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‘Vinta’ damage DAMAGE to agriculture caused by tropical storm ‘Vinta’ in Regions VIII, IX, X, XI and CARAGA has now climbed to P1,3,07,319,391.11, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said in an update Monday afternoon.

Most of the damages were sustained by rice and corn fields in the affected regions, NDRRMC executive director Ricardo Jalad disclosed.

Also, damage to infrastructure to Regions IX, X, and XI were placed at P242,695,110 while 6,850 houses, 3,641 totally and 3,209 partially, were reported damaged in MIMAROPA, Regions IX, X, XI and the ARMM. Affected families were also placed at 168,081 or equivalent to 794,613 persons residing in 1,151 barangays in MIMAROPA, Regions VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, ARMM and the CARAGA.

Supply contract ABOITIZ POWER Corp. said its subsidiary has signed a 20-megawatt (MW) renewable energy supply agreement with South Cotabato’s electric cooperative, which is aiming to balance its power generation mix.

“With Hedcor’s 69MW Manolo Fortich hydro power plant in Bukidnon wrapping up its construction, [South Cotabato II Electric Cooperative, Inc.] Socoteco II is looking forward to receiving their energy supply by 2018,” AboitizPower said in a statement on Monday.

Socoteco II currently serves General Santos City and the municipalities of Sarangani, Tupi, and Polomolok in South Cotabato.

Hedcor, Inc.’s hydropower facility in Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon is now on its commissioning phase.

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AVA O C i t y — Marawi City would have been the pilot area for a three billion peso telecommunications project in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) but investors opted to make the ARMM government compound in Cotabato City as its pilot area instead due to the Marawi Siege, the Regional Board of Investments (RBOI) said.

DUSK. Low tide prevails in the morning of January 3 at the Cagayan de Oro Coastal Road as dusk turns to dawn in this first sunrise of the year. The first two mornings of 2018 were hampered by rain clouds caused by tropical depression Agaton. photo by mark francisco

Duterte tackles trade, security issues with Indon diplomat DAVAO City - Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi paid a courtesy call on President Rodrigo Duterte at the Presidential Guest

House here on Wednesday, January 3.

During their meeting, both President Duterte and the Indonesian Foreign Minister

In a press release, the ARMMRBOI announced it approved P3.2 billion worth of investments in 2017, 53% higher than P2.11 billion in 2016. bid/PAGE 11

agreed to elevate cooperation on trade, maritime security, education, and in eradicating terrorism. diplomat/PAGE 11

Davao Region focused on boosting output of cacao, coffee, coco crops

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO, Correspondent

DAVAOCity—TheDepartment of Trade and Industry in the Davao Region is focusing on developing cacao, coffee

and coconut next year via the provision of about P34 million in shared-service facilities.

The agency’s regional

director, Maria Belenda Q. Ambi, said last week that these facilities will focus on improving the marketability of the crops. output/PAGE 11

STATELESS NO MORE. Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi (left) and Consul General Berlian Napitupulu award a passport to an Indonesian resident in Balut Island, Davao Occidental during ceremonies on Wednesday (January 3) at the House of Indonesia in Davao City. mindanews photo by antonio l. colina iv

M’danao journos get training on extractive industries reporting

By MARK FRANCISCO, Staff Writer

EXTRACTIVE INDUSTRY REPORTING. Participants to the 4 days seminar-workshop on Covering the Extractive Industries Mindanao leg being held at Tavern Hotel, Surigao City January 3 to 6, 2017. philippine press institute photo

SURIGAO City -- More than a dozen journalists from all over Mindanao attended a four-day seminar workshop on how to cover and report on the extractive industries in the country as organized by the Philippine Press Institute (PPI).

Here in the Philippines, the biggest players in the extractive industry aside from the mining sectors, both large-scale and small-scale, are dredging and sand and gravel quarrying.

PPI executive director training/PAGE 9

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Poor drainage triggers Iligan New Year flooding

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LIGAN City — Poor drainage system that could not cope with heavy rainfall triggered the flooding in this city on Tuesday (January 2) during the onset of Tropical Depression Agaton.

Residents in several barangays were alarmed as floodwaters began to slowly creep into their homes in the evening of January 1, until early dawn the next day.

Several residents in Barangay Tibanga recalled that the heavy downpour that started at around 1 a.m. and continued until the morning, causing the village’s drainage to overflow.

A resident in neighboring Brgy. Palao also blamed the flooding on the “overflowing creeks due to trashes clogging the canals.”

City Councilor Renato

Ancis, chair of the infrastructure committee, said the City Council would ask Mayor Celso G. Regencia to purchase a suction truck to de-

clog the city’s waterways, including canals and creeks.

Councilor Ancis sees the need to allocate an amount for the repair and

improvement of the city’s drainage system in the 2018 local budget.

A total of 783 families or 3,689 individuals have been evacuated

after the knee-deep flooding swamped their homes, according to the City Social Welfare and Development office.

(Irma S. Boza/PNA)

The victims were identified as Leandro Licayan, 32, and his sister Nelie Anaya, 41. The suspects were identified as Charlie Bularon, 47, and his son Jason, 17.

According to initial police investigation, Licayan stormed the Bularons’ residence to demand an explanation

on a land issue. The confrontation escalated into a heated argument that allegedly led to the death of the victim.

Police said the suspects used an “improvised double blade knife and unknown firearm” in killing Licayan, who succumbed to wounds on shootings/PAGE 11

Shootings greet New Year in Region 10

By JIGGER JERUSALEM, PNA

THE New Year’s Day celebration in Northern Mindanao or Region 10 was greeted with incidents

of shootings, although police said it was generally peaceful.

In Bukidnon, the provincial police reported Sunday a stabbing and shooting incidents in Malaybalay City where the victims sustained multiple wounds.

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AS a teacher, teaching children to read is one of my greatest passions. But because most children don’t start actually reading until around six years old, I didn’t want parents to feel pressured that their three-year-old needs to start reading. However, it is a process to implement when you feel your child is ready.

Teaching your child to read is truly a process that

begins at infancy. Begin reading with your newborn withing days of welcoming her home.

Read to your child starting at an early age.

Fill your child’s room with books. Be a good reading role model for your children.

As your children grow, introduce them to books that match their interests and hobbies. Encourage your child to find new books on

their own to read. Get your child a library card.

Look for letters while out and about and in the environment around you.

When teaching letters and letter sounds, incorporate as many senses as possible.

Read a variety of books and make a game out of guessing the genre. Encourage your child to sound out short words (consonant, vowel, consonant).

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The 50 selected children after receiving their Christmas Gifts from RCCV

RCCV Christmas Party, Feeding and Gift Giving to Children

By Joe Palabao

The RCCV members before the gift giving Giving gifts to the children of Bayabas Elementary School are Rtn. Star Camaro, Chairman of the Project, Charter President Romy Basanez and PP Jun Gonzales

AG Toni Estrella, PAG Boc Pineda and Great President Caesar Tacbas 11 acting Santa Klaus to the Children beneficiaries

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ith the support of the Great District Governor Linda Rosales Deleste, the Rotary Club of Carmen Valley under the able leadership of Great President Caesar Tacbas 11 held a Christmas Party, conducted Feeding and Gift Giving to the the fifty (50) selected pupils of Bayabas Elementary School at Jollibee Diversion Road, Kauswagan, Cagayan de Oro City last December 19, 2017.

