BusinessWeek Mindanao (July 20, 2016)

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Briefly Customs automation The country’s move towards full customs automation will make it easier for exporters, importers and traders to comply with complex customs processes, thus facilitating trade and lowering the cost of doing business.

The customs automation is provided under the Republic Act 10863 or the Customs Modernization and Tariff Act (CMTA) signed by former President Benigno S. Aquino III. Export Development Council (EDC) Deputy Executive Director Emma Mijares said automated system will reduce the time of processing, documentation requirements, as well as time and cost in going to Customs office.

Roadmap to peace OFFICE of the Presidential Adviser on the Peace Process (OPAPP) Secretary Jesus Dureza on Tuesday announced that President Rodrigo Duterte has approved a new “Roadmap to Peace” that would cover all groups fighting the government.

”So let me open up by immediately informing everyone that the President yesterday approved the new “Roadmap to Peace”, we call it,” Dureza said in a press conference at the Malacanan Palace.

Dureza said the ‘New Road Map to Peace’ would cover the government engagement with the Bangsamoro, the Communist Party of the Philippines-National Democratic Front (CPP-NDF), and other groups like the Cordillera People’s Liberation Army.

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EVENUES by the Cagayan de Oro port are expected to soar with the opening yesterday of Pilipinas Shell Petroleum’s P6-billion storage facility at the Macabalan port here, its largest outside Luzon, the Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) said.

For the past eight years, the PPA noted a steady decline in cargo ship calls at the Port of Cagayan de Oro since the operation of the larger Mindanao Container Terminal located at the nearby Phividec Industrial Estate in Tagoloan, Misamis Oriental.

In the first quarter of this year alone, there were only 31 foreign ship calls at the Port of Cagayan de Oro compared to 60 at shell/PAGE 7

P6-BILLION DEPOT. Pilipinas Shell’s North Mindanao Import Facility inauguration yesterday. Present during the ceremony includes Energy Undersecretary Donato Marcos, Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) outgoing officer-in-charge Raul Santos, Mayor Oscar Moreno, Pilipinas Shell Petroleum Corporation country chairman Edgar Chua, vice president for trading and supply Dennis Gamab, and business partners Wei-Hung Leong and John Lo. CIO

Coconut industry to explore activated carbon market

By CARMELITO Q. FRANCISCO Correspondent

DAVAO CITY -- Potential foreign buyers are expected to attend the 1st International C oconut Conference here that will coconut/PAGE 6

Climate change experts see open door for engagement with Digong ‘booboo’

By BONG D. FABE, Contributing Editor

WHILE die-hard so-called environment activists saw an opening to lambast the Duterte administration for the President’s pronouncements on the country’s international

climate change commitments, s e veral climate change experts saw an opening to constructively engage the President for the good of the planet and the nation.

Rodne Rodiño Galicha, The Climate Reality Project (TCP) manager for the Philippines, said that TCP is very willing to sit with the President and guide him about the complexities booboo/PAGE 6

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P500-K BUB fund released for Oroquieta federal union OROQUIETA City -- The Department of Labor and Employment in Misamis Occidental Provincial Field Office released the sum of P500,000 under the BottomUp Budgeting (BUB) funds to 500 recipients of the Federal Union of Oroquieta Motorcab O p erators and Dr ivers Association Incorporated (FUOMODAI), in a check turnover held on 29 June 2016 in Oroquieta City.

The ceremonial turnover was headed by DOLE-10 Misamis Occidental Head Leonardo G. Rodrigo.

Also in attendance were the 14 project beneficiaries along with FUOMODAI President Alex Ocampos,

Villaflor Barangay Captain To m a s L a m p a r a s a n d Oroquieta City PESO Manager Mark Anthony Artigas and his staff.

DOLE-10 Regional Director R aymundo G. Agravante promotes Bottomup Budgeting (BuB), “This is implemented as a reform program of the National G o v e r n m e nt w i t h t h e objective of attaining the Philippine Development Plan’s goals of inclusive growth and poverty reduction. It aims to achieve grassroots empowerment and participation, providing the citizens an equal opportunity to determine the projects that accurately respond to the

needs of their community.”

“Through the BuB process, organizations of all basic sectors can acquire livelihood skills to help them obtain gainful employment and initiate livelihood projects,” Agravante added.

The beneficiaries reported that the livelihood grant will serve as capital funding to purchase various motor spare parts and eventually start their proposed Motorcycle Spare Parts Trading Business.

Moreover, the shop will offer quality new or used motorcycle parts to a growing market of motorcycling users and hobbyists in the city and nearby municipalities.

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they have a high degree of confidence for the business due to the affinity of the many local residents with motorcycle usage. As observed, mostly middle –class population finds motorcycles efficient and cost-effective---bought at reasonable prices. From personal to business use, the motorcycle is a viable means of transport in both urban and rural areas of the Province which makes the sales potential more promising.

Wit h ent husi asm, F U OMODA I Pre s i d e nt Alex Omandam said, “Manghinaut mi na mulambo n i ng a n e go s yo. D a ko kayo among pasalamat sa DOLE ani nga oportunidad ug among buhaton ang among responsibilidad isip miyembro sa organisasyon fund/PAGE 7

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68.8-MW hydro project in Bukidnon nears completion

By IRENE JOY DAYO, Contributor

ANOTHER 68.8-MW of renewable energy will soon be added to Mindanao grid as hydro project located at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon is already halfway to its full blast.

The hydro project which is owned by Hedcor Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of AboitizPower, is their first run-of-river hydro project in Bukidnon province and the biggest capacity undertaken so far. It makes use of three rivers in this part of the region – Tanaon, Guihean and Amusig.

It only started April 2015, and is expected to finish by third quarter of next year.

Hedcor Inc. Vice President for Business Development Gregorio Jabonillo said that despite continuous rain, the excavation works within 74 hectares construction area are due for completion in a few months.

The 68.8-MW project was divided into two cascading plants. The Manolo Fortich Hydro 1 Project is already 43% complete while MF Hydro 2 is

already on its 52%.

The installation of pipelines is scheduled to finish within this quarter. Moreover, concreting works which are focused on the weirs and desanders are on time and two powerhouses will start rising soon.

T h i s hy d ro proj e c t employs some 2,000 locals of Manolo Fortich and nearby places. This is part of their commitment of providing job and source of living among residents in the community.

As part of their corporate and social responsibility as well, Hedcor volunteered on the last Brigada Eskwela, a program of Department of Education in preparing schools for June opening. They also provided school materials and classroom buildings to Higaonon children.

Other than that, the company is continuing its reforestation project. More than a hundred thousand of trees have been planted in Bukidnon, as addition to 1.8 million trees planted and monitored by the company. (PIA10)

Panampawan Elementary School Recipient of DepEd Computerization Program (DCP)

By ANNALYN L. ENLAWAN Teacher I/ ICT Teacher Panampawan Elementary School

Nowadays, we are on advanced technological development especially on computers and electronic devices. The Department of Education is geared towards the transformation of Education through the DepEd Computerization Program (DCP). It aims to provide public schools with

appropriate technologies that would enhance the teachinglearning process of teachers and meet the challenges of the 21st century. The objectives of the DepEd Computerization Program are integrating ICT in the school system and raising the ICT literacy of learners, pupils and teachers.

Panampawan Elementary

School Panampawan, Claveria, Misamis Oriental was lucky enough to be the one of the recipient of the DCP. The package includes 2 projectors, a printer, 6 desktop computers and 1 laptop which were installed last June 20, 2016.

The teachers were given trainings and orientation before the deployed of the packages to their respective schools.

The ICT teacher also attended trainings on how to manipulate the computers especially in troubleshooting.

This technology is vital to the learning process of the pupils. The learners are more excited and eager to learn the lesson. They can learn and understand the lesson very well. The teachers also teach the lesson easily. The use of computer is very important.

Even the small children know how to use the cellphone and tablet. Even if the school is located in a hinter land we are globally competitive.

