Mindanao Daily Business (August 14, 2014)

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DA, DTI, poultry industry address ‘temporary tight supply’ of chicken M

Transco temporarily do ‘labor of love’ on FIT rates The National Transmission Corporation (TransCo) will temporarily apply a “labor of love” entry to its supposed charge on the Feed-in-tariff (FIT) rates in the collection for renewable energy (RE) developers until 2015.

TransCo said it will not charge on the Administration Allowance (AA), which is part of the total Feed-in-tariff (FIT) billing for renewable energy (RE) developers until 2015, ac-

ESTELITO MARABE, CPA President & CEO

cording to NTC Compliance Monitoring Department Manager Dinna Dizon.

AA is the agency’s charge for handling the payment for RE developers. ”For the Admin Allowance, TransCo, for its initial filing, will charge zero. We’re free at the moment, it’s a labor of love until 2015,” Dizon told reporters Tuesday during a press conference at the Asya Restaurant in See transco, page B7

Quality organic vegetables. Vegetables grown by trained farmers from Bukidnon reaches Negros province in Region 6, displayed by the Association of Negros Producers every Friday at their parking area, along with those harvested from Brgy. Patag, Silay City and Brgy. Iliran and San Carlos City, which are also available in the market and can supply buyers of up to two tons of various prime veggies. Buyers turn to vegetables with the rising cost of broiler chicken in the market today. (Lljr-PIA6)

aintaining there is no shortage of chicken meat, the Department of Agriculture said it will closely monitor inventories and price movements down to the farmgate level to address what it calls a “temporary tightness” in the supply of the commodity due to “distribution issues.”

In a statement, the DA also said it is open to the idea of importation to boost domestic stock and help See supply, page B7

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Industry output up 13% in June

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roduction of industries in June this year went up to 13.3 percent, a double-digit growth from June 2013’s industry growth of 8.9 percent.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority’s (PSA) Monthly Integrated Survey of Selected Industries (MISSI) for the month of June, the double-digit growth

in volume of production index (VoPi) in the sixth month of the year was brought by “significant expansion in factory output observed in 10 sectors.”

This was led by printing sector which VoPi surged to 153.8 percent in June 2014.

Other gainers include leather products which jumped production in June

by 40.5 percent; fabricated metal products, increasing by 39.8 percent; machinery except electrical climbing by 26.7 percent; furniture and fixtures with an increment of 26.7 percent; basic metals growing by 24.4 percent; transport equipment which went up by 19.8 percent; textiles which rose by 15.4 percent; and food manu-

facturing increasing by 13.1 percent.

Likewise, value of production index (VaPi) in the same month had an increment of 10.1 percent compared to June of last year’s 0.8 VaPi growth.

Average capacity utilization rate of the manufacturing sector in June this year posted at 83.4 percent as over

BIR puts in stricter rules on list of income payments

MANILA -- Banks and businesses in the Philippines need not fear that their deposits in financial institutions will be questioned if they are paying the right taxes and the funds came from legal sources.

This after the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) on Tuesday reminded the financial sector that only bank deposits and government securities “are subject to the provisions of the bank

secrecy law.”

The agency issued an amendment to Revenue Regulations (RR) No. 2-98 last December 17, 2013, which took effect the following month after a copy of which was published in a major daily last January.

BIR Commissioner Kim Jacinto-Henares said “there was nothing new that was added in the regulations.” ”We only made it stricter,” she said.

The amendment in the said regulation requires businesses and financial sector players not just to have an Alpha List of those who have paid income payments but to list down each taxpayer. ”Lumping into one single amount (e.g. “various employees,” “various payees,” etc.) is prohibited and deduction thereof for purposes of taxation will not be allowed,” the BIR said.

Henares pointed out that “logic dictates that if you have a lot of money to invest, then you must have earned it and have paid the right taxes on your earning.” ”Rest assured though that information in the hands of the BIR are confidential and cannot be disclosed without the approval of the President of the Philippines, under pain of imprisonment,” she added.

(PNA)

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50 percent of the 20 major industries ran their operations at 80 percent and above capacity utilization rate.

These industries which operated at 80 percent or higher capacity utilization rate include petroleum products at 88.9 percent; basic metals at 88.4 percent; nonmetallic mineral products at 86.2 percent; machinery

except electrical at 84.6 percent; food manufacturing at 84.5 percent; electrical machinery at 84.5 percent; chemical products at 83.9 percent; paper and paper products at 82.8 percent; rubber and plastic products at 82.4 percent; publishing and printing at 81.9 percent; and wood and wood products at 81.4 percent. (PNA)

PSEi up, peso ends sideways M A N I L A - - Inve stors decided to stay at the sidelines Tuesday but the local bourse ended positive and the peso finished sideways.

T he l o c a l c u r re nc y ended the day at P43.84 from the previous close of P43.86.

A trader said the peso is expected to generally trade sideways this week as geo-political situations overseas improves.

For the day, the local unit opened at P43.87, sideways but slightly better than the P43.95 a day ago.

It traded between a wide range of P43.82 and P43.92 bringing the aver-

age for the day at P43.87.

Vo l u m e o f t r a d e reached US$ 806.8 million, lower than the US$ 957.4 million a day ago.

Meanwhile, the Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained 0.39 percent or 26.83 points to 6,983.49 points.

All sub-counters followed suit led by the property index, which grew one percent or 26.08 points to 2,639.78 points.

Volume of trade reached 1.12 billion amounting to P6.17 billion.

Gainers led losers although at a close range of 88 to 87 while 56 were unchanged. (PNA)

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PLDT’s fixed line biz posts 6% gain to P28.1B

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he Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) reported significant growth in its fixed line business for the first half of the year by six percent year-on-year to P28.1 billion.

In a statement, PLDT noted that this growth bucked the global downward trend in telco fixed line services,

on the back of double digit gains in data and broadband revenues.

PLDT president and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno said that the company’s fixed line business continues to deliver a strong performance as business and revenues from retail and corporate customers continue to grow

steadily.

Fixed broadband revenues, accounting for 46 percent of total fixed line data revenues, grew by 14 percent to nearly P6.8 billion as of the first half, driven by an 11 percent growth in subscribers.

Meanwhile over 47 percent of PLDT’s total 2.2 mil-

lion fixed line subscribers have fixed broadband subscriptions as of June this year.

As for data center revenues, PLDT pointed out that it improved by 18 percent to hit the P1 billion mark, contributing seven percent to total fixed line data revenues.

Furthermore, revenues from corporate data and

other network services increased by seven percent to P7 billion, representing 47 percent of total fixed line data revenues.

The PLDT president and CEO noted that the strong growth of PLDT’s data services helped offset the revenue declines from legacy businesses such as

international and long distance.

“The ongoing structural shift in our revenue mix continues to impact our performance. Our growing revenues, or those from our data businesses, are now larger than those from our legacy businesses,” Nazareno said. (PNA)

Dahilayan: Among Mindanao’s 5 coolest Fiber optic cables burried to eliminate spots, says Globe’s #WonderfulMindaNOW fiber-cut risk during typhoons MANILA -- The Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has started putting its fiber optic data transmission network underground to make its network more resilient, even in the face of storms.

PLDT on Tuesday noted it is currently completing below ground installation of the fiber optic cable linking Ilocos Norte to Tuguegarao in Cagayan Valley before the end of the year.

It pointed out that the new fiber link will provide another loop in PLDT’s domestic fiber optic network (DFON) and will add an alternative route for communications traffic.

The company’s Group Technology Head, Rolando G. Pena explained that putting fiber optic cables underground eliminates the risk of fiber cuts due to fallen telephone posts caused by strong winds.

“The more fiber we bury underground, the more robust our network will be in the face of the storms that have been hitting the country with growing strength,” Pena said.

He also said that the

CAGAYAN de Oro City - Dahilayan Adventure Park, Northern Mindanao’s leading adventure destination, was named among the Top 5 Coolest Spots in Mindanao by Globe’s #WonderfulMindaNOW during the Awards Night, Friday evening, at Limketkai Atrium in Cagayan de Oro City.

The progressive town of Manolo Fortich in Bukidnon province, which is the Most Competitive Municipality in Northern Mindanao, ranking 9th in

PLDT DFON can be compared to a highway system where national roads connect provinces and provincial roads link up the towns and cities within each province.

“Our national data transmission network – which is like the national roads system -- is now almost 100 percent underground,” Pena said.

He stressed that this feat is one big reason PLDT has been able to quickly restore services after catastrophic storms like typhoon “Yolanda,” which hit the country November last year.

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Trapos trash the political system CAGAYAN de Oro City–– Let’s hope effective steps will be taken against the pork barrel scammers, enough to stem the rising anger and lessen public agitation.

If public anger or disgust reaches scandalous levels, society’s malcontents can exploit it to sow confusion and mayhem as the MNLF did in Zamboanga City. Or military adventurers can ride on the opportunity to pole-vault their careers to high political office, as two sitting senators today can attest.

