BusinessWeek Mindanao (February 3, 2017)

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Briefly Farm scools TECHNICAL Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) announces its free technical vocational education and training (TVET) to farmers and fisherfolks and their families in accredited farm schools in Northern Mindanao during its launching of Program Accelerating Farm School Establishments (PAFSE) on 31 January 2017 in Cagayan de Oro City.

As part of President Rodrigo Roa Duterte’s 10-Point Economic Agenda to promote rural value chain development, TESDA region 10 has partnered with Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Training Institute (DA-ATI) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) region 10 to identify sites where possible farm schools can be established.

According to TESDA Regional Director Edgar A. Sales, this program will assist the promotion of sustainable Agriculture and Fishery productivity and rural development, by providing access to TVET at the countryside through the farm schools.

Jap’s water techno A GROUP of executives from Yokohama, Japan-based private companies offered to share their technological expertise on water supply, wastewater and solid waste management to the city government of Cagayan de Oro on January 31.

The participation of close to 20 Japanese entrepreneurs in a business matching seminar is part of Y-PORT Project. The Y-PORT Project is a project for international technical cooperation based on public-private partnership through the utilization of Yokohama’s resources and technologies.

It aims to raise the brand value of Yokohama, a cosmopolitan city, and to promote the overseas expansion of private enterprises in the city.

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OWER grid operator, the National Grid Corp. of the Philippines (NGCP), has announced the completion of a hydrographic survey that will determine the route that will link the power grids of Visayas and Mindanao.

VIS-MIN POWER LINK. Underwater power cable will link the VisayasMindanao grids by 2020.

“With this development, we now have a clearer plan on the project’s implementation. Power resource sharing among the country’s major islands will now become a reality,” the NGCP said in a news release issued Wednesday.

Linking the power grids of Visayas

and Mindanao is part of the plan to unify the grids of both islands and Luzon. The Luzon and Visayas grids have long been connected through the Naga–Ormoc high-voltage direct current line.

The survey, conducted from Sept. ngcp/PAGE 11

ARMM delegation pushes for open BIMP-EAGA trade

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

FORCED EVACUATION. A person with disability (PWD) drives his trisikad carrying his son and some of his properties as he heeds the call of the City Disaster and Risk Reduction Management (CDRRMC) for pre-emptive evacuation as heavy rain flooded low-lying areas in Cagayan de Oro City on Saturday. PHOTO BY GERRY LEE GORIT

New EO meant to streamline approval for energy projects

By MYRNA M. VELASCO, Contributor

THE Duterte administration’s economic team has started fleshing out the parameters of a proposed Executive Order (EO) that would streamline

approval processes for energy projects.

Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said the proposal of declaring “energy projects to

BENJAMIN Cagampang used to sell his tablea (chocolate rounds) in his hometown

of Kalilangan, Bukidnon.

His tablea is unique because it’s cubed in shape rather

and Brunei,” said Ishak V. Mastura, ARMM Regional Board of Investments chair who is heading the mission.

Mr. Mastura said their delegation’s main task during the meeting, which will end today, is to look into all potential partnerships fore open trading.

The Mindanao Development Authority (MinDA) earlier announced that cross-border trade between Mindanao and Malaysia, which the latter suspended last year, will resume by this month.

The Malaysian trade/PAGE 11

be of national significance” had been calendared for discussion at the Cabinet last Friday.

He said the Department of Energy (DOE) already energy/PAGE 11

Northern Mindanao farmers use online marketing to sell products

By MARK FRANCISCO, Staff Writer

DAVAO C I T Y - - T h e Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) sent on Monday a team to the Brunei-Indonesia-MalaysiaPhilippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMP-EAGA) Strategic Planning Meeting in Jakarta, Indonesia to discuss open cross-border trading between the ARMM and the sub-region.

“Most of our crossborder trade is with Sabah (in Malaysia) but the ARMM is committed to promote cross-b order t rade not just with Sabah but with all BIMP-EAGA countries, p a r t i c u l a r l y In d on e s i a

than the usual flat ones. But he was disappointed with his dwindling sales that he wanted to give up his small farmers/PAGE 11

STILL UNPAID. Babo Monera Andil stares into the distance from what used to be her sari-sari store in Barangay Tuka, Mamasapano, Maguindanao. She is still waiting for the Special Action Force of the Philippine National Police to pay her for the goods she said they took from her store on January 25 and 26, 2015 so she can pay her debts and restore her credit line. MindaNews photo

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DTI joins techno mission to revitalize Mindanao Silk M ALAYBALAY City — In an attempt to revitalize the Mindanao silk industry, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Bukidnon Provincial Office recently joine d the te chnol og y m i s si on or g an i z e d by Northern Mindanao Technical Working Group (TWG) to benchmark the silk industry in Negros Occidental.

The activity aims to learn more about the potentials of the industry, study t he te chnolog ies needed to improve the current practices in the region, as well as explore the possibility of forging

a p ar t ne rsh ip b e t we en the different agencies in Northern Mindanao and the leading silk manufacturer in the country today.

Key government agencies in the region, together with l o c a l d e s i g ne r Mel o dy “Mimi” Parrel-Pimentel, who created the inaugural ‘Barong’ of the President, and now the Presidential Fashion Consultant, are pushing for the revival of Mindanao silk.

Mindanao silk dre w special attention last June when President Rodrigo Duterte preferred to wear a “Barong (an embroidered formal shirt considered as the Philippines’ national dress)” made of silk woven

by the ABAI (from Ayala Beneficiaries Association, Inc.) women loom weavers in Laguindingan during his inauguration in Malacañang.

The TWG visited the sericulture project of the Organization for Industrial, Spi r itu a l an d Cu ltu r a l Advancement (OISCA) Bago Training Center based in Bago City. The center is spearheaded by Director Shigemi Watanabe.

Within its 26-hectare farmland and training center is its Silk Reeling Plant that produces 1-5 tons of silk yarn annually which accounts for 90 percent of the country’s total production. Around 80 percent of its silk products

are sold to weavers in Aklan, and the remaining 20 percent to Manila dealers.

According to its overall training coordinator, Ms. Thelma Watanabe, the prospect of the silk industry in the Philippines is bright, as demand for it is growing every year.

“There’s still a large local demand for silk that is yet to be served”, she said.

D i r e c t o r Wat a n a b e , meanwhile, reported to the group that a minimum area of 3,000 square meters could already provide the farmer’s family an additional P 5 2 , 5 0 0 - P 5 7 , 0 0 0 g ro s s income in a year. dti/PAGE 9

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CdO needs comprehensive traffic management plan THIS trading capital of Northern Mindanao needs a comprehensive traffic management plan to solve the city’s annoying traffic congestion, a city official said Wednesday.

City Councilor Romeo Calizo, chair of the city council committee on police and public safety, said he has submitted a comprehensive traffic plan for the city, which tack le on traf f ic “rerouting”.

The plan was to decongest and lighten the traffic woes among c om mute rs and pedestrians during peak hours here, Calizo said.

He said the Road and Tr af f i c Ad m i n i st r at i on (RTA) has also presented the traffic plan, now under review by the local august

body.

Calizo said the traffic plan consisted of immediate and short term plan, short term plan and medium term plan from 2017 to 2022.

The two-year short term traffic plan for the year 2017 until 2019 was recommended by t h e C ompre h e n s i v e D e velopme nt Pl an and t h e C i t y D e v e l o p m e nt Investment Program (CDIP), Calizo said.

