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CACHE OF FIREARMS SURRENDERED By CRIS DIAZ Executive Editor
CAMP Alagar, Cagayan de Oro City––The police escorts assigned to secure Mayor Reynaldo “Aldong ” Parojinog Sr. of Ozamis City and other local executives whose names were mentioned in the “drug list” exposed by President Rodrigo Duterte had been recalled to the police regional headquarters. Supt. Surki A Sereñas, the regional police
Philippine National Police (PNP) Chief Director General Ronaldo “Bato” dela Rosa said Tuesday he will assess the performance of all regional directors regarding the government’s all-out war on illegal drugs. During the command conference at the PNP headquarters in Camp Crame, Quezon City, dela Rosa said, “Sa kung may mapapalitang regional director, tatanggalin ko talaga ‘yung hindi nagpe-perform. (On whether a regional director will be replaced, I will really relieve those
See ESCORTS, page A11
A POLICE officer inspects the cache of firearms surrendered by City Mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” Parojinog, Vice Mayor Nova Princess Parojinog-Echavez and City Councilor Ricardo “Ardot” Parojinog, all of Ozamiz City, and Clarin town Mayor David Navarro of Misamis Occidental on Tuesday (August 16, 2016) at Philippine National Police (PNP) headquarters at Camp Evangelista, Cagayan de Oro City. Mindanao Daily photo by Gerry Lee Gorit
See assess, page A11
Bukidnon police seize 304 liters of fuel products CAGAYAN de Oro City--Police seized 304 liters of petroleum products in the streets of Bukidnon as the local government started to round up the illegally sold fuel there, a police report reaching here said Tuesday. Nestor K. Aniñon, the police investigating the case, said that four suspected illegal petroleum dealers had been arrested for questioning at the municipal
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police station of San Fernando, a town in Bukidnon. He identified the suspects as a certain Tinoy Buyco, Niño Alsonado, Virginia Doming, and Diosdado Payao, all of San Fernando town in the province of Bukidnon, each yielded 20 gallons of petroleum products or a total of about 304 liters valued at more than P12,000. Aniñon said that the suspects would be charged with violation of Presidential Decree
1865 for the selling and distribution of petroleum products for profit without the license or authority from the Energy Commissions. Municipal Treasurer Desiderio Y Panadero, of San Fernando, led the raiding police team in the confiscation of the illegal petroleum products, Aniñon said. In Cagayan de Oro City, local officials are still mending a city ordinance that would declare
the illegal sale of petroleum products in city streets here. A representative from the Energy Commissions has told the local august body that the selling of petroleum products without an authority or permit from the Energy Commissions is illegal. As of press time, the local authorities in Cagayan de Oro City had not made any seizure of illegally sold petroleum products here.
‘Aldong’ willing to work with PNP By GERRY LEE GORIT Correspondent
CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo “Aldong” O. Parojinog Sr. on Tuesday said his willingness to turn over his personal collection of firearms to authorities is a sign that he has been transparent and is willing to work with the Philippine National Police (PNP) in the war against illegal drug in his locality. Following the order given by PNP chief Director General Ronald dela Rosa during his visit at the police regional office here last week, Parojinog said he See willing, page A11
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016
By Mike Baños Editor at large
A SHARED service facility that will help people transform their ideas into reality is set to be launched Wednesday, 17 August 2016 at the Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) in Iligan City. “Fab Lab (Fabrication Laboratory) is a technical prototyping platform for innovation and invention, providing stimulus for local entrepreneurship,” said Lemuel Clark P. Velasco, associate professor and facility manager. “A fab lab is also a platform for learning and innovation: a place to play, to create, to learn, to mentor, and to invent. But it is not just place, fab lab is a movement where ideas, and innovation happens.” Set up as a shared service facility (SSF) by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), FAB LAB is a digital fabrication laboratory with sophisticated equipment that is open to all students, researchers, entrepreneurs, and the people all over Mindanao to help them transform their ideas to designs and their designs to prototypes which can be easily manufactured.
