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Briefly Climate change fund BUTUAN City -- Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) regional director for Caraga Region Nonito M. Tamayo said that a total of P12.4 billion has been earmarked by the DENR for 19 specific climate change programs to strengthen the country’s resiliency against natural calamities. This amount is 57 percent of the DENR’s total budget of P21.8 billion in 2016 after the Congress realigned some budget for other priority programs of the DENR. Director Tamayo said the National Greening Program (NGP) got a big slice in the budget pie with a total of P8 billion. Last year’s budget for NGP was P7.2 billion.

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AVAO City -- A P1.3 billion oil palm plantation project of a SingaporeMindanao partnership, Gintong Agri-Corporation, was approved by the Regional Board of Investments in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (RBOI-ARMM) last Friday. This is the first investment in ARMM registered this year, the RBOI-ARMM said in a press release. Last year, it recorded a total of P6.5 billion investments, exceeding 900% of its 2015 agency target of

P700 million. RBOI-ARMM said Gintong Agri Corporation will develop a 5,000 hectare oil palm plantation in Datu Odin Sinsuat, Maguindanao project/PAGE 7

MARKET DAY. Traders display dried fish at a sidewalk outside Datu Odin Sinsuat Public Market. Monday is “tabo” or the traditional market day of Datu Odin Sinsuat town in Maguindanao province. mindanews photo by toto lozano

Cooperative cited as formula for growth

Cleannote policy DAVAO City -- Official of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) urged the public to adhere to Clean Note Policy to preserve the integrity of the Philippine currency. Dorothy Joy Diaz of BSP Davao reiterated during the recent Biz Talk at Big 8 that crumping, writing on, defacing, tearing, and destroying in any manner Peso bill is punishable by law based on Presidential Decree 247. According to PD 247, any person who does any of the activities, shall upon conviction be punished by a fine of not more than P20,000 and/or by imprisonment of not more than five years.

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NEW BRIDGE. A farmer and his family cross the new wooden bridge in Barangay Tukanalipao, Mamasapano, Maguindanao. The place was the site of an encounter on Jan. 25, 2015 that left 44 police commandos, 17 MILF rebels and five civilians dead. mindanews photo by ferdinandh cabrera

Energy security needed to sustain high growth—NEDA T H E Ph i l ippi ne s mu st c ont i nu ously i nve st i n improving the country’s energy capacity to attain energy security that will allow the country to sustain its

rapid growth and make it more inclusive, according to the National Economic and Development Authority (NEDA). security/PAGE 6

THE cooperatives are perfect formula for community growth and progress, provincial Governor Yevgeny Vincente Emano said Wednesday.

Emano made the statement as he urged the strengthening of 360 co op eratives in Misamis Oriental as a reliable mechanism to spur human progress and community

development. “Where we have an active cooperative, also denotes an openness to positive changes within the community and its people,” Emanos said. In areas where the basic Formula/PAGE 7

RDC to revisit Sasa Port endorsement By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

DAVAO City -- The Regional Development Council (RDC) of Davao plans to meet within the first quarter this year to discuss its position on the planned P18.99-billion Sasa Port modernization project under the public-private

partnership (PPP) scheme. In December 2014, the RDC issued a resolution endorsing the project, but with certain conditions, including clarifications on the terms for the relocation of those who will be displaced

by the seaport’s expansion and land acquisition. Davao del Norte Governor Rodolfo P. del Rosario, chairman of the RDC, said the council needs to assess the issues weighing down the proposal, particularly on the “scope of the project and its rdc/PAGE 6

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NFA: Fake rice issue in CDO under investigation S AMPLES of the al lege d “fake” rice accordingly b eing s old in C agayan de Oro have b e en s ent

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Friday last we ek. This is response to the complaint aired over radio by Marisol Ligutan, a resident of Pat ag , C agayan de Oro City claiming that the rice she b oug ht last month, labeled “Flying Dragon” (in yellow sack) appears to be blended with plastic materials since the co oked rice did not get sp oiled f rom Decemb er 1 8 up t o D e c e m b e r 2 8 or 10 d ays af ter it was co oked. NFA Misamis Oriental Manager Gil G. Tabor said samples were immediately subjected to physical, palatability, and sensor y test at their lab orator y.

BSU announces opening of competition for 2016-2017 graduate scholarship grants BUKIDNON State University (BSU) announced the opening of competitions for the 2016-2017 Department of Education-BSU Graduate Scholarship Grants for school administrators and classroom teachers in Mindanao. The duration of the scholarship grant is 12

“Our technical personnel test-tasted s ome s amples and s aid the rice tasted bland and tough. However, the L ab orator y results were not yet conclusive as to say it contained some plastic materials. The N FA f o o d t e c h n i c i a n s in NFA Quezon City and t he Fo o d D e vel opme nt Center (FDC) in Taguig, Metro Manila will do f u r t h e r an a ly s i s of t h e rice samples,” Tabor said. NFA Misamis Oriental, m e anw h i l e , s u m m on e d concerned local retailers carr ying the said brand name for conference and further inquiry. (Jonathan M. Macas/PIA10)

months which begins in April 2016 and ends in March 2017. The said scholarship is open for the degree Master of Arts in Education, major in: Educational Administration, English Language Teaching, Mathematics Teaching/ Education, and General bsu/PAGE 6

English reading program steps up school children performance VILLANUEVA, Misamis Oriental -- Grade schoolers in Tagoloan town, Misamis Oriental province now stand to gain competitive edge in their academic performance af t e r g oi n g t h rou g h a comprehensive three-year English Reading Proficiency Prog ram sp ons ore d by

energy-firm STEAG State Power Inc. (SPI). In a report submitted to SPI, program implementer Synergeia Foundation cited a significant drop in the rate of non-English readers among grade schoolers from 93% to 53%. reading/PAGE 6

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SM Prime unfazed by slowdown in China

M PRIME Holdings, Inc. has yet to feel the pinch of the slowing economic growth in China with the property holding firm of the country’s richest man Henry Sy, Sr. on track to open one mall ever y year in the world’s second biggest economy. SM Prime President Hans

T. Sy told reporters the real estate firm is looking at a sustained double-digit growth rate for its shopping mall business in China. “China is a ver y big [country]. It’s almost as good as four countries combined so while they are affected, no matter you say, their growth is still 6.8%, which

is quite good,” Mr. Sy said on the sidelines of the Annual Reception for the Banking Community on Tuesday night. O n Tu e s d ay, C h i n a announced it expanded 6.8% year on year in the fourth quarter, the slowest since 2009. Growth in top-tier cities

may have been affected by China’s deteriorating growth, but SM Prime is focused on second- and third-tier cities, which continue to show expansion. “I cannot say the same thing about Beijing and Shanghai, maybe they are lower, which means, the second-tier cities are much