The medium term plan focused on infrastructure development like the construction of elevated walkways and would connect the big shopping malls and commercial centers in the city.

Calizo said the creation of carpool and the mass traffic/PAGE 9

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Bring Out The Best Think a minute…Winston Churchill was 65 years old when he first became England’s Prime Minister.

It was May of 1940 and England’s military was not well armed or prepared for war. So when Hitler’s huge, powerful German army was planning to attack the British Isles, most military experts expected Germany to easily defeat England in no time.

But these experts could not imagine that in only 7 months, Winston Churchill would change the history of England and the entire Western World. During those 7 months, when the families of Great Britain gathered in their living rooms to listen to their l e a d e r ov e r t h e r a d i o, their feelings of fear and hopelessness were soon replaced by great confidence, hope, and victory. Why? Churchill knew just how to get the English people to believe in themselves—in their own cause and abilities.

And defeating Germany’s p ower f u l ar my b e c ame England’s finest hour!

It’s been said: “People who feel good about themselves do their best.”

Whether it’s at work on the job, at home with their

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Let us labour therefore to enter into that rest, lest any man fall after the same example of unbelief.Hebrews 4:11 We are presented with one of life’s greatest paradox: LABOR TO REST. As in any paradox, a self-contradictory statement, these two words are the exact opposites. If left to analyze it, we of little faith will be lost in under or over-translating the word of GOD. First, we can undertranslate it as “Okay, so I don’t need to do much, because GOD will provide by Grace”.

Such is the misconception of living life by grace. We think

mate and children, or with friends. S o if you want people to change, you’ve got to help them believe in themselves so they will want to change and do their best. But when we criticize and shame our children, our wife or husband, or people we work with, we only hurt them and tear down their self-confidence. So why should we expect them to do better when we’ve made them believe they can’t!

We a l l d o o u r b e s t when we feel good about ourselves. That’s why a successful businessman says: “Instead of catching people doing something wrong to criticize and punish them, try to catch people doing something right and praise them for it. Then they will hurst/PAGE 9

lowly in heart, and you will find rest in your souls. For my yoke is as easy and my burden is light.” Yes, there is still a yoke. But what was Jesus’ yoke during His human life that we need to learn from? It is nothing more than the greatest attributes that He wishes to share with us - grace combined with faith.

This amazing combination produces belief. Where your faith on GOD’s grace means you are working or acting as if GOD has already provided.

So if you are sick and bedridden, what do you do? Start getting up! Short or lacking of money? Start giving! Worried

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and confused? Go take a shower and start smiling.

In short, BELIEVE! This article interpretation is based on Ptr. Ron Bayron’s preaching on “Rest to Receive’.

Policeman with P20.3m shames entire PNP LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… `Because the poor are plundered and the needy groan, I will now arise,’ says the Lord. `I will protect them from those who malign them’…”

(Psalm 12:5, the Holy Bible).

-oooHUMILITY MARKS THE BIRTH OF JESUS WHO IS GOD AND SAVIOR: Another extra-ordinary circumstance that accompanied the birth of Jesus which proves that He is God and Savior pertains to the very humble circumstance of that birth, notwithstanding that He is God entitled to pomp and royal treatment from his lowly creations.

Indeed, the vital question to ask along this line is this: why did God, who owns the universe, decide to be born as a poor and homeless baby?

-oooPOLICEMAN WITH P20.3 M SHAMES ENTIRE PNP: What is shameful is not that a mere police patrolman like SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel has declared in his name

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that we have the license to be lazy. If by grace alone, our response to GOD’s promise will be ‘wait, wait, wait’.

On the other hand, overinterpretation will lead us to believe that to labor into rest means really toiling very hard until we grow tired, needing of rest. By faith alone, we will see this as ‘work, work, work’.

Jesus tells us what this means and what His great role in our labors is. In Matthew 11:28-30, He says, “Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and

P20.3 million assets and properties, even if his salary is a measly P8,000 a month.

What is truly shameful is that, knowing this patrolman had so much money and properties in his name as shown by his statement of assets and liabilities and net worth, the Philippine National Police (PNP) didn’t even bother to investigate him how he became so wealthy even if he was receiving a mere pittance of a monthly salary.

The impression this gave to the Filipino nation which witnessed the Senate inquiry on Thursday, January 26, 2017, is that, the PNP is not bothered at all that its foot patrolmen live the lifestyles of the fabulously rich and scandalously wealthy because, somehow, it expects its rank and file to acquire wealth while they are in the service.

-oooWANT TO GET RICH? BECOME A POLICEMAN: Indeed, one of the easiest

ways to get rich nowadays, as the example of SPO3 Ricky Sta. Isabel has shown, is to be enlisted as a policeman and then assigned at the anti-illegal drugs unit of the PNP. Somehow, somewhere, sometime, in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities of an anti-illegal drugs operatives, miracles would happen that would enable him or her to stumble into a veritable pot of gold which would then make him or her greatly rich.

Of course, the question here would be, what sort of miracle or pot of gold could be found at the anti-illegal drugs unit of the PNP that makes even its mere patrolmen thoroughly wealth? Sta. Isabel’s experience would tend to show that it is by kidnapping and extorting ransom from people who had been planted with evidence to implicate them in illegal drugs. Can we believe that this is not known to PNP

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-oooWHY DID GOD CHOOSE TO BE BORN HUMBLY? The humble birth of Jesus, the Creator of all things in the heavens, is described in Luke 2:4-7 of the Holy Bible. Let us read this account of this humble coming into the world of God: “So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the batas/PAGE 9

Educating our senses It’s important that we realize the abiding need to educate our senses, that is to say, to make our eyes, ears, nose, tongue and hand discern the ultimate object and purpose of our life, who is God. They should not be allowed to go every which way, led simply by the impulses of our hormones, instincts and the many unclear trends in the environment. They have to be guided by our higher faculties of intelligence and will that in their turn should also be guided by faith, hope and charity.

Or said in another way, unless our senses are trained to see God in everything, they will just be stranded and entangled with the material qualities of things. We would just be trapped in the world of the material or at most the social, cultural, historical and other conditionings. And this predicament can get so bad that we would find it impossible to detect anything spiritual, much less, supernatural in the things around.

While the immediate object of our senses are the

material and physical things, they should be made to find God in everything. After all, behind all these material and physical things is God always, since God is their creator and with his abiding providence he is always behind everything in the physical world, directing things to himself.

This is going to be a big challenge because the prevailing world culture today laughs at this fundamental truth of our life. Linking shape and color, sound and smell, taste and feel with God—is that ever possible? Modern people would ask.

Precisely because of this problem, big as it is, we have a great need to coax our senses and their respective organs to discern God in everything.

Christ’s words, “Seek first the kingdom of heaven and everything else will be given to you besides,” are not meant to involve our spiritual powers of intelligence and will alone.

They are meant to involve the whole totality of our humanity, including our senses and emotions.

We have to avoid making

dichotomies in our life and pursue the task of building up unity and consistency in our life. Yes, there are distinctions to be made, since we are made of different parts, and our life have different aspects, but our life is supposed to only one.

We should build up, protect and defend that unity of life.

Our piety should also be lived in the very concrete details of our life that are first apprehended by our senses before they are “processed” by our intelligence and will, and later by the supernatural gifts of faith, hope and charity. We have to acknowledge the unity among those levels of our way of knowing and loving that enter into our piety.

We c an n ot ju s t b e intellectual in our piety, because that would make piety abstract.

We have to involve the senses.