But however firm or willful the administration is in pursuing its alleged anti-corruption campaign, however determined it may be to clean up the system, the effects are bound to be transitory unless enough people are awakened and empowered to do what it takes to enforce transparency and accountability in government.

The trouble is, we don’t even have a Freedom of Information Act. Malacanang and Congress have been keeping us in a state of helplessness, unable to check venality or plunder in their ranks. The ruling clique keeps society helpless, allowing abuse to take place with impunity.

Delimiting the People’s Sovereign Role Not only that, for the longest time now, we have allowed traditional politicians—trapos—to confine our role in the political process to a narrow one

The Worm’s Eyeview

Manny Valdehuesa

O

nly in the barangay is it possible to convene an entire community to undertake the business of governing.’ that serves their purposes.

This role, on which they focus everyone’s attention and through which they manipulate elections, is the simple act of casting one solitary vote every three years.

It has been a great disservice to our society that trapos make our people believe three wrong notions about voting.

One, they make people believe that the exercise of sovereignty consists mainly

of the act of voting on election day. This makes simple folk believe that merely to vote fulfills the duties of a citizen in a democracy; leaving the interval between elections unguarded.

Two, they make people believe that it matters little whom they vote for as long as they vote and, if they can, to do so even more than once; which is what flying voters do.

Three, they make the poor and the undereducated think it’s all right to support a candidate who buys their vote; then, having made the point, they proceed to buy up all the votes they can afford! ***** In fact, voting is merely the minimum that a citizen of a democracy can do; it does not embrace the totality of his duties. It is only one of many.

There is the duty is to ensure that those who win an election proceed in conjunction with other winners to establish a government that protects and not betrays the public trust.

There is the obligation to ensure that government enhances and not diminishes the common good; then to do all other tasks that make democracy vibrant, government receptive, and the Rule of Law prevail.

Voting alone does not fulfill the affirmative acts a citizen must perform in order to sustain a government of the people, by the people, and for the people.

People Power, Consent– of-the-governed Essential to such government is people power and its role of ensuring that official behavior accords with the principle consent-ofthe-governed. Corollarily, people must support what is right, reject what is wrong, and withdraw authority that is abused or misused.

To make governance responsive, citizens have the duty to contribute to the give-and-take of ideas and acts, especially at the primal base of the republic—the barangay—where all the people are and where direct democracy operates.

As members of the Barangay Assembly, the community’s legislative governing body or parliament and its highest authority, everyone is duty-bound to take part in local governance—just as citizens do in the direct democracies of Switzerland and everywhere else where this system operates.

Only in the barangay is it possible to convene an entire community to undertake the business of governing. From municipal to upper levels, it would be unwieldy to convene the entire constituency, which is why they are governed by a representative democracy; officials (proxies of the people) do the governing. ***** Active people power or the exercise of citizen sovereignty is See TRASH, page B5

Daily Inspiration

Juvy Sarraga

“Kind words are like honey - sweet to the soul and healthy for the body.”

-Proverbs 16:24

Honey Do you know someone in your life that could use honest and truly kind words?

Words have the power to build someone up. You have the power to make a real difference.

People carry the words they’ve heard spoken to them throughout their lives. These words can build them up positively or tear them down. One thing is true, your words carry power.

Be generous with your honey!

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Four steps to creating fantastic company culture L AST month, I talked about the importance of having a great company culture and gave you some ideas on how to start creating that culture right away.

Today, we are building on that by examining the 4 Steps to Creating Fantastic Company Culture.

Before we jump into the steps, though, I want you stop for a minute and imagine a beautiful garden.

This garden has lots of colorful flowers and maybe even a fountain.

There are benches to sit on and shade trees and it is quiet. Now think about the effort that went into that garden. Those flowers and trees didn’t grow because someone dropped some seeds in the hard, rocky dirt.

A g ard e n e r— s om e one with knowledge and skill—worked very hard

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Bob Bare to prepare the ground and carefully planted those seeds. Then the seeds were tended daily, watered and fertilized while they grew.

Eventually extra elements were added, like benches, for comfort and enjoyment. None of it happened overnight and none of it will last very long if it wasn’t continually nurtured.

A fantastic company

culture is the same way.

You can’t just throw a few quick fixes out there and hope that something good will come of it.

Spend some time and energy preparing and nurturing and then a little more time maintaining and your company will flourish.

Ignore it and you won’t get results.They are: 1.) Brainstorming and Planning. Set aside a time to get away, either by yourself, or with a few key people. Discuss and create a list of what your personal values and beliefs are. Eliminate the unimportant and reduce the list to between three and five key values.

2.) Writing and Refining. Write a concise description of what your key values are, and which ones are non-negotiable.

3.) Distributing and Discussing. Have some copies printed and distributed at a dedicated company values meeting.

4.) Teaching and Doing.

Teach yourself and your team to evaluate ever y decision based on whether or not the final choice fits the values that have been deliberately chosen as important.

This may seem unrelated to the very real and demanding everyday work of running a small business. But the fact is that creating a fantastic company culture will make all the everyday business so much easier.

Like the garden we imagined before, a little work now and some maintenance in the future will provide a great environment where your business can flourish.evel.

Palparan arrest end of Aquino apathy on Philippines impunity?

Philippine authorities did something extraordinary on Tuesday: in the early morning hours they arrested a former senior security forces official implicated in serious human rights violations.

The arrest of Jovito Palparan, a retired army major general, marks a rare challenge to the country’s rampant impunity, which the government of President Benigno Aquino III has failed to adequately address.

Palparan had been a symbol of that impunity by evading arrest for the past three years and thumbing his nose at the authorities with the alleged help of former military colleagues. His arrest by agents of the National Bureau of Investigation and naval intelligence should be a warning to other rights abusers who routinely elude justice for serious crimes.

Palparan is notorious for his alleged role in the abduction, torture, and enforced disappearance of University of the Philippines farmers’ rights activists Sherlyn Cadapan and Karen Empeño in 2006. There is also evidence linking his unit to the torture of Raymond Manalo, who later testified that he witnessed soldiers under Palparan’s command torture Cadapan and Empeño. Palparan, while an army brigade commander

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important to ensure consent-of-the-governed, especially during periods between elections. And it is needed in times like today—when the public trust is being sorely tested.

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Aquino needs to followup Palparan’s arrest by bringing to justice other high-profile rights abusers, such as former Mayor Rey Uy, the alleged mastermind of the Tagum City “death squad.”

Carlos Conde

in Oriental Mindoro province, was also implicated in the abduction, torture, and murder of at least 29 leftist activists beginning in 2001.

Palparan’s reputation for abuses made him a visible symbol of military brutality during the administration of former President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. During her State of the Nation Address in 2006, Arroyo publicly praised Palparan for his role in a military counter-insurgency campaign that had resulted in widespread human rights violations.

Palparan’s arrest gives Aquino an opportunity to make real progress on his long unfulfilled promise to end rights abuses in the Philippines. That means ensuring that Palparan goes to trial without interference from powerful elements in

the military who might seek to protect him.

Above all, Aquino needs to follow-up Palparan’s arrest by bringing to justice other high-profile rights abusers, such as former Mayor Rey Uy, the alleged mastermind of the Tagum City “death squad.” That means jumpstarting the currently moribund judicial “superbody” Aquino created in 2012 to expedite the investigation and prosecution of extrajudicial killings. Failure to do so will be a betrayal of the victims of human rights violations who have looked to Aquino to end the status quo of impunity rather than perpetuate it.

••• Carlos H. Conde is the Philippines researcher for Human Rights Watch’s Asia division.

Before joining Human Rights Watch, Conde has worked as a journalist for 20 years, nearly half of that time as the freelance correspondent in Manila for the New York Times and the International Herald Tribune. Prior to that, he worked as a reporter and editor for various publications in the Philippines. His work – much of it about politics and on such issues as human rights, the communist and Islamic insurgencies, terrorism, and labor migration – has appeared in several publications in the Philippines and abroad.

Conde has been a fellow at the Philippine Center for Investigative Journalism and the Center for Media Freedom and Responsibility, both based in Manila. He was also a Jefferson Fellow at the East-West Center of the University of Hawaii, where he tackled issues on peace, conflict, and terrorism in the Philippines.

In the wake of the general outrage provoked by the pork barrel revelations, restoring trust and confidence won’t be easy. No less than a revolution in our attitudes may be called for.

Thus we would do well to perform citizen duty and keep all trapos at bay

and under advisement. The abuse and the corruption must stop.

••• Mannyis former UNESCO regional director for Asia-Pacific; secretary-general, Southeast Asia Publishers Association; director, development academy of

Philippines; member, Philippine Mission to the UN; vice chair, Local Government Academy; member, Cory Govt’s Peace Pane; awardee, PPI-UNICEF outstanding columnist. He is president/ national convenor, Gising Barangay Movement Inc. valdehuesa@gmail.com

Mindanao Daily B5 BUSINESS NEWS Kakampi mo ang batas Atty. Batas Mauricio

Nueva Ecija RTC: PCOS unreliable in polls LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… honor God with your bodies…” (1 Corinthians 6:20, the Holy Bible).

