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Tourism devt BUTUAN City -- The House of the Representatives has approved four bills filed by Agusan del Norte (2nd District) Congressman Erlpe John M. Amante, related to the declaration of tourism development sites in the province.

The bills of Amante were approved on the third and final reading by the house of representatives on Monday.

The following bills filed by Amante included House Bill 3884: “An Act Declaring the Mapaso Hot and Cold Spring Located in Brgy. La Paz, Municipality of Santiago, province of Agusan del Norte As Tourism Development Site and Appropriating Funds Therefor,” House Bill 3885: “An Act Declaring the Tagnote Falls In Mt. Hilong-hilong Park Located In The Municipality of remedies T. Romualdez, Province of Agusan del Norte As Tourism Development Site and Appropriating Funds Therefor,” House Bill 3886: “An Act Declaring the Punta Diwata Located in Brgy.

Vinapor, Municipality of Carmen, Province of Agusan del Norte as Tourism Development Site and Appropriating Funds Therefor,” and House Bill 3891: “An Act Declaring the Lantawan Ecopark Located In Brgy. San Roque and Brgy. Crossing, Municipality of Kitcharao, Province of Agusan del Norte as Tourism Development Site and Appropriating Funds Therefor.”

Underground cable DAVAO City -- A joint working group from the local government and a utility firm will start inspecting the site for a pilot underground cabling project.

Atty. Joseph Felizarta acting assistant city building official said the proposed area for the pilot underground cables will be within the Davao City Hall and Sangguniang Panglungsod peripheries.

The current set-up is horizontal cabling where electric and telecommunication cables are propped up by posts.

Felizarta said Davao Light and Power Company is allocating P70million for the project. He expects other companies with cables on the poles to allocate fund for the underground cabling.

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Oro traders ignore call for tax payment protest O

By MARK FRANCISCO, Staff Writer

NLY three businesses in the city heeded the call of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Inc. (Oro Chamber) to pay their first quarter tax dues “under protest”.

In an interview yesterday, city treasurer Dr. Glenn Bañez said that the three businesses attached in their respective

payments a form provided by the Oro Chamber supposedly notifying the City Treasurer’s protest/PAGE 5

FEWER FISH. Although usually filled with various kinds of fish and other marine products, the fish section of the Surigao City market now has less items on display. A city ordinance has imposed a ceiling on fish prices. Now Surigaonons are faced with the prospect of a shortage in the supply of fish. mindanews photo by roel n. catoto

Delayed dam project could have saved city from Sendong (First of 2 Parts)

By MIKE BAÑOS, Editor-at-Large

A HYDROELECTRIC power dam project on the Cagayan River that has been delayed

for 15 years running could have possibly mitigated the deadly flash floods which ravaged Cagayan de Oro City some four years ago and killed thousands of residents.

“The Bulanog-Batang Hydroelectric Power Project has a huge 82-million cubic meter reservoir impounding area,” said Engr.

Cerael C. Donggay, president and CEO of Greenergy Inc. during a project presentation to the City Tourism Council held Tuesday, 10 February at the City Mayor’s Office conference room.

“With adequate warning, we can release water from our reservoir to accommodate a huge volume of flood waters coming from the Bulanog and Batang Rivers which at the dam/PAGE 11

CARAVAN FOR PEACE. Mamasapano town Mayor Benzar Ampatuan (above photo, left) greets Sultan Ashary P. Maongco (R), the newly installed project supervisor and acting general manager of the Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) and an official of the National Irrigation Administration (NIA). Maongco spearheads the just-held caravan for peace and development in Mamasapano, Maguindanao. photo by sonny sudaria / mindanao daily

Magelco holds caravan for peace, development

By SONNY SUDARIA, ARMM Bureau Chief with REY TENORIO, Contributor

TO manifest its support for the peace and development efforts in Mindanao, power distributor Maguindanao Electric Cooperative (Magelco) recently held a “p e a c e c a r a v a n” i n

Mamasapano town, the place of the bloody encounter that killed 44 members of the police’s Special Action Forces (SAF) on January 25, this year. magelco/PAGE 5

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DSWD to fast track processing of health benefits of Pantawid Pamilya grantees THE Northern Mindanao regional office of Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) here has promis ed t he Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) northern Mindanao that it will fast track processing of health benefit claims of Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (Pantawid Pamilya) grantees.

Chief social insurance of f icer of PhilHe alt h Region 10, Ian Alfredo T. Mag no, s ai d he a lt h benefit claims submitted by accredited hospitals will be processes immediately, as long as Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries will present the authentic and official identification card issued by DSWD northern Mindanao.

Magno, along with Social Insurance Officer Fatmah Guiling and Social Insurance Assistant Remea Vera Dacut, visited DSWD northern Mindanao to discuss issues and concerns relative to hastening the processing of claims.

Pantawid beneficiaries are covered by PhilHealth as Sponsored members. They are issued their Member Data Record and PhilHealth Identification Number which will serve as their pass when availing of health care benefits at any accredited facilities in the country.

As Sponsored members, they are entitled to full b e ne f it s i nclu d i ng t he recently introduced case rate payments for 23 medical and surgical cases wherein they no longer need to pay in excess of the PhilHealth set benefits in government facilities.

They can also avail of the ‘Z’ benefit package for catastrophic illnesses such as childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia, breast and prostate cancer, and kidney transplant, with financial coverage of P210,000, P100,000 (each), and P600,000 respectively.

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Pantawid beneficiaries also enjoy primar y care benefits such as consultations, regular blood pressure monitoring, and promotive health education on breastfeeding and couns eling on lifesty le modification and smoking

cessation. Medicines for diseases like asthma and acute gastroenteritis with no or mild dehydration, upper respiratory tract infection/ pneumonia and urinary tract infection are also provided for by accredited healthcare providers.

To e n s u r e a c c e s s ,

PhilHealth has automatically accredited all DOH licensed hospitals as Centers of Safety.

Guiling emphasized that PhilHealth will only honor untampered ID. In case of lost, Pantawid Pamilya beneficiaries can present certification duly signed only by either the

Regional Project Coordinator (RPC) or Provincial Link (PL).

Pantawid Pamilya RPC Kenneth Haze Sanchez disclosed that municipal links are not allowed to issue certification for PhilHealth benefit claims.(OBI/DSWD/ PIA10)

DILG conducts citizens monitor for water local governance confab ALL set for the conduct of project orientation on citizen’s monitors for local water governance through pu bl i c f i n an c e pro c e s s for the municipalities of Parang and Mastura of the province of Maguindanao, February 17-19.

