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Rehab plans IN response to the current crisis in Marawi City, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) chief Catalino S. Cuy, together with DILG Undersecretary Austere A. Panadero and DILG 10 Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe, visited the area to check on its situation and concerns. Assemblyman of Lanao del Sur first district, Zia Alonto Adiong, pointed out the severity of damage in Marawi City. With this, concerns and proposals on rehabilitation, identification system for affected residents, and security measures among others were deliberated together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and other personnel concerned. During the meeting, addressing concerns on rehabilitation is noted to be essential with the growing numbers of evacuees that needs to be facilitated. Thus, a process is still being looked into to distinguish residents who were actually affected by the incident by coming up of an efficient ID system for the internally displaced persons (IDPs).

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IANGA, Surigao del Sur—Some 2,000 Manobo lumads from nine hinterland communities of this town fled their homes anew fearing an imminent military operation after they saw an Army chopper hovering around their villages past Wednesday midnight. Bishop Modesto Villasanta, of the United Church of Christ in the Philippines who chairs the human rights group Karapatan in Surigao del Sur, said the displaced residents are now seeking refuge at Simowao Tribal Community School in the sub village of Emerald. The lumad evacuees have planned to move to safer area as their evacuation center either at the Barangay Hall of Diatagon or at the oval grounds of the provincial sports complex in Tandag City where they used to stay there for manobos/PAGE 11

EXUDOS. Lumad evacuees trekked the old narrow logging road leading towards the sub village of Emerald where they sought temporary shelter. The displaced residents in the hinterland villages of Surigao del Sur leave their homes anew fearing another military operation. (photo courtesy of fr. raymond ambray of the friends of the lumad in caraga )

Diarrhea outbreak declared in Misor town By MARK FRANCISCO, Staff Writer

Tourist arrivals up DESPITE terror threats and the martial law declaration in Mindanao, foreign tourist arrivals to the Philippines from January to May this year rose by 14.43 percent to 2.882-million visitors versus the 2.519-million visitors in the same period last year. In an interview with the Philippine News Agency, Department of Tourism (DOT) Assistant Secretary and spokesperson Frederick Alegre said this was driven by the agency’s aggressive marketing efforts and the holding of international events in the country including the ASEAN Summit. Alegre said the top three markets are still Korea with 128,691 arrivals, USA with 83,056 arrivals, and China with 83,649 arrivals. For the month of May alone, the Philippines acquired 532,757 arrivals which is an increase of 19.60 percent compared to May 2016 arrivals at 445,449, he said.

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STILL BURNING. Smoke once again covers a portion of downtown Marawi City after a bombing run by military aircraft caused a fire in the area on Friday (July 7, 2017). mindanews photo by manman dejeto

THE municipal government of Me dina in Mis amis Oriental declared on Friday a diarrhea outbreak in the town as the number of victims continues to increase since June 29. Freitchie Vir tudazo, spokesperson of the Medina local government unit (LGU), said the municipal officials were forced to place the town

under highest level status to alarm authorities concerned for their immediate action. As of July 7, it has reached 400 cases. Vi r tu d a z o s a i d on e resident identified as Alfonso Magallanes, 71, died of the disease at the Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC). Virtudazo also said that

they have deployed more people to investigate on the possible causes and assist in attending to the victims. “We also need volunteers to help us attend to our patients,” he urged the public as Medina Hospital is already running out of vacant beds and rooms due to the increase of diarrhea victims. G o v e r n o r Ye v g e n y Vincente Emano has already diarrhea/PAGE 11

The Big Picture from Cagayan de Oro Seaport:

Finding solutions beyond infrastructure for present and future (First of a Series)

By mike baÑos, Editor-at-Large

“Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.” - Boyd K. Packer THIS famous quote by Mormon leader and educator Boyd K. Packer best sums up the philosophy of Cagayan de Oro’s Macabalan Port

management team when faced with the challenge of turning around the congested facility into a model of efficiency and resourcefulness. Na t i o n a l E c o n o m i c Development Authority (NEDA) Region 10 Director

Leon Dacanay Jr. said Metro Cagayan de Oro is envisioned to become the Philippines 4th Metropolitan Center by 2025 along with Manila, Cebu and Davao, based on the National Spatial Strategy proposed network of settlements under the 2017-2025 edition of the Philippine Development Plan. solutions/PAGE 11

Ongoing pile driving works at Cagayan de Oro wharf extension and expansion of back up area.

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Economy DILG eyes strategies to address Mindanao woes

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ITH the aim to formulate strategies in addressing current issues in Mindanao, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Officerin-C harge C atalino S. Cuy led the discussion of concerns through the 2nd Quarter Special Meeting of the National Peace and Order (NPOC) held in Cagayan de Oro City. Together with the Regional Peace and Order Council (RPOC) Chairpersons and Vice Chairpersons-Mindanao Cluster, the meeting also raised concerns on violent extremism, criminalities and illegal drugs. Also, reports on the current situation in Mindanao concerning the threats on terrorism and

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insurgency were deliberated, as well as the proposed Local Government Martial Law Guidelines. Security Enhancement As to the enhancement of security in the involved areas, Cuy said in a press conference held after the meeting, “There are already augmentations to Marawi from adjacent police office and special action force.” “It’s substantial to support the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) in its effort to clear Marawi from terrorist groups,” he added. According to him, there was a noticeable downward trend of criminalities in Region 10, as reported by Philippine National Police (PNP). With this, he affirms that this will be favorable to

the tourism industry in the Region, recalling that it was adversely affected during the start of the siege. More ove r, DI LG 1 0 Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe enjoins the citizens to report to the Philippine National Police (PNP) and AFP information that would be substantial in addressing the safety and security concerns in Mindanao. “Makita nato kung unsa ka kritikal karon ang lihok sa gobyerno para malikayan ang terrorism and avoid spill over sa Marawi sa uban pang lugar sa Mindanao (The critical efforts of our government is apparent when it comes to averting terrorism and avoiding spill over in Marawi to other places in Mindanao),” Agabe said. “This will not be

successful without the help of the public.” To heighten the knowledge of the force multipliers when it comes to determining acts that are suspicious, a training is proposed to tackle on behavior profiling. This would also include on teaching them the physical property of explosives/improvised explosive device (IED) and raising anti-terrorism awareness which will be conducted in coordination with National Intelligence Coordinating Agency (NICA). Rehabilitation support Wi t h t h e s w e l l i n g number of evacuees, it was identified that addressing rehabilitation concerns is one prime priorities on the ongoing siege. DILG chief says, “Temporary shelters will be available doon sa mga nasiraan ng bahay talaga (for those with damaged houses).” He said that the preparation of temporary shelters are being taken care of by the Office of Civil Defense (OCD) and National Disaster Risk

Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC). During this oneday activity, the need to institutionalize the practice of barangays requiring barangay-issued IDs for the residents, was raised. As agreed, National ID system proposal will be submitted to the National Security Council for the consideration of Congress. This will be used for anti-crime, among other beneficial purposes. “RPOC strategies focus on the security through the AFP and PNP, along with solidarity and compassion,” said Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar S. Moreno in his message during the activity. Ac c o r d i n g t o h i m , the conduct of the said meeting is a milestone for Mindanao saying that he looks forward that the situation in Marawi City will be solved so that rehabilitation an d re c onst r u c t i on of infrastructures will soon be focused on. He further hopes that the tragic event in Marawi

will usher the redemption of Mindanao and bring about real journey towards growth. Other DILG Central Office officials who attended the meeting were Undersecretary for Local Government Austere A. Panadero, HEA Josephine C. Leysa and Dir. Manuel Q. Gotis. RPOC Mindanao Cluster Chairpersons who graced the activity were Mayor Oscar S. Moreno (Region 10), Governor Jayvee Tyron T. Uy (Region 11) and Governor Ma. Angelica Rosedell M. Amante – Matba (Region 13), with the Vice Chairpersons namely PCSUPT Billy B. Beltran (Region 9), PCSUPT Timoteo G. Pacleb (Region 10), PCSUPT Manuel R. Gaerlan (Region 11), PCSUPT Cedrick G. Train (Region 12), PCSUPT Rolando B. Felix (Region 13), PCSUPT Reuben Theodore C. Sindac (ARMM). DILG Regional Directors, Secretary, Region 10 Provincial and City Directors, and resource speakers were also present in the activity. (Rezza Mae B. Tolinero/DILG10)

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THE Regional Development Council is set to publicly introduce on Friday (July 7), the Davao Regional Development Plan 20172022, the first medium-term regional plan anchored on a national long-term vision “AmBisyon Natin 2040”. Following the launch of the Philippine Development Plan 2017-2022 on June 2 this year in Manila, the RDC11 intends to present the regional plan aiming to raise awareness among regional stakeholders on the socio-

economic directions of Davao Region as embodied in the DRDP. RDC-11 co-chair and National Economic and Development Authority R eg iona l Dire c tor Ma. L ou rd e s L i m s ai d t h e launching will be open to the public, particularly for the people in Davao City, to produce a ripple effect in stakeholders support for the three pillars of the plan, namely: “Malasakit”, “Pagbabago and “Patuloy na Pag-unlad”.

RDC-11 will have back-to-back events on Friday for the promotion of both PDP and DRDP as the nation’s blueprints for development under the Duterte Administration. NEDA-11 as head of the RD C-11 secretariat in cooperation with its information arm, Communication for Development Network (C4D Network), will spearhead a PDP Roadshow to start at 9:30am on July 7 with a brief Davao/PAGE 11

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HE Board of Investments (BOI) has approved two processing plants of San Miguel Food, Inc.’s (SMFI) worth P2.4 billion. The BOI registered a P1.3-billion plant in Sta. Cruz, Davao del Sur and a P1.1billion facility in Pagbilao, Quezon -- both to produce whole dressed chi cke n and pro cess e d (marinated and deboned) chicken parts.

