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Sabah traders DAVAO City -- Key business players from Lahad Datu of Tawau in Sabah recently met with business counterparts from Mindanao to explore joint-venture collaborations in agribusiness, tourism, logistics and the manufacturing sector.

The 27-business delegation from Sabah participated in the business-to-business meetings held in connection with the Strategic Planning Meeting (SPM) of the Brunei Darussalam Indonesia Malaysia the Philippine East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMPEAGA) held at the Marco Polo Hotel in this city.

“We welcome this initiative from the business sector of Sabah, since this will greatly contribute to our efforts of enhancing trade and investments within BIMP-EAGA,” said Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) Undersecretary Janet Lopoz, while adding “the visit is also a great opportunity for Mindanao to showcase our local products to our EAGA counterparts.”

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By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

OCAL government units in Mindanao have submitted 46 project proposals with a combined cost of about P4.6 billion for review and possible funding under the Philippine Rural Development Project (PRDP) this year.

T h e bi g g e s t c hu n k , amounting to about P1.2 billion, came from the SouthCentral Mindanao area, also

known as SOCCSKSARGEN or Region 12, based on a PRDP report obtained by projects/PAGE 7

COIN DIVERS. Sea gypsies popularly called Badjaos wait for passengers aboard MV Dinagat at the port in Surigao City to throw coins into the water which they would catch by driving. mindanews photo by roel catoto

Village in Surigao Norte declared as off-limits to mining, quarry

P1.4B infra fund MARAWI City -- In a bid to improve the living conditions in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM), the Department of Public Works and Highways in the region (DPWHARMM) will implement P1.4 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur and Basilan provinces.

ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman with DPWH-ARMM Secretary Engr. Don Mustapha Loong inked a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA), with local government executives, specifically the mayors, for the concreting and construction of roads, water systems and fish ports.

Various infrastructure projects in the region are expected to be rolled out this month, ARMM officials said. Each province will be given more than P200 million for the implementation of the projects.

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POLLS REPORTAGE. Marketing and Opinion Research Society president Nicco de Jesus speaks before journalists during a briefing over the weekend at VIP Hotel in Cagayan de Oro City.

De Jesus’ speech was embedded in a Philippine Press Institute (PPI) seminar on election reportage. photo by mark francisco

By ROEL CATOTO, MindaNews

GIGAQUIT, Surigao del Norte -- A village in this

town has issued a resolution declaring the place off-limits

to mining and limestone quarry operations, it was learned on Friday. off-limits/PAGE 7

Farmers hit gov’t inaction on lumads encroachment

By NELSON V. CONSTANTINO, Editor in Chief

FA R M E R S w h o w e r e of beneficiaries of the government’s Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program (CARP) in Bukidnon are seeking protection from local authorities over continued

are recipients of Certificate of Land Ownership harassments by a group of Awards (CLOA) from the armed men preventing them government sequestered from cultivating their lands. Bukidnon Farms, Inc. (BFI), The farmers, who grouped a Danding Cojuangco-owned themselves as Bukidnon 720-hectare coconut and Landless and Actual Tillers cacao plantation located in Association (BUKLATA), lumads/PAGE 7

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VOLATILE PEACE. Violence erupts in this vast track of sequestered land already distributed to beneficiaries under the comprehensive agrarian reform program in Brgy. Base Camp, Maramag, Bukidnon. photo courtesy of celso m. maldecir

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DSWD to assist evacuees displaced by Lanao encounters M A L AC A ÑA NG g ave t he assurance t hat t he Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) will assist communities affected by the ongoing military operations in Butig, Lanao del Sur province.

It was reported that people have fled from conflict areas and some of them have lost their livelihood.

In a radio interview on Saturday, Undersecretary Manuel Quezon III of the Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning Office said he will let the Armed Forces release information on the ongoing operation.

“You can be sure that in the refugee areas and mga areas where ang mga kababayan natin are finding refuge, mga evacuation centers, that the DSWD will

be there and the various LGUs (local government units) upang mabigyang lunas ang kanilang paghihirap sa panahon na ito,” he said.

“And it is only through the achievement of peace na makababalik ang mga kababayan natin sa kanilang mga tahanan upang hindi lang bumalik ang katahimikan kundi para manatili ito,” he added.

Undersecretary Quezon said they are also glad that the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) has been c o ord i n at i ng w it h t h e military as it repositioned its troops to give way to military operations and avoid misencounters.

“There have been many successful cases where the MILF has shown good faith and has cooperated with the authorities, precisely to avoid

untoward incidents and let us give them their due in this regard,” Quezon said.

Asked to comment on strong indications that the fighters in Butig are

influenced by the ISIS, he said it is difficult to make a conclusion. He however

noted that they will let the Armed Forces inform the public about this. (PCOO)

DTI conducts competitiveness survey in DavNOR DAVAO del Norte -- The Department of Trade and Industry – Davao del Norte Provincial Office started t he implement at ion of 2016 Business Per mits a n d L i c e n s i n g Sy s t e m (BPLS) Va lidat ion and Cities and Municipalities C omp et it iveness Index (CMCI) Survey for all the 11 municipalities in the province.

The survey began last February 1, 2016 and will conclude on April 29, 2016.

The BPLS validation survey is conducted to assess the implementation of the streamlining program which

the agency, in cooperation with DILG, launched last 2011 for the purpose of unifying and hastening the process of business permit issuance among the local government units.

Ta r g e t r e s p o n d e n t s are the new and renewed business permit registrants of t he LGU comp os e d of single proprietors, partnerships, corporations and cooperatives. Survey questions will be largely based on the respondent’s BPLS customer experience.

On the other hand, the CMCI survey will focus on the local government units

through its different offices and focal persons. The data gathered will be used for the annual competitiveness r a n k i n g of P h i l i p p i n e cities and municipalities developed by the National Competitiveness Council through the Regional Competitiveness Committees (RCCs) with the assistance of the United States Agency for International Development.

The ranking shall be based on the three pillars namely economic dynamism, government efficiency, and infrastructure. It shall also be classified according to the city/municipality’s

category: highly urbanized cities, component cities, all cities, 1st and 2nd class municipalities, 3rd to 6th class municipalities, all municip a lit ies, and a l l provinces.

To qualify for the “Most Competitive Province”, the combined population of all participating LGUs under the province should constitute at least 60% of the total provincial population.

This index ranking can be used as a diagnostic tool by local government of f i c i a l s t o a s s e s s t h e competitiveness of their city dti/PAGE 7

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Justice and Mercy Think a minute…Have you ever missed a bus or plane because you were just a little too late? Recently I had to catch a plane for a very important meeting, so I got to the airport early and waited for the announcement to board the plane. The announcement never came. When I finally went to the gate, I was shocked to see it was closing and the airplane engines had started!

