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HE Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) will grant emergency loan to more than 48,000 members who either work or reside in areas devastated by tropical depression “Agaton” and declared under a state of calamity by the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council.

BENEFICIARIES of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) have all the reason to celebrate this year.

This developed after the DSWD is set to implement the extension of the coverage of Pantawid Pamilya after the National Advisory Committee (NAC) of the program passed and approved NAC Resolution No. 12, Series of 2013.

At present, the program provides health and education grants to children beneficiaries aged zero to 14 years old for a period of five years only.

But with the implementation of the extension of coverage, the program will go beyond the five-year limit to cover up to high school education, extending coverage up to 18 years old in order to complement the K-to-12 program of the Department of Education.

These areas include the provinces of Agusan Del Norte (including Butuan City), Agusan Del Sur, Lanao Del Norte (including Iligan City), Surigao Del Norte and the municipalities of Kalong, Carmen, Asuncion, New Corella, and Tagum City in Davao Del Norte.

Members may apply for the loan beginning Jan. 24, 2014 until Feb. 22, 2014. They may apply either through any GSIS branch under its “file anywhere” policy or through the GSIS Wireless Automated Processing System (GWAPS) kiosks stationed loans/PAGE 6

Prices of fish up by 50-80% in Iligan City THE Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) reported Friday that prices of fish products in Iligan City which was affected by typhoon ‘Agaton’ increased by 50 to 80 percent.

According to the DTI-Consumer Protection Group (DTI-CPG) Bulletin No.3 on typhoon ‘Agaton’, the surge in prices of fish was due to low supply of fish products after the typhoon damaged the Napro-Laparan bridge

which is a major link to Iligan City. ”Prices of fish shoot up to about 50 to 80 percent due to weather and transportation or handling cost caused by the damaged bridge,” DTI-CPG explained.

Prices of vegetables also increased due to less harvest because of the weather disturbance.

Prices in other products also Prices/PAGE 6

Irrigation project DAVAO City – The completion of an irrigation project in Bansalan, Davao del Sur, costing P12.5-million has improved the rice production of at least 320 farmers.

The farmers attributed the increase in their yield with the adequate irrigation facility said Rolano Calisay, member and officer of the Badoma Irrigators Association with areas covering the villages of Barayong, Dolo, and Marber in Bansalan town.

Calisay said that with the irrigation facility, harvest is up to eight tons of rice compared to the previous yield of 5.5 tons.

SMUGGLED RICE. Workers fill the net with bags of rice imported from Vietnam by the National Food Authority to be hoisted to the Tefasco Wharf. Two ships have arrived this week loaded with a total of 411 bags of rice for storage in NFA-Davao’s warehouse before their transfer to provincial offices to ensure enough supply. mindanews photo by rene lumawag

Power coops question ‘Billing Statement’

By CHENG ORDONEZ

SEVERAL distribution utilities in Mindanao claimed they are not only being charged in excess of approved generation rates, but are also being charged for power supply that was not delivered and are bent on rejecting the billing statement issued by the Philippine Electricity

Market Corporation (PEMC).

In a letter to the PEMC, Engineer David A. Tauli, president of the Mindanao Coalition of Power Consumers (MCPC), cited the case of a local utility which claimed that it has not nominated or purchased any power/PAGE 6

SINGKAMAS. Vendor Beatriz Acoba shows a bunch of singkamas (yam), which she sells for P100 per bunch in Matalam, North Cotabato. The singkamas were from Barangay Marbel.

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Poverty and education in the Philippines:

‘Taking the Right Road to Inclusive Growth’

By ANNABELLE LARIBA Principal 1 Puerto Elementary School | Puerto, Cagayan de Oro City

THE widespread poverty in the Philippines had always been linked to the lingering problem in the country’s educational system and viceversa.

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They are intertwined in a vicious cycle that holds back the country’s growth, a government think-thank said.

In its report titled: “Poverty in the Philippines: Taking the Right Road to Inclusive Growth”,

the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said that in the past four decades, the proportion of households living below the official poverty line has declined slowly and unevenly and poverty reduction has been

much slower than in neighboring countries such as the People’s Republic of China, Indonesia, Thailand, and Viet Nam. It said that economic growth has gone through boom and bust cycles, and recent episodes of moderate economic expansion have had limited impact on the poor. Great inequality across income brackets, regions, and sectors, as well as unmanaged population growth, are considered some of the key factors constraining poverty reduction efforts.

Causes of Poverty The main causes of poverty in the country include the following: · low to moderate economic growth for the past 40 years; · low growth elasticity of poverty reduction; · weakness in employment generation and the quality of jobs generated; · failure to fully develop the agriculture sector; · high inflation during crisis periods; · high levels of population growth; · high and persistent levels of inequality (incomes and assets), which dampen the

positive impacts of economic expansion; and · recurrent shocks and exposure to risks such as economic crisis, conflicts, natural disasters, and “environmental poverty.”

Educational Inadequacy But among the main contributing factor to income inequality in the Philippines is the lack of adequate education opportunity in the country.

Through the enhancement of skill and knowledge of the underprivileged sections of the society, education play a vital role in stopping the cycle of generations of poverty among the poor due to a lack of skills and ignorance. Rich Filipinos are able to access significantly better educational resources through better funded schools and private tutoring.

There are also a substantial number of Filipinos who send their children overseas for education to America, Europe and neighbouring countries such as Singapore. Equal access to good education is the main pathway of upward social mobility among the poor.

Due to the absence of high quality universal education in growth/PAGE 6

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What Are You Worth?

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hink a minute…A famous American football coach was A Minute interviewed on television. The By Jhan Tiafau Hurst coach’s son was a star player on his team. In the interview this fathercoach was asked how he felt about his son’s success as a football player.

His answer surprised millions of people watching the TV program.

He said: “I’m pleased that my son is a fine athlete. But I’d be just as proud of him if he’d never even played football.”

It made me think of a story I read about a boy whose father died just a few months before he was born. His mother was very hard and unkind to him. Plus, her job kept her away from home most of the time, so she gave her little boy almost no attention, love or training. As a result, he had no self-confidence or even any friends, so he was alone most of the time.

When he was 13 years old, a school counselor said this boy never knew what it was like to be loved, or feel safe and protected by his mother. Even though he was very smart and intelligent, he failed in school and dropped out when he was 16. So he joined the Marines, hoping it would make him a real man. But the other soldiers made fun of him and put him down. Naturally, he fought back and resisted authority, so he was soon kicked out of the Marines.