This capacity development, which will be held in Cagayan de Oro, shall be undertaken by the Depar tment of Interior and L o c a l G over nment (DILG), region 10, through the established Regional Wa t e r a n d S a n i t a t i o n (WATSAN) Hub composed of academes, water service providers and civil society o r g a n i z at i o n s ( C S O s ) .

Trained members of the WATSAN Hub will assist in the project orientation and mentoring activities.

The two target municipalities were identified by the Water Su p p l y a n d S a n i t at i o n Unit-Office of the Project Development Office (WSSU-OPDS) as pilot local

government units (LGUs) for the institutionalization of C it i z e n s’ Mon it or Group under the auspices of Programme on Anti-Corruption for Development Effectiveness ( PA C D E - I ) f o r t h e Autonomous Reg ion in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM).

C it i z e ns’ Mon itor i s a c o m mu n i t y - b a s e d group of people formed as a public oversight and s er ves as advo cates for integrity in local water governance, transparency, accountability in public f i n a n c e , a n d p e o p l e’s participation. This will be composed of sectoral representatives, community leaders and members of f a it h - b a s e d g ro up s , e d u c at i o n a n d h e a l t h , farmers, fisher folks, women, youth, indigenous people, elders and persons with disabilities.

An assessment of prospective CSOs/ NGOs/POs in Parang

and Mastura that possess decent qualifications and technical capacities to be members of the Citizens’ Monitor Group was already conducted by the WSSU and Project Development a n d Ma n a g e m e nt Un i t (PDMU)-ARMM. WSSU requested the DILG Region 10 to facilitate the activity since there is no organized WATSAN HUB in ARMM that will handle

the project orientation.

Similar activity was already held for the municipalities of Jimene z and Sinacab an in the province of Misamis Occidental last October 2014.

This activity is in partnership with PDMUDILG 10 and in coordination with the Local Resource and Governance Center (LGRC) in the region.

BSP allows Security Bank to absorb thrift unit THE Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) has allowed Security Bank Corporation to buy all the assets of its thrift unit.

In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange, Security Bank said the BSP also gave the green light for its assumption of all liabilities of Security Bank Savings Corporation (SBS).

Security Bank’s board

of directors late last year approved the integration of the thrift bank.

The merger also involved retention of the savings bank license of SBS on an inactive status until such time that a business model would be approved for the savings bank, or until the banking regulators would require that the license be activated.

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ERC approves AboitizPower’s P2.7-B transmission facility A SUBSIDIARY of Aboitiz Power Corp. (AboitizPower) has s e c ured regulator y approval to develop a P2.68billion transmission facility that will link a new coal plant in Cebu to the country’s power grid.

In a decision released on Monday, the Energ y Regulator y Commission (ERC) authorized Therma Vis ay as , Inc . ( T V I ) to develop, own and operate

dedicated point-to-point facility that will connect the power plant to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines’ (NGCP) transmission system.

T VI plans to start development of the 510-megawatt (MW) coal plant in Barangay Bato, Toledo City this quarter.

The plant is expected to go online in 2018.

The project was originally

Globe board approves cash dividend for shareholders THE board of Globe Telecom has approved the distribution of a c a s h d iv i d e n d of P20.75 per common share following the company’s record-breaking financial performance in 2014. The dividend is p ayable to shareholders on record as of February 18, while payment date has been set on March 4.

On an annualized basis, this represents an 11% improvement f rom t he last quarterly dividends of P18.75 per common share.

The company’s dividend yield remains competitive when compared against those of government securities and other listed companies on the local bourse, Globe

Chief Finance Officer A l b e r t o d e L ar r a z a b a l s a i d . He e mp h a s i z e d the telecommunications provider’s commitment to maintain its dividend payout policy of 75% to 90% of prior year’s core net profit in line with its commitment to a sustainable and competitive dividend distribution policy.

Globe Telecom booked in 2014 a core net profit growth of 25% to a record level of P14.5 billion, driven by the solid performance of its business segments amid sustained demand for data connectivity across the mobile, broadband and fixed line data businesses. globe/PAGE 11

planned as a 340-MW plant b u t Ab o i t i z Po w e r l a s t November announced a plan to build more capacity in anticipation of continued growth of demand in the Visayas.

The ERC decision showed that T VI’s transmission project -- which will allow the plant to dispatch power to the grid -- will involve a new switchyard, substation and two transmission lines.

The project will entail a capital investment of P2.676 billion, according to the decision dated Dec. 15.

“The contract for the supply of materials for the proposed projects will be assigned to qualified suppliers and contractors following a competitive bidding and selection process,” the decision read.

“The funding will be sourced through TVI’s equity and loan,” it added.

Ab oit i z Powe r is t he p ow e r g e n e r at i o n a n d distribution arm of Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc., which in turn serves as the listed holding firm of the Aboitiz family.

The company -- which c u r re nt ly h a s a p owe r portfolio totaling 2,210 MW -- committed to build an additional 2,000 MW in the next five years.

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Auto sales off to a strong start in 2015 MOTOR vehicle sales rose by nearly a fifth at the start of 2015.

In a st ate me nt , t he Chamber of Automotive Manufacturers of the Philippines Inc (Campi) said sales of its membercompanies and of those belonging to the Truck Manufacturers Association Inc (TMA) climbed 19.3 percent to 18,662 units in January from 15,647 in the same month last year.

The passenger car segment drove growth, with sales

increasing 36 percent to 7,200 units this year from 5,301 in 2013. The light commercial vehicle (LCV) segment grew a slower 10.8 percent to 11,462 units from 10,346 over the same period.

“Janu ar y has b e en traditionally a slow month following a hectic selling period in December but this year’s January sales results is yet another milestone achieved by the automotive i n d u s t r y,” s a i d C a mp i president Rommel Gutierrez.

“We have projected a

15 percent growth for the entire year. The January sales performance is an early sign that our targets are achievable, with more new product launches and promotion packages to come throughout the year,” he added.

The industry is aiming for sales of 272,000 this year after closing 2014 with a new record of 234,747 units.

Among Campi’s memberf i r m s , To y o t a M o t o r Philippines Corporation auto/PAGE 11

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Lending business drives up LandBank’s 2014 earnings LAND Bank of the Philippines grew its 2014 net income in the low single digit.

The state-owned lender saw its net income inch up three percent to P12.1 billion last year from P11.7 billion in 2013. This as the bank’s loans grew 47 percent year-on-year to P449 billion, financed by a 30 percent year-on-year increase in deposits to P914.2 billion.

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The growth in loans – along with a 32 percent expansion in investments to P317.2 billion – allowed LandBank’s assets to breach the P1-trillion mark, a 25 percent increase from the P841.8 billion in 2013.