BOI said the two meat processing facilities are targeted to be operational by January 2018 and will employ 1,127 personnel. “The finished products will boost the domestic market demand with further processed chicken parts targeted for established fastfood brands like Jollibee, McDonald’s and KFC within Mindanao, South Luzon and GMA (Greater Manila Area) areas,” BOI Managing Head

Ceferino Rodolfo said. The Davao facility will have a capacity to produce 17,215 metric tons (MT) of dressed chicken and 16,892 MT of processed chicken parts annually. The Quezon plant is projected to have an annual cap acity pro duc t ion of 10,009 MT dressed chicken and 22,972 MT of further processed chicken. SMFI will source the broilers from its contract

growers. Among the facilities that the company will be investing into include blast freezers, chilled holding rooms, cold storage for frozen products and corresponding utilities, wastewater treatment facilities. SMFI is a subsidiar y of San Miguel Pure Foods Co., Inc., the food unit of San Miguel Corp. (KMC/ PNA)

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Philex reports P400-M social dev’t programs PHILEX Mining Corp. has allocated more than P400 million to fund various projects under its Social Development Management Program (SDMP) over the last five years, according to the company’s 2016 Annual Report. “We incurred P117 million for SDMP-related Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives and an aggregate sum of P454 million over the last five years to further our goal of inclusive economic growth and progressive social structures within our areas of operation,” said Philex Mining President and CEO Eulalio Austin Jr. during the recent Annual Stockholders’

Meeting held at Marco Polo Hotel in Ortigas, Pasig City. The comp any’s CSR campaign was divided into five divisions under the iHELP model, which stands for: I – Information, Education and Communication; H – Health and Sanitation; E – Education; L – Livelihood and Skills Development; and P – Support to Public Infrastructure. According to Austin, projects include community engagement and development programs, health services and medical missions, equipment turnover, construction and rehabilitation of several school buildings, educational assistance programs, and

scholarship grants. In addition, Philex said it also provided financial and technical assistance to livelihood ventures of residents in farming, livestock and food processing, free electricity and water, and construction and maintenance of infrastructure. Philex said it also partnered with local government units, agencies, private organizations, and practitioners to implement these projects. The community development model, which has been running for almost six decades, aims to realize the company’s long-term plans for the benefit of its host and

neighboring communities around its mining operations, said Austin. The iHELP model has been in operation not just in Padcal mine site in Benguet but also in Silangan Project located in Surigao de Norte, and Bulog, Sibutad, Bulawan, Vista Alegre and Cayas Projects. Austin said Philex plans to continue these programs even after their mining operations as part of their advocacy in “conscientious mining”. “We will continue to pursue our priorities to realize our CSR objectives, valuecreation goals and long-term plans for sustainable growth,” he said. (LGI/PNA)

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DMPL, Del Monte of US in series of joint ventures DEL Monte Pacific Limited a n d F r e s h D e l Mo n t e Produce, Inc. of the US have settled their differences and forged a series of new joint ventures between that will result in expanded refrigerated offerings sold across all distribution and sales channels. The deals will also translate to a new retail food and beverage concept modeled after an already successful Fresh Del Monte Produce business in the Middle East. These joint ventures w i l l i n it i a l ly fo c u s on the US market with the potential for expansion into other territories where the companies’ businesses complement each other. The transaction was disclosed to the Philippine Stock Exchange yesterday. This will also greatly increase the scale of the Del Monte brand by expanding into more high-quality,

healthy and convenient product options for consumers. The joint ventures are facilitated by the full and final settlement of all active litigation between Del Monte Pacific Limited and it s sub s i d i ar y D el Monte Foods Inc. on the one hand, and Fresh Del Monte Produce, Inc., on the other hand, effective immediately. The long-standing litigation had centered on licensing rights and product distribution in various territories around the world. “We are pleased that we have resolved our differences and put to rest the financial uncertainty that can arise from prolonged litigation,” said DMPL Chairman Rolando C. Gapud. He added that, “we look forward to combining the resources of Del Monte Pacific, our US subsidiary Del Monte Foods, and Fresh

Del Monte Produce, and focusing our joint efforts on exciting new business opp or tunit ies t hat wi ll provide consumers with more premium quality, healthy products.” “This partnership offers tremendous opportunities for b ot h comp anies to innovate on a much broader and deeper scale than either company can accomplish individually,” said Fresh Del Monte Produce Chairman Mohammad Abu-Ghazaleh. He noted that, “each company brings a high level of knowledge, experience a n d c o m m i t m e nt t h at comes from developing and building the iconic, trusted Del Monte brand. We also share similar visions for creating products and experiences that will meet the evolving needs of today’s consumer.” A major joint initiative is the introduction of Del Mo n t e b r a n d e d r e t a i l

outlets, featuring an assortment of nutritious foods and beverages to meet the increasing demands of consumers for healthier food options. T he comp an ie s a ls o announced that they are collaborating on several product innovations, including a line of chilled juices, new varieties of prepared refrigerated fruit snacks, and guacamole and avocado products. The collaboration offers the opportunity for each partner to share expertise and optimize economies of scale in product development, operations, sourcing, supply chain, marketing and distribution. In addition to retail and new product ventures, the companies have also agreed to a long-term mutual supply agreement to accelerate the expansion of Del Monte product sales in various markets around the world.

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Use it or lose it Think a minute…Have you ever owned something quite valuable and useful, yet you ended up not using it much? There’s a story about a preacher who was talking with the owner of a factory that made soap. The soap maker said to the preacher: “This message about Jesus Christ that you preach cannot be very good, because there are still many bad people around.” The preacher saw a child nearby covered with dirt. So he said to the soap maker: “Your soap cannot be very good, because there are still a lot of dirty people.” The soap maker replied: “Well, my soap can only clean when a person uses it!” The preacher said: “Yes, you’re right. It’s the same way with the Bible and Message about Jesus Christ.” You see, just like soap is not worth having if we don’t actually use it, it’s the same with the Message about Jesus Christ and new life He gives us who ask Him. Unless we then live it every day, it’s useless to us. The Bible is our Maker’s manual to show us how to live the right, successful way He designed it to work. So we not only must read and understand Jesus’ Message every day, we must follow it every day to start changing and living the satisfying life He plans for us to enjoy.

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ignacio bunye Years ago, I used to go to the jai alai fronton on Taft Avenue. Clearly emblazoned in the fronton wall were the words: “El fallo del juez es inapelable.” Translation: “Pag sinabi ng referee, tapos.” The final referee on legal matters, the Supreme Court, has spoken. Given the overwhelming vote in favor of the declaration of martial

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Marawi on my mind

law in Mindanao, maybe it is time for those against martial law (ML) to just accept the SC decision and move on. To p a r a p h r a s e t h e SC decision, penned by Associate Justice Mariano C. Del Castillo, martial law is a tool of the state to defend itself from internal and external threats. In the present case, the SC found sufficient factual basis that such threats exist. The only difference is that 11 justices agreed with ML imposition for the whole of Mindanao while 3 decided that ML should be confined only to a specific geographic location. Curiously, one associate justice saw no threat at all! The SC brushed aside d e e p - ro ote d fe ars an d apprehensions of ML because it had been abused in the past.

Most observers tend to agree considering the big difference between ML 1972 and ML under the 1987 constitution. My own gut feel is that an overwhelming majority of Filipinos support the declaration of martial law as necessary. But at the same time, everybody yearns for an early termination of hostilities, the lifting of martial law, and immediate return of Marawi to normalcy. xxx Watching tv clips of aerial bombardments in Marawi city, one can not help but draw comparisons between the present day scene and those which took place in Manila 72 years ago. For one whole month in February 1945, allied forces tried to retake Manila from around 16,000 Japanese

troops which decided to make their last stand. In the final days of the Battle of Manila , the Japanese troops were concentrated in such land marks as Intramuros, City Hall, Legislative Building, Agriculture Building and Finance Building. Conscious of the cultural value of the land marks, Gen. McArthur was initially reluctant to bombard the Japanese strongholds. But as allied casualties began to mount, McArthur reluctantly gave the go-signal to pull all the stops. Here is an account by a militar y historian of how allied troops re-took the Agriculture Building where Admiral Iwabuchi, the Japanese commander, was supposedly holed out. bunye/PAGE 11

Parents cause their kids to become criminals Kakampi mo ang batas

Batas Mauricio LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “… Train the child in the way that he should go, and he will never depart from it even when is old…” (Proverbs 22:6, the Holy Bible). -ooo PA R E N T S C A U S E THEIR KIDS TO BECOME CRIMINALS: I already wrote it before, and I write it again here: “I took an informal survey… of… parents(who) were actually talking about God and His Word with their families and especially

children. Nobody raised their hands, confirming once more that a great number of Filipino families nowadays do not talk about God and the Bible inside their homes anymore. “Next, I asked who among the parents were reading the Bible. There were three women who raised their hands, and all the rest kept their heads bowed down. The three were members of Christian churches where Bible re ading is b eing taught by their pastors and their leaders. Even among the three, however, they only displayed a passing f a m i l i a r i t y, n o t d e e p knowledge, of the Bible. “I then told the parents that, in a situation such as this, it is no wonder that many young Filipino kids are now embroiled in drugs, pre-marital sex, in gang wars and in various crimes. Because Filipino children

are no longer taught the Word of God, they have been growing up without God, and, therefore, have become capable of mischief and misdemeanor and, also, criminality. -ooo PA R E N T S M U S T START BEING SPIRITUAL THEMSELVES: “What then must parents do to assure that their children will learn and know and obey the Word of God? Well, they must first start with themselves---the parents, I mean. Parents everywhere should start going back to the Bible--reading it daily, meditating on it day and night, and carefully obeying everything that is written in it. “Likewise, they should start attending church and praise and worship services in earnest, together with their spouses and their children, and all others who reside with them in their houses

( i nclu d i ng hous ehelp s , drivers, and other workers). Then, they should also display an eagerness to help their churches with financial gifts, to enable their members to go out and proclaim the Word. “It is only when the children will realize that their own parents have turned sincere in pursuing a deeper understanding of the Bible and a stronger relationship with God that they themselves will strive to be more spiritual and guided by God. Then and only then will the children be really guided, blessed and protected by God from any and all evil.” -ooo PARENTS, D O NOT FEED KIDS WITH PROCESSED FOODS: Here’s a very important reminder from the Department of Health (DOH), for the health, batas/PAGE 10

Knowing, loving, and living by the Church law hints and traces jhan tiafau hurst Jesus said that even if we go to church, give money, and pray, but in our heart we’ve not started changing and becoming more like Him in our character, then we don’t really belong to Him and have His new life. For example, if we’re not honest, or we won’t obey Jesus’ command to forgive people who have wronged and hurt us, then we’re proving we do not truly know Him personally and have a relationship with Him. So if Jesus’ written Manual for our life is not His living Message in our life, then we’re completely wasting the Bible and making it useless to us. So why not start actually using and living the new life Jesus died to give you. Everyday read and obey His Message to you, so you can know that you have His eternal life. If you don’t use it, you’ll lose it—forever. Just Think a Minute…

roy cimagala This is about Church’s Code of Canon Law. Unfortunately, many people still are at sea as to the importance, role, and relevance of this law to the Church and to the lives of everyone, especially to their rights and duties. We n e e d t o re m i n d everyone that the Church Code of Canon Law is not just a cold body of guiding principles but is rather a standard or norm of how everyone in the Church, as individual persons and as the People of God, should be and should act. The C o de of C anon