-ooo“YES TO PEOPLE’S INITIATIVE VS. PDAF, DAP”: Here’s the survey result from the DZEC (1062 kHz) 6 a.m. program “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, in its August 13, 2014 show: 100% to 0%, in favor of a people’s initiative being pushed by ex-Chief Justice Reynato Puno, ex-Budget Secretary Ben Diokno, and ex-UP President Jose Abueva, to pass a law that would bar pork barrel, legislative and presidential, forever. Some 5.2 million signatures are needed for this!

-oooNUEVA ECIJA RTC: PCOS UNRELIABLE IN POLLS: There is an interesting piece of news going around which shows that the Gapan City (Nueva Ecija) Regional Trial Court, with the Honorable Celso O. Baguio presiding, already established the unreliability of precinct count optical scan (PCOS) machines in reporting the true results of the 2013 voting and, indirectly, even of the 2010 presidential elections.

The reports are saying that Judge Baguio has issued a decision saying that “per manual counting of the votes appearing in official ballots used in Clustered Precincts Nos. 19, 29 and 30 in Barangays Pias and Concepcion, General Tinio, Nueva Ecija, candidate Eduardo Villanueva (Bro. Eddie) garnered a total of 900 votes as against the Comelec count of only 781 votes.”

The manual counting showed that Bro. Eddie was voted as the number one senator in those three Clustered Precincts. The Comelec national count, however, showed him to be only number 19. There are many other proofs, of course, of the unreliability of the PCOS machines, as shown in countless petitions before the poll body, but why is the Comelec continuing to insist on the machines’ use come 2016?

-oooWHY AQUINO GOV’T, COMELEC, STIL FAVOR PCOS: The Automated Election Systems Watch (AESW) already publicly declared its own findings about the deficiencies of PCOS machines, but no one from the Aquino government and the Commission on Elections seem interested to take remedial action. Instead, both the Aquino government and the Comelec appear bent on using the PCOS all over again in 2016.

Perhaps, this could be the reason why some candidates who are at the bottom of countless surveys on our people’s preference for president in 2016 have been continuing to prop themselves up as presidential candidates? Maybe, they know they may not be elected by the people but, with the magic of PCOS machines, they could still grab the presidency just the same?

This could be the only reason for such adamant posture in their insistence to run for the presidency in 2016. Indeed, as the AESW had been repeatedly saying, “while the PCOS machines counted and did it publicly, nobody saw how and what they counted.

Besides, the security safeguards required by the law were disabled. So there’s no transparency in the PCOS machines’ counting, for the public counting was actually secret counting.”

-oooMANUAL COUNTING BETTER THAN PCOS: The AESW, through its member Nelson Celis, said further: “That’s why European countries that had used AES eventually reverted back to manual tallying and counting of votes.

“Even Germany’s Federal Supreme Court in 2009 ruled against the AES because the use of electronic voting machines is contrary to the democratic and public character that elections must have. Nobody sees how the machines are reading each ballot and then the machines report results that no one could verify…”

-oooREMINDERS: Please listen: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, 1062 kHz in Manila, Mondays to Fridays, 6 a.m., 1080 kHz in Dagupan City, 711 kHz in Naga City, 1260 kHz in Lucena City, 1224 kHz in Davao City, and at www.eaglenews.ph; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas” at 107.5 Win FM, Roxas, Isabela (every Sunday at 7 in the morning.

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BSP extends regulatory, rediscounting relief for Typhoon Glenda-affected banks MANILA -- Banks that have offices and branches in areas affected by Typhoon “Glenda” that hit the country last July will be given regulatory and rediscounting relief by the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP).

These areas are the cities in the National Capital Region (NCR), and the provinces of Ilocos Norte and Pangasinan in Region 1; Aurora, Bataan, Bulacan, Pampanga, Tarlac, and Zambales in Region III; Batangas, Cavite, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal in Region IV-A; and Marinduque, Occidental

and Oriental Mindoro, and Romblon in Region IV-B. Also to be given regulatory and rediscounting are the provinces of Albay, Camarines Norte, Camarines Sur, Cantaduanes, Masbate and Sorsogon in Region V; and Eastern Samar, Leyte, Northern Samar and Western Samar in Region VIII. Extension of relief measures was approved by the central bank’s policy-Making Monetary Board (MB) last August 1.

For thrift banks (TBs), rural banks (RBs), and cooperative banks (Coop banks),

the relief measures include exclusion of existing loans of borrowers in affected areas from computation of past due loans ratios if these loans are restructured loans, reduction of the five percent loan loss provision to one percent for restructured loans of borrowers and the non-imposition of penalties on legal reserves deficiencies.

Including universal and commercial banks (U/KBs), the institutions are allowed to extend financial assistance to their officers and employees that are affected

Supply.....

of between P5,000 and P2 million.

Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala said he expects price and supply to normalize in the last quarter of the year.

He added that the supply chain from Region 3, the country’s top chicken producing region, was not affected by the recent typhoon.

There is also a possibility, he said, that DA will infuse the market with supplies coming from notably, Region 3. (DA)

of shortfalls occurring on the part of the distribution utilities.

For 2014, the WCA component will charge Php.026 per kilowatt hour, for its requirement to build funds for the following year.

Further, the WCA is expected to charge lower at Php.002 kWh for 2015 and will further decrease to Php.0089 in 2016 due to the increase in the forecast annual payout at Php10.2 billion.

The ERC will certainly inspect the total collection of TransCo, which may also be oversight by the Commission on Audit (COA).

However, finalization of tax consultations with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) are still ongoing, which may alter the current proposed charge of FIT rate.

TransCo hopes the ERC will grant them provisional authority to collect the proposed FIT rate charge this August. (PNA)

from B1

ensure there is adequate and affordable supply in both wet markets and groceries.

“Definitely, there is no such thing as shortage,” Agriculture Undersecretary for Livestock Jose Reaño told reporters after touring Commonwealth Market in Quezon City Tuesday morning with Undersecretary Victorio Mario Dimagiba of the Department of Trade and Industry and DA Assistant Secretary Leandro Gazmin.

“Supply is tight because of distribution problems as growers adjust their operations following typhoon Glenda,” he said.

At the Commonwealth Market, prevailing market price stood at P150 per kilo for dressed whole chicken as of Tuesday, which according to DA and DTI officials remained acceptable since consumers can still actually haggle to as low as P140 per kilo. Farm-gate prices of live chicken were also at normal levels of P100 to P105 per kilo.

Reaño also noted the availability of dressed chicken weighing 1.4 kilos to 1.6 kilos apiece, indicating here is no problem in the inventory of birds as raisers “could still afford to wait for right weight” before selling it to traders.

According to Gazmin, who is also the concurrent chief of DA’s Agribusiness and Marketing Assistance Service, the farmgate price of chicken had actually gone up based on their initial check.

But as part of efforts to determine the real cause of the farmgate price increases, the DA secured the commitment of poultry growers to check their ranks and immediately address any concern.

Gazmin said DA and DTI agreed to regularly monitor the market in a bid to balance the interests and welfare of both the consumers and producers.

Meanwhile, Dimagiba said DTI will go after “profiteers” or retailers who will be found to be making unjustified increases in chicken prices. Under the Price Act, a person found profiteering and hoarding may be jailed for between five and 15 years as well as pay a fine

Transco....... from B1

Quezon City.

Dizon said the RE developers are still to undergo the usual Wholesale Electricity Spot Market (WESM) settlement process.

The TransCo will serve as the bank for the FIT-all collection, but the name of the charge is still to be decided by the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC). It will eventually be placed in the consumer’s monthly billing.

FIT rate is comprised of other charges such as FIT differential (FD), Cost Recovery Rate (CRR), Working Capital Allowance (WCA), Administration Allowance (AA), and Disbursement Allowance (DA) over the Forecast National Sales (FNS).

Simply, it sets up the total billing components for the RE patronizers.

The FIT differential is the charge from the yearly expected RE generation multiplied to the current approved FIT rate by the ERC deducted to the expected RE generation times the cost recovery rate with the added “wildcard” of over/ under recovery.

On the other hand, disbursement allowance is the payment given to the bank which will handle the transactions. It requires a government bank, with the choice of either the Land Bank of the Philippines or the Development Bank of the Philippines.

For the current year, the FIT differential is estimated at Php.02 kilowatts per hour (kWh), while the projected FD for 2015 costs Php.035 kWh. Also, the WCA serves as the buffer fund on the point

by the typhoon and these assistance include those that are outside of the BSPapproved Fringe Benefit Program.

For rediscounting banks, the central bank will grant them a 60-day grace period to settle their outstanding rediscounting obligations as of last July 14.

Also, they will be allowed, on a case-to-case basis , to restructure the outstanding rediscounted loans of their customers, provided that these clients are affected by the typhoon.

(PNA)

underground by mid-2015.

