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Pepsi board OKs venture in nonbeverage project The Board of Directors of Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines, Inc. (PCPPI) has approved the company’s investment in snack food project.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) Wednesday, PCPPI said its Board of Directors held a special meeting in which they approved the company’s move in expanding to snack food from its business of manufacturing beverage products.

PCPPI cited that its investment in snack food project will involve manufacturing, sale, and distribution in the local market.

In a previous interview with PCPPI president Furqan Ahmed Syed during See pepsi, page B2

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Veterans Bank opens Valencia City branch Editor : Cheng Ordoñez

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By Allan M. Mediante, Editor In Chief, MDN

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ALENCIA City - The Philippine Veterans Bank has opened one of its newest branches in Mindanao – the PVB Valencia City Branch. Business has commenced on September 2, 2014 in this city, according to PVB Vice President for Corporate Affairs, Miguel VillaReal, although its formal inauguration is slated in October, this year.

Aside from being a commercial bank, the war veterans and pensioners are serviced by this bank.

Pensioners in the province of Bukidnon are very grateful. They said they will not experience rigorous travel anymore if they need the services of PVB. The nearest

branch is Cagayan de Oro which now is a 3-hour travel from Malaybalay City due to road repairs.

PVB Valencia Bukidnon is a big respite for oldaged pensioners who live in Bukidnon, says Branch Manager Lino Gacus.

See veterans, page B2

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Philippines small business at a disadvantage but remains bullish on ASEAN integration

By Joann Santiago

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mall business in the Philippines are bullish on the looming ASEAN integration.

However, this sector is at a disadvantage along with micro businesses because the regional economic integration is about competition, which the big companies are more experienced with.

This was pointed out by Jay Yuvallos, a member of the

ASEAN Business Advisory Council Philippines and the President of Interior Basic Export Group, in his presentation during the general membership meeting of the Chamber of Thrift Banks (CTB).

Yuvallos explained that size of the population is a big factor in the integration because multinational companies are looking at market size.

He, on the other hand, noted that because of the job

needed in locating in large economies big corporates has the lead on this part.

“The smaller players tend to focus more on the local market,” he said.

Yuvallos said the large chunk of businesses in the Philippines is accounted for by micro enterprises at about 91 percent while small enterprises’ share is about 8.6 percent and the large and medium firms, 0.4 percent. ”What we wanted to focus on is the small (busiens-

ses). The micro (businesses) is not a priority for now but we’re also thinking about them,” he said.

In terms of industr y, Yuvallos said the country’s services sector “possess not only huge potential but have a big advantage.” ”The command for the English language needed to be leveraged on,” he added.

Relatively, CTB President Teodoro Limcaoco, in an interview by reporters after the event, said small and medium enterprises (SMEs)

remain to benefit from the regional integration “if they play it properly). ”(This is) because the ASEAN integration really means tariffs are lower, borders are open and therefore you could have major companies coming in here which will be serviced by SMEs,” he said.

“People just have to see the opportunities and understand it,” he said.

Relatively, Limcauco, who is also the president of the BPI Family Bank,

cited that personnel of the domestic thrift banking industry will be in demand once the regional integration starts.

“If banking integration takes place and foreign banks come to the Philippines there will be again another round of war for talent. And therefore people who know banking, whether you’re a junior officer or a president, will be sought after. In general from an employment perspective it’s good for people,” he added. (PNA)

P36-M crops damaged in Maguindanao floods COTABATO City - Agriculture officials in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) on Tuesday placed at P35.9 million the initial value of crops damaged by flash floods that hit low-lying areas in Maguindanao early this week.

Lawyer Makmod Mending, Jr., ARMM regional agriculture secretary, said the floods affected more than 7,000 hectares of rice and corn farms in Maguindanao towns that are located

near the 220,000-hectare Liguasan Delta.

The delta, located at the tri-boundaries of the neighboring Maguindanao, North Cotabato, and Sultan Kudarat provinces, is a geographical catch basin for more than a dozen large rivers that spring from forested hinterlands in the three provinces, in Bukidnon and in parts of South Cotabato.

Mending said the provincial agricultural officer of Maguindanao, Salik

Panalunsong, reported that 6,872 farmers were affected by the floods.

Mending said Panalunsong’s report to the ARMM’s Department of Agriculture and Fisheries also indicated that only rice and corn crops in 2,713 hectares, from out of the more than 7,000 hectares of farms that are now flooded, can be saved if flood waters will recede within the week.

“At least 61 percent of the crops in all of the flooded

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nounced that its total resources has grown from P54.93 billion to P55.59 billion. PVB President and CEO Joey A. Bermudez also reported that the 1.22 percent growth was recorded from 2012 to 2013 yearend, adding that the bank’s Capital Funds remained strong at P6.61 billion. About 4,000 stockholders Filipino World War II veterans, widows, and heirs attended the annual event.

PVB also announced that the election results held at the SMX Convention Center in Pasay City showed that PVB Board officers and directors, Roberto F. de Ocampo OBE, Guillermo A. Parayno Jr., Joey A. Bermudez,

Ma. Nieves R. Confesor, Alfonso B. Cruz Jr., Judith V. Lopez, Percianita G. Racho, Gen. Umberto A. Rodriguez, Atty. Romeo G. Roxas, Laurito E. Serrano and Pablito H. Yap were re-elected to a one-year term.

“PVB’s capital adequacy ratio (CAR), a measure to determine a bank’s capability to shoulder risks, stood at 20.24% under Basel II. This is still well above the 10% minimum requirement of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas. In terms of audited Net income, the Bank was able to generate P142.70 million lower than the 2012 figure of P356.82 MAINLY due to the sustained drop in asset yields given the excess liquidity in the market,” the bank stated.

PVB is a PRIVATE BANK, but it has the advantage of an authorized depository of government funds as stated in Section 6 of R.A. 7169.

from B1 Philippine Veterans Bank is owned by Filipino World War II veterans and their designated heirs, numbering about . 400,000 A very prominent provision of its mandate is to provide 20% of its annual net income to the Board of Trustees of the Veterans of World War II (BTVWWII), which in turn manages programs for the benefit of the veterans, their widows, orphans and heirs.

These include the BTVWWII Museum and the BTVWWII Out-patient Center.

In its recent annual stockholders’ meeting, PVB has an-

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its stockholder’s meeting in May, he said the company is very interested to expand its portfolio by tapping all categories in the liquid refreshment beverage industry as well as venturing to food business.

Two biggest shareholders of PCPPI -- Pepsico International and Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ltd -- are into food business in the international market.

PCPPI is the manufacturer of beverage products such as Pepsi, Mountain Dew, Mirinda, 7-Up, Sting, Gatorade, Lipton Iced Tea, Mug Root Beer, Tropicana Twister, Premier bottled water, and powdered juice Mirinda Funmix. (PNA)

Republic of the Philippines DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS MARITIME INDUSTRY AUTHORITY MARINA R.O. XIII PP/Lt. Mario B. Portus, Jr., PPA Compound, Surigao City Telefax No. 086 2317622

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RE : Application for the grant of Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) to operate a tramper service in the operation of its ships in its/their applied route for the carriage of passengers and/or cargoes and to change deregulated rates and to operate under a deregulated schedule of trips pursuant to Republic Act No. 9295 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.

RE : Application for the grant of Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC) to operate a tramper service in the operation of its ships in its/their applied route for the carriage of passengers and/or cargoes and to change deregulated rates and to operate under a deregulated schedule of trips pursuant to Republic Act No. 9295 and its Revised Implementing Rules and Regulations.

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areas are beyond recovery,” Mending said, citing Panalunsong’s report.

The provincial board declared Maguindanao under state of calamity last Friday to hasten the release of funds for relief missions in flooded towns in the province.

Provincial relief agencies have intensified their relief mission to affected families by providing them with food and other emergency assistance like mats and blanket.

(PNA)

This refers to the Application for renewal of Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC), to operate the vessel, MBCA “RG-2 & RG-4”, pursuant to RA 9295 and its R-IRR as tramper/for hire for the carriage of passengers and/or cargoes in the route: Any ports within Surigao del Norte//Dinagat Island Province.

The applicant shall cause the publication of this Order once in any of the five (5) major newspapers of national circulation in the Philippines or in a newspaper of local circulation as applicable.

Applicant shall present the jurisdictional, qualification and documentary requirements in a hearing to be conducted on 17 September 2014 at 9:30 o’clock in the morning at the MARINA, Regional Office, PPL/Lt Mario B. Portus, Jr. PPA Compound, Surigao City.

The Applicant shall be required to make a written Formal Offer of Evidence (FOE) during the hearing or written five (5) days thereafter.

WITNESS, the Honorable MARINA Administrator, Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. PhD, this 9th day of September 2014, Surigao City, Philippines.

