BusinessWeek Mindanao (April 28, 2017)

BusinessWeek MINDANAO CREDIBLE

Volume VII, No. 143

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More ME flights to Davao sought FLAG carrier Philippine Airlines (PAL) hopes that United Arab Emirates (UAE) airlines such as Etihad and Emirates will have direct flights between UAE and Davao International Airport.

PAL explained that if the new routes are established, that would be the first international route from Mindanao to destinations outside Southeast Asia. Thus, this would further boost Davao as a tourism hub.

Moreover, PAL explained that the Davao International Ai rp o r t wi l l b e a g o o d alternative to the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA), which is already congested. ”Airlines have a maximum of 40 take offs or landings per hour. As such, local airlines have been required to reduce some of our domestic flights,” it added.

Power subsidy INVESTORS in three Mindanao regions will be granted subsidized power rates as part of government efforts to lure investments to create jobs in the country’s poorest areas.

Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) directorgeneral Charito B. Plaza said the three regions are Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), CARAGA and Region 11.

According to Plaza, investors in these regions will pay only P2.50 per kilowatthour instead of the regular P6 per kwh.

Plaza said these regions have long been deprived of investors.

$135b power investments THE government is urging the private sector to pour money into the energy sector which requires an investment of up to $135 billion over the next 25 years.

“Energy is needed to support all of these infrastructures,” said Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi during the second Dutertenomics forum Tuesday night.

Cusi said the country needs to increase its power generation capacity by 43,000 megawatts to support infrastructure projects identified under Ambisyon Natin 2040.

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AVAO City – Sounding optimistic over the economic opportunities that could be unlocked with the launch on April 30 of a new shipping route between Mindanao and Indonesia, an official declared that the island “is now catching up” with the rest of the country.

RO-RO: The opening of a roll-on-roll-off sea link with Indonesia is seen to boost Mindanao development. (https://en.wikipedia.org)

Mindanao Development Authority Chair Abul Khayr Alonto told “Wednesdays at Habi at Kape” that Mindanao is now being poised as the gateway of the Philippines to the world.

On Sunday President Rodrigo Duterte and Indonesian President Joko Widodo will arrive in Davao for the launch of the Davao-General Santos-Bitung, Indonesia roll on/ roll off shipping service.

The two leaders are attending the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit on April 26-29 in Manila.

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San Miguel Brewery starts building new plant in MisOr

By NICOLE ROA MANAGBANAG, PNA

TAGOLO-AN, Mis amis Oriental -- San Miguel Brewery, Inc. (SMB), Asia’s longest running brewery, is putting up a new plant in a 54-hectare property in Barangay Sta. Ana here.

G o v e r n o r Ye v g e n y Vincente Emano said the construction of the new SMB plant “is a dream come true” for the province.

Emano, who was out of t h e c ou nt r y du r i n g

the groundbreaking ceremony last Monday, said the construction of t h e n e w SM B pl ant i n Misamis Oriental shows the confidence of investors to the business environment of the province. ”The operation of the new SMB plant would mean employment opportunities and economic development i n M i s a m i s O r i e n t a l ,” Emano said in his message

THE Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) is now in discussion with the energy department to prepare the initiative of providing power subsidy to investors

that will be locating in economic zones in Mindanao.

PEZA Director General Charito Plaza said it is a high time to grant such incentive subsidy/PAGE 11

Power subsidy in M’nao sought for Mid-East biz

read by Tagolo-an Mayor Heckert Emano.

SMB President Roberto N . Hu a n g a n d a c t i n g Governor Joey Pelaez led the groundbreaking ceremony witnessed by local government and village officials.

SMB officials said the new brewery would be completed in less than two years and would have a full capacity of three million hectoliters.

The last brewery was built in the Davao region in 1995. plant/PAGE 11

leaders will accompany Widodo.

Alonto said these businessmen will come from the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and may even extend their stay in the city to explore opportunities with their local counterparts on how they can work together to sustain the new shipping route.

“This will be an opportunity to already work it out with their counterparts coming from Indonesia.

We have Indonesian companies already based in the country who will also participate,” he said.

The Indonesian businessmen will link/PAGE 11

HAIL THE KING! Brunei Darussalam Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah is given full military honors upon his arrival at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Pasay City on April 26 for his state visit to the Philippines and attendance at the 30th Association of Southeast Asian Nations Summit.

Accompanying the Brunei Darussalam ruler is Philippine Air Force Commander Lt. Gen. Edgar Fallorina. ace morandante / presidential photo

Davao Region consumed less rice, more corn in 2015-16, survey says

By ANTONIO L. COLINA IV, MindaNews

DAVAO City – Per capita rice consumption in Davao Region decreased by 10.77 percent while that for corn increased by 47.43 percent based on the 2015-2016

Survey on Food and Demand of the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA).

The survey dated April 10 showed the annual per survey/PAGE 11

ROAD RUNNERS. A group of bikers swarms as they cross the highway of JC Aquino in Butuan City on Wednesday and continue their journey heading towards Cagayan de Oro.” photo by jun ayensa

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Iligan mayor shuts down radio station for ‘unpaid tax’

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LIGAN City Mayor Celso Regencia has ordered the closure of an FM radio station in Iligan City for its alleged failure to pay P42,125.74 in back taxes since 2014, a city official said Wednesday.

Jose Pantoja, Iligan City information officer, said in a telephone interview that FM station DXLS, popularly known as “Love Radio,” was padlocked last week for alleged tax delinquency.

He said the alleged failure of the radio station

to pay its taxes means that the radio station was operating without a business permit.

“C ont r ar y to t he allegation, the radio station was not closed because of its being critical to the administration of Mayor Regencia,” Pantoja said.

A radio commentator, who agreed to talk on condition of anonymity, said that the closure of the station could be due to its critical stance against the city executive.

The source said that

several commentators of the radio station have been criticizing the release of Regencia from prison early this year.

There were suspicions the Love Radio c om m e nt at or s we re “financed” by Regencia’s political adversaries.

The Regional Trial Court Branch 77 in Quezon City has cleared Regencia of multiple murder and multiple frustrated murder in connection with the ambush of former Iligan City Congressman Vicente “Varf ” Belmonte in 2014.

The decision was penned last January 30.

Regencia is serving his second term as Iligan mayor. The first few months of his first term were spent in the city jail in Barangay Tipanoy because of the case.

Love Radio is owned by the Manila Broadcasting Company. It started operation in Iligan City on February 13, 1995.

The management of the radio station has not issued an official statement about the closure order.

(Jigger J. Jerusalem/PNA)

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Company seeks air service in Mindanao’s countryside DAVAO City -- An aviation company is eyeing to start an air service between airports and airstrips in Mindanao’s countryside.

D r. A l b e r t P i n g o y president of the Davao Citybased Fiesta Airways bared the plans for the acquisition of a fleet of aircraft which can

ferry people and cargo across cities and towns in Mindanao, also it would service various hubs in the BIMP-EAGA (Brunei-Indonesia-MalaysiaPhilippines East ASEAN Growth Area).

To jumpstart the plan the company has acquired service/PAGE 11

AgNor to receive forage chopper from DA BU T UA N C it y - - T h e provincial government of Agusan del Norte, through the Provincial Veterinary Office, will be receiving one unit forage chopper from the Department of Agriculture (DA) Caraga Region in support to the livestock industry in the province.