“We finished 2014 strong as the industry saw a rebound in treasury earnings in the fourth quarter while we

6 banks extend P23-B loan to Mactan airport builder SIX local banks have agreed to provide P23-billion loan financing to jumpstart the development of MactanCebu International Airport ( M C IA ) , m a r k i n g t h e financial closure of the P17.5-billion MCIA Airport Development Project awarded to the tandem of Megawide Construction Corp. and GMR Infrastructure of India.

Banco de Oro (BDO) Unibank, Inc., Bank of the Philippine Islands, Development Bank of the Philippines, Land Bank of the Philippines, Metropolitan Bank & Trust Company, and Philippine National Bank have provided debt financing for the publicprivate partnership (PPP) project that entails capacity expansion and the operation and maintenance of the country’s second busiest airport.

Bank executives and officials of the GMR Megawide Cebu Airport

Corp. (GMCAC) will mark the project’s financial closure with a ceremonial signing of the Omnibus Loan and Security Agreement (OLSA) next week in Cebu. “ To have six of the Philippines’ largest banks together with the esteemed Asian Development Bank provide P23 billion in debt financing is indicative of the banking industry’s trust in the financial sustainability of MCIA. It is in this context that we celebrate the Ceremonial Signing,” GMCAC said in a statement. The ADB earlier announced $75-million loan to the builder-contractor as part of the P23-billion loan package.

The OLSA has been amended late last month to include the participation of ADB, an international multilateral lending institution focused on the economic development of Asian countries.

“We are honored by the

trust that our partner banks have placed in us. This is an important milestone in our PPP journey; our commitment to meeting global standards is affirmed by the support of a global institution like ADB. With more and more people traveling to the Philippines annually, this investment in transport infrastructure is integral to the growth of the country,” GMCAC President Manuel Louie Ferrer said.

GMCAC described the project’s financial closure as “an i mp or t ant f i rst milestone towards initiation of development works” as well as proof of “the success of the PPP Program and the tremendous development potential it entails going forward.”

To recall, the GMRMegawide Consortium bested six other groups bidding for the MCIA project after offering a premium payment of P14.4 billion to the

government instead of getting paid for constructing a new passenger terminal building (PTB) and renovating and expanding the existing one. In exchange for its investment, the consortium earned the right to operate and maintain the MCIA for 25 years.

The consortium signed the concession agreement with the Department of Tr ans p or t at i on an d Communications (DOTC) and the PPP Center mid last year and took over the management of the facility last November 1.

Since then, GMCAC has reportedly started equipping the immigration section with passport readers and computers and relocating immigration counters.

The concessionaire has also introduced interior design improvements by importing new seats for the waiting areas, rehabilitating comfort rooms, constructing loan/PAGE 11

NEW WHEELCHAIR – Irish Mhevel Joy B. Abas , 15 years old from barangay Sinai, Laguindingan, Misamis Oriental is happy to receive her new wheelchair from VICE GOVERNOR JOEY G. PELAEZ. Irish is suffering from cerebral palsy making her unable to walk.

The wheelchair is donated

by Children International Philippines, Inc. which aims to bring real and lasting change to children, reduce their daily struggles and invest in their potentials, among others.

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Govt to focus on reducing ‘cocolisap’ infestation THE government expects to reduce coconut scale insect infestation to moderate levels in nine hot spot areas by April, an official of the Office of the Presidential Assistant for Fo o d S e c ur ity and Agricultural Modernization (OPAFSAM) said Wednesday.

“We will now focus in hot spot areas,” OPAFSAM Undersecretary Fredelita Gu i z a s ai d i n a pre s s conference in Quezon City.

There are still some 625,000 trees that are severely infested by coconut scale insects – popularly known as cocolisap – in the following municipalities: Balayan and

Calaca in Batangas, Bay and San Pablo in Laguna, Candelaria, Mauban, Sampaloc and Polilio in Quezon, and Isabela in Basilan.

“Ito na lang ang tututukan for the next several months...

Ang target natin, hopefully, April matatapos natin... from severe to moderate na,” she said.

In June 2014, there were 58 municipalities identified as hot spot areas that were heavily infested by cocolisap.

Guiza said the infestation was reduced to moderate from severe levels, those low levels those areas that were

SurSur farmers start planting anew TANDAG City – Farmers in Surigao del Sur have already started to plant rice anew after Tropical Storm Seniang caused widespread damage to farmlands here on December 29, 2014.

Marcos Quico, chief provincial agriculturist, said 1,372 bags of palay seeds have been initially distributed to affected rice farmers as “quick response rehabilitation” for them to get back on their feet as quickly as possible.

Moreover, he said that the

same additional intervention followed suit, but admitted he cannot recall at once the exact volume.

Earlier, Quico told that for the rice industry alone, the province has lost up to over P4 million in estimated damages.

Meanwhile, he noted that the latest quality seeds that have been distributed are now on their “seedbed stage.” (NGBT/Greg Tataro Jr., Radyo ng Bayan-Tandag/ PIA-Surigao del Sur)

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Protest...

Newly-installed project supervisor and acting general manager Sultan Ashary P. Maongco led Magelco’s staff in said caravan in a bid to promote peace and development in the province.

Upon reaching the site of the bloody incident in Bry. Tukanalipao, Maongco ordered the replacement of three dilapidated wooden posts with the brand new 35-footer steel posts.

Magelco linemen also fixed the arrangement of wiring from its sagging position to make it orderly––and replaced the 10-KVA transformer with a 24-KVA to answer to the needs of their fast-growing customers.

He also met Mamasapano Mayor Benzar Ampatuan and other local officials and briefed them on the power coop’s development plans.

Maongco has emphasized that Magelco’s concern is not only to provide its customers with better power services but also to support the peace initiatives of the local and national governments.

In November last year, Magelco has paid P7.5 million in local taxes, Maongco said.

Magelco had also recorded a 110-percent collection efficiency in January this year. He attributed this to its [Magelco’s] commitment to have a strong collection efficiency with its online payment program.

Maongco also bared that by June this year, Magelco will be able to implement a new metering system.

“We now have stable power supply and that is due to our effective management strategy,” said Maongco.

“At the start, when I came in in November 2014, we have a standing balance of payment due to the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) in the amount of P55 million, I reduced it to P19 million to P5.7 million to P3.5 million and currently, we were able to pay in full,” he said.

Office that they are complying the January 31 first quarter deadline but “under protest”.

It can be recalled that the Oro Chamber led by its president Cerael Donggay issued a communiqué last month enjoining its members to pay their first quarter renewal taxes by January 31 but with an accompanying note “under protest”.