PLDT president and CEO Napoleon L. Nazareno, for his part, said that network resilience must start by protecting the company’s core facilities and then putting its transport system underground.

Nazareno also expressed gratitude for the cooperation extended to us by local governments which have facilitated the grant of the necessary permits.

“These LGUs realize that this project serves the interests of their constituents because this will make communications in their area more resilient,” he said.

PLDT’s DFON currently runs through over 88,000 kilometers of on-land and undersea fiber optic cables, and connects the Philippine archipelago through several cable landing stations strategically located in the country.

It has a total capacity of 5.15 Terabits per second (tbps).

To recall, PLDT completed a new third leg between the Visayas and Mindanao regions running through the island of Bohol last month. It has also launched a new fiber from B3 link to the Palawan island hope to reach 100 percent group. (PNA)

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See story P15.00 on Page 12 August 14, 2014

Solon brings healthcare services closer to Misor residents

By DODO CANOY and IRENE ANIBONG Contributors

VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental––Thousands of residents in the five barangays of Jasaan town in Misamis Oriental went home beaming after receiving the various healthcare services from second district Rep. Juliette Uy. Rep. Uy, with the help of some of her friends from the province of Misamis

Oriental, conducted her 7th Medical Mission recently in barangays Luz Banzon, Solana, Kimaya, San Isidro, and Aplaya, all in Jasaan town.

Some of the services provided free during the medical mission include haircut, medical and dental check up, eye consultation, among others.

Medicines and vitamins were also distributed to the local residents, including the distribution of school

supplies, bags, umbrella, raincoats, among others.

Rep. Uy, a neophyte lady lawmaker, thanked some of the officials of Jasaan town, who represented Jasaan Mayor Grace Jardin, for joining the conduct of 7th Medical Mission.

“Nagpasalamat ako sa panaghiusa nga gipakita sa Jasaan nga walay bulok sa politika luyo sa ilang nagkadaiyang partido nga gihuptan alang sa kaayohan sa katawhan nga nanginahang-

lan sa serbisyong medical ug uban pa,” Rep. Uy told the Mindanao Daily News.

Present at the medical mission includes Punong Barangay Rizaldy Maghanoy (Aplaya), Punong Barangay Venerando Pagaspas (Luz Banzon), Punong Barangay Roel Dael (Solana), Punong Barangay Alejandro Tapunggot (San Isidro), and Punong Barangay Lucila Valmorida (Kimaya).

Also present were Sangguniang Bayan Member

Dr. Johannes Salcedo, Luz Banzon School Principal Manolito Sale Sr., ABC President Charlie Eugenio, Sangguniang Bayan Member Rebecca Edos, Philippine Sinter Corporation (PSC) Manager Emmanuel Butch Gapuz, Atty. Ramil Carreon, Sr. Insp. Espiredon Bejado, and some employees of the local government of Villanueva town under Mayor Julio Uy, the husband of Rep. Uy.

Solon wants probe on ‘fixed biddings’ in DOH-10, Oro port See PEOPLE, page A7

By Dionisio P. Tubianosa www.congress.gov.ph

Regional Top Stories

A MINDANAO lawmaker has called for separate investigations into alleged anomalies in public bidding and implementation of projects of the Department of Health in Region 10 and those by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).

caraga

DILG leads child friendly local governance audit in Caraga u A5

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17 people, including Chinese poachers rescued off Tawi-Tawi u A6

See FULL STORY, page A4

davao

Week-long Kadayawan Festival opens in Davao City u A2

Misamis Oriental Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez administers the oath of the officers of the General Parents-Teachers Association (GPTA) of Manticao National High School (MNHS). Behind him is Manticao Mayor Bobby Lagrosas.

Pelaez, with student leaders from public high schools nationwide, crafted the existing guidelines governing the Parents-Teachers Association (PTA) when he was executive director of the Department of Education (DepEd) in Central Office. He is now the chair of the committee on education in the Sangguniang Panlalawigan. Photo supplied

NEWS IN FOCUS Bohol town mayor complains of slow help from national gov’t Oro councilors okay DAVAO City––The national government has been slow in implementing rehabilitation works for Maribojoc town in Bohol, Mayor Leoncio Evasco Jr. of the quake-devastated town said Tuesday.

“We feel that we have

Rep. Juliette Uy

been forgotten after Yolanda,” Evasco said, referring to the super typhoon that hit Eastern Visayas weeks after the quake that struck Bohol and Cebu.

In an interview Tuesday at the launch of Participatory Guarantee System for

organic products at the Ateneo de Davao University, Evasco said his town has yet to recover almost a year after the disaster.

He hit the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) for See slow, page A7

safe motherhood law

TO address the high maternal and infant mortality rate and to provide a safe and quality care for every pregnant mother, the 17th City Council headed by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas on Monday enacted Ordinance No. 12824-2014, to be known as the Safe Motherhood Ordinance of Cagayan de Oro. The ordinance, authored by See safe, page A7

Cop in ‘King’ slay tells court, charges against him fabricated

By Jessie L. Casalda

DAVAO City––Police Superintendent Leonardo Felonia vehemently denied accusations that he had a participation in the murder of prominent businessman Richard King inside his Vital C building in Sobrecarey Street, Barrio Obrero, this city last June 12.

Felonia was charged with murder along with brothers Rodel and Rommel dela Cerna and Paul Labang for the murder of King.

In his counter-affidavit before the City See cop, page A7

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Week-long Kadayawan Festival opens

By Lilian C. Mellejor

D

AVAO CITY - An opening ritual marked the beginning of the week-long 29th Kadayawan Festival with Mayor Rodrigo Duterte leading city officials and organizers walking from Rizal Park to Quezon Park on Tuesday afternoon.

This year’s theme: Kalambuan sa Kinaiyahan, Kadayawan sa Katawhan (Nature’s Flourishing:: People’s Well-being) is chosen to give significance to the four elements of nature – the earth, wind, water and fire.

At the opening, a poem was read as the councilors poured in water to the fountain followed by the lighting of fire by the mayor.

Councilor Al Ryan Alejandre, spokesperson of the Kadayawan Festival, said this year will showcase the previous winners of the 2005 Tunog Mindanaw – Kalumon Performing Ensemble; Sayaw Mindanaw winners; and, the this year’s Hiyas sa Kadayawan 2014 candidates.

Some of the events have already opened like the Kaan sa D’an (food street) at Roxas Avenue where 20

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stalls were provided. A nightly event will entertain visitors.

City Tourism Officer Lisette Marquez said more than 10 IP tribes will converge at the People’s Park for their activities.

Marquez disclosed that the festival highlights included the tribal sports fest; Davao River Festival; Floral Float Parade (Pamulak) featuring competing two (2) big and five (5) non-motorized floats; Indak-Indak (street dance) with 18 competing groups (6 out of town and 12 from Davao). There are also a number of noncompeting floats which have registered with the organizers.

Marquez noted lesser numb er of comp et ing floats this year due to time constraints, rising price of flowers and expensive fees on hiring floral archi-

tects. “This is a city not considered as bagsakan,” Marquez told reporters.

Kadayawan is now on its 29th year. It is an annual celebration to recognize the different tribes of the city and thanksgiving for bountiful harvest since August is a time when fruits are bountiful, even visitors could buy them at a very cheap price or offered free by a good neighbor.

Security The Davao City Police Office (DCPO) is deploying about 2,000 police, militar y and the 1,000 security multipliers (police auxiliaries paid by the city government). The Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) XI will also be on hand to support to prevent entry of drug peddlers.

DCPO Chief of Police Vicente Danao, Jr. said they implement the “Stop, Freeze and search” measure. “I hope the people will understand,” Danao said, emphasizing that this is part of keeping the public safe and secure during the festival week.

Danao advised the public to refrain from bringing back packs to avoid inconvenience, tumblers

particularly colored ones and drinks in cans. However, out of town visitors can leave their bags at baggage counters, which will be provided by police stations, for their convenience when they enter in festival venues. The public should refrain from wearing sunglasses and hats to avoid being searched.

Mayor Rodrigo Duterte earlier said the Anti-Smoking and curfew will stay in force. “The law does allow giving extensions. At 1:00 am you have to stop all,” he said.

The mayor said no arrest will be made on drunkards unless they cause disorder and become unruly.

Duterte also gives freedom to the police and the military to institute measures on matters of public order and security. “I do not interfere,” he said.

Danao said the government security forces will focus more on Sta. Ana, San Pedro and Talomo areas and all entry points to the city where roundthe-clock checks will be conducted.

He also urged the public to be obser vant for suspicious persons, who can be identified for their restlessness. (PNA)

Climate Change briefing for IPs

By JEANEVIVE DURON ABANGAN

STO. TOMAS, Davao del Norte - More than 200 members of the indigenous peoples in Sto. Tomas will gather this morning for the briefing and orientation on climate change held in the municipality of Sto. Tomas, Davao del Norte on August 13, 2014.