BY AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD:

(Sgd.) ENGR. EMMANUEL B. CARPIO, MMSA Regional Director MDN: Sept 11, 2014

CASE NO. SUR 14-081 (R.A. 9295) ORDER

This refers to the Application for renewal of Certificate of Public Convenience (CPC), to operate the vessel, ML “LPC EXPRESS”, pursuant to RA 9295 and its R-IRR as tramper/for hire for the carriage of passengers and/or cargoes in the route: Any ports within Surigao del Norte//Dinagat Island Province.

The applicant shall cause the publication of this Order once in any of the five (5) major newspapers of national circulation in the Philippines or in a newspaper of local circulation as applicable.

Applicant shall present the jurisdictional, qualification and documentary requirements in a hearing to be conducted on 17 September 2014 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning at the MARINA, Regional Office, PPL/Lt Mario B. Portus, Jr. PPA Compound, Surigao City.

The Applicant shall be required to make a written Formal Offer of Evidence (FOE) during the hearing or written five (5) days thereafter.

WITNESS, the Honorable MARINA Administrator, Maximo Q. Mejia, Jr. PhD, this 5th day of September 2014, Surigao City, Philippines.

BY AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD:

(Sgd.) ENGR. EMMANUEL B. CARPIO, MMSA Regional Director MDN: Sept 11, 2014

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Veterans’ Bank serves local government units On top of lending to corporate clients, the Philippine Veterans Bank (PVB) is presently providing services to local government units (LGU) such as deposits and loans.

Miguel Angelo VillaReal, PVB vice-president for corporate communica-

tions and marketing services bared that the bank is helping several LGUs in financing its projects. “ We want to make this segment a MAIN driver of the bank’s growth,” said, referring to the numerous LGU projects across the country that the bank can

help finance.”

Villa Real said Veterans Bank has shifted its focus from corporate lending and supporting big national projects to LGU lending to support local development projects. Today, 30 percent of PVB’s loan portfolio are LGU LOANS.

“Outside of the two government-owned commercial banks, nobody is really looking at the needs of local government un its.

PVB positions itself as a viable alternative bank to these two, rendering efficient service and competitive products that are

BSP-Zamboanga honors ‘BES’ 2014 outstanding respondents

By R.G. Antonet A. Go

ZAMBOANGA City - The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has honored four local firms as outstanding respondents in its Business Expectation Survey (BES) for the year 2014 in the region, a BSP official said.

The awarding ceremony was held Tuesday at the BSP-Zamboanga Branch office in this city.

BSP-Z amboanga Branch Senior Research Specialist Hermogenes Buenaflor said the survey is aimed at gathering economic data to guide them

in charting the course of the economy.

The survey is also expected to strengthen the partnership between the BSP and stakeholders in infor mation gat her ing and advocacy campaigns that will help the BSP carry out its mandate of maintaining price stability and promoting financial stability as well as ensuring an effective payments and settlements system in the country.

The BES outstanding respondents are the following: Universal Canning, Inc. headed by its president

Anita Kaw, Large and Medium Firm awardee; A.L. Gonzales and Sons, Inc. headed by its president and general manager Atty. Arsenio Gonzales, Small Firm awardee; Philippine Statistics Authority-National Statistical Coordination Board (PSA-NSCB) headed

by Regional Director Mewchun Pamaran, Outstanding Partner in the Report on Regional Economic Development for Region IX; and, Zamboanga City

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Bankers and Financiers Association (ZCBFA) headed by its president Ruby Ann Bangalando, Outstanding Regional Partner in Currency Programs of the BSP for Region IX. The survey is themed: “Forging stronger alliances, propelling sustainable growth.”

BSP Deputy G overnor Vicente Aquino was the guest speaker in the awarding ceremony held Tuesday in this city. (PNA)

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adaptable and receptive to their development needs,” the Bank said.

Of the total P50 billion in deposits as of June 2014, Villa-Real said, P35 billion are government deposits, largely LGU deposits, and those of governmentowned and controlled corporations (GOCCs).

Its lending to LGUs has helped move forward infrastructure projects, transport terminals and other developments, Villa-Real said. LOAN PAYMENTS made by LGUs are taken from their combined revenues and Internal Revenue Allotment (IRA) from the National Government.

To reach out to more LGUs in remote areas, he said PVB will tie up with rural banks.

Villa-Real recently visited Cebu to conduct a financial wellness seminar for at least 200 Cebu Capitol employees as the bank’s contribution to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas’s thrust to promote financial literacy.

Villa-Real said that employees were taught cash and DEBT MANAGEMENT as well as making wise investments. The country needs to catch up in terms of savings and i nv e s t m e nt s e x p o s u re because these activities remained low compared to that of neighboring countries.

He added the half-day seminar is just the start of the bank’s rollout for its LGU clients in Cebu and the Visayas, like Iloilo City and Tagbilaran City in Bohol, among others.

T h e b a n k a l s o an nounced its plans to double its retail loan portfolio with the expansion of its MORTGAGE LENDING this year. It is setting aside P2 billion for mortgage lending.

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Ordinance

Republic of the Philippines PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL MUNICIPALITY OF TAGOLOAN ooOoo

Office of the Sangguniang Bayan

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b. MINORS – Refer to persons below Eighteen (18) years of age.

SECTION III. Section 5 of Ordinance No. 398, s. 1999 is hereby amended to read as follows:

Section 5. Penalty – Violation of any provisions of this Ordinance shall be penalized by a fine of:

1st Offense : Two Hundred Pesos (P200.00) and One EXCERPTS FROM THE MINUTES OF THE 41ST REGULAR SESSION OF THE SANGGUNIANG BAYAN OF TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL, (1) hour Community Service HELD ON JUNE 11, 2014, AT THE MUNICIPAL SESSION HALL.

2nd Offense : Three Hundred Pesos (P300.00) and Two (2) Present :

Hon. Ignacio L. Factura, II - Councilor, Presiding Officer hours Community Service

3rd Offense : Five Hundred Pesos (P 500.00) and Three

Hon. Armando C. Pomar - Councilor (3) hours Community Service

Hon. Chicque C. Co - Councilor

Hon. Syremae N. Emano - Councilor SECTION IV. REPEALING CLAUSE.

Hon. Audie G. Paduganan - Councilor

Hon. Arturo C. Casiño, III - Councilor

Any Ordinance, orders, regulations, or part or parts thereof

Hon. Felipe C. Valdehuesa, Jr. - Councilor contrary to or inconsistent herewith are hereby revoked,

Hon. Jonathan B. Barros - Councilor amended or modified accordingly.

Hon. Marlon J. Bolanio - Liga ng mga Barangay

President SECTION V. SEPARABILITY CLAUSE.

If, any reasons, any part or provision of this ordinance shall Absent : be held to be valid, other parts, or provisions hereof which

Hon. Robinson V. Sabio - Vice Mayor (OIC-Office are not affected thereby shall continue to be in full force

of the Mayor) and effect.

ORDINANCE NO. 14, S. 2014 (Explanatory Note)

SECTION VI. EFFECTIVITY CLAUSE. This Ordinance shall take effect after the approval of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan and upon its publication in local newspaper of general publication.

WHEREAS, Section 447 (I) (ii) of RA 7160 mandates the Sangguniang Voting for the foregoing Ordinance were as follows: Bayan to maintain peace and order by enacting measures to prevent and suppress lawlessness, disorder, riot, violence, rebellion or sedition and Ayes: Councilors Armando C. Pomar, Chicque C. Co, Syremae N. Emano, Audie G. Paduganan, Arturo C. Casiño III, Felipe impose penalties for the violation of said Ordinance; C. Valdehuesa Jr., Jonathan B. Barros and Marlon J. Bolanio.

NOW THEREFORE, after proper deliberation on the matter and on motion of Councilor Felipe C. Valdehuesa Jr., duly seconded by Councilor Syremae N. Emano, it was Nays: N o n e resolved as the body does hereby, Abstention: N o n e

RESOLVED, to enact as the body does hereby enact the following ADOPTED in the Municipality of Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental, Ordinance: Philippines this 11th day of June 2014.

ORDINANCE NO. 14, S. 2014 “AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1, SECTION 2 (b) AND SECTION 5 OF ORDINANCE NO. 398, SERIES 1999 (“AN ORDINANCE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED: IMPOSING CURFEW HOUR TO ALL MINORS WITHIN THE MUNICI- CARRIED: PALTY OF TAGOLOAN, MISAMIS ORIENTAL”).”

BE IT ORDAINED by the Sangguniang Bayan of Tagoloan, Misamis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Oriental, that: I HEREBY CERTIFY to the correctness of the foregoing Ordinance.