The Congressional Policy and Budget Research Department (CPBRD) of the House of Representatives may include in its priority list in the next Congress the proposed Open Access Law of Globe Telecom for the telecommunications industry. In a letter to Globe, CPBRD requested for additional details on t he telecommunication company’s proposal of an Open Access Law as a way to mitigate bureaucratic red tape and other political hurdles that stand in the way in the deployment of telecommunications and broadband infra such as cell sites. Globe General Counsel At t y. F r o i l a n C a s t e l o emphasized that an Open Access legislation for the telecom industry would help minimize bureaucratic red tape and expedite the issuance of all relevant permits for all telecommunication facilities at the local government level. “Legislation of an Open Access law is extremely important if we are to support growth and development

of the next generation. The interest that the CPBRD has shown for our proposal further motivates us to remain aggressive in developing a robust telecom infrastructure that we hope will support business capabilities of local industries,” Castelo said. According to Castelo, the quality of existing telecommunication infrastructure in a given locality is oftentimes a direct result of the LGU permitting environment. He pointed out that securing different permits at LGU level could become very challenging, from the sheer number of permits to the different political personalities that mobile operators have to deal with. Castelo emphasized that permit or regulatory fee imposed by various local government units should cover only the reasonable costs of regulation. Prior to enactment of any pertinent ordinance, local government units concerned should be mandated to present itemized proof of said regulatory costs. A public hearing involving

telecommunications companies and other stakeholders within their jurisdictions should also be conducted prior to the enactment of any local ord inance. A ls o, w he n these costs are requested in writing, a local government unit should also respond with the requested information in writing. CPBRD also requested

for details of Globe Telecom’s stand on the reallocation of the 700 megahertz band, the 90 MHz of which is currently underutilized. Globe is advocating for the immediate harmonization and equitable distribution of the 700 MHz of frequency to sufficiently provide for rapidly increasing data traffic amid growing smartphone use in the country.

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Shareholders approve Puregold’s entry into remittance business PUREGOLD PRICE CLUB, Inc. obtained the approval of shareholders to venture into the remittance business, the Lucio L. Co-grocery operator told the stock exchange yesterday. “Stockholders holding 79% of the total outstanding capital stock or 2,17,268,119 shares voted for the amendment of the company’s Articles of Incorporation,” Puregold said. The deadline for the shareholders’ vote expired on Jan. 10, Puregold Investor Relations Officer John T. Hao said in a mobile phone message. The retailer is amending its charter to include its activities as a “remittance agent that offers to remit, transfer, or transmit money on behalf of any person to another person and/or entity as defined in Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas Circular (BSP) No. 471, Series of 2005.”

Puregold started offering remittance services in January 2015 to test the business using a platform developed by Globe Telecom, Inc.’s mobile money service GCash. In July, Puregold expanded the company’s pure cash remittance business through PurePadala, a service that will allow the firm to capture a bigger share of the overseas Filipino workers’ (OFW) wallet. PurePadala gives OFWs an option to convert the money they sent home into grocery items or be used to pay for utilities and education -- making the retailer a “onestop shop” for consumers and setting apart Puregold from its rivals. The amount of money sent home by OFWs rose 3.2% year-on-year in November to $2.19 billion, the BSP said. The 11-month tally was up by 3.6% to $22.83 billion. business/PAGE 6

higher,” Mr. Sy said. SM Prime has shopping centers in the cities of Xiamen, Jinjiang, Chengdu, Suzhou, Chongqing and Zibo. Likewise, SM Prime is pushing through with its residential venture in China with its maiden project in Chengdu, located beside its shopping mall. “We are doing it one project at a time,” Mr. Sy said. The integrated property company had said it will spend P20 billion annually to expand its mall business, s upp or t it s for ay i nt o residential development and beef up its land bank

in China. SM Prime is on the third year of a five-year program that entails a capital spending budget of P400 billion to beef up its businesses that will double earnings by 2018. One-time trading gains and the expansion of its shopping mall and residential businesses lifted the net profit of SM Prime by 70% to P22.87 billion in the nine-month period from P13.81 billion a year ago. SM Prime is part of SM Investments Corp., which has core businesses in retail, banking and real estate. The family also has interests in gaming, geothermal energy and infrastructure.

Cagayan de Oro honors Miss Universe PIA WURTZBACH with a photo exhibit By Isabela Page

While Manila waits for the homecoming of Miss Universe Pia Wurtzbach on January 23, Cagayan de Oro will put up a photo exhibit to honor her triumph in the Miss Universe pageant. The photo exhibit will formally open to the public Saturday, January 23 at 4pm in time for its unveiling to be graced by City Tourism Officials of Cagayan de Oro headed by Dorothy Jean Pabayo and Miss CDO organizing Committee Chair Gigi Go. Some pageant fanatics are also invited to the said event including local beauty queens. The Limketkai Mall will host the said exhibit for a week. The exhibit will feature personal photo documentations of Jory Serina Rivera, a known pageant photo journalist who is also a personal friend of Pia. Jory is a pageant photographer for OPMB WORLDWIDE, a website dedicated to covering national and international pageants like Binibining Pilipinas and Ms. Universe. Jory was born in Cagayan

de Oro and was raised in Opol, Misamis Oriental. He studied grade school and high school in Corpus Christi School in Macasandig and earned his degree in Economics at the Ateneo de Manila University. While working full time for Hewlett Packard as an IT professional, Jory juggles his day job with his passion for photography. Aside from pageants, he is also a photographer for BroadwayWorld covering musical theater shows in Manila. Jory was in Las Vegas during the Miss Universe pageant duration and was also part of Pia’s entourage on her way to New York. Meanwhile, Miss CDO organizing Committee is now in its final stage of putting up a marker for Pia as the City’s tribute in honoring her triumph in the Miss Universe pageant. The photo exhibit will run from January 23-30 at Limketkai Mall, 2nd floor East Concourse (across Marks and Spencer).

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So what if politics behind Mamasapano re-opening? LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy— think about such things…” (Philippians 4:6, the Holy Bible). -ooo SO WHAT IF POLITICS BEHIND MAMASAPANO NEW PROBE? If President Aquino is saying that it is politics that is propelling Sen. Juan Ponce Enrile in seeking a Senate re-investigation of the 2015 Mamasapano massacre, what shall we say then of Aquino’s having jailed Enrile on charges of P10 billion plunder over his alleged diversion of his pork barrel funds when Aquino’s allies, who appear to have committed the same crime, remain scot-free and are untouched up to this time? If the re-investigation will enable us to see the truth about claims that Aquino not only did nothing while 44 elite officers of the Special Action Force were being murdered one by one by rebels in Mindanao but that he even ordered a “stand down” of other police and military forces to prevent them from helping their colleagues in their hour of need, would it matter if politics was behind the Enrile

move? Are the President and his spin doctors saying that, no one, including Enrile, has any right anymore to contest the version of Malacanang about the Mamasapano killings and that what each and every Filipino should do is simply to believe hook, line, and sinker, what the President had been saying about the incident even if there are many loopholes in his version? Oh come on… -ooo SAME SEX MARRIAGES ABROAD NOT VALID IN RP: Leila S., a lesbian who is having an affair with Lina B., another woman, is asking if she and Lina B., who are both Filipino citizens, can marr y abroad and then return to the Philippines as a married couple. The answer is yes, they can marry abroad in countries where same-sex marriage is already allowed, but, no, they cannot be recognized as a married couple in our country. The reason is that, under Art. 2 (1) of the Family Code of the Philippines, it is required that, for a marriage to be legally valid in our country, the contracting parties, or the parties seeking to be married to one another, are male and female. Art. 2 (1) is worded in a mandatory language, which means that it is a requirement that must be met.

