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Lower agri target THE Department of Agriculture (DA) has adjusted the country's agricultural growth target this year to 2 percent from the earlier announced 2.5 percent.

“Before, our projection is 2.5 percent, but with the continuing two pandemics affecting the country -Covid-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) and African swine fever (ASF)-- we have set it to 2 percent growth target this year,” Agriculture Secretary William Dar said during the virtual forum of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines (EJAP) on Wednesday.

Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) data showed that the contraction of Philippine agriculture this second quarter of 2021 is only .1 percent.

Economic rebound THE demand was strong for the fresh seven-year Treasury bond (T-bond) during the auction on Tuesday, which was partly driven by the report about the economic rebound.

The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) offered the debt paper for P35 billion and bids amounted to P63.696 billion. The auction committee made a full award.

The T-bond fetched a coupon rate of 3.750 percent.

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HE boom-and-bust cycle in the electric power industry will not likely spare the country’s May 9, 2022 elections from rotational blackouts following the Department of Energy’s (DOE) pronouncement that power supply within the polling period will be thin.

“For 2022, we see the thinning of supply on election day and thereafter,” Energy Undersecretary Felix William B. Fuentebella stated.

“That is why we are closely monitoring the situation; and we are coming up with more policies so that we can ensure that we have more supply.”

Even Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi cannot give a commitment to Congress during a hearing last month, July.

This early, the power distribution utilities and electric cooperatives SUPPLY/PAGE 7

CARABAO BATHE. A farmer rewards his hard-working carabao, towing a bamboo cart full of coconuts, with a splash of water as they cross the river in Barangay Bitaogan, San Isidro, Davao Oriental. mindanews photo by gregorio bueno

IPCC: Climate change closer to irreversible tipping points Fishing firm given

By H. MARCOS C. MORDENO, MindaNews

MALAYBALAY City – Time to act on climate change is running out, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in the first instalment of its

Sixth Assessment Report released Monday.

The report warns that the planet is set to pass 1.50C warming by 2040, and that it is happening almost

everywhere on earth.

It says limiting warming to 1.50C or even 20C will be beyond reach without rapid, large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

The report warns about CLIMATE/PAGE 6

AFTER THE FLOOD. Residents of Barangay Buayan in General Santos City try to catch eel, catfish and tilapia as floodwaters subside in the area on Sunday. Several parts of the city submerged in chest-deep floodwaters that went into homes amid heavy rains that lasted hours the night before. Amid the rains and flood, three houses went up in smoke, mainly due to faulty electrical wiring. mindanews photo by rommel g. rebollido

closure order after cases of 'gas poisoning'

By FRENCIE CARREON, MindaNews

ZAMBOANGA City — A fishing company has been issued a work stoppage order after four crew members of its fishing vessel died allegedly after inhaling a toxic gas inside one of the boat’s compartments, the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) Regional Office 9 said.

DOLE-9 Director Roy Buenafe said the order was issued Friday afternoon, Aug. 6, to Nancy Fishing C or p orat ion, owner of Fishing Vessel 558 Julius.

The alleged gas poisoning i n c i d e nt o c c u r re d l a st Thursday, Aug. 5, off the coastal village of Talisayan, this city.

The victims were identified as boat captain Joseph Oro, third mate Marjon Oro, both residents of Sangali, Zamboanga City, and crew members Charlie Caspe and Billy Lamag, both from Negros Occidental.

They were brought to local hospitals but three of them were declared dead on arrival. The fourth died around 12 noon.

The Oros died of asphyxia secondary to drowning, while Caspe and Lamag succumbed to acute respiratory distress syndrome secondary to toxic inhalation of unknown gas, according to the attending physicians.

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Local DA-10, PCIC to aid 19 ASF-affected areas in R10

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AGAYAN DE ORO CITY—Providing immediate assistance to the 19 African Swine Fever (ASF)-affected areas in northern Mindanao, the Department of Agriculture (DA)-10 and Philippine Crop Insurance Corporation (PCIC) are working hand in hand to implement the Swine Industry Insurance Program.

As of August 6, DA-10 has placed the 19 areas under red zone and these

are comprised of Iligan City, and towns and cities of Misamis Oriental including Alubijid, Balingasag, Balingoan, Cagayan de Oro City, El Salvador City, Gingoog City, Initao, Jasaan, Lagonglong, Laguindingan, Libertad, Manticao, Opol, Salay, Sugbongcogon, Tagoloan, Talisayan, and Villanueva.

“Starting July 1, (farmers with) animals or hogs affected with ASF could no longer receive indemnification from DA

but will have to receive it through an insurance program,” Dr. Julesben Maquiling of DA-10 said during the RAGCOM Information Caravan, August 12 via Zoom.

Upon enrollment to the PCIC Swine Industry Insurance Program, from P5,000, the amount to be received by a farmer, if they have an animal that has been stricken by ASF or the animal is depopulated for the purpose of ASF control in an area, they would receive P10,000, he added.

For his part, Roy Arthur Alamban of PCIC said PCIC has allotted P600 million from its current budget for PCIC Livestock Mortality Insurance. The amount shall be used either as insurance premium subsidy or indemnity payment for assured Registry System for Basic Sectors in Agriculture (RSBSA) listed hog raisers.

The requirements for PCIC Swine Industry Insurance Program include the photocopy of farmers’ ID, photocopy

DAVAO City – The Davao City Covid-19 Task Force has reminded Dabawenyos anew of the no walkin policy at the city’s designated vaccination sites.

In a radio interview on Wednesday, Covid-19 Task Force spokesperson Dr. Michelle Schlosser made

the statement following the viral video that showed a huge number of people who flocked to the Lt. C. Villafuerte Elementary School vaccination site in Barangay Calinan on August 10.

She said the city government does not really allow walk-in vaccine

recipients since there is a vaccination schedule being followed.

Mayor Sara Z. Duterte has also called the attention of the Dabawenyos who queued in various vaccination sites who do not have an appointment or schedule.

“Right after seeing the

commotion, the Response Cluster was there. Security personnel and policemen were sent to secure the people,” Schlosser said.