SECTION I. Section 1 of Ordinance No. 398, s. 1999 is hereby amended to read as follows: (Sgd.) MS. MYRNA CAGAANAN COSIN SB Secretary

Section 1. Regulated Acts – No person below Eighteen (18) years of age shall stay outside of his residential compound or premises and roam, wander, saunter around or loiter in ATTESTED: any public roads, parks, plazas, cemeteries, beaches, rivers, or river banks, dikes or any public place in this Municipality from Ten (10) o’clock in the evening to Four (4) o’clock in (Sgd.) HON. IGNACIO LUCERO FACTURA, II

Municipal Councilor the morning of the following day.

Presiding Officer SECTION II. Section 2 (b) of Ordinance No. 398, s. 1999 is hereby APPROVED: amended to read as follows:

Section 2. – Definition of Terms :

(Sgd.)HON.PAULINOYAPEMANO

Municipal Mayor MDN: Sept 11, 2014

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PNoy more earnest on showbiz weddings, Manila traffic

By TYRONE A. VELEZ of DavaoToday.com

DAVAO City––During Monday’s press conference after the launch of a Mindanao agribusiness initiative, reporters here were dismayed over how President Benigno Aquino III gave more time to discuss other questions related to Manila’s transportation woes and his role in two showbiz weddings.

In contrast, Aquino’s answers to questions from two local reporters were brief, prompting journalists to take to social media to rant over the unfair treatment.

Philippine Star’s Edith Regalado asked the president’s plans for the now-completed Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL)and Manila Bulletin’s Alexander Lopez asked how Aquino would address environmentalists’ concerns of energy sourcing in

Mindanao.

The president merely replied “yes” to Regalado and said he would present the now-completed BBL to Congress on Wednesday. Then he turned over the microphone to presidential peace adviser Teresita Deles to provide brief details.

Aquino’s response to the energy problem was that he acknowledged the difficulty of generating renewable energy and natural gas, and

said coal is the reliable source of energy.

A third reporter, coming from Solar-RPN9 TV, started to ask questions about Metro Manila’s problems with traffic and port congestion, and on the metro-rail transit.

Aquino took the longest to answer these questions, and even paused to scroll on his cellular

P5m shabu shipment intercepted in Ozamiz See SHOWBIZ, page A7

By Cheng OrdoÑez, Associate Editor Gerry Gorit and PJ Tremedal, Correspondents

OZAMIZ City--Joint operatives from the Ozamiz City Police Office, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the local government unit led by the mayor intercepted a shipment of shabu worth P5 million Tuesday (September 9) afternoon here.

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Oro dads earmark P1m for employees’ benefits CAGAYAN de Oro City–– The City Council allocated P1-million to be made available for the payment of terminal leave benefits and back wages of some government workers.

The amount will be taken from the item “Non-Office: Terminal Leave benefits and Personal Services Salaries

Savings” in concerned offices. The ordinances were reviewed and favorably endorsed by the committees on finance and ways and means chaired by Councilor President D. Elipe, on public utilities chaired by Councilor Roger D. Abaday and on laws and rules chaired by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor.

Ozamiz City Mayor Reynaldo Parojinog Sr. watches along w ​ ith ​IO3 Rubylyn Alfaro, provincial team leader of Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency in Misamis Occidental, while p ​ art of t​he intercepted shabu worth P5 million is being weighed, at a courier outlet near the port area, Tuesday (Sept. 9), at Ozamis City.

Photo by Gerry Lee Gorit of Mindanao Daily News

Bandits release midwive

ZAMBOANGA City––Suspected Abu Sayyaf bandits released Tuesday a government health worker they seized last month in the province of Sulu, military officials disclosed Wednesday.

Released was Lailani Bernabe, the midwife of the district hospital in Luuk, Sulu. She was held captive for 12 days.

Lt. Gen. Rustico Guerrero, Western Mindanao Command (Westmincom) chief, said Bernabe was released around 6 a.m. Tuesday in Barangay Danag, Patikul town.

After her release, Guerrero said Bernabe boarded a passenger jeep to the town of Jolo, the provincial capital, and arrived home around 8 a.m. of the same day.

Abu Sayyaf bandits reportedly led by Arod Wahing abducted Bernabe last August 28 in Barangay Lihbug Kabaw, Panglima Estino town, while she was on her way to work. Capt.

Maria Rowena Muyuela, Westmincom information officer, said Sulu provincial board member Ismun Suhuri facilitated the release of Bernabe. MindaNews

Draft Bangsamoro Basic Law finally submitted to Congress

By Carolyn O. Arguillas of MindaNews First of two parts

Misamis Oriental second district Rep. Juliette T. Uy accompanied Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos Jr. to meet the youths and local chief executives for a dialogue held at Mindanao State University (MSU) in Naawan town in Misamis Oriental. Photo coourtesy of Irene Anibong

DAVAO City––The draft Bangsamoro Basic Law (BBL) is finally in Congress.

Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process Teresita Quintos-Deles and Bangsamoro Transition Commission (BTC) chair Mohagher Iqbal, handed over a copy each to Senate

President Franklin Drilon and House Speaker Feliciano Belmonte, Jr., in the presence of President Aquino in ceremonies in Malacanang at 10 am.

In his 10-minute speech after the handover, President Aquino assured that the draft BBL was crafted to be “makatwiran, makatarungan, at katanggap-tanggap sa lahat, Moro man, Lumad, o Kristiyano” (fair, just, and

acceptable to all, whether they are Moros, Lumads, or Christians).

The 119-page draft law has 18 articles and an additional three-page appendix on a proposed ordinance providing for the “parliamentary districts composing the provinces, cities, municipalities and geographic areas of the Bangsamoro.”

He urged Congress to examine the draft bill, which

he certified as “urgent” and asked that it be passed “sa lalong madaling panahon” (as soon as possible).”

According to the legislative calendar, Congress will go on recess on September 27, will resume sessions on October 20, take a break again on November 1, resume sessions on November 17 and go on break on December 20 and resume See FINALLY, page A7

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Duterte lays down coverage of Supplemental Budget No. 1 thursday, sept. 11, 2014 DAVAO DEL NORTE l DAVAO DEL SUR lDAVAO DEL ORIENTALl COMPOSTELA VALLEY

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AVAO City - Mayor Rodrigo Duterte laid down the items which need government spending through the Supplemental Budget No. 1 worth P217Million approved recently by the Sangguniang Panglungsod.

Speaking in the public affairs program, “ Gikan sa Masa, Para sa Masa ,” he said support to public health and peace and order

programs get the bigger share of the supplemental budget.

He said the city government has to pay the debts it owes from the Southern Philippines Medical C enter under the Lingap Para sa mga Mahihirap Program.

Duterte said he also needs to pay the honorarium for the additional five police auxiliaries per barangay

given the responsibility to watch over on crimes against property.

He s a i d t h e l o c a l government is also obliged to give its share of the Collective Negotiation Agreement with the union of government employees who needs an increase of P5,000 each.

D uter te s aid lo ca l public markets also need reroofing, in particular,

the market places of Toril, Calinan, Bangkerohan and Agdao.

The city council on September 3 approved on final reading the Supplemental Budget No. 1 with a total amount at Php217, 709,007.84 taken from the surplus of calendar year 2013, reversion of various appropriations and local sources as certified by the City Treasurer’s Office.

Go top on 4 stroke 261HP and Above on 1st jet ski race

By Marlon Gayog - MDN Davao News Bureau and Sarah Castor - Correspondent

Island Garden City of Samal, Davao del Norte The “1st JSAD Invitation Jet Ski Racing Competition” held at Sunset Beach Park of this city last August 3031 2014, was attended by racers from Mindanao and Visayas.

On the opening day is the elimination round and on second day is the final round of the competition.

One of the jet ski player who been watched by the spectators is the Davao City Mayor office executive Mr. Christopher Lawrence “Bong” Go from JSAD who got the top place on the “4 STROKE 261HP AND ABOVE” race and Marchael Vient Buhisan of South Side Performance is the second placer, and the third placer is Mr. Marcos

succeeder racer - Bong Go Recieved his trophy as Champion on 4 stroke 261HP

and Above with 2nd place Marchael Vient Buhisan, 3rd Place Marcos “Mccoy” Larrazabal.

With Venus Treft of Venus Resto Bar and Neb Bulaclac of Phoenix.

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“McCoy” Larrazabal of MPL Racing.

Jet ski inthusiast are well-chosen and enjoy that they have a venue to show there skills in driving a

jet ski and compete with each other. According to organizer of the said event that they have long preparation on this event since its to expensive aqua sports and they thanks there sponsors for the success of the 1st JSAD Invitational Jet Ski Racing Competition.

“A L L L A D I E S ” Champion - Renette Militante of Stingray Davao, 2nd Place - Sky Diola of

South Side Diola, 3rd Place - Trisha Mea Babila of JSAD. “SLALOM RACE” Champion - CD Daquil of South Side Performance, 2nd Place - Yanick Elnar of South Side Performance, 3rd Place - Bob Galvez of SJSA-Gensan.