There he was, in his early 20’s with no friends or family. He later married, but in a short time even his wife left him. It was clear to this young man that no one in the world wanted him. So one day he took a gun with him to his job. From a window on the third floor of his work building, on November 22, 1963, this lonely, rejected man named Lee Harvey Oswald, shot and killed the American President John F. Kennedy. In shooting that gun, Lee Harvey Oswald used the only skill he’d learned in his lifetime of pain and unhappiness.

But what’s even sadder is there are millions of people like Oswald.

They’ve been abused and mistreated, so they’re deeply unhappy and hurting. They’ve not been given love, kindness or respect, not even by their own family. But today, if you’ll give all your pain and anger to God, He can start healing your heart and changing your life. Only your Maker can show you how important you are and what you’re really worth. He can even use your past pain to make you a stronger, better person. Why not ask Him to start today?

Just Think a Minute…

A lawmaker has initiated a move to increase and maximize the country’s share in the more than $40-Billion global “medical tourism” industry.

“The Philippine expects it can get a considerable share of the pie and initially projects a conservative $125-million on the first few years, and growing progressively each year hence,” Rep. Rodolfo Biazon (Lone District, Muntinlupa City) predicts.

Biazon is author of HB 498 seeking to create the “Medical Tourism Bureau within the Department of Tourism, defining its powers and functions, and for other purposes.”

“This bill seeks to establish at the seat of government a bureau whose task will be to properly and adequately address the needs of foreign tourists as well as Filipino balikbayans and OFWs seeking medical treatment in the country, and of the private sector seeking to provide the services for those needs,” HB 498 states.

Bi a z on re ve a le d t h at t he current global medical tourism ($40-Billion) could radically increase to $188-Billion this year.

Medical Tourism is defined a “travel to the Philippines for the purpose of availing of healthcare services or treatment of illnesses and health problems in order to maintain one’s health and wellbeing (DOT, DOH, PEZA 2006).

The concept of this new tourism product is to offer cost-effective

special feature treatments while showcasing tourist attractions in the Philippines.

“In Asia, at least four countries are reputed to be enjoying the fruits of medical tourism programs – Thailand, India, Singapore and Malaysia,” the author noted.

Biazon proudly pointed out that “after all, we have medical professionals, having been educated and trained in top medical universities in Europe, the United States and other nations, are among the best in the world and among the most sought after.”

He recalled that on October 18, 2004, Executive Order No. 372 was issued creating a private-public sector partnership to promote the development of three service sectors, namely: a) Information and Communications Technology; b) Health and Wellness; and c) Logistics.

“For the Wellness sector, which now has the Philippine Medical Tourism Program (PMTP), eleven government agencies were tasked to work together to promote the industry. The different mandates and expertise of each agency are supposed to contribute much in the development of the PMTP,” Biazon added.

However, Biazon noted that due to the number of participating agencies and despite the good intentions of EO

372, a certain account of confusion has been experienced in the process by both the agencies involved and by the private sector desiring to participate, and there is still much to be desired in the rate in which the Task Force is achieving its objectives.

“While we laud the active efforts of the Department of Health, we believe that its focus should be the provision of health services to Filipinos, and there is such, its role in the medical tourism program should be to ensure that, despite the influx of medical tourists, adequate health services should be made available for the citizens by participating hospitals and clinics.” Biazon explained, adding that “it should thus serve as a check to the efforts of the DOT and the private sector, which we fear it cannot do as well if it were the principal agency promoting the medical tourism industry.”

This bill, Biazon stressed, seeks to centralize the functions of the Task Force and to integrate most of the different functions of the different agencies pertinent to the PMTP, in one office.

“For our country, promoting and advancing our health and wellness sector, especially the medical tourism industry, has at least three important implications: 1) the acceleration of socioeconomic development, 2) earning of foreign exchange, and 3) a stop to the exodus of Filipino medical professionals to foreign lands,” Biazon concluded.

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he Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) announced two weeks ago that the average inflation rate for 2013 remained within the target range that the government set for the said year. The average inflation for the whole year hit only 3.0 percent, well inside the 4.0 percent ± 1.0 percent target.

This is an achievement in terms of monetary policy-making for the BSP, the main government agency responsible for promoting price stability, which is a key driver of economic growth.

The BSP uses an array of monetary policy tools that influence money supply, which then affect the price level.

By setting a target and nailing it, the nation’s sole monetary authority is able to prevent significant and sudden price hikes that are bad news to every household or business.

So if you noticed how your overall expenses in 2013 did not increase much or stayed the same as your 2012 expenses, this can be attributed partly to the BSP doing its job well.

There would surely be other factors that can affect the inflation rate, but having a central bank that can deliver on its commitment definitely helps.

This is the fifth consecutive year of being on target for the BSP, and this is not a simple coincidence. Inflation

targets are not derived from thin air but are based on an analysis of a whole range of O ut

By Ignacio Bunye economic data. To monitor, gather, and analyze these data takes a lot of time, effort, and skill.

Under an inflation-targeting framework, the BSP publicly announces a committed target.

The BSP holds monetary policy meetings every 6 weeks during which the Monetary Board adopts a policy stance.

Based on the price situation and the macroeconomic environment, the MB may opt to ease or loosen policy stance to increase money supply in the economy, to tighten it and reduce money in circulation, or simply go neutral.

As circumstances dictate, the Monetary Board carefully tweaks other policy tools (eg. rediscounting facilities, reserve requirements). Whatever policy stance is adopted , the objective is one and the same – price stability or to bunye/PAGE 6

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Poverty as hindrance for growth

FIBECO EVENTS AS OF 2013

By Mildred Borbon-Torrejas

FIBECO Road Map: Creating Responsive Innovations,Energizing the future & Making People’s lives better.

Last June 12 & 13, 2013 was the 41st Anniversary celebration a two (2) day activities with the stakeholders ,employees,partners and associates. During the occasion was highlighted by the inaugoration of FIBECO’S major technological innovations such as SCADA and monitoring System,Radio Frequency Vehicle Tracking system, information geographical information system( GIS), Consumer Management and Business Integrated System (CMBIS) .The cutting of ribbon for the new 5MVA Substationlocated @ Barandias, Pangantucan and construction of 69KV lines parallellines was also held in the said occasion.