As of January 31, there were 12,189 commercial establishments in the city which were able to beat the deadline set forth by City Hall in sharp contrast to the City Council’s own imposed deadline of March 31 as according to City Ordinance 12904 which was ignored by the city government.

Bañez said he is also confident that no businessman would heed the call of Councilor Leon Gan to file a complaint against City Hall if ever they will be charged for penalty and surcharge for not meeting the January 31 deadline.

Since February 1, Bañez has already waived for “meritorious” reasons the 25 percent surcharges and two percent penalties to 300 business establishments whose owners approached him.

“Ang iba d’yan di nila nalaman na January yung real deadline because of the confusion spread by the majority bloc of the City Council. Ang iba naman they just heard from their neighbours that the deadline for the first quarter tax due is allegedly in March pa,” Bañez said.

“So I waived all the surcharges and penalties as reflected automatically in their February billing. Nakita ko naman na meritorious yung reasons nila,” he added.

Representing five percent of the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) community in Cagayan de Oro, there were only 900 business establishments in the city which were not able to meet the January 31 deadline.

But Bañez is confident that he could complete all the first quarter tax dues collection by the end of the month.

All the business establishment owners would do to forego the surcharge and penalty is for their owners to approach him in his office, he said.

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“Hindi na outbreak level, manageable level na,” she

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Guiza said the Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

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KIDAPAWAN City -- A total of 603 farmers in four municipalities and a city in North Cotabato received inorganic fertilizers from the office of the provincial agriculturist Wednesday.

The beneficiaries were members of Small Water Impounding System Association (SWISA) in the towns of Matalam, Midsayap, Aleosan Pigcawayan and Kidapawan City, according

to provincial agriculturist Eliseo Mangliwan.

Each farmer owns at least one hectare or more of farmland.

Mangliwan said funds used for the inorganic fertilizer dispersal were taken from the amount won by the provincial government from the Department of Agriculture Agri-Pinoy Rice Achievers’ Awards last year.

Last March 2014, North

Cotabato was chosen as one of the leading rice producing provinces in the country and received Php4 million worth of cash award.

On order of Gov. Emmylou Mendoza, the provincial agriculture office used the funds to buy inorganic fertilizer to support rice farmers and improve the livelihood of farmers who are all members of SWISA. Recipient of the fertilizer

distribution were 77 farmers from Barangay C entral Bulanan, Midsayap town, 163 farmers from Barangay Kabulacan, Matalam town, 51 in Barangay Dualing, Aleosan, 192 in Barangay Malagakit, Pigcawayan town and 120 farmers in Kidapawan City.

Mendoza urged farmer beneficiaries to make use of the fertilizer to improve their productivity and livelihood.

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Forum in Colombia, the only Philippine city and one of only two ASEAN cities (the other one is Malaysia’s Johor Bahru) in the list. Really not bad at all. I hear that investors from the Northern Philippines and from abroad are undoubtedly eying this region for its great potential.

What to say about real estate? During my private chit-chats with the executives of CBRE and what we can read in their latest report on the Philippine Real Estate industry, they underline that “properties are still going to be a great investment also in 2015” but with a little more care and a special eye on retail and commercial spaces especially in secondar y cities where retail, office and actual housing demand remain strong compared to Metro Manila. I read that UBS has echoed the s am e i n t he i r ye are nd report. The highly growing presence of BPO’s both in Davao and CdO is gifting a whole new generation with jobs and disposable income. Reading this right, CdO as a secondary and multi-awarded city, is the perfect example for an intelligent forward-thinking investment.

What are the predictable economic consequences of the ASEAN integration for Mindanao? One, for sure, is a more direct approach and exchange of communication for t r a d e and s e r v i c e s between regional entities and organizations of the member states. Thes e countries are Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Laos, Cambodia, Brunei, Myanmar and Thailand.

C omp ani e s f rom t he s e countries will seek a more direct access to Mindanao using its main sea and air ports of Davao and Cagayan de Oro. No Harvard degree necessary to understand that food processing plants, warehouses and re-packing facilities will definitely increase their presence near those main transport hubs at the same time augmenting opportunities for local SME’s to grow business and create new jobs. Growing beyond national borders will be the challenge and opportunity for local businesses.

Anot he r g re at ne w s for exports came lately by the EU’s decision to grant the Philippines the GSP+ (Generalized Scheme of Preferences), a “zero tariff ” privilege for the export of

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strategic Filipino products into the EU among which pineapple juice, garments, preserved fruits, tuna, fruit jams and jellies and footwear.

The Philippines is the only ASEAN country with this scheme. It is up to the smart Filipino entrepreneurs to figure out how many more opportunities there are in the different industries and business sectors. It’s time to make new international ties with other ASEAN countries, the Middle East and the EU, put away those ideas that working abroad is the answer (in fact the neighbor’s garden is not greener at all this time!) and understand that this is the strategic moment in which to dare and bring out the best in us all.

Pope Francis shows us how to preach

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hink a minute…There’s a book entitled The 365 Stupidest Things Ever Said.

This is one of those stupid things that was actually said. “If you bought our cours e on ‘How To Fly An Airplane In Six Easy Lessons,’ we apologize for any inconvenience we may have caused you by our failing to include the last chapter, ‘How To Land Your Plane Safely.’ Send us your name and address and we will immediately send you this last chapter on how to land your airplane safely.”

Can you imagine a pilot taking off in an airplane not knowing how to land it? Ye t s ome of us ‘f ly’ through life without ever thinking about how we are going to ‘land.’ Pilots are never even allowed to take off without a flight plan: k n ow i ng w h e re t h e y ’re going and how they’ll get there. But many of us are like the university student who said: “I don’t like to think about things until they happen. Death is still a long way away.”

My grandmother used to tease my grandfather when he would leave the h ou s e to go for w a l k s .

She’d say to him: “Now dear, don’t go so far you can’t get back!” You know, that’s exactly what happens to us when we die. We’ve gotten so far we can’t get

Mindanao, the ASEAN integration and the role of Cagayan de Oro

he past year’s successes of the thriving city of Cagayan de Oro have been under the eyes of everyone as the city has been awarded and nominated for multiple a c h i e v e m e nt s . T h i s i s actually the best answer to those who are repeatedly asking me “Why CdO?” or “Why Mindanao”?

Let’s look at it through the lens. The Department of Science and Technology has awarded the city for its leadership in “electronic readiness”, an award given for the city’s ease and efficiency in business registrations.

Then the city has als o won the grand prize in the “Liveable Cities Challenge”, a competition organized by the National Competitiveness Council and the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with the partnership of the WWF and Asia Society. At the same event, and that is the real trigger for thought, CdO has been named “Second Most Competitive City” after Makati City, a very important sign for the future.

