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P152-M PIDP to irrigate Lanao Norte farmlands L Volume III, No. 109

Editor : Cheng Ordoñez

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ANAO del Norte – More than 400 hectares of farmlands dedicated to rice production will soon receive dependable water supply for irrigation once the Participatory Irrigation Development Project (PIDP) is completed in Lanao del Norte province.

This was revealed during the recently conducted Provincial Agricultural and Fishery Council (PAFC) meeting held at Macapagal Training Center, Capitol grounds, in Tubod town last September 18.

The PIDP is a joint rehabilitation project of the Philippine Government and World Bank implemented through the National Irrigation Administration (NIA).

“We appeal to those that will be affected during the construction of PIDP to make some small sacrifices because in the end we shall reap big benefits,” said NIA- Farmers in Lala town will soon see higher crop yields once the Participatory Irrigation Development Project (PIDP) See farmlands, page B2

worth P152 million is completed by NIA. (PIO-LDN)

ARMM communities venture into organic food business MARAWI City - The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) will be assisting a number of farming communities venture into halal and organic food business as part of its livelihood support to more than 100 underserved communities in the region.

The project, which is being handled by the ARMM Health, Education, Livelihood, Peace and Synergy (HELPS) program, will be piloted in barangay Balas in Lamitan City. It will include the production and marketing of wholly organic products like chicken, fish and vegetable.

ARMM governor Mujiv Hataman, Dr. Francisco Dela Peña, Jr., chief executive officer and president of ACES Polytechnic College (APC) in Panabo City, and Ibrahim Ballaho, chairman of barangay Balas, signed on September 27 an P8.5-million deal that includes the construction of farm facilities and the training of some 50 residents of barangay Balas on organic agriculture.

Hataman said a three-hectare site in barangay Balas is being prepared to jumpstart the project.

He said the project will be expanded to accommodate additional communities covered by the ARMM HELPS. APC, which runs a pioneering and successful organic farm, will provide the technical expertise in the development of feeds and food products that will be 100 percent free of preservatives, anti-biotic ingredients, synthetic additives and growth hormones.

“By 2015 this kind of project will be expanded to other ARMM provinces to intensify socio-economic development in the region,” Hataman said. (Bureau of Public Information-ARMM/PIA-10)

Sajahatra implements CFW in S. Cotabato SOUTH Cotabato - Some 246 residents of South Cotabato have been given a unique chance to augment their income through a cash-for-work (CFW) program implemented under the Sajahatra Bangsamoro initiative.

“Malaking bagay po para sa amin itong cash-forwork (This cash-for-work

is significant for us),” said Nowkh Mama Ludsiman of Barangay Lampari, Banga, South Cotabato.

“Bukod sa nagkakaroon kami ng trabaho, napapatibay pa ng ginagawa namin ang pamayanan namin (Aside from giving us jobs, our efforts allow us to strengthen our communities.)”

The Sajahatra Bangsamoro’s CFW program is carried out by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). The types of jobs under the program are targeted towards community improvement and protection such as flood prevention, disaster-preparedness, See cfw, page B2

RDC-12 ups preparations for ASEAN integration

In a bid to enhance the area’s preparations for next year’s integration of the 10 member-states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Regional Development Council (RDC) of Region 12 has adopted the business sector-led regional desk for the East ASEAN corridor as its special coordinating unit.

In a resolution, the council specifically confirmed the Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines-East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) desk manned by the Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI)Southwestern Mindanao as a special body under its Economic and Development Committee.

Arturo Valero, acting RDC-12 chairperson, said such move was based on a recommendation earlier submitted to the council by the EDC. He said the EDC specifically passed a resolution recommending the recognition of the Region 12 BIMP-EAGA desk as its special sub-committee and for the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) to serve as its secretariat, subject to confirmation by MinDA chair Sec. Luwalhati Antonino. “(EDC) recognized the importance of having a body under the council to handle concerns relative to the preparation of the region in the light of the ASEAN economic integration in 2015 and recommended the expansion of the areas of concern of the BIMP-EAGA Desk to include regional economic integration,” he said.

Valero said the council found merit in the recommendation of the EDC, particularly in terms of the desk’s importance in the monitoring of activities See asean, page B3

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Coalition to gather 5.2-M signatures to abolish pork KIMBERLITE PAWNSHOP MALAYBALAY BRANCH

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AGAYAN de Oro City - The People’s Initiative to Abolish Pork in Northern Mindanao Region(PIAP-NMR), a broad Interfaith coalition in Region-10, held a twoday training-workshop of leaders and volunteers from the 14 legislative districts in the region, on September 29 and 30, 2014, at the Mother Ignacia National Social Apostolate Center, RVM Compound, here.

The coalition is composed of sectoral representatives from the areas of Bukidnon (4), Misamis Oriental (2), Camiguin (1), Lanao del Norte (2), Misamis Occidental (2), Cagayan de Oro

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Maranding Sub-Office head Engr. Sofronio Deljero.

Currently, the Maranding Irrigation System is providing irrigation to 4,484 hectares of ricefields mostly situated in the Kapatagan Valley area. Upon the completion of PIDP, a total of 4,926 hectares is expected to receive adequate irrigation,

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City(2) and Iligan City (1).

