORA PILARION. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 22nd day of April 2016. (Sgd) MARIO M. TIZON Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Mar 30 & Apr 6, 2016
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office of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) last March 30 at New Roxan Hotel here. DTI Provincial Director Marichu M. Atay said the activity, which invited women who succeeded in their entrepreneurial activities, was in line with the 2016 Women’s Month Celebration in consonance with Presidential Proclamation No. 227 issued by then President Corazon Aquino. “Women today have proven themselves to earn the same respect with men. Many women are successful in their respective careers. They are working as engineers, pilot, police and army officers, drivers, rubber tappers, etc. that never happened before,” Atay declared. “The women of yesterday were confined only to do the household tasks and raise the children but with the implementation of Republic Act 9710 otherwise known as “Magna Carta of Women
Act,” the gender-based discrimination was eliminated, and the rights of women are promoted,” Atay explained. Me rc e d e s L ou rd e s Quisumbing, president of t he Pagadian City and Zamboanga del Sur Commerce and Industry (PCZI) said she thanked the DTI for spearheading the forum, as it helped promote the rights and well-being of women and their significant roles in the community. “As a businesswoman I performed my role like a “3-in-one coffee,” because I am a wife, manager of our business, and a president of PCZI,” Quisumbing said. During her stint in the PCZI in the last 10 years, Quisumbing said, the association garnered three national awards, and five Mindanao and Regional awards. Engr. Grace M. Silla, owner and manager of Goldas Cakes and Pastries, said she did not practice her profession as chemical
engineer but she ventured into business by making cakes and pastries. Silla said she took a short course in culinary arts in Cebu City to improve her skills. Silla, who owns four bakeshops in the city, said her small business enabled her to send her three daughters through college. “I was able to send my daughters in college and they are now professionals. My eldest daughter Jezzel Mica, is a resident doctor at the Philippine General Hospital, Gianne, my second daughter, is a teacher and entrepreneur, and my third, Goldah, is a graduate of Masters in Baking and Pastries in California and now working in Manhattan, New York,” she shared. “In business life, it is very important to have commitment, dedication, passion, and patience,” Silla said as she also attributed her success to God. (FPG/GCC/PIA9/ Zamboanga del Sur)
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Mibantang Elementary School on its Full Implementation of School - Based Feeding Program By JosePHine C. Alo, Teacher III Mibantang Elementary School Quezon II, District
The main goal of school education is to develop the learners holistically. But it will only be possibly attainable if learners are exposed to healthy conditions and situations while learning. In line with the aims of the Department of Education that ensures the health welfare of school- children, Mibantang Elementary School joins Deped in maintaining the proper nutrition of the kids attending school. Following the memorandum on prioritizing to feed the undernourished or wasted children, the school teachers are working hand in hand to realize the desire to reduce or eradicate the undernourishment in the students. The school immediately organized a committee to handle the planning of healthful menu to serve to the wasted pupils, the plotting of schedule of teachers in taking turns to manage and take charge of the feeding every day. As forerunners of the positive outcomes of education, the feeding program can greatly save not just the health of undernourished children, but also save
them from the detrimental effects of possible serious health conditions that may affect their academic performance. With the hopes of ending malnutrition, teachers are giving their utmost efforts to alleviate the malnutrition, condition common to the development and foundational years of school-children. The role of the teachers on the other hand is to not just feed the undernourished kids, but also let them feel that they are valued and they are not inferior from the other students who are not part of the list of wasted children. Part of the challenge in achieving the goal is to educate families about health and nutrition, so that they could sustain the progress children have made during the school feeding programs. The success of the feeding program will not solely depend on the efforts of the teachers alone, but it will be shown when there is a joint collaboration and shared ideals between the school, parents, and community partners to achieve the common goal of malnutrition free school.
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SSS luggage tags offer easier recall of membership numbers for OFWs
To facilitate social security transactions of overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) even when stationed abroad, the Social Security System (SSS) is offering them free personalized luggage tags that can be claimed at SSS foreign representative offices (FRO) or during outreach events spearheaded by SSS or local consular offices. SSS Senior Vice President and Head of the International Operations Division Judy Frances A. See said that these “SS# Tags” feature information printed on the card such as the member’s name, Social Security (SS) number, OFW coverage status and date of card issuance. For added convenience, the contact information of the issuing SSS FRO and OFW Contact Services Unit (CSU) are printed at the back of the card.
