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Briefly Alaga Ka ILIGAN City -- Philhealth Local Health Insurance Office (LHIO), Iligan City/ Lanao del Norte, in collaboration with the Provincial Government of Lanao del Norte distributed ALAGA KA Member Data Record (MDR) at the Mindanao Civic Center gymnasium, Tubod, Lanao del Norte on July 24, 2014. In Iligan City, the 2-day ALAGA KA caravan was set on July 26- 27 (Saturday and Sunday) at the Iligan City Plaza, distributed the MDR to the beneficiaries at the city’s barangays, to include the distribution of 2014 PhilHealth Identification cards sponsored by the local government. The Philhealth Coverage is a program of the National Government which benefits not only the member but also the qualified dependents like the parents age 60 years old and above, legal wife/husband, including children age 20 years old and below.
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AVAO C i t y - - T h e National Commission on Indigenous Peoples (NCIP) ne e ds to g ive its recommendation first before a joint city council committee can draft a report regarding the request of Aboitiz Power Corp. for its proposed geothermal power plant project in Mount Apo. In a phone interview, Councilor Louie John Bonguyan, a member of the energy committee, said he told Manuel Orig, Aboitiz Power First Vice President for ncip/PAGE 7
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Normin economy grows by 5.6% in 2013 By APIPA P. BAGUMBARAN, Contributor
Bangsamoro office MARAWI City -- The newlyrefurbished building of the Office of the Regional Governor (ORG) in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) located in Cotabato City was inaugurated Wednesday, July 30, in an occasion that is festive and symbolic of the present administration’s brand of leadership. ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman, who led the inauguration, said they are formally renaming the building as the Office of the Bangsamoro People to emphasize a propeople and inclusive leadership. “Gusto nating iparamdam na itong opisina ay hindi lamang office ng Regional Governor. Opisina ‘to ng ating mga kababayan at kabahagi sila dito,” he said. Hataman said the 32-hectare compound housing the different offices of the ARMM government will now be called the Bangsamoro People’s Complex.
NORTHERN Mindanao economy posted a 5.6 percent growth in 2013, according to the National Statistical Coordination Board (NSCB). However, the growth was lower than the 7.2 percent growth recorded by the region in 2012, Brenda Lynn M. Castro, Statistical Coordination Officer IV of the NSCB-10, said in a news conference today. Castro said the slowdown w a s at t r i b u t e d t o t h e decelerated growths in the Industry and Service sectors. Although the Agriculture, Hunting, Forestry and Fishing (AHFF) sector experienced acceleration with a growth
of 3.2 percent from 2.5 percent in 2012, she said its improved performance was not enough to sustain the region’s economic growth as the two major sectors showed decelerated growths. The Service sector grew at a slower pace in 2013 at 5.9 percent compared to its 8.8 percent growth in 2012 while the Industry sector slowed down from 8.9 percent in 2012 to 7.0 percent in 2013. All the subsectors in Services, except Financial Intermediation and Other services, posted decelerated growths. Financial Intermediation grew faster economy/PAGE 7
BEST IN RESORTS AND TOURISM. Department of Tourism 10 Regional Director Chan presents the 2014 Outstanding Mindanao Leaders’ awardee for Resorts and Tourism Development category Engr. Elpie Paras, operator of Dahilayan Park during the awarding rites held Saturday at Centrio Mall, Cagayan de Oro City.
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OROQUIETA City – A total of P1,496,640,958.98 have been poured in region 10 for various projects under the Grassroots Participatory Budgeting (GPB) Process of the government, this year. Data gathered by the Department of Interior and Local Government
(DILG) show that this amount is actually higher by 47.36 percent compared to P708,800,000, that was allocated for GPBP projects, in the region’s five provinces for 2013. For merly ca l le d t he B o t t o m - Up B u d g e t i n g (BUB) Process, the GPB is
implemented by the Aquino Administration starting 2013, and run opposite the previous administration’s “Top-to-Bottom” approach in planning/implementation, Sanivier G. Patoc, provincial director of DILG-Misamis Occidental, said. Through the GPB, citizens in local government units are given the opportunity
to identify “interventions that could uplift poverty and develop better government projects and programs for their welfare, especially the indigents,” Patoc said. Patoc said projects listed for GPB implementation were coursed through the national government agencies (NGA) in the provinces, such as: funds/PAGE 7
ICTC formulates Tourism Framework Plan By LORRY V. GABULE, Contributor
ILIGAN City -- Some 30 memb ers of t he Iligan C it y Tou r i s m C ou n c i l (ICTC) converged for the formulation of the tourism framework plan to boost the city’s tourism industry
at the Macaraeg-Macapagal Ancestral House, Timoga, Iligan City, on July 23-24, 2014. With the Reconstitution of Iligan City Tourism Council, we have come
up with this activity- the Iligan City Tourism Council Visioning and Framework Plan Workshop, explained City Tourism Officer Donna Belle G. Olado of Iligan. Participants were composed of representatives f r o m b u s i n e s s s e c t o r,
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A. Brown seeks ERC okay in Cebu coop power deal A U N I T of A . B row n Company, Inc. plans to sell a portion of its generating capacity to a distributor in Cebu, according to an application to regulators for the approval of the two parties’ 15-year power supply deal. Palm Concepcion Power Corp. (PCPC) and Cebu II Electric Cooperative, Inc. (CEBECO II), in a June 16 application released recently, asked for the Energy Regulatory Commission’s authorization to implement their electric power and purchase agreement (EPPA). Under the EPPA, PCPC agreed to supply and deliver 10 megawatts (MW) of electricity to CEBECO II starting June 26, 2016. The electricity will come
from PCPC’s 135-MW coal- 2016, CEBECO II will need Compostela, Daanbantayan, fired power plant that is being an additional 10 MW of Medellin, San Remegio, built in the municipality of power supply,” according to Sogod, Tabogon, Tabuelan and Tuburan, as well as the the application. Concepcion in Iloilo. “The EPPA shall have a The EPPA with PCPC is city of Danao -- all in the term of 15 years commencing intended to provide for this province of Cebu. PCPC was originally a on the initial delivery date,” growth in demand. “The expected additional joint venture of A. Brown’s the petition read. The petition showed that capacity from PCPC even Palm Thermal Consolidated CEBECO II’s franchise area as early as the testing and Holdings Corp. (PTCHC), had a total peak demand commissioning and pre- which holds 70%, and Jin Navitas Resources, Inc. commercial operations of the & of 52.987 MW5 in 2013 -- NEST EAGLES MARKETING SERVICES, INC. (JNRI), which holds 30%. power will contribute the supply for Pabayo-Gomez which came St., Cagayan de Oroplant City * TeleFax: (088) 8524864 * 5eaglesmarketing@hug-marketing.com from National Power Corp. greatly to the improvement PCPC recently attracted “Where you will find Quality Products and Services…” (10 MW); Cebu Energ y of quality, reliability and a new investor ahead of the Development Corp. (13 MW); affordability of electric power commercial operations of its SERVICES delivered to the& consumers of maiden project. and KEPCO-SPC Power PRODUCTS Oriental Knight Limited CEBECO II and the security Corp. (15 MW); Desco, Inc. (1 • Fire Fighting System • 25kvA to 3MW ABC Generators (Europe) i n D e c e mb e r a c qu i re d of supply and stability of the MW). The• remainder is from Fire Detection & Alarm System • 15kV to 72.5kV Electrical Products 30.46% interest in Visayas power grid,” the two the Wholesale Electricity • Emergency Communication System • Installation of 15kV to equity 69kV Lines and PCPC by subscribing for the parties System said. Spot Market. Power Stations • Advanced Security Surveillance remaining unissued “The demand • Building Electrical and Water System shares • SCADAwithin Systemsthe CEBECO II distributes Fibercompany. Optics of the l e c t r i c for i t y •i nWirest h& eCables, CEBECO• II Passenger franchiseElevators area e (Exclusive Schindler Elevators) This left PTCHC with a B ogo, Solutions is expected to grow by 2.2% municipalities •of Marketing Borbon, Carmen, Catmon, a year from 2013. Thus by erc/PAGE 7