It was a happy day for the 50 selected pupils from Grades 1-3 of Bayabas Elementary School as they were fed for lunch at Jollibee, received Christmas

gifts and enjoyed the party prepared for them by the kind hearted Rotarians of RCCV. Joyful messages of Christmas, sharing love and inspirational messages were given by the active Rotarian Star Camaro who Chaired the event, AG Toni Estrella and Great President Ceasar Tacbas 11 with the response from their Principal Jenith Q. Balsicas.

The children were very happy of the generous servings from Jollibee, cuisines favorites of the children like Spaghetti and Jollibee meals which they ate with gusto and delight. Much more they appreciated the gift received from

RCCV and entertained RCCV with their dance numbers to the delight of the Rotarians.

The kind hearted Rotarians present were CP Romy Basanez and spouse Linda, PP Jun Gonzales with spouse, AG Toni Estrella, President Ceasar Tacbas 11, PAG Boc Pineda, Rtn. Star Camaro, Chairperson of the Event and Rtn Joe Palabao.

On the side of Department of Education, Region X, Division of Cagayan de Oro North District, Bayabas Elementary School were School Principal Jenith Q. Balsicas with teachers Regins B. Solirig, Christopher

Great President Caesar Tacbas 11 giving his Christmas message

C. Saberilla, Liza P. Dosdos, Christie J. Baltazar, Amalia D. Sumalpong, Gina T. Ubarco and Ma. Luisa A. Veloso.

Amidst constraints RCCV made the Project a very successful one and the joy of the children beneficiaries are beyond human comprehension and never to be forgotten by them. Kudos!!!

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One life think a minute

jhan tiafau hurst Think a minute…No one k now s for su re w ho wrote this following statement. Ever y time I quote it, I still have the same amazement.

It’s a g o o d , i m p o r t a n t r e m i n d e r t o u s at t h i s Christmas time.

“He was born in a small, unimportant village, the baby of a teenage girl. He grew up in a low-class, backward area. He worked in a c ar p e nte r s h op u nt i l h e was 30 years old. Then for just 3 years he was a t r av e l i n g t e a c h e r.

He never wrote a book. He never held a political position of r e s p e c t a n d p ow e r. He never owned a home.

He n e v e r h a d h i s o w n f a m i l y. He n e v e r w e n t t o u n i v e r s i t y. He n e v e r

t r av e l e d m o re t h a n 2 0 0 m i l e s f rom t h e pl a c e h e w a s b o r n . He n e v e r d i d any of the things we call s u c c e s s f u l o r g re at .

While he was still a young man, public opinion turned against him. His clos est f r iends ran away and abandoned him. He was b etrayed and given over to his e n e m i e s t o g o t h ro u g h a completely untrue, unfair trial. Then He w a s t or tu re d an d k i l l e d between 2 evil criminals.

Wh i l e he w as dy i ng , h is executioners gambled for the only thing he owned on e ar t h: his co at. Then after he was dead he was put in a borrowed grave.

About 2000 years now have come and gone, y e t t o d ay h e’s s t i l l t h e most famous, important person of the human race. All the armies that h av e e v e r m a rc h e d , a l l the navies that have ever sailed, and all the g ov e r n m e nt s a n d k i n g s t hat have e ver r u le d, a l l p u t t o g e t h e r, h av e n o t c h a n g e d a s m a ny l i v e s a s t h i s O n e L i f e .” S o today, why not ask Jesus Christ to star t changing y o u r l i f e ? Ju s t T h i n k a M i nu t e …

Ruffy magbanua Do them and we will work together. Do not do them, we will part sooner than later -- President Duterte What is this thing called red tape?

Red tape is a colloquial term for bureaucratic practice of hair splitting or foot dragging. Red tape got its name from the color of the ribbon used in tying voluminous government documents.

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Si mply d e f i n e d, re d tape means going through a l ot of of f i c i a l for ms and procedures before something is accomplished.

An example of red tape is when you have to fill out tons of annoying forms just to get a driver’s license, applying for a loan with the SSS, GSIS, Pag-Ibig or getting a copy of your birth certificate from the NSO. Worse, if you are advised to return the next day to follow-up your papers.

And here’s the worst: returning the next day, you are again told to wait for your papers, only to be told later in the day that your application still lack some more supporting do c uments, or you are simply informed that your application has been disapproved, period.

One classic example

of how the government unfairly t re at ordinar y t axp ayers cou ld b e t he issuance of “return slips”, a practice common in the offices of NSO, Pag-Ibig, Philhealth, DENR, NCIP, DPWH, BUCOR, DepEd and so many other agencies of government.

There was even a time when people seeking for security papers (Secpa) from the NSO would camp out outside of its Gusa of f ices just to b e accommodated first the following day.

If President Duterte has to be followed, he wants to end the long lines in all frontline services, expedite the issuance of driver’s licenses, licensed plates, passports and other public documents necessary for people to do their work and conduct business.

Undoubtedly, this is an awful public service which the government is infamous for.

Red tape breeds a deep culture of corruption and inertia that is hard to eliminate. It is e ven addictive, more than taking up the illegal pill that is shabu.

President Duterte has been pushing for the fasttracking of business permit applications and clearances, a campaign promise aimed at eliminating corruption and the barriers for small and medium businesses to prosper.

T h e pro c e s s of re a l change has started and we are on the second year of the Duterte administration.

L e t’s s e e how D ute r te government could be able to deliver the promise to hotline/PAGE 9

Wishes for 2018 and beyond

ignacio bunye About this time, many of us try to recollect personal and family experiences during the year just ended. It is also now that we renew resolutions and express hope and wishes for the coming year.

As has been our tradition, our family – consisting of Mga Apo ni Terio at Titang Tapia of Victoria, Laguna (on my wife Mira’s side) – met for a Christmas lunch gettogether. Attendees consisted of representatives from 4 generations, ages ranging from 8 to 80.

After lunch, my daughter Frannie presided over a parlor game which she called “Bayong List”. It consisted of

each attendee listing down three wishes (in the order of preference) and dropping them in a tiny bayong.

T h e atte n d e e s we re grouped into 3 with each group trying to correctly guess the person whose wish list was being read. The group with the most correct answers won a special prize.

We had so much fun trying to guess and later discovering who made the wish list being read. On a personal level, I felt much closer to my relatives after knowing a little more about what they wished and aspired for.

As enumerated below, a good many expressed their wish to travel. But some surprised us with their “secret” desires.