“We have observed that many of our OFW-members have difficulty recalling their SS number which is important for all their SSS transactions such as contribution payments and availment of loans and benefits. It is fitting to provide luggage tags since it is a practical item for overseas travels. We also encased these in leather card holders as an added touch,” See said. Initially offered in 2014 only at the SSS branch located at the Philippine O verseas Employment Agency (POEA) in Mandaluyong City for departing OFWs, the SS# Tags are now available at SSS FROs in Hong Kong; Brunei; Taipei (Taiwan); Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia); Singapore; Riyadh, Jeddah and Al-Khobar (Saudi Arabia); Kuwait; Doha (Qatar); Abu
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All about school management By ANTONIETA B. EPE Principal I F. Ylaya Memorial School District of Lala South Division of Lanao del Norte
EVERY school needs to have systems that help create the conditions for staff and students to work effectively together. After all, everyone – students and teachers alike – appreciate smooth processes. And they will learn to appreciate them even more if these processes are simple and goals are laid out clear. School systems provide and
effectively communicate ground rules for everyone, including campus visitors. They ensure a measure of consistency in approach and action across the measure of consistency in approach and action across the school. Every principal must have an annual calendar. Calendars will help you keep a month-by-month overview of what’s ahead so that you can bring coherence to your planning. To keep track of your fellow faculty, you must also note on individual and team performance
Finishing an internship By JOHNSEN P. TABANO Teacher I Lala Proper Integrated School District of Lala North
THE ultimate goal of a student upon graduating is to get a job. Thus, it is expected that before graduation, the student must at least have a grasp on the atmosphere of the working environment that he or she is in. For example, Education students must be able to handle actual students at the classroom level. They must be able to carry lectures well beyond student demos (i.e. lectures on a daily basis). They must successfully impart learnings to the students. So how do you gauge on whether students have learned from your constant lectures? Give them quizzes. If the quiz results
are satisfactory, then you have done your job as a student-teacher. The same is true of other educational fields. If you’re a budding journalist, then you must be able to formulate interview questions and conduct an interview to your sources. You must be able to write a story based from your interview. If you’re a criminology intern, then you must be able to know the basics of solving an actual crime or at least prevent one. If you’re an Army officer candidate, then you must know how to lead enlisted soldiers into battle and direct them against insurgent lines. Internship is all about breathing what you have learned in education.
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Environmental groups took up Al Gore’s ‘quit coal’ challenge slam Aquino coal expansion in Batangas
Environmental groups led by the Kalikasan People’s Network for the Environment (Kalikasan PNE) urged the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) during a protest-dialogue recently to heed the former United States vice president Al Gore’s challenge to end the country’s dependence on coal power. “Al Gore’s recent challenge to the Philippine government to shift away from coal power is the latest in a growing number of global leaders urging the Philippines to reverse its fossil-fuel addiction. DENR must seriously heed this long-standing challenge both by the Filipino people and the international community at large by imposing a moratorium on coal
n Al Gore’s recent challenge to the Philippine government to shift away from coal power is the latest in a growing number of global leaders urging the Philippines to reverse its fossil-fuel addiction. power plants, and working towards the closure of coal power projects with enduring adverse health and environmental impacts such as the Calaca Coal Power Plant in Batangas,” said Clemente Bautista, National Coordinator, Kalikasan PNE. During his recently concluded visit in the country for a climate leaders training, Gore said that the Philippine government should quit investing on coal energy and make renewable energy accessible to Filipinos. “BS Aquino is the most coal power-addict presi-
dent ever. During his term, dirty coal plants became the number one source of electricity in the country. The Aquino administration allowed other 29 corporations to construct more power plants in the country,” said the group in news release posted on its website. Hundreds of local community members and environmental advocates from the province of Batangas joined the protest-dialogue, calling to stop the expansion of the 600-Megawatt Calaca Coal-Fired Power Plant and the proposed
In the aftermath of the State-sponsored violence and continued harassment of protesting drought-stricken farmers in Kidapawan, North Cotabato, research group IBON criticized the Aquino government’s unpreparedness for El Nino and indicative neglect of agriculture in general. Department of Agriculture (DA) data shows that the damage caused by El Nino has already reached Php5.2 billion since February last year. Of this, Php1.9 billion of damage was recorded over the last two months. An estimated 237,000 hectares of agriculture areas and 121,490 farmers have been affected. According to IBON, these numbers could even be underestimated as the DA downplays the impact of El Nino on agriculture by deeming it “minimal.” At least six provinces in Mindanao have reportedly been declared under the state of calamity due to El Nino. IBON said that government has not ensured sufficient irrigation despite