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The FAB LAB Mindanao team aims to demonstrate the lab and the team’s capabilities in becoming Mindanao’s Center for Innovation and Invention during its 17 August 2016 launch and exhibit. Also to be launched on the same date are the DTI Negosyo Center and Technology Business Incubator (TBI). “Fab Lab is a college, there will be students and academic programs that is designed and developed to build projects,” Velasco said. “There will be inventors and entrepreneurs that
will cultivate, generate new ideas, develop innovation and help the local communities in Mindanao as they develop their products and services.” It also has workshops and programs that will help the people in generating ideas and innovations, he added. For instance, from 2D and 3D designs of research and development projects internal and external to MSU-IIT, FAB LAB Mindanao offers fabrication services in ideation, designing, fabrication and small scale manufacturing to the
entrepreneurs and innovators of Mindanao. The FAB LAB also has Mobile Robots (MOBOTs), autonomous electronic platform on wheels that can be controlled through application software for its telemetry and movements. The applications of these robots range from autonomous navigation technology up to space exploration. A pre-launch orientation was held last May 20, 2016 to present the FAB LAB
services to potential clients at the DTI Lanao del Norte Negosyo Center. DTI Lanao del Norte Provincial Director Ruel Paclipan describes FAB LAB as a technical prototyping platform for innovation and invention that could help make prototypes and products such as equipment, machinery and electronic gadgets; scale models, illustrate graphic designs and mass-produce products. See launch, page A5
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Mandatory ‘drug test’ in Gingoog approved CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Local executives in Gingoog City had approved a mandatory drug test ordinance that would require all city hall employees to submit to a drug test, an official said Tuesday. City Councilor Marlon Kho, the proponent of the ordinance, said that the law was approved to strengthen the anti-illegal drug campaign of President Rodrigo Duterte. He said that under the ordinance, all employees of the city government of Gingoog City would undergo a mandatory and random drug test every year. “We want to make sure that the employees of the city government from the city executive down to the lowest worker are not into drugs,” Kho said during a live radio interview. He said that all members of Gingoog City Council, from the Vice Mayor to the City Councilors, were found negative of illegal drugs after undergoing a compulsory drug test last week. Kho said that the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) conducted the “surprise drug test” among members of the City Council last week in order to belie insinuation that some members of the city council were into illegal drugs. He said that the newly approved city ordinance would require a surprise, mandatory, and compulsory drug test to all city government workers anytime every year staring 2016. “We hope that the provincial board members of Misamis Oriental would also adopt an ordinance that would require all officials of the local government units to undergo compulsory drug tests in all of the province’s 23 municipal towns,” Kho said. Gingoog City, is one of the component cities of Misamis Oriental, about 100 kilometers east of Cagayan De Oro City. The other component city, is El Salvador, 21 kilometers west of Cagayan De Oro City, the capital city of Misamis Oriental. (PNA)
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House leadership receives P3.35T proposed 2017 budget By Rowena B. Bundang
THE leadership of the House of Representatives on Monday received from the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) the P3.35-trillion national budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2017, which was accompanied by a Budget Message from President Rodrigo Duterte urging lawmakers to scrutinize and approve it for next year. House leaders led by Speaker Pantaleon D. Alvarez, Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. Karlo Alexei B. Nograles (1st District, Davao City), Majority Leader Rodolfo C. Fariñas, Minority Leader Danilo E. Suarez, Deputy Speakers Fredenil H. Castro, Raneo E. Abu, Eric D. Singson and House Secretary-General Cesar S. Pareja were among those who attended the turnover of the 2017 national budget proposal from DBM Secretary Benjamin Diokno. Diokno said the proposed budget dubbed as “A Budget for Real Change” focuses resources on programs and projects that will achieve the Duterte administration’s 10-point socioeconomic development agenda. Of the P3.35 trillion national budget, Diokno said: 40 percent will be for empowering human resources through education, healthcare, social welfare and other social services; 27.6 percent for economic services to fix the broken infrastructure network, boost agricultural and rural sector, and generate more jobs and livelihood; and 22 percent for general public services and defense. The breakdown of allocations for the 10-point socioeconomic development agenda of the Duterte administration according to Diokno is as follows : infrastructure, P860.7 billion which is 13.8 percent higher than this year’s budget; rule of law, P119.4 billion for the Philippine National Police (PNP) which is 24.6 percent higher than this year and P130.6 billion for the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) to support the administration’s drive against crime, illegal drugs and terrorism, and P32.5 billion to declog the courts; agriculture and agrarian reform P120.5 billion; technology and innovation, P3.56 billion for the Department of Information and Communications (DICT) and P20.8 billion for the Department of Science and Technology (DOST); education, P699.95 billion; health, P151.5 billion; social welfare and sustainable livelihood, P129.9 billion for the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and P13.5 billion for the Department of Labor and Employment
(DOLE); energy, P5.6 billion for electrification; and disaster risk reduction and environmental protection, P37.3 billion for the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Fund (NDRRMF) and PP29.4 billion for the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR). In his Budget Message to lawmakers, Duterte said more than being a collection of figures and provisions, the proposed 2017 national budget is the “embodiment of our people’s clamor for real change and a compassionate government.”
The President said his commitment to implement real change lies at the core of the proposed budget. “This is my administration’s first budget. It is a budget that gives flesh and bone to the promise by which I won as President which is to fight for social justice. It was designed to realize change in the here and now. This budget is for the people and by the people.” Nograles vowed the House of Representatives will not falter in its role of enacting a 2017 national budget on time. See BUDGET, page A11
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2017 BUDGET. Senate President Aquilino “Koko” Pimentel III (right) and Senate Committee on Finance Chair Loren Legarda (left) receive a copy of the 2017 National Expenditure Program (NEP) from Budget Secretary Benjamin Diokno (middle) during a turnover ceremony at the Senate on Monday, August 15, 2016. Photo courtesy of Joseph Vidal
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‘Focus on the family’
THINK a minute. Some parents can trace their family back 300 years, but they don’t know where their children were last night. A wise man said: “If fathers took their sons fishing when they were young, they wouldn’t have to go hunting for them when they’re older.” It has also been stated: “There are no illegitimate children—only illegitimate parents.” Just having children doesn’t make a man a father or a woman a mother. One father admitted: “The thorns I’ve reaped are from the garden I planted.” It’s sad that some parents spend more time raising fruits and vegetables than they do raising their own children. Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis concluded: “If you fail to do a good job raising
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dumped it all on me. We no longer exist for you.” At that moment, this brilliant heart surgeon knew that even he could not heal the broken hearts of his own family whom he failed. Many of us have failed as a spouse or parent; but Jesus Christ will forgive you if you ask Him. Then ask Him to help you start changing and doing a better job of raising your children to become the happy, successful people they were born to be. Just Think a Minute.