Organized by the Philippine Information Agency XI and the Municipal Government of Sto. Tomas in cooperation with the Department of Environment Natural Resources and the Department of Social Welfare and Development XI, the forum on Climate Change highlights the IP Day that forms part of the week-long 55th founding anniversary of the Municipality of Sto. Tomas.

PIA XI Regional Director Efren Elbanbuena deems it fitting to hold a discussion on climate change with IPs noting that most IP communities stand vulnerable to disaster because they are located in areas most likely affected by adverse weather conditions due to climate change.

A research paper entitled *“Indigenous People’s and Climate Change Adaption in Asia” published by the

Asia Indigenous People’s Pact (AIPP) in 2012 noted the vulnerability of IPs to adverse impacts of climate change due to the locations of their communities.

They were noted usually residing either in low-lying areas, high mountainous areas, flood plains or in temperate forest zones at risk of “climatic uncertainties and unpredictability” of extreme weather conditions such as cyclones, floods and prolonged droughts.

Despite this situation, AIPP further noted that IPs were “least heard and included in the discussions” on climate change adaptation.

To raise awareness on climate change among members of IP communities, the Philippine Information Agency XI partners with the local government unit of Sto. Tomas and the DENR to orient IPs about climate change and the abnormal weather conditions.

Such knowledge is necessary to help them come up with indigenous measures to adapt and to cushion the adverse impact of extreme weather events on their socio-economic life. (PIA 11/ Jeanevive D. Abangan)

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Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITY OF DIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R A a notice is hereby served to the public that MARIA LUZMINDA S. REYES has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “LUZMINDA” to “MARIA LUZMINDA” in the Birth Certificate of LUZMINDA SANTIAGO who was born on January 3, 1951 at Miral, Digos, Davao and whose parents are Geronimo Santiago and Encarnacion Lucas Santiago.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/tier written opposition with this Office not later than September 01, 2014.

Issued this 12th day of August 2014 at Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.

(Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA

City Civil Registrar MDN: Aug. 14 & 21, 2014

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province of Davao del Sur Municipality of Matanao

RA Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE CIVIL REGISTRAR Province of Davao del Sur MUNICIPALITY OF MALALAG NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with BA 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that JACKIE SAMSON L. ORONG has filed with the office a petition for change of GENDER from FEMALE to MALE in the birth certificate of JACKIE SAMSON L. ORONG who was born on JULY 25, 1990 at Baybay, Malalag, Davao del Sur and whose parents are STEPHEN D. ORONG and Letecia S. Laput.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may fie his/her written oppcsiion with this Office not later than August 12, 2014.

(Sgd.) ELIZABETH P. MANACIO

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Aug. 14 & 21, 2014

Republic of the Philippines Province of Davao del Sur CITYOFDIGOS OFFICE OF THE CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Date: 12 August 2014 CCE-0030-2014R = A = 1017: In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013—1, Guidelines in the Imple-mentation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that DYAN C. GALLARDO has filed with this Office a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH of DYAN C. GALLARDO at MATANAO, DAVAO DEL SUR and whose parents are ROMERO P. GALLARDO and ENECITA M. CASAS.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 23 AUG, 2014.

(Sgd.) NONITA DIONISIO-DALUMPINES Municipal Civil Registrar

MDN: Aug. 14 & 21, 2014

NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FELIPE A. FLORES has filed with this Office a petition for CHANGE OF FIRST NAME (CFN) from “PEPING” to “FELIPE” in the Birth Certificate of PEPING FLORES who was born on August 17,1953 at Balutakay, Digos, Davao and whose parents are Felipe Flores and Juliana Ares.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his/her written opposition with this Office not later than September 01, 2014.

Issued this 12lb day of August 2014 at Digos City, Davao del Sur, Philippines.

(Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA

City Civil Registrar MDN: Aug. 14 & 21, 2014

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ARCCESS: More Producers, Better Quality, More Income “Agriculture is the backbone of our country” is a statement we all have heard time and time again.

We are an agricultural country yet technological advances in agriculture have been implemented and adopted rather slowly.

There are several reasons for this. One major reason is that our farmers have been too traditional in their agricultural approach.

Then, you have to consider culture, viability, and unfamiliarity among the others.

Knowing these realities, Philippine government agencies have reorganized the need to intervene in terms of instituting modern and advance technologies in agriculture.

Ensuring sustainable and continuous production is essential for economic development. Thus, establishing an agricultural system built to reap and maximize the benefits of modern technologies will be very important.

In general, farmers have been naïve to modern development in agriculture, much more agrarian reform beneficiaries. The ARCCESS project, an initiative of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), provides opportunities to agrarian reform beneficiaries to access modern technologies.

ARCCESS Community The ARCCESS project has several phases. An important phase of the project is the acquisition and management of common service facilities (CSF). CSFs are modern farm equipment and machineries that aid farmers in maximizing agri-product by facilitating more efficient methods in land preparation, harvest and post-harvest.

These CSFs are given to selected agrarian reform beneficiaries organizations (ARBOs) that passed the criteria set by DAR. In Lanao del Norte and Misamis Occidental, there are four (4) Agrarian Reform Communities that have been recipients of CSFs through the ARCCESS Project: Palao ARC Cooperative (Tubod, Lanao del Norte), LAKAS ARCCESS Farmers Association (Lala, Kapatagan, Sapad, Lanao del Norte), COSIBA ARC MPC ( Tudela, Misamis Occidental), and MADARCC ( Plaridel, Misamis Occidental).

Project Impact Joseph Abalorio, a farmer beneficiary from LAKAS ARCCESS Farmers Association (Rebe Farmers MPC), has reaped the benefits of the CSFs. LAKAS was awarded two (2) CSFs: combined harvester and flatbed dryer.

Combined harvester is a farm machinery which combines several post-harvest processes into one.

Conventional harvesting practices usually take 2-3 days to complete depending on the labor.

By using the combined harvester, the amount of time needed to harvest drastically decrease.

The capacity of the combined harvester is about 2 hectares per day at Php6,500.00 per hectare while manual labor takes 2 days with about 20 men at 200/person. Totalling the cost, that’s Php4,000.00.

Then you compute the cost for threshing which is about Php5,000.00 per hectare. That is Php9,000.00 per hectare.

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Solon wants probe on ‘fixed biddings’ in DOH-10, Oro port Bukidnon • Camiguin • Lanao del Norte • Lanao del Sur • Misamis Occidental • Misamis Oriental

By Dionisio P. Tubianosa www.congress.gov.ph

A MINDANAO lawmaker has called for separate investigations into alleged anomalies in public bidding and implementation of projects of the Department of Health in Region 10 and those by the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA).

Misamis Occidental Rep. Henry S. Oaminal is author of House Resolution Nos.

1306 and 1307.

HR 1306 is “directing the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to inquire, in aid of legislation, into the reported gross and inordinate anomalies in the conduct of public bidding and implementation of infrastructure projects of the Department of Health and most particularly in Region X (Cagayan de Oro City), allegedly perpetrated by

the Regional Infrastructure engineer in conspiracy with other regional officials.”

These alleged anomalies and irregularities purportedly emanate from rigged or fixed biddings to actual project implementation of the construction of hospitals, specialty hospitals and other public health clinics, Oaminal said.

“Such a situation cannot be countenanced more so under the transparency

and the ‘Matuwid na Daan’ program of our beloved President and his administration,” Oaminal pointed out in HR 1306.

On the other hand, HR 1307 is “directing the Committee on Good Government and Public Accountability to investigate, in aid of legislation, into the reported massive and gross anomalies in the conduct of public bidding in violation of RA 9184, known as the

Government Procurement Act and RA 3019, known as the Anti-Graft and Corruption Practices Act of projects of the Philippine Ports Authority.”

Oaminal said these alleged anomalies and irregularities are purportedly initiated thru rigged and fixed biddings by disqualifying participating contractors who will not join the pre-arrangement.

These alleged impro-

prieties have not only cast doubts and suspicions on its (PPA) personnel without exception but also place the whole gamut of government under distrust and public doubt, which is unfair to those who are law abiding bidders, the author stressed.

“There is an urgent and immediate need to remedy the situation in order to serve best the need of public service and public interest,” Oaminal concluded.

136 projects poured in, eyed to combat poverty

By Rutchie Cabahug-Aguhob of PIA-Misamis Occidental

Congressman Rufus B. Rodriguez and Cong. Maxie B. Rodriguez (ABAMIN) formally turn–over 10 newly repaired classrooms in City National High School in Nazareth, CDO worth Php 2,700,000.00. With Cong. Rodriguez are City Councilors Eric Salcedo, Bong Lao and Candy Darimbang; Brgy. Chairwoman Jocelyn B. Rodriguez; DPWH - Dist.

Engr. Anastacio G. Marundan Gina F. Labitad-Secondary School Principal II; and Reynaldo M. Manuel Jr. ASOS, DepEd. photo supplied

No wearing of helmets in city proper COUNCILOR Lourdes Candy Darimbang last week proposed an ordinance prohibiting motorcycle riders from wearing helmets while driving within the city proper.