Cebu Pacific’s June passenger traffic slows down CEBU Pacific’s passenger traffic nearly breached a double-digit growth in June after peaking in May, based on data from the Gokongweiled budget airline. For the said month, Cebu Pacific carried 1.32 million domestic and international passengers in June, higher by 9.5 percent compared to the 1.20 million in the same period last year. The volume is down from last May, when the company’s traffic rose by 11.3 percent to 1.55 million from 1.29 million due to the seasonal influx of passengers. Jorenz T. Tanada, Cebu Pacific spokesperson, said the growth was brought a b o u t by t h e a i r l i n e’s increased presence in key markets, strategic seat sales and continuous network expansion. Cebu Pacific’s load factor for June, which pertains to number of seats occupied cebupac/PAGE 7
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hink a minute…There was a young, intelligent university student named Bill. Bill was what some people call a “free spirit” or “hippie.” He had wild long hair, always wore the same old and torn T-shirt, jeans and no shoes. Across the street from the university campus was a conservative church. The people there were rich, older and well-dressed. They wanted to help the university students nearby, but they did not know exactly how to do it. Well, one day Bill decided to go visit this church by his university. As usual, he went wearing his only jeans, old, torn T-shirt and his dirty long hair. The church service had already started and was full, so Bill walked down the center aisle looking for a seat. People were getting more and more uncomfortable as they watched this unclean, wildlooking young man. Finally, Bill got to the front and saw there were no more empty seats, so he just sat down on the floor right in front of the preacher. No one had ever done that in this church before! By now, everyone was upset and distracted. Then, a respected old church deacon got up and started toward the front. Everyone was thinking: “You
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can’t blame the deacon, he really should correct this disrespectful young man.” Ever yone was watching. Even the preacher stopped his sermon when the old man finally got to the front. Then, they were all completely surprised to see the old deacon drop his walking stick and very slowly sit down on the floor next to this young hippie. He did not want this young man to sit alone and feel unaccepted. The people in the church were moved to tears. Finally, the preacher said: “What I am preaching about today you will probably never remember. But what you have just seen you will never forget!” Friend, it does not matter how you look or how much money or education you
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Why Did PNoy Cry in His 5th SONA?
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IFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “For everything there is an appointed time, and an appropriate time for every activity on earth…” (Ecclesiastes 3:1, the Holy Bible). -ooo PNOY’S “CROCODILE TEARS”: “Crocodile tears”. “Scripted crying or emoting”. These, and a lot more, were the people’s reactions to the nationally televised shedding of tears of President Aquino on Monday, July 28, 2014, while was winding up his fifth State of the Nation Address, delivered around 700 days before he steps down from power. The reactions were in response to the sur vey question---did you also shed tears when Aquino cried during his SONA---which we posed on Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, a Monday to Friday 6 a.m. morning show at Radyo Agila’s DZEC, aired at 1062 kHz on the AM band. DZEC Malacanang reporter Vic Somintac and I co-host the one hour program, which features s o cio-p olitical commentaries. From the listeners whose text messages came through to answer that survey question, only .06% said they also cried to empathize with the President’s evidentlydistressed emotions. About 99.04% said they didn’t cry with Aquino, for a variety of reasons: he was not telling the
truth about the real state of the nation; he was not sincere in his “good governance” program; he was more concerned about protecting his men than upholding the interest of his countrymen. -ooo WHY DID PNOY CRY IN HIS 5TH SONA? That rare display of emotion by the President caught everybody guessing about the real cause of it all. His supporters, i n c l u d i n g P re s i d e nt i a l Communications Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr., said it was because of his reference to his deceased parents, former President Corazon Aquino and former Sen. Benigno S. Aquino Jr. in his speech. Still, some other s y mp at h i z e r s s a i d t h e presidential tears---which induced a similar teary display of emotion, on national TV too, among his sisters Kris, Biel and Ballsy--- were caused by his near-death experiences courtesy of ambush attempts by rough soldiers when his mother was still president, on account of attempts to unseat her from power, which the President tried to recount with approval from Vice President Jejomar Binay. Critics on the other hand offered a more salacious reason: the tears were in recognition that his days as president are re ally numbered now, and that he would ultimately have to face accusations that he committed plunder, graft, and
bribery of the highest order during his term, which may yet consign him to the same sorry detention in jail while undergoing trial which his predecessors underwent or are undergoing. -ooo PNOY COULD HAVE BEEN A HEALING PRESIDENT: Indeed, the President seemed to have forgotten, in the euphoria of his 2010 victory, that, really, the trouble with hello is goodbye, as a popular romantic ballad, which I am sure he also used to sing during his juvenile days, admonishes. As soon as someone greets another “hello”, the ultimate greeting would always be “goodbye”. The same thing is true with the presidency, even with a president who believes he is his people’s messiah. The unfortunate realization is that, with his tremendous popularity and vast support, he could have chosen to become a healing or a unifying president, offering even his own political enemies genuine reconciliation as a means to direct this longfragmented nation to link hands in an effort to attain peace---politically, militarily, economically and even spiritually---which is a prerequisite to material success. Instead, he chose to continue a legacy of hatred for political adversaries and persecution for anyone who had been perceived as having
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made life difficult for them in the past. Now that his term is ending, Aquino should not be surprised at all that he is leaving a country that is as divided---if not more thoroughly divided---than before. The problem is that he is now bound to be a victim likewise of this destructively divisive politics, whether he likes it or not, for, always, one reaps what one sows. -ooo REMINDERS: Please tune in: “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, at 1062 kHz on the AM band, Mondays to Fridays, at 6 a.m., simulcast, real time, over 1080 kHz in Dagupan City, 711 kHz in Naga City, 1260 kHz in Lucena City, 1224 kHz in Davao City, and worldwide, at www.eaglenews.ph; “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas”, at 103.7 mHz in Don Carlos, Bukidnon, Mondays to Fridays, at 7 a.m.; and “Kakampi Mo Ang Batas” at 801 kHz on the AM band (Panay Island), Mondays to Fridays, at 10 a.m.