I panicked and tried to get the airline worker to let me on. I had nothing to lose and was desperate so I told her I wasn’t asking for justice, I was begging for mercy. Well, she did not give it to me.

You know that terrible feeling when you’ve done something wrong and you know you deserve to suffer the consequences? Every religion, except Christianity, has certain rules or rituals and good deeds that people must do to try to earn their god’s forgiveness for their wrongs. Some religions even make people torture and punish themselves to pay the penalty for their own wrongs.

But Jesus Christ showed that there is absolutely nothing we can do to earn or deserve God’s forgiveness for all the wrongs we’ve done. Not even our religious prayers, duties, and deeds come close to paying our debt to Him for all our

Opinion

Dirty politics!

Only in the Philippines can politics really get dirty.

And I don’t mean character assassinations and below-thebelt attacks against political opponents. These practices are also fairly common in other democracies. Just watch and listen to Donald Trump.

What makes the Philippines unique is the amount of garbage, literally, that is generated before, during and after the political season.

The Metro Manila Development Authority reported recently that it collected tons and tons of trash – consisting of illegallyplaced campaign posters.

Same was true in other capitals outside Metro Manila where the Comelec and their deputies tore down oversized tarpaulins, streamers and similar materials from trees, electric posts and about anywhere else where they were not supposed to be.

But if you think that’s a lot, just wait for the official campaign period for local officials and congressmen to begin a few weeks from now. By then, potential trash materials will not only be generated by presidentiables , vice presidentiables and senatoriables.

A hundred times or perhaps a thousand times more would be coming f rom hop ef u ls s e ek ing their political fortunes as provincial governors, vice governors, board members, mayors, vice mayors, councilors – and honorable congressmen.

In the past, any flat surface ( such as walls and fences) was prime target for

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sins. We don’t need justice, we need mercy! None of us can ever reach God’s standard of perfect goodness in everything we think, say, and do.

That’s why God the Son became a human being to do it for us. Jesus said that our only hope is His mercy, because He has already paid the penalty for all our sins by giving His own perfect life for us on the cross. We just have to ask and believe that He will give us His free gift of forgiveness and new, eternal life. Then we can start life all over again, loving Him and living His right way that He plans for us to enjoy.

So today, won’t you ask Jesus for His free gift of forgiveness and new life? Then ask Him to start changing you so you can live His successful and satisfying way He created you for. Just Think a Minute...

paper posters and stickers.

Supporters of candidates would compete for premium spaces (usually in town plazas) by posting on top of an opponent’s poster. The overlay competition was done on a daily and even hourly basis so that by the end of the week, the layers and layers of posters would become so thick that they would simply peel off due to sheer weight.

Leaflets and flyers are also significant trash generators.

Going to their precincts, most voters have to walk through piles of litters which are often deliberately scattered by overzealous campaigners.

Expect the Comelec and their deputized government units to put up a token effort of taking down illegal posters. But that’s about it.

We have read about a few candidates being penalized for excessive spending. But we still have to come across a case of any candidate being prosecuted for over-sized and/or i l lega l ly-pl ace d campaign materials.

Af te r t he el e c t i ons , nobody among those who were directly or (as the Senate committee puts it ) ultimately responsible for all these garbage ever cleans up. In Metro Manila, everybody expects MMDA Chair Emerson Carlos to collect the thrash.

Na t i o n a l a r t i s t f o r literature F. Sionil Jose has written essays which he compiled into books entitled: “Why We Are Hungr y” and “Why We Are Poor”. I would not be surprised if the national artist, who is still very mentally active in his

90s, comes out with another volume entitled: “Why We Are Dirty”.

The Debate We have to congratulate the Comelec and their media partners (Philippine Daily Inquirer – the other No. 1 newspaper and GMA Network) for hosting last week’s live TV debate among presidentiables.

Just getting all those political biggies together, to discuss their programs without having to result to “sampalan, suntukan o barilan”, was success enough for the hosts.

Most observers rated the debate at 7 to 8, in a scale of 1 to 10, in terms of meeting expectations.

Most of those who watched it got a bird’s eye-view of what each of the candidates stood for. But some spectators were left hanging, waiting for details. Even the candidates conceded: What can you really explain in 90 seconds?

And because, each candidate got to “debate” with only one opponent per round, it was really not easy matching up all the candidates on a per issue basis.

To address this, future debate hosts may wish to consider one Q&A segment patterned after international beauty pageants. All the candidates answer only one question at a time. But four of the other candidates retire to a sound-proof booth so they would not hear the response of the current speaker.

Congrats to my marathoner.

Congratulations to my daughter Frannie, who

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Ignacio Bunye f inished her f irst full marathon last week. She completed the 42-km Bull Runner Dream Marathon in 7 hours 42 minutes 7 seconds.

My n e p h e w, u lt r a m a r at h on e r Pav e l Miranda, was kind enough to provide Frannie with a pacer. The pacer (Sheryll Quimosing) ran alongside Frannie and gave Frannie valuable tips and encouragement.

Thanks to our social media friends who sent messages to Frannie every hour on the hour for the duration of the run.

Years ago, I ran my longest race – a half marathon. With only two kilometers to the finish line, I suffered severe leg cramps. Just as I was about to give up, the late lawyer Leonardo Siguion Reyna overtook me.

Sig, as the younger runners called him, must have been in his late 50s at that time.

He was huffing and puffing but he just kept going.

Challenged, I tagged right behind Sig and we crossed the finish line together.

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Why did EDSA fail?

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LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

But be sure to fear the LORD and serve him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things he has done for you…” (1 Samuel 12:24, the Holy Bible).

-ooo BISHOP’S HOMILY: REVOLUTION OF THE HEART MORE IMPORTANT: The implications for the 1986 EDSA People Power R e volut i on are s i mply staggering, if we will only try to “look through” more carefully on what Catholic Bishop Teodoro Bacani Jr. of Novaliches, Quezon City said in his homily celebrating the EDSA event last February 25, 2016 at the EDSA Shrine in Mandaluyong City.

Bacani was quoted as saying that the most important revolution of all is not really a revolution of the people asserting their power, which means to say the EDSA People Power Revolution was in reality an irrelevance to Filipinos wanting real change, but a revolution that leads to a conversion of the heart of an individual.