Fr. June Mark Yanez, PIAP spokesperson, said People’s Initiative is a direct exercise by the people of the sovereign power reserved by the Philippine Constitution to enact legislation.

Fr. Yanez said the objective of the gathering is to strengthen the PIAP machinery and map-out plans and mechanisms on how to gather, at least, 245,788 signatures in the region or 10% of 2,457,883 total registered voters in Northern Mindanao.

Nationwide, PIAP needs, at least, 5.2 million signatures (10%) and equivalent of 3% each of the total 234 legislative districts, he said.

The convernors of PIAP-

NMR are Archbishop Antonio Ledesma, Archdiocese of Cagayan de Oro; Bishop Felixberto Calang, Iglesia Filipina Independiente Diocese of Cagayan de Oro; and Bishop Melzar Labuntog, United Church of Christ in the Philippines-North West Mindanao Jurisdiction.

Participants include bishops, priests, nuns, lay worker, youth and students, urban poor, farmers, and women, and others, who comprise around 40 delegates coming from various sectors.

The participants were representatives from Church - Roman Catholic Church (Arch/Dioceses of Bukidnon, Iligan, and Ozamis), Iglesia Filipina Independiente (Dioceses of Cagayan

de Oro, Bukidnon, Libertad, Pagadian, Ozamis), United Church of Christ in the Philippines of the North West Mindanao Jurisdiction(NWMJ), United Methodist Church (Bukidnon), and Sisters Association in Mindanao (SAMIN); Schools/Youth and students - Kristohanong Katilingban sa Pagpakabana-Xavier University (KKP), Youth Act Now-NMR; Multi-sectoral Groups - Abolish Pork Movement (APM-NMR), Kahugpungan sa mag-uuma (Kasama-Bukidnon), Union of People’s Lawyer in Mindanao (UPLM), Misamis Oriental Farmers Association (MOFA), and Samahan ng Lingkod na Artista sa Mindanao (Salamin).

thus, effectively increasing the total irrigated area by 442 hectares.

The total project cost of PIDP is pegged at P152million with a project duration of 355 calendar days.

The World Bank-funded rehabilitation project started on June 15, 2014, and expected to be completed on May 15, 2015.

Under the PIDP, earth canals will be covered with linings to prevent ground sippage that greatly reduce the amount of irrigation water reaching remote farmlands.

“With the significant increase in irrigated area, we also expect a much higher crop yield come next year,” Deljero said.

Among the areas that will benefit from PIDP are

barangays Magpatao, Rawan and Darumawang in Lala town and Concepcion area in the Municipality of Kapatagan.

The PIDP is a support project for national government’s Food Staples Sufficiency Program (FSSP) which aims for the country’s 100% rice self-sufficiency.

sisters gain ground on their path to peace and progress.”

“The program gives them earning opportunities that are not only productive, but also directly beneficial to the long-term improvement, protection, and empowerment of their communities,” she pointed out.

The 246 individuals participating in the CFW program in this province are part of the program-wide total of 11,000 beneficiaries who are being mobilized to serve 10 days of paid community work per month in a span of three months.

Both male and female comprise the list of beneficiaries, allowing fair and equal opportunities to contribute to, as well as gain from, the program.

“Malaki po ang naitutulong ng cash-for-work sa amin, lalo bilang kababaihan (The cash-for-work program helps us in a big way, especially us women),” remarked Menina Balicacos, a young mother who is also from Barangay Lampari. “ Nabibigyan kami ng paraan para suportahan ang mga pamilya namin (We are given a means to provide for our families.)” she said.

Pioneer batches of CFW beneficiaries have already received wages. To date, approximately one-third of the program’s identified beneficiaries have been mobilized.

The Sajahatra Bangsamoro is the Aquino government’s concrete socio-economic peace initiative that aims to uplift the health, education, and livelihood conditions in communities that fall within and around the proposed Bangsamoro territory. Jointly implemented with the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF), the program is the initial dividend of peace following the signing of the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro. The Sajahatra Bangsamoro is also expected to jumpstart the socio-economic component of the Normalization process in line with the signed Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro.(OPAPP)

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environment protection, and infrastructure reconstruction and rehabilitation as well as food security under the supplemental feeding program.

Norhata Benito, head of the DSWD Risk Reduction and Management SectionRegion XII office, refers to the CFW as one of “DSWD’s commitments to help our Bangsamoro brothers and

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SUN Cellular-GameXeSports Festival brings top Asian gamers, fans to Cebu

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housands of gaming aficionados came together at the recent SUN Cellular-GameXeSports Festival, a three-day event at the SM City Cebu Trade Hall that featured adrenalinecharged games and activities, such as a Cosplay competition, fan meet-ups, exhibits, and a raffle of gaming gears, among others.

As the highlight of the festival, top-caliber teams from Indonesia, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, South Korea and Thailand competed for the 1st Asian eSports Championship, where they all slugged it out on the game Defense of the Ancients (DOTA) 2 for a prize pool worth USD10,000 and a chance to advance to the upcoming World e-Sports Tournament in Baku, Azerbaijan.