the drought’s periodic onslaught. Latest data reveal that 44% of 3.02 million hectares of irrigable land are not irrigated and are therefore exposed to prolonged droughts. The irrigated lands on the other hand are either in the hands of the national or communal irrigation systems – both are increasingly being privatized by the government, said the group, adding, the Aquino government has escalated the privatization of irrigation services through the public-private partnership (PPP) program and facilitated by international financial institutions such as the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The private sector and the World Bank for instance build the infrastructure, while the government through the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) as collecting agent imposes user fees on the farmers. Only in the Philippines among agricultural countries one can find such irrigation fees being col-
n Farmers’ groups in Mindanao lament that they could hardly afford irrigation service fees charged by private irrigation systems, cooperatives, and the NIA. Based on IBON’s field research, they typically pay Php1,000 per hectare per cropping. In Bukidon where the abundant Pulangui river flows, farmers have to pay Php1,700 per hectare per cropping on rainy days and Php2,500 during the dry season. This is ironic for a country with more than 400 rivers, 10 major lakes and abundant groundwater sources
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construction of Batangas City Coal-fired Power Plant. Calaca Coal Plant is owned by DMCI Power of Consunji while Batangas City Plant is owned by JGSummit of Gokongwei. In the 2015 study of Har vard University on coal power plants in the Philippines, it estimated that air pollution from coal power plants is causing an estimated 960 premature deaths every year. This could reach up to 3,600 premature deaths a year if the government doubles the existing 18 coal power plants in the country. “Batangas residents have suffered through the hazards of the Calaca Coal Power Plant for 31 years now since Marcos time, marked by deteriorating amongst communities adjacent to
this pollutive power plant. The Aquino government will further add burden to Batagueños by allowing coal expansion in Calaca and the construction of a new coal power plant in Batangas City,” said Petti Enriquez, secretary general of provincial environment group BUKAL – Batangas. Enriquez noted that in the 2008 state of local governance report by Calaca Local Government, the most prevalent disease experienced by Calaca residents were lower respiratory tract infections, pneumonia, hypertension at diarrhea, all of which are possible linked to coal pollution. The Calaca Coal Plant is currently under expansion adding its generation capacity to 1000 MW. The Batangas City Coal Power
Project also aims for a total of an additional 600 MW. “We Batangueños are determined break free from these pollutive coal plants that polluting our air, causing diseases and deaths to our children, and destroying our fishing and agricultural areas. Only the corrupt government officials and the big business are benefitting from the dirt coal plants. Our public officials can expect an escalation of protests if they remain willfully deaf to calls to quit dirty coal,” ended Enriquez. The groups said that the protest-dialogue is part of various local environmental actions expected to converge into a massive effort for a people’s national environmental agenda on this coming Earth Day 2016 commemoration.
Screengrab photo from the website of the South Cotabato government.
lected from farmers, IBON said. Farmers’ groups in Mindanao lament that they could hardly afford irrigation service fees charged by private irrigation systems, cooperatives, and the NIA. Based on IBON’s field research, they typically pay Php1,000 per hectare per cropping. In Bukidon where the abundant Pulangui river flows, farmers have to pay Php1,700 per hectare per cropping on rainy days and Php2,500 during the dry season. This is ironic for
a country with more than 400 rivers, 10 major lakes and abundant groundwater sources, said IBON. Government has reportedly ensured cloud-seeding, distributed training manuals advising farmers to plant drought hardy crops instead of rice, and provided cashfor-work programs to farmers to prepare for El Nino. These however proved to be short-sighted solutions to farmers’ poverty-related incapacity to withstand extreme weather conditions. IBON said that govern-
ment should immediately channel its resources including up to Php64.7 billion in disaster risk reduction management/calamity funds to the direct benefit of farmers through irrigation, agricultural support and infrastructure to raise local production and increase farmers’ incomes. More importantly, it should stop and reverse the privatization of irrigation systems and water resources in order to build genuine climate resilience, said the group. Source: Ibon.org
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MANILA -- Members of the National Cybersecurity Inter-Agency Committee engaged in a four-day workshop on Cyber-Incidence Handling at the Information and Communications Technology (ICT Office) Building. This workshop was made possible with the support of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). On the first day of the workshop, Deputy Executive Director Nicolas D. Ojeda Jr. provided a background of the project: “Since the start of this administration, cybersecurity has been an identified national security concern, [and] the government has established mechanisms to safeguard our cyberspace. [This includes] the National Cybersecurity Inter-Agency Committee [that was] created last year in order to coordinate the preparation of measures to strengthen cybersecurity capabilities against existing and future cyber threats.” He stressed that the workshop would bring about better- equipped