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Shipbuilding THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) is studying Mindanao as a third location for shipbuilding, apart from Subic and Cebu, to be supported with a program of incentives under the second phase of its Manufacturing Resurgence Program (MRP).

DTI Assistant Secretary for industry development and trade policy Rafaelita M. Aldaba told reporters that the department is currently drafting an incentives program for the shipbuilding industry to attract investors and boost local manufacturing, akin to the Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy Program for the auto industry.

“We are also preparing a support package which could build a maritime industrial heart in the country along with the promotion of the medium and small-sized vessels (which are roll-on, roll-off capable),” she said.

Bio-fuel enhancer USED cooking oil may be harmful to health but a little bit of science can turn it into an environment savior. This is exactly what Davao-based Emiliano Quitiol, an inventor, found out way back in 2003 when he started working on his own biofuel. Now he has perfected his product he dubbed EFQ Bioforce.

“Fresh cooking oil, after several times of use, is considered a toxic substance and hazardous (to health),” Quitiol said.

“Used cooking oil as raw material for the production of EFQ Fuel and Oil Additive will pave the way for solving the proper disposal of used cooking oil and will assure public health and safety,” added Quitiol when he pitched EFQ Bioforce to members of the Rotary Club of Davao recently. cmyk

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HE quality of life in Misamis Oriental has improved by one percent following the drop in poverty incidence as reported by the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA).

Prov i nc i a l gove r nor Yevgeny Vincente Emano, speaking at the capitol for garnering the coveted 2017 Seal of Good Local Governance, said the new data released by the National Economic and Development Authority

(Neda) complemented the capture of the coveted award.

The Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG), handler of the Seal of Good Local Governance, evaluates local government units (LGUs) according to good financial keeping,

d i s a s t e r pre p a re d n e s s , social protection, business friendliness and competitiveness, environment management and peace and order.

Wit h t he prov inci a l population at 900,000, Emano said at least 9,000 people have breached the poverty line in 2017 according to the new Neda report.

The governor also said that aside from the cash prize of P3 million, possessing the Seal of Good Local Governance is an advantage for provinces seeking foreign and multinational investments. poverty/PAGE 11

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New Zealand to back farmers in Mindanao NEW ZEALAND has committed a $2.5 million to support agricultural development and food security in Mindanao, according to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.

In a statement, the FAO said the project is aimed at restoring the agricultural livelihoods of communities affected by armed conflict,

drought and flooding in the provinces of Cotabato, Maguindanao and Lanao del Sur from 2015 to 2017.

The project is expected to reach 3,000 farming families in Maguindanao and Cotabato provinces alone.

“Half of the Philippines’ agri-businesses are located in Mindanao. An efficient farmers/PAGE 11

Members of NGPI ARB Multi-Purpose Cooperative raised their clench ala President Duterte style at the main gate of Filipinas Palm Oil Plantion, Inc. in Rosario town in Agusan del Sur. by photo by chris v . panganiban

Tension grips palm oil land reform areas in Agusan del Sur

By CHRIS V. PANGANIBAN, Contributing Editor

SAN FRANCISCO, Agusan del Sur— Tension gripped the palm oil lands in Rosario town already up for final distribution as land reform areas on Dec. 6 after the

killing of an agrarian reform beneficiary (ARB) of a splinter group which has camped out in their claimed area since Nov. 11. reform/PAGE 11

SEAL OF GOOD LOCAL GOVERNANCE. Misamis Oriental Gov. Yevgeny Vincente Emano (right) and Vice Gov. Jose Mari Pelaez join provincial capitol employees in celebrating the province’s Seal of Good Local Governance award during the flag-raising on Monday, Dec. 4. photo by gerry lee gorit

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ET notice of violation Maramag coffee producers Project to Iligan hardware stores issued earn big, win big with DOST

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APE Maramag is all about big earnings and high scores these days. Not only is it making P40,000 to 60,000 a month, it also won in the internationally judged Kape Pilipino (KP) Green Coffee Quality Competition in March 2017, scoring a whopping 83.75 out of a hundred.

But before the numbers came rolling in, the coffee farmers in Maramag, Bukidnon were struggling for years in selling their produce. What sparked their inspiring progress was an initiative to organize, supported by

agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology (DOST).

Cream of the coffee crop A Robusta coffee with dark chocolate and floral notes – that’s how international judges described Kape Maramag during the coffee quality contest held in Cavite.

With this richness, it’s hardly any wonder that the product topped the Robusta category in the national competition.

The product’s score of 83.75 also raised Kape Maramag to Specialty Grade, pushing it to a high-demand global market.

Following their national breakthrough, the Kape Maramag team, led by its president Imelda Paulican-Mendoza, joined the Philippine delegation to the Global Specialty Coffee Expo in Seattle, Washington in April 2017. It was a remarkable international debut for Philippine coffee, prompting enthusiasts to conclude that Bukidnon coffee is truly ready for the world.

All the while, the Kape Maramag enterprise in Maramag town, Bukidnon has been consistently grinding up some lavish results.

“We used to have monthly sales of just P20,000,” recalled Mendoza. “These days, that goes up to P40,000 to P60,000 a month.”

A win-win enterprise Kape Maramag may be a star in the Philippine coffee industry, but the true beauty of this enterprise is in its roots and its growth.

The community-based enterprise is managed by the Maramag Rural Improvement Club Federation (RICFed), a non-government organization composed of about 1,050 members. producers/PAGE 11

THE Department of Trade and Industry’s DTI’s Project Execution Team (ET), spearheaded by the Fair Trade Enforcement Bureau (FTEB-DTI), has issued notice of violation (NoV) to five hardware stores in Iligan City.

These establishments were caught selling mandatory products like sanitary wares, sanitary pipes, electrical conduits, exhaust fans, steel wires and potable water pipes without the Philippine Standard (PS) logo or the Import Commodity Clearance (ICC) sticker, pursuant to DTI Department Administrative Order 02 series of 2007, Defining the Responsibilities

and Liabilities of Manufacturers, Importers, Traders, Wholesalers, Distributors, Retailers, Service Providers and or their Agents, with Regard to Products/Services Covered by Philippine Standard Certification Mark Schemes.

However, DTI-Lanao del Norte Provincial Director Ruel B. Paclipan said these hardware stores were advised to communicate with FTEB for mediation as part of the due process accorded by law to respondents.

Penalties and sanctions in violation of DAO 02:2007 include cease and desist order, confiscation/ destruction of goods, and project/PAGE 9

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Ruffy magbanua OVER lunch, I had the opportunity to join a small group listen to the economic forecast for 2018 by Dr. Bernie Villegas, one of the country’s respected economist, thinker and writer.