In her special report, the lady councilor cited the increase in crime rates in the country which is

attributed to motorcycleriding criminals wearing caps or helmets.

She said allowing the wearing of helmets within the city could further increase crime rates as helmets conceal the identities of the criminals. According to the councilor, while helmets are used as safety

tools, these can also be used as instruments to threaten the peace and order in the city and the safety of the people.

Councilor Darimbang said the enactment of an ordinance prohibiting the use of helmets within the city proper will ensure the speedy resolution of cases

and will make police efforts effective and efficient The rep or t was referred to the committee on police, fire and public safety chaired by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor and on public utilities chaired by Councilor Roger Abaday for further study.

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OROQUIETA City, Misamis Occidental––Some 136 projects amounting to P168,100,000 were implemented in Misamis Occidental under the 2013 Bottom-Up Budgeting (BUB), now renamed Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GPB) process of planning.

Aimed at reducing poverty in the countryside, these projects were funded by the different national government agencies (NGA’s) and were implemented in 14 out of 17 local government units (LGU’s), Sanivier G. Patoc, provincial director of the Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) of Misamis Occidental, said.

These LGU’s included the provinces’ three cities: Oroquieta, Ozamiz and Tangub and 11 municipalities: Aloran, Baliangao, Bonifacio, Calamba, Clarin, Don Victoriano, Jimenez, Lopez-Jaena, Plaridel, SapangDalaga and Tudela.

Meanwhile, data at DILG show that the highest amount of the 2013 BUB projects, among the cities, was in Ozamiz with P30,000,000, for 25 projects, followed

by Tangub, P21,900,000, for six projects and Oroquieta, P16,400,000, for 14 projects.

Among the municipalities, Bonifacio had the highest BUB amount of P12,400,000 for 20 projects followed by Plaridel, P11,400,000 for 17 projects, Clarin, P10,400,000, for two projects, Lopez-Jaena, P8,900,000, for six projects and Tudela, P8,700,000 for three projects.

The DILG data also show that the following LGU’s had P8,000,000, worth of BUB projects, each, in 2013 and the following number of projects: Aloran, 13 projects; Jimenez, 12 projects; Baliangao, 10 projects; Calamba, four projects; Don Victoriano, four projects; and SapangDalaga, three projects.

A Cagayan de Oro city hall worker checks the seats that got destroyed when councilors sat on them during their regular session on Monday. Councilor Alexander Dacer, one of the councilors, was catapulted when a part of the chair was broken upon sitting down. Observers say the chairs were old.

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DILG leads child friendly local governance audit in Caraga

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UTUAN City - The Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Regional Office 13 leads in the conduct of Child Friendly Local Governance Audit (CFLGA) in the region.

Six cities and 67 municipalities were assessed using the CFLGA tool to gauge their performance in delivering children and youth-specific social services in the community.

The CFLGA is an audit system that assesses the delivery of social welfare s er vices on chi ld and youth. It is a result-based assessment tool and a mandatory audit designed to identify the results of the intervention. The Council for the Welfare of Children has adopted the audit as a major tool in assessing LGU performance and uses its result as inputs in the Conferment of the Seal of Child Friendly Local

Governance.

Results of the assessment were transmitted from the city/municipal level to the provincial level and to the regional level. The Regional Audit Team (RAT), chaired by the DILG and co-chaired by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) together with the Department of Education (DepEd) validates the results and prepares the consolidated regional overall rating for submission to the Regional Su b c om m itt e e on t h e Council for the Welfare of Children (RSCWC).

The department supports the realization of children’s rights and building a “Child-Sensitive and Child-Friendly Society,” in accordance with the country’s commitments to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). (Florian Faith Jr. P. Bayawa, DILG Caraga/PIA-Caraga)

PHL exports 400MT premium rice

By PAT SAMONTE-Caraga Regional Editor

BUTUAN City - For the first time in 30 years, the Philippines has been able to export high quality rice, the Department of Agriculture said in a report emailed to Mindanao Daily NewsButuan.

Secretary Proceso Alcala said the country has already exceeded earlier projections on the volume of premium rice the country can export.

“Ang amin pong projection ay ang makaexport ng 100 metric tons of premium rice, but we have already exported 400 metric tons of premium rice – red rice, black rice and organic rice – and the year is not yet over,” Alcala said.

The secretary said that “In the event that we hit rice self-sufficiency and there

is already adequate buffer stock, rice farmers will be encouraged to cultivate more premium rice for export.”

According to Alcala, Hongkong and Singapore have large requirements for premium rice but they don’t have any production.

He added, “It is a good sign that we were finally able to export rice because it has become somewhat embarrassing that for more than 30 years, we have been importing rice and among the world’s top importers of rice.”

Earlier the DA said the Philippines saved not less than P547 billion on rice importation from 2010 to 2013 because instead of buying rice from our

Vi e t n a m e r s a n d T h a i neighbors, Filipino farmers had a good harvest and were able to meet part of the demand.

The country used to rely on imports to stabilize rice supply and price with an

import dependency ratio of 13.57 percent from 20012010.

Atty. Emerson Palad, DA Undersecretar y for F i e l d O p e r at i ons an d Spokesperson, said the past See exports, page A7

Republic of the Philippines Local Civil Registry Office Province: Agusan del Norte City/Municipality: Butuan City

Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0080-2014(R.A. 10172) 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. 10l72), Notice is hereby served to the public that MARK ANTHONY B. PEÑA has filed with this office a petition for Correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of MARK ANTHONY BRAGAMONTE PEÑA, born at City General Hospital & Medical Center, Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, and whose parents are EDISA FERRER BRAGAMONTE and ROMULO BASINILLO PEÑA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 29 August 2014.

(SGD.) JUDITH ALVIZO-CALO, LLB, MPA City Civil Registrar MDN: Aug. 14 & 21, 2014

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17 people, including Chinese poachers rescued off Tawi-Tawi

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AMBOANGA CITY - Philippine authorities said 17 people, including 7 Chinese poachers, were rescued at sea off the province of Tawi-Tawi.

The fishing boat FB King and Queen spotted the Chinese trawler burning off Malugi Island in Tawi-Tawi and rescued the 7 crewmen and brought

them to Palawan province where the fishing boat is based.

Cipriano Enoy, the boat’s skipper, radioed Wednesday the Mapun

municipal hospital in TawiTawi and informed officials there of the rescue of the poachers.

Jonathan Tiblan, who works at the hospital, told the Coast Guard about the rescue of the Chinese fishermen, whose identities were not immediately available. The Coast Guard said the poachers cannot speak English.

The Coast Guard said six Filipino children and 4 women were also rescue off Tawi-Tawi by the crew of a foreign vessel MV Sabrina who spotted them floating at sea between Sibutu and Bongao towns.

The victims told the Coast Guard that their motorboat was battered by huge waves and capsized on August 12. (Ely Dumaboc)

Pantawid Pamilya - The Gituayan family from Labangan, Zamboanga del Sur, a beneficiary of the DSWD's Pantawid Pamilya program shares to judges of the Search for Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya their challenges and successes in spite of poverty last Friday (August 8). They were adjudged as the regional winners, and will represent the region in the national search this September. The Huwarang Pantawid Pamilya is an annual search by the DSWD for families that best exemplify the programs' objectives by becoming responsible with the conditional cash grants. (Photo Credit: Ivan Salvador, DSWD Social Marketing Unit and PIA-9)

Zambo mayor orders use of resources to clean, beautify the city

ZAMBOANGA CIT Y – Mayor Ma. Isabelle Climaco-Salazar has ordered the City General Service Office (CGSO) to utilize its resources in maintaining cleanliness and beautification of this city.

Salazar issued the order EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Deceased EUGENIO D. ESPINUEVA and GLORIA C. ESPENUEVA, who died on April 20, 2008 and September 3, 2005 respectively; deceased EUGENIO D. ESPINUEVA is the absolute and registered owner of a parcel of land located at Poblacion, Cagayan de Oro City, covered by TCT No. 3954 of the register of Deeds of Cagayan de Oro City and more particularly described as follows: “ A PARCEL: OF LAND (LOT 421-B-6-A, OF THE SUBDIVISION PLAN (LRC) Psd-19521 BEING A PORTION OF LOT 421-B-6, DESCRIBED ON PLAN (LRC) Psd17556, LRC (GLRO) CAD RECORD No. 1562), CONTAINING AN AREA OF FIVE HUNDRED THREE (503) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS, is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE Under Public of ATTY. LINO N. AGPOON; As per Doc. No. 623; Page No. 124; Book No. VI; Series of 2014.

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as she stressed that “with regards to the cleanliness of this city, it is still unsatisfactory.”

Salazar said there is a budget to fix the centerroad islands and to plant ornamental plants as part of the efforts to beautify the city.

Salazar said one of the center-road islands to be restored to its original status is the one along R.T. Lim Boulevard, which

was cleared last week of shanties occupied by the internally displaced persons (IDPs).

“There is budget to fix our (center-road) islands. I asked (CGSO chief) Eng’r.

