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Tax exemption THE Board of Investments (BoI) said it approved the application for tax incentives of a Davao-based coconut processor to support a P30million facility.

In a statement issued Tuesday by the Department of Trade and Industry’s investment promotion arm, Canadian-Chinese company All Bright Resources International, Inc. proposed for incentives its facility manufacturing coco fiber and coco peat, a growing medium for plants made from coconut husk, in Davao del Sur. According to the 2017 Investments Priorities Plan, agro-processing activities outside Metro Manila qualify for tax incentives.

The company expects to export 70% of its output to China, South Korea and Japan and will source raw material from Kidapawan, Cotabato and selected municipalities in Davao del Sur.

More ads for Marawi MORE countries are expected to provide assistance to the Philippines in rebuilding war-torn Marawi City when state and business leaders meet here for the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) slated on November 12-14.

George Barcelon, Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) member, said about 250,000 displaced residents of Marawi City are returning home.

Barcelon said more funds are needed to build houses, roads, facilities like hospitals, among others.

“We (also) have to look at what kind of industries can be set up that can provide livelihood (opportunities for them),” he said. cmyk

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AVAO City -- Homegrown conglomerate Anflo Group of Companies, through its newest subsiduary, the Anflo Banana Corp. (ABC), has partnered with a global agricultural firm to penetrate what is touted as the biggest and most flourishing China market for premium bananas.

PREMIUM BANANAS. Anflo Banana Corporation (ABC) is eyeingto tap the huge China market for its premium bananas. Anflocor owns vast plantation of export quality bananas in Compostela Valley Province and Davao Occidental.

The Davao-based banana firm is apparently taking advantage of the growing Philippine-China trade relation as espoused by the Duterte administration as it is signing a

DPWH head to inaugurate 2 projects in Normin today

By MARK FRANCISCO, Staff Writer

P U B L I C Wo r k s a n d Highways Secretary Mark Vi l l ar w i l l i naug urate two key road projects in Northern Mindanao today – the 12.77-kilometer Cagayan de Oro Coastal Highway and the six-lane Igpit Bridge.

The Cagayan de Oro Coastal Highway will be

the second diversion road in the eastern part of the city and is expected to ease traffic by 30 percent there, according to Villar in a July pronouncement.

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In a t e x t m e s s a ge , D ep ar t ment of Public Wo r k s a n d Hi g hw ay s (DPWH) 10 spokesperson Vinah Maghinay said that the formal opening of the Cagayan de Oro Coastal Highway is set at 1:00 p.m. followed by the Igpit bridge ceremonial inaugural. projects/PAGE 11

marketing contract with GoodFarmer Banana Trading Corp. (GoodFarmer) for its huge banana production in Davao Occidental, according to Alex premium/PAGE 11

BoC-10 on tract to its P13-B collection target

By JIGGER JERUSALEM, PNA

THE Bureau of Customs in Northern Mindanao (BOC10) is now closer to achieving its collection target as taxes and duties earnings have picked up in the past few months.

From January to October, BOC-10 was able to collect more than P10 billion, said BOC-10 Collector Jamail Marohomsalic.

He said the agency’s original target was P12

billion, but Customs Commissioner Isidro Lapeña ordered the adjustment on BOC-10’s collection goal for this year.

Despite the additional P1 billion, Marohomsalic said they can still reach the target “as long as our stakeholders (importers and exporters) declare their shipment properly and pay the right taxes.” target/PAGE 11

By Philippine News Agency

THE National Electrification Administration (NEA) and the Bukidnon Second Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Buseco) yesterday announced it has reached a “win-win” solution to the ongoing row between

the agency and the power distribution utility.

This following the consultative meeting called by the Senate Committees on Energy and on Cooperatives utility/PAGE 9

Small-scale mine tunnels in SouthCot facing closure

By MINDANEWS

GENERAL Santos City -Some 75 small-scale mine tunnels in T’boli town in South Cotabato are facing possible closure after being found to have been operating

outside a declared mining area.

Agnes Castanares, environment management specialist of the Provincial closure/PAGE 9

ESCAPE HOLE. A resident examines on Tuesday a hole apparently dug by ISIS-insired Maute gunmen through the wall of a house in Barangay Basak Malutlut, Marawi City.

Terrorists occupied the house just at the back of the rented apartment of slain Abu Sayyaf leader Isnilon Hapilon. Residents of nine out of the city’s 96 barangays who sought refuge in evacuaton centers or in relatives’ houses in neighboring towns and cities have returned home after five months. mindanews photo by froilan gallardo

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system go for e-train’s Davao City nominated anew All test run in General Santos for child-friendly award

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AVAO City -- The city has been nominated anew for the Presidential Award for Child-Friendly Municipalities and Cities (PACFMC).

“This is an affirmation of our efforts to stop child abuse and promote the rights of children at all time,” said City Social Services and Development Office Chief Maria Luisa Bermudo .

She said the city government was always conscious in the keeping the welfare of children at the center of its agenda.

The city won the award in 1998, 1999, 2013, 2014,

2015.

This year, the city is faced with equally formidable contenders for the Most Child-Friendly Award -- Iloilo, Baguio, and Paranaque.

“Davao has always been at the forefront when it comes to establishing programs for children,” Bermudo said .

Among the programs established by the city government was the Kean Gabriel Hotline, a brainchild of Mayor Sara Duterte. The Kean Gabriel Hotline 09088184444, a child abuse reporting number, has rescued 483 abused children since it

was established.

Aside from the hotline, the city government has also put up the Quick Response Team for Children’s Concern (QRTCC), which was designed to rescue, investigate and document cases of sexual, exploitation, and atrocities committed against children.

Bermudo said if the city won anew, “we will be elevated to the Hall of Fame.”

The consistent standing of the city when it comes to being child-friendly is proof of the success of the various programs and

projects that are being implemented in the city for the protection of the rights and welfare of the children, the city hall said.