“2 STROKE 701CC 1100CC” Champion Marcos “McCoy” Larrazabal of MPL Racing, 2nd Place - Rene See race, page a7

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World’s largest economy in a decade

CHINA is set to overtake t he US as t he world’s biggest economy in 2024, as consumer spending is exp e c te d to a lmost quadruple within the next ten years, according to IHS. But analysts also point to major challenges ahead.

Global analytics firm IHS forecasts that China’s nominal gross domestic product will amount to 28.25 trillion USD in 2024, compared to the US’ 27.31 trillion USD. “Over the next 10 years, China’s economy is expected to “re-balance towards more rapid growth in consumption, which will help the structure of the domestic economy as well as growth for the Asia Pacific (APAC) as a region,” said Rajiv Biswas, chief Asia economist at IHS, in a September 8 press release.

Of course, consumer spending is always the ke y. According to t he data, consumer spending is forecast to grow at an annual average rate of 7.7 percent in real terms over the next decade - from 3 trillion USD to 11 trillion USD - becoming a key engine of global consumer demand and world growth.

M o r e o v e r, t h e A s i a n economic giant’s share of world GDP is expected to rise from around 12 percent in 2013 to 20 percent by 2025. Somehow amazing.

Certain Chinese government measures such as the rollout of large-scale health care programs in both rural and urban China also support this development by reducing the need for households to save for health care. Moreover, Beijing has decided in recent years to back large annual increases in minimum wage levels in Chinese provinces, helping to boost consumer spending power.

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The IHS forecast follows data released by China’s General Administration of Customs revealing that the country’s monthly trade surplus reached an all-time high of 49.8 billion USD, a jump of 77.8 per cent.

However, while exports rose 9.4 per cent year-onyear to 208.5 billion USD in August, China’s import growth unexpectedly fell for the second consecutive month, posting its worst performance in over a year.

According to Mark Williams, Chief Asia Economist at the UK-based economic research consultancy Capital Economics, the slump is due to weakness in domestic demand, par tic ularly stemming from the slowdown in the property sector which, in turn, has hit imports.

But let’s keep in mind: This is not the first time that analysts have predicted that China will surpass the US as the leading economic power, but many tend to disagree about when exactly this will happen.

Pakistan and India are still trying to win over China. And where can we see the Philippines? +++ Email: doringklaus@ gmail.com or follow me on Facebook or Twitter or visit www.

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370 pilgrims avail Lanao del Norte’s Hajj program

The Northern Mindanao TVET LMI Council Chaired by Ms. Irene L. Floro of ILF-SMI (at the center) pose after its 1st Council Meeting held at the Burrow Cafe. (R to L) Marigold Cherie R. Garrido (TESDA-X), Nick L. Borja (ALU-TUCP), Bernie Salinas (DOLE-X), Leopoldo Zerrudo (AIRA-X), Nollie Arguilles (COHARA), Kotie Bax (TESDA), Irene L. Floro (SMI), Arjay Felicilda (Mindanao Daily News), Jonathan Adolfo (CdO ICT Business Council), Behua Marfori (RPN TV5) and Lulu Lapada (Oro Newstar) (Photo supplied)

ARMM investment reaches record high in 3rd Quarter

COTABATO CITY – The Regional Board of Investments in the Muslim autonomous region in southern Philippines on Tuesday announced P3.372 billion in new investments - more than double the investments of 1.463 billion in 2013 and jobs created by this 3rd quarter have reached 2,994 compared to last years' 1,743.

It said strong economic growth in the region has attracted more investors.

The RBOI said three new firms - Darussalam Mining Corporation, Al Mujahidun Agro-Resources and Development, Inc. and Bangsamoro Oil and Fuels Corporation - posted a total of P848 million worth of projects that generated 1,210 jobs.

Darussalam Mining Corporation based in the village of Tumbagaan in Tawi-Tawi’s Languyan town is engaged in a P192.87 million mining and quarrying operation of nickel ore for export to China.

The company generated 310 local jobs.

Bangsamoro Oil and Fuels Corporation, which invested P85.85 million, is expected to provide about three dozen new jobs. The company is engaged in importation, distribution and sales of petroleum

products. It also has plans to construct an oil depot in Polloc Port in Parang town in Maguindanao province.

While the Al Mujahidun Agro-Resources and Development, Inc. is a new player in the region’s banana industry.

The company has initially planted with Cavendish bananas some 550 hectares in the village of Salman in Maguindanao’s Ampatuan town.

The company has infused P570 million in the project and is expected to generate 867 jobs. The bananas are to be exported to the United Arab Emirates, Middle East

usually brings about a period of adjustment as the business community evaluates the impact of new policies. So this may mean that investment growth in 2015 could be affected. If impediments to doing business are reduced and if the security environment continues to improve, this could result to robust business and jobs creation in the region,” Mastura said. (By Mindanao Examiner)

by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so.

Lanao del Norte’s Hajj program is fully supported by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan led by vice-governor Cristy Atay and Hajj committee chairman Mohamad Moamar Jack Maruhom.

Under the Hajj program, enrolled pilgrims receive assistance in securing their passport, vaccination and other required travel documents. They are also assisted in reserving airline seats for their flight to Saudi Arabia.

As part of the program, the provincial government also help facilitate for the transportation needs of the pilgrims from Lanao del Norte to Manila as well as book their hotel accommodation while awaiting for their scheduled international flight.

The Hajj organizing team is composed of personnel from the Provincial Community Affairs Office (PCAO) and the Provincial Information Office (PIO).

“We are thankful to Governor Dimaporo for the continued implementation of the Hajj program.

This is truly a big help to us (Muslims) in making our pilgrimage a more meaningful and spiritual experience,” expressed MSU-Marawi Asst. Director Raquela Dimalutang.

The Hajj is expected to fall between October 2 to 7, 2014. (VNL/PIO-LDN/ PIA-10 LDN)

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In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No.____ Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that JOEM SOLOMON MORENO has filed with this office , a petition for change of first name from “____” to “____” and correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” or correction of entry in the date of birth “____” to “____” in certificate of live birth of JOEM SOLOMON ROMERO at San Francisco, Agusan del Sur and whose parents are JOCELINDO B. MORENO and EMMA L. SOLOMON.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar, San Francisco, Agusan del Sur. (SGD.) NIMFA PORRAS-TONO

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Sept. 11 & 18, 2014

R.A. Form No. 10.1 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Lala OFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that FERDINAND AGULONG SUARING has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from “BERNE” to “FERDINAND” in the birth certificate of BERNE AGOLONG SUARIN who was born on 25 June 1966 at Lala, Lanao del Norte and whose parents are MIGUEL SUARIN and ESTRELLA AGOLONG.

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

(SGD) MARICHU M.SANCHEZ, MBA., MA.

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Sept. 4 & 11, 2014

and Europe.

RBOI Chairman and Managing Head, lawyer Ishak Mastura said: "We have achieved our investment target for this year and we hope that we will continue to attract more businessmen to invest given our strong agri-based economy. Other than our rich agricultural resources, the impending submission of the draft Bangsamoro Basic Law to Congress is anticipated to effect positive signals to the business community that the peace process is on track."

"However, we are aware that any change in government or structural changes

TUBOD, Lanao del Norte – A total of 370 Muslim pilgrims from different towns of Lanao del Norte availed the provincial government’s Hajj program.

The first batch of 265 Muslim pilgrims had their departure for Medina, Saudi Arabia on September 8, this year, while 105 pilgrims are set to leave on September 11.

This is the 10th year of implementation of the Hajj program since it was launched in 2004 as part of the Dimaporo-Quibranza initiative. This is a unique program that is currently only being implemented by the local government unit of Lanao del Norte.

“The hundreds of positive feedbacks that we got from this program are enough justification for us to continue this one-ofa-kind program. Governor Khalid Dimaporo ensures equal benefit and support for both the Muslims and Christians in Lanao del Norte,” explained Information Officer Lyndon Calica.

It can be recalled that for several years already that the provincial government is sending its delegation to participate in the worldrenowned Sinulog Festival of Cebu City, every month of January.

The annual Hajj is the largest pilgrimage in the world, and is the fifth pillar of Islam, a religious duty that must be carried out at least once in their lifetime

Publication Notice R.A. 10172 NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

September 02, 2014

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172) , Notice is hereby served to the public that RUBELLA S. PAYAN has filed with this office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of Live Birth of EDSEL SURAL PAYAN at DSPH, Digos City and whose parents are EDGAR D. PAYAN and RUBELLA C. SURALTA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than September 22, 2014 (Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA

City Civil Registrar MDN: Sept. 4 & 11, 2014

In compliance with section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that JOHN CRIS V. POPERA has filed with this Office a petition for correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of JOHN CRIS VILLARMINO POPERA who was born on September 15, 1991 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are CRISOSTOMO LADERA POPERA and ANTONEA ALVATERA VILLARMINO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 13 , 2014.