Villegas, an optimist and believer of good karma, started his talk by urging everyone to work for the

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jhan tiafau hurst Think a minute.A wise man I know says: “People can change-but most people don’t!” So sad, but so true. A famous author said: “Even if changing means we will succeed and live our dream, most of us still choose to make excuses rather than to make changes.”

So the question you and I must answer is: Do we choose to change and live the way we know is best?

Or do we choose to keep doing what is easy and comfortable? Remember, if things don’t change, they’re going to stay the same! If you keep telling yourself that you will never succeed because people and life are unfair to you, then that is the life you will always have.

Your same, unsatisfying life with no real challenges or success. But it is your

choice.

T he probl e m is t hat most people choose to stay and live in their comfort zone. This is all the familiar t hings we’ve k now n a l l our life. Our habits and way we’ve always lived.

Our same thinking and lifestyle. But because we already know what these things are like, we feel safe and comfortable with that kind of life, even though we may not be happy or successful. Yet we’re afraid to try something new, since it will force us to star t changing some things in our thinking and way of living. But if we want to reach our potential and enjoy the excellent life we were created for, we must leave our past, wrong life, and the excuses we make for it.

This is why Jesus Christ came to forgive and free us from our wrong, unsuccessful way of living.

He is the only way you can start living the right way that works, so you can enjoy life to the fullest. So why not ask Jesus to come in to your heart and take full charge of your life today and every day? You’ve got nothing to lose and everything to gain.

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economy will grow, citing among others the $22 million annual remittances of OFWs and the $22 million BPO earnings.

Added to these are the significant contribution of some 40 million domestic tourists moving around the country annually.

The removal of restrictions in the manufacturing and food sectors, world-class infrastructures, and improved telecommunication facilities are key areas for the Duterte economic team to consider in his 10-point socio-economic agenda.

Duterte wants to remove the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution in order to attract more foreign direct investments.

He wants more private participation in t he const r uc t ion of infrastructure projects by addressing bottlenecks in the implementation of the public-private partnership program.

Duterte is not a socialist, Villegas says, but a social democrat along the lines of the social market economy of the Federal Republic of Germany.

He says Duterte has no intention to nationalize strategic industries, distribute more private lands to small farmers, or increase both the fiscal deficit and national debt of the government.

On the contrary, Duterte wants to cont inue and maintain the very prudent common/PAGE 9

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common good under the Duterte administration.

In his trademark classroom-type lecture, Villegas painted a positive economic outlook for 2018, saying the country’s 6-7 percent GDP growth rate is sustainable, and even seen to grow further up to 12 percent annually.

The GDPs of the economies of Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and even China grew at 12 percent annually for more than a decade because they allowed market forces to operate side by side with strong government intervention.

In truth, Villegas says, even if we have Vice Ganda or Maine Mendoza as our president and do nothing but wag, still the nation’s

klaus doring I remember the time travelling around the world starting at the end 1970’s and always having in mind: Malaria! The war on malaria has been a victory for human health, driving deaths down and life expectancy up. But meanwhile, experts fear that the positive trajectory is starting to shift.

The global fight against ma l ar i a is g r inding to a halt, the World Health Organization warned on Wednesday (yesterday, I am writing this piece November 30, 2017!), amid flat-lining

funding and political complacency.

Ma l ar i a infe c te d an e s t i m at e d 2 1 6 m i l l i on people last year — about 5 million more than in 2015 — potentially reversing a six-year trend of decreasing infection cases. The majority of the 440,000 lives claimed by the mosquito-borne disease were young children in subSaharan Africa.

WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said “progress appears to have stalled” in the fight against the tropical disease. “Although there are some bright spots in the data, the overall decline in the global malaria burden has unquestionably leveled of f,” Ghebreyesus said.

“And, in some countries and regions, we are beginning to see reversals in the gains achieved.”

Fewer people are dying from malaria, but the rate of progress has slowed — especially in Africa.

Experts fear financial shortfalls and government complacency have thrown progress off track. “At the current level of funding and coverage of current tools, we have reached the limits of what can be achieved in the fight against the disease,” said Abdisalan Noor, lead author of the WHO’s annual malaria report.

Investment into malaria prevention — a third of which came from the US last year — has leveled off since 2010.

Analysis by the WHO found that funding in countries with a high risk of malaria had dropped to an average of less than two dollars per person per year.

The WHO says a minimum annual investment of $6.5 billion (€5.5 billion) is required to meet its ambitious 2030 targets.

Funding in 2016 stood at just $2.7 billion.

The majority of malaria casualties are children under the age of five in sub-Saharan

Africa. Insecticide-coated mosquito nets are an effective method of prevention.

Change in fortunes?

May be. Hopefully! The long-term global decline in malaria-related deaths has helped cut child mortality, driving a sharp increase in global life expectancy.

The WHO has repeatedly made announcement on “the massive roll-out of effective disease-cutting tools” and “impressive reductions in cases and deaths.”

Mosquito nets soaked in insecticide — mostly delivered through mass distribution campaigns — are the primary method of protection. But in sub-Saharan Africa fewer than half of households have sufficient access to them. “If we continue with a business-as-usual approach — employing the same level of resources and the same interventions — we will face near-certain increases in malaria cases and deaths,” malaria/PAGE 9

Dengvaxia: harbinger of the end of the Filipino race?

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Batas Mauricio LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

What would profit a man even if he gains the whole world, and yet he loses his soul in doing so?...” (Jesus, our God and Savior, in Matthew 16:26, the Holy Bible).

-ooo D E N G VA X I A : HARBINGER OF THE END OF THE FILIPINO RACE? There are questions that need to be answered by the Food and Drugs Administration, by the Department of Health, and even by former President Noynoy Aquino, on the raging issue of Dengvaxia: what,

really, is the reason why they permitted the vaccination of young Filipino students with a drug whose effectiveness was as yet untested?

A n d w h at c an t h e y say about the gruesome possibility that, because the dreaded dengue virus had already been introduced in the bodies of your male students through the aforesaid drug, those children can lose their capability to sire children, based on a study abroad which said that a male child afflicted with the dengue virus can suffer erectile dysfunction?

Is it possible that the true objective in the inoculation of your male students with Dengvaxia was the deliberate removal of their ability to procreate or sire children?

If this happens, would this not cause the end of the bloodline of native Filipino males who are the ones truly exposed to dengue-bearing mosquitoes?