“The most important

revolution is (the) revolution of the heart, (or the revolution of ) conversion,” Bacani was also reported to have preached, in the presence of high government officials belonging to the Cabinet of President Benigno Aquino III. The prelate further urged that Filipinos must obey God, and not men, and that we must help each other not only with the work of our hands but with hearts that have Jesus.

-ooo W HAT B I S H O P ’ S H O M I LY O N E D S A REALLY MEANT: That was a mouthful, if you ask me. Why would Bacani, a respected leader of the Philippine Roman Catholic Church, be advocating for a “revolution of the heart” at a time when “people power revolution”---or the ouster of the country’s president t h ro u g h a s u p p o s e d l y bloodless uprising of the people---was being extolled in its 30th year?

It could only mean one thing: that as far as Bacani and his Church were concerned, the so-called “people power revolution” that took place

in EDSA in 1986 was not the kind of revolution that the country and its people needed at that time as it did not, in fact, improve their lives. Yes, EDSA may have ushered in a change in leadership alright, but a change in the heart, in the attitude and behavior of many Filipinos, did not take place.

Many Filipinos, leaders and ordinary citizens alike, re m ai n e d c or r upt an d concerned only about their personal and family interests, and in the furtherance of their financial fortunes which suffered greatly during the 20-year reign of Ferdinand Marcos. Democracy and economic prosperity continued to be enjoyed only by the rich and the mighty after EDSA 1986, while our countrymen remain shackled in poverty and want.

-ooo WHY DID EDSA FAIL? There did not come about a change in the mindset of Filipino politicians, oligarchs, and social warlords towards the great number of ordinary Filipinos who continued unable to make both ends me e t w it h t he me age r

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All of these showed the failure of EDSA to change the system of governance which the Cor y Aquino presidency inherited from the Marcos regime. As we have pointed out in earlier items in this column, the Cory Aquino presidency was itself enmeshed with accusations of gargantuan corruption, many of which were reported to have been committed early on in her term.

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Honda PH sees slower car sales this year HONDA CARS Philippines, Inc. sees a slowdown in vehicle sales in 2016, although it still expects to grow at a higher rate than the industry, the automaker’s country head said.

“We want to grow at least stronger than the market growth. If the market grows by 10%, we should be more than 10%,” Toshio Kuwahara, president and general manager, told reporters Tuesday night during the launch of the third generation Honda Pilot sport utility vehicle (SUV).

Last year, the company sold almost 20,000 vehicles, up 44% compared with sales in 2014.

Based on preliminary figures from the Trade department, the local automotive industry in 2015 sold around 321,534 vehicles, up 19% from 269,164 units in the previous year.

“I’m not expecting that our sales will grow another 40%, another 30%… [but] at least stronger than the market growth,” he said.

Mr. Kuwahara said Honda’s City model accounted for 40% of the company’s sales last year.

The rest was contributed by its 12 other models. The newly introduced Pilot accounted for just 1%-2% of sales. Most of the cars were manufactured abroad.

In 2015, the company brought in the more affordable

Third generation Honda Pilot sport utility vehicle (SUV).

seven-seater multi-purpose utility vehicle Mobilio, which has become its second bestselling vehicle next to the City. It also launched the latest version of its Odyssey and one of its global products, the HR-V. “I am pleased to announce that we have already increased our supply and stabilized our stock situation. The allnew HR-V vehicles are now readily available at any Honda dealership,” Mr. Kuwahara said in a speech at the same event.

He said the 10th generation Civic “is coming soon,” but he declined to give a specific month or quarter. Earlier this year, the company introduced the new CR-Z 1.5 IMA Hybrid Navi.

Honda introduced the first generation Pilot a decade ago. The model was its first mainstream eight-passenger

SUV built on a car-like body. It offered more space and better fuel efficiency. The second generation came in 2012, and featured upgraded rugged utility and better off-road capabilities.

The third generation, with a retail price of P3.38 million, has “more advance technology and more premium attributes,” he said.

Mr. Kuwahara said that the previous Pilot generation was not able to “compete head to head” with its counterparts in the local market because of its size, seat and engine. It only had basic safety features.

But he said the Pilot’s target customers “are very wealthy”, thus its performance was not that strong. “This [third generation] Pilot has a great opportunity to tackle and get some volume,” he said.

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NOT KEEN ON ‘CARS’ SCHEME On the sidelines of the event, Mr. Kuwahara said the company would not apply for the third and last slot in the government’s Comprehensive Automotive Resurgence Strategy (CARS) scheme, which requires each enrolled car companies to locally manufacture 200,000 units of a specific model in the next six years in exchange for an incentive that is equivalent to about $1,000 per car.

“We are not applying for CARS simply because we cannot,” he said. “They are demanding 200,000 units in six years and our production is below 10,000. Our capacity from the beginning is more or less 11,000. Even if we maximize the production and do it for six years, it will be less than 70,000 units, which is far below 200,000 units.”

The CARS program is expected to heighten pricing competition as supply increases, but Mr. Kuwahara said local motorists’ decision to buy a car was not based solely on price.

He said buyers evaluate a car’s “design, interiors, roominess, fuel efficiency, power.”

Toyota Motor Philippines Corp. and Mitsubishi Motors Philippines Corp. have officially signified their intention to join the CARS program.

The importance of establishing good home environment

By Alvey L. Apao School Paper Adviser San Vicente Annex Elementary School Sinacaban District Misamis Occidental Division

The first group of people that a child has communicate with is his family. In addition, they are the ones that made him feel loved and cared for. It is in them that a child first learned and further appreciate gaining knowledge.

This first step of learning of a child took place through observing, listening, seeing people around and interacting with. It is a continuous receiving of knowledge, adjusting of attitudes and discovering acquired values.

Thus, once he began to step out from that home, he will be bringing these learnings wherever he go, such as in school.

Fact be told, family has a great influence to the learning development of a child. The kind of relationship inside his home affects him and his learning

progress. For an instance, a peaceful home could provide good impact to the child’s education because he could concentrate in his studies. Contrary to this, a family where conflicts reside will cause negative impact to the student not just in his studies, but also his behavior, interaction with other people and his physical, mental and emotional health.

It is true that family relat ionship and a ls o parental involvement in child’s learning are key factors in improving his academic attainment and achievements. Thus, it is important that families should be aware on this because family environment matters much, or even the one that matters most in order for a student to be successful in his academic life and life, as a whole.

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Parents-Teachers partnership in education

By JESUS V. MURING, Ed. D. Public Schools District Supervisor Malaybalay City District II

It has been said that “It takes the whole village to educate a child”. It simply means that educating a child is not only the concern of the teacher in school but it’s a concern of the parents as well. I have personally observed during the times when I was still a classroom teacher even until I became a school principal and eventually as a public schools district supervisor that some if not most of the parents sometimes forget to give importance in such a way that their children be given ample time in monitoring their school performance.