Rene Dela Cruz to utilize its resources,” Salazar added although she did not disclose the exact amount of the budget.

She has expressed her h e ar t fe lt g r at itu d e to Labuan Parish priest Fr.

R.A. Form No. 10172/ R.A 9048 (LCRO)

Louie Alejandro, Tetuan Parish priest Marciano Villagracia, businessman Le Peng Wee, and the Zonta Club for helping the city government in its beautification efforts.

She told Dela Cruz to work closely with the Office of the City Environment and Natural Resources (OCENR) in the maintenance of cleanliness and beautification efforts of this city. (PNA)

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Stakeholders support NGP; plant 1,000 seedlings in Tukuran

By GIDEON C. CORGUE

TUKURAN, Zamboanga del Sur – In an effort to address climate change, members of 1st Cavalry Squadron Battalion, Philippine Army, barangay officials, teachers, students and Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries on Saturday participated the tree planting activity held in an indentified area in barangay Navalan, Tukuran here.

Civil-military operations officer Capt. Ronnie Madriñan said the activity is one of the highlights of battalion’s 38th founding anniversary on August 16 with the theme:“Sustained dependability, preparedness and professionalism moving forward to be a world class combat unit.”

The activity, Madriñan said is in support of the government’s priority program --the National Greening Program (NGP) to lessen the impact of climate change which is happening in our country today.

“The activity is in compliance with the Executive Order No. 26 declaring an interdepartmental convergence initiative for a national greening program and Presidential Decree No. 1153 that calls every Filipino citizen to help, as duty and obligation, to conserve and develop the resources of the country,” Madriñan.

Madriñan said 1,000 grafted seedlings of Mahogany, Narra and other fruit-bearing trees were planted by the stakeholders in the area.

Punong B arangay Leoncio Osores said he is happy that the 1st Cavalry Squadron battalion has chosen barangay Navalan as the pilot area for the tree planting activity.

R.A. 9048/10172 Form No. 10.1 (LCRO)

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte MUNICIPALITY OF BAROY OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Lala OFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with Section 7 of R.A. No. 10172/R.A. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ROMEO CORONEL BALUARTE has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error in date of birth in the month & day from APRIL 21, 1957 to FEBRUARY 12, 1957 and Change of First Name from ROMY to ROMEO in the Birth Certificate of ROMY CORONEL BALUARTE who was born on APRIL 21 1957 at Raw-an Point, Baroy, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are BONIFACIO P. BALUARTE and ANASTACIA A. CORONEL.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 26 AUGUST 2014.

In compliance with Rule 7 R.A. Act No. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that HARVIE B. LIGUTOM has filed with this Office a Petition for Correction of GENDER from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of HARVIE BAHALA LIGUTOM who was born on 02 AUGUST 1994 at Simpak, Lala, Lanao del Norte whose parents are PROCOPIO P. LIGUTOM and SELINA S. BAHALA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days.

(SGD) CIRILO A. MICULOB

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Aug. 14 & 21, 2014

“Aron nga maseguro nga ang tanan nga seedlings mabuhi, ako ang nagmugna sa ‘Bantay Kalikasan’ nga gilangkuban ug lima ka mga tawo aron maoy mosusi ug mo-alima sa mga tanom.”

(To ensure that all seedlings will grow, I have created ‘Bantay Kalikasan’ wich composed of five persons to inspect and care for the trees), Osores assured.

4Ps beneficiary Margie Gansan said joined the tree planting activity because she wanted to contribute something for the environment.

“Nadasig ako nga misalmot sa pagtanom ug mga kahoy tungod kay gusto ko nga makatabang sa atong kinaiyahan. Nagtuo ako nga sa atong hiniusa nga paningkamot pagpananom ug mga kahoy mapugngan ang dautang epekto nga gidulot pag-usab sa atong klima,” Gansan said (I was inspired to join the tree planting acitivity because I want to contribute something for our environment. I believe that in our collective efforts in doing tree planting, we can mitigate the adverse effects of climate change.)

Meanwhile, Philippine Information Agency (PIA)-9 regional director Noemi Edaga lauded the efforts made by all stakeholders in planting trees saying that the impacts of climate change are persistent and are already being felt everywhere in the world.

Edaga, who is one of the participants, hopes that the stakeholders will not only plant trees but also commit in the nuruting of trees and maintenance. “In that way, we are protecting not only the environment but also ourselves,” Edaga concluded. (GCC/PIA9Zamboanga del Sur)

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‘Gambler’ rebuilds life with DSWD

CAGAYAN de Oro City––A beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) here revealed that she was engaged in illegal gambling that almost ruin her family life.

Now she says she has turned her life around and is advocating for reform, helping other beneficiary use cash grants prudently.

Marjorie Yecyec, a parent advocate of DSWD Northern Mindanao, said her life changes when her family becomes beneficiary of Pantawid Pamilya in 2008 under Set 1.

Marjorie, who lives in Macabalan in this city, believes that the DSWD has taught her to work harder, to be diligent in what she does, and to be participative in community works.

“The Family Development Session has changed my life dramatically,” said Yecyec, who also disclosed that she used to drink alcohol before with her neighbors.

“The FDS teaches us on how we can improve our lives and protect ourselves from risks, especially when our City Link Majalalil Flores and other resource speakers discussed on various topics like disaster preparedness, family relationships and marriage, good and effective parenting, community participation, health, among others,” she said.

Marjorie, a barangay police officer and community health navigator of the Department of Health, claimed that she has more time now with her four daughters despite her hectic schedule.

Marjorie, along with her neighbor and fellow parent advocate, Elsa Sabellana, is a regular resource person for DSWD during interviews with media practitioners.

Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program is a human development program of the national government that invests in the health and education of poor households, particularly of children aged 0-18 years old. It provides a monthly cash grant of a maximum of P1,400 for qualified households provided that they comply with the conditions set by the program. Families who fail to comply with certain conditions will not receive the benefit corresponding to the conditions and are given reminders by the Department of Social Welfare and Development, the implementing agency of the Program.

“With the Pantawid Pamilya cash grants, I am no longer worried about whether I can send my children to school and provide for their health needs. I can now save some of our money, find more ways to earn more,” said Yecyec.

She added that “with Pantawid Pamilya, I can make a difference in my home and in my community!”

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administration spent more in National Food Authority imports than in production support from 2001-2010 – P105.6 billion for production compared to P292.5 billion for NFA imports, making production grow at a rate of only 2.27 percent or a little over 313,000 metric tons annually.

From 2008 to 2010, the amount paid for imports worth P176.18 billion was eight times the amount of P22.06 billion paid for the period 2011-2013.

Payments for rice imports were 2.8 times the level of support for rice programs from 2001-2010.

This was reversed from 2011 to 2013 with support for local producers at 3.9 times that of payments for rice imports which drove our farmers to deliver the performance in the last three years with a higher annual average growth rate of 5.37 percent, equivalent to 889,029 metric tons, Palad said.

Safe...

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Councilor Dante Pajo, chair of the committee on health, provides that every pregnant mother shall deliver her baby in a health facility. As a policy, birth delivery at home will no longer be allowed, pursuant to the ordinance.

It also provides that every birth delivery shall be attended to by a skilled birth attendant, as the primary attendant. Traditional birth attendants are prohibited from performing deliveries without the direct supervision of skilled birth attendants.

Skilled birth attendants are those with midwifery skills who have been trained to proficiency in skills necessary to manage normal deliveries and diagnose, manage or refer obstetric complications. It refers only to registered doctors, registered midwives and nurses.

Maternal deaths Pajo explained that since 2002, maternal and infant deaths steadily increased.

The Power, the daily newsletter of the City Council, learned that the maternal mortality rate in the country increased from 162 per 100,000 live births in 2009 to 221 per 100,000 live births in 2011.

Pajo said maternal deaths can be prevented by proper health care services.

Support To protect both mother and child, the law requires every family to ensure that their pregnant mothers are seen by a skilled birth attendant and to provide support for the pregnant mother and refer her to the nearest facility of her choice for antenatal care, childbirth and postnatal care.

Section 3.E. of the ordinance provides that in cases of imminent delivery, the family shall secure the safety of both the mother

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who recently gave birth and the baby by bringing them to the nearest facility for proper assessment and management.

Complicated pregnancies should be referred to the J.R. Borja General Hospital or any facility of choice by the patient.

Under the ordinance, barangay councils are required to provide transportation for pregnant mothers who are in emergency situation that requires urgent referral to a higher facility, to serve as local police power in their community for the implementation of the ordinance and to establish functional blood donation programs.

For its part, the City Health Office is tasked to oversee the implementation of the ordinance and provide adequate technical and logistic support in providing a safe and quality maternal and child health services. It shall also ensure adequate resources for health centers to operate effectively and efficiently. Another responsibility of the local health office is to establish a strategic Basic Emergency Obstetric and Newborn Care (BEMONC) with the J. R. Borja Hospital serving as the Comprehensive Obstetric and Newborn Care (CEMONC) facility.