cybersrecurity units that can lead the government’s efforts in handling threats in the cyberspace. Later on the day, he presented further about the national cybersecurity policy of the Philippine government, with emphasis on the creation and implementation of the National Cybersecurity Inter-Agency Committee under Executive Order No. 189. In her speech, Ms. Aurora A. Rubio, Head of the ITU Area Office for Southeast Asia, shared Deputy Executive Director Ojeda’s sentiment: “The absence or lack of appropriate institutional structures to deal with cyber incidents and attacks is a genuine problem in responding to cyberthreats. ITU is working with member states like the Philippines, among others, with regions, and with our partners to deploy capabilities and build capacities at the national and regional level….This workshop aims to contribute to previous as well as ongoing global activities related to building confidence and security in the
use of ICTs…(which) is also laced with the ITU cybersecurity agenda.” Rubio, later on the day, further elaborated the ITU’s role in promoting Cybersecurity in Southeast Asia. As a specialized UN Agency with focus on Telecommunication and ICTs, their mandate is to coordinate radio spectrum and assign orbital slots for satellites, bridge the digital divide, and establish global standards in ICT. To execute their mandate, ITU has set four major Cybersecurity and the Global Telecommunication/ICT Targets for 2020, which are: * Growth – enabling and fostering access to and increased use of telecommunications/ICTs. * Inclusiveness – Bridging the digital divide and providing broadband for all. * Sustainability – Managing challenges resulting from the telecommunication/ICT development. * Innovation and partnership – Leading, improving and adapting to the changing telecommunication/ICT environment. To do this, they are implementing a multi-level response to the cybersecurity challenges, working on national, regional, and international levels. The ITU resource persons gave an over view of today’s Cybersecurity Landscape. In the presentation, it was mentioned that “ICTs have become an integral part of information society,” but at the same time, the “vulnerability of national infrastructures increase as the use of ICTs take root.” Given this fact, there is a need to create a Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) in order to be ready for any threats. He further mentioned that since “cybercrime is a global problem, so it goes without saying that it needs a global response,” therefore the role of the CSIRT should include the need to build up the national cyber defense and improve incident response capabilities. Throughout the fourday workshop, different resource persons then conducted lectures based on industry and ITU stan-
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dards, providing the theoretical framework in order to understand threats and execute the proper responses. After which, exercises were conducted to simulate real-life situations wherein the participants can apply their new-found knowledge.
The workshop followed this format of theory and praxis, making sure that the candidates were immersed in all of the possible situations that they could encounter. During the closing ceremonies of the workshop, Ojeda expressed his grati-
tude to all of the speakers and the participants of the workshop. “ICT Office recognizes your role of ensuring a safe ICT environment for the country’s citizens as well as the training of well-versed and CSIRT-adept officials. Thus, this workshop will
contribute to the success of the joint efforts between our Government and the international community in establishing the team of incident responders capable of handling any threat that might come from cyberspace.” (PNA) SCS/PR/MCCA
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Capability Building for Reg’l. GAP Assessors, Inspectors conducted trade because it is a requirement when you want to export products to other countries while locally, some supermarkets are now requiring their suppliers to be GAP certified. Likewise, it also ensures that farmers’ practices are sustainable to ensure safety and quality of produce, which will eventually help in boosting competitiveness and market access of produce locally and internationally,” Miranda said. With the training anchored in facilitating availability and access of food and non-food agricultural products to local and foreign markets that are ascertained to have undergone production and processing system that ensures food safety and quality while giving high regard for environmental protection and that of workers’ health, The Reg’l. GAP Assessors of the DA-RFO 10 did a mock safety and welfare, its course interview with an interested farmer planning to have his module elaborated the folfarm be GAP certified using the checklist developed based lowing topics: Philippine on adopted relevant GAP standards. GAP Program, Code of GAP
Cagayan de Oro City -- To extend appropriate technical assistance to farmers for them to adjust and comply with applicable standards, a Capability Building for the GAP Assessors and Inspectors of the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) was recently conducted, in the city. Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) refers to
the practices that address environmental, economic and social sustainability for on-farm processes, and which result in safe and quality food and non-food agricultural products. In his message, Ruben B. Miranda, Technical Working Group of GAP for Rice, capsulated the importance on the need for farms to be GAP certified. “GAP is a language of
The RGT of the DA-RFO 10 undergone a Capability Training on GAP, a set of consolidated safety and quality standards aimed towards prevention and minimization of risk occurrences covering the stages of production, harvesting and on-farm post harvest handling and storage.