Here is the Tapia Family “Bayong List”: Foreign Travel: travel around the world with family, multi-country trip with best friend, live in the countryside in Japan, travel to Japan, visit New York, visit Europe, go to Israel, go to North Africa, go to South America, go to Morocco

Special purpose travel: walk the Camino de Santiago de Compostela (mentioned 3 times), taste different beers around the world Exotic travel destinations: visit the Aztecs, trip to Bhutan, trip to Nepal Special places: Oregon Gravity Falls, visit former Nazi concentration camps Local travel: travel all over the Philippines, go to Batanes High Adventure: go to Antartica, climb Mount Everest, hike to base camp of Mt. Everest, do the UTMB (Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc) Ultra Sports: join the Tour de France, try mix martial arts, try sky-diving Other Sports: try out in Junior NBA, play as a rookie in a university, ride 100 km on bike, go sailing Want to watch: First International Hong Kong Race with Tim Yup, watch NBA game live with family, watch OKC game, watch Potomac Labrador show Secret passion: be a Victoria Secret model, sing in front of an audience, to be

able to sing a tune, dance in public , learn ballet, dance Argentinian tango, do welding Want to meet: Harry Styles, Kobe Bryant Want to own: a 1965 red convertible Mustang, a Subaru Impieza, more dogs Want to ride: ride the Concorde, flight deck ride on an Airbus A380, ride the PNR with friends, ride a glider plane Other wants/wishes: to write a book, to work with specially-impaired children, to find The One, to be a successful person in the future, to be together with friends forever, to landscape burial plot of loved one, to have USA petition approved, to buy a Magic 8 ball, to ride a bicycle, to see snow, to swim with the dolphins.

May all or most of their wishes come true. But they have to work hard to realize them.

Happy New Year to one and all.

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Civil Code and Sharia Law: which should prevail?

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Batas Mauricio LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

Solomon answered…`So give your servant a discerning heart to govern your people and to distinguish between right and wrong. For who is able to govern this great people of yours?’…” (1 Kings 3:6, 9, the Holy Bible).

-ooo CIVIL CODE AND SHARIA LAW: WHICH SHOULD PREVAIL? Can

it really be possible for House Speaker Pantaleon Alvarez Jr. to marry another woman even if his first marriage to his first wife is still existing and has not been annulled yet, since, according to him, he is a Muslim belonging to a Muslim tribe? This is a good question, especially if it is going to be answered in connection with Presidential Decree 1083.

PD 1083 is otherwise known as the “Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines” (or the Muslim Sharia Law) which was passed in 1977 yet by then President Marcos. This law appears to contain a provision governing marriages between Muslims and non-Muslims, similar perhaps to the case of Alvarez and his current legal wife.

According to Art. 13, Section 2 of PD 1083, when

the marriage is between a Muslim and a non-Muslim, the law that will govern them is the Civil Code of the Philippines, and not the Sharia Law. What this appears to convey is that, the prohibition found in the Civil Code against a person’s marrying more than once should be followed. Can Alvarez please give some explanation on this?

-ooo O B L I G AT I O N S O F POLICEMEN UNDER R.A. 7438 (V): Under Section 2 (b) of Republic Act 7438, the directive there is clear: “If such person cannot afford the services of his own counsel, he must be provided with a competent and independent counsel by the investigating officer…” “Such person” under this section refers to someone who was arrested,

invited for questioning, or is being investigated for an offense.

What this means is that, policemen must provide those whom they have arrested the services of a lawyer, free of charge, especially if the arrested persons lack the financial capacity to retain a counsel of their choice. If anyone making the arrest will not comply with this, they will be considered to have violated Republic Act 7438, and will be punished with up to 10 years of imprisonment and barred from government employment for life.

In the course of a custodial investigation, if the police cannot provide those whom they arrested (or invited for questioning) with a free lawyer, they cannot continue their investigation, and are batas/PAGE 9

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UREGOLD Price Club, Inc. will continue the expansion of its supermarket business in 2018 as it plans to open 25 new stores.

“We plan to roll out 25 new Puregold stores in 2018,” Puregold VicePresident for Investor Relations John Marson T. Hao said in an e-mail.

This will be the same number of stores Puregold has targeted to open last year. By the end of September 2017, the company had a total of 352 stores nationwide — comprised of 291 Puregold stores, 13 S&R membership shopping warehouses, 31 S&R New York Style quick service restaurants, nine NE Bodega Supermarkets, and eight Budgetlane Supermarkets.

Aside from expanding the Puregold brand, tycoon Lucio L. Co’s company will also be opening two more S&R warehouses in 2018.

Mr. Hao, however, declined to disclose the locations of the new stores. Last year, Puregold focused on expanding its footprint outside Luzon, as it tried to accelerate growth by entering new geographic areas.

Asked if the company would consider more acquisitions, the Puregold executive said they remain open should opportunities arise.

“We are always on the look out for possible M&A (mergers and acquisitions) of other supermarket chains,” Mr. Hao said.

The listed grocery operator has also given a positive outlook for 2018 given the implementation

of the tax reform program.

“2018 will be exciting due to the tax reform by the government,” Mr. Hao said.

The first package of the Tax Reform for Acceleration and Inclusion program took effect on Jan. 1. The Department of Finance said the new law will allow employees to pocket higher take home pay, starting with those earning lower than

P250,000 annually who will now be exempted from personal taxes.

Analysts said consumer stocks are to directly benefit from the tax reform program as Filipinos have more money to spend.

“Consumer-related sector is almost a given the increased disposable income of the Filipinos,” PCCI Securities Brokers Corp. Research Head

Joseph James F. Lago said in a separate e-mail.

Incorporated in 1998, Puregold’s core business is in the trading of goods, particularly consumer

products such as canned goods, housewares, toiletries, dry goods, food products, pharmaceutical and medical goods on a

Aboitiz’ international unit acquires solar subsidiary

By MYRNA M. VELASCO, Contributor

A NETHERLANDSregistered investment arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation has fully acquired shareholdings in affiliate firm San Carlos Sun Power, Inc. (Sacasun) that developed the 59-megawatt peak solar photovoltaic facility in San Carlos City, Negros Occidental.

It has been disclosed to the Philippine Stock

Exchange (PSE) that Aboitiz Power now owns 100-percent equity in the solar power asset, previously held under SunEdison Philippines Helios B.V. The listed firm noted that AP International and SunE Solar B.V. already “completed the execution of the deed of transfer in the Netherlands aboitiz/PAGE 9

PLDT partners with Huawei

Photo shows a soldier arranging the boxes that were carried via Cebu Pacific Flight 5J379 from Manila to Cagayan de Oro. Since the conflict in Marawi broke out in May 2017, Cebu Pacific has been providing airlift support for cargo of relief goods for affected Marawi residents, notably for the Department of Social Welfare and Development and the Philippine Business for Social Progress. (Photo supplied)

TELECOMS and digital services provider PLDT and its mobile unit Smart Communications have announced Tuesday its $28.5 million partnership with Huawei Technologies to improve the delivery of wireless services to its customers.

The initiative is part of PLDT Group’s capital

expenditure program for 2018 amounting to more than P50 billion that will be used for network improvements and deployment of facilities for fixed line and wireless businesses.

“This partnership will enable PLDT Group’s wireless services under partners/PAGE 9

6 Kalilangan Negosyo Center Launched Advertising and Editorial E-mail : businessweekmindanao@gmail.com Contact nos. : 0917-7121424 • 0947-8935776

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DTI-Bukidnon has launched its Negosyo Center in Kalilangan, Bukidnon on December 28, 2017. It is a Type-C Negosyo Center which will cater the needs of MSMEs in the western part of the province of Bukidnon. The Municipality of Kalilangan is located adjacent to the province of Lanao del Sur. It is the 6th Negosyo Center launched in Bukidnon for the year 2017. Other Negosyo Centers launched in Bukidnon include Impasug-ong, Lantapan, Malitbog, San Fernando and Dangcagan.