Law is the organic juridical expression of t he ver y essence of Christianity which is love-the love of God that necessarily translates itself to love of neighbor. It actually defines how our relationship should be with God and with one another in the Church. We need to overcome a seemingly general ignorance that afflicts this indispensable aspect of our Church as well to as address the false conflict that some quarters raise between this law and the pastoral care of the Christian faithful, or between justice and charity. We a ls o ne e d to b e aware of some dangers that threaten this law. In one of the speeches of the former chief jurist of the Holy See, Cardinal Raymond Burke, he mentioned that there are attempts to manipulate the law to advance a particular agenda. He also said that the liturgical laws, which should be given primacy among the canonical norms since they

safeguard the most sacred realities in the Church, are being undermined, due to some misinterpretation of the spirit of Vatican II. We should not fall for the false conflict between charity and obedience to the discipline of the Church laws. Pastoral charity and obedience to Church law should go together. It would be good if there will be a sustained effort to make more and more people to be familiar with the Code of Canon Law, explaining and clarifying the different canons slowly, and showing how these canons are actually relevant to our daily struggles to seek sanctity especially in the middle of our very secularized world today. Bishops and priests, of course, should take the lead, and should invite more and more lay people also to carry out this delicate but very rewarding task. Seminaries and other centers of formation should see to it

that this aspect of formation is given due attention. We have to continually reiterate that the canon law is not opposed to freedom but rather serves what is needed to safeguard the common good. If known, loved, and lived properly, this law could have avoided the many scandals that have rocked the Church in recent years. To mention a few of thes e s candals, we can cite the notorious sexual scandals involving clerics, the breakdown of discipline in priestly formation and priestly life, the abandonment of essential elements of religious life and the loss of fundamental direction in many congregations of religious sisters, brothers, and priests, the loss of the Catholic identity of charitable, education and healthcare institutions. This is not to mention the controversy hounding the nature of marriage, etc. roycimagala@gmail.com

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LECTRONIC tax filing and other computerized processing of data with the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) is targeted to be implemented nationwide before the end of 2017. Bureau of Internal Re venue (BIR) D eputy Commissioner for Operations Nestor Valeroso told Senators Thursday that electronic tax filing was piloted in Makati City and the Large Taxpayers Service (LTS) to help fasttrack tax filing processes. He said LTS was chosen for the pilot-testing to help the BIR monitor tax payments

of big businesses. “If there are evidence that this is effective it will be cascaded to other regions,” he said during the hearing of the Committee on Ways and Means. Asked when the BIR targets to make the electronic tax filing nationwide, the BIR official said “within the year”, citing the issue of capacity of some far-flung areas to be connected to the internet as among the issues hampering the nationwide implementation. Valeroso, in an interview by PNA, said the program being piloted in Makati City

and the LTS is not only on tax filing but also on electronic tax information system and audit case monitoring, among others. The pilot testing started in 2015 and Valeroso said they had not completed the nationwide implementation because “we want to perfect the system first.” “ There are several programs that we want to implement but we want to make it certain that when we cascade this to the different regions they will not have problems with this,” he said. Valeroso said LTS accounts for about 65 percent of total

BIR collections while the Makati City’s share was around 10 percent. The BIR received flak from some sectors when it implemented the electronic filing (e-filing) of income tax returns (ITRs) for certain taxpayers a few weeks before the April 15, 2015 deadline. Its Revenue Regulations No. 6 - 2 0 1 4 , issu e d on September 5, 2017, requires t h e m a n d at or y u s e of electronic BIR Forms for all tax returns of accredited tax agents or practitioners, a c c re d it e d pr i nt e r s of principal and supplementary tax/PAGE 10

BANKS and quasi-banks’ (QBs) short-term exposures to clearing and settlement accounts as a result of payment transactions have been excluded from the single borrowers’s limit (SBL) rules. The Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) on Friday said the decision was made after noting that “applying SBL to clearing and settlement

account may impede financial market activities and fund transfers from one institution to another.” “Moreover, the distinct nature of clearing and settlement accounts as mere ‘pass through’ for short-term payment transactions entails relatively low credit exposure to the clearing and settlement bank,” it said in a statement.

The latest decision came a few months after the central bank, in December 2016, lifted the additional 25 percent SBL earlier allowed for lending to projects included in the Public Private partnership (PPP) project. Lifting of the additional SBL for infrastructure projects was made after the central bank noted that proponents

of these projects already have a number of funding options such as the capital market and multilateral organizations and not just banks. To be qualified for the exclusion, banks and QBs need to have a clearing and settlement bank and sign with the latter an agreement indicating that the account rules/PAGE 10

Bangko Sentral eases SBL rules for clearing, settlement accounts

One Year On: Filipino Social Enterprises Better Equipped to Improve Quality of Education Following Completion of SAP Social Sabbatical Program Following the completion of SAP Social Sabbatical Program in the Philippines last year, two participating social enterprises, Teach for the Philippines and Silid Aralan (SAI), reported that their organizations are better able to fulfill their respective missions to improve the quality of education for underprivileged Filipinos. The program, which ran in the Philippines last year with the aim to help local social enterprises overcome pre ss i ng org an i z at i ons challenges and barriers to growth, has helped SAI and Teach for the Philippines to develop a sustainable business model, allowing these two organizations to maintain more efficient business processes both internally and externally, thereby giving the management more time to focus their efforts on driving outcomes based on their respective mandates. Ac c ord i ng t o A rc i e Mallari, founder and executive director of SAI, the organization previously faced issues in recruiting volunteers. Prior to the SAP Social Sabbatical program, its staffs were also not equipped with the knowledge or skillsets to efficiently manage its resources. B y p a r t i c ip at i n g i n

the SAP Social Sabbatical program as an organization beneficiary, SAI was able to better gain insights on how their resources were being deployed and identify operational areas which were not getting the right amount of support, which then helped the management to acknowledge the need to employ more talents and gain more resources at the right time. With the support of SAP employee volunteers through the SAP Social Sabbatical initiative, SAI was able to better develop a sustainable operating framework that brings a higher level of organization and sustainability for the organization. The social enterprise can now also function better in fulfilling its mission of boosting the a c a d e m i c p e r for m anc e of low performing and underprivileged students through a more effective and systematized set-up for its tutorial programs. “SAI has plans to expand our organization and business. We aspire to develop learning hubs across the country by the year 2020. This year, we are putting up learning hubs in seven regions from Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. This endeavor

was made possible partly because SAP Social Sabbatical team helped us improve our business model. Through the program, the SAP employee volunteers helped us develop a ‘Franchise Kit’ that we present to potential partners. They had also linked us to possible sponsors. Now, SAI is also more financially stable,” added Mallari. Meanwhile, SAP also conducted a brand audit focused on further enriching the branding and marketing aspects of Teach for the Philippines. According to Clarissa Isabelle Delgado, co-founder and CEO of Teach Philippines, the brand review allowed them to learn new ideas that have aided them on how they can evolve the organization. Since Te ach for t he Philippines enlists young professionals to mentor students in public schools, especially in remote areas in the country, the Social Sabbatical program improved their knowledge on how and what needs to be done to further promote its advocacy. This newfound understanding of the organization’s branding and marketing systems enabled them to create conversations about the social enterprise improve/PAGE 10

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Term deposits met with strong demand amid ample liquidity YIELDS fetched under the term deposit facility (TDF) saw mixed movements yesterday as demand for both tenors recovered despite the exit of trust placements, allowing the central bank to keep the auction volume steady as the market remains awash with cash. Offers for Wednesday’s auction rose to P187.62 billion, surging from the P127.463 billion logged the previous week and going above the P180 billion which the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) placed on the auction block. Banks flooded the sevenday tenor and saw total bids hit P50.03 billion, well above the P40 billion which the central bank wanted to sell and rebounding from last week’s slump at P32.538 billion. With this, the auction fetched a 3.1648% average rate, higher than the 3.0507% seen during the June 28 auction. Demand also surged for the 28-day term deposits, which saw received P137.59 billion in total tenders, just a notch below the P140-billion offering and showed a marked recovery from last week’s P94.925 billion. This pushed the average yield to 3.4909% from 3.4925% previously, as the lenders sought for returns ranging from 3.4-3.5%. The TDF is currently the central bank’s main tool to capture excess money supply in the financial system by

allowing banks to place their idle funds with the BSP -those which are not utilized for loans or set aside as reserves -- in exchange for a small return. Through the window, the central bank targets to guide market rates closer to its 3% benchmark rate. Yesterday’s auction marked the first time when trust companies are prohibited from parking their excess funds under the TDF, as the one-year window given by the central bank lapsed on June 30. One analyst said that there remains ample liquidity in the financial system despite the phase-out of trust funds in the TDF, as these would likely find its way back to the TDF through its parent banks, although some may have been channelled to other instruments. “Some of these funds used to invest in TDF may have been invested in other instruments like corporate bonds and IPOs (initial public offerings),” said Christopher Ma. Carmelo Y. Salazar, senior vice-president and group head of financial markets at the First Metro Investment Corp. “It’s likely that the excess liquidity will go to other lending components, and it’s actually better use for the funds.” For next week, the BSP kept the auction amounts steady deposits/PAGE 10

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SM CITY CAGAYAN DE ORO EDUCATES KIDS WITH BASIC CODING BY SHAYRYL RAMOS

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ith the support of Primo Toys, makers of Cubetto, the 5th segment of SM City Cagayan de Oro’s Uptown Weekend Project happened last Sunday, 01 July 2017 at The Event Center. Facilitated by EduTech R&D Specialist of InnoMAKER, Shayryl Ramos, the said workshop was participated by kids aging 5-12 years old.