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FDA’S DESIST ORDER, TOO LATE THE HERO: Truly disappointing is how I will describe the order of the Food and Drugs Administration of the Department of Health directing the cessation of the sale and distribution of Dengvaxia in the Philippines at this point. Indeed, this is a malady afflicting many agencies of government now: they will act only if the damage to the people and country had already been done.

We should not forget that even before the Noynoy Aquino government allowed the use of Dengvaxia as a supposed cure for dengue in the Philippines, many already expressed their opposition to it. The opposition came not only from well-meaning citizens but from doctors and medical practitioners as well, whose views were even fully publicized. But, the Food and Drugs Administration decided to be deaf and blind to all these, choosing not to

act one way or the other.

The fact is that, FDA has not done anything good for the country during most of the time of its existence. It cannot be denied that, for as long as we can remember now, many food, medicine, and cosmetic products whose nature remains dubious and could not guarantee good health for our countrymen have been flooding the archipelago with utmost impunity.

-ooo POSSIBLE REASONS O N F DA’ S D E L AY E D R E AC T I O N : I c a n n o t convince myself to believe that the inaction of the FDA on illegal food products, drugs, and cosmetics, is due to inefficiency or lack of sufficient legal basis. As I see it, this inaction is traceable to one of two things: they are either motivated by profit from the sale and distribution of unlicensed products, or they have been under harbinger/PAGE 9

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nvironment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu has called for a collective regional action to conserve the Coral Triangle and transform it into a sustainable megaresource.

“We need strong resolve and decisive action to confront the challenges that our region — the Coral Triangle — faces,” Cimatu said in his keynote speech delivered by Undersecretary Rodolfo Garcia on Wednesday at the opening of the 13th Senior Officials’ Meeting of the Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security (CTI-CFF) held in Makati City.

Cimatu noted that the environmental issues hounding the six-nation CTI-CFF are multidisciplinary, crosssectoral and transboundary in nature, giving rise to problems that are “very difficult for individual countries, acting separately, to solve.”

“They are a pressing and urgent concern that we need to face together,” Cimatu said, referring to problems of marine pollution, coastal development and climate change, among others.

As current chair of CTI-CFF, Cimatu underscored the need for member countries to forge “a joint resources

management agreement, a code of conduct that will transform our seas from being geopolitical hotspots to becoming crossroads of sustainably productive amity.”

Aside from the Philippines, the CTI-CFF is also composed of Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor-Leste.

Cimatu said the regional meeting was a chance for CTI-CFF to measure where it is now in terms of implementing the 10-year Regional Plan of Action or RPOA for the period 2010 to 2020.

“Two years to 2020 is a timely period to assess what

the remaining doables are,” Cimatu pointed out. “Yet, even as we take stock of our accomplishments, we have to look beyond 2020, to ensure the attainment of long-term goals, as well as our alignment with broader conventions and programs.”

The environment chief cited in particular the programs under the Convention on Wetlands of International Importance or the Ramsar Convention, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and the Aichi Targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

At the same time, Cimatu took the opportunity to invite the

other five CTI-CFF nations to join the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), which the 12th session of its parties was held in the Philippines last October.

He noted that of the six CTI-CFF member countries, only the Philippines is a party to the CMS. “We hope that the other member-countries will consider also joining the CMS, given that their territories may also be hosts or ranges of migratory species, like the yellow fin and bluefin tuna,” he said.

The entire Coral Triangle region is a vital and major base for the food security of

over 120 million people. It is also a habitat of many food fish species, including the prized tuna.

At the same time, the region contains about 53 percent of the world’s coral reefs, making it a center of marine biological diversity.

Cimatu said the naturebased tourism made possible by the region’s rich marine biodiversity is an important source of revenues for both the governments and coastal communities.

“Ecotourism is an important industry most appropriate for the conservation and strengthening of our marine protected areas,” he added.

ASEAN experts gather in Laoag City to tackle urban resilience to climate disasters

Research and development experts from across Southeast Asia will gather in Laoag City this week to participate in a three-day regional forum focusing on the need to build more resilient cities amid the challenges posed by climate change.

The forum, dubbed the ASEAN 2017 Forum on Urban Resilience to Climate Change and Disaster Risk Reduction Management Strategies, will be held on December 5-7 in Laoag City.

Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) Secretary Roy A. Cimatu said the forum would serve as a platform for ASEAN countries to discuss plans on attaining urban resilience to climate change and disaster risks.

The DENR is organizing the forum through its Ecosystems Research and Development Bureau (ERDB), as part of the events celebrating the 50th founding anniversary of the ASEAN, which is being hosted by the Philippines.

With populations in urban centers worldwide expected to balloon to at least 2.5 billion by 2050, urban resiliency has become an urgent agenda, according to Cimatu.

“Urban populations are drivers of global warming and, consequently, climate change.

Disasters are happening, and we may yet experience more if we continue with our current practices,” he stated.

Studies have shown that more than half of the world’s population is in cities and this could increase up to 66 percent by 2050.

Cities also use about 75 percent of all natural resources while contributing to 67 percent of energy consumption and 71 percent of carbon emissions.

“The effects of our decisions and actions as part of an urban ecosystem transcend boundaries.

We need to discuss the vulnerability of urban areas, and we need to discuss it now in this forum,” Cimatu stressed.

The forum will open with messages from the host country’s officials and dignitaries, including Cimatu, Philippine ASEAN representative Ambassador Elizabeth Buensuceso, and Ilocos Norte Governor Imee Marcos.

The opening ceremonies will be followed by plenary sessions on climate change impact assessment, green growth strategies, policies, and disaster risk reduction management strategies, along with the opening of an exhibit on urban resilience.

Top ASEAN urban resilience leaders have been invited as speakers and facilitators in the

forum, which is divided into four main sessions.

The first session will discuss tools and methodologies in assessing climate change impacts, with topics touching on air, water use, river pollution, industrial greenhouse gas emissions, and landslide vulnerability.

Session Two is on urban resilience and green growth strategies. Topics covered include emergency response,sustainability of public open spaces, degradation of wetland areas due to urbanization, flood control operations, mitigation of landfill gas emissions, river management, and drought.

The third session will focus on institutional structures, policies and programs with speakers discussing their respective countries’ experiences and lessons learned on spatial planning, community-based disaster risk management, earthquake hazard zoning and land use planning.

Disaster risk reduction strategies will be the main theme for Session Four. Discussions will cover land use management, flood disaster solutions, innovations in financing climate-compatible development, social capital, and responsiveness to slow-onset events.