She also urged the Dabawenyos to be vigilant, and report those who are not complying with the regulations set by the city WALK-IN/PAGE 7

Davao City reiterates ‘no walk-in’ rule in vax sites

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of the RSBSA enrollment, picture of the animals to be covered, and the certification from the Barangay Biosecurity Officer that the hogs are within the Green, Light Green or Pink zone.

“Mubayad kami sa death due to ASF but kining culling or forced step tungod sa pagsugpo aning ASF, wala’y labot sa kadtong original nga policy. So usa kana sa mga nahimong improvement kining atong programa,” Alamban added.

(We will pay for [swine] deaths due to ASF but for the culling or forced step in containing the spread of ASF, this has not been included in the original

policy. That is one of the improvements made with the [insurance] program) For the coverage of the insurance program, PCIC will provide a maximum of P10,000 per head for the fattener; P14,500 per head for the breeder, F1; and P34,000 maximum per head for the parent stock.

Fatteners should be 45 days old to 6 months, and breeders should be 6 months old to 2 years.

As of August 2021, DA-10 has processed the indemnification of 3,423 farmers affected of the ASF in the region with 13,052 hogs to be indemnified or a total of P65,260,000 assistance since April 22, 2021. (RTP/PIA-10)

Bracing heightened parental involvement in the ‘new normal’

By ESTELLA S. ABREGANA

New normal is something that encourages us to adapt.

That there was a normalcy then and now that there is a new normalcy. It means it will be related to behavior. It is important to remember that even in new normal, health is of top priority. Preparations are being intensively carried out by the government to face the new normal era.

One of them is about the learning mechanism in the new school year.

As a result, parents must also contribute and play a role in it. In that case, of course parents must spend their time, energy and attention on their children.

Of course, for parents, we need to prepare time, energy, including learning to use gadgets or software that supports online learning.

We also need to set aside our attention to monitor the development of the learning process carried out by our children.

New behavioral patterns in the new normal era also need to be instilled in children so they can adapt well. Parents have an important role in this matter.

First, modeling. Parents are role models for children, if we tell our children to wear masks, then as parents we have to wear masks too.

Likewise with hand washing, parents should be a good example for it. Because if parents cannot be good role models, children’s behavior will never be formed.

Second is repetition.

Every time we parents do repetition, then the child does not have the reluctance to do repetition. This repetition must be consistent if done at home, then at school or other places must also continue to be done.

Third, reinforcement.

Especially for children, we need reinforcement. There are methods of reinforcement so that children continue to engage in new, healthier behaviors. One of them, we can give rewards, but it doesn’t have to be material.

We c a n g i v e c h i l d r e n colorful sticker rewards.

One behavior, one reward, one sticker.

Although, parents vary in parenting styles, we cannot deny the fact that our involvement to our children in this new normal is of utmost importance and significance. Not only in the education realm but also to the holistic growth and development of every child. We are all battling in this trying time, let us not lose hope, let us instill positivity in our respective homes, so that our children will follow.

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Telco sees increased demand for fiber connection in SME sector

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ONVERGE ICT Solutions Inc. announced on Thursday it has completed the initial phases of its domestic subsea cable network to the Visayas and Mindanao regions, bringing improved internet connectivity down to the barangay level.

Seeing signs of recovery of the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in the second quarter of the year, Converge’s SME customer base grew significantly in the second quarter of the year, arising from innovative product launches and improved sales and marketing initiatives.

“This was a pleasant surprise to us as we are really just focused on delivering our commitment to reach the underserved and unserved areas in the country with world-class pure fiber broadband connectivity,” Converge chief executive officer Dennis Anthony Uy reported in a virtual media briefing on Thursday.

Uy said over 11,800 kilometers of fiber optic cable were added in April to June period, expanding the firm’s backbone and distribution network to almost 76,500 kilometers from about 64,600 kilometers laid down last

quarter.

By July 2021, Converge’s fiber backbone had reached 80,500 kilometers, he said.

With the network expansion, the telecommunications firm was able to extend its coverage to an additional 53 cities and municipalities during the second quarter of 2021, extending its services this quarter to new provinces, including Ilocos Norte, Cebu, and Davao, among others.

The Information Technology and Business Process Association of the Philippines and the Department of Science and Technology-Information

and Communications Technology Office have recognized Cebu and Davao as centers of excellence for the development of the information technology and business process management (IT-BPM) industry.

As of June 30, 2021, the company’s network has now reached over 400 cities and municipalities nationwide.

Uy said the telecommunication company has already signed on thousands of subscribers and established partnerships with SME clients here.

Converge is also set to start the construction of a data

center in Cebu as it prepares to serve the surge in the data requirements in Visayas and Mindanao amid its aggressive expansion in central and southern Philippines.

The rise of a new state-ofthe-art data center in Cebu supports the recently unveiled strategic framework of the Department of Information and Communications Technology for the country’s full and inclusive participation in the global digital economy which it called CHIP -Connect, Harness, Innovate and Protect– that would also serve as the driver of the Philippines’ digital transformation. (PNA)

Power supply enough despite Malampaya shutdown DEPARTMENT of Energy (DOE) Undersecretary Felix William Fuentebella said there is sufficient supply of power despite the Malampaya gas field going offline this October as long as there will be no forced outages from power plants.

During the economic forum of the Economic Journalists Association of the Philippines and Aboitiz Equity Ventures

Wednesday, Fuentebella said projected output from Malampaya is expected to further decline between 2022 and 2024.

He said expected output from Malampaya this year is at 2,313 megawatts, and will decline to 2,156 MW by 2022, depleting to 1,813 MW by 2023, and down to 1,563 MW by 2024.

He added the gas field is maintaining a

gauge pressure of 100 barg to manage the daily consumer demand.

“We see the need for more investments as far as the power generation is concerned,” Fuentebella said.

But with the 668MW GNPower Dinginin expected to go online in the third quarter of this year, the DOE official said the grid will be “in a better position” for the rest of the

year.

“For 2022, we see the thinning of supply on Election Day and thereafter. This is why we are closely monitoring the situation and we are coming up with more policies so that we can ensure that we have more supply,” he added.

Fuentebella cited that two liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities are expected to start their

operations by next year.