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right.” Psalm 112:5: “Good will come to him who is generous and lends freely, who conducts his affairs with justice. Psalm 140:12: “I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy.” Proverbs 17:23: “A wicked man accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the course of justice.” Proverbs 18:5: “It is not good to be partial to the wicked or to deprive the innocent of justice…” -oooPLEASE WATCH OR LISTEN: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, a newscommentary radio program, aired at DZEC 1062 kHz and other Radyo Agila provincial stations, and is aired live (and which can be subsequently accessed) at www. facebook.com/radyoagila, and at www.youtube.com, 6 to 7 in the morning, Philippine time. Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.
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your children, whatever else you do doesn’t matter much.” No work is more important than the work of raising our children to become happy, successful people. The first doctor in history to successfully perform a heart transplant was the South African surgeon, Christian Barnard. But in his book, One Life, he tells about his failure as a husband and father. Dr. Barnard had gone away to America for many months doing his worldfamous medical work. He tells what happened when he finally went home to his family in South Africa: “It seemed like 100 years since I’d been home. I’d not written my wife and children in months, yet I was still shocked by my wife’s greeting. She asked, ‘Why did you come back? I could see there was no longer a smile in her
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My president goes to war
By Hadji Al-Frazier S. Ahalul of MindaNews
ZAMBOANGA City––That eerie and chilling sight and sound would not leave me for days. It kept running through my head like a sad song; waking my sleep like an unwanted replay of a nightmare. There he went reading that kill list. Was it tears of sorrow, anger, frustration or all that he was holding back? Yawa! Intermittent curses were all he could do to contain his almost exploding self. Around him were four caskets. The four souls to be laid to rest and the rest of 60 million of us were hovering. We were, suspended in disbelief, all wakeful in the virtual funeral that the country mourned in the dead of night. In my time and generation, this is reality TV. My small hometown of Jolo may just be an ink smear in the map but its history runs deep and its heritage impacts and influences the rest of the
archipelago if not the entire country, and far and wide to the rest of Southeast Asia, the Nusantara. To strangers especially those from up North, our small dot of an island town has a running reputation as the heart of the deep dark south and they quiver at thoughts of how it s backdoors we zealously guard. With an exotic sometimes mystic backdrop, tellers of urban legends would relish painting my hometown red, replete with its own petrifying tales ranging from violent conflict, bizarre underground trade and economy, ruling outlaws and pirates, and, yes, narcopolitics. In the wake of national war on drugs, it is in such nights that my little red blob in the middle of the sea visits nightmares and makes people sweat in their sleep. But little did they know that ordinary foot soldiers have their own battles to fight, too, that’s
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why they are conscripted. Sitti’s war is of 20 years. She sleeps and eats with the enemy. He came in and out of rehabilitation, went through professional psychiatric treatment, counseling and was on distemper drugs for years. After his addiction gave a near fatal myocardial infraction, the family finances were depleted just to make him come-out clean. He came and went from infected to clean then slipped back again, then the vicious cycle of rehabilitations and relapses. Unemployed and fully subsidized by Sitti’s wages, in Tausug patriarchal culture still he was considered the family head, and he was unstoppable. He sold the family car, brought their small computer shop business to bankruptcy and the household was constantly under police surveillance. With everything gone, and giving him the pleasure of the last slap and broken lip, Sitti had to decide to cut off for good. Only a divorce See WAR, page A11
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READING ADVOCACY IN CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ happily turned over hundreds of high quality, hardbound and imported books to MACASANDIG NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL in CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY recently. The books were received by School Principal CHARLYN S. BAYLON and Assistant Principal NIÑO S. LABININAY. Vice Governor Pelaez encouraged the students to lessen their use of social media and instead devote more time to reading books as this will help them gain more knowledge and improve their reading skills and comprehension. This continuing books donation is under the flagship program of the Office of the Vice Governor dubbed as A Happy Reading and Writing Habit which is also supported by Children International Philippines, Inc.