This is finalized after the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) is signed. As such, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Agusan del Norte recently authorized Provincial Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. AmanteMatba through Sanggunian chopper/PAGE 11

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How to Receive GOD’s Best (Part 4)

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Switching Price Tags?

Think a minute…Imagine you are in a store and you see a big new television for only $1. You look at a t-shirt and the price on it is $1,000. Next to it is a brand new motorbike that costs only $3. Wouldn’t you wonder if someone had sneaked into the store and changed all the price tags?

What you thought was very valuable is now not very valuable at all.

Have you e ver gone t h rou g h a p ai n f u l l o ss or frightening crisis that turned everything in your life upside down? Maybe the doctor told you that you have a serious, lifethreatening illness. Someone you love died in an accident.

Suddenly almost everything in your life was reshuffled and changed. Those things that seemed important and took much of your time before now meant nothing to you. And the things that you took for granted and hardly even noticed now became the most important things to you. It was like someone came and switched all the price tags in your life.

S a d ly, t he s e p ai n f u l losses and problems in life are sometimes the only things that wake us up to see what’s truly important

THINK

A Minute

Jhan Tiafau Hurst in life. Unfortunately for many of us, it’s only when the problem and storm hits that we begin to understand there are only 2 things that really matter : our Maker and people. Life is short. Often shorter than we expect! And hopefully before it’s over we learn how valuable every day is.

Each day is just one more gift from God. So we need to start spending what little time we have left on getting close to Him and the people He’s given to us to share our lives with. That is the only way we can have no fears or regrets when we die. Some of us are scared and don’t want to think of dying because we’re not sure if we’re ready to face our Maker and Judge.

Think a Minute…

“God is not a man; he will not lie. God is not a human being; his decisions will not change. If he says he will do something, then he will do it. If he makes a promise, then he will do what he promised.”- Numbers 23:19 ERV (Easy-to Read Version) The “How to Receive GOD’s Best” series so far: Part 1 – He has already given His blessing and we are even more blessed through Christ; we only need to search it with all of our heart.

Part 2 – Miracles and blessings are both GODg iven. But pray ing for miracles means we are at crisis. Being blessed keeps us from experiencing crises.

Part 3 – GOD’s blessing is not physical or material.

These are merely by-products of GOD’s true blessing; His divine favor spoken over us Part 4 – In this preaching, we give more emphasis on GOD’s favor on us. His blessing cannot be revoked.

We revisit long narrative in Numbers 22. This story begins with Balak, the king

of Moab. He saw what the Israelites had done to the Amorites. He also saw the great number of Israelites.

Because of this, He was dreadful with what will h ap p e n t o Mo a b. T h e problem with this story is that Balak was thinking way ahead of himself. In his fear, he summoned a known prophet-for-profit, Balaam. Balak hired Balaam to speak curses that he hoped would destroy the Israelites.

Unfortunately for Balak, GOD has blessed Israel and no amount of cursing will bring this nation down.

GOD has spoken his blessing over Israel – this blessing is sealed.

We discover that Balaam became a comic relief in this story. He thought that he could outsmart GOD only to constantly find himself being rebuked and put back in his place. Balaam who was keen to receive the Moabite rewards, never got to curse Israel on behalf of Balak. To get to his reward however, Balaam counseled Balak how

to turn Israel against GOD. Now this is a lesson for us.

How can it be that Israel was cursed even though Balaam’s curse could not work against GOD’s blessing?

The curse did not work from the outside, not from Balaam. It worked from the inside – for when the Israelites assimilated the practices of the Moabites; sexual relations, worshipping other gods, selling food offered to other gods, among many, the curse worked its way from them. We go back to where we are blessed, we should take care of the blessing. Did the Israelites take care of the blessing?

No, they were too busy in the ways of the Moabites.

What was the takeaway of last Sunday’s preaching?

Firstly, for GOD’s favor spoken over us to manifest, it must be voice activated.

Secondly, we must keep believing even if we don’t understand how GOD will manifest His blessing and even if it looks impossible.

Finally, we can allow or

The Ripple

By AMBongay

disallow the manifestation d e p e n d i ng on h ow we respond to every situation/ opportunity that come our way.

GOD’s blessing over us is irrevocable. It is irreversible.

No curse can change that blessing. Even more so now, for us living in the New Covenant. New Covenant Christians need not fear c urs es, b ecaus e we are covered by Jesus’ sacrifice.

The work is finished – we are already blessed!

This interpretation is based on Ptr. Ron Bayron’s preaching.

A Burning Globe Look around. Just any place on our globe. Yes, it’s burning.

Natural disasters, terrorists attacks, war. Will be Asia another one? Heaven forbid - no!

As US, Japanese and South Korean warships carried out joint exercises, Pyongyang marked a national anniversary with an artillery drill. The saber-rattling coincided with a flurry of diplomatic activity in Tokyo.

Today (April 26, while writing this piece) North Korea conducted a large-scale conventional live-fire military drill in the region of Wonsan on its east coast, South Korea’s Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff confirmed on Tuesday.

In a statement, the South’s military said it was “closely monitoring” the situation and “maintaining readiness.”

Indeed, North Korea

suffers a crisis - South Korea remains relaxed! How long?

International concerns have been heightened in re c e nt we e k s t h at t h e North could soon carry out another nuclear test or missile launch, in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

The reclusive country, where 40 percent of the population is undernourished according to the Global Hunger Index, often marks significant anniversaries with shows of military force. Although it was feared a nuclear test or ballistic missile launch might happen on Tuesday, no such test happened during the morning.

The harsh rhetoric continued from Pyongyang, with a top military general repeating that the North was ready to use pre-emptive strikes to defend itself. “The

situation prevailing on the Korean Peninsula is so tense that a nuclear war may break out due to the frantic war drills of the U.S. imperialists and their vassal forces for aggression,” General Pak Yong Sik told a major meeting of senior military and civilian officials.

The North Korea to US is very clear: ‘don’t mess with us’! Meanwhile the US nuclear submarine docks in Busan.

US President Donald Trump has vowed to prevent North Korea from becoming capable of striking the US with a nuclear missile and ruled out nothing including a military strike. As a show of force, he sent the USS Carl Vinson carrier strike group to waters off Korea. The fleet was carrying out drills with Japanese warships.

H ave M y Say

Klaus Doring

South Korea’s navy was also carrying out exercises with US destroyers in waters off the Korean peninsula.

As the drills continued, the US Navy said the nuclearpowered guided missile submarine USS Michigan arrived in the South Korean port of Busan on Tuesday. The submarine was not expected to participate in joint naval exercises. doring/PAGE 11

Obstacles against ICC case vs. Duterte LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Now reform your ways and your actions and obey the LORD your God. Then the LORD will relent and not bring the disaster he has pronounced against you…”

(Jeremiah 26:13, the Holy Bible).

-ooo ICC CASE AIMED AT TARNISHING DUTERTE IMAGE AT THE ASEAN MEET: I am inclined to believe that the filing of the case against President Duterte and 11 other high ranking government officials with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands is only for show, aimed at derailing the President’s image during the ASEAN ministers’ meeting this week.