A total of 12 Negosyo Centers are presently being operated and maintained

by DTI-Bukidnon, the LGUs concerned, and various stakeholders.

SM reaches out to Typhoon Vinta victims in CDO On December 22, heavy rains flooded the major streets of Cagayan de Oro, rendering most areas unpassable to motorists.

As the rains and floods continued, the SM Group quickly found ways to reach out to affected communities.

SM Prime, together with SM Foundation, SM City Cagayan de Oro, SM CDO Downtown Premier and Savemore then worked on packing goods for relief bags.

Each bag contains food that could easily be consumed – rice, canned

goods noodles and water.

As soon as the evacuation centers were set up, the SM Group immediately distributed bags to 1,000 families in West City Central School and Macasandig Barangay Hall.

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Suzuki Vitara GLX named 2017 Best Subcompact Crossover Editor: GILBERT Y. CHAO

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ar Awards Group Inc. (CAGI) is an award giving body comprised of motoring journalists from various media entities. After a period of three months of rigorous testing by CAGI members, the Suzuki Vitara GLX was named category winner for “Best Subcompact Crossover”.

“Equipped with the longest, and widest dimension in its class with the best radius performance, the features of the new Vitara are aimed at providing the best value in terms of design, performance and fuel efficiency. Setting it apart from competition, the subcompact SUV allows drivers to freely express their individuality and personalize their vehicles with its wide array of colors and accessory packages,” said SPH Automobile Division General Manager Shuzo Hoshikura.

He shares, “Through these, we believe we will enhance the Filipino driving experience, which is at the core of bringing drivers closer to the Suzuki Way of Life. Millennials can look forward to a safe, comfortable and optimum

driving experience that for many years Filipinos have anticipated with the nextgeneration Vitara.”

Faithful to Suzuki SUV’s original styling, the exterior design of the new Vitara exudes a strong yet sophisticated presence achieved through the modernized Suzuki SUV signature clamshell bonnet.

The side press lines and smooth roofline suggest a youthful, rugged look, and strong aerodynamic performance, respectively, complemented by the rear that gives off a stable look.

The new Vitara has an overall width of 1,775mm, height of 1,610mm, length of 4,175mm and a minimum ground clearance of 185mm, making it the longest and widest in its class with the best turning radius performance.

The interiors combine muscular contours and a sporty feel. The instrument panel conveys a youthful look with its upper linear design that includes a round clock and a round air outlet.

The seats use high-quality fabric, with the GLX model featuring a combination of leather and suede-type fabric for an even classier feel. The Vitara GLX also

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features a panoramic sunroof designed with two glass panels that can be both slid to provide the biggest opening in its class and added premium to the unit.

The interior design fuses comfort and utility.

All variants feature 6-speed automatic transmission, paddle shifter and audio steering control.

The new Vitara’s Infotainment audio system ensures a more enjoyable ride. Besides handsfree connectivity, the system packs navigation, Bluetooth audio and a USB port. The GLX variant enable on-thego connectivity through its Wi-Fi support while the MirrorLink function links the rider’s smartphone with the SUV’s Android based infotainment system.

Available in 10 inches for GLX, the biggest in its class, while GL+ and GL variants may enjoy the same features at 7 inches.

The luggage space can accommodate up to 375L, expandable by lowering the luggage board or removing the dividers on both sides of the luggage area. To accommodate large suitcases, the rear seats can be folded to make way for up to 710L.

The new Suzuki Vitara GLX delivers enhanced safety on the road. It model’s 6-point airbag system comprising of dual, curtain and side airbags for the driver and passenger provides greater protection.

The Vitara also features cruise control system and speed limiter, ultrasonic sensors in the front and rear bumpers with reverse camera that detect obstacles during parking, an automatic light system that turns headlamps and tail lamps on and off, and automatic wipers triggered depending on the extent of rainfall and vehicle speed.

The SUV’s electronic stability program (ESP) automatically controls the engine torque and brakes upon detection of a wheelslip to ensure the driver maintains directional control. The hillhold control helps the driver to prevent the vehicle from rolling backward on an upward climb.

In the event of a collision, the new Vitara has an impact-absorbing design focused on the front bumpers. The brake pedal release system limits the pedal’s movement toward the driver in case

of a frontal impact. For further protection for the occupants, the Vitara’s Total Effective Control Technology (TECT) absorbs impact and the seatbelts use force limiter to mitigate impact to the chest.

Boasting the lightest curb weight in its category, the new Vitara delivers enhanced fuel efficiency.

The SUV’s updated 1.6-liter engine is designed to deliver the highest torque performance of 156Nm at 4,400rpm and best maximum output in its class at 115hp at 6,000rpm. The newly developed 6-speed AT system ensures better response to the 1.6L-petrol engine. These combined address the challenges of city driving and traffic through reduced friction, weight and idling speed, all toward achieving better fuel economy.

“Equipped with top of the line features, the new Vitara will enable the Filipino driving public to freely express their individuality through its unique design and a wide selection of colors to choose from. Apart from this, the Vitara is designed with enhanced safety features and superior fuel efficiency.

Backed by all these features, we are hopeful that the new Vitara will appeal to the Philippine market especially among millennials,” Suzuki Motor Corporation Global Automobile Planning Department General Manager Nobutaka Suzuki says.

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No interest rate impact seen from tax reform

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HE BANGKO SENTRAL ng Pilipinas (BSP) will not have to adjust interest rates despite inflation pressures from tax reform that has just taken effect, a senior central bank official said, explaining that easing restrictions on rice imports could offset the impact of higher levies on basic goods.

The first of up to five planned tax reform packages — Republic Act No. 10963 — kicked in on Monday, which is expected to generate P82.3 billion in additional revenues in its first year of implementation.

The measure reduces personal income taxes for those earning below P2 million, alongside a simpler system for computing donor and estate taxes.

Foregone revenues will be offset by the removal of some value-added tax exemptions; increased tax rates for fuel, automobiles, tobacco, coal, minerals, documentary stamps, foreign currency deposit units, capital gains for stocks not in the stock exchange, and stock transactions; and new taxes for sugar-sweetened drinks and cosmetic enhancements.

BSP Deputy Governor Diwa C. Guinigundo said higher taxes on consumer goods will likely drive up inflation, but not at an alarming rate as far as the

central bank is concerned.

“We anticipate that the impact on inflation is less than one ppt (percentage point). But that hardly justifies a monetary response from the BSP because the impact is on the supply side,” Mr. Guinigundo said in a mobile phone message when asked about the impact of the tax reform law.

“We shall consider adjusting our monetary stance when second-round effects are triggered because the demand side would be upset, generating demand pressure for higher wages and higher transport fares,” he added.

Split into up to five tranches, the entire tax reform program is designed to shift the burden to those who can afford to pay more, while raising additional revenues that will help finance the government’s ambitious P8.44-trillion infrastructure development effort until 2022.

The government has kept its annual inflation target at 2-4% for 2018 despite the expected impact of the first tax reform package.

In particular, the BSP sees full-year inflation averaging 3.4% this year, picking up from the 3.2% expected for the entire 2017.