This part of the Family Code, which pertains to family rights and duties, or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are binding upon citizens of the Philippines even though they are living abroad. This means to say that Filipino citizens are to comply with the Family Code anywhere they may find themselves to be. -oooW HAT I S P O S I T I V E T H I N K I N G , R E A L LY ? Many people often claim that positive thinking brings positive and great things to anyone who practices it. But, come to think of it, what, really, is positive thinking? When is thinking or thought considered to be positive and when is thinking negative? Is it simply thinking about wonderful and good things and wishing them to happen? I believe the answer here is no, positive thinking is much more than that. First, there is a rule which says that the only way we can indeed get all the things we need is by seeking God’s kingdom first, and living according to His righteousness. Success and prosperity, we are told, comes by reading the Bible everyday, studying its verses day and night, and obeying everything written in that book. Then, it is written that we must remember God all

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No place like home Think a minute…It’s true, “There’s no place like home.” In fact, our whole identity, who we are and how we see ourselves, and others, mainly comes from our family. They say, “The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.” The kind of life we live is largely influenced by our family. From the time we’re born it’s our family’s example we naturally follow. Home is where we learn about love, life, and laughter. As someone said: “Happiness is home-made.” It doesn’t matter if you’re rich or poor, because a small house will hold as much happiness as a big mansion. But sadly, many homes are not loving and happy. As one sad guy said: “The first half of my life was ruined by my parents, and the second half by my children.” A best-selling book entitled, It Takes A Village, says that raising children is the job of the community. But the reason some people expect the government and community to raise their children is because their marriage and family has broken down. Millions of families are destroyed by divorce, adultery, greed for money, selfish parents who put themselves first before

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Jhan Tiafau Hurst their own children, domestic violence, alcoholism, teenage pregnancies, drugs, and many other things. The simple fact is there is no substitute for the family. A child’s need for security, love, and acceptance from both parents will never change. God designed us all to grow up in a family with both a father and a mother who love each other and us without conditions, and who teach us right and wrong. This is the way our character is shaped and built so we become healthy, happy and successful. But if you’re one of the millions who did not grow up in a happy, loving family, you can join a new family today by asking Jesus Christ to forgive you and hurst/PAGE 6

It’s good to be consistent, but we need also to be aware of its limits and dangers. This significant ingredient of great virtues like fidelity, loyalty, perseverance has to be understood well, and regarded as something alive and dynamic, not dead and frozen. The other day, my sister texte d me an amusing anecdote of our one-yearold grandnephew who is staying with her. The active little boy likes to go around the house barefooted. And my sister thought it was time he learns to wear slippers. The kid was not quite happy with this development, judging from his face, but obviously he followed what was told him. Then one day, my sister invited the boy to pray with her in front of the image of the Holy Family-her way of teaching the boy how to pray as early as possible. That was when the tyke, after looking closely at the image, told my sister in his childish mutter that the baby Jesus has no slippers, as if saying that there is some inconsistency here. My sister then was at a loss as to what to say. She, in jest, asked me what to do in this situation. So I also jokingly told her that she better dig up her notes in Logic and answer the boy properly. It would be good, I told her with mock

severity, that at his tender age of one, he starts to use his little coconut correctly, and be familiar with the different fallacies that we all can fall into. But seriously now, I think that this kind of anecdote is also played out in today’s adult world often, except that this time, the implications are disturbing and worrying. Many people nowadays understand consistency as being rigid and monolithic in ways and expressions, rather than being faithful to the spirit. We usually brand this kind of people as “conservative” as opposed to the “liberals,” “rightist” as opposed to the “leftists,” “strict” as opposed to the “lax.” These labels, of course, have a point to say, but should not be taken too seriously since they often miss the crux of whatever issue is discussed. Just the same, this kind of people tends to fail to distinguish between what is essential and what is incidental, or between the letter of the law and the spirit of the law. They are at a loss as to what should remain permanent, never changing, and what can and should change. And even in those elements that should not change, they fail to realize that these have to be in a dynamic state, not inert. What seems to be most

important to them is that they are convinced they possess what they consider to be the truth, but holding it in an exclusive manner, not inclusive. Everyone else has to agree with them, or else they would be regarded to be in error. Obviously, there will be people who are right or wrong in a given issue, but this difference is not reason for one to be uncharitable. Anyway, what usually happens with people who give primordial place to consistency without bothering to ground their consistency properly, i.e., with God who is full of charity, understanding, and mercy, end up living in their own world, stuck in a certain age and culture, unable to flow with the times. They lack the power of open-mindedness, a d apt abi l it y, c re at iv it y and versatility. They fail to consider the different circumstances and conditions accompanying the same event. Their speech and behavior are often repetitive and predictable, with traces of obsession and bitterness. If they want to be funny, if only for a change, the humor is often laced with sarcasm and irony. If they want to appear nice, they can just put on an appearance of civility and all kinds of formalism. We have to learn to distinguish between good consistency and bad

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Prep Meeting for Convergence Briefings in MisOr, Lanao Norte Representatives from the four implementing national government agencies – departments of Agriculture (DA), Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), Agrarian Reform (DAR) and Interior Local Governance (DILG) were summoned to a Preparation Meeting for the conduct of briefings to the municipalities under the Mt. Balatukan Range cluster, in the province of Misamis Oriental and the Royale and Mt. Inayawan-Illana clusters, in Lanao del Norte. The meeting primarily planned out its target of spearheading an orientation to all those local government units (including local chief executives, Sangguniang Bayan members, city/municipal agriculturists, city/municipal planning development coordinators, city/municipal environment and natural resources officers and other stakeholders) covered in the CI program, in the month of February, as they serve as the quartet’s partners in the implementation of the various agencies’ programs and projects. With the forthcoming briefings, the group is optimistic for its beneficiaries to have a thorough understanding of the CI, especially the structures and roles of the convergence team and maximize the Program’s existence for the attainment of a deeper and lasting impact to the residents of the said clusters. Further, DA-DENR-DAR-DILG is hopeful to solicit inputs from the participating LGUs in the formulation of a Convergence Area Development Plan. The Program is implemented through a complementation of resources and expertise among the NGAs, while stressing the LGUs’ part in identifying which interventions should be poured out to their respective areas. # (JLOlson, DA-RFO 10)

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“As we cont inue to strengthen and improve the nation’s institutions, d e v e l op t h e c ou nt r y ’s infrastructure, promote technological innovation, and pursue regulatory and structural reforms, we also have to carry out policies and programs that will improve the competitiveness and productivity of our industries,” Economic Planning Secretary Arsenio M. Balisacan said at the 2016 Energy Policy and Development Program (EPDP) Conference. “This cannot be attained without an efficient, secure and sustainable energy sector,” he added. He underscored that energy remains a crucial element in economic growth and development, stating the potential of the Philippines of reaching high income status by 2040 provided the economy grows consistently by 7.0 percent annually. “While there have been improvements in infrastructure, we still lag behind our neighbors. In particular, investments in energy capacity need to be sustained, where the desired outcome is energy security,” Balisacan said. “This means ensuring the availability, quality, and affordability of electricity.” Balisacan cited the World Economic Forum report, which showed that the Philippines scored only 4.2 out of seven in terms of sufficiency and reliability of power supply.