“We have the First Gen LNG facility in Batangas, which we see it’s on track to be finished by September 2022, and the floating storage unit LNG facility of AG&P that is expected to be completed by second quarter of 2022,” he said.

In the same virtual event, AboitizPower Corp. president and chief executive officer

Emmanuel Rubio said the company hopes to secure the certificate of compliance from the Energy Regulatory Commission (ERC) within the next two months for its Dinginin plant Unit 1.

“We are looking at starting the unit and be(ing) synchronized

by August —between Aug.16 and 19— and hopefully to alleviate the ENOUGH/PAGE 7

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The Many Faces of Oppression

Oppression has many faces and it is committed in various ways but nothing could beat that of a tribal community that had been coerced to live with cows. How was that? Here is the story. The worst of oppression happened in Panalsalan, Maramag, Bukidnon in the late ‘60s when a rich influential man holding a congressional position from a region in the Visayas turned the barrio (the name barangay came later) into a ranch. He came one Christmas day in 1969, distributing “gifts” (P20 per family, P20 in the 60s is now worth P2,000). A month later, that powerful man came back with his armed cowboys, fencing the barrio with barb wires (about 6-feet high) claiming that those “gifts” were his payments for the land that he was transforming into a ranch.

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The loneliest number (Pt.2) Think a minute… A rich and famous couple gave their baby girl the name Sunday.

Her celebrity father explained why. He said: “When you do not have someone in your life…Sunday is the loneliest day…now that I have a family, Sunday has become my happiest day.”

Sadly, many people who have a spouse and children are still terribly lonely. Some are like “married singles.”

They share a house with their spouse, yet they live separate lives like single people. They slowly drift apart and away from the close, caring relationship they first had. Moreover, countless children feel like they are “home alone” with no real security of love, affection, attention, and wise teaching from their parents.

Today in cities people are crowded closer together physically, yet they are pushed further apart emotionally, so they have very few close and meaningful relationships.

Millions live lonely lives while they are surrounded by p e opl e e ve r y w he re.

Although they spend every day with hundreds

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KLAUS DORING One should not lose one's temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end. Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret. Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame. There are hundreds of quotations.

Not all are very helpful.

Have you ever been really angry? I was. And that's okay.

We all hear a lot about letting go of anger, curbing our temper, and learning anger management techniques.

a young student leader and as the editor of our school organ then, publishing a feature article entitled, “ A Barrio in a Cage.” When that was published, the cowboys came, attacking me in the dorm with threats to kill me.

It was by all means a barrio with a chapel and an elementary school building, a barrio hall and hundreds of houses but was fenced like a “concentration camp.” So difficult to live with cows, I concluded then because cows would enter school premises and even would dirty the chapel. Worse, cows were destroying cornfield and all other crops in the farms, to the detriment of the tribe’s livelihood who were then living in extreme poverty. Every time they would throw stones at the cows to drive them away from eating their crops, they would be arrested, charged for “malicious mischief.” In

fact, 19 Manobos had to sleep in prison in Maramag for shooing away the cows eating their corn in the cornfield.

So desperate a father had mixed poison (Thiodan) in the food of his family at dinnertime and when everyone was dead, he drank the remaining poison. Going around the barrio, I saw a burnt house and was told that a man just burned his house to end it all. That happened five decades ago but until now the picture of that barrio heavily fenced like a “concentration camp” is still vivid in the inner recesses of my thoughts, wondering if justice had been done to our oppressed Lumads in the hinterlands.

When I wrote about it, I was threatened. In fact, I was arrested. I remember, no less than Sen. Diokno and Sen. Tanada pleaded for my release. Yes, red tagging is not only happening now.

JHAN TIAFAU HURST of students at school, many young people do not have one close friend. Even that guy who is always joking and the life of the party may actually be deeply lonely, so he keeps desperately trying to win people’s approval and friendship.

R e m e m b e r, i n t h e b e g i n n i n g o f c r e at i o n loneliness was the first thing God said was not good. That is why He created woman: to share life with man. In fact, He made us humans specifically to share His love and life together with Him and each other. That is why God is the only One Who can take away your loneliness and fill that emptiness in NUMBER/PAGE 7

ORLAN R. RAVANERA Yes, there is no “turning of barrio or barangay into ranch now;” but the new face of Lumad oppression is even worse: the transformation of the land, the choicest, into massive plantations, planting all kinds of fruits and palm oil, not for us, but to satisfy the consumerist and materialistic lifestyle of foreign people, far beyond their share of the world’s natural resources.

In fact, there is tremendous commercialization of land now in Mindanao and our OPPRESSION/PAGE 7

Is anger bad?

On the spiritual path, sages and gurus remind us that everyone and everything is to be forgiven and that peace and tranquility is what we all need to strive for. Anger is deemed counterproductive, useless or even destructive to our spiritual well-being and happiness. It is considered a “negative emotion” that we should reject in others and deny in ourselves. With such advice, it is no wonder that most of us shrink with guilt after our feathers get ruffled and we speak out in anger at someone we love.

Well, in truth, a little anger is go o d and has a function that benefits human consciousness. Used positively, anger makes us healthy, wealthy and wise and is one key to happiness. As you read this my dear readers, I can see your incredulous faces and your eyes wide open.

When we feel angr y about a situation we are facing or at a person who is challenging us in some way, our anger is a signal and warning that something is out of balance. As a warning, anger saves us the grief of sitting still and doing nothing about a situation or when circumstances require a positive change.

By witnessing and understanding anger in others we can see how destructive it can be, but we can also see its merits in many situations.

I learned that anger turned to passion helps me achieve my dreams and even how it can champion the lives of others. At least that's how it was for me in the past.

Anger teaches us to develop a stronger personality so that we succeed in life and develop spiritual muscles to truly contribute something meaningful to the world.

Let's always be forgiving “Lord, if my brother sins against me, how often must I forgive him? As many as seven times?” (Mt 18,21) Peter asked this question to Christ.

Peter was actually being very gracious by suggesting that one should forgive seven times. But Christ went beyond all that. “Not only seven times, but seventy-seven times,” which actually means always!