for Rice, Fruits and Vegetables, and the Regional GAP Team Pre-Application and Monitoring System. The discussion of the said topics was also complemented by an on-field mock assessment and inspection of a vegetable farm, employing square foot urban gardening in Barangay Pagatpat, CDO’s compliance
to GAP standards. To date, there are 15 applicants throughout Northern Mindanao, who have already signified interest for their farms to be GAP certified. A pool of experts from the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI), the training arm of the DA, has also joined the said capability
building training. In the meantime, GAP application shall be freeof-charge while its administrative expenses shall be shouldered by the DA’s Bureau of Agriculture and Fisheries Product Standards. Further, validity of GAP certification shall be one (1) year. # (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10)
to have hands-on experience of working for a national government agency. She added that the office is looking into achieving the three-pronged objective of the Program, which primarily includes initiating the youth to public service, extending them financial assistance for their upcoming school enrollment while also using it as a recruitment mechanism for potential public employees, by the time they qualify for public employment. The deployed youth, who are also students with ages
ranging from 15-25 years old, are assigned in the different operating units of the agency: Administrative Division (5), Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Division (2), Field Operations Division (2), Office of the Regional Director (2), Integrated Laboratories Division (2), Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Division (2), Regional Agriculture Engineering Division (2) and Regulatory Division (2). Prior to being admitted in the agency, they have applied and undergone screening procedures such as taking a written examination and a series of interviews as required by the policy guidelines in the implementation of the DA SYIP/GIP program.
The Program shall run for a period of 20 days (this has been subject to the agency’s availability of funds instead of the recommended 45 days as provided in the Program guidelines) from April 4-29, 2016, where each youth participant shall render service for eight (8) hours daily at regular office hours (8:00 am to 5:00 pm) from Monday to Friday. At the end of the internship, the students shall receive wages amounting to P409.09 per day throughout the duration of their work. Optimistically, this financial assistance would overall provide financial assistance to the SYIP/GIP participants, while involving and acquainting the youth on government work. # (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10)
Youth immerse in gov’t. work thru DA’s Internship Program
Cagayan de Oro City -- A total of 19 individuals from the youth sector is now working at the Department of Agriculture – Regional Field Office 10 (DA-RFO 10) through the Philippine government’s Summer Youth Internship Program (SYIP)/ Government Internship Program (GIP). Erlinda T. Quiblat, head of the Human Resource Management Section and Administrative Officer V of the DA-RFO 10, explained that such initiative is in response to the agency’s heed of providing young people
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became deeply disappointed and angry at his father for being such a hypocrite. A few years later, Karl went to England to study and there he decided not to believe in God anymore. You see, that young teenage boy who was deeply disappointed and embittered by his hypocrite father was Karl Marx—the father of atheistic socialism. It was Karl Marx who wrote the Communist Manifesto. So now for almost a hundred years, over a billion people have suffered under the hopeless rule of atheistic socialism which was started by that hurt and bitter young man, Karl Marx. That’s the terrible damage and influence which resulted from Karl’s hypocrite father. Our children are watch-
ing the way you and I live every day! Our character and attitudes speak much louder than our words. Our kids aren’t stupid. They see the act we put on to look religious and good in front of other people. Then they see how we really are at home. They see when we’re not honest. They see when we’re two-faced and gossip about others. They see us when we lose our temper and self-control. They see when we won’t forgive someone who hurt and wronged us. Our kids know whether or not we’re real Christians who live Jesus’ way every day. But if we are hypocrites, it not only means we ourselves are in danger, it also does great damage to our children’s relationship with God and the kind of people they become as adults. So won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you? Then ask Him to take charge of your heart so He can start helping you change. That’s the only way your kids canlearn from you how to follow and become like Christ in their character and lifestyle. Just Think a Minute.