A synthesis of discussions will be presented at the end of the forum to thresh out solutions.

Camiguin World AIDS Day. With the theme, "Right to Health," the local government of Camiguin holds the HIV Awareness Run in observance of the World AIDS Day on December 1, 4:00 p.m. at the Provincial Plaza.

The event will highlight the need for people living with HIV and those who are vulnerable and affected by the epidemic, to reach the goal of universal health coverage.(Camiguin RHU/RTP/PIA10)

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NATIONAL Transmission Corp. (TransCo) expects to end the year with P8 billion in outstanding payables, its president said, pointing out that the amount does not include the interest incurred because of the delay in meeting payment obligations.

Still, the state-led agency that handles the payment to renewable energy companies eligible for feed-in-tariff (FiT) remains hopeful that it will be able find funding to partly address the deficiency.

Melvin A. Matibag, TransCo president and chief executive officer, said he remains in contact with the World Bank even as a plan to borrow between P15 billion and P20 billion from the international lending agency failed to materialize.

“Mukhang depleted ang funds nila (Their funds seem to be depleted),” he said in an interview on the sidelines of a recent Senate hearing. “But I’m still talking to them.”

TransCo has been pointing out that regulators need to approve

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a higher feed-in-tariff allowance (FiT-All) to allow the agency to pay FiT-eligible plants and stop the ballooning interest because of the delay in the disbursement of the guaranteed tariff.

Calculated annually, the FiT-All is a uniform charge that is applied to the kilowatt-hours billed to consumers who are supplied with electricity through the country’s distribution or transmission network.

The FiT-All mechanism was established under the Renewable Energy Act of 2008, which aims to jumpstart the development of renewable energy sources such as wind, run-of-river hydropower, solar and biomass plants.

“By the end of the year, absent of any FiT rate adjustment, we estimate to incur P8-billion outstanding payables. We have included this amount in our application with the ERC (Energy Regulatory Commission) for the 2018 FiT-All rate,” Mr. Matibag said.

He said P0.1830 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), the transco/PAGE 9

MART Communications is expected to complete the installation of more than 4,200 3G and Long Term Evolution (LTE) sites nationwide by yearend, in line with efforts to improve the delivery of mobile services to its subscribers.

“Our commitment to the National Telecommunications Commission is to meet 90-percent municipality coverage next year for 3G and 4G mobile broadband, and we are well on track to meet this,” Joachim Horn, chief technology and information advisor for PLDT, said in a statement.

“We are already at about 89 percent, so we will definitely meet that target early next year,” Horn added.

The telco has heightened up its rollout of mobile data, with 90 percent of LTE sites completed in Metro

Manila, according to Horn.

Improvements in LTE sites have been experienced in the metropolis. Recent internal tests in Parañaque, for example, recorded median LTE download speeds of 17.9 megabits per second (Mbps) and median upload speeds of 12 Mbps.

Meanwhile, median download and upload speeds of 27.6 Mbps and 16.1 Mbps, respectively, were posted in Caloocan.

In Taguig, Smart LTE posted median download speeds of 18.6 Mbps, while median upload speeds were at 13.7 Mbps.

Smart is also pursuing further upgrades for LTE sites with four component carrier aggregation or 4CC. “Carrier Aggregation” (CA) allows for the combination of two or more radio frequency bands in order to deliver bigger bandwidth and much faster data speeds

to mobile users. 4CC aggregation features the combination of four separate spectrum blocks to deliver much greater capacity and speeds.

Earlier this year, Smart activated 4CC in Boracay, reaching average speeds of 280 Mbps in initial runs using Samsung’s latest flagship smartphones, the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+, 4CC carrier aggregation-capable smartphones available in the market.

Internal tests also showed consistent delivery of speeds breaching 300 Mbps in a single-user scenario, and over 200 Mbps in a multi-user, daytime set-up following the initial deployment of 4CC technology in Metro Manila.

“This only goes to show that we have put in place a network that is capable of providing these high speeds,” said Horn.

Smart has finished its LTE deployment in Metro

Davao and Metro Cebu, in the island of Boracay, and in the province of Rizal. It is currently underway in Metro Manila and in key cities in other parts of the country.

It has also partnered with mobile device vendors to provide affordable LTE capable smartphones. It also encourages its customers to upgrade to LTE SIMs, so they can maximize Smart’s LTE network.

It recently launched an LTE SIM check via SMS program, where customers can text SIMCHECK to 5832 to check if their SIMS are already LTE-capable or not. (PR) Coat of Arms of the Philippines The Philippine News Agency is a web-based newswire service of the Philippine government under the supervision of the News and Information Bureau (NIB) of the Presidential Communications Office (PCO).

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WB urges adoption of integrated social protection policy

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HE Philippines needs to create an integrated social protection policy to reduce poverty, according to a new World Bank (WB) report.

The WB report, titled “Riding the Wave: An East Asian Miracle for the 21st Century,” described the Philippines, along with Indonesia and Cambodia, as “out-of-extremepoverty” countries, which enjoy low levels of extreme

poverty but also still have small middle classes.

A sizable share of the population is still either moderately poor or vulnerable to falling back into poverty, it said.

“Integrating existing social assistance programs to provide greater economic security is a key priority, with strengthening mobility a close second,” WB reported.

The Bank identified

fostering economic mobility among the three pillars that can underpin the policy agenda for the remaining extreme poor. “(This) requires closing gaps in access to jobs and services, improving the quality of jobs, and promoting financial inclusion,” it said.

Other pillars are providing greater economic security and bolstering social assistance systems.

The former involves bolstering social assistance systems, expanding social insurance, and increasing resilience to shocks; while strengthening institutions includes progressive taxation policies to raise resources and improvements in the effectiveness of inclusive spending programs.

“Better management of rapid aging and urbanization, as well as enhancing competition,

will also help,” the report added.

The WB noted that countries of developing East Asia and Pacific – among the most successful in the world in reducing poverty and improving living standards – need to adopt a new thinking if they are to achieve inclusive growth going forward.

“It’s a historic achievement that nearly a billion people in East

Asia moved out of extreme poverty in just one generation,” said Victoria Kwakwa, WB Vice President for East Asia and the Pacific.

“But for the region to sustain inclusive growth, countries will need to address the challenges of fully eliminating extreme poverty, enhancing the prospects for economic mobility, and assuring economic security for all.”

(PNA)

Operational lapses caused DBS forecasts PH’s November inflation at 3.5% BPI system glitch — BSP

By Joann Villanueva

THE CENTRAL BANK has found operational lapses that led to a twoday internal glitch at the Bank of the Philippine Islands (BPI) last June, a senior official said, as the regulator completes its investigation into the incident.