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“With the Fab lab, micro, small and medium entrepreneurs (MSMEs) are given the opportunity to avail of new prototyping technologies and software in designing and manufacturing to match the market
competition,” Paclipan said. Fab Lab Mindanao also aims to be a training center and a service bureau for outsourced research and development, he added. Fab L ab Mi n d an a o Center for Innovation & Invention is located at RM 122, Level 1 College of Engineering, MSU-
IIT, A-B onifacio Ave., Iligan City, Philippines For more details contact Lemuel Clark P. Velasco, phone: +63935-868-8933, email: fablab@g.msuiit.edu. ph, fablab.msuiit.edu.ph, fablabs.io/fablabmindanao, fb.com/FabLabMindanao (With a report from LVG/ PIA-10 LDN)
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CDO Ecological Solid Waste Mgmt sets 2019 goals at XU-GLI workshop By Wilson J. Hormeguera Contributor
THE technical working group of the Ecological Solid Waste Management (ESWM) of the city government of Cagayan de Oro has laid out its 2019 goals during the planning workshop facilitated by Xavier University’s Governance and Leadership Institute (GLI) on August 9. The City ESWM-TWG’s vision of having a “clean” city with “disciplined and responsible” Kagay-anons by 2019 can be achieved through the following strategic goals: (1) Strengthened community participation; (2) Strict implementation of the Ecological Solid Waste Management Act of 2000 (RA 9003); (3) Active barangay governance; (4) Sustainable ESWM programs; and (5) massive information and education campaign on ecological solid waste management, ranging from household to city levels. “The need now is giving special attention to enabling barangay governance in the management of solid waste in the city,” ESWM focal person Elvisa Mabilin.
The City ESWM-TWG is composed of the City Local Environment and Natural Resources Offices, City Health Office, City Planning and Development Office, City Engineers Office, City Public Services Office, City Information Office, CDO
Liga ng mga Barangay, CDO Mangaycayay Landfill Association, CDO Junkshop Association, Balay Mind-
anao, Mindanao University Development cluster’s Adof Science and Technology, vocacy Program and Green Liceo de Cagayan University, Campus Agenda. XU president Fr. Roberto and XU through its Social
C. Yap SJ, who is also an environmental economist, serves as the chairman of the City ESWM Board.
GENERAL Santos City-At least 30 job order or contractual employees of the provincial government of South Cotabato have been dismissed from service after being found positive of using illegal drugs. South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes said Tuesday she issued the dismissal order based on the results of the random drug tests administered by the Integrated Provincial Health Office (IPHO). She said most of the terminated workers were found positive of using methamphetamine hydrochloride or shabu. “We dismissed outright all involved job
possibly involved in the illegal drug trade. Aside from the 30 job order workers, 10 other regular or permanent employees of the local government were found positive of using illegal drugs, particularly shabu, in the initial round of the random tests. Fuentes said the erring permanent workers are now undergoing administrative proceedings after also failing the confirmatory tests. She cited that the involved employees could face termination from service based on civil service regulations. The governor said the process for the termination of regular employees
involved in illegal drugs are now faster if evidences, like the test results, are in place. “They will be subjected to summary hearings or proceedings leading to their termination,” she said. Fuentes said the local government will continue in the coming days with the surprise random drug tests. The provincial government opted for the random instead of the mandatory tests to prevent erring workers from preparing for them, she said. She clarified that a negative result does not guarantee than an employee is already “off the hook.” “If there will be some changes in their behavior that points to possible illegal drug use, they will immediately be subjected to another test,” she said. Fuentes said the job order workers who would fail to undergo the test without any valid reason will be issued with “show cause orders” and their contracts will not be renewed. If they skip the test with valid reasons, she said they will undergo the same in another schedule. (MindaNews)
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Hurting families breeding ground for drug problem BISHOP SAYS
THERE would be no problem of drugs if there are no broken and “damaged” families. This was what Laoag Bishop Renato Mayugba and concurrent Northern Luzon regional coordinator of the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) had to say about the country’s drug abuse problem, which the Duterte administration plans to eradicate through the PNP’s “Oplan Tokhang”. Mayugb a explaine d that the root cause of the country’s drug problem can be traced to members of “damaged families” who look for palliatives to escape the difficulties they face in their own families. Wanted: more good families “We can win the war on drugs by building good families whose members