We could not deny the fact that with this very busy world of today’s time, some parents inadvertently believed that all they need to do is to make sure that they have send their children to school and rely everything to the teachers.

Parents tend to believe further that after a couple months and even years they expect their children to come out from school “educated” without any intervention on the part of the parents. It is certainly not.

Let us be reminded that the home is the first school.

This is where informal teaching is being done and the first teachers are the parents. It is in the home where lessons of honesty, love, and respect.

Parents need to provide their children with strong foundation. I was reminded with an author who said and I quote, “Parents have to provide their children with the roots and wings”. Roots for them to have a proper foundations, and wings so that they can soar high to a greater heights. I strongly believed that this can be materialized if they are properly nurtured and have given essential foundation for them to be able to fully achieve their full potential in a wide horizon and to be the masterpiece of human perfection that each one of them can become.

Parents must accept the challenge and recognize their parental duties and roles in the proper raring of their children. Parenting is actually a vocation, and it is imperative that both a challenge as it is a duty. Values are best

imparted in the intimacy of the family via the example and interaction of the parents as role models. Teachers, on the other hand exist as the second parents of the children in school. They are actually doing so in “locoparentis”.

Teachers are in the school ever ready to discharge their duties and responsibilities as mandated in R.A. 4670.

The strong partnership of home and school cannot be over-emphasized. The collaboration is so necessary that the absence of one, the children will be “torn” between two important pillars- the parent and the teacher. Thus, both parents and teachers must realize that there has to be a goal congruence between home and school.

Both should have a common goal. I always subscribe to the proposition that by living up to strong partnership coupled with passion and determination there come nothing impossible. In order to achieve this common goal, both should work hand-in-hand embedded with strong and healthy-working relationship.

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Next was Southern Mindanao, or the Davao Region, with P1.158 billion; followed by Western Mindanao (the Zamboanga Peninsula), P809.09 million; Caraga, P628.01 million; Northern Mindanao, P637.25 million; and the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, P167.65 million.

Lealyn A. Ramos, PRDP Mindanao Project Support Office, said these projects are among those that will be considered for the 2016 allocation.

“All our infrastructure projects are in support of the priority commodity of each region. Aside from the technical specifications, it (the project) has to pass also our criteria on socio-economic indicators with our tools such as the expanded vulnerability and sustainability assessment and its contribution to the commodity value chain,” said Ms. Ramos.

Most of the projects are farmto-market roads, with only the town of Nasipit in Agusan del Norte seeking the rehabilitation of its communal irrigation system with a capital outlay of P29.32 million.

The assessment of the proposals is being conducted by the National Project Coordinating Office and the Mindanao Project Support Office.

As of October 2015, there were 190 infrastructure projects worth P11.3 billion approved for implementation, with Mindanao cornering the bulk at P5.1 billion for 113 sub-projects. Luzon has 52 sub-projects worth P4.3 billion, while the Visayas got the green light for 25 sub-projects at P1.932 billion.

The six-year PRDP, a World Bank (WB)-financed program with the Department of Agriculture (DA) as lead implementing agency, is an expanded version of the Mindanao Rural Development Program that was completed in 2014.

Last year, the PRDP sought an additional $500 million in funding from the WB after submitted proposals exceeded the initial allocation of P18 billion for infrastructure projects.

Another P9 billion under the PRDP fund is budgeted for enterprise projects, the National Resources and Management component.

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The barangay council of Mahanub came out with the resolution after learning that a company was planning to open a limestone quarry in neighboring Sitio Dalit, Barangay San Isidro.

“We fear the adverse impact to the environment if this quarry and mining operations will operate in the town,” Alan Nada, a village councilor of Mahanub said.

Nada said the operation of this limestone quarry would also affect their village.

“This company has proposed 40 hectares of limestone quarry and mining operations and a portion of this area is part of the village,” he said.

Nada told MindaNews on Friday that they would not allow mining and limestone quarry activities in Gigaquit because they don’t want their place to become “ugly” like Claver, a neighboring town.

He said the barangay council issued the resolution on February 16.

Roy Pepino, a retired US Navy serviceman said he doesn’t like mining operations to be allowed in this town.

Pepino is among the hundreds of residents who signed the petition opposing the entry of Ibuna Enterprises, which is now seeking an environmental

compliance certificate from the Department of Environment and Natural Resources-Caraga in Butuan City.

“I’ve been to many places and areas outside the country and seen quarry operations and mining operations which are far from the settlement of the people unlike this proposed one which is close to the village,” he said.

He said that in other countries limestone quarry operations happen in inactive limestone formations.

“In here it’s obvious that the limestone formations are active because of the river beside it which is the Baoy River. If these limestones will be extracted, our water will be murky since limestone will serve as natural filtration to the aquifer,” he explained.

Ibuna Enterprises applied for an ECC and other permits after the barangay council of San Isidro issued a resolution on November 24, 2015 in favor Ibuna’s plan to open a limestone quarry.

But the resolution came under heavy criticism as the barangay council reportedly approved it without obtaining the consent of the residents.

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by the Department of Agrarian Reform office.

The group, likewise, decried what they described as “lack of action” by the provincial and municipal government units here.

They said that even Gov. Jose Ma. Zubiri has promised to help address the problem particularly on claim of ancestral domain by the indigenous people.

Alayon said the governor had talked to them but only declared that the law must be followed and that the land with no certificates of land ownership cannot be considered as belonging to the beneficiaries.

BusinessWeek Mindanao tried to get the governor’s reaction but could not be reached for comment as of press time.

“That is a contradiction to what had been promised to us former employees of BFI as priority beneficiaries,” he said adding that those who have no certificates yet were already identified beneficiaries awaiting their respective CLOA. The group said they are strongly seeking decisive action from authorities since their livelihood have been jeopardized by the recent incidents.

When asked by reporters on the farmers’ allegation, Benito

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Brgy. Base Camp, Maramag town.

Rice farmer Ifraim Alayon said a group of lumads or indigenous peoples (IPs), who are claiming that the land belongs to their ancestral domain and therefore not subject for distribution, have begun encroaching and occupied some lots that were not yet awarded since last year.

Alayon said the group even hired heavily-armed security guards firing shots at farmers and even killed one in October last year, and injured two others early this year.

“We were tilling our lands here peacefully when the government started awarding us the title in 2006.