Since July last year, the city has allocated P50 million for the establishment, operation and maintenance and the upgrading and standardization of residential facilities to satisfactorily meet the accreditation requirements of the DSWD Standards Bureau.

The Crisis Intervention Center (CIC) Balay Dangupan, a shelter care institution for physically nominated/PAGE 9

GENERAL Santos City -- It’s all system go for the trial run here of the Department of Science and Technology’s (DOST) innovative “40-meter train-like bus” dubbed Hybrid Electric Road Train (HERT).

City Councilor Dominador Lagare Jr., chair of the city council’s committee on transportation, said Tuesday they expect the road train to finally start its test run in major roads here “within the week.”

“Everything is all set, especially the route and the trial system, and we’re only waiting for the gosignal from the DOST,” he said in an interview over Brigada News TV.

He said the road train, which arrived here late last month following a six-month test run in Cebu City, would cover a total of 17 stops along the national highway from Barangay Tinagacan to the city fishport complex in Barangay Tambler.

It would take off at 4 a.m. in front of the Tinagacan Elementary School and would mainly cater to teachers, fishport and tuna canning workers, he said.

Lagare said the road train would operate four round trips daily, with two in the morning and two in the afternoon.

The road train was designed to only carry 240 E-train/PAGE 11

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jhan tiafau hurst T h i n k a m i nu t e … Yo u remember the first time you tried to ride a bike? It can be quite tricky. The bike shakes and wobbles everywhere until you finally learn how to balance your weight. Balance is important in everything.

So eating only fattening snack food every day is not a balanced diet. Being active in sports and exercise is good for us, but we can even overdo that too, if we don’t balance it with work, rest, and other activities.

In raising our children, we parents must be fair in the things we expect from our kids. Our children need balance in their life. So if you and I expect our kids every day just to study and work, then we’re not giving them a healthy, happy childhood.

Our kids also need to play and just be kids. We know

TO all power consumers out there, these nagging questions are definitely bothersome: Are you burdened by your monthly electricity bill? Are you shocked by your high electricity bill lately? Or this: Are you desperate on how to reduce your monthly electricity bill?

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that the stress and pressures of school work and adult life will hit them soon enough.

If you work too much, you may be admired and respected by some people for being strong, successful and hardworking. But are you successful in your marriage and family? Is your wife or husband and children happy while with you’re gone from them working so many hours everyday? And even when you are home, are you usually tired, cranky and hard to live with?

Our Creator made our bodies, minds and feelings so that we live and work best only when our life is balanced.

Consequently, any time we do too much of one thing and too little of another, we get out of balance and in trouble.

Our marriage ends in divorce.

Our children are not close to us. Our bodies get sick, tired and worn out.

Today, if you realize that your life is out of balance, you can ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for living your own wrong way, and God the Son will show you all the things you need to do differently to change. It’s only with Jesus’ wisdom and help in your life every day, you can finally start enjoying a balanced, happy life. Just Think a Minute…

immediate electricity savings of about 30-40 percent less from your current bill. It’s definitely a free energy from the sun.

There are no transmission and distribution costs to worry about. By going solar, less maintenance is required, no carbon emission and it’s environment-driven.

No matter how small your installation, you begin receiving smaller monthly bills from your local utility company – starting from day one. Solar energy is a modular technology, meaning you can install as many or as few panels as you like – whenever you like.

Each new kilowatt of installed solar capacity brings you bigger electricity bill savings. With a large enough installation, it’s possible

to reduce your energy bill completely.

Howe ver l arge your installation, you can expect your electricity bill savings to grow with time. As utility rates increase, clean energy f rom t h e s u n re m ai ns consistently free.

Donggay says solar energy is an investment that pays increasingly large dividends with each passing year.

Depending on where you live, solar panels not only help you save on your electricity bill – they can also generate passive income.

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klaus doring The report is just on my desk. Maybe also on yours. I didn’t get surprised anymore.

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Pollution kills more people each year than wars, disasters and hunger, also causing huge economic damage, a study says. Almost half the total deaths occur in just two countries.

Environmental pollution is killing more people every year than smoking, hunger or natural disasters, according to a major study released in The Lancet medical journal

on last Thursday. One in every six premature deaths worldwide in 2015, could be attributed to diseases caused by toxins in air or water, the study says.

Of the 9 million people k i l l e d p r e m at u r e l y by pollution, air pollution was the main cause of deaths, responsible for 6.5 million of the fatalities, followed by water pollution, which killed 1.8 million.

Meanwhile air pollution is also the ‘top health hazard in Europe’. The estimate of 9 million premature deaths, considered conservative by the authors, is one and a half times higher than the number of people killed by smoking, and three times the death toll from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined. It is also 15 times the number of people killed in war or other forms of violence.

Ninety-two percent of pollution-related deaths occurred in low- or middle-

income developing countries, with India topping the list at 2.5 million, followed by China at 1.8 million.

Economic costs reach no limit in the polluted sky.

The report also attributed massive costs to pollutionrelated death, sickness and welfare, estimating the costs at some $4.6 trillion (€3.89 trillion) in annual losses — or about 6.2 percent of the global economy.

“What people don’t realize is that pollution does damage to economies. People who are sick or dead cannot contribute to the economy. They need to looked after,” said one of the study’s authors, Richard Fuller, who is head of the global pollution watchdog Pure Earth.

“There is this myth that finance ministers still live by: that you have to let industry pollute or else you won’t develop. It just isn’t true,” he said. And he is so very much true!

According to the study, the financial burden also hits poorer countries hardest, with low-income countries paying 8.3 percent of their GNP to tackle the harm caused by pollution, as compared with 4.5 percent in richer countries.

The Lancet editors Pamela Das and Richard Horton said the report came at a “worrisome time, when the US government’s Environmental Protection Agency, headed by Scott Pruitt, is undermining established environmental regulations.”