Also, almost 20 percent of households in the Philippines do not have electricity, and those who do—households, commercial establishments and industries—have to pay a high price for electricity, which is almost twice the average price in Southeast Asia. “This means that we are losing out in competitiveness, thereby limiting our export orientation. Additionally, our energy and electricity consumption per capita is the lowest among eight countries. If we equate convenience as having access to more automated gadgets, then this means that we are the most deprived in terms of convenience,” the Cabinet official said. The EPDP currently assists the Philippine government in research, capacity-building, and in developing policies and strategies that will make cost-effective use of resources, promote sustainable energy development, and make electricity accessible and affordable to Filipinos. It was launched by the UPEcon Foundation and the United States Agency for International Development in 2014. Balisacan currently chairs the EPDP Steering Committee. T h e t w o - d ay E P DP Conference 2016 convened policymakers, practitioners, experts and academics to discuss policy and research issues in energy such as forecasting energy demand, optimal fuel mix, market testing of power supply agreements, and power plant approvals. (NEDA)

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cost.” The RDC’s invitation last year to Secretary Joseph Emilio A. Abaya of the Department of Transportation and Communications (DoTC) to discuss the project was turned down. Meanwhile, businessman Peter T. Laviña, a former councilor, said he and other private sector members are planning to file a case before the Ombudsman against Mr. Abaya and other officials of the DoTC as well as the PPP Center. The g roup w i l l cite the provisions of the Local Government Code, particularly Sections 2 and 27, which the Davao City council also cited in a resolution i s s u e d l a s t D e c e m b e r, formally objecting to the project. Mr. Laviña said he sent out letters on Jan. 9 to the project’s five qualified bidders informing them of the council’s resolution and to stress that those opposing the project “are not against its modernization. What we object to are the rationale and the manner this project is being forced down our throats by the DoTC and the PPP Center.”

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Science. Forms and assistance will be given to each grantee, namely: free tuition, P600.00 book allowance per term (two

semesters and one summer), P1,500.00 monthly stipend and reimbursement of one round trip ticket for the whole duration of scholarship (by bus or by boat) from grantee’s residence to sthe Graduate School of BSU in Malaybalay City, Bukidnon. Applic at ion is op en to applicants who have a good moral character, good scholastic records, sincere drive for completing the program, and who does not have any pending application for ot her s cholarships, trainings, among others. Ap p l i c at i o n f o r m a n d supporting documents may be submitted to: The Dean, Graduate School Bukidnon State University, City of Malaybalay, Province of Bukidnon on or before 5 February. The BSU Graduate Scholarship Screening Committee will conduct a personal interview and give a written test to all applicants whose application papers have been duly approved by the Schools Division Superintendent and the R e g i ona l D i re c tor and received by the BSU on the said application period. The interview will take place on 19 and 20 February, 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the BSU main campus, Malaybalay City. Only an applicant who passed the test and interview may be admitted as a scholar. However, the interview and test form is only part of the screening process and must not be misinterpret by an

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE Baungon, Bukidnon CCE-0002-2016-RA 10172 Date: January 14, 2016 NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC 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 ANGEL C. ANDORA has filed with this Office a petition for correction of entry in SEX from “MALE” to “FEMALE” in the Certificate of Live Birth of ANGEL C. ANDORA born on February 20, 1998 at Baungon, Bukidnon and whose parents are ADEMAR B. ADORA and ELSIE M. CATAT. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file a written opposition with this Office not later than 30, January 2016. BWM: Jan. 15 & 22, 2016

(Sgd.) EVANGELINE LIBAYNON Municipal Civil Registrar

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Former Finance Undersecretary and Synergeia Foundation President/CEO Dr. Milwida Guevarra said sizeable improvement have been realized especially in the performance of children in the National Achievement Test or NAT. “On the average, grade six children are now able to answer eight of 10 questions correctly in English, Math and Science, and the reading skills of grade one children have dramatically improved,” Guevarra said. Moreover, the ratio of grade one students with advanced reading skills increased more than 10 folds from a measly two percent to 21 percent while the number of pupils who have reading competencies appropriate to grade one increased from three to ten percent. “Its success is anchored on the active involvement of the whole community. Through Steag’s support, the community responded to several interventions such as reinvention of the local school board, training of Grade One to Three teachers, training of parent leaders, and provision of children’s workbooks and teachers’ manuals,” said Guevarra. The program is a joint undertaking between SPI, Sy n e r g e i a Fou n d at i on , Department of Education (DepEd) and local government unit of Tagoloan designed to help improve the children’s learning performance and reduce drop-out rate. It is a a component of SPI’s Social Empowerment through Education (SEEd) Program, which is one of the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives designed to help improve quality of life of the people in its host communities in Misamis Oriental. (SPI)

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The government expects a downwardly-revised $25.3 billion in remittances for 2015. Remittances fuel consumer spending, a key driver of the country’s gross domestic product. Puregold’s consolidated net income rose 6.5% to P3.2 billion in the first nine months of 2015 from P3 billion in the same period in 2014. Consolidated net sales increased 12.6% year-on-year to P67.33 billion. At e n d - S e p t e m b e r, Puregold was operating 267 stores nationwide, including nine S&R stores, and 13 S&R New York Style restaurants. The tally excludes the 17 stores of NE and Budgetlane Supermarket. From 2016 to 2020, Puregold is rolling out 25 stores every year, excluding acquisitions, Mr. Hao said. The company has been opening at least 25 Puregold stores since listing in the Philippine Stock Exchange in 2011.