can work for harmony in their homes,” explained the prelate at the end of a 3-day Regional Orientation and Workshop Seminar on the apostolic exhortation of Pope Francis titled Amoris Laetitia held in Baguio City from July 25 to 27. He encouraged the clergy as well as the lay family and life workers from the 16 dioceses who attended the workshop seminar to exert extra efforts on the family, particularly on the Pre-Cana, Post-Cana, and accompaniment work they have committed themselves to. “This [is what] can lick the drug problem,” stressed Mayugba. More than 200 participants coming from the various dioceses of northern Luzon – Regions 1, 2, 3, and the Cordillera Administrative Region attended the said event. Laoag Bishop Renato Mayugba leads the concluding Mass for the Regional OrientaAt the fringes tion and Workshop Seminar on Amoris Laetitia in Baguio City, July 27, 2016. (Photo: “Now, we have 200 min- Sam Bautista)
ers, diggers who can expose the treasure which the apostle Matthew described in chapter 13 of his Gospel,” said the bishop. Organized by the fledgling Northern Luzon Family and Life Ministry, the Baguio workshop-seminar tapped the expertise of Daet Bishop Gilbert A. Garcera, who also chairs the Episcopal Commission on Family and Life of the CBCP. During the three-day seminar-workshop, Garcera explained Pope Francis’ intentions through the apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia, saying it encourages pastoral workers and the clergy to be more understanding of the plight of those at the fringes of pastoral care: overseas Filipino workers (OFWs), those with same sex attractions, single parents, the old and infirm, those in irregular unions, and especially the poor. (Sam Bautista/CBCPNews)
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Gracia ES tops Division Poster Slogan Contest tion of the 12th National Dental Health Month on February 29, 2016 with G r a c i a E l e m e nt a r y Place in the Division Poster the theme “Kalusugan ng School has landed First Slogan Contest in celebra- ngipin pahalagahan, ito’y laging pangalagaan para maging malusog ang pangangatawan”. Sean Khoby S. Melgar, a grade 2 pupil and the school’s representative topped other pupil contestants within the Division. In his slogan, he wrote “Ngipin ko, Kinabukasan ko” signifying the importance of having good oral health and healthy teeth for a healthy First Standard Finance Corporation future, as at a young age, Zone 2 Igpit, Opol, Misamis Oriental our young learners should By Villa Donna S. Melgar, Teacher I Gracia Elementary School District of Tagoloan
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value its importance and they should know how to take care their teeth. “Sa school ug sa balay, permi mi I remind ni teacher nga mag toothbrush aron healthy among teeth ug dili magsakit among ngipon, kay kung magsakit ang ngipon, maka-absent man mi sa klase mao nga dapat gyud namo areglahon among mga ngipon,” stressed Melgar. Villa Donna S. Melgar, coach has further expressed that in Gracia Elementary School, they always remind their pupils to brush their teeth every day to avoid tooth cavities that might
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DOST Junior level science scholarship application set Sept. 9 By Ma. Cristina C. Arayata of PNA
Qualified Junior level college students who wish to pursue science and technology education and career have until Sept. 9 to apply for Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) scholarship. According to t he D OST, in resp ons e to t he implementation of the K-12 Program, Republic Act No. 10612 (An Act Expanding the Coverage of the Science and Technology Scholarship Program and Strengthening the Teaching of Science and Mathematics in Secondary Schools) aims to strengthen the country’s science and technology education by fast-tracking graduates in the sciences, mathematics and engineering who shall teach science and mathematics in secondary schools throughout the country. Interested individuals may get application forms and scholarship brochures at DOST Regional Office XI, SPMC Compound, Dumanlas Road, Davao City; and at various Provincial Science and Technology Centers regionwide: USEP Apokon, Tagum City with tel. No. (084) 216-2415; Purok 10, G. Echavez Ave., Nabunturan, Compostela Valley with tel. No. (084) 817-0016; Lim St., Digos City with tel. No. (082) 553-3469; Sto. Niño St., Mati City with tel. No. (087) 388-4085 and SPAMAST, Malita, Davao Occidental with tel. No. 09173281651. Students can also download the forms at http:// www.sei.dost.gov.ph/index.php/downloads. Examination is slated on Oct. 16. (PNA)
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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF Tubod, Lanao del Norte NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF No. 202-07-2016 Upon the ExtraJudicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135/1508, as amended, filed by the LAND BANK OF THE PHILIPPINES Branch Office Cagayan de Oro Lending Center, 2/F Green Tower Bldg. Velez-Luna Sts., Cagayan de Oro City against SPS. RITCHEL SUE & CASIMERO BAGOL, Malingao, Tubod, Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of January 15, 2016 amounting to TWO MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND (Php 2,200,000.00) excluding penalties, changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at Public Auction on 14th day of September 2016 at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Provincial Capitol of Lanao del Norte, Pigcarangan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-21,325 A parcel of land (Lot 6398-A, Psd-12-029438 of the subdivision plan Psd-12-02-438, being a portion of Lot 6398, Pls – 13), situated in the Barrio of Malingao, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the: NE., by Lot 6398-B; SE., by Road; SW., by Lot 3199, Pls-13 NW., by Lot 6398-H; (Road Lot) Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan being N. 7 deg. 10’W., 1019.94 m., from BLLM No. 145, Tubod Pls-13, to corner 1; containing an area of ONE THOUSAND (1,000) SQUARE METERS, more or less all the improvements found thereon.