I say this because there is a big stumbling block

to the ICC’s agreeing to investigate the charges against the President and his allies which a lawyer of an alleged assassin filed the other day.

This stumbling block could be found under Articles 17 and 20 of the Rome Statute, the treaty that created the ICC. Under these two articles of the Rome Statute, if it is clear that the government of Duterte has shown willingness to investigate or to remedy the acts complained of, the ICC is mandated to refuse any investigation of any complaint, such as the one that was filed by the lawyer.

-ooo OBSTACLES AGAINST ICC CASE VS. DUTERTE: As Vic Somintac and I discussed during the Tuesday, April 25, 2017 episode of “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, a Mondays

to Fridays 6 am program at radio station DZEC, 1062 kHz of Radyo Agila, there is ample proof that the three branches of government at present have shown not only willingness to address the issue of so-called extrajudicial killings, but have in fact acted with dispatch on the matter.

The executive branch under President Duterte, for one, has directed government agencies to investigate the killings, coming up as a matter of official pronouncement with the information that the killings were perpetrated by drug syndicates who wanted its cohorts silenced and barred from spilling the beans against them, so to speak.

The legislative branch, under the Senate of the Philippines, on the other

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Atty. Batas Mauricio hand, conducted an investigation on the killings and, after several hearings, it came up with its conclusion, based on testimonial and documentary evidence, that the killings could not be considered state-sponsored.

-ooo ICC WON’T ALLOW I T SE L F TO DE ST ROY batas/PAGE 11

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Banking&Finance

BSP adjusts TDF offer volumes

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HE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has cut the offering for its 28-day Term Deposit Facility (TDF) on sustained undersubscription but hiked the offering for

the seven-day facility.

Data released by the central bank Wednesday showed that the longterm TDF would be offered for P140 billion in the auction scheduled on May 3, 2017, down

Marking 50 years, ADB reports record $30-B loans in 2016 THE Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) said yesterday that its loan operations reached a record high last year amid the strong demand for infrastructure support.

In a statement, the Manilabased multilateral institution said that its operations reached the $30-billion mark last year — the first in 50 years — as regional demand for development finance and knowledge, particularly on infrastructure, continues to grow.

Based on its 2016 Annual Report, ABD’s total lending, including co-financing, reached $31.7 billion, an 18 percent increase from the previous year.

The total included also $17.47 billion in approvals for loans and grants, $169 million for technical assistance, and $14.06 billion for cofinancing, which increased by a record 31 percent from a year before.

Disbursements, a key indicator for successful project implementation, also reached a new high of $12.26 billion in 2016.

Private sector operations reached $2.5 billion for only the second time in ADB’s history, which the bank said reflected its long-term strategy to significantly boost support for private enterprise to create more high quality jobs and increase living standards across Asia and the Pacific.

Ap ar t f rom its own funds, ADB’s private sector operations also generated a record $5.84 billion in cofinancing — a $1.2 billion

increase from 2015 — which included $238 million in official cofinancing to support non-sovereign operations.

“The increase in our development financing to Asia and the Pacific reflects our strong commitment to improving the lives of the people in the region,” ADB President Takehiko Nakao said.

“As A DB c e l e br at e s 5 0 ye ar s of prov i d i ng development assistance, we will strive even harder to meet the changing needs of our developing member countries,” he added.

ADB earlier estimated that the region requires $1.7 trillion a year to meet its infrastructure financing needs.

The bank also said there are other pressing challenges such as climate change, health, education, and gender equality.

To help address these development needs, ADB said it has scaled up its operations and expanded its financing capacity through the merger of its Asian Development Fund (ADF) lending operations with the Ordinary Capital Resources (OCR) balance sheet, which became effective on 1 January this year.

O C R e qu it y a l m o s t tripled, from $17.3 billion to $48.1 billion, as $30.8 billion of ADF loans and other assets were transferred from the ADF. The merger is expected to increase ADB’s annual loan and grant approvals by over 50 percent to more than $20 billion by 2020.

Gov’t borrowings skyrocket in Feb. THE national government’s total borrowings jumped by almost five-times in February due to the issuance of global bonds exchange, data from the Bureau of the Treasury showed.

According to the Treasury, the government’s gross financing from local and foreign lenders increased by 391 percent last February to P132.23 billion from P26.9 billion in the same month last year.

Of the total, offshore financing skyrocketed to P42.59 billion from only P781 million in the previous year.

In January, the government sold its $2 billion worth of 25-year global bonds, the first

overseas issue of the Duterte administration. However, proceeds from the sale were remitted to state coffers only in February.

Local borrowings, meanwhile, increased by 21 percent in February to P31.66 billion from P26.13 billion a year before.

In the first two-months of the year, the government’s gross financing amounted to P171.36 billion, up by 148 percent from P148.45 billion.

The national government needs financing support from local and foreign banks to fund the Duterte administration’s projects and programs as well as bridge borrowings/PAGE 10

from P150 billion as of this week.

On the other hand, the shorter-dated facility’s offering next week was hiked to P40 billion from P30 billion.

Last week, the central bank announced the schedule of TDF auction only for this week, a change from the past when the announcement was for auctions in the next two weeks.

BSP Deputy Governor

Diwa Guinigundo said the decision regarding the change on the announcement for auction offerings and schedule was made to give the central bank officials more flexibility on any changes that need to be put in place.

M e a n w h i l e , undersubscription on the longer-term TDF was registered again this week after banks submitted P114. 113 billion worth

of bids, below the P150 billion offering but higher than the P86.166 billion last week.

The auction committee awarded P113.113 billion for this tenor this week.

Weig hte d average accepted yield stood at 3.4471 percent, down from the 3.4565 percent last April 19, 2017.

Bid coverage ratio rose to 0.7608, up from the 0.5744 last week.

Bid coverage ratio of

the seven-day facility also rose this week to 2.2167 from 1.3781 last week.

Banks offered P66.

502 billion, higher than the P30 billion offering and the P41. 342 billion tenders last week.

The auction committee made a full award for this tenor.

Weig hte d average accepted yield stood at 3.3068 percent, lower than the 3.3615 percent last week.

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EBU PACIFIC is expected to expand operations to China with the delivery of its ordered A321neo aircrafts that allow the budget carrier to open new routes and grow its capacity, the Center for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said in a recent report.

e x p an d e d i n Jap an i n recent years, adding three destinations for a total of four, and will likely use the A321neo to add capacity and new destinations,” it said in its report.

CAPA said Japan is now Cebu Pacific’s third largest international market after Hong Kong and Singapore, while South Korea is its fourth largest international market.

“It’s presence in Korea is surprisingly small given that South Korea is the Philippines largest source market for

The aviation think tank said the budget carrier has 47 aircraft on order, of which 32 are A321neos.

“C ebu Pacif ic is particularly keen to use the A321neo to open new routes deeper into China,” CAPA said in its report, noting that the aircrafts will also

support plans for its North Asia expansion.

It said C ebu Pacific currently has a “small China operation,” consisting of only 17 weekly flights to four destinations.

“However, it is keen to add new flights to China, both scheduled and charters,

in line with expected further rapid growth in the ChinaPhilippines market,” it added.

C A PA s a i d v i s i t o r numbers from China grew by approximately 20% in 2016, as China overtook Japan to become the country’s third largest source market for the Philippines.