Mr. Guinigundo said this showed that tax reform will not have much impact on overall price increases

such that the central bank would have to step in.

The Monetary Board has kept its policy stance unchanged since September 2014, except for procedural cuts to key rates for the shift to an interest rate corridor scheme in June 2016.

Manageable inflation and firm domestic demand has allowed the BSP to stand pat on policy settings, as these remain supportive of robust economic growth.

GAME CHANGER On the flip side, Mr. Guinigundo said monetary authorities expect price pressures from higher taxes to be offset by a proposed law that seeks to allow a bigger supply of cheap rice to enter the Philippine market. “[I]f Congress is able to pass the rice tariffication bill early enough this year, that could be a game changer because liberalizing rice imports would have the effect of cheapening the general price of rice which accounts for nearly nine percent of the consumer basket,” said the BSP official, who is an alternate member of the National Food Authority Council that sets rules and regulations for rice importation.

“Our initial estimate puts it at around 1 ppt reduction, which on balance could provide some counterweight to the

inflationary pressure of the higher excise tax on fuel.”

Quantitative restrictions on rice imports — part of a preferential trade deal secured by the Philippines since 1995 — currently allows the country to limit the volume of rice imports every year in order to shield local farmers from cheap foreign rice.

Once lifted, individuals and businesses can import additional volumes of the crop, but will have to pay a higher tariff.

The BSP has been backing the lifting of rice quantitative restrictions as it would have “beneficial” effects to inflation.

Tariffs collected by the government are expected to support mass irrigation, warehousing, and rice research, Mr. Guinigundo added.

On balance, Mr. Guinigundo said the tax reform is expected to fund additional infrastructure projects that would “increase potential output” of the Philippine economy, and will eventually mitigate price pressures in the long run.

Aggressive public spending and equally upbeat household consumption are expected to spur annual economic growth to a faster 7-8% up to 2022, keeping the Philippines one of Asia’s fastest-growing economies.

Managing a Classroom with a Conducive Learning Environment

By Cheryl C. Magbanua

Classroom management is a term teachers use to describe the process of ensuring that classroom lessons run smoothly without disruptive behavior from students compromising the delivery of instruction.(Wikipedia) One of the challenges of the teachers is keeping the classroom environment that is coducive to student success and learning.

Classroom management starts during the first day of school. As part of the classroom management plan, rapport has to be

established between teacher and students. Classroom rules and regulations shall be formulated by teacher and students. They should be clear, precise and agreed by the students and teacher.

T hus , cl ass ro om r u le s and regulation shall be formulated democratically and sha l l have log ic a l consequences.In this way, student behavior has been set to its reasonable limit.

Students need not only a conducive environment for learning, but also a non-threatening climate

w he re i n ma k i ng t he m feel they belong in that classroom. Having this climate in the classroom, respect and acceptance rule the class.

Classroom management may be affected by how the seats are arranged in the classroom. Arrangement can be by pair, by row boys are separated from the girls, can be alphabetical order, can be by height, etc. Seating arrangement is set in order to promote teacher-student interactions, to ensure that conflict in the class is

prohibited and to minimize re p e at e d d i s t r a c t i on s .

Seating arrangement is also organize in a way that the teacher can easily roam around and monitor students’ behavior.

There is no specific effective classroom management. It’s freestyle which involves trial and error to find what really works for students. Afterall, our main objective here is to let students feel they are in an en environment that allows them to learn, achieve, and succeed.

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Training...

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On the third day of the leg, journalists toured the Taganito mining site in Claver, Surigao del Norte.

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Ariel Sebellino said that the Mindanao leg of the January 3 to 6 seminar was held in Surigao del Norte because it is the site of one of the biggest mines in the island, operated by Taganito Mining Corporation under the umbrella of Nickel Asia.

T h e s e l f - r e g u l at o r y organization of community newspapers in the country, PPI periodically conducts training programs and organizes educational activities for Filipino journalists, seeks to protect their rights and freedoms in the pursuit of their practice, creates and introduces opportunities for the development of the journalist as a practitioner.

Aside from reaching out to mainstream journalists, PPI trainers in 2017 also toured universities around the country and conducted awareness seminars on fake news to communication students.

Sebellino said that in this particular leg, PPI is orienting journalists on the government’s recent efforts to create transparency in the extractive industry.

For that, PPI is partnering with independent watchdog Extractive Transparency Initiative to assist journalists on how to look for sources regarding the matter.

In her talk, Extractive Transparenc y Initiative Philippine coordinator Ma. Karla Espinosa said her group publishes periodic reports on the expenditures of all the mining companies in the country including funds that would go to the community dubbed as the Social Development and Management Program.

Espinosa encouraged journalists to dig into these reports to see for themselves how transparent a mining

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change in the next four years.

2017 was loaded with strong messages of change appreciated by many, but frowned by the elite few.

We enjoined the ride just the same, but we will make sure we are in touch with rhetorics as it m e t a m or p h o s i s i nt o reality. Hopefully. (ruffy44_ ph2000@yahoo.com)

Batas... from page 4

obliged to hold in custody those they arrested only within the periods provided for by Art. 125 of the Revised Penal Code.

-ooo STORIES ABOUT GOD’S COMING TO EARTH, IN THE FORM OF MAN (I): The prime stories from the Bible which deal with God’s coming to earth from heaven, in the form of man, with flesh and blood, can be summed in 18 parts, in general. These are the announcement of the coming to earth of Jesus; visitation of Elizabeth by Mary; birth of Jesus; presentation of Jesus in the Temple; and finding of Jesus in the Temple.

Then, we also have the baptism of Jesus at the Jordan River; wedding at Cana; proclamation of the Kingdom and the power of God; transformation of the appearance of Jesus; Holy Union between Jesus and his human believers; prayer in agony by Jesus; scourging of Jesus at the pillar; putting a crown of thorns on the head of Jesus; carrying of the cross; and crucifixion and death of Jesus on the cross.

Finally, we also have the

RA Form No. 10 (LCRO) Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of lAGONGLONG -oOoOffice of the Municipal Civil Registrar NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

In compliance with section 5 of R.A. Act No. 9048, a Notice is hereby served to the public that VENUS AGCOPRA PLANTAS has filed with this Office a Petition for Change of First Name from FELIPE VENUS to VENUS in the Birth Certificate of FELIPE VENUS AGCOPRA PLANTAS who was born on September 20, 1954 at Langonglong, Misamis Oriental and whose parents DIOSCORO A. PLANTAS and REMERIA L. AGCOPRA. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than fifteen (15) days from the start of the first publication .

SGD. REX R. VALMORES

Municipal Civil Registrar

BWM: Jan. 5 & 12, 2018 Republic of the Philippines Region X Province of Lanao del Norte Municipality of Kapatagan Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar R.A10172(Month/Date of Birth) NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with the Rule 7 of R.A 10172, A Notice is hereby served to the public that ELMA B. CASPE has filed with this office a Petition for Correction of Clerical Error-Change of Month/Date of Birth from “OCTOBER 10, 1957” to “JANUARY 10, 1957“ in the Certificate of Live Birth of MANUEL GONZALES CASPE JR. who was born on JANUARY 10, 1957 at KAPATAGAN, LANAO DEL NORTE and whose parents are MANUEL MAINAR CASPE and DELECIOSA LIM GONZALES.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later than 15 days.