Pruitt announced this month that the US, a major producer of air pollution and greenhouse gases, would be pulling out of former President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan.The plan, which aimed to cut carbon dioxide emissions from electricity production, was expected by the EPA to also reduce smog and soot in the killer/PAGE 9

4th Visayan commemoration of Yolanda insufficient Kakampi mo ang batas

Batas Mauricio LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… `Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is… wise… Those who hear these words of mine and do not obey them… are fools’...”

(Jesus, our God and Savior, in Matthew 7:24-27, the Holy Bible).

-ooo 4TH V I S AYA N COMMEMORATION OF YOLANDA INSUFFICIENT:

Indeed, I can only agree with the declaration that there should be no classes and no work in Tacloban City, as ordered by Mayor Cristina Gonzales Romualdez last November 08, 2017, to commemorate the death of thousands and the destruction of properties worth billions of pesos caused by Typhoon Yolanda in the Visayas four years ago.

But, was it a sufficient commemoration of the Yolanda tragedy that children did not go to their classes and workingmen did not report for work on that day? With due respect, it seemed this was not enough. I believe Mayor Romualdez and the other local chief executives in the Visayan region should have exerted more effort in somehow giving a more relevant explanation about why there are deadly and

destructive rains, floods, and winds.

Side-by-side with an information drive on the scientific bases of rains, floods, and winds, there should have been a parallel infor mat ion dr ive t hat notified the victims that even in olden times, there was already a Biblical warning about their coming, which would kill many and destroy valuable assets everywhere.

Too, there should have been an effort to explain how our countrymen can stand against these calamities, based on the Bible.

-ooo THE WIFE AND THE F O OL W H E N R A I N S , FLOODS, AND WINDS COME: The disclosure of these kinds of information coming from the Bible about rains, floods, and winds has become truly important,

for these calamities are happening not only in the Philippines now but even in many other countries. In fact, even as our brothers and sisters from the Visayas region were commemorating Yolanda, many places in Cagayan Valley, Isabela, and in other areas in Region 2, were deeply submerged in floods.

People who have faith in Jesus must understand that He said, in Matthew 7:24-27 of the Bible, that rains, floods, and winds were certain to come, and there would only be two people who will face them---the wise and the fool.

The wise are those who will not perish from these natural tragedies, but the fools are those who will not only crash, but will ultimately be totally destroyed.

Who are the wise who Yolanda/PAGE 9

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NICP Pres Stephanie Caragos with Efren Daniel de Leon, Rosemarie Quinto-Rey & Emmy Lou Versoza-Delfin

NICP stalwarts with the 2017 IBPAP-Globe Sapphire Flare for Brilliance Award with NICP Pres Stephanie Caragos

NICP 2017 IBPAP-Globe Sapphire Flare for Brilliance Awardee For investing efforts on discovering emerging locations and strategically developing Next Wave Cities

The National ICT Confederation of the Philippines (NICP), Inc. has awarded by the Board of Trustees of the Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines as this year’s recipient of the IBPAPGlobe Sapphire Flare for Brilliance Award for ‘ardently investing efforts on discovering emerging locations and strategically developing Next Wave Cities.”

The IBPAP Flare Awards aims to bring together key industry players to recognize pioneers who have elevated the IT-BPM industry to what it is today.

NICP National President Stephanie P. Caragos, who is also concurrently chair of the Cagayan de Oro ICT Business Council, received the award in behalf of the NICP last November 6 at the Makati Shangri-La Manila.

“I received the award along with two past presidents coming from Luzon and Visayas,”

Caragos said. “I was fortunate to receive it during my term but this award is due to the efforts of the organization in the past several years in helping the countryside be updated and be aligned with the next wave cities initiative of the IBPAP.” “Congratulations again to Past Presidents Jocelle Batapa-Sigue, George Sorio, Rosemarie Quinto Rey, Wit Holganza and Wilfredo Saa, Jr! We all share this honor along with our directors and members in the NICP,” she added.

“The success of the projects implemented has resulted in increasing the number of jobs in the IT/ BPM industry in the countryside. The Next Wave Cities has given cities outside of Metro Manila a chance to be known as viable locations for industry stakeholders. This award is of course credited to all the members, officers and past-presidents who have given so much of themselves to help the countryside,” Caragos

added.

In the IT-BPM Roadmap for 2016-2022 posted on its website, the organization explains how the Philippine ITBPM Roadmap 2022 is all about accelerating the growth of the Philippine IT-BPM industry strengthening domain expertise and capabilities in the emerging sectors, leveraging advancements in technology and ensuring the Filipino talent is future ready.

With the hashtag “ACCELERATE PH FUTURE-READY ROADMAP 2022” the organization explains how it is imperative that the IT-BPM Industry evolves with the changing demands of the market to remain competitive and maintain its position as a destination of choice for IT-BPM Services as we see rapid innovations in the areas of digital transformation, artificial intelligence, big data and analytics and evolving delivery models.

BPO revenues are expected to outpace remittances from

NICP Pres Stephanie Caragos receives the award in behalf of the NICP.

overseas Filipino workers (OFWs) by 2018, thanks in part to the rise of New Wave Cities.

The Philippines has been the world leader in the BPO industry since 2010, surpassing India in the global ranking. As of 2015, there were already 1.2 million Filipinos employed in the BPO sector compared to an estimated 2.4 million OFWs working anytime during the period April to September, 2015. In 2014, the country’s BPO $18.9B BPO earnings were still overshadowed by the $24.6B OFW remittances in 2014, comprising almost 10 percent of the country’s GDP. But revenues from the BPO sector would very likely to outpace remittances from OFWs by 2018,Joey Cuyegkeng, ING Bank Manila senior economist, said during a recent press conference on the bank’s global economic outlook.