But everything has changed when out of nowhere a group of lumads showed up claiming the land as their ancestral domain and even hired armed men to harass us,” Alayon said.

Buklata president Irene Sanchez said the government distributed the land at one-hectare per beneficiary who were mostly displaced workers of the defunct Bukidnon Farms, Inc. after thorough evaluation and proper procedures.

She said that when President Marcos was toppled down by the Edsa Revolution in 1986, the company was among those sequestered by the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) under late President Corazon Aquino since Danding Cojuangco, the owner and her own uncle, was a known Marcos crony.

According to Sanchez that since the displaced workers were priority beneficiaries of the sequestered land, their entitlement are duly recognized, including those who have not yet received their CLOAs as of the press time.

Sanchez also belied the claim of lumads that their certificates of land ownership were fake.

Sanchez showed BusinessWeek Mindanao the topographic map of the area and other pertinent documents duly signed by the Municipal Agrarian Reform Office, including Land Bank receipts of payment for their respective real property taxes.

“How can the Land Bank, a government-owned bank, or the Provincial Treasurer’s Office accept payments for a fake CLOAs?,” Sanchez asked.

Based on the documents, since 2006, around 256 hectares were already distributed to identified beneficiaries, while the rest are still on the process of distribution

Kamaruddin, the leader of 36-strong heavily-armed Cowboy Security accused of harassing the farmers, said the recent incidents of gunshots heard in the area were actual exchanges of fire shots.

Showing a holed portion of a rice paddy few meters from their barrack, Kamaruddin said it was an unidentified group of farmers who fired at them using an M-27 infantry automatic rifle that nearly hit them.

“Anu ang gagawin namin kundi dumipensa,” he said.

On the killing of farmer Larry Algora in October, 2015 and a strafing incident that almost killed Bobet Odtuhan on February 13, 2016, Kamaruddin declined to give any comment saying the local police is already investigating the matter.

Maramag Police Chief Senior Insp. Erwin Naelga was not around when visited for comment, but police blotter showed the logs of both incidents but no further reports on any developments.

Base Camp residents bewailed the police inactions saying their livelihood and their lives are at stakes.

Another document revealed that Cowboy Security was hired

by the Daguiwaas clan, through Datu Piang Daguiwa-as, which has a longtime legal battle with BFI for the recovery of another ancestral land in the adjacent municipality of Don Carlos, Bukidnon.

The farmers believe an influential family in the province of Bukidnon is behind these lumads who were out to grab the land already awarded to legitimate beneficiaries using the ancestral domain rights of indigenous people and in turn allow multinational corporations to operate in the area.

They opted not to name any individual opining that they still need concrete evidence to back up their suspicion.

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or municipality and identify areas for improvement and collaboration. These data can also provide insight for policy making, development planning and formulation of investment promotion strategies.

For this year, the province of Davao del Norte which previously ranked as 22nd most competitive province is eyeing for a significant improvement by garnering the

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 211-2016

ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. E-6782 A Parcel of land including all the improvements found thereon, Lot 2117, Cad 556 situated at Artadi, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental, and Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the N., along lines 1-2-3, by Lot 2116, Cad-556 along lines 3-4,

by Creek along line 4-5 by Lot 2120, Cad-556,S., along line 5-6, by Lot 2119, Cad -556 along lines 6-7-8, by Lot 2118, Cad -556 on the W., along lines 8-9-1, by CREEK, xxx, containing an area of TWELVE THOUSAND THREEHUNDRED FIFTY-EIGHT (12,358) SQUARE METERS more or less, xxx, registered in the name of Ferdinand Fabe.

ORIGINAL CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. E-6970 A parcel of land including all the improvements found thereon, Lot 2314, Cad-556-D Magsaysay Cadastre, situated at Barangay kandiis, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the NW., along line 1-2 by Lot 2313, Cad-556,D, on the NE.., along line 2-3 by Lot 2312, Cad-556-T, on the SE., along line 3-4 by Lot 2315, Cad556-D, along line at point 4, by Lot 2316, Cad-556-D, on the SW., along line 4-1 by National Highway, containing an area of ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED FORTY-SIX (11,846) SQUARE METERS, more or less xxx registered in the name of Ferdinand Fabe All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above-stated date and time. In the event that the public auction will not take place on the said date, it shall be held on the next working day without further notice and republication. Prospective bidders may investigate for themselves the Title herein-above described properties and the encumbrance therein, if any there be.

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support and commitment of its local government units for this endeavor.

The award for most competitive province, city and municipality shall be given during the 2016 Regional Competitiveness Summit set to be held this July.

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Bishop Bacani’s implied answer was right---there was no revolution of the heart principally of EDSA leaders, which trickled down in torrents towards a great number of Filipinos who got disillusioned in knowing that throwing out the Marcoses from power did not enable them to live new lives, as promised

by Cory and her allies when they grabbed power.

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Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by RURAL BANK OF CABADBARAN INC., with principal address at corner Garami & Cabeltes Streets and a branch office at San Francisco Street, Butuan City against SPS. FERDINAND & JOSEPHINE FABE of Barangay Artadi, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 29, 2015 have amounted to SIX HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE THOUSAND & ONE HUNDRED SIXTY-TWO PESOS (Ph 661,162.00) PESOS, including principal, interest and penalties but excluding ten percent (10%) of the total indebtedness as attorney’s fees, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH on April 4, 2016 at 8:00 o’clock in the morning up to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Hall of Justice, Dugenio Street, Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon to wit:

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OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 215-2016 Upon Extra-Judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUTAL FUND (otherwise known as PAG-IBIG Fund) with Principal address at the Atrium of Makati, Makati Avenue, Makati City, against FRANCISCO R. OPENIANO married EVARISTA RAMOSOLA OPENIANO, both of legal age, Filipino citizen, with postal address at Brgy. 2, Guanzon St., Gingoog City, to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of October 30, 2015, have amounted to ONE HUNDRED NINETEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED FOURTEEN PESOS AND 70/100 (P119,714.70) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges as of October 22, 2015, excluding foreclosure expenses and other monetary obligation. The undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on April 18, 2016, to the highest bidder for CASH at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Branch 43, Regional Trial Court, Dugenio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-11931 A Parcel of Land (Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-N. Psd-10-031395.