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then expand up to 20,000 hectares over the next decade in several municipalities in the ARMM particularly in Talayan and Guindulungan towns, also in Maguindanao. “The company is investing in sustainable oil palm production and in due course (will) build and operate palm oil mill facilities in Maguindanao to produce crude palm oil and palm kernel oil,” RBOI-ARMM said. Gintong Agri Corporation is majority Singaporeanowned with a joint venture w it h l o c a l c om mu n it y cooperatives whose members own the lands while the company funds t heir de velopment and manage the nucleus estate, provide technical advice and the market to the farmers. The project is expected to generate 1,000 jobs on its full operation. The company’s president, Alex Fergusson said the spillover of fighting following the January 25, 2015 Mamasapano Tragedy that left 66 persons dead, was an an initial concern but since no widespread fighting broke out they decided to continue with the investment. “Best year” RBOI-ARMM chair Ishak Mastura said 2015 was “the best year ever” since the region generated the highest value of investments in the

26-year history of ARMM. RBOI-ARMM approved eight investment projects last year: Al-Sahar Agri Ventures’ P3.7 billion C avendish banana plantation project in Maguindanao; Chan C. Mining Incorporated’s P742 million for a mining and quarr ying of nickel ore project in Tawi-Tawi; Lamsan Power Corporation’s p ower plant expansion project of an additional 5.5 megawatts worth P687 million located in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao; TawiTawian Petroleum Trading Corporation with a P121 million petroleum project in Panglima Sugala, TawiTawi ; DS3 Fuel Tanking and Services Inc. with a P252 million petroleum project operating at Polloc Free Port, Parang, Maguindanao; Maguindanao Enegry Farms Inc. based in Sultan Kudarat, Maguindanao with P400 million for a 474 hectarenapier grass plantation; Matling Industrial and Commercial Corporation’s (MICC) P194 million new cassava starch milling plant in Malabang, Lanao del Sur and Southsea Industrial Energy Corporation’s to P471 million oil refinery project in Simunul, Tawi-Tawi. Stability of Policy Fergusson, according to the RBOI-ARMM, said stability of the investment policy was very important for them. It added that the company hopes the Bangsamoro law

that will be passed will not diminish the ease of doing business in the ARMM. The government (GPH) and Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) signed the Comprehensive Agreement on the Bangsamoro on March 27, 2014, to pave the way for the creation of a new autonomous political entity called the Bangsamoro, to replace the ARMM. The Bangsamoro Transition C ommission (BTC), tasked to draft the Bangsamoro Basic Law, s u bm itt e d it s d r af t t o Congress on September 10, 2014 but after several committee hearings, the House of Representatives’ Ad Hoc Committee on the BBL and the Senate Committee on Local Government, filed their substitute bills, HB 5811 and SB 2894, both titled Basic Law for the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region (BLBAR). T h e su b st itute bi l l s have been criticized for envisioning a Bangsamoro less autonomous than the ARMM it seeks to replace; the Senate version further reducing the Bangsamoro into a mere local government unit. The ARMM-based Promotion of Investment Sustainability Organization (PISO) led by Edgar Bullecer of Al Shar, an affiliate of the Unifrutti Group, had earlier expressed concern that the substitute bills would remove the fiscal incentives for firms

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION FOR CANCELLATION OF THE CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF RHUDA SAJONIA PAPELLERO IN THE OFFICE OF THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF KOLAMBUGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE, RHUDA PAPELLERO BAROQUILLO, - versus –

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THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF KOLAMBUGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE, ` Respondent. x------------------------------------------/ AMENDED ORDER Filed before this Court is a petition for cancellation of the Certificate of Live Birth of RHUDA SAJONIA PAPELLERO in the office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Respondents to effect the cancellation sought for. Petitioner alleges that she is of legal age, married, Filipino, and resident of Baybay, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte. Respondent is sued in her official capacity as such. Petitioner is the daughter of the late spouses RODULFO LACANG PAPELLERO and ESTERLINA TANAKA SAJONIA who was born on April 22, 1972 in Baybay, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte. That her mother caused a late registration of her birth on February 1, 2001. But when she went to the Office of the National Statistics (NSO) to secure an authentic copy of her Birth Certificate, she was surprised to find out that her birth was already previously registered in the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte on April 27, 1972, the informant of the same was Perla Betacha. In effect, there is a double registration of her birth before the Office of the Respondent. That while the late registration of her birth was only done on April 1, 2001, she has been using that Certificate of Birth in all his school, personal, and official records and transactions. In her visa application to travel to Japan as a Filipino citizen with Japanese ascents, the Birth Certificate she used is that late registration. But said application to travel Japan is suspended due to the existence of her two (2) Birth Certificates. While there exist a registration of her birth on April 22, 1972, but she was completely unaware of the same. In fact, she never used those facts of birth entered therein but only the facts of her birth recorded in the late registration. That the former registration of her birth became an obstacle and bar her application to travel and much more bar her best interest. In inorder to attain and sustain her best interest and benefits, there is a need to cancel the first Certificate of Live Birth before the Respondent’s office. The cancellation of the same would not prejudice the interest of any person or the government. On the contrary, it will redound to her best interest as well as her family. Set the initial hearing of the case to March 11, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning for the reception of evidence to establish jurisdictional requirements. The Petitioner is hereby directed to publish copy of this Order to a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte for three (3) consecutive weeks, at her expense. Furnish copy of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General, Makati City, Public Prosecutor’s Office, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte, to Atty. Saturnine Mejorada of Iligan City and to the petitioner herself at her known address, at Baybay, Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte. Let copy of this Order be posted at the Bulletin of this Court and at the Bulletin of the Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Kolambugan, Lanao del Norte. So Ordered. Tubod, Lanao del Norte. January 11, 2016.

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ARMM Organic Act without interference from the national government. ARMM comprises the provinces of Maguindanao, Lanao del Sur, Basilan, Sulu and Tawi-tawi and the cities of Marawi and Lamitan. (MindaNews)

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principles of cooperative were prac t ice d, p e ople tended to have better trust and confidence in each other that resulted in the whole community working together for their own good, he said. Most of the cooperatives in Misamis Oriental are engaged in livelihood that includes herbal medicines, virgin coco oil, processed

products from the coconuts, processed peanut products, processed banana products, sardines and anchovy paste (bagoong). The latest cooperative, the Alubijid Single Motor O p erators and Dr ivers Association, became the beneficiary of the provincial gove r n me nt’s f i nanc i a l assistance. Roymelo Ralozo, the group President, said that the provincial government had turned over Php 117,000 for the group to have its own motorcycle spare parts shop. Ralozo said that the cost of the spare parts ate a big chunk of the individual income. Having a spare parts store owned by the group could mean a bigger profit margin, he said. (PNA)

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte IN THE MATTER OF ADOPTION OF MINOR NAMED, RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL GARCINES, AND SYDNEY GARCINES, Residing at Tangueguiron , Tubod, Lanao del Norte AND CANCELLATION OF THE SIMULATED BIRTH CERTIFICATE OF MINOR CHILD, RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL GARCINES. SPS. RENANTE F. GARCINES AND ROSALINDA O. GARCINES, - versus –

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Petitioners,

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF BAROY, LANAO DEL NORTE, Respondent. x----------------------------------- ---------/ ORDER