Cuyegkeng said this was possible because BPO revenues are seen ncip/PAGE 9

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V Model Central organizer Yza delos Angeles (left) with Manilabased supermodel Ria Bolivar (right).

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Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO, Lifestyle Editor

odel Central proudly presented its fourth batch of modeling workshop graduates last Sunday at Limketkai Center.

According to Model Central organizer Ma. Luisa Theresa “Yza” delos Angeles, the modeling students underwent 18 weekend days of grueling lectures and hands-on sessions under the tutelage of various stalwarts in the industry.

Topics include modeling (for both runway and print), personality development (communication skills, professionalism, positivity, attitude, how to socialize in various events), makeup

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workshop and health and fitness.

From its inception in October 2016, Model Central has already garnered four batches of modeling grads. All in all, Delos Angeles’ crew had already taught almost 200 participants on how to walk the walk and pose for photogs.

Her students’ ages range from eight to 32.

Model Central is an avenue for budding and aspiring models to discover and cultivate their inner beauty. It seeks to instruct how a person can practice the beauty as a mantra in everything she or he does. Standing by its namesake, Model Central aims to find the model at the center of one’s self.

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Jasmin Thea Quiñones (left) provides background entertainment while the models were strutting.

ISTA LAND and Lifescapes, Inc. (VLL) targets to hit a P10-billion net income in 2018, amid a solid growth performance so far in 2017 driven by the continued positive sentiment in the real estate sector.

VLL President and Chief Executive Officer Manuel Paolo A. Villar said the company is bullish on the property sector as the government’s infrastructure projects are seen pushing demand for more residential and office spaces.

“It’s the liquidity that’s in our sector that’s very good. And the anticipation of infrastructure.

Clearly when you build infrastructure it drives the rest of the property up, so since we’re building infra all over the country I think it’s causing an increase,” Mr. Villar said in a press conference in Makati City on

Wednesday.

VLL’s profit guidance for 2018 is 11% higher than its P9-billion profit target for this year.

In the July to September period, the company’s net income attributable to the parent climbed 6% to P2.57 billion from the P2.41 billion in the same period in 2016. This comes on the back of a 4.5% increase in revenues to P8.65 billion.

The third quarter results pushed VLL’s nine-month attributable profit to P6.95 billion, 11% higher than the P6.25 billion posted in the same period in 2016. Revenues, meanwhile, rose 11.8% to P26.86 billion during the period.

VLL attributed its positive financial performance to robust demand for its residential properties, which accounted for bulk of its revenues at P20.8 billion.

It cited the growth in

disposable income and overseas Filipino workers’ remittances as reasons for the continued strong demand for properties.

The company’s Camella brand contributed over 75% of real estate revenues, followed by Vista Residences, Inc. at 15% and Crown Asia Properties, Inc. at 4%.

With 44 residential projects launched during the nine-month period worth P46.1 billion, Mr. Villar said they could easily reach more than P60 billion by the end of the year.

Leasing income grew by 30% to P4.3 billion during the first nine months of the year, alongside the company’s target to end the year with 1.3 million square meters of gross floor area (GFA) split between mall (85%) and office spaces (15%).

By the end of September, the company’s total GFA was at 1.02 million sq.m.

“We’ve added a significant amount of space in the last three quarters, so we’re well on our way. I think we’ll be adding a little more space at the fourth quarter…

I think we’ll be able to comfortably achieve that,” Mr. Villar said.

The company has already spent P25.2 billion out of the P35.3 billion in capital expenditures it allocated for 2017.

“Clearly we have good growth this year.

We’re going to achieve our guidance this year, we’re also looking at a good year next year. So we’re quite bullish on the prospects on (VLL) both in the residential and commercial,” Mr. Villar said.

VLL is currently present in 132 cities and municipalities, and 46 provinces. The company is targeting to reach 200 cities in the long term.

‘Libreng Text at Tawag’ extended to more evacuation centers AFTER the successful implementation of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) “Libreng Text at Tawag” services in evacuation centers in Iligan City and Cagayan de Oro City last week, the program has been extended to more evacuation centers.

The first phase of Libreng Text at Tawag implemented with the assistance of telcos and radio civic groups, were offered in evacuation centers in Kanaway, Tibanga; Sta. Elena Gymnasium, Sta. Elena;

Buru-an School of Fisheries, Buru-an; Buruan Gymnasium, Buru-an; Maria Cristina Gym, Maria Cristina, all in Iligan City; and Indahag Evacuation Center in Cagayan de Oro City.

The NTC Region X Office in Cagayan de Oro headed by Engr. Teodoro Buenavista, Jr., has been directed by the NTC Central Office to offer the assistance to more evacuation centers for a period of five (5) calendar days starting 09 November 2017.

“Libreng Text at Tawag” services are now being

offered in the following areas: Evacuation Centers in Pantao Ragat, Lanao del Norte; Balo-I, Lanao del Norte; Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur; the Municipal Hall in Initao, Misamis Oriental; and the Community Hall in Vamenta Subdivision, Opol, Misamis Oriental.

With the service, displaced families can inform their relatives, both here and abroad, of their present status and any further assistance they may need. The evacuees can also inform their relatives of their safety and plans regarding their

eventual return to Marawi City. Reports say that more than 300,000 people were displaced by the conflict.

The “Libreng Text at Tawag” service includes free National Direct Dialling and International Direct Dialling calls. In coordination with the Mindanao Clusters 2 and 3 of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT), the NTC’s effort is being implemented in cooperation with Globe, Smart and various amateur and civic radio groups in Northern Mindanao.

SIX companies were named as Best Employers in the Philippines for 2017

by Aon, a leading global professional services firm for risk, retirement, and health solutions.

On Tuesday, Aon awarded the firms American Express International Inc., DHL Express Philippines Corp., Home Credit Philippines, InterContinental Hotels Group Philippines, Marriott International

Philippines, and Sodexo Benefits & Rewards Services Philippines as the Best Employers Philippines 2017 at the Manila Peninsula Hotel.