BRIGADA KURYENTE CHECK. This Brigada kuryente check was held in the month of May 2013,before the start of the public elementary and highschool classes. Thirty three(33) elementary schools and four (4) National high schools benefited from the program. The services included replacement of defective electrical outlets and bulbs ,rewiring or installation of electrical lines, replacement of defective switches, and troubleshooting of defective

By MURIELL L. RUIZ Teacher III Imbatug Elementary School | Imbatug, Baungon, Bukidnon

POOR people do not only receive less income— they also achieve less, educationally.

Parents always bring up poverty as the major reason why children are unable to finish elementary schooling.

Synergeia Foundation, a coalition of individuals, institutions, and organizations working together to improve the quality of basic education, has tried to evade the problem because it felt inadequate to address it.

In an education summit, the group posed a question: “Aside from poverty, what factors prevent your children from attending school?”

It was as if poverty would go away if we refused to give it a name. We were wrong. By skirting around the issue of poverty, our discussions on education became baseless and perfunctory.

Poverty is wanting in resources.

The National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) defines the poor as “individuals or families who cannot afford in a sustained manner to provide their minimum basic needs of food, health, education, housing, and other amenities of life.”

In Navotas and Malabon, poverty makes children stay

up late in fish ports to pick up fish from buckets that are filled to the brim. If children are unable to sell the fish, they are at least able to secure a meal for their families for a day. Some other children collect recyclable materials from garbage dumps. The others have to take care of younger siblings because both their parents work as laborers and itinerant vendors.

Child labor is a serious problem in rural areas as well.

Classrooms become halfempty during the planting season and at harvest time because children work in farms. They work as domestic helpers even at a very young age.

Children are not spared from the worst kind of poverty.

Children lose their humanity by working as prostitutes and errand boys for drug pushers.

They now believe that they are commodities who can be traded for a price. Bereft of opportunities and choices, poverty squeezes hope out of their lives.

Poor children are from families whose household heads have at best finished elementary education. Their families are relatively large.

Sixty percent of the poor have poverty/PAGE 6

DepEd in its mission: The Adopt-a-School over the years

By ELEDIO N. AROJA JR. Teacher 1 Imbatug Central Elementary School

Parents want the best for their children, especially for their future. They have ambition for their children, like they want them to be teachers, engineers or even pilots someday. In this, education is the key. However, due to the economic problems that affect Filipino families, ambitions have become a blur.

Parents are forced to prioritize basic needs in order for them to survive. It is indeed tough for even the provision of food is already a struggle.

The government allots the biggest share of the national budget to public basic education, but due to increasing student population, it could hardly be enough.

This is the main reason behind Adopt-a-School Program. This program allows private entities to assist a public schools in terms of, but not limited to, staff and faculty development for training and further education, construction of facilities, upgrading of existing facilities, provision of books, publications and other instructional materials and modernization of instructional technologies.

Adopt-a-School Program is created along the passage

of Republic Act No. 8525, pursuant to Adopt-a-School Act of 1998. It was launched on 2000, through the initiative of Department of Education (DepEd).

The program can assist public schools in any levels, whether it is an elementary, secondary or tertiary school.

These beneficiary schools are located in any of 20 poorest provinces identified

by Presidential Council for Countryside Development or any other government agency tasked in identifying such kind of provinces.

In 2007, the program has generated about 4.5 billion pesos worth of intervention, donations and pledges, more than a number of percent increase in donations from 2000 to 2006 which amounts to 2.1 billion pesos.

Over the years, the program has been realized through the collaboration of DepEd and private entities. There are interventions that reduced student dropouts and kept the youth off the streets.

The program also increased student achievement levels and improved teacher performance.

Up to this time, education

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department is still rowing its mission in spreading this program to various private sector in order to realize further the spirit of Republic Act 8525, providing a venue for the strong and dynamic private sector to participate in nation-building through investments in the education of Filipino children. According to them, the rewards of such investments come through an educated generation that will succeed present generation, run the enterprises, and steer this nation to greater heights.

Education is not just something that a child should have. It is already entwined with meanings like hope, ambition and better life. Every poor family is hoping for a better life and their only hope could be their ambition. That someday, through educating youngsters, family would produce a human resource that would uplift their lifestyle.

Adopt-a-School program is very much helpful to millions of Filipino families. DepEd and private entities should keep their passion burning in helping these families. This is a big contribution to a dynamic nation-building.

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from page 1 any energy from the Interim Mindanao Electricity Market (IMEM), yet has been issued a billing statement.

Tauli said the power bills sent by the PEMC to the cooperatives makes it clear what the MCPC and others have been saying all along that: (1.) the IMEM is pernicious to Mindanao power consumers (because the PEMC is making the consumers pay rates three times greater than ERC-approved generation rates, for energy that was not supplied or used, and (2.) the IMEM cannot attain the purposes for which it was designed by the DOE, which is to enable embedded generators to supply power to the Grid in period of power shortages. None of the embedded generators injected power supply to the Grid during the November-December billing period, he added.

Although there were no power curtailments by the grid operator National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) during the subject billing period, Tauli said the PEMC is claiming in the power bills that the IMEM supplied power to the electric cooperatives even during off-peak periods, contrary to its intended purpose.

Primarily, the MCPC is questioning the creation of the IMEM, which is not included under the EPIRA Law of 2001, but was created by an executive order from the Department of Energy, thereby usurping the powers of Congress, Tauli claimed.

“The IMEM Rules require the electric coops to obtain their power supply from the IMEM whenever there is a deficit between their contracted power supply and their actual hourly demand. This is the reason why the PEMC considered it appropriate to bill the electric coops for the power supply that the ECs supposedly obtained from the IMEM in the period November 26 to December 25, 2013, even though the ECs submitted zero nominations in that period,” Tauli said.

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from page 2 the Philippines, many Filipinos are stuck in poverty trap for generations as they are not equipped for knowledge intensive jobs.

Key Findings The report’s key findings include the following: · Economic growth did not translate into poverty reduction in recent years; · Poverty levels vary greatly by regions; · Poverty remains a mainly rural phenomenon though urban poverty is on the rise; · Poverty levels are strongly linked to educational attainment; · The poor have large families, with six or more members; · Many Filipino households remain vulnerable to shocks and risks; · Governance and institutional constraints remain in the poverty response; · There is weak local government capacity for implementing poverty reduction programs; · Deficient targeting in various poverty programs; · There are serious resource gaps for poverty reduction and the attainment of the MDGs by 2015; · Multidimensional responses to poverty reduction are needed; and · Further research on chronic poverty is needed.