Cagyan de Oro has then also been nominated by the UN Habitat as one of the “world’s cities of tomorrow” during the World Urban

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back. Each of us gets only one chanc e to l ive and then we have to die. We only get one chance to ‘fly’ before we have to ‘land.’

“What goes up, must come down.” Ready or not, we’re going down! So we need to prepare for landing while we’ve still got time.

How ab out you ? D o you know where you would ‘land’—if your life ended today? You see, we cannot know what’s going to happen to us tomorrow so we must be smart and sure we’re ready to day!

Just ask Jesus Christ to forgive you for your past wrongs and to take charge of you r l i fe e ve r y d ay.

That’s the way you can live with total peace of mind that whenever your life ends, 5 years from now or 5 days from now, you know you’re ready for a safe landing.

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f t h e r e ’s a n y t h i n g d ist i nc t ive of Pop e Francis that could explain, at least to some extent, his great power to attract people to him, I would say it is his way of preaching.

Let’s remember that in his recent visit here in our countr y, thousands and even millions of people happily came to see and hear him in spite of the very bad weather and the many other inconveniences.

T h e s e c re t , I t h i n k , l i e s i n t hat t he Pop e somehow manages to present the over-all beauty of God’s word and the joy it produces, in spite of the unavoidable struggle and sacrifices that it also involves and, in fact, requires.

As he said in a Church document, the word of God is first of all a gift, before it is a demand. God gives himself to us before we, in reciprocation, would be able to give ourselves to him and to others.

This is a point worth meditating on thoroughly, because we often feel that l ov i ng G o d and ot he rs is mostly a function of our own human powers, forgetting that our capacity to love depends on the love that we receive first from God. We need to feel that love of God first before we can give it to others.

This principle is clearly lived in the way the Pope preaches. He makes his

preaching the vehicle of G o d’s init i at ive to t a l k with man. He is attentive to both God and man. He understands his preaching as a kind of dialogue initiated by God but always attentive to the needs and circumstances of man.

His preaching, t h e re fore, i s a for m of m e d i a t i o n . It t r i e s t o capture what God wants t o t e l l t h e p e opl e i n a given moment, and what the people need to hear from God. It tries to link God with man, and viceversa, man with God. That’s why his preaching is not done in a purely mora list ic or do c t r ina l tone that tends to turn off people. It’s not pedantic nor merely t heoretical.

It’s not a lecture, much less a scolding that, sad to say, many people now claim is getting common in homilies. The Pope’s pre a ch i ng i s n ot a we t blanket, not a spoiler.

It i s f u l l of hu m an w a r mt h , a f f e c t i o n a n d c omp a s s i on , t y pi c a l of G o d ’s l o v e f o r u s . I n spite of man’s sins and infidelities, God’s mercy and compassion dominates in his preaching.

T h at’s w hy i n s p i t e of the heavily spiritual, supernatural and mysterious messages that have to be conveyed, his preaching is always clothed with easily relatable concepts, images, examples

and anecdotes that can only indicate the Pope has read quite well the hearts of the flock he is tending.

Hi s s t y l e i s s i mp l e , unpretentious, far away from the lightning-andthunder type of speaking.

He knows how to encourage and comfort troubled lives. He goes beyond the defects, mistakes and sins of men to offer healing and divine salvation. That’s why people like to listen to him, since he makes God feel like a good, approachable father.

But neither is his preaching just a matter o f a f e e l - g o o d a f f a i r, filled with gimmicks and theatrical antics. It was always sober but somehow light. He knows how to present the cross of Christ that inevitably demands sacrifice and suffering but at the same time saves.

He does not water down the necessity of the cross in our life, but somehow shows this with a fatherly smile.

This can only indicate t h at t h e Po p e i s t r u l y immersed in God as well as immersed in the lives of people. His life of prayer and reflection, of study, as well as his rich pastoral experience, all of course under the working of g race, must have g iven him that quality to being an e f f e c t i v e v e h i c l e of the continuing dialogue between God and man.

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In his Ap ostolic E x h o r t at i o n , Ev a n g e l i i gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel), issued in November 2013, he sp e l l s out t h e qu a l it i e s and requirements of good and effective preaching. It might be good for priests especially to go through it again, and see how those i nc i s ive i ns i g ht s of t he Pope about preaching can be followed.

Since the Church w i l l a lways b e involve d in evangelization, and preaching is a major part of it, it would really be good is the art of preaching improves. At the moment, we can still see a lot of improvisations and pretensions, s o obvious that we do not talk about it anymore.

The secret is making the effort to make ourselves, especially the priests, a true man of God as well as a man of the people, a man for others. roycimagala@ gmail.com.

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he Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and Smart Communications, Inc. (Smart) reaffirmed their partnership and commitment in promoting sustainable environmental practices in schools.

Partners since 2009, DENR and Smart organize every other year the National Search for Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Schools, an event open to all public and private elementary, high schools, colleges and universities as a means to promote environmental stewardship among the youth.

“Smart has embraced

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In a post on its website, the French Embassy in Manila said, "For the first time ever, the prestigious ensemble will be performing in the Philippines to spread a spiritual message of hope and solidarity especially after moments of natural and man-made upheavals in the country."

Created in 1974, the Gregorian Choir of Paris gathers musicians from all over the world to preserve and to spread the sacred chanting tradition of the Gregorian chant.

Some 26 singers, both male and female, will be coming to the Philippines featuring the acclaimed French organist Pascal Marsault.

The singers come from France, Germany, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Colombia, Madagascar, Lithuania, Chile, and Republic of Korea.

This ensemble is comprised of two distinct entities: the male Choir and the female Choir, which was created 20 years later as “The Gregorian Choir of Paris – Female Voices.”

The male group sings at the Notre-Dame du Valde-Grâce Church in Paris.

The Female Voices interpret regularly the Gregorian repertoire within the liturgy of the Saint-Germain l’Auxerrois Church in Paris, as well as in festivals of

environmental protection and conservation as an advocacy.

Apart from internal initiatives that reduce our carbon footprint and help mitigate climate change, we also help in raising public awareness of the need to protect and sustain the environment, especially among the youth,” said Ramon R. Isberto, head of Public Affairs at Smart.

For this year’s search, Smart is launching a digital campaign to further promote awareness of the advocacy.

Schools have until April 10, 2015 to submit their entries and winners will be announced in November.

The competition is organized by the DENR-

sacred chants both in France and abroad.

The choir has toured Japan, Colombia, Egypt, Russia, China et Korea, Lebanon, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Lithuania, Poland, the Netherlands, Czech Republic, Italy and Switzerland.