Aon Hewitt Malaysia and the Philippines Managing Director Prashant Chadha said Aon picked the best employers that excel in four critical areas of talent management including high employee engagement, compelling

employer brand, effective leadership, and high performance culture.

Chadha noted that Aon’s Best Employers in the Philippines have scored higher than the market’s average across the four core areas of talent management.

For employee engagement, Best Employers scored 87 percent, above the 69-percent market average.

Best Employers

recorded 92-percent score in compelling employer brand, higher than the average market score of 77 percent; 88 percent in effective leadership, compared to average score of 68 percent; and 86 percent in high performance culture, than market’s average of 67 percent.

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chaired by Senators Sherwin Gatchalian and Juan Miguel Zubiri, respectively, on Tuesday, which tackled the vaccum in the management of the said utility.

NEA officials led by Administrator Edgardo Masongsong and members of the Buseco Board of Directors (BOD) led by Fr. Danilo Paciente were present during the meeting at the Senate.

The dispute between NEA and Buseco started when the agency issued last May an office order designating an Acting General Manager (AGM) and Project Supervisor to temporarily oversee the management of Buseco due to internal conflict among its members, allegations of irregularities, and to ensure its continued operational and financial viability.

“We’ve come up with a win-win solution after discussions among the main parties,” Zubiri announced.

Zubiri, who hails from Bukidnon, said they had agreed to appoint Dr. Regin Mordeno as an AGM of Buseco for a month, and to conduct a comprehensive audit of the books of the cooperative without preconditions.

Mordeno was the former Board of Directors president of the First Bukidnon Electric Cooperative, Inc. (Fibeco).

Both parties also agreed that there should be a publication to fill up the vacant position of a General Manager and withdrawal of all cases filed against both parties before the Office of the Ombudsman and other courts.

Moreover, Buseco and NEA committed to refrain from any activities that would sow misinformation and disinformation and to reinstate all dismissed coop employees, as well as the Board members, who are under preventive suspension.

In addition, both parties agreed to mend the strained relationships. “We will start the healing process now because we believe that there were strained relationships,” Masongsong said.

And to show his sincerity, the administrator invited the Board directors, including the Buseco management, to come and visit the NEA “because NEA will not be NEA without the electric cooperatives.”

After saying this in a conciliatory tone, the NEA chief stood up and approached Buseco officials to shake their hands and reassure them of the agency’s commitment to warm the relationship between the regulator and the distribution utility.

For his par t, Zubiri expressed his appreciation to Masongsong for his goodwill.

“We thank him for being open to our win-win solution,” he said. “I appreciate the number 7 point of the administrator that the healing process should start.”

Senators Gatchalian and Zubiri both said the process of hiring a general manager

should be respected.

“But eventually, from all the names that will be submitted, we can appeal that the one that is appointed is acceptable to all,” Zubiri said.

“May process ang hiring ng GM... Whatever the existing process is, ‘yon na lang ang sundan natin kasi kung hindi magkakaproblema tayo sa ibang kooperatiba,” Gatchalian said.

NEA and Buseco, together with the Senate Committees on Energy and on Cooperatives, will meet again after one month to discuss the findings of the audit and assess the status of the commitments agreed upon by both parties. (PNA)

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Environment Management Office (PEMO), said Wednesday the mine tunnels have been operating illegally as they are situated outside the 21-hectare people’s small-scale mining area or Minahang Bayan in Barangay Kematu, T’boli.

She said the Provincial Mining Regulatory Board (PMRB) issued a cease and desist order last Oct. 26 to the owners of the concerned mine tunnels.

The order was signed

by PMRB co-chairpersons South Cotabato Gov. Daisy Avance-Fuentes and Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB)-Region 12 acting regional director Efren Carido.

“The order will be served to them (tunnel owners) anytime from now by the deputized enforcers of the PMRB,” Castanares said.

She said they are currently determining how many of the affected small-scale mining operators have active permits issued by the PEMO. Those with active permits would be allowed to operate until the expiry dates but their tunnels would still be subjected to closure, Castanares said.

MGB-12 records showed that T’boli town’s gold rush area hosts a total of 159 smallscale mine tunnels.

Some 100 tunnels are situated in Barangay Kematu and 49 in the neighboring Barangay Desawo.

The agency noted that 34 tunnels are operating within the Minahang Bayan with active permits, 47 have no permits and three had been abandoned by their owners or operators.

It said 75 tunnels are located outside the Minahang Bayan area and could be subjected to Application for Product Sharing Agreement (APSA).

APSA is an “application for an agreement between a company and the government, under which the government grants to the company the exclusive right to conduct mining operations, such as smaller-scale exploration, development and utilization of mineral resources within the contract area, but title is reserved to the government.”

The Minahang Bayan was declared by the South Cotabato Provincial Mining

Regulatory Board (PMRB) in 1995 based on provisions of Republic Act 7076 or the People’s Small-Scale Mining Act. But the area has a pending dispute with mining firm Tribal Mining Corporation (TMC) as it is located within the latter’s 84.98-hectare Mineral Production Sharing Agreement issued by MGB in November 1997.

TMC purchased and acquired late last year the rights over small-scale mine tunnels in portions of the gold rush area following an agreement with holders Maguan Clan Small-Scale Mining Association and the T’boli Minahang Bayan Multi-Purpose Cooperative.

(MindaNews)

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and abused children, was a c c re d it e d F i r s t L e v e l Standards last year. On the other hand, the Davao City Children’s Village or Bahay Pag-asa, continues to serve as a temporary shelter for Children in Conflict with the Law (CICL), whose cases had been filed in court and awaiting disposition.

The city also continues to maintain the Paginhawaan Drop-In Center for street children who need temporary shelter and protection and the Lingap Center for MentallyChallenged Children. The city government also continues to provide day care services for the children of city employees under five years of age at the Child Minding Center.