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Blind Spots Think a minute…How’s your eyesight and vision? A famous blind woman once said: “It’s better to be blind and see with your heart, than to have two good eyes and not see yourself as you truly are.” As the well-known saying goes, “No one is as blind as those who will not see.” A famous philosopher said that one of the most important priorities in life is to ‘know thyself ’, because when we’re blind to ourselves, we believe that our way is always right. Like the husband who said: “When I married her I knew she was Miss Right, but I didn’t know her first name was Always!”

Many of us are like that wife. We think we see everyone else so clearly, but what about ourselves? We can’t see what we need to correct and change in our own character, so we never reach our potential and live our life to the fullest.

We handle our marriage and other relationships, raise our children, and go through life never seeing ourselves as we really are. So we develop wrong thinking and bad attitudes that hurt our family members and others. Sometimes we might even believe the lie that we cannot change because that’s just the kind of person we’ll always be. But our blindness,

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Jhan Tiafau Hurst and sometimes pride, doesn’t really want to see and admit our faults. We might we even blame others for our problems and personality.

You see, until we honestly admit that we don’t have a healthy character, we’ll never know we need a doctor to get healed. We need someone else with perfect, clear vision to show us what we don’t see in ourselves. Jesus Christ came to do that for us. He will start changing your heart and help you to humbly admit when you’re wrong. He’ll show you how to better treat your wife or husband and children.

He’ll give you an attitude and heart that easily forgives those people who wrong and hurt you. He’ll give you the strength to always be honest, no matter how much you can get away with. Jesus will hurst/PAGE 7

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From time to time I love silence. I need quietness. Do you observe that we live in a real frightful loud world?

At every corner of our daily life are innumerable chances of being covered up with sometimes unbearable din and noise. The loud outcry gives me the needle. We don’t have nerves of steel forever.

I strongly agree with Davao Acting Mayor Paolo Duterte prohibiting the conduct of street parties and concerts downtown during the Kadayawan festival next month. Yes, the order is consistent with the festival’s central theme this year - that is to focus on the plight of the 11 tribes of Davao City.

Let’s get to know more the culture and traditions of the Lumads and Muslims.

Anyway, I am not really a fan of going out at night. If

you ask me how to spend a lovely evening after a hectic and stressful and, especially, noisy day - plain and simple.

The nicest occurrence is the silence, the intimate taciturnity, which can even “weld” people or partners together. It might sound just like an idiomatic expression, but believe me; not being forced to talk is great! No, I don’t mean that we have nothing to say to each other any more - or, he or she won’t listen to a special reason... . I am talking about a deep understanding between people, who are together and are able to share time in quiet and silent happiness.

After a long and strenuous day, it is a real big comfort to sit and lean back, read all the (old!) newspapers and magazines from the last days and weeks while enjoying a glass of wine and a handful peanuts. A crossword puzzle is easier to solve while having a “silent” radio program in the background, instead a

“roars to hell” television show.

Try it. It’s indeed relaxing af te r t r af f i c wo e s , t he heat and dust of the day, telephones’ ringing, machine rattlings, meetings and never ending discussions. Why should we talk right now?

Feeling safe and secure, inseparable, indestructible with peace in our minds and our surroundings, this is what we really mean to each other, understanding without words. At home, somewhere in the garden, at a beach - there are many wonderful places. And, suddenly out of the blue from the bottom of our heart and from the depth of comfort and ease, we might be able to speak about things, which couldn’t be discussed earlier. A good talk grows - but without compulsion or constraint or obligation, desperate or being forced.

Try it, and might feel like walking hand-in-hand on a lonely sand beach,

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such as “once upon a time” with our first partner. And, unexpectedly: we become silent again AND thankful for it.

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Motorcyclists are daredevil drivers LIFE’S INSPIRATIONS: “…

I will call a swift bird of prey from the east---a leader from a distant land to come and do my bidding…” (Isaiah 46:11, the Holy Bible, NLT).

-ooo MOTORCYCLISTS AS DAREDEVIL DRIVERS: The latest accident where a man and a pregnant woman were killed when the motorcycle they were riding on bumped head on with a passenger bus in San Joaquin, Iloilo the other day should teach motorcycle riders a stern lesson: learn to be humble and cognizant of the reality that in any collision involving motorcycles, death almost always comes to its riders.

If motorcyclists take this lesson to heart, there would be lesser fatalities among them, if and when accidents occur. The problem right now is that motorcyclists inexplicably assume an air of superiority as if they are daredevils on the road, swerving left and right on

a tilting and certainly very dangerous manner, and acting as if death would not come to them when accidents overtake them.

Ye t , e v e r y a c c i d e nt involving motorcycles show the folly of this thinking, because riders and their passengers either get maimed and disabled for life, or die a very violent death. Indeed, if only motorcyclists employed more common sense in their driving, or displayed a greater degree of humility when travelling, many of them would still be living by now. Let us be careful then, motorcyclists!

-ooo WHO IS GIVEN “PARENTAL AUTHORITY”?

On our topic on parental authority, it is clear that the Family Code of the Philippines vests the authority and control over the person and property of their children on both the father and the mother.

If there is a disagreement

on the exercise of parental authority, the decision of the father prevails, unless there is a court order either ousting him of that authority, or recognizing authority on the part of the mother.

As a consequence of this authority granted by law to the parents, children are obliged to always observe respect and deference towards their father and mother. This obligation however was made to last (quite inexplicably as far as I am concerned) only while the children are under parental authority.

The next question is, who exercises parental authority if the father or the mother are absent? Next issue, God willing!

-ooo THE WORK OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS: Did you know that there are clear indications in the Bible as to where, specifically, is the “east” or “far off land” where Jesus Christ, our God and Savior, will put up His

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Atty. Batas Mauricio Church, which is the Church of salvation as hell will not prevail against it?

One of these indications come from Isaiah 46:11 in the Old Testament, which talks about God calling His leader and His people from the “east” or from the “far off land”. We at the Anak ng Diyos Kadugo Ni Kristo (or AND KNK, Children of God Blood Kin of the Christ) Church believe that God’s “leader and people” from the “east” or “far off land” batas/PAGE 7

The one thing necessary The story of the sisters, Martha and Mary, (Lk 10,4852) offers us a precious lesson on always giving priority to prayer, the one thing necessary in life, no matter how many and urgent our other concerns are during the day.

The immediate basis for this truth is what Christ himself said: “What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world and forfeits his soul?” (Mt 16,26) That’s because prayer is like the breathing and the heartbeat of our spiritual organism, of our soul. Just as we continue to breathe and just as our heart continues to beat even while we are unconscious in our sleep, so should our

prayer be.

To be sure, this is possible and doable, because praying does not even need a bodily organ for it to be done. It is a spiritual operation that can transcend the use of our bodily faculties. It’s a matter of attitude, of belief, which we can always have even if it is not expressly articulated.

As such, it can be done in any situation-while we are working, playing, resting, etcetera. But it would be good that we spend some time doing nothing other than praying, directly engaging God in a loving conversation, because that would help us to be prayerful in all our other activities and situations in life.

Thus, we have to be ready to do some vocal prayers and mental prayer. These are exercises that can build and fuel our life of prayer.

With them, we engage God in a more direct way, and in a more loving way, giving him due worship and adoration.

Besides, those moments of vocal prayer and mental prayer wou ld b e go o d moments to thank God for everything we have received, and also to ask for pardon for the mistakes and sins we have committed, as well as to ask for favors that we need.

But in our present human condition, we need to fight to be able to pray. We need to struggle. We have to exert

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Fr. Roy Cimagala great and abiding effort to convert everything we do into prayer.

We have already been warned in the Bible that our life here on earth is a warfare. We are ranged cimagala/PAGE 6

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Mitsubishi hits highest H1 sales

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ITSUBISHIMotors Philippines Corp.

(MMPC) has recorded its highest sales for the first month of the year this 2016 with vehicle

sales reaching 30,372 units.