The Power of Prayer
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f only we know the great and true power of prayer! Our problem is that we often relegate this duty of ours practically to oblivion, banishing it to exile and branding it ent irely as useless, as just fantasy, too abstract to have any impact on what we consider as the real world. And by real world, we usually mean the world where we simply have to be practical, more concerned about immediate results than about morality, mindful only of worldly values and criteria rather than spiritual and supernatural considerations. But we cannot deny that deep in our heart there is a yearning for some stable contact with the very source of life, of goodness, of a joy without end, of peace that would go on and on, etc. It’s this yearning that, from the subjective point of view, lays the foundation for our need of prayer. We want to know the ultimate causes of things, but many times we abort this desire
just to give way to reasons of practicality. We have to be aware of this bad tendency and do something to correct it. There’s, of course, an objective basis for our need of prayer, but this would require faith which actually is given to us in abundance but which we also have to correspond. The problem lies precisely in our non-correspondence or at least in our inadequate correspondence to this Godgiven faith and many other graces. The objective truth is that we are creatures of a Creator, of whom we have an inkling that he must be all-powerful, all-knowing, all-wise, etc. That inkling is validated and reinforced with the motu proprio revelation the Creator makes of himself and of us and of everything else in life and in the world. According to that revelation, made in full in Christ and perpetually kept and taught by the Church, we have been made in the image and likeness of God
our Creator, endowed with a spiritual soul that enables us through our intellect and will to know and to love, to enter into relationships with everybody else, starting ideally with God himself. We need to learn to pray, because it is in so doing that we get in touch with the very foundation of reality himself, God our Creator and heaven. It is in praying that we keep ourselves spiritually alive and put ourselves in position to know the human and divine meaning of everything that happens in our life. We cannot deny that in all aspects of our life, we have to contend with difficult and complicated issues, problems, and challenges. Whether it is about our v e r y i nt i m at e p r i v at e , personal and spiritual life, or in our collective life of business, politics and work, we unavoidably have to face complicated situations. Wi t h p r a y e r, o u r understanding and reactions to things and events would be deep and
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extensive, going beyond what is merely practical and convenient, what is socially or politically correct, etc. Our understanding and reactions to things and events would be marked by true wisdom and prudence. W h e n w e p r a y, w e somehow would know how to distinguish between what is essential and what is not in any given issue, be it in politics or ethics or whatever. We would know how to work for what is constructive in a given situation rather than contribute to what is destructive and disunitive.
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Sugar Rush: The LAMPCO Success Story FOR the people of a remote village in Misamis Oriental, every coconut tree that still stands and bears fruit is an assurance that they will have food on the table and a roof over their heads. This is a promise fulfilled by the international market’s demand for a special kind of sugar that farmers in barangay Linabu in Balingasag have been producing at such exceptional standards since 2009. Their ticket to success is called coco sugar, a sweetener made from the sap of coconut trees. Coco sugar has been making waves among health advocates all over the world because it has the lowest g lyc e m i c i nd e x among sweeteners. The gylcemic index measures the speed by which blood sugar levels rise after eating a particular food. In Metro Manila, healthconscious people pay at least P300, or more than four times the cost of regular refined sugar, for a kilo of this healthy sweetener recommended even for diabetics. But nobody in barangay Linabu knew this four years ago. Back then, the villagers like Ricardo Labadan and Eric Sumanda took on farm work that could not cover the basic needs of their families. Toiling the land for P120 per
day, they worked three to five days a week, depending on the demand for extra farmhand. The uncertainty of work remained a daily source of concern for them, like any other farm worker in the barangay. Coconut is one of the three major crops in Misamis Oriental and its average provincial yield ranks fifth nationwide. Before coco sugar, farmers were only familiar with copra as the main by-product of coconut, which gave them seasonal income. In 2005, the Philippine Coconut Authority selected barangay Linabu as one of the nursery sites for dwarf coconut propagation. The PCA, in an effort to expand the business possibilities for coconut farmers, introduced other by-products of the coconut tree, such as coco sugar. Unfortunately, when this initial project managed then by the Linabu Coconut Planters Association ended, coco sugar production was not sustained. The farmers became mere supplier of the coco sap to a private trader in the town center, leaving them with the same financially unstable life they had before the project. MORE WORK, MORE PAY Four years later, another government agency sought
to revive the coco sugar potential of Linabu. T h e D e p ar t m e nt of Agrarian Reform launched its Agribusiness Enterprises Development Program and selected Linabu as a site for the coco sugar processing facility. The management of the project was given to the Linabu Agrarian Multipurpose Cooperative (LAMPCO). LAMPCO was established in 1997 with 172 members who are mostly agrarian reform beneficiaries. The fledgling operation of the cooperative got a new lease on life with the DAR’s pilot production of coco sugar. “Shifting to coco sugar was not an easy decision for farmers,” LAMPCO general manager Maria Virgenia Pejoro said in an interview with the Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA). She explained that workers used to har vest mature coconuts every four months, which meant they had a lot of time on their hands, as against sap harvesting which had to be done three or four times a day. For seasoned farmhands like Labadan and Sumanda, more work was better than work. Labadan now works six days instead of his usual three. He still earns P120 per
day, but he said his load is lighter than when he tilled the land. Labadan is LAMPCO’s “dryman” or the one tasked to dry out the coco sugar on formica tables and make sure it attains just the right texture before packaging. The coco sugar project has brought the cooperative back to life through the injection of capital and technology from the DAR, the Department of Trade and Industry, and the local government. But what he’s most grateful for, Labadan said, was the training given to them because they were taught to become “real entrepreneurs.” Sumanda is a sap gatherer for farm owner Reyno Molo, who divides the proceeds from the sale of the sap at 60:40. The farmhand gets the bulk of the earnings – about P18 for every gallon of sap which the cooperative buys for P30 per gallon – while the rest go to Molo, the landowner. SWEET AFFAIR Under this arrangement, Sumanda managed to more than double his monthly income, from P4,000 to P10,000. Gathering sap from 40 trees in Molo’s farm, Sumanda averages 26 gallons of sap per day. He said he is happy that Linabu was chosen to be the pilot site of the DAR’s coco lampco/PAGE 7
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VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ presented his recommendations to the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) during their meeting at the Harbor Lights Hotel, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City. Beside him are Mr. Lionel Maandig and Governor Bambi B. Emano.