(PNA)

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with direct cash or through credits.

Because solar energy helps you save on your electricity bill, it’s an investment that pays for itself many times over the 25-year lifetime of your installation.

Solar power helps you become independent of electricity. You will no longer be at the mercy of utility providers anymore. When there are blackouts, you still have power since you rely on solar energy, which is a renewable source of power.

But the advantages of solar energy extend well beyond electricity bill savings. Solar energy can also fetch you a much higher asking price when it comes time to sell your home. You enjoy lower electricity bills for as long as you remain in your house.

And when it comes time to sell, you recoup 100 per cent of your investment.

As more homes and businesses across the country install solar panels, we move farther away from fossil fuel consumption and closer to a clean economy powered by the sun.

The benef its of this transition are enormous: better health due to cleaner air, water, and soil, greater energy security due to reductions in imported fuel, stronger economic growth through the creation of green jobs and reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, the main cause of

catastrophic climate change, global warming, and severe weather conditions.

S ol ar e ne rg y me ans cleaner and more sustainable environment. By going solar, it puts you ahead of the curve.

After all, there is nothing way cooler than powering our homes using energy from the sun.

Let’ go solar now and see how we can transform our lives for the better. For more information about solar energy, contact Greenergy Solar, Mobile: 0917 771 54 27. (ruffy44_ph2000@yahoo. com)

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air by 25 percent and thus avoid thousands of premature deaths through asthma and other lung conditions.

Das and Horton said the latest findings should serve as a “call to action.” “Pollution is a winnable battle ... Current and future generations deser ve a pollution-free world,” they said.

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will not be prejudiced by the rains, floods, and rains, as Jesus assured? They are those who listen to His Word and obey them. And who are the fools who will crash down and be destroyed fully? They are those who listen to Jesus but who do not obey Him. If we look at the world right now, we will see clearly that there are more people who are fools that there are wise.

-ooo D O Y O U WA N T T O E VA D E T H E I L L EFFECTS OF NATURAL CALAMITIES? For those who want to avoid certain damage or death from the coming rains, floods, and winds, there is only one thing they are to do, then.

They need to sincerely listen to, and carefully obey, the Word of Jesus. Pretentious obedience will no longer save anyone, but will in fact lead to perdition in the long run.

How can one sincerely listen to, and carefully obey, the Word of God? We can find this from Joshua 1:8 of the Bible: “… Do not forget to read the Book of the Law daily, and meditate on it day and night, and carefully obey everything that is written in it...” If we do these things--read, meditate, and obey--the promises of God on success and prosperity and victory will surely come.

If the truth be told, sincere compliance with Joshua 1:8 will save everyone not only from natural calamities, but from the troubles of everyday life as well, and from the sufferings brought about

by the Great Tribulation, and in assuring one’s safety in Paradise in eternal life.

Those who are reading this, I implore you to try these steps, and see the wonderful changes in your lives!

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to grow at an average of 9 percent yearly toward 2022.

According to the 2022 Roadmap of the IT-Business Processing Association of the Philippines (iBPAP), the BPO sector is expected to generate $40 billion in revenues, 7.6 million direct and indirect jobs, 500,000 jobs outside of the National Capital Region, and cover 15 percent of the total global outsourcing market by the end of 2022.

OFW remittances may generate t he proj e c te d $66.7 billion by 2022, but Cuyegkeng said the 9 percent growth of the BPO sector is double the pace of the projected 4 percent yearly growth in OFW remittances from 2017 to 2022.

ING Bank expects the Philippines to maintain above 6 percent GDP growth driven by domestic consumption, contributions from OFW remittances and the BPO

sector, and the accelerated infrastructure projects of the Duterte administration.

The Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) said recent that the Philippine economy grew by 6.8 percent in 2016, the fastest since 2013, with manufacturing, trade, and real estate activities as the main drivers of growth in the fourth quarter.

“We really appreciate the recognition that IBPAP has given us. It is an honor and privilege to work side by side with IBPAP in implementing the projects, road shows and activities for the Next Wave Cities Project in various cities in the countryside,” Caragos said.

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things about working there, strive harder in their jobs, and stay for long term,” said Chadha.

Aon also found out that younger Filipino employees, who are born after 1991, “are the least engaged at workplace”.

“With the onset of a multi-generational workforce, e mpl oye e e x p e c t at i ons are varied and evolving, making it challenging for organizations to keep them engaged. Forward thinking org an i z at i ons c ombi ne rigorous data, survey science and powerful technology to t ransfor m employe e experience and accelerate growth,” Chadha said.

Meanwhile, Aon’s study revealed top three challenges in organizations, which include rising salaries, poor availability and selection of talent, and inadequate leadership pipeline. (PNA)

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N. Valoria, ABC president.

The marketing contract, he said,will allow ABC to have a better price for its produce, while providing the buyer with the best harvest possible.

“We are excited to partner with GoodFarmer because we know they are good in what they do,” Valoria said in a company statement issued Monday.

GoodFarmer is engaged in export-import business, including manufacturing, processing, transportation, sales and marketing of agricultural products.

Since its establishment in 2002, it has grown into a global supply-chain manager of high-quality agricultural products. Valoria said Anflo decided to partner with GoodFarmer due to its access to the China market.

“This will provide us with opportunities for huge market and will also allow us to study possible expansion of our farms,” he said, adding that the company is always on the lookout for expansion areas.

The agreement comes at a time when the Philippines and China have strengthened their trade and linkages boosted by the visit of President Rodrigo R. Duterte in that country a year ago.

The two countries have since been discussing about strengthening trade relation with the Chinese government as the two countries signed about $24 billion in trade agreements during Duterte’s visit to the middle kingdom.

In a press statement released after his visit to China, President Duterte said the two countries “have opened formal lines of communications between our government and agreed on the full resumption of the regular bilateral consultations mechanisms which were put on hold for several years.”