These tours are virtual “pilgrimages”, which aim to spread the musical and spiritual message of the Gregorian chant.

450 years of the Agustinians in the Philippines (1565-2015) The Philippine Tour is the choir ’s contribution to the historic celebration of the 450th year of the presence of the Augustinians in the Philippines (15652015).

Being the first Catholic missionaries in the country with some 150 churches all over the country, the influence of the Augustinian order has a played a key role in Philippine history and culture.

The succeeding concerts entitled Virgo Mater Gloriosa will be held in Ayala Malls throughout the country with a program centered on the all-encompassing love of the Virgin Mary.

The Gregorian choir of Paris will share this repertoire in the following Ayala Malls: O n We d n e s d a y, 1 8 February 2015 at 7 PM at the Alabang Town Center; Friday, 20 February 2015 at 7 PM at Greenbelt 5, Makati; Sunday, 22 February

Environment Management Bureau in cooperation with the Department of Education, and the Commission on Higher Education. Joining Smart as partners from the private sector are One Meralco Foundation and Nestle Philippines, Inc. The initiative was launched in 2009 in response to Republic Act No. 9512 otherwise known as the Environmental Awareness and Education Act of 2008.

Participating schools must register online and submit their entries at www. sustainableschools.ph.

They should also submit their entries (in three hard copies) to their respective DepEd Division Offices for

public elementary and high school categories; and to EMB Regional Offices for private elementary and high school entries, as well as for the higher education/college category.

Entries may also be submitted online (JPEG format with resolution of 300 dots per inch, minimum size of 1536 x 2048 pixels, and maximum file size of 1MB) via ecofriendlyschools@ gmail.com.

Entries will be judged according to the following criteria: Sustainability of school policy; environment-friendly school operations and presence of environmental programs; environment-related features

of the school curriculum; presence of vibrant ecoorganizations in campus; presence of partners and linkages in environment programs/projects; and socio-cultural and economic sustainability. Only one entry per school will be accepted.

Three winners will be chosen for the elementary, high school, and college categories. First place winners will receive a cash prize of P50,000, while the second and third placers will each get P40,000 and P30,000, respectively.

Regional winners will receive P15,000 each.

For more details, check out www.sustainableschools. ph or www.emb.gov.ph.

2015 at 7 PM at Ayala Center Cebu; Tuesday, 25 February 2015 at 6 PM at Centrio Mall Cagayan de Oro; and Friday, 27 February 2015 at 6 PM at Abreeza Mall Davao.

Masses and other activities Music, to echo the words of Pope St. John Paul II, is indeed, “the supplement of the soul”. This is why the Gregorian Choir of Paris will also dedicate some special moments for prayer for the Filipinos and will perform the Sacred Liturgy in Latin in its natural setting.

Masses will be held in churches in St. Jerome Emiliani and Sta. Susana Parish in A l a b a n g (1 8 Fe b ru a ry, Ash Wednesday mass at 8:00 am); Greenbelt Chapel in Makati (20 February at 7:15 am); Cebu Cathedral (21 February at 6:00 pm); Tagbilaran Cathedral in Bohol (23 February at 5:00 pm), Nazareno Paris Church in Cagayan de Oro (24 February at 5:30 pm) and Sacred Heart Parish in Davao ( 26 February at 5:30 pm).

Parallel activities include a chorale workshop with the Loboc Children’s Choir in Bohol on 23 February and a workshop entitled “Gregorian Choir of Paris: celebrating the 450th anniversary of the Christianization of the Philippines” with Xavier University on 25 February in Cagayan de Oro.

City Price Coordinating Council Chair Atty Egay Uy witnesses the crushing of uncertified Christmas lights last Jan. 30 at the City Engineer's Office Compound in Kauswagan.

P160,000 worth of uncertified Christmas lights were seized last Oct. 30, 2014 by the Dept. of Trade and Industry Misamis Oriental from two business establishments who were fined P52,500 for violating DTI Dept Order 2: 2007 (photo by MIKE BAÑOS, NPN)

DTI Destroys Uncertified Christmas Lights Personnel from the City Engineer’s Office load the remains of P160,000 worth of uncertified Christmas lights aboard a dump truck for transport to the city landfill last Jan. 30 at the City Engineer’s Office Compound in Kauswagan. The uncertified Christmas lights were seized last Oct. 30, 2014 by the Dept. of Trade and Industry Misamis Oriental from two business establishments who were fined P52,500 for violating DTI Dept Order 2: 2007. (photo by MIKE BAÑOS, NPN)

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Italianni’s Valentine Treat for Kagay-anons AS a Valentine’s treat, Italianni’s is treating diners with free Italian Truffle Fries vouchers exclusively on February 14.

Italianni’s Italian Truffle Fries (crispy potato chips drizzled with truffle cream dressing with Italianni’s special truffle mayo dip) is rated as one of the best truffle fries in Manila by spot.ph.

Diners on Valentine’s Day can get the free voucher, valued at P295, which they may use on their next visit with a minimum purchase of P750.

Italian cuisine, coupled with a shared style dining concept known as ‘Amore de Merrier,’ made Italianni’s an instant hit. Italianni’s like to make their guests feel at home as in an Italian family-owned restaurant. Every meal starts with complimentary home-baked Tuscan and Foccacia bread served

with olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar.

In the Philippines, Italianni’s first opened in 1996 in Makati City and now has branches in Cebu, Davao, Angeles and Laguna.

In Cagayan de Oro, Italianni’s is located at the ground level of Ayala Centrio, beside Centrio Garden.

For updates on Italianni’s latest offers, like them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/italiannisph or follow them on Twitter and Instagram: @Italiannisph The Bistro Group which owns and operates Italianni’s has also introduced TGIFriday’s and Tonkatsu by Terazawa in Cagayan de Oro. Bistro also brought brands like Village Tavern, Bulgogi Brothers, Fish and Co., Watami, Modern Shanghai, and other homegrown concepts such as Krazy Garlik to the Philippines.

beats for two The season of love gets more intimate as Beats by Dr. Dre delivers the soundtrack of your made-for-the-movies romance with this exclusive Valentine’s special.

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the very least, could have mitigated the deadly flash floods which killed thousands of people during the Sendong disaster,” he said.

A weather specialist of the Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services (PAGASA), who was previously assigned with the agency’s post-event assessment team in Misamis Oriental following a storm surge event, affirmed this but requested anonymity.

“The 82 million cu.m. storage, I think is just large and somehow, Sendong is not the only baseline, if ever consider a higher threshold of capacity,” he said.