The think tank added that aside from China, Cebu Pacific is also considering opening a branch office in Japan to help support future capacity growth in both markets.

“C e bu Pa c i f i c h a s

GLOBE Telecom launched its anti-piracy advocacy called #PlayItRight during the Globe Independent Film Festival (GIFF) Awards Night to encourage its customers and the public to play content from legitimate sources.

Yoly Crisanto, Globe SVP for Corporate C ommunications said that it is now the moral responsibility of the company to provide its customers with safe and quality content and, at the same time, protect the intellectual property rights of the company’s own original content as well as the licensed content of its global and local partners.

“Ever y movie, series and other forms of content

downloaded from nonlegitimate sources create injustice to the people who labored over the creation of these works and could possibly harm hard-earned de v i c es of c ustomers ,” Crisanto added.

Crisanto said that the # Pl ayIt R i g ht c amp ai g n will send a strong message to the public: to consume digital content the right way. “We want everyone to start having a conscious effort to stop downloading content from illegal torrents or other illegitimate sources because piracy is no longer cool nowadays. Let’s create new habits that would give the people who create content what’s rightfully due them,”

she revealed.

In 2014, Globe changed how Filipinos consumed music by introducing Spotify which ended the culture of illegally downloading mp3 music from illegal sources.

Today, Globe continues to be the preferred partner for content distribution by global entertainment brands like Disney, Netflix, HOOQ, Turner, Astro, Sports Illustrated, and Musical. ly. Other than content distribution, Globe also now produces its own original content through Globe Studios.

The launch of #PlayItRight highlighted “Ang Araw sa Likod Mo”, an independentlyproduced film from An

Earth Below Productions in cooperation with the Hero Foundation and supported

by Globe Telecom.

The film, which recently won f ive inter nat iona l awards, was directed by Dominic Nuesa. The film tells of the heroism, redemption, and sacrifice of both sides of the Mindanao conflict.

The film will be showing in Ayala Cinemas on May 24, 2016. The cast includes Ping Medina, Bong Cabrera, Mike Liwag, and Ian Ignacio.

Globe is also partnering with big local movie studios such as Viva Films, which agreed to support the telecommunication p r o v i d e r ’s a n t i - p i r a c y advocacy.

THE state-run Social Security System (SSS) on Thursday mapped about 700 retail stores in Greenhills Shopping Center in San Juan as part of its newly-launched Run After Contribution Evaders (RACE) program on the back of its strengthening efforts against delinquent employers in the country.

SSS President and Chief Executive Officer Emmanuel F. Dooc and Social Security Commission (SSC) Chairman Amado D. Valdez led the RACE campaign to drill awareness among the employers and employees of their obligations and rights

to the state-run pension fund.

“RACE is a show of force of SSS in public place or a large worker environment where they can address SSS coverage-related concerns, instill awareness on employers’ obligations, and facilitate apprehension and filing of cases against delinquent employers in violation of Republic Act 8282 or the Social Security Law,” said Dooc.

Valdez, on the other, noted that RACE is a “gentle reminder” for employers to fulfill their duties while SSS also asserted the protection of employees’ rights to SSS

benefits and services.

“This is to remind the public that the backbone of our economy is the workers.

We have to take care of our workers and assure them that the government will take care of their social security protection. We are not what we are if not for our past workers. We want our present workers, that in the future, they can be assured to enjoy the fruits of their labor,” Valdez said.

SSS has mapped a total number of 684 stores in Greenhills Shopping Center.

Of the total number of stores mapped, only 284

or 42 percent, were found registered with SSS. The pension fund, however, clarified that the status of contribution payments of the 284 stores is yet to be checked in the system.

During the campaign, Valdez issued a Show Cause Order to Hezekiah Toy Shop due to non-registration for coverage despite receiving a demand letter last March 28.

The toy store was one of the 40 delinquent stores found to be delinquent employers.

Among t he delinquent employers, six were served with billing letter, 23 with launches/PAGE 10

visitors,” the aviation think tank added.

Cebu Pacific is looking to improve market share in South Korea with the A321neos adding to the expected capacity growth, CAPA said. The budget carrier already opened a branch office in Seoul in late 2016.

CAPA noted that branch offices, which are “unusual,”

for low cost carriers, should improve Cebu Pacific’s local distribution in international markets that consist mainly of inbound passengers.

For this year, the think tank said Cebu Pacific “does not have the capacity to pursue significant growth in any of its international markets in 2017, but is putting in place the building blocks to cebupac/PAGE 10

NAIA Terminal Fee exemption for OFWs Globe launches anti-piracy campaign #PlayItRight goes online at CEB

SSS launches RACE campaign

The Philippines’ leading ai r l i n e , C e bu Pa c i f i c (PSE: CEB), works handin-hand with the Manila Inter nat iona l Air p or t Aut hor it y (MIAA) to exempt Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) from paying the International Passenger Service Charge (IPSC), or the Terminal Fee, at the Ninoy Aquino Inter nat iona l Air p or t (NAIA). Starting today (April 27), OFWs flying with Cebu Pacific to their job site do not need to pay for the P550.00 NAIA Terminal Fee. Passengers who booked through CEB’s ticketing offices or travel agencies have to present valid documents at the time of purchase. For bookings made through the Cebu Pacific Reser vation Hotlines or via the website, www.cebupacificair.com, valid documents must be presented at the Airport Bag Drop Counter upon checkin. Valid OFW documents i nclud e t he O ve rs e as Employment Certificate (OEC); and those included u nd e r t he Ph i l ippi ne O verseas Employment Administration’s Balik Manggagawa program such as a valid employment contract, recent payslip, or Company ID. Bookings made through the Cebu Pacific mobile app and GetGo (points) redemption will allow exemptions soon.

“A f t e r m o n t h s o f working with the MIAA on the details, Cebu Pacific is very proud to be the first carrier to make available such a benefit for our OFWs. We are pleased to offer our kababayans working abroad the convenience of not having to go through a process of reimbursement for fees they are already exempted from under the Migrants Workers Act,” said Atty.

JR Mantaring, CEB Vice President for Corporate Affairs.

Aside f rom OFWs, pilgrims with authorization from the Philippine Sports Commission, and guests who have been issued a M IA A e xe mpt i on certificate (MEC) are also exempted from paying the IPSC, provided valid documents are presented.

Recently, Cebu Pacific passengers have been given the option to pay for the Travel on international flights of PHP1,620.00, plus a handling fee of PHP80.00 when they book their flights online via www.cebupacificair. c om , or t h rou g h any Cebu Pacific ticket office.

Passengers who are exempt from the tax, or are eligible for reduced Travel Tax, on the other hand, can still book, pay and confirm their f lights on C ebu Pacific, but they need to present valid tax exemption documents upon check-in.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region Branch 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte HEIRS OF JOAQUIN A. ALMARINES CIVIL CASE NO. 07-796 Represented by: GARCIA GRACE A. MADELO, — for —

Plaintiff, Annulment of Deed of Sale — versus — and Recovery of Possession of Real Property and Damages EMMA R. GAITA,

Defendant. x- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -/ SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION TO: EMMA R. GAITA Santo Nifio Viiiage, Baroy, Lanao del Norte GREETINGS! WHEREAS, on April 7, 2017, the Court issued an order granting the petitioner’s Motion for Leave of Court to Serve Summons by Publication, the dispositive portion of which reads as follows:

“Finding the same to be well taken and in Order, the plaintiff is directed to effect the service of summons by publication to an accredited publication of this Court for respondent Emma M. Gaita at the expense of the plaintiff” WHEREAS, Complaint reads:

“COMPLAINT

COMES NOW the Plaintiff, by counsels, and unto this Honorable Court, most respectfully avers:

THE PARTIES

1.