The President has also been quoted as saying that if there is “(an) investment, we can have more businesses, make the economy grow and China would likewise benefit from it.”

Citing that the initiative of his company is in response to the call of the President to look for opportunities in China, Valoria sees the partnership with GoodFarmer will allow both companies to grow their respective businesses as the banana producer will have a stronger marketing arm, Publication Notice RA 10172

while the trading company will have a primary source of premium produce. “This is a very good synergystic relationship,” he said. Under the marketing contract, the ABC is selling 840,000 boxes of Class A bananas to GoodFarmer for two years.

The banana company will source the premium bananas from its 165-hectare farm in Don Marcelino town in Davao Occidental.

GoodFarmer has been able to penetrate the Chinese market, considered among the biggest markets for banana wit h ab out 1.4 billion in population based on government estimates.

In 2015, based on government data, the country exported about 448,000 metric tons of fresh bananas, most of them coming from Davao Region, with a value of about $157.5 million. (Nelson Bagaforo/PNA)

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But Maghinay said that only the Gusa to Agora portion of the P2.6-billion coastal highway will be passable to the public.

For now, only private vehicles and taxicabs will traverse the new paved road as the city government’s Roads and Traffic Administration (RTA) has not yet opened new jeepney routes along the area.

The P2-billion coastal road is expected to ease traffic congestion in the eastern part of Cagayan de Oro, which has experienced traffic gridlocks since the second semester of classes opened on Monday.

Earlier this week, a joint team from DPWH and RTA cleared obstacles around the Agora public market perimeter leading to the road and into the new highway itself.

Maghinay reported that all makeshift structures erected by fishermen along the new highway were already cleared by the DPWH-RTA team as of Thursday.

The Cagayan de Oro Coastal Highway construction hit a snag earlier this year when an occupier in the area who holds a reclamation permit refused to give up his property until a private citizen, lawyer James Judith, i nt e r v e n e d a n d w r o t e President Duterte himself about the problem.

Malacañang intervened and the occupier, a barangay chairman of another village, finally gave permission for the contractor to proceed

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE Baungon, Bukidnon

CCE-0030-2017 RA 10172

Date: November 30, 2017

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC 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 RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that IKE R. QUIEM has filed with this Office a petition for correction of entry in SEX from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of IKE R. QUIEM, born on May 19, 1981 at Baungon, Bukidnon and whose parents are EDGARDO L. QUIEM and ABELINA T. RAMOSO.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file a written opposition with this Office not later than 10 days.

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(SGD.) EVANGELINE C. LIBAYNON Municipal Civil Registrar

enter ing his re cl aime d property.

The Igpit bridge expansion was not spared with controversy too when a portion of the constructed structure collapsed in March, causing traffic gridlocks for days at the time.

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from page 1 The earnings of the BOC10 will form part of the overall income of the bureau, which has reached more than P42 billion in October, according to BoC. That was “the highest monthly collection in the agency’s history,” Lapeña said on the agency’s website.

“Although the month of October was marked with lesser number of working days and volume of imports, growth was still achieved because of increase in the value of imports brought by the higher exchange rate, oil price, and improved valuation and classification,” Lapeña said.

Aside from its traditional collection efforts, the BOC-10 has also earned extra income through auction of good seized due to failure of importers to comply with the Customs requirements.

Marvin Mison, Deputy Collector for Assessment and Auction Committee vice chair, said they were able to generate about P2.5 million from the auctioned items. The auction was held last Nov. 2.

Mison said another round of auction will be conducted on Nov. 24 and he expects

more bidders will participate.

A lv i n E n c i s o, c h i e f of the BOC-10’s Customs Intelligence and Investigation Service (CIIS), said there about 100 container vans that were confiscated by the agency awaiting inventory.

Once the goods inside these containers are accounted for, they can now be auctioned off, Enciso said.

Meanwile, fuel companies, power producers and food processing facilities were among the entities given recognition by BOC-10 for helping the agency in its collection of taxes and duties over the years.

Marohomsalic said they have cited the top 10 exporters and importers who have transactions in the region’s various seaports.

The top 10 importers are Nestlé Philippines Inc., Jetti Petroleum Inc., Minergy Coal Corp., Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corp., Phoenix Petroleum Phils Inc., Cagayan Corn Products Corp., Seaoil Philippines Inc., Steelasia Manufacturing Corp., FDC Misamis Power Corp., and Steag State Power Inc. Recognized as the top 10 exporters are Pilipinas Kao Inc., Del Monte Philippines Inc., Axelum Resources Corp., Newtech Pulp Inc., Phil. Sinter Corp., Granexport Manufacturing Corp., Wilmar Edible Oils Philippines Inc., Jacobi Carbons Philippines Inc., C arg i l l Oi l Mi l ls Philippines, Inc., and Donau Carbon Philippines Corp.

(PNA/Jigger J. Jerusalem)

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region BRANCH 18 Cagayan de Oro City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR JUDICIAL RECOGNITION OF FOREIGN JUDGEMENT/DECREE AND SPEC. PROC. NO. SP-ORD-2017-224 CANCELLATION/CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO AS TO THE MARRIAGE STATUS OF LEILANY DEJAN IIMURA, LEILANY DEJAN IIMURA, Represented by her Attorney-In-Fact LORENA D. ANDALAN, Petitioner, -versusYOSHIHISA IIMURA and LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondents,

X-------------------------------------/ AMENDED ORDER On October 2, 2017, petitioner Leilany Dejan Iimura, represented by her Attorney-In-Fact Lorena D. Andalan (hereinafter, ‘’petitioner’’), filed a Petitioner for Judicial Recognition of Foreign Judgement/Decree and Cancellation/Correction of Entry in the Civil Registry of Cagayan de Oro as to the Marriage Status of Leilany Dejan Iimura with the prayer that the divorce judgement/decree obtained by the respondent Yoshihisa Iimura with his marriage with the petitioner be judicially recognized and that an order be issued directing the respondent Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City and Civil Registrar General to annotate the divorce/dissolution of status in the Marriage Certificate and/or to have the status of single of petitioner.