Petitioner,

investing in the ARMM. PISO presented its p o s it i on p ap e r t o t h e Senate Committee on Local Government of Senator Ferdinand Marcos to push for a BBL that complies with the CAB because a Bangsamoro that is less autonmous than the ARMM, “will lead to instability in investment policies, undermining investor confidence in the region.” Bullecer said their company, the largest foreign investor in the ARMM last year. was determined to continue investing in the region with or without the BBL “but they fear that a watered-down BBL as represented by the BLBAR will make it harder to invest in the region because investors will have to get their permits and approvals of projects from the national government, similar to the experience with mere local government units, which are not autonomous regions,” the RBOI-ARMM said. As an autonomous region, the ARMM grants permits, licenses, franchises and approvals for investments in the region under the

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(Sgd.) DENNIS P. VICOY Acting Presiding Judge

This is a petition for adoption of minors named RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL and SYDNEY GARCINES and the cancellation of the Simulated Birth Certificate of minor child, RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL GARCINES filed before this Court on December 14, 2015, praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued granting the petition sought for. Petitioners alleged that they are husband and wife, Filipino, and residents of Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. Respondent is sued in his official capacity. They desire to legally adopt as their children, their nieces, namely: RENAI ZOUIE OBIAL GARCINES and SYDNEY GARCINES, both minors, 7 and 13 years of age respectively. Both were born at Baroy, Lanao del Norte, now residing at Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. That the biological parents of minor RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL GARCINES, (Charlito F. Garcines, brother of petitioner and Edith H. Garcines) are not affluent in life. They are both jobless and their daily income are just sufficient for their daily sustenance. On the other hand, the biological mother of SYDNEY GARCINES, named Sheila Marie F. Garcines (sister of male petitioner) is also jobless who got pregnant while she was very young and was abandoned by her boyfriend right after the latter learned of her pregnancy. Hence, few days after Edith H. Garcines and Sheila Marie F. Garcines gave birth to Renai (for brevity) Garcines and Sydney Garcines, they decided to surrender and relinquish the parental custody of the minors to the herein petitioners. Petitioners during their marital union for more than eleven (11) years are childless, although the lady petitioner prior to their marriage had her own TWO (2) children with her former Australian boyfriend namely: DYLAN HENRY O. GREEN and SUNEEL FELIX O. GREEN, 17 years old and 12 years old respectively. DYLAN HENRY being 17 years of age, has given his consent to the proposed adoption. Petitioners have taken cared of, of the minors since they were still few months old and they have given the minors the attention and love of a true and real parents. Petitioners do not fall under the disqualifications of adoption as provided for by law and they are morally fit as well as physically and financially capable of giving the children a bright future. The adoption sought for will certainly serve the best interest of the children. Meanwhile, in petitioners desire to minimize expenses and shortcut the adoption process of RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL GARCINES, petitioners were compelled to simulate the birth of said RENAI, believing in good faith that by doing such scheme, it would be for the best interest of the child. As the child grew older, they realized that what they did was a big mistake and felt in deep regret of their wrong doing of having simulated the birth certificate of RENAI, by registering their names as the parents of child when in truth, they were not. That there is an imperative need to cancel the birth certificate of RENAI for it contained entries that are false and untruthful so as to avoid confusion as to the identities of the said child. They desire that if and when the petition be granted, the children shall be named RENAI ZOUIE ROSE OBIAL GARCINES and SYDNEY OBIAL GARCINES. Set the initial hearing of the petition to April 4, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Furnish copy of this Order to the Office of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, to Atty. Eleuterio Obial of National Highway, Kapatagan, Lanao del Norte and to the petitioners, at their known address at Barangay Tangueguiron, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. The Department of Social Welfare and Development Office in Tubod, Lanao del Norte is hereby directed to conduct a Home Study and Child Study Report upon the petitioners and the children sought to be adopted, as well as their biological parents. She is directed to submit a report relative thereto, at least three (3) days before the scheduled hearing. Any interested person/s are hereby directed to come to Court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the province of Lanao del Norte for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner. SO ORDERED. December 18, 2015. Tubod, Lanao del Norte. BWM: Jan. 8, 15 & 22, 2016

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Liceo U renews MOU with Goethe Institut Philippinen as PASCH School Partner for the Future Cultural Attaché to talk on German Unification, Berlin Wall and Migration of Refugees

By Mike Baños, Editor-at-Large

iceo de Cagayan University will renew its Memorandum of Understanding with the Goethe Insitut Philippinen as one of its PASCH School Partners for the Future. Dr. Teresita T. Tumapon, Ph.D., LdCU Vice President for

External Relations and Internationalization, said the two day event will

be held on Jan. 21-22, 2016 at the university campus with the new director of the Goethe Institut Philippinen Dr. Ulrich Nowak, Falk Schleicher, Head of the German Language Program, Goethe Institut Philippinen and Thornsten

Goethe Institut Manila Director Dr. Petra Raymond and Liceo de Cagayan University President Dr. Mariano Lerin unveil the PASCH Plaque for Liceo de Cagayan University, which since 2013 has been a partner of the Goethe Institut under the “Schools: Partners of the Future” program (© Engr. Jeorgelyn Barlisan)

BOC-10 misses collection target by P666M due to petroleum prices By Cheng Ordonez, Executive Editor

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY -- The drop in the importation of petroleum products has taken a toll on the total collection of the Bureau of Customs District 10 (BOC-10) in 2015, missing its target by more than P666 million or 6.89 percent. This, even as all the ports within BOC-10 have met their targets, except for the Mindanao Container Terminal (MCT) in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental. BOC-10 registered its Actual Collection for 2015 at P9,006,491, 925.75 against it target

of P9,672,450,000 or a deviation of 6.89 percent lesser from its target collection. The biggest dip was recorded in November when the percentage of deviation from the target of 892,150,000

was at 29.48 percent or P263,000,878.28. The MCT dragged down District 10’s total collection target by P1,403,576,924 out of its 2015 target of P7,417,380,000. boc/PAGE B2

Werner Gottfried, Cultural Attaché, German Embassy in the Philippines. “Earlier in 2013 we received the good news of our being officially a PASCH school – the German initiative better known to the Englishspeaking world as Schools:

Partners for the Future – as one newspaper termed it, a landmark partnership – of the Federal Republic of Germany and Liceo de Cagayan University for the Liceo High School,” Dr. Tumapon said. “As one of the 1,500 network of PASCH schools

worldwide, and one of three in the Philippines, Liceo has been able to raise the interest of many parents, students and teachers, healthcare and other professionals including well meaning fiancées of German full story/PAGE B2

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Cultural Attaché to talk on German Unification, Berlin Wall and Migration of Refugees