(SGD) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar MDN: Sept. 4 & 11, 2014

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MY work with politicians in the past gave me the opportunity to understand a bit their behavior as shaped by their ambitions to be in power forever that I find almost similar if not identical to the exception of those who did not have the illusion of staying in power as long as they live.

Those with burning desire to remain in power even to the point of treating the public office they are occupying as being theirs as a matter of right usually end up being corrupt. Because they will do their best to accumulate more money out of the public treasury so they can practice patronage politics.

Patronage politics to this type of politicians is a must because it is only by buying the loyalty of the constituency they supposedly serve that they can assure their own reelection in the next elections or the election of their successor who in all likelihood comes from their own immediate family.

The problem with patronage politics is that sitting politicians will never use their own money to advance their political intentions.

Practitioners of patronage politics more often than not source their funds from government coffers where they can lay their hands on.

The P10 billion pork barrel scam is an example at how unscrupulous politicians source the money they distribute to their constituencies as if it’s about

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Jesse E.L. Bacon II to run out of fashion.

They appear generous but generous not with their own money but the people’s money to distribute them as if it is theirs.

This dangerous tendency to lay their hands on the public coffers for them to have the money to dole out is inevitable because not doing so means being out of office when the next elections come.

This is the type of politics where well-meaning politicians in the mold of Sen. Jovito R. Salonga and former Cebu Gov. Vicente “Tingting” de la Serna will never thrive or stay long.

But this type of politics made corruption the rule in public service than the exception.

The practice of patronage politics is what is sending Philippine politics to the dogs. And most of its practitioners are those who can never win in clean, honest and orderly elections.

Their only ticket to public office is through vote buying, harassment and intimidation. And once they are in office, their main pre-occupation is how they can waylay the

government coffers like what robbers do with their victims.

If you are wondering why politically we have not matured, blame it on patronage politics. And now here comes the godfather of patronage politics in Makati City who is not contented with being vice president now by publicly making himself available to succeed President Aquino when his term expires in 2016 Of course you all know who I am referring to. It’s Vice President Jejomar Binay, the man who now stands accused of having fleeced the coffers of the city he once served as mayor for several terms.

I believe the expose at how Binay made money through corruption as alleged by former officials of that city before the Senate investigation on the matter has already destroyed his presidential ambition.

As alleged by witnesses in the Senate who swore before God and man that they will tell nothing but the truth, Binay rigged the bidding process in Makati to enable him to overprice projects such as the most expensive parking building all over the world.

That parking building cost the city P2.7 billion while office buildings much taller and more exquisite in style and materials used cost by one half only of the cost of the parking building. When it became preposterous for Binay to just keep on repeating his blanket denial this is merely

political demolition, they recently changed tack by saying his tenure as mayor saw the emergence of a triumvirate, two of whom testified before the Senate, who gained so much through corruption.

As w h at w a s apt l y pointed out by a Philippine Daily Inquirer editorial the other day this defense only proved Binay’s incompetence to be chief executive officer if indeed during his tenure as mayor he never had any inkling that three of his subordinates were engaged in massive corruption with him not knowing it.

At this point, I look at Binay’s political downfall very similar to the downfall of then presidential wannabe Manuel Villar when it was exposed that a road project received two funding allocations in one national budget at his instance. That expośe led to another expose that the road project was purposely made to pass housing subdivisions developed by Villar’s company.

This expośe against Binay is definitely far worse than the one against Villar before the 2010 presidential elections. And if Villar failed to survive politically, can Binay be luckier? Will his indulgence in patronage politics bring him to Malacanang? Your answer to this is as good as mine.

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Daily Inspiration Forget me not “But when you had eaten and were no wonder we’re so proud. We must satisfied, you became proud and forgot not forget where these provisions me.” -Hosea 13:6

Juvy Sarraga

Excess is a real struggle for many in our culture. With freezers full of frozen food, clothes for every season, and shelter for our cars, it’s

come from. Don’t forget to thank God everyday for all that He has provided. Not only does it show appreciation; most importantly it will keep you humble.

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Businessman hit local execs for unattended risky phone line post AN Francisco, Agusan del Sur - A concerned businessman took a swipe at the town hall here for its long overdued inaction over a leaning telephone line post that already pose serious danger to cars of the customers parking inside his restaurant.

Butch Garcia,owner of Café Cristina known by old-timer townsfolk as no-nonsense critic of any government ineptitude

and who shaded green t h e Po b l a c i o n’s m a i n thoroughfares with Acacia trees, chided local officials for not doing anything to fix the problem even as he already personally called their attention on the issue.

“Some 20 days ago, I reported to your engineering on the wooden post that is ready to collapse. I showed them pictures and I believe I showed these pictures to you, too,” Garcia said in his handwritten letter to the office of Mayor Jenny

de Asis.

But Garcia added: “ Sadly nothing has been done up to this day. The accident is waiting to happen and as usual, the finger-pointing is sure to happen,” he wrote.

“Did I go to the wrong people or office to report this? Maybe I should go the Bureau of Customs, or maybe rge Bureau of Internal Revenue?”, he sarcastically concluded in his letter.

Jocelyn Juen, Municipal Administrator,

however, assured Garcia t he y a lre ady for ma l ly informed the regional office of the Department of Transportation and Communication in Butuan City to take immediate action on his complaint.

For several months, telephone lines and post set up by DOTC have been left unattended after the DOTC secretary ordered to the stop the operations all municipal of f ices and telephone services throughout the country.

BUTUAN City - Some 25 personnel of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) o f A g u s a n d e l No r t e provincial office underwent a five-day training workshop on Trainers’ Training on September 2-6, 2014 held at Benjamin Garden Resort here.

Provincial Agrarian Reform Program Officer Andre B. Atega, CESO V,

said that the training aimed to equip the participants with the most up-to-date knowledge and skills in conducting community development and capacity building ideas.

“This training will enable participants to become the most effective speaker on the subject assigned for a target class of participants,” PARPO II Atega added.

Romy Dahuyag, one of the resource speakers, told that the said training is part of continuous learning process of DAR personnel to strengthen their capacities to become an effective cooperative trainer.

The training drew interesting output that includes Skills in Developing Training Needs Assessment; Preparing Training Modules;

Demonstrate Training to Adults and Coaching and Mentoring.

The activity is in partnership with the DAR this province and Propegemus Foundation Inc., who unleashed the skills of DAR people to become an effective cooperative trainers. (Gil E. Miranda, The wooden post of DOTC telephone line that pose danger DAR-Agusan del Norte/ to cars parking in front of Cristina Café.

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DAR gears up personnel for cooperative training

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

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Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC September 04, 2014

In compliance with the public requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that CYNETH B. MATA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the date of birth from “AUGUST 15, 1961” to “AUGUST 16, 1961” in the certificate of live birth of CENETH A. BATION at Davao General Hospital, Davao City and whose parents are Demosthenes M. Bation and Sinforiana Apiag.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 24, 2014.

(Sgd.) MARISSA C. NEBRADA

CITY CIVIL REGISTRAR

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Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City

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

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC CCE-0068-2013(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. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that DEXTER BUCIO GALINDO has filed with this office a petition for Correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of DEXTER BUCIO GALINDO who was born on 20 AUG. 85 at Pianing, Butuan City and whose parents are DINAH LIBRE BUCIO and AFRICANO TIRARIRAY GALINDO.

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

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In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that ANECITO ANSUYON PORRAS has filed with this Office a petition for change of first name from “CRESANTO” to “ANECITO” in the birth certificate of ANECITO ANSUYON PORRAS who was born on APRIL 16, 1973 at SAN FRANCISCO, AGUSAN DEL SUR and whose parents are GRACIANO CORDERO PORRAS and TERESITA ASPERA ANSUYON.

Any person adversely affected by the said petition may file his written opposition with his Office MUNICIPAL CIVIL REGISTRAR’S OFFICE.

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MDN: Sept. 11 & 18, 2014

NOTICE TO THE PUBLICATION 09 SEPTEMBER 2014

In compliance with section 5 of R.A. No. 10172, a NOTICE is hereby served to the public that MARY GRACE R. COSMIANO has filed with this Office a petition for correction of clerical error in the entry of the child’s SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of CHARLES LACADAG RABUSA who was born on October 12, 1997 in Cagayan de Oro City and whose parents are MARCOS JABELLO RABUSA and LYDIA ASEQUIA LACADAG. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than Septembr 19 , 2014.

In compliance with the public requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular 2013-1 Guideline in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that RUBY VERGARA GONZALES has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in the date of birth from MAY 29, 1955 to MAY 27, 1955 in the certificate of live birth of RUBY VELASCO VERGARA at Carmen, Cotabato and whose parent are RODOLFO VERGARA and LUCY VERGARA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 25, 2014.