The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) is still determining whether it would impose sanctions on the lender, Deputy Governor Chuchi G. Fonacier told reporters in an ambush interview.

“The BSP investigation is complete… We’re still having this internal meeting before we elevate [to the Monetary Board],” Ms. Fonacier said, noting

that the central bank will release a public statement on their final decision involving the Ayala-led lender.

The Monetary Board is the highest decisionmaking body in the BSP, which sets regulatory standards and hands out penalties if deemed necessary.

BPI encountered a twoday downtime in its online and automated teller machine platforms after an internal error resulted in incorrect account balances reflected in about 1.5 million customer accounts on June 7-8.

It took the bank around 37 hours to correct the

MANILA -- A research note by financial institution DBS forecasts the Philippines’ November 2017 inflation rate to remain flat at 3.5 percent compared to the month-ago level.

DBS Group Research, in a study, said upside risks are expected at the near term “given robust domestic demand as well as the proposed tax reforms that may be implemented starting next year.”

The first package of the tax reform measure is now being deliberated at the bicameral conference committee level

after the Senate approved its version recently. The House of Representative approved its own version last May. The first tax reform package targets to cut personal income tax, of which the on government revenues is targeted to be offset by an increase in oil taxes, among others.

Impact of this measure on inflation has been expected early on and add to the upside risks on the back of a rising inflation rate.

Last October, inflation registered another uptick to 3.5 percent from the

previous month’s 3.4 percent. However, average inflation in the first 10 months this year stood at 3.2 percent, within the 2 to 4 percent target range for 2017 to 2019.

Monetary officials’ average inflation assumption this year is 3.2 percent and executives of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) are confident that inflation until 2019 will remain within target.

Thus, the BSP’s policymaking Monetary Board has kept the central bank’s key rates at the same level since the neutral change in

June 2016, in line with the implementation of the Interest Rate Corridor and at recordlows years before that.

To date, the central bank’s key rate is 3 percent, while floor and ceiling rates are at 2.5 percent and 3.5 percent, respectively.

“While we forecast CPI (Consumer Price Index) inflation to remain within the official two to four percent target next year, we are of the view that the BSP is behind the curve in its policy tightening cycle,” the DBS research said. (PNA)

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an administrative fine of not more than P300,000.

Likened to the anti-illegal drug operations “Oplan Tokhang,” Project ET aims to intensify the implementation of Fair Trade Laws and the Consumer Act in the provinces to further safeguard the life, safety and health of the consuming public.

Project ET monitors prices, labels/markings, weight and quality of goods for consumers to get the best value of their hard-earned money.

Project ET was officially launched on 01 August 2017

by DTI Secretary Ramon M. Lopez. (AADevero/DTI/ PIA-10 LDN)

Ghebreyesus said. How about the situation in the Philippines? I miss updated reports.

Malaria – Can it be vanquished?

Some 80 percent of malaria deaths take place in just 15 countries — 14 sub-Saharan African nations and India.

Emergency work is underway in Nigeria, South Sudan, Venezuela and Yemen, where ongoing humanitarian crises pose further public health risks.

Several countries in the Middle East and central Asia have been certified as malaria-free in the last decade, including Morocco, Armenia and Turkmenistan.

Last year, Kyrgyzstan and Sr i L an ka j oine d t heir ranks, having gone three years without recording an indigenous case of malaria.

“We are up against a tough adversary,” Ghebreyesus said.

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macroeconomic policies of the Aquino administration, which leftists refer to derisively as “neoliberal.”

Duterte believes that the government has to be strongly interventionist in areas where markets fail saying that the state has some indispensable roles to play in society.

The state must be responsible for keeping peace and order, administering justice, constructing public works, and delivering social services especially to the poor.

The state must be responsible for keeping peace and order, administering justice, constructing public works, and delivering social services especially to the poor.

That is why Duterte wants to pursue a genuine agricultural development strategy that will depart from the simplistic approach of land redistribution.

He wants to focus on providing support services to the small farmers who have been the beneficiaries of the first phase of agrarian reform. He wants to address bottlenecks in land administration and management systems.

Duterte intends to improve the income tax system to make it progressive as well.

Because of his genuine concern for the poorest of the poor, Duterte is seen to continue a program t hat dates b ack to t he Arroyo administration: the conditional cash transfer program.

Aside from suppressing crimes, terrorism, illegal d r u g s an d c or r upt i on , the establishment of rural health clinics, reduction of maternal mortality and the provision of potable water in the barangays are also areas of concern for the Duterte administration to consider very seriously.

M o r e o v e r, Vi l l e g a s acknowledges that the best service Duterte can give to the poorest of the poor is to provide free access to quality basic education.

Interesting times? The best is yet to come, Merry Christmas! (ruffy44_ ph2000@yahoo.com)

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compulsion not to act at all for one reason or another by their superiors.

Now, this inaction of the agency has brought a grave threat on almost a million Filipino youngsters. The question here is this: can the officials in the agency

still sleep at night knowing the dangers they have foisted upon our children who were once described as the hope of the country?

And can they still afford to feed their families with the salaries they are receiving from their negligence or deliberate fraud in the discharge of their duties and responsibilities, especially since the future of many Filipino children are now gravely compromised by what they have done? I think it would have been better if the children of these officials were the ones inoculated with Dengvaxia, so they will know the feeling of despair on the part of the parents of the afflicted children.

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rate approved by ERC for 2016, is insufficient to address TransCo’s total payables.

TransCo has a pending application for P0.2291 for 2017 and has yet to receive even a provisional authority to collect the higher amount.

“We have in fact showed in the 2018 application that we need P0.29 to P0.30 per kWh as of date,” he said.

As of Nov. 6, 2017, TransCo has managed to

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pay P27.26 billion or 79.44% of its obligations. Its unpaid balance as of the period was P7.06 billion, excluding interest payment of P288.92 million.

Mr. Matibag said the billing statement received

by TransCo for October 2017 showed that the agency was delayed in its payment by seven to eight months.