If Christ is only acknowledged in our intelligence and will and not in our senses, we cannot go far in our relationship of love with him.

We need to educate our senses and feelings, purifying them of their usual limitations that apprehend only the

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Fr. Roy Cimagala externals of things without going to the essence of things and their proper origin and end, who is God. This is when our senses would be properly used. This is when we protect them from superficialities, errors and deformations. This is when they are made to serve God and our true good.

When this happens, the senses and feelings and their accompanying components actually enjoy a sublime, exquisite joy and sense of beauty. They would be rescued from a shallow and cheap kind of pleasure that is actually dangerous to us. roycimagala@ gmail.com.

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PAL expands Clark flights

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HE goal of decongesting Metro M a n i l a’s N i n o y Aq u i n o In te r n at i o n a l Airport is on track to being achieved with more airlines mounting flights from the Clark International Airport.

Philippine Airlines has expanded flights out of Clark, with Cebu as its newest destination.

The so-called Queen City of the South follows Incheon in South Korea and the Boracay gateway of Caticlan, routes for which were respectively launched earlier this month and in December.

The flag carrier last year announced it would be shifting some operations

to Clark, and on Monday officials again said the move from Metro Manila was a good business decision.

PAL’s senior vice president for operations Ismael Gozon said, “we believe we are seeing good strides here in Clark.”

He noted “there are 24 million Filipinos that can be served here by neighboring provinces here in Central and Northern Luzon, and that’s a big catchment basin for everybody.”

PAL is also set to start mounting flights from Clark to Davao and on March 2, just in time for summer.

It w i l l b e g i n f ly i ng to Puerto Prinsesa and Busuanga in Palawan.

More flights also means good business for Clark, which was designed to accommodate 4 million passengers but only sees about a million per a year.

More flights to and from Clark will not only decongest Metro Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport, but will also help prop up the local economy.

Alex Cauguiran, president of Clark International Airport Corp., said the economic activity was boosted “because the environment is earning.

Food, transportation, and then it goes down the line.”

Cebu Pacific, Airasia B esides PAL, budget carrier Cebu Pacific also has flights to and from Clark.

The local unit of Malaysian carrier Airasia, which originally designated Clark as its hub seven years ago, is also planning a comeback.

Cauguiran said, partly in Filipino, “they have signified their intention to come back here. They’re talking longterm. It’s not just Airasia Philippines that they referred to us; they included Airasia Berhad, the Malaysia-based unit that’s bigger.”

Airport authorities say less traffic, comfort and a better passenger experience form part of the lure of using Clark for those from Northern and Central Luzon and even people from Metro Manila.

Megaworld sees rental AboitizPower walks away income reaching P20B in 2020 from geothermal exploration REAL estate giant Megaworld will not only allow us to project in Indonesia Corp. is completing about become a stronger and more one million square meters of fresh rental inventory in a bid to bring its rental income to P20 billion by 2020.

In the next three years, the company will build office, lifestyle malls and commercial spaces around its 22 townships and integrated lifestyle communities across the country. This will bring the company’s total rental space inventory to more than 2.5 million square meters by 2020.

“While we remain strong in our residential condominium business, it is also imperative for us to also fortify our rental portfolio. This direction

sustainable company, but at the same time, we address the increasing demand for these spaces in our various townships,” said Megaworld senior vice president Jericho Go. By 2020, Megaworld will have around 1.5 million square meters of expansive office space inventory across the country.

Megaworld currently has over 130 companies in its office rental portfolio, occupying around 850,000 square meters of offices spaces, making it the biggest lessor of office spaces in the megaworld/PAGE 9

ABOITIZ POWER Corp. has given up on a plan to explore and develop a geothermal project in Indonesia, a move that follows its failed bid to acquire the geothermal energy assets of Chevron Corp. in the Philippines and the neighboring nation.

“AboitizPower has decided that it will focus and allocate its resources for other ongoing and pipeline projects and has agreed to step aside to allow its partner to proceed with the project,” the company told the stock exchange on Tuesday.

The decision involves exiting from the “greenfield”

geothermal exploration and development project of its wholly owned subsidiary AboitizPower International Pte. Ltd. Singapore-based Aboitiz International was looking at a project in Ijen, East Java province in Indonesia after it entered into an agreement w it h PT Me dco Power Indonesia in Sept. 2015. It had planned to participate in the exploration and development of a potential two-unit geothermal power plant each with a capacity of 55 megawatts (MW).

AboitizPower’s decision geothermal/PAGE 9

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Its comp onents aid in detoxifying the intestines and help the gut function properly.

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My City, My SM, My Art continued its cultural journey by celebrating the works of artists from the Southern Philippines at SM City Cagayan de Oro. Residents in the City of Golden Friendship had the golden opportunity to see how the visual arts has flourished in the region as My City,

My SM, My Art paid tribute to the late National Artist Abdulmari Asia Imao, as well as his son Toym.

It also showcased the works of artists from Northern Mindanao who have made their mark not only in the Philippines, but also in the international arts scene.

These include Oscar Floirendo, Mi-

chael Bacol, Christopher Gomez, Nicolas Aca, Jr., Jericho Vamenta, Errol Balcos, Pennessensio Estarte, and Michelle Hollanes Lua. A joint project of SM, the Metropolitan Museum of Manila, the Shell Companies of the Philippines, and the Philippine Star with support from the National Com-

mission for Culture and the Arts and Centerstage Productions, My City, My SM, My Art is a celebration of Philippine visual arts – painting, sculpture, printmaking, photography, and filmmaking.

The campaign brings art and people together by showcasing the works of masters, modernists, and millennials in a roadshow around the SM Supermalls.

Advocating art for all, the team works with communities to mount exhibits, workshops, and contests in key cities around the Philippines.

The Sarimanok series became the identity and signature to most of Dr. Imao’s works, inspired by legends & stories of the Maranaos.

TESDA launches program to accelerate farm schools in Northern Mindanao

By Jasper Marie Oblina-Rucat

Art is in the blood. Toym Imao with a bust of National Artist Dr. Abdulmari Asia Imao which he made as a tribute to his late father

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY – Technical Education Skills and Development Authority (TESDA) announces its free technical vocational education and training (T VET) to farmers and fisherfolks and their families in accredited farm schools in Northern Mindanao during its launching of Program Accelerating Farm School Establishments (PAFSE) on 31 January 2017 in Cagayan de Oro City.

As part of President R o d r i go R o a D ute r te’s 10-Point Economic Agenda to promote rural value chain development, TESDA region 10 has partnered with Department of Agriculture – Agriculture Training Institute (DA-ATI) and Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR) region 10 to identify sites

where possible farm schools can be established.

According to TESDA Regional Director Edgar A. Sales, this program will assist the promotion of sustainable Agriculture and Fishery productivity and rural development, by providing access to TVET at the countryside through the farm schools.

He added that, by allowing farm learning sites to develop course training and do the training themselves, students learn by doing through farmer to farmer practical education.

Meanwhile, Angelito Y. Quirog, PhD of DA-ATI said that there are almost 40 famr learning sites in the region. Among them are Alomah’s Place in Dahilayan Bukidnon which grows

organic lettuce, Cervantes S quare Foot Garden in Pagatpat Cagayan de Oro City for urban gardening, Queensland Herbs and Tourism Farm in Demologan, Bacolod Lanao del Norte, Jaya Secret Garden in Malaybalay Bukidnon, E&N Farm in Linabo Malaybalay City for coconut farming, Buhian Diversified Farm in Initao Misamis Oriental, JPL Farm Lala, Lanao del Norte, JIKA Farm, Hoyohoy Integrated Organic Farm and Tourism Park in Tangub City Misamis Occidental for Organic Native Chicken, San Roque Dairy Farm in Naawan Misamis Oriental for high value pasture grass and many others.