Shayryl Ramos is the Founding President of Robogals Cagayan de Oro Chapter and with a Masters Degree in Computer Education and Information at Sunchon National University, South Korea. She is also an Assistant Professor at College of Computer Studies, Xavier University –Ateneo de Cagayan. With the love and

passion for robotics, it is her delight to help children begin their coding adventures. The workshop commenced with a hands-on experience with Cubetto, the friendly wooden robot toy for kids aged 3-7, chosen by 20,000 parents & teachers all over the world to guide kids on coding adventures without screens. With adventure and

hands on play as its primary goals, kids also enjoyed other activities like paper robot building, tissue-tube car building, and map building. After the workshop, Shayryl asked the participants to show their maps and let them enjoy more interactive play with Cubetto. The Uptown Weekend Project is a monthly

CDO developer present latest project in Batangas “We always strive to be steps ahead of the competition. As IDC is commencing for expansion we are teaming up with competitive and dynamic people in the business, “ said Atty. Jojo Leviste, President of publicly-listed Italpinas Development Corp. IDC, a green developer that has heavily invested in the city of Cagayan de Oro, is starting to expand and is now aggressive to open for sale the company’s first phase of new development in Luzon. Last June 24, 2017, IDC successfully partnered with the realty brokers and sales agents in time for the seminar on the Real Estate Service Act of the Philippines (RA

9646) held in Calamba, Laguna. The event was made possible through the efforts of Calamba Laguna Real Estate Board, Inc. (CLRB)- Philippine Association of Real Estate Boards, Inc. (PAREB). It was a prestigious real estate seminar graced by the PRC Chairman himself, Dr. Eduardo G. Ong, PhD, DPA, DBA, which attracted more than 390 Licensed Brokers and Sellers of Calamba, Laguna. It was participated also by the officers of CLRB-PAREB, and various sectors including HLURB, NBI, BIR, LGU, and real estate developers. IDC presented the Miramonti project, a soon to rise landmark in a booming town of

Santo Tomas, which is expected to be the fourth city of Batangas. IDC is excited and optimistic on commencing the project. Miramonti in Santo Tomas, Batangas Miramonti will sit over a 2,057 sqm. land area for its first phase. It will compose of residential units, commercial and office spaces. Miramonti will harness green strategies and will carry the IDC authentic Italian design. The said project is expected to launch in September

2017. Sto. Tomas is part of the Philippines’ new beltway of economic growth along the expressways connecting the capital region with Batangas Port. Easily accessible from South Luzon Expressway and adjacent to the Light industry and Science Park III, Miramonti is soon to become the Sto. Tomas landmark and an essential point of reference for the expanding residential and commercial communities in Southern Luzon.

campaign ongoing at your favorite uptown destination where on one weekend, SM City Cagayan de Oro will support your craft and help you make it even better. Witness the Uptown Weekend Project: A Stylistas Exclusive where grooming, styling, and walking the runway tackled at The Event Center last July 8, 2017.

GSIS offers P66M emergency loan for members, pensioners in 3 VisMin areas The Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) earmarked a total of Php66.36 million in emergency loans for active members and old-age pensioners in the municipalities of Kalilangan in Bukidnon, who were hit by a magnitude 6 earthquake, and those in Carmen and Compostela in Cebu, who were affected by Tropical Depression Crising. Ac t ive me mb e rs are qualified to apply for the loan if they are residing or working in the calamitydeclared area, are not on leave of absence without pay, have no arrears in paying premium contributions, and have no unpaid loans for more than six months. Deadline for filing of loan application for Kalilangan is on July 7; and for Carmen and Compostela on July 14. Those applying for the first time may avail of a Php20,000 loan, while those

with existing emergency loan may borrow up to Php40,000, from which their outstanding balance will be deducted. Active members may apply through the GSIS Wi rel e ss Automate d Processing System (GWAPS) kiosk located in all GSIS branch and extension offices; provincial capitols; city halls; selected municipal offices; large government agencies such as the Department of Education; Robinsons Malls; and selected SM City branches in North EDSA, Manila, Pampanga, Cebu, and SM Aura in Taguig. Old-age pensioners must apply in person at any GSIS office to avail of the Php20,000 emergency loan. Pensioners who are also active members may apply for the loan only once. Emergency loan is payable in 36 equal monthly gsis/PAGE 10

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Smart programs shine at Philippine Quill Awards Smart Communications’ efforts to improve the daily lives of Filipinos through mobile technology were recognized recently at the 15th Philippine Quill Awards. Smart received second-runner up honors for Company of the Year, as well as 12 Excellence and nine Merit Awards. Smart’s winning programs sought to make the mobile internet experience more accessible, affordable, and meaningful to Filipinos; use technology to enhance education, disaster preparedness and response, health services, and customer experience; and engage the workforce better through digital technologies. The Philippine Quill Awards is organized annually by the International Association of Business CommunicatorsPhilippines to recognize excellence in professional communication. Winning Excellence Awards were the Batibot educational app which is now available on both Android and iOS

DILG checks on Marawi situation, draws up rehab plans By Rezza Mae B. Tolinero

In response to the current c r i s i s i n Mar aw i C it y, Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) chief Catalino S. Cuy, together with DILG Undersecretar y Austere A. Panadero and DILG 10 Regional Director Arnel M. Agabe, visited the area to check on its situation and concerns. Assemblyman of Lanao del Sur first district, Zia Alonto Adiong, pointed out the severity of damage in Marawi City. With this, concerns and proposals on rehabilitation, identification system for affected residents, and security measures among others were deliberated together with the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP), Philippine National Police (PNP), and other personnel concerned. During the meeting, addressing concerns on rehabilitation is noted to be essential with the growing numbers of evacuees that needs to be facilitated. Thus, a process is still being looked into to distinguish residents who were actually affected by the incident by coming up of an efficient ID system for the internally displaced persons (IDPs). marawi/PAGE 10

7 Health Secretary Ubial orders health workers to intensify monitoring of ‘home-based’ evacuees

platforms, the Disaster Communications Summit, GigaSurf campaign, Launchpad program for the youth, #OwnIt campaign, Smart Bro’s iPad Plan 599 campaign, Smart Pokemon GO, Smart University Gamified Mobile

Learning program for employees, Sun Deserve Mo ‘To campaign, TNT Super Panalo Day, Welcome Change campaign, and the use of the internal social media platform for employees called Workplace by Facebook.

Receiving Merit Awards were the AlDub for TNT campaign, All New Smart Bro Plans, Employee Rockstars Program, the disaster preparedness video series for kids called Maging Laging Handa, SHINE OS+ (Secured Health

Information Network and Exchange), Smart’s efforts to train Filipinos on Android app development for free, Smart Flagship Store, Sun First Job Problems campaign, and the TechnoCart and School-in-a-Bag programs.

Department of Health (DOH) responders and health workers get order from Health Secretary Paulyn Jean RosellUbial to reach out to the identified “home-based” Marawi IDPs (Internally Displaced Persons) and provide them free health services wherever they are. In a statement during her recent visit in one of the evacuation centers in Buru-un Iligan City, Ubial said the department needs to initiate an information drive inorder to raise evacuees’ awareness and urge them to avail of DOH’s health services for free, including hospitalization. The Secretar y said identification card is no longer required as long as they (IDPs) are from Marawi since the start of hostilities in May 23. “We should make our hotlines known to all and inform our IDPs that they can avail of hospitalization for free as these services are covered by PhilHealth,” Ubial said. She said that most of the 24 confirmed deaths recorded were ‘home-based’ IDPs. “These were referred to different hospitals but died later because most of whom have pre-existing ailments or conditions. They suffered var ious i llness es w hi le staying with their relatives monitoring/PAGE 10

Island Garden City of Samal – More than 1,000 participants from the different sectors joined the kick-off activities in celebration of 43rd Nutrition month on July 3, 2017. It is annual celebration initiated by local government of the Island Garden City of Samal through the City Nutrition Council and Department of Education Samal Division, the event was a resounding success carrying the theme, “Healthy Diet, Gawing Habit for Life”, aims to create awareness for a healthy lifestyle not just with healthy foods but also having physical activities. Fun run was one of

the highlight activities of the celebration which the participants have to run for more than two (2) kilometers from Peñaplata Central Elementary School (PCES) going to Samal Cultural Gymnasium, City Hall ground, Penaplata where the venue of the zumba dancing activity. All the participating runners danced zumba before the run started. Then right before the sun rises everybody moved forward following the route: starting point from PCES to Peñaplata Public Market, heading along Davao Del Norte District Hospital and up to the finish line at Samal Cultural Gym.

Participants enjoyed the activities as they gotten a lot of sweat because of the sequence of the activities. “Our health is very important, nowadays, at a very young age, they’ve already experienced a stroke or heart attack that’s why it is very important to eat healthy (vegetables) and do exercises”, said Samal City Mayor Al David T. Uy. “Consult first a dietician for any food supplement intake. We have our nutritionists and dieticians in the City Health Office for any consultations and advices”, Uy added. “Hopefully this would just be the beginning of

a healthy lifestyle of all Samaleños, DepEd being in the lead. We hope that at the end of the year, with the feeding program that will be launched in July, we can also address the severely wasted or wasted students. We address now not just the malnourished but the severely malnourished but also those who are obese children”, said SDS Cristy Epe. The gist of the message of the Honorable Mayor Uy was the importance of vegetables, exercise and diet. Teachers and mentors of elementary and secondary from private and public schools, Department of

Education (DepEd) Division personnel, Federation of Parent Teachers Association, Philippine National Police, Task Force Samal, Barangay Nutrition Scholars (BNS), Local Government Unit employees, City and Barangay Officials, the private sectors and fellow Samaleños joined the event. However, if the funds from the fun run would warrant, we would also want to expand these to other children especially those who are in kinder, grade 1, grade 2, because these are the more vulnerable group, SDS Cristy Epe added. CynthgraceSamal Info/ Lira S. Rubio-San Agustin ES, IGACOS

Celebration of the 43rd Nutrition Month Kick-Off

(L to R photos) Participants actively dance to the beat with the zumba music right after the fun run event. (At the right photo) Samal City Mayor Al David T. Uy (6th from right and Samal City Vice Mayor Orly A. Amit (6th from left) together with SDS Cristy Epe (4th from right), City Councilor Richard Guindolman, Education Chair (3rd from right), CNAO Chairman Austerio F. Obenza (2nd from right) and DepEd Personnel release balloons to officially open the 43rd Nutrition Month celebration.