DEED OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE Notice is hereby given that the intestate of estate MARIETTA L. LUMAGBAS, who died on April 22, 2017 at Cagayan de Oro City; WHEREAS, the deceased at the time of their death left a parcel of land; PARCEL LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 137-2016004008; Lot 7, Block 1, PCS-10-004106 CONS/SUBD. OF LOTS 21470-B and 21470-C, PSD104305-019592, located at Lumbia, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 160 square meters, more or less; PARCEL LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-32226; Lot 8413-H-6, Psd-10-036748, being a portion of Lot 8413-H, Psd-10-021115 situated at Bolo-bolo, El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental, containing an area of 68 square meters, more or less; PARCEL LAND TRANSFER CERTIFICATE TITLE NO. T-78310 Lot 1337-G-5-B-3, Psd-10-006007, being a portion of Lot 1337-G-5-B, Psd-10-004962 situated at Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City, containing an area of 363 square meters, more or less; MARIETTA L. LUMAGBAS is the subject of DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATE; is made and entered among; LLYOD B. LUMAGBAS, (Widower), JOAN MARIE LUGTU LUMAGBAS, CHRISTINA MARIE L. LUMAGBAS, NATHALIE MARIE L. LUMAGBAS, LAURENCE LLYOD L. LUMAGBAS, all of legal ages, Filipino, singles and resident of Villa de Oro Subdivision, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City; That the parties, hereto being of legal age and with full civil capacity to contract and pursuant to Rule 74 of the Rules of Court, hereby by these presents agree to adjudicate, as they hereby divide and adjudicate, among themselves, the abovedescribed real properties including improvements found thereon; Under Notary Public of EMELITO J. MARQUINO; Doc. No. 404; Page No. 80; Page No. XIV; Series of 2017.

BWM: Dec. 6, 13 & 20, 2017

IIN THE MATTER OF THE MISC CASE NO. 2017-1443 PETITION FOR AN ORDER OF THE CANCELLATION OF DECREE NO. 756727 CAD CASE NO. 27 LRC CADASTRAL RECORD CDO MAIN BRANCH DIVISORIA BRANCH MARIANO BURAY NO. 1592 P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., Petitioner, Kalambagohan Sts., #61 Don A. Velez St.,

-versusTel. # (08822) 727-829 * Cagayan de Oro City THE ADMINISTRATOR Telefax # (088) 856-1947 Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAND REGISTRATION AUTHORITY Respondent.

CAMIGUIN BRANCH LAPASAN BRANCH xB.- -Aranas - - - - St., - - -Poblacion, - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Lapasan - - - - / Hi-way, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491

Cagayan de Oro City

ORDER Tel. # (088) 231-6739

Before this court is a verified Petition For Cancellation of Decree CORRALES BRANCH No. 756727 on Lot No. 12212-F-P, CARMEN located atBRANCH Kibaghot, Laguindingan, Corrales Ave., Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Misamis Oriental. de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011 Cagayan Finding the same to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is set for INITIAL HEARING on February 14, 2018 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning at this court, sitting at the Hall of Justice, Initao, Mistunis Oriental. Persons interested in this petition are required to answer and appear before this court on the aforesaid date and make known their opposition thereto.

The Administrator of the Land Registration Authority is hereby directed at the expense of the applicant to cause the publication of the Notice of Initial Hearing in the Official Gazette and once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental and the posting of this Order at Barangay Hall of Kibaghot and Municipal Hall at Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental and at the bulletin hoard of this Court.

Further, the applicant is hereby directed to furnish copy of the application and its annexes to the Solicitor General. Lastly, let copies of this Order be furnished to the concerned office of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR ) of this province.

SO ORDERED. September 20, 2017, Initao, Misamis Oriental

(SGD.) MARISSA P. ESTABAYA Presiding Judge

BWM: Dec. 6, 13 & 20, 2017 Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 18 Cagayan de Oro City NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE EJF FILE NO. 2017-363 CORPORATION,

Mortgagee, -versus- FOR EXTRAJUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL CONCORDIO B. LUENGO married to ESTATE MORTGAGE CORAZON B. LUENGO,

Mortgagors, x----------------------------------------------/ Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by NATIONAL HOME MORTGAGE FINANCE CORPORATION, with postal address at 104 Amorsolo St., Legaspi Village, Makati City, against CONCORDIO B. LUENGO married to CORAZON B. LUENGO, Mortgagors, with postal address at Lot 33 Block 15, Villa Trinitas Subd., Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 30, 2017, amounted to ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY NINE THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVEN PESOS and 59/100 (Php 179,605.59) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on January 12, 2018, at 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Hall of Justice (City Tourism Hall), Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit: Transfer Certificate of Title No. T-81218 A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 33 Block 15, Psd-104305-015867, being a portion of Lot 2, (LRC) Psd-157430) situated in the Barrio of Bugo, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, containing an area of ONE HUNDRED TWENTY SIX (126) square meters, more or less.

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

In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein above described and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, November 22, 2017.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

(SGD.) NIZA P. TACANDONG Sheriff IV BWM: Nov 29, Dec 6 & 13, 2017

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Jennifer Wee Tan announcing the different landmarks

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By Joe Palabao

ast December 1, eight hundred (800) thousand foreign, domestic and local Tourists witnessed the Grand Opening and Lighting of the 25th Christmas Symbols Festival 2017 featuring seventeen (17) tourist landmark from all over the world at the City Hall Ground and Plaza of famous Tangub City and accredited by the Department of Tourism as the Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines.

The festivities now runs in its 25th years of existence giving happiness, joy and delight to all the Tangubanons , Tangub City now Celebrates its Silver Anniversary Celebration and marks a 25-50 Star commemorating 25 years and Founding Anniversary of the following: Dalit Festival, a Thanksgiving Festival in honor of its Patron Saint Michael the Archangel; Miss Tangub City/Miss Tourism, beauty queens as Ambassadress of Goodwill and Tourism

Montison’s Tower

Development, Sinanduloy Dance Troupe, world famous dance Troupe which brought honors and beacon to the City in International and National Dance Competitions and the Spectacular Annual Christmas Symbols Festival-which earned recognition and accreditation from the Tourism Industry as Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines.

The 25th Year Celebration of festivities is a prelude to the 50th Golden Founding Anniversary as a Citycome February 2018 thus the 25-50 Commemorative Star for big Celebration on February 28, 2018.

Tangubanons showcased their talents, craftsmanship and ingenuity by using ecofriendly, biodegradable and recyclable and materials thus-making amazing, stunning and look alike Tourist Destinations landmarks of the world.

These are samples of world Tourist landmarks

like Notre Dame Cathedral of Paris, South African Air Force Memorial, Laos Temple, Belgium Luminarie de Cogna, Garden Fountains Bella Logo Moggoine, Italy, Vortex Centre, Montison’s Tower and Eleven other Tourist landmarks that are beautifully Designed and built as is with the original structure.