Petitioner averred that she is a Filipino citizen while respondent Yoshihisa Iimura is a Japanese citizen and that they they were married in a civil ceremony before the Presiding Judge Florencia D. Sealana-Abbu, Regional Trial Court, Branch 17, Cagayan de Oro City on August 08, 2007.

Petitioner also averred that she and respondent

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passengers at one time but he said they estimated that around 1,800 passengers would be accommodated for every trip in the entire route.

S i n c e t h e H E RT i s still on trial run, he said the passengers were preselected by the DOST and the local government.

The official said they had conducted the preregistration of passengers in barangays covered by the route.

“The entire test run is subsidized by the DOST so the rides would be free for all passengers,” he said.

Citing the local gove r n m e nt a g re e m e nt wit h t he D OST, L agare said the road train’s trial period would initially run until Dec. 31.

But he said the agency has a l re a dy s ou g ht t he release of additional budget to extend the test run to another six months.

The city government and the DOST had signed a contract of commodatum for the use of the HERT. Commodatum is a “gratuitous contract” that allows a certain party to loan specific chattels for use, with the obligation to return them after an agreed period.

The HERT, which was d e v e l o p e d b y D O S T ’s Metals Industry Research and Development Center

Yoshihisa Iimura lived together as husband and wife for almost ten (10) years and that they have two (2) children, namely: Shota Iimura and Ren Iimura.

Likewise, petitioner averred that her relationship with the respondent Yoshihisa Iimura turned sour due to irreconcilable differences, which was aggravated by the parents of the respondent Yoshihisa Iimura upon whom the respondent Yoshihisa Iimura often took side with. Petitioner further averred that the respondent Yoshihisa Iimura sought to divorce the petitioner which was approved and granted by the family court of Japan. Moreover, petitioner averred that the Japanese law allows divorce.

Finding the instant petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for initial hearing on before this Court on December 15, 2017 at 8:30 in the morning. Let a copy of this ORDER be published, at the expense of the petitioner, once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Cagayan de Oro City and the Province of Misamis Oriental and be posted in the bulletin boards of the City Hall and Tourism Hall of Cagayan de Oro City, the City Hall of Dumaguete City, the City Hall of Cagayan de Oro City, the Hall of Justice Building of Cagayan de Oro City, for at least three weeks before the scheduled initial hearing.

Respondents Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City and respondent Yoshihisa Iimura, and any or all persons who may claim any interest on the instant petition may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of this Order or from the last date of publication thereof, file their opposition/ comment and appear at the scheduled hearing and show cause why the instant petition should not be granted.

Let a copy of this Order be furnished to the Office of the Solicitor General, respondent Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City and respondent Yoshihisa Iimura, petitioner Leilany Dejan Iimura and her counsel separately.

SO ORDERED. October 6, 2017, Cagayan de Oro City.

(SGD.) DENNIS Z. ALCANTAR Presiding Judge

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(MIRDC), is a “40-meter long train-like bus” that can run at a maximum speed of 50 kilometers per hour and is main ly p owere d by hybrid diesel fuel and electric-powered battery.

The train consists of five interlinked air-conditioned coaches that can hold up to 240 passengers per trip.

It i s p o w e r e d b y a generator set and a series of batteries, with each coach driven by an electric drive motor.

The deployment of the road train is expected to help ease the city’s traffic problems, especially during the peak hours in the morning and late afternoon.

City officials pushed f or t h e d e p l oy m e nt of the HERT in the city as it continues to study various alternatives to ease the are a’s t raf f ic problems.

(PNA) EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION BETWEEN HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of late LEONORA TUBO PAGARA who died on November 11, 2011 at Cagayan de Oro City, without leaving any known debt which has remain unpaid or unsettled up to the present, and all the obligations incurred during her death were all paid and/ or settled; That the said deceased at the time of her death, left real property situated at Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City; A PARCEL OF LAND, Lot No. 20419-A-2, Psd-10-05589, being a portion of Lot 20419-A, Psd10-028533; containing an area of THREE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED TWENTY SIX (3,226) square meters, more or less and covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-187184; LEONORA TUBO PAGARA is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION BETWEEN HEIRS WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE; is made and entered into FERNANDO JAMISULA PAGARA (widower), BRANDO TUBO PAGARA, RONALDO TUBO PAGARA, ANITA PAGARA ERMITA, ANA PAGARA SABINAY, DELBANDO TUBO PAGARA, DALONDON TUBO PAGARA, ORLINDA PAGARA KATIPONAN AND CHARIZA TUBO PAGARA (SINGLE), all of legal age, all Filipinos, all married and all residents of Palalan, Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, herein after called as the HEIRS/VENDORS; CLARISA MUTIA LOQUILLANO, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, herein after called as the VENDEE; That for and in consideration of THREE HUNDRED THRITY SIX THOUSAND PESOS (Php 336,000) Philippine Currency, that the HEIRS/VENDORS received in full SATISFACTION, HEREIN HEIRS/VENDORS do hereby absolutely and completely SELL, TRANSFER and CONVEY, as they actually SOLD, TRANSFERRED and CONVEYED the portion of the above-described parcel of land with an area of 224 square meters, more or less, unto and in favor of CLARISA MUTIA LOQUILLANO, of legal age, Filipino, single and a resident of Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, herein after called as the VENDEE, her heirs, interest, assignees, executors, administrators and/ or to any person acting legally in her behalf free from liens and encumbrances whatsoever nature and which portion is more particular; Under Notary Public of EMELITO J. MARQUINO; Per Doc. No. 302; Page No. 60; Book No. XIV; Series of 2017.

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