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More damages and aftershocks possible from strong Leyte quake By CATHERINE J. TEVES, PNA

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hilippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) is expecting more damages and aftershocks from the magnitude 6.5 earthquake in Leyte province on Thursday (July 6). “Because of that strong earthquake’s magnitude and shallow depth of 2.0 km only, we’re expecting damages and aftershocks,” said Phivolcs science research analyst Ellai Enbien. She also cautioned about liquefaction and landslides, noting these can occur in areas the earthquake affected. However, no destructive tsunami threat exists, Phivolcs said in its tsunami information 1 released Thursday afternoon. “The earthquake occurred on land so we’re not anticipating any tsunami,” said Enbien. Phivolcs said the 4:03 p.m. earthquake of tectonic origin struck 13 km south 48° west of Jaro. According to Enbien, Leyte’s Jaro and Kananga municipalities already reported damages from the earthquake. Phivolcs already monitored, as of 5:30 p.m. Thursday, 15 aftershocks of the earthquake, she continued. Those aftershocks were mostly concentrated in Leyte, she said. Phivolcs is gathering data about the aftershocks so the agency can report on magnitude and exact location of these, she noted. Forthcoming aftershocks may be felt and can further damage structures already affected by the earthquake so communities concerned must be cautious, she warned. Enbien said Phivolcs is studying what caused the earthquake. One possible cause is movement of Leyte segment, she noted. Phivolcs said the earthquake was reported so far at Intensity VI (Jaro and Kananga, Leyte), Intensity V (Palo, Leyte; Tacloban City; Cebu City; Mandaue City; Ormoc City), Intensity IV (Catbalogan City; Cabucgayan and Naval, Biliran; Tolosa and Bato, Leyte Hinunangan, Southern Leyte; Sagay City, Negros Occidental; Burgos, Surigao del Norte), Intensity III (Bogo City and Talisay, Cebu; Roxas City; Iloilo City; Bacolod City; Inopacan, Leyte; Sogod, Southern Leyte; Calatrava, Negros Occidental; Tagbilaran City; Jagna, Bohol), Intensity II (Libjo, San Jose, Cagdianao, Dinagat Islands; Sorsogon City; Lapu-lapu City; San Juan, Southern Leyte; Javier, Leyte) and Intensity I (La Carlota City, Negros Occidental; Catarman, Northern Samar). The earthquake was also reported at instrumental intensities of IV (Catbalogan City) and II (Palo, Leyte), Phivolcs added. (PNA)

PhotoS COURTESY OF BAYAN MO, IPATROL MO Bayan patroller cathy panganiban from ormoc city, leyte

DENR to host BIMP-EAGA environment cluster meeting in Palawan The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is hosting a meeting of the environment cluster of the Brunei D ar uss a lam-IndonesiaMalaysia-Philippines East ASEAN Growth Area (BIMPEAGA) slated for July 1014 in Puerto Princesa City, Palawan. DENR senior officials led by Undersecretary Demetrio Ignacio will comprise the Philippine delegation to t he s i x t h BI M P- E AG A

environment cluster meeting, which will focus on the best practices and guidelines for sustainable ecotourism, farming and fishing among member countries. During the meeting, updates on the two BIMPE AG A proj e c t s of t he Philippines will be presented. Environment Management Bureau Region 13 Director Engr. Wilson L. Trajico will apprise the cluster on the Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Potential Entities

and DENR Region 9 Director Felix S. Mirasol, Jr. will take up Turtle Conservation and Ecotourism Development in the Turtle Island Heritage Protected Area. There will also be discussions on the BIMPEAGA Green Cities Initiative and the lessons learned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in its implementation, and presentations on various projects adopted by each member country Other The BIMP-EAGA

projects include Indonesia’s Sustainable Ecotourism Best Practice Contribution to Climate Resilience in Critical Ecosystem; and Malaysia’s Mantanani IslandIntegrated Low Carbon Island, and Development of Environmental Education Module and Board Games on Marine Environment for Communities in Sabah. Some 15 delegates from the four member countries are expected to attend to me e t i ng toge t he r w it h

representatives from the ADB, BIMP-EAGA Business Council and the BIMP-EAGA Facilitation Center based in Kota Kinabalu. Ignacio is the environment cluster head of the PhilippineEAGA. Joining him in the delegation are his deputy, DENR Region 11 Director Rut h Taw ant aw an , t h e Environment Management Bureau (EMB) regional directors, assistant regional directors for technical services denr/PAGE 9

The Nat iona l Power Corporation together with the local government of Bokod is heightening its programs to protect the estimated 86,000 hectares of the Upper Agno River Watershed. The watershed is generally located in Benguet province but portions expand to the neighboring provinces of Nueva Vizcaya, Ifugao and Mt. Province. Up p e r A g n o R i v e r Watershed chief forester Nopre C ast ro s aid t he watershed provides water

to run three hydroelectric power plants - Binga Hydro E l e c t r i c Po w e r P l a n t , Ambuklao Hydro Electric Power Plant and San Roque Hydro Electric Power Plant. Ambuklao’s run-off water flows to the San Roque dam located at the boundaries of Benguet and Pangasinan. Binga pro duces 125 m e g a w a t t s o f p o w e r, Ambuklao is capable of producing 105 megawatts while San Roque produces about 500 megawatts of electricity. Together, the three produces more than

700 megawatts of power for the Luzon grid. Castro, however, said that with the threat of illegal logging activities as well as the conversion of portions of the watershed to agricultural lands, programs are being intensified to protect the source of water. Currently, there are eight forest rangers guarding the area. He added that they hope to receive approval of the hiring of 20 forest rangers to further protect and preserve the watershed.

Castro also explained that it is their task to protect, conserve and manage the watershed, which does not only benefit the town, but the Filipinos in general with the presence of the three power plants supplying Luzon. He also mentioned that punishing violators may not be as effective and may not eliminate the possibilities of others destroying the watershed. He said that it is better to educate the people through the conduct of information and education campaigns

(IEC). Police Senior Inspector Vicente Tamid-Ay, Bokod chief of police, also said t h at p at ro l l i n g of t h e watershed area is a regular activity considering the low criminality rate in the town. He revealed that they have confiscated the number of illegally cut pine lumber from loggers and transporters. Charges were filed against those arrested and the hot logs seized. Bokod is about two hours away from Baguio City. (Kris Chan/PNA)

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Shared dream for CDO city hospital: ‘Medical center of choice’ By Stephen Pedroza

C A GA Y A N D E O R O C I T Y , Philippines — Controversies have marred the Justiniano R. Borja General Hospital (JRBGH) for almost two decades — from the lack of facilities and financial resources to poor management — leaving it to operate in a dismal state. It has been a long-standing struggle for the hospital administration to improve their services to better serve the public. But now, things are looking up for the local hospital. “In 2013, when the Moreno administration took over, the team from his Misamis Oriental administration crafted the strategic plan for the hospital, together with key stakeholders, and came out with the vision for JRBGH becoming ‘the nation’s premier local government hospital by 2016 with preferential option for the poor and the underprivileged’,” recounted JRBGH hospital executive officer Dr. Ramon Nery, who also led the team. Fast forward to 2017, JRBGH’s key stakeholders with the technical assistance of Xavier University Ateneo de Cagayan’s Governance and Leadership Institute (GLI), reshaped the earlier vision, for 2019. This revised vision for the city hospital is starting to gain traction as Nery hopes that it will become “a medical center of choice,” equipped to address complicated or tertiarylevel medical cases. The hospital’s status elevation would benefit all people in the socioeconomic spectrum, particularly the poor and the marginalized. “It is the right time to fulfill this shared dream for the city, to have its own medical center with quality services, sustainable financing scheme, equitable benefits for its medical manpower, competent and compassionate medical professionals and staff, and a conducive environment for treating patients,” Nery added. To illustrate the vision: If a Kagay-anon has a serious or complicated condition, the patient doesn’t need to go to Cebu or Manila or abroad to get the treatment; it will be available at CDO’s “Justiniano R. Borja Medical Center.” Partnerships toward quality healthcare The vision for the hospital may

be ambitious, but Nery is optimistic that this is achievable through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) and the support of the Department of Health (DOH) and the local health board. This project aims to help decongest the DOH-owned Northern Mindanao Medical Center (NMMC), which is also located in the city’s busy downtown. “NMMC being a public medical center could not focus on addressing tertiary-level cases due to the influx of patients with primary and secondary cases, in the midst of the shortage of medical professionals and lack of facilities,” Nery said. As in other parts of the country, it’s been a culture in public medical centers to try to accommodate as many patients as possible, regardless of case levels, who can’t afford the otherwise expensive treatments in private hospitals and healthcare providers. Nery’s dream is for the city medical center to become the “primary choice for Kagay-anons” so NMMC can address more patients coming outside CDO or other parts of Region 10. For Nery, the city’s 19 urban health centers also need to be improved, modernized, and accredited by the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) as maternal and childcare facilities or birthing homes. The upgrading of urban health centers will help both JRBGH and NMMC to concentrate more on catering secondary, tertiary, and other complicated cases in this part of the country. As a city hospital, JRBGH is reliant on the budget allotted by the current administration on healthcare. Surgery ward head nurse Mitchi M. Caballero emphasized the local government’s role in maintaining the hospital’s operations. Throughout her twelve years at JRBGH, she has noticed that services offered by the hospital are not optimized to their full potential if the current administration doesn’t put a premium on improving healthcare facilities and equipment in the city. Because the hospital is still lacking in certain healthcare facilities and equipment, some patients were advised to transfer to other hospitals that are also in partnership with JRBGH. Although the partner

THE HOSPITAL’S LEADER. Justiniano R. Borja General Hospital executive officer Dr. Ramon Nery says that through their modernization project and revised vision they are slowly changing the image of the city hospital, from its depressing condition to a self-sustaining entity. He recognizes, however, that there is still a lot of work to do to serve the public better. photo by ralph john guibao .