Giving video clips greeting were given by Senators Loren Legarda, Cynthia Villar, Migs Zubiri, Koko Pimentel and other Government officials, Religious groups, who wanted to be part of the spectacular Christmas Symbols Festival 2017 now in its 25th year of colorful annual Celebration.

Festival Guest Honor is Assistant Secretary Department of Tourism Media Relations Events Frederick Alegre gave his words of felicitations and an assurance that DOT will help Tangub City to be in the Global Tourism Industry. He even suggested that the Festival will be extended up to February Valentines Day. He assures that

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Laos Temple

with the presence of the dynamic leadership of Regional Director May Salvana Unchuan the Region will catapult into one of the leading Tourism Destination in the country today.

Regional Director May Salvana Unchuan was accorded by the founders of the Christmas Symbols Festival Mayor Philip Tan and First Lady Jennifer Wee Tan the 2550 Star symbolizing the founding of the four big events of the city (Dalit Festival, Miss Tangub City, Sinanduloy Dance Troupe and Christmas Symbols Festival and the upcoming 50th Charter Founding Anniversary of the City of Tangub February 2018.

Kudos to the lovers 25 years ago at the Plaza of Tangub who dreamed dreams and transformed the Plaza into a village full of Hope and love the Christmas Symbols by Philip and Jenny the forerunners of development of the City.

Congratulations Tangub City as the Christmas Symbols Capital of the Philippines!!!

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“ This is our sellable point. The first thing that a potential investor inquires when scouting for a place to invest is a sound investment climate. The second thing is the Seal of Good Local Governance of that LGU because it already represents excellence in every aspect of support a business gets from that LGU – from disaster resiliency to security to tax incentives, etc.,” he said.

Misamis Oriental was also the recipient of the Seal of Good Local Governance in 2016.

E m an o t h an ke d t he provincial capitol employees and the mayors of all 24 municipalities and three cities of the province for helping him bring governance and services closer to the constituency, thus earning points for the Seal to be awarded to the province.

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agricultural sector will enable Mindanao to fulfill its reputation as the food basket of the Philippines,” Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand and Minister of Foreign Affairs, said in the statement.

The funds f rom the project will pay for farming inputs and agricultural equipment, including postharvest facilities; and value chain workshops for farm cooperatives.

The project will also help communities build resilience in the face of natural disasters.

“The new project will provide vulnerable c om mu n it i e s w it h t h e means to establish micro and agribusiness enterprises that are able to compete in new and existing markets, and to also become more proactive in dealing with natural and human-induced disasters,” Jose Luis Fernandez, FAO representative in the

Philippines, was quoted in the statement as saying.

“With improved yields, increas ed incomes and resilience, they will have better chances to break the cycle of poverty and food insecurity,” Mr. Fernandez added.

The New Zealand Aid Programme is managed by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade which has funded FAO projects globally.

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The killing of Rolando Moreno Sr. on Nov. 28 was believed to have stemmed from animosities between three groups of ARBs who are awaiting installation of their lands as part of the close to 4,000 hectares of palm oil plantation areas of multinational NDC-Guthrie Plantation Inc. (NGPI) which was converted into land reform areas in 1998.

Police report said Moreno who confronted a group of ARB members from the rival group led by Nestor Alcular was shot to death at gunpoint.

A recorded mobile phone video on the incident will be used by the Municipal Police Office of Rosario town in the filing of formal charges against the perpetrators.

Alcular’s faction, which is the original group of NGPI ARB Multi-Purpose C o op erat ive, proteste d the final resolution of the Provincial Office of the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) of which the writ of reinstallation on the distributed land reform lands will be released this week.

Occupied Ahead of the turn-over event, the victim’s group led by Emmanuel Sustino has already occupied their designated areas to start developing the farm and apparently secure their parcel of lands from intruders in the wake of growing hostilities among the infighting ARB factions.

Sustino has singled out leaders of Alcular’s group for enriching themselves with the cooperative’s profits while distributing measly amount of dividends to lowly members during yearly assemblies.

He particularly cited an instance in the past when c o op e r at ive’s b o ard of directors and staff received P20,000 each while the members were only given P1,500 each.

Sustino also questioned the unfair policy carried out by Alcular group where the size of an area for every agrarian reform beneficiary will depend on the amount of capital build up it shared which he said runs counter to agrarian reform law of equal distribution of at least three hectares each for ARBs. He a l s o q u e s t i on e d accountability of the hundreds of millions of pesos the cooperative earned in the last three years which members of the splinter groups have been deprived of dividends.

Point of interest The third faction led by a certain Abalaya remains mum on the incident although it has been the focus of envy of Alcular’s group after DAR assigned some 307 hectares of replanted palm oil lands already bearing fruits and produced at least P2 million a month.

But Alcular’s group which also set up tents near the main entrance of the palm oil plantation has claimed the productive area as theirs being the mother cooperative and has been getting the monthly P2 million earnings since 2014 while there was still no resolution in the subdivision of the palm oil lands.

Ouster call In statement written in vernacular, Alcular’s group has called for the ouster of Provincial Agrarian Reform Officer Leoncio Bautista as they accused him of favoring the smaller factions with the

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 24 Cagayan de Oro City SMALL BUSINESS GUARANTEE AND FINANCE CORPORATION, FILE NO. 2017-248

Mortgagee,

-versus- FOR: EJF OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE TEDDY S. CABELTES SR., AND UNDER ACT 3135 ESTRELLA L. SACAY/ RAMON TED SARISARI STORE,

Mortgagors. x---------------------------/ SHERIFF’S NOTICE OF SALE Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under ACT 3135 as amended filed by SMALL BUSINESS GUARANTEE AND FINANCE CORPORATION., mortgagee, against TEDDY S. CABELTES SR., and ESTRELLA SACAY mortgagor, resident of Block 15, Lot 7, 2nd Gate, Xavier Heights, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of September 17, 2017, amounts to (P 1,035,018.57) excluding penalties, charges, attorneys fees and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on December 18, 2017 at 9:00 A. M. or soon thereafter at the Hall of Justice, Goldridge Building, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the properties with all its improvements to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-206868 A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot 24916, Cad-237, Cagayan Cadastre, surveyed for TEDDY CABELTES SR., Land Use (ORCHARD) Located at Macasandig, Cagayan de Oro City, Island of Mindanao. NE., along line 3-4 by Lot 24916-B, SE., along line 4-1 by Road Lot 24916-F, SW., along line 1-2, by Lot 24916-D, all of PSD-10-064584, NW., along line 2-3 by Lot 24917, CAD-237, Cagayan Cadastre.. Containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED FIFTY SEVEN (4,257) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves, in the event of Auction Sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason the sale will proceed on the following day, without further notice, posting and publication, the title here in above decribe and encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, November 10, 2017.