Christ wants us to be forgiving always as he himself has been and will always be forgiving to all of us. If we understand our humanity as being patterned after Christ, then we have to realize that like Christ, we have to be forgiving always. Even if some offenders of ours have not yet asked forgiveness from us, like Christ just before he died on the cross, we should offer forgiveness to them.

We have to remember that we can only be forgiven of our

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sins if we also forgive others of theirs. Christ made this point clear when he said, “Forgive and you shall be forgiven.”

(Lk 6,37) He reiterated this injunction when he said: “For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father will forgive you also your offences. But if you do not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive you your offences.” (Mt 6,14-15) It’s clear therefore that we can only be forgiven if we also forgive others.

This injunction is meant for everyone, and not only for a few whom we may consider to be religiously inclined. That’s why when asked how many times we should forgive, he said not only seven times, but seventy times seven, meaning always.

That’s also why he easily forgave the woman caught in adultery. And to those whom he cured of their illnesses, it

was actually the forgiveness of their sins that he was more interested in.

To top it all, Christ allowed himself to die on the cross as a way to forgive all of our sins, and to convert our sins through his resurrection as a way to our own redemption.

What he did for us he also expects, nay, commands that we also do for everybody else.

If C h r i s t c a n o f f e r forgiveness to those who crucified him—and there can be no worse evil than killing Christ who is God—why do we find it hard to offer forgiveness to others?

All of us sin one way or another. The awareness of this truth is not meant to depress us but rather to keep us humble and always feeling in need of God. We should be wary when we would just depend solely on our own resources to tackle this predicament. We need

Maybe, you are under a verbal attack: believe me, a healthy response is anger.

Rather than cowering in fear or retracting and feeling even more vulnerable, a little anger can push to yell out a resounding “Stop”.

Remember, I said little anger.

Believe me, the "I don't care attitude" is not always the right decision. "Bahala na - bahala -ka"? When we get riled up when confronted with circumstances that just seem unfair, our anger moves us deeply and points out what matters most to us.

If you stop to think about it, anger has likely been the great motivator of change in your life. Maybe you finally ended a toxic relationship after years of putting up with someone who discouraged you or who even abused you.

You probably were angry with yourself for putting up with ANGER/PAGE 7

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ROY CIMAGALA God. The awareness of this truth should also help us to develop the attitude to forgive one another as quickly as possible, since that is the only way we can be forgiven. When we find it hard to forgive others, it is a clear sign that we are full of ourselves, are self-righteous, proud and vain. It is a clear sign that we are not yet with Christ.

We have to continually check on our attitude towards FORGIVING/PAGE 7

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Piñol, Bambi lead groundbreaking of Naawan community nursery

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HE provincial government of Misamis Oriental headed by Governor Bambi Emano spearheaded two events last Wednesday, August 11.

Governor Bambi Emano in partnership with MSUNaawan led the Ceremonial Signing of MOA for the Establishment of Community Based Tree Nursery Project

amounting to P240,000.00 in Brgy. Sinalac, Initao, Brgy.

Upper Malubog, Manticao, Brgy. Lubilan and Tagbalogo in Naawan which aims to address issues of unmet demand for seedlings and to expand agroforestry system for stability of food production, income and environment.

Alongside, Governor Bambi spearheaded the Launching

of Naawan New Town Center and Groundbreaking of 3-Storey Multi-Purpose Building of Naawan worth P180,000,000.00.

Both events transpired in Brgy. Linangkayan, Naawan, Misamis Oriental which attended by Board Members Hon. Dexter Yasay, Hon. Gerardo Sabal III, Hon. Syremae Emano, Hon.

Nancy Madjos along with them are PAGRO Head Jose Apollo Pacamalan, PAGROAgricultural Biosystem and Engineering Chief Engr.

Evy Cabucos, Chancellor of MSU-Naawan Dr. Elnor Roa, Ph.D., LGU-Naawan Mayor Hon. Dennis Roa, Vice Mayor Hon. Jaime Roa, MinDA Chairperson Mr. Emmanuel Manny Pinol, Philippine

Carabao Center Regional Director Mr. Lowell Paraguas, PhilFIDA Region 10 OIC Mr. Roques Pepito, NEWTECH Pulp Incorporation Managing Director Petra Bursian, DBP President Mr. Emmanuel Herbosa and Brgy. Captains of Naawan.

Hence, the minimum health standards were being observed in the said events. PIO

New Normal Educ: Salutation to Education Practitioners EREN J. YOBERO T-I, Aloran Trade High School Division of Misamis Occidental

This education in the new normal has led the country to its own challenge.

With the various necessity to pursue education amid pandemic, our system had to overhaul 360degrees in order to address the endless and varied problems of learners, meet the demands of technology and develop strategies of distance learning.

All of these were concerns of students and parents alike which were mandated to all the teachers to follow. With the implementation of this in school year 2020-2021, everybody was struggling. Rumors, negative feedbacks and criticisms were everywhere.

Because of that, I found the value of teaching and I appreciated all the teachers who embraced the challenges last school year and bravely took for granted all the ‘not so’ helpful clichés of criticisms around them. Instead,

they protected the system by just being a good follower.

Almost everyone, if not all, felt frustrated and devastated caused by the new normal education. But to us teachers who stood steady and like a vaccine that fought a virus, we also fought for our learners’ continuing education. My salute to all of us!

As this year commenced, we can now looked back on the days where we ran out of time for module production and distribution. Those times where we could not distribute our modules because our printers and riso machines ran out of ink as well. Those times where we use riso paper instead of coupon bond because stocks were running out in the market too. Those times when some teachers borrowed tablets or laptops from the school because even laptops were no longer available in

stores as users increased because of virtual and online learning purposes.

Those times where some teachers had to visit barangays or houses for module distribution and retrieval, or home visited for student follow ups.

Those times where grades became impossible because some students did not comply their outputs but still we had to exhaust all means to make it.

Those times where complying all the necessary documents in Form 10 for student promotion became at stake because it lacked school records for transferees or PSA birth certificate.

Those happy moments of work from home arrangements or skeletal set up at work.