Being a Portion of Lot 1066-A-2-B-2, Psd-10-026563) situated in the Barrio of Kahulogan, City of Gingoog, Province of XX, Island of Mindanao, Bounded on the NE., along line 8-9 by Lot 1066-A-2-B-1, Psd-10-026563., along line 9-1 by Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-N., on the SE., along line 1-2

by Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-N, along line 2-3 by Lot 1066-A-2B-2-I., along line 3-4 by Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-J., along line 4-5 by Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-K., on the SW., along Line 5-6

by Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-K., on the SW., along Line 5-6 by Lot 1066-A-2-B-2-O., all of the subdivision plan Psd-10031395., on the NW., along line 6-7 by Lot 1066-B,(LRC) Psd 197171., on the NW., along line 7-8 by Lot 1066-A-2B-2-Q, of the subdivision plan Psd-10-031395. Containing an area of SIX HUNDRED NINETY (690) square meters more or less.

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

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

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

Gingoog City, Febraury 17, 2016

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF BY:

BWM: Feb. 22, 29 & Mar. 7, 2016

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

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By Joe P. Palabao - Festival Project Director

ast February 22, 2016, the Honorable Mayor Gregorio Lloren Gue and First Lady Carmen Capistrano Gue of the first class Municipality of Quezon of the Province of Bukidnon accepted and confirmed the invitation from Business Week Mindanao and Mindanao Daily News for the Local Government Unit to participate in the forthcoming grandiose and biggest 1st AMIHANG MINDANAO “LUMAD FESTIVAL HIMAMAT 2016” dubbed as ‘A FESTIVAL OF FESTIVALS FOR PEACE AND CULTURAL UNDERSTANDING’.

Known Realist/Naturalist Artist of Mindanao from Cagayan de Oro City- Tenny Torres giving the “Lumad Woman Weaver” painting to First Lady Carmen Capistrano Gue, symbolizing the Lumad Festival Himamat 2016.

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LUMAD FESTIVAL HIMAMAT 2016 is presented by the Tourism Promotions Board (TPB) Philippines, the National Commission of the Culture and the Arts (NCCA), known big and prestigious corporations, companies and institutions of the country.

The first ever LUMAD FESTIVAL HIMAMAT 2016 is a convergence of all cultural festivals of Northern Mindanao which will be held on September 24, 2016 at the Pelaez Sports Center from 6AM to 5PM with street dancing starting from the Rodelsa Circle down to the main thorough fares of Cagayan de Oro City up to the Sports Center for the main tableaux competition. There would

The Honorable Mayor Gregorio Lloren Gue and First Lady Carmen Capistrano Gue of the first class Municipality of Quezon of the Province of Bukidnon accepted and confirmed the invitation from Business Week Mindanao and Mindanao Daily News for the Local Government Unit to participate in the forthcoming grandiose and biggest 1st AMIHANG MINDANAO “LUMAD FESTIVAL HIMAMAT 2016. photo by clement dampal of www . bestspotsph . com

be “A SHOWDOWN” of Festival Queens on the eve of the grandiose festivalSeptember 23, 2016-3PM at the Activity Center of SM City-Cagayan de Oro. The invitation was done with a meaningful ceremony during the 7th SUNGGOD TA himamat/PAGE B2

Tourism Czar Regional Director Catalino “Butch” E. Chan III supports The First Amihan Mindanao Lumad Festival Himamat 2016. photo by clement dampal of www.bestspotsph.com

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Sikat Ka Higala The city has a circle of organizations like Rotary,Eagles,Lions and JCIs and among the few.But these are the active orgs that is visible on community projects doing charitable works.I have been very friendly with the JCI Macajalar 24k the past president was a very good friend of mine and the present President is my best friend Honey Miclat Pacatan.

Lately they had a bloodletting branded as "Dugo Ko Para sa Buhay Mo."This was participated by the 4th Infantry Division of the AFP,Philippine National Police and

the National Redcross.

Their were a good mass of people who donated at the OPD of Jr. Borja City Hospital.It is very noble what this organization has done through this project we can save a lot of lives.Rutche Cutanda Fullo was the project chair was successful on the preparation and in facilitating the volunteers.Their were 10 volunteers from the AFP and 16 from the PNP and other individual volunteers.The Red Cross Regional Director Dr. Myra Yee was very grateful to JCI for coming up with this donations,

a total of 43 bags of blood collected.

In the afternoon another project was initiated "My Granny Valentine" at the St. Joseph Golden Home Foundation where they gave away an apparatus (nebulizer).

The grannies were very delighted they sang some songs they were given a little party with theirs gifts from JCI full of toiletries they can use for daily hygiene.I have spoken to one of the caregivers and found out that the cases which the elder is brought to their care are mostly neglected by the family,left out on the streets,either

they are abused or abandoned.They were suppose to cater for 15 patients but now they have increased to 17.It brought me to tears knowing that their own

family had forsaken them.It is very painful to be abandoned by your own children.

Thinking how poverty is very present among us I think no matter how poor our situation is we have a responsibilty to our parents.They have taken care of us since were young and gave us food to eat and clothes to wear but we cannot do that to them in return?Its a conviction and conscience to love them ,to carry them on their feet when they cant walk and held them up when they are unable to do

so.It is very important to do what we are obliged to do.That is why i am encouraging everyone to share your kindness and love to those that needed it.A little share of your blessing will go a long way.I am very proud of the JCI macajalar 24k for making projects that can bring a lot of inspirations to humanity.A humble heart can touch lives.I commend for a job well done.My you all continue to do the acts of kindness that can create a ripple.JCI macajalar 24k Sikat kayo mga Higala.

Himamat...

Government of Cagayan de Oro City, and SM CityCagayan de Oro. The Municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon was chosen among the eighty four (84) municipalities of the Region as a kick off point for the Festival Invitation to give meaning and essence of the Festival for the preservation of the culture and the arts of the LUMADS of Northern Mindanao.

It is in congruence to the 7th SUNGGOD TA KAMANGA FESTIVAL 2016 celebration. It is an annual LUMAD FESTIVAL supported by the Department of Tourism (DOT 10), and the National Commission of the Culture and the Arts (NCCA) to preserve the rich culture and traditions of the Indigenous Peoples

(IPs) of the Province of Bukidnon like the Pulangihon Manobo and Matigsalog Manobo tribes.

To add color to the Ceremonial Invitation-a known Realist/Naturalist Artist of Mindanao from Cagayan de Oro CityTenny Torres together with adopted Manobo” Datu Maka-Ughop 2013” in a colorful Paratuan Ritual-Tourism Czar Regional Director Catalino ‘Butch’ E. Chan 111, and Business Week Mindanao Corporation Vice President for Marketing Jose Palabao presented to Mayor Gregorio Lloren Gue, adopted Manobo “Datu Makapukaw” in 2011 and First Lady- Patroness of the Art and Culture of the IPs Carmen C. Gue, adopted Manobo “Bae Makabulig”, a Lumad themed painting.