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Rosalie, a teacher who also works as secretary to the president of the Southern Baptist College here, told reporters on Saturday that every 20 minutes she goes inside the ICU to check on her husband, who had been fighting for his life since he was rushed to the hospital last Friday. A video footage taken by a drone camera of the City Government of Kidapawan showed her husband was left behind when the police line was broken by angry protesters who returned after having been initially dispersed by water cannons. Alone amidst the protesters, he was beaten up. Rosalie said her husband’s head was “damaged” and he has not opened his eyes yet. Despite the condition of her husband, she called for a fair and peaceful settlement of the issue involving the government and those who barricaded the stretch of the highway in Kidapawan City from early Wednesday morning until the dispersal on Friday noon. Farmers and members of militant groups set up the barricade Wednesday demanding, among others, the release of 15,000 sacks of rice as calamity assistance to drought-stricken farmers. They vowed to stay at the barricade until their demands were met. The Untalan couple has a 19-year-old child. Rosalie says she knows the risks that go along with her husband’s profession and has come to accept that this might someday cost his life. But she adds that if her husband recovers, “I would still let him continue his career.” According to Ariel Casi-
lao, Anakpawis party-list first nominee, last Friday’s violent dispersal claimed the lives of three farmers – Rotello Daelto of Brgy. Binoongan, Arakan; Victor Lumandang of Brgy. Alobayon in Magpet; and Enrico Pabrica, of Kidapawan City. Casilao claimed there were also reports of two women killed but admitted they have yet to see the cadavers. Kidapawan City Mayor Joseph Evangelista, on the other hand, said there were only two persons who died after being accidentally hit with rocks by fellow protesters. Casilao said Makabayan Representatives Neri Colmenares, Carlos Isagani Zarate, and Terry Ridon set out on a mission on Saturday to check the conditions of the wounded farmers in different hospitals and those who were placed under the custody of police authorities. Under police custody are 44 males housed at the Kidapawan Gym and 33 females at the Pilot Central Elementary School. At least 4,000 protesters have sought refuge at the Spottswood Methodist Center in Kidapawan City since Friday’s bloody dispersal.
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reacted to Kidapawan Mayor Joseph Evangelista’s statement that most of the protesters who set up the barricade were not from the province. The mayor claimed there were protesters coming from Kitaotao in Bukidnon, Sta. Cruz in Davao del Sur, Columbio in Sultan Kudarat, and even Davao City. Casilao did not deny the presence of protesters coming from areas outside the province but the staging of the rally was intended to press for the release of rice subsidies by the National Food Authority NFA 12 (NFA-12), whose office happens to be in Kidapawan City. Casilao said the residence of the protesters should not be put in question because they all suffer from hunger due to El Nino that wreaked havoc on their crops. “Hindi dapat i-question kung constituent kita or hindi. Kahit sabihin may outsiders, gobyerno sila. Although there’s distinction in geo-political boundaries, which is true, but it is a humanitarian crisis that the government is capable of responding. The people were hungry, they were farmers,” he stressed. The protesters demanded for the release of 15,000 sacks of rice as calamity assistance, Casilao noted. Evangelista claimed barangays and municipalities in their province have been distributing rice subsidies for the last two weeks as part of the calamity fund while the subsidy from the provincial level will come in after the El Nino phenom-
enon, if their resources have not been depleted by then. In his area, the mayor said a total of 1,500 sacks of rice have been distributed to his constituents. He said they don’t have qualms when it comes to the staging of protests for as long as they don’t block the national highway, which “paralyzed the economy.” Two trucks carrying 94 protesters returned to their communities in Arakan and President Roxas in Cotabato, bringing to 4,386 the total number of people who occupied the Spottswood Methodist Center since Friday. Leonor Tano, 53, farmer and resident of Brgy. Binoongan in Arakan, North Cotabato, said her family has so far received only two bags of rice, one containing three kilos and the other, five kilos. “We are six in the family,” she said, lamenting that it was just not enough for them. Her husband was among the injured protesters allegedly by bullets last Friday and is now confined at the Midway Hospital in Kidapawan. She and her husband stood by the gate of Spottswood when the tension erupted. Tano said that she, along with son and husband, rode a jeepney to Kidapawan last Tuesday after she heard that Gov. Emmylou “Lala” Talino-Mendoza would distribute rice subsidies without knowing that a tension would erupt between the farmers and the police. “Nadunggan lang man nako nga naay mag-distribute og bugas (I just heard that someone will distribute rice),” she said. Tano said that she missed the recognition rites of her children who are in grades 7 and 8 last week. According to Evangelista, 99 policemen and firemen, as well as 41 protesters, were hurt in the incident.