There are still a lot to say. But above all, I commend all our patience and dedication to establish job at home or at school. Truly, we are HEROES of our own image.

PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF NEW MODE OF LEARNING TO STUDENTS

By BELINDA O. MALARAN Master Teacher I Gracia Elementary School Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental

The new corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has resulted in a significant loss of human life around the world and poses an unprecedented threat to public health, food systems, the workplace, and education. People across the world were subjected to not only the risk of death from the viral infection, but also to tremendous psychological pressure because of the epidemic.

The epidemic's continued expansion, tight isolation measures, and delays in the opening of schools, colleges, and institutions across the country are expected to have an impact on college students' mental health. The epidemic's psychological impact on the public, patients, medical personnel, children, and the elderly

has been documented.

In the new normal set up of education, where face-to-face is completely deferred, schools engaged in online and modular learning.

Challenges occur when some students are trying to adjust to the new set up. Some feel hopelessness and stress due to lack of resources to use in their studies. Common factors such as slow or not stable internet connection, faulty and outdated gadgets and internet connection and data expenses etc. impact the way student pursue their quality education and it affects negatively to their mental and well-being. Increasing level of anxiety and stress decreased the performance of the students in their studies. As a result, they might

gain failing remarks or worse they may stop schooling. These negative emotions are not only affecting their studies, but it can also affect their social and over all well-being.

Considering that lack of resources and mental health suppor t are the main causes of psychological distress of students. Some schools and universities offer free gadget, free internet data and mental health support to aid their educational and psychological health needs. There is still light and hope to fulfil the dreams of every student even in this time of pandemic. With the help, love and support of the school, parents, individuals with generous heart and the efforts and determination of the students, everything can be possible.

Zairah Ayonayon overwhelms with joy as she is crowned Bb. El Salvador 2021 Thursday in El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental. BB. EL SALVADOR 2021 OFFICIAL VIDEO SCREENSHOT

Climate change amidst pandemic

By HONESTY M. AGAD Teacher I Misamis Occidental National High School Oroquieta City

IT is important that efforts geared towards economic recovery must go hand in hand with climate change response strategies like disaster risk management and preparedness.

The world is experiencing dual crises: Covid-19 and climate change. Both crises have led to significant loss of lives, extremely affected vulnerable and disadvantaged individuals, and pushed some healthcare systems to the maximum.

Furthermore, climate change impacts like droughts affect clean water access which in turn limits personal and household hygiene thereby facilitating the spread of Covid-19.

Similarly, climate change impacts like floods lead to increased health related concerns by exposing the communities to diseases like meningitis, malaria and cholera yet the health centres, especially at the district level are already under pressure.

A d d i t i o n a l l y, t h e Covid-19 pandemic may

further strain livelihoods and resources already affected by climate change.

L i k e c l i m at e c h a n g e , Covid-19 will affect the poorer and the vulnerable people most. This calls for the need to invest in climate resilient health systems so that our health systems are prepared for both calamities.

It is predicted that C ov id-19 w i l l remain a p a r t of o u r f ut u re akin to climate change.

Therefore, as the country continues to respond to and address Covid-19, it is important that efforts geared towards economic recovery must go hand in hand with climate change response strategies like disaster risk management and preparedness. The alignment of responses to both crises will guarantee that both crises are e f fe c t ively a d d re ss e d.

This w i l l a ls o ensure the reduction of risks while building resilient i n s t i t u t i o n s t h at c a n respond to known and unknown shocks.

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the possibility of irreversible changes to the climate, often called tipping points.

It cites, for example, that forests could start to die as temperatures rise, as they become less able to absorb carbon dioxide, leading to further warming. Another possibility is the collapse of the Antarctic ice sheets, leading to rapid sea level rise.

“The probability of lowlikelihood, high impact outcomes increases with higher global warming levels,” the report notes. “Abrupt responses and tipping points of the climate system, such as strongly increased Antarctic ice sheet melt and forest dieback, cannot be ruled out.”

It a d ds t hat hu man activities are the main drivers of climate change.

“It is unequivocal that human influence has warmed the atmosphere, ocean and land,” it concludes.

Yet, while the report says

that widespread and sustained reductions in emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases would limit climate change, it emphasizes that stabilizing global temperatures could take 20-30 years, although benefits for air quality would come quickly.

The Paris Agreement aims to stabilize temperatures at 1.50C above pre-industrial levels by the end of the century.

In a press release, the IPCC, however, said climate change is not just about temperature but also “multiple changes in different regions, which will all increase with further warming.”

Among these changes will be more intense rainfall and associated flooding, as well as more intense drought in many regions, disruptions in rainfall patterns, continuing sea level rise throughout the century, amplified permafrost thawing and melting of glaciers and ice sheets, and ocean acidification, the press

Pandemic parenting: Its challenges

By ESTELLA S. ABREGANA

Incredibly, more than half a billion children have been forced to become virtualschool learners as they shelter in their homes, while parents, siblings, and other family members have taken on the new role of learning facilitators, pseudoteachers, and coaches. Many teachers, families, and learners have been unprepared for this sudden shift, bringing some of the hardships and issues of increased parental involvement to the surface while engaging and trying to assist their children in various levels and types of distance learning.

Parental involvement is an important factor for learner achievement i n t r a d it i on a l s c h o o l settings. Parent support has demonstrated significant contributions to the success of learners in a virtual learning environment.

However, parents must take on new and unfamiliar roles and responsibilities as their children participate in online education while experiencing increasing instructional responsibility for their child’s learning.

With this, parents often struggle with understanding the role they should play in their children's online and modular learning.

Feelings of parents towards remote learning are mixed. Some parents feel more connected to their child’s schoolwork while others see this as an additional burden.

Study revealed the most challenging and favorable aspects of online learning for parents, keeping their ch i l d re n on s ch e du l e while completing their coursework as the former and interactions with the child's online teachers as the latter. In addition, schools and teachers simply do

not have enough guidance to improve the parental engagement experience, especially with the effective use of technology.

Challenges that may impact parental involvement in remote learning settings include economic resources, lack of internet access, lack of interest of in using technology, and having low digital self-efficacy. Parents become a learning coach for learners who spend a significant amount of their day in an online setting.