Plaintiff, is of legal age, married, resident of Zone Cancer, Brgy. Suarez, lligan City, where she may be served with summons and other court processes; 2. Defendant, on the other hand, is likewise of legal age, married, resident of Santo Nino Village, Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, where she may be served with summons and other court processes; CAUSE OF ACTION 3.

The Plaintiffs HEIRS OF JOAQUIN A. ALMARINES is represented by GARCIA GRACE A. MADELO, by way of Special Power of Attorney, of which a copy is hereto as Annex “A”; 4.

The Plaintiff is the lawful owner of a parcel of land sold by NICANOR F. AGUILAR, M.D., of legal age, married, with residence and postal address at Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, to JOAQUIN A. ALMARINES, of legal age, married, resident of Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, by way of ABSOLUTE DEED OF SALE OF UNREGISTERED LAND UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS, DATED MARCH 16, 1963 involving ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED (1,200 sq. m.) SQUARE METERS, more or less, located in the Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, A copy of the ABSOLUTE DEED OF SALE is hereto attached as part hereof as Annex “B”; 5. On July 24, 1971, upon full payment of the selling price of One Thousand (Php 1,000.00) Pesos, EMETERIO G. MARTIN and JOAQUIN A. ALMARINES executed a final DEED OF ABSOLUTE DEED OF SALE OF PORTION OF REGISTERED REALTY involving a parcel of land with an area of One Thousand Two Hundred (1,200 sq. m.) Square Meters and covered under Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-7521, registered in the name of EMETERIO S. MARTIN, situated at the Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte. The copy of the same DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE aforesaid and Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-7521, are hereto attached as part hereof as annexes “C” and “D” respectively;

6.

From July 24, 1971 up to November 16, 1985, the plaintiff exercised ownership and possession of the same property and from November 17, 1985 up to October 5, 2007, the plaintiff continue exercising ownership and possession of the same property by way of authorizing and/or assigning Mario Papasin as caretaker of the same property;

7.

Spouses Joaquin Almarines and Cayetana Almarines died in 2007 and 2014 respectively. Photo copies of their Death Certificates are hereto attached as part hereof as Annexes “E” and “F” respectively; 8.

On December 14, 2005, the same Emeterio G. Martin unlawfully, without legal basis and without the consent and authority of the plaintiff, sold to Defendant Emma R. Gaita a portion of the aforesaid plaintiff’s land consisting of FOUR HUNDRED TVVENTY FOUR (424 sq. m.) SQUARE METERS, as shown in the copy of the DEED OF SALE which is attached as part hereof as Annex “G”; 9.

The plaintiff as the lawful owner of the aforesaid property has been paying the corresponding real property taxes. Copies of the Declaration of Real Property for 2015 and 2014 are hereto attached as part hereof as Annexes “H” and “I” respectively;

10. Upon the death of Joaquin Almarines in January 2007, the defendant, without the consent and authority of the Plaintiff and by use of force, violence, intimidation, stealth, threat and strategy, unlawfully and without legal basis, deprived the plaintiff of her ownership and possession of the same property by occupying not only the subject of the Deed of Sale involving an area of 424 square meters but the entire property of the plaintiff which is ONE THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED SQUARE (1,200 sq. m.) METERS by driving out plaintiff’s caretaker Mario Papasin from the same property; 11. The defendant continues to possess same plaintiff’s property up to the filing of this complaint. A copy of the Affidavit of the wife of Mario Papasin is hereto attached as part hereof as Annex “J”; 12. Consequently, the plaintiff filed a complaint against the defendant before the Office of the Barangay Chairman of Brgy. Sto. Nino Village, Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte;

13. Unfortunely, on the scheduled date, the defendant failed to appear in the office of the Punong Barangay, Municipality of Baroy, Lanao del Norte. Thereafter, the Punong Barangay issued a Certificate to File Action, a copy of which is hereto attached as part hereof as Annex “k”;

14. Because the defendant unlawfully and without legal basis deprived the plaintiff of their ownership and/ or possession of the same property, the plaintiff suffered from moral shock, besmirched reputation, sleepless nights, wounded feelings, anxiety and untold worries. Therefore, the defendant should be held liable to pay the plaintiff moral damages in the amount Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos; 15. In order to serve as a deterrent to the defendant and others not to repeat or emulate similar act or acts. the defendant should be held liable to pay the plaintiff exemplary damages of Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos; 16. And, as the plaintiff was forced to engaged the services of a lawyer to seek judicial recourse to assert her right on the same property, the defendant should be held liable to pay the plaintiff attorneys fees in the amount of Fifty Thousand (P50,000.00) Pesos and appearance fee of One Thousand Five Hundred (P1,500.00) Pesos per appearance in court; and actual cost of suit.

PRAYER FOR RELIEF WHEREFORE, premises considered, it is most respectfully prayed of the Honorable Court that, after due notice and hearing, a decision be rendered: 1.

DECLARING the Deed of Sale between Emeterio G. Martin and Defendant Emma R. Gaita, dated December 14, 2005, NULL AND VOID; 2.

Ordering the defendant to vacate the property and turnover andior deliver the same to the plaintiff; 3.

Ordering the defendant to pay the plaintiff: Moral damages of P50,000.00; Exemplary damages of P50,000.00; actual cost of suit of P15,000.00; attorney’s fee of P50,000.00 and P1,500.00 per appearance in court.

Other relief just and equitable under the premises are likewise prayed for.

Respectfully submitted.

15 August 2016, Iligan City, Philippines.

DEMOSTHENES R. PLANDO BASHER T. MACAPADO Counsel for the Plaintiff Suite 308, Counsel for the Plaintiff Abalos Building Aguinaldo St., lligan City Suite 309, Abalos Building PTR NO. 6668932 01-05-16 IC Aguinaldo St., Iligan City (BP OR # 944441 12-18-15 PTR NO. 6667745 01-16-16 Lanao del Norte - lligan City Chapter 1BP NO. 944327 12-16-15 Roll No. 46204 Lanao del Norte - Iligan City Chapter MOLE Compliance No. Roll No. 39873 V-0000097 06.05.2013 MCLE No. VI-0000304 7-18-2016

NOW THEREFORE, the above-mentioned Respondent is hereby summoned and required to file with the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, his ANSWER to the abovequoted petition within sixty (60) days from publication of the summons and to serve copy of the said answer upon petitioner’s counsel at his given address indicated in the petition. Respondent is further reminded of the provision in the 1BP-OCA Memorandum on Policy Guidelines dated March 12, 2002 to observe restraint in filing a Motion to Dismiss and instead allege the grounds thereof as defenses in the Answer.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, April 10, 2017.