He also shared that they have implemented arms to farms program in conflict areas in the region. They TESDA/PAGE 9

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Atienza: Pass tax reductions before tackling death penalty THE House should first pass the bill slashing individual as well as corporate income taxes before debating lengthily on the measure reviving the death penalty, House senior deputy minority leader and Buhay Rep. Lito Atienza said Sunday.

“If we want our economy to grow faster and create more jobs, we should first bring down personal income taxes from 32 percent to 25 percent, and cut corporate income taxes from 30 percent to 25 percent,” Atienza said.

“We should take the cue from the Senate, which has categorically declared that while reducing income taxes is among their main concerns, the reimposition of death

BDO to open 70 more branches in 2017

BDO Unibank Inc. (BDO) of the SM Group aims to add 50 to 70 new local branches to its network in 2017 as part of its steps to expand footprint, optimistic about the prospects of the economy.

BDO president and chief executive officer Nestor Tan said the new branches would be located mostly outside the National Capital Region (NCR). “…We are seeing more investments particularly outside the NCR so our outlook is a little more optimistic now and I think it is reflected in the size of our rights issue. We took on a huge amount of capital as we expect the economy to grow,” he told reporters in a press briefing on Tuesday. branches/PAGE 9

sentences is not among their priorities,” Atienza said.

The proposed restoration of the death penalty is not among the urgent bills that the Senate plans to approve in the 17th Congress, since there was no assurance it would get the support of the chamber, Senate President Aquilino Pimentel III said last week.

“The bill lowering income taxes is obviously among the priorities of both chambers, so we should approve it first, more so because the Senate cannot pass any tax reform bill until it has been endorsed by the House,” Atienza said.

He cited Article 6, Section 24 of the 1987 Constitution, which mandates that: “All

appropriation, revenue or tariff bills, bills authorizing increase of the public debt, bills of local application, and private bills shall originate exclusively in the House of Representatives, but the Senate may propose or concur with amendments.”

“Let us focus on passing the positives, and abandon the negatives. Tax cuts are highly positive. The death penalty is extremely negative,” Atienza said.

He said tax cuts would put more money at the disposal of low-and middle-income families, and help drive household final consumption spending, thus creating greater demand for goods and services, and encouraging

industries to expand capacity and increase hiring.

Household final c onsu mpt i on sp e n d i ng accounts for 75.1 percent of t he c ou nt r y ’s g ro ss domestic product, according to the National Economic Development Authority.

At i e n z a s a i d l o w e r taxes would also encourage corporate investment spending that would in turn help spur even more jobs.

The House is set to begin this week plenary consideration of the bill restoring the death penalty.

Me anw h i l e, t h e bi l l pruning income taxes is still being threshed out by the House ways and means committee.

AMLC names new Secretariat head THE Anti-Money Laundering Council (AMLC) has named Certified Public Accountant (CPA) lawyer Mel Georgie B. Racela as officer-in-charge of the AMLC Secretariat in lieu of the resignation of lawyer Julia C. Bacay-Abad as Executive Director effective Jan. 31, 2017.

The development was announced in a statement issued Tuesday night by the AMLC. It said BSP officerin-charge Diwa Guinigundo, who serves as AMLC OIC, has designated Racela to take over Bacay-abad’s job.

Racela was reassigned from the central bank’s Supervisory and Examination Sector (SES), where he serves as Deputy Director for Special Projects and Reports under the Office of Supervisory Policy Development. ”Atty. Racela will be AMLCS OIC from 1 February to 31 July 2017,” it said.

Racela previously headed the central bank’s AntiMoney Laundering Specialist Group.

He earned his Bachelor of Science in Commerce major in Accounting from De La Salle University (DLSU) and Bachelor of Laws degree from San Beda College. He obtained his Master of Laws in International Legal Studies from Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, where he was a dean’s lister.

On Monday, Abad, who served the Council for 11 years with the last four years as AMLC Secretariat Executive Director, issued a statement on her resignation, citing the need for new leadership in the AMLC Secretariat.

AMLC received flak from politicians during the 2016 national elections campaign period and recently, from

some officials of the Duterte government who alleged that the Council was hampering the administration’s drive against illegal drugs. “...recent developments that confronted the AMLC and its Secretariat gave me the occasion to realize that, though already resilient on its own, the AMLC Secretariat w i l l b e a c c ord e d w it h renewed strength through a transformed strategy,” Abad said.

“To be more effective, the direction that the AMLC Secretariat will prospectively take would have to come from a new leadership,” she said.

AMLC is a collegial body composed of the governor of the BSP as Chairman, the Commissioner of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Commissioner of the Insurance Commission.

Tourism Updates:

Permanent welcome signages in CDO entry points underway Gean T. Cesar

The City Government of Cagayan de Oro through the City Tourism Council is now finalizing construction plans for permanent welcome signages that will soon rise in entry points to the City.

Tourism Chair Mdm Dorothy Jean Pabayo reported this update during the general monthly meeting of the City Tourism Council- after the City Government approved the Board’s proposal for such project.

Initial phase will be the construction of two signages that will be installed in Brgy.

Iponan and Bugo highway entry points which will have a unique look relevant to the identity of the City.

T h e C i t y To u r i s m Council is also responsible

for the redevelopment and beautification of the Duaw Park which is in partnership with the Kagay-anon International. Other tourism related projects under the

Tourism Board is the reopening of the Kagay-an Resort (formerly Lawndale Spring Resort) in close coordination with the City Tourism and Cultural office

under Mr. Elmer Wabe, the construction of the White water rafting embarkation area and the creation of a Pasalubong Center in Divisoria.

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DTI...

Megaworld...

In fact, their project already provided additional income for almost 200 local farmers engaged in sericulture and related activities such as taking care of mulberry fields and weaving.

T h e r e g i o n a l T WG acknowledged that region still lacks the essential machineries to produce silks, but the team is optimistic that with focused intervention for the industry, Mindanao silk would one day have its day in the sun. (Famelah D. Villanueva, DTI/RLRB, PIA10, Bukidnon)

entire country.

“On the commercial side, as population in all of Megaworld townships is expected to also balloon to 1,000,000 by 2020, we expect a tremendous growth in consumer spending especially on food, so we are prepared to address that,” said Go. By 2020, around 18 new malls and commercial centers in various Megaworld townships all over the country will be completed, covering close to 390,400 square meters of fresh retail spaces.

T h i s w i l l br i ng t h e company’s total commercial and retail space inventory to 1.17 million square meters covering a total of 30 lifestyle m a l l s an d c om m e rc i a l establishments nationwide.

In 2015, Megaworld recorded a rental income of P9 billion. (PNA)

from page 2

Traffic... from page 2

transit system like the bus rapid transit and metro rail transit and the construction of vertical parking space buildings was also part of the city’s seven-year-traffic plan.

Nonito Oclarit, head of the city’s RTA, said the first phase of the plan would focus on de-congesting the public markets from jitneys, delivery trucks, vans, and public utility motorcycles.

(PNA)

Hurst... from page 4

want to keep doing that right thing and always do their best.”