MMPC reported Monday that sales for H1 2016 increased by 21 percent from 25,198 units sold in the same period in 2015.

“This is the highest six months sales that MMPC was able to achieve since its operation,” MMPC noted.

Light commercial vehicles (LCV) accounted for bulk of

MMPC’s sales in H1 2016.

LCV posted a total sales of 19,421 units which grew by 16.8 percent in H1 2016 compared to the same period a year ago.

LISTED Villar-owned Golden Haven Memorial Park Inc. is embarking on an aggressive expansion nationwide as it aims to undertake a follow-on offering of its shares of stock in three to five years.

Golden Haven controlling shareholder Manuel B. Villar said the death care services firm targets to put up seven

new memorial parks a year to expand its presence in 50 cities and municipalities.

Villar said they expect to have 14 memorial parks before the end of the year. “ We h a v e o n e i n Zamboanga, in Cagayan de Oro, Cebu, Iloilo, in Bulacan, Cavite, Las Piñas, Pampanga, and Nueva Vizcaya,” he told

reporters.

Likewise, Villar said the firm will be opening its first funeral chapel in its Las Piñas branch with the aim of having chapels in all of their memorial parks nationwide as a complementary service.

Golden Haven has also opened a crematorium in Cavite and Villar said since

it is again a new business segment, they will start slowly but eventually speed up its expansion nationwide.

The company is engaged in five segments of the death care industry - memorial park, columbarium, chapel, crematorium and keepsakes like the urn and caskets.

It is also looking to expand

Villar-owned Golden Haven embarks on more expansion

“The locally manufactured L300 and Adventure models remain as top choice among small entrepreneurs and Overseas Filipino Workers (OFWs) b ecaus e of its value for money and low maintenance cost,” MMPC mentioned.

Likewise, passenger car sales went up by 26 percent reaching a total of 10,083 units.

MMPC’s truck sales also improved by 54.7 percent to 854 units in H1 of this year.

The Japanese carmaker

has attributed the strong sales for the first six months of the year to the country’s stable economy fuelled by continued strong OFW remittances, promos, and several financing options that made purchase of brand new cars easier.

M M P C F i r s t Vi c e President for Marketing Froilan Dytianquin said the company expects to further increase its sales towards the end of the year.

For 2016, MMPC eyes to sell over 65,000 units. (PNA)

into pre-need planning services.

The company, an affiliate of property developer Vista Land with presence in 97 cities and municipalities across the country, currently has presence in eight locations and has existing inventory with P1.5-

billion sales value.

Golden Haven, the first company to go public this year, debuted at the local bourse last month.

It is the first death care company listed in the Philippine Stock Exchange.

SSS eyes information sharing with PhilHealth for work-related dialysis claims The Social Security System (SSS) is in talks with the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (PhilHealth) regarding a “portal-sharing” agreement that will allow it to access the PhilHealth d a t a b a s e f o r p ay m e nt information on members who undergo hemodialysis for work-related conditions following the Employees’ Compensation Commission (ECC) board resolution on

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the medical procedure issued this year.

SSS Officer-in-Charge of Medical S er vices Division Brenda P. Viola said the memorandum of agreement between the SSS and PhilHealth will help facilitate the pension fund’s processing of claims for hemodialysis patients which are coverable by the Employees’ Compensation (EC) Program.

“SSS will pay or reimburse the cost of hemodialysis for qualified members after their PhilHealth coverage for the same procedure has been exhausted. Quick access to PhilHealth data will make it easier for us to determine how much members will get for these treatments under the EC Program,” she said.

The cre ation of t he information-sharing agreement was spearheaded

by PhilHealth President and Chief Executive Officer Alexander A. Padilla and ECC Executive Director Stella Zipagan-Banawis.

Hemodialysis involves the removal of waste, extra fluid and unnecessary chemicals from the blood of a person suffering from renal failure using an artificial kidney.

Under EC guidelines, the payment for hemodialysis is P2,600 per session, which

is equal to the rate currently provided by PhilHealth.

In line with EC policies, t h e S S S w i l l s h ou l d e r the remaining cost for hemodialysis subject to the specified P2,600 limit per session after the 90-session PhilHealth coverage per year has been exhausted by the qualified SSS member.

The allotted P2,600 EC benefit is comprised of P350 for the professional

fee and P2,250 for the health care institution fee, which covers the use of facilities and dialysis machines and the purchase of drugs, medicines and supplies such as fistula kits, blood tubing sets, dialyzers, syringes and gauzes.

Viola advised SSS members to first avail of PhilHealth’s payment or reimbursement for hemodialysis expenses, which is often automatically sss/PAGE 6

“I’d like to think that I was born for the hospitality industry.” These are the words of Armand Angeles, the new hotel manager of Seda Centrio.

Ever since he can remember, he has always wanted to be involved in something connected with the hospitality industry.

Growing up, he wanted to be a chef and open his own restaurant. Then he realized that he was not cut out for a job in the kitchen; that cooking, for him, was more for entertaining.

Luckily for Armand, his true destiny was waiting for him. After working in Edinburgh, Scotland’s The Bonham Hotel in various positions (duty manager, re c e pt i on i s t , an d F & B associate), he found Seda.

Or rather, Seda found him.

From October 2012 to July 2013, Armand was the Night Manager for Seda BGC (Bonifacio Global City), a pioneer who started with the pre-opening team. In July 2013, he was offered the position of Front Office Manager, which he held on to until January of 2014.

Armand’s dedication and commitment to his job, coupled with his excellent people skills, led him to Seda Nuvali. He ser ved as the hotel’s Front Office

Manager from January 2014 to February 2016. In March this year, he was named OICHotel Manager for the said hotel.

In between his busy schedule managing the hotel, Armand also helps out in setting up the facilities and in training people wherever

a new Seda hotel is opening.

He did it for Seda Nuvali and likewise assisted in the Seda Centrio opening. Little did he know that he was coming back a few years later as its Hotel Manager. It was a new challenge for him, but he readily accepted. seda/PAGE 6

Armand Angeles: Seda Centrio’s New Hotel Manager

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focus on the development of largely unexplored by-products and a more distinct branding for Philippine exports.

Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Export Marketing Bureau Director Senen M. Perlada, speaking to the media here last week, said buyers from the United States, South Korea, Japan and United Arab Emirates have expressed interest in joining the three-day event that opens on July 27.

Mr. Perlada said the foreign participants will be looking to import Philippine coconut products, which are already established as compliant to international standards.

“We have identified some of our products derived from coconut as champions (because of quality),” he said.

Coconut and coconut products such as oil are the country’s top agricultural export commodities.

ACTIVATED CARBON The DTI executive said there is also a huge market for coconut byproducts such as activated carbon, which Filipino producers have yet to fully tap.

“We have not exploited the market for activated carbon, which is very huge,” he said, noting that the product is now being used as an additive in other processed products like toothpaste and soap.

Activated carbon, produced from coconut shells, has been popularly used as a water filter.

“Dati rati activated carbon parang uling lang pero, kung tama nating gagawin, napakalaking market natin dyan (It used to be that activated carbon was simply seen as a form of charcoal product, but if we do it right, there is a big market for it,” Mr. Perlada said.

Apart from activated carbon, Mr. Perlada said they are also setting sights on coco feed, coco coir and non-food applications.

At the same time, the DTI is studying ways to bring in micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) into the coconut export supply chain.

One initiative, he said, is helping MSMEs comply with international standards.

Cesar Q. Galvez, vice-president for operations at Franklin Baker, one of the international coconut companies in the country, said the private sector is also extending support in ensuring and sustaining quality.

“If we are not able to assist them (MSMEs), it will become a disaster to the entire coconut industry,” said Mr. Galvez, citing an incident last year when a shipment of virgin coconut oil was found containing microorganism.

Mr. Galvez said the shipment was eventually traced to a small producer who was able to export without the product going through stringent testing.