lead them to being absent from school and even integrate it to some subjects such as during Science discussions and other related subjects. At school, aside from providing quality education to our pupils, on the other hand, we also encourage them to maintain better oral health for their own good. We always integrate daily tooth brushing as a
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TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-21,326 A parcel of land (Lot 6398-B of the subdivision plan Psd-121-029438, being a portion of Lot 6398, Pls – 13 situated in the Barrio of Malingao, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao, Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2-3 by Lot 6398-H, (Road Lot) NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 6398-C SE., along line 4-5-6 by a Road; SW., along line 6-1 by Lot 6398-A, all of the subdivision. Containing an area of One Thousand (1,000) SQUARE METERS, more or less all the improvements found thereon.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A.9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that LEAH F. MAGDAMO has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “LEA ANECITA” to “LEAH” in the Birth Certificate of LEA ANECITA A. FILIPINAS who was born on August 12, 1958 at Botoc, Occidental Loay Bohol and whose parents are Antonio Filipinas and Basilisa Adiong. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than September 04, 2016. (Sgd) MARISSA C. NEBRADA City Civil Registrar MDN: Aug. 17 & 24, 2016
TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-21-327 A parcel of land Lot 6398-C, Psd-12-029438 of the subdivision plan Psd-12-029438, being a portion of Lot 6398, Pls-13 situated in the Barrio of Malingao, Municipality of Tubod, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 6398-H (Road Lot); NE., along line 2-3 by Lot 3246-B, Csd-10-000053; SE., along line 3-4 by a Homestead Road. SW., along line 4-1 by Lot 6398-B, all of the subdivision plan. Containing an area of TWO THOUSAND (2,000) SQUARE METERS, more or less all improvements found thereon. “All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. In the event that the Public Auction cannot take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 21, 2016 without further notice. Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this July 28, 2016
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Xavier Cocofed alumni group launches scholarship program THE Cocofed Alumni Association of Xavier University has established an educational scholarship program to support a student in completing an agriculture degree from its College of Agriculture. The program, officially known as “XU Cocofed Alumni Scholarship,” will grant financial assistance worth Php50,000.00 per school year to cover the recipient’s tuition and school fees. “We launched this scholarship as a way of paying forward the opportunities and privileges we received from the Cocofed (Philippine Coconut Producers Federation Inc.) program,” said XU Cocofed Alumni Association president Sylvia Aguhob. “By doing so, we hope our scholars today will also do the same in the future, thus, creating opportunities for others.” The Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid (OSFA) is tasked to screen and endorse qualified applicants for the program, under the memorandum of agreement between XU and the Cocofed alumni group, signed earlier in July. Aggie scholar One bona fide aggie student of XU (who is in his/her sophomore year) will be awarded the said scholarship which will run for a period of three aca-
PAYING IT FORWARD. The members of the Cocofed Alumni Association of Xavier University strike a pose
with XU president Fr. Roberto C. Yap SJ after the signing of the memorandum of agreement creating an agriculturefocused scholarship program. Supplied photo
demic years. An applicant for the said scholarship must have the following qualifications: • a Filipino citizen, without pending immigration application to any foreign country; • annual gross family income must not exceed three hundred thousand pesos; • a bona fide student
enrolled in XU’s College of Agriculture; • in good mental, physical, and emotional health; • not have been the subject of any disciplinary action; • in good scholastic standing; and • enrolled in a regular load of the course at the time of the award of the grant. Giving back
The Philippine Coconut Producers Federation Inc. or commonly known as “Cocofed” has subsidized the National College Scholarship Grant Program which has supported more than 20,000 scholars nationwide since its inception in 1975. Over 2,000 Cocofed scholars coming from various parts of Mindanao have graduated from XU.
“This project is important to our group. The scholarship fund came from the contributions of former scholars whose lives have improved through the opportunities provided for by the Cocofed scholarship program and their Xavier education,” said Aguhob. The PAASCU-accredited College of Agriculture of XU offers seven undergraduate
programs, namely, BS in Animal Science, Agricultural Engineering, Agribusiness, Agricultural Economics, Crop Science, Development Communication, and Food Technology. “This project is also geared towards uplifting the agriculture industry, thus, the qualified scholar should be enrolled in an agriculture course. Our agricultural sector needs competent professionals, especially for the coconut industry,” added Aguhob, who is also a faculty member of the Food Technology department of XU. Upon completion of an agriculture degree, the scholar must practice his/ her profession in the Philippines for at least a year. Aguhob sees the generosity of fellow Cocofed alumni in Mindanao as a vital component to sustain this scholarship endeavor of their association. “Our group calls for the support from other alumni of Cocofed in hopes to fund more agriculture students in the years to come. There are efforts by some of our members to invest in a coconut-related business to help sustain this project.” For more information on the XU Cocofed Alumni Scholarship, visit XU - Office of Scholarship and Financial Aid or send an email to osfa@xu.edu.ph.