BWM: Apr 28, May 5 & 12, 2017

(Sgd.) FLORENCE O. POROCHO OIC, Cleck of Court

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10 CheckMySchool – uplifting public schools one at a time

By MARK FRANCISCO

WHEN Cagayan de Oro-based community activist Jonathan Mongcal learned about the dilapidated plights of some of the public schools in the city in 2015, he scouted for a nongovernment organization (NGO) in Manila to help in his efforts.

And so Mongcal stumbled upon CheckMySchool.

CheckMySchool is a participator y monitoring initiative for the education sector in the countr y. It aims to continuously improve the quality of education ser vices by bringing in the participation of citizens

and communities into the governance of public schools in the Philippines. It started in 2011 as an experimental partnership project with the Department of Education (DepEd) along the advocacy for access to information and social accountability.

In just two years, CheckMySchool has implemented a lot of projects in Cagayan de Oro. They were able to hand out educational toolkits to a total of 150 first graders in Kamakawan Elementar y School (Indahag), Palalan Elementar y

Borrowings...

European plane-maker Airbus has committed to delivering three A321neos to the budget carrier in the fourth quarter, although some delays may push back the schedule.

Cebu Pacific ended 2016 with a fleet of 57 aircraft -- up only two from the beginning of the year. Cebu Pacific’s fleet was flat at 47 aircraft, while its turboprop subsidiary Cebgo expanded its fleet from eight to 10 aircraft.

“The Cebu Pacific Group is planning once again to add only two aircraft in 2017, for a total of 59. The group plans to maintain the size of its narrowbody jet fleet at 39 aircraft as three more A319s are phased out and the first three A321neos are delivered. At the same time, an eighth A330 is being delivered and the turboprop fleet is expanding by one more aircraft for a total of 11,” CAPA said in its report.

Cebu Pacific currently o f f e r s f l i g ht s t o n i n e destinations in China -Beijing, Guangzhou, Haikou, Lijiang, Ningbo, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Xiamen, Xian; four in Japan -- Fukuoka, Nagoya, Osaka, and Tokyo; and flights to Incheon and Busan in

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the expected budget deficit this year equivalent to 3.0 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP).

For 2017, the national government is poised to borrow 9.22-percent lower than last year at P631.29 billion, according to the Department of Budget and Management (DBM) data.

Broken down, the bulk of credit will be pesodenominated and raised through Treasury bonds and Treasury bills at P505.03 billion, while the remainder is from foreign sources including the sale of debt papers as well as project and program loans from multilateral institutions.

As of February this year, the national government’s total outstanding debt in local and overseas markets stood at P6.208 trillion, up by 4.5 percent from P5.94 trillion in the same month last year.

Cebupac... from page 8

support faster international growth once the A321neo arrives.”

The volunteers

School (Tablon) and Linangohon Elementar y School (Tablon).

Each educational kit consists of a notebook, pencil, coupon bond and eraser – all donated by Kiwanis International of Macajalar Bay. For the next academic year which will start in June, CheckMySchool is planning

to distribute first aid kits, the contents of which are Povedyne, plaster, gauze pad, cotton, mefenamic acid, alcohol and hydrogen peroxide.

Mongcal said that he is looking for ward engaging with like-minded civic organizations to assist in their efforts here in the city for this year and beyond.

South Korea, according to its Web site.

C ebu Air, the listed operator of Cebu Pacific and Cebgo, saw its net income last year surge by 122% annually to P9.8 billion propelled by higher passenger, cargo and ancillary revenues.

It f le w 19.1 million passengers, up 4.1% from the 18.4 million passengers ferried in 2015.

Delinquent employers will be ordered to show cause within a nonextendible period of 15 days from posting, before the nearest SSS branch office to explain why no legal actions should be taken.

Valdez warned employers that they can be sentenced of up to 12 years imprisonment without probation, if convicted.

In support of the RACE campaign and protection of SSS members, SSS also installed an information booth in Greenhills Shopping Center, which offered services on issuance of SS number, online verification of contributions and loans, inquiries on benefits and privileges, and distribution of informational materials.

The SSS information booth was able to accommodate 251 persons during the campaign.

SSS San Juan Branch will also hold an information coverage seminar for the store owners and retail vendors in Greenhills Shopping Center on May to discuss ways to improve the SSS compliance among the employers. (PNA)

Launches...

from page 8 demand letter, while the remaining 9 were forwarded to legal for appropriate actions and the two others seek out-of-the-court settlement.

A printed copy of the s h ow c au s e o r d e r w a s posted on the store as a stern warning to employers that they are accountable if they fail to comply with their obligations. “ This is p ar t of our unrelenting efforts to send a strong message that the present SSS administration is determined to pursue its mandate of providing adequate, universal and sustainable social security protection to our people,” Dooc said.

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Link... from page 1

meet with potential business partners from the Davao City Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc. to explore ways to improve trade and economic relations as well as to secure the load factor of the new route.

The new route takes 1.5 days, the shortest and cheapest means to exchange goods with Indonesia.

Under the current DavaoM a n i l a - Ja k a r t a - B i t u n g shipping route, the shipment of goods takes about three to five weeks.

Alonto said the new route will encourage small and medium businesses to produce products that will cater to both the domestic and ASEAN markets.

The goods to be traded will include animal feeds, aqua products, charcoal, coffee beans, construction m at e r i a l s , c opr a , f e e d ingredients, fertilizers, food and beverages, fresh fruits, ice cream products, meats, peanuts, poultry (halal), soya, sugar, and synthetics.

“This will encourage us to produce more than what we can sell. In fact, this will encourage people to work further in enhancing cultural and economic means in their communities because we will be exporting what we can produce down here,” Alonto said.

The opportunities will benefit the Bangsamoro people in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao and even those who are in the underdeveloped parts of Mindanao, he said.

T h e n e w route w i l l strengthen cooperation and collaboration not only in the Brunei-IndonesiaMalaysia-Philippines East Asean Growth Area (BIMPEAGA) but also in the entire ASEAN. The route will be served

by M/V Super Shuttle RORO 12, owned by Asian Marine Transport Corporation, with a capacity of 500 20-foot equivalent unity.

Alonto said the DavaoGensan-Bitung route will f a c i lit ate not on ly t he exchange of goods but also the movement of people, ideas, languages, and cultures.

He said he believes the new route will be sustained and is just the “beginning and opening” of a more strengthened partnership.

Alonto said he was elated the Duterte administration pushed for the opening of this route as it institutionalizes the historical trading routes practiced in the pre-Spanish era f rom Mindanao to Sulawesi, Indonesia and other locations in the BIMP-EAGA.

Plant... from page 1

In January this year, San Miguel Corporation President and Chief Operating Officer Ramon S. Ang announced that the company would invest more facilities to grow its core businesses.

Huang said that the construction of the new SMB plant in Misamis Oriental is

a significant milestone for the brewery company as it continues to pursue new growth opportunities.

He said that the new brewery is a major step in ensuring that “we are able to meet increasing demand in the years to come.”

SMB is a market leader in the beer industry, holding over 95% market share.

Huang said that the new plant will be the company’s sixth brewer y. SMB has breweries strategically located in Valenzuela, Pampanga, Mandaue, Davao del Sur and Bacolod, and a bottling facility in Sta. Rosa, Laguna.

Subsidy... from page 1

as Middle East businesses are eyeing investments in Mindanao following the i nv e s t m e nt p r o m o t i o n roadshow of the agency and the visit of President Rodrigo Duterte in the Gulf region.