MISAMIS ORIENTAL – After a series of Committee Hearings by the Committee on Peace and Order, Public Safety and Police Matters of the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental, VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ, Chairman of the said Committee, made a consolidated report and formulated several recommendations which he presented to the Provincial Peace and Order Council (PPOC) Meeting last 22 July 2014 at Harbor Lights Hotel, Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City. Governor Yevgeny Vincente “Bambi” B. Emano is the Chairman of the Provincial Peace and Order Council and Vice Governor Pelaez is its Vice Chairman. COMMI T T EE RECOMMENDATIONS Due to the lack of personnel in every precinct in each municipality and the huge disparity in ratio between police personnel and civilians which is placed at 1:1000, the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental has already passed a resolution requesting the Philippine National Police (PNP) thru Provincial Director PSSUPT Leonilo L. Cabug to assign more police personnel in the province. This, notwithstanding, Vice Governor Pelaez encouraged everyone to help in addressing this concern. On illegal drugs, Vice
Governor Pelaez recommended to PDEA that it should not only focus on monitoring and identifying small-time drug users and pushers but also include drug lords operating in Misamis Oriental. There is also a need to intensify the Anti-Drug Information Campaign and to strengthen security measures on the possible inflows and outflows of illegal drugs in Misamis Oriental. Vice Governor Pelaez also called for a unified traffic ordinance applicable to the Province in order to resolve conflicting issues on road and traffic management. “I recommend that we convene all municipalities and component cities for us to sit down with the Land Transportation Office (LTO) for a uniform ordinance that is applicable to our Province to curb down unworthy road users especially those trucks which are overloaded with logs and those which lack necessary warning devises,” Vice Governor Pelaez added. The PPOC, headed by Governor Emano, accepted Vice Governor Pelaez’s recommendations. “We would like to thank Vice Governor Pelaez for his recommendations. The Council will take into consideration his recommendations. In fact, some of his recommendations were
already being implemented,” Governor Emano said. Also present during the Council Meeting were the Department Heads of the Province, Dr. Cherry Mae L. Limbaco (DepEd MisOr), Provincial Director Edward Bhagwani (DILG), Manager Raul Regondola (PCSO), Regional Director Emerson Margate (PDEA), PSUPT Rene Solidarios (PNP PPO) and Lt. Col. Jose Eriel Niembra (58th IB, Philippine Army), among others. It will be recalled that several committee hearings and inquiries were held by the Sangguniang Panlalawigan of Misamis Oriental to address the peace and order problems. The first was on 24 February 2014 during its Regular Session in Jasaan where LTO Regional Director Hilarion E. Ulep attended the session and presented to the Sangguniang Panlalawigan the status of LTO programs and initiatives. Second and third were on April 29 and 30, 2014 where each Chief-of-Police reported to Vice Governor Pelaez the peace and order situation of every municipality in the province. The fourth Committee Hearing was held last 18 June 2014 where Deputy Regional Director Rayford Yap of PDEA reported on the status of operations and accomplishments of the agency. SP COMMUNICATIONS
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Mindanao on the need for the firm to seek the recommendation of the NCIP. The plan of Aboitiz to operate a geothermal power plant is being tackled at the city council by the joint committee on energy, environment, and indigenous peoples (IP). Councilor Berino Mambo-o, IP representative in the council, was tasked to follow-up the requirement needed from the company. In a text message, committee on environment chair Danilo Dayanghirang said that his committee saw no more need for further hearings as far as the environmental issues are concerned. Orig, at a presentation during Wednesday’s Club 888 weekly media forum at the Marco Polo Davao, said they have already approached the NCIP for the recommendation. There are Tagabawa and Manobo communities at the proposed plant site, which would traverse this city and the provinces of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato. Once it gets the necessary approvals, Orig said the company is planning to complete the project in five years to help augment the energy supply in Mindanao. The Department of Energy has granted the company two contract areas involving 8,586 hectares in Mount Talomo and 8,910 hectares in Mount Sibulan. Orig said the company was hoping the proposed power plant would generate around 200 megawatts. Aside from a favorable recommendation from the city council to push with the project, the firm needs the same from the local governments of Davao del Sur and North Cotabato. Aboitiz Power said the project’s exploration phase would cost around $16 million to $20 million in five years. Orig said that the company was “mindful” that the two contract areas are inside the Mt. Apo National Park. Bonguyan said that he saw “little problems regarding the creation of the geothermal plant.” “The technology is one of the safest in terms of renewable energy,” Bonguyan said. (MindaNews)
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from 9.0 percent to 10.8 percent while Other Services expanded from 4.3 percent to 7.8 percent. Castro said the growth drivers of the Financial Intermediation subsector were insurance and other auxiliary services like the pre-need. “The expanded growth in the Other Services, on the other hand, was mainly due to the expansion of the education sector,” she added. The Industry sector expanded at the slower rate, from 8.9 percent in 2012 to 7.0 percent in 2013. All its subsectors also posted decelerated growths. Castro said the Manufacturing subsector decelerated from 10.8 percent to 9.3 percent due to the decelerated performance of the food and beverage industry. Construction also slowed down from 8.7 percent to 5.7 percent due to the slower expansion in private construction. Mining and Quarrying subsector experienced a slowdown from 9.5 percent to 3.2 percent due to the decline in sand and gravel production. Moreover, the lethargic growth of only 1.2 percent of the Electric, Gas and Water was mainly attributable to the slowdown in power generation. The improved performance of the AHFF, on the other hand, was attributable to the accelarated
growth in the fishery sector which is three times faster than its growth in 2012. Castro said this was due to the increase in production of tiger prawns. The performance of the AHFF was not also largely affected by the 1.9 percent decelerated growth of the Agri and Forestry sector. The decelerated growth of this subsector was due to the decline in production of sugarcane and corn. In terms of share to the region’s economy, Services remained to have the largest share at 41.9 percent, slightly higher than its 41.8 percent share in 2012. Industry also had an increased share in 2013 at 33.8 from 33.3 percent share in 2012. Consequently, AHFF decreased its share from 24.9 percent to 24.3 percent share in 2013. Meanwhile, Northern Mindanao remained to have the highest per capita gross regional domestic product (GRDP) among the Mindanao regions and maintained its rank as the sixth highest per capita GRDP among the 17 regions of the country. The per capita GRDP of the region increased to P55,060, up by 3.6 percent from the P53,122 posted in 2012.