The report comprehensively analyzes the causes of poverty and recommends ways to accelerate poverty reduction and achieve more inclusive growth. In the immediate and short term there is a need to enhance government’s poverty reduction strategy and involve key sectors for a collective and coordinated response to the problem. In the medium and long term the government should continue to pursue key economic reforms for sustained and inclusive growth.

Public Expenditures on Education The ADB reported that Philippine public expenditures on education in 1994 were less than 3 percent of GDP compared with 4 percent in Indonesia or 7 percent in Malaysia, despite inching upwards since the late 1980s, after over almost two decades of limited investment through the 1970s and early 1980s. Public primary education remains relatively under-financed, and funding is based on pupil headcount without any compensatory mechanisms to assist the most “at-risk” areas, schools, or ethnic groups. Thus, in the Philippines, poor youth are much more likely to drop out of school or get a poor quality education.

The Philippines spends comparatively less of its resources on health than several other East Asian nations, both publicly and privately (spending 0.6 percent on GDP on health publicly and 2.4 percent of GDP on health overall).

In addition, public health gains are not as great as they should be because of the poor distribution of health facilities and personnel over the country. The poor would

benefit from more emphasis on primary care and the reduction of environmental risk factors (which induce disease disproportionately among the poor). In many cases, the improvement of other infrastructure such as rural roads will allow existing health facilities to be used more intensively.

As a result of the fiscal decentralization enacted in 1991, most traditional poverty alleviation programs except education have become the responsibility of local governments, limiting the ability of the central authorities to implement programs of national priority.

At the same time, the current revenue sharing arrangements with local governments (set by a legal formula) do not redistribute resources towards poorer provinces.

Also, by devolving functions and whole institutions to local government, expertise and efficiency in many areas has been (at least temporarily) lost and likely is weakest in poorer provinces.

The variation in capacity and resources calls for continued attention by central authorities-for technical assistance, capacity building, and incentives to raise revenues locally.

Bunye...

from page 4 keep the inflation rate low and stable.

The MB’s monetary policy meetings are held in close doors but the minutes of the meetings are subsequently made available to the public, and can even be viewed on its official website (www.bsp.gov.ph).

This is part of the Central Bank’s effort to maintain transparency and accountability as it works to achieve the target inflation rate.

In case the BSP fails to keep the inflation rate within the target range, the BSP Governor is dutybound to write an Open Letter to the President, citing the reasons therefor, as well as the steps to be taken by the Monetary Board so that the inflation rate will be again be within the target.

Hopefully, through the hard work of the men and women of the BSP and the leadership of our multi-awarded Governor Amando M. Tetangco Jr., we won’t be seeing an open letter next year or any time soon thereafter.

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from page 5 they plant 350 Mahogany,100 Rambutan,50 Giant Bamboo, 80 Falcata,15 Musisi and 12 jackfruits they plant at Maramag Falls,Maramag Bukidnon.

For their outreach was also succesfully done their Medical and Dental Missions including OperationTuli in coordination with co-sponsors Antonio O. Floreindo Foundation and

Davao Agri-Ventures Corp.(DAVCO).

Clean up drive , Handog Pamasko ng MSEAC with 235 beneficiaries in Baranggay Barongcot, Dangcagan, Bukidnon received bags of groceries and rice.Task Force Kapatid was provide relief operations to typhoon Pablo Victims in Compostela Valley, Davao , FIBECO Management and its employees also gave cash donation to the typhoon surviviors.

DONATE A BAG PROGRAM FIBECO recently distributed one thousand six hundred fifty (1,650) school bags and schoolsupplies to help the less fortunate pupils with its coverage area. The members of the board, management and employees of FIBECO also contributed out of their personal pockets to realize this undertaking. POSTER MAKING CONTETS .Was participated by pupils from various Elementary schools in Maramag Bukidnon.

31st Annual General Membership Assembly (AGMA) last December 27, 2013 at FIBECO covered court Anahawon , Maramag Bukidnon. this is the 1st Simultinous AGMA thru video link use by the fiber optic line and this is live in six(6) area the hub will be at the main office all of the directors are in the Hub and the area managers the other employees, MSEAC partners are also in the area the area managers will be the presiding on their area.

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at least 6 family members.

Statistics show that poverty incidence increases with family size. For families with ten (10) or more members, poverty incidence is at 46.6 percent compared to only 13 percent for families with four (4) members. Almost 8 of 10 of the poor are in rural areas and 61.4 percent of them are in agriculture. More than one-half (52.6 percent) of the poor are self-employed and without any form of social or health insurance.

One-fourth of our total population suffer from poverty; in absolute terms, this means 23.27 million Filipinos are poor.

According to Prof. Monsod, the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) will not be enough to push families over the poverty line. The CCT budget for 2012 (P39.4) was just one-third of what it would take for government to push families over the poverty line in (P124 billion, using NSCB estimates).

The CCT is a short-term solution and does not address the causes why people are poor.

Solutions differ but are simple and doable: vegetable gardening to provide food for families; feeding program for the malnourished; class dorms for children who have to walk long and hilly roads to reach schools; alternative learning systems for children who need to help in farms; remedial programs so that children can catch up.

They said children have to be educated so that they can have better jobs and the country can elect a good government. “If the poor remain illiterate, they will sell their votes.”

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SEIPI to provide jobs for ‘Yolanda’ victims MANILA – The country’s largest electronics firms organization, Semiconductor and Electronics Industries in the Philippines Foundation Inc. (SEIPI), will be providing jobs to victims of typhoon “Yolanda” in Ormoc City after conducting an employment mission there from Jan. 21 to 23.

In a press statement Friday, SEIPI said the participating member companies, including HGST Inc., Epson, Microsemi Corporation, Testech Inc., and Alliance Mansols Inc. (AMI) are needing a total of 1,500 personnel for their manufacturing facilities located in Region IV-A or Calabarzon

(Cavite, Laguna, Batangas, Rizal and Quezon).

Available job positions include operators, technicians, engineers and other electronics professionals.

Ormoc City’s Public Employment Service Office (PESO) said a number of local residents and its nearby towns are looking for quality jobs after their sources of livelihood were affected by the destructive typhoon last November. ”The electronics industry in the country is a sector that offers very good job quality as it provides the workers with an above-average minimum wage complete with benefits, a continuous learning

atmosphere, and a good working environment,” SEIPI said.