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and chiefs of planning and management division in Regions 4B, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13. Representatives from the Mindanao Development Authority and the Palawan

provincial government will also attend the meeting. The BIMP-EAGA was formed in March 1994 with the goal of increasing trade, investment and tourism in the region. It consists of t he e nt i re Su lt anate of Br unei D ar uss a l am; 10 provinces on the islands

hospital shoulders the fees through a memorandum of agreement, Caballero still stressed the need for the realization of the proposals on improvements in JRBGH to enhance their services. “Before, it was about what was available that we could offer. If it wasn’t, it was beyond our services. We would transfer patients to other hospitals. So, I’m wishing that the proposal for an intensive care unit building will push through. … We hope we become a medical center. That’s our only wish so we could cater to more patients,” said Caballero in Binisaya. With more facilities, the hospital can refrain from transferring patients to other hospitals should they have the amenities to provide the help and service needed. “We don’t only cater to Cagayan de Oro [residents]. Sometimes people from other provinces go here, so we need facilities that will no longer require us to go to other hospitals to do the procedure,” explained Caballero. Significant changes This vision is not all wordplay; it comes with concrete details of accomplishments and hard figures as its foundation. “What transpired in the last three to four challenging years has been considered as ‘phenomenal’ for the JRBGH personnel. These changes have brought back the confidence that they can do more,” Nery shared. Recently, they have opened the third floor of the Pimentel building, which has not been occupied for the past 18 years. An eight-bed capacity intensive care unit is also being constructed, while plans to build a mental facility are underway. Because of their additional facilities and services, the city hospital has regained the trust and support of the CDO community. Based on the hospital records, one baby is being delivered every hour daily; eight major operations were performed (including two cesarean sections); and 250-300 consultations at the Outpatient Department (OPD) a day. Most wards and rooms for frontline services are airconditioned and public wifi service is provided at the OPD. The city hospital recently hired additional 11 doctors from Xavier Ateneo’s Dr. Jose P. Rizal School of Medicine, 40 additional nurses, and 60 administrative support staff.

BECOMING A MEDICAL CENTER. After more than two decades of neglect, Justiniano R. Borja General Hospital has once again earned the trust and confidence of the Kagay-anons, and now the city hospital aims to become “a medical center of choice.” photo by alex belen.

As Nery’s team continues to improve the operations and services of JRBGH, the city hospital is also able to generate revenue. In the bigger picture, the city government could self-regenerate using the revenues from healthcare services, in turn, revenues raised from PhilHealth payments would be reverted right to the hospital through medicines, equipment, and more services for the people. The management of the JRBGH has shown that with determination coupled with the passion for genuine public service, they can cater to the medical needs of the public and at the same time, contribute to the city’s growth. In 2016, the hospital posted a total revenue of P180M and served a total of 134,418 patients from the Inpatient, Outpatient, and Emergency Room departments from 39,898 in 2013. Nery compared that what used to be the annual income of the hospital in 2013 was only the hospital’s September 2016 income, worth P19M. The highest monthly income recorded last year was P23 million, in March. In 2014, the hospital’s revenues reached P65M and P120M in 2015. Nery recounted that when they took over in July 2013, the hospital’s annual income only amounted to P19M. Revenues for this current year are projected to reach over

KAGAY-ANON PATIENT. Hose Palasan, a patient of Justiniano R. Borja General Hospital, recounts his experience with a motor crash, which resulted in his hip being dislocated. It took him two weeks before he went to the city hospital for help. photo by ralph john guibao .

of Kalimantan, Sulawesi, Maluku and Irian Jaya in Indonesia; the states of Sabah and Sarawak, and the Federal Territor y of Labuan in Malaysia; and Pa l aw a n p r o v i n c e a n d Mindanao region in the Philippines. In t h e e nv i ro n m e nt

c l u s t e r, t h e f o c u s o f cooperation includes sustainable management of critical ecosystems, climate ch ange a d apt at i on an d mitigation, clean and green production technologies; addressing transboundary issues; and environment mainstreaming.

P200M. “All services of the JRBGH are free of charge, from simple to complicated operations. The city hospital has effectively utilized the benefits of the government-owned insurance corporation PhilHealth, our bread and butter,” Nery said. The free hospital services include orthopedic implants, cataract operations, anti-rabies vaccines, blood and blood products, inpatient, outpatient and take-home meds, radiology, and laboratory. The hospital’s financing is primarily provided for by PhilHealth, Health Facilities Enhancement Program (HFEP) of the DOH, and external medical assistance programs. Most of the city hospital’s patients are PhilHealth members. JRBGH also facilitate the membership of those patients who are not yet covered by the program. Sixty-year-old Hose Felesedario Palasan is one of the city hospital’s patients whose fees are shouldered by the program. He was involved in a motor crash two weeks prior his check-in at the hospital on June 19 for his dislocated hip bone. He was unable to go to the city hospital immediately after the motor crash because he had no means of transportation. His leg had also swollen to the point that he couldn’t easily move it anymore. He was only able to go to the city hospital when his sibling visited him at his home. By June 24, he had already gotten blood tests and X-ray scans of his chest and lower body. He is currently waiting for his scheduled surgery for a stainless-steel hip replacement — the purchase of which is still pending. All of these are free of charge. Palasan shared that he went to the city hospital because it was the only hospital that could help him without a fee. “It was the only hospital that could help me, especially when I need the stainless [steel implant]. I can’t pay, so I went here,” he said in Binisaya. Elelyn Ellyera, 28, is also another patient of the city hospital. She had undergone a c-section for her first baby delivery on June 18, as per her doctor’s recommendation. She explained that she went to the city hospital for her delivery after her local health center in Kauswagan suggested to go to JRBGH. What normally costs thousands in a private hospital was given free of charge to her by JRBGH. By June 24, Ellyera was discharged from the hospital with her healthy baby. Regaining the confidence of the community to the JRBGH is what Nery considers as “pamana” or legacy as he intends to retire

from the helms of the hospital a few years from now. Nery, who left his lucrative career as a pathologist in Central Luzon, returned to Mindanao: first to Dapitan City, later to his home province, Misamis Oriental, and now in Cagayan de Oro City. For his exemplary leadership of public hospitals, he has earned prestigious awards, namely, Outstanding Filipino Award for Public and Government Service (TOFIL), Pathologist of the Year Award in 2011, and the Outstanding Alumnus Award from XU-Ateneo de Cagayan Alumni Association in 2012 and the University of the East Ramon Magsaysay (UERM) Memorial Medical Center Alumni Association in 2014. He was also the brainchild of the strategic innovations in the Misamis Oriental Hospital Network System that won for the province the Galing Pook Award in 2011. Status elevation For Nery, they are slowly changing the image of the city hospital, from its depressing condition to a self-sustaining entity. However, there is still a lot of work to do. He also wants their best practices to be replicated by other local government units in the Philippines. To this end, JRBGH could serve as an archetype for other government-run hospitals. A pioneering innovation is the Telehealth Project between JRBGH and Southern Philippines Medical Center, wherein a psychiatrist based in Davao conducts weekly consultations with patients in CDO via video conference. Nery said that realizing this new vision of becoming a medical center is not a moonshot. But the greater challenge lies in governance, that’s why Nery led the formation of a team composed of key personnel of the city hospital to study the conversion and catalyze the integration of JRBGH into the DOH system. The city hospital has to apply to DOH for status elevation and accreditation, based on the classification criteria and regulations stipulated in Republic Act No 4226 (Hospital Licensure Act). Xavier Ateneo’s Governance and Leadership Institute, led by director Dr. Dixon Yasay, serves as the intermediary in this project and facilitator for the series of workshops using the framework and principles of Kaplan and Norton’s “Balanced Scorecard.” JR Borja General Hospital is expected to undergo more major changes in the years to come while surpassing their recent achievements and expanding the scope of their services and operations. ∎ (with reports from Samantha Bagayas)

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BULUA CENTRAL SCHOOL Batas... page 4 ADMITS PUPILS DISPLACED from safety, and well-being of the 26 million young children FROM MARAWI CITY By Nenita T. Lunaan Teacher III, Bulua Central School

205 displaced children from Marawi City were admitted to Bulua Central School due to the occurrence of armed conflict between the Maute Group and the Government troupes led by the Armed Forces of the Philippine and the Philippine National Police. Secretar y Leonor M. Briones of the Department of Education gave a marching order to admit all children seek for admission to all public schools in nearby towns and cities of the region since the said conflict happened in time of the school opening. The children were admitted even without school documents

and the receiving school will just check the learner’s Reference Number (LRN) t h o u g h t h e L e a r n e r ’s Identification System (LIS) to verify the grade level and the authenticity of the pupil’s registration. Jerry P. Taruc, the principal of Bulua Central School has right away instituted stress debriefing among the admitted pupils from Marawi City and it was facilitated by the teachers led by Mrs. NenitaLunaan. “The school intends to give the pupils due intervention for the whole school year in order to relieve these children from the trauma they feel as they were caught between fires” added Mr. Taruc.

Teaching LGBT-correct language among the youth By DIVINA B. PAHAGANAS

I think it is high time for the country’s junior high curriculum to be injected with LGBT-correct language. Although the Philippines maintains high tolerance within the LGBT community, many Filipinos are still politically incorrect when labelling LGBT persons. Thus we must teach them young. For instance, Filipinos simply mix up labelling people bakla, bading and tomboy. The misuse of these terms reflects how the Philippines has a long way to go in understanding LGBT persons. When people think of bakla here, they normally picture a cross-dressing person and when people think of tomboy, they normally think of a masculine-looking woman. In fact when Charice resurfaced as Jake Zyrus, people dub him as a EXTRAJUDICIAL SETTLEMENT WITH DEED OF ABSOLUTE SALE KNOW BY ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: this instrument is executed by among HEIRS OF GAUDENCIA M. TUADLES namely: POMPEYO R. TUADLES, of legal age, widow, Filipino citizen and a resident of 9th21st Streets, Nazareth Cagayan de Oro City, Hereinafter referred to as the HEIR/VENDOR; CLINT MERCADO TUADLES of legal age, married, Filipino Citizen and a resident of 9th21st Streets, Nazareth Cagayan de Oro City, Hereinafter referred to as the HEIR/VENDOR; AZHAREEN M. SUMANDAR, minor, represented by her parents, ANSARI LAWI SUMANDAR and NOROMBAE MANALOCON SUMANDAR, of legal age, Filipino citizens, and resident of Block 9, Lot 13, Phase 1B, Xavier Estates, Upper Balulang, Cagayan de Oro City, hereinafter referred to as VENDEE; surviving legal and compulsory heir of the late GAUDENCIA M. TUADLES

tomboy. When in reality, he is not a tomboy. He is a transgender man. He is a man. Unfortunately, Jake Zyrus has become the butt of people’s jokes. This only shows how Filipinos tend to confuse gender and sexuality. Gender identity has to do with how you perform your version of maleness or femaleness or more importantly how you transgress the two through performativity. Sexuality refers to your sexual orientation. With the need to always be politically correct, one may speculate as to how the few terminologies in the Filipino language can encompass everyone in the community. If we wish to be at par with international standards even in the cultural realm, then we must start educating young. who died intestate on AUGUST 25, 2014 TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-207942 A PARCEL OF LAND (LOT 7), PCS-10-002525, BEING A PORTION OF LOTS 1, 2 & 3, BLOCK 18, (LRC) PSD-13276), SITUATED IN THE BARRIO OF (NOW) NAZARETH, CITY OF CAGAYAN DE ORO, ISLAND OF MINDANAO. That for and in consideration of the sum of the FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND (P450.000.00) PESOS Philippine currency, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledge by the VENDOR from the VENDEE and said VENDOR does by these presents sell, transfer and convey in a manner absolute and irrevocable, unto said VENDEE, her heirs and assigns, free from all liens and encumbrances the aforesaid portion including the improvements found theron. Under notary Public of Melanie D. Ortiz-Rusete: Per Doc No. 425. Page No. 71. Book No. 16 Series of 2017. BWM: July 10, 17 & 24, 2017