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Department of Agriculture (DA), Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR), Department of Education (DepEd) and Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Department of Health (DOH). Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE), Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Technical Education and Skills Development Authority (TESDA), National Electrification Administration (NEA) and Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth).
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Iligan City tourism potentials and identifying areas with manifested or potential tourism value. As resident in the area , we shall be the one to have first hand experience through familiarization visits, Manalo emphasized. ‘Sana, hindi tayo maging dayuhan sa ating lugar’ (I hope we will not be strangers in our place), she said. Olado said, we are into a Private-Public partnership, its shared leadership between public and private sectors with common goals, realistic expectations and benefits for all parties, to be able to have a doable partnership, Lately, we just entered a Memorandum of Understanding between Iligan City Government and National Commission on Culture and the Arts (NCCA), for the identification of Iligan’s heritage sites by the NCAA, said Olado. In her presentation, Olado enumerated the Tourism Programs and Projects from July to December 2014, which would be the basis of interest of this 2-day workshop from members of the Tourism Council. Identified activities are Diyandi Festival sa Iligan City; Repair and Renovation of Bahay Salakot, City Tourism Office; Gathering and updating of tourism-related data/information for data banking; Concept Design for the initial rehabilitation of Tinago Falls property (stairway, toilet, parking area, etc); Installation of Directional Signages for Tourist Destinations; Documentation of Waterfalls (Tourism Triangle and Barangays Dalipuga, Bonbonon & Pugaan); Dancing Traffic Enforcer Training; Documentation of Higaonon version of Iligan’s history; Development of
Concept Design of Welcome Arch; Community Awareness Seminar for barangays with tourist destination potentials; and Coordination and facilitation of the Taoid Heritage Program. Decius L. Esmedalla, Tourism Operations Officer of DOT 10 presented the basics of marketing and promotion of tourism products, which he considers as an important aspect to establish high level of public awareness about products /services. Its essence is to inculcate the sense of nationalism and pride of the local destinations and attractions, create social and economic impacts, and promote cultural heritage and belongingness , said Esmedalla. With the inputs of resource persons, participants were tasked to fill up the six matrixes, focused on inventory of local tourism attractions; re-assessment of the local tourism industry; situational analysis of the local tourism industry; priority projects/programs; product positioning; product calendar; and tour packages. At the end of the workshop, all these presentations, including issues and concerns of interest from the point of view of the ICTC members shall be consolidated, said Manalo. We shall be meeting again, another series of convergence to come up with the final plan based on the workshop presentations, Manalo concluded.
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39.54% interest in PCPC and JNRI retaining its 30% stake. PCPC last year obtained P10 billion for its P14-billion power project by signing separate loan agreements with BDO Unibank, Inc.; Asia United Bank Corp.; and China Banking Corp. A. Brown, which serves as public holding firm of the Brown Group of Companies, is primarily engaged in real estate development. Through its subsidiaries, A. Brown has also ventured into oil palm nurseries, seedling distribution, palm oil milling, and hotels and real estate broking.
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per flight, grew by 1.4 points to 84.8 percent in June from 83.4 percent last year. The June data brought Cebu Pacific’s 6-month passenger traffic to 8.05 million, 7.6 percent more than the 7.48 million in the same period in 2013. Its load factor inched up by 0.3 points to 85.7 percent from 85.4 percent last year. Cebu Pacific targets to carry in excess of 15 million passengers this year. Including the traffic of recently acquired Tigerair Philippines, Cebu Pacific expects more than 17 million passengers in 2014. Cebu Pacific posted a net income of P164.164 million in the January to March period, down by 85.8 percent from the P1.157 billion in the same three months of last year. Revenues of P11.76 billion however were 11.6 percent higher than the P10.54 billion in 2013.
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sugar production because he does not have to leave his family to find work elsewhere. “What makes me happy is that I can better provide for the needs of my family,” Sumanda said. Molo is not doing badly, either. In the past three months of production, he has made P42,000 from coco sap of 80 of his 300 coconut trees. He saves the rest for propagation – and as retirement insurance.