Moreover, SEIPI members will also provide free medical examination to applicants who will pass the final interview and even transportation and accommodation expenses. ”SE I PI i s a l s o c u r re nt ly coordinating with various nonprofit organizations that could help provide transportation to the successfully hired applicants from Ormoc to Manila. SEIPI is open to discuss and partner with institutions that could help in this CSR (corporate social responsibility) endeavor,” the organization said.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental CONSUELO TAC-AN AGO, CIVIL CASE NO. 2013-1180

Petitioner,

- versus- FOR : DECLARATION

PRESUMPTIVE DEATH ABEDNEGO BURMER AGO,

Respondent.

X-------------------------------------------/ ORDER In her verified petition,Consuelo Tac-an Ago thru counsel, states that she is a Filipino citizen, of legal age, married with postal address at Purok Zinnia, Cabalantian,Manticao, Misamis Oriental ; that on February 27,1981,she got married to respondent Abednego Burmer Ago at City Court of Manila; that petitioner and respondent were blessed with two (2) children, SER JOVETTE T. AGO, who is now 34 years old and SIR JORDAN T. AGO, who is now 24 years old; that petitioner and respondent used to live at Block 44,Lot 16,Phase 3,Casimiro Town Homes, Barangay Deparo, Novaliches, Callocan City; that respondent worked at AVESCO Marketing at Cubao,Quezon City from 9am to 6 pm for six (6) times a week ; that despite their share of ups and downs,they were able to work it out and made a happy home; that despite his busy working schedules,respondent made it sure to be home to join the family’s dinner together ;that the income of the respondent from his job,however, was barely enough for the family; that in order to augment his income, he and his wife, the petitioner operated a security agency named New Ventures Security Services at Project 8,Quezon City; that sometime in August 2004,the respondent went to Laguna for a possible venture; that petitioner did not ask the respondent about the nature of the venture as she trusted her husband; that respondent’s visits to Laguna became frequent and he incurred many absences from his work at AVESCO; that petitioner started asking about the said venture but the respondent would just answer that it was a surprise and that he would be earning big for this particular project ;that he would escape from the office in order to visit the project in Laguna and if he could not return in the afternoon and not able to come to the office the next day, he would then call the petitioner; that he would instruct the petitioner to call the office and tell them he was sick; that because of this, petitioner bugged the respondent to tell her about the project ,this time respondent told her he was looking for foreign buyers of gold bars; that respondent did not tell petitioner about his contacts, nor allowed the petitioner to get involved in the negotiations; that on August 15, 2004,the petitioner learned that her husband submitted his resignation effective August 30, 2004; that respondent told the petitioner that it was necessary for he was needed in Laguna on a daily basis; that on September 17, 2004, respondent told petitioner that he would be in Laguna to monitor the transactions and in three months it would be finished; that respondent would come home every Friday, but it turned out, he would be out of the house most of the time as he had to attend meetings with agents and aspiring buyers; that it became the new routine of their married life ,until then when petitioner noticed that the respondent was sad and it seemed that he carried the problems of the world; that was the time when petitioner found out that the project of the respondent turned out to be treasure hunting and he was the one who managed the digging; that petitioner was devastated when she found out the truth but still she supported the respondent; that the three months deadline of the respondent passed, still no progress in his project; that respondent continued looking after his treasure hunting venture to the extend that the family suffered financially; that the respondent seldom came home ,and most of the time ,he would just stopped by for a few minutes and then went out again and this time he manifested erratic behavior; that there was a time when a bird appeared in the window of their house, the respondent was startled and told the petitioner that he was being fetched by the bird to go back to Laguna ;that there came a time that he would be awake for twenty four (24) hours, stay awake all night praying with candles of different colors in front of him as it was what was being asked from him by the guardian of the treasure; that sometime in the early part of September 2005, respondent came home despondent and confided to the petitioner that he had been threatened by his financiers because the diggings had not yielded any treasure and that they had already spent millions of pesos to finance the diggings; that the petitioner begged respondent to stop his treasure hunting for the sake of his family but respondent replied it was too late to stop as his financiers would kill him if there would be no treasure; that on September 17, 2005,respondent went back to Laguna to resume his diggings but that was the last time she saw her husband ; that his family waited for him but there was

”SEIPI is also working with TESDA (Technical Education and Skills Development Authority) on the possibility of providing subsidized training to the newlyhired so that when they begin working for any company, they would already have the basic knowledge and skills needed in the job,” it added.

However, SEIPI told Philippines News Agency in a text message the five companies were not able to get all 1,500 personnel in the employment mission in Ormoc City. ”(This is) because many of them do not want to be relocated in Manila

or in other plants like Batangas and Laguna,” SEIPI explained.

Me anw h i le, pr i or to t he employment mission in Ormoc City, SEIPI-member HGST Inc. has spearheaded the same activity in Aklan.

SEIPI said it will continue to ask its members to provide jobs in calamity-stricken areas. ” S E I P I ’s v i s i o n o n t h i s employment mission goes beyond mere provision of jobs. What the organization and its members aim for truly is to provide a fresh start and livelihood to those that are willing to pursue these,” the electronics organization said. (PNA)