(SGD) NORMA S. DIPUTADO

City Civil Registrar

(Sgd.) MARY P. MACAYA

Municipal Civil Registrar

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September 8, 2014

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that VREXIE ALAYON JUDILLA has filed with this Office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the certificate of live birth of VREXIE ALAYON JUDILLA at Matalam, Cotabato and whose parents are RONNIE GUERRA JUDILLA and CONCEPCION GONZAGA ALAYON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 29, 2014.

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P5m shabu shipment intercepted in Ozamiz

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By Cheng OrdoÑez, Associate Editor Gerry Gorit and PJ Tremedal, Correspondents

OZAMIZ City--Joint operatives from the Ozamiz City Police Office, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency (PDEA) and the local government unit led by the mayor intercepted a shipment of methamphetamine hydrochloride, local known as “shabu,” worth P5 million Tuesday (September 9) afternoon here.

The police were tipped off Mayor Parojinog said he on the shipment of the shabu will ask the City Council to via a courier outlet (LBC), pass an ordinance that will which arrived last Saturday require couriers to oblige decyet. But, after three days of laration of package contents stakeout, nobody came to when transacting with them. claim the package.

Parojinog said Tuesday’s On Tuesday, the police shabu interception only sought a search warrant from proves that there is no drug the court and obliged the laboratory in Ozamiz, concourier management to hand trary to some speculations, over the package and declare otherwise, there will be no its content. shipment like this.

The shabu, weighing one The package was sent kilogram, was contained in- from Cubao, Manila, to a side a milk box, wrapped in certain Christina dela Cruz carbon papers. here in Ozamiz City.

Ozamiz City Police direcSupt. Bawayan said the tor Supt. Michael Bwayan Jr. names of the consignor and said the longer the package the consignee could be fabstays at the courier outlet, the ricated. more dangerous it becomes Sr. Supt. Archival Diokno due to its high value, fearing Macala, acting provincial dithe recipient-group here in rector of the PPO in Misamis Ozamiz might get the pack- Occidental, lauded the city age by force. At least, eight police and PDEA, led by IO3 policemen were posted night Rubylyn Alfaro, provincial time as stakeouts near the team leader, and the support courier outlet, at the Gaisano from the City Government building, at the port area for a successful drive against prior to the confiscation of illegal drugs, here. the shabu Tuesday.

Tuesday’s interception Ozamiz City Mayor Rey- was the biggest drug haul naldo Parojinog Sr. joined in the province. The same the police and PDEA team modus had been done in in confiscating the package Iligan City and other parts of shabu. of the country, police said.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES) CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO… …) S.S. AFFIDAVIT OF LOSS I, MERLIN D. CAÑETE, of legal age, married, Filipino, and a resident of 12-28th St. Nazareth, Cagayan de Oro City, after having been duly sworn to in accordance with law, do hereby depose and say: 1. That I am the Branch Manager of ASIA GLASS PALACE, INC., a domestic corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the Republic of the Philippines with principal address 529 JP Cabaguio Ave., Davao City and with branch office in Brgy. 22 Osmeña St., Cagayan de Oro City; 2. That the head office of ASIA GLASS PALACE, INC. issued booklets of Delivery Receipts, Charge Invoice and Cash Invoice to the Cagayan de Oro Branch office; 3. That unfortunately, upon audit conducted on July 10, 2014 by the company auditor, Sahlee Jane B. Domingo, the following documents including receipts could not be located, to wit:

a) July 10, 2014 Delivery Receipt #11 (201-550)

Delivery Receipt #7 (251-300)

b) July 31, 2014 Charge Invoice #23 (02351-2400)

c) June 17, 2014 Revolving Fund Notebook

d) File for SSS Loan

e) Cash Receipts Book #8

f) Folder for Agency Billing #1

g) Cash Invoice No. 07905 (original, pink and stub copies) 4. That earnest efforts exerted to locate, retrieve, or find the aforestated documents and booklets proved futile and they are now considered to be forever lost and beyond recovery;

That this affidavit is executed to attest to the truth of the foregoing facts for whatever legal purpose that this may serve.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 12th day of September 2012 in the City of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.

(SGD.) MERLIN D. CAÑETE Affiant

SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this 12th day of September 2012 in the City of Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, affiant exhibited to me her SSS No. 091402282-8 as competent evidence of her identity.

Doc. No. 428; Page No. 86; Book No. XIII; Series of 2014.

MDN: SEPT. 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2014

(SGD.) ROSALIE GRACE M. ESCOBIA Notary Public

Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez and Board Member Emmanuel S. Mugot co-authored a resolution seeking for the immediate completion of the Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center. The convention center’s construction started in 2001.

Misor dads urge DPWH, DBM to prioritize completion of Oro Convention Center

MISAMIS Oriental––On motion of Provincial Board Member Emmanuel S. Mugot, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental passed a Resolution strongly requesting Secretary Rogelio L. Singson of the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Secretary Florencio B. Abad of the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) to prioritize the allocation and release of funds for the immediate completion of the Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center.

Co-authored by Vice Governor Joey G. Pelaez, the Resolution was passed during the 34th Regular Session of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan.

“The recent feat achieved

by Iglesia ni Cristo in building the 50,000-seater Philippine Arena in Bulacan and giving Filipinos pride worldwide should serve to challenge and inspire people in government to finish the construction of Cagayan de

Oro City Convention Center,” Vice Governor Pelaez expressed.

The construction of Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center, which sits atop a mountain overlooking the city, started sometime in 2001.

It is still unfinished until now and lays there as a white elephant. The remaining cost for its completion continues to rise, amounting to about double to triple of its original contract price.

This causes not only losses in earning but also losses in opportunities for Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental and Mindanao.

“I guess, Mr. Chairman, one of the major factors that perhaps prevents the completion of the Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center which is projected to have a 7,700 seating capacity, is the lack of funding support from the National Government or the delay in the release of the allocated funds for the purpose,”

Republic of the Philippines Province of Cotabato Municipality of Kabacan OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL REGISTRAR NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that BENIDA A. MONTEFALCO has filed with the office a petition for change of first name JAY JOHN to EFREN JR. in the Certificate of Live Birth of EFREN JR. M. MONTEFALCO who was born on DECEMBER 30,1983 at NEW ABRA,KABACAN,COTABATO and whose parents are EFREN MONTEFALCO and BENIDA ALCALDE. Any person adversely affected by said petition may filed his/her written opposition with this office not later than SEPTEMBER 24, 2014.

(Sgd.) GANDY B. MAMALUBA

Municipal Civil Registrar

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Provincial Board Member Mugot said.

Vice Governor Pelaez believes that the completion of the Cagayan de Oro City Convention Center will propel economic activities and significant investments in the area. “These will ultimately redound to the great benefit of the people of Cagayan de Oro City, Province of Misamis Oriental and Mindanao in terms of increase in tourist arrivals, wider business opportunities, entrepreneurship development and jobs generation,” Vice Governor Pelaez said.

“As a consequence, and with the presence of Laguindingan Airport in Misamis Oriental, the tourism industry of Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental and Mindanao will certainly be taken to greater heights as local tourist destinations will be discovered and explored by the influx of visitors,” Vice Governor Pelaez added. SP COMMUNICATIONS

Oro dad reports on dev’t at JRBGH CAGAYAN de Oro Councilor Teodolfo Lao in his special report during the City Council regular session last week presided over

by Councilor Lourdes Candy Darimbang, announced that the JR Borja General Hospital continuously aims to deliver better health services to Kagay-anons and all those who will come for treatment or medical check-up.

Lao also presented the vision of the hospital that by the year 2016, the JR Borja General Hospital shall be the nation’s premier local government hospital with fiscal autonomy and its preferential option is the poor and the under privileged.

Councilor Lao also informed the City Council that there are 271 personnel now manning the hospital.

“There are 22 physicians with 12 visiting consultants and 3 part time consultants,” Lao reported. The hospital has 68 staff nurses, nine supervising nurses, 33 nursing attendants and seven midwives, he said.

The councilor further reported that there are two dentists, three pharmacists and 13 medical technologists assisting the operations.

Like other hospitals, a social welfare officer is also provided to immediately assist the needs and assess the status of indigent patients.

According to Lao, there is already one engineer permanently assigned at the hospital to supervise the maintenance of the building.

“Kung naay gagmay’ng maguba sa hospital, dili na kita motawag pa personnel gikan sa city engineering para sa mga repair ug uban pa,” he said.

(ELB)

Republic of the Philippines OFFICE OF THE MUNICIPAL REGISTRAR Matalam,Cotabato Publication Notice R.A. 10172

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

CCE-0042-2014

September 5, 2014

In Compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No.1 Series of 2012 (IRR on R.A. 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that CHARLIE SULIT WAGAS has filed with this office, a petition for correction of entry in sex from “FEMALE” to “MALE” in the certificate of live birth of CHARLIE SULIT WAGAS at Matalam,Cotabato and whose parents are CIRILO NICOR WAGAS and EVA MAQUILING SULIT. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than September 29, 2014.