The unique, exquisite, beautiful, finely and intricately etched and mesmerizing work of art of Tenny Torres “LUMAD WOMAN WEAVER” symbolizing the great work of the Mayor Gue in supporting the Lumads of Bukidnon to continually preserve their culture, arts and traditions. Mayor Gue was responsible in creating and supporting Lumad Federations, building schools for the Lumad so that their children’s children and coming generation will be educated and continue to preserve their culture and traditions.

The beautifully etched LUMAD ART WORK of Realist-Artist TENNY TORRES is also dedicated to the dynamism, work of love for the LUMADS

with passion to the Tourism Officer Ms. Judith Las Pinas and the active men and women of the Municipality of Quezon, Bukidnon who has helped and dedicated their lives in preserving the culture and the arts of the Pulangihon and Matigsalog Manobo tribes of Quezon, Bukidnon.

A whooping prize of ONE MILLION NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS (Php 1,900,000.00) with trophies awaits the winners of the 1st AMIHANG MINDANAO LUMAD FESTIVAL HIMAMAT 2016. Additional feature of the festival is the participation of 25,000 to 30,000 participants, performers, tourists, students, spectators to dance to the tune of “ITS

MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES.” This will be the festival official entry for the GUINNESS BOOK OF WORLD RECORD for the biggest number of participants in a single performance dancing to the Philippine Tourism Theme Song ITS MORE FUN IN THE PHILIPPINES to attract more tourists to visit the Philippines, the progressive and peaceful Regions of Mindanao, specifically Northern Mindanao.

The prestigious event then will help contribute to the Department of Tourism aim to reach globally the “ONE BILLION TOURISTS AND ONE BILLION OPPORTUNITIES” to boost the worldwide tourism industry.

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KAMANGA FESTIVAL 2016 held last February 22, 2016 at the Dona Resing Park, Quezon, Bukidnon.

Business Week Mindanao, Mindanao Daily News is the Event Organizer and Franchise Holder of the Project in partnership with the Department of Tourism Region X and with the support and endorsement to the Local Government Units of the Regional Development Council (RDC X). The grandiose festival is in coordination with the Northern Mindanao Regional Tourism Council (NMRTC), Department of Education (DepEd 10), the Philippine National Police (PNP X), the Province of Misamis Oriental, City

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Shop your way to Los Angeles with the VisMin SM Stores and PAL With summer just ahead, Visayas and Mindanao residents have a chance to take a holiday in Los Angeles, the Philippine Airlines newest destination when they shop at the SM Stores in the region.

In The SM Store and PAL’s Shop Your Way to Los Angeles e-raffle promotion, thirty- two (32) lucky winners will receive a roundtrip ticket to Los Angeles or other international and local destinations served by the airlines from the Cebu International Airport.

Five lucky shoppers have a chance to win roundtrip tickets to Los Angeles; while three others have a chance to win airline tickets to Japan.

There will be four winners of roundtrip tickets to Manila; and 20 winners of round trip tickets from Cebu to other Vismin destinations.

How to win? Simply shop at The SM Store VISMIN branches!

For every Php 2,000 single-receipt purchase made until March 31, 2016 using your SM Advantage / Prestige / BDO Rewards cards at any participating The SM Store branches, you can get a chance to win one of the roundtrip tickets to Los Angeles and other destinations via Philippines Airlines.

You can double your chances of winning using BDO Credit and Debit Card.

There will be two raffle draws: fifteen winners will be drawn March 15, 2016 for the February 26- March 10, 2016 shopping period; and 17 winners will be drawn on April 8, 2016 for the March 11-31, 2016 shopping period. The E-Raffle draw will be held at the MCI office, 4th floor One E-Com Center, Harbor Drive,

Tokyo, Japan is one of the destinations to win at The SM Store and PAL’s joint raffle promotion.

Mall of Asia Complex, Pasay City in the presence of DTI and SM representatives.

Participating stores include The SM Store Cebu, Seaside Cebu, Consolacion, Bacolod, Iloilo, Delgado, Cagayan de Oro, Davao, Lanang Premier and General Santos.

Shop Your Way to Los Angeles at the Vismin SM Stores with Philippine Airlines.

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OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT AND EX-OFFICO SHERIFF

OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT

“Upon extrajudicial petition for sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act No. 4118 filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (PAG-IBIG) against ENRICO P. CAPITON married to ROMALEN A. CAPITON of Lot 12, Block 6, Bloomingdale Subdivision, Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 16, 2015 amounts to ONE MILLION TWO HUNDRED SEVENTY THREE THOUSAND FIFTY FOUR PESOS AND 09/100 (₱ 1,273,054.09), including interests and penalty charges, but excluding expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned will sell at public auction on April 6, 2016 at 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. AT THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT, OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT, TOURISM HALL, City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit: TCT NO. T-137-2012008396 Certain land situated in IPONAN, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, bounded and described as follows: LOT: 12, BLOCK 6, PCS-10-003948 PORTION OF LOTS: 3615-B, PSD-10004675, 24178- A, PSD-10-009444,3614-A-1-B, PSD-10009566,24178-B-1, PSD-010320,2417-B-2-A, PSD-10052968, 24178-B-2-B-1, PSD-10-054199, 24178-B-2-B-6, PSD-10-054199,4178-C-1, PSD-10-054997,3605, CAD.237, CAGAYAN CADASTRE AS SURVEYED FOR: LIBERTY LAND CORPORATION LAND USE: RESIDENTIAL AND CONTAINING ANA AREA ONE HUNDRED FIFTY SIX (156) SQUARE METERS MORE OR LESS AND REGISTERED IN THE NAME OF ENRICO P. CAPITON married to ROMALEN A. CAPITON. All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the 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 encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

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Cagayan de Oro City, February 12, 2016.

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 212-2016 Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by RURAL BANK OF CABADBARAN INC, with principal address at corner Garami & Cabeltes Streets and a branch office at San Francisco Street, Butuan City against SPS. JOSE ELCID & MELECIA LADICA of Kibungsod, Magsaysay, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of December 29, 2015 have amounted to FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-NINE THOUSAND FIVE-HUNDRED TWENTY-EIGHT PESOS and 90/100 (Ph 449,528.90) PESOS, including principal, interest and penalties but excluding ten percent (10%) of the total indebtedness as attorney’s fees, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction to the highest bidder for CASH on April 4, 2016 at 8:00 o’clock in the morning up to 4:00 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, Hall of Justice, Dugenio Street, Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-53180 Parcel of land including all the improvements found thereon, Lot 312-A, Psd-10-25178 being a portion of Lot 312 & 506, Cad-556-D, Carmen Magsaysay Cadastre xxx situated at Cabubuhan, Magsaysay, Province of Misamis Oriental, Island of Mindanao. Bounded SW., along line 1-2

by Provincial Road W., along line 2-3 by Lot 226, NW., along lines 3-4-5 by Lot 221, on the E., along 5-1 by Lot 312-B of the Sub. Plan Psd-10-025178 xxx containing an area of FOUR THOUSAND ONE-HUNDRED SIXTY-ONE (4,161) SQUARE METERS, more or less, registered in the name of Melecia Chiang Ladica.