“The DOE committed that locators in Mindanao will only pay PHP2.50 per kilowatt hour from the current rate of PHP6.00 per kilowatt hour since we have excess power in Mindanao,” Plaza said in Filipino.

She mentioned three regions in the southern part of the country as pilot areas for the power subsidy, which include the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), Caraga Region, and Davao Region.

According to the PEZA chief, most of the prospective investments from the Middle East will be poured into these three regions, which have big population of Muslims.

“Most of these Middle East investors would prefer Mindanao, because remember, these are Muslims. So they want to help the Muslim Filipinos in Mindanao,” Plaza said.

“For years, we’ve been deprived of investments, development of our lands, jobs. So, most of the Middle East investors are interested in Mindanao,” She added noting that the Middle East businesses are looking at investments in sectors of tourism, agro-industry, and halal.

Plaza stressed that through the power subsidy, other foreign investors will be enticed to come in Mindanao to set up their businesses.

She adde d t hat t his initiative is part of the goal of the Duterte administration to spur economic growth in the countryside.

Survey...

from page 1 capita consumption of rice decreased from 105.8 kilos in 2012 to 94.4 kilos in 20152016.

Of the region’s provinces, Compostela Valley posted the highest drop recording an annual per capita consumption of 60.542 kl in 2015-2016, or at least 33.57 percent lower compared to 91.135 kl in 2012.

Davao del Sur posted the second highest drop at 24.53 percent, decreasing to 88 kl in 2015-2016 from 116.702 kl; 23.75-percent drop in Davao

Oriental from 103.945 kl to 79.254 kl; 6-percent drop in Davao del Norte from 137.93 kl to 129.574 kl. No data was provided for Davao City.

PSA reported that households in the urban b a r a n g ay s h a d h i g h e r consumption level at 119.47 kl than those in the rural barangays with 79 kgs.

But it’s a different case for Davao del Norte where rural dwellers had a slightly bigger consumption at 129.856 kl than those in the urban barangays with 129.33 kl.

PSA, however, found that the annual per capita consumption of corn grew from 27.593 kl in 2012 to 40.679 kl in 2015-2016, an increase of 47.43 percent.

Davao del Sur’s per capita consumption of corn grew by 2,005 percent from 4.183 kl in 2012 to 88.074 kl in 2015-2016; 131.9-percent increase in Compostela Valley from 40.675 kl to 94.362 kl; 66.6-percent increase in Davao Oriental from 47.562 kl to 79.254 kl.

Only Davao del Norte posted a decrease (18.24 percent) in the consumption of corn, from 12.815 kl to 19.477 kl.

PSA said the annual per capita consumption of corn was bigger in rural areas at 57.184 kl than the 13 kl in rural areas.

“High preference for corn was most evident in the rural barangays of Comval where corn consumption reached 111 kl per person in a year,” it said.

Service... from page 2

an Airvan 8 aircraft. The newly acquired propeller airplane from Australia can seat seven passengers and can service sightseeing tours and medevac, It can land in short and rough runways.

Currently the Airvan 8 is offered for chartered flights and sightseeing tours.

“The next phase is for a commuter airways which would not compete with the big airlines, but 50 seater and a 70 seater that will service the Mindanao and the EAGA area.” Pingoy said.

He said the idea is like having passenger vans with wings. Particularly suited for passengers who are in a rush to their respective destinations where pricing is

not the main consideration as the flights are more expensive than passenger vans.

“These are for people who are busy and who value time.”

Pingoy said.

A three-hour land trip to Mati will just take 15-minutes and a four hour trip to other provinces will just take 30 minutes.

Other routes include General Santos to Manado, Davao to Sandakan and Puerto Princesa to Sandakan.

The company is planning to acquire 50 to 70-seater Twin Otter aircraft.

“We plan to start right away” Pingoy said of the business plan though he acknowledges that it will depend on when the needed government requirements will be secured.

The air service is aimed at spurring the countryside, as travelers particularly businessmen and tourists will have a faster way to reach to potential investment and tourism areas. (PIA/RG Alama)

Chopper...

from page 2 Resolution No. 115-2017, authored by Provincial Board Member Virgilio R. Escasinas, Jr., to sign in behalf of the province the said MOA with the DA in support to the development of agriculture in the province.

The provincial government supports the undertaking of the DA to ensure continuity of developing the livestock industry in the province that will attain a high productivity and resistance to diseases in support to the DA program.

The province continue to provide assistance to livestock stakeholders in pursuit for agricultural development and worthy endeavors to promote the interest of the farmers.

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Trump’s UN ambassador Nikki Haley said the US wasn’t looking for a fight with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un and wouldn’t attack “unless he gives us reason to do something.” She praised China’s increasing pressure on North Korea, seen by Washington as key to reigning in Pyongyang’s military ambitions.

Meanwhile we can observe

NEW LIGHT PAWNSHOP Main: Gen. Capistrano Neri St., Cagayan de Oro City Branch: Don. S. Osmeña St., Fronting Public Market, Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE OF AUCTION Starting May 5 & 6, 2017 (Friday & Saturday) at 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon, this establishment located at Gen. Capistrano Neri St., Cagayan de Oro City will set an Auction Sale on all pledges since December 2016. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENT PAHIBALO Sa Mayo 5 & 6, 2017 (Bernes ug Sabado) sa may 10:00 sa buntag paingon sa alas 12:00 sa udto, ang tanan nga penirenda nga wala malukat sa Gen. Capistrano Neri St., Cagayan de Oro City sugod sa bulan sa Disyembre 2016 maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanan suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo.

ANG TAGDUMALA BWM apr. 28, 2017 GREAT VALUE PAWNSHOP V. Castro St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City NOTICE OF AUCTION Starting May 5 & 6, 2017 (Friday & Saturday) at 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 noon, this establishment located at V. Castro St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City will set an Auction Sale on all pledges since December 2016. Patrons are enjoined to verify their receipts.

MANAGEMENT PAHIBALO Sa Mayo 5 & 6, 2017 (Bernes ug Sabado) sa may 10:00 sa buntag paingon sa alas 12:00 sa udto, ang tanan nga penirenda nga wala malukat sa V. Castro St., Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City sugod sa bulan sa Disyembre 2016 maapil sa subasta. Giawhag ang tanan suki sa pagsusi sa ilang resibo.

ANG TAGDUMALA BWM apr. 28, 2017

an increased diplomatic activity. Top envoys from Japan, South Korea and the US held talks in Tokyo, with US envoy Joseph Yun saying he and his counterparts agreed to coordinate “all actions” on North Korea. They also agreed China had a key role in pressuring Pyongyang to abandon its nuclear and missile program. According to Japan’s foreign ministry, China’s envoy for North Korea was also due to visit Tokyo for talks.

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G OV E R N M E N T S : T h e judiciary meanwhile has given the go-signal for the detention without bail and trial of several police officers who have been accused in the killing of former Albuera, Leyte Mayor Rolando Espinosa, a prime suspect in illegal drugs trading in

Eastern Visayas.

Given these official acts of the government, ICC would be sure to show restraint in entertaining the complaint against the President and his allies. Certainly, the ICC would not allow itself to be a party to any effort to malign sovereign officials, or even to topple regimes on the say so of political opposition forces.