(Sgd.) TRINIDAD D.BUTARDO

Municipal Civil Registrar MDN: Sept. 11 & 18, 2014

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AMBOANGA CITY – Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar led Tuesday various inauguration of government housing units for victims of war in last year’s deadly rebel attack that killed and wounded over 400 people in Zamboanga City.

The commemoration of the siege by members of the Moro National Liberation Front has reopened the bitter memories of the war that raged for three weeks and affected more than 120,000 people in Zamboanga, and hundreds of thousands more in nearby Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-Tawi.

Salazar reminded residents to stay vigilant as she led officials in “Honoring the Heroes, Commemorating the Brave and (Stay) United in Defending the Flag.”

She and other officials led the ground-breaking ceremony of houses on stilts in the village of Mariki following a mass blood donation and the hand-over of 120 newly-built housing units for war refugees in Santa Catalina village.

Catholic churches also rung its bells simultaneously and offered masses followed by candlelighting.

Social Welfare Secretary Dinky Soliman, who was here recently, has already declared the end of humanitarian stage for war refugees

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phone to look at notes regarding the ports and traffic.

At that point, some local reporters were giving quizzing looks as the Manilabased reporter was allowed to go beyond the limit of one follow-up question.

Another television reporter from GMA news was next, but went to ask about Aquino’s reaction as best man in the wedding of his friend Senator Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero and actress Heart Evangelista, and who would be the bachelor president’s date on this event.

The GMA reporter went on to ask how many times Aquino was best man, in which the president appeared bemused and said he stopped counting already.

But not stopping there, the reporter asked if the president would be part of the entourage of the wedding of showbiz couple Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera.

After entertaining four reporters, Aquino left the press conference. Local reporters huddled and shared their sentiments.

“Unsa to, showbiz kaayo (What was that, it was showbiz),” asked Edge Davao managing editor Jon Joaquin.

A long-time journalist smirked at the last questions regarding Aquino’s personal life. “That was the question of the century!” he said.

in Zamboanga, but she stressed that government program to ensure total recovery and rehabilitation of those affected by the siege will continue. She did not elaborate.

The stretch of the Roseller Lim Boulevard that was dotted by hundreds of refugee tents has been cleared last week and those that occupied the coastline had been transferred to various bunkhouses in different transitory sites here, although a few thousand refugees still remain inside the sport complex nearby while awaiting new housing units from the government.

Just recently, Salazar also handed over more than 160 duplex housing units to refugees in Santa Catalina.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development also committed to construct an additional 30 bunkhouses at the transitory site in Mampang village that can accommodate over 700 families.

More than 170 refugees had died from diseases in the evacua-

Other reporters took to their Facebook accounts to raise comment on the press conference.

“Of all the questions she could have asked the president, she asked what does he think of becoming the best man of so and so political figure…intawon.

Kadaghan sa issues nga pwede pangutan-on, (goodness. There are so many issues that can be raised),” posted Reuel John Lumawag of SunStar Davao.

“And why we should bother this at the sidelines of the event that is supposed to highlight Mindanao?” asked Mindanao Times’ Kristianne Fusilero.

Mindanews Jay Lozano enumerated possible questions that could have been raised with the president.

“Andaming importanteng bagay na pwedeng itanong sa presidente. DAP (So many important things that can be raised with the president: Disbursement Acceleration Program), charter change, BBL, GDP” said Lozano.

Jeffrey Tupas, news editor of Newsdesk.asia, said the incident was a waste of an opportunity since Aquino only comes to the city on a few occasions in a year.

He went on to criticize the penchant of some reports to look on “lighter issues”.

“I won’t apologize, but the Filipinos, Mindanao, deserve more than the trivial, disguised as “on the lighter

Zamboanga City government photos show housing units in Mariki and Santa Catalina villages. And Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar addresses the press during a news conference. (Mindanao Examiner Photo)

tion centers due to lack of sufficient medical and emergency facilities there. The United Nations has expressed alarm over the poor conditions of refugees still at different evacuation centers and transition sites here.

Mayor Maria Isabelle Salazar has been going around refugee sites to personally see their condition and assured them of the government’s rehabilitation efforts. She is frequently spotted in transitory sites and in housing projects supervising on-going works in those areas.

note” — because for me, what could be lighter than that is “what did you have for breakfast, Mister President, and this is on the lighter note lang po kasi marami pong walang breakfast. (becaue many have not even had breakfast).”

“You guys travelled all the way to Davao, to Mindanao, to get Aquino’s comment on Dingdong and Marian or his invitation to be Sen. Escudero and Heart’s Best Man. And the local journalists had to endure the president’s gibberish on MRT. Parang sayang ang pamasahe ninyo. At parang ang sayang ng oras namin.

(It was a waste of your fare, and it seems also a waste of our time),” ended Tupas. (davaotoday.com)

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sessions on January 19, 2015.

The draft BBL was submitted by the BTC, the 15-member GPH-MILF body tasked to draft the Basic Law, on April 22, 2014.

It to ok ne arly f ive months for the final draft to be submitted to Congress and exactly a month since Executive Secretary Paquito Ochoa took over the negotiations on the final draft, on behalf of government.

The submission to Congress also came a few days after the September 4 meeting between the President and MILF chair Al Haj Murad Ebrahim in Malacanang

President Benigno Aquino visited Zamboanga City in December and assured the refugees of the government’s rehabilitation efforts, saying his administration is working closely with various agencies to rebuild houses destroyed during the war.

Aquino said the government already spent some P273.8 million in relief aid and cash-for-work program for those displaced by the fighting and that he allocated an additional P3.5 billion for the rehabilitation efforts here. (Mindanao Examiner)

“to clarify and resolve issues” in the draft law.

Secretary Herminio Coloma of the Presidential Communications Operations Office told Malacanang reporters on September 9 that the meeting between the two leaders “resulted in the clarification and resolution of issues pertaining to the peace agreement that are embodied in the raft law.”

Aquino said in in Filipino that he fully believes that the proposed law is “in accordance with our Constitution and with the principles of our Framework Agreement, and that it reflects our shared efforts towards growth that leaves no one behind.”

“Concerns” The MILF received a copy of the Malacanangreviewed draft with its proposed provisions on June 21.

Murad and Iqbal, also the MILF peace panel chair, told the President in Hiroshima their “concerns” about the Malacanangproposed revisions to the draft on June 24 with Iqbal announcing in Turkey two days later that the proposed revisions would render the future Bangsamoro less autonomous than the present ARMM under RA 9054.

The BTC on July 3 elevated its concerns over the Malacanang-proposed revisions to the peace panels, who held a total of 21 days “workshops” in Kuala Lumpur, Manila and Davao, to finalize the text of the

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draft BBL. Ochoa took over the negotiations for the final drafting by noon of August 10.

The BTC Commissioners signed the transmittal letter that would be attached to the final draft, on Sunday, September 7, at the Mt. Mayon function room of BSA Twin Towers in Ortigas, Mandaluyong City.

Several commissioners had expressed reservations over the final draft compared with the 97-page draft that the BTC submitted to Malacanang on April 22.

“We have compromised enough,” BTC Deputy Chair Robert Maulana Alonto, also a member of the MILF peace panel, said.

But Alonto added, “this is not the end of the struggle.

It’s up for the people on the ground to judge.”

“I can live with it” MindaNews learned from various sources within the MILF not only about reservations but also disappointments that the final draft allegedly fails to address many of the structural challenges of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) that it would replace, “let alone resolve the Bangsamoro Question.”

MindaNews asked Iqbal on September 8 if he was happy with the final draft, if he could live with and what makes him sad about it.

“I am happy. Why? Sabi ko ginawa ko na lahat ang

makaya ko. Lahat ng oras ko ginugol ko na rito. Not just me but the team. Pangalawa, I know my position and I have to understand the position of the other side and then in a negotiation you can only agree. Pag maiintindihan mo yung kalagayan nila, yung where they are coming from, so dahil doon, ginawa na namin ang lahat, and then we understand the position of the other side as well as they also understand our position, ito ang nangyari.

I am happy. Kasi ginawa ko na lahat, ano pa ang gagawin ko? In the absence of what is excellent, what is available is always the best.

Alam natin na compromise yan eh.”

Asked what makes him sad about the final draft, Iqbal replied: “I am not sad… because essentially in a negotiation, you cannot get all that you want.

Neither the other side can get all that they want.”

“I can live with it (the final draft),” he said.