From being a humdrum village, Linabu has evolved into a well-oiled machine churning out tons of coco sugar. LAMPCO’s members and their families work hand in hand, from gathering the raw materials to packaging the finished product and bringing it to the shipping point. To ensure that everyone benefits from the coco sugar boom, families agreed to work in two-week shifts. The set-up has sustained the momentum for LAMPCO, according to Pejoro. What started as a project churning three kilos of coco sugar per day is now a worldclass facility producing 600 kg of coco sugar daily, or 10 tons per month. LAMPCO’s coco sugar has an organic certification from ECOCERT SA, is carbon-neutral and is approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Today, the product of this village in Balingasag, about 52 km from Cagayan de Oro, has reached Japan and some parts of Europe. Negotiations for direct export to Britain for five tons of coco sugar per month have also been finalized. “We are confident that coco sugar will soon make a name for Mindanao in the global market,” Pejoro said. “Looking back, it was a difficult start that required a lot of hard work. But seeing the sweetest results, I can say it was worth the try and the sacrifices,” she added. (Miko Morelos/PIA)
cassava, while the ARBOs in Agoho and Sagay are producing abaca. In partnership with the DAR in Region 10, the XSF has provided agri-technology and agri-extension services to the identified ARBOs in an institutionalized manner. The
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(Centro Sampatulog Farmers’ Consumers Cooperative) with 23 graduates, Balingoan (KabangasanMapua-Dahilig Agrarian Reform Community) with 29 graduates, Agoho (Agoho Multi-Purpose Community) with 23 graduates, and Sagay (Bonbon-Sagay Upland Farmers’ Association) with 14 graduates. The ARBOs in Laguindingan, Taglimao and Indahag are currently engaged in corn production. Those in Alubijid and Balingoan are into DEED OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH CONFIRMATION OF SALE Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the Late IRENE E. VDA DE LUANSING, who died on June 19,2005 in Bagacay Ozamiz City,died leaving without a WILL and neither did she have any outstanding obligation/debt to any person. Left a “PARCEL 1. Described as Lot No. 5203-F-4, Psd-10-026888 being a portion of Lot 5203-F, Psd10-008045 situated in the Barrio of Diguan, City of Ozamiz, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) Square Meters, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-23881”,“A PARCEL 2, described as Lot No. 5203-F-5, Psd-10-026888 being a portion of Lot 5203-F, Psd10-008045 situated in the Barrio of Diguan, City of Ozamiz, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) Square Meters, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-23882”,“PARCEL 3, described as Lot No. 5203-F-12, Psd-10-026888 being a portion of Lot 5203-F, Psd10-008045 situated in the Barrio of Diguan, City of Ozamiz, Island of Mindanao,containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) square meters more or less, by Transfer Certificate of Title No-T-23889” and “PARCEL 4, described as Lot No. 5203-F-13, Psd-10-026888 being a portion of Lot 5203-F, Psd10-008045 situated in the Barrio of Diguan City of Ozamiz, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of THREE HUNDRED (300) Square Meters, more or less, covered by Transfer Certificate of Title No. T23890”,is the subject of DEED OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE WITH CONFIRMATION OF SALE, as per Doc.No.98; Page No. 20; Book No.II; Series of 2014,under notary public ATTY. PRISCILLA TAPANG HERNANDES. BWM: July 18, 25 & Aug. 1, 2014
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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 16, Tangub City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF NITICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF-2014-003 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118 filed by Rural Bank of Bonifacio (Mis. Occ.) INC., against Sps. Acquilino Bel-ida and Vicenta Bel-ida to satisfy mortgage indebtedness which as of June 15, 2014 amounts to Two Hundred Thirty Five Thousand Pesos Only (Php 235,000.00)excluding interest. Attorneys fees, and other lawful fees for the service of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on September 11, 2014 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the office of the Clerk Court, Regional Trial Court, Br. 16 Tangub City, to the highest bidder in cash, Philippines Currency the herein mortgage properties to wit: TRASFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-6510 TD. NO. 2241 “A parcel of land, (Lot 2470-A, of the subdivision plan (LRC) Psd-264082 being a portion of Lot 2470 Cad 271, Tangub Cadastre L.R.C. Record No. H. pat.), situated in the barrio of Dimalco, Municipality of Tangub (Bonifacio), Province of Misamis Occidental, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the North by along line 3-1 by lot 2470-A East by along line 1-2 by lot 2468 and line 2-3 by lot 2467; on the South along line 3-4 by lot 2469, all of the Tangub Cadastre and on the west along line 4-7 by Digson Creek all of Tangub Cadastre. Containing an area of Sixty Six Thousand Four Hundred Sixty Three (66,463)square meters more or less with an assessed value of 4,980 per Tax Declaration No. 2241. TCT No. T-6510 registered under the name of Sps. Aquilino Bel-ida and Vicenta Bel-ida All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time dated and place of auction sale. In the event that the public auction should not take place on said date or there is only one bidder, it shall be held on September 16, 2014 at the same time & place without further notice. Bidders are enjoined to investigate for themselves any encumbrance on the herein properties if any there be. July 11, 2014, at Tangub City, Philippines. FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF: BY: (Sgd.) WILLIAM C. ARANIEGO Sheriff IV BWM: July 18, 25 & Aug. 1, 2014
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Phoenix prexy named most outstanding business leader P
hoenix Petroleum President and CEO Dennis Uy has been na med Most Outsta nd i ng Mindanao Business Leader for the 2014 Mindanao Business Leaders & Entrepreneur Awards.
Phoenix Petroleum Philippines Corporate Affairs Manager Ben Sur receives the Most Outstanding Mindanao Business Leader award for President and CEO Dennis Uy from BusinessWeek Mindanao Publisher and Chairman Dante Sudaria on July 26, 2014 at the Ayala Centrio Mall Atrium, Cagayan de Oro City.
“Your phenomenal company Phoenix Petroleum Philippines, and your success as a businessman contributed hugely in promoting Mindanao as a fast-rising economy in Asia, attracting investors to come to our island, thus propelling a sustainable life for all Mindanaoans,” said Awards Executive Director Allan Mediante. The awarding was held on July 26, 2014 at the Ayala Centrio Mall Atrium, Cagayan de Oro City. Uy won in the MegaEntrepreneur category. He founded Phoenix Petroleum in Davao City, and in the span of 10 years, the company has grown to be the number one independent oil firm today. It is engaged in the business of trading refined petroleum products and lubricants, operation of oil depots and storage facilities, shipping/ logistics and allied services.
Awardees were decided based on five criteria: Best Practices, Corporate Social Underta k ings, Degree of I n nov at ion, Cre at ive & Ingenious Production, and the Extent of Expansion (local and international markets). The board of judges was composed of representatives from the Philippine Press Inst itute, Oro Cha mber, Department of Tourism, Region 10, Cagayan de Oro City Water District, Mindanao Daily News, BusinessWeek Mindanao, The Cagayan de Oro TIMES, and Mindanao Star. The Mindanao Business L eaders & Ent repreneu r Awards, now on its third year, is organized by Cagayan de Oro-based publication BusinessWeek Mindanao. It aims to recognize achievements of Mindanao business leaders and entrepreneurs not only in business but in social responsibility as well.