who have trooped back to schools nationwide: prevent them from eating processed meat and other foods with preservatives which contain big amounts of salt, so you can steer them away from cancer and other deadly illnesses. Dr. Ted Herbosa, DOH undersecretary, made the, in an interview with me and my partner, Vic Somintac, at the radio program “Tambalang Batas at Somintac”, which airs daily, Mondays to Fridays, 6 a.m. to 7 a.m., over Radyo Agila DZEC, 1062 kHz on the AM band. Dr. Herbosa said that it is 100 % a lot better for young kids and even for adults to be eating fresh foods, or foods prepared by cooking, right inside our own kitchens. Among the processed foods that should be avoided, Herbosa said, are ham, bacon, hotdog, salami and the like. Better give our children fresh fruits, vegetables, and, if it cannot be avoided, meats that are freshly cooked, he added. -ooo WATCH “ANG TANGING DAAN” AT FACEBOOK: Please watch “Ang Tanging Daan”, a Bible exposition and prayer session for everyone, in English and Filipino, at w w w. f a c e b o o k . c om / angtangingdaan. Reactions: 0917 984 24 68, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058. Email: batasmauricio@yahoo.com.

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receipts or invoices, and onetime transaction (ONETT) taxpayers. In RR 5-2015, issued on March 17, 2015, the agency said failure to file returns using eBIRForms and through electronic mode will entail a P1,000 penalty per return along with civil penalties equivalent to 25 percent of the tax due paid. In BIR Revenue Memorandum Circular No. 12-2015, issued on March 27, 2015, senior citizens, persons with disabilities (PWD), employees with purely compensation income and employees qualified for substituted filing were “encouraged to use offline eBIRForms” in filing their returns but also encouraged to tap the e-filing so “to avoid the crowd and long lines.” (Joann Santiago/PNA)

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and its objectives and, in turn, encouraged more volunteers to join their ranks. “It was helpful to have a third-party review our processes. The full brand review allowed us to have a new baseline to jumpstart conversations among our te am on how we want Teach for the Philippines to evolve and improve in our communicat ions – internally and externally,” added Delgado. SAI and Teach for the

Philippines are two social enterprises that aim to address prevailing issues that impede in the education of Filipinos despite the country’s high literacy rate. Whi le t he count r y’s literac y rate is at 98.1 percent, according to the latest available data from the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) as of 2013, there has been an increase in the issues that limit the learning capacity of students. In 2 0 1 5 , P h i l ippi n e Statistics Authority (PSA) revealed that 1 in every 10 Filipinos, aged 6 to 24, was out-of-school or 24 million Filipinos are experiencing hindrances to education due to various reasons. Among the top barriers to education are insufficient family income, the high cost of education and, a lack of interest in schooling. For its part, SAP Social Sabbatical aspires to reach out to more social enterprises in the country to help them with their advocacies. The SAP Social Sabbatical is a unique program for SAP employees to contribute their time and expertise to assist in empowering organizations in the education or entrepreneurship sector in emerging markets, including assistance in strengthening their leadership competencies, cross industry sector knowh ow a n d i nt e rc u lt u r a l sensitivity. Following the successful completion of the program in 2015, SAP is looking at continuing the efforts of supporting local organizations in the Philippines in 2018. “SAP has long b een dedicated to creating ways to help rele vant s o cial organizations, in any way that it can. SAP Social Sabbatical is our way of contributing a lasting impact to the society. This is also a big help to our country, especially in further improving education,” said Ryan Poggi, Managing Director, SAP Philippines.

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from page 5 is purely for short-term payment transactions. “It is an easing,” BSP Governor Nestor A. Espenilla Jr. told reporters Friday. The central bank chief explained that payment and settlement accounts are basically savings accounts, thus, it was covered by reserve requirement. He, however, said this particular account should not be included in bank’s reserve requirement because it “is really for the purpose of supporting settlement transactions.” “It is not really released for credit so the relaxation of that component, that is settlement balance,” he added. (Joann Santiago/PNA)

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at P180 billion, split into P40 billion under the week-long term and P140 billion for the month-long tenor. BSP Governor Nestor A. Espenilla, Jr. has said that the BSP is studying when it

can reduce the 20% reserve requirement on big banks, but noted that its timing will depend on liquidity and market conditions. Talks to cut the reserve standard date back to June 2016 when the BSP migrated to an interest rate corridor scheme and introduced weekly term deposit auctions to prod banks to be more aware of their liquidity positions. Mr. Espenilla also said the auction volumes and tenors under the TDF have been under constant review, but any change would have to be data-driven.

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instalments at six percent interest rate per annum. It is covered by a loan redemption insurance, which deems the loan fully paid in case of the borrower’s demise, provided that loan repayment is up to date. Loan proceeds are electronically credited to the borrower’s GSIS electronic card (eCard) or unified multipurpose identification (UMID) card. For more information, interested members may visit the GSIS website, www.gsis. gov.ph; email, gsiscares@ gsis.gov.ph; or call the GSIS Contact Center at 847-4747.

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or extended families and were brought to the hospitals only when their conditions became critical,” she explained. Thousands of homebased IDPs are now in Iligan City but some of them are yet to be profiled by the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD). In L ana o d el Nor te province, a total of 10,214 families comprising 45,735 individuals have been profiled as home-based IDPs. Likewise, Lanao del Sur Provincial Health Officer Dr. Alinader Minalang reported to Secretary Ubial the presence of more than 330,500 IDPs in his area of jurisdiction and reaching out to them is now his utmost concern. With this condition, D OH-X resp onders, in coordination with DOH Team CARAGA and DOH XI based here in Iligan City have been providing free health services to home-based IDPs staying in Moneerah Integrated School, Ubaldo Laya and Sta. Elena villages. (Jun Galban, PIO-IMT, DOH-RO X/RLRB, PIA 10-Bukidnon)

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“We are looking into the rehabilitation concerns because DILG is part of the team concerned and who will be working on that aspect and Lanao del Sur is our target on this,” said Cuy. DILG chief also checked

on the needs of the City such as evacuation concerns, w ate r, i nte r ne t a c c e ss , transportation of goods, and management of the dead. As to when the siege could probably end, Cuy said that it could be very soon, in a matter of days. “Ang concern ng security forces ay ang mga hostages otherwise, madali lang yan (The primary concern of the security forces are the hostage, otherwise ending the crisis will be very easy). I hope this will end within few days.” Moreover, Cuy also visited Iligan City and presided a meeting attended by DILG personnel together with Iligan City Mayor Celso Regencia, Vice Mayor Jemar Vera Cruz, and Sangguniang Panlungsod members of the City. Regencia pointed out their apprehensions on the cadavers from Lanao del Sur being sent to Iligan City for identification. Cuy addressed this saying, “We will direct na maghanda nalang ng mobile Scene of the Crime Operatives (SOCO) para doon [Lanao del Sur] nalang sila kukunan ng specimen for identification (We will direct for a mobile SOCO to be prepared so that they will be the ones who will go there [Lanao del Sur] to attain the needed specimen for identification).” Regencia further reported that they are offering support to the evacuees as well as the operating units in the City. “Binabalanse natin ang ating tulong. Tumutulong tayo sa evacuees at tumutulong rin tayo sa mga operating units kasi ang operating units nangangailangan din ng tulong (We balance the support that we are providing by helping the evacuees and at the same time, supporting the operating units too since they also need assistance).” In support to security measures, the city mayor said that they have vested all their support to AFP and PNP by constantly conducting meetings with the brigade commander, battalion commander, and city director. Furthermore, Regencia also expressed that he agrees with the declaration of Martial Law as he deems that it was very effective in City. “First week na idineklara ang Martial Law dito sa Mindanao, nagkaroon tayo ng zero crime rate dito sa Iligan because we are doing the curfew hours with the resolution from Sangguniang Panlungsod na from 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m. (During the first week when Martial Law was declared in Mindanao, we had zero crime rate here in Iligan since we have implemented the 9:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. curfew hours through a resolution from Sanguniang Panlungsod).”

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a year until September 1 last year. Classes were also disrupted affecting some 800 students and 43 volunteer teachers from Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development (ALCADEV) and five other neighboring lumad schools run by the Tribal Filipino Program of Surigao del Sur . Villasanta said Karapatan and the Friends of Lumad in Caraga will meet with Gov. Vicente Pimentel at the provincial capitol to ask his permission to allow the lumad evacuees temporary stay once more at the oval. He said the displaced villagers have just started rebuilding their farms, homes and schools after they, along with 17 other lumad communities, were forced to evacuate for a year in Tandag City after the killing of their two leaders in the sub village of Han-ayan where the ALCADEV school is located. The two tribal leaders, Dionel Campos, chairperson of Malahutayong Pakigbisog Alang sa Sumusunod (MAPASU) and ALCADEV Executive Director Emerito Samarca were gunned down in the massacre in September 1, 2015 believed to be perpetrated by militiamen who were accompanying operating troops of the 75th Infantry Battalion (75IB). According to the reports r e l ay e d by t h e l u m a d evacuees, Army troopers belonging to 75IB, 36th Infantry Battalion and 6th Special Forces Battalion have been conducting military operations in the lumad communities in Lianga, San Migue and San Agusatin towns since Monday. A stricter militar y checkpoint was placed in front of the military detachment in Post 1, in the village of Diatagon requiring residents and visitors to the schools to show their ID or write their names in a logbook as part of the Martial Law in Mindanao. Col. Franco Nemesio Gacal, commanding officer of the 402nd Army Brigade based in Tandag City, however explained to local mediamen in an interview on Thursday that the military chopper was just passing by the sub village in Han-ayan not hovering around them as the lumad evacuees claimed since the area is a normal part of their route.

He also said the Army patrol base in Diatagon has been there for a long time that the checking of people passing by the area is just normal standard operating schedule.