Meanwhile, the responsibility of barangay health centers is to ensure that every pregnant mother in the community is seen by a skilled birth attendant.

Each health center is required to install a pregnant tracking system and provide free and quality services for antenatal and postnatal care.

The center shall likewise provide affordable, safe and quality care for normal birth delivery.

The responsibility of the community is to participate in organizing a Women Health Team in coordination with the Barangay Council and Barangay Health Center staff to support pregnant mothers in the community, with the barangay health center as the lead agency.

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Pro s e c utor’s O f f i c e (CPO), Felonia, then director of PNP Regional Intelligence Unit, through his counsel Atty. Caesar Europa, asserted that the allegations against him were false and only fabricated by the city police to pin him down to the offense charged.

Along with his testimony, Felonia also used the result of the forensic examination on the cellular phone of the alleged triggerman Paul Labang and another suspect Rodel dela Cerna, in his favor.

The examination showed that no call was made on the phone of the suspects on June 9 and June 10, contrary to the claim of Labang that they were called by Felonia to get the P120,000 payment and King’s picture at his office.

Felonia further ques-

tioned the late submission of the result to the CPO despite the fact that it was completed on July 4, 2014 but submitted only on July 22.

Felonia stressed that “a reading of the forensic examination result will show why it was submitted late and the reason why is the fact that standing alone, the result shows nothing incriminating against me and instead it will benefit me. Thus, the ‘director’ of the DCPO telenovela against me needed time to craft a story fitted to the results of the said forensic examination to give the same criminal context.”

Felonia also submitted a screenshot from his mobile phone showing that his communications with Labang on March 14 was not about the murder but for a shooting competition which Labang wanted to confirm Felonia’s participation.

A text message on Felonia’s phone also contradicted Labang’s claim that they were contacted by Felonia on June 19 to claim their bonus for a job well done in the murder of King.

The text message only showed that Labang has requested for a mission order for a firearm which Felonia approved and told him to get it in his office on the following week.

Felonia further questioned the validity of the arrest of Labang and the dela Cerna brothers and thus, their extra-judicial confessions were illegally obtained.

The City Prosecutors Office through government prosecutor Panfilo Lovitos is still assessing the evidence and testimony submitted by Felonia. (PNA)

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The 7th Medical Mission of Rep. Uy likewise gained the support of some television networks such as the Probe Team, Mellowtouch, Agila sa Energy FM, Radyo Natin, Radio Mindanao Network, Radyo Ultra, print media, Eye Care International, the 58th Infantry Battalion of the Philippine Army, private sector, and other agencies from Villanueva town.

“Jasaan is a second-class municipality in the province of Misamis Oriental, Philippines. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 50,121 people.It is approximately 28 kilometres (17 miles) east of the capital city of Cagayan de Oro,” according to the online enclopedia, the wikipedia.

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allegedly delaying the assistance for the reconstruction of the earthquake devastated areas.

He said that had national agencies informed them of the delay, they could have started working on their own.

The mayor said that so

far the national government had only reached the “policy side” of the rehabilitation.

He cited the P2.3-billionBohol Earthquake Assistance fund, which he said would have helped rebuild the municipal hall, health centers and other government structures.

Evasco said the earthquake totally damaged 1,443 structures, partially damaged around 2,700 and slightly damaged at least 1,000 others.

“Most of the affected structures were in Maribojoc,” he said. “We want to start building homes for the survivors because we don’t want them to become reliant on relief goods.”

He said none of the houses have been rebuilt due to slow response from the national government.

He questioned the DILG for reportedly allocating funds for the barangays without communicating with the municipal government.

“We questioned it because the situation on the ground is very different from an airconditioned office in Metro Manila,” Evasco said. “They know that the barangay has no experts such as engineers and planners, then why were the funds immediately channeled to them?”

He said the move was “designed to cause a rift between barangay captains and local government unit leaders.”

He said the local government had to fend for itself in terms of immediate relief operations after the disaster, reconstruction, and psychosocial rehabilitation for those who suffered trauma from the incident.

Evasco noted that the disaster opened up opportunities for skilled workers who could be employed in the rebuilding of houses.

He said that along with USAID, Plan International, and DSWD, the municipality has trained carpenters, welders, plumbers and masons who would help in building homes through a cash-for-work scheme.

He said his estimate on the cost of each house, P40,000, was around half of the national government’s estimate for a “resilient, typhoon-resistant” house, pegged at P100,000 per unit.

“There is no such thing as a ‘resilient’ house when it comes to the wrath of God and the Nature that you abuse,” he said.

Evasco made headlines last year for stopping a Red Cross relief team from directly distributing goods to a barangay.

The agency had reportedly refused to course the distribution through the local government. Bohol received P6 million in assistance from the city government last year, P1 million of which went to Maribojoc.

Evasco once served as city administrator under Mayor Rodrigo Duterte.

(MindaNews)

Biblical reflection

Bro. Edcel L. Closas

Enough S p e cial G os pel of the day: Luke21:1-4(August13, 2014-Wednesday) Luke 21:1-4-And he looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites. And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had: This gospel reminds us to give what is due to God with all honesty and loyalty. In Malachi 3:10-bring ye all the tithes into the storehouse, that there may be meat in mine house, and prove me now herewith, said the LORD of hosts, if I will not open you the windows of heaven, and pour you out a blessing, that [there shall] not [be room] “enough” [to receive it.

The truth is, this teaching is not abolished but this is deepened

by St. Augustine of Hippo, the patron saint of Cagayan De Oro. He says, “Love offering is more than what is asked according to the law.”This means, we need to give to God more than 10 percent if ever that is the dictation of our conscience. There are many things that we can share to God and to His people like our “times, talents and treasures” but be sure that is coming from the bottom of our hearts: Printing paid by: Neneth - Bobong BalinoDr. Edith, PhD- Tony Jordan - CDO. St. Peter Calungsod, pray for us! #0928414949009266607505: Question – Prayer request: Please follow me “WORD ON FIRE” on CCTN channel 12CDO @ 10 PM- Mondays and Tuesday @ 3:30 PM. God loves you!!!

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NCCA calls for project proposals from northern Mindanao CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, The National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) calls on all cultural and art groups, academic institutions, local arts organizations, nongovernment organizations involved in culture

and arts from Northern Mindanao to submit project proposals for the NCCA Competitive Grants Program for 2015.

Mylene Urriza of the NCCA Subcommission on the Arts during a press conference in Ca-

gayan de Oro City today said that their priority projects for 2015 are defined by 19 national committees. These are under the four subcomissions which are National Committees on Architecture and Allied Arts, Cinema, Dance,

Dramatic Arts, Literary Arts, Music and Visual Arts; Northern, Central and Southern Cultural Communities of the Subcommission on Cultural Communities and Traditional Arts.

Meanwhile, there are also the National Com-

mittees on Archives, Art Galleries, Libraries and Information Services, Historical Research, Monuments and Sites, Mueseums under the Subcommission on Cultural Heritage; and under the Subcommission on Cultural Dissemination, the National Committees on Cultural Education, Communication and language Translation.

Urriza said that about 200 proposals have already been submitted in their office but clarified that this is a competitive grant wherein there is a thorough selection in terms of content and if the proposal has relevance in the community and can be presented on a national level, among others.

Charles Salazar, Subcommission on Culture Heritage said that they are here in Cagayan de Oro to encourage project proposals from Mindanao. He said that Luzon cannot only be the source of proposals in the country. Further, they would like to target other parts of the country as they are equally rich with culture and arts as well.

Further, projects to be funded must capture the aspiration of the arts and culture community with the NCCA’s vision for the 21st century with the theme, “Filipino culture as the wellspring of national and global wellbeing.”

Further, projects must also establish cul-

ture as pillar of sustainable development, advance creativity and diversity of artistic expression and promote a strong sense of nationhood and pride in being Filipino through culture and arts.

Interested individuals or groups can avail of NCCA assistance by submitting a project proposal under the NCCA Competitive Grants, or file a request under the Institutional programs, namely NCCA Outreach program, Expert and Resource Persons Bureau and Technical Assistance Program.

Accomplished project proposals must be submitted to Marichu G. Tellano, chief of Policy, Plan Formulation and Programming Division (PPFPD), 5th floor, National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), 633 General Luna St., Intramuros Manila with telephone number (632) 527-2192 and fax (632) 527-2198 and 522-2084 and email at info@ncca.gov.ph and pmd@ncca.gov.ph.

Deadline is on August 31, 2014. Submission of project proposals is urged prior the deadline.

Meanwhile, there will be a Project Proposal 101, a writeshop on August 6, 2014, 1:00 p.m. at the VIP Hotel Cagayan de Oro City. For more information, you may contact Mylene Urriza at 09087374039. (JMOR/ PIA10)

Brothers Rafael de Gracia, 10, and Shaltiel de Gracia, 2, in a tender moment outside the cathedral in Iligan City. Their mom is nearby selling prayer candles (August 10, 2014).

MindaNews photo by Aubrey Rocin Llamas