In comparison, he cited how the Pantabangan dam’s reservoir has a gross capacity of 2,996,000,000 cu. m., the biggest in the country (Bulanog-Batang has 2.7% of this capacity). The Angat dam’s reservoir has a gross capacity of 850,000,000 cu.m. (10 times bigger than Bulanog-Batang) with the La Mesa Dam reservoir at 50.5 million cu. m. the closest to it in size.

“Angat dam always releases its water during flood season,” he added. “Pantabangan and Angat are both ‘in-basin.’ Somehow, the construction of the dam will mitigate/ minimize the effect of flash floods/ flooding in the downstream area of Cagayan river than without the dam as compared.”

Tropical Storm (TS) Sendong (International name: Washi), which has been reclassified as a “severe tropical storm,” was the second tropical storm to hit Mindanao in 2011 and the 19th tropical cyclone that entered the Philippine Area of Responsibility (PAR) in the same year.

The Lumbia PAGASA Station recorded a one-day rainfall of 180.9 mm which is higher than

the monthly average of 117 mm during December in the period 1977-2005.

The huge rainfall and steep slopes of surrounding peaks compounded the destructive power of the flash floods.

The following figures show the rainfall measurements in Talakag station during 1-hour, 3-hour, 6-hour and 24-hour periods: Maximum Rainfall Intensity Talakag station: • Maximum 1-hour 60.6 mm • Maximum 3-hour 112 .0 mm • Maximum 6-hour 199.0 mm • Maximum 24-hour 230.5 mm (Dec 16, 2011) In Capehan station, upstream of river Bubunawan (a tributary of Cagayan river), the 24-hour precipitation recorded on 16 December 2011 was 475 mm.

The huge quantity of rainfall that fell on the Cagayan river basin was most likely due to the orographic effect (relating to mountains, especially with regard to their position and form) caused by the mountains which hemmed in its tributaries upstream.

Rainfall estimates from NASA’s Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite, near-real time Multi-satellite Precipitation Analysis (TMPA) at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. were compiled for the period of Dec. 13 to 20, 2011 for the southern Philippines. TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japanese space agency JAXA. Rainfall totals are on the order of 200 to over 250 mm (~8 to 10 inches) along Mindanao’s east coast where Washi made landfall, but the highest amounts are along the northwest coast, where totals are on the order of 300 to over 400 mm (~12 to over 16 inches). (Steve

Lang/SSAI/NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md.)

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remain the industry leader with a 47 percent share of the market, followed by Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corporation with 17.4 percent.

Trailing the two Japanese carmakers was Ford Motor Company Philippines Inc with an 8.8 percent share. Two other Japanese companies – Isuzu Philippines Corporation (6.6 percent) and Honda Cars Philippines Inc (6.1 percent) – round out the five topselling brands.

The Philippine remains among the fastest-growing motor vehicle markets in Asean, but domestic production is the smallest.

Earlier this month, a delegation of top Japanese business executives pressed the Philippine government to expedite the release of an industry road map. Expansion plans have been put on hold pending a final road map detailing tax and other incentives for manufacturers.

air-conditioned room for greeters and well-wishers, and upgrading the MCIA information technology system to integrate the screening areas with the check-in counters.

These measures were meant to expedite passenger processing, shorten queuing time and maximize the use of airport space.

According to GMCAC, MCIA’s design capacity of 4.5 million annual passengers will leap to 8 million after the modernization of the existing PTB and the construction of another terminal. Already MCIA’s capacity has ballooned to 6.7 million in 2012 and further to 6.9 million in 2013.

However, construction of a new world-class passenger terminal, which will eventually house international carriers operating at MCIA, will take three years to build. When the new international PTB is opened by 2018, the existing terminal, which currently caters to both domestic and international passengers, will be converted into an exclusively-domestic passenger terminal throughout the concession period.

“Improvement of MCIA infrastructure is necessary to further stimulate the domestic industry and enhance socioeconomic opportunities, and so both the Grantors and Concessionaires must ensure prompt completion of the project,” Ferrer added.

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Globe... from page 3

Consolidated service revenues reached a new high of P99.0 billion, besting the previous mark of P90.5 billion in 2013.

Last year, Globe received a citation from Finance Asia, a leading financial publication in the region, for its commitment to a strong dividend policy. This was based on a poll conducted among investors and analysts across the region to determine Asia’s top companies. Globe was also cited as one of the top companies in Asia by institutional investment publication Alpha Southeast Asia, where the telco was specifically

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The IPM protocol involves harvesting fruits from infested trees, injecting trunks with systemic insecticide, spraying of organic

said.

Philippine Coconut Authority administrator Romulo Arancon Jr. said it will “essentially take two years before severely infested threes are back in production.”

The government spent P177 million to treat 1,331,179 infested trees.

“After the rapid ground assessment, a total of 1,186,242 CSI-infested trees were saved at a cost of P149 per tree,” Guiza said.

In June 2014, some 2.1 million coconut trees, in Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Quezon and Basilan, were infested. By August, the number rose to 2.7 million.

Through Executive Order 169, President Benigno Aquino III ordered government agencies to control the “massive infestation of scale insect.”

CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL Cagayan de Oro City

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES 6th MUNICIPAL CIRCUIT TRIAL COURT TENTH JUDICIAL REGION TAGOLOAN-VILLANUEVA, MIS. ORIENTAL Land Reg. Case No. N-2014-36

insecticide, releasing bio-control agents, and fertilization.

Quarantine checkpoints The government successfully prevented cocolisap infestation from spreading to Bicol and mainland Mindanao, Guiza noted.

There were 23 quarantine checkpoints to ensure the outbreak would not spread to Bicol and further down south.

“Kung walang quarantine checkpoints hindi na-contain ang pag-spread,” Guiza said.

She noted that Typhoon Glenda (Rammasun) which hit the country in July last year, helped reduce the infestation.