SGD. IVY R. TONGCO

Municipal Civil Registrar BWM: Jan. 5 & 12, 2018

resurrection of Jesus; His ascent to heaven; and the outpouring of the Holy Spirit in the form of tounges of fire.

We will endeavor to clarify these stories one by one, so that parents will have a better understanding of them, enabling them to narrate it clearly to their own children!

-ooo FOR QUESTIONS, REACTIONS: If anyone would like to ask me any question about what the burning issues of the day mean, or what we have discussed here, or to consult on any problem, whatever it maybe, please call 0917 984 24 68, or email me at batasmauricio@yahoo.com, or post your concerns at www.facebook.com/attybatas.

Promise, I will answer right away. Thank God in the Name of Jesus, Amen!

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following the fulfillment of the closing conditions under the share purchase agreement (SPA) dated December 20, 2017.”

The Aboitiz firm said “the SPA and the deed of transfer are subject to approvals from the creditors of SUNE under the secured senior superiority debtor-in-possession credit agreement dated as of April 26, 2016 between SUNE, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch and the creditors of SUNE.” SUNE is t he p arent company of SunE Solar and SunEdison Philippines that became the Aboitiz group’s original partner in developing

the San Carlos utility scale solar PV project.

The company reiterated that the firming up of the deal “results to Aboitiz Power Corporation owning 1 0 0 - p e rc e nt b e n e f i c i a l ownership” in the Sacasun solar power facility.

AP qualified that “the value of the transaction is based on the parties’ agreed enterprise vaue for SunEdison Philippines and its assets, net of the amount incurred

by ARI (Aboitiz Renewables, Inc.) for the acquisition of Sacasun’s loan from BDO.” ARI is the original Aboitiz Group s u b s i d i ar y t h at invested in Maaraw Holdings San Carlos Inc. and Sacasun in the solar farm venture.

t o i mprov e d c u s t om e r experience.

“By le verag ing de ep understanding of PLDT and our worldwide experience, Hu a w e i p r o p o s e d o u r industr y leading OCS (online charging system) and eLoad Solutions to accelerate PLDT’s evolution in the Digital Market through this Transformation Program,”

according to Wilson Wang, President of Huawei Revenue Management product line.

Huawei Revenue Management S oftware Solutions, including O CS and eLoad, enable the services of more than 1.7 billion subscribers at over 190 communication ser vice providers across 107 countries. (PNA)

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the brands PLDT, Smart, Sun and TNT to become much more agile, efficient and resilient in developing and delivering a growing array of digital services,” PLDT Chairman and CEO Manuel V. Pangilinan said in a statement.

Under the agreement, Hu aw e i w i l l i mprov e Smart Communications’ online charging platforms and el e c t ron i c l o a d i ng for prepaid subscribers for 15 months through consolidating similar applications for different brands under one system and streamlining business processes through a unified platform. This will enable PLDT to of fer bundled wireless services efficiently and quickly resulting

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT Regional Trial Court of Misamis Oriental Cagayan de Oro City

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE JUDGE NOTICE OF HEARING

Notice is hereby given that a summary hearing on the petitions for Notarial Commision of the Following Notaries Public shall be held on January 11, 2018 at 2:00 in the afternoon at the Office of the Executive Judge. Any person who has any cause or reason to object to the grant of the petition may file a verified written opposition thereto, recieved by the undersigned before the date of the summary hearing 1. ATTY. KRISTINE T. GAUDIEL 2. ATTY. MALUCAR P. BALITON-ISIDRA 3. ATTY. JENNEVIEVE JANE R. MAGLINAO 4. ATTY. JOSE B. SABANAL Let a copy of this notice be published once in a newspaper of general circulation prior to the hearing, per A.M. No. 03-8-02-SC, at the expense of the petitioner/s.

Given this 3rd day of January 2018 at Cagayan de Oro City, PHilippines

SGD. MARITES FILOMENA B. RANA-BERNALES

1st Vice Executive Judge BWM: Jan. 5, 2018 Republic of the Philippines Province of Misamis Oriental Municipality of Lugait -oOoOffice of the Municipal Civil Registrar

R.A10172(Month/Date of Birth) NOTICE OF PUBLICATION

In compliance with the publication requirements and pursuant to OCRG Memorandum Circular no. 2013-1, Guidelines in the implementation of the Administrative Order No. 1 Series of 2012 (IRR of RA 10172). Notice is hereby served to the public that ERNESTO VELLANOSA OLIVEROS has filed with this office, a petition for Correction of Entry in Sex from FEMALE to MALE in the Certificate of Live Birth of ERNESTO VELLANOSA OLIVEROS and whose parents are PEDRO OLIVEROS and GREGORIA VELLANOSA.

Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than JAN. 17, 2017.

BWM: Jan. 5 & 12, 2018

SGD. ALMA MONSANTO-CADILE Municipal Civil Registrar

0935 161 3398

856-3344 / 74-53-80

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T h e A R M M ’s t o p investor this year is TierOne Communications International, Inc. (Tier1), which will provide cellular services, broadband c o n n e c t i v i t y, w i r e l e s s internet, and public WiFi in the five-province, two-city region.

The company said it will proceed to Marwai at the appropriate time,” in step with the government’s rehabilitation efforts in the devastated city.

Tier1 is not only the top investor this year, it is also the second highest investment project in the 27-year old ARMM, after Al Sahar AgriVentures, which invested P3.7 billion in banana plantations in Maguindanao in 2015.

The press release said the telecoms project will create lot of potential jobs in the downstream telecoms industry “since Business Process Outsourcing or BPO remains as the country’s best job generator in 2017.”

The second top ARMM investor in 2017 is the B a n g s a m o r o Te r m i n a l Services, Inc. which is putting up a P129 million port-related services project in Polloc Port, Parang, Maguindanao, providing efficient logistics support to the thriving businesses in Cotabato City and nearby municipalities in Maguindanao.

Other notable ARMM investments in 2017 are the water treatment plant and bulk water supply project (P40-M) of Mactan Rock TGV Builders Corporation in Maguindanao; general cargo vessel with a capacity of 494 metric tons. providing shipping services to traders in Tawi-Tawi (P33.5-M) of J. Sayang Shipping Lines, Inc.; and aquamarine cold storage and fish processing facility (P32-M) of Abing Seafood Cold Storage, also in Tawi-Tawi.

A total of 1,877 jobs are expected to be created from the projects registered in 2017, ARMM-RBOI said.

In 2018, ARMM-RBOI e x p e c t s to have “go o d investment results if the Marawi rehabilitation and reconstruction will push through starting next year because we hope to register the firms who will participate in the reconstr uction,” ARMM-RBOI chair and managing head Ishak Mastura said Mastura said these projects “will amount to billions of pesos and will certainly lift the investment profile of the ARMM.” Mastura said agriculturebased projects are still the most in demand among investors in the region based on the investment proposals received for 2018.

“We also foresee projects related to infrastructure, energy, as well as banking and finance linked to rebuilding war-ravaged Marawi City.” he added.

President Rodrigo Duterte this year approved the ARMM Investment Priorities Plan

(IPP) for 2017 to 2019.