This is why Jesus Christ commands us to love others as yourself. Make others feel good about themselves the way you want to feel good about yourself. So won’t you ask Jesus to forgive you for your past and for treating others wrongly? Then ask Him to start changing your heart, so you can not only become your best, but you will als o bring out the best in others. Just Think a Minute…

Batas... from page 4

house and line of David. He went there to register with Mar y, who was pledged to be married to him and was exp e c t ing a child.

“While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them…” Why did God chose to be born under such humble circumstances? To show that even if He is the God who owns everything, He is the God even of the poor and the homeless, who should have faith in Him. -oooPLEASE LISTEN: “Ang Tanging Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible Exposition and pr aye r s e ss i on on line, could now be heard 24/7 (24 hours a day), in the Philippines and the world at www.facebook. com/angtangingdaan.

Phone: 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

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Geothermal... from page 5

comes about three months after company officials said it was in talks with foreign partners to form a consortium that will bid for Chevron’s geothermal energy assets in the Philippines and Indonesia.

M a nu e l R . L o z a n o, c h i e f f i n an c i a l of f i c e r of AboitizPower parent Aboitiz Equity Ventures, Inc., previously said the consortium was meant to prepare the company when Chevron bids out the assets.

He said the group was looking at both the Philippine and Indonesia assets, possibly with AboitizPower as the vehicle for the bid or a new subsidiary to be created under the energy and power company.

However, on Dec. 23, Ayala Corp. announced that its energy subsidiary AC Energy Holdings, Inc. had signed a deal to buy the geothermal operations of Chevron Global Energy, Inc. in Indonesia and the Philippines.

AC Energy said it had forged the share sale and purchase agreements with Chevron and with Union Oil Co. of California and their relevant affiliates. It described the acquisition as a “significant step” towards attaining the company’s goal of installing 2,000 MW in by 2020.

In the geothermal deal, AC Energy was part of an Indonesian consortium and a Philippine consortium. It did not disclose the value of the deal. It beat other companies led by the Lopez and Aboitiz families in bidding for Chevron’s assets.

TESDA... from page 6

have successfully done this through one barangay, one learning site in Mamarga Gamay, Plaridel Misamis Occidental and Kauswagan and Munai in Lanao del Norte.

DA-ATI further shared Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Financial Literacy Advocacy on Stock Market Trading to the farmers in

these learning sites.

On the other hand, DAR region 10 representative Ester B. Salas shared about their Links Farm program wherein they link smallholder farmers to market and linking Agrarian Reform Beneficiaries (ARBs) to corporate supply chains.

In the region, she mentioned they have identified Link Farm sites i n S u m i l a o, I mp a s u g ong an Malabalay City, Bukidnon, and Lagonglong and Balingasag in Misamis Oriental among others.

According to TESDA Misamis Oriental provincial director, these identified sites

by DA-ATI and DAR will have to apply for accreditation at TESDA provincial offices to be given the grant to provide training to farm scholars.

He added that PAFSE aims to address food security in the nation to encourage the youth to continue or pursue farming and fishery business.

To enroll for learning site accreditation or to apply for scholarship, visit TESDA provincial offices near you or for more information, visit www.tesda.gov.ph. (JMOR/ PIA10)

Branches... from page 7

Tan attributed brisk economic activities to the resurgence of cities outside the NCR and major cities fueled by the remittances from overseas

Filipino workers (OFWs) and revenues from the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector.

BDO has successfully completed its P60-billion common stock rights offering, the largest ever common equity capital raise from the Philippine market.

Tan said net proceeds of the rights offering would be used to support its loan business and for general working capital.

The offer increases BDO’s Common Equity Tier 1 Capital, making the bank better positioned to fulfill its medium-term growth objectives and take advantage of the positive outlook on the Philippine economy.

It was fully subscribed and led by major shareholder SM Group. The offer also saw strong participation from the bank’s domestic and international investors.

The 716,402,886 rights shares were issued pursuant to the offer at a price of P83.75 each and listed on the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) on Tuesday.

Credit Suisse, UBS and BDO Capital served as Joint Global Coordinators and together with the Joint Global Coordinators, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs and HSBC acted as Joint Bookrunners.

BDO Capital and Investment Corporation served as Issue Manager and Domestic Underwriter.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th Judicial Region BRANCH 09 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF CORRECTION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RAONA T. DUMPA RAONA T. DUMPA, Petitioner,

SPECIAL PROC. NO. 2426-16 -versusTHE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY AND THE ADMINISTRATOR AND CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF THE PHILIPPINE STATISTICS OFFICE Respondent. x-------------------------------------------------x AMENDED ORDER Before this Court is a verified petition for Correction of the Certificate of Live Birth of one Raona T. Dumpa. Petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth which was registered on January 27, 2005 with the Office of the Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur allegedly contained erroneous entries as to her date of birth which was inadvertently entered as April 06, 1984 instead of April 06, 1994.

Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing on March 16, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Marawi City and Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

The civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, and the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City, or any person or party who has an interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this petition or from the last day of publication of this Order.

Further, let this order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing on the Bulletin Board of the City Hall of Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, Bulletin Board of Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur; and the Bulletin Board of this Court, also at the expense of the petitioner.

Serve copies of this Order, and copies of the Petition dated July 19, 2016 and its annexes, to the Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao Del Sur, the honorable Solicitor General, OSG, Makati City; and the Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City.

SO ORDERED.

Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines, January 11, 2017.

BWM: Jan. 20, 27 & Feb. 3, 2017

(Sgd.) SITTIE LAARNI R. UMPA Presiding Judge

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MASA MASID Program launched in LanaoNorte

T U B O D, L a n a o d e l Norte—Department of Interior and Local G o v e r n m e nt ( D I L G ) spearheaded the provincial Launching of MASA MASID Program at the Mindanao Civic C enter Gymnasium, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, January 26, 2017.

In her message, Governor Imelda Q uibranza-Dimap oro

calls on local government u n i t s ( L G Us ) f r o m the barangays to the municipal level of L anao del Nor te province to support the implementation of Mamamayang Ay aw S a Anoma lya Mamamayang Ayaw Sa Iligal na Droga (MASA MASID) Program.

“We will support our President nga dinhi sa

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 10 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE CERTI FICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF OLINDANG SARIPADA MALA

SPL PROC. 2416-16

OLINDANG SARIPADA MALA,

Petitioner,

Lanao del Norte unta mawagtang (Illegal Drugs) na gyud na, pero sa pagkakaron nu o n g a m ay n a l a n g , g amay g amay na l ang (hopefully here in Lanao del Norte, use of illegal d r u g s w i l l b e tot a l ly eliminated, but I think it still exists) pero I am still in doubt nga wala pagayod kini mahunong naa pagyoy mga supplier dinhi sa atong lalawigan,” (I am still in doubt drug suppliers are st i l l prol i fe r at i ng it s distribution/operation

in our province), said Gov. Dimaporo In his inspirational message as guest of honor of the event, DILG Assistant Secretary Hamid K. L adjakahal cited MASA MASID is an intervention made by the Department, in support to President Ro dr igo R. Duterte war against drugs.

He is a ls o lo oking forward to the people’s all-out support to the pro g r am and for t he LGUs to implement this program in the province.

Publication Notice RA 10172 Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE Baungon, Bukidnon

Date: Feabruary 1, 2017

CCE-0040-2017 RA 10172

ORDER Before this Court is a verified petition for correction of entry in the certificate of Live Birth of Olindang Saripada Mala dated October 19, 2016, and which reads in part: 1. Petitioner is of legal age, single and a resident of Brgy.