no sign of the respondent,petitioner started to worry as she did not know where to look for him as Laguna is too big; that she was devastated by his absence ,and she started to have depression and it came to a point when she contemplated on ending her life; that her half-brother , Carlito, Cantarona, who happened to live in Cabalantian,Manticao,Misamis Oriental went to Manila and brought her to Manticao to recuperate ;that petitioner was taken cared of by her halfbrother’s family and a year after ,she regained her mental composure; that petitioner started to look for her husband,and she asked her husband’s siblings in Cabadbaran, Agusan del Norte but none of them had knowledge about his whereabouts ;that she went back to Manila to continue her search ,together with her son Ser Jordan to Laguna; that they went to his other siblings in Caloocan ,his brother Paquito in Sampaloc and around Cubao area where the treasure hunting agents stuck around,hoping to get new information about the about respondent; that despite that, they failed to get any news from them about the respondent; none of them knew of his whereabouts; that petitioner’s hope was lifted when someone in his previos office told her about a certain MYRNA DE LA VEGA, his partner in negotiations and they were able to locate her house but she too, was not able to give petitioner positive information about her husband; that petitioner came to the point of bringing a picture of the respondent and started showing it around Calamba, Laguna but to no avail; that respondent’s disappearance caused petitioner a lot of problems, and that petitioner worried about her family’s daily needs ,the monthly bills and the monthly amortization of their mortgaged house, that the petitioner’s only means of income was a small sari-sari store the security agency folded up because the respondent was no longer around; that her search for her husband was interrupted as she had to save money for her family; that one time, petitioner read the name Ka Peling from Calauan, Laguna from respondent’s file, so she went back to Laguna to look for Ka Peling,but still to no avail; that did not stop the petitioner to continue looking for her husband at Calabuan, Laguna until some answers led her to a deep dig where supposedly a treasure was found ; that petitioner was told by a certain Aling Del that the said dig was abandoned sometime in 2005 because the diggers and the financiers quarreled, and one night gunshots were heard by her and the morning after that there were no signs of the diggers, that on August 1,2007,the petitioner and her son went to Los Banos Police station to report a missing person; that petitioner waited for any development from the police but the authorities were faced with a blank wall and cannot come up with any information regarding the respondent ; that petitioner, after waiting for several years ,went back to her half-brother’s family in Cabalantian ,Manticao,Misamis Oriental; that she tried to follow every trail of information that she believed could lead her to her husband ,but he was nowhere to be found; that after years of vain search and waiting, petitioner now accepts the inevitable-that her husband is long dead; that in the best interest of all parties that the issue relative to the fate and existence of Abednego Burmer Ago be forever put to rest by declaring his death for purposes of opening his estate including claiming his pension , insurance and other related benefits under Article 391 paragraph (3) of the Civil Code, hence, this petition.

Finding the said petition to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is hereby set for hearing on February 26,2014,at 8:30 o’clock in the morning, at which hearing, any interested person may show cause why the petition should not be granted.

Let copy of this Order be published in any newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks prior to the date of hearing and be posted on the bulletin boards of the Hall of Justice, Initao, Misamis Oriental and at the Municipal Hall of Manticao,Misamis Oriental at the expense of the petitioner.

Furnish copy of this Order the Office of the Solicitor General and the Provincial Prosecutor’s Office at Hall of Justice, Initao, Misamis Oriental.

Further, send a copy a copy of this Order to the last known address of ABEDNEGO BURMER AGO at Block 44,Lot 16,Phase 3,Casimiro Town Homes, Barangay Deparo, Novaliches,Caloocan City, Philippines.

SO ORDERED,

December 16,2013, Initao, Misamis Oriental.

(Sgd.) MARISSA P. ESTABAYA

Presiding Judge BWM: Jan. 27, Feb. 3 & 10, 2014

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Oro Council okays extension of business permit renewal

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he Cagayan de Oro City Council has approved the extension of business permit renewals until January 31, this year.

In its regular session presided over by Councilor Ramon G. Tabor, the 17th City Council headed

by Vice Mayor Caesar Ian E. Acenas enacted Ordinance No. 12712-2014, extending the deadline for the filing of business license renewal application from January 20 to January 31.

In behalf of the members of the Cagayan de Oro Chamber of Commerce and

Industry, Promote CDO, the Misamis Oriental Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Cagayan de Oro Filipino-Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Philippine Chinese Chamber of CommerceCagayan de Oro Chapter, Oro Chamber president Efren Uy requested for the extension of the deadline for the payment of the business taxes and permits this year.

He said this will give the city’s businessmen a little more time to settle their pay- Seda Hotel, January 23, 2014 - Task Force Hapsay Dalan chairman Atty. Jose Edgardo ‘Egay’ Uy, updates the Rotary Club of PERMIT/PAGE 3

Cagayan de Oro on city government's plan regarding traffic control and maintenance. (Photo by PRO Mike Mendoza)

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MANILA -- The United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) World Toursim Barometer has reported that Asia and the Pacific is the fastest growing tourism region in the world, after a 6.0 percent increase in the number of international tourist arrivals in 2013.

International tourists in Asia and the Pacific region increased by about 14 million bringing the number of tourist arrivals up to 248 million last year.

"South-East Asia (+10 percent) was the best performing sub-region,

while growth was comparatively more moderate in South Asia (+5 percent), Oceania and North-East Asia (+4 percent each)," the UNWTO report said.

Moreover, Europe remains the top tourist destination growing by 5.0 percent last year and welcoming 29 million more tourists.

In the same period, America has additional tourist arrival of six million tourists while Africa attracted an additional of three million tourists.

Meanwhile, the UNWTO report

also showed top source market for tourism which include China, Russia, France, United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and Australia.

On emerging markets, significant growth in outbound tourism expenditure include Turkey, Qatar, Philippines, Kuwait, Indonesia, Ukraine, and Brazil.

Germany, Japan and Italy were still considered important source market despite decline in outbound expenditures, said UNWTO. (PNA)

Dinagyang out to conquer the world The homegrown Dinagyang Festival, the pride of this southern city, is out to conquer the world as trips to foreign countries within this year are being proposed by the city government and the Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation Inc. (IDFI).

City Mayor Jed Patrick Mabilog said that officials

of the city and the Foundation are set to meet the multi-sectoral stakeholders soon after the Dinagyang Festival to discuss the proposal of sending the winning Dinagyang Ati-atihan tribe to perform in other countries, possibly in Hongkong, Singapore and Canada within this year.

Mabilog said it is about time that Dinagyang be leveled up and sent to the world for other countries where there are many Filipinos to see the performance of the pride of Iloilo.

“It is about time that Dinagyang levels up and goes for the global market. As a 6th time champi-

on of the national Aliwan Festival, we have already proven that Dinagyang is the best tourism event of the country,” Mabilog said.

The city executive said that overseas Filipino workers will have the chance to see the Dinagyang in the three countries and they might be enticed to go back home and see the performance every fourth week of January.

Iloilo Dinagyang Foundation president Ramon Cua Locsin said he is amenable to the proposal and the joint city and foundation expenses for sending a Dinagyang contingent to the annual national Aliwan Festival in Metro Manila amounted to about P4 million.

Locsin said the Dinagyang Festival has already earned international and national recognitions and being the undisputed national Aliwan champion for the past six years.

The expenses for the Aliwan participation this year could be diverted to the Hongkong and Singapore trips to stir more recognition from Filipinos abroad, who could be encouraged to come home to Iloilo and see the real thing.