In the end, South Korea’s powerhouse team MVP Phoenix bagged the title after beating the Philippines’ Team MSI-Evolution Gaming Team (EVOGT) in a best-of-three final match that kept the mostly Filipino crowd on the edge of their seats.

“It was really awesome competing with the best players around the region,” said Tae Won Park, the leader of Team MVP Phoenix, who were considered a force to

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being undertaken by various sectors in the region in preparation for the ASEAN integration.

He cited efforts by various agencies, local government units, state colleges and universities as well as sector clusters in the region.

Also known as Soccsksargen, the region comprises the provinces of South Co-

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Thousands of online gaming aficionados flocked to the SUN Cellular-GameX eSports Festival in SM City Cebu to support the Philippines’ Team Mineski at the 1st Asian eSports Championship. The team placed second in the tournament, securing a slot to the IeSF 2014 World Championships in Azerbaijan in November.

be reckoned with right from the start because of their experience in several international tournaments. “We also enjoyed the passionate Filipino gamers who showed support for all the teams out of love for the game.”

“O u r t e am a c tu a l l y trained hard to reach the finals, and we’re glad to make it happen, even giving our opponent quite a challenge as we fought until the very end,” said Paty Pascua, leader of Team MSI-EVOGT. MVP Phoenix and MSIEVOGT took home USD5,000

and USD3,000, respectively, and earned slots to the World e-Sports Tournament where a total prize pool of USD50,000 is at stake.

Me anw h i l e, anot he r Filipino team, Cebu-based Team Arcanys, placed third and took home a total of USD2,000 from the competition.

Level-playing field The strong finish of Filipino teams at the SUN Cellular-GameXeSports Festival augurs well for eSports in the country, said Brian Lim, the chairman of the Philip-

pine eSports Organization (PeSO), the main organizer of the event.

“The fact that Filipino teams landed within the top three spots in the competition shows our potential to dominate the eSports scene,” said Lim. “Esports allows Filipinos to compete on a level-playing field. With the right direction and more exposure to events like this, I’m quite sure that our own eSports players will prove themselves to be among the best around the world.”

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tabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.

“It will help us prepare better for the possible impact of the ASEAN economic integration to local industries, businesses, work force and the lives of the people, in general,” said Valero, who is also the regional director of the National Economic and

Development Authority.

PC CI-S out hwester n Mindanao volunteered in late 2011 to establish and host the BIMP-EAGA desk for Region 12 in response to efforts of the MinDA for the region to actively participate in activities within the East ASEAN corridor.

RDC-12 supported the creation of the desk and the proposal for the Min-

danao Trade Policy Center to become a member of its advisory group as well as act as its co-secretariat along with MinDA. Under the arrangement, the PCCI will serve as “gateway and conduit of any and all concerns related to trading and economic relations of Region 12 with trading areas in the BIMP-EAGA.” The desk, which will be

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from all over the country flocked to the event to root for their favorite eSports athletes, meet with their online peers and catch a glimpse of the latest products in the gaming industry.

Among them was Jeffrey Kintanar, 22, who stood elbow-to-elbow with the rest of the jubilant crowd at the final match between MVP Phoenix and MSI-EVOGT. “How can it become more exciting? To see gamers from other parts of the world convene in this venue, I’m very much willing to pay the price,” said the certified online game aficionado since high school.

“Seeing the Philippines represented in the finals gave me goosebumps,” said eighteen-year old Eliezer Quinto, who came to the festival with his friends. “You just can’t help but be proud of them and aspire to be as good as they are!”

The SUN Cellular-GameXeSports Festival also became a venue for tens of Cosplayers to live up their fantasies, showing up at the event as their favorite character. Meanwhile, seasoned gamers also brought their souped-up customized gaming rigs for everyone to see.

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subscribers Sun Prepaid and Postpaid subscribers also had a grand experience as they enjoyed exclusive perks such as free tickets for load and postpaid line subscriptions. Lucky subscribers also took home premium items for their SUN load and GameX purchases at the venue.

Throughout the event, gaming aficionados learned more about GameX, a onestop shop that allows gamers to buy credits for popular mobile and PC games using their SUN Prepaid load or SUN Postpaid account.

With GameX’s innovative platform, SUN Cellular subscribers, along with Smart and Talk ‘N Text users, are able to level up their gaming lifestyle without having to rely on a credit card for ingame purchases, or leave their homes just to buy additional credits for upgrading their characters and weapons.

To purchase game credits, SUN Prepaid and Postpaid subscribers may simply access the GameX portal (www. gamex.ph/epins) on their phone, tablet or PC, select the ePIN for their chosen game, and pay with their mobile load or charge to their Postpaid bill – all from the comfort of their own homes.

directly reporting to the cooperation. (MindaNews) RDC 12 through the economic development committee, was included in the BIMP-EAGA reporting and coordinating structure of the MinDA. MinDA serves as the country’s secretariat to the BIMP-EAGA and coordinates all official affairs concerning the sub-regional

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