By Mike Baños, Editor-at-Large

Liceo de Cagayan University will renew its Memorandum of Understanding with the Goethe Insitut Philippinen as one of its PASCH School Partners for the Future. Dr. Teresita T. Tumapon, Ph.D., LdCU Vice President for External Relations and Internationalization, said the two day event will be held on Jan. 21-22, 2016 at the university campus with the new director of the Goethe Institut Philippinen - Dr. Ulrich Nowak, Falk Schleicher, Head of the German Language Program, Goethe Institut Philippinen and Thor nsten Wer ner Gottfried, Cultural Attaché, German Embassy in the Philippines. “E arl i e r i n 2 0 1 3 we received the good news of our being officially a PASCH school – the German initiative better known to the English-speaking world as Schools: Partners for the Future – as one newspaper te r m e d it , a l an d m ar k partnership – of the Federal Republic of Germany and Liceo de Cagayan University for the Liceo High School,” Dr. Tumapon said. “As one of the 1,500 network of PASCH schools worldwide, and one of three in the Philippines, Liceo

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Atty. Roswald Joseph Pague, deputy customs collector and chief-of-staff of BOC District 10, said the collection was affected by the crude oil prices, especially that the trend worldwide is going down. “The bulk of the collection of the Mindanao Container Terminal relies on petroleum products (being) one of their top importers,” Pague said. Pague also said the importation of Nestle, another top importer of MCT, has dwindled last year. The other revenue collection-contributing ports and sub-ports in District 10 are Port of Cagayan de Oro with P2,592,477,022.29 (32.55%) in collection; Port of Iligan with P324,556,946 (32.56%); and the sub-port of Ozamiz with P75,665,281.11 (39.06%). Collection for 2015, however, went up by 11.49 percent compared to 2014. Pague said despite missing its total collection, BOC-10’s target for 2016 is set at P11.5 billion from P9.7B or 14.5 percent higher compared to last year’s. Pague said they have to

has been able to raise the interest of many parents, stu d e nt s and te a che rs , healthcare and other professionals including well meaning fiancées of German gentlemen in the study of German language and culture,” she added. “These people have experienced actually and virtually that learning German is one way of getting in close touch with the world.” The two day program kicks off with a welcome program on Jan. 21, 2015 followed by a visit to the German Room at the Rodolfo N. Pelaez Grounds. The main event starts 9:00AM with a talk on German Unification, the Berlin Wall and the status of migrants in Germany by Her r G ott f r ie d, t he cultural attaché at AVR-3. This will be followed by the MOU renewal at the same venue. “For our teaching of the German language in the Graduate Studies as early as September 2010, no less than CHED central office congratulated us as pioneer in the teaching of German to healthcare professionals. That was also the year when the Department of Education look for non-traditional resources of revenue to meet the target. “That is why we are now embarking on avenues to auction all the seized, forfeited and abandoned cargoes that are now lying idle in the MCT,” said Pague. Pague said: “We are given marching order by the Commissioner (Alberto Lina) that these items (seized, forfeited and abandoned) must be condemned by March 25 and to auction all the items that are forfeited, seized or abandoned that can be sold (thru) auction.” Pague estimates that the abandoned items inside the MCT, when auctioned, may generated P20 million to P30 million. “In the face of the tall order ahead of us, the instruction of the Collector (Atty. Ruby Claudia Alameda) is to strive hard, buckle up, work for more and invite more importers to come to the port and not just rely on traditional ones, knowing the bread and butter of port is going down,” Pague said. Pague said the port collections may see the light after the lean month is over in May, June and July and see importation of new power plants via the Iligan port.

issued an order that German is part of DepEd’s Special Foreign Language Program (SFLP) in preparation for the K-12 curriculum, Dr. Tumapon said” Through our Philippine Embassy in Berlin, Minister Counsellor Mardomel Celo Melicor, LcDU received in three batches, donation of Teaching German texts no less from the President of the German Federation of Private Caregivers dutifully sent via diplomatic pouch by our Philippine Ambassador to Germany Frau Ma. Cleofe Natividad and t hroug h the usual channels of DFA Manila, reached our office at Liceo courtesy of our own DFA Director in Cagayan de Oro City. In December of 2014, the Philippines and Germany signed a bilateral for 500 Filipino nurses to fill up

the latter’s dire need for healthcare professionals and some proficiency in German was a prerequisite to employment and eventual migration. “Our being a partner school has indeed help e d L ice o p ois e for internationalization -- which is one of our University’s major goals in resp ons e to ASEAN i nte g r at i on a l ong w it h partner countries in Asia, the West and in Europe,” Dr. Tumapon disclosed.” “Being a PASCH school has been made possible through Goethe Institut – through the ever supportive initiative of our honored guests --- the past Directors Herr Richard Künzel and Dr. Petra Raymond and now the new Director of the Goethe Institut Philippinen Dr. Ulrich Nowak, the

The PASCH Plaque of Liceo de Cagayan University, symbolizing its partnership with the Goethe Institut under the “Schools: Partners of the Future” program - aimed at promoting the German language worldwide (© Engr. Jeorgelyn Barlisan)

past German language head Herr Helmut Frielinghaus predecessor of Herr Falk Schleicher our steadfast ally and kin of the Liceo family who shepherded us to become a PASCH school, and Herr Thorsten Werner

Gottfried cultural attaché of the German Embassy successor to Herr Michael Fuchs. Along with them, and with us all at Liceo, we hope to continue this landmark partnership for the years onward.”

Dr. Petra Raymond (2nd from right) and Falk Schleicher (center, standing) of the Goethe Institut with the Dr. Teresita T. Tumapon, Ph.D., LdCU Vice President for External Relations and Internationalization and University President Dr. Mariano Leron of Liceo de Cagayan University (© Engr. Jeorgelyn Barlisan)

Dr. Petra Raymond and Falk Schleicher of the Goethe Institut with the Dr. Teresita T. Tumapon, Ph.D., LdCU Vice President for External Relations, Internationalization; University President Dr. Mariano Lerin, and faculty and staff of Liceo de Cagayan University (© Engr. Jeorgelyn Barlisan)

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From existential crisis to absurd dreams, 8th Cinemagis offers riveting short films By Stephen J Pedroza