Vista Land spending P50B for township VISTA Land has unveiled its plan for a major township project in Mega Manila, as the country’s largest home builder moves to boost its stream of recurring income. Vista Land & Lifescapes Inc chairman Manuel B. Villar told reporters over the weekend that the company is shelling out P50 billion in the next five years to develop Vista City. Vista City will integrate themed residential developments, office buildings, lifestyle retail projects, a university town, and leisure components into a 1,500-hectare township straddling Muntinlupa and Las Pinas in Metro Manila, as well as parts of Cavite and Laguna provinces. “We’re continuing launches this year because we want this to be the number one master planned community in the country outside of Makati,” Villar said. The real estate firm has developed 550 hectares of Vista City in the last 4-5 years and is now home to 45,000 households through Britanny’s Portofino, Crown Asia’s Ponticelli and Camella’’s
Cerritos residential projects. Vista Land will build new residential projects under its various brands as it looks to expand the integrated township by an additional 200-300 hectares, the former senator said. “We have been planning in the past 4-5 years. Somehow, we didn’t want to launch this until we’re confident we can be successful. As you can see from development of Evia Lifestyle Center, this is just an example of how we will be developing Vista City,” Villar said. Vista Land is allocating 250 hectares for commercial establishments and office buildings catering to business process outsourcing (BPO) firms anchored on the Evia Lifestyle Center. The first phase of the retail center, Evia Everyday, will be completed soon with a gross floor area of 40,000 square meters. The second phase, Evia Global Village, will have an open-air retail promenade and will be completed this year. The third phase may have another 80,000 square meters of
gross floor area, Villar said. Envisioned to become one of the most advanced business and IT parks in the country, Vista City will feature an entire district devoted to business and commerce called Vista Hub. The first phase of the hub, spanning 10 hectares, will offer eight buildings catering to BPO firms with a gross leasable area of 290,000 square meters. Vi sta Ci ty wi l l al so have a 100-hectare university town that will house health facilities, a sports mecca and a country club. The property company is in advanced stages of negotiations with a hospital operator and two big schools to locate in the township. Also rising in the community is a hotel that will serve not only traveling businessmen but also families visiting the burgeoning district. In the first quarter of 2014, Vista Land’s net income increased by 11 percent to P1.5 billion compared with a year ago’s P1.3 billion. Consolidated revenues reached P5.4 billion, reflecting a 12-percent growth from P4.9 billion in 2013.
Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar Moreno receives the Certificate of Recognition from Atty. Alex Cabrera of Isla Lipana and Co., after the city was chosen as one of the Top 25 Destinations of the Philippines Gems. photo by cdo info network
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XCCA hosts forum on Mindanao architecture, mosques
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avier University Little Theater was full-packed as Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts (XCCA) held its 7th ArteKultura forum with the theme, “Unraveling Mindanao Architecture and Mosques”, July 16. The event was participated in by more than two hundred students and teachers from various high schools and colleges in Cagayan de Oro City. The dean of the Far Eastern University’s (FEU) Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts, Lorelei de Viana PhD served as the resource speaker of this year’s ArteKultura. De Viana glued the audience
XCCA Director, Hobart P. Savior with Dr. Lorelei de Viana, dean of the Far Eastern University’s (FEU) Institute of Architecture and Fine Arts.
to their seats with the history and evolution of Mindanao architecture, particularly, the mosques, its Islamic characteristics, its socio-political roles and examples of mosques mounted across the island of Mindanao. ArteKultura is a lecture series of XXCA under its Cultural Education Program (CEP) and is supported by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA). De Viana also advocated for the appreciation and the imperative to protect and preserve these structures which are considered as “Mindanao treasures” and symbols of Mindanao’s religious diversity.
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237 residents evacuated from sinkhole area CEBU CITY -- A total of 237 residents from 102 families were evacuated to the Seventh Day Adventist Church in Sitio Dapdap, Barangay Langub, Kinatarkan islet off Sta. Fe town in Bantayan Island due to a sinkhole measuring around 10x14 meters with a depth of one meter. Al Emil Berador, Mines and Geosciences Bureau (MGB) R eg ion 7 chief ge o l o g i s t w h o l e d t h e inspection of the sinkhole, s aid t he are a ne ar t he sinkhole was also declared off limits to the public. “ The affected area including the subsidence or the sinkhole with some tension cracks is about 20 meters by 40 meters which continues to be progressing is underlain or carpeted with coraline limestone,” Berador said. Four days ago, MGB 7 Regional Director Loreto Alburo recommended to the local government units to take precautionary measures after he received a phone call from Sta. Fe Mayor Jose
Esgana last July 26. He said the collapse or cave-in of a cave roof which resulted to the formation of a sinkhole may have been trigged by the intense and prolonged precipitation brought by Typhoon “Glenda” and a low pressure area over the weekend. The residents noticed last July 26 that a portion of a slight sloping ground in Sitio Dapdap started to develop some tension cracks. A number of houses were seen about 10 to 15 meters away from the subsidence or sinkhole area. “We will be identifying a possible relocation site within the islet where these affected communities will be able to live safer and continue to live normally without fear of the geological hazards like sinkholes,” said Alburo. Alburo said the identification of a relocation site is part of the technical assist ance t hat wi l l b e p r ov i d e d t o t h e l o c a l government unit to make sure the communities are away from danger. (PNA)
Delaying climate action costly -- White House WA S H I N G T O N - Failure to take any action on climate change now is c o st ly, t he Wh ite House warned Tuesday in a report, marking its latest effort by the Obama administration to rally support for its climate policies. The report, written by t he White Hous e Council of Economic Advisers, said that there is “a vigorous public debate” over whether to delay implementing mitigation policies until a future date but it found that the longer the delay, the more difficult it becomes to stem climate change. “An analysis of research on the cost of delay for hitting a specified climate target (typically, a given concentration of greenhouse gases) suggests that net mitigation costs increase, on average, by approximately 40 percent for each decade of delay,” the report said. It warned that a delay that results in warming of 3 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, instead of 2 degrees Celsius as recommended by t he inter nat iona l climate negotiations, “could increase economic damages by approximately 0.9 percent of global output.” “To put this percentage in perspective, 0.9 percent