I guess that, given the example of the late President Cory Aquino who sued then columnist Luis D. Beltran who wrote that she hid under the bed while rebel forces tried to take Malacanang by force during one coup attempt against her, Duterte and his allies could also sue the lawyer and his client.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 43 Gingoog City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 224-2017 Upon Extra-Judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended

by Act 4118, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-ibig Fund) with Branch office address at Pag-ibig Fund Bldg. J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City. represented by its Dept. Manager Reynaldo P. Cue against CLINTON F. BADILLA married to RHODELIA M. BADILLA, both of legal age, Filipino citizen, with resident of Rizal, Gundaya Sts., Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of December 01, 2016, have amounted to FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED SIXTY EIGHT PESOS AND 97/100 (P 480,368.97) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges as of December 01, 2016, excluding foreclosure expenses and other monetary obligation. The undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on June 13, 2017, to the highest bidder for CASH at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Branch 43, Regional Trial Court, Dugenio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-14685 “A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 24. Pcs-10-001397, being a portion Of Lots 12, 13, 19, 15 & 20, Pcs-10-000734, Lots 14-A & 14-D, Psd-10017836, Lots 2-D, Psd-10-015608 & Lots 1, 4, Pcs-10-000852 Situated in the Poblacion, City of Gingoog, Island of Mindanao.

Including all improvements existing and to be constructed/erected Found thereof. Containing an area of TWO HUNDRED SIXTY FIVE (265) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS”.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated date and time.

In the event the Public Auction should not take place on the said date. it shall be held on the next working day without further notice.

The prospective buyer/s may investigate for themselves the title of the herein described property/properties and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Gingoog City, April 10, 2017.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF BY:

BWM: Apr 21, 28 & May 5, 2017

(Sgd.) FLORA C. PEREZ Sheriff IV RTC-Branch 43 Gingoog City

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Horst-Hans Backer heads Liceo Music Conservatory

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By Mike Baños

he newly established Music Conservatory of Liceo de Cagayan University has a new directorAnd how he got here from Bonn, Germany is a story in itself.

Horst-Hans Bäcker was born in Romania where he learned to play the piano at age five. He started his musical career by studying composition from 1981 with Professor Ludwig Werner Weiand at the conservatory in Wuppertal, Germany.

He continued his studies at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria with Prof. Gyula Horvath (composition), with Prof.

Kurt Prestel (ensemble conducting) and Prof.

Nikolaus Harnoncourt (performance practice of early music). He completed his training in composition under Professor Jürg Baur at the Rhineland Academy of Music in Cologne, Germany (1986-1989) Since then, he has been commissioned to compose music by musicians and chamber ensembles from all over the world. In addition, he has been commissioned to compose music for special occasions by various European cities. With his composition From the Depths I Cry Out to You, Lord Bäcker won the prize of the De Profundis Composers’ Competition in Cologne.

In 1984 Bäcker founded the Salzburger Vokalensemble chamber choir and directed it

until his departure from Salzburg. Later he also founded another symphony orchestra, which eventually became the Internationale Philharmonie in 1996 with him as Principal Conductor.

Bäcker completed his formation as a conductor in Master Classes with Jorma Panula. He has been a regular guest conductor for the Arad Philharmonic Orchestra, Banatul Philharmonic Orchestra in Timisoara, Moldova Philharmonic Orchestra in Iasi, and Oradea, Sibiu and Craiova Philharmonic Orchestras in Romania, the Northern Hungarian Symphony Orchestra in Hungary and for the choir and orchestra of Camerata Antiqua de Curitiba (Brazil).

Since 2003 Bäcker was a frequent guest conductor of Arad State Philharmonic Orchestra, the State Philharmonic Orchestra “Oltenia” in Craiova and the State Philharmonic Orchestra “Banat” in Timisoara since 2006 where he was commissioned to compose a work for Choir and Orchestra for the Celebration of 60 years as Romanian State Orchestra.

His composition Rapsodia Timisoreana included tributes to

Horst Hans Backer conducts in Wuppertal, Germany.

renowned Romanian Composer George Enescu and famous Romanian poet Mihai Eminescu, was enthusiastically received by the choir, the orchestra, and the audience.

Bäcker’s first CD SPANISH NIGHT features Joaquin Rodrigo’s Concertos for 1, 2 and 4 Guitars and Orchestra was critically acclaimed by the critics. So was the follow up SPANISH NIGHT II with the guitarist Dale Kavanagh, Amadeus Guitar Duo, panpipes artist Gheorghe Zamfir and the State Philharmonic Arad.

Another orchestral work Rapsodia Mallorquina the CD Berühmte Opernarien – Panflöte und Orchester with soloist Gheorghe Zamfir and

State Philharmonic Arad, as well as the CD ZauberPANflöte with panpipes artist Matthias Schlubeck and the State Philharmonic Transylvania were likewise well received.

Among the many solo musical artists he has worked with, Bäcker has established long-term musical partnerships with panpipes artists Gheorghe Zamfir and Matthias Schlubeck, violinists Christina Anghelescu, Bogdan Dragus, Sophie Moser and Sebastian Casleanu, Canadian guitarist Dale Kavanagh, the German-Canadian Amadeus Guitar Duo , Briton Eden-Stell, and pianists Katja Huhn, Ekaterina Litvintseva, Mihai Ungureanu and Tamas Vesmas.

All works by HorstHans Bäcker are edited by Waldkauz Musikverlag, www.waldkauz.de Besides his career as a composer, conductor and recording artist, Bäcker also became the director of a musical school in Langehagen, Germany where students learned the rudiments of dance, music and playing instruments.

Later, he also set up his own private school in Bonn. Although the city had its own state music school, the waiting line for enrollees was so long that there were four private musical schools (including Bäcker’s) to take up the slack. His school had 17 teachers in all and an enrollment of 300.

In 2014 he sold the school and worked as a freelance conductor and composer before coming over to the Philippines to explore greener pastures in 2015.

In September 2015, he met Rudolf P. Golez, dean of the Liceo de Cagayan University College of Music who invited him to conduct his Historical Informed Performance at Manila Pianos owned

by Willem Van Suijdam.

After a chat with Dean Golez, he also conducted a Meister Class one week later at Rodelsa Hall.

Eventually, Bäcker decided

by December 2015 to move to Cagayan de Oro for good.

The dream shared by

the two maestros was to set up a musical school and conservatory with a curriculum like what they had in Germany as soon as possible.

To start, Bäcker was appointed director of the Liceo Music Conservatory.

Joining him are Piano Virtuoso Rudolf P. Golez, Italian violinist Tullio Vidmar, and a core of gifted Filipino musicianinstructors sharing the dream and vision to bring classical music back to its lofty pedestal where it was previously held in reverential respect and admiration by the Kagayanons.

While admitting there’s still a long road ahead before that dream could be realized, Bäcker is optimistic they can make good time as music lovers in Cagayan de Oro come together to help realize that dream.

“Filipinos have an innate sense of melody and rhythm which you cannot easily find in other people,” the maestro noted. “I have also met some other patrons and music aficionados recently who are willing to help us attain that dream. So I believe we can do it, whether sooner or later, only God knows when and how, but together with the help of our community, eventually we can do it and that is enough reward for me.”

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