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(SGD.) TERESITO C. ESTENZO Sheriff IV

more productive lands while assigning to them the rest of the less productive over matured 35-year-old pam oil tree areas.

“We call on Bautista to divide the land equally in the more productive and less productive areas which is acceptable to the three parties and if you could not resolve this, you better resign,” the statement said.

Alcular also wrote a letter to Bautista to issue a Cease and Desist Order to Abalaya and Sustino pending new resolution of the case.

Based on their previous a g r e e m e n t s , DA R h a s allocated 444 hectares to Sustino group which has 147 members , Abalaya group with the same 444 hectares for its 146 members while the remaining more than 2,000 hectares goes to Alcular’s group which has more than 800 members.

Fair and square Bautista retorted the final resolution in the subdivision of lands was reached in a fair and justifiable manner for the parties to peacefully co-exist to equal rights and access to farm roads leading to the national highway and mountainous areas.

DAR officials in a meeting with the three ARB factions and other stakeholders on Oct. 17, handed down the final decision on the distribution of lands because as what DAR Caraga Regional Director Julita Carandang pointed out, “ we could no longer wait for another time because the case has been dragging for such a long time.”

Bautista said Alcular only sent a representative during the crucial meeting which could not decide on the final agreement but later the group protested the decision in the meeting with stakeholders on Nov. 9.

He said Alcular who was DEED OF EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS Notice is hereby given that the intestate of estate ELEAZAR A. CAPARIDA who died November 01, 2015 at P-18, Sugod, Valencia City, Bukidnon; That the said deceased mat the time of his death, left that certain property A PARCEL OF LAND situated at Sugod, Valencia City, Bukidnon, containing an area of TEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY FIVE (10,485) SQUARE METERS more or less, known as 119-A-4, Psd10-0044113 covered by TCT No. 83720; ELEAZAR A. CAPARIDA is the subject of EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT AMONG HEIRS; is made and entered inyo EVA C. CAPARIDA, EVANGELINE C. CULANAG, ARNEL C. CAPARIDA and BRYAN C. CAPARIDA all of legal age, Filipinos, married CAGAYAN ORO MAIN BRANCH except EVADEC. CAPARIDA who P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers is widow and all residents Kalambagohan Sts., of P-8, # (08822)City, 727-829 * Sugod, Tel. Valencia Bukidnon; Telefax # (088) 856-1947 That the parties HEIRS hereto being allCAMIGUIN of legal BRANCH ages and with Aranascapacity St., Poblacion, fullB.civil toMambajao, contract, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 hereby by these presents agree BRANCH to divide,CORRALES settle and adjudicate, Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City as they hereby divide, settle and DIVISORIA BRANCH adjudicate among themselves, the Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. above-described real properties, Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel.PRO-INDIVI # (088) 857-3631 EQUALLY SO. Under Notary public of FRANCISCO L. LAPASAN BRANCH VASIG, Doc. No.de22; LapasanJR.; Hi-way, Cagayan Oro Page City Tel. No. # (088) 231-6739 Series No. 6; Book CCXXXVIII; of 2016. CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

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present during the meeting to air their protest has even warned he could no longer control some members to be unruly if their new proposal would not be heeded by the body.

But the provincial DAR chief said the new proposal submitted by Alcular’s faction was grossly unfair since they wanted the splinter factions’ areas near the boundaries of converted land reform lands where it is already abandoned in the development of palm oil trees and near influenced areas of the New Peoples Army.

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And these members are women – mothers and homemakers who organized themselves with the assistance of the local government of Maramag and the Department of Agriculture (DA).

“Our organization believes t hat women should b e functional economic partners and should play a vital role in community development,” Mendoza said.

In April 2012, with the help of government and nongovernment partners, the Maramag RICFed started running Kape Maramag as its flagship livelihood initiative.

The enterprise was meant to revive the local coffee industry by adding value to the coffee produce of the area. Thus, Kape Maramag’s operations were mostly roasting, grinding, and brewing to produce good-quality coffee.

This created a unique opportunity for Maramag coffee farmers to finally have a steady buyer.

The enterprise started out with just a hundred kilograms of coffee beans and an endless supply of persistence. They tapped the farmers in their town, offering to purchase their produce at a better price on a per-kilo basis, in contrast to the bulk purchasing of existing buyers such as Nestle.

And the farmers favored Kape Maramag; they no longer have to worry about producing less during offseason farming months since the Kape Maramag enterprise offers a premium price even for smaller volumes.

Today, the enterprise continuously roasts 30 to 50 kilograms of coffee every week, and their fast-selling coffee products never stay long on their shelves. At the same time, Maramag farmers

who are also members of the federation have found a reliable buyer for their produce – and consequently, a reliable source of income.

Growing together with DOST-X The win-win collaboration between Kape Maramag and local coffee farmers is paired with support from various government and nongovernment partners.

One important partner is DOST (DOST) Region X, through the Provincial Science and Technology Center (PSTC) of Bukidnon.

In late 2014, Kape Maramag saw the need to enhance their production and their products. Fortunately, they discovered that they could seek the help of DOST’s Small Enterprise Technology Upgrading Program (SETUP), a program that assists micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) through science and technology.

In 2015, PSTC Bukidnon implemente d a SETUP project for Kape Maramag, providing the science and technology interventions that the enterprise needed: a coffee bag packaging machine, a moisture tester for coffee beans, shelf life analysis, and packaging and labeling design development and initial execution.

“Through SETUP, we were able to improve our packaging and even produce another coffee product which is instant coffee,” added Mendoza.

Previously, Kape Maramag only offered freshly roasted coffee on-site at their kiosk near the town’s bus station.

But now, with a growing variety of products and better packaging, they have reached farther and wider markets, including Manila, Cavite, Cotabato, and Surigao.

Mendoza stressed that the boost in their sales was because of DOST-SETUP. “SETUP really helped a lot in achieving our goals as entrepreneurs,” she said.

The growth of Kape Maramag has come to mean not only the popularity of a single enterprise, but more importantly, a better and more sustainable source income for the Maramag coffee farmers. It is proof that when citizens work proactively with each other and with appropriate partners, the resulting success will be rich and utterly satisfying.

(HJTagupa/DOST-X)

CDO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947

DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631

CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491

LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739

CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City

CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd.,Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

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