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The PNP Chief also stressed that in the war against illegal drugs, they are ready to kill or be killed in the performance of their duty. Positive result Presidential C ommunications Office Secretar y Martin Andanar announced that crime incidents in the Philippines are declining. “Patuloy na umaani ng positibong resulta ang kampanya kontra droga at krimen ng kasalukuyang administrasyon. Isang buwan matapos umupo sa Malacanang si Presidente Rodrigo Roa Duterte, bumagsak ang incident ng crime to 50,817 nung Hulyo 2016 kumpara sa 56,339 na insidente ng krimen nung Hulyo 2015, base po ito sa talaan ng Philippine National Police,” Andanar said during an interview with state-run Radyo Ng Bayan on August 14. Andanar disclosed that index crimes had posted a huge 31-percent decrease, from 17,105 incidents in July 2015 down to 11,800 in July this year. Index crimes, as defined by the PNP, involve crimes against persons (i.e., murder, homicide, physical injury, and rape) and crimes against property (i.e., robber y, theft, carnapping, and cattle rustling). “Patunay ito na ang matapang na solusyon at mabilis na aksyon kung saan nakilala ang ating Pangulo ay hindi lamang slogan nung panahon ng kampanya. Ito ay isang pagbabagong mararamdaman ng lahat ng Filipino saan mang sulok sila ng bansa,” Andanar explained. In July 2016, crimes against prop er ty went down to 4,476 incidents, or 40.3 percent, and crimes against persons declined by 13.82 percent, or 829 incidents, as compared to the same period last year. “Panawagan po natin sa ating mamamayan ay patuloy po tayong makipagtulungan sa ating Philippine National Police para mas lalo pong bumaba ang krimen ng ating bansa. Ang pangako po ng ating Pangulo ay malaking bawas po, kundi masawata na po itong iligal na droga sa ating lansangan,” Andanar ended.
s p o ke s p e r s on h e re , said that Police Director Noel Constantino, the regional police director of Northern Mindanao, ordered the recall of the police escorts to Parojinog and other local executives in Ozamis City and Misamis Occidental pursuant to Republic Act 8551 and the Memorandum Circular of the National Police Commissions. “This means that the local executives no longer have operational and administrative control and supervision over the PNP in their respective areas,” Sereñas said. The security escorts were directed to report back to the regional headquarters for reassignment to other units in the region, he said. Constantino issued the recall order after Police Director General Roland Dela Rosa ordered the cancellation of the deputation authority of the local executives whose names were mentioned in the drug list, Sereñas said. He said that De la Rosa also ordered Parojinog and all other local executives -- Congressmen, Governors, Judges, and police officers -- whose names were mentioned in the “drug list” to surrender the licensed firearms reg istere d under t heir names. According to Sereñas, the local executives could still hire private security guards said recalled could employ the services of a licensed and accredited security service provider with the approval of Dela Rosa. He s aid t hat, t ho s e whose names were mentioned in the drug list, but failed to surrender their firearms could face ar rest and b e charge d with illegal possession of firearms. Section 65 of RA 8551, st ate s t hat de put at i on can only be suspended after consultation with the concerned provincial governor and congressman, if the executive is found with: (a) Frequent unauthorized absences; (b) Abuse of authority; (c) Providing material support to criminal elements or (d) Engaging in from page A1 acts inimical to national Rosa during his visit at security or which negate the effectiveness of the the police regional office peace and order campaign. here last week, Parojinog said he turned over his privately-owned weapons to the Ozamiz city police from page A1 who are not perform- on Monday. The assorted firearms, ing.)” Howe ve r, a s f ar a s placed in a locked storage his regional directors’ box, were transported by anti-narcotics campaign an Ozamiz city police pais concerned, dela Rosa trol vehicle and arrived at said, “Generally, I am very the PNP-10 headquarters in Camp Alagar Tuesday satisfied.” “Itong kapulisan (Our morning. Per list submitted by the policemen), they are going beyond their mandate,” Ozamiz City police to PNP10, Parojinog turned over he noted.
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16 high-powered weapons and four sidearms, including well-known brands such as Bushmaster, FN, Socom II, AK45, Galil, Uzi, Springfield, Beretta, Carbine, Colt Para Ordnance and Metril. Clarin, Misamis Occidental Mayor David Navarro turned over an AK47, a .45 caliber pistol and a miniM16. Parojinog said all the high-powered firearms are duly registered and are part of his collection. He said he began collecting during his first term as mayor in 2001. “I am not violating any law. I am only complying with the order of [President Rodrigo Duterte],” he said referring to his weapons cache, adding that these are even included in his SALN (statement of assets, liabilities and net worth). He, however, clarified that he has not surrendered the firearms but only turned them over to authorities for safekeeping. Earlier, Parojinog, his daughter and Ozamiz Vice Mayor Nova Princess, his brother and city councilor Ricardo, and Navarro were among those Duterte alleged as having involvement in illegal drugs. Parojinog has time and again denied this accusation saying he has been fighting the proliferation of prohibited drugs when he became mayor of Ozamiz.
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“With the Speaker’s support, together with the Majority Leader and all the members of the supermajority, including the minority, I’m confident that together, we will play our respective roles as representatives of the people and we will pass a budget that we will all be proud of,” said Nograles. Being the first budget proposal of the new administration, Nograles said lawmakers expect the budget to focus on the primary objectives of the President, as he clearly enunciated over the course of the campaign namely, peace and order, anti-drugs, anti-corruption, wider infrastructure, better transportation, education, health and social protection, and enhanced opportunities for Mindanao, the Autonomous Region of Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) and more provinces. “As you all know, the 2017 budget of P3.35 trillion is 11.6 percent higher than this year’s budget which means we expect more programs of government that will be responsive to the needs of our people, particularly the masses who elected our President with an overwhelming mandate,” said Nograles. Following the DBM submission of the proposed national budget, the appropriations committee will start its hearings on the allocation for each government department and agency starting on August 22 until September 13. Plenary sponsorship of
the budget bill is expected on September 19.