BRANDING Mr. Perlada further said the country needs to work on improving collective branding to distinguish

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Philippine coconut exports from those coming from other countries.

He cited the case of Mindanao that is in the final stages of developing a Mindanao trademark.

A branding mechanism, he said, “will give you the value for the products.”

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of the climate negotiations and the country’s position/commitment.

“The Climate Reality Project Philippines together with other civil socety organizations is willing to sit down with the new government to discuss the comprehensiveness of the Philippine climate position and the Paris Agreement. With the president’s seemingly constant view on fairness, there is a need for him to deeply understand our fight for loss and damage vis-a-vis our carbon emissions cap commitment,” Galicha told this writer in a FB chat.

The TCP, which was started by former US Vice President Al Gore, aims at catalyzing a global solution to the climate crisis by making urgent action a necessity across every level of society.

“We are looking forward to engaging the Duterte administration as it formulates strategies that will serve the interests of Filipinos impacted by the adverse impacts of climate change,” Francis dela Cruz, associate for Energy Policy at the Institute for Climate and Sustainable Cities (iCSC), said in an emailed statement to this writer.

Dela Cruz said that Duterte, who was catapulted into Malacañang by 16 million Filipino voters should capitalize on this massive support to initiate reforms.

“The new administration should use its immense political support to carry through reforms that bring lasting change using the right climate and energy investments,” he said.

Based on observations, however, Galicha admitted he “cannot say yet” if the Duterte administration is willing to engage CSOs on climate change.

But “if the pattern of decision-making […] is unpredictable, there is an opportunity to strategically engage.”

Recommendations When asked what his recommendations will be should the President engages them, Galicha listed down three suggestions all relating to energy: (1) continue the energy policy review especially in coal; (2) genuinely implement the national renewable energy plan and the RE Law; and (3) increase incentives and subsidies to RE investments and projects.

According to iCSC’s Dela Cruz, energy is key to development and lowering emissions. He said the Duterte administration can “provide much-needed leadership in thinking differently about the way we produce and consume energy.”

“It is also our view that clean energy should not just be a preserve of rich countries. Sadly, the Philippines has lagged behind many Asian countries in profiting from the

renewable energy investment boom…

It is possible to meet poverty reduction and development objectives through cleaner safer and more sustainable technologies and initiatives. These investments create jobs, improve local environmental quality, and help curb GHG emissions,” he said.

“It is time for the Philippines to leap-frog to a low carbon future starting with a comprehensive review of our energy policies to signal to investors that we are ready for climate-friendly investments. It is high time for the country to welcome capital resources knocking on our doors,” he added. (Bong D. Fabe)

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against powerful enemies not so much in terms of physical strength as in terms of subtlety, trickery and deception.

The forces of good and evil are always in conflict not so much in some places outside or war arenas somewhere, as in our very own heart.

The combat is more internal than external, more spiritual and moral than material and physical.

Besides, the battle of contention starts in some little matters, not in big issues, that are not promptly attended and are made to fester for a while until they become a crisis or a conflagration.

Just take a peep at your heart.

Even in your most stable periods of goodness and well-being, you know well how the demons and temptations are just around the corner, ever ready to pounce at the slightest opening.

We need to be always on guard, and the best way to do that is to pray, to be in constant conversation with God, our Father, whose wisdom and omnipotence he is willing to share with us. his children, created in his image and likeness.

It is through prayer that we can see and receive the power of God. It is where we can train ourselves in the skills of spiritual combat-how to deal with our weaknesses, temptations and our sins and defeats. It’s where we can nurse our wounds.

We have to learn to pray and to convert everything into prayer. “Pray without ceasing,” St. Paul says (1 Th 5,17). “Watch and pray,” Christ told the sleepy Peter, “that you may not enter into temptation. The spirit is indeed willing, but the flesh is weak” (Mt 26, 41).

We have to fight against our tendency to be swallowed up by our work and the dynamics of our earthly concerns. In fact, we should turn them into prayer. That’s how we would refer them to God and not treat them merely as human or worldly affairs.

We need to be wary of our tendency to regard our temporal affairs purely as secular, without any reference to God. This would detach us from the very source of our spiritual life, of everything that is true, good and beautiful.

So, we have to learn to discipline our human impulses that in their raw state need to be educated,

purified and formed according to the Christian ideals where charity and love for God and others would be the primary directing principles.

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The hotelier, who has a BA in Business Management from Scotland’s Napier University, is excited about his change of environment. “Everything right now is different for me. Having lived in busy cities for most of my life, moving outside is a change for me,” Armand confessed.

“Also, I know I now have a bigger responsibility resting on my shoulders,” he added.

Armand finds all these exciting. And he likes the fact that Kagay-anons are making it easier for him to adapt to his new environment. “Everyone, even the people welcoming me into the hotel, is just so friendly.” He admits, though, that he has yet to master the dialect.

Aside from his people skills (he likes to go around talking to people) and his dedication to efficient customer service, Armand’s strength lies in the fact that he has built a career with Seda. “I’ve grown up with the company. Its culture is ingrained in me.” He vows to pass on whatever he has learned to the Seda Centrio family. At the same time, he knows he will learn a lot from Kagay-anons.

Young as he is, Armand knows what he needs and wants to do to continue the relationship that Seda has started with Kagayanons and their guests. He knows the advantage the hotel has over the others. “In terms of service, we are up there,” he said.

At Seda, everyone is treated like a member of the family. Guests who frequent the hotel are often surprised by how much the servers remember their preferences. It’s easy to extend personal service to guests. Hotel employees also communicate with each other freely, so that when a regular guest comes in, they immediately know what to do. One can say, “Mr. John Doe is here with us again. Don’t forget, he likes his room this way,” and the others will easily pick up from there.

These are small acts that create a big impact, and this is what Armand hopes to continue.

“I really don’t want to do anything drastically different than what my predecesor has already done here,” he said. His intention is to stay consistent to the brand’s international standards and for Seda to continue growing.

With his dedication and commitment, coupled with years of experience in the hotel industry, Armand is sure to achieve the goals he set for the hotel – and for himself – in no time at all.

But, he’s not in a hurry. In fact, he intends to stay here for a long time.

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factored into the patient’s hospital bill. PhilHealth has a hemodialysis package rate of P2,600 per session that covers a maximum of 90 sessions per year.

“Once the 90-session allotment from PhilHealth is completely consumed, then the SSS member can file for hemodialysis payment or reimbursement under the EC Program. We emphasize that the member’s medical condition must be work-related for the claim to be covered by the program,” she said.

SSS members with workconnected chronic kidney diseases are coverable by the EC Program.

They can already receive benefits for EC sickness or disability even while their payments or reimbursements for hemodialysis are still being

shouldered by PhilHealth.

The EC Program provides additional benefits for illnesses, injuries, disabilities and deaths caused by the workers’ employment.

EC benefit disbursements for SSS members amounted to P1.1 billion last year covering workers’ claims for sickness, disability, medical services, rehabilitation, death and funeral.

“Workers can claim benefits for the same contingency from the EC Program as well as from the Social Security (SS) Program, which is the regular package offered by SSS, provided that they meet the respective EC and SS requirements,” Viola explained.

The EC Program is jointly administered by the SSS for covered workers in the private sector, and by the Government Service Insurance System for employees in the public sector.

National School Deworming Day of Panampawan Elementary School

By ANNALYN L. ENLAWAN Clinic Teacher/ Teacher I Panampawan Elementary School

The Department of Health in coordination with the Department of Education thru the Health and Nutrition Center and Department of Interior and Local Government conducted simultaneous National School Deworming Month this July 2016 was conducted to all public elementary school from Kinder to Grade VI ages 5 to 12 years old.

National School Deworming Day (NSDD) aims to deworm the school-age children enrolled in all public elementary schools to reduce the burden of Soil Transmitted Helminthiasis (STH) infections with a positive impact on children for better health and school performance.