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Sarmiento said that the first panel, which will focus on the operational aspect of the dispersal, would be headed by the National Police Commission (Napolcom) under Commissioner Job M. Mangente; and the second panel, which will focus on the local government units (LGUs), would be headed by Director Manuel Q. Gotis of the DILG’s Bureau of Local Government Supervision (BLGS). He added the Napolcom’s fact-finding panel would focus on the actions made by the Philippine National Police (PNP) personnel and their commanders who were on the ground when the incident happened while the LGU panel would look at the measures taken by the concerned LGUs in addressing the El Niňo problem in their area of responsibility. Sarmiento said that like most people, he was puzzled as to how the farmers’ protest became violent that left at least three people dead
and 10 farmers and at least 99 policemen injured , two of whom sustained serious trauma injuries. Of the three fatalities, two were killed as a result of the confrontation while one died of heat stroke. “I have ordered the creation of a fact-finding task force which would investigate this Kidapawan incident without fear or favor. I myself have several questions that can only be answered through a full and objective investigation,” Sarmiento said. For one, Sarmiento said that there was a need to find out if the policemen who were deployed to keep the peace exercised maximum tolerance and observed duly established police operational procedures or rules of engagement before resorting to the use of reasonable force. He said all the firearms issued to the policemen who were involved in the incident would be subjected to ballistics test to find out who fired their firearms. He noted that one of the farmers who died in the incident was positive of gun powder during paraffin test that indicated that he might have fired a gun when the melee broke out. The fact finding task force should also find out who organized and financed the mobilization of the protesters who demanded for rice subsidies from the provincial government of North Cotabato. He said that based on initial reports, many of the protesters were not even from North Cotabato and therefore had no right to demand any form of subsidy from the provincial government. “Who misled them by saying that rice will be given? Why is it that the protesters were carrying banners condemning the Armed Forces of the Philippines’ Internal Peace and Security Plan or IPSP Bayanihan which has nothing to do with El Niňo? Why is it that the protesters were carrying banners of certain political personalities and partylist groups seeking office this May elections? What are their real motives?” Sarmiento asked. “These questions are very important because the violence that took place might have programmed and planned beforehand by their handlers to advance their May elections agenda. We should find out who instigated this incident and find out if we can actually hold them accountable for what happened,” Sarmiento said. Sarmiento added that the fact-finding task force would also be tasked to review the actions taken by the local governments in North Cotabato in order to adequately support constituents who were affected by El Niňo. “Did our LGUs implement their Disaster Risk Reduction Management (DRRM) plan in providing support to the El Niňo affected families? Did they use protocol under the DRRM law? Did they use their LGU Crisis Management manual in dealing with the protesters?” Sarmiento asked. Sarmiento also defended his decision to pin wounded personnel medals to the policemen who were injured in the incident because all them were in the line of duty when
they sustained their injuries. “When you are injured in the line of duty, you get a wounded personnel medal,” Sarmiento said. In related development, Chief Supt. Wilben Mayor, PNP Spokesman said that policeman wounded in the Kidapawan melee on Friday, April 1, was hit by gunfire, doctors confirmed. According to Kidapawan Doctors’ Hospital Inc., Dr. Mark Hazel Aguayo, surgeon, the wound sustained by PO2 Reynaldo Roque in his left leg is from a gunshot. However, Dr. Aguayao said that the caliber of the said gunshot cannot be determined. Mayor said that the PNP extends its sympathies to those killed and injured among the protesters but asks the same sentiments for those who were also injured among the ranks of policemen. On the other hand, cases of Direct Assault upon Agent in Authority were filed against 20 respondents (18 male and 2 female); and Conspiracy to Commit Direct Assault upon Agent in Authority against 61 respondents (33 male and 28 female) before Prosecutor Melvin Lamata of Kidapawan Prosecutor’s Office starting Sunday (April 3) until Monday by Kidapawan City Police Station. --Christopher Lloyd T.Caliwan/PNA
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Checkpoint signboard along the highway, Tagros said. He said that the incident lasted for about 30 minutes as the rebels went from vehicle to vehicle taking their vehicle keys and held the civilians at gunpoint. Tagros said that the government troopers have been deployed along with the elite K-9 team to conduct a pursuit operation of the NPA rebels in the mountains of Bukidnon. According to Tagros, the military has issued an advisory three days prior to the Sunday incident about the plan of the NPA to conduct AFP or PNP checkpoints using the COMELEC checkpoint signboards. Following the advisory, the military immediately conducts patrols in Bukidnon and engaged the NPA rebels in a running gun battle on the outskirts of Malaybalay City last April 2, 2016. No casualties were reported in the incident, Tagros said. In an email statement released to the local media, Allan Juanito, the spokesperson of the NPA North Central Mindanao Committee, said that the simultaneous checkpoints were aimed at implementing the revolutionary policies on the conduct of the upcoming elections to achieve peaceful campaigns inside NPA territories. He said that the captives would be covered with the provisions of the Geneva Protocol about the Prisoners of War (POW) whose individual rights would be protected and personal safety assured.