of estimated 2014 U.S. Gross Domestic Product is approximately USD 150 billion,” the report said. “The incremental cost of an additional degree of warming beyond degrees Celsius would be even greater. Moreover, these costs are not one-time, but are rather incurred year after year because of the permanent damage c aus e d by inc re as e d climate change resulting from the delay.” The report came as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency held public hearings on its plan to cut carbon pollution from existing power plants, the single largest source of carbon pollution in the United St at e s a n d a l s o t h e centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s climate action plan. The proposed rule has come under attack from some Congressmen and industry groups who referred to it as a part of the “war on the coal industry.” O n Tu e s d a y, t h e Obama Administration also unveiled a Food R e s i l i e n c e i n it i at ive w h i c h i s “a i m e d at empowering America’s agricultural sector and strengthening the resilience of the global food system in a changing climate,” the White House said. (PNA/Xinhua)
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PIA, DENR to launch climate change advocacy campaign MANILA –- Much ado has been going on since the issue on climate change has surfaced as a major threat globally. In the Philippines, discussions, reports, and studies on climate change have become normal consumption fare for the public especially in the wake of disasters such as supertyphoon Yolanda, typhoons Sendong and Pablo, and Manila Bay storm surge, among others, that have ravaged different parts of the country. It is with this concern that the Philippine Information Ag e n c y ( P IA ) a n d t h e Department of Environment and Natu r a l R e s ou rc e s (DENR) have joined efforts for a nationwide advocacy campaign on climate change adaptation and mitigation with the goal of increasing the level of consciousness of the public on climate change, its impacts on the society and the economy; and to educate them on adaptation and mitigation measures to weaken, if not stop, its negative impacts. In the National Capital Region (NCR), a massive information and education campaign on climate change is set for implementation this year for a wider and deeper understanding of the public on this global phenomenon which was described by Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Sonny Coloma as “the new normal,” and
which needs immediate action. O n Au g u s t 1 , P IANCR, in partnership with DENR-NCR, will launch its advocacy campaign on climate change in Metro Manila. The event signals the vociferous information dissemination campaign of the said topic in NCR using various communication strategies such as print, radio, social media, puppet show, e-comics, fora and conferences, and social mobilization among others. The launch will cover the maiden showing of P IA- p r o d u c e d P u p p e t Show on climate change which targets to educate the younger generation on the said topic using an entertaining yet informative medium. The showing is a prelude to the series of road shows that will be conducted by PIA’s Puppet Group in different public schools in Metro Manila for t he climate change advocacy throughout the year. Also to be witnessed in the launch is the screening of “Pina kb et”, a vide ofeature on climate change by Youtube sensation Travis Kraft. The video tackles the effects of climate change using a Filipino gustatory favorite, and will serve as a call to action particularly to target netizens. Another activity to be conducted in the launch i s t h e mu r a l p a i nt i n g entitled “Kulayan Natin ang Pilipinas Natin” which
will engage government employees as well as select elementary students in the said advocacy using the visual arts as their medium of expression. Each brush stroke shall represent a g row i ng c ons c i ous ne ss among the government and the youth sector on the effects of climate change and possible mitigating interventions. A r t i st , e nv i ron me nt advo c ate, and D olph i n Loves Freedom founder AG Saño will also give an overview on the Junk-toArt class to the studentparticipants. The class’s objective is to teach students how to cre ate treasures out of trash by recycling glass bottles and transforming them into one-of-a-kind masterpieces and fun creations. The last p ar t of t he activity is the ceremonial tree-planting between PIANCR and DENR-NCR. This will signal the beginning of the massive tree-planting project to be conducted in the National Capital Region. The activity is also a prelude to this year’s “Happy Birthday, Tree!” project with the Pilipinas Natin where some 1,000 youth volunteers and government partners will be planting tree saplings in DENR-identified areas within Metro Manila. The activity is supportive of the government’s National Greening Program. P IA- N C R R e g i o n a l Director Riza J. Baldoria
said that the climate change a d v o c a c y c a mp a i g n i n Metro Manila is a fitting and timely project between PIA and DENR as the metropolis had its share of disasters such as typhoon Ondoy, Manila Bay storm surge, and the possible movement of the West Valley Fault. “All are effects of climate change which is a repercussion of our collective human activities,” she explained. “Wit h ou r i nte ns ive climate change advocacy campaign and assiduous carrying out of our projects, we are opt i m i st i c t h at residents in Metro Manila an d n e i g hb or i ng are a s will gain more awareness and understanding of t h i s p h e n om e n on t h at presently affects us and the whole world,” Director Baldoria said. “The climate ch ange m it i g at i on and adaptation measures to be disseminated to the public will greatly help curb the ill effects of climate change on our community and the economy,” she added. The launch of Climate Change Advocacy Campaign in the National Capital Region will be held at 11 A.M at the PIA Auditorium of the PIA Central Office in Diliman, Quezon City. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Nagbabago na ang Panahon, Panahon na Pagbabago” -- a call to action to every Filipino to change their lifestyles in order to lower their carbon footprint which contributes to climate change. (PNA)
A women uses a banca for collecting some plastic garbage for their business floating on the riversides near the Iglesia ni Cristo Church in Paranaque City in preparation for the celebratation INC’s centennial year on Sunday at the Philippine Arena in Bocaue, Bulacan. Photo taken on Saturday (July 26) in Brgy. Don Galo in Paranaque City. pna photo by avito c. dalan
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DANIEL PADILLA LIVE IN SUBIC
a n i e l Pa d i l l a’s fa n base in Subic are up for an exciting treat this August, as Pr imeroAsiano Com pany Co r po rati on – an established events and advertising company which aims to promote the best of Subic through big happenings and events in cooperation with MyPhone – presents the Subic Leg of this teen pop’s highly successful road tour on August 9, 2014 at the Subic Bay Exhibition and Convention Center (SBECC). Kathryn Bernardo, Parking F i ve K r i s A n g e l i ca, a n d Guadings join in the tour as special guests. The Daniel Padilla Road Tour gained a strong following, locally and abroad, since it started 3 years ago. It boasts of “sold out shows” in all of its concert legs. Subic fans should grab this rare chance to be up close and personal with their idol and hear him sing live fans’favorites like Hinahanaphanap Kita, Gusto Kitaand Nasa Iyo Na AngLahat.
Tickets (priced at Reserved: Php 2,500; VIP1: Php 1,500; VI P 2: Ph p 1,0 0 0; Pat ro n: Php 750 and Gen. Ad: Php 500) are available at all SM tickets, First Asian Resources (SBMA building 206, beside D i s p e n s a r y, Te l e p h o n e: 0929-8562177; 0932-1664343), Pandayan Book s to res, SBMA tourism, MyCatv- all branches, Photogenics Studios andM icrohms Lights and Sounds- Balanga, Bataan. Group discounts are available if you purchase at least ten (10) tickets before the end of July. For interested sponsors, please contact 0917-3895099. This DANIEL PADILLA ROAD TOUR 2014-SUBIC LEG is made possible with the suppor t of AYU Poco a Poco Hotel, Poco a Poco Hotel, Subic Bay Peninsular, Kitchen To-ma-to, Photogenics Studios, MyCATV, KFC, Pizza Hut, Royal Duty Free Shop-SBMA and Victory Liner. Proceeds of the event will be for the benefit of “Sinag Sped Center”, a special school for Autism in Olongapo City.