Mibayao, Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao Del Sur where she may be served with the orders and other processes of this Court; 2. Respondent is the incumbent Local Civil Registrar of LumbaBayabao, Lanao Del Sur whose office is located at Municipal Hall, Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao Del Sur where she/he may be served with orders and other processes of this Court; 3. Petitioner was born on FEBRUARY 15, 1982 at Brgy. Mibayao, Lumba-Bayabao, Lanao del Sur tp parents Udasan M. Mala and Sinar S. Mala. Petitioner’s birth was belatedly registered under Registry No. 93-029 by her father Udasan M. Mala, a copy of petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth is hereto attached and marked as Annex ‘’A’’.

4. When petitioner secured a copy of her Certificate of Live Birth from Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), she was surprised to learn that her year of birth was erroneously entered as FEBRUARY 15, 1961 instead of FEBRUARY 15, 1982; 5. Petitioner is consistently using the date of birth FEBRUARY 15, 1982 as shown in her OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS (TOR) issued by the Mapandi Memorial College, Marawi City, VOTER CERTIFICATE issued by the Cagayan de Oro City, NBI CLEARANCE issued by the National Bureau of Investigation, Cagayan de Oro City, PASSPORT issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Cagayan de Oro City, and POSTAL IDENTIFICATION (ID) issued by the Post Office, Cagayan de Oro City which are marked as Annexes ‘’B’’, ‘’C’’, ‘’D’’, ‘’E’’, ‘’F’’, ‘’G’’, and ‘’H’’ respectively; 6. Thus, the petitioner now files a petitioner with the Honorable Court for the correction of her year of birth; 7. The erroneous entry as to her year of birth must be corrected in order to avoid confusion that may adversely affect her in the future; 8. Finally, the petitioner submits that nobody will be prejudiced by granting this petition.

In compliance with the publication requirement and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular No. 2013-1 Guidelines in the Implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 series of 2012 (IRR on RA 10172), Notice is hereby served to the public that BRYELLE B. SAGUYON has filed with this Office a petition for correction of entry in SEX from ‘’FEMALE to ‘’MALE’’ in the Certificate of Live Birth of BRYELLE B. SAGUYON, born on April 18, 2003, at Baungon, Bukidnon and whose parents are BRYAN SAGUYON and MARY JANE B. BUNA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file a written opposition with this Office not later than February 17, 2017.

APPLICANT(s)/PETITIONER(s) request/s authority for Extension of validity a certificate of public convenience to operate PUJ-DUAL Service on the line; Cagayan de Oro to Gingoog City and vice versa with the use of one(1)units.

This application/petition shall be considered by this Board on February 13, 2017 at 10;00 A.M. at this Board on which date Applicant/ (s) Petitioner(s) shall formally submit his/her/ their evidence.

The Applicant(s)Petitioner (s)shall publish said notice at least FIVE(5) days prior to the date of hearing in a daily newspaper of general circulation in the Mindanao Island.

Party(ies)opposed to the approval / granting of the application /petition must file his/her/their written opposition with supporting documents, unless this Board deems it necessary to required additional documentary evidence and /or his/her/their oral testimony(ies).

N.B. FAILURE TO APPEAR AT THE SCHEDULED DATE AND TIME OF HEARING SHALL MEAN THE DISMISSAL OF THE APPLICATION/PETITION. Issued this 27th day of January, 2017at Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

(Sgd.) EVANGELINE C. LIBAYNON Municipal Civil Registrar

BWM: Feb. 3 & 10, 2017

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th Judicial Region Branch 09 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRY IN THE THE CERTIFICATES OF LIVE BIRTH OF NORALDIN MANALOCON LAO AS ENTERED IN THE RECORDS OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY NORALDIN MANALOCON LAO

Petitioner,

-versus-

SPECIAL PROC. NO. 2379-16

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MARAWI CITY

Respondent.

X------------------------------------------------X ORDER

Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing before this Court on MARCH 7, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao Del Sur or Marawi city or Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

The local Civil Registrar of Lumba-Bayabao and the Civil Registrar General, or any person or party who has interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this Petition or from the last day of publication of this Order.

Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Local Civil Registrar of Lumba-Bayabao and the Bulletin Board of this Court, at the expenses of the petitioner.

The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this Order not later than three (3) days before March 7, 2017.

Furnish copies of this Order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Lumba-Bayabao, the Hon. Solicitor General, Makati City; and the Hon. Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Sta. Mesa, Manila.

SO ORDERED.

SO ORDERED

Marawi City, Philippines. January 9, 2017.

Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Philippines, December 5, 2016

(SGD) WENIDA B.M. PAPANDAYAN Presiding Judge

BWM: Jan. 20, 27 & Feb. 3, 2017

RODRIGO A. TABANAO CASE NO. 2017-10-0184 Applicant/s

NOTICE OF HEARING

Before this Court is a verified petition for Correction of the Certificate of Live Birth of Noraldin Manalocon Lao. Petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth which was registered on June 6,1991 with the Office of the Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur allegedly contained erroneous entries as to his middle name which was inadvertently entered as Gamal instead of Manalocon.

Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing on February 23, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner n a newspaper of general circulation in Marwi City and Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

The Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, and the Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City or any person or party who has an interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of the petition or from the last day of publication of this Order.

Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing on Bulletin Board of the City Hall of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, Bulletin Board of Civil Registrar of Marawi City; Lanao del Sur; the Honorable Solicitor General, OSG, and the Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City.

Serve copies of this Order, and copies of the petition dated July 11, 2016 and its annexes, to the Civil Registrar of Marawi City, Lanao del Sur, the Honorable Solicitor General OSG, Makati City and the Philippine Statistics Authority, Quezon City.

Republic of the Philippines Department of Transportation LAND TRANSPORTATION FRANCHISING & REGULATORY BOARD Regional Office No.10, Apovel, Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City

NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC

-versusTHE ADMINISTRATOR and CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY And the CIVIL REGISTRAR OF LUMBA-BAYABAO, LANAO DEL SUR

Respondents, x---------------------------/

ANNEX’’B’’

“It is the duty of every citizen; it is the obligation of every citizen to choose what kind of countr y we want to be, is it a country of destruction?

Or a country of peace and development? We have our freedom of choice, it is the choice of every citizen that shapes what kind of country we want to be,” Ladjakahal said.

H o w e v e r, Po l i c e Provincial Director Faro Antonio O. Olaguera has reported the latest update on the peace and order situation of the

(Sgd.) SITTIE LAARNI R. UMPA Presiding Judge

BWM: Jan. 20, 27 & Feb. 3, 2017

AMINODEN D. GURO OIC Regional Director

bwm: Feb 3, 2017

province.

“Napaka importante ng role lalo na ng mga barangay chairmen nito sa barangay (the role of the barangay chairmen is ver y important) dur ing dr ug cle ar ing operation because once the barangay is declared as drug free you will be one of the signatories to affirm that indeed that particular barangay of yours is drug cleared,” Olaguera said.

MASA, MASID is created to eradicate Illegal drugs and to understand how severe illegal drugs has been affecting our society cascading it down to barangay level.

Barangays are now the f ront l i ne c omb at ant s against illegal drugs, the program encourages that barangays should have a strong participation in the halting of drug addiction.

Through this it would instil in the minds of the community that there’s an intervention to eradicate drug addiction in the barangays up to the municipal level. One of the barangay’s strong participation in MASA, MASID is intervention coordination with the interfaith group Ugnayan sa Barangay At Simbahan (UBAS) by creating activities such as drug advocacies. (PIO-LDN/ PIA-10 LDN)

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to Nov. last year, found a viable route along the country’s western seaboard, from Cebu to Dipolog, Zamboanga del Norte.