Panampawan Elementary School joined the said event last July 12, 2016 in collaboration with the Parents Teachers Association (PTA) through feeding the children, to ensure that all children participating the deworming have full stomach before taking the deworming drug called Albendazole and to make certain that the medicine have no adverse effects to the children.

Before Mass Drug Administration (MDA), there are some activities to do which the Panampawan Elementary School diligently followed. First, is to let the children wash their hands before taking the food. Second, make sure that are full by the children part-taking the nutritious food. Then, after taking the food, the children should brush their teeth and lastly, the teachers will administer the taking of deworming drugs to the children with the presence of the health personnel.

Indeed, the activities was successfully done. The parents, health personnel as well as the teachers who administered the deworming felt an overwhelming joy upon looking their children enjoying the food and without hesitation in taking the deworming drug with sparkling eyes denoting satisfaction of being a person adhering “IWAS BULATE.”

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the Mindanao Container Terminal, PPA data showed.

But with the operation of Shell storage facility which will serve as a vital point of distribution of its products for the Visayas and Mindanao regions, including all of its V Power and Fuel Save variants, ports operation here is expected to become vibrant.

Pilipinas Shell media relations manager Cesar Abaricia said the North Mindanao Import Facility has a storage capacity of 90.5 million liters housed in seven huge tanks, eclipsing the smaller ones in the adjacent old Cagayan de Oro depot.

In an interview a day before the event, Mr. Abaricia said that they are leasing space at the Port of Cagayan de Oro because their pipeline would run through the port from the fuel-carrying vessel to the storage tanks.

Even before its opening yesterday, the tanks had already been filled up with 25 million liters of diesel products last June 2016 during its first vessel unloading and domestic tank-totank transfer to the company’s 15 smaller depots in Visayas and Mindanao.

Mr. Abaricia estimated that leases, port dues and wharfage fees alone would inject the port a total of P32 million yearly.

The facility will also secure the stability of supply of diesel and gasoline products in Visayas and Mindanao and decentralize it from Luzon which is serviced

by Pilipinas Shell’s Tabangao storage facility in Batangas.

“So in the event of any

untoward incident in Luzon, our fuel supplies here in Visayas and Mindanao will never be affected because we have a supply hub that is strategically closer,” Mr. Abaricia pointed out. “At the same time, maritime risks will be reduced as the source of petroleum products is closer to the intended distribution points.”

Pilipinas Shell’s move came at a time when the company is expected to release its initial public offering (IPO) on the fourth quarter of this year.

Right now, Mr. Abaricia is mum on the matter because Pilipinas Shell is in the midst of a mandatory 30-day “closed period” wherein they are barred by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) from revealing about their financial status and other pertinent information prior to the IPO shares release.

According to documents filed before the SEC earlier, Pilipinas Shell reported a net income of P2.274 billion for the first quarter of this year.

Meanwhile, Mayor Oscar S. Moreno, who graced yesterday’s inauguration of the facility along with Pilipinas Shell country chairman Edgar O. Chua, hailed the placement of the petrol giant’s storage site in Cagayan de Oro. “Geographically, Cagayan de Oro is significant to the economy of the whole island. It is located within 50 miles of the other urban hubs such as the cities of Davao, Zamboanga, Surigao, General Santos and Cotabato,” Mr. Moreno said. “And I thank Pilipinas Shell for their trust in the sound investment climate of our city.”

The inauguration was

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 37 Cagayan de Oro City IN THE MATTER OF THE ADOPTION FC SP. PROC. CASE NO. 2016-021 OF MINOR LOURYN MAE CAGO WITH APPLICATION FOR CHANGE OF NAME TO DANIELA MARGARET MADROÑO RANALAN, SPOUSES DANNY R. RANALAN and MARGIE N. MADROÑO-RANALAN,

Petitioners.

x-----------------------------------------------x ORDER A verified Petition For Adoption has been filed by the above-named petitioners alleging among others, that petitioners are married and desire to adopt the child of Dolour N. Cago, who has given her consent; that petitioners had two sons who both perished during the onset of Typhoon Sendong; and the petitioners have all the qualifications and none of the disqualifications to adopt the child.

Petitioners pray that judgement be rendered declaring the minor to be free from all legal obligation of obedience, and maintenance with respect to her biological mother and be to all legal intents and purposes, the child of petitioners.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, notice is hereby given that the same shall be heard on December 14, 2016 at 8:30 o’clock in the morning. Any interested person may file a written opposition or appear at the said hearing to oppose the said petition.

Let this Order be published in an accredited newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and the Province of Misamis Oriental once a week for three consecutive weeks at the expense of herein petitioners, the date of the last publication should be at least four months before the date set for hearing of the petition and not within 30 days from the date of an election.

The Court Social Worker assigned to this Court is hereby ordered to conduct child and home study and counseling to the biological mother and make reports thereon to be submitted before the scheduled date of hearing.

Also, the expense of petitioners, let copies of this Order together with the petition be furnished to the RTC Social Worker assigned to this Branch, the City Prosecutor’s Office, the biological parents of the minor sought to be adopted and the Office of the Solicitor General, 134 Amorsolo Street, Legaspi Village, Makati City.

SO ORDERED. Done this 1st day of July, 2016, Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines.

BWM: July 6, 13 & 20, 2016

(Sgd.) Jose L. Escobido Presiding Judge

also witnessed by Energy Undersecretary Donato D. Marcos, PPA outgoing officerin-charge Raul Santos, Pilipinas Shell vice president for trading and supply Dennis Gamab, and business partners Wei-Hung Leong and John Lo. Pilipinas Shell has a total of 960 retail stations nationwide.

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(We hope that this business venture will prosper. We owe the DOLE our biggest gratitude for this opportunity and we will take responsibility of this project as members of the organization).”

In conclusion, Rodrigo gave emphasis on how the members should operate in accordance with the Project Proposal.

“We are here to provide economically vulnerable groups like you, the tools and resources to help you get started and engage in livelihood to improve your incomes and standard of living. However, the DOLE is particularly eyeing on long-term sustainability. So my challenge to you is to do your part and help each other to make your

business grow and expand on a long-term basis”, he insightfully stated. (Lei Garrett I. Miraflor/ DOLE-X Mis. Occ. PFO)

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also help you not be quick to see faults in others or gossip about them.

So today, if you’ll ask Jesus to forgive you of your pride and blindness to your own faults; and ask Him to start healing and changing your heart, He will. Then, as you start living His way every day, you will start to see yourself becoming a new person who can reach your full potential. That’s the only way you can have the successful, satisfying life Jesus created you to enjoy. Just Think a Minute…

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are called by Him to do His “end time” work.

Now, what is God’s “end time” work? It is that spelled out in Matthew 24:14. Matthew 24 is one of the books in the Bible which describe how the end of the world will come. In its verse 14, Matthew

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte In re: PETITION FOR ADOPTION OF CHILD SPL. PROC. NO. 317-07-2016 MINOR DEMILOU CHRISTIAN BANO.

FOR: ADOPTION FELIX VICENT C. CAMPOS,

Petitioner.

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A verified petition for adoption of minor child DEMILOU BANO was filed before this Court on June 09, 2016 by the herein petitioner praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued decreeing the adoption of DEMILOU CHRISTIAN BANO as the legitimate child of the Petitioner-father.

Petitioner alleges that he is of legal age, and resident of San Juan, Baroy, Lanao del Norte. That out of his cohabitation with a certain ARMILYNE E. BANO, a child named DEMILOU CHRISTINE BANO was born on March 26, 2000. That Petitioner at the time of the child’s birth was legally married to one Ruby Corazon G. Fernan.

However, his marriage was declared null and void in a Decision dated October 23, 2000, by the then, Honorable Judge Oscar E. Zerna. That ever since her birth on March 26, 2000, said minor child DEMILOU CHRISTIAN BANO has always been under the care and custody of the herein petitioner and her mother, being their own daughter. That after the first marriage of the petitioner was declared null and void, he married ARMILYNE E. BANO, the mother of the child on November 27, 2000. That owing to the fact that at that time of the conception and birth of the child, Petitioner was suffering from a legal impediment, the child cannot be legitimized under Article 177 of the Family Code.