Moreover, according to (Borup, 2016), teachers have identified the following parental scaffolds as helpful to the virtual learner : organizing and managing learners' schedules, (b) nurturing relationships a n d i nt e r a c t i on s , ( c ) monitoring and motivating student engagement, and (d) instructing students as necessary.

It is obvious thes e concerns may stem from the parents’ readiness levels.

Since the pandemic was so sudden and unsuspected, parents were unprepared for this shift. That’s why they would have difficulties balancing their work, home, and teaching responsibilities.

Their workplaces were not prepared as well. Parents were attempting to work remotely or unable to work, while caring for children and trying to help them with their education, with no clarity on how long this closure would last.

Just keeping children on task and safe at home was recognized as disconcerting duty.

Thus, parenting in time of the pandemic is taking its toll among parents also.

It is not easy, however, parents must be of optimum wellness as children depends so much on parents.

release said.

The Philippines, Mindanao in particular, has experienced severe climate events linked to the warming of the earth’s temperature, most notable of which was Typhoon Sendong (Washi) in December 2011 and Typhoon Pablo (Bopha) in December 2012.

Sendong triggered flooding in the cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan which claimed around 1,500 lives.

Pablo hit Davao Oriental and several other parts of Mindanao, killing over 1,000 people.

Provinces across the island have also experienced more floods and droughts in recent decades.

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Buenafe said that before he issued the work stopp age ord e r, Nanc y Fishing Corporation was given 24 hours to submit a safety investigation report as required by Republic Act No. 11058 and Department Order No. 198, series of 2018.

“Wh i l e t h e WS O i s directed only to the vessel, DOLE is looking into all similar vessels (fish carriers) that might have similar or in a related situation,” he said.

The official added they have formed a technical working group composed of DOLE, the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and other agencies, and “agreed to do measures in order to prevent similar experience with other deep sea fishing companies

with similar maritime vessels particularly fish carriers.”

The company has been required to present on Aug. 12 to technical inspectors it s st and ard op e r at i ng procedures in opening its hull, a document showing that the victims and the rest of the crew members had personal protective equipment, and a safety and health program identifying common hazards and measures to reduce and prevent risks for workers.

In an interview, PCG Zamboanga City Division Commander Jesse Guiniling said the PCG Safety Investigation Team is doing its own investigation.

According to the team’s initial findings, around 6 a.m. Thursday, Joseph Oro instructed Marjon Oro and Lamag to clean the fish storage compartment using a submersible pump to suck the water out.

The boat captain specifically ordered his men to remove the water that had accumulated due to the melted ice that was mixed with fragments of decomposing fish in said compartment.

The PCG report quoted the boat’s chief engineer, Sonny Morales, as saying that after a few minutes, Oro and Lamag began shouting for help as they experienced shortness of breath and dizziness.

The boat captain and Caspe proceeded to the fish storage compartment to help, but they also experienced the same symptoms.

Morales went to the

upper deck and found his four colleagues already unconscious inside the fish storage compartment. He then informed their company about the incident and directed other mariners to assist in rescuing the victims.

C h i e f Mat e Ju a n i t o Ibañez Jr. maneuvered the vessel towards YL Wharf in Barangay Talisayan, where they arrived around 7 a.m.

Guiniling said the medical explanation was “interpreted with clarity as gas poisoning.”

He said that after their initial investigation DOLE ordered the boat cordoned and not to be touched “until te ch n i c a l e x p e r t s w it h

complete safety apparatus and equipment to identify the gaseous and poisonous substance.”

“We never thought that these fishing companies are keeping spoiled fish which are mixed with the stored catch,” Buenafe said.

He said only the experts’ findings would erase speculations on what really caused the death of the four crew members.

Ju lius D aniel, t he c o m p a n y ’s o p e r a t i o n s manager has assured the victims’ families of assistance, including scholarships for their children. (Frencie L. Carreon/MindaNews)

First NCCS Virtual End-of-School Year Rites By: JAY T. HEBIA

End-of-School-Year rites have never been unique as the school had this year.

Conferring the DepEd Memorandum 027, s. 2021 re: Conduct of the K to 12 Basic Education Program End-ofSchool Year Rites for School Year 20202021 the North City Central School was able to conduct the End-of-School-Year rites last July 16, 2021, through an online link created and school Facebook page airing. It was virtually conducted for the safety of all learners and school personnel focusing the theme Kalidad ng Edukasyon Lalong Patatagin sa Gitna ng Pandemya (Strengthening the Quality of Education Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic). Thus, highlight that amid all the challenges brought by the pandemic, the learner’s right to inclusive and quality education, and to safety from the health risks of COVID-19 must be given a priority.

Virtual End-of-School Year rites were conducted and given to learners

who satisfactorily meet the curriculum requirements at the end of the said school year considering the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency. It was to ensure the safeguard of the health and safety of learners, teachers, parents as well as the school stakeholders. It specifies the prohibition of face-toface school programs and ceremony.

Moreover, North City Central School with the leadership of the school principal Dr. Arnold P. Tejero, ESP IV with his Assistant to the Principal, Jay T. Hebia, Head Teacher I proudly present the successful conduct of the school year-end rites with 174 Grade 6 completers and 109 kindergartens. The virtual broadcasting of this ceremony was successfully aired on social media such as school Facebook web page and online link created with the help of ICT expert in the person of Mr. Reinar A. Vega, Teacher I and Text to Teach School coordinator acting as video

editor, producer, and the master of ceremony at the same time. Everyone involved in the ceremony wore their simple and refined Filipiniana and Barong Tagalog to give reverence to the National clothes of Filipinos and to show formality of the event.

Special guest speakers were also included in the flow of the program. For the Grade 6 level we had Engr. Vincent Corbita from District 1, DPWH, and Ms. Junedale Rani D. Apdian of University of Science and Technology of Southern Philippines. Most of all, the inspiring messages from DepEd Secretary Leonor Magtolis Briones to Regional Director IV Arturo B. Bayocot, City Mayor Oscar S. Moreno, Schools Division Superintendent Cherry Mae L. Limbaco were also heard in the ceremony. Thus, tells a great victory from a COVID-19 school year challenge. This signified a victory over COVID-19 School Year.