The Canada trip of Dinagyang will be sponsored by the Department of Tourism (DOT) Tourism Promotions Board to Calgary, Canada within this year.

Photojournalist Rene Lumawag takes a picture of Davor, the skeletal remains of a 20-ton sperm (PNA)

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MMDA: Metropolis traffic will improve once anti-congestion infrastructures are completed MANILA -- Traffic woes in Metro Manila will be greatly reduced once the government completes its anti-congestion infrastructures in the coming years, Chairman Francis Tolentino of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) said on Wednesday.

Dur ing t he Metro Manila Regional Development Council (RDC) meeting held at Makati City hall, Tolentino said that nine to 13 government projects will be started simultaneously this year in several parts of Metro Manila which will result to heavy traffic congestion in several thoroughfares.

He cited the Ninoy Aquino International Airport (NAIA) Elevated Expressway, Epifanio De los Santos Ave. (EDSA)-Taft flyover, Skyway 3, C-5 to McKinley Ramps as well as the repair of Magallanes interchange.

"Dahil sa meeting na ito siyam na projects until 13 projects ang halos magsasabay-sabay so marami pa ito at ididiscuss pa ito katulad ng Pasay Road, yung mga LRT projects na nauna na kanina yung NAIA elevated express

way nandun din yung EDSA Taft flyover this year Skyway 3 this year din yung Mckinley ramp papuntang Global City this year din yung Lawton Bridge from Shaw Boulevard," he explained during the interview after the Metro Manila Regional Development Council (MMRDC) meeting.

He added that EDSA will not only be affected by these projects but other thoroughfares such as the stretch of South Super Highway; Global City in Taguig; Magallanes in Makati Andrews, Tramo in Pasay or almost will be affected when projects will be constructed starting this year up to 2016 or before the term of President Benigno Aquino 3rd ends.

He said once these projects will be completed in the first quarter of 2016, traffic in Metro Manila will greatly improve.

"Pag natapos ang mga project ok na "No Pain No Gain" so by that time pumasok na yung 1st quarter ng 2016 nakikita ito," Tolentino emphasized.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10TH Judicial Region Branch 44 Initao, Misamis Oriental APPLICATION FOR THE REGISTRATION LRC CASE NO. 2013-54 PURSUANT TO CHAPTER III OF THE PROPERTY REGISTRATION DECREE (PD1529) AND ISSUANCE OF DECREE OF REGISTRATION AND CERTIFICATE OF TITLE UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST OF THE PHILIPPINES Represented by: HENRY DEJARME, Applicant.

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Finding the verified application for registration pursuant to Chapter III of the Property Registration Decree (PD 1529) OF Lot 250 Cad 529, situated at Poblacion, Naawan,Misamis Oriental Island of Mindanao, containing an area of 1,102 square meters, particularly described as follows: “A parcel of land, known as Lot 250,Cad 529 located at Poblacion,Naawan,Misamis Oriental. Bounded on the North by Lot II, Sec 018; on the East by Lot 43, Sec. 018 on the South by Lot 52; and on the West by the National Highway; containing an area of One Thousand One Hundred Two (1,102) square meters, more or less, and Covered by Tax Declaration No. 22-0001-01554”. filed by applicant United Church of Christ of the Philippines to be sufficient in form and substance, the same is set for INITIAL HEARING on July 16,2014 at 8:30 0’clock in the morning at this Court, sitting at the Hall of Justice, Initao, Misamis Oriental. Persons interested in this petition are required to answer and appear before this Court on the aforesaid date and make known their opposition thereto.

The Administration of the Land Registration Authority is hereby directed at the expense of the applicant to cause the publication of the Notice of Hearing in the Official Gazette and once in a newspaper of general circulation in the Province of Misamis Oriental.

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

SO ORDERED.

November 30, 2013, Initao ,Misamis Oriental.

(Sgd.) MARISSA P. ABAYA

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‘Ika-3 Putahi,’ ‘Wa Ko Kakita’ win best films at Cinemagis 6 Out of the 13 filmmakers from all over Northern Mindanao who submitted their works, “Ika-3 Putahi” by Joeromer Bacus and “Wa Ko Kakita”

by Eastine Charles Taneo emerged as victors during the 6th Cinemagis Digital Short Film Festival.

Under the banner of Xavier Center for Culture a n d t h e A r t s ( XC C A ) , this year’s festival had 5 entries for the professional categor y and 8 student films screened at Xavier University Little Theater ( X U LT ) a n d S M C D O Cinema 3 from Januar y 24-25.

The awarding ceremony was held at SM City Event Center during its last day.

Festival winners “Ika-3 Putahi (Recipe No. 3) was hailed as the Best Short Film- Professional Category. It also garnered 6 other awards: B est Art D i r e c t i o n , B e s t S t o r y, Best Editing, Best Sound Scoring, Best Director for Joeromer Bacus and Best Actor for Rusty Quintana.

As a psycho-thriller, “Ika-3 Putahi” underscores the consequences of an unrequited affection and tells a journey to the limitation of one’s sanity.

“Lugdang” (Drowned)

by Gray-em Erezo received the 2nd Best Short Film award and reaped the awards for Best

Cinematography and Best Actress for Kris Gebe.

The Special Jury Award for Social Responsibility on Climate Change also w e nt t o “Lu g d a n g” f or t a c k l i n g t h e a f t e r m at h of Typhoon Sendong.

The 3rd Best Short Film went to “Hello” by Kevin Nico Surposa from Iligan City.

“Panamilit” (Farewell)

by Tat Soriano won the B est Poster.

Winners for student categor y On the other hand, the B est Student Short Film went to “Wa Ko Kakita” (I Haven’t Seen It) by Eastine Charles Taneo from Liceo d e C a g ay an Un i ve r s it y (LdeCU). It also won 3 other awards: Best Stor y, B est Director for Taneo and B est Actor for R ay Anthony Vacalares.

‘Wa Ko Kakita’ is a film patterned after the legend of the pineapple but with s ome interesting twists and a modern appeal to the audience.

“Kaon Ta” (Let’s Eat)

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can be used by the affected motorists," he added.

At the same time, the MMDA chief appealed on motorists to be more patient in dealing with the expected worsening traffic condition in the metropolis.

"Ang kailangan ay pasensya sa mga motorista," he said, adding they will also ask the proponents of the project to provide traffic enforcers to assist the motorists.