Being the biological father of the child, petitioner wanted to adopt DEMILOU CHRISTIAN BANO in order to elevate the status of the child from ILLEGITIMATE to LEGITIMATE so as to be at par with her younger siblings. That petitioner has all the necessary qualification and none of the disqualification to adopt the minor child. That he is in possession of all civil and legal rights and have not been convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude. That being the natural father, he, now been legally married to the child’s mother and living together as husband and wife, is emotionally and psychologically capable of caring of his own daughter DEMILOU CHRISTIAN BANO and has proven capable to support and care for the child minor sufficient income for the child’s well being as she grows up. That if petition be granted, it will ultimately redound to the best interest of the child elevating her civil status from ILLEGITIMATE to LEGITIMATE child of the petitioner.

Finding the petition to be sufficient in form and substance, set the initial hearing of the case to October 7, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Let copy of this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor at Pigcarangan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Baroy, Lanao del Norte, Atty. Dorothea Basalo, counsel for the petitioner of Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Felix Vicent C. Campos, the petitioner of San Juan, Baroy, Lanao del Norte.

The Department of Social Welfare and Development, Field Office, Region 10, Cagayan de Oro City is hereby directed to conduct a Home Study and Child Study Report upon the petitioner and the child subject of the case. He/she is directed to submit a report relative therewith, at least three (3) days before the scheduled hearing of the petition.

Any interested person/s are hereby directed to come to Court on said time and date to show cause why said petition should not be granted.

SO ORDERED. Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

July 15, 2016.

BWM: July 20, 27 & Aug. 3, 2016

(Sgd.) DENNIS P. VICOY Acting Presiding Judge

24 talks about one thing needing to be done, before this end shall come, and it is the proclamation of the Good News of God’s salvation.

What is this Good News, and what is its relation to the Chuch of Jesus in the “east”? Continue reading, please!

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Daan” (The Sole Way): a Bible study and prayer session online could now be heard, 24 HOURS a day, in the Philippines and the world at www. facebook.com/angtangingdaan or www.facebook.com/ANDKNK (and look for “Ang Tanging Daan” broadcasts). Phone: 0922 833 43 96, 0918 574 0193, 0977 805 9058.

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Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12th Judicial Region OFFICE OF THE CLERK OF COURT EX-OFFICIO SHERIFF Tubod, Lanao del Norte NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE EJF No. 203-07-2016 Upon the Extra Judicial Petition for Sale under Act 3135/1508, as amended, filed by the PLANTERS DEVELOPMENT BANK (now China Bank Savings, INC.,) Lanao del Norte against SPS. LUCAS YU and LIZA LEE YU, Baroy Marine Product Baroy Lanao del Norte to satisfy the indebtedness which as of January 15, 2016 amounting to TWELVE MILLION ONE HUNDRED FIFTY FOUR THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED EIGHTY EIGHT AND 99/100 (Php 12,154,988.99) excluding penalties, changes, attorney’s fee and expenses of foreclosure, the undersigned or his duly authorized deputy will sell at Public Auction on 26th day of August 2016 at 10:00 AM or soon thereafter at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 07, Provincial Capitol of Lanao del Norte, Pigcarangan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte to the highest bidder for cash or manager’s check and in Philippine Currency, the following property with all its improvements, to wit: TRANSFER TO CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. T-14192 Lot B (LRC) Psd-93786 A parcel of land 9 Lot B of the subdivision plan (LCR) Psd-93786, being a portion of land described on plan H-S2514, LCR Record No. H. Patent), situated in the Barrio of Crossing Gamay, Municipality of Baroy, Baroy, Province of Lanao del Norte, Island of Mindanao. Bounded on the N.E., points 4 to 5 by the property of Juliana Estudillo, points 5 to 6 by the property of Pascual Martin; on SE., points 6 to 7 by Lot C, points 7 to 1 by Lot E, on the SW., points 1 to 2 by Lot A, all of the subdivision plan; and on the NW., points 2 to 3 by the property of Cirilo Vergeire (E-167627); points 3 to 4 by the property of Inocencio Bacaling (H-5-0-1435). Beginning at a point marked “1” on plan, being S. 3 deg. 56’E., 1949.80 m. from B.L.L.M. No. 1 Municipality of Baroy; thence together with all the improvements found thereon.

“All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the above stated time and date.

In the event that the Public Auction cannot take place on the said date, it shall be held on September 5, 2016, without further notice.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Philippines, this July 8, 2016.

For the Clerk of Court and Ex-Officio Sheriff (Sgd.) CONRADO V. HINGCO, JR. Sheriff BWM: July 13, 20 & 27, 2016 Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 41 Cagayan de Oro City IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION SPEC. PROC. NO. SP-ORD-2016-058 FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF THE ESTATES OF THE SPOUSES MARLENE FOR: OBUGA MACAYLE AND MARINO TUBO BONGAS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF Settlement of Estate & Appointment GUARDIAN FOR JOHN MARK BONGAS of Guardian AND PRINCESS GRACE M. BONGAS, MARY CRISTYL M. BONGAS,

Petitioner, -

versus –

THE LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY AND THE PAG-IBIG FUND, CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY BRANCH,

Respondents.

x-------------------------------------------/ ORDER Let this case be heard on July 28, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning, at this court sitting at the Supreme Court Building, Capitol Compound, Antonio Luna Street, Cagayan de Oro City. The Civil Registrar concerned and the PAG-IBIG FUND, Cagayan de Oro City Branch and any person having or claiming any interest in this petition may, within fifteen (days) from notice of the petition, file his or her opposition thereto.

At the expense of the petitioner, let a copy of this order be published once a week for three (3) consecutive weeks in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Cagayan de Oro and in the Province of Misamis Oriental.

SO ORDERED. Cagayan de Oro City, June 7, 2016.

BWM: July 6, 13 & 20, 2016

(Sgd.) JEOFFRE W. ACEBIDO Presiding Judge

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Damiani Serviced Apartments now at Primavera

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Story by MARK FRANCISCO

AMIANI Serviced Apartments is now available at Primavera Residences inside Pueblo Business Park in uptown Cagayan de Oro. There are three accommodation variants to choose from – studio suite, one-bedroom suite or two-bedroom suite. For transients, the studio suite is available at only P1,480 per night, the one-bedroom suite at P1,995 per night and the two-bedroom suite at P2,480 per night.

All accommodations come with free breakfast as well as free use of pool and gym. All of the units have the following features – fully equipped dining room, large sofa for you or your guests, LCD flatscreen

television, cable channels, free hi-speed WiFi, fully equipped kitchen such as a sink, refrigerator, microwave oven, bread toaster, electric water kettle, two-electric plate hobtop cooking station.

They also have hot and cold shower and complimentary bottled water, coffee and tea.

Damiani Property Management and Services, Inc. founder Antonio Damiani said that long term lessees will get huge discounts.

Damiani is also offering a three-day tour package to interested guests. It will be whitewater rafting on the first day, zipline adventure on the second and a day at the beach on the third.

“Cagayan de Oro is

known all over the country for its tourist spots. Let’s maximize the stay of our guests here so they can really enjoy the city and tell stories to their friends from where they come how lovely it is to be here,” the Italian-born entrepreneur said.

So don’t just visit, stay at Damiani Serviced Apartments and get a taste of life in Cagayan de Oro!

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Story and Photos by MARK FRANCISCO, Lifestyle Editor

OMEGROWN jewelry shop Noregold opened its second branch in Cagayan de Oro City at SM City Cagayan de Oro. Catering to the residents of the booming community of uptown Cagayan de Oro, Noregold SM is located at the heart of what is considered the new gateway to the city – it is located close to newly-mushroomed subdivisions, villages, schools and business centers.