“The combined impact of IMP protocol and reduction of pest population due to Glenda considerably brought down the pest population at a level that bio-control can sustain,” Guiza

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LRA Record No. E-ORD-2014000147

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT

NOTICE OF INITIAL HEARING

PUBLIC NOTICE

To the Hon, Solicitor General, Office of the Solicitor General, 134 AmorsoloS., Legaspi Village, Makati City, the Director, Land Management Bureau, Escolta, Manila; the Regional Executive Director, Region X-DENR, Cagayan de Oro City; the Hon. Secretary , Department of Public Works and Highways, Bonifacio Drive , Pork Area , Manila; the Hon. Secretary , Department of Agrarian Reform, PTA Bldg., Elliptical Road, Diliman, the Director, Forest Management Bureau, Visayas Avenue, Diliman, both in Quezon City, Metro Manila ; the Provincial Governor, the Provincial Prosecutor , the General Services Officer, the Provincial Engineer, the Public Works and Highways District Engineer, all in Cagayan De Oro City; the CENR Office, CENTRO , Land Management Sector, Upper Malasag Cugman, Cagayan de Oro City; the Municipal Mayor, the Municipal Council , Tagolo-an , Misamis Oriental ; Oriel Paguidopon-#330 Poblacion, Tagolo-an, Mis. Oriental; Alden Yap Factura-Matandang Sora St. Pob. Tagolo-an, Mis. Oriental; Anna Martinez-c/o Virgo Resources, Inc. #4055 Bigaan St. Palanan, Makati City; AND TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

NOTICE is hereby given to the general public that last January 30, 2015, at about 9:34 P.M., a fire broke out inside the Hall of Justice Building, located along Archbishop Hayes Street, Cagayan de Oro City. Pending investigate and considering the extent of the damage physically perceived, the losses on property, documents, records and physical evidence for and in all actions , proceedings and other cases pending in the herein below listed branches of the Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental, and to the Office of the Clerk of Court, holding offices thereat, are namely:

An application having been filed in the above entitled case by ERICKSON D. MORIN, married to Jocelyn T. Morin, Centro Poblacion, Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental; Thru: Suico Gusay Law Office, B19 L16, Rosewood Heights Subd., Camaman-an, Cagayan de Oro City By: Atty. Lezl J. Suico Gusay praying for the registration and confirmation of the title to the following described land with improvements thereon.

A PARCEL OF LAND (Plan AP-10-003267, lot 2083, PLS-799, Tagoloan Public Land Subdivision) situated in Barangay Poblacion Municipality of Tagoloan, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the SW., along line 5-1 by Lot 2082., on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 2081, on the NW., & NE., along lines 2-3-4 by Lot 2084., all of PLS-799, Tagoloan Public Land Subd. And on the SE., along line 4-5 by Jacinto Street.

Beginning from a point marked “1” on the plan being N., 85 deg., 58., W., 338.35 m. from BLLM No. 1, PLS-799, Tagoloan Public Land Subd. To corner “1” of Lots: N. N. S. S. N.

04 15 82 06

deg. deg. deg. deg.

81 deg.

12’ E., 11.90 m. to pt. 2: 05’ E., 12.33 m. to pt. 3: 30’ E., 21.69 m. to pt. 4: 29’ W., 24.33 m. to pt. 5: 58’ W., 23.06 m. to the point of;

Branch 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 37 38 39

Presiding Judge Hon. Florencia S. Abbu Hon. Dennis Z. Alcantar Hon. Evelyn Gamotin Nery Hon. Bonifacio M. Macabaya Hon. Gil G. Bollozos Hon. Richard D. Mordeno Hon. Vincent F.B. Rosales Hon. Henry B. Damasing Hon. Arthur L. Abundiente Hon. Jose L. Escobido Hon. Emmanuel P. Pasal Hon. Marites Filomena Rana-Bernales

Are considered TOTAL.

Beginning, containing an area of FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (566) SQUARE METERS, more or less. All points referred to are indicated on the plan and are marked on the ground are as follows: All corners are Old points Cyl. Conc. Mons. 15x 60 Cms. Bearing: TRUE date of Original Survey December 19, 1968 and that of the preparation August 29, 2014 executed by Henry kimbo M. Velez., Geodetic Engineer and approved on September 29, 2014.

You are hereby served this notice to appear before this Court as its session to be held at 6th Municipal Circuit Trial Court, Tagoloan Villanueva, Misamis Oriental, Philippines on the 20th day of March, 2015 at 9:00 o’clock in the morning, then and there to present such claims as you may have to said lands or any portion thereof, and to submit evidence in support of such claims and unless you appear at said Court at the time and place aforesaid , your default will be recorded and the title to the lands will be adjudicated and place aforesaid, your default will be recorded and the title to the lands will be adjudicated and determined in accordance with law and the evidence before the Court and thereafter you will forever be barred from consisting said application ( or petition) or any decree entered thereon.

Witness: the HON. WILFRED R. YACAPIN, Presiding Judge of said Court, the 17th day of October, 2014.

Issued at Quezon City, Philippines, this 22nd day of December 2014.

A T T E S T:

This Notice is in compliance with Section 2 of Act No. 3310- entitled AN ACT TO PROVIDE AN ADEQUATE PROCEDURE FOR THE RECONSTITUTION OF THE RECORDS OF PENDING JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS AND BOOKS, DOCUMENTS, AND FILES OF THE OFFICE OF THE REGISTER OF DEEDS, DESTROYED BY FIRE OR OTHER PUBLIC CALAMITIES, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.

Further take notice of the following provision of the above-mentioned statute –

Sec. 29. In case the parties interested in a destroyed record fail to petition for the reconstitution thereof within the six months next following the date on which they were notice in accordance with section two hereof, they shall be understood to have waived the reconstitution and may file respective actions a new without being entitled to claim the benefits of section thirty-one hereof.

Counsels and all interested parties are hereby directed to apply for reconstitution of the records of their proceeding within the periods prescribed under the law.

EULALIO C. DIAZ III Administrator Land Registration Authority

Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines, February 09, 2015.

By:

Atty. DICK CARLO J. CABANLAS OIC-Clerk of Court V

JOEL MARI MARTIN M. BIGORNIA

Chief Docket Division BWM: Feb. 13, 2015

BWM: Feb. 13, 2015

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The Night Stalker: EDSA XXIX Anniversary Treat from Ayala Centrio Mall:

The Gregorian Choir of Paris Philippine Tour in CDO Blurb:

“Ayala Malls, with the support of Alliance Française de Manille and the Embassy of France to the Philippines, proudly present the world-renowned Gregorian Choir of Paris, LIVE IN CONCERT for the Philippine tour from 18 February 2015 to 27 February 2015. The tour brings a spiritual and sacred message: the world needs a form of silence that resembles a Gregorian chant.”

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he Catholic Bishop’s Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) has endorsed the Philippine Tour of the famous Gregorian Choir of Paris fromFeb. 19-27. The Choir is scheduled to perform at the Ayala Centrio Mall in Cagayan de Oro City on February 25 at 6PM. For the first time ever, the

prestigious ensemble will be performing in the Philippines to spread a spiritual message of hope and solidarity following the spate of natural and man-made upheavals in the country.

It aims to echo through actual Gregorian chanting the resilience of the Filipino spirit.

The concerts and masses of the

Sacred Liturgy are also meant to promote the cultural heritage of the Church through its music tradition.

As Cagayan de Oro City’s patron saint, St. Augustine of Hippo said: “Qui Bene Cantat Bis Orat” (who sings well prays twice).

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