Questioning the foundations of life and the meaning of its end. Promoting peace in Mindanao. Exposing a well-entrenched corruption. Struggling with reality and fantasy. Defying conventions and cultural prejudices. Thes e elements have converged, drawing together the captivating carte du jour of digital short films, in the eighth year of Cinemagis Northern Mindanao’s Digital Short Film Festival under the banner of Xavier Center for Culture and the Arts (XCCA) of Xavier University. XCCA director Hobart Savior is pleased with the steadfast development of filmmaking in Northern Mindanao through Cinemagis, which serves as a platform for emerging filmmakers to showcase their talents, skills and local stories. “This is an exciting film festival because we have added a new category this year, the Pi-length Short Films (3 minutes and 14 seconds), and Cinemagis continues to grow in the number of participating filmmakers and its audience reach.” Taking place on January 2023 at the XU Little Theater and SM Cagayan de Oro Cinema 3, this festival presents three professional entries, ten student films, five Pi-length entries and a film feature “Ang Nerseri” (The Nursery) by Vic Acedillo of Camiguin. Personal conflicts and national issues In the professional category, the entries deal with our vulnerabilities to worldly temptations and our struggles to reconcile with our differences. Set at the brink of an accounting firm’s financial and organizational collapse, “The Barrel” by Orpheus Nery chronicles a member of the elite class who takes advantage of the follies of economic inequalities until a national scandal exposes their fraudulent practices. “Ang Mga Bulaclac ng Abuquerque” (The Flowers of Abuquerque) by Iligan City-based professor German Gervacio takes the audience to a family drama traversing through life’s nuances. This is Gervacio’s first foray into short films, being better known for his Palanca Awards, and poems and stories published in various journals. Completing the list of films in the professional category is Cloyd Winstanley’s “Lucid,” about the story of Phillip who grapples between the realms of reality and fantasy. “Phillip is struggling to determine whether he is in the real world or in a lucid dream while reconciling his differences with Jamailah, a half-Maranao with whom he has had an affair,” the movie synopsis reads. Looking for life’s purpose to defy stereotypes Student films this year offer

appealing storylines from firsttime and recurring filmmakers. “Sabali” by Christian Alan Toring of Mindanao State University – Iligan Institute of Technology (MSU-IIT) takes us along the journey of an ordinary man who makes coin banks out of bamboo poles. One day, he meets an accident that changes the course of his life. What that accident is is what audiences have to watch out for. “Relentlessly traumatized,” the film “Silid” by Karyl Jill Gonzales, an accountancy student at XU, follows the story of a young woman who is terrified of an unidentified man lurking near her house. Meanwhile, how Karlo will overcome his self-blame for the death of his younger brother ten years ago is the journey in “Hali” by Harold Jess Siason, a Mass Communication student at Liceo de Cagayan University. Another Licean, Lucky Dela Rosa’s “Alarm Clock” portrays how the Internet’s advantages and drawbacks shape the present generation. “Because the phenomenon [of the Internet] is very alarming for our society today, we should be careful about using it,” he cautions. “Tabanog” (Kite) by Kirby James Jagape sets about exploring “another level of stream of consciousness.” This is a film “made unique by turning language into an evocative and emotional experience of fatherly love,” explains Jagape, an XU Civil Engineering student. “Almost” by XU Business Administration student Jan Michael Sy shows us how keeping our emotions to ourselves can turn into a “wasted opportunity.” “Aga likes Karen and vice versa, but because they keep this from each other, they struggle with their emotions and end up making decisions that are contrary to what they really feel,” Sy describes in the synopsis. “Katapusan” (Ending) by Heintze Crile Malack from XU depicts a single-mom trying to provide her children with a “normal life” despite poverty and life in the midst of crossfire in a war-torn area in Mindanao. “Here is Johnny, a ‘usedto-be’ good and nice kid of a once loving family. But one tragic event drags him to another path,” reads the excerpt of “The Mist of Mind” by Harold Villegas, a Development Communication student at XU. “S enyas” by Kennet h M Sabijon tells the story of Kagay-anons ravaged by the wrath of TS Sendong in 2011. Aside from being an amateur film director, Business Administration student Sabijon is also a resident actor of The Xavier Stage. Completing the roster of student films for the 8th installment of Cinemagis is “Casting Couch,” directed by The Xavier Film Society’s Gari

Jamero and Rajesh Pandey. The story trails the experience of Max, an aspiring actor, as he is interviewed by a film crew for a “lucrative yet possibly controversial film project.” Wit h its provo c at ive undertones, “Casting Couch” will only be shown at the XU Little Theater as part of the Cinemulat Films, including “Senyas.” New category The Cinemagis festival introduces a new category this year, the Pi Short Films, for entries that are a maximum of 3 minutes and 14 seconds long. The main challenge for the filmmakers was to create a Pi short film that exemplified an Ignatian value (ie magis, cura personalis or care for others, humility, conscience, pursuit of truth, among others) or related

to Pope Francis’ encyclical, the “Laudato Si.” From stories on m i s i nt e r p r e t at i o n s a n d inspired by true events, this year’s five Pi films are “Sunset” by Jasmine Limas, “Flashback Door” by Mary Ann Warguez, “Sayaw” by Joma Corrales, “Hapi” by Kenneth Sabijon and “Kino” by Mac Kianro Naki Calo. Cinemagis perks This year’s Cinemagis features “Ang Nerseri” by Vic Acedillo Jr, awarded Best Screenplay and one of the finalists for Best Film in the 2009 Cinemalaya Film Festival, an annual competition of independent films and cinematic works of Filipino filmmakers and aspirants. According to its synopsis, the film “tells the story of Cocoy, a 12-year-old boy who

is given the monumental task of taking care of his older siblings while his mother is away in a remote province seeking money to pay for the expensive hospital bills of her three mentally sick children. Cocoy’s struggle in managing his personal, school and home life is a nerveracking challenge. In the end, he faces truth and life head-on as he fights for his own sanity.” Aside from “Ang Nerseri,” Cinemagis 8 will feature the multi-awarded short films of Joe Bacus (“End of War,” “Happy Fiesta” and “Ika-III Putahi”) and Clark Cabantan’s “Soulmates” at XULT. Festival for a cause Admission to the screening ve nu e s on ly re qu i re s a combination of school supplies and canned goods or noodle packs, which will be donated

to partner communities of XU NSTP and STREAMS Pathways to Higher Education. In addition to the regular screening, the festival offers a free film analysis workshop for film enthusiasts on January 23 at the XULT and an interaction with the featured filmmaker. The announcement of nominees will be held on January 20, and the winners from the student, pi and professional categories will be declared during the awards night on January 23 at SM City Event Center. Cinemagis serves as a springboard for filmmakers from Region 10 to showcase their stories. Since its inception in 2009, a number of films have already gone on to national independent film festivals and even to the international stage.

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USLS Announces the 16th IYAS National Writers’ Workshop The University of St. La Salle-Bacolod (USLS) is inviting young writers to submit their application for the 16th IYAS National Writers’ Workshop which will be held on April 24 – 30, 2016 at Balay Kalinungan, USLS-Bacolod. Applicants should submit original work: either 6 poems, 2

short stories, or 2 one-act plays using a pseudonym, in two (2) computerencoded hard copies of entry, font size 12 pts., double-spaced, and soft copies in a CD (MSWord). Short stories must be numbered, by paragraph, on the left margin. These are to be

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Tagalog or Filipino may be submitted. Fellowships are awarded by genre and by language. Fifteen applicants will be chosen for the workshop fellowships, which will include partial transportation subsidy and free board and lodging. This year’s panelists include Grace Monte

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City. For inquiries, please email iyasliterary@yahoo. com. IYAS is held in collaboration with the Bienvenido N. Santos Creative Writing Center of De La Salle UniversityManila and the National Commission for Culture and the Arts.