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procedure which devastated their two children so much finally unhooked herself from her own addiction to him. She ran away from her own home. She had lost that battle, and this time she vows to win the war that President Digong leads. WJ Badi is more candied in his confessions of how evil that begets evil potentially recruits evil. “As a young college student, I aspired for good education. Hoping to escape unpeace at home, I went to Manila to study. There, I was victimized by addicts and they left me for dead along Madonna Street in Pasay in the 1990s. But I survived anyway, then I bought a handgun and for around five years, I did not wash my maong pants and t-shirt because everyday for 5 years I wanted to get back at him. But I couldn’t chance upon him, he was slippery as could be! Fortunately, he was felled by another victim’s bullet before I succeeded about my evil plan, otherwise I would have been ruined too and turned evil because of what that addict did to me!” In Hamza’s case, war is raw and bitter. Hamza just recently surrendered to his barangay captain who turned him over with the rest of 300 plus remorseful “users” to the local SAF. Just like the rest of them he wanted only one thing: to come out clean and give himself another chance. But since he started revealing the monster that lurks within, his world has tumbled over. His parents and sibling would hardly talk to him now and his friends have distanced themselves. If it seems not enough that Hamza had to have his hair shaven off, is it the shame that the soul inside should be made to suffer more? Yet, more than the piece of waiver he signed, and after staining and tainting his name, the local authorities can do nothing to help him help himself. So like a proverbial Tausug juramentado, he joins his war, and offers himself as a self-timed bomber if only to wipe out smirks from his own face each time he reads snide remarks by people protesting against drug lords and criminals getting killed EJKly and henceforth labeling “empaths” those hating the President’s war. It is only an FB and TV war, he reminds himself, although he knows it would take time perhaps another 40 years before Human Rights and Justice will mean anything respectable again. Police officer Adil could only shake his head in regret as his buddy lady-police Pacita quietly took the name of the last of sweaty basketball “tambay” they have politely lined up one early morning in a city-
Construction of P150-m coastal road in Oro stopped CAGAYAN de Oro City--The construction of the P150-million coastal road along the fishing village of Macabalan here was temporarily suspended pending resolution of some issues and concerns raised by the residents. Norbel Saa, chairman of the coastal village of Macabalan, said that a group of fishermen had complained that they’ve lost the docking area for the fishing boats since the coastal road would block the shoreline. He said that the contractor of the project has stopped the filling and the reclamation of the area until a suitable solution to the fishermen’s plaints are addressed. He said that the coastal residents of Macabalan welcome the project but not until the concerns of the affected residents are properly addressed. “It would be difficult to implement a project that would be beneficial to the community and yet there are some residents who would be deprived of the livelihood because of the project,” Saa said. He said that the DPWH must find a way for the fishermen to have a passageway for their boats and must see to it that the residents whose houses and properties are damaged due to the project are properly compensated or relocated. Saa said that the village officials also asked the highway officials to hire local construction workers who are residents of the affected projects. In a dialogue with the DPWH officials last week, Saa said he would only accede to the continuation of the project if assurance is given that the welfare of the people in the area is ascertained. Vinah Maghinay, regional information officer of the DPWH here, said that the highway officials would take all the complaints positively in order that an acceptable solution is arrived at in all issues and concerns. Maghinay assured the residents that once the coastal road is finished, the project would have a positive impact on the communities around it as more investors would be attracted to do business in the area. A project data released by the DPWH in Northern Mindanao described the project as a 1.3-kilometer two-lane road with a carriageway of 13.40 meters. The coastal road with a four-meter boardwalk would connect the proposed Macabalan-Bonbon Bridge, which would ease traffic congestion in the city, highway officials said. The coastal road and the planned bridge were part of the priority projects of the DPWH in Northern Mindanao, which has an allocated budget of Php 32 billion for 2016, Maghinay said. (PNA) slum neighborhood that has not swam out of a July flood. “Who will spend for them?” was the good officer’s perplexed reply to questions if they have rehabilitation plans for the self-surrenderees. Household members have been pressing down the trash for as long as they could because nobody wanted to take out the garbage. Now that it is collected out of their homes, they feel as though they have dumped them by the street-side themselves. Most families would not wish to give their rubbish a second look anymore, some even want compensation and make it as though government is indebted to them. Meanwhile, self-claimed do-gooders and human
rights fighters are taking turns cursing the garbage collectors and spitting at the dump trucks. And how about recycling and reusing the throw-aways? That’s an altogether new war to wage in the homes and heart. Next, I let my smiling forehead smile at how we fight our local war – I mean, this, his war, and who wages it in homes and hearts. (MindaViews is the opinion section of MindaNews. Hadji Al, 45, is a young Tausug entrepreneur, partly owning and managing a famous café and watering hole Dennis Coffee Garden in Zamboanga City. He is an active member of the Jama’ah Tableegh and considers himself a jester in the court of Bangsamoro politics.)
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