An earlier NGCP study showed that eastern routes are unsuitable for laying submarine cables due to the presence of torpedoes and high-explosive shells from the 1944 Battle of Surigao, an underwater volcano, fault lines, and seismic hazards, such as unstable rock slabs that can cause landslips and tsunamis.

“This is a large u n d e r t a k i ng . We w ant this facility to be state-ofthe-art, as well as sturdy enough to last generations.

We are considering many factors in the design and impl e me nt at i on of t he project, including changing weather conditions. Ensuring the quality and reliability of power transmission services to both Visayas and Mindanao customers is of paramount importance,” the power firm said.

Estimating the project to be completed by Dec. 2020, the NGCP said it will soon start preparing the conceptual design, cost estimate, and update of the system simulation study using the Cebu-Dipolog route for submission to the Energy Regulator y Commission (ERC). It will also conduct inland and route surveys for substations and overhead transmission lines.

The grid operator sought the support of the ERC, environment department, and local government units along the path of the project.

“With their full support, we are confident that we will be able to complete this project on time,” the company stated. (PNA)

Trade... from page 1

gover nment susp ende d trading activity following continued abductions by the Abu Sayyaf Group in shared waters within the Sulu and Celebes Seas. Among the abduction victims have been Malaysians.

Mr. Mastura said the delegation will also discuss means to enhance crossborder trade policies in relation to the creation of special economic zones within the ARMM. The ARMM regional government, through its Regional Economic Zone Authority (REZ A), has e s t ab l i s h e d t h e Pol l o c Freeport and Special Economic Zone in Parang, Maguindanao.

On Monday, ARMM Governor Mujiv S. Hataman officially declared the Polloc Freeport and Ecozone as a “halal hub.”

The declaration of a halal ecozone, he said in a statement, will attract local and foreign investors serving the global halal market.

REZA Executive Director Aleem Guiapal, for his part, said among the potential markets for Mindanao-

produced halal products, aside from BIMP-EAGA, are the Middle East and Singapore.

Mr. Hataman, in an earlier interview, said the regional government is also working on the establishment of ecozones in the island provinces under ARMM, particularly Tawi-tawi and Sulu, to spur local economies to help resolve the law and order problem.

Mr. Hataman said there is a need for the government t o c om e up w it h n e w mechanisms, such as setting up ecozones and reviving barter trade, to help resolve the continued armed conflicts in these areas.

He pointed out that some communities protect armed groups involved in abductions mainly because they financially benefit from these criminal activities.

Secretary Abul Khayr D. Alonto, MinDA chair, earlier said the government has committed to invest heavily in infrastructure and other facilities in the ARMM and other parts of Mindanao.

Energy...

from page 1 came up with propounded timescale on specific processes how projects would go through the maze of permitting, licensing and all other routes of approvals.

At this stage, the energy c h i e f e mp h a s i z e d t h at what they are just trying to ascertain would be for these to be able to pass “stress test” on to implementation of energy projects. “For DOE (Department of Energy), we already have timeline for approvals. We are just making sure that these are followed,” Cusi said.

It w a s t h e e n e r g y department which lodged the EO proposal in Malacañang.

Essentially, it necessitates having a set up of systematic and labor-saving approval processes to avoid project delays.

Often, the long tracks of permitting and approvals are “deal killers” or could dull investors’ interest on certain energy ventures.

D u r i n g l a s t w e e k’s commercial inauguration of the first phase of the 210-megawatt Sarangani coal-fired power project in Mindanao, President Rodrigo Duterte sounded off anew his inclination that approvals of projects and investments be fast-tracked.

He declared that for Executive offices, like the DOE, project approvals shall be processed within a month’s time – with the director incharge of initial processing just given 15 days to work on the papers.

For local government units (LGUs), the President noted that the process must only take three days, which Duterte claimed to be a ‘tried and tested formula’ when he was still LGU executive in Davao City.

Industry players in various segments of the energy sector have long been lobbying for the issuance of an EO or passage of a law that shall

make project approvals and permitting systems efficient and time-saving.

T he E O, as t he y wished, may also address the conf licting policies that various government agencies often enforced on the approval of projects.

Farmers...

from page 1 cacao farm in barangay Canituan altogether.

S o when Cagampang he ard f rom a f r iend in 2015 that the Agricultural Training Institute (ATI) serves as a conduit between farmers and the marketplace, he gave it a try. Today, Cagampang is selling more than 1,000 tablea rolls each day i n pl a c e s e ve n out s i d e Northern Mindanao thanks to a new online marketing t o o l l au n c h e d by AT I , FilFARM. FilFARM is a website w it h a st r i ng of s o c i a l media pages attached to it (Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus) that is an avenue for Northern Mindanao farmers and buyers from all over the world to meet. As ATI 10 director Angelito Q uirog wou ld put it, “FilFARM foresees a future where markets are brought to the comforts of the home of the buyers at a much lesser price.”

“We link buyers and sellers online, we establish a traceabaility system to a s s u re q u a l it y a n d g e t immediate feedback from buyers,” Quirog said.

FilFARM was conceived in the ATI 10 complex in El Salvador City, Misamis O r i e nt a l a n d s l at e d t o b e p i l o t e d n at i o nw i d e in 2015 under Quirog’s dynamic leadership. ATI did a one-day roadshow in Cagayan de Oro City last September but apparently,

the mainstream media did not take notice. Today its network of supply farms is growing – more than a dozen of them located in Misamis Oriental, Misamis O c c i d e nt a l , B u k i d n on , Camiguin and Lanao del Norte.

Each of them has its own unique products to sell, Cagampang’s uniquely shap e d t abl e a rol ls are just one of them. There’s organic veggie salad and black rose lettuce f rom Alomah’s Place, cassava bibingka from Margeurie’s, black rice from Guiniabo Fa r m , r a m but a n s y r up from Vima’s Agriventure, spicy coco vinegar from Buhian Diversified Farm, rice coffee from Engallado’s Nature Farm and many more.

Quirog is proud to say that products browsed at FilFARM’s website have been ordered from as far as the Australian continent.

“The Australians love our salted eggs,” he said during an interview last Wednesday at the sideline of the launch of a partnership between AT I an d t h e Te ch n i c a l Education Skills and Development Authority (Tesda).

Under the new p ar t nership, Tes da wi l l provide training for all enrollees in ATI partnerfarms already identified as “farm schools” under the government’s Training f o r Wo r k S c h o l a r s h i p Pro g r am . From a me re supply farm, these land tracts will be transformed into agricultural learning sites under professional Tesda expertise.

“All the curricula must be hands on. We will only develop programs where the commodities are available,” Tesda 10 director Edgar Sales said during

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2016-564 UPON Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act No. 4118, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-IBIG Fund) as Mortgagee/s, against DINA E. LA VICTORIA, as Mortgagor/s, with postal address at Block 7, Lot 25, Villa Trinitas Subdivision, Phase 2B, Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness of Mortgagor to the Mortgagee in the total amount of ONE MILLION TWENTY SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED FOUR PESOS and 10/100 (P1,027,504.10) inclusive of interests and penalty charges, and expenses of foreclosure, as of October 28, 2016, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on February 23, 2017, at 10:00 in the morning to 4:00 in the afternoon, at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, City Tourism 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; TCT No./s 137-2013000317 A CERTAIN LAND situated in Upper Bugo, Cagayan de Oro City, Lot 11, Block 4, Pcs-10-003614,xxx, with an area of Ninety (90) sq. m., more or less, including all improvements found thereon.xxx 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 same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title hereinabove described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

DONE this 11th day of January, 2017, in the City of Cagayan de Oro.