Mastura said they included in the IPP a “full list of relevant priority projects that we believe can drive socioeconomic growth considering that most of the areas in the ARMM are less developed.” “ This will encourage investors to put their financial capital in the region due to the incentives they will enjoy once their companies become operational,” Mastura said.

In 2017, the RBOI together with the Philippine Business for Social Progress (PBSP) and Hineleban Foundation started the implementation of the Brokering Business Investments in the Bangsamoro to achieve Inclusive Development and Growth (BRIDGe) Program in the ARMM funded by the Australian government (Australian Aid)-Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT).

The program highlights the development of the Business Sustainability Framework in the Bangsamoro (BSFB), a document that outlines recommendations to potential investors on how to initiate new business in the region.

ARMM Governor Mujiv Hataman said his administration will continue to advocate and promote investments in 2018 despite issues on peace and security “by providing an environment that is conducive for business.”

(MindaNews)

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President Duterte also expressed his interest anew in the resumption of the Philippines-Indonesia routes to further strengthen trade between the two countries.

While declaring that t h e re h a bi l it at i on an d reconstruction efforts in Marawi are in full swing, President Duterte said that he wants to intensify maritime security in cooperation with Indonesia as foreign and local terrorists continue to enter and exit the country despite the military efforts to go after these elements.

President Duterte had also expressed his interest in providing scholarship for Muslim students, particularly to those who are enrolled in the Madrasa institutions.

Me anw h i l e , Fore i g n Minister Marsudi expressed her interest in pursuing the joint education program between the Philippines and Indonesia to “spread the Islamic values” in Southeast Asian nations.

S h e a d d e d t h at t h e Indonesian government w a nt e d t o c o n f e r 3 0 0 passports for Indonesian descents living in Mindanao.

Marsudi was accompanied

by Indonesian Embassy in Manila Charge d’ affaires Budi Dhewajani, Consul General for Indonesian Embassy in Davao Berlian Napitupulu, and Indonesia Ministry of Foreign Affairs Director for Southeast Asian Affairs Deni Abdi, among others.

Undersecretary Enrique Manalo of the Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA), Un d e r s e c r e t a r y L o r n a

Dino and Director Marge Ballesteros of the Department of Education (DepEd) were also present during the meeting. (PND)

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“(The projects) are still subject to review,” Ms. Ambi said, noting that 2018 funding is about the same as the levels in 2015, the last time its budget was raised by the national office.

This year, the agency was able to fund P1.22 million in shared-service facilities, which were focused on dairy production in the city and virgin coconut oil in Compostela Valley.

The provision of sharedservice facilities hopes to enhance the output of micro, small and medium enterprises and to make their products more competitive. A facility is provided to a group of producers to maximize its use.

In the cacao industry, the city government is hoping to build on the gains made

by Davao products on the international market. Davao City Mayor Sara Z. DuterteCarpio has set aside P2 million to fund the cacao production program of the city government.

“We have exponentially grown our economy since the discovery of our potential to produce cacao and chocolate products. As we can supply at least 80% of our country’s total cacao demand, Davao Region is now moving towards becoming the Chocolate Capital of the Philippines,” said Ms. Duterte as the city government opened a cacao outlet at its Pasalubong Center.

According to the Philippine Statistics Authority, the region produced 5,073.83 metric tons last year out of the 6,262.77 metric-ton national total.

T he st r ate g y of t he industry, said Valente D. Turtur, Cacao Industr y Development Association of Mindanao, Inc. executive director, is to improve production with buyers seeking more volume.

To do this, cacao producers — about 20,000 farmers in the region — need to plant highyielding quality seedlings, he added.

Coffee industry stakeholders have urged pro ducers to fo c us on producing the so-called specialty coffee as well as enhance the quality of the beans.

In late October, Pacita U. Juan, president of the Philippine Coffee Board, said that the government must help provide facilities to enhance the quality of the crop.

Ms. Juan said the easiest way to do this is to allow coffee producers to tap the research and development facilities of state universities.

The coconut industry, on the other hand, has also been pushing for the establishment of facilities that will help coconut growers in the development of high-value products.

Migdonio C. Clamor, Jr., Davao Region Coconut Industry Cluster executive director, earlier said that aside from rehabilitating coconut farms, there is also a need to help farmers add value to their products and not rely on copra.

Mr. Clamor said that some producers have abandoned copra production by selling whole nuts, saving on labor costs. A few of them, on the other hand, have ventured into producing coconut textiles, sugar both from sap and shell and other similar products.

He said a community in Pantukan, Compostela Valley has started producing these

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Gingoog City OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT & EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF

NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. 229-2017

Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under ACT 3135 as amended by Act 4118, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-ibig Fund) with Branch office address at Pag-ibig Fund Bldg. J.R Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City , represented by its Dept. Manager Reynaldo P. Cue, against ROGELIO Y BAGUIO married to MERLINDA R. BAGUIO, both of legal age, Filipino citizen, resident of Lot 34, PCS-10-001369, Saa State Subdivision Poblacion, Barangay 26, Gingoog City, Misamis Oriental to satisfy the Mortgage indebtedness which as of JUne 27, 2017, have amounted to ONE MILLION SIX HUNDRED EIGHTY TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED THIRTY THREE PESOS AND 17/100 (P 1,682,233.17) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges as of June 27, 2017, excluding foreclosure expenses and other monetary obligation.

The undersigned Sheriff will sell at Public Auction on January 22, 2018, to the highest bidder for CASH at 9:00 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, F. Dugencio St., Gingoog City, the following properties with all the improvements existing thereon, to wit:` TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-9492 A PARCEL OF LAND, (Lot 34, Pos-10-001369, being a portion of a lots 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,17,18,22,23,24,25,26,27,& 28, PCS-10-000734 & Lot 5 & 7, PCS-10-000852) situated in the Poblacion. City of Gingoog City. Island of Mindanao, Bounded on the SE., along line 5-1 by lot 35., on the SW., along line 1-2 by lot 33, on the NW., along line 2-3 by lot 177., on the NE., along line 3-4-5 by lot 176, all of the Consolidation Subdivision plan Pcs-10-001369.

Beginning at the point marked “1” on the plan being S. 26 deg. 13’E., 2049.32 M. from BLLM No. 1, Cad-295, Gingoog Cadastre.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated date and time In the event the Public Auction should not take place on the said date , it shall be held on the next working day without further notice.

The propective buyer/s may investigate for themeselves the title of the herein described proprty/properties and the encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

Gingoog City, November 20, 2017.

By: SGD ATTY. RHODORA N. RESTITUTO

Clerk of Court VI / Ex-Officio Sheriff

items in small quantities.

“They will still need assistance so they could bring their production to commercial quantities,” he said.

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his chest, left bicep, and head.

Anaya sustained laceration on her forearm.

In Barangay Dansolihon, this city, the Lumbia police arrested a certain Junior Daba after he allegedly shot his neighbor Edgar Hagona with an improvised 12-gauge shotgun.

Police said Daba and Hagona were drinking liquor when an argument between them broke out. Daba died after succumbing to a lone gunshot wound, said Chief Insp. Mardy Hortillosa, the Cagayan de Oro City Police Office spokesperson.