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your heart. He is the only One able to give you real love that will never leave or fail you.

Our loneliness is actually our homesickness. We all have rebelled against our Father and Maker and ran away from home so we could live our own wrong way. But His arms are always open to forgive and welcome you back. In fact, He loves you so much that He died to make the only way for you to come home to Him. All you need to do is sincerely ask Him to forgive you for all your wrong living, and to become your Lord, Father and Friend. Jesus knows exactly what you’re feeling and going through every moment of the day. If you turn to Him He will guide and help you every step of the way. Won’t you take that first, most important step back to Him today? Just think a minute.

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Indigenous Peoples are illegally deprived of their lands through corporate globalization. In cohort with powers-that-be, these choicest of lands are converted into plantations not only for fruits but bio-fuel, this time jeopardizing our food security and ecological integrity as toxic chemicals are massively applied. Of the eight chemicals being used, be pesticides or herbicides, EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late EMMA H. DOLOGUIN who died on April 24, 2016 in Cagayan de Oro City, at the time of her death left a certain parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-130988 situated in the Barangay of Carmen, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of NINETY (90) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL PARTITION WITH SALE, filed by the heirs of EMMA H. DOLOGUIN, in favor of MARICHO C. REBOLLIDO, per DOC #429; PAGE #43; BOOK #XIX; Series of 2016 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. SALVADOR O. PACANA BWM: Aug. 13, 20 & 27, 2021

EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That the late NASSER B. MUNDER, who died on February 1, 2021 at Jeddah, Saudi Arabia without any will; that the said decedent, at the time of his death, left certain Conjugal real properties with T-170877 situated in Barangay of Upper Balulang, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao containing an area of ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY SQ.M (180), personal properties left with a. Landbank Account (4748442470026967) B. PNB (410100071107) C. Metrobank (7532001150) D. AL JAWWAL BANK/ SAMBA BANKA (818-038325001 RIYAL ACCOUNT DOLLAR ACCOUNT (8-8-038325-080) and has been the subject of an EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADMINISTRATOR, filed by the heirs of NASSER B. MUNDER, per DOC #282; PAGE #57; BOOK #14; Series of 2021 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. PALAWAN S. LUCMAN, JR. BWM: July 30, Aug. 6 & 13, 2021

seven are already banned in other countries. In fact, based on my research, many of these Trans-National Corporations are banned to enter Puerto Rico for causing cancer to the Puerto Ricans. Where did they go? Mindanao!

You want to know the many faces of oppression of our Indigenous Peoples?

Well, don’t you know that in the last 5 years, about 63 IP leaders have been murdered?

For what? For resisting land grabbing of their ancestral domains as shown by my friend, Mr. Ceazar Soriano in his PTV4 Program, “AGAW LUPA, AGAW BUHAY.” Tama na ang pang-aapi. Sila po as Tao hindi basura!

Look at our wily politicians especially those who dare to monopolize power through political dynasties. While our Fundamental Law prohibits political dynasties, the same cannot be translated into laws for the simple reason that such goes against their vested interest. I wonder how much of the outpourings of funds go to the pockets of these deceitful politicians, that is why some, if not many, were buying votes. Like vampires, they suck the country dry.

They make gargantuan raking from contracts on special projects or from cartels, corporations, or monopolies that they have given favors to. I know that there are laws legislated to advance their benefactor’s interest.

Well, if you are in control economically, you must also be in control politically. So if you cannot run because politics is not your forte, better support a winning candidate who will protect your interest. That is res ipsa loquitor. (The thing speaks for itself.) Many politicians were backed-up by big businesses and TNCs. There are leaders who are posturing themselves as spiritual liberators, but when DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:

That the late PEDRO E. TEODORO and the late SOLEDAD RAMOS TEODORO, at the time of their death left a certain parcel of land with Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-1630 situated in the Poblacion of the Municipality of Talakag, Province of Bukidnon, containing an area of SIXTY SIX THOUSAND EIGHTY (66,080) square meters, more or less, and has been the subject of an DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE, filed by the heirs of PEDRO E. TEODORO and SOLEDAD RAMOS TEODORO, per DOC #50; PAGE #10; BOOK #85; Series of 2018 under the Notarial Registry of ATTY. QUINTILIANITO S. BABARIN, JR. BWM: Aug. 13, 20 & 27, 2021

truly unmasked are nothing but perpetuators of colonial mentality that imprisons the poor people to a mind that makes them willing victims of oppression. How dare they use religion as a means of conquering the mind to a thinking that would make them forever poor.

Well, oppression is not alien to us Filipinos. For 400 years until 1946, our country had been an outright colony of imperial powers. And since 1946, we have lived as a nation state, sovereign and independent but so under the overwhelming influence of highly developed countries that have been exploiting our natural resources. When the imperial powers ended that rule over us, the oligarchs have replaced them following the same str uc tures of oppression and exploitation.

That is called, Post Colonial Period where a new breed of colonialists rule.

I firmly believe that l i b e r at i o n d a y i s f a s t approaching against these many faces of oppression imposed upon our people.

Oppressors do not know that in the silence of those they have oppressed, the awa kening pro cess has already begun. True, there were those who have opted to leave the country to liberate themselves from poverty, from oppressive structures.

But the majority has decided to stay to fight for their dignity, for what is right and for what is just. QUO VADIS PINOY? FOR OPPRESSION OR FOR LIBERATION?!!!

and indignation individuals displayed in response to the same stressors, the lower their responses,” said Lerner.

Just about everyone knows a little temper tantrum can be invigorating and a relief. But anger can be deadly when it is simmers over time and no steam is allowed to escape.

Anger is in itself neither good nor bad—it's what you do with it that matters. ...

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their remarks for so long, clinging to them hoping they would change. When you finally were fed up enough to let your anger win, it gave you the potent power of courage to end it. Only when we get mad enough to change the direction of our lives can we earn self-respect.