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THE REV HALL – A Gala of Ingenuity at the World Trade Center
Yamaha Motor Philippines, Inc. returns bigger than ever in the 10th IR Bikefest held at the World Trade Center. In this year’s edition, attendees get to see the REV HALL, a Gallery of Ingenuity by Yamaha. The exhibit pays tribute to the consistent evolution of Yamaha products that have gone numerous advancements to give the customers quality beyond their expectations. The growth of these products through the years has been influenced, almost entirely, by the customers. The company prides itself in developing a close relationship with its patrons and takes their preferences and suggestions to heart. Through the years as each generation has changed its outlook, Yamaha has constantly ridden the tide and provided a unique and incomparable riding experience. This continuous change can also be seen in the physical aspect of the exhibit. The gala was designed under a “BooM” concept which is a highly flexible design that allows multiple forms of arrangements that highlights each product uniquely. This was first seen in the Tokyo Motor show last year and this global style of Yamaha
will be experience by Filipino’s up close. The lineups featured this year are the AT category with the Mio i 125, the Mio Soul i 125, the Mio MXi 125, and the Mio Sporty. The blazing speedsters in the R-Series with the YZF-R15, YZF-R3, and YZF-R1. The sizzling style of the Street Category with the All New SZ and the FZi. A magnificent showing of the Moped category with the Vega Force i and the Sniper 150 Mxi. The pure power of the Big Bike category with the MT-09, Super Tenere, and Bolt. The Max Series featuring the T-Max and the N-MAX. The Yamaha exclusive Leaning MultiWheel (LMW) tech in the Yamaha Tricity. And for the first time on display are the side by side UTV YXZ1000R, the MT-07 showing a darker side of Japan, and the 03Gen that unifies racing style and technological superiority. In addition to all this is the collaboration between Yamaha Motor Philippines and Yamaha Music with captivating performances from Yuki Shimada and Mike Chan and the Anthem. Yamaha has a long history as a company with multiple facets of function that allows
it to have a very wide range of products and services. The brand is largely known for the development of Motorcycles and Musical equipment just to name a few. Yamaha was not established until 1887 but Yamaha Motor Company would not be established until 1955. During the years before it manufactured motorcycles, the company thrived in creating piano and reed organs but it would a new dimension to its business after World War 2.
Using the remains of the company’s war time production, then President Genichi Kawakami developed the first Yamaha Motorcycle
in 1954, the YA-1 that is also called the “red dragonfly”. The success of that unit led to the creation of Yamaha Motor Co., ltd. Since
then, both brands have taken separate paths but remain united in the foundations of the company’s founding philosophies.
THE YAMAHA NATIONAL TECHNICIAN GRAND PRIX Yamaha makes sure that each customer is given the best quality of service all over the world. The training of technicians and their continued progression to be as skilled as they can be is taken seriously; the development of each personnel is just as important as providing care for customers. This is the purpose of the Yamaha Technical Academy (YTA) that aims to achieve the highest standard of customer satisfaction by providing certified experts in the field. Each technician goes through multiple sets of qualifications to be awarded certification that ranges from Bronze, Silver, and the highest one of Gold. The system for this was developed by taking the best practices from all over the world and making a unified process of certification which results in the improvement of personnel. As part of the global YTA program, the Yamaha Technician Grand Prix allows 3s Shop Service Technicians to
demonstrate their technical knowledge and skills in a high level competition. This is done to further recognize their talents, encourage them to raise their proficiency and motivate them to achieve No.1 CS through “One to One Service”. The Yamaha Technician Grand Prix happens all over the Globe with regional competitions determining the best candidate for each country that will qualify for the World Technician Grand Prix. The Philippine edition reached its finale alongside Yamaha Motor Philippines’ Rev Hall exhibit at the World Trade Center. The top 20 participants have earned their way and will have the opportunity to represent the Philippines. All the prestige that is given at the end of this competition is secondary because the primary goal is to give the best service, experience and care to the customers. All these are done for the passion of riding, creating, and giving; this is “Revs your Heart” in action.