During the RDC meeting attended by Tolentino and 13 Metro Manila mayors, the Council gave its go-signal to several infrastructure projects to be undertaken by the Department of Public Works and Highways (DPWH) and Department of Transportation and Communication (DOTC).

These include the Light Railway Transit (LRT) 2 East Extension Project, LRT-1 North Extension Project Common Station, Integrated Transport System Terminals (North and South), C-5 to McKinley Ramps, Skyway 3, and Bonifacio Global City to Ortigas Center Link

from page 1 the city’s businessmen a little more time to settle their payments, given the significant increase in the amount of taxes they have to pay this year compared to the previous years.

The request of the business sector was endorsed

by City Administrator Roy Hilario O. Raagas upon the recommendation of the City Treasurer’s Office.

It was also favorably endorsed by the committees on trade, commerce and cooperatives chaired by Councilor Edna M. Dahino, on finance and ways and means chaired by Councilor President D. Elipe.

MMDA... from page 2

To address the traffic problem if the construction of these project will start, Tolentino said the MMC will be calling a Traffic Summit on the first week of February to formulate the Traffic Management Plan in preparation for the simultaneous construction of infrastructure projects.

"We have to plan alternate routes and rerouting and we might activate our Mabuhay lanes so that they

from XU landed as the 2nd B est Student Short Film, along with the awards for B est Art Direction, B est Cinematography and Best Editing.

Inspire d f rom a re a l cannibal f rom Japan, Caberte’s film deals with perversion over the human f l e sh and t he app e t ite stirring horror that comes with his uncanny obsession. “ The Perfect Girl” by Janine Banday from XU got the 3rd spot for the B est Student Short Film.

Jocell Sedigo won the B e s t Ac t re s s aw ard for her role in “Binibining Cancer” by John Solomon Legara, also from XU. Lastly, the Best Trailer went to “Perla” by Angel Frances Borres from Xavier University Hig h School (XUHS).

Stepping stone Cinemagis served a s t h e s pr i n g b o a rd f or short films coming from Nor t h e r n Mi n d an a o to b e s cre ene d dur ing t he 6th Cinema Rehiyon, the national film festival organized by the National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA), to b e hoste d by XC CA on Feb 18-22. “ W a K o K a k i t a ,” “ Un aw a ,” “ T h e Pe r f e c t G i r l ,” “ K a o n T a ,”

Road Project, EDSA-North Mindanao interchange.

Among those who attended the RDC meeting were Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, Makati Mayor Jejomar Erwin "JunJun" Binay, Mandaluyong Mayor Benhur Abalos, Pasay Mayor Antonino Calixto, San Juan Mayor Guia Gomez,Pateros Mayor Joey Medina, Marikina Mayor Del de Guzman, Parañaque Mayor Edwin Olivarez, Caloocan Mayor Oscar Malapitan, Pasig Mayor Belen Eusebio, Navotas Mayor John Rey Tiangco, Malabon Mayor Antolin Oreta and Muntinlupa Mayor Jaime Fresnedi.

For his part, Quezon City Mayor Herbert Bautista, chairman of the Traffic Committee of the Metro Manila Council (MMC), the policy-making body of MMDA echoed Tolentino's fear saying motorists will brace for a "traffic riot."

"That's a riot," said Bautista when asked to describe how these infrastructure projects will affect traffic congestion in Metro Manila. (PNA)

BEST OF NORTHMIN.Cinemagis 6 winners (left) Joeromer Bacus - Director of “Ika-3 Putahi” (Recipe No.3) and Eastine Charles Taneo - Director of “Wa Ko Kakita” hold their festival trophies in the recently concluded Cinemagis 6th Digital Short Film Festival in Northern Mindanao, January 25, at the SM City CdeO. Both directors and their films are curated into Cinema Rehiyon 6, the national film festival, with Cagayan de Oro as the host city this year on February 18-22. photo by shaun alejandrae yap uy

“Lugdang,” “Ika-3 Putahi,” along with Butuan City’s “D iskonek” and t he award-winning film thesis of G l e n m ar k D orom a l, “Ang Walay Kahumanang Adlaw” (Infinite Sun) will represent the region in the event.

Cinema Rehiyon forms part of the National Arts Month (NAM) celebration in Februar y.

In addition to giving Northern Mindanao

filmmakers national exposure, Cinemagis a ls o ai me d to promote local talents, voices and culture.

To t h i s e n d , t h e festival jurors, Dr. Steven Patrick “Tibo” Fernandez, Felimon B. Bl anco and Rudolph Alama Gutierrez, together with Hobar t Savior, the XCCA director, conducted a forum with the filmmakers to share s ome i ns i g ht s and t ip s

on how to improve one’s cinematic language and aesthetics.

“What is very important is the passion to pursue filmmaking. Keep on elevating your standards and prepare yourself for criticisms because that’s the only way to improve your craft,” Dr. Fernandez said, adding that today’s generation of filmmakers must challenge the mainstream cinema.

Get closer to your pupils through your story

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By VILMA L. LAREDE Lumbia Central School, Lumbia, CdeO City

elivering school lessons are more effective if pupils are, of course, interested in learning. It is similar to the fact that children would prefer on colorful pictures rather than the plain ones.

Pupils would rather listen to fruitful lessons rather than the plain delivery of lessons or on a simple presentation of ideas.

In situation like this, it is much nicer for a teacher to add some ornaments in her lessons in order for it to be more understandable, clear and listening-worthy to the pupils.

These add-ons may be in the form of examples, like situations or fictional scenarios. In addition, children will learn critical thinking through analyzing these add-ons.

Moreover, another suggested method is sharing a teacher's own experiences to her students. These will make her lesson more interesting and as well, make her future lessons a something to be looked forward to.

This method is effective because with the teacher as a subject, pupils will be encouraged to listen. It might

interest them with her talk giving them an idea where she came from and how was her life when she was still young as them.

In most cases, this method also enhances her relationship to the pupils by letting them know more about her.

They might also relate to her experience, on her actions with regards on that situation, learn from it or be inspired on what she have become after that sharing of small history.

Further, pupils will be looking forward to the teacher's next class.

They will be interested that this would help the teacher gain their attention and giving sense also to her future lessons.

A good and little look-back on her life that has been once a lesson to a teacher would possibly be a new good lesson to her pupils. In the classroom, beyond school lessons are teaching proper attitude and values and enhancing good, harmonious relationship with the pupils. A teacher can give this through sharing her story.

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