Allow me to mention the following in 2014 published stor y : A 2005 study by professor of psychology, Jennifer Lerner, at Carnegie Mellon University, showed that people who responded to stress producing situations with short-term anger possessed a sense of control and optimism that was lacking with those who responded with fear. The more fear individuals in the study displayed in response to the stressors, the higher their biological responses to stress.

“By contrast, the more anger

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ot he rs b e c aus e to d ay ’s dominant culture is filled precisely by the viruses of self-righteousness, that feeling that we are superior to others, etc. These viruses make it hard for us to be forgiving to others. We have to do constant battle against that culture.

We have to be forgiving always because at the end of the day, no matter what sins and offenses we commit, we are all brothers and sisters in Christ, obliged to love one another. And forgiveness is the ultimate sign of love.

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government, Davao City Covid-19 Task Force, and the City Health Office (CHO).

“Let us wait when the vaccination site opens since you already have a schedule on that day. It’s not necessary to be there at 3 a.m., 4 a.m., or 5 a.m.,” Schlosser advised.

She also urged Dabawenyos to report or notify the authorities if such irregularity is happening.

"Before we accept such a claim, we will ask you to give us concrete evidence so you can help us stop this kind of behavior. We have been regulating our activities to prevent a similar incident from happening. If indeed it already happened or when it happens, please notify us,” Schlosser said.

(PNA)

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indicated that they are already drawing up contingency measures – especially during the election period, given the fact that brownouts are often blamed as trigger to election cheating.

Already, the National Electrification Administration (NEA) has been mandating electric cooperatives to pursue a three-pronged approach when it comes to ensuring sufficient electricity supply during the election period – and that shall be until to the conclusion of the canvassing of votes.

N E A Ad m i n i s t r at o r Edgardo R. Masongsong p o i nt e d o u t “ i f t h e r e would be ‘lights out, we are actually addressing that with embedded generation to be installed with the electric cooperatives.”

By that, the NEA chief expounded that electric cooperatives can buy gensets to tie them over not just within the May 2022 election timeframe, but also for the whole duration of summer months next year.

“Especially for the ECs in Luzon, we can have embedded generation as a way to address the power crisis… so if there’s a projection for lights out, that will be the best option,”Masongsong stressed.

N E A D e put y Administrator Artis Nikki L. Tortola added that “the electric cooperatives, together with the NEA, are actually looking into several options and strategies in order for the coops to be spared from possible blackouts during summer months.”

The other short-term remedial measures that the ECs can employ, according to Masongsong, will be enabling the interruptible load program (ILP), or the process wherein they shall encourage customers with self-generating facilities to switch them on, so that grid supply can be eased and power interruptions can be minimized if not totally avoided.

“In the event that there’s really no capacity that will come in and ‘lights out’ are anticipated, the ECs can activate the ILP as an option…it will be a big help if

the ILP will be appropriately tapped by the ECs,” the NEA chief specified.

Beyond that, he emphasized that an alternative could also be demand-side management; wherein power customers will have to be encouraged to practice energy efficiency and conservation in their energy usage.

The longer term fix, Masongsong noted, will be for the ECs to have sufficient supply contracting and for them to undertake their competitive selection process (CSP) before their power supply agreements (PSAs) will fall due.

“We have been calling all the ECs to review their power supply contracts with existing power suppliers and for them to undergo CSP as early as five years before the expiration of their contracts,” he said.

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For the Unit 2 of the same power plant, the AboitizPower executive said the firm aims to begin the commissioning by mid-March next year.

Rubio added the projects face some delays due to travel restrictions brought by the coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) as there are limitations in bringing technical foreign advisers for the projects.

“As a generator, what we would like to make sure is that all our plants are running. And I’ve already said that the only time power plants are recovering their investments is when their plants are running,” he said.

(PNA)

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Cebu Landmasters brings back virtual homefest with exclusive deals and promos for homebuyers

Exclusive promos and incentives await buyers who want to embrace their dream homes as leading developer in VisMin Cebu Landmasters, Inc. (CLI) is set to launch the second edition of its muchanticipated CLI Homefest from August 18 to October 18.

After a successful run early this year, the CLI Homefest returns for the second time around to help future homeowners avail of their dream homes by enjoying extraordinary perks and comfortable payment terms.

The CLI Homefest is a virtual sales event that showcases the listed company’s safe and secure residential developments that are up for grabs in all of its 15 key cities in Visayas and Mindanao.

This includes projects currently available in CLI’s

inventory, featuring three of its coveted residential segments, Casa Mira, Garden Series, and Premier Masters.

Participating residential brands across Vismin include Casa Mira, Velmiro Heights, One Paragon Place, Terranza Residences, Mandtra Residences, One Astra Place, Base Line Prestige, Citadines Paragon Davao and 38 Park Avenue.

CLI further elevates this buyer journey with an exclusive buyer-seller raffle promo that offers customers and partner sellers with an array of incentives for every reserved unit, such as hotel accommodations, appliances, gadgets, gift certificates and more.

Buyers who reserve a unit during the homefest are entitled to promo discounts on selected projects and a P50,000

worth of appliance gift certificate, which will be given upon turnover of the unit. Some projects also offer stretched equity payment of up to 48 months to ensure buyers enjoy comfortable payment terms amid the pandemic.

Qualified for the raffle and promo are closed

reservations made from August 18 to October 18, 2021.

“Our sales performance has always been outstanding and this is clearly driven by a sustained housing demand in VisMin. Cebu Landmasters will continue to satisfy this need by

making our developments conveniently accessible to our buyers and partner sellers,” says CLI Vicepresident for Sales, Rose Yulo.

Cebu Landmasters recently achieved record high reservation sales of P8.5 billion in the first half of the year, a 14 percent

increase from the previous year. In addition, the company remains on target to help fill the Vismin housing backlog in the Philippines, as reported

by Leechiu Property Consultants.

The CLI homefest is one of the various initiatives of CLI, as it amplifies its digital presence to streamline growing buyer inquiries by digitizing end-to-end transactions through various channels.

“Through the CLI Homefest, it’s also high time we give back to our patrons, especially those who are looking for safe and secure homes in this time of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Yulo.

To know more about the CLI Homefest, visit the Cebu Landmasters Facebook page at www.facebook.com/ cebulandmastersOFFICIAL