The government (GPH) and the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed on October 15, 2012 the Framework Agreement on the Bangsamoro (FAB) stating that the status quo is “unacceptable” and that they would work for the creation of a new autonomous political entity called the Bangsamoro, to replace the ARMM. Tomorrow: “BTCcrafted, OP-edited, MILFagreed draft”

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Cagayan de Oro to host launching of 1st Mountain Athletics challenge

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Classical guitarist to perform at Rodelsa Hall

After the successful concerts of violinist Bradley Bascon and pianist Rudolf Golez, another awardwinning artist will take the center stage at Rodelsa Hall this coming September 13, 2014, 8pm.

Ramoncito “Monching” Carpio, classical guitarist is back in Cagayan de Oro for another special

engagement organized by Liceo de Cagayan University, Independent Philippine Art Ventures, Inc. and Philippine Airlines.

In 2012, Carpio won 1st Prize in the Asian International Guitar Competition in Thailand and 2nd Prize in the Taiwan International Guitar Competition. His other

awards include 1st Prize in the Philippine International Guitar Competition (2011), 3rd Prize at the Singapore International Guitar Competition (2011), 3rd Prize Bangkok International Guitar Competition (2010) and 2nd Prize at the NAMCYA Guitar Category C held at the Cultural Center of the Philippines (2009).

Last year, he released his first solo album entitled “Pahinungod” under Independent Philippine Arts Venture (IPAV).

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The difference between remorse & repentance (This blog may be a little bit lengthy than the usual, so I have to break it into two parts.

This is part one of two.)

“Chinkee, how would you know if a person is really truly sorry for his mistakes?” Hmm… This is a tough question to answer.

The good news is, I personally made many mistakes and live in guilt, shame and condemnation.

The better news is, I learned from my mistakes and felt sorry for what I’ve done. The best news is, there are people who mentored and taught me how to understand the difference from regret and remorse.

Understanding the difference between temporary grief and genuine repentance makes a lot of difference.

HOW WOULD YOU KNOW IF YOU ARE IN A STATE OF REMORSE OR REPENTANCE? REMORSE IS BEING SORRY BECAUSE YOU GOT CAUGHT. REPENTANCE IS BEING SORRY BECAUSE YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE OFFENDED & HURT OTHERS. People in a state of remorse may say sorry, but they are just saying it because they have no choice. Their apology is not voluntary but forced by shame, situation and circumstance.

Left on their own, they would not even admit to it. People in a state of repentance may realize that they have offended and hurt many people including happen on Sept 21 at the SM Activity center.

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themselves.

They caused others a lot of pain and anguish and was embarrassed for the mistakes they made.

REMORSE IS SHORT- T E R M R E PENTANCE IS LONGTERM People in a state of remorse may show some changes for a short-term but it does not last long. People in a state of repentance may show some changes but they are not doing it temporarily but they want to live it permanently.

REMORSE INVOLVES EMOTION R E PE N TA NC E I N VOLVES EMOTION PLUS DECISION PLUS COMMITMENT People in a state of remorse may cry a bucket of tears and show much emotion but after the tears have dried up and emotions dissipate, so does their resolution to change.

People in a state of repentance may also cry and show emotions but backs it up with a decision, choice and commitment to see change happen whatever cost it have.

They are willing to do whatever it takes and pay the price for their mistakes.

R E M O R S E MAKES TEMPORARY CHANGES OR NEVER CHANGE AT ALL REPENTANCE MAKES PERMANENT CHANGES People in a state of remorse felt bad, made some temporary changes just to appease the person they have offended.

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didn’t last that long in other words.

They just made a 360 degree turn then they go back to where they came from. While others changed temporarily while some never change at all.

People in a state of repentance felt bad but made some conscious decisions and steps toward permanent change. They are trying their best to live a new life and set a goal of living a life of consistency and a lifestyle of repentance. When I say a lifestyle of repentance, change does not come overnight. It is a daily and continuous battle, lived on a daily basis.

It is in the small decisions that contribute to the big decision. It is in the daily choices that we make that will determine which direction we are heading. In other words, if you are in this state, you are trying to make a 180 degree turn, never looking back and burns the bridge where you came from. To be continued tomorrow...

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S pecia l G o spe l o f the day: Matthew9:913(September9, 2014-Tuesday) Matthew 9:9-13-And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with

him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees saw [it], they said unto his disciples, Why ate your Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard [that], he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn what [that] meant, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance:

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This gospel is focusing on Matthew, the tax collector who is called by Jesus to become His disciple. Who is Matthew? He was a sinner, traitor and robber of people’s money. He committed sin of extortion and oppression to the poor. But the wonderful point that we can describe in the scenario, is Jesus still chose him to be an apostle.

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MINDAVIEWS FROM PAST TO PRESENT: From a village to a Spanish town

BY PAULITA R. ROA CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY (MindaNews / 22 Aug) – In 1521, the typical houses of the Cebuanos were described by Antonio Pigafetta (1536), the Italian chronicler of Ferdinand Magellan, as made of wooden planks and bamboo and raised

high on the ground on large logs. Ladders were used as means of entry and the house was divided into rooms like those in the West. Underneath the houses, the Cebuanos kept swine, fowl and goats. This was the type of houses that the Spaniards

saw lining the coast of Cebu and as one claimed, it reached the coast of Mandaue. This same kind raised houses were then commonly found near the rivers, creeks and waterways for the ancient Filipinos loved to live near bodies of water.

There were other types of houses that the early Spanish explorers saw when they ventured into the interior areas. The Recollect missionaries who were the first to enter the Cagaiang territory (Cagayan de Oro) in 1622 wrote that the 500 Kagay-

anons under their chief named Salangsang, lived on top of a cliff by a river.

Their place was known as Himolugan. It was a strongly enclosed communal dwelling where each of the family had a room of their own that the priests likened to a Spanish cloister. In the middle of the communal quarters was an altar called the diwatahan that contained a wooden idol (Blair, E. and Robertson, J. vol. 21.

1903-1907). This showed that the settlement patterns of the prehispanic Filipinos were entirely different from that of the Spaniards.

However, with the arrival of the Spanish conquistador, Miguel Lopez de Legazpi in 1565, the landscape of Cebu and in most parts of the archipelago drastically changed.

His troops burned the village of Cebu and later, his first official act was to inform the ruler, Tupas, that the Spaniards needed an area for a town site.

When Legazpi was given a parcel of land, he drew a line demarcating the boundaries of the Spanish and Cebuano territories. On May 8, 1565, just two weeks after he and his men arrived in Cebu, he took possession of the land in the name of the Spanish king. Then the ground was broken for the construction of a triangular fort. Legazpi also marked out the sites for the Spanish quarter and the first Catholic church.

He then proclaimed the establishment of the first Spanish settlement in Southeast Asia.

Legazpi’s act of possession and partition of the land into a town was patterned after a typical Spanish pueblo; it was to be repeated in many places around the country. This time, a Spanish missionary was tasked to create the town known as the “reduccion” or a compact town. Armed with a cord, ruler and a few pegs, he would staked out the site for three main buildings of the new town – the church with the convento, the plaza and the Casa Real, the seat of Spanish colonial administration.

The principal streets of the town would also be plotted out. That done, the priest then planted a cross in the middle of the proposed plaza and began evangelizing the people

(R. Javellana S. J. 1991).

The town of Cagaiang (Cagayan de Oro) started as a reduccion in 1624 by the Spanish Recollect missionaries. By the way, this is not an ancient town as many would like to believe. In fact, the present area of the city is considered a second settlement for the first one was in Himolugan.

Today, we can still see the original layout of the old town and it is in Barangay 1, the oldest area of Cagayan de Oro City.

There is the church, now the St. Agustine Cathedral, the combined area of the present city tennis courts and Gaston Park, was the original the size of the original town plaza.

The old building of the City Hall near the bridge stands on the site of the old Casa Real. Historians consider Cagayan de Oro among the most Hispanized towns of northern Mindanao.

On the second floor of the City Museum, there is a copy of the 1739 map of the town of Cagaian which was then under the Alcalde of Zebu. The town was enclosed with a fort known as the Fuerza Real de San Jose or the Royal Fort of St. Joseph. There were neat rows of houses and well laid streets with the church at the center. It is a far cry from the typical prehispanic village that was composed only of a cluster of houses with the biggest one belonging to the village chief and usually enclosed with a wooden palisade.

The creation of the town by the Spaniards was their way of “civilizing” the prehispanic Filipino and forced them to look at the former as their central authority instead of the village chief. It took a long time for the people to get adjusted to living in a town under the new foreign colonial masters.

It was unlike what they were used to for it was not well suited to their needs, temperament and beliefs. That was the way it was and that was how all towns came to be in the country.

[MindaNews is the opinion section of MindaViews. Paulita R. Roa is a member of the Cagayan de Oro Historical and Cultural Commission and Deputy of the National Museum in Cagayan de Oro.]