BWM: Jan. 20, 27 & Feb. 3, 2017

(Sgd.) ENRIQUE M. TALAG, JR. Sheriff IV

t he prog ram l aunching last Tuesday in Cagayan de Oro City.

Short courses such as Agricultural Crops Production NC I and II, Animal Health Care and Management NC III, Rice Machinery Operations NC II, Rubber Processing NC II, Raise Poultry, etc. are introduced to the system so that farmer-students could easily avail of exams leading to Tesda national certification.

The program – called

Accelerating Farm School Establishments – is meant to assist in the promotion of sustainable agriculture and fishery productivity by prov i d i ng a c c e ss to professiona l vo cat iona l training at the countryside, according to Sales.

Through this, the ATI supply farms would be strengthened to give more quality produce and by-products, making them tourism farms and cementing the farmers as agripreneurs themselves.

REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL SUR 12th JUDICIAL REGION BRANCH 10 Hall of Justice, Marawi City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME (SURNAME) OF MOHAMAD NASSIF MANUDI IBRAHIM

SPL PROC. 2413-16

MOHAMAD NASSIF MANUDI IBRAHIM,

Petitioner, -versusTHE ADMINISTRATOR and CIVIL REGISTRAR GENERAL OF PHILIPPINE STATISTICS AUTHORITY And the CIVIL REGISTRAR OF SAGUIARAN, LANAO DEL SUR

Respondents, x----------------------------/ ORDER Before this Court is a verified petition for change of name in the certificate of live birth of MOHAMAD NASSIF MANUDI IBRAHIM dated September 26, 2016, and which reads in part: 1. Petitioner is of legal age, single and a resident of Pawak, Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur (LDS) since birth, where he may be served with the orders and other processes of this Court; 2. Respondent Local Civil Registrar of Saguiaran, LDS is the custodian of all records of birth in Saguiaran, LDS whose office is located at Municipal Hall, Saguiaran, LDS while respondent Administartor and Registrar General of Philippine Statistics Authority is the custodian of all records of birth in the Philippines whose office is located at Sta. Mesa, Metro Manila, where they may be served with orders and other processes of this Court; 3. Petitioner was born on October 08, 1991 at Pawak , Saguiaran, LDS to parents Ibrahim M. Manongcarang and Sakina M. Manudi.

Petitioner’s birth was registered under Registry No. 91-103 by his father Ibrahim Manongcarang , a copy of petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth is hereto attached and marked as Annex ‘’A’’, 4. When petitioner enrolled in a formal education, his parents taught him to use Ibrahim as his surname, in consonance with the Muslim custom. Petitioner thereafter continues using said surname until he graduated in College; 5. At present, petitioner is publicly known and recognized as MOHAMAD NASSIF MANUDI IBRAHIM, not MOHAMAD NASSIF MANUDI MANONGCARANG. Thus, there is a need to change his name to avoid confusion and discrepancy in his school records.

6. To prove that petitioner is consistently using and is publicly known to be MOHAMAD NASSIF MANBUDI IBRAHIM, the following documents are hereto attached: OFFICIAL TRANSCRIPT OF RECORDS (TOR) issued by the Lyceum of Iligan Foundation, Corpus Christi Village, Iligan City IDENTIFICATION CARD (ID) issued by the Saguiaran National High School, Saguiaran, Lanao del Sur. NBI CLEARANCE issued by the National Bureau of Investigation, Iligan City and PASSPORT issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Cagayan de Oro City which are marked as Annexes ‘’B’’, ‘’C’’, ‘’D’’,’’E’’ and ‘’F’’ respectively; 7. The erroneous entry as to his surname appearing in petitioner’s Certificate of Live Birth must be corrected in order to avoid confusion that may adversely affect him in the future; 8. Finally, the petitioner submits that nobody will be prejudiced by granting this petition.

Finding the aforesaid petition to be sufficient in form and substance, it is hereby ordered that the same be set for hearing before this Court on MARCH 7, 2017 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning.

Let a copy of this Order be published at the expense of the petitioner in a newspaper of general circulation in Lanao del Sur or Marawi City or Iligan City for three (3) consecutive weeks.

The Local Civil Registrar of Saguiaran and the Civil Registrar General, or any person or party who has interest in the petition, may file his/her opposition thereto within fifteen (15) days from notice of this Petition or from the last day of publication of this Order.

Further, let this Order be posted for fifteen (15) days prior to the date of hearing in the Bulletin Board of the Local Civil Registrar of Saguiaran and the Bulletin Board of this Court, at the expenses of the petitioner.

The petitioner is directed to notify this Court of the publication of this Order not later than three (3) days before March 7, 2017.

Furnish copies of this Order, together with the copies of the petition to the Local Civil Registrar of Saguiaran, the Hon. Solicitor General, Makati City, and the Hon. Civil Registrar General, Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA), Sta. Mesa, Manila.

SO ORDERED. Marawi City, Philippines, January 9, 2017.

(Sgd.) WENIDA B.M. PAPANDAYAN Presiding Judge

BWM: Feb. 3, 10 & 17, 2017

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Meeting the Year of the Rooster at Limketkai Luxe Hotel

T

he last week of January was kinda different for me.

Tactless side of mine turned on again and I booked myself a hotel room out of curiosity on how to use this particular mobile booking app, Traveloka, which my friends are into these days. Good thing I set the date to January 27, and tadaaa, Kung Hei Fat Choi on 28!

It was indeed a blessing in disguise. Aside from the fact that I can rest a little bit, unknown to us, a celebration is going to take place on that day in the place that I was staying.

I met the Year of the Rooster at Limketkai Luxe Hotel.

In the morning, heavy rains did not stop Kong Hua School to warmly welcome the Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival in China, which is by the way an important traditional festival in this part of the world. Apart from China, countries that follow Chinese calendar also celebrated

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the same, which include Korea, Bhutan, Vietnam, Singapore, Malaysia and Hong Kong, among others.

Kong Hua School danced their Lion and Dragon exhibition gracefully, filling a merry air around the lobby of Limketkai Luxe Hotel. The drums were so loud while red, green and yellow lions and dragons in disguise move to the beat.

After the exhibition, a gastronomic feast took place inside the hotel’s Kave Restaurant. It is just simply timely because as what most people could observe, Chinese New Year is familyfocused. It is more on a sit-down dinner, rather than having an overnight party outside.

Families who chose to spend their holiday at the restaurant enjoyed the lunch buffet, composed of Asian and international delights with a blend of Chinese food to match the theme of the celebration.

Traditional

Chinese New Year delicacies and contemporary interpretations were served - in which the restaurant tagged as Flavours of Prosperity. These include an abundance of fresh Chinese Colds Cuts, Peking Duck, Char Siu, Dim Sum Station, Steamed whole Lapu-lapu in Ginger Soy

Sauce, and my favourite, Chinese desserts! We love it that we finished our lunch on mouthful buchi, Tikoy Vanilla, spring rolls and muron.

It was indeed a colourful day, made happier by the celebration, drums, lions and dragons dancing, - and Chinese desserts.

Indeed, a Kung Hei Fat Choi to remember.

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