After he was beaten up by their drinking buddies, Hagona tried to escape but was captured by pursuing police operatives and village watchmen.

Also, in Barangay Casinglot, Misamis Oriental, one Jerry Arobo, 44, was wounded by a stray bullet Monday morning.

Me anw hile, S enior Superintendent Danildo

Tumanda, the regional operations and plans division chief of the Phil. National Police-10, said law enforcers confiscated assorted firecrackers and pyrotechnics amounting to P6,858 and P57,780 in the cities of Oroquieta and Ozamiz, respectively.

The police also did not report any firecracker-related injuries.

“The New Year celebration in [Northern Mindanao] is considered well-policed, bestprotected event and by far generally peaceful,” said Supt.

Tumanda. (Jigger J. Jerusalem/ PNA) EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH A DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of CARLOS MONTANO, who died on APRIL 20, 2009; that the said deceased, at the time of his death, left a Parcel of Land situated in BRGY. MAMBUAYA, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY; CTC No. 46585; Lot No. 58, containing an area of 24, 135 SQAURE METERS, more or less; CARLOS MONTANO is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH A DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND; is made and entered into; HEIRS OF THE LATE CARLOS MONTANO rep. by his legal wife VELLY R. MONTANO; and their legitimate children; ALFREDO R. MONTANO, ROLANDO R. MONTANO, MARILYN R. MONTANO, RENE R. MONTANO, RICO R. MONTANO, BRANDO R. MONTANO, JOENEVIE R. MONTANO, FRANCO R. MONTANO, AND MARY BEA R. MONTANO, all of legal age, Filipino citizens, all single, with residence and postal address at DANSOLIHON, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, hereinafter referred to as the HEIRS/SELLERS; BONN JAYNUS A. LORA, likewise of legal age, Filipino citizen, single, with residence and postal address at Apovel Subd., Bulua, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as the BUYER/VENDEE; That for and in consideration of the sum of EIGHTY THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (Php 80,000.00) Philippine Currency receipt of said amount is hereby acknowledge by the SELLER/VENDOR after the amount is paid in hand by the BUYER/S or VENDEE/S the SELLER/S or VENDER/S hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY the above-described properties containing an area of TWENTY FOUR THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY FIVE (24,135) SQUARE METERS, more or less in favor of the BUYER/S or VENDEE/S his/her heirs, assigns or successors-in-interest, free from any liens and encumbrances, free from any third-party claimant whomsoever and the same is nontenanted. Under Notary Public of Atty. EMELITO J. MARQUINO; Doc. No. 316; Page No. 63; Book No. XIII; Series of 2017.

Notice is hereby given that the intestate estate of the deceased PEDRO J. GARCIA, who died on MARCH 06, 2015 at KALUMIHAN, KITAOTAO BUKIDNON & BEATRIZ ARELLANO GARCIA who died on June 12, 2014 at BLK. 14 LOT 5, VIRGINIA HOMES, IPONAN, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY; That the deceased. At the time of their death left a Parcel of Land situated in KALUMIHAN, KITAOTAO BUKIDNON; CT No. AO-8586, LOT 211-F, CSD10—010350; A PARCEL OF LAND (Lot 211-F, Csd-10-010350 (AR), being a portion of Lot 211, Pls-112, Kibawe Public Land Subdivision, situated in the Barangay of Kalumihan, Municipality of Kitaotao, Province of Bukidnon, Island of Mindanao. Containing an area of TEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED FORTY ONE (10, 641) SQUARE METERS, more or less.PEDRO J. GARCIA & BEATRIZ ARELLANO GARCIA is the subject of EXTRA-JUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH A DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE OF A PARCEL OF LAND; is made and entered into PERLITO ARELLANO GARCIA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to MARY GLYNN Q. GARCIA, with residence and postal address at Blk. 14, Lot 5, Virginia Homes, Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City; JOCELYN GARCIA CARALDE, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to ARTURO S. CARALDE, with residence and postal address at Brgy. 17, Toto Extension, Gingoog City; and MELBA GARCIA OCAÑA , likewise of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to CESAR L. OCAÑA, residence of Purok 6A, Valencia City Bukidnon, hereinafter referred as the HEIRS/SELLERS/VENDORS; AND PERLITO ARELLANO GARCIA, of legal age, Filipino citizen, married to MARY GLYNN Q. GARCIA, with residence and postal address at Blk. 14, Lot 5, Virginia Homes, Iponan, Cagayan de Oro City; hereinafter referred to as the BUYER/VENDEE; That for and in consideration of the sum of TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND PESOS ONLY (Php 200,000.00) Philippine Currency, receipt of said amount is hereby acknowledge by the SELLER/ VENDOR after the amount is paid in hand by the BUYER/S or VENDEE/S the SELLER/S or VENDER/S hereby SELL, CEDE, TRANSFER and CONVEY the above-described properties ONLY PORTION OF FIVE THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED TWENTY POINT FIVE (5,320.5) SQUARE METERS, more or less in favor of the BUYER or VENDEE his/her heirs, assigns or successors-ininterest, free from any liens and encumbrances, free from any third-party claimant whomsoever and the same is non-tenanted.

Under Notary Public of EMELITO J. MARQUINO; Doc. No. 431; Page No. 86; Book No. XIV; Series of 2017.

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A place in CDO where unicorns exist C

Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO

AFES in Cagayan de Oro and even in its biggest barangay Carmen are common. But cafes with unicorns are rare.

Actually there’s only one here.

That place is called Sugar Rush Dream Café and it’s located at Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City right beside Jollibee Carmen.

For Westerners, unicorns represent every happy dream you ever had as a child. It is a signifier of something happy, fun loving and cute.

We Filipinos who are deeply glued to Western culture have caught the craze. Businesswomencum-gourmands Bernadette Bonifacio and Cherrydan Reyes have recognized that – they simply diverted the unicorn craze into a café.

Here at Sugar Rush Dream Café, you’ll find unicorn pillows, unicorn stuffed toys and unicorn artwork by the great

local artist Emmanuel Mulawan. In fact, you can don unicorn coats too for selfie. (Just undress it though by the time your food is served so it won’t get stained and so other patrons can enjoy the moment too that you did.)

Oh have I told you about their unicorn shake? It’s a combination of all their flavored shakes – strawberry, chocolate, cookies and cream, avocado and bubble gum – that the taste is simply magical.

Of course, they also have their line of cupcakes and rainbowthemed shooters as well as frappes, milk teas, appetizers in the form of buffalo wings, nachos and pastas (tomatobased spaghetti and carbonara.)

Just simply check the place out. You’ll be enthralled. Sugar Rush Dream Café is open from Mondays through Saturdays at 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Costumers enjoying their time wearing unicorn suits and holding stuffed unicorns. facebook photo

LOAN SIGNING BETWEEN and Land Bank of the Philippines

Local Government Unit of Kitaotao

Assisted by: HON. EDWIN P. ABUCAYAN Municipal Vice Mayor Kitaotao, Bukidnon HON. LORENZO A. GAWILAN JR. Municipal Mayor Kitaotao, Bukidnon

JOSE ENEDICTO G. FAUNE Asst. Vice President Land Bank of the Phil.

December 18, 2017 Municipal Function Hall Kitaotao, Bukidnon