In fact, Noregold SM

immediately handed out a one-day 50 percent discount sale during their opening hours.

Noregold Fine Jewelry’s line includes necklaces, chains, men’s rings, ladies rings and wedding rings with carats at all kinds ranging from 14k to 22k. They are in the form of Chinese, Saudi, Italian and Japanese gold.

Noregold Fine Jewelry first opened shop in the 1990s at the corner of JR Borja and Capt. Vicente Roa Sts. which still exists up to this day.

The initial business was so successful that Noregold Fine Jewelry opened up branches in Mandaluyong, Las Piñas, Quezon City and Cavite.

It took two more decades for Noregold to go back to its roots and opened up a branch at SM City Cagayan de Oro. Noregold Fine Jewelry also accepts jewelry repair and free engraving. It offers six months layaway plan, credit cards at zero percent interest for six months and accepts debit Noregold Fine Jewelry at card payment. For more the first level of SM City inquiries, head off to Cagayan de Oro.

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Branch 18 Cagayan de Oro City

The new 2016 set of officers of the Philippine Association of Islamic Accountants take their oath last Sunday in Cagayan de Oro City. PHOTO BY MARK FRANCISCO

HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND EJF FILE NO. 2016-269 or PAG-IBIG FUND,

Mortgagee, -versus- FOR: EXTRA-JUDICIAL

FORECLOSURE OF REAL LYRA JOY T. TAN married to ESTATE MORTGAGE SATURNINO L. TAN,

Mortgagors. x-----------------------------------------------/ Upon extra-judicial petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended, filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND or PAG-IBIG FUND, Mortgagee, with branch office at PAG-IBIG fund Bldg., J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against LYRA JOY T. TAN married to SATURNINO L. TAN, Mortgagors, with postal address at Lot 16, Blk 8, Bellevue, Upper Balulang, Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of June 6, 2016, amounted to ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED EIGHTY SIX THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY NINE PESOS and 48/100 (Php1,386,429.48) Philippine Currency, the undersigned Sheriff will sell at public auction on August 5, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Regional Trial Court, Branch 18, Hall of Justice (City Tourism Hall), Cagayan de Oro City, to the highest bidder for CASH and in Philippine Currency, the following property described below including all existing improvements found thereon, to wit: TCT No. 137-2015000330 Lot : Portion of Lot : As surveyed for :

Land Use : Location : Area :

Lot 16 Block 8, PSD-10-058579 Lot 1, PCS-10-004054 Biema Cruz Along, Wilma Cruz Paras, Rosario Cruz Guest, Emma Grace Cruz Ang and Ma. Luz Cruz Gallego (Bellevue) Residential Carmen, Cagayan de Oro City 95 square meters, more or less

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 encumbrance thereon, if any there be.

Cagayan de Oro City, July 4, 2016.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF

(Sgd.) NIZA P. TACANDONG

Sheriff IV BWM: July 13, 20 & 27, 2016

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Accountancy Week celebrated in Cagayan de Oro Story by MARK FRANCISCO

Accountancy Week 2016 kicked off with the 5th PICPA Short Film Festival last July 16 at Rodelsa Hall. Ten films were screened, half of them from students. The professional entries were Tita Maldita, Shut the Door, Bluetooth and Bandana while the JPIA entries were The Graduation Cap, Patik, Resentment, Kuyog, The Last Letter and Smoke and Mirrors.

By Sunday (July 17), the Accountancy students held a motorcade culminating at Xavier University Grade School where they held a sportsfest with such games as basketball, volleyball, patintero, takyan and pass the relay.

THE Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA) Cagayan de Oro – Misamis Oriental chapter joined its counterparts nationwide in the celebration of Accountancy Week 2016.

With the theme Level Up timed to uplift the profession in the country to Asean standards, accountants are joined by their student counterparts for a series of events from July 16 to 23, 2016. The Junior Institute of Public Accountants (JPIA) in Cagayan de Oro City has five member-colleges – Xavier University, Capitol University, Liceo de Cagayan University, COC-Phinma and Pilgrim Christian College.

By Monday (July 18), a quiz bowl was held at Limketkai Rotunda. There will also be a seminar on Detecting Fraudulent Misrepresentations at Mindys on Wednesday, a DTI Negosyo Center at the same time ACPACI Day on the same day, another seminar on Benefits of Good Governance at Mindys on Thursday and an ACPAPP outreach at St. Joseph Golden Homes that day, a get-together with CPA

elders on Friday at Grand City Hotel and the search for Miss JPIA 2016 on Saturday at Maisie Van Vactor Hall.

A week ago, the new officers for 2016-2017 of PICPA Cagayan de Oro – Misamis Oriental chapter were inducted last July 12 at Grand Caprice Restaurant led by president Alvin Dequito, 2017 presidentelect Jeserio Lonon Jr., vice president for professional d e v e l opm e nt Jon at h an

Magsino, vice president for operations Olivia Flores, vice president for membership Raymund Vasquez, secretary Loraine Jarabelo, treasurer Carmencita de Mesa, assistant secretary/assistant treasurer Ruby Capundag, auditor Cecilia Laguna, PRO Grace Salvador and directors Philip Loui Dagoc, Joyce Dawang, Vanessa Chiu and Getty Reagan Dy and immediate past president Lindy Patriana.

(By the way, each director has

his/her own field to attend to – education, commerce and industry, government and public practice.) The inducting officer was PICPA national president Ramonito Pernato.

PICPA Cagayan de Oro – Misamis Oriental chapter will be celebrating its 50th anniversary later this year in October. Throughout this time, it was awarded consistently as Most Outstanding Chapter.

Republic of the Philippines Office of the Municipal Civil Registrar Maramag, Bukidnon PUBLICATION OF THE PETITION In Compliance with the Rule of R.A. 9048 / R.A. 10172, a notice is hereby served to the public that has filed with this office a petition for change of first name / sex / date of birth/month from, “MALE” to “FEMALE” , in the Live Birth Certificate of DOLLYN PAMAT ROSACIÑA who was born on NOVEMBER 16, 1992 and whose parents CRISOSTOMO L. ROSACIÑA and MARIA ESTRELLA PAMAT. Any person adversely affected by said petition may file his written opposition with this office not later than 10 days.

(Sgd.) RHANDY B. MACABODBOD Assistant Registration Officer

BWM: July 20 & 27, 2016

Republic of the Philippines SUPREME COURT REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF MISAMIS ORIENTAL 10th Judicial Region Cagayan de Oro City OFFICE OF THE PROVINCIAL SHERIFF NOTICE OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL SALE File No. EJF-2016-293 Upon Extra Judicial Petition for sale under Act 3135 as amended

by Act No. 4118. Filed by HOME DEVELOPMENT MUTUAL FUND (Pag-IBIG Fund), a government financial institution duly organized and existing under and by virtue of Republic Act No. 9679, with principal office at the Atrium of Makati, Makati Avenue, Makati City, and with branch office at Pag-IBIG fund Bldg., J.R. Borja St., Cagayan de Oro City, against MARITES T. GORRE, single, of legal age, Filipino citizen, with postal address at Lot 33, Blk. 11, Phase 1 Pag-IBIG City, Johndorf, Malanang, Opol, Misamis Oriental, to satisfy the mortgage indebtedness which as of May 20, 2016 amounts to FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY TWO THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED SIXTY THREE PESOS and 38/100 (P452,163.38) Philippine Currency, inclusive of interest and penalty charges, exclusive of attorney’s fees and other necessary fees and expenses of Extra-Judicial Foreclosure and Sale, the undersigned Sheriff will SELL at Public Auction on August 19,2016 at 10:00 o’clock in the morning or soon thereafter at the main entrance of RTC Branch 40, A. Luna St., Capitol Compound, Cagayan de Oro City, to the Highest Bidder, for CASH in the Philippine Currency, the real property mortgaged together with all improvements thereon, to wit: TRANSFER CERTIFICATE OF TITLE NO. 136-2013001491 Registered in the name of MARITES T. GORRE

Lot Portion of Lot As Surveyed for Land Use Location Area

: : : : : :

Lot 33, Block 11, Psd-10-057664 Lot 1, Pcs-10-003972 UCPB (Pag-IBIG Citi Homes) Residential Malanang, Opol, Misamis Oriental Ninety(90)Sq.MetersMoreorLess

Prospective buyers/bidders may investigate for themselves the title herein-above described and encumbrances thereon, if any there be.