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

In the event that the public auction will not take place on the said date, it shall be held on the next working day without further notice and republication. Prospective bidders may investigate for themselves the Title herein-above described properties and the encumbrances therein, if any there be.

Gingoog City, February 1, 2016

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT 10th Judicial Region Branch 16, Tangub City IN RE: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF THE BIRTH OF JOYMAE D. SORIANO SPECIFICALLY IN HER YEAR OF BIRTH FROM “1975” TO “1995”

SP. PROC. CASE NO. TC-2015-005

FOR: CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CIVIL REGISTRY JOYMAE DELOSA SORIANO

Petitioner /---------------------------------------------/ NOTICE OF HEARING WHEREAS, after alleging certain facts in a verified petition filed on December 8, 2015, petitioner prayed that after notice, publication and hearing, an order be issued directing the Local Civil Registrar of Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental to make the following correction in her record of birth, to wit:

Year of birth from “1975” to “1955”.

WHEREFORE, finding the petition in due form and substance, the hearing of the same is hereby set on MARCH 22, 2016, at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, at the Session Hall of this Honorable Court, at which date, time and place, any concerned and interested person may appear and show cause, if any, why said petition shall not be granted.

The Sheriff of this Honorable Court is hereby ordered to post copies of this Notice in three (3) conspicuous places, preferably in the Bulletin Board of this Court, the Municipal Hall of Bonifacio, and the Barangay Hall of Migpange, Bonifacio, Misamis Occidental.

Moreover, let a copy of this petition and notice be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Misamis Occidental, all at the expense of the petitioner, for the information and guidance of all concerned. Also, let a copy of this petition and notice be furnished the petitioner, the Office of the Solicitor General, and the Local Civil Registrar of Bonifacio, Mis. Occ. Any person having or claiming any interest under the entry whose correction is sought may, within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition, or from the last date of publication of such notice file his opposition thereto.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF BY:

WITNESS, the Honorable SYLVIA A. SINGIDASMACHACON, Presiding/Executive Judge, this 8th day of January 2016.

(Sgd.) DAN E. LABADAN Sheriff IV RTC-OCC Gingoog City

(Sgd.) ATTY. MARCELINO D. NATIVIDAD, JR.

Clerk of Court VI

(Sgd.) AL PONCIANO R. DATU

Sheriff IV

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Rangers-10 inducted nine new members

By Chelsea Bien

Region-10 Association of Noble Guides for Education, Recreation and Sightseeing, Inc., (RANGERS) inducted new nine (9) members to their active, dynamic and noble association last February 24, 2016 at Roan Beach Resort, Opol, Misamis Oriental.

Joe P. PalabaoVice President for Marketing of Business Week Mindanao Corporation and the Festival Project Director of the 1st Amihang Mindanao Lumad Festival Himamat 2016 was the inducting officer and gave words of wisdom to the new members as they embark themselves

into the world of tour guiding.

Region-10 Association of Noble Guides for Education, Recreation and Sightseeng, Inc., (RANGERS) is a tour guide assocation of Northern Mindanao under the able tutelage of its active President-Ms. Regina Cuerdo-Amador.

RANGERS-10 is duly accredited by the Department or Tourism (DOT 10) to carry out the challenging function as tour guides and as responsible stewards of the country’s cultural heritage and the cultural heritage of Northern Mindanao as they guide the tourists to the different tourists

destination of their choice.

The new members of RANGERS-10 will strive for excellence as tour guides. They should be truthful, trustworthy and appropriate in all their words and action. As they carry on their tour guiding-they should display integrity and professionalism; they should be responsible stewards to the country’s cultural heritage, historical infrastructure and physical environment and continue lifelong learning to maintain their respective lifelong career.

Furthermore, as tour guides, they should maintain a tourism legacy that is based on ethics,

Ms. Chelsea Bien receiving certificate from Rangers’ president Ms. Regina Cuerdo-Amador.

The 9 new Rangers-10 members inducted by Joe Palabao of Business Week Mindanao, (from left to right) namely; Ms. Maria Christina Vios Macapagal, Ms. Maria Julita P. Naduma, Ms. Crisansel B. Floren, Ms. Carla Jean Zornosa, Ms. Wipa Kilat, Ms. Janice Lachica, Ms. Chelsea F. Bien, Ms. Edda M. Valdehueza and Salvador A. Tapia, Jr.

principles and deep values in order to keep Region 10 (Northern Mindanao) and other Philippine destinations last for many generations.

And much more each one of them should contribute to the growth and progress of and adhere to the Constitution and By-Laws of the Region-10 Association of Noble Guides for Education, Recreation and Sightseeing, Inc. As part of their social responsibility as an association, RANGERS-10 is into helping the street kids especially those that are always seen at Divisoria this city. They are into training the street kids, the homeless

kids into knowing the historical background of the statues and infrastructures that are being seen at the Plaza Divisoria.

This is for them to appreciate history and they too can guide street tourists passing their way.

RANGERS-10 is into partnership with NGOs which are helping the street kids and find their identity, educate them and find their life meaningful as part of the society.

The newly inducted members of RANGERS-10 are Ms. Maria Christina Vios Macapagal, Ms. Maria Julita P. Naduma, Ms. Crisansel B. Floren, Ms. Carla Jean Zornosa, Ms. Wipa

Kilat, Ms. Janice Lachica, Ms. Chelsea F. Bien, Ms. Edda M. Valdehueza and Salvador A. Tapia, Jr. RANGERS-10 is part and partial in attaining the aim Department of Tourism reaching ONE BILLION TOURISTS AND ONE BILLION OPPORTUNITIES in the years to come for the global tourism industry.

RANGERS-10 commits to support the success of the 1st AMIHANG MINDANAO LUMAT FESTIVAL HIMAMAT 2016 Business Week Mindanao, Mindanao Daily News in partnership with the Department of Tourism (DOT 10) and the Regional Development Council (RDC 10).