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ord e re d an i m m e d i at e investigation on the problem and instructed the Misamis O r i e nt a l C a r e S y s t e m (MisOrCares) on standby. Emano also directed provincial health officer Jerie Calingasan to alert his team and help investigate the possible causes of the outbreak. The Provincial Health Office has sent medicines to Medina such as metronidazole, paracetamol, cotrimoxazole, oresol and waterine, a liquid solution for drinking water, among others. Medina health officer Ma. Alma Enriquez said they suspected the town’s potable water source in barangay Kibuntod to have been contaminated with the coliform bacteria because the victims are from all ages. E n r i qu e z s ai d s ome victims suffered stomach pains while some have difficulties in standing due to severe pain. But not all of them were admitted to hospitals as some decided to stay home. She said the Medina Rural Water Works Sanitation Cooperative is currently undergoing flashing of the pipelines and chlorination. She asked public to boil first the water from faucets before drinking.

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As a Metropolitan Center, Cagayan de Oro would serve as a center of commercial, financial, and administrative activities and a primary international gateway. When Port Manager Isidro V. Butaslac, Jr. assumed office in November 2014, the port was so congested with infrastructure and operational constraints it didn’t seem possible it could be a factor in helping attain the NEDA vision. Ship calls were dropping 6 percent, gross registered tonnage (GRT) had zero growth, waiting time had ballooned to 74 percent and passenger traffic on a downtrend with the steady growth of container volume the only positive note. Wo r s e , t h e r e w a s

Republic of the Philippines LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRY OFFICE PROVINCE OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL CAGAYAN DE ORO NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC In compliance with Section 5 of R.A. No. 9048, a notice is hereby served to the public that MAISIE FAITH DAGAPIOSO-YUMOL has filed with this office a petition for Change of name from FAITH to MAISIE FAITH in the birth certificate of FAITH DAGAPIOSO who was born on MAY 19, 1960 at CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY and whose parents are ELSON DAGAPIOSO and CARMENCITA JALALON. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this Office not later JULY 10, 2017. (SGD.) NORMA S. DIPUTAFO City Civil Registrar BWM: July 3 & 10, 2017

congestion all over: at the quay, at the gates,at the c ont ai ne r y ard s w he re containers were piling up, and at the Macajalar Bay where incoming vessels were queuing while waiting their turn to berth. Not s u r p r i s i n g l y, t r u c k e r s , shippers and ship operators began looking elsewhere for more efficient and less costly options. Yet, ship calls rose 10 percent by 2015, and further to 20 percent last year. GRT spiked to 22% before settling to 9 percent, waiting time increased to 159%, passenger traffic was up 5%, cargo volume by 13% for two straight years, and container traffic continued its double digit ascent with 15 and 20 percent growth. When Butaslac reported the p or t’s p erformance during the Philippine Port Authority’s annual managers conference in 2016, he was asked how Cagayan de Oro PMO attained its unprecedented revenues and operational performance despite all the constraints. “We attained revenues of P308,720,318 in 2016, a 16.25% increase over the previous year, handled total cargo throughput of 8,618,701 metric tons (MT), total shipcalls of 16,558 (an 8% increase) and 2.84 million passengers, (a 15% increase over the previous year),” Butaslac reported. (To be continued)

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program at People’s Park, this city. Lim said the PDP advocacy will adopt the localized call to action “Tara Na! AmBisyon,

aksyunan nato karon!” After the program, a motorcade will follow involving various offices from the national government agencies, local government units, private sector, civil so ciety, academe, nongovernment organizations, and the media. T he motorc a d e w i l l proceed to SMX Convention Center in Lanang, where the DRDP will be launched formally at 1:30pm with a prog ram fe atu r ing a s t a k e h o l d e r s’ m e s s a g e of support, LGU/agency showcase of products and services, sighing of support on the pledge wall, RDP unveiling, and entertainment numbers. Exhibits will also be open to the public at the SMX event venue from 10:00am to 6:00pm, while a media briefing to be moderated by Philippine Information Agency Regional Director Efren F. Elbanbuena will take place at 11:00am on the same day. The DRDP launch which banners the theme: “Committing to Sustain C h ange ,” a l s o ai ms to encourage participants and guests to sign the Pledge of Support for the Davao RDP. Pres. Rodrigo Duterte is invited to grace the event at SMX Convention Center. RDC-11 chair and Davao del Norte Governor Anthony del Rosario will lead other RDC-11 members. To render the messages of support include Compostela Valley Representative Maria C ar me n Z amor a , F i rst District Davao Oriental Representative Corazon Malanyaon and Capt. Ronald Go, chair of the Davao City

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE REGIONAL TRIAL COURT SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA JUDICIAL SALE EJF File No. 2017-225 UPON Extra-Judicial Petition for Sale under Act No. 3135 as amended by Act No. 4118, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-IBIG Fund) as Mortgagee/s, against MAFEL P. GATCHALIAN married to NOEL BENEDICT G. GATCHALIAN, with postal address at Lot 13, Block 19, Mocking Bird St., Morning Mist Village, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, as the Mortgagor/s, is indebted to the Mortgagee in the total amount of ONE MILLION FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT THOUSAND EIGTH HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX PESOS and 53/100 (Php 1,488,886.53) inclusive of interest and penalty, charges as of March 20, 2017, and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on July 27, 2017 at 10:00am to 4:00pm, at the Office of the Clerk of Court, Regional Trial Court, City Tourism Hall, Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder, for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon;

Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Inc. (DCCII). (PIA-11/Carina L. Cayon)

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“On February 28, the regiment returned to the Agriculture Building with a three-hour artiller y preparation. Point-blank 1 5 5 m m h ow it z e r f i re s alternated with point-blank tank and tank-destroyer f ires….. Much of t he Agriculture Building thus pancaked on its own first floor, and the 5th Cavalry Regiment assaulted into what was left. ” The firepower brought to bear on the Agriculture Building and other Japanese strongholds, coupled with the fires initiated by the Japanese soldiers, devastated much of Manila. Militar y historians describe the war-time destruction of Manila as next only to that of Warsaw, Poland. xxx So many soldiers and policemen have already heroically died to retake Marawi City. That is why I share the sentiment of Secretary Delfin Lorenzana and Marawi officials against the assignment of police scalawags in Marawi City as a form of punishment. Marawi City is where you send the best and the bravest of our troops. It is not supposed to be a dumping ground of misfits. Perhaps, PNP Chief Bato de la Rosa has so many other things in his mind right now that he overlooked the sensitivities of this decision. xxx There are many

heartwarming stories that continue to emerge from the rubbles of Marawi. There is the stor y of Muslims hiding/protecting non-Muslims, even teaching them verses in the Koran, in order to help the latter avoid detection by Maute terrorists. T h e re i s t h e you ng army officer who recovered millions in cash from a suspected Maute hideout. He immediately turned over the cash to his superiors. Sadly, the young officer died during fighting the next day. There are stories of journalists braving bullets and rocket fire to bring the story more accurately to the Filipino people. One poignant story tells of a husband who tried to save his wife who got isolated in Maute-held territory. Several times he went to the danger zone, with only a plastic bag containing bottled water and a ripe banana. “She must be very thirsty and hungry,” he told a television crew. Finally, he found his wife (wounded and dehydrated) and brought her back to a safe zone. Note: You may email us at totingbunye2000@gmail. com. You may also “like” us on Facebook at “Speaking Out”.

CAGAYAN DE ORO MAIN BRANCH P & J Lim Bldg., Tiano Brothers Kalambagohan Sts., Tel. # (08822) 727-829 * Telefax # (088) 856-1947 CAMIGUIN BRANCH B. Aranas St., Poblacion, Mambajao, Camiguin Tel. # (088) 387-0491 CORRALES BRANCH Corrales Ave., Cagayan de Oro City DIVISORIA BRANCH Atty. Erasmo B. Damasing Bldg., #61 Don A. Velez St., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 857-3631 LAPASAN BRANCH Lapasan Hi-way, Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-6739 CARMEN BRANCH Vamenta Blvd., Cagayan de Oro City Tel. # (088) 231-2011

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 22 Cagayan de Oro City IN RE: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF FC-SP-FMY-2017-080 MINOR CHARLES ANGELO CORDERO, SPS. ARKE C. DAEL AND CELISTE C. CORDERO, Petitioners, -versus- for: LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF ADOPTION CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Respondent, x-----------------------------------------/ ORDER

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date. In the event auction sale cannot take place for whatever legal reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication. Prospective buyers may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be. DONE this 19th day of June, 2017, in the City of Cagayan de Oro.

This petition seeks for the adoption of minor child CHARLES ANGELO CORDERO by the petitioners Spouses ARKE C. DAEL and CELISTE C. CORDERO and for the change of the name of the child to be adopted to CHARLES ANGELO DAEL. Finding the petition sufficient in form and substance the Same is hereby given due course. Let the hearing be set on June 28, 2017 at 8:30 in the morning_at_ 2nd floor Legislative Bldg., Conference Room of the City Council, City Hall, Cagayan de Oro City. At the expense of the petitioners, let this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in Cagayan de Oro City and in Misamis Oriental, The RTC Social Welfare Officer assigned to this Court is hereby directed to conduct a home and child study on the adopting parents, the natural parents and the child to be adopted. She is also directed to conduct counseling sessions with the biological parents of the child to be adopted. The reports thereof shall be submitted to this Court SIXTY (60) DAYS frorn the receipt of this order. Petitioners are directed to make arrangements with the Court Social Worker for the scheduling and incidental expenses in conducting the case study. Let copy of this order and the petition be furnished upon the Local Civil Registrar of Cagayan de Oro City, the Solicitor General and the city Prosecutor of Cagayan de Oro City for their appearance in behalf of the state. SO ORDERED. Given this 5th day of April, 2017 at Cagayan de Oro, Philippines.

(Sgd.) ENRIQUE M. TALAG, JR Sheriff IV BWM: July 3, 10 & 17, 2017

BWM: July 3, 10 & 17, 2017

TCT Nos. T-144829 “A PARCEL OF LAND Lot 13, Block 19, of the Subd. Plan, PSD-10-030370, being a portion of Lot 2297-B, PSD-10-021404), situated in Barangay Carmen, City of Cagayan de Oro, Island of Mindanao, including all improvements constructed thereon, containing an area of One Hundred Eighty (180) sq. m. more or less.xxx

(Sgd.) RICHARD D. MORDENO Presiding Judge

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