All sealed bids must be submitted to the undersigned on the abovestated date, time and place.

In the event the public auction should not take place on the said date for whatever reason, the same will proceed on the following working day, without further notice, posting and publication.

Cagayan de Oro City, July 15, 2016.

FOR THE EX-OFFICIO PROVINCIAL SHERIFF BY:

BWM: July 20, 27 & Aug. 3, 2016

(Sgd.) ALAN M. BANAAG Sheriff IV

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte

Republic of the Philippines REGIONAL TRIAL COURT OF LANAO DEL NORTE 12TH Judicial Region BRANCH 07 Tubod, Lanao del Norte In re: PETITION FOR CORRECTION OF ENTRIES IN THE SPL. PROC. NO. 320-07-2016 CERTIFICATE OF LIVE BIRTH OF VIRGENIA ARSENO DAGPIN otherwise known as VIRGINIA ARSENO DAGPIN, her place of birth from “Bag-ong Ingod Settlement, Tangkal, Lanao del Norte” to “MAGSAYSAY, LANAO DEL NORTE”; Father’s surname from “DAGCIN” to “DAGPIN”; Mother’s name off line reads to make it clear as “PROFETISA ARSENO”.

VIRGINIA DAGPIN FLORES,

Petitioner, - versus –

In re: Petition for Cancellation of Entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of KENNETH REX VILLAR LIGAN and GENESIS ADAM VILLAR LIGAN. Under the Entry No. 5b. IF Multiple Birth, Child was, etc. and Correction of Entry of Child Item No. 58 From KENNETH V. LIGAN to KENNETH REX V. LIGAN. DENNIS ADAM J. LIGAN,

- versus –

Petitioner,

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF TUBOD, LANAO DEL NORTE,

LOCAL CIVIL REGISTRAR OF MAGSAYSAY, LANAO DEL NORTE,

Respondent.

x------------------------------------------/ ORDER A verified petition for correction of entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of VIRGENIA ARSENO DAGCIN otherwise known as VIRGINIA ARSENO DAGPIN etc. was filed before this Court on July 11, 2016 by the herein petitioner praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Respondent’s office to effect the correction sought for.

Petition alleges that she is of legal age, female, widow and a resident of Balide Road, Romarate, Aurora, Zamboanga del Sur. She was born on March 5, 1957 to spouses LUIS DAGPIN and PROFETIZA ARSENO at formerly Bangong Ingod Settlement, Lanao Tangcal, NOW, Magsaysay, Lanao del Norte. In all her school records and documents of importance, she consistently used VIRGINIA A. DAGPIN and such fact appears in her Transcript of Records, UMID GSIS CARD, DEPed ID Card, Community Tax Certificate, Appointment as Teacher III, Voter’s Certificate and other personal documents. When she secured a SECPA copy of her Birth Certificate, she was surprised that her name is spelled as VIRGENIA instead of “VIRGINIA”, her place of birth also appeared as “LANAO TANGKAL BAGONG INGOD SETTLEMENT”, instead of “MAGSAYSAY, LANAO DEL NORTE, the name she knew as her birthplace since she reached the age of reason. It is the place where she grew up and never knew that it was named “TANGCAL BAGONG INGOD SETTLEMENT”. She also found out that surname of her father was misspelled as “DAGCIN” instead of DAGPIN, its correct spelling, likewise under the name of “child’s mother”, written offline and unclear be cleared and let her real name be entered as “PROFETISA LANGOYAN ARSENO”. Her husband died on October 30, 2013 until now she has not claimed any the survivor’s benefits from the GSIS because of her erroneous Birth Certificate. Hence, this instant petition to straighten all her records in order to conform to the correct and true facts of her birth. Likewise to support also for her soon application of retirement from the Department of Education.

Set the initial hearing of this case to September 2, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Furnish copy of this Order to the OSG, Makati City, Office of the Public Prosecutor, Office of the Local Civil Registrar of Magsaysay, Lanao del Norte, The Administrator and Civil Registrar, NSO, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Atty. Dorothea Basalo and to the petitioner, in her known address.

Let copy of the Order containing the petition be published in a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner.

So ORDERED. Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

July 15, 2016.

(Sgd.) DENNIS P. VICOY

Acting Presiding Judge BWM: July 20, 27 & Aug. 3, 2016

SPL. PROC. NO. 319-07-2016

Respondent.

x--------------------------------------/ ORDER

A verified petition for Cancellation of Entry in the Certificate of Live Birth of Kenneth Rex Villar etc was filed before this Court on July 8, 2016 by the herein petitioner praying among others that after notice and hearing, an Order be issued directing the Respondent Office to effect the Cancellation and correction of entry sought for.

Petitioner alleges that he is of legal age, Filipino, married and resident of P-Roses, Maloro, Tangub City. Respondent is sued in her official capacity. Petitioner is married to DELFINA LAHOYLAHOY VILLAR at the Seventh Day Adventist Church, Tibanga, Iligan City on September 24, 1984. Out of their marriage, they begot three (3) children; 1. GENESIS ADAM VILLAR LIGAN, who was born on June 29, 1986 at Patudan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. 2. KENNETH ADAM VILLAR LIGAN who was born on February 26, 1989 at Patudan, Tubod, Lanao del Norte. 3. DENNIS ADAM VILLAR LIGAN, JR. who was born on December 11, 1999 at the Lanao del Norte Provincial Hospital. That lately, when Petitioner’s child applied for a job abroad, he was informed that the entry under the Entry No: 5b IF MULTIPLE BIRTH, CHILD WAS, is erroneous as there is an X mark to the space: Second when the choices should have been left in blank in view of the fact that the type of birth when he was delivered was SINGLE. Moreso, the entry under Entry No. 58 as to the child’s name is erroneous; it was only written as KENNETH V. LIGAN when it should have been KENNETH REX V. LIGAN, as indicated in Entry No. 1 of the said Certificate of Live Birth and he has always been known as KENNETH REX V. LIGAN. When he verified the Certificate of Live Birth of his eldest son GENESIS ADAM, the same contained the same erroneous entry as there is also an X mark in the space: First in Entry No. 5b. IF MULTIPLE BIRTH CHILD WAS, when the choices should had been left in blank, as the delivery of said child was SINGLE birth and not multiple birth. Petitioner comes to Court to seek remedy for the aforementioned erroneous entries in the Certificate of Live Birth of his sons namely: KENNETH REX and GENESIS ADAM. He is desirous to correct those entries as to avoid confusion and future inconveniences. Filed in good faith.

Set the initial hearing of this petition to September 9, 2016 at 8:30 in the morning before the sala of this Court. Any person/s interested to the petition may appear in court on said date and time to show cause why said petition should not be granted. Let copy of this Order be furnished the Office of the Solicitor General at Makati City, Office of the Provincial Prosecutor in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Office of the Local Civil Registrar in Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Atty. Dorothea Basalo, counsel for the petitioner at her known address in Poblacion, Tubod, Lanao del Norte, Dennis Adam Ligan, the petitioner of P-Roces, Maloro, Tangub City.

Petitioner is directed to publish copy of the Order containing the petition in a newspaper of general circulation for three (3) consecutive weeks, at the expense of the petitioner.

So Ordered.

Tubod, Lanao del Norte.

July 15, 2016.

BWM: July 20, 27 & Aug. 3, 2016

(Sgd.) DENNIS P